January 2010
19 posts
I do not want to be a cubicle drone.
“Look at it this way. A man takes a job, you know? And that job - I mean, like that - That becomes what he is. You know, like - You do a thing and that’s what you are. Like I’ve been a cabbie for thirteen years. Ten years at night. I still don’t own my own cab. You know why? Because I don’t want to. That must be what I want. To be on the night shift drivin’...
Exercise is grinding
It’s been about two weeks since I decided to change my career goals, and things have been going fairly well. I’m sticking to a 3+ day/week exercise regimen that involves heavy use of a treadmill. In order to make it into the academy I want to apply for, I need to be able to run a mile and a half in 12:53. Right now, I can do about a mile in 10:00, so I’ve got a ways to go.
In...
Change directions
Over the past few weeks, I’ve realized that my life is heading in a direction I don’t really want it to go. I spent winter break toiling away in an office, mindlessly slapping my hands against a keyboard in order to further a project I’ll never see to fruition. Data entry, data entry, data entry…
Fuck, I don’t want to waste my time toiling away behind a desk.
I want...
I want to try dressing nicer...
but I don’t know if a white blazer looks tacky. Does it? Here, I’m looking at this white one I found at Old Navy. And it’s linen, so it should be light-weight enough for me to wear it in the Spring/Summer. Right now, the only casual blazer I’ve got (and the only blazer that even fits me) is corduroy, and that’s gonna be hellishly too hot in a month or two. Really,...
I just realized
kandles:
lmosworld:
I just realized that when my phone runs out of power it sings a little song as it is turning off. I never thought about it before. If it didn’t sing a song, it’d probably get an extra minute of battery life.
It wants to sing a dying song! The least you could do is give it that!
You know, we’d probably all be less mad at technology if it played a pleasant tune...
Genre shift.
When I’m not sure what to read in my spare time, my default is zombies. But I’ve read about all I can read of the shambling undead without branching off into the deep end of absurdity, so I recently switched to pulp; it’s like romance novels, but replace every instance of sex with a gun fight or barroom brawl. I find it strangely compelling…
hey sg-centralia
beginatthebeginning:
You’re my 190th follower!
Thanks for following :)
Your “about me” had Vonnegut, Simon Pegg, and zombies. How could I not?
from Caught Stealing: a novel
He’s reaching inside his coat, and as he pulls out his other gun, I step forward and bring my foot down on his wrist, pinning it to the ground. I point my gun at him.
He opens his mouth and spits out a little rain.
—You… you really are making a mistake. You don’t know what it is, but… Christ, that hurts. But this is a mistake. Trust me.
I nod.
—I trust you,...
from Caught Stealing: a novel
When I wake up, the first thing I think about is the fucking cat.
I’m looking after this guy’s cat for a couple weeks. God knows how long I’ve been out and if the thing is even alive. Fuck! I knew this would happen. I told the guy I wasn’t good with animals, that I can barely take care of myself, but he was really up against it, so I took the damn cat. Then I see...
I have never been overly aggressive or forceful with women. I’m not that guy who throws her on the kitchen table and rips open her blouse, popping all the buttons and ruining a perfectly good shirt. or who fucks her up against a wall in a dark alley behind some Dumpster. I never wanted to be Mickey Rourke. I don’t think he did either. it takes a willful suspension of absurdity to be...
“‘There are no good ideas anymore,’ I said… ‘Just be...”
– from Apathy and Other Small Victories
kandles:
sg-centralia:
kandles:
One of my friend became a fan of ModCloth on facebook and I looked at their website and I kind of like their stuff. Some of it.. some of it I think is really ugly. But this is some of the stuff I like and wish I could buy. the other problem is it’s kind of expensive. But I might buy one or two things at some point.
I like the first and the fourth dresses,...
kandles:
One of my friend became a fan of ModCloth on facebook and I looked at their website and I kind of like their stuff. Some of it.. some of it I think is really ugly. But this is some of the stuff I like and wish I could buy. the other problem is it’s kind of expensive. But I might buy one or two things at some point.
I like the first and the fourth dresses, and I prefer the first to the...
I wish all troll attempts could fail so...
This is a chat dialogue from mspaintadventures, a webcomic I read.
— adiosToreador [AT] began trolling turntechGodhead [TG] — AT: hEYYY, AT: fIRST, oK, i THINK YOU’RE AWFUL, AT: lET’S PUT THAT FACT ON THE TABLE WHERE WE CAN BOTH SEE IT, AT: nOW YOU HAVE BEEN PRIMED FOR THE DIGESTIVE RUINATION THAT’S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE, aND THE COMPREHENSIVE SOILING OF THE LAUNDRY...