I was able to spend a good deal of time outside yesterday enjoying some good friends, free alcohol and a makeshift beach/island scene conveniently located in a friend's backyard. When I came home late last night I thought to myself, "wow, for starting off the day as deathly pale as I was, I was able to get a nice amount of color." Unfortunately, ( Read more... )

Finally! Something cool in Michigan.

Everyone should go to Marquette. It really is a lovely town, even without special visitors.

Today I realized that I suck at my job. Seriously. Just awful. I'm mediocre on my best day. I don't particularly like my job. I'm convinced that some of my bosses don't like me and are hoping for me to quit. But it still hurts ( Read more... )

Sweet as a $5 bill in a birthday card: Singing old people.

I'm pretty sure that over the course of 2 days and 3 shifts I've worked a grand total of 90 minutes. I really need boundaries and a set schedule. Free Spirit Brett cannot handle all of this freedom ( Read more... )

It's the beginning of May, but as I failed miserably at progressing any of my goals last month, I will not inflict more pain on myself by rehashing my shortcomings ( Read more... )

Would you lie about a series injury or illness to avoid having to tell someone he wasn't hired for a job? I interviewed for a job a few weeks back, and on the day I was supposed to get the call about whether or not I would be proceeding with the interview process, the woman's assistant called to tell me her boss was out of the office with some ( Read more... )

I hate Hannibal Rising. True, I haven't seen it yet (and probably won't), but it insults me. Hannibal Lecter was terrifying in The Silence of the Lambs, and he was behind a wall of some sort for almost the entire film. He just messed with your mind! And the more we've seen of him in the subsequent films has perverted the character. Yes, I know ( Read more... )

As a means to avoid watching the NFL playoffs with my father I started and finished the first book towards my goal of 50 this year. I saw a movie last night with a really good soundtrack, so I stopped at a store on the way home to see if I could find it. I could not. But I did find a copy of Night by Elie Wiesel, so I picked that up instead. It ( Read more... )

Ok, so I saw this group listed on the ole LJ homepage, and I became inspired. The group was called 50 Books or We Like Books or something like that. The gist was to set a goal to read 50 books this year. And I am going to set that goal for myself. I ended 2006 on a bit of a reading shame spiral, as I don't believe I've finished a book since ( Read more... )