the beginning of the end

Shamelessness: http://fridaywaster.blogspot.com Countdown: 3 Anniversary: 4 This is a long one, with lots of info and a couple of chapters even. Read carefully, pay attention, and don't jump ahead just to find out how it ends. Chapter 1 - She's still not OLD My sister's birthday is tomorrow. I think she may be officially older than me now. She's got a two day celebration planned at the Brogue on Fri and Sat nights. The Pocket is playing (www.thepocketband.com) which makes everyone happy. Tonight is DrunkTam night, tomorrow is GroggyTam night. Early Sunday, the ladies are all heading out of town on a Caribbean vacation for a week or so to reiterate the fact that spawning has been harmful to my vacation plans. Chapter 2 - Now it's MY turn I'm working day time and night time today. Monday I'll be in the office. Tuesday starts MY vacation. Gonna hit a couple roller coasters with and without the kids. Tues @ Kings Dominion, Wed is the kids' last day of school, Thu I'm making a run to HersheyPark with the kids. (No, you cannot make Hershey Highway jokes while I'm road tripping w/ the kids.) I'm really really really REALLY hoping that their new one is open by Thu. http://www.rcdb.com/id4049.htm You may or may not get much of a Friday waster next week. I'm less apt to waste my own time than time I'm billing the gubmint. Chapter 3 - I can't explain it Yesterday was our 4 year wedding anniversary. We've actually been together around about 11 years, total. I don't have a clue why she's kept me around for this long. I couldn't put up with me like that. No way. I'm afflicted with every acronym you can think of; OCD ADD ADHD and MSH. But I'm also lethargic, apathetic, inattentive, and hyperfocused. I drink too much, smoke too much, flirt too much, go to bed too late, wake up too early; I'm just generally a real pain in the tail to live with. I figure she must be angel. Chapter 4 - The beginning of the end (sing these lyrics while you read this chapter: http://tinyurl.com/62suv3 ) Lots of people have asked about that "Countdown" line over the past couple of weeks. Here's the skinny... I'm putting my bottle opener on the shelf. After 15 years of tarbending, over a decade of spilling beer at the Hole, it's time to break my last glass. What a long strange trip it's been. The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder. (I'm still a long way from 40 though). The loudmouth in the corner's getting to me, talkin' bout my earrings and my hair. Beer-thirty's over, got to take it on home. But I love this bar. The countdown is how many bar shifts I've got left. Notice that it's at 3: tonight, June 20th, and June 27th. Why? Why not? Nothing happened to trigger the decision (I don't deal with that drama anyway). The new guy GM did not "win" (you know better than that). I didn't get canned (surprise to many of you). I may have exceeded the maximum amount of breakage, and I didn't get caught in the beer cooler with that hostess (besides, she told me she was 18). I've been mulling the idea for a while; wondering when the right time would come. When to start spending my Fridays on the other side of the bar. Planning my summer scheds, I was going to take off July 4th (holiday), July 11th (vacation), and July 18th (vacation). So I'm taking those days off, and just not coming back. So you have three chances to make me bring you drinks. After that you effers can bring ME drinks for a change. :) ============================== Sorry I wasted all your time talking about me. Here's your game: "Shift" was one of a small selection of games that successfully wasted time AND made you work your brain a little bit. It's back, and this sequel doesn't suck like so many other sequels do. (Really... who thought dumb and dumberer would work without BOTH of the idiots from the first movie?) http://armorgames.com/play/964/shift-2 ============================== Prepped? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SkinCare/story?id=4966867 Advertising exec? Fail. http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/06/rejected-advertising-slogans-of-day.html Rockin' grandmas: http://www.holytaco.com/2008/06/10/6-aging-rockers-who-look-a-lot-like-grandmas/ http://www.hornyoyster.com/?p=291 Jess has weird friends. Most normal people just eat 'em. http://flickr.com/photos/extremecraft/sets/72157605431249252/ Or maybe this was the end I was actually referring to.... ummmmm, yeah. http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/ (funny, because it's for REAL) More snarkiness http://disbeliefnet.com/ (also funny, also real) Sometimes, I do write about some things that are actually important http://www.savebudweiser.com