South?

Posted by Timothy on Feb 9, 2004 in Random Babble

The more and more I think about it, I really dislike the area in which I live. The weather here has been shittier than most winters and frankly, I’m tired of it. I’d rather be somewhere that it doesn’t get so %FREEZE|cold%. Bundling up each morning for work only makes having to dress up much more annoying. There doesn’t seem to be a balance between fashion and comfort. Either you look good and itch, or you’re comfortable and look like a hoodlum.

Another thing that gets my goat is the fact that people around here can’t drive for shit. It’s like they forget that it snows each year. It’s rare to find anyone driving with any sort of assertiveness or confidence. It’s always “OMG! Someone’s in front of me! SLAM ON THE BRAKES!!” I’m sure it’s like this in other cities, but I’m ranting at the moment *smirk* Another thing people refuse to do is use their turn signals. Let me tell you jack asses something. Turn signals WORK. They let other people know where you intend on going considering the WEAK attempt to show someone which direction you intend on traveling with assertiveness. Try this one time. Drive around town and pay attention to the other cars. You’ll notice a lot of hesitation. I’ve been able to judge the attitude of a car. It’s like I can almost predict what they’re going to do. Try it sometime. Just drive around and try to predict what someone is going to do. If there’s a car-length of space in front of you. 80%% of the time, someone will try to cut in. So much for that extra stopping distance. 60%% of the time, people won’t even signal they’re cutting you off. It’s truely amazing that people have drivers licenses at all. PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE!

This weekend was fairly mellow. I think I partied-hardy more on Thursday. Drank at home first, and then hurried up to get to our local bar to have %ADRINK|two beers % and let the buzz set in. Sit around and people watch until we sober up to drive home, then pass out from being up until 3am. Simple as pie! *smirk*.

Friday, my %ADROCK|friend% decided it was time for him to get yet another ticket in his new car. I really don’t remember him going much faster than maybe 35 in that 25mph zone. But the cop said we were going 42. That was an interesting night.

Saturday my old %ANDREA|roommate% and I headed out to Lakewood for a quick night out at a bar called McCarthy’s. It was elbow-to-eblow-OMG-it’s-too-frick’n-crowded in here. We had 1 beer and left. If there were a fire in there, we’d all be dead. So much for that. We weren’t in the mood for the %LIQUID|down-town% scene. I was spent from the 5am night before and just not in the mood to be packed in a smokey bar.

Sunday.. Ahhh, what a lazy day. <3 Sundays! Sleep in until noon, French-toast and hashbrowns for breakfast, do some laundry, nap for 4hrs, and watch some %TV|TV%. Everyday should be like Sunday. Except now I have to prepare for that dreaded Monday at %WORK|work%. The begining of the week.

…and I still have to figure out how I’m going to ask this girl out for coffee or something simple.

Quality, not quantity

Posted by Timothy on Feb 3, 2004 in Random Babble

Have you ever noticed the quality of people that surround you? I mean, come’on. Can we put the flanel shirt away, along with the mullet? It would appear to me that people in Cleveland just don’t take care of themselves. They’re over-weight ( Mainly cuz they don’t give a shit about what they eat ) and about 10yrs behind the times. They refuse to change. You go to bars and you STILL hear “Baby Got Back”… Um, OK! That song is about 13yrs too old. Get with the times people!! Get your frick’n hair cut, buy some new clothes, and upgrade your music! UGH!!

If you don’t believe me, go create an accout on any one of the many on-line dating services and compare the people of Cleveland with the people from other cities. You’ll notice there’s a difference. Trust me on this one. YUCK! *puke*

If we want to go back in time– Whatever happen to the day when back-less shirts ( for the ladies ) where in? Those were HOT! oh, and low-rise jeans. YUM!! Those were the days. *dream*

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Posted by Timothy on Feb 2, 2004 in Random Babble

This weekend was probably one of the busiest I’ve had in a long time. Friday after work I spent some time hang’n out with people from work for Happy Hour at %LIQ|Liquid% in the Warehouse District. After having a few beers and laughing it up, I headed out to Dave and Busters to hang out with a friend of mine who was passing through. He’s moving from Boston to Sunnyvale California. I wish I had that opportunity. We had dinner there and I have to say the food I had was really good. I’ve never eaten at Dave and Busters before. After Dave and Busters my friend John and I headed downtown to Tramp which was dead and mostly filled with guys. *ick* Where’s the chick at?!?! We promptly left and went to McCarthy’s in Lakewood. Wow! Was that place packed! That was a good time. John and I got to catch up on some things.

Saturday was the motorcycle show at the IX Center. Got the guys together around 12, had lunch and then headed to the show. Not much new there. They had a few new bikes, but nothing spectacular. We walked around that place for a good 6hrs. Afterwards we came home and chilled out for an hour or two then it was time to go to dinner with the people that ran the %WP|”Whack Pak”% booth. %AP|Aaron% is a stunt rider for the motorcycle club. We had dinner at Roadhouse and shared morotcycle stories. I had a good time.

Superbowl Sunday. I’m not much of a sports fan– heck I didn’t even know who was in the super-bowl until I checked the website the other day. But my friends Molly and Mario were having a party and I was invited. I napped most of the day, attempting to catch up on the sleep I didn’t get. Their friends are always interesting. Of course I had to drink some beer and stuff my face with junk food while watching the game.

Now it’s Monday, a busy day at work. Why did everyone have to make me work today? *Grin* Mondays are supposed to be relaxing days. Couldn’t they have waited until Tuesday? We had a new guy start today so I had to get all his accounts/email setup. One of our UPSs took a shit and the battery is bad, so I had to order a new battery. The firewall box was down when I go in and a few people were having issues with parts of the intranet system. *sigh* I think it’s nap time when I get home.