For some reason Home Alone always makes me homesick. And for whatever reason Star Movies always plays it, nomatter what time of year. Go figure. But it’s such a good movie that everytime I run across it I end up watching the entire thing. It’s like Top Gun. You can’t just not watch… plus Christmas movies are always super.
Here’s my mom hanging at the hospital. Still her old self luckily. Few more days til she comes home and I can breathe a big fat sigh of relief.
This looks totally fun. Wisconsin was never high up on my list of must visit places til now…
http://www.whitegullinn.com/fishboil.html
So my wordpress app for iPhone was short-lived because now when I’m bored, I use the eReader!! Plus I think my mind has grown so stale from mental abuse that I’m in desperate need of reading. I never have anything good to write anyways.
So next Tues is it. I’m going back, and this time there’s no pretention as to when I ’should’ come back. It’s going to be a long time and that’s that.
I do miss the darn place, and there will be much merriment. But after the last 6 month stint, I’ve never appreciated the good ol’ States as much as I do now. Even being in Canada for a few weeks, it’s such a relief to be back in your homeland… where everybody knows your name…
I’m on my last season of Frasier and I will have officially watched all shows in exactly reverse order. Of the ‘intelligent’ sitcoms out there, Frasier and M*A*S*H are definitely at the top.
timezones don’t make sense. everyone should just work the same hours, and people in the unfortunate side of the world will just have to work in darkness and sleep during daylight. it just makes more sense for everyone…
[14:17] joe: man i just pickecd the craziest booger out of my nose
[14:17] joe: it was super long
[14:18] dmv: o man
[14:18] dmv: ive eaten some snails like that
Don’t ask how I find these songs. The video is a bit random as it’s just someone’s group of friends, but it’s the only video I could find with this song. It’s so stupidly cheerful you just have to enjoy it.
Amaral - Son Mis Amigos
What the hell is the purpose of an allergy? What evolutionary advantage is there to being allergic to things that are harmless to pretty much everyone else. Bloody stupid.
I always said the piano is the saddest instrument.
Ever ate an oyster as long as your fork? Mmm
Interesting lyrics for an interesting day…
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Save me, I’m lost
Oh lord, I’ve been waiting for you
I’ll pay any cost
Save me from being confused
Show me what I’m looking for
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On a sidenote I’m finally back on the ephedra-laced boost pills to help kick this eating habit. It’s gym time!
It took a few weeks but it looks like life is relatively back to normal. My first week back was a period of adjustment followed by a brief reprieve to the bay area. But last week I found myself fully in the swing of things, working those long hours and flaking on every social appointment. I remember now why I so badly couldn’t wait to get to VN. Of course now I know better… If I have to put in the hours I’d much rather do it here. No big guard dogs to chase me out of my own office at 10pm every night…
But life without a motorcycle sucks. I’m too busy to get my fzr running again and it’s no sv anyways… Some days like today are just designed to be out on the open road..
Rambling. Same ol stuff. Thats me.
Take a good look. Last time you will see this fat face.
It’s time to really get my act together and get healthy again. Yippee.
Work can be quite a roller coaster sometimes. There are good days and bad days. As much heartburn as it can be, at the end of the day it’s still every bit the adventure I had hoped for. The rewards will only taste that much sweeter after all this but man it’s tough. Working in VN was hard physically with many sleepless nights in uncomfortable settings, but the pressure of life back home is enormous. If I had to choose I’d still rather be in the US I suppose… But that’s a tough call 
Oh but the greatest iPhone app ever is this CBS tv thing that let’s me stream macgyver of all shows! Sweeet. Yep I live in the past. So what all the good shows are from there anyways.
Cracked open my old iPhone pretty good so I had to go and get the new 3G and man is it awesome. Few days without my trusty phone proved unbearable. Yep… sad eh?
Found a sweet wordpress app so now I can blog wit my phone w00t. For those emergency blogs that just can’t wait you know…
Work has my sleep schedule turned upside down. I’m not on VN time, I’m not on US time. I don’t know what I am. Last night I lied down on the ground just to rest my eyes, and ended up sleeping until 2am. I’ve been up ever since just working away. If it wasn’t so cold I’d go find a nice place to watch the sunrise and get some breakfast.
I had a fabulous weekend in Bay Area as usual. It took almost 9 hours before I finally arrived at my destination because of some random detours and faulty navigation. Saturday had a lovely brunch with Alison and her family, then spent the rest of the day running all over the place visiting people. There’s nothing so therapeutic as a long long drive.
I don’t know if there will be much time for a nap today, as we just did 2 major releases. Ah well… just gotta keep trucking on and preparing for when I make the return trip back to VN.
It seems like exhaustion is forever my companion.
Pros
My second day back in town and we already hit up partying in downtown LA at Seven Grand and Alibaba. I was introduced to Kogi - this weird authentic Mexican style taco with Korean bbq meat as the filling. It was so beyond fantastic it helped me realize what a great place to live CA is. You have to travel to other countries to realize how diverse the US truly is. I also discovered an ‘old-fashioned’ whiskey which is a rather complicated concotion of fine whiskey, orange zest and some brown sugar cube all mushed up. Tasty!
Cons
It is nice to be back to old stomping grounds but driving around and running into roadragers reminds me how much people here suck. I just keep wondering if these people would be just as brash on a 200lb moped as they are driving at 2-ton SUV. Even though 6 months is not a *long* time to be away from home, it is plenty enough to give you some perspective about where you live and where you could live.
