Back into / out of the Rut
I'm installing Solar Panels M-F again, with Pan, Steve, Daniel, Ely, and this week, Tom.
I figure I've helped install over 100 KW now! I feel proud thinking I've put some effort into things that will last 50+ years and are visible and useful.
Went to the Church last night. Lost in the sea of Vinyl and corsets, my desire nature was rampant and far more powerful than my ability to socialize. So I danced and ogled... I think more gay guys hit on me than anyone else... Sigh. Mark and Pan were there, they're cool. I'm annoyed at clubs that are too loud to talk in, and too crowded to properly dance in. Labor Day was a huge incentive for lots of people to show up.
I talked to someone from the Airforce, he'll be stationed in Italy since he's put in his Iraq time. I asked if he's stationed near the Naples (trash city). He said fortunately no. I didn't know we maintained two bases in Italy.
Back @ home, Brandon is my semi-permanent couchsurfer... I figured out why he's seemingly unable to get a job and move out or pay me back the 6000 he owes me. Since he's in massive debt, any work he does in basically going to pay off his debts and no matter how much cash he makes, he's not going to get to keep much if any. Therefor it seems futile to him to get a job. Child Support, Lawyers, and other Debts (me) etc. take it all.
So I'm in a quandary. I should help him cause he's another human being and it's in my best interest to get him a job so he could maybe pay me back some day... But I am also feeling taken advantage of to some extent. I mean, not many would let this guy couch surf for 2+ months! He turns ornery and fickle when you call him on his shit. It's just a drag...
The Dollar is strengthening, which makes me happy... I was putting money into my IRA only to see it decrease month after month... But I got more shares per Dollar and now its back on the upward trend. Not like any of this will be more than a blip on the financial radar 30 years from now.
I'm very excited I get to live at this time of accelerating change. I've had good perspective since I'm started going to the Shambala Center to meditate on Sundays. Harold is my meditation buddy (like my sangha, getting me to meditate when my solitary impetus wouldn't have been enough).
OKCupid has failed me. Maybe my profile sucks or something, but all the people either are flakes or nonresponsive. I think giving free massage on Pearl Street would lead to meeting better leads...
I figure I've helped install over 100 KW now! I feel proud thinking I've put some effort into things that will last 50+ years and are visible and useful.
Went to the Church last night. Lost in the sea of Vinyl and corsets, my desire nature was rampant and far more powerful than my ability to socialize. So I danced and ogled... I think more gay guys hit on me than anyone else... Sigh. Mark and Pan were there, they're cool. I'm annoyed at clubs that are too loud to talk in, and too crowded to properly dance in. Labor Day was a huge incentive for lots of people to show up.
I talked to someone from the Airforce, he'll be stationed in Italy since he's put in his Iraq time. I asked if he's stationed near the Naples (trash city). He said fortunately no. I didn't know we maintained two bases in Italy.
Back @ home, Brandon is my semi-permanent couchsurfer... I figured out why he's seemingly unable to get a job and move out or pay me back the 6000 he owes me. Since he's in massive debt, any work he does in basically going to pay off his debts and no matter how much cash he makes, he's not going to get to keep much if any. Therefor it seems futile to him to get a job. Child Support, Lawyers, and other Debts (me) etc. take it all.
So I'm in a quandary. I should help him cause he's another human being and it's in my best interest to get him a job so he could maybe pay me back some day... But I am also feeling taken advantage of to some extent. I mean, not many would let this guy couch surf for 2+ months! He turns ornery and fickle when you call him on his shit. It's just a drag...
The Dollar is strengthening, which makes me happy... I was putting money into my IRA only to see it decrease month after month... But I got more shares per Dollar and now its back on the upward trend. Not like any of this will be more than a blip on the financial radar 30 years from now.
I'm very excited I get to live at this time of accelerating change. I've had good perspective since I'm started going to the Shambala Center to meditate on Sundays. Harold is my meditation buddy (like my sangha, getting me to meditate when my solitary impetus wouldn't have been enough).
OKCupid has failed me. Maybe my profile sucks or something, but all the people either are flakes or nonresponsive. I think giving free massage on Pearl Street would lead to meeting better leads...