Despite any advice I may have been given in the past or any that may be solicited after I recount this, I do not think I will, should or even can talk to my high school band instructor. Two afternoons ago, during a nap, I had what makes roughly the 15th nightmare over the past seven years involving me being confronted by the instructor. I think I ( Read more... )

· I quit Farmers Insurance a few weeks ago but timed it so that I would have vision insurance. I now wear glasses and as of today no longer have vision insurance. I need glasses for night driving but man am I wearing them all the time. It's amazing how much sharper everything is. I feel like I'd been visually ripped off in the past. I've ( Read more... )

My dad informed me that I had mail accumulating at my parents' house and should pick it up soon. When I talked to my mom on the phone about the mail she noted, "Your dad wanted me to tell you that there's something from Great Britain too." I was immediately excited. I don't get mail from England. Who knows my address? Honestly, the top three ( Read more... )

I just finished Harry Potter and can return to the internet. I like how often the word "effing" was used. I didn't like how she killed off Hermione.

I've been lost since I've come back from Montauban. And when telling my aunt, a recruiter at a local technical trade school, that I don't exactly know what I want my 'end point' in my career to look like, I mean it and don't see anything wrong with it. When the career counselor at my semi-recently-graduated-from university tells me I'm having a ( Read more... )

Modern chewing gum has its roots in Central and South America. The Aztec had harnessed the power of rubber and its use was found everywhere- from bouncing balls used in sports to footwear used to play sports with bouncing balls. Even in recreational chewing. Thanks to a chance meeting with an Inca explorer sometime in the early 15th century the ( Read more... )

During the past four weeks of work I have worn only one pair of pants ( Read more... )

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If you're ever in the driver's side backseat of a Trailblazer and Christopher Lloyd is standing outside talking to your dad, who's in the driver's seat, and he reaches his hand through the window to shake your hand, watch out! He has a firm handshake and you'd better reciprocate and make him proud. While you're doing this you'll think, "I forgot ( Read more... )

Despite all the irritating nonsense we all went through late last week and the other stuff I'd rather not discuss, I did learn something ( Read more... )