Not My Birthday
My grandmother's birthday is today. Go Her. I don't know if I've blogged about her birthday before, but I have to say that certain parts remind me of a family friendly version of The Godfather. My Uncle's associates usually pass through the birthday gathering to wish her a happy birthday, so she's getting dozens of well-wishes from people that she has never met before, and my Uncle never exactly explains who any of these people are.
We've all Been Here
If I could properly credit this, I would
Amoeba
I popped my Amoeba Music cherry today
http://www.amoeba.com/ For those of you who don’t know, and are too lazy to click the link, Amoeba is an incredible used/new music store.
There were a metric fuckton of Bjork singles, which made me very happy. They have pretty much everything. Sections devoted to pretty much everything even! Trance was separate from Electronica, and a separate Metal section for you metalheads out there.
I was pretty excited when I got in there and saw so much obscure music. I always enjoy the chance to introduce people to new music, but there are times where I feel isolated in my musical preferences, so Amoeba is validation for all of my musical oddities. It's like going to a furry convention, except a lot more wholesome and definitely not something to be ashamed of.
The Slow News Day...
I know this because they’re still talking about the earthquake this morning. People had things fall over, but no one was seriously hurt, or killed, and no buildings fell down. If you don't live in the area and had to hear about the earthquake incessantly, I am sorry.
75 and 300+
First things first. As a service to all 3 of my blog readers, and my 2 MySpace readers, I’m going to shut the fuck up about promising updates. I will either update, or not, and I will refrain from boring you with the shitty details of why I promise the world and deliver nothing.
Today’s numbers of the day are 75, and 300+, and I think it’s an appropriate theme for the day.
75 is the score I need to pass the final part of my CPA test. I took it last Thursday. In case you’re wondering how I did, the answer is that I’m not too sure. I mean, I genuinely don’t know. I never know with these things. A coworker pointed out that since I’ve passed 3 parts so quickly, this is more a waiting game than anything else. I can limp across the finish line if need be. There are 4 parts to the CPA test, and once I pass this last one, I’ll be done. Yay!
Speaking of 4. Y’know what 4 * 75 is? 300, which brings me to the second number of the day 300+
HOW’S THAT FOR A SEGUE, BITCHES?!?!!? HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?!?!?!
300+ is how much more my credit card bills have been lately. I’d like to blame inflation, but truthfully, I’m just buying more stuff. There’s so many different things that I want and need.
300+ is also how much I had to pay to replace the cell phone I lost today. Quite the expensive mistake. I hope the person at 7-11 that picked up my cell phone enjoys it, until he/she is hit by a bus.
Still Living
Alright folks, it’s after April 15th, so guess what? I have a life again! Yay! Things have gone pretty well in the last week. The company went to Santa Anita racetrack last Thursday, and I won $250 betting on the ponies. We got last Friday off, so I went and finished the last of the major parts of the great room redecoration. Things are looking fairly swank, although there is a lot of Alcohol on display at the moment. Many thanks to ‘Net-‘Net for the booze. It has been a tragedy that I have not drunk-called her whist imbibing my birthday booze. This will change soon.
Coachella is this weekend. The lineup this year is lacking, but I’me excited to see Kraftwerk, and Portishead. Alas, I don’t think I will get to see Junkie XL because of the scheduling and my desire to get close to the stage. Prince is an interesting headliner, and I will stay for that. I just don’t think he fits in with the lineup though.
...Speaking of music, I’m on last.fm
http://www.last.fm/user/SumThing and yes, I do listen to pop music, and rap. Deal with it. Also, while I do frequently play So Fresh, So Clean after getting out of the shower, it is in no way indicative of how often I shower.
I'm not dead...
Despite rumors to the contrary, I am not dead at this particular point in time, although I sometimes wish I were faking my own death. The shortened version is this it tax season, so until April 15, I am going to be working a lot of overtime. The little bit of bonus information is that due to poor planning decisions on the part of the partners, we all have to put in about 60 hours a week to get to where we need to go.
So for the most part, I have been working with very few breaks and hating the world, but that’s me even after tax season, so it’s not that different than always. I am definitely feeling the desire to move on from this job though. I’ll see how things go over the next 6 months, and of course, you people will know about these things when I get a chance.
So over the last 2 months of so, I’ve bought some swank Ikea furniture
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10062592 and
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40118168 as part of my project to redecorate my room. I got tired of having my books and CD’s in my dresser drawers instead of a more sensible place. The books part I am still working on btw. I am also in the process of developing a $5 milkshake, and always trying to improve the chef-ness. I’ve also passed 3 of the 4 parts to the CPA test, so it’s like a CP.
Anywho, I’m waiting till April 15 for the end of tax season, and Portishead later in the month. Yay!
For the Romantics...
For that oh so special person in your life when you are a complete dork
http://bureauofcommunication.com/compose/romanticintent
