The Birthday Blog
So I'm 26 now. Yay, I guess. Eh, not so much really. Because of all the things I want to be (wealthier, fitter, happier, more productive) what I'm becoming is older. Although I'm making some progress in the other realms as well.
Actually had a birthday celebration of a kind on Thursday, my birthday conflicts with everyone else's work. Had Sabs, Cheese, Kurt & Brandy over to my place and played some Axis and Allies on the TripleA simulator. It's been the reason I haven't updated here lately. I'm not sure anyone else really 'got' the game but there was some good smack talk. Cheese got into the Russian role and drained most of my bottle of Vodka.
Sabs left around 2am because she had to work the next day but the rest of us stuck around and played 50c/$1 dealers choice until 5.30. It was good times and I netted $5.
On the fitter front I did go work out with Kurt on Friday. It was ok. Not really my idea of a good time although I do kind of enjoy the mildly sore feeling I've got now because of it. Something I should start to do more of. Particularly with the weight loss bet looming. So I'll probably join the gym, I even get some sort of discount from my job.
The job has been a little frustrating lately. I've had some bad draws and we've been having more 2-4 games so I haven't been making as much as I'd like too. I'm considering getting a second job since I only work 30 hours a week, even if I don't EO. A part time position elsewhere or maybe just play more seriously. Having Friday and Saturday off I think seriously impacts my earning power but it would make either of those options more attractive.
I'm putting a lot of pressure on my finances right now because I'd like to buy a house by the end of the year. The real estate market has declined heavily in the last year and if I could make a purchase by years end I'd be getting a very good value that could make my finances in the future a virtual cakewalk. Particularly if I rent out a room the cost of a mortgage payment would be about the same as my rent right now. The trouble is with getting a down payment together quickly. And it will have to be a significant payment with the recent troubles with the credit market and the fact that 60% of my income isn't reported on a W-2. My credit rating is good though, and I've got no debts remaining. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it shakes out.
That stress is dragging me down a little. I'll be fine either way financially but I would like to have a decent little house to go home to. Someplace where my car didn't get blocked in every week and I could have people over without having to send them through a retarded gate and then make them park on the far side of the world and walk a labyrinth back to my apartment. It has become another one of the things I want to do before I try to really date someone. Just another way to procrastinate really.
I'm really good at procrastination. Part of the reason I'm a 26-year-old virgin. Wow, it sucks to write that. When I started this blog I was only a 20-year-old virgin, which was maybe kind of sweet and cute. Now I think it's starting to get weird and creepy.
lasvegasmichael said he went through the entire 6 year history of my blog recently. His principal comment was that I seemed a lot happier before I got involved with Sabrinia. Or, less suicidal anyway. I thought he was glossing over some of my previous depressed posts. I know they're not a lot of fun to read. Then again Sabs definitely changed the content of this blog quite a bit.
I don't know why she induces such a strong reaction out of me but she does. Still does even though I feel like I'm drawing dead. But she still wants to be friends and I'd like to be too - just. She wants to hang out at the pool and talk about the new guy she's dating, Matthew. -!- Why don't I just cut my balls off and throw them away - wouldn't affect my life at all.
I just don't know if it's a good idea...
Being friends and hanging out with Sabs, I mean. I know cutting my balls off is a bad idea.
Actually had a birthday celebration of a kind on Thursday, my birthday conflicts with everyone else's work. Had Sabs, Cheese, Kurt & Brandy over to my place and played some Axis and Allies on the TripleA simulator. It's been the reason I haven't updated here lately. I'm not sure anyone else really 'got' the game but there was some good smack talk. Cheese got into the Russian role and drained most of my bottle of Vodka.
Sabs left around 2am because she had to work the next day but the rest of us stuck around and played 50c/$1 dealers choice until 5.30. It was good times and I netted $5.
On the fitter front I did go work out with Kurt on Friday. It was ok. Not really my idea of a good time although I do kind of enjoy the mildly sore feeling I've got now because of it. Something I should start to do more of. Particularly with the weight loss bet looming. So I'll probably join the gym, I even get some sort of discount from my job.
The job has been a little frustrating lately. I've had some bad draws and we've been having more 2-4 games so I haven't been making as much as I'd like too. I'm considering getting a second job since I only work 30 hours a week, even if I don't EO. A part time position elsewhere or maybe just play more seriously. Having Friday and Saturday off I think seriously impacts my earning power but it would make either of those options more attractive.
I'm putting a lot of pressure on my finances right now because I'd like to buy a house by the end of the year. The real estate market has declined heavily in the last year and if I could make a purchase by years end I'd be getting a very good value that could make my finances in the future a virtual cakewalk. Particularly if I rent out a room the cost of a mortgage payment would be about the same as my rent right now. The trouble is with getting a down payment together quickly. And it will have to be a significant payment with the recent troubles with the credit market and the fact that 60% of my income isn't reported on a W-2. My credit rating is good though, and I've got no debts remaining. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it shakes out.
That stress is dragging me down a little. I'll be fine either way financially but I would like to have a decent little house to go home to. Someplace where my car didn't get blocked in every week and I could have people over without having to send them through a retarded gate and then make them park on the far side of the world and walk a labyrinth back to my apartment. It has become another one of the things I want to do before I try to really date someone. Just another way to procrastinate really.
I'm really good at procrastination. Part of the reason I'm a 26-year-old virgin. Wow, it sucks to write that. When I started this blog I was only a 20-year-old virgin, which was maybe kind of sweet and cute. Now I think it's starting to get weird and creepy.
lasvegasmichael said he went through the entire 6 year history of my blog recently. His principal comment was that I seemed a lot happier before I got involved with Sabrinia. Or, less suicidal anyway. I thought he was glossing over some of my previous depressed posts. I know they're not a lot of fun to read. Then again Sabs definitely changed the content of this blog quite a bit.
I don't know why she induces such a strong reaction out of me but she does. Still does even though I feel like I'm drawing dead. But she still wants to be friends and I'd like to be too - just. She wants to hang out at the pool and talk about the new guy she's dating, Matthew. -!- Why don't I just cut my balls off and throw them away - wouldn't affect my life at all.
I just don't know if it's a good idea...
Being friends and hanging out with Sabs, I mean. I know cutting my balls off is a bad idea.