the world is pretty outside today. again. amazing isn't it?

i have recently received a bit of enlightenment. what kind of enlightenment, you ask? the kind that comes in a little bitty package but actually sounds cool enough to think about. why go back to school?! eventually, yes i will go to an accredited program of some sort, probably over evenings and such, but not right now. instead, i've put myself ( Read more... )

grab a daily press and read the artical about increased foreign control of our economy and PUBLICLY TRADED FEDERAL DEBT. that makes you feel all warm and gooey inside let me tell you. none of it really angered me until the very end where they laid out what seem to be the major contributing problems to our debt and money woes. and then they go on ( Read more... )

there are so many many things you can buy online that you just can't seem to buy around town. i've purchased a whole heluva lot in my 3 or so years of online purchasing. and until today it was a grand and delightful experience. today, i was actually charged sales tax on an online order. what is the world coming to when you can no longer order ( Read more... )

i don't know why i do. i just do. i also just kind of hate the whole process of applying for jobs. i've liked my last couple of hires where it was just "hi, i know what i'm doing, how do you need me to do what you need me to do and i'll do it." "sweet, you're hired!" i know i'll only find this kind of process at something small'ish, which is ( Read more... )

soooo, i'm buying new camping gear. a good chunk of my old stuff, sadly, had to die. mildew is not a good thing while out on the trail. thankfully, what had to go needed to go anyways. my stove, tent, pot and a few other choice pieces survived. my pack and stuff sacks must be replaced (such sadness.....not). i've also gotten into a minimalist ( Read more... )

yet another reason why i want to be a 65 year old korean fencing coach ( Read more... )

thank you michael mullin. that put a nice shine on my day. and i have my quasi altar thing back out of boxes. and a few other things toooooo. soon, a move i hope.

something has happened in the past few weeks. i'm not quite sure what or how it happened, but looking amongst my friends i know it's the case. someone has sent out the "grow up" signal in huge force. i and at least one friend (but more like 6) have finally either decided to move on with life after college or had that same event forced upon them ( Read more... )

how do i come up with shit like that??? anyway. i got a rowing machine. it rocks. i'll be toned and trim and fit in no time. which will help me enjoy fencing. so i can row more. so i can fence more. so i can do more rowing. it was a cool commercial from my youth involving a round room and a guy doing coke so he could work more, so he could ( Read more... )