Ugh, could today have been any longer?  After taking yesterday off to recover from the Muse/MCR show, I came in feeling like it was going to go by quickly.  And then, tragedy struck.  With 21 emails of crap to wade through it went downhill kind of quickly.   Definitely highlights were talkin with coworkers who were there about how awesome Muse and MCR were, and the gf(even though we're on a break...meh.  it was much-needed, i know.) got a new camera, that made me happy knowin she's happier.  Funny how that works.  Didn't get too many direct jokes about the chipping nail polish, may have to get some more and reapply it or something.  heh.  right. ;)

Lookin forward to this weekend and the NFL draft, esp. watching Jets fans boo whoever they pick...honestly what are their needs?  They're solid at most places, maybe a LB or OL or something?  I can't figure it out...ok that was the first time I gave it some thought.  That and realizing my friend Gaines is going to be super rich as of this weekend.  I'm sure he's pumped about it.  Should be fun when they show his parents in the crowd, esp. since his dad looks just like him lol.  I remember when me & my friend Chuck were sitting beside his parents at a Clemson-NC State game...pretty cool people for football parents.

Inbetween gym, concert exertion, and dieting, I'm pretty exhausted.  Even with the day off yesterday heh.  Some jackass is on discover channel talking about survival...I'm wondering what happened to man vs. wild with bear whatever his name is.  That guy was cooler than this one.  I think it's the british accent that made it work.

There's a lot I feel like I'm tryin to avoid dealing with right now mainly so I don't get spread thin and burnt out, even if it's necessary and would actually help a lot to talk over and clear stuff up b/c inbetween promotions at work, job hunting, friends, and just life in general, I feel like I'm kind of confused right now.  Just trying to get the timing right is hard, well that and giving stuff time to work itself through.  Time for a movie and early(hopefully) turn-in.

Current Location: Room
Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: Rolling Stones--Sister Morphine

Ok, so this afternoon the radio station here, 99x, was having a contest for some sort of "getaway" to see Linkin Park in a small venue uh, somewhere.  No clue where, but it was just the contest to enter to win the prize.  Sounds fantastic, right? Right.  Of course, I call as soon as I hear the radio announcement and miraculously get through, only to find out I was caller 8...caller 9, of course some bimbo, won.  Grrrrrrrrr.  I have no idea what the actual linkin park prize pack was, probably some tshirt and dvd or cd or something.  Still, *THAT CLOSE* to finally winning something off a radio contest and ending my 10+ year drought where I didn't even try to win anything so it's not really a drought in the truest sense of the word. 

I'm pumped, get to finally see Muse after hearing about how great they are live, and 80% of my chemical romance...technically 78% since someone had to break his rib.  Eh, oh well.  They'll caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarry oooooooooooooooooooooon! :)  Heh. 

This heat is starting to kill me and it only got up to the 80s today.  Took a short stroll after work and I was dead (was the third one today though...since ya know, taking beaks and whatnot during the work day and goin for walks and all).  So glad that the long day of computer re-organizing and crap from yesterday is over, only have one more program still redownloading and then I'll be fin.  Roommates need to stop hogging my internet! :D  Oh well.  I'm over it, get to order the artic monkeys album tonight!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Meme
Here's how this goes: you leave a comment, requesting a letter from me. Then you take that letter and post a list in your LJ of 10 things you love that start with that letter!

Ok so I got the letter B....

1. Ben Folds...wish they still had the original lineup but meh, shit happens.
2. Buckcherry.  Again, a favorite band....No, this isn't just going to be bands I like that start with the letter B...i hope.  No, not all letter b bands.
3. Blues Brothers   Starting to finally look old and dated, but still good fun to watch whenever it comes on TBS or WGN
4. Blue Raspberry flavored anything.  Ok a: it turns the tongue blue and b: it's a totally made up flavor...just an excuse for sugar in the system!
5. Backup Files...I wish I had them, had to do a system restore today and it's taking forever to re-install and download stuff.  Damnit.  First getting up with no internet working today until 3 and then this...ugh, do you know how long it takes to re-download microsoft office and adobe creative suite?  FOREVER!
6. Bond, James Bond.......and not the wussy non-blackhaired one that is out now!
7. Blimpie.  Ok, so I never eat there and all, but for a sub company, they have a fun name...wait, it's b/c i like Blimps.  Nevermind.
8. Barbecue.  BBQ.  Bar-B-Q.  Barbeque.  However you want to spell it, just please none of the Lowcountry style that is basically ground meat over rice.  Blech.
9. Bridges.  Not just the dinky ones, but the long huge ones, like connecting intercoastal waterway sort of thing.  Or the ones that arch waaaaay up in the air like the ones in Charleston do.  Those are hella fun (i just said hella.  damnit!!!).  Or the ones that are low and close to the water back in Clemson on Lake Hartwell. 
10.  Bob! :P drummer, sideshow clown/killer, even robert nesta marley, all kinds of bob is cool w/ me. 

The one night of the week it finally felt like I was getting decent sleep and what happens?  I'm up at 5 am! This is officially the worst thing of all time ever.  It's one thing to wake up before the alarm clock, but this is seriously ridiculous beyond belief heh.  It's been such an up and down week for me with so much going on at work and job hunting and family stuff and all....long story short, even though it's like 5:30ish and I haven't been in to work yet, I'm so glad it's Friday. 

With work getting busier again and stressin over bills and my parents coming to visit last weekend, so much has been coming my way and it's left me feeling drained and like I've turned into some shell of the man I am...shit, worse. It's as if I'm doing a top rate impression of a whiny little kid looking for approval and shit.  Like I couldn't even relax and just have fun with my gf last night hanging out over a few drinks.  That's pretty much *NEVER* happened that I couldn't at least say something to make her bust out laughing.  But no, I've been left stressing out over work the past few days and everything else and of course it's all bullshit that won't matter in a few more hours.  Totally not fair to her either b/c she's had her own stuff going on & my shit's made stuff worse for her when she doesn't deserve or need it.  It's one of those things where I've been trying to make stuff better and of course, made it worse.  *head desk*  Just gotta relax and have fun with stuff after all, I'm not a believer in reincarnation and I say it that way b/c um, I forgot which religion it is that believes in it, if it's Buddhist or what.  Anyway, as far as me & John Edwards(the crossing over guy, not the presidential candida...wait, that was John Kerry.  dammit!) know,  I'm only here once heh. 

So that's it.  Dead.  End.  Done. Fin.  Time to get back to being myself, take the kid out to the back yard and bury the little bastard.  Well not really b/c a: figure of speech and b: I rent an apartment, there is no back yard.  But if there was, oh yeah, shallow grave.  So no more of that shit. 

Definitely looking forward to seeing Hot Fuzz and The Killers concert is Sunday at one of my favorite spots to walk by in Atlanta, the Fox Theater.   Maybe I can steal away 20 minutes of sleep before my alarm clock goes off.  Nah.  Might as well be loud and wake up the roommates :D

Ok so people at work keep coming up with different pictures of themselves using different South Park character generators and stuff.  Now watch me screw up adding an image file for a few hours after goofing around with different generator programs for a while.  So damn addictive.  Anyway today at work was like going on a guided tour through hell, only hell was shut down temporarily for renovations.  Definitely boring, but hot... and, just like the office from hell, the ice machine has been broken for the second week or so now. 

So annoying and water definitely doesn't taste good when it's not ice cold.  It's the worst.  The highlight of today: coming home to watch The Punisher and then taking about a 3 hour nap. I needed it after last night's 2 hour sleep marathon I got in.  Grrreat.  I hate not being able to sleep, almost as bad as neither side of the pillow being cold.  Working on the Sanjaya facts list still, have a few more to go before I can post it.

In the mean time, heh, the South Park character for my gf:

 


Eh, might as well add the one I made for me:

Today went by quickly, seemed pretty interesting at times and mind-numbing at others.  There is nothing more annoying than trying to find a new job, especially while working somewhere else and, for all intents and purposes, hating the job and being ready for something new.  Not just something new, but something better.  It's been incredibly nice out for a change, give or take all the wind.  One of my roommates is out at a James Morrison concert.  I wonder how often he (seriously or not) gets requests for Doors songs.

All the news about the shooting at VT brought back weird feelings of watching the news as the September 11th bombings happened.  Ok, so it wasn't anywhere near that emotional or devastating, but still sucked to watch it all unfold even though I couldn't turn away or stop refreshing CNN's web page.  I can't figure out why, but my internet provider has decided it really hates me and doesn't want me to enjoy the fast internet we supposedly pay for. 

This weekend went by way too quickly, even after getting a half day off on Friday.  Total bummer.   It was a pretty interesting weekend.  My parents came to visit and I got to spend time with them, and got to hear a few things about my gf's life which I feel like brought us closer.  She probably thought it's no big deal, but it was stuff I'd wondered about for a while.  And she said some really sweet stuff that I wish I'd had a tape recorder for, esp. those moments when life pretty much has you under it's shoe and won't let you up.  It's funny, but even when she thinks she's being demanding and "the worst", she's really not.  It's actually kind of cute and I never mind doing whatever little thing it is to make her happy, even if it's just making a quick trip to get beer & ciggs lol.

I'm excited about getting to go see MCR next week and The Killers this weekend (again) oh, and Brand New tomorrow night.  I have no clue how that show will be, but I'm hoping it will be um, good? Meh.  I can't believe I'm actually going to an MCR show when I used to hate "emo" and make fun of it and emo fans, etc.  A lot.  *ducks*  I've changed a lot in the past few years, even getting away from the hippie/druggie music I used to listen to a lot.  It really doesn't sound so good when you're sober lol.  Go figure.

Current Mood: irritated
Current Music: Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry Mob

Ok so after being completely useless and unable to find my old LJ page I've had to start over.  Damn.  There was some funny stuff from back then too.  Esp. since life was easier and I was still in college.

Note: The real world sucks.  College didn't.  Even laundry was easier back then.  Even though it's only been 3 years now, it feels like such a huge world away.  Of course growing apart from old friends and shit sucked.  Not to mention the part about not having a clue where to start with the career search stuff and then again graduating at the end of a recession surely didn't help at all. 

I mean, shit, it took packing up and getting away from South Carolina to even feel a positive change in my life.  At first I wondered what I was doing down in Atlanta until about eh, late September'ish.  It felt like I'd gotten into that familiar grind of a rut again going through the motions and not taking the time to step back and let life come to me and enjoy it like I'd used to.  Like literally, here I am in another state miles and miles away from my parents and close family, and had started to get that feeling like I was wasting my time and my life again.  Since then, I totally felt like I won powerball( ok  ok I didn't yell and scream and make impulse purchases) and met a pretty awesome girl who has changed my life (yes, for the better....well, so far) and shit.  I mean damn, I even treat her so good whereas before I used to be the typical jerk to girls I dated and all.  And my girlfriend (same girl) has no clue.  Priceless.  Best part is, seeing her happy and shit has totally motivated me in my own life to drive forward with my career again, get my fat ass back into some sort of shape and of course get a better job and all that good stuff.   

Anyway, that seems like a good enough jumping point for starters, I mean everyone knows it takes a pretty big running start to dive into writing about your life for complete strangers to maybe read and all. 

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Muse