| I wonder... |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|11:32 pm] |
I wonder what its like life living as a slave to a job. Skipping events which are unique and will never happen again for a measly thing such as money or uncertainty. Money which you won't spend on anything but debt. Uncertainty to try to find a new way to have fun. I tell you what, during my freetime when I wouldn't be doing anything better, I have no problem working, but I would rather be a bum with nothing and all the freedom to do anything than a person like yourselves who work 24/7 without making accommodations for life events while the countdown that is your mortality ticks away. Tick, thousands of things you could have done. Tock, thousands more. Things that are usually free or close to free that only rely on friendship and some freetime. You guys enjoy your weekend jobs. You lie to yourselves and say this is the life you'd like to live, where you hear about all this stuff going around you that you've missed. Well, you can't see it all, right? It must have been much more important to work those extra 3 days to get $200 or so bucks and to get a little bit ahead on the mortgage or whatever than go on that cross country road trip, or a unforgettable weekend party, or just a quick pop in to say hi. Whats that new new carpet going to do for you when you're dead anyway? Wouldn't you have rather spent that time fishing or enjoying the outdoors, or spending some time with people in your life?
A year's passed. What have you done in the last year? What's next?
I wish you'd trust me and let me show you how to live a little, try something new, have some fun while you're still (relatively) young. Maybe we can learn from eachother.
Edit: This is by no means bashing on parents. As parents, raising your family is its own reward. I'm talking about the childless among us or the parents who's kids have moved out who still volunteer to throw their lives away.
(to some family and a few of my friends) |
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[Dec. 14th, 2009|11:03 am] |
From what I have been reading on Everything2, it takes a certain special kind of talented person to write something that is little more than a general recap of events. This is not that kind of post. This is me recording what I did recently.
Its cold! Its snowed much more this December than any December I recently remember. Its caused snowmageddon in commuting and lots of people to stay inside, but that doesn't harm my resolve for wanting to do things in the city still. Besides, trains don't get affected by snow. They cut through blizzards like a hot knife through butter. And I can sit on them and play video games or watch movies on the 2 or so hours I am sitting on some kind of bus/train a day. (Recently finished Black Snake Moan, which was great, and Ghost Town, which was OK. Got about 5 hours into SNES Chrono Trigger!)
Cold means more indoor parties get planned to pass the time.
Work held its Christmas party, which is the second time I have been privy to this event. Open bar, snacks, and fake gambling was pretty cool, and I won a He-Man DVD, which is going straight to a White Elephant party in a few weeks. Later, Annah (who was at the Christmas Party and got plastered) and my sister went to the 90's and everyone danced in a big bubble fountain with a bunch of other people. (This was played at the 90's, which I reallllly liked. Did I mention I'm a Lady Gaga fan lately?) By the way, my sister leaves for Basic Training with the Army Reserves in a few weeks, so this is part of her last hurrah of screwing around before she leaves.
Saturday, I held a party at Residence Inn Marriot Downtown, which was pretty snazy if I may say so. The price was high, but we easily slept 12 people in the room (well, 3 rooms connected together) I believe without incident. The room was very cool - it had a stove, full sized fridge, microwave, dishwasher, and all the pots and pans one would need to cook anything they wanted. While there, we took the Northstar to the city, the Light rail to the MOA, I met briefly with a church group I sometimes hang out with, then we later treked to Ground Zero and had a great time. Shawn got plastered. We returned and everyone stayed up till 5 AM getting more screwed up.
I saw the "Klingon Christmas Carol" with my dad the weekend prior to this, and that was pretty neat as well. The entire play is a recap of the Christmas Carol Story narrated by a Vulcan (Picture of what this Vulcan might look like - for real, I think this is the same girl) and acted by Klingons speaking in Klingon (with subtitles via projector). The story was adapted with silly puns (like instead of the Ghost of Christmas Past it was the Ghost of Khaless Past) and the plot was changed to focus around the restoration of Honor onto Scrooge (Sou'Ja). Also, right before this, Joe and I went to a bar and had a beer in front of my dad, which was as far as he says "the most time he's ever spent in a bar at once." Overall, this was a very good father-son sort of day.
Gut powers ACTIVATE!
I also saw the Hollidazzle this year. Christmas lights and floats for 30 minutes. Its very pretty against the snow all over the city.
So this past few weekends have been non stop crazy. And that's not even counting the at least 3 parties that I missed this weekend. Now its back to work, I'm ready. :D |
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[Dec. 7th, 2009|09:08 am] |
Today is a new week! I need a clever facebook status for this...
I put my birthday into a website calculating days since born. Turns out this is week 1234. I know its an arbitrary number, like the turn of the millennium or 2012, but still, a cool number anyway. Sounds like cause for a mini celebration and an LJ entry.
Turns out I can't just update my fb status at work. I had to do this to block FB so I don't keep using it at work:
(This makes it so facebook.com doesn't resolve to the right IP number, it resolves to 4.2.2.1, which is not in fact facebook's computers but something random owned by verizon. Basically, facebook.com can't be looked up.)
It's already stopped me from browsing it about 5 times this morning. I think I have a problem.
Well, long storys short, Josh got a job, I got repremanded at work for task prioritizing, and this Friday and Saturday promises some really really badass parties. I'll write about them after they happen.
Random time to set goals for myself:
- Get Kim's car ASAP (walking to the park in ride in 20 degree weather is COLD)
- Recover reputation at work
- Trips next year: Defcon 18, HOPE, European vacation, Chicago TARDIS, Florida to see relatives in April. I know I can't do all of these, but I can dream.
- Jetskis!
- Put a fence up around yard by next fall.
- Buy a new fridge.
- Pay off all debt but house by next Christmas. |
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