day off...
...finally had a day(actually, 2-day weekend) off after working 6 (10-12 hour days) day weeks for the last month. I'm usually off on Sunday, but seriously, one day off is not enough to fully recharge my physical, mental and spiritual batteries. I could of taken Saturday off, but I'm sooooo damn professional, I came in to fix two DOWN computers and image and install two new-hires so the customers would have it waiting on their desk on Tuesday, lots of people think IT is a bunch of monkeys and expect the worse from us, and a lot of times the work I see done reinforces this feeling. Gotta represent, yanno?
I woke up early to visit Ian in the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility next to Donovan State Prison this morning, he seemed to be in fine spirits all things considered. I'm pretty much his only ray of sunshine in that dreary environment. He was bummed that they cut cereal for breakfast and peanut butter and jelly for lunch due to budget constraints. They were served Grits for lunch (Definitely not one of my favorites). We only had an hour so I talked to him about joining the Navy, how it's a win-win situation for someone like him who's young, smart, needs direction and discipline to sort out his life while he still has a chance. He agreed and was looking forward to all the benefits and pay which would be advantageous for a young buck like himself. I also gave him a GED prep book Mishey bought for him. I also told him about when I was his age, how I fucked around, but never got caught and how he should stop because he's not very good at getting in trouble, he laughed at my animated story-telling.
In the afternoon, I went to the Del Mar Gun Show with Eric, Joanne and their baby son Jonathan. It was a little weird this time, I usually bring around 200 bucks and buy a bunch of accessories to trick out my guns; I don't know what was different this time,...maybe cos' I beyond busted my ass for the wad of cash in my pocket, but I couldn't justify spending money frivolously on things I don't really "need", maybe I just done got old? lol
I did a lot of walking and looking, but seriously I have pretty much everything I need. I did have a moment of weakness when I was about to buy a Stag M4 Carbine upper for 600 bucks (I've been working a LOT of OT), but after doing some research I deduced that I wanted one with a 1 in 7" twist rate on the barrel so I can shoot bullets bigger than 68 grains, the Stags have a 1 in 9" twist rate which is good for shooting non-military rounds. I put it down and walked away,...man, guns are an expensive hobby soon to be extinct no matter who the new president is. :( I will only say, the second amendment of the United State constitution is NOT about duck hunting, but to protect the country from tyranny and to ensure that we have our other rights. Why can't these gun banning twats see that? *sigh*, JFK is the last president who "got it".
I almost walked out of there empty handed (Mishey wanted me to buy her some Veggie MREs, but the vendor was out. I figured I had to buy "something" since I paid 9 bucks for parking and 8 bucks w/ coupon to get in (Admission to the Coy Show in the Adjacent building was free, we didn't go.). I ended up buying 1000 rounds total of Russian made Wolf Brand .223 Rem and 7.62x39mm ammo for 240 bucks. That ends up being .25 cents a round for my AR-15 and .20 cents a round for my SKS. That's not bad for shooting rifles, the American made stuff costs over twice as much. My 9mm GLOCK costs about .15 cents a round to shoot, but .22LR is still the winner in cost! It cost .02 cents a round to shoot my Ruger 10/22. *insert Peter Griffin giggle here* I would have to say that I'm pretty stocked in ammo, I just stacked it all on top of my gun safe cos' there's no.
Mishey and I are planning on going to Valley View Casino on Presidents Day to partake in the Buffet and Video Slots; I never win shit, I win enough to keep going, but end up losing it anyways. Ah well, the buffet kicks ass!
Hmmm....I think I'll go play some guitar (Picked it up a view days ago to play and sing some songs, I still got it! Yay!), take a piss a have a fag.
I woke up early to visit Ian in the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility next to Donovan State Prison this morning, he seemed to be in fine spirits all things considered. I'm pretty much his only ray of sunshine in that dreary environment. He was bummed that they cut cereal for breakfast and peanut butter and jelly for lunch due to budget constraints. They were served Grits for lunch (Definitely not one of my favorites). We only had an hour so I talked to him about joining the Navy, how it's a win-win situation for someone like him who's young, smart, needs direction and discipline to sort out his life while he still has a chance. He agreed and was looking forward to all the benefits and pay which would be advantageous for a young buck like himself. I also gave him a GED prep book Mishey bought for him. I also told him about when I was his age, how I fucked around, but never got caught and how he should stop because he's not very good at getting in trouble, he laughed at my animated story-telling.
In the afternoon, I went to the Del Mar Gun Show with Eric, Joanne and their baby son Jonathan. It was a little weird this time, I usually bring around 200 bucks and buy a bunch of accessories to trick out my guns; I don't know what was different this time,...maybe cos' I beyond busted my ass for the wad of cash in my pocket, but I couldn't justify spending money frivolously on things I don't really "need", maybe I just done got old? lol
I did a lot of walking and looking, but seriously I have pretty much everything I need. I did have a moment of weakness when I was about to buy a Stag M4 Carbine upper for 600 bucks (I've been working a LOT of OT), but after doing some research I deduced that I wanted one with a 1 in 7" twist rate on the barrel so I can shoot bullets bigger than 68 grains, the Stags have a 1 in 9" twist rate which is good for shooting non-military rounds. I put it down and walked away,...man, guns are an expensive hobby soon to be extinct no matter who the new president is. :( I will only say, the second amendment of the United State constitution is NOT about duck hunting, but to protect the country from tyranny and to ensure that we have our other rights. Why can't these gun banning twats see that? *sigh*, JFK is the last president who "got it".
I almost walked out of there empty handed (Mishey wanted me to buy her some Veggie MREs, but the vendor was out. I figured I had to buy "something" since I paid 9 bucks for parking and 8 bucks w/ coupon to get in (Admission to the Coy Show in the Adjacent building was free, we didn't go.). I ended up buying 1000 rounds total of Russian made Wolf Brand .223 Rem and 7.62x39mm ammo for 240 bucks. That ends up being .25 cents a round for my AR-15 and .20 cents a round for my SKS. That's not bad for shooting rifles, the American made stuff costs over twice as much. My 9mm GLOCK costs about .15 cents a round to shoot, but .22LR is still the winner in cost! It cost .02 cents a round to shoot my Ruger 10/22. *insert Peter Griffin giggle here* I would have to say that I'm pretty stocked in ammo, I just stacked it all on top of my gun safe cos' there's no.
Mishey and I are planning on going to Valley View Casino on Presidents Day to partake in the Buffet and Video Slots; I never win shit, I win enough to keep going, but end up losing it anyways. Ah well, the buffet kicks ass!
Hmmm....I think I'll go play some guitar (Picked it up a view days ago to play and sing some songs, I still got it! Yay!), take a piss a have a fag.