A little over a month until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. This always helps put me in a good mood, which is somewhat strange because the Orioles haven't been any good since 1997. But whatever, I enjoy it. The Orioles also just signed Koji Uehara from the Japanese pro league, so I'm very interested to see how that works out. ( Read more... )

I just remembered the face Jen made when she took a shot of whiskey.

It was worth noting.

Getting off work at 11:15pm on Tuesday and having to be back at 6:00am on Wednesday fucking sucks.

Lately I've had no energy at all. And I'm not talking physical - although I guess my mental state plays a part in that as well - I'm talking about the energy to care. That might sound a little too vague to make sense, but despite everything else that was going on in my life at any given time I still had convictions and felt strongly about things. ( Read more... )

"The government consists of a gang of men (and women) exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give ( Read more... )

Overnights are finally over. This is good news. I'd been feeling so disconnected from everyone for the past few weeks. Lately I've started to feel pretty down quite a bit, but because of my schedule I didn't really have anyone to talk to. Jen and Carr were on completely opposite schedules, Old Boy had (and still has) generally taken to being a ( Read more... )

Getting off work and drinking a beer is nice. I don't think anyone will argue with that. It feels somewhat peculiar when these events take place at 8am. I'll deal.

I really need to work on getting unpacked, but I've been completely unmotivated. I've been feeling kinda crappy lately, and I'm starting to think that until I'm fully unpacked I'm not going to shake the feeling that I'm in a transitional phase. It makes me feel really unsettled and kinda listless, and that's no good at all.

The other day at work I was in the process of doing some things out on the floor when a man passed me. I said hello and asked him if he needed anything, and he said he didn't, but then said "that man over there is really good." I wasn't sure to what he was referring so I asked, and he replied "the man playing the keyboard." The moment he said this ( Read more... )

I just ate vegan boneless chicken wings that I ordered from a Chinese place down the street from me. They're made from an imitation chicken that Luke would probably know the name of, but I don't. I got them in Buffalo, General Tso's, and Cajun flavor, and they were fantastic. Especially the Cajun. They're breaded and deep-fried in vegetable oil, ( Read more... )