Got a letter from the Scottsdale Police Department (from Scottsdale, AZ) at my parent's address. The letter contained a form, asking me to fill out questions like "Since reporting your theft, have you recovered your vehicle? (Yes/No) ____" and "If you recovered your vehicle, did you report it to the Scottsdale Police Department? (Yes/No) ____"
I got my '96 Ford Explorer stolen in June, 2006.
Thanks for the follow-up, assholes.
Actually wearing my vintage IDKFA "making the cupcake even more evil" shirt today. Actually fits better than ever now days.
I looked up the word 'hussy' in dictionary.com earlier today. Not only was the definition what you'd expect, but the origin comes from House Wife... I found that... interesting..
Halloween: It's coming up fast.. I need a costume. This is more of a general discussion on what people are going to be and be doing. I had a friend in the past make a outfit out of ducttape. I think he used 3 rolls of the stuff. Green Man is awesome, and I hope to see him again this coming year. There's rumors of Dr. Horrible making an apperance. So, what do people think?
Strange, strange morning.
Pulling out of my neighborhood, a work truck hit a pothole and dropped a fire extinguisher, and did so such that it's back tires hit the extinguisher and set it off. If I'd been paying less attention, I would've hit the extinguisher, which would've serious f-ed up my little Subaru.
Second, I get to work, and seemingly everything is broken. People are calling me left and right for various reasons, and people won't stay out of my cube talking about their ideas for science fiction stories (normally I'd be receptive to such things, but not when things are going awry). In trying to troubleshoot various systems, I find that my secondary development workstation, which has been running flawlessly for a few years, has suddenly seized hard.
Paid my bills. Did my dishes. Rode my bike. Now all that's left is a pallet of yogurt and cereal at Costco, and I'm good for another month.
For whatever reason or another, I didn't drink in college. That means I never experienced the joy of writing essays/doing homework while buzzed. Now that I heartily enjoy firewater, and am taking MBA classes, I've fixed that problem.
Too bad it's only after 5 days in the woods and I'm still getting used to the idea of being around running water again (MIRACLE, I TELL YOU!).
Google-ing myself and removing all references of myself for my upcoming job search, including angry amazon reviews by myself...it's amazing how all over the internet I am! It's also a very big disadvantage having a unique last name for that reason...
Did everyone already hear that Dave Coleman was involved in a serious accident last night?
http://www.adn.com...r-boat-trailer.html (www.adn.com)
Keep Kelly, Dave, and their families in your thoughts... Hopefully things are going OK. If anyone has heard anything can you update?
Pictures from the hunting trip I went on this weekend. No critters bagged, but a good time was had by all.
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| 2010 September Hunting Trip (picasaweb.google.com) |
so... if this section is for "nothing in particular. general discussion." here is one for ya... I'm thinking about becoming a certified professional organizer to make some extra moolah in my spare time. a way to save up for a potential wedding that may or may not someday actually happen, and perhaps a way to finally afford some "real people adult furniture" as I call it. but I'm trying to figure out... would anyone actually be crazy enough to pay me to organize their life? I hear about people who are seemingly incapable of gaining any sense of order in their life hiring professional organizers who suddenly teach them revolutionary things that just seem like common sense to me. Apparently people pay for this - like up to $50 an hour for this even! But really? I dunno... am I crazy? or are they crazy and I should just try to profit from that?
If you aren't familiar with RedLetterMedia, I submit that you should be.
RedLetterMedia reviews J.J. Abram's "Star Trek"
Part 1 (20 min): http://blip.tv/play/AYH5w0AC (blip.tv)
Part 2 (40 min): http://blip.tv/play/AYH5xHsC (blip.tv)
These are well worth the watch, as well as the other reviews for Star Wars Episodes 1 and 2. They're all well-formed, well thought out, funny as hell, and ask and answer what it means to be a "good film."
Has anyone here had any of the vodka's made by Alaska Distillery? While I was home I got a bottle of Permafrost vodka to bring back with me. Since I finally finished one of my big certification exams today, I decided to crack it open as a celebration. I have to say, it's pretty effin good! Though, I haven't tried any of the other flavors, and I probably will never try the smoked salmon flavor. The only bad part was that it was insanely expensive. I mean, seriously, $31 for a bottle!?
Sometimes when your data is making you angry, Ihop for brunch is an excellent idea. And I don't even like ihop. Coffee and pancakes just seem to make failure at work that much more livable.
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays(ELISA) can kiss my ass for today at least
well... tonight is my last night in Anchorage until the holidays. to those of you who I had the pleasure of seeing while I was here, it was wonderful to see you! leaving behind this beautiful weather is going to be really difficult too. (see! I told you all I'd bring some sun back with me! it just had a delayed arrival so it didn't arrive with me. :) )
My slightly less epic than Mt. Rainier hike to Rabbit Lake:
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| 2010 Rabbit Lake Hike (picasaweb.google.com) |
Alaska, you are an asshole. Don't coax me outside to paint with blazing sun just to piss rain 20 minutes later.
In light of Uncle Ted's passing, something came to me. I spend a not inconsiderable time defending Alaska from the ignorant down here in California. They think Sara Palin is somehow the embodiment of Alaska. I keep saying "No, no, no."
I think this sums it perfectly: Ted Stevens loved Alaska. Sara Palin loves herself.
Has anyone ever looked at the fire sprinkler head in your apartment/office and thought that it was your smoke detector? And then while the smoke detector was beaping in that way that tells you it needs a new battery, you accidentally start twisting and pulling on the fire sprinkler in a misguided attempt to change said battery? Well apparently that is exactly what our upstairs neighbor did yesterday and subsequently set off a gushing deluge of high pressure water right into his face and filling up his apartment with about 4 inches of water. That water then started its fun journey down through the floor into our apartment mostly in the kitchen, dining, and entryway area, though one wall in our bedroom did get a nice trickle going.
In the end we now have a sagging and peeling ceiling with several holes cut, drilled, or just broken off to allow drainage. The musty smell of damp insulation is permeating the air and making Katy sneeze. And the floor is wet in several places which is just unpleasant to walk on. Seattle is also pretty much mold central... great.
With any luck though we can pressure the managers of the place to allow us to just move into an unoccupied apartment for the same rent for the remainder of the lease term.
Anybody here ever run into the issue of having people that you've known for a remarkably long time expect you to do/not do things that are completely out of line for things you would actually do/not do, based on an assessment not of your character or personality, but on social norms and expected behavior of someone your age/in your position/in your circumstances? If so, how did you deal with it? (If this fits better in Asked and Answered, feel free to move it, but I'd like general discussion on the topic as well as individual answers, if possible) Thanks for any input, I'm kinda upset about this at the moment.
A couple of photos...
Rockband Party John and Mallory threw a week or so ago. Unfortunately, my camera died pretty early in the evening, so I only caught these photos. I'm sure more will surface.
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| 2010 Rockband Party (picasaweb.google.com) |
The foundation on my family's cabin was failing pretty miserably. Here's photos of the project to replace the foundation and re-level the cabin.
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| 2010 Fixing the cabin foundation (picasaweb.google.com) |
