Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in life in general, photography on Aug 23rd, 2010
Inspired by two Flickr groups, I decided to document my everyday carry. That is, the items that I carry with me on a daily basis.
Nothing really fancy here.
I’ve got the usual ring of keys to various houses, offices, and vehicles, most of which are infrequently used. There’s a ten-year-old wallet, filled with a modest amount [...]
Posted in life in general, the system on Aug 6th, 2010
After it was announced that consular fees would be rising effective July 13th, I decided that it was time to renew my passport. It was due to expire later in the month anyway, so I figured I’d take care of it and save $35 in the process.
I went to Penn Camera in Laurel to have [...]
Posted in life in general on Jul 11th, 2010
I’ve been reading a lot, both for school and for pleasure. So much, in fact, that my writing has subsided considerably. As a stopgap, I’ve been more active on Twitter lately.
It isn’t the same, but I feel like I should be writing something on a daily basis. There are things that affect me that [...]
Posted in college, life in general on May 15th, 2010
About a month and a half ago I wrote a fairly cryptic post about life changes. It was intended to be vague, but not that ominous. More than a few people perked up and offered their opinions and guessed about what it might be.
It had nothing to do with my (or anyone else’s) pregnancy, although [...]
Posted in life in general, travel on Apr 5th, 2010
New Jersey is home of cheap gas ($2.49/gallon) and expensive cigarettes ($6.80/pack), two metrics I use to mentally calculate inflation and cost of living. I recently spent a weekend vacationing there with some good friends.
Rather than taking the infamous New Jersey Turnpike and paying an absurd amount of money to deal with lead-footed drivers, I [...]
Posted in events, life in general, photography on Mar 31st, 2010
Now that the RNR XXI run is complete, struck and done with, I’m beat. It’s an incredible experience, but exhausting too. All at once. If you’ve never been involved in a live production, I don’t know how to explain it. The queasiness of opening night. The laughter and handshakes on closing night. The quickness with [...]
Posted in life in general on Mar 19th, 2010
I heard her accompanied by drums. So did everyone else. Her voice echoed through the beach side windows, bouncing off the brick walls across the corridor.
I knew it was her, but I had to see.
I walked down the row and out the door, creeping through the adjacent classroom, like I had done many times before. [...]
Posted in life in general on Mar 7th, 2010
The collection calls have stopped. As I suspected, it was a simple case of my phone number being on the wrong paperwork.
On Wednesday I decided to try calling Terry from the surgeon’s office during business hours. She hadn’t returned my call from a few week’s earlier, so on Monday I had left a more brief [...]
Posted in life in general on Mar 2nd, 2010
I wake up naturally. The aroma of cheese steak remnants is everywhere, my head three feet away from the living room table where the morning’s festivities ended.
This is not a bad way to wake up.
Posted in life in general on Feb 27th, 2010
Over the past six days I’ve received as many collection calls from Transworld Systems. I’ve missed most of these calls, but strangely they continue before the voice mail prompts and have been recorded.
This is an important message from Transworld Systems. The law requires that we notify you that this is a debt collection company. This [...]
Posted in life in general, plans on Feb 21st, 2010
This week just didn’t want to end. I feel like I haven’t had time to write, relax, watch movies, or tend to things around the house. A 60 hour week will do that, I guess. I still have about a dozen hours to make up from all of the snow, so next week will be [...]
Posted in complaints, idiots, life in general on Feb 6th, 2010
It’s just snowed. Maybe still snowing. You’re about to shovel your driveway. But where to put all of it?
Maybe you have room to shovel it to the side of the driveway. Super. Maybe you’re going to pile it into the bed of your truck. Great. Maybe you’re going to say “to hell with county ordinance” [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 6th, 2010
The last big snow, we all bitched about how we couldn’t get out. In retrospect, that was nothing. We could have gotten out. This time around — with over three feet of snow in less than 24 hours — no one is going anywhere without a plow, although I just got a report about some [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 5th, 2010
After all the hype and the panic and the long lines of cars entering and exiting Walmart, it took almost four hours of snowfall before it started sticking to the street. It still isn’t sticking to the sidewalk, but it’s finally here.
We’ve got an eighth cup of milk left in the jug, but we’re stocked [...]
Posted in healthcare, life in general on Feb 2nd, 2010
General anesthesia is total unconsciousness.
I’ve had a couple minor and one major surgery done over the past fifteen years, the last of which evoked some questions from family and friends. A handful of procedures doesn’t make me an expert by any means, but I decided to document it best as I can remember. So here [...]
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