Thanks for the interesting information...

It's definitely good to know. :)


Not too much going on. T-minus one week until I start my new job. Very cool. I will sort of miss the free time, but I'm glad to be going back to doing what I love.


Some people think they're very clever, and have it all figured out. Hehe.

Sad.

Heather is right; we have several friends who just assume and the rumors spread like wild-fire. It's ridiculous. It's childish and incredibly sad on their parts. And the saddest part of all is - it will never change. No matter what is said, or done...those people will always be this shallow, this callous, this immature. It will never stop coming from some people. At least it's good to have a general idea of who.

I am who I am, and what I am, and where I am in life. I know the score, and those who matter know the score. And maybe coming from me, Mr. Insult-A-Minute, 'immature' is a heckuva label to start throwing around; but at least I can separate bullshit from reality.

But I have bigger fish to fry. I have a job and career to concentrate on, a future to build, and a family to pay attention to. And great friends who know me and what I'm about. The rest of this shit is just something for me to make fun of and ridicule, because it truly deserves that.

And this isn't directed at any specific person. I love all my friends, despite major flaws - although sometimes I question why, in light of certain things. Some I've lost along the path of my life, and with good reason. More will inevitably follow suit down the line. But at least I keep doing MY duty as "friend" and keep trying to be the best I can at that title. I can say that with confidence; they cannot. And I feel sorry for them because of that.

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Tomorrow I hang with Mr. Nix. Wednesday night is "Guy Movie Night" at Joe's. The rest of the week is open, and then next week is the new frontier!

Anticipation.

My world right now is all about anticipation. I'm excited about my new job with Volk Construction. I'm excited about the upcoming Gravity Kills Killoween II concert on Oct. 28th, and the Halloween party at Scott's new place. I'm excited about my trip up to Kansas City to visit my buddy Tom. I'm excited about Beaver's new job, which starts at the same time as mine.

Heather's birthday is quickly approaching, and I have half the shopping done. Perhaps I should do that today.

I really don't have a whole lot to say.

GRAVITY KILLS - KILLOWEEN II, OCTOBER 28TH @ POPS

I made that all sound worse than it actually is. In reality, I don't have any stress about it, it just sucks being home when I could be working. Yes, I know I chose to do it; it's just a process to go through. Hey, either way, I'm good...

Gravity Kills is, in fact, having another reunion show!!! October 28th, Saturday, at Pops in Sauget, IL. Mark your calendars!

My apologies for giving Beaver shit about the whole Amber's party/nut kick proposal thing. For the record, I would have done it, but only because the specifics were a shoeless kick, which is much, much less severe than with a shoe. Beaver, your my friend, and I apologize. But I still didn't slam you on my previous post, I only told the story. I still apologize for that night, again.

Tonight is my interview with Bick Group. More interviews are forthcoming, so I hear. We shall see. Embrace the madness!

Limbo sucks.

For those of you not in the know, here's the deal: I didn't like NewGround. It wasn't what I thought it would be when I took the job. So, I had kept my options open, and one of those options came through for me. I gave my two weeks notice, they didn't need it; so now, I have two weeks to kill unless I tell them I can start earlier. The reason I'm as-of-right-now using this two weeks is to see if any other options turn into interesting possibilities for me. But man oh man, is it ever boring just sitting around all day. Eh, jury is still out on what I do, I'll probably give this until Friday and then start anyway, knowing me.

Dumb move? Don't know about that...there's no harm in just seeing what comes. I think.

Heck, this blog is a venting spot. At least with this instance, the only issue is the fact that I'm bored sitting around. Everything else is on cloud 9 and shining pretty brightly. :)

Happy belated birthday to Joe. We shall hang out soon, my friend.

And Nix is out of jail. Wee! I hope he had a good evening last night and had some good times. Hopefully, he can make some bank at work this week, and hopefully we'll be able to spend a day or two during the day hanging out this week.

I will be reporting those new additions to the movie collection this week, possibly Thursday. Why Thursday? Because I don't feel like doing it right now hehe.

Hate To Say I Told You So, But...

...actually I don't hate to say it in this case.

Beaver, you had a tough fight on your hands, but you stuck with it and you got that job you wanted using your degree and giving you a salary, benefits, and an end to your "gotta find a job" misery. CONGRATU-FUCKING-LATIONS, my friend!!!!

And I was happy that it turned out to be that social services place that called to ask me about you as a reference, to which I sold the ever-lasting shit out of you to that lady. That means that, at least in some small way, I was able to help you land this gig. (Proving, of course, once and for all time, how much of a dick and a bad friend I really, truly am. Hehe.) That makes me happy, but not as happy as I am FOR you.

I knew you could do it, and you did. Again, congratulations Dan. Guess there really is something to that whole "in your field", dream-chasing stuff - what some people deemed "crap" - after all, eh? Yes, there is.

And now for another post.

Well, the new job is kinda boring me out. Basically, I'm a glorified secretary, processing documents as the go-between for the Project Manager in the field and the subcontractors/owners/clients/etc. Not what I thought it was going to be; but I'm still talking to a few places, so hopefully I won't be bored for too much longer. And even if those fall through, it's definitely a job I can do easily and very well, and gives me that much more experience, which in turn makes me more hirable as I go along.

Beaver refused to be kicked in the nuts in exchange for seeing some tits, girls-gone-wild style. Personally, if I was a single guy and in Beaver's position, I would have done it. But hey...

Amber's party was fun this weekend. After we left, we found out a lot of people had their cars egged while we were still there. Fortunately, Heather's car dodged that bullet. It was a good time with great friends.

Nix will be going to jail for three days next week. There will be a party afterwards on Sunday when he is once again free, at Nix's place.

We got some new DVDs, but I'll report on that later. They're mostly "guy" movies (action flicks).

This post was very short and to-the-point. I'm not sure why. I've been in a limbo-like mood at times lately.

Labor Day Weekend 2006

Real imaginative title there. Anyway...

It's been a good weekend. Hanging with friends, family, and spending some time sleeping in. I didn't even sleep in when I was searching for a job, so it was nice.

This new job is very different from what I was doing before; and definitely not my desired position of Estimator. In any event, I've left my options open so that when that sweet Estimator-type position surfaces, I can hopefully jump on it and go with the flow of my career wants. Good times.

Things have gotten very busy with our household lately, with my new job and Heather going back to work. There will hopefully be some windows of opportunity to take some weekend vacations or something in the next couple of months.

That's all I got for now.