Do guys have a biological clock? Because I can feel mine ticking.
I blame her for it. I thought I was going to marry her and have children with her, and then I learned that she had different ideas, and that was that. Before I met her, I wasn't particularly concerned with getting married.
She opened the floodgates though, so now I'm in the unfortunate position of having lonely feelings that can't be assuaged by a random hookup. Random hookups worked for a while, but I'm starting to build up an immunity, and it sucks.
The thing is, I also don't know if I'm ready for a relationship. It's either that, or my standards (for relationships) have subconsciously gotten so high that no one I've met since the break-up has been able to meet them. I'm still undecided on what to do about this.
Today was annoying. I need to plan out my free time better; I had a few choices about what I could do, but I had no idea what I really wanted to do, so I wasted half the day at home doing nothing at all. Looking back, I guess I accomplished a few things, but I didn't have nearly as much fun on my only day off of the week as I would have liked.
And now, for the next six days, it's back to the grind.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
Victory is mine!
In June of last year, I brought my car to Tuffy Auto Service Center on South Tryon because it was overheating. They replaced the water pump, and while they were at it, they also replaced the timing belt.
Fast forward to November of last year. While my own mechanic was working on my car, he discovered that the timing belt had been installed improperly, and had to be fixed because it was so loose that it could fall off at any moment. I had him do the work, and then I gathered evidence of the improper installation and brought it to Tuffy, and asked for a reimbursement of what it cost me to fix it.
Tuffy told me to take a hike, so I took them to court.... and yesterday, I found out that the judge ruled in my favor!
Let this be a lesson to you, ladies and gentlemen. If a car place tries to screw you over, and you have evidence of their wrongdoing, don't just lay back and take it. You can fight back and win!
Also, as I'm writing this entry, I'm at my friend's house as he watches an episode of an anime called Gurren Lagan. It is the most insane thing I've ever seen. Robots are talking out of their stomachs, explosions are everywhere, there are pilots wearing clown makeup, and every scene, new characters appear at random. Meanwhile, Japanese people are chanting in English in the background. It's all very disconcerting.
In June of last year, I brought my car to Tuffy Auto Service Center on South Tryon because it was overheating. They replaced the water pump, and while they were at it, they also replaced the timing belt.
Fast forward to November of last year. While my own mechanic was working on my car, he discovered that the timing belt had been installed improperly, and had to be fixed because it was so loose that it could fall off at any moment. I had him do the work, and then I gathered evidence of the improper installation and brought it to Tuffy, and asked for a reimbursement of what it cost me to fix it.
Tuffy told me to take a hike, so I took them to court.... and yesterday, I found out that the judge ruled in my favor!
Let this be a lesson to you, ladies and gentlemen. If a car place tries to screw you over, and you have evidence of their wrongdoing, don't just lay back and take it. You can fight back and win!
Also, as I'm writing this entry, I'm at my friend's house as he watches an episode of an anime called Gurren Lagan. It is the most insane thing I've ever seen. Robots are talking out of their stomachs, explosions are everywhere, there are pilots wearing clown makeup, and every scene, new characters appear at random. Meanwhile, Japanese people are chanting in English in the background. It's all very disconcerting.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
These are the voyages...
Welcome to my first blog entry. My friend Trisha (http://troublewithtrisha.blogspot.com) suggested I make one of these because I have "interesting tales", and since I had three hours to kill between classes with nothing better to do... well, here we are.
It's been an average day. Accounting class was easy (good thing, because that's my major); Art History was boring. Not much to report there. If you already know me, you may be wondering what the hell I'm doing wasting my time in an irrelevant class like Art History. I'd drop it if I could, but unfortunately I need it in order to maintain full-time-student status. Without that, my financial aid could get screwed up.
I've been wondering lately what to do about my work situation. I'm a delivery driver at Domino's Pizza, and I have been for almost ten years now. It's a good job with okay pay, and flexible scheduling (important because of school), but it's also not going to help me at all in the career I'm trying to pursue. So far I've come up with two viable options.
The first option is to be a cash counter at Carowinds. Not a glamorous job, and it pays slightly less per-hour than Domino's. It also won't give me full time hours until the summer. The upsides are that it's relevant experience to pad my resume for a future legitimate Accounting job, and the scheduling is flexible, so that I could continue my classes unimpeded.
The other option came through a friend of mine, who said I could almost certainly get a temp Accounting job at his company if he recommended me. This job would pay better than Domino's (and much better than Carowinds), it would be full-time, and it would give me actual, real-life Accounting experience; the downsides are the possible temporary nature of the job, and the very rigid schedule would basically force me to drop two of my classes at school.
All I know so far is that I'm going to apply for both and see what kind of response I get. If I get job offers from both places, I'm not sure what I'll do.
Other things weighing on my mind right now include the in-progress remodeling of my house (I just finished painting the living room!), my father's blind determination to move out of the assisted living home and into his own apartment, and the certainty that if I continue on the diet and activity level I'm currently on, I'll turn into a fatass before the year is up. If any of that sounds interesting to you, then stay tuned for future entries!
It's been an average day. Accounting class was easy (good thing, because that's my major); Art History was boring. Not much to report there. If you already know me, you may be wondering what the hell I'm doing wasting my time in an irrelevant class like Art History. I'd drop it if I could, but unfortunately I need it in order to maintain full-time-student status. Without that, my financial aid could get screwed up.
I've been wondering lately what to do about my work situation. I'm a delivery driver at Domino's Pizza, and I have been for almost ten years now. It's a good job with okay pay, and flexible scheduling (important because of school), but it's also not going to help me at all in the career I'm trying to pursue. So far I've come up with two viable options.
The first option is to be a cash counter at Carowinds. Not a glamorous job, and it pays slightly less per-hour than Domino's. It also won't give me full time hours until the summer. The upsides are that it's relevant experience to pad my resume for a future legitimate Accounting job, and the scheduling is flexible, so that I could continue my classes unimpeded.
The other option came through a friend of mine, who said I could almost certainly get a temp Accounting job at his company if he recommended me. This job would pay better than Domino's (and much better than Carowinds), it would be full-time, and it would give me actual, real-life Accounting experience; the downsides are the possible temporary nature of the job, and the very rigid schedule would basically force me to drop two of my classes at school.
All I know so far is that I'm going to apply for both and see what kind of response I get. If I get job offers from both places, I'm not sure what I'll do.
Other things weighing on my mind right now include the in-progress remodeling of my house (I just finished painting the living room!), my father's blind determination to move out of the assisted living home and into his own apartment, and the certainty that if I continue on the diet and activity level I'm currently on, I'll turn into a fatass before the year is up. If any of that sounds interesting to you, then stay tuned for future entries!
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