I got a phone call from an old friend last night. I haven’t seen him in a month or two, and that is only because we both have jobs that require us to give up our social lives. We talked for about 20 minutes and in that time I found out a bunch of stuff that really pissed me off.
I quick history lesson… I grew up in a tight group of friends. We have all known each other for the better part of 20 years and we have gone threw thick and thin together.
About 3 years ago a buddy of mines girlfriend cheated on him and didn’t tell him, a few people in the group knew and told him about it. This caused a rift in the group, pretty much splitting it in half. I remained neutral, I didn’t get involved but it made it hard for me to see my friends. A year later that same buddy married the girl that cheated on him.
And that really caused a division. Now the once girlfriend became the wife and everything changed.
Fast forward a year to another buddy getting screwed over by his girlfriend (they have a son together) and now this divided up the one half of friends. This is the part that pisses me off. A few of the guys in the group chose to still hang out with the girl that hosed our good buddy over, and I mean raked him over the coals. They still went out on weekends and still invited her to parties and such… all the while tossing their friend of 20yrs and BEST MAN at there wedding to the wind.
I lost all respect for certain friends over that …. Then I find out that one of my buddy’s is now DATING her…. I mean come on…. You never, never, NEVER date a buddy’s ex.
And they have a kid together!
This is a total breach of the code. There are certain things that guys don’t do to each other and this is at the top of the list. And this isn’t one of those “bro’s before ho’s” kinda thing this is a “you don’t fuck your buddy’s ex” kinda thing
To top it all off this girl has fucked over the last 2 guys she dated, so if history repeats itself this guy is in for a major rude awakening. I mean I don’t wish ill will towards anyone but part of me would get a chuckle out of seeing this chick fuck him over too.
I guess I am just old school. I’m loyal to the guys that I have known my whole life and never would I date a buddy's ex.
When the conversation ended, we made plans to get together with the ones that aren’t fighting and have a good ole time like we used to… I am really looking forward to it…
P.S.
I just remember one thing that is a little iffy.
3 maybe 4 yrs ago I met a couple... and we started hanging out… in fact I met the guy first by about 3 weeks then met her… now they broke up a short while after and I still talk to her and not him… but I think that is different, I mean I met them at the same time and the guy never cared to be friends were as she turned out to be one of my best friends… SO I don’t feel bad about that, and I don’t think I broke any rules… plus it turns out that she plays for the other team so that also changes things….
I guess certain things mean more to me than others, and things change.
Friends’ too so it seems…
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Here comes the right hook!!!!
Things that make me wanna punch something
- Major League Baseball, to be more specific steroid use in major league baseball
- People that pass you on the highway then drive slower than you
- Waiting in line at Starbucks while the lady in front of me rifles through her purse for 5 minutes looking for change, then finally hands over her gift card and repeats the phrase “I really thought I had more change”
- Having someone ask you a question and when you give them an answer (the right one!) they tell you that you are wrong and walk away.
- Forced to be nice to people that do not deserve it
- Listening to conversations which people give awful and horrible opinions and then just sitting there not being able to rebut
- Having to deal with people that are obviously wrong but when you try to help them (without being rude) they will not let you speak
- People that call in sick to work and then come in the next day and proceed to tell everyone what a great time they had faking sick (call me old school but when you call in “fake sick”, you shouldn’t brag about the great time you had)
- Teenage boys that want to race me in their piece of crap cars (you know the ones, they have that fart can muffler, the stupid decals, and the best part of the car is the stereo and even that is installed wrong)
- Walking in the mall and hearing the pack of teenage girls that repeat “Like” “Whatever” “that’s so hot” “OH. MY. GOD” “totally”
I should stop now cause this list could go on forever….
But the best part is someone just came into my lab and is talking about the great time they had while they were FAKING SICK!!!!
Shoot me now!
- Major League Baseball, to be more specific steroid use in major league baseball
- People that pass you on the highway then drive slower than you
- Waiting in line at Starbucks while the lady in front of me rifles through her purse for 5 minutes looking for change, then finally hands over her gift card and repeats the phrase “I really thought I had more change”
- Having someone ask you a question and when you give them an answer (the right one!) they tell you that you are wrong and walk away.
- Forced to be nice to people that do not deserve it
- Listening to conversations which people give awful and horrible opinions and then just sitting there not being able to rebut
- Having to deal with people that are obviously wrong but when you try to help them (without being rude) they will not let you speak
- People that call in sick to work and then come in the next day and proceed to tell everyone what a great time they had faking sick (call me old school but when you call in “fake sick”, you shouldn’t brag about the great time you had)
- Teenage boys that want to race me in their piece of crap cars (you know the ones, they have that fart can muffler, the stupid decals, and the best part of the car is the stereo and even that is installed wrong)
- Walking in the mall and hearing the pack of teenage girls that repeat “Like” “Whatever” “that’s so hot” “OH. MY. GOD” “totally”
I should stop now cause this list could go on forever….
But the best part is someone just came into my lab and is talking about the great time they had while they were FAKING SICK!!!!
Shoot me now!
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
You might be wondering “Woolly, you’re not blogging as much as you used too”
That would be correct. Lately nothing interesting has happened to me, and I didn’t want to just come on here and ramble…
I will be for sure blog about anything interesting that happens to me in the near future, I promise. Right now all that is happening is work related and I am not gonna start talking about that.
So all I can say is keep checking back and hopefully something worth talking about will happen to me soon!!
That would be correct. Lately nothing interesting has happened to me, and I didn’t want to just come on here and ramble…
I will be for sure blog about anything interesting that happens to me in the near future, I promise. Right now all that is happening is work related and I am not gonna start talking about that.
So all I can say is keep checking back and hopefully something worth talking about will happen to me soon!!
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
I am not crazy!
I’m not crazy…. I now I am not. I might be a little twisted but definitely not crazy.
I wanted to get that out in the open first, cause as soon as you read the rest of this your gonna think I am nuts.
The drive home from work yesterday was a normal one… same traffic, same route, cops doing radar in the same spots, you know normal. That was until I got about 5 minutes away from home. I just drove threw town and was on that last stretch of road before I could relax when it happened. Out of the corner of my eye I see this bright blue shiny thing walking out of the ditch and towards the road. It caught my eye for a few reasons… first off it was bright blue… second what the FUCK is it? I assume it is a piece of garbage blowing in the wind, but as I get closer the thing darts out in front of me. Blue flash followed by about 5 feet of tail. I am so memorized that I forget to hit the brakes. At the last second I put my foot to the floor in an attempt to not run this thing over. After I come to a complete stop I pull off to the side of the road. I do double take in the mirror when I see the thing standing there on the opposite side of the road. I stop, gather myself and think… I am fucking crazy or did I almost run over a PEACOCK??? I look back again to see it walking into the forest. I can’t believe it so I turn around and go back.
As I pull up to the spot where in went into the bush there is another car pulled over looking in the same direction I was. The guy looks at me and I just shrug my shoulders. I cross the ditch and walk towards the last known spot of the bird. When I get up close I hear this screech that scared the shit out of me and sure enough right in front of me is a giant god damned male peacock. I look back at the other guy and say “it’s a fucking peacock” he replies “what the hell is a peacock doing here?”
I reach for my phone to take a picture of it cause I know no one is gonna believe me… and of course I left my phone is the car… I went back to get it but by the time I returned the peacock was gone. Walked threw the bush for about 5 minutes to try and find it but nothing. So here I sit with no photo proof.
I changed my status on Twitter/Facebook to reflect what just happened and all I got was a bunch of people making fun off me.
But see, here’s the thing… I am not an idiot… I know what a peacock looks like… I also know how nuts I sound saying that I almost hit one with my car; because lets be honest peacocks aren’t exactly common in Northern Ontario. But none the less, that is what was there. I saw it, I know I did. I wish I knew the other guy that stopped… having someone else to tell the story would make me seem less crazy… So now I will believe anyone when they say that they almost hit a peacock with their car… it happened to me, it can happen to you!!!
I wanted to get that out in the open first, cause as soon as you read the rest of this your gonna think I am nuts.
The drive home from work yesterday was a normal one… same traffic, same route, cops doing radar in the same spots, you know normal. That was until I got about 5 minutes away from home. I just drove threw town and was on that last stretch of road before I could relax when it happened. Out of the corner of my eye I see this bright blue shiny thing walking out of the ditch and towards the road. It caught my eye for a few reasons… first off it was bright blue… second what the FUCK is it? I assume it is a piece of garbage blowing in the wind, but as I get closer the thing darts out in front of me. Blue flash followed by about 5 feet of tail. I am so memorized that I forget to hit the brakes. At the last second I put my foot to the floor in an attempt to not run this thing over. After I come to a complete stop I pull off to the side of the road. I do double take in the mirror when I see the thing standing there on the opposite side of the road. I stop, gather myself and think… I am fucking crazy or did I almost run over a PEACOCK??? I look back again to see it walking into the forest. I can’t believe it so I turn around and go back.
As I pull up to the spot where in went into the bush there is another car pulled over looking in the same direction I was. The guy looks at me and I just shrug my shoulders. I cross the ditch and walk towards the last known spot of the bird. When I get up close I hear this screech that scared the shit out of me and sure enough right in front of me is a giant god damned male peacock. I look back at the other guy and say “it’s a fucking peacock” he replies “what the hell is a peacock doing here?”
I reach for my phone to take a picture of it cause I know no one is gonna believe me… and of course I left my phone is the car… I went back to get it but by the time I returned the peacock was gone. Walked threw the bush for about 5 minutes to try and find it but nothing. So here I sit with no photo proof.
I changed my status on Twitter/Facebook to reflect what just happened and all I got was a bunch of people making fun off me.
But see, here’s the thing… I am not an idiot… I know what a peacock looks like… I also know how nuts I sound saying that I almost hit one with my car; because lets be honest peacocks aren’t exactly common in Northern Ontario. But none the less, that is what was there. I saw it, I know I did. I wish I knew the other guy that stopped… having someone else to tell the story would make me seem less crazy… So now I will believe anyone when they say that they almost hit a peacock with their car… it happened to me, it can happen to you!!!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Why do I keep talking about this?
Doesn’t even feel like I slept last night.
I know I did… in fact I know I had a solid sleep. I was dog tired and I crawled in the sack at 9. That’s right I said 9!
I was wiped out yesterday, and to make it worse I don’t know why… I didn’t do anything that would make me so tired, but I was. I could barley keep my eyes open at 7. I fought the urge to sleep until 9 cause I was afraid that if I went to bed at 7 I would wake up at 2am and not be able to go back to sleep.
I had one of those sleeps where as soon as I hit the pillow BAM your out… and I never moved at all, when my alarm woke me up I was in the exact same position.
Too make it worse it felt like I didn’t go to sleep at all. I have been awake for nearly 3 hours now and I am still yawning (and that’s after 2 coffees and a Red Bull)
I think I am broken. Do I come with a warrantee? Where would I even take myself to get fixed? People are telling me to take a vacation… but really all I wanna do is never have to get out of bed again. How’s a vacation gonna help that? And what’s the point of taking time off to sleep? Is that even legal?
I can see it now… I take week off work, do nothing but sleep then on the Monday before I have to come back to work I will be so wired from all that sleep that I will stay awake for the next 3 days and turn into the walking dead!
Never had this problem before… when I was in college I would party till the sun came up, get maybe 2 hours of sleep then go sit in lectures all day… and I felt great… now I can’t even make it 7 hours without the strong urge to take a nap. WTF?
In fact I remember pulling all nighters and not even feeling the slightest urge to nap.
I smoked, drank, and did pretty much anything I could… now I don’t really do any of that and I am way worse then when I did!!
Wait am minute…. Does this mean I am meant to be a party animal? Is that it? Is that how I am built? Am I built to go balls deep 24/7? Because if that’s the case I am wasting some serious party time… maybe I should do that, maybe I should go all out for one week and see how I do. I mean I am already running on empty why not push the limit?
I know why… cause I would die. That’s right I said it… I would die. I never got hangovers when I was younger; I never felt the effect of lack of sleep. None of it… now I drink a bottle of whiskey and I am sitting on the couch for the next 2 days in a haze.
I think I should just suck it up and realize I am not as young as I used to be and just take every chance I can to sleep in. That seems like the smarter thing to do, yes?
Anyway, sorry for rambling but typing this thought out helps I understand it!
I know I did… in fact I know I had a solid sleep. I was dog tired and I crawled in the sack at 9. That’s right I said 9!
I was wiped out yesterday, and to make it worse I don’t know why… I didn’t do anything that would make me so tired, but I was. I could barley keep my eyes open at 7. I fought the urge to sleep until 9 cause I was afraid that if I went to bed at 7 I would wake up at 2am and not be able to go back to sleep.
I had one of those sleeps where as soon as I hit the pillow BAM your out… and I never moved at all, when my alarm woke me up I was in the exact same position.
Too make it worse it felt like I didn’t go to sleep at all. I have been awake for nearly 3 hours now and I am still yawning (and that’s after 2 coffees and a Red Bull)
I think I am broken. Do I come with a warrantee? Where would I even take myself to get fixed? People are telling me to take a vacation… but really all I wanna do is never have to get out of bed again. How’s a vacation gonna help that? And what’s the point of taking time off to sleep? Is that even legal?
I can see it now… I take week off work, do nothing but sleep then on the Monday before I have to come back to work I will be so wired from all that sleep that I will stay awake for the next 3 days and turn into the walking dead!
Never had this problem before… when I was in college I would party till the sun came up, get maybe 2 hours of sleep then go sit in lectures all day… and I felt great… now I can’t even make it 7 hours without the strong urge to take a nap. WTF?
In fact I remember pulling all nighters and not even feeling the slightest urge to nap.
I smoked, drank, and did pretty much anything I could… now I don’t really do any of that and I am way worse then when I did!!
Wait am minute…. Does this mean I am meant to be a party animal? Is that it? Is that how I am built? Am I built to go balls deep 24/7? Because if that’s the case I am wasting some serious party time… maybe I should do that, maybe I should go all out for one week and see how I do. I mean I am already running on empty why not push the limit?
I know why… cause I would die. That’s right I said it… I would die. I never got hangovers when I was younger; I never felt the effect of lack of sleep. None of it… now I drink a bottle of whiskey and I am sitting on the couch for the next 2 days in a haze.
I think I should just suck it up and realize I am not as young as I used to be and just take every chance I can to sleep in. That seems like the smarter thing to do, yes?
Anyway, sorry for rambling but typing this thought out helps I understand it!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Oh Joy
Over the weekend I decided to clean up my iTunes. I have been putting this off for awhile and I finally got my ass and knees together and did it.
I combined the total sum of my computers, my external hard drive, and a friend’s hard drive all into one. I got a 1Tb external drive and copied everything to one folder.
The problem is this….I am by far not a tidy person, I am in fact a clusterfuck of mess.
I am in awe every time I see someone’s music folder and it is neat and organized.
Mine is so far from it, it hurts!
SO this weekend I took on the task on compiling my files and attempting to re-name them all. This took about 7 hours…. I’m serious… 7 hours, and I’m still not done.
So far I have 14985 files renamed and organized and I have many more to go.
You might be thinking “Woolly, you downloaded 15000 songs???” the answer to that is no… I did not. I am not into downloading songs… I mean I have, and I will again… but no… what I do I buy the CD’s I like and convert them.
The reason all my songs are on 4 different drives is that I tend to just copy the CD’s to the first computer I find (and I have been known to take my laptop to friend’s houses and copy their CD’s)
Anyway… when all is said and done I will be one happy camper. Until then wish me luck, my fingers are numb from all that time at the keyboard!
I combined the total sum of my computers, my external hard drive, and a friend’s hard drive all into one. I got a 1Tb external drive and copied everything to one folder.
The problem is this….I am by far not a tidy person, I am in fact a clusterfuck of mess.
I am in awe every time I see someone’s music folder and it is neat and organized.
Mine is so far from it, it hurts!
SO this weekend I took on the task on compiling my files and attempting to re-name them all. This took about 7 hours…. I’m serious… 7 hours, and I’m still not done.
So far I have 14985 files renamed and organized and I have many more to go.
You might be thinking “Woolly, you downloaded 15000 songs???” the answer to that is no… I did not. I am not into downloading songs… I mean I have, and I will again… but no… what I do I buy the CD’s I like and convert them.
The reason all my songs are on 4 different drives is that I tend to just copy the CD’s to the first computer I find (and I have been known to take my laptop to friend’s houses and copy their CD’s)
Anyway… when all is said and done I will be one happy camper. Until then wish me luck, my fingers are numb from all that time at the keyboard!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Help Me!
I am in the seventh ring of hell….
For those of you that don’t know I run a lab in which I have an all female staff (you guys are probably thinking “Hell YA”…. Ahhh no) and I have no problem working with woman…. Ok that’s a lie… I have a few minor problems
Today is not even an hour old and already they are talking about summer dresses, strapless bras and matching shoes. They even brought in yesterdays newly bought items from their shopping sprees to show off. “Aw, that’s so cute… does it have a build in bra?” “Oh... I love that colour, and that material is to die for” “can you get this is white?”
OH MY FUCKING GAWD!!!!!
I need testosterone, and I need it now…. Someone please talk about the ball game last night… or the problems they had with their last tune up… can a get some dick and fart jokes please….ANYTHING OTHER THAN CLOTHS!!!!!
The end of the day can’t come fast enough!!!!!
For those of you that don’t know I run a lab in which I have an all female staff (you guys are probably thinking “Hell YA”…. Ahhh no) and I have no problem working with woman…. Ok that’s a lie… I have a few minor problems
Today is not even an hour old and already they are talking about summer dresses, strapless bras and matching shoes. They even brought in yesterdays newly bought items from their shopping sprees to show off. “Aw, that’s so cute… does it have a build in bra?” “Oh... I love that colour, and that material is to die for” “can you get this is white?”
OH MY FUCKING GAWD!!!!!
I need testosterone, and I need it now…. Someone please talk about the ball game last night… or the problems they had with their last tune up… can a get some dick and fart jokes please….ANYTHING OTHER THAN CLOTHS!!!!!
The end of the day can’t come fast enough!!!!!
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