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Weekend: July 12, 2009 - Welcome Back 12 of 12
I'm back and now with more 12 of 12s than ever!
8:10am: I had to retake this shot at 8:10 because I forgot it was a 12 of 12 until I sat down at my computer. This getting up early thing gives you like four extra hours in a day. Score!
9:00m: Making my weekly lesson plans after a delicious Starbucks run. Little did I know that my brilliant Monday plan would be destroyed when only two students showed up. Not coincidentally, it was the two who least-needed the work on today's material.
12:00pm: There were a meeting of the Hot Girl Alliance-Lowell Chapter at Panera. Both members showed up.
12:30pm: My bedroom "before" I unpacked my stuff and rearranged it.
1:30pm: "After"
2pm: Chompy at Tyler Park. There's a big sign that says NO DOGS but whatever. Chompy isn't a dog--she's an ass-kicking on four legs.
3pm: Chris and I drove up to Nashua so he could get the new iPhone and I could buy more random crap. This braced-umpire was on a fence outside the sporting goods store. I just liked that he had braces on.
3:30pm: Chris trading in his Pre to join the iPhone community. Welcome aboard!
4:00pm: All my trips to Best Buy are unsuccessful. I did get a TV for my bedroom but they had to order it. I managed to get a $200 coupon from Comcast so I somehow made money by going to Best Buy. Score.
7:30pm: Taking a break from work to check my fantasy stats. I was playing Steve this week and avenged my previous loss with a whomping. I've moved from last place into 3rd. Boom.
9:00pm: On my way to Chris' house to watch the Cubbies lose to the Cardinals. At least we got to see Sean Marshall play left field.
10:00pm: We weren't really watching the game so much as playing on our iPhones. There's Oreo with her head on my lap. She was so happy to see me she peed a little bit. I wish my students got that excited.
BONUS: I took this morning since I went to bed so early last night. See how nicely I clean up? Comments: 4
Friday: June 26, 2009 - King Philip Hones
After class on Thursday I ran some errands and then Chris was kind enough to drive me to Logan so I could fly back to DC to move promotioncode.org to a new server and start packing up my stuff for the official move on July 2nd.
I feel like I threw out most of my random stuff when I moved from Florida but no, I still have tons of it. I have my office and my kitchen totally done, my bedroom and living room are each about 80% done and I haven't touched the bathroom.
Despite not being a Planner Douchebag, I saved all my moving tubs so I've been able to get things packed up pretty quickly. By far my most impressive success was loading the big TV into its original box by myself. That sucker is heavy.
I'm up to six garbage bags full of clothes to give away. I've decided to pare down to six items in each clothing category. After living for a month with only four clothing options I figured it was time to get back to basics.
I find it funny that I consider 2004 - 2007 the Lean Years but somehow that's when I acquired just about everything I own. For whatever reason I spent a lot more money when I had less. I guess that's the American way.
I was able to purchase pitchy.com over the weekend and mark my words, in a couple of years that is going to be a significant site.
If you're not doing anything July 2nd and want to help me load a truck that would be great. I'll even pay you--pay you with money, not even like "pizza and beer" but with cold hard cash (and pizza and beer).
And so ends two sentence paragraph day. Comments: 1
Monday: June 22, 2009 - Bandwagoneer
So I got the new iPhone 3gs and it, so far, is way better than the 2g. Everyone with whom I've spoken on the phone has told me that the reception is much more clear so maybe, just maybe, AT&T is getting their act together.
So far the only downside is that none of my old accessories work and I had to rebuy all the applications I had on my old one. The battery life isn't all it's cracked up to be either. It has a compass feature that's pretty stupid and useless but the GPS works much faster than it did on the old one.
In other news the Cubs still suck and they really should attempt to trade for Albert Pujols. They could get him if they really wanted to--maybe Zambrano, Dempster, and Derek Lee. Randy Wells and Ted Lilly could just alternate days and with a whopping 3 runs a game in support they might actually pick up some wins.
My fantasy team still sucks but I've moved out of place after breaking even in last week's matchup. Comments: 2
Thursday: June 18, 2009 - I'm Getting It
I'm totally getting the new iPhone. It comes out today and while I won't be part of the teeming masses I'm still going to get it. Why? Because I deserve it. Yes, my old one works fine despite the crack that runs down the middle of the screen. If they'll let me keep a crappy sim card in it and use it as an emergency phone that I can store in the glove compartment of my car then great. Aside from going out to eat a lot (ok, a lot-lot) I don't really spend money on stuff unless I have to so sometimes you gotta treat yourself right.
We've had some nice weather up here this week even though it's supposed to rain all weekend. Chompy and Oreo are getting along better and it's hard to believe I only have one more full week left of teaching this session. Weirdy. Time moves a lot more quickly when you wake up before 7am with a full day rather than 10am with a less-full day.
In other news, the Cubs suck. Sammy Sosa was also found to have failed a steroids test in 2003. Duh. Seriously, duh. Who didn't see that one coming. Comments: 0
Wednesday: June 17, 2009 - Bevy of Movies
I've watched a lot of movies recently and since I was the last person on Earth to have seen them I won't bother with long reviews when grades will more than suffice.
Wall-E: Amazing how far animation has come. Final Grade: B-
The Incredibles: I swear the visuals throughout that movie looked real most of the time. Story...zzz. Final Grade: B-
Finding Nemo: Sensing a pattern here? Final Grade: B
Ocean's 11: Much better than I thought. Final Grade: A-
Crouching Tiger: Needed less "story" and more fighting chicks. Final Grade: D
Transformers: I'm not even going to grade this. Who doesn't like the Transformers. And who doesn't like Megan Fox?
Alien: Took me three tries to get through it without falling asleep. Pretty crappy but it did make me jump when it first popped out of his belly. I might have screamed a little too. Final Grade; D
Garden State: I've watched this twice now and hated it both times. Final Grade: F
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Weirdy. Final Grade: B
Saving Private Ryan: Kind of cheesy but pretty good. Final Grade: B+
American Beauty: I like Kevin Spacey. Final Grade: B+
Good Will Hunting: Predictable but quotable. I feel so "in" now. Final Grade: C-
Terminator: Eh. Final Grade: C-
Terminator 2: Come with me if you want to live (again). Final Grade: B+
American History X: Awesome. Final Grade: A
Yep, with Chris away I've had a good two hours before bed to slowly become acquainted with popular culture. Comments: 6
I'm back and now with more 12 of 12s than ever!
8:10am: I had to retake this shot at 8:10 because I forgot it was a 12 of 12 until I sat down at my computer. This getting up early thing gives you like four extra hours in a day. Score!
9:00m: Making my weekly lesson plans after a delicious Starbucks run. Little did I know that my brilliant Monday plan would be destroyed when only two students showed up. Not coincidentally, it was the two who least-needed the work on today's material.
12:00pm: There were a meeting of the Hot Girl Alliance-Lowell Chapter at Panera. Both members showed up.
12:30pm: My bedroom "before" I unpacked my stuff and rearranged it.
1:30pm: "After"
2pm: Chompy at Tyler Park. There's a big sign that says NO DOGS but whatever. Chompy isn't a dog--she's an ass-kicking on four legs.
3pm: Chris and I drove up to Nashua so he could get the new iPhone and I could buy more random crap. This braced-umpire was on a fence outside the sporting goods store. I just liked that he had braces on.
3:30pm: Chris trading in his Pre to join the iPhone community. Welcome aboard!
4:00pm: All my trips to Best Buy are unsuccessful. I did get a TV for my bedroom but they had to order it. I managed to get a $200 coupon from Comcast so I somehow made money by going to Best Buy. Score.
7:30pm: Taking a break from work to check my fantasy stats. I was playing Steve this week and avenged my previous loss with a whomping. I've moved from last place into 3rd. Boom.
9:00pm: On my way to Chris' house to watch the Cubbies lose to the Cardinals. At least we got to see Sean Marshall play left field.
10:00pm: We weren't really watching the game so much as playing on our iPhones. There's Oreo with her head on my lap. She was so happy to see me she peed a little bit. I wish my students got that excited.
BONUS: I took this morning since I went to bed so early last night. See how nicely I clean up? Comments: 4
Friday: June 26, 2009 - King Philip Hones
After class on Thursday I ran some errands and then Chris was kind enough to drive me to Logan so I could fly back to DC to move promotioncode.org to a new server and start packing up my stuff for the official move on July 2nd.
I feel like I threw out most of my random stuff when I moved from Florida but no, I still have tons of it. I have my office and my kitchen totally done, my bedroom and living room are each about 80% done and I haven't touched the bathroom.
Despite not being a Planner Douchebag, I saved all my moving tubs so I've been able to get things packed up pretty quickly. By far my most impressive success was loading the big TV into its original box by myself. That sucker is heavy.
I'm up to six garbage bags full of clothes to give away. I've decided to pare down to six items in each clothing category. After living for a month with only four clothing options I figured it was time to get back to basics.
I find it funny that I consider 2004 - 2007 the Lean Years but somehow that's when I acquired just about everything I own. For whatever reason I spent a lot more money when I had less. I guess that's the American way.
I was able to purchase pitchy.com over the weekend and mark my words, in a couple of years that is going to be a significant site.
If you're not doing anything July 2nd and want to help me load a truck that would be great. I'll even pay you--pay you with money, not even like "pizza and beer" but with cold hard cash (and pizza and beer).
And so ends two sentence paragraph day. Comments: 1
Monday: June 22, 2009 - Bandwagoneer
So I got the new iPhone 3gs and it, so far, is way better than the 2g. Everyone with whom I've spoken on the phone has told me that the reception is much more clear so maybe, just maybe, AT&T is getting their act together.
So far the only downside is that none of my old accessories work and I had to rebuy all the applications I had on my old one. The battery life isn't all it's cracked up to be either. It has a compass feature that's pretty stupid and useless but the GPS works much faster than it did on the old one.
In other news the Cubs still suck and they really should attempt to trade for Albert Pujols. They could get him if they really wanted to--maybe Zambrano, Dempster, and Derek Lee. Randy Wells and Ted Lilly could just alternate days and with a whopping 3 runs a game in support they might actually pick up some wins.
My fantasy team still sucks but I've moved out of place after breaking even in last week's matchup. Comments: 2
Thursday: June 18, 2009 - I'm Getting It
I'm totally getting the new iPhone. It comes out today and while I won't be part of the teeming masses I'm still going to get it. Why? Because I deserve it. Yes, my old one works fine despite the crack that runs down the middle of the screen. If they'll let me keep a crappy sim card in it and use it as an emergency phone that I can store in the glove compartment of my car then great. Aside from going out to eat a lot (ok, a lot-lot) I don't really spend money on stuff unless I have to so sometimes you gotta treat yourself right.
We've had some nice weather up here this week even though it's supposed to rain all weekend. Chompy and Oreo are getting along better and it's hard to believe I only have one more full week left of teaching this session. Weirdy. Time moves a lot more quickly when you wake up before 7am with a full day rather than 10am with a less-full day.
In other news, the Cubs suck. Sammy Sosa was also found to have failed a steroids test in 2003. Duh. Seriously, duh. Who didn't see that one coming. Comments: 0
Wednesday: June 17, 2009 - Bevy of Movies
I've watched a lot of movies recently and since I was the last person on Earth to have seen them I won't bother with long reviews when grades will more than suffice.
Wall-E: Amazing how far animation has come. Final Grade: B-
The Incredibles: I swear the visuals throughout that movie looked real most of the time. Story...zzz. Final Grade: B-
Finding Nemo: Sensing a pattern here? Final Grade: B
Ocean's 11: Much better than I thought. Final Grade: A-
Crouching Tiger: Needed less "story" and more fighting chicks. Final Grade: D
Transformers: I'm not even going to grade this. Who doesn't like the Transformers. And who doesn't like Megan Fox?
Alien: Took me three tries to get through it without falling asleep. Pretty crappy but it did make me jump when it first popped out of his belly. I might have screamed a little too. Final Grade; D
Garden State: I've watched this twice now and hated it both times. Final Grade: F
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Weirdy. Final Grade: B
Saving Private Ryan: Kind of cheesy but pretty good. Final Grade: B+
American Beauty: I like Kevin Spacey. Final Grade: B+
Good Will Hunting: Predictable but quotable. I feel so "in" now. Final Grade: C-
Terminator: Eh. Final Grade: C-
Terminator 2: Come with me if you want to live (again). Final Grade: B+
American History X: Awesome. Final Grade: A
Yep, with Chris away I've had a good two hours before bed to slowly become acquainted with popular culture. Comments: 6
Good Things Take Time...
88 days until I turn 30 and likely die
Random Picture...
Our hotel was next to a graveyard. Here's a ghost-face (maybe) in the reflection of the sign.
Our hotel was next to a graveyard. Here's a ghost-face (maybe) in the reflection of the sign.
Time Machine:
07-13-2008
· 07-13-2007
· 07-13-2006
· 07-13-2005
07-13-2008: The All-Star Game is on Tuesday and on Sunday I found out Kerry Wood was going to be replaced by none other than Carlos Marmol. Although Marmol has been awful lately, if he's able to bring his "A-Game", he will be the most unhittable pitcher available. Too bad you don't know which Marmol you'll get anymore. For that reason I'd have to keep him on the bench which is pretty sad. In his defense he'd probably be nervous and overthrow and his fastball would likely be over 100mph so it wouldn't really matter if his slider was 50' off the plate.
Looking at the lineups, I don't really see how the National League could lose except that Cliff Lee is really good. As far as hitting though, I'd much rather have the NL lineup--especially as you work your way towards the bottom. Kevin Youkalis wouldn't even be an All-Star in the Glover Park Softball League, so the fact he's there at all is just fantastic for the NL. To a lesser extent, this is true for Dustin Pedroia. Thank God for stupid Boston fans voting in their crappy players (and crappy players voting for their crappy-playing friends).
The Cubs have too many All-Stars. I would have only sent Dempster and Soto. Fukudome is a fine player but not an All-Star. Whatever. This is the NL's year which is good because the Cubs are going to the World Series and clearly can only win at home.I took the day off blogging but only because I was thinking of you. 07-13-2006: Where to begin...it's been a week and I'm not sure I remember how to blog except I know it involves not using many paragraphs and not saying anything interesting. I was in Orlando for the last week at a marketing conference where I was somehow selected to speak. There were about 1200 people at the conference and I would say a good sixth of them saw my high-energy, high-interest lecture on affiliate marketing. There were a couple of awkard pauses where the mob of 200 people, all of whom essentially get paid to run their big fat mouths for a living, said nothing and looked blankly as though I was talking about quantam mechanics or Schenkerian theory. Oh well. I got a lot of nice feedback but the makeup of people was such that I think I'd rather go back to cleaning toilets than go to another one. I did manage to meet a few really talented, smart people (whose heads weren't professionally sutured up their assholes) including our CJ account rep Brian. I really wanted to tell him he should leave his company and do something that would make him happier; one of those people that you know would succeed in any profession so you have to wonder what the allure of a certain job is. Unfortunately it was not my place after only a couple hours so I kept my mouth shut. Of the 1200 people I would have to estimate that about 1100 of them should be put down. I mean that in the nicest way of course but if you're contributing nothing to your business NOR society what purpose are you serving? Begging, lying and buying others beers is not really how the world works. Unless of course it is and I just don't get it. I think I do get it though because my company is doing well and I would like to think that I contribute daily to that succeess. I just wish people would shut up for about 30 seconds before they speak. That's all.
Upon my return I did three things: lose at poker, buy pchris' drumset and take Chompy to the vet. Chompy was given a clean dog-bill of health so I feel like a pretty good Food Guy. And she's dropped a pound since last year. Score! The vet advised I feed her 1/4 less food each day so I think I'll give that a try. I was trying to fatten her up a little bit for thelong, harsh winters
fights with jamie's sisters dog but with him living in Jacksonville Chompy and I are probably safe from his cruel
attacks.
In sadder news, three weeks from now five of my friends will be moved away. Bummer.07-13-2005: For the ninth time since I've been blogging, the Taurus won't start. Had it not been for the kindheartedness of Jerry, I would have been stuck at home and at the complete mercy of the apathetic AAA people. Tomorrow I'm bringing the car into McCann's Automotive's shop. It's owned by the husband of my former boss (from the City of Tallahassee). I found out she no longer works for talgov and everyone told me to wish her the best when I saw her. I wonder why she quit...well, of course she had more job responsibilities than anyone else I knew there and probably didn't make enough money. To her credit though, she was a damn good employee (not to mention a very good supervisor). I don't think I'll ever work with anyone as detail oriented as she was. Three cheers for Helen (as long as her husband can fix my stupid car).
Looking at the lineups, I don't really see how the National League could lose except that Cliff Lee is really good. As far as hitting though, I'd much rather have the NL lineup--especially as you work your way towards the bottom. Kevin Youkalis wouldn't even be an All-Star in the Glover Park Softball League, so the fact he's there at all is just fantastic for the NL. To a lesser extent, this is true for Dustin Pedroia. Thank God for stupid Boston fans voting in their crappy players (and crappy players voting for their crappy-playing friends).
The Cubs have too many All-Stars. I would have only sent Dempster and Soto. Fukudome is a fine player but not an All-Star. Whatever. This is the NL's year which is good because the Cubs are going to the World Series and clearly can only win at home.I took the day off blogging but only because I was thinking of you. 07-13-2006: Where to begin...it's been a week and I'm not sure I remember how to blog except I know it involves not using many paragraphs and not saying anything interesting. I was in Orlando for the last week at a marketing conference where I was somehow selected to speak. There were about 1200 people at the conference and I would say a good sixth of them saw my high-energy, high-interest lecture on affiliate marketing. There were a couple of awkard pauses where the mob of 200 people, all of whom essentially get paid to run their big fat mouths for a living, said nothing and looked blankly as though I was talking about quantam mechanics or Schenkerian theory. Oh well. I got a lot of nice feedback but the makeup of people was such that I think I'd rather go back to cleaning toilets than go to another one. I did manage to meet a few really talented, smart people (whose heads weren't professionally sutured up their assholes) including our CJ account rep Brian. I really wanted to tell him he should leave his company and do something that would make him happier; one of those people that you know would succeed in any profession so you have to wonder what the allure of a certain job is. Unfortunately it was not my place after only a couple hours so I kept my mouth shut. Of the 1200 people I would have to estimate that about 1100 of them should be put down. I mean that in the nicest way of course but if you're contributing nothing to your business NOR society what purpose are you serving? Begging, lying and buying others beers is not really how the world works. Unless of course it is and I just don't get it. I think I do get it though because my company is doing well and I would like to think that I contribute daily to that succeess. I just wish people would shut up for about 30 seconds before they speak. That's all.
Upon my return I did three things: lose at poker, buy pchris' drumset and take Chompy to the vet. Chompy was given a clean dog-bill of health so I feel like a pretty good Food Guy. And she's dropped a pound since last year. Score! The vet advised I feed her 1/4 less food each day so I think I'll give that a try. I was trying to fatten her up a little bit for the
In sadder news, three weeks from now five of my friends will be moved away. Bummer.07-13-2005: For the ninth time since I've been blogging, the Taurus won't start. Had it not been for the kindheartedness of Jerry, I would have been stuck at home and at the complete mercy of the apathetic AAA people. Tomorrow I'm bringing the car into McCann's Automotive's shop. It's owned by the husband of my former boss (from the City of Tallahassee). I found out she no longer works for talgov and everyone told me to wish her the best when I saw her. I wonder why she quit...well, of course she had more job responsibilities than anyone else I knew there and probably didn't make enough money. To her credit though, she was a damn good employee (not to mention a very good supervisor). I don't think I'll ever work with anyone as detail oriented as she was. Three cheers for Helen (as long as her husband can fix my stupid car).