Monthly Archives: April 2007

Early Riser

This morning, I decided to try and become an early riser. I have never liked the morning. I am not a morning person. However, I figure if I can wake up early, nap after work, and then stay up late, I may be able to get more done and be a bit….more pleasant in the morning. I also figure I can even work out in the morning.

I made this decision following the 5 pull-ups I did yesterday. That is unacceptable. If I need to wake up earlier in the morning to get more exercise then I have to do so.

That being said, this morning I blogged, showered, did some laundry and blogged some more. But that Excercise thing can still happen!

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I Do Not Get It

I have been dating girls more than half my life. I’ve dated crazy girls, normal girls, fat girls, skinny girls, girls who really just liked other girls, sad girls and happy girls. A few of the girls I’ve dated I did not appreciate until after we broke up. Wether or not I was appreciated is another matter entirely (and completely up for debate). I am friends with very few of these exes, cordial with all but three. I think with those three, the distance is mutual.

Regardless of distance and appreciation, I can promise you that I learned things from each relationship I have ever been in. This, however, has not prepared me for anything in regards to future relationships.

I bring this up only because I am constantly debating what I should be doing right now, in terms of dating. I am not fond of this internal debate. Once upon a time, I was decisive and spot on with dating. As of this moment, I feel like I am fifteen again, asking my friends and family, “um, so I like her. Now what?”

Just as an aside: fifteen year old Marty could do more pull ups that thirty year old Marty. Thirty year old Marty is also twenty pounds heaver and has the power to arrest fifteen year old Marty and lock up the smarmy son of a bitch.

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From: Bad Fortune Cookie–The Best Poem Today

FromBad Fortune Cookie: Spring: When a Young Man’s Thoughts Turn to Flights of Poetry…:

Bad Fortune Cookie

I think Robert Goulet has been sneaking in and messing with my stuff…
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Spring: When a Young Man’s Thoughts Turn to Flights of Poetry…
Last night was “Art Show and Portfolio Night” at Schecky’s school.

It’s a chance for the kids to show off the art projects they’ve been working on all year, as well as an opportunity for the parents to see how the kids’ academic work has progressed since the beginning of the year.

Scheck’s teacher had each child write a “Spring Time Poem” for the event.

There were many, many, many shiny happy poems about bunnies, and flowers, and sunshine.

And then there was Schecky’s*…

Seriously, this is the best poem I’ve read all year.

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Quotes

We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?
Ray Bradbury (1920 – ), Fahrenheit 451, 1953

If…

…you don’t think coffee is comfort food, please send all of your coffee to me. I will take good care of it.

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Things to do on a Plane

In no particular order:

• Compose lists

• Watch the movie that the people in the seat ahead of you are doing.

• Develop a short term crush on the impossibly beautiful girl sitting alone in the front row of the airplane.

• Blog, blog, blog

• Drink overpriced, beer-flavored water (url ML)

• Listen to the Decemberists, Ted Leo, Damien Rice and the Killers.

• Plot out your upcoming web-site.

• Chew Gum.

• Sleep.

• Read the in-flight magazine.

• Look at the crap they peddle in Sky Mall.

• Crossword puzzles.

• Sudoku.

• Create less flattering dialogue for the annoyingly cute couple sitting next to you.

• Read, read read

• Try to remember those “Work out at your office cubicle” exercises you scoffed at a few days before.

• See if any of the other lap-tops on the plane have their Peer to Peer WiFi network on

• Browse said person’s computer.

• Make empty promises to yourself about not visiting anyone next month.

• Make promises to start using your airline miles to visit friends in june.

• Realize that you are going to be doing this again in a week

• Avoid thinking about the date you’re really excited about next week. Work double hard at pretending that you are as cool and collected as you want to be when thinking about said person.

• Suck in your gut for minutes at a time.

• Break out future “Positive things” posts you want to write for your blogs.

• Try not to scoff at the idea of “positive things”

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Accountability: A Euphemism for Shit Rolls Down Hill

Last Tuesday we had a division wide meeting in my office. Attendance was mandatory as a number of new policies had to be discussed. This pressing, necessary meeting was connived to discuss a new department wide memo regarding: pre-district sheets (fill them out before you hit the field), notfiying your supervisor of any significant changes to your plans (ie: call once a day if you’re not going to be in the office), turn in the timesheets by following tuesday, sign in and out within 48 hours of each work day, lunch is one hour long and do not use the internet unless you are using it for “Business reasons.”

All in all, this is shit we already knew. We had this meeting to reinforce that we County Workers, who one and all who from County-itis (a more grown up form of Senior-itis), were going to be held accountable for our time on the job. Failure to comply would result in “disciplinary action.” The bearer of this news, my DCPO, mentor and friend, apologized for, “Being the bearer of bad news, but none of this is new.”

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Time Test

I keep having problems with the setting the time. Such an odd problem to have with a blog, really.

Atlanta Breakfast


Atlanta Breakfast

Originally uploaded by officergleason.
The Replacements, “Beer for Breakfast”

All I wanna do is drink beer for breakfast
All I wanna eat is them BBQ chips
All I want is someone just to try to protect us
You can try but you’d never wanna try to defend us

Hey, well I’m broke
But I’m gonna pay for some rum

All I wanna do is stand in this lie
All I wanna pick is your nose honey, hi
Sweet little corner, know you gotta be… aha!
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

Honey, well I’m broke
But I’m gonna pay from some rum

Honey, where I’m from
Halle-fuckin-lujah
Where I’m from…

Baby boy’s fine…
Baby boy’s drunk…
Baby boy’s a … bah bah bah

All I wanna do is drink beer for breakfast

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What I learned in Atlanta

PBR for breakfast isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever had.
• Exotic Maki is good for brunch
• Box Wine is a standard for art openings
• I have, in fact, improved at pool
• I still suck at pool
• I should trust Will in regards to TV, Movies and Music
• Sara takes fantastic pictures.
• Violet candy tastes like soap
• As good as I am at trivia, I’m still rather slow.

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