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| i threw some clothes in a suitcase, shoved my laptop in my backpack and rushed out the door at 2:30.
I'm trying to beat friday afternoon rush hour, it starts at 2 usually on fridays, and when i see all the red brake lights ahead of me, i just say...."fuck."
fast forward 2 hours from bumper to bumper to foot down on the throttle so hard it touches the floor. interwinding through the mountain range above Los Angeles county. the elevation changes, my heart beats a little faster, and i'm doing 110 mph for the next 3 hours.
the sun sets, i'm getting mcdonalds at a gas station on the side of the road. the hills keep rolling and i keep going, until its dark enough that my headlights come on.
1 more hour to san francisco.
that was 24 hours ago. I'm in my hotel room waiting 2 more hours to go out and explore.
to be continued...
monday morning 2:04am
had some drinks at a lounge, maybe 5 too many, smoked too many cigarettes, made friends with fellow drunks outside, always an interesting escapade.
waking up in the morning from many text messages from a computer telling me its broken, then my boss calling me to see if im fixing it, my internet is slow from the hotel room, i debate on whether telling him that i'm 500 miles away from the office.
pack and try to get home before any other system malfunction. going through the bottom portion of the bay bridge is like driving through a steel cage. i look in my rear view mirror and see the san francisco skyline, sometimes i feel like i fall too easily in love with cities, but i think they love me back equally so things are ok.
after an hour i hit zombie driving mode and the throttle hits 100 mph once again, i start to do math in my head about average speed fuel effeciency. stop at mcdonalds of course and i get home in 6 hours.
now i have work in 6 hours. there's always a countdown.
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| so i was reading a blog and found something annoying that a lot of people, at least people around here do. instead of saying "i put on jeans today" they say "i put on my true religions" or instead of "i got in my car" they say "i got in my bmw". its kind of subtle but not so subtle, it it makes you a royal douchebag.
why? because in the end you're trying to show off. in the end you're trying to surround yourself with expensive things so that you seem expensive, but in the end, you dress up a turd, but you're still a turd.
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| for some reason, mondays arent too bad. its just tuesdays-friday that kills me.
lets not overreact though, its not that i hate work, but sometimes i get bored. but i have to pretend to be busy, i think 99% of the working population can relate to me on that one.
so its june and the weather still sucks....later this month i will be moving back home with my parents. kind of a backward step i know but in the long run it'll be better for me. I just feel like renting was a waste of money. and i think i have to grow up and buy a house one day. maybe.
booked a trip to europe for october, will be stopping over in new york to celebrate my bday. i'm officially going to be in my late twenties. rather than mid twenties rather than early 20's rather than a teen. its always a mix and melange of feelings both good and bad. you dont want to get older, but the mystery of the future is always alluring in a way.
work is good, not as exciting as last year but we're in a "maintenance mode" probably trying to ride out this recession. working on a new project for consulting and on top of that trying to start a new business, its rather exciting/nerve racking/scary as hell. i think my biggest fear is failure....and spiders. jk
launch date is tenatively end of june, but probably mid july is a safer bet.
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| friday before along week, just had a bbq at work, and they let us drink alcohol here. so im in a great mood. so i IM'ed some people and one of them was in a bad mood, and like most people trying to spread bad moods they were being negative. so this is what i say to that:
FUCK YOU.
just because you hate your life doesnt mean i should hate mine.
yay.
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| i just opened up a bottle of wine, i'm counting down to incoherence.
thursday always holds its own kind of allure, you're tempted to start the weekend early, but the practical side just says "just drink at home by yourself.....and start early". so i guess that's what growing up entails.
recently made a decision to move back in with my parents who live about 1/2 a mile away. the reason? so i can start saving a lot more money for....the future. I'm turning 27 this year, i'll be a groomsman in the fall, and I'm starting to eat vegetables.
Also another reason is so I can take some time to travel. I think I'm aiming for a europe trip in sept/oct.
on the career side, things have been going well at work, this is more of a "maintenance year" as my boss and boss's boss said. so its more about fine tuning shit.
consulting has been going rather slow, but I got some things in the pipeline that sound promising. also another side project which might prove interesting. I'll update with the link once we get everything off the ground. I'm having an entrepreneurial spirit.
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