Idoru.us

It’s just a matter of trust, for us, for lust

I should probably reiterate that my titles and first line of a post are always the lyrics to whatever song i happen to be listening to at the time. You can safely ignore them.

So I blew a fuse today. Quite literally, the bike blew the headlight fuse. Course I didn’t realize that until after I had already replaced the (completely fine) headlight but all well, no worries there. But I found it amusing to say that I have, again, blown a fuse.

Got my replacement phone already (it was here on Tuesday) and its great to have a fully functional phone again. Although I seem to be blowing through my minutes like a crack whore blows through rose vials. All well, it happens some months. Thankfully more and more people I know seem to be switching over to AT&T (if they hadn’t already) so that helps.

One of the nice functions of my phone is a d-day counter so I can have a countdown to whatever I want going. Right now I have one but its pretty small, just a few days so I don’t forget something. I am also considering getting at least limited Internet on my phone but haven’t decided one way or the other as of yet.

Work… tomorrow I am doing my bosses job in addition to my own. Thankfully there isn’t much to that at the moment. And I can do both with my eyes shut. Which actually might come in handy tomorrow. Just a feeling though.

Yesterday was the first time that I have paid over $ a gallon of gas in the U.S. I filled a tank up for a friend in the UK but that’s a bit different. It didn’t surprise me and it was also premium, but it was a visible reminder. Thankfully it was on the bike so I still spent less then $4 all told. But the day is coming. Need to fix my budget in that area a bit. No more jet setting around the cities I guess. I do wonder what the cab companies have done to their rates. Hell, it might be getting to the point where a cab is cheaper then driving myself.

Other then that, I have a buddy passing through town between the Caribbean and Africa for the next few days. Hopefully I can get together with him for a beer or 12.

Yeah… past that… fuck all is really going on at the moment.

on the day you are judged by the funhouse cast / and I will rejoice in your fall from grace / with a cane through the sky like “none shall pass”

So whats new? Not a whole lot truth be told. Last Saturday was spent being a part of the wedding party for Cody and Nea’s wedding. The ceremony was nice and short, the reception was on a boat with an open bar (for the wedding party at least) and then there was the after party. I don’t remember all of the after party. That’s ok, though it was good fun from what I do remember.

There was also some riding over the weekend which is always great for me. Other then that, today was spent running around and taking care of all the random crap that I needed to do after not getting anything taken care of over the weekend. Finally got everything caught up on in the middle of the afternoon today and since then haven’t been doing shit for shot. Too bad tomorrow I have to go back to work… all well.

It was brought to my attention recently that these updates are pretty unintelligible to those who aren’t a part of my everyday life, which is pretty fair I suppose. In truth they are probably hard to fully wrap your head around unless you are actually me. I have noticed that I do some self-censoring in here without even realizing it so there are sometimes big gaps and sometimes things that don’t make much, if any, sense. Actually the part of it that I find most interesting is the the various pictures of my life that people have. Nobody other then me has the full picture but some people are much closer to it then others. Guess one of my buddies was right when he described me as a very private person.

I have be contemplating a redesign of this site again. It would basically be just a cosmetic face-lift, changing the banner image, changing the colors, etc. Maybe change the font as well. Thoughts on that?

So my shiny new phone is being replaced by a shiny new phone that’s the same. The bluetooth crapped out, which is an irritation although not the end of the world. Was one of my errands today. The phone should be here in a few days and I am having AT&T deal with all the transferring shit. I told them “fuck no, you can deal with this… I don’t have the patience.” That said, I still love my phone. I will love it more when the bluetooth works again.

I am still loving my mac. Its not my daily use computer quite yet but it seems to be getting closer. I am certainly equally comfortable with any of my three computers at the moment, so that’s fairly remarkable. Oddly the laptop is the one that I use the absolute, uncontested least. Interesting after years of using nothing but a laptop.

Oh, and regarding that tax rebate/refund/whatever the fuck it is, I ended up spending a good chunk of it on weddings and necessary things. All well, can’t win em all. Still debating on that orange box action. I know this computer can run it. I am starting to think that its almost time to buy myself a new present sometime soon.

Other then that… Not much going on. Just taking life one day at a time. And, as always, feel free to comment any of you 3 or 4 people who read this ever 😉

and I’m just a lost soul searching for a road that’s paved

So… goings on, doings, happenings that sort of thing. Its a fairly short list actually. Took a half day last week and went riding which is always a good way to spend my time. After that it was meeting a buddy for a beer then a quick rush home through rush hour to go to a seminar on “wealth abundance and prosperity” which was interesting. Don’t always buy what those seminars are selling but hey, at this point it was free so I found it interesting. And I know that at least one of my friends had a good time and got a lot of it so that’s worth it.

Thursday I met up with a buddy and his buddy for a beer or two and just kinda hanging out for a bit in St. Paul. Friday was spent over at another buddies place having a few drinks. Good times. Saturday and Sunday I was mostly lazy although I did go out on Saturday and have a few beers at Sandy’s tavern. Had some interesting conversations and got a few laughs no doubt about that.

Sunday I was so lazy that I barely left home. Only for dinner with my mom and that was it. Monday was hanging out with some friends… Tuesday was hanging out with another person. Today I got to get out a bit and enjoy myself some more. Seems that I am going riding on Wednesdays lately. This is the first of the last three that I didn’t hit 100 miles. Only about 85 this time. Still less then $6 though.

I know, I know. The general day to day activities of my life aren’t that exciting to read about. Truthfully…. its the same for writing about them half the time.

Apparently my speakers are starting to die…. they are making stranger sounds these days. All well, these things happen, I can work my way around it and get myself a new set in a while without any big issues I think. Hrm and now they aren’t. (yes I write these over the course of the week, sad ain’t it?)

Got my rebate or refund or whatever the fuck it is when the government is throwing money around. Thinking I am just going to blow half of it on complete luxuries. A video game or two, that sort of thing. Nothing I need that’s for damn sure. I should save it, which would completely defeat its purpose, but I want a few things again.

Speaking of wanting… Gas prices… those make me want to stay at home. All well, cheaper here then most places. Although with the fishing opener this weekend, along with mothers day etc… they jumped ~25 cents today I guess. All well, at least we have some of the best fishing in the world. I figure we have to with all our damn lakes and rivers.

Been thinking a lot about the last year over the last few days. Almost a week now. Not sure exactly what spurred it but it seems that this last year is something for me to consider. Actually, now that I mention it… its been in the back of my head for a while. All well… its semi-conscious thought, how things could have gone differently over the year, etc. Nothing too important, I am where I am and that’s the important bit apparently.

Oh, speaking of being where we are, I did end up signing that lease so I am here for at least another 11+ months. Have fun with that knowledge kids 😉

Work continues to be work. There are some up sides and some downsides. Some changes. Some things always stay the same. Various things there in my mind but nothing too terribly important. No major shakeups that’s for sure.

Got another wedding to be in/attend in about a week and a half. Happy for the happy couple but god damn am I ever starting to get sick of weddings again. Not as bad as I was the summer I did 7 weddings. Seriously fuck that. Starting to put plans in place for the last wedding of the summer, which is about 4 months away. Little less actually. Seems that some more of my friends have decided to hop onto the parent bus as well. Oh the different lives we lead.

Well I think that’s enough. I need me some motherfucking sleep. Especially since I have a headache.