Saturday evening excitement.
It has been a patchy weekend. I have been awake for most of the week with a few naps here and there. I anticipate being up until Sunday evening as I have dinner plans with some old friends, and the rest of my computer assignments have been delayed until “tomorrow” for each of the past few days. I have tried to combat the desire to sleep this week. I fear that nothing will get done if I let myself be absorbed by the taste of oblivion. As usual, there is never enough time in the day to do everything. So, I have decided that a hint of recreation now and again is not a bad thing. I tend to be so extreme when I decide to take action. Sometimes I feel like I am the only person that has enough discipline to obey themselves, but I will try not to ponder that thought for now.
I have taken up an old hobby that was thought to have been abandoned long ago. Target shooting and hunting. I never really had the time, resources, or venue in which to pursue this hobby. It is too bad, as my computer hobby has me investing time and money in things that can only go down in value, whereas firearms have the potential to become more valuable over time. My father says that firearms are a liability. He should know, as he has been a police officer for what is now his 31st year. That is not to say that he does not like guns. In fact, shooting both at home and at the Sheriff Department’s range has been a significant bonding experience for the two of us. Time keeps moving forward and I do not wish to lose the chance to spend time with my family and really get to know them before it is too late.
I will not go into detail about my skills as a marksman. I have never been one to brag or even take credit where credit is due. I am still trying to ween myself away from excessive modesty. As the news has show us in the past month, terroristic deaths by sniper shootings have really put people on edge these days. I was gently cautioned by my mother not to go overboard with my recent return to shooting a wide variety of firearms. I suppose that if I were not a sensible adult, I would not have been granted the trust to do as I see fit while shooting with my parents or on their property. It is just my mothers tendancy to over-think things and try to anticipate every possible outcome and interpretation of each scenario. Sound familiar? I am definitely a product of these two people whom I call Mom and Dad.
Other than that, it has been a productive week. Projects are being completed and new leads are found almost every day. I have to laugh at the fact that today I was in a 25-minute conference call while on the toilet. I should really try to shake this guy-in-his-underwear Computer Tech image. This coupled with the fact that it is cold and I have decided not shave this week, puts me only a pair of sandals and a bathrobe away from being Robert Lebowski, the Computer Dude. Oh, wait. I have sandals and a nice bathrobe. Spooky.
Speaking of spooky, Halloween is approaching and I have not really made any plans to do anything this year. I have tried to be more human and celebrate some of the holidays, as my childhood went on hiatus sometime after I turned 5-years-old. I figure that I have plenty of time to be an adult and a child. It was not until I decide to do so, that I was most prepared for the idea of having children some day. I look forward to it, but it is not something that I see in my immediate future. Of course, that could change as surely as the seasons come and go with the schizophrenic weather systems in this place that we call Michigan. In any case, I will have to think of something to do this year, even if it is something like handing out the candy to the kiddos that show up at their designated and government-determined time slot.
Well, that is it for now. I am sure that more randomness will forge its way into form and I will have yet another entry to add.
I have taken up an old hobby that was thought to have been abandoned long ago. Target shooting and hunting. I never really had the time, resources, or venue in which to pursue this hobby. It is too bad, as my computer hobby has me investing time and money in things that can only go down in value, whereas firearms have the potential to become more valuable over time. My father says that firearms are a liability. He should know, as he has been a police officer for what is now his 31st year. That is not to say that he does not like guns. In fact, shooting both at home and at the Sheriff Department’s range has been a significant bonding experience for the two of us. Time keeps moving forward and I do not wish to lose the chance to spend time with my family and really get to know them before it is too late.
I will not go into detail about my skills as a marksman. I have never been one to brag or even take credit where credit is due. I am still trying to ween myself away from excessive modesty. As the news has show us in the past month, terroristic deaths by sniper shootings have really put people on edge these days. I was gently cautioned by my mother not to go overboard with my recent return to shooting a wide variety of firearms. I suppose that if I were not a sensible adult, I would not have been granted the trust to do as I see fit while shooting with my parents or on their property. It is just my mothers tendancy to over-think things and try to anticipate every possible outcome and interpretation of each scenario. Sound familiar? I am definitely a product of these two people whom I call Mom and Dad.
Other than that, it has been a productive week. Projects are being completed and new leads are found almost every day. I have to laugh at the fact that today I was in a 25-minute conference call while on the toilet. I should really try to shake this guy-in-his-underwear Computer Tech image. This coupled with the fact that it is cold and I have decided not shave this week, puts me only a pair of sandals and a bathrobe away from being Robert Lebowski, the Computer Dude. Oh, wait. I have sandals and a nice bathrobe. Spooky.
Speaking of spooky, Halloween is approaching and I have not really made any plans to do anything this year. I have tried to be more human and celebrate some of the holidays, as my childhood went on hiatus sometime after I turned 5-years-old. I figure that I have plenty of time to be an adult and a child. It was not until I decide to do so, that I was most prepared for the idea of having children some day. I look forward to it, but it is not something that I see in my immediate future. Of course, that could change as surely as the seasons come and go with the schizophrenic weather systems in this place that we call Michigan. In any case, I will have to think of something to do this year, even if it is something like handing out the candy to the kiddos that show up at their designated and government-determined time slot.
Well, that is it for now. I am sure that more randomness will forge its way into form and I will have yet another entry to add.