Miscellaneous musings
Random thoughts from the last few days include
-Am I a speed-reader, are the training manuals at my job really boring, am I simply already knowledgeable of the material, or am I pretty smart and the material is pretty obvious and self-explanatory? I am going with the last choice for obvious reasons, but I am sure I'll get some sort of smarmy response, most likely from Ragazza or XericX.
-Am I addicted to the net? This partly goes with the first thought above..but I seem obsessed checking various websites for news and sports scores and my email and so forth. Why can't I ever work for more than say..4 or 5 hours..without spending 5 minutes checking something online? Now..working for 4 hours and wasting only 5 minutes online isnt really "bad" in my view..but I wonder why I cant work a full day without "sneaking off to the net"...
-I hate loose ends. I ordered a cd, a dvd and uh..a nose hair trimmer..on Amazon. YESTERDAY. I want them NOW. Not because of a jungle of nose hair thank you..I just hate waiting and wondering for something to be delivered and come to a satisfactory resolution so I can wipe it off my mental "to do" slate. Drives me nuts.
-Why am I a GUY in that, I love my wife more than anything, but everytime a new girl comes in to fill out some sort of application here, and happens to be cute, busty, friendly..etc..I keep peaking over at her? It isnt like I would ever do anything. I hate being a guy sometimes. I feel like its WRONG..but I guess it is encoded in my DNA. Living in Santa Monica, as opposed to Portland was worse..far too many attractive women there shopping, jogging..etc.
-My friend at work let me borrow a couple of his Japanese movies (not anime); "Gozu" and "The Audition". I started watching Gozu. It was far too weird for me (I am NOT into David Lynch type of stuff) and after 20 min I fast forwarded and watched another scene..and then skipped ahead again..etc..needless to say the next day at work, I told him I thought it was really weird and didnt understand it, but it was cool. Why did I sorta lie? Am I just trying to make friends and be liked?
-I love my dog but he is taking up so much energy and time I worry I wont be a good father when the time comes, because I'll lose my patience or be out of energy or something..and that Ill spend so much time with our child, that Ill either perform poorly at work, or neglect my wife or something.
-Coke Zero is pretty good. My friend Eric said Sprite Zero is good..but I have yet to try it.
-I would love for it to be sunny for a couple weeks straight so I can mow the lawn, fix the fence and take care of a few things in our yard. Everything is so mushy.
-I need to win the lottery. Or inherit 4.6 mil from some great aunt living in Transylvania.
-I wish I had the time to just..1. read all the books I have at home that are waiting to be read 2. listen to all the mp3s I have downloaded to decide if I like them enough to keep and burn 3. go out and see a whole bunch of movies and see a bunch from my netflix queueueue 4. sleep 5. travel to China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Czech Republic, Russia, Israel..since I've not been to them before..and then to visit Italy, Germany and Austria again. Might as well add visit my friends in NYC and LA.
5 Comments:
I love Coke Zero. And I need to win the lottery, too. I feel an intense need to either become insanely rich or find someone to pay all of my bills for me for the rest of my life & then ask for nothing in return. That's possible, right?
I like your list here, Josh.
A few thoughts...
You probably are a speed reader.
Lots of people are addicted to the net. At least it's a healthy vice, like music or TV. Better than drinking or smoking all day.
Nose hair trimmer? Ha...
And who cares if you look at other women? Doesn't your wife look at other men? I bet everyone looks SOMETIMES...
Never watched any Japanese movies...
Sorry about the dog...
I never drink Coke...
Sunshine is good...(I'm just rambling now ;) )
And money. God, I wish I had an inheritance or a lottery or something. Life would be so sweet.
Oh, and I linked your blog today. That comment about Frank McCourt gave me something to talk about even though A) nobody cares but me, and B) it happened like, what? Eight years ago??
Oh well. :)
Happy Thursday, Josh,
~ Ash
I think we're all addicted to the net. Better than being addicted to crack I suppose. Although there are withrdawls with both (not that I have smoked crack, I just assume.)
I constantly check the online tracking whenever I order something. I don't know what I would do without it. I guess that combines my obsession of things being delivered and my addiction to the net.
Looking at other girls is fine. You're only human. Don't beat yourself up for it. As long as you know what you have at home it's all good.
I would love for it to be sunny too. Damn Oregon. I'm going to San Diego in May for a week for a conference. I'm already getting antsy. Must find sunglasses.
I dunno if you have figured out, but you do need to lie to your friends sometimes. I don't mean like you and me friends because i would kill you but like other people friends. People are generally happier when you lie to them. Such is the order of life.
Btw, I wouldn't hope for an inheritance from transylvanians. Their property became communal when socialism came. Sad-ness.
smarm!
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