Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I'd have shit the bed if only to get closure on that anecdote

Slept with the patch on last night. I didn't mean to, but I did. Strange dreams. I wish I remembered more of what happened...

I was living back in this house on 22nd in the U District. However in this reality everything about the house was opposite. I was getting ready to move into the unit and was moving things in before I was technically a resident.

Everything I owned was bling. Antique oak furniture. Tiffany lamps. Those kinds of things. The apartment was small and everywhere you looked there was elegance. I wandered down to the 7-11 to get a pack of cigarettes (this is common in my dreams now) and when I got back the door was open.

I went inside slowly, hoping that whoever was robbing my stuff was still there. Sure enough when I got into the bedroom I found an old friend of my brothers rooting through my drawers. He'd just found my herb stash, which would have been measured in ounces if not pounds, and had a handful of it up to his face when I walked in. Immediately he freaked out and try to dart around me. I was able to stop him easily and hog tied him up with some ribbon nearby. Yeah apparently in this reality I'm the kind of person who has ribbon lying around. Go figure.

Then I called the cops. They arrived in short time and started to look around the place and question the perp. That's when the police noticed my purp. In my haste to have the man arrested I failed to put it all away and the place reeked of that jumbo cash crop. So as soon as they had dealt with the thief I was also arrested for felony possession and unlawful entry.

The confiscated all of my things (the weed, my furniture, everything) and took me to jail. Jail wasn't so bad. I had a cell all to myself in a room that could only be described as extremely sterile. I was there for what seemed to be an eternity and it very well might have been. The lights were always on.

Every once in a while and elderly woman would come by with a cart of books and let me take a few. She was the only person I saw until a group of very large men, easily twice my size, arrived and told me it was time to go. I followed closely behind them as we traveled through a labyrinth of cells, all identical to my own. It went on forever.

I never reached our final destination because I woke up and had to take a shit. I wanted nothing more than to get back into bed and fall right back in place.

Unfortunately it was for not and instead I was at a party. I didn't know anyone there but it seemed like the place to be. I spent some time talking with a group of people, mostly newly weds, about the prospects of succession and it's impact on our cultural integrity. I continued to hit the snooze, much longer than I should have, and as a result was 15 minutes late to work.

Monday, June 28, 2010

What do you do

when your doctor tells you that the vast majority of things that bring you happiness in life are the same things that will cause you unbelievable pain for the rest of your life?

It's mostly about breast milk

Sup y'all...

I was out the end of last week. Somethings wrong with my foot. The doctors took my blood and told me they'd get back with an answer. Part of me is convinced that they're vampires and are just going to drink it. In the mean time they gave me these med that have some interesting side effects. Vomit that looks like coffee grounds, dark urine, excretions in my breast milk, etc. Luckily I haven't experienced any of those things. Well my milk has tasted a bit off...

I'm very tempted to put up a picture of sour breast milk. Unfortunately I'm at work and don't think it's terribly appropriate to start google searching such a thing. Probably for the best. I really should keep this PG-13...

Too bad Team USA. You could have won, but you didn't. Now I have to rout for Ghana. Hopefully they win. Then we can say we were beaten by the best...

I have no idea what I'm doing for the 4th. Any ideas?...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

I thought it was Tuesday

I want to give major shout out to Team USA for making it through the first round of the World Cup. It's been a long time coming and while I don't think they're going to make it much further I'll be cheering them on all the way...

So it's been a week since I decided to quit smoking. So far it's gone pretty well. I slipped up a couple of times but I haven't lost my resolve. And as I was telling P, if nothing else 2 cigarettes in a week is a lot better than a 100. So it's a start...

Face tattoos are strange...

The cap failed. Not too much of a surprise there. But part of me hoped that it would at least help to lessen the flow until the relief well is drilled. My heart goes out to the people along the gulf coast...

The whole office smells of bacon. Mmmm bacon...

No pictures today. Oh well...

WAIT! There is one that I'll put up here. It's a prime example of what NOT to do at a wedding:

Monday, June 21, 2010

Strange Spam

So I get a lot of strange spam at work. The subject is always just the beginning part of the actual text. The return addresses are always different. Here's some recent ones I've received:

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"Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics"

I've been digging this track recently. I really need to go out and buy the Blueprint. Jay-z's rhymes are solid, but Eminem dominates this track. The chorus is a little cheesy but the verses content more than makes up for it.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Wu-Tang will show me the way


And they have. It's imperative that I acquire a wagon. At first I thought I needed a Radio Flyer. However when I was thinking more about and turned to the Wu I found that John Deere makes a decent little wagon and it's green. You see this all comes about because of the solstice. I'm going out to Fremont for the festivities and was planning on walking with the NESF and MNom. Problem is that I have too many things I'm bringing (Orzo Salad, ribs, beer) and don't want to carry them all the way to Fremont on foot. The wagon would be perfect. I could strap a cooler on there and it would be all set. It would usefully in the future too. For instance going to the beach. I could rock that shit up on the bus; hell yeah I'd ask for the lift! I'm going to have to make this happen before too much of the summer gets away from me.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tomorrow is the day

So I made a very vague facebook post: "I think tomorrow might be the day." My sister (she's great) picked up on my intent within seconds. Now there's no going back. Tomorrow is the day I quit smoking.

I've smoked for a while now.

The first time was probably back in middle school. I didn't smoke much back then mind you. Like one cigarette a week, usually on the weekend, while out wandering in the night. That was how it was for a while. Then late in high school I'd have people buy packs of cigarettes for me. There were even a few places that I knew wouldn't card me so I'd just go there and buy cigarettes for everyone.

Then I turned 18 and there were no barriers. When I first moved out I started smoking all of the time. One of the more memorable quotes of mine during this time was, "We can all smoke tobacco." And we did.

Now I could tell you all kinds of memorable smoking experiences here. I'm not going to do that. I might reminiscent about them later.

The first time I really considered quiting wasn't until I was 26. I was going on a road trip with my dad and I tried to never smoked in his presence. It was a week long trip, you might remember the first Memorial Day Madness, all over CA and NV. I lasted about 4 hours after I got home before I bought a pack of smokes. I told myself, "it's okay, you'll just have them in case, and now is the case." I hadn't smoked in a week. Needless to say, one in extremes led to one a day to the previous status quo real quick. FAIL.

I have to hope this time is different.

One of the major factors was actually the recent increase in tobacco taxes. Paying over $8 a pack isn't economically viable. For those of you running the dollars that's about $3,000 a year. There are a lot better things I could spend $3,000 a year doing. Like going to Japan. Or Ireland. Maybe India. I'm sure I could do any one of those for that price.

I also haven't been feeling terribly "healthy" lately. I need to step up the scene so that an 11 mile hike doesn't destroy me the way it did. I'm also tired of feeling like there's always something lodged in my throat. I'm not looking forward to getting sick though. Everyone I know that's quit gets really sick like 2 months into it. But going through it once isn't as bad as the steady lethargic feeling.

I'm trying to come up with all kinds of ways to keep my mind busy, be it at home or at work. And I've come up with some decent stuff. I'm going to try to use unoccupied time at work to make some progress on my writing project. Hopefully that goes well.

As for when I'm at home. I've decided the best thing to couple it with would be getting outside! Basketball. Hiking. Random urban stroll. Hit me up. I'll probably be down.

I have two cigarettes left. I scoured the house to make sure there weren't any hidden. I give any of you who see me smoking in the future full right to kick my ass. I deserve it. Just be gentle around the face. I need my good looks.

Here's to a life going up in smoke:



Hope I won't be seeing ya again.

Odds and Ends

It's been a while since I did a spontaneous focus post. Here it is...

Get out your pens and start writing your local politicians. The Volunteer Park Conservatory is in trouble! EA did a post with more details...

Turns out that home dude searching for Bin Laden was closer than you might have thought. I don't know why they arrested the dude. Seems legit to me. Just think if he would have actually succeeded. One man hiking in the middle of nowhere able to achieve what the most advanced military could not...

Have you seen the video of the cop beating the girl in the valley? I shouldn't say it like that actually because I think that the cop is 100% justified in what he did. These kids think that the cops are all out to get them and just wanted to throw salt in the game. Truth is that I've seen a person get full on hit by a car at that exact spot. It's dangerous and these kids need to realize that the cops are trying to look out for them not just cause trouble. Now if you wanna go pushing an officer you're more than asking for it...

Hollow Earth Radio needs some money for a new location. If any of you could help them out that'd be awesome. They're good peoples. Listen to them, you'll see...

Lil Wayne is spitting rhymes from jail. Via the telephone. Say what you will about his music, you have to respect his resolve...

And to top it all off here's a picture:

Don't mess with Orcas

It's Orca Awareness Month and as such here's a little treat for you. Thanks P for the link.