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Thursday, April 29, 2010
really dont know if anyone really uses livejournal anymore but I've been feeling the need to post something and facebook isn't really good for that. Plus, LJ is kinda 'on the backburner' so its a good place to vent.
Work has had its up and downs the last year. I had set expectations for myself and my coworkers that were not immediately met. It frustrated me to a very large degreed. I overcame it and now can call alot of them friends.
We finally bought a home. So we are now rooted to Virginia for a long while. There's not much back in Texas that would draw me back except friends and family. Though alot of those friends had worn out my patience and I rarely saw my family anyways.
We're still having trouble getting pregnant. Its frustrating beyond belief to have all these people having babies they do not want let alone afford. A one might hook up or a broken condom, a teen mom barely out of high school, or anything else of that nature pisses me off.
ok rant done. later!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Well, we have almost everything out of the boxes, the tv's are up and running, the internet is alive and well. Things are going according to plan.
I have never felt so out of place in my life. Moving to Galveston for college comes close but I was still 'technically' in Texas; althought Houston is a totally different Texas than the Texas I grew up in. Here, I'm in a totally new state, no family nearby, no friends nearby, and not a whole lot to do except unpack.
I'm hoping that's gonna change once I get to work. I'll make new friends, get a chance to learn the area a bit more and get back into hobbies I let slip when I started getting serious with this school thing and start to try and live life that was put on hold after the storm.
I'm also thinking about stopping school for a while. I've been at it almost nonstop for 12 years between marine sciences and nursing school. Perhaps its time to take a break and live that life I've been wanting for a long time.
Plans fo rthis are continue to unpack and put things in their proper place, try to get in to see my new nurse manager, and perhaps squeeze in a day of paintball.
Current mood:  cold
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Your results:
You are Apocalypse
| Apocalypse |
| 79% |
| Magneto |
| 77% |
| The Joker |
| 73% |
| Mr. Freeze |
| 70% |
| Dr. Doom |
| 65% |
| Green Goblin |
| 64% |
| Juggernaut |
| 60% |
| Mystique |
| 60% |
| Venom |
| 57% |
| Lex Luthor |
| 57% |
| Kingpin |
| 53% |
| Poison Ivy |
| 50% |
| Dark Phoenix |
| 50% |
| Catwoman |
| 47% |
| Riddler |
| 46% |
| Two-Face |
| 32% |
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You believe in survival of the fittest and you believe that you are the fittest.
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Click here to take the "Which Super Villain am I?" quiz...
Sunday, January 6, 2008
I know I should update more often but between working 48-60 hours a week, preping for the holidays, getting ready for NCLEX and squeezing Jen in all that, I haven't had much time to be in front of a computer monitor. I'll give you the run down of what I got for Christmas and birthday
All Star Wars movies including Clone Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Knights of the Old Republic II: the Sith Lords.
The complete Wheel of Time Series including New Spring
Various gift cards that morphed into CDs, games, and miscellaneous knicknacks.
So anways the trip to Abilene was surprisingly healing. Kayla is engaged to a seemingly good guy but again is only acting for her benefit not her kids. Its a long and drawn out process that is difficult to type out. Want to know? Call me.
My youngest niece, Julie, is a handful that needs a beltful taken to her rearful. She's all but five and is skilled at playing each adult in that house against one another. She wants everything her way, changes 'the rules' when she doesn't, pouts when it doesn't go her way. Mom says its typical of a five year old but I don't remember Harley being that way at all, nor me. Kayla wasn't manipulative, she was, and still is, bullheaded. Their sperm-donor of a dad is just stupid. Hopefully, mom is right and she'll grow out of it.
Dad and I got to play golf though the wind was our worst enemy. Even greater than our hooks and slices. It was the conversation that was so great.
Let me enlighten some of you about me. Most of you know that I'm not afraid of too many things. One of my greatest fears was that I would repeat the mistakes/shortcomings of my father...that my children and I would have the same relationship that my father and I have. Which is not the best in world, though we are trying to fix that.
Anyways, like the rest of my family Dad asked me when Jen and I were planning to start trying for a baby (summertime for those interested), I told him when and why and was perfectly content to leave the conversation at that. He continues on telling me that he had talked with mom and she told him about that greatest fear of mine. Great, I thought, where's this gonna go?
Not where I thought, at all.
He goes on to say that he was sorry for the things he did and didn't do; that he only knew to raise us the way he had been raised and when he thought back on that, perhaps it hadn't been the right way. But he also said that must have done something right for me to grow into the man I am today.
You know, I think most parents underestimate the power of the phrase, "I am proud of you." I heard it so rarely from my dad and when he said it, honestly and from the heart, I nearly cried. I told him, the only thing I will really regret it him not listening to me about how unhappy I was in Albany, but now, everything that was done to me into that small, shithole of a town has honed me into that man that my father is proud of.
So my father can admit his mistakes, so I can be the father that I want to be without hesitation or fear. It is really amazing what effect five words can have on a person.
To all the parents out there, go up to your child, hug them and tell them you are proud of them.
Current mood:  determined
Monday, November 26, 2007
Well, when I sat down a small box of odds-and-ends, we were officially moved in. Now, all we need is for the gas to be turned on so we can have hot water and heat. Right now, we have a medium heater heating the central part of the house and a small circular fan/heater in the master bedroom. We took showers right before we left the old house in Galveston. Personally, I believe that if you are a utilities company you should offer full services 365 days a year. American Gas has had thursday-sunday off (they don't disconnect/reconnect/activate service) and only do emergency repair and from the description my wife gave me about their definition of 'emergency' you better have a leaking line that's pouring gas into your grandfather's smoking room.
Anways, a friend asked more about my philosophy of life (I dare yet to call it religion and faith is something greater that philosophy) so here is some more info.
The Golden Path
In General: Everything that happens in life has been planned and is fixed. Point A and Point B and the road between is planned like a Rand McNally map. There is no free will. On this Path, we are evolving (as science would put it) to something greater and higher than we are now.
God: Is a higher being that has imbued us with great power. It (and I say It because the higher being will have no gender) has designed and set us on the Golden Path in order for us to release these powers and rise above a physical, linear existance. Everything that has been, is, will be done is known to It. Side Note: occasionally, I will refer to God as He. Its just a slip up relating to my upbringing and in no way should be taken as my wish for the male to dominate the female...unless said female wishes it ; )
Satan: doesn't exist. It is a complete dramitization meant to scare children into behaving and an excuse for insane men to escape justice. Same with Hell.
Evil: are planned acts that God has designed to inspire our continued rise. As evil acts occur we rise to the occasion (or fall and learn for our mistake) and cast down that perceived evil (Hitler being a great example).
Angels: are not holy beings and messengers of God but are conglomerations of our goodwill and postive energy. Every religion has angels but since each person's energy is different (like a fingerprint) so are their angel.
Demons: are simply the reverse of angels; conglomerations of our hate and negative energies.
Angels/Demon note: through manipulation of said energies (Wiccan's call it Magick) one can call on an angel or demon.
Jesus Christ: was a man who was ahead of the curve. For some reason he was able to tap into that hidden power, turn water into wine, raise the dead, give sight to the blind and, above all else, forgive those who had wronged him in his final hours. He was sent to show us the Golden Path (and he often mentioned a holy path that God has laid for all mankind). Do some research into Ancient Roman texts. Dig hard enough, you'll find that the Roman magistrates kept pretty good records of Jesus' feats.
Saints: are people who very nearly did what Jesus' could do and remind us to continue on the Golden Path.
The Church (all of them): is just the politicalization of faith. It serves no purpose in moving people on the Golden Path only quiet acceptance of Church Doctrine and 10% monthly tithe.
Nature: along with the beating of your heart, is the voice of God. All keys to unlocking our inner strength can be found in the blowing of the wind, the fall of the rain, or in the power of the hurricane. It causes struggle and strife which in turn tries to inspire charity and humanity in the face of tragedy.
Struggle: only by conflict do we improve. The meek shall inherit the Earth is crap. Strength is not only measured physically but mentally and morally. But also, the strong aren't to trample over the weak but to use our strength to lift the weak and, if needed carry them for a time till they are strong enough to continue down the Golden Path on their own.
Acceptance of Destiny: Quiet acceptance is what the Churches proscribe. The Golden Path is about struggle. Though Fate is fixed, we must struggle and rage against evil, death, hate, disease, etc etc but when all options are exhausted and the end has come (especially for the medical profession) to accept it that person's fate and continue on our path. The "why should I bother if it isn't going to change anything?" is just another way of asking, "someone please kick my fat, lazy ass into doing something good."
Life: is the physical time we spend on the Golden Path and adds (or subtracts) humanity's overall progress down the Golden Path.
Death: is nothing to be feared (dying however can be painfull and drawn-out, mostly due to ignorance and fear of death itself), it is a time of peace and rest and revelation: do we return to the physical world to continue on the Golden Path or has that person done well enough to take the next part of the journey? No this is not reincarnation. What I mean by returning to the physical world is that, if we do return, that means we have not moved as we should and God feels that we need to relearn some lessons. We return to relive our lives over again. Yes, you could consider this particular aspect of the Golden Path philosophy as hell. Just more encouragement for you to get it right the second time, isn't it?
Current mood: cold
Monday, November 19, 2007
Well, Jen and I got most of the smaller stuff moved over on Saturday and Sunday. The movers will be coming over this Saturday to move the couch, deep freeze, washer/dryer, bed, dresser, and a couple of other peices. I should be able to get the kitchen stuff packed, except for the essential cooking pots and pans. Computer will get moved this weekend as well.
Looking forward to the coming holidays. Though I have to work T-giving, I'll be off for all the other important dates (anniversary, birthdays, X-mas). We're looking on going up to Abilene on the week of New Years. Guess I need to call all the family to tell them to take days off so they can come get their presents. This year we'll have a house large enough to actually put up a Christmas tree without have to re/move furniture.
While at work one night, we got into the topic of religion. I casually stated that I don't believe in the devil or hell. Now to say that you don't beleive in a staple of Christian mythos casually takes a lot of work and true belief. Simple to say, that I believe, the devil as the single source of all evil in the world does not exist. All evil in the world has been created by human action/inaction. Now, this also has to be thought of that there is no such thing as free will. God had planned all thought and action. So therefore, God (or whatever diety you wish) has allowed evil action in his plans. Confusing, no? Actually its not if you subscribe to the Golden Path.
Simply, God has planned challenges, obstacles, etc, etc in our life to move us to something greater than we currently are. Only through struggle and strife can we earn the right to move on. It sounds a little Darwinistic but its true, though it doesn't necessarily apply to the 'strong shall survive.' Whatever the next stage of existance God has planned for us isn't a stronger, faster or more agile but a new level of understanding and thought.
So that means, that, yes, there are people who are meant to suffer, people who will never have good things happen to them, violence, war, disease, famine, natural disasters and on and on until we've met the mark.
makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside doesn't?
Current mood:  busy
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Been a busy two weeks. Sorry to not update for a while. Like I said, we you work 60 hours a week, you try to slip in all the time for major things you can. So let me update everyone.
We're Moving! We find us a little house in Bayou Vista about 10 minutes up the road. Rent will go up $300, but its bigger and its by the water (as much as Bayou Vista is). For the first time ever, we will have a dedicated 2nd bedroom, a computer room, and my own Amtgard/craft room downstairs (with its own bathroom!). For all those that want the address and it isn't sent to you by the end of the week, email me with your email address.
Since we're moving, we're cleaning. It sucks trying to clean an old house.
I talked with the nurse manager of MICU/CCU and have committed to working there after I take boards. I think it would be good to have a medicine background in Cardiology before I jump into the surgical part of it. Hopefully the Cardiothoracic service will pick up between now and then.
Other than that, things are going about as they always do. Hope everyone is well.
Current mood: busy
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Guess what? After three days of my heart racing at 150 beats a minute (yes I checked) and a final blood pressure of 225/134, I passed the clinical exams and now ill begin the long arduous task of putting in for boards. It will be a while till I can take them since "Official Graduation" isn't until dec21. But I'll talk with nurse managers and get things rolling.
I owe so much to my wife, my family, my friends and my co-workers who helped me to keep going, to give me the faith and skills to make it through this, and so on and so on...I'm gonna stop being gushy and get on with it.
Yippy Kiy Yeh!
Current mood:  ecstatic
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
I leave for clinicals on Thursday. As I left work sunday morning I realized that there's a strong chance that I will never work as a PSN again. When I pass and return to UTMB I'll be (granted unofficial at the time) a nurse granduate. All I can really say is, its about time. Failure is not an option.
I'm still not nervous. I have been reviewing things in my mind about what I need to do to make sure I don't get any marks against me and more importantly not to fail. I'll lay down and take a nap and then I'll remember something and go look it up the in Fundamentals book. Its funny. I have never used that book so much as I have in the last couple of months, and I've had it for nealy 5 years (since Galveston College).
Well, that's all for now. Probably drop another line before I leave on Thursday morning. Hope everything is well with the peeps. Adios
Current mood:  thoughtful
Friday, October 5, 2007
Had a patient say that one night. I'm sure if it had been any other unit except MICU (oh, let's say L&D) and the patient wasn't ou tof her mind, I would have been more concerned.
Anyhow, I know its been a while since I posted and I have a lot to recover from and tell you about as well. I'll so it as neatly as I can.
School: Clinicals is next weekend. Its strange I'm not nervous like I usually am before a big test. I'm in this state of perpetual readiness, like a soldier walking down the streets of Baghdad. Is kind of unnerving that my expectd bodily reactions aren't happening. I was comfortable with that pain. Now something else is happening and I'm have to learn to deal with it. Of course, I always say that you never stop learning.
Family: Mom's blood pressure is going up again. The doc adjusted her blood pressure and she had a bout of syncope. She broke her tailbone during a fall. Dad had a diskectomy and L3L4 fusion on Tuesday. Called Mom yesterday and he said he was doing good, was just waiting to pass gas so he could go home. Probably should call him today. Kayla is being Kayla. She old mom that she wants to move out in March (probably in with her new boyfriend) but she hasn't said much of it since that first time. She says she plans to finish up her paramedic this spring semester but I'll beleive it when I see it. When we went to Abilene for the family reunion, we got to spend time with Richard and Korey. Its so nice to hear them finally getting on their feet. (with no pressure involved) I hope that he'll propose soon but I know they are happy where they are for now. And that is above all what counts.
Wife: she's doing good. She's still stressed out at work but that's because she's too sweet to drive her heel into her boss's foot and give her old coworker a cigarette to finish her COPD off. Personally, I would have slipped hemlock in their water by now.
Work: Donna Graves is trying really hard to get me to come work for her in MICU/CCU. And I'm seriously considering it. As much as I want to do cardiology, I'm not willing to wait a year just to work in the heart pod on 2AB. I can go to CCU and get started right away.
More to come in a few days when I have time off. Right nwo its back to laundry. Have fun everyone.
Current mood:  calm
Monday, September 10, 2007
yeah, I know...I'm losing my twang. At least one person at the class reunion mentioned it. I'm not really worried about it. Too many people (even in this state) take it for a lack of intelligence. And its not like I have been intentionally trying to lose it. I work and play with a variety of people with their own accents and to try to understand them I almost have to think with that accent. Two of the worst are Bertha and Emmanuel. Bertha is a French Canadian and even though she's been here for twenty years? she's still hard to understand when she gets in a rush. Gotta love her though. Emmanuel's African accent (Nigerian I believe?) is tough to get used to. African language has nothing to do with English, whereas the Latin languages and Germanic have influenced modern english greatly. Gotta love those two though, they've both taught me alot.
Speaking of teaching, I made the reservations at the LaQuinta Plano West today. $384+ tax for four days. This also includes transport to and from the clinical site and free breakfast bag. I'm going up on a thursday to prevent the hassle of driving up on a friday, checking in to the hotel, getting to skills test and to unit orientation. I'll also be staying till monday that way on the busiest day of sunday (which is two patients with careplans done on the fly) I don't have to worry about waking up early to pack and checkout. Plus, I'm notoriously mentally exhausted after taking a sitdown test. I don't want to take the chance of falling asleep behind the wheel on the way home sunday evening.
Everyone keeps asking where I'll be working and I tell them that I'm going to file with SICU and MICU, though I've been watching current trends and with the decrease in the use of cardiac surgery (CABG esp) I think that if I want to go directly into a Heart ICU I'll probably go to MICU/CCU. When the time comes I'll move down to SICU to work with what surgery procedures we're doing. Like I said, that is the plan for now...seems that when I make plans the change fairly often.
Anyways, I'm off to get ready for lunch with Jennifer. Hope everyone's day is going well.
Current mood: cheerful
Friday, August 24, 2007
After working 72 hours, off one night, then another 36 hours, I finally have 4 glorious days off.
Working in MICU/CC has been fun. I have learned things about Cardiology that I have always wanted to know, especially about Aortic Balloon Pumps. I'm also finding out that I'm up on level (as far as knowledge) for most nurses that are two year out of school.
This is Jen and mine's first weekend together in nearly three weeks. It's tough for her to be alone at nights. She's always afraid tha something is going to happen if I'm not there. Hopefully after a two or three years of working nights, I'll have 'paid my dues' and be able to move to days. I'm not a huge fan of getting up at 530am but its been proven that working nights shortens lifespan. Though personally, I think it's more to do with the stress that we place on ourselves, not so much the hour of which we work.
I've been reading voraciously the last few weeks. I have chewed through the last few books of the Wheel of Time Series (again), finished the Harry Potter book in a grand total of 10 hours, and am now working on the fifth book in the Dresden Files series.
Come September, I'll be diving back into the studying full time and pleasure reading will fall back into the dark corners of my mind.
Speaking of dark corners; anyone else notice that it seems that it is time for parents to step up and be role models again? Young Hollywood (Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan), the sports figures (baseball:Steroids, basketball: referee betting, football;dogfighting), religious figures (Jesse Jackson;adultery) and politicians (list too long for the space Myspace allows for blogs) have consistently let down the youth of this nation. This generation that my nieces belong to have been raised on DVDs, computers and false promises.
Parents are more concerned with maintaining a lifestyle than seeing that their children set sail in the right direction. The children are raised by babysitters or grandparents while the parents sacrifice their lives to the almighty workhorse. Don't get me wrong you've got to have money to survive, but when you have two kids, you don't need a 3000 sq. ft. house, five cars, a boat, and season tickets to the Texans (I mean, who the hell goes to Texans game anyways, except for those who are into torture and embarrasment).
Sell the mansion, get a minivan, buy a kayak, watch the game on TV with your kids, and put all that money in a college fund for them. The Future will thank you for it and so will I.
Current mood:  weird
Monday, August 20, 2007
Well, you probably didn't hear that while I was working on Jennifer's Myspace page, looking for a layout code, I caught a virus and killed the Dell. So on monday we went to Best Buy and dropped $1200 on a new computer. Most of it was on the monitor. Now all that remains is to find out why the Yahoo! games applet won't load for Jennifer when she tries to play hearts. Other than that, all the upgardes we had installed are excellent.
The class reunion was rather anticlimatic. Most of the people I wanted to see weren't there, and with everyone drinking it was rather short. I left a little early, politely refusing invitations to continue to the party elsewhere on the excuse that I had a long trip to start early in the morning. Partially was true, but my demons are my own.
I'm busting my butt at work so I can have enough money to take the time off in October for clinicals. I'm enjoying the time in MICU since I hardly ever got to work there previously. Their nurse manager would like for me to work there when I graduate, that I just might start a war of the nickel and dime between her and the SICU.
Clinicals is fast approaching. I feel good about it, I haven't memorized all the little cards yet but I'm nearly there.
anyways, time to go check on dinner. laters
Current mood: calm
Monday, July 23, 2007
I just finished working seven days in a row, six of them in a one pay week. After taxes the check will come out to about 1k. You know if we didn't have to pay for the slackers in the country, our taxes would be alot lower. Not holding anything against the people who are ill, can't work, and therefore don't ahve insurance. And those young people who are just starting out in life. For all the other idiots who like to mooch off the federal government; sooner or later, your gravy train is going to end. Time to get educated and get a job. Set an example for your kids.
Anyways, you're probably wondering why I worked so many days consequetively. Right now, I'm asking myself that same question. The answer is that a nurse in MICU hurt her back and needed a tech to help out. I always wished that there was someone to help me out when my back goes out. I'm praying that if I do this that, when my time comes for help, there will be someone to cover my back (pardon the play on words).
I've been angry with God lately. Things have been going on that I know I'm suppose to learn from (patient deaths especially) but I'd rather She/He find other ways to guide me down the Golden Path that bringing misery to a family. No matter how I shield myself, it does wear me down.
Alot of people are pulling for me in the upcoming clinicals. I've been studying like a madman but I have a huge case of test anxiety and I need to find a way to get over it so I don't freeze when I start to walk the wire. Any suggestions (besides alcohol, drugs and the usual studying tips)?
Current mood: exhausted
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Probably gonna have to work 60 hours this week to pay for a trip back to Schlitterbaun and make bills but I'd rather not waste a ticket.
Dragonmaster was good. I placed third in the Owl category, getting beat out by some seriously good armor. Looking for the comments to get emailed to see where I can improve to get higher marks. Wish the Duck Tape Company would hurry up and come out with a gold metallica tape. Quals will see three or four entries from me.
This coming weekend will probably be eaten up with work, might make it out to Stormwall on sunday. Might not. The next weekend is Midreign. I'll day trip Saturday simply because of events to happen. Its in Livingston so its not that far of a trip.
Another round of bills is coming up. You know you really could live on love if it wasn't for the power company, gas company, cell phone company, the grocery store, and a multitude of other capitalistic opportunists.
Have you ever sat down and read the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx? Most Americans probably haven't. Communism in its basic form is a great thing. Everyone shares everything. No one is higher than another. Marx just casually omitted human nature in his theory. You see what it got Russia. China isn't faring much better if you look past their propaganda. Korea is a joke, I'm not even gonna go there.
Also, another failure that Marx forgot to add to his equation; that fact that the country must be completely self sufficient. Most countries (including the current 'communist' countries) are so webbed out in the global economy that it will lead to the failure of the communist society.
Again, its a great theory. Maybe somewhere down the line it will really, really happen.
Current mood: groggy
Monday, July 9, 2007
well, now that I have a chance to sit down and do a bit of updating, I will.
Last week was my first week back after vacation (that got rained out). It was good to be back at work, I wasn't angry, tired, or pissed off. I was back to being myself. Got to hang with the creu on 6AB on monday and tuesday, then got to do some hardcore ER stuff on wednesday.
Friday we left for Lufkin for Randi and Rick's wedding. We stayed at the Hampton Inn there in town and HOLY SHIT what a great hotel. No more slumming it in Days Inn anymore. It was worth the money.
The wedding was great. It was wonderful to see myt lil'sis happy. One of the best parts was when they cut the cake, everyone was telling them to be nice. Well Randi put a little drop of icing on Rick's nose. He took it well. When she closed her eyes, he put a thick creamy line from the center of her forehead to the tip of her nose. I'll have to ask if there was 'retribution' later than night.
The other part was getting to see Ross and Barbara again (Sable and Damia). It was a long time in seeing them and the parting of ways wasn't in the best of situations. *shrugs and sighs* Lessons learned and regrets for the past. The looked well and seemed happy, and congrats on the 12 year mark.
Dragonmaster is in College Station this sunday, and my tired ass will be leaving at about 8am to make the entry mark (if it 12pm, like I think it is). I'll be entering the thief throwing dagger, the enchanted throwing dagger (which I'm pimping as the new Dagger of Infinite Penetration), and some chapters of the Myspace-loved Asha'man stories. Wish me luck.
I would like to get my masterhood before I leave the kingdom, would love to see a knighthood before then. The whitebelt won't happen here. I'm setting sights on the masterhood.
Current mood:  awake
Sunday, July 1, 2007
So its July 1st and the first day of the extreme diet begins. Ok so not to extreme but I'm hoping once I can get my physiological needs in check I can tame my mental tellings as well. So far, its been easier than I thought but its only the first day.
Stormwall was warm, muggy, wet, and muddy. Took me 10 minutes to wash off the mud from my boots. I sucked in the single sword tourney today, mostly because I had a standard short sword whilst my opponent had a 5 foot long sword *shrug*. Most of us went home around 445 simply because we weren't cooling off and were tiring because of it.
Anyways, vacation this week was cut short due to rain. Good thing the two-day pass is good on any day that season. The hotel sucked much ass. The bed was just about as uncomfortable as you can imagine. Next time, we will cough up the little extra for a good bed. We had a blast the first day at the park covering all the rides at the main park. We had planned to cover Blastenhoff and Surfenburg the next day but, alas, God cried pissing us off in the process.
Sorsha's wedding is this coming Saturday in Lufkin and then Dragonmaster that next sunday in Mordengaard.
Class reunion is the weekend of August 10th in Abilene. Family reunion is the last weekend in September.
Clinicals is officially set for the weekend of October 12th.
Damn, its gonne be a busy few months.
Current mood: exhausted
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
At last, I'm taking time off for myself. I've been working 48-60 hours a week for the last two months. I have nine glorious days off. Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
I went out to Stormwall on Sunday and it rocked. I got there and really wasn't in the fighting mood. Did a little mass fighting (which I'm not good at) and then chatted it up. I listened to the battlegame scenario (which I thought it would suck) and it went south pretty soon after beginning thanks to neutral reeves and monsters not staying neutral. I grabbed an AMPd and a couple of bottles of water and chugged. After court I joined the smaller ditch and (once I got warmed up) was back to doing fairly well.
I got the hook up. Redhawk had a bundle of spare peices of black shield foam about to be thrown away. He will bring them to Dragonmaster and I will in turn provide Dragonstorm with two axes.
Eladesmier is working for a metalyard and can get me 20-30 1.5 inch 18g metal strips for armor. Told him no rush since I'm up to rebuilding the wizard credits and we can't wear armor. I know sucks huh?
We'll be leaving for New Braunfels this evening after Jen gets off work. I'll be meeting her for lunch in a little while, and we'll be back Friday evening.
Anyone needs to get ahold of me urgently, call my cell phone.
Current mood: chipper
Saturday, June 16, 2007
The six kids in Baytown who got in an accident and got 4 killed, 2 in the hospital one more likely to die. I have no sympathy for these kids or their parents. They stole a jeep, were speeding down a road and plowed under a parked railcar at midnight. This is what happens when you play with fire. Their parents failed their children and the children failed their parents. God bless the survivors and I hope the rest of the little shits in the area remember this when they think about stealing a car and go joy riding. GET OVER IT!
Paris in jail. She broke the law, she's in jail and she's having a breakdown because she never thought the law would apply to her. It happens to all little rich bitches when reality sinks in. GET OVER IT!
Global warming. Ok, I generally do my part to recycle and everything but here's the deal and anyone who has a biology degree knows this: the world goes through warming and cooling trends every-so-often. Some are rather long (The Great Ice Age, anyone) some are rather short (the drought South America from 1835-1860). Anyone think that maybe, just maybe, its time to start warming up again? And besides, how the hell do you justify global warming to a New Yorker whos buried under 8 feet of snow EVERY winter? Mother Earth will be here long after we're gone. GET OVER IT!
The Space Station: its an obsolete piece of Russian crap that needs to be sent into the atmosphere to burn up. Space travel is a waste of our time because we have too many problems to see to on this planet. Why worry about other planets? GET OVER IT!
Rant done.
Current mood:  pissed off
Friday, June 15, 2007
My nieces visited and I can't wait to have kids of my own, ones who do not argue (they argue they don't ask), can keep their hands to themselves (I did when I was their age), and appreciate everything they get. Don't get me wrong I love my neices but damn it, my sister needs to tighten the leashes a little bit.
Mom's little dog Rosie was put down a couple of weeks ago. Not sure if I mentioned it but she's grieving. In a way Rosie treated my mom better than my dad...in a lot of ways. Pets are so giving. All they expect is food, water, an occasional treat and a good rubdown.
My Aunt Brenda still seems to live in her won little world where everything is as it should be. Not really sure if my cousin would agree with that assessment but he's living his own life regardless of how she lives hers.
Grandma is doing well after her second knee replacement. She got around fairly well, better than she did at the renfair. She was glad to come down and get away from Haskell and its smallness.
I hoping that we can make it for the family reunion in September but if Class reunion is in August like I think it is, it may not happen, atl east without Jennifer there with me. Which would suck big time, she's already missed one family reunion and I want her there with me at the Class reunion. She just doesn't have enough time to go to both events.
Anyways, I'm still waiting on an assignment for clinicals. The last of the 4 months mark is July so I'm hoping to have a letter within the next couple of weeks.
Current mood:  anxious
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