Thunder of Wade

trek, ps3, sun, trick

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On June 14, 2009

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Went and saw Star Trek this weekend. Good flick, very intense – and while the plot was okay, I was a little disappointed in the direction they took. Eh, the explosions were nice. And I so have to get me some Red Matter.

I also went out and got myself a PS3. I’ve been holding out for a price drop, but since that wasn’t happening, I gathered up my coupons and gift card and headed to best buy. The PS3 and one game ended up being around 480 dollars. With the coupons, best buy rewards, and giftcard – I got it down to $178. I think the clerk was annoyed at the gift cards, but it didn’t bother me at all. I’ve been playing little big planet quite a bit and I really like it. I haven’t gone online with it yet – mainly because people online are stupid.
I got a little sun today, sat outside and read for a bit. My room-mate came out and shared the funnies with me from the sunday paper – and they were actually pretty funny instead of the usual – “heh”.
I was pretty warm and noticed his cup of lemon-aid. I asked if I could have a sip and he offered to get me my own glass. I said I just wanted sip and he handed it to me.
I took a sip and immediatly spit it out. It tasted horrible and I couldn’t come up with enough spit to rinse my mouth. It looked and smelled like lemon-aid – but there was something else. I asked him what it was and he told me it was lemon-aid + vodka. And he laughed at my reaction.
Now, I don’t drink. Haven’t since college. Sort of drew a line in the sand on the whole thing. If other people want to drink around me, I’m generally okay with that provided they don’t try to force it on me and don’t get too messed up.
So, I put away my chair and took my book inside. I went to the cabinet and found the bottle of vodka and then poured it in the sink. Then, for good measure, I got a half-full bottle of wine out of the fridge and poured that out too. Both empty bottles went in the trash.
He apoligized – then sarcasticly thanked me for pouring out an expensive bottle of wine when he found the bottles later.
Was I being petty? Yep. Sure. Why not? Should have poured out more. Still might.
I think I need to do some cleaning or something. Need to create a little more order in my life. Maybe need to look at Apartments.com later as well. Yeah, it’s that bad.
later…

chemical, guest

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On June 12, 2009

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I got to the rec center at my regular time and as I entered the pool area and prepared to get in the water, I noticed that a guy was dumping a white power in the water at the end of the lap lanes. I asked the lifeguards if it was okay to swim and while they were unsure, they said it was probably okay.

So, I walked over to ladder and started to get in. The guy dumping the powder didn’t react to my presence and he finished up before I was ready to start my laps. I did my laps with no ill reactions – and noted that at least a part of the powder didn’t dissolve right away.
I’m still doing okay, no weird skin itches or anything. Still a little weird to be doing something to the pool water during regular hours.
The AA Founder’s day is this weekend on campus. A few parking lots have been closed off and we’ve got a lot more people on campus than usual, but it hasn’t really affected us much. I avoided the student union food court just in case there were long lines, but otherwise no biggie.
The afternoon is going slowly, but I’ll be out of here soon enough. Looking forward to some sunshine this weekend.
later…

taken, gas, meeting

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On June 12, 2009

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Watched the movie “taken” last night. Even though he was a jedi, I was a little skeptical about Liam Neeson as an action hero, but he pulled it off. Lots of “judo chop” moves and ass kicking – pretty intense.

I was standing in line at Starbucks today with my coworker. There was a man standing at the counter getting his coffee and a woman behind him. The two were good naturedly arguing and he said,
“better be careful, I’ve got a lot of gas today”
to which she replied,
“I’ve got a really long umbrella,”
prompting my co-worker to comment,
“I’ve got a lighter”
Ah, Friday morning on campus.
In other news, my FMR’s mom and grandmother were supposed to come over for dinner last night, but had to cancel. The weather was a little bad yesterday so that may have been a factor.
Well, I was supposed to be 1/2 way through a meeting/training session – but they haven’t shown yet and it’s now a little after 8:30 Oh, well, makes for a quieter day.
That’s it for now… later…

spam, headache, swine

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On June 11, 2009

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I got a spam message today – from someone I know. Occasionally I’ll get a message from someone that has been accidentally tagged as spam (the message, not the person) and of course I get a ton of spam from strange addresses – but this time I recognised the name and address of the person – but the content of the message was spam. It was from someone that had invited me to use Linkedin – I wonder if their database got hacked?

I went home yesterday with a headache. Not a migraine, but bad enough that I took some motrin and went to bed for a bit. It stayed with me most of the rest of the evening – sort of coming and going as lighting conditions and noise levels changed. And it’s back again this afternoon – though not as bad. Don’t know if it’s stress, a hold over from this cold I can’t seem to kick, or the flourecents in the office here.
Just got an email from Mom about WHO upgrading H1N1 to a pandemic. I don’t have the body aches or fatigue, but I do have the rest of the common symptoms. Great. Swine flu. Just like Link Hobthrob.
Still got 2 hours to go today. It’s been pretty quiet here though that doesn’t make the time go faster.
My room-mate and I are having my FRM’s mom and grandmother over for an early dinner this evening (they don’t like to drive late). Should be fun – they are both fiesty old ladies from the Bronx. Meaning: fun, but don’t cross them or you’ll get a facefull of mace.
Guess that’s it for now. later…

cold, swim, drive

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On June 8, 2009

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I’ve been fighting a bit of a cold for the past few days – but since it’s been combined with my eye swelling up again I at first dismissed it as some kind of allergy thing. And it didn’t help that my neighbor had his charcoal grill and lawn mower going right outside our windows – thought I was going to sneeze my head clear off.

I’m doing better today, though my throat is still a little sore.
I hit the pool today and did 21 laps. Not my best, but okay considering I’m really not at my best. The water was really warm – I kept watching the lifeguards to make sure they didn’t throw in any vegetables.
I did a little errand running on Sunday – got some supplies for a a few projects and bought an mp3 player and an external hard-drive. I’ve held off moving from the cds for a while – but some artists are only releasing music digitally now, so I’d better get on the bandwagon. I’ve got a big project ahead of me converting my cd’s to mp3 – but I’ve got time and plenty of space now, so it should be fun to rediscover my music collection again.
later…

mario, crowd

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On June 5, 2009

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I played some super paper mario last night – the Pitt of 100 Trials. Essentially, 100 levels of enemies to fight. Some rooms I cleared in 20-40 seconds, others took as long as a couple of minutes. In the very last level, I fought a huge dragon and at a crucial moment I meant to hit the button to open my menu and use a health item – and instead I hit the button to jump and smashed into an enemy on the dragon’s back.

And died.
Game over.
I turned off the Wii and the television and went outside to read a book. Stupid game.
I hit the pool today for my swim and as I walked in I realized that the pool was busy – there must have been about 40 kids in there for some event. And they were also in the lap lanes.
I approached the life guard to ask if they had the whole pool reserved, but before I got the word out, she asked if I was going to do lap swimming. I said I was and she said she’d clear them out of the lap lane. And she did.
Yea!
So, I had a lane to myself and got in my laps. No records set, but it still felt good.
It’s been a rough week here at work and I’m looking forward to getting out of here and getting some sunshine. And it’s Friday, so, bonus.
later…

pants

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On June 4, 2009

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My co-worker and I went to Chipotle for our weekly lunch event.   We met up with his cousin and sat at a table outside to enjoy the sunshine.  I was part way through my burrito when my co-worker spilled his drink.

I could see it racing across the table toward me and I had only a moment to act.  
Abandon the burrito and use the lag time that gave me to get out of the way 
or
Carefully set my burrito down in the tray, protecting it from the soda, and take whatever came at me.  
Well, there was really no question about which way that was going to go.   I carefully set my burrito down and moved away from the table – too late to avoid the onrush of soda that soaked my pants.   
But, the burrito was safe and that’s all that mattered.   My co-worker felt bad, but my pants dried quickly in the sun.   And the burrito was awesome.
later…

clever, shoes, mile

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On June 2, 2009

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As I was getting ready for work this morning, I remembered that I had a meeting today with a student group that had caused me some grief in the past.   I have to work with them, so I got dressed with an eye toward a carefully calculated impression.    Long sleeve white dress shirt with a UA logo indicating that I was part of the establishment and would be expected to follow the rules.  Sleeves rolled up to indicate that I was someone prepared to work.   Dress pants – and my dressier flip-flops – an indication that I’m cool and that I can relate.   Or at least that I’m trying to fool myself into thinking that I’m cool and that I can relate.     I never put this much thought into what I’m wearing under usual circumstances, but this group had been stubborn and I was going to need all the help I could get.

So, image complete, I headed into work.  And when I checked my calendar, I realized that I also had a meeting today with the Office of General Counsel – i.e. the lawyers.   And while flip-flops might be appropriate for a meeting with a student group  – they would not be appropriate for a meeting with the lawyers.  
One of my co-workers and I headed up to the student union for starbucks and I mentioned my footwear issues and that I might have to go  home and change shoes before my meeting.   He asked what shoe size I wore (10) and then offered to let me borrow his shoes for the meeting.   He had a backup pair in his car and no meetings – so, it would work out fine and though I had to go sock-less I was in much better shape than before. 
I ‘shoed-up’ just before my meeting and things went fine.   Back to flip-flops for my second meeting and that went fine too.
They say you have to walk a mile in someone’s shoes before you really know them.  I didn’t quite cover a mile, but I was impressed by his generosity and I appreciated it.  
I learned a lesson about planning and still ended up making the right impressions.
The rest of the day has been pretty much business as usual, but I’ll head out of here in a much better mood than I had yesterday.
later…

600, day, swim

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On June 2, 2009

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This is post number 600 for my blog and I had rather hoped for something deeply meaningful or a fundamental truth about existence.  Instead, I think it’s pretty much going to be same old-same old.

I ended up  having a really really crappy day yesterday.   One task that should have taken 15 minutes lasted all day.  I had 2 meetings that annoyed me and promised to create a massive amount of work.  And then I screwed up the survey tool software by not carefully following the instructions – though, to my credit, they were very much counter-intuitive.
So, my swim was delayed and I didn’t get to go to the pool until after work.  I was really looking forward to getting some of my frustrations out.  
Instead, the two lap lanes were in use.    There’s a guy swimming in one and a mother teaching her kids to swim in the other one.   Now, it’s a big pool and I’m pretty sure that a swimming lesson is not appropriate in the lap lanes, but I tried to not be annoyed by it and got in the lane with the guy swimming laps.   
I tried to stay out of his way – he was less concerned about staying out of my way – and as a consequence I ended up scraping my elbow on the wall.     I stopped in the middle of the lane, lifted my arm out of the water for an inspection and as soon as I did that, it started to bleed.
So, that was it for me.  I kept my arm out of the water and got out of the pool.   I snagged a paper towel and had the bleeding mostly stopped by the time I was dressed and on my way out the door.    When I got home, I opened it back up and cleaned it with alcohol and then slathered on the neosporin and a band-aid.  
I played some video games, read a book, and cooled down.      Today is not shaping up to be awesome, but I’m going to keep my head down and get through it.     On a brighter note, the boss is out of the office this week – so, I’m predicting a slightly longer than an hour lunch hour.
later…

weekend

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On June 1, 2009

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Went to Olive Garden on Friday for dinner – not really impressed.   The calimari appitizer was underdone and the pizza was rather mediocre.   They did take the calimari off the bill, but even with that I just wasn’t impressed.   Think I’m going to avoid that one for a while.

I went to the final soccer game of the season for my FRM’s son.  As usual, I drove FRM’s mom to the match and hung out with her and the little dude’s mom.   (one day I really need to map out their family tree).    FRM’s mom seems to have reconciled with he and his new wife – I think partly because of their new baby girl.   Which is good – since FRM’s mom wasn’t on speaking terms with the rest of the family and it may any encounters very tense.  The little dudes and dudettes won the match 2-1 – so, very exciting times.
I got a little sun in the afternoon and took a trip to Lowe’s for some 2 ft square concrete slabs so we can set the grill off the patio in the back.   They were heavy and since my room-mate is headed for spine surgery soon, I was the designated lifter of  heavy things.    I also bought some dumbells while I was out – it’s way past time that I started lifting again, even if it’s just to tone up a bit.   I also need to work on my abs – so, it’s literally crunch time.
On Sunday, my room-mate’s second cousin and her husband stopped by in the evening for a visit on their way to Falling Rock.  It was a surprise visit in that my room-mate had forgottent they were coming until they called in the morning.   We did a rush job of cleaning to get the place ready and had a nice dinner and evening.   I taught them some origami too.
This morning I woke up with a headache and despite a brief respite during the walk up to starbucks, it’s been pretty persistant.  I think it’s the lighting in here.  I took an excedrine and we’ll see how that goes.  
Two meetings today – one at eleven (pushing back my swim) and another at one (rushing my lunch).  Looks like I’ll be swimming late this afternoon.
So, not a bad weekend, but something of a rough Monday already.  Better get back to work.
later…

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