Hail and well met
That is the question that seems to be floating around in my head as of late. Finding my fingers nearly raw from my chewing and my stomach on perpetual spin cycle. My dreams are far and few between when I used to do it every night.
Things are going good...ish. I keep working but the hours are starting to fall off, greatly. I know that if I went in and learned more routes I would get more hours but that is a double edged sword cause it won't be with any regularity or consistency. It is kind of hard to do anything when you could be called in at any moment or any day. Not what I had planned for when this all started. I thought I would be able to schedule a little better which days I work. So now I find a majority of my life is on hold every day until 6 when I know that there is no chance of getting called.
But even that is not the root of the problem. I can deal with that cause besides wanting to visit Terri and stay till Monday or Tuesday and visiting friends out of town for weekends I don't do much in the day time.
I think I just need to get out and game. I mean really game. Not just a little bit here or there but seriously sit down and play a couple of games of Warmachine or several hours of serious RPGing (well as serious as we can be).
I guess I never really understood how much gaming meant to my life. I know that I have not been doing much of that for over a month, about the same time all this started. Well sort of I mean I haven't gamed with any regularity for close to six months.
That is it! I am gaming again and I am going to drag people with me.
Iron Kingdoms next Friday. Period. Write it in the calender and set your watch by it.
Wednesday I am going to be up at GO and I am going to play Warmachine.
Be there or be somewhere else where Matt-Man is not, doing different stuff then Matt-Man is doing with other people which are not Matt-Man. At least I hope they are not me, cause that would mean breaking some laws of physics or some such. If I am there remind me that I need to game and make sure to pick up a gallon of milk on the way home.
I do feel better I guess. Won't really know if I am on the right track until I actually game and see how I do after.
Ok enough of this and that. It is time to make circles with mints. I will haste no longer!
I really do love that fortune it is so off the wall.
Well I am off to GO and maybe Stand Up Comics and from there who knows. Later I am heading up to see Terri. I love you baby!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
If Matt-Man Can Dodge A Wrench, Matt-Man Can Dodge A Ball
Hail and well met
It has been awhile since I posted. I originally was going to apologize for this but realized that was wrong. As I sat here pondering what to post and forming a script in my head I found this line troubling
"I am sorry for not posting sooner"
Why should I apologize for being busy? Since when was it polite to take on guilt for living and being busy? As I thought about it I realized an analogy that made sense and fit the feeling I was sensing.
Such foolishness is like running a race and doing really well. Then stopping and thinking that it is too easy for you and to hard for the other racers or the audience and taking a rock and putting it into your shoe to make it seem more fair or OK. Now if anyone here has ever done any running (Hi Ace) I am sure that you know that having a rock into your shoe is not fun nor does it improve your running style. So to make our perception of how others see us feel better we lessen ourselves, how can that be better then being a leaf on the wind?
More over it seems we are trained by society and the "polite" people to apologize for all of our success and as such we are placing more rocks into our shoes. In the end all we do is find ourselves unable to wear our shoes at all and walking down the track of life going far slower then we could while others are passing us by and all we get to say is how "rude" they are.
Now to make this analogy fully understood I should explain that I went to Rich East High School (or Bitch East as I knew it) and we had a track like most schools. Our track was made of crushed lava rock. If any of you have had to walk barefoot over lava rock at all you know it is not fun (um yes there is a bit of personal experience in what I say here but lets just leave that for another time). That is what I imagine in this analogy.
Well fellow runners take up hope and follow my lead. For I am taking off my shoes and dumping all the rocks out, lacing them back up and becoming like the wind.
OK well now that is out of the way let me update everyone on what I have been up to.
The weekend of the 10Th I went up to see Terri. We went out and saw Khaos Theory, a bad that started out as a Godsmack cover band and has evolved into their own entity. It was at Penny Road Pub and was a blast. I like their music and the guys are nice and friendly. Terri has known their drummer for a long time and knows all the band members. I myself am just blown away at the acceptance I get from them for just being there. If you are interested in learning more about them (yes a shameless plug but that is what I do, creativity and all) you should check out their Myspace page.
Khaos Theroy MySpace page
Well then I stayed there until Monday when I returned so I could prepare...
For Valentines Day!!!!
Now of course the forces of the universe decided to test my resolve but I showed them. I mean I worked that morning at Matteson and then through the snow made the drive up to see my lady. Now I had to adapt and could not meet her for lunch but that did not matter. I made it up to her house and immediately started fixing dinner. Oh man I was so good. I made chicken breasts marinated in some orange juice with rosemary, ginger, basil and ...um...crap I cannot remember what the last seasoning was. Oh well it doesn't matter cause they were awesome. I then set about pan frying some vegetables. I had zucchini, protobella mushrooms and asparagus. For the last part I made, or more truthfully tried to make gnocchi. I had the recipe and followed it but they never turned out just quite as they described them in the recipe. I made it work and she seemed to like them but she is not big on dumplings. For beginners I made salad with little shrimp. Oh it was great and she loved it. It was the best Valentines day I had ever had. Of course it was truly the first one I had ever had so I have already began planning next year so I can make it bigger and better.
I stayed until Friday and when I left I headed up to Kenosha to pick up Neal. Why would I do that? Well you see we had plans to go over and visit Miles in Monmouth for the weekend and with me already at Terri's it was only a 30 minute drive to pick him up and then we both headed back down here. So his campus is small and really is right off the lake. I mean you can throw rocks at it and if you have the arm you could probably hit the beach if not the lake.
SIDE NOTE - I have to say that I really like the feel of small campuses over big ones, although I do like Carbondale. What a dichotomy.
Well finding the place was not a problem so after a slight delay cause I could not be found by Neal we packed up and left. On the way back we stopped by Chipotle for lunch were Neal got a free meal for some reason. When he went up to pay the cashier told him she was told to pay for his meal and would not say by whom or why. So I was ticked cause she had asked if we were together and if I had said yes I would have had free Chipotle as well. Oh well it was good anyway.
Then we headed out for home. But we found another delay. Game Plus. I couldn't help but tease Neal that we would be passing near it and he asked if we could stop in. I was in no hurry so we did.
I like that store cause they have a lot of everything. I mean if you cannot find it there then it probably is long gone, but they may know where to find it. It is a cornucopia of gaming stuff. I managed to refrain from spending anything (yeah what a feat of control and will power) while Neal walked away with only spending 10 dollars. Yeah for Neal!
After that it was a straight shot home. I stopped off at home and dropped off my stuff then headed out and took Neal home. From their I spoke to Todd and learned of the plan to go and see Ghost Rider with the guys from Stand Up Comics. WOOT!
Now I have to stop here and say that I was disappointed with the weekend in one way. I had hoped to pull off the trick of being able to see Nicky as well before I left. Well she didn't get in till after we were off to see the flick. I am sorry for missing you and your Wing man/copilot Ace but that is the way of things. I will see you when I am down for E-con. So Matt-Man has spoken so it shall it be done!
Now onto the film. I don't feel like giving it a full review cause there are more talented people out there who get paid for this kind of thing. So in a Matt-shell here it is. I liked the film. Nothing screamed "SUCK" but at the same time nothing screamed "AWESOME" either. In many ways I think that it was a lot like Fantastic Four. A good foundation to build from and as such make better and better sequels.
Speaking of the Fantastic Four...The next movie looks AMAZING!!!!!
OK well not to lose sight of this post I will leave it at that. After the movie we left and said goodnight. I was glad cause I had to work the next day. So off to beddie bie land I went.
Now things took a turn for the annoying. I went into work and learned that they had been trying to reach me since Wednesday (Valentines day for reference). They wanted me to come in and start training on a new route and then my regular Sue needed the day off on Friday since her daughter was sick. Well I didn't get a single phone call all week. No messages nothing was on my phone. I was pissed and upset. I mean I know that it was because of my phone but I still knew that it caused problems and I hate that. I take my job seriously. I am the relief for Sue and am supposed to be available when she needs me. I don't know but in the end I spent a lot of time apologizing to everyone over the whole thing. But I didn't hold onto it and left it when I went out on the route. Which I did in good order even with the SNOW!!!!! I promise I won't go into my usual rant on snow but I don't ever think I will ever really like living with it.
Well with the route done and everything ready for Sue on Tuesday I left, only to be told that I was going to be doing a new route on Tuesday. I was not upset in the least I was already planning on being home so it was no big deal. Besides it was the Aux route (which means it is small and does not warrant a full time carrier. I was off and packing (quite literally my clothes). In the end I picked up Neal and we were on the road by 6ish. So we rolled into Monmouth around 9ish (yes I was flying). Miles met us and we parked. Then we visited Kristan and saw her realm of "Hello Kitty". We stayed for only a moment and then off to Miles room. His roommate was gone for the weekend and wouldn't be back until Sunday so we camped out in his room Saturday night . But not before playing Arkham Horror.
I LOVE THAT GAME! IT WAS AMAZING, PHENOMENAL AND AWESOME!
It is set in the Mythos of HP Lovecraft's wittings. You play an investigator trying to stop the old one from winning. Oh it was so much fun. I will own it soon and all of its expansions as well. So 37 inch games be ware!
We got to bed around 3ish, it was so much fun. Morning came at around 11:15 for me. Roused myself into his private bath...Yes you heard me right he has a private bath in a dorm. After the shower we went out to lunch at a place called The Maple City Candy Company/Coconuts. I have to say it was one of the coolest places I have been in in a long time. It feels like an old home with lots of rooms and stairs and cubbyholes packed with different themes of merchandise not all of witch is hokey. Not to mention the fact that they had wired the rooms for sound and each one had different music to got with the theme. I wondered for a long time and then I found something, they had a tigger stuffed animal wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses. Terri loves Tigger and as such I could not resist getting it for her. Lunch was good as well. Coconuts is a Mediterranean style restaurant.
Lunch finished we headed back to campus and got a full on tour of the buildings. It was cool wandering around seeing everything in the different rooms and floors. After that we headed over to Kristan's room with our stuff as we were staying there for the night. After a slight hiatus in her room we went over to the building in which the anime club meets and watched three episodes of "Fruit Basket" a story about a young girl who gets involved with a family that is cursed. Whenever they come into close contact with a member of the opposite sex they transform into one of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. It had a blast watching it and want to see the rest of the episodes.
We then went off to see a movie. Miles and Kristan went to see Ghost Rider while Neal and myself went and saw Bridge to Teribinthia. I liked the movie which is not what is portrayed in the trailers. I won't go into detail as this is long enough as it is but if you think it is a LOTR/Narnia kind of movie as I did, think again. A good movie and I like it alot. Good acting and a good story made for a good night.
Well then it was off to Steak and Shake for some grub and conversation with three of Miles and Kristan's friends. Good times ensued and I remembered all the times we had done the same thing in one form or another. I could wax sentimental but I will simply say I have many good memories of those times and am glad for them.
So after that we went back and sleep found us. The morning came and Neal and myself entrained ourself for a short time as Miles had class. Then lunch at Mac Donald's and the long trip back to Kenosha began. I dropped off Neal and headed back to Terri's for a few hours then home so I could sleep and go to work.
I did find out one more bit of information Tuesday that troubled me. One of the women that worked at the Crete Post Office passed away the week prior, while I was up at Terri's. Her name was Jan and she was 51. A nice lady that always had a smile and a hello for me when I came in. Now I am not depressed but it is just a little sad since she was a bright light there. May she find her place in the after and the peace that she deserves.
Well that brings everything up to speed. I don't have much more to say so I will bid all a fond farewell. Until next time...
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It has been awhile since I posted. I originally was going to apologize for this but realized that was wrong. As I sat here pondering what to post and forming a script in my head I found this line troubling
"I am sorry for not posting sooner"
Why should I apologize for being busy? Since when was it polite to take on guilt for living and being busy? As I thought about it I realized an analogy that made sense and fit the feeling I was sensing.
Such foolishness is like running a race and doing really well. Then stopping and thinking that it is too easy for you and to hard for the other racers or the audience and taking a rock and putting it into your shoe to make it seem more fair or OK. Now if anyone here has ever done any running (Hi Ace) I am sure that you know that having a rock into your shoe is not fun nor does it improve your running style. So to make our perception of how others see us feel better we lessen ourselves, how can that be better then being a leaf on the wind?
More over it seems we are trained by society and the "polite" people to apologize for all of our success and as such we are placing more rocks into our shoes. In the end all we do is find ourselves unable to wear our shoes at all and walking down the track of life going far slower then we could while others are passing us by and all we get to say is how "rude" they are.
Now to make this analogy fully understood I should explain that I went to Rich East High School (or Bitch East as I knew it) and we had a track like most schools. Our track was made of crushed lava rock. If any of you have had to walk barefoot over lava rock at all you know it is not fun (um yes there is a bit of personal experience in what I say here but lets just leave that for another time). That is what I imagine in this analogy.
Well fellow runners take up hope and follow my lead. For I am taking off my shoes and dumping all the rocks out, lacing them back up and becoming like the wind.
OK well now that is out of the way let me update everyone on what I have been up to.
The weekend of the 10Th I went up to see Terri. We went out and saw Khaos Theory, a bad that started out as a Godsmack cover band and has evolved into their own entity. It was at Penny Road Pub and was a blast. I like their music and the guys are nice and friendly. Terri has known their drummer for a long time and knows all the band members. I myself am just blown away at the acceptance I get from them for just being there. If you are interested in learning more about them (yes a shameless plug but that is what I do, creativity and all) you should check out their Myspace page.
Khaos Theroy MySpace page
Well then I stayed there until Monday when I returned so I could prepare...
For Valentines Day!!!!
Now of course the forces of the universe decided to test my resolve but I showed them. I mean I worked that morning at Matteson and then through the snow made the drive up to see my lady. Now I had to adapt and could not meet her for lunch but that did not matter. I made it up to her house and immediately started fixing dinner. Oh man I was so good. I made chicken breasts marinated in some orange juice with rosemary, ginger, basil and ...um...crap I cannot remember what the last seasoning was. Oh well it doesn't matter cause they were awesome. I then set about pan frying some vegetables. I had zucchini, protobella mushrooms and asparagus. For the last part I made, or more truthfully tried to make gnocchi. I had the recipe and followed it but they never turned out just quite as they described them in the recipe. I made it work and she seemed to like them but she is not big on dumplings. For beginners I made salad with little shrimp. Oh it was great and she loved it. It was the best Valentines day I had ever had. Of course it was truly the first one I had ever had so I have already began planning next year so I can make it bigger and better.
I stayed until Friday and when I left I headed up to Kenosha to pick up Neal. Why would I do that? Well you see we had plans to go over and visit Miles in Monmouth for the weekend and with me already at Terri's it was only a 30 minute drive to pick him up and then we both headed back down here. So his campus is small and really is right off the lake. I mean you can throw rocks at it and if you have the arm you could probably hit the beach if not the lake.
SIDE NOTE - I have to say that I really like the feel of small campuses over big ones, although I do like Carbondale. What a dichotomy.
Well finding the place was not a problem so after a slight delay cause I could not be found by Neal we packed up and left. On the way back we stopped by Chipotle for lunch were Neal got a free meal for some reason. When he went up to pay the cashier told him she was told to pay for his meal and would not say by whom or why. So I was ticked cause she had asked if we were together and if I had said yes I would have had free Chipotle as well. Oh well it was good anyway.
Then we headed out for home. But we found another delay. Game Plus. I couldn't help but tease Neal that we would be passing near it and he asked if we could stop in. I was in no hurry so we did.
I like that store cause they have a lot of everything. I mean if you cannot find it there then it probably is long gone, but they may know where to find it. It is a cornucopia of gaming stuff. I managed to refrain from spending anything (yeah what a feat of control and will power) while Neal walked away with only spending 10 dollars. Yeah for Neal!
After that it was a straight shot home. I stopped off at home and dropped off my stuff then headed out and took Neal home. From their I spoke to Todd and learned of the plan to go and see Ghost Rider with the guys from Stand Up Comics. WOOT!
Now I have to stop here and say that I was disappointed with the weekend in one way. I had hoped to pull off the trick of being able to see Nicky as well before I left. Well she didn't get in till after we were off to see the flick. I am sorry for missing you and your Wing man/copilot Ace but that is the way of things. I will see you when I am down for E-con. So Matt-Man has spoken so it shall it be done!
Now onto the film. I don't feel like giving it a full review cause there are more talented people out there who get paid for this kind of thing. So in a Matt-shell here it is. I liked the film. Nothing screamed "SUCK" but at the same time nothing screamed "AWESOME" either. In many ways I think that it was a lot like Fantastic Four. A good foundation to build from and as such make better and better sequels.
Speaking of the Fantastic Four...The next movie looks AMAZING!!!!!
OK well not to lose sight of this post I will leave it at that. After the movie we left and said goodnight. I was glad cause I had to work the next day. So off to beddie bie land I went.
Now things took a turn for the annoying. I went into work and learned that they had been trying to reach me since Wednesday (Valentines day for reference). They wanted me to come in and start training on a new route and then my regular Sue needed the day off on Friday since her daughter was sick. Well I didn't get a single phone call all week. No messages nothing was on my phone. I was pissed and upset. I mean I know that it was because of my phone but I still knew that it caused problems and I hate that. I take my job seriously. I am the relief for Sue and am supposed to be available when she needs me. I don't know but in the end I spent a lot of time apologizing to everyone over the whole thing. But I didn't hold onto it and left it when I went out on the route. Which I did in good order even with the SNOW!!!!! I promise I won't go into my usual rant on snow but I don't ever think I will ever really like living with it.
Well with the route done and everything ready for Sue on Tuesday I left, only to be told that I was going to be doing a new route on Tuesday. I was not upset in the least I was already planning on being home so it was no big deal. Besides it was the Aux route (which means it is small and does not warrant a full time carrier. I was off and packing (quite literally my clothes). In the end I picked up Neal and we were on the road by 6ish. So we rolled into Monmouth around 9ish (yes I was flying). Miles met us and we parked. Then we visited Kristan and saw her realm of "Hello Kitty". We stayed for only a moment and then off to Miles room. His roommate was gone for the weekend and wouldn't be back until Sunday so we camped out in his room Saturday night . But not before playing Arkham Horror.
I LOVE THAT GAME! IT WAS AMAZING, PHENOMENAL AND AWESOME!
It is set in the Mythos of HP Lovecraft's wittings. You play an investigator trying to stop the old one from winning. Oh it was so much fun. I will own it soon and all of its expansions as well. So 37 inch games be ware!
We got to bed around 3ish, it was so much fun. Morning came at around 11:15 for me. Roused myself into his private bath...Yes you heard me right he has a private bath in a dorm. After the shower we went out to lunch at a place called The Maple City Candy Company/Coconuts. I have to say it was one of the coolest places I have been in in a long time. It feels like an old home with lots of rooms and stairs and cubbyholes packed with different themes of merchandise not all of witch is hokey. Not to mention the fact that they had wired the rooms for sound and each one had different music to got with the theme. I wondered for a long time and then I found something, they had a tigger stuffed animal wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses. Terri loves Tigger and as such I could not resist getting it for her. Lunch was good as well. Coconuts is a Mediterranean style restaurant.
Lunch finished we headed back to campus and got a full on tour of the buildings. It was cool wandering around seeing everything in the different rooms and floors. After that we headed over to Kristan's room with our stuff as we were staying there for the night. After a slight hiatus in her room we went over to the building in which the anime club meets and watched three episodes of "Fruit Basket" a story about a young girl who gets involved with a family that is cursed. Whenever they come into close contact with a member of the opposite sex they transform into one of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. It had a blast watching it and want to see the rest of the episodes.
We then went off to see a movie. Miles and Kristan went to see Ghost Rider while Neal and myself went and saw Bridge to Teribinthia. I liked the movie which is not what is portrayed in the trailers. I won't go into detail as this is long enough as it is but if you think it is a LOTR/Narnia kind of movie as I did, think again. A good movie and I like it alot. Good acting and a good story made for a good night.
Well then it was off to Steak and Shake for some grub and conversation with three of Miles and Kristan's friends. Good times ensued and I remembered all the times we had done the same thing in one form or another. I could wax sentimental but I will simply say I have many good memories of those times and am glad for them.
So after that we went back and sleep found us. The morning came and Neal and myself entrained ourself for a short time as Miles had class. Then lunch at Mac Donald's and the long trip back to Kenosha began. I dropped off Neal and headed back to Terri's for a few hours then home so I could sleep and go to work.
I did find out one more bit of information Tuesday that troubled me. One of the women that worked at the Crete Post Office passed away the week prior, while I was up at Terri's. Her name was Jan and she was 51. A nice lady that always had a smile and a hello for me when I came in. Now I am not depressed but it is just a little sad since she was a bright light there. May she find her place in the after and the peace that she deserves.
Well that brings everything up to speed. I don't have much more to say so I will bid all a fond farewell. Until next time...
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Matt-Man Sets HIs Sights
Hail and well met
Yes I have decided to test my ability to make what I want a reality. Before now it has mostly been achieving goals that were needs not wants. May not make sense to anyone but it makes sense to me. Sometimes we all need to set our sights on a goal that may not be practical or relevant to our day to day existence. Something that is purely a thing that we want for not other reason then we want it. If asked we couldn't really provide a rational that makes sense to anyone but ourselves.
Well I have done that by deciding that I want and am going to work towards buying myself a Wacom board. For those (like myself only a few weeks ago) a wacom board is a device that allows you to draw on the pad and it make it appear on the computer. I have some research to do on what exactly I want in one but rest assured that I am going to save up and acquire one.
WHY? You had to ask didn't you. Well to be blunt and to the point, I want to draw again. As of late I have been trying to draw and keep having the same problem every time I do. I see the picture in my head and as I try and draw it it doesn't come out right. I try and redraw it only to have to erase again. With the Wacom board I can do that a billion times and not have any damage to the paper or other such shit. I believe that it will give me what my brain wants and paper and pencils cannot. So that is why I am going to get one.
Now yes I have responsibilities to look to. Believe me I cannot forget them but I can save for this and take care of them as well. It all comes down to budgeting and discipline, something that I do believe I lack.
So that is the sum total of what I have to say. Not a great earth shattering post but just something I wanted to say.
Oh and thanks Joe I appreciate your stopping by and commenting.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Yes I have decided to test my ability to make what I want a reality. Before now it has mostly been achieving goals that were needs not wants. May not make sense to anyone but it makes sense to me. Sometimes we all need to set our sights on a goal that may not be practical or relevant to our day to day existence. Something that is purely a thing that we want for not other reason then we want it. If asked we couldn't really provide a rational that makes sense to anyone but ourselves.
Well I have done that by deciding that I want and am going to work towards buying myself a Wacom board. For those (like myself only a few weeks ago) a wacom board is a device that allows you to draw on the pad and it make it appear on the computer. I have some research to do on what exactly I want in one but rest assured that I am going to save up and acquire one.
WHY? You had to ask didn't you. Well to be blunt and to the point, I want to draw again. As of late I have been trying to draw and keep having the same problem every time I do. I see the picture in my head and as I try and draw it it doesn't come out right. I try and redraw it only to have to erase again. With the Wacom board I can do that a billion times and not have any damage to the paper or other such shit. I believe that it will give me what my brain wants and paper and pencils cannot. So that is why I am going to get one.
Now yes I have responsibilities to look to. Believe me I cannot forget them but I can save for this and take care of them as well. It all comes down to budgeting and discipline, something that I do believe I lack.
So that is the sum total of what I have to say. Not a great earth shattering post but just something I wanted to say.
Oh and thanks Joe I appreciate your stopping by and commenting.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Matt-Man Can't Find Them So He Grinds Them
Hail and well met
Well just sitting here at 12:30ish in the evening and to be honest I don't have any idea what I am going to put here.
To put into words I am sitting in neutral and just spinning my wheels. Cannot seem to go forward and no way in hell I am going back. So here I sit, slowly going insane.
As I figure it no one still reads this thing so why do I bother? Well for one thing I ain't doing this for you. Sorry if that seems crass or blunt but it is the truth. This is a way for me to vent what is going on in my life and get it out of my head. I do appreciate those that do stop by and read. Thanks for the consideration.
How can I go forward, every time I try something seems to crop up and SMACK I hit the new wall. All I can figure is that I am missing something that needs to be dealt with in the here and now so I cannot go forward until it is put to rest.
Of course that being said I don't have a God blessed idea what that would be. But then again nobody ever does. Just have to back up and inspect the world around me (thanks Mikey for that advice cause it always seems to help).
I sat down today and really looked at what I had on my games...Yeah I lost a hell of a lot of work when the hard drive crashed. To be honest it almost got me depressed cause I don't know if I can get all of it back. That was kind of the point of putting it in the computer so I didn't have to remember it. Well now it is gone and I have to start from scratch. Well that ain't going to happen again cause I am going to take steps. Probably have to just hard copy all of it so that I have it on hand.
That was probably the worst I had felt all day...well except for reading something that brought up real sad memories.
Wish I hadn't already talked to Terri cause I really wanted to call her and talk about it. Not that she needs me dumping my emotional baggage on her door step. She has enough trouble right now, don't need to add to it. I would go into it but don't know if she is cool with me telling tales here so suffice it to say her life is getting real hectic.
At least I have two things...no three. First I have Terri in my life and that counts for a lot right now. Two I have all my friends and what she doesn't count for they do. and I have Iron Kingdoms.
Listen guys lets get this going again soon. I have tried to put my foot down before and it didn't go far. So I am going to take a more laid back approach. I would like to play next Friday unless this Friday will work (although I am not nearly prepared enough for this Friday) lets just play. I really need it and I know that everyone has fun. Of course the Loft is a freezer right now so I am going to talk to Val and see if the Possum Lodge is available. If not then maybe we should find another place cause I don't want to lose any extremities.
Ok well that is almost all I have to say. I am also preparing a survey of sorts for you all to look at for the upcoming BMM (beyond mere mortals) game this summer. It is a series of question for you character that may help in formulating his/her creation, well their personality that is.
There that is all of it. I will be posting the survey on the 37 inchers forum so look for it in the next couple of days.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well just sitting here at 12:30ish in the evening and to be honest I don't have any idea what I am going to put here.
To put into words I am sitting in neutral and just spinning my wheels. Cannot seem to go forward and no way in hell I am going back. So here I sit, slowly going insane.
As I figure it no one still reads this thing so why do I bother? Well for one thing I ain't doing this for you. Sorry if that seems crass or blunt but it is the truth. This is a way for me to vent what is going on in my life and get it out of my head. I do appreciate those that do stop by and read. Thanks for the consideration.
How can I go forward, every time I try something seems to crop up and SMACK I hit the new wall. All I can figure is that I am missing something that needs to be dealt with in the here and now so I cannot go forward until it is put to rest.
Of course that being said I don't have a God blessed idea what that would be. But then again nobody ever does. Just have to back up and inspect the world around me (thanks Mikey for that advice cause it always seems to help).
I sat down today and really looked at what I had on my games...Yeah I lost a hell of a lot of work when the hard drive crashed. To be honest it almost got me depressed cause I don't know if I can get all of it back. That was kind of the point of putting it in the computer so I didn't have to remember it. Well now it is gone and I have to start from scratch. Well that ain't going to happen again cause I am going to take steps. Probably have to just hard copy all of it so that I have it on hand.
That was probably the worst I had felt all day...well except for reading something that brought up real sad memories.
Wish I hadn't already talked to Terri cause I really wanted to call her and talk about it. Not that she needs me dumping my emotional baggage on her door step. She has enough trouble right now, don't need to add to it. I would go into it but don't know if she is cool with me telling tales here so suffice it to say her life is getting real hectic.
At least I have two things...no three. First I have Terri in my life and that counts for a lot right now. Two I have all my friends and what she doesn't count for they do. and I have Iron Kingdoms.
Listen guys lets get this going again soon. I have tried to put my foot down before and it didn't go far. So I am going to take a more laid back approach. I would like to play next Friday unless this Friday will work (although I am not nearly prepared enough for this Friday) lets just play. I really need it and I know that everyone has fun. Of course the Loft is a freezer right now so I am going to talk to Val and see if the Possum Lodge is available. If not then maybe we should find another place cause I don't want to lose any extremities.
Ok well that is almost all I have to say. I am also preparing a survey of sorts for you all to look at for the upcoming BMM (beyond mere mortals) game this summer. It is a series of question for you character that may help in formulating his/her creation, well their personality that is.
There that is all of it. I will be posting the survey on the 37 inchers forum so look for it in the next couple of days.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Matt-Man Scrubs the Cortex
Hail and well met
Yup giant frogs. Nothing else to say. Back to you. -big smile-
So it appears that we are finally geting all that snow that we have been avoiding for the last few months. WOOOPIE! Personally we could have avoided it until...oh say the year 1000000000000.
It is not a big secret but I hate snow. It is the most annoying of precipitation in my opinion. It gets in the way and has to be shoveled or cleaned off your car. Instead of rain which just gets absorbed into the ground. It gets you wetter cause it don't just run off, no it just sits there and slowly melts into your clothes and then you. Plus it is cold out and then what does it do? Oh it freezes! Yeah right it FREEZES, WHY DIDN'T JUST STAY SNOW IN THE FIRST PLACE? Cause it sucks ass that is why. Oh yes and the other thing is that not only does the temperature fall but so does the average driving IQ. I swear people are half as cautious as they should be in snow and three times as careful as they should be in rain. Oh that makes perfect sense.
Ok enough of my rant.
So this weekend I am going up to see Terri again. We are going to see a band that she knows some of the members at a place called Penny Road Pub. The band is Khaos Theory,they started out as a Godsmack cover band but have evolved into their own stuff. ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT IS INVITED. So just give me a call on my cel or home phone and we can arrange from there.
Next weekend I am heading out to see Miles at Monmouth with Neal. Then I am (I think that is) running Neal back to Carthage and then back to Terri's on the return trip. After that I am taking a break for a couple of weeks and hopfully getting Iron Kingdoms back up and running. The time thing just got easier as I am no longer working on Friday so starting earlier is possible, I still can't go late but it is better then not playing at all.
Other then that I am fine and dandy. I sent out an email earlier that I got from Nicky and hope that you all find it worth at least a good giggle or guffaw. And if anyone decides to respond all the better.
Not much more I can put here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Yup giant frogs. Nothing else to say. Back to you. -big smile-
So it appears that we are finally geting all that snow that we have been avoiding for the last few months. WOOOPIE! Personally we could have avoided it until...oh say the year 1000000000000.
It is not a big secret but I hate snow. It is the most annoying of precipitation in my opinion. It gets in the way and has to be shoveled or cleaned off your car. Instead of rain which just gets absorbed into the ground. It gets you wetter cause it don't just run off, no it just sits there and slowly melts into your clothes and then you. Plus it is cold out and then what does it do? Oh it freezes! Yeah right it FREEZES, WHY DIDN'T JUST STAY SNOW IN THE FIRST PLACE? Cause it sucks ass that is why. Oh yes and the other thing is that not only does the temperature fall but so does the average driving IQ. I swear people are half as cautious as they should be in snow and three times as careful as they should be in rain. Oh that makes perfect sense.
Ok enough of my rant.
So this weekend I am going up to see Terri again. We are going to see a band that she knows some of the members at a place called Penny Road Pub. The band is Khaos Theory,they started out as a Godsmack cover band but have evolved into their own stuff. ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT IS INVITED. So just give me a call on my cel or home phone and we can arrange from there.
Next weekend I am heading out to see Miles at Monmouth with Neal. Then I am (I think that is) running Neal back to Carthage and then back to Terri's on the return trip. After that I am taking a break for a couple of weeks and hopfully getting Iron Kingdoms back up and running. The time thing just got easier as I am no longer working on Friday so starting earlier is possible, I still can't go late but it is better then not playing at all.
Other then that I am fine and dandy. I sent out an email earlier that I got from Nicky and hope that you all find it worth at least a good giggle or guffaw. And if anyone decides to respond all the better.
Not much more I can put here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Friday, February 02, 2007
Matt-Man is not the Glue that holds the world together!!!
Hail and well met
Ok so here is all that I have to say. I am sorry for not making sure that everyone knew about Ben's surprise birthday party. I have mentioned it several times over the last couple of months though and every time I got the same MEH response. So Todd I am sorry but I was informed that you were out of town and that is why I did not call you. Nigel I figure you were being somewhat joking but even so you were up at collage and that is why I didn't call you. Ok that is done and over.
I have to say that trying to talk to people about this party was difficult cause we usually hang out together and with school it was difficult to keep in touch. Be mad at me if you wish but I don't care. I did the best I could and that is all I can do. I may be a superhero but I ain't perfect.
So as of late I have been having some trouble. At first I thought it was due to the situation with work and how it is somewhat unreliable and random. But that has proven to be a red herring.
It came to a head yesterday whilst I sat right here and tried to do stuff only to discover that I couldn't concentrate. Then I would decide to go out and do something but no matter how hard I struggled I just sat here. All time my insides were in turmoil over it. It came to a head when I had a dream.
Now I have had some real nasty dreams in my past (Yes Joe I know you can beat me but this is not a pissing contest) and they were pretty bad. Zombies eating me alive adn the like were the flavor of the year last couple of years running. Before that was a trend that for some reason really scared me instead of sickening my. They all involved something that I thought was long out of my life.
HIGH SCHOOL
Yup I would dream that I was late to class or unprepared for class or would get to class and no one would be in class. Often I would be all ready and in the halls when I would realize that I didn't know my schedule and have to run around trying to find someone who could give it to me.
Well I had one of those dreams Wednesday night. Only this one was way different. I had all my stuff and all expenses were covered. I had my schedule and was ready to go. The hang up was that I didn't have my locker assignment and locker inspections were going on. Now I wasn't scared or creeped out I didn't wake up sweating beads as I normally would have. In fact although I remember the dream rather vividly I don't get the same sense of foreboding that usually comes with this type of dream.
All in all I knew that something was not quite right in me. No I ain't going down the "I am all screwed up" path but something is defiantly not firing in my iginition system. So I began to do some searching and something jumped out at me.
Since I was young I have been equated to a Bear. I liked Bears and collected a number of bear themed items, not many but a few. I also had a love of Unicorns, Dragons, Lions and Eagles. Funny I have never met a Dog or Cat that didn't like me, really and often they act different around me then the they do around most people. Of course I have also had a facination with Spiders, sort of a love hate relationship.
Well I got the idea to look up what these animals meant in the totem world and see if maybe it was a matter of sliping out of one realm of influence and gravitating towards another.
My research is still proceeding but it appears that I may be stepping away from my close walk with the Bear and next to another animal. I will keep all informed as I discover what is going on.
Yeah ok so now I get the hackles rising as I know someone out there is going to read this and have a hissy fit over me talking about animal totems. Listen up God created EVERYTHING so the animals are here for a reason. Even the Bible says that "All of creation is waiting for the sons of God to be revealed". I see this not as a religion in front or in place but along side. It was a talking donkey that saved Balaam from the sword of the angel. It was not Gods will that Balaam be saved it was the action of the donkey that saved him. So it seems that the precedent for animals being messengers and teachers as well as guides is there in the bible. I know that I could find more if I looked but I don't need to validate what I know by Faith is right.
Anyway I have things to do and information to digest. If anyone knows of a good resource on Animal totem information and meaning let me know cause I find the internet a little questionable at times.
Hope all is well with everyone. I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks as I will be visiting Miles up in Monmoth and...I know there is something else but I cannot think of it.
OH YEAH VALENTINES DAY! It is the first year I have a sweetie I get to dote over.
Speaking of which I have to get off line so I can talk to her. No offense but affairs of state take prescient over affairs of state.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ok so here is all that I have to say. I am sorry for not making sure that everyone knew about Ben's surprise birthday party. I have mentioned it several times over the last couple of months though and every time I got the same MEH response. So Todd I am sorry but I was informed that you were out of town and that is why I did not call you. Nigel I figure you were being somewhat joking but even so you were up at collage and that is why I didn't call you. Ok that is done and over.
I have to say that trying to talk to people about this party was difficult cause we usually hang out together and with school it was difficult to keep in touch. Be mad at me if you wish but I don't care. I did the best I could and that is all I can do. I may be a superhero but I ain't perfect.
So as of late I have been having some trouble. At first I thought it was due to the situation with work and how it is somewhat unreliable and random. But that has proven to be a red herring.
It came to a head yesterday whilst I sat right here and tried to do stuff only to discover that I couldn't concentrate. Then I would decide to go out and do something but no matter how hard I struggled I just sat here. All time my insides were in turmoil over it. It came to a head when I had a dream.
Now I have had some real nasty dreams in my past (Yes Joe I know you can beat me but this is not a pissing contest) and they were pretty bad. Zombies eating me alive adn the like were the flavor of the year last couple of years running. Before that was a trend that for some reason really scared me instead of sickening my. They all involved something that I thought was long out of my life.
HIGH SCHOOL
Yup I would dream that I was late to class or unprepared for class or would get to class and no one would be in class. Often I would be all ready and in the halls when I would realize that I didn't know my schedule and have to run around trying to find someone who could give it to me.
Well I had one of those dreams Wednesday night. Only this one was way different. I had all my stuff and all expenses were covered. I had my schedule and was ready to go. The hang up was that I didn't have my locker assignment and locker inspections were going on. Now I wasn't scared or creeped out I didn't wake up sweating beads as I normally would have. In fact although I remember the dream rather vividly I don't get the same sense of foreboding that usually comes with this type of dream.
All in all I knew that something was not quite right in me. No I ain't going down the "I am all screwed up" path but something is defiantly not firing in my iginition system. So I began to do some searching and something jumped out at me.
Since I was young I have been equated to a Bear. I liked Bears and collected a number of bear themed items, not many but a few. I also had a love of Unicorns, Dragons, Lions and Eagles. Funny I have never met a Dog or Cat that didn't like me, really and often they act different around me then the they do around most people. Of course I have also had a facination with Spiders, sort of a love hate relationship.
Well I got the idea to look up what these animals meant in the totem world and see if maybe it was a matter of sliping out of one realm of influence and gravitating towards another.
My research is still proceeding but it appears that I may be stepping away from my close walk with the Bear and next to another animal. I will keep all informed as I discover what is going on.
Yeah ok so now I get the hackles rising as I know someone out there is going to read this and have a hissy fit over me talking about animal totems. Listen up God created EVERYTHING so the animals are here for a reason. Even the Bible says that "All of creation is waiting for the sons of God to be revealed". I see this not as a religion in front or in place but along side. It was a talking donkey that saved Balaam from the sword of the angel. It was not Gods will that Balaam be saved it was the action of the donkey that saved him. So it seems that the precedent for animals being messengers and teachers as well as guides is there in the bible. I know that I could find more if I looked but I don't need to validate what I know by Faith is right.
Anyway I have things to do and information to digest. If anyone knows of a good resource on Animal totem information and meaning let me know cause I find the internet a little questionable at times.
Hope all is well with everyone. I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks as I will be visiting Miles up in Monmoth and...I know there is something else but I cannot think of it.
OH YEAH VALENTINES DAY! It is the first year I have a sweetie I get to dote over.
Speaking of which I have to get off line so I can talk to her. No offense but affairs of state take prescient over affairs of state.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Matt-Man....What else?
Hail and well met
I have run out of things to put as titles for this blog, but no fear I haven't been avoiding posting because of it. I have been rather busy for the last couple of days, between working and being up at Terri's.
Not much to post I guess. Things have been ok. Hours at the PO are getting a little scarce but that can change at a moments notice. For now I am enjoying the time off trying to get things done that I didn't have the spirit to do earlier.
As of late I have found myself gravitating towards a very Zen view of life. Not to say that I totally understand the Zen belief system but I am researching it. One funny point so far is that I don't see it being a religion for the most part. Buddha is not God but instead an enlightened man that Ascended. Now of course every "right minded" Christian out may have just cringed but I will remind then that Enoch walked with God and was not. What do you think that meant?
Much of what I read about it so far seems to follow a strange parallel to the things that I have been feeling as of late. You see long ago I choose to not follow any man but instead to allow the Force (Spirit of the Lord, Holy Spirit) to guide me to the truth, which is what I see a true Jedi's walk to be. Since then I have found that many of the things that the Straight Christians stand for I do not. I could go into detail but I really don't feel the need to dump it here. If you are interested ask me. I cannot promise that it will make sense since I am still figuring it out myself but what I have I will share.
Wow didn't intend to go down that road. So I am in good health and feeling good... Oh heck I have to tell all of you about the special thing that happened over the weekend.
We threw Ben a surprise 37incher Birthday Party. Most of you know that he hates his birthday, being on December 28th. I have to agree that is the worst B-day ever. Not on either holiday so it gets lost in the mix. Even if someone tries to set up a party it ends up being derivative and mundane, with X-mas and new years right there. So I decided to give Ben a party when he wasn't suspecting it. It was almost a month later being on January 27 but that was close enough.
It was a total success. Val,Mel,Sara,Jack,Nicky,James,Jon and myself were there. Well there was one other person there and it was important. Jenniy was there all the way from Michigan.
It was amazing. Ben had a day from hell and it went from Suck to Awesome in a flip of a switch and the opening of a door. You see Jenniy hid in the Dead Room and waited until Ben had come to grips with the party as it was before she jumped out. That was a magical moment. To see that look on Ben's face was so worth it.
All in all it was an amazing night and it only got better. The next morning I went over and took Val,Mel,Nicky and Kelsey to a place in Crestwood called Sancuary Crystals (I think I may have the name mixed up). A rather cool store with real cool stuff. Then I took off from there and met Terri at home, her home that is. Spent Sunday evening and Monday with her then met her for lunch on Tuesday after which I came home.
This was a weekend that rocked.
Ok so anyone that is in the area and is interested in coming up to Lake Villa Terri has extended an invitation to watch the Super Bowl and hang out Sunday. I am going to be making calls to most to extend the invitation in a more personal way. But this is a safety net in case I miss someone. Hey if you cannot make it no biggie just throwing out the invite.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
I have run out of things to put as titles for this blog, but no fear I haven't been avoiding posting because of it. I have been rather busy for the last couple of days, between working and being up at Terri's.
Not much to post I guess. Things have been ok. Hours at the PO are getting a little scarce but that can change at a moments notice. For now I am enjoying the time off trying to get things done that I didn't have the spirit to do earlier.
As of late I have found myself gravitating towards a very Zen view of life. Not to say that I totally understand the Zen belief system but I am researching it. One funny point so far is that I don't see it being a religion for the most part. Buddha is not God but instead an enlightened man that Ascended. Now of course every "right minded" Christian out may have just cringed but I will remind then that Enoch walked with God and was not. What do you think that meant?
Much of what I read about it so far seems to follow a strange parallel to the things that I have been feeling as of late. You see long ago I choose to not follow any man but instead to allow the Force (Spirit of the Lord, Holy Spirit) to guide me to the truth, which is what I see a true Jedi's walk to be. Since then I have found that many of the things that the Straight Christians stand for I do not. I could go into detail but I really don't feel the need to dump it here. If you are interested ask me. I cannot promise that it will make sense since I am still figuring it out myself but what I have I will share.
Wow didn't intend to go down that road. So I am in good health and feeling good... Oh heck I have to tell all of you about the special thing that happened over the weekend.
We threw Ben a surprise 37incher Birthday Party. Most of you know that he hates his birthday, being on December 28th. I have to agree that is the worst B-day ever. Not on either holiday so it gets lost in the mix. Even if someone tries to set up a party it ends up being derivative and mundane, with X-mas and new years right there. So I decided to give Ben a party when he wasn't suspecting it. It was almost a month later being on January 27 but that was close enough.
It was a total success. Val,Mel,Sara,Jack,Nicky,James,Jon and myself were there. Well there was one other person there and it was important. Jenniy was there all the way from Michigan.
It was amazing. Ben had a day from hell and it went from Suck to Awesome in a flip of a switch and the opening of a door. You see Jenniy hid in the Dead Room and waited until Ben had come to grips with the party as it was before she jumped out. That was a magical moment. To see that look on Ben's face was so worth it.
All in all it was an amazing night and it only got better. The next morning I went over and took Val,Mel,Nicky and Kelsey to a place in Crestwood called Sancuary Crystals (I think I may have the name mixed up). A rather cool store with real cool stuff. Then I took off from there and met Terri at home, her home that is. Spent Sunday evening and Monday with her then met her for lunch on Tuesday after which I came home.
This was a weekend that rocked.
Ok so anyone that is in the area and is interested in coming up to Lake Villa Terri has extended an invitation to watch the Super Bowl and hang out Sunday. I am going to be making calls to most to extend the invitation in a more personal way. But this is a safety net in case I miss someone. Hey if you cannot make it no biggie just throwing out the invite.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Matt-Man Defenestration for Life
Hail and well met
Well the old adage "A door doesn't close that a window doesn't open" is as true as ever. The regualr at the Matteson PO is acting the fool and it shouldn't be long before he is gone. Not to mention that I called in to the Crete PO today to fill in for my regular who was sick.
So things are looking up, as always. How does that saying go? Regret looks back, Worry looks down while hope looks forward and faith looks up. Nice one I think.
So I was talking to the most amazing person in the whole world the other day and she (Yeah like you didn't know that it was Terri) sent me a real funny email she got. So instead of trying to send it to everyone that I want to see it I have decided to be a little egomanical and since all of you come here anyway I will put it here and let the mountain come to Matt-Man.
Here it goes...
I have some work to do for somethings coming up so I will see all later when the opportunity presents itself. If you miss me that much let me know and I will see what I can do. I want to and am planning on visiting some people in Febtober and Marchurary. Yeah just watched celebrity Jeopardy with Sean Connery. Good times.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well the old adage "A door doesn't close that a window doesn't open" is as true as ever. The regualr at the Matteson PO is acting the fool and it shouldn't be long before he is gone. Not to mention that I called in to the Crete PO today to fill in for my regular who was sick.
So things are looking up, as always. How does that saying go? Regret looks back, Worry looks down while hope looks forward and faith looks up. Nice one I think.
So I was talking to the most amazing person in the whole world the other day and she (Yeah like you didn't know that it was Terri) sent me a real funny email she got. So instead of trying to send it to everyone that I want to see it I have decided to be a little egomanical and since all of you come here anyway I will put it here and let the mountain come to Matt-Man.
Here it goes...
Well there it is and it made me laugh...ALOT! So hope all find it funny (cause lets face it if we don't we cry).NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other bed wetter's.
We hold these truths to be self evident: That a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
ARTICLE I:
You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II:
You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; But the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III:
You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives idependently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV:
You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This is one of my pet peeves.) Get an education and go to work.. don't expect everyone else to take care of you!
ARTICLE V:
You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI:
You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII:
You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII:
You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE IX:
You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X:
This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from!(AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST....)ARTICLE XI:
You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!
I have some work to do for somethings coming up so I will see all later when the opportunity presents itself. If you miss me that much let me know and I will see what I can do. I want to and am planning on visiting some people in Febtober and Marchurary. Yeah just watched celebrity Jeopardy with Sean Connery. Good times.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Matt-Man Running Up Hill
Hail and well met
Ok I should be furious and pissed and depressed right now. Or I should say the old me would have been all these things. Maybe it is a sign of my aging or maybe something else but I got some bad news today and I have to say I am ok with it.
In a nutshell. I have been working days for my friend and fellow RCA at Matteson as he is covering the route for his regular whom was out for reasons that are not important. The regular came back to work today and that means that Jim loses those extra days and so do I.
I mean a loss of over half my weekly hours right now. That is a huge hit to my future budgeting.
And right now I am not the least pissed or angry. All things happen for a reason. I belive that I am truly walking one of the precepts of my Neo-Jedi code.
There is no fear;there is faith.
I know that the situation will work out. Then I got home and saw todays Far Side daily calender comic and had to laugh cause it so totally says it all on how I feel right now.
Well I am being called by Criminal Minds so I am off.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ok I should be furious and pissed and depressed right now. Or I should say the old me would have been all these things. Maybe it is a sign of my aging or maybe something else but I got some bad news today and I have to say I am ok with it.
In a nutshell. I have been working days for my friend and fellow RCA at Matteson as he is covering the route for his regular whom was out for reasons that are not important. The regular came back to work today and that means that Jim loses those extra days and so do I.
I mean a loss of over half my weekly hours right now. That is a huge hit to my future budgeting.
And right now I am not the least pissed or angry. All things happen for a reason. I belive that I am truly walking one of the precepts of my Neo-Jedi code.
There is no fear;there is faith.
I know that the situation will work out. Then I got home and saw todays Far Side daily calender comic and had to laugh cause it so totally says it all on how I feel right now.
Well I am being called by Criminal Minds so I am off.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Matt-Man Vs The Great White Menace...
Hisel and Wisel Misel my Brosisels....
OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
Hail and well met
I was not referring to race relations or "The Man" by "The Great White Menace" I was referring to a four letter word...
SNOW
Yup for anyone not around or that has not yet stuck their heads out, it has snowed. At first I was starting to get pissed but then realized that it was a good thing.
1) It is Sunday and as such there will be plenty of time for the road crews to clean up (and they will do it fast so they don't miss "Da Bears")
2) With a little insulating snow on the roof the loft will be much warmer (mental note need to buy more fuel today)
3) It looks pretty! HELLO SNOW MAKE ME A SAMITCH!!
Ah yes there is a warm glow as I bask in the warmth of total whimsical Gir-ness. I was up at the loft last night working on some mini's...Yes I said mini's, so what? Oh yeah I see what you are saying. Thanks it feels good to be doing that again.
Anyway I was working on them and didn't feel like music so I look around for something that would not suck my attention away but still entertain me. That is when I say volumes one and two of Invader Zim. I was so happy!
I love this show. :p
I was able to get a whole bunch of stuff assembled and ready to prime. So today after I finish posting, eating, grocery shopping and working out I am heading over to do just exactly that.
Yeah I am going to work out. What is it with all this questioning? Why do you plague Matt-Man?
Oh again with the "hey good for you"? Well I thank you, but STOP INTERRUPTING! People are trying to read this thing and don't need to be distracted or bored by listening to me explain stuff like this to you.
Who are you anyway?
WHAT?!
Are you kidding me? My "inner-child". You are my inner-child? What are you doing here now? Why aren't you in my....head or emotional center or my...my...my squidly smooch?
OH I see. Wow that was close. Glad to have you back on board. Feel free to interject whenever your little heart decides.
Well that clears that up. You see it appears that I had abandoned my inner-child for awhile there and that was the center reason for losing some of my gaming spirit and creative juices. It appears that he is a strong little cuss and managed to kick down the door and get back in. Yeah for little inner-child! I think I will refer to him as TBT (Tiny But Tough). I could refer to him as Tiny Is Tough but that acronym is TIT, which might distracting (not to mention giving me man cramps, I MISS YOU TERRI ;)
So I sit here enjoying the flow of creativity and imagination all around me. I type with vigor as new ideas beginning to form in the ever expanding luminescent nebula of neurons firing like a million exploding stars that I call my brain.
But I need tacos, I need them so bad. If I don't get them I will explode. I do that some times.
I guess maybe tacos are not enough to jeopardize my mission. I will have to get a giant buritto.
BURITTO!!!!!!!!!!
I love this show.
That is about it for this ride through my psychosis... I mean psyche.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It has chicken legs :)
OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
Hail and well met
I was not referring to race relations or "The Man" by "The Great White Menace" I was referring to a four letter word...
SNOW
Yup for anyone not around or that has not yet stuck their heads out, it has snowed. At first I was starting to get pissed but then realized that it was a good thing.
1) It is Sunday and as such there will be plenty of time for the road crews to clean up (and they will do it fast so they don't miss "Da Bears")
2) With a little insulating snow on the roof the loft will be much warmer (mental note need to buy more fuel today)
3) It looks pretty! HELLO SNOW MAKE ME A SAMITCH!!
Ah yes there is a warm glow as I bask in the warmth of total whimsical Gir-ness. I was up at the loft last night working on some mini's...Yes I said mini's, so what? Oh yeah I see what you are saying. Thanks it feels good to be doing that again.
Anyway I was working on them and didn't feel like music so I look around for something that would not suck my attention away but still entertain me. That is when I say volumes one and two of Invader Zim. I was so happy!
I love this show. :p
I was able to get a whole bunch of stuff assembled and ready to prime. So today after I finish posting, eating, grocery shopping and working out I am heading over to do just exactly that.
Yeah I am going to work out. What is it with all this questioning? Why do you plague Matt-Man?
Oh again with the "hey good for you"? Well I thank you, but STOP INTERRUPTING! People are trying to read this thing and don't need to be distracted or bored by listening to me explain stuff like this to you.
Who are you anyway?
WHAT?!
Are you kidding me? My "inner-child". You are my inner-child? What are you doing here now? Why aren't you in my....head or emotional center or my...my...my squidly smooch?
OH I see. Wow that was close. Glad to have you back on board. Feel free to interject whenever your little heart decides.
Well that clears that up. You see it appears that I had abandoned my inner-child for awhile there and that was the center reason for losing some of my gaming spirit and creative juices. It appears that he is a strong little cuss and managed to kick down the door and get back in. Yeah for little inner-child! I think I will refer to him as TBT (Tiny But Tough). I could refer to him as Tiny Is Tough but that acronym is TIT, which might distracting (not to mention giving me man cramps, I MISS YOU TERRI ;)
So I sit here enjoying the flow of creativity and imagination all around me. I type with vigor as new ideas beginning to form in the ever expanding luminescent nebula of neurons firing like a million exploding stars that I call my brain.
But I need tacos, I need them so bad. If I don't get them I will explode. I do that some times.
I guess maybe tacos are not enough to jeopardize my mission. I will have to get a giant buritto.
BURITTO!!!!!!!!!!
I love this show.
That is about it for this ride through my psychosis... I mean psyche.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It has chicken legs :)
Thursday, January 18, 2007
The Matt-Man woman?
Hail and well met
The title? Oh that is just a funny thing from my blog. I have this sloganizer thing and it puts "Matt-Man" in different slogans. Earlier today it read "The Matt-Man man" and I wondered if you could be "The Matt-Man woman"? Or maybe "The Matt-Man kid".
I have to report that I had a much better day today. It appears that my training at Crete is a little jaded. There I was told that you don't leave anything EVER. If it is brought to the case you put it up, period. Well yet again I am shown that each and every Post Office is a little country unto itself and holds no allegiance to anything but the most basic skeleton of rules and regulations. At Matteson it ok to leave stuff for the next day. That explains the 10 tubs of magazines and other large items (which we call "flats" cause they are big and relatively flat). Someone decided not to take the tubs out on Tuesday and left them. So I walked in and with my training just kept plugging away until they were done and as such left at 2'o clock to start my route.
Today I had 3 half full tubs of flats so I was done and out by 12. YEAH! I was back at the office and done by 5. So tonight I did some grocery shopping and then just veged out watching Criminal Minds. Amazing show.
Oh yeah Miles I found the books...they are in my room. Sorry about that. So you want to borrow them, well not a problem. Which ones do you need? I will send you a list and you can let me know, or if you come to get them I could just let you see....Aww forget all this. I will let you borrow them all.
Hey Nicky. Well of course there are medications for this, but that is no fun.
WEEDLE!
Besides the side effects are real pain in the ass.
No really it says right here that use of this drug may induce anal cramps, hence "pain in the ass".
Oops, yeah I don't take these, they are just for...killing pigeons, yeah that's the ticket. Pigeons, real big ones.
Mutant rabid junkie pigeons.
Who we talkin' about?
Anyway I feel better about my gaming spirit. The all flesh game went well. I liked the story and finally getting to try and tell it. Since I lost all of my original notes from the hard drive crash of a while ago I had to try and recreate all the detail that I had worked into to it in the last year or so. Not perfect but nothing ever is.
So now I must prepare for the return of Iron Kingdoms, well as soon as I figure out when we are going to play. That is what sucks with working on Saturday and Friday. I cannot stay out late Friday cause I got to get up and we can't start earlier cause I don't get done till 5ish.
But do not despair we will figure out a way.
Ok well I am really starting to dose off right here at the keyboard so I will say not "goodbye" but Good Journey
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
(props for knowing the movie reference and I don't mean the Force thing either)
The title? Oh that is just a funny thing from my blog. I have this sloganizer thing and it puts "Matt-Man" in different slogans. Earlier today it read "The Matt-Man man" and I wondered if you could be "The Matt-Man woman"? Or maybe "The Matt-Man kid".
I have to report that I had a much better day today. It appears that my training at Crete is a little jaded. There I was told that you don't leave anything EVER. If it is brought to the case you put it up, period. Well yet again I am shown that each and every Post Office is a little country unto itself and holds no allegiance to anything but the most basic skeleton of rules and regulations. At Matteson it ok to leave stuff for the next day. That explains the 10 tubs of magazines and other large items (which we call "flats" cause they are big and relatively flat). Someone decided not to take the tubs out on Tuesday and left them. So I walked in and with my training just kept plugging away until they were done and as such left at 2'o clock to start my route.
Today I had 3 half full tubs of flats so I was done and out by 12. YEAH! I was back at the office and done by 5. So tonight I did some grocery shopping and then just veged out watching Criminal Minds. Amazing show.
Oh yeah Miles I found the books...they are in my room. Sorry about that. So you want to borrow them, well not a problem. Which ones do you need? I will send you a list and you can let me know, or if you come to get them I could just let you see....Aww forget all this. I will let you borrow them all.
Hey Nicky. Well of course there are medications for this, but that is no fun.
WEEDLE!
Besides the side effects are real pain in the ass.
No really it says right here that use of this drug may induce anal cramps, hence "pain in the ass".
Oops, yeah I don't take these, they are just for...killing pigeons, yeah that's the ticket. Pigeons, real big ones.
Mutant rabid junkie pigeons.
Who we talkin' about?
Anyway I feel better about my gaming spirit. The all flesh game went well. I liked the story and finally getting to try and tell it. Since I lost all of my original notes from the hard drive crash of a while ago I had to try and recreate all the detail that I had worked into to it in the last year or so. Not perfect but nothing ever is.
So now I must prepare for the return of Iron Kingdoms, well as soon as I figure out when we are going to play. That is what sucks with working on Saturday and Friday. I cannot stay out late Friday cause I got to get up and we can't start earlier cause I don't get done till 5ish.
But do not despair we will figure out a way.
Ok well I am really starting to dose off right here at the keyboard so I will say not "goodbye" but Good Journey
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
(props for knowing the movie reference and I don't mean the Force thing either)
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Matt-Man Just Says "OUCH!"
Hail and well met
Oh yes I must say "OUCH!"
Why? Well in a nutshell I just finished a 12 hour day! Yup I walked into the post office in Matteson and punched in at 6.93 (Yeah we don't do minutes we do 100ridths of an hour) and then returned and punched out at 6.92. Now I could always do the "alternate reality" that says that I really didn't work 12 hours for instead jumped back 1/100th of an hour but all that really leads to is me having to hit myself with blunt excrements.
So how the hell is everyone doing out there? You all been so quiet lately I get the feeling that I ain't interesting anymore. Hell people don't be like that, if you ain't getting what you need from Matt-Man then TELL ME. I do try and please (at least that what....OH HELL NO cause she will hit me so harrrrd!)
What Oh yeah I said excrement. No I meant it, that I would have to hit myself with blunt excrements. That means real hard shit, and that is literal. You did know what excrement meant right? Or am I showing my age again?
My my how things don't really change but instead get plastic surgery, walk back up to you and try and sell you vacuum cleaners.
And let us not forget...
Now is the time to make circles with mints, do not haste any longer!
Yup after 12 hours of postal work I get just a little punchy. I would be kicky but my legs hurt to much...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok on that real bad joke I will head out and hit the bed for some Z's.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Oh yes I must say "OUCH!"
Why? Well in a nutshell I just finished a 12 hour day! Yup I walked into the post office in Matteson and punched in at 6.93 (Yeah we don't do minutes we do 100ridths of an hour) and then returned and punched out at 6.92. Now I could always do the "alternate reality" that says that I really didn't work 12 hours for instead jumped back 1/100th of an hour but all that really leads to is me having to hit myself with blunt excrements.
So how the hell is everyone doing out there? You all been so quiet lately I get the feeling that I ain't interesting anymore. Hell people don't be like that, if you ain't getting what you need from Matt-Man then TELL ME. I do try and please (at least that what....OH HELL NO cause she will hit me so harrrrd!)
What Oh yeah I said excrement. No I meant it, that I would have to hit myself with blunt excrements. That means real hard shit, and that is literal. You did know what excrement meant right? Or am I showing my age again?
My my how things don't really change but instead get plastic surgery, walk back up to you and try and sell you vacuum cleaners.
And let us not forget...
Now is the time to make circles with mints, do not haste any longer!
Yup after 12 hours of postal work I get just a little punchy. I would be kicky but my legs hurt to much...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok on that real bad joke I will head out and hit the bed for some Z's.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Monday, January 15, 2007
Nor Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow Will Deter Matt-Man
Hail and well met one and all
Here I am up at Terri's and decided to type a little update. Wait I have to stop Grizzley from eating one of the cats...
Ok got that squared away. Well he wasn't really eating the cat just playing with it and getting a little rougher then he should. It wouldn't be so bad if the cat would just pop out those claws of his and give Griz a good whack on the nose or other protrudance.
Anyway though this is about me (My aren't we concieted) so here it is.
I got up to the Wolves game a little late so I had to pay for parking. The game was fun even though they lost. Terri had fun and I got to see Jim. Afterward we went back to her house for some lasagna and then off to get some much needed sleep. Sunday was pretty cool. We went to a bingo hall in Villa Park and worked it for the JayCees. For those of you that don't know let me sum up what the JayCees are about. They work in their comunity to help with charitiable projects and in the process improve themselves.
Anyway the bingo hall was a lot of fun and they loved us. Apparently the last bunch of JayCee's that were there did nothing but sit and sulk all day. Jeez people is it that much to ask that you walk around and maybe smile once and awhile? I guess so. Well the chapter recieves $250 for doing it and the people there said we had more then earned it.
After that we came back up here and went to Bufflo Wild Wings for dinner. It was amazing. The food was good and it was pretty decient atmosphere. Then again home and some sleep. Terri had to work today so I was here doing things around the house, taking care of Griz and the like. Later we are going out for the monthly JayCees meeting and then if doesn't take up the whole night maybe we will do something.
All I can say right now is that I find life confusing...and I don't care one damn bit. I have no idea how I am going to make it work out so that I can spend more time with Terri and still have my relationships with all of my friends, but I know I will. I don't know where I will fit in up here and with her life, but I know I will. I don't even know how I am going to make everything at home work out, but I know I will.
All I can do is go with what I know.
1) I love Terri with all my heart
2) I love working on games and making them up
3) I love all my friends
4) I love gaming and all that goes with it
So I am going to keep doing all of those things and sooner or later everything will fall into place. Of course it will take some work on my part but until I know where to apply and what to apply of myself then I had better not go sticking my dick in the mashed potatoes.
It is going to be rather quiet when I get home. Everyone will be back to school so the weeks will be less active. I really miss all you guys being here all the time, but that is the nature of the universe and life. It is still good to have you visit though.
And yes I know that others are still around as well. I have not forgotten them nor shall I. Iron Kingdoms will start again...as soon as I figure out how I can give you all what you deserve and still work both Friday and Saturday. It wouldn't be so bad if I could get done on Friday before 5 but that doesn't look like it is happening anytime soon.
Ah well so much to think about and so little bandwidth.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Here I am up at Terri's and decided to type a little update. Wait I have to stop Grizzley from eating one of the cats...
Ok got that squared away. Well he wasn't really eating the cat just playing with it and getting a little rougher then he should. It wouldn't be so bad if the cat would just pop out those claws of his and give Griz a good whack on the nose or other protrudance.
Anyway though this is about me (My aren't we concieted) so here it is.
I got up to the Wolves game a little late so I had to pay for parking. The game was fun even though they lost. Terri had fun and I got to see Jim. Afterward we went back to her house for some lasagna and then off to get some much needed sleep. Sunday was pretty cool. We went to a bingo hall in Villa Park and worked it for the JayCees. For those of you that don't know let me sum up what the JayCees are about. They work in their comunity to help with charitiable projects and in the process improve themselves.
Anyway the bingo hall was a lot of fun and they loved us. Apparently the last bunch of JayCee's that were there did nothing but sit and sulk all day. Jeez people is it that much to ask that you walk around and maybe smile once and awhile? I guess so. Well the chapter recieves $250 for doing it and the people there said we had more then earned it.
After that we came back up here and went to Bufflo Wild Wings for dinner. It was amazing. The food was good and it was pretty decient atmosphere. Then again home and some sleep. Terri had to work today so I was here doing things around the house, taking care of Griz and the like. Later we are going out for the monthly JayCees meeting and then if doesn't take up the whole night maybe we will do something.
All I can say right now is that I find life confusing...and I don't care one damn bit. I have no idea how I am going to make it work out so that I can spend more time with Terri and still have my relationships with all of my friends, but I know I will. I don't know where I will fit in up here and with her life, but I know I will. I don't even know how I am going to make everything at home work out, but I know I will.
All I can do is go with what I know.
1) I love Terri with all my heart
2) I love working on games and making them up
3) I love all my friends
4) I love gaming and all that goes with it
So I am going to keep doing all of those things and sooner or later everything will fall into place. Of course it will take some work on my part but until I know where to apply and what to apply of myself then I had better not go sticking my dick in the mashed potatoes.
It is going to be rather quiet when I get home. Everyone will be back to school so the weeks will be less active. I really miss all you guys being here all the time, but that is the nature of the universe and life. It is still good to have you visit though.
And yes I know that others are still around as well. I have not forgotten them nor shall I. Iron Kingdoms will start again...as soon as I figure out how I can give you all what you deserve and still work both Friday and Saturday. It wouldn't be so bad if I could get done on Friday before 5 but that doesn't look like it is happening anytime soon.
Ah well so much to think about and so little bandwidth.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Matt-Man catches his breath
Hail and well met
Ahhh it is nice to take a moment and just smell the fresh air....OH GOD I am in the Mens locker room! EWWWWWWW!
Ha just had to have a laugh. Well things are what they are. I just finished a workout, my first in over a month (something that is going to change). I am also on my over to Vals house to have dinner with everyone and then play All Flesh. It has been ok, I think everyone is enjoying themselves. Now it is not a classic zombie-fest and I think everyone was looking for that but it is just that there are only so many of those stories you can come up with befor it gets so old.
Of course durring this game I came up with two new and different ideas for zombie games so they will be filed for future use.
Jack and myself have been talking about doing a seperate StarGate game. I am glad since I really like the show and world. I am looking forward to the superhero game this coming summer as well. It appears I am starting to get back into the groove.
Well not sure what else to put here so I am going to leave it for now and get a move on cause Mel is making Jumbalaya (yeah probably butchered the spelling but so what)
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ahhh it is nice to take a moment and just smell the fresh air....OH GOD I am in the Mens locker room! EWWWWWWW!
Ha just had to have a laugh. Well things are what they are. I just finished a workout, my first in over a month (something that is going to change). I am also on my over to Vals house to have dinner with everyone and then play All Flesh. It has been ok, I think everyone is enjoying themselves. Now it is not a classic zombie-fest and I think everyone was looking for that but it is just that there are only so many of those stories you can come up with befor it gets so old.
Of course durring this game I came up with two new and different ideas for zombie games so they will be filed for future use.
Jack and myself have been talking about doing a seperate StarGate game. I am glad since I really like the show and world. I am looking forward to the superhero game this coming summer as well. It appears I am starting to get back into the groove.
Well not sure what else to put here so I am going to leave it for now and get a move on cause Mel is making Jumbalaya (yeah probably butchered the spelling but so what)
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Matt-Man Must Backpeddle, Recant and Set the Record Staight
Hail and well met.
Well as most of you know by now I was not up at the loft much at all yesterday. That was entirely due to being called into work at 10:30 and not being done until 5:30. Yeah it sucked. Well characters are made and I have some better ideas on how to start this thing so all for the better. As soon as I am done typing this I am off to run a boat load of errands and then to the loft to take care of a bunch of stuff before all arrive tonight and the horror begins.
On a much more personal note I am not going to be around this weekend as I am going to see Terri. So my character will be at the disposal of Val to use to fight the good fight.
Ok well off to get the errands done.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well as most of you know by now I was not up at the loft much at all yesterday. That was entirely due to being called into work at 10:30 and not being done until 5:30. Yeah it sucked. Well characters are made and I have some better ideas on how to start this thing so all for the better. As soon as I am done typing this I am off to run a boat load of errands and then to the loft to take care of a bunch of stuff before all arrive tonight and the horror begins.
On a much more personal note I am not going to be around this weekend as I am going to see Terri. So my character will be at the disposal of Val to use to fight the good fight.
Ok well off to get the errands done.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Matt-Man says Huzzzah!
Hail and well met
Yup just wanted to stop in and say Huzzzah!
Oh yeah just thought I would mention that last night was a lot of fun. Quinnlin did some good stuff and went up a level. Finally getting the feat Track, which I would have had a lot earlier if I had really looked at the bonus feat list in the Scout section of the Complete Adventurer. Ah a geek moment for sure. Or is it Dork? Damn I can never remember....Meh like it matters.
Yup that is the grand total of what I have to report, well that and I yet again have conqurered the universe. I love Master of Orion 2! Quality game. 3 way to complicated, 1 way to simple, 2 just right!
So going to hit the forums and then maybe do some work on some stuff for the guy at the place with the thing. You know. So anyways,,,
Oh yes update. I am going to be at the loft all day tomorrow. We are going to play tomorrow regardless of anything. Characters or not I don't care I want to run this thing. I will have my cel phone so call if you want or just show up. Thank you for you corporation.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Yup just wanted to stop in and say Huzzzah!
Oh yeah just thought I would mention that last night was a lot of fun. Quinnlin did some good stuff and went up a level. Finally getting the feat Track, which I would have had a lot earlier if I had really looked at the bonus feat list in the Scout section of the Complete Adventurer. Ah a geek moment for sure. Or is it Dork? Damn I can never remember....Meh like it matters.
Yup that is the grand total of what I have to report, well that and I yet again have conqurered the universe. I love Master of Orion 2! Quality game. 3 way to complicated, 1 way to simple, 2 just right!
So going to hit the forums and then maybe do some work on some stuff for the guy at the place with the thing. You know. So anyways,,,
Oh yes update. I am going to be at the loft all day tomorrow. We are going to play tomorrow regardless of anything. Characters or not I don't care I want to run this thing. I will have my cel phone so call if you want or just show up. Thank you for you corporation.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Matt-Man steps back
Hail and well met
Well today was an interesting day. I mean that in a good way. I was out of the Office at 10:50 and was done with the route and back in the Office at 2:10. That means that I did the route in 3 hours and 20 minutes!!! WOOT!
Ok so no one else is going to give to rats asses that I did that but it was important to me cause it meant that I was home by 2:45 and was able to get some things done. It also means that I can easily make it to D&D tonight! Again I am saying WOOT!!!
I also spoke to my buddy whom I ran the route for yesterday. Well come to find out he only just started running the route in around 3 hours and was normally running it around 4 hours like I did. That did a lot to ease my mind since again I was expecting to do it in his time and couldn't figure out why it wasn't happening. Also he informed me that it appears that getting stuff late for sorting is becoming more common and it is holding everyone up, not just me so getting out by 12:30 is not bad. So aside from eating my Friday up I did a good job and in fact that time impressed Jim a little given my lack of time on the route.
MATT-MAN RULES!!!!
So now that the holidays are over things can start getting down to normal and I can get into a regualr schedule. That will do wonders for me and getting the things in my life back on track.
Ok so looking at the clock I have to get ready to head over to the store and play in Val's game.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well today was an interesting day. I mean that in a good way. I was out of the Office at 10:50 and was done with the route and back in the Office at 2:10. That means that I did the route in 3 hours and 20 minutes!!! WOOT!
Ok so no one else is going to give to rats asses that I did that but it was important to me cause it meant that I was home by 2:45 and was able to get some things done. It also means that I can easily make it to D&D tonight! Again I am saying WOOT!!!
I also spoke to my buddy whom I ran the route for yesterday. Well come to find out he only just started running the route in around 3 hours and was normally running it around 4 hours like I did. That did a lot to ease my mind since again I was expecting to do it in his time and couldn't figure out why it wasn't happening. Also he informed me that it appears that getting stuff late for sorting is becoming more common and it is holding everyone up, not just me so getting out by 12:30 is not bad. So aside from eating my Friday up I did a good job and in fact that time impressed Jim a little given my lack of time on the route.
MATT-MAN RULES!!!!
So now that the holidays are over things can start getting down to normal and I can get into a regualr schedule. That will do wonders for me and getting the things in my life back on track.
Ok so looking at the clock I have to get ready to head over to the store and play in Val's game.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Matt-Man VS the Web
Hail and well met
Well to start off let me share one of the coolest gifts that I received this Christmas.
Jenniy gave me a Far Side day calender and it gives me a laugh every day. I intend to get caught up and display each day here on my blog.
Now I said it was one of the coolest but it is far from the #1 coolest gift I recieved. I cannot show a picture of it since my laptop does not like the drivers for my little digital camera but I can describe it. It is a blanket, one of those that you make by taking two pieces of fabric and cutting the edges then tie them together. But the really cool part is that it has a reoccurring picture of Yoda with his lightsaber and the words Star Wars on it. It is in word AMAZING! Of course it is also the #1 coolest because it came from my #1 lady Terri. I love you baby!
So here I sit again typing. What should I type about? Well I could go on about me but that is boring and all it does is try and depress me. Oh hell no! I have way to much to be up about to get bogged down by shit that I don't have or don't understand. I have an amazing woman in my life and she is the number one reason that I shouldn't get depressed. I have a relatively good job that fits my needs right now and has potential for the future. I have more friends then I can shake a stick at.
Yes things are not perfect but then again nothing is in this imperfect world. So it is time to make circles with mints, do not haste any longer.
That came off a fortune cookie and I think it is time to start taking it to heart.
Ok so what else can I talk about? Oh yeah I hate the web as my title mentions. I spent several hours today trying to get a theme for my computer that was based on Invader Zim. I found two of them but neither worked. One only works with something called Serenade, which apparently has been erased from the net. I found several places to download it only to get a message that the website or location that it was stored was gone. Yeah! Then I tried to download a good ole fashion windows theme but it also does not work. Oh well no Zim for me.
What got me started? Well my good friend and running buddy James put a blurb about it on his blog and I got the idea to shnaz up the Matt-top to better express my personality. Meh it sucks but again that is life.
I wouldn't be so upset if it didn't take the time that it did. Not that right now I am being so productive with my time, but I could have conquered the universe again! I love Moo2 so much.
Let's see, went to the loft last night and at least talked about All Flesh but failed to make characters. So I plan on doing that tomorrow. I am pissed though cause Todd will have to miss out on the game since he has to go back to school. Sorry buddy but at least we still have Iron Kingdoms!
We did go bowling last night and that was fun.
So here is the last thoughts. I am not working tomorrow so I plan on making a early appearance at the loft so I can paint for once. Oh and I plan on buying some kerosene for the heater so don't worry about it being cold. Then I am going to work with everyone on making their characters. Now I know that IWA has a show but due to some unwanted expenses I am rather tight but these are one time things and they had to be taken care of. That is the funny thing about having money, it always seems that there is always someone standing there just waiting to take it away.
But lets not get me started on money cause you all know I can rant on that.
Ok well I am done rambling.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well to start off let me share one of the coolest gifts that I received this Christmas.
Jenniy gave me a Far Side day calender and it gives me a laugh every day. I intend to get caught up and display each day here on my blog.
Now I said it was one of the coolest but it is far from the #1 coolest gift I recieved. I cannot show a picture of it since my laptop does not like the drivers for my little digital camera but I can describe it. It is a blanket, one of those that you make by taking two pieces of fabric and cutting the edges then tie them together. But the really cool part is that it has a reoccurring picture of Yoda with his lightsaber and the words Star Wars on it. It is in word AMAZING! Of course it is also the #1 coolest because it came from my #1 lady Terri. I love you baby!
So here I sit again typing. What should I type about? Well I could go on about me but that is boring and all it does is try and depress me. Oh hell no! I have way to much to be up about to get bogged down by shit that I don't have or don't understand. I have an amazing woman in my life and she is the number one reason that I shouldn't get depressed. I have a relatively good job that fits my needs right now and has potential for the future. I have more friends then I can shake a stick at.
Yes things are not perfect but then again nothing is in this imperfect world. So it is time to make circles with mints, do not haste any longer.
That came off a fortune cookie and I think it is time to start taking it to heart.
Ok so what else can I talk about? Oh yeah I hate the web as my title mentions. I spent several hours today trying to get a theme for my computer that was based on Invader Zim. I found two of them but neither worked. One only works with something called Serenade, which apparently has been erased from the net. I found several places to download it only to get a message that the website or location that it was stored was gone. Yeah! Then I tried to download a good ole fashion windows theme but it also does not work. Oh well no Zim for me.
What got me started? Well my good friend and running buddy James put a blurb about it on his blog and I got the idea to shnaz up the Matt-top to better express my personality. Meh it sucks but again that is life.
I wouldn't be so upset if it didn't take the time that it did. Not that right now I am being so productive with my time, but I could have conquered the universe again! I love Moo2 so much.
Let's see, went to the loft last night and at least talked about All Flesh but failed to make characters. So I plan on doing that tomorrow. I am pissed though cause Todd will have to miss out on the game since he has to go back to school. Sorry buddy but at least we still have Iron Kingdoms!
We did go bowling last night and that was fun.
So here is the last thoughts. I am not working tomorrow so I plan on making a early appearance at the loft so I can paint for once. Oh and I plan on buying some kerosene for the heater so don't worry about it being cold. Then I am going to work with everyone on making their characters. Now I know that IWA has a show but due to some unwanted expenses I am rather tight but these are one time things and they had to be taken care of. That is the funny thing about having money, it always seems that there is always someone standing there just waiting to take it away.
But lets not get me started on money cause you all know I can rant on that.
Ok well I am done rambling.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Matt-Man and the New Year
Hail and well met in this the year of the Force 2007!
Yup another year has passed by and I am still kicking on this little rock (third from the sun).
Well didn't ring in the new year as I usually do, a the Loft Party. Terri could not make it down and I know all to well that I would have had no fun down here no matter how crazy the antics might have been. So I went up there and spent some qualiy time with my lady. It was AMAZING! But then again everything with her is...YES EVERYTHING!
Part of me does wish I could have made it and misses seeing everyone (getting drunk). Not enough to taint the time I spent with her so no resentment or regret.
Well things are getting strange again. I am getting worried that I have lost my gaming spirit. I want to game and paint, but everytime I try my motivation drys up and I instead sit here or at home dazed and confused. It worries me. I don't want to lose it cause it is something I know I enjoy and like doing.
I am hoping running this All Flesh game will help stoke the fires and kick the tires. Oh yes I am running it. Oooo let me make an anouncement...
I will be up at the loft on Wednesday working on the game and would love to help make everyones characters. All are welcome and the more the merrier (yes that means I can kill more of you before it becomes hopeless) So grab your dice and head on up.
I will also post it on the forums so everyone can see it.
Meh I cannot type anymore. I will do more when I am at home.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Yup another year has passed by and I am still kicking on this little rock (third from the sun).
Well didn't ring in the new year as I usually do, a the Loft Party. Terri could not make it down and I know all to well that I would have had no fun down here no matter how crazy the antics might have been. So I went up there and spent some qualiy time with my lady. It was AMAZING! But then again everything with her is...YES EVERYTHING!
Part of me does wish I could have made it and misses seeing everyone (getting drunk). Not enough to taint the time I spent with her so no resentment or regret.
Well things are getting strange again. I am getting worried that I have lost my gaming spirit. I want to game and paint, but everytime I try my motivation drys up and I instead sit here or at home dazed and confused. It worries me. I don't want to lose it cause it is something I know I enjoy and like doing.
I am hoping running this All Flesh game will help stoke the fires and kick the tires. Oh yes I am running it. Oooo let me make an anouncement...
I will be up at the loft on Wednesday working on the game and would love to help make everyones characters. All are welcome and the more the merrier (yes that means I can kill more of you before it becomes hopeless) So grab your dice and head on up.
I will also post it on the forums so everyone can see it.
Meh I cannot type anymore. I will do more when I am at home.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Matt-Man and the countdown
Hail and well met
Well it is Christmas day. I have to say that it has been a good day with some addendum's but that is not for this person to say online (personal and private and involve the bathroom). My Parents gave me a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matrix: Revolutions. Yeah we all bitch about that film but I still want to watch it sometimes.
Well in just about 2 and a half yours I am going to be getting ready to go to work for two hours. Then I am grabbing my stuff and heading up to see Terri for a couple of days. I am really looking forward to seeing her. It is one of the hardest things to do when I have to leave and come back here.
I don't know what I am going to do. I am not going to say it here but something is troubling me. I only hope I can figure out what I am supposed to do and which path I am supposed to take.
Now on to more interesting things. The Christmas party was GREAT. I received a present from both Ben and Neil. Which threw me cause I thought the whole idea of the not so secret Santa was to alleviate us from buying something for everyone. Oh well it just means that I have to stealthily buy stuff over the next year and surprise all of you..HA!
On a downer note I screwed up and misread something which lead me to buy a...not bad gift but superfluous gift which was re-gifted back to me. Not what I had planned in the least little bit and it really ticked me off. No it was not his fault nor was I pissed off at him, I was pissed off at myself for not remembering that he got it last year and for not reading the post correctly. It was just awkward and to be honest, shameful.
Yes I know that YOU said it was ok. I know that you don't care about those kind of things. It just bothers me.
but fear not quaint citizen I do not speak of dispair or depression. No I have a PLAN (be afraid be very afraid Matt has a plan!)
Oh yes I will redeem myself for my faux pas (Yes it may be French but I like this one so it can stay, besides I just look at it as...French Canadian so it is harmless) and it will be GLORIOUS!!!
Oh my it appears that time has flown again whilst I type away. Have so much to do I must away with myself and pack for this amazing trip. Oh did I mention I get presents again...oh um well that can be taken in a couple of ways...AND I PLAN TO!!!!
I am sooooo naughty! I love it
I LOVE YOU TERRI!!!!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well it is Christmas day. I have to say that it has been a good day with some addendum's but that is not for this person to say online (personal and private and involve the bathroom). My Parents gave me a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matrix: Revolutions. Yeah we all bitch about that film but I still want to watch it sometimes.
Well in just about 2 and a half yours I am going to be getting ready to go to work for two hours. Then I am grabbing my stuff and heading up to see Terri for a couple of days. I am really looking forward to seeing her. It is one of the hardest things to do when I have to leave and come back here.
I don't know what I am going to do. I am not going to say it here but something is troubling me. I only hope I can figure out what I am supposed to do and which path I am supposed to take.
Now on to more interesting things. The Christmas party was GREAT. I received a present from both Ben and Neil. Which threw me cause I thought the whole idea of the not so secret Santa was to alleviate us from buying something for everyone. Oh well it just means that I have to stealthily buy stuff over the next year and surprise all of you..HA!
On a downer note I screwed up and misread something which lead me to buy a...not bad gift but superfluous gift which was re-gifted back to me. Not what I had planned in the least little bit and it really ticked me off. No it was not his fault nor was I pissed off at him, I was pissed off at myself for not remembering that he got it last year and for not reading the post correctly. It was just awkward and to be honest, shameful.
Yes I know that YOU said it was ok. I know that you don't care about those kind of things. It just bothers me.
but fear not quaint citizen I do not speak of dispair or depression. No I have a PLAN (be afraid be very afraid Matt has a plan!)
Oh yes I will redeem myself for my faux pas (Yes it may be French but I like this one so it can stay, besides I just look at it as...French Canadian so it is harmless) and it will be GLORIOUS!!!
Oh my it appears that time has flown again whilst I type away. Have so much to do I must away with myself and pack for this amazing trip. Oh did I mention I get presents again...oh um well that can be taken in a couple of ways...AND I PLAN TO!!!!
I am sooooo naughty! I love it
I LOVE YOU TERRI!!!!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Matt-Man Vs. The Managizer Sisters
Hail and well met
Well it has come to this. No matter what I am leaving Crete Post Office as soon as I get past my 90 days. I am currently down to 58 days left on my probation.
The Managizer Sisters mentioned in the title are the two wonderful people that run the Crete Post Office. Why am I at odds with them.
They have me working on CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!
Now I may have mentioned that I am working on Christmas Eve before and I am ok with that. Then Wednesday I get a call from Crete telling me "The schedule has changed and you are working Saturday, Sunday and MONDAY." Not even a "sorry to screw you" or "I know this sucks but there is nothing we can do" no I just get the attitude that since they said it I should do it. Well in this case I have to but what they don't realize is that by doing this to me they have expunged any remorse or guilt about screwing them by transferring over to Matteson. Anyone willing to work for those two needs their head examined and maybe even meds.
So to say that I was furious is an understatement. I have to say that no one or nothing has ever gotten me to the point of wishing to do real bodily harm to them, but they have. Well I am over it and am better for it. Now I am just cold and calm inside when it comes to them.
Oh and I found out I don't have to answer my cel phone when they call...EVER. In fact from what I found out they really don't have the right to have my number. Well I hope they enjoyed the three times I came in and helped them, cause it is the last time. If Sue needs help then I will answer but no more covering their asses when they sit on them until far to late when they should be fixing a problem.
Enough of that and of them. They are not even worth any more typing.
So this weekend will be fun. There is the party on friday and the gathering on Saturday. Sunday I am spending with my Family (since I cannot head up to Terri's GRRRRR) and then after working on Monday I am heading up. I plan on staying up at her place until late Wednesday night before I head back cause I am working for my buddy Jim at Matteson both Thrusday and Friday.
Now I haven't heard anything about next week so who knows they may want me to work on New Years Eve and Day. Well I hope they understand if I show up with a hangover cause I ain't foregoing getting blasted at that party.
Hopefully after New Years things will settle down and I can start getting back ot usual habits. You know painting, gym, writing and many other things.
Well I have shot my wad. Not much new or truly exciting but then I cannot be the brightest candle every time, lest I burn out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well it has come to this. No matter what I am leaving Crete Post Office as soon as I get past my 90 days. I am currently down to 58 days left on my probation.
The Managizer Sisters mentioned in the title are the two wonderful people that run the Crete Post Office. Why am I at odds with them.
They have me working on CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!
Now I may have mentioned that I am working on Christmas Eve before and I am ok with that. Then Wednesday I get a call from Crete telling me "The schedule has changed and you are working Saturday, Sunday and MONDAY." Not even a "sorry to screw you" or "I know this sucks but there is nothing we can do" no I just get the attitude that since they said it I should do it. Well in this case I have to but what they don't realize is that by doing this to me they have expunged any remorse or guilt about screwing them by transferring over to Matteson. Anyone willing to work for those two needs their head examined and maybe even meds.
So to say that I was furious is an understatement. I have to say that no one or nothing has ever gotten me to the point of wishing to do real bodily harm to them, but they have. Well I am over it and am better for it. Now I am just cold and calm inside when it comes to them.
Oh and I found out I don't have to answer my cel phone when they call...EVER. In fact from what I found out they really don't have the right to have my number. Well I hope they enjoyed the three times I came in and helped them, cause it is the last time. If Sue needs help then I will answer but no more covering their asses when they sit on them until far to late when they should be fixing a problem.
Enough of that and of them. They are not even worth any more typing.
So this weekend will be fun. There is the party on friday and the gathering on Saturday. Sunday I am spending with my Family (since I cannot head up to Terri's GRRRRR) and then after working on Monday I am heading up. I plan on staying up at her place until late Wednesday night before I head back cause I am working for my buddy Jim at Matteson both Thrusday and Friday.
Now I haven't heard anything about next week so who knows they may want me to work on New Years Eve and Day. Well I hope they understand if I show up with a hangover cause I ain't foregoing getting blasted at that party.
Hopefully after New Years things will settle down and I can start getting back ot usual habits. You know painting, gym, writing and many other things.
Well I have shot my wad. Not much new or truly exciting but then I cannot be the brightest candle every time, lest I burn out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Matt-Man in Transition
Hail and well met
Well as you have noticed by now things have changed around here. I swithced over to the Beta Blogger thingy and renamed my Blog once again. I figured it was time to embrace being Matt-Man a little more then I have been. I mean really what is the point of being a super-hero if you don't flaunt it just a little.
Well working my ass off at the post office just took on a different meaning. I have dropped below 280 for the first time since I started losing weight. Now I know that someone out there is struggling with their weight and I will say this to them.
Don't loose heart and get all down on yourself. Things like this are a challenge and most importantly they didn't happen over night so don't go expecting to change them overnight either. I will stand by you and help if I can in your endeavor to loose those unwanted inches.
So I am working on Christmas Eve. Yeah it sucks big donkey balls. But I am getting paid so it is all...good. Well just except the part where I was supposed to go and see Terri for Christmas Eve. I may still make the trip. I really do love her so much it hurts sometimes.
The 37 inch games party is this friday and I am looking forward to it. I cannot get trashed or anything since I have to work saturday but I can still have a great time.
Hmmm seems a little boring for a post but not much is happening right now.
So on that note
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well as you have noticed by now things have changed around here. I swithced over to the Beta Blogger thingy and renamed my Blog once again. I figured it was time to embrace being Matt-Man a little more then I have been. I mean really what is the point of being a super-hero if you don't flaunt it just a little.
Well working my ass off at the post office just took on a different meaning. I have dropped below 280 for the first time since I started losing weight. Now I know that someone out there is struggling with their weight and I will say this to them.
Don't loose heart and get all down on yourself. Things like this are a challenge and most importantly they didn't happen over night so don't go expecting to change them overnight either. I will stand by you and help if I can in your endeavor to loose those unwanted inches.
So I am working on Christmas Eve. Yeah it sucks big donkey balls. But I am getting paid so it is all...good. Well just except the part where I was supposed to go and see Terri for Christmas Eve. I may still make the trip. I really do love her so much it hurts sometimes.
The 37 inch games party is this friday and I am looking forward to it. I cannot get trashed or anything since I have to work saturday but I can still have a great time.
Hmmm seems a little boring for a post but not much is happening right now.
So on that note
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Matt-man Recants and Reorganizes
Hail and well met
Well first off let me just say that I don't think I will be belly aching anytime soon. After the day I had yesterday I won't ask the question "Can it get any worse?" ever again. The reason is that it did get worse, real worse. I won't go into details except to say that Crete saw more mail then most of them have seen in a LONG time and since many of them are 10+ year veterans that is saying something. Not to mention the 40+ packages that I was supposed to take. Well long story short I got some help but still didn't start driving the route until 1:50. The good news is that I got it done in just over 3 hours. Now they did take the Old folks home off my hands but that only takes like half a case out of four. So although I was exhausted and a little frustrated I was quite pleased with myself and the job I did. Mind you I don't plan on driving myself as crazy every time but now I know I can do it so it is just a matter of time before I get the experience to do it every time without going crazy.
I did go see a movie. It was Flushed Away, that animated film about the rats/mice/cute fuzzy anamorphic rodents and Frogs (both English toads and Frenchmen..I mean frogs...ha same thing!). I have to say that all in all it was a worthwhile experience and I had a good time. Several laughs and a fun story. I know I was alone but I still had a good time. There were some suprises in the voice actors though. Ian Mekellan as the big bad toad, Jean Reno as the French secret agent frog and leader of the Frog men. Hugh Jackman as the lead was also a surprise cause I didn't know that going in and would never have guessed it by the voice.
All in all a good flick and I will probably own it.
Well that is all the time I have here right now. I am off to work out and get this body into better shape. Ha good luck with that.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well first off let me just say that I don't think I will be belly aching anytime soon. After the day I had yesterday I won't ask the question "Can it get any worse?" ever again. The reason is that it did get worse, real worse. I won't go into details except to say that Crete saw more mail then most of them have seen in a LONG time and since many of them are 10+ year veterans that is saying something. Not to mention the 40+ packages that I was supposed to take. Well long story short I got some help but still didn't start driving the route until 1:50. The good news is that I got it done in just over 3 hours. Now they did take the Old folks home off my hands but that only takes like half a case out of four. So although I was exhausted and a little frustrated I was quite pleased with myself and the job I did. Mind you I don't plan on driving myself as crazy every time but now I know I can do it so it is just a matter of time before I get the experience to do it every time without going crazy.
I did go see a movie. It was Flushed Away, that animated film about the rats/mice/cute fuzzy anamorphic rodents and Frogs (both English toads and Frenchmen..I mean frogs...ha same thing!). I have to say that all in all it was a worthwhile experience and I had a good time. Several laughs and a fun story. I know I was alone but I still had a good time. There were some suprises in the voice actors though. Ian Mekellan as the big bad toad, Jean Reno as the French secret agent frog and leader of the Frog men. Hugh Jackman as the lead was also a surprise cause I didn't know that going in and would never have guessed it by the voice.
All in all a good flick and I will probably own it.
Well that is all the time I have here right now. I am off to work out and get this body into better shape. Ha good luck with that.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Matt-Man Has One of THOSE Days
Hail and well met
Well the title says it all. Period. Not in a good mood but not depressed, just pissed. Mostly at myself and my inability to get a damn route done in less then 51/2 hours. yes I know I am still learning and don't have all the experiance but that doesn't stop me from feeling that I should be doing better. I just hope that I can destress before tonight or it is going to make for a GREAT day tomorrow, running the other route and all.
Yeah what a belly aching shmuck. I am sure you all deal with worse things every day and I should just shut up. Well for once in my life I don't care about your problems I care about mine. Sorry that was a bit of a bleed over from a family problem. But it is something that I realize I do all to often. I try and fix every one else's problems and keep putting my own on the "Back Burner" because everyone else's problems are way more important then mine. Well I cannot afford to do that any longer. I have to deal with my problems first second and always, cause no one is running to do for me what I do for everyone else. Sorry but the well of human kindness has run dry, and in fact is becoming a black hole that will suck everything into it in an attempt to replace the loss.
Gah I hate being pissed and trying to post a truly positive blog. I should edit what I just typed but then again I think I will let it stand for posterity and all that.
I am not depressed. I am just...tired of all the bullshit. I want people to realize that they are the ones responsible for their happiness, other can help but in the end it is up to everyone individually to be happy. I will reprint here a part of a quotation that gave me great help.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson
So there it is and I don't plan on elaborating on it. Just wanted to dump some of my baggage here and let all see. Now I am off to shower and then go see a movie BY MY SELF! Which you should know I hate but everyone else is either sick or unavailable so I go alone.
May the Force be with you.
Excelsior!!!
Well the title says it all. Period. Not in a good mood but not depressed, just pissed. Mostly at myself and my inability to get a damn route done in less then 51/2 hours. yes I know I am still learning and don't have all the experiance but that doesn't stop me from feeling that I should be doing better. I just hope that I can destress before tonight or it is going to make for a GREAT day tomorrow, running the other route and all.
Yeah what a belly aching shmuck. I am sure you all deal with worse things every day and I should just shut up. Well for once in my life I don't care about your problems I care about mine. Sorry that was a bit of a bleed over from a family problem. But it is something that I realize I do all to often. I try and fix every one else's problems and keep putting my own on the "Back Burner" because everyone else's problems are way more important then mine. Well I cannot afford to do that any longer. I have to deal with my problems first second and always, cause no one is running to do for me what I do for everyone else. Sorry but the well of human kindness has run dry, and in fact is becoming a black hole that will suck everything into it in an attempt to replace the loss.
Gah I hate being pissed and trying to post a truly positive blog. I should edit what I just typed but then again I think I will let it stand for posterity and all that.
I am not depressed. I am just...tired of all the bullshit. I want people to realize that they are the ones responsible for their happiness, other can help but in the end it is up to everyone individually to be happy. I will reprint here a part of a quotation that gave me great help.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson
So there it is and I don't plan on elaborating on it. Just wanted to dump some of my baggage here and let all see. Now I am off to shower and then go see a movie BY MY SELF! Which you should know I hate but everyone else is either sick or unavailable so I go alone.
May the Force be with you.
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Matt-Man Takes a Breather
Hail and well met
Wow it has been quite a ride as of late. Working almost every day and on the days I don't I usually try and rest. Got paid last week and it was nice...for about two hours until I had paid off my bills and got some much needed maintenance on the Matt-Mobile done and discovered how quickly it all runs away. It was still nice to have it though and get some things done that needed to be done.
I went up and saw Terri this weekend Saturday and Sunday and Monday (It is nice to be able to do that again). It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it. Any time I get to spend time with my lady is a good thing. She really is the greatest thing in my life right now.
Came home today and ran out to do some Post Office work with my bud Jim at the Matteson Post Office. I will be working there the next three days learning his route so I can cover him when he takes some days off to be with his son over the holidays. Crete is still on Saturday and I am glad to leave it like that until they decide to do more with me cause I ain't volunteering.
People have spoken and I have heard them. I will be working on a All Flesh Idea to run over winter break. That helps as I can then start streamlining my plans for the summer.
Ok well I have to do some other stuff tonight so I am going to head out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wow it has been quite a ride as of late. Working almost every day and on the days I don't I usually try and rest. Got paid last week and it was nice...for about two hours until I had paid off my bills and got some much needed maintenance on the Matt-Mobile done and discovered how quickly it all runs away. It was still nice to have it though and get some things done that needed to be done.
I went up and saw Terri this weekend Saturday and Sunday and Monday (It is nice to be able to do that again). It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it. Any time I get to spend time with my lady is a good thing. She really is the greatest thing in my life right now.
Came home today and ran out to do some Post Office work with my bud Jim at the Matteson Post Office. I will be working there the next three days learning his route so I can cover him when he takes some days off to be with his son over the holidays. Crete is still on Saturday and I am glad to leave it like that until they decide to do more with me cause I ain't volunteering.
People have spoken and I have heard them. I will be working on a All Flesh Idea to run over winter break. That helps as I can then start streamlining my plans for the summer.
Ok well I have to do some other stuff tonight so I am going to head out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Matt-Man Comes Back From The Brink!
Hail and well met
It has been a short time since I last posted, ha that word holds new meaning now doesn't it. In fact I have been posting every day just not here but in Crete and I have been posting mail. HA I slay myself sometimes. Ok enough of the bad plays on words.
In fact I have been working almost every day up and including today. Which was by far the hardest day I have had so far, well not so much in the day itself but the lead up to it. Let me explain.
Shortly after I started my leadership support group went on vacation. The primary carrier went on vacation Tuesday of last week and just got back yesterday, my supervisor was gone since Wednesday till yesterday and the Post Master is still on vacation. So as I was in training I had little feedback from up above letting me know if I was doing a good job or not. I was left to stew in my own mind, which is never a good place to be. All of my life I have always held myself to a higher standard then those that were over me and this was no different. When Sue and my supervisor came back yesterday I was expecting to be told "Thanks for nothing have a good day" or at least get a good talking to because in my opinion I had done a lousy job. I didn't think that I was fast enough and was forgetting tons of important things.
Well no big surprise they were ok with the job I had done. Today I was to do the entire route with Sue riding with me to evaluate me. That stressed me so much. Driving for me is something I take seriously especially when someone else is in my car, cause it isn't just my life but theirs as well. Now I know I am a good driver but driving on the left side of the car is totally new so yeah it stressed me a lot. I also had my doubts about my in car routine and that it would be ok.
Well as you should know and by now I should as well, everything went great. Sue was happy with the way I did everything and said that she didn't see much that I could do to improve other then gaining experience. So starting Saturday I will be running the route on my own. So I have planned to take some small amount of time to recover and get into the flow before I jump into a new route but I am on my way.
The really strange part about all of this has been that for all my stressing I didn't get overly depressed. I teetered on the edge of despair but something was there to give me both hope and strength to pull through. That would be my more wonderful lady, Terri. Baby I love you so much. I hope I tell you enough that you mean the world to me. Thank you for being there for me and I hope that I am returning the favor (If not then hit me in the head or kick me in the ass cause I am falling down on the job).
So now that I am past all that stupid stressing I can hunker down and prep for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. What is happening on those days you ask? Well Friday is the return of the most awesome campaign I have had the pleasure to run; Iron Kingdoms! Oh yes boys this Friday begins the return to the Roaring Goat. I am getting geeked! Oh man it is in like my pinky!!!!
Saturday and Sunday I am heading up north to visit my lady. Oh baby I'm coming for you! (oops that could be naughty if you take it the wrong way...;) I love you and I am counting the minutes!
So that is all I have to say, oh wait. I get paid Friday! YEAH I get paid!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It has been a short time since I last posted, ha that word holds new meaning now doesn't it. In fact I have been posting every day just not here but in Crete and I have been posting mail. HA I slay myself sometimes. Ok enough of the bad plays on words.
In fact I have been working almost every day up and including today. Which was by far the hardest day I have had so far, well not so much in the day itself but the lead up to it. Let me explain.
Shortly after I started my leadership support group went on vacation. The primary carrier went on vacation Tuesday of last week and just got back yesterday, my supervisor was gone since Wednesday till yesterday and the Post Master is still on vacation. So as I was in training I had little feedback from up above letting me know if I was doing a good job or not. I was left to stew in my own mind, which is never a good place to be. All of my life I have always held myself to a higher standard then those that were over me and this was no different. When Sue and my supervisor came back yesterday I was expecting to be told "Thanks for nothing have a good day" or at least get a good talking to because in my opinion I had done a lousy job. I didn't think that I was fast enough and was forgetting tons of important things.
Well no big surprise they were ok with the job I had done. Today I was to do the entire route with Sue riding with me to evaluate me. That stressed me so much. Driving for me is something I take seriously especially when someone else is in my car, cause it isn't just my life but theirs as well. Now I know I am a good driver but driving on the left side of the car is totally new so yeah it stressed me a lot. I also had my doubts about my in car routine and that it would be ok.
Well as you should know and by now I should as well, everything went great. Sue was happy with the way I did everything and said that she didn't see much that I could do to improve other then gaining experience. So starting Saturday I will be running the route on my own. So I have planned to take some small amount of time to recover and get into the flow before I jump into a new route but I am on my way.
The really strange part about all of this has been that for all my stressing I didn't get overly depressed. I teetered on the edge of despair but something was there to give me both hope and strength to pull through. That would be my more wonderful lady, Terri. Baby I love you so much. I hope I tell you enough that you mean the world to me. Thank you for being there for me and I hope that I am returning the favor (If not then hit me in the head or kick me in the ass cause I am falling down on the job).
So now that I am past all that stupid stressing I can hunker down and prep for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. What is happening on those days you ask? Well Friday is the return of the most awesome campaign I have had the pleasure to run; Iron Kingdoms! Oh yes boys this Friday begins the return to the Roaring Goat. I am getting geeked! Oh man it is in like my pinky!!!!
Saturday and Sunday I am heading up north to visit my lady. Oh baby I'm coming for you! (oops that could be naughty if you take it the wrong way...;) I love you and I am counting the minutes!
So that is all I have to say, oh wait. I get paid Friday! YEAH I get paid!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Friday, November 24, 2006
Matt-Man in the Meat Grinder
Hail and well met
WOW WTF!!!
It has been quite a ride since I last posted. I have been working at the Post Office almost every day since. Now I am not complaining cause I am guessing that after next Monday it will be down to the one day a week I am supposed to run the route. It is just that to go from no work to everyday up at 5:30 to be at work at 7 and going nonstop till 3:30, 4:30 and even as late as 5:30 is a bit of a shock to the system. I am still not entirely caught up on life.
I did go to see Terri for Thanksgiving and that rocked, although it was a trial. I was going to head up on Wednesday after work and figured it would be a normal day like it had been. Nope they decided to give me 90% of the route and had me run it off the normal carrier time sheet. I believe that it means that I only get the evaluated time that the route should take, not the actual hours I worked. Now I am not compalining cause it is a good pay for the time put in, I just don't think they will like that I was there from 7 till 5:30 and took almost 5 hours on the route proper. It was quite stressful as I was trying to get done so I could leave and see Terri.
I finally got up to her place at around 8ish and we went out and had dinner. We came back and crashed until the next day. Cut and prepared some pumpkins to make pies with, hung out and then went to her parents for dinner. It was a good meal and it was good to be with her and her family. It was a good Thanksgiving, one of the best I have had for a number of years.
Mostly cause I had more then just my health and friends to be thankful for. Not that they are not good things to be thankful for but after awhile it seems hollow. Well this year I added two things. One of course is my beautiful sexy lady Terri and the other is my job.
I could never have expected to find someone so smart, fun, strong, understanding, patient and beautiful who so totally love me for who I am. I am the luckiest man on this planet and I don't exaggerate. Not to say you all haven't found your luck in your partners but this is me we are talking about. You know the man that could need only roll a 2 or better on a D20 and manage every time to roll a 1. But all that has changed now and I am thankful for having her in my life. I cannot thank the Man upstairs for sending her my way. I guess waiting 36 years paid off in spades (I still don't quite know where that comes from or what it means exactly).
My job is...Well my job. It is a paycheck and should allow me to do some things I have been waiting to do that have not been possible whilst broke.
So here I sit. Tired both physically and mentally but at the same time I feel quite content and happy. I know that in time all things are possible, well that and the Force being with me.
Ok well I am quite tired and I don' t want to start rambling aimlessly.
voices scream off screen "TOO LATE!"
Ha very funny. Eat me!
So on that note I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
WOW WTF!!!
It has been quite a ride since I last posted. I have been working at the Post Office almost every day since. Now I am not complaining cause I am guessing that after next Monday it will be down to the one day a week I am supposed to run the route. It is just that to go from no work to everyday up at 5:30 to be at work at 7 and going nonstop till 3:30, 4:30 and even as late as 5:30 is a bit of a shock to the system. I am still not entirely caught up on life.
I did go to see Terri for Thanksgiving and that rocked, although it was a trial. I was going to head up on Wednesday after work and figured it would be a normal day like it had been. Nope they decided to give me 90% of the route and had me run it off the normal carrier time sheet. I believe that it means that I only get the evaluated time that the route should take, not the actual hours I worked. Now I am not compalining cause it is a good pay for the time put in, I just don't think they will like that I was there from 7 till 5:30 and took almost 5 hours on the route proper. It was quite stressful as I was trying to get done so I could leave and see Terri.
I finally got up to her place at around 8ish and we went out and had dinner. We came back and crashed until the next day. Cut and prepared some pumpkins to make pies with, hung out and then went to her parents for dinner. It was a good meal and it was good to be with her and her family. It was a good Thanksgiving, one of the best I have had for a number of years.
Mostly cause I had more then just my health and friends to be thankful for. Not that they are not good things to be thankful for but after awhile it seems hollow. Well this year I added two things. One of course is my beautiful sexy lady Terri and the other is my job.
I could never have expected to find someone so smart, fun, strong, understanding, patient and beautiful who so totally love me for who I am. I am the luckiest man on this planet and I don't exaggerate. Not to say you all haven't found your luck in your partners but this is me we are talking about. You know the man that could need only roll a 2 or better on a D20 and manage every time to roll a 1. But all that has changed now and I am thankful for having her in my life. I cannot thank the Man upstairs for sending her my way. I guess waiting 36 years paid off in spades (I still don't quite know where that comes from or what it means exactly).
My job is...Well my job. It is a paycheck and should allow me to do some things I have been waiting to do that have not been possible whilst broke.
So here I sit. Tired both physically and mentally but at the same time I feel quite content and happy. I know that in time all things are possible, well that and the Force being with me.
Ok well I am quite tired and I don' t want to start rambling aimlessly.
voices scream off screen "TOO LATE!"
Ha very funny. Eat me!
So on that note I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Matt-Man - Unleashed
Hail and well met
Well as you probably have figured out at this moment I have tossed out the template I was using. I figured out that no one could comment at all. I tried to figure out the coding for putting them back but all I did was make things a little crazy. I am not giving up though, just need to be able to get any feedback you all leave me. So for the time being I will be using one of the standard templates from Blogger.
Yeah I know who give a rats ass. It is just a blog, but I look at it as an learning experience. So let me have my delusions, ok.
Anyway on to more important news. I have as of today worked four days consecutively at the Post Office. Two of those days I was out on my own driving a part of the route. Yes all by my lonesome.
I like it, which seems to puzzle my coworkers. But like most situations I realize that half of the problem is your point of view and the other is the reality of the situation. Which is not so hot.
The two managerial positions in the office are held by people that at first glance appear to be knowledgeable and competent. Then you watch them work and see what they do, or don't do and their ignorance becomes apparent. They seem prone to micromanagement and are driven to control every thing. In the process they overlook some rather simple managerial duties that would normally get people in trouble. Like...I don't know, making sure to PAY YOUR NEW GUY!
Yeah I am going to have to remind them on Monday that I should have a paycheck for all the training I have done. In fact I am depending on it to keep my car running, an important part of doing my job. Now this is the first time in my life that I have had to chase after management to get paid and it seems that this is the only place that it is a problem. I have been told by more then one person that I should watch my hours cause they love to forget days you work. Oh trust me I am watching them like hawks. I may take my job seriously and I know it must be done, but in no way am I giving up my paycheck.
So all in all it is fun. Casing the mail (sorting it) is kind of like a memory game and I take some enjoyment from it. The driving part is...strange. I can do it with not much problem but it just takes a lot out of me. Which is funny cause everyone else says the casing is harder for them and driving is the easiest. But then again I am no mere mortal....
I AM MATT-MAN!!!
On some other fronts I am going up to Terri's parents for Thanksgiving. I am also thinking about making a trip up there the following weekend. As I get my work schedule worked out I am going to be returning to the gym. With the onset of capitol liquidity I hope to resume some of my usual habits, but I am giving up several. I do have some bills to pay off and I have to do it. All in all I am doing well.
Oh and for everyone to remember and hopefully show up I AM STARTING IRON KINGDOMS A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY!
I had intended to start last Friday but between starting work and fighting off a pseudo cold I was glad that everyone seemed to forget my announcement. But don't do it this time! I mean it! Friday the 1st of December Iron Kingdoms starts again!!!
ALL HAIL THE ROARING GOAT!!
Ok well that is all the time I really have for today. I hope to post more soon,
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well as you probably have figured out at this moment I have tossed out the template I was using. I figured out that no one could comment at all. I tried to figure out the coding for putting them back but all I did was make things a little crazy. I am not giving up though, just need to be able to get any feedback you all leave me. So for the time being I will be using one of the standard templates from Blogger.
Yeah I know who give a rats ass. It is just a blog, but I look at it as an learning experience. So let me have my delusions, ok.
Anyway on to more important news. I have as of today worked four days consecutively at the Post Office. Two of those days I was out on my own driving a part of the route. Yes all by my lonesome.
I like it, which seems to puzzle my coworkers. But like most situations I realize that half of the problem is your point of view and the other is the reality of the situation. Which is not so hot.
The two managerial positions in the office are held by people that at first glance appear to be knowledgeable and competent. Then you watch them work and see what they do, or don't do and their ignorance becomes apparent. They seem prone to micromanagement and are driven to control every thing. In the process they overlook some rather simple managerial duties that would normally get people in trouble. Like...I don't know, making sure to PAY YOUR NEW GUY!
Yeah I am going to have to remind them on Monday that I should have a paycheck for all the training I have done. In fact I am depending on it to keep my car running, an important part of doing my job. Now this is the first time in my life that I have had to chase after management to get paid and it seems that this is the only place that it is a problem. I have been told by more then one person that I should watch my hours cause they love to forget days you work. Oh trust me I am watching them like hawks. I may take my job seriously and I know it must be done, but in no way am I giving up my paycheck.
So all in all it is fun. Casing the mail (sorting it) is kind of like a memory game and I take some enjoyment from it. The driving part is...strange. I can do it with not much problem but it just takes a lot out of me. Which is funny cause everyone else says the casing is harder for them and driving is the easiest. But then again I am no mere mortal....
I AM MATT-MAN!!!
On some other fronts I am going up to Terri's parents for Thanksgiving. I am also thinking about making a trip up there the following weekend. As I get my work schedule worked out I am going to be returning to the gym. With the onset of capitol liquidity I hope to resume some of my usual habits, but I am giving up several. I do have some bills to pay off and I have to do it. All in all I am doing well.
Oh and for everyone to remember and hopefully show up I AM STARTING IRON KINGDOMS A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY!
I had intended to start last Friday but between starting work and fighting off a pseudo cold I was glad that everyone seemed to forget my announcement. But don't do it this time! I mean it! Friday the 1st of December Iron Kingdoms starts again!!!
ALL HAIL THE ROARING GOAT!!
Ok well that is all the time I really have for today. I hope to post more soon,
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Matt=Man Mixes It Up
Hail and well met
Well as you can see I have made some changes here at the Closet of Lost Dreams. Tried my hand at altering a template a little to fit my style a little more. Still working on it so let me know what you think.
I start at the Post Office tomorrow. Oh and to answer the question posed in a comment, it pays by the hour.
Well I have tons of things to get done before tomorrow so I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well as you can see I have made some changes here at the Closet of Lost Dreams. Tried my hand at altering a template a little to fit my style a little more. Still working on it so let me know what you think.
I start at the Post Office tomorrow. Oh and to answer the question posed in a comment, it pays by the hour.
Well I have tons of things to get done before tomorrow so I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Matt-Man Recieves His Orders
Hail and well met
Ok so today I finished up Carrier Academy. I am now qualified to sort and deliver mail. Woot!
I start working next Wednesday at 7:00 AM. I should be in for three days of on the job training and after that I am on my own. Now according to the instructors we should not be surprised if we work only our one day. It is complicated but there are different routes and some of then only have one day off every two weeks while others are every week and some even have no days off. Sucks for them. As far as I know Crete has the one day a week routes mostly. So I will have at least one day a week. Now understand that I am fine with that to begin with so I can ease into the process. But believe me that once I get the hang of doing the sorting at the office and get to know the area I am going to be learning my two other routes as soon as possible and as soon as possible after that I am going to be offering my services to several other Post Offices. If I play my cards right I will be able to pull down four or five days a week. The great thing is this I ONLY HAVE TO WORK DAYS MY PRIMARY CARRIER IS OFF OR SICK OR ON VACATION.
That means that unless they are calling me in for him/her I can refuse with no problem. I can control my work schedule and that is something I have to say makes me happy. Now I am in control and it feels good again.
So I am off till next Wednesday and I will know more from there.
I have a ton of things lined up for me to get done between now and then. It seems funny that I had all that time to get things done but not until this was resolved could I seem to be able to do most of it without getting a splitting headache and stomach pains. Must have to do something with my Subconscious or some other hidden part of my sick little mind.
Ok well this is just a sort of quick post to let every one know where I stand. I will post again soon and maybe even try out a little fiction.
I SAID FICTION NOT FRICTION!....What a buch of sickos. Yeesh!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ok so today I finished up Carrier Academy. I am now qualified to sort and deliver mail. Woot!
I start working next Wednesday at 7:00 AM. I should be in for three days of on the job training and after that I am on my own. Now according to the instructors we should not be surprised if we work only our one day. It is complicated but there are different routes and some of then only have one day off every two weeks while others are every week and some even have no days off. Sucks for them. As far as I know Crete has the one day a week routes mostly. So I will have at least one day a week. Now understand that I am fine with that to begin with so I can ease into the process. But believe me that once I get the hang of doing the sorting at the office and get to know the area I am going to be learning my two other routes as soon as possible and as soon as possible after that I am going to be offering my services to several other Post Offices. If I play my cards right I will be able to pull down four or five days a week. The great thing is this I ONLY HAVE TO WORK DAYS MY PRIMARY CARRIER IS OFF OR SICK OR ON VACATION.
That means that unless they are calling me in for him/her I can refuse with no problem. I can control my work schedule and that is something I have to say makes me happy. Now I am in control and it feels good again.
So I am off till next Wednesday and I will know more from there.
I have a ton of things lined up for me to get done between now and then. It seems funny that I had all that time to get things done but not until this was resolved could I seem to be able to do most of it without getting a splitting headache and stomach pains. Must have to do something with my Subconscious or some other hidden part of my sick little mind.
Ok well this is just a sort of quick post to let every one know where I stand. I will post again soon and maybe even try out a little fiction.
I SAID FICTION NOT FRICTION!....What a buch of sickos. Yeesh!
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Matt-Man Gets Surveyed...
Hail and well met
Well it has been a short while since I posted something completely useless and frivolous. So here is my entry in "Most useless entry of the Year award". Enjoy.
An Adult Survey - Be honest.
If you aren't honest, then what is the point?
Fill it out and re-post as a bulletin. Have fun.
I'm not much of a bar person
6) Thrown up from drinking too much?
No not yet but my life is young
7) Had sex in a car?
no yet but one never knows
8) Had sex in a park?
No but see above
9) Had sex in a movie theater?
Hell no. Not against it but I usually want to see the movie… I mean I paid for it and well I am going to leave it at that
10)Had sex in a bathroom??
Public- Not on a bet but Home(hers) yes and it was quite clean.
11) Had sex at work?
Hmmm I wouldn’t be against it but no
12. have u ever been in an adult store?
Not yet but one never knows
13) Ever bought anything in an "adult" store?
not yet but again who knows
14) Have you ever paid more than 100.00 in adult store?
No and I don’t know what you could spend…Oh wait I don’t want to know
15) Is there someone you wish you never had sex with?
Nope wanted it with every last one…Oh wait it has only been one and I wanted it…A LOT!
16) Is there someone you wish you could have had sex with?
sorry nope I got the one I want
17) Is there anyone on your friends list you wish you could have sex with?
I don’t have to wish.
18) Is there anyone on your friends list you have had sex with?
Oh yes and it was amazing!>
19) Have you ever kissed a stranger
I don’t think so. But aren’t we all strangers until we know each other?
20) Have you ever had a one night stand?
Nope never came up
21) Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Nope but she hasn’t asked for a photo shoot…at least not yet
22) Have you ever been to a swingers club/party?
No and since I don’t want every disease on the planet I don’t think I will
I've come to realize that my ex...
Doesn’t exist
2. I am listening to...
Music…Evanescence, Lose Control from The Open Door.
3. I talk...
so little that at time I can seem like a ghost and some time try to talk as fast as I think.
4. I love...
Terri.
5. My best friends...
are some of the best parts of me.
6. My first real kiss...
took place on May 28/29 in Bills brothers room.
7. I lost my virginity...
with the perfect person.
8. I hate it when people...
aren’t patient
9. Love is...
something I thought I would never find.
10. Marriage is...
not a piece of paper.
11. Somewhere, someone is thinking...
of doing to me the things I am thinking of doing to them.
12. I'll always...
be me.
13. I have a secret crush on...
nobody cause they all know how I feel... Wait sorry I forgot that Jillian Anderson doesn’t know how I feel about her… Sorry Terri but you have Johnny I have Jilly.
14. The last time I cried was because...
I couldn’t make it better.
15. My cell phone...
is more like a complicated pager right now.
16. When I wake up in the morning...
I want to find her here and when I do it is wonderful.
17. Before I go to sleep at night...
I take pain pills.
18. Right now I am thinking about...
Ha this survey, Terri and that my cell phone is going off and why is my Dad calling me at home on my cell phone?
19. Babies are...
something I never thought I wanted until I met Terri.
20. I get on myspace...
a lot less now then I did.
21. Today I...
typed a lot of things in my computer, including this survey.
22. Tonight I will...
go to sleep missing Terri.
23. Tomorrow I will...
go to Lemont to start Carrier Collage.
24. I really want...
to get paid.
25. The person most likely to repost this is...
Jillian Anderson (Hey I can dream can’t I) Ok Terri (I don’t have to dream with you baby, although you are in most of them ROWRR). Ok well there it is. Yup probably not what you wanted to see or hear in your lifetime, but hey its my blog so MEH. I had some fun doing them so at least I hope that they can solicit a laugh...
OH HELL the sign says no soliciting, I am so screwed.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well it has been a short while since I posted something completely useless and frivolous. So here is my entry in "Most useless entry of the Year award". Enjoy.
An Adult Survey - Be honest.
If you aren't honest, then what is the point?
Fill it out and re-post as a bulletin. Have fun.
I'm not much of a bar person
6) Thrown up from drinking too much?
No not yet but my life is young
7) Had sex in a car?
no yet but one never knows
8) Had sex in a park?
No but see above
9) Had sex in a movie theater?
Hell no. Not against it but I usually want to see the movie… I mean I paid for it and well I am going to leave it at that
10)Had sex in a bathroom??
Public- Not on a bet but Home(hers) yes and it was quite clean.
11) Had sex at work?
Hmmm I wouldn’t be against it but no
12. have u ever been in an adult store?
Not yet but one never knows
13) Ever bought anything in an "adult" store?
not yet but again who knows
14) Have you ever paid more than 100.00 in adult store?
No and I don’t know what you could spend…Oh wait I don’t want to know
15) Is there someone you wish you never had sex with?
Nope wanted it with every last one…Oh wait it has only been one and I wanted it…A LOT!
16) Is there someone you wish you could have had sex with?
sorry nope I got the one I want
17) Is there anyone on your friends list you wish you could have sex with?
I don’t have to wish.
18) Is there anyone on your friends list you have had sex with?
Oh yes and it was amazing!>
19) Have you ever kissed a stranger
I don’t think so. But aren’t we all strangers until we know each other?
20) Have you ever had a one night stand?
Nope never came up
21) Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Nope but she hasn’t asked for a photo shoot…at least not yet
22) Have you ever been to a swingers club/party?
No and since I don’t want every disease on the planet I don’t think I will
I've come to realize that my ex...
Doesn’t exist
2. I am listening to...
Music…Evanescence, Lose Control from The Open Door.
3. I talk...
so little that at time I can seem like a ghost and some time try to talk as fast as I think.
4. I love...
Terri.
5. My best friends...
are some of the best parts of me.
6. My first real kiss...
took place on May 28/29 in Bills brothers room.
7. I lost my virginity...
with the perfect person.
8. I hate it when people...
aren’t patient
9. Love is...
something I thought I would never find.
10. Marriage is...
not a piece of paper.
11. Somewhere, someone is thinking...
of doing to me the things I am thinking of doing to them.
12. I'll always...
be me.
13. I have a secret crush on...
nobody cause they all know how I feel... Wait sorry I forgot that Jillian Anderson doesn’t know how I feel about her… Sorry Terri but you have Johnny I have Jilly.
14. The last time I cried was because...
I couldn’t make it better.
15. My cell phone...
is more like a complicated pager right now.
16. When I wake up in the morning...
I want to find her here and when I do it is wonderful.
17. Before I go to sleep at night...
I take pain pills.
18. Right now I am thinking about...
Ha this survey, Terri and that my cell phone is going off and why is my Dad calling me at home on my cell phone?
19. Babies are...
something I never thought I wanted until I met Terri.
20. I get on myspace...
a lot less now then I did.
21. Today I...
typed a lot of things in my computer, including this survey.
22. Tonight I will...
go to sleep missing Terri.
23. Tomorrow I will...
go to Lemont to start Carrier Collage.
24. I really want...
to get paid.
25. The person most likely to repost this is...
Jillian Anderson (Hey I can dream can’t I) Ok Terri (I don’t have to dream with you baby, although you are in most of them ROWRR). Ok well there it is. Yup probably not what you wanted to see or hear in your lifetime, but hey its my blog so MEH. I had some fun doing them so at least I hope that they can solicit a laugh...
OH HELL the sign says no soliciting, I am so screwed.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Friday, November 03, 2006
Matt-Man makes the Grade
Hail and well met
Well it is finally official with no signs of them changing their minds or trying to call do over. I am a Federal employee in the Post Office. WOW it only took me almost a year.
Oh I should clarify something. They did try and pull something similar to last time. In short I thought I was hired by Matteson since they kept in touch with me and communicated. What a concept. Well I get almost done with orientation and I get paper word that indicates that I am Rural Carrier Associate in Crete. I asked and they once again said that was the information that they had on hand.
Not willing to make the same mistake I got hold of Carmen at the Matteson Post Offcie and told her the story. She called the Bedford park office and left a message for the person in charge. I went home pending her calling me back once she got the call back and the information. I wasn't home more then 25 minutes when Crete calls wanting to know what up. I asked the lady if they had hired me and she said yes. Well that was the first I had heard of it but since I wanted the job and now that I knew I took it. I mean it is better money and a real job. So after several calls it was all straightened out and I go to carrier collage (or academy which ever is in favor right now) starting next Monday thru Wednesday in Lemont Illinois. Then I start at Crete.
Ok well that is out of the way. I am employed and that is the big hurdle.
Of course good news is always followed by bad, it is just the way of this imperfect world. Wednesday I learned that following a series of events between Jen and the people she is living with she is/was going to return home. It is tearing her and Ben to pieces cause they really love each other. I can relate in some small way with the situation with Terri. But being the kind of guy that I am I had to try and think of a solution. I had some ideas but they needed outside input before I could offer them.
So after calling Terri and talking to her last night telling her all about the situation she came to the same conclusion that I did. She is looking for a roommate and has a available vehicle that could be used. Thus I am trying to get a hold of Jen or Ben to get the ball rolling cause there is a lot of details that must be covered before this either is shelved or becomes reality. So if anyone reads this and can get a hold of Jen PLEASE DO. This is important and if it wasn't for my lack of gas and my desperate need for it next week I would just make a run out the loft. DAMN GAS EATING CARS!
Ok well in other news I am working on a couple of ideas concerning my WOD adventure that I lost when my comp crashed and my hard drive got fried. There are some rather interesting coincidences with my research. But anyway I do hope to run it some time. First I have to get some better idea of the social ecosystem of the early 1900's. If anyone has a simple resource that I could look at with my mind like a really smart and talented bowl of rancid banana pudding that used to be deviled ham please let me know where it is.
Ok well I am going to be posting a couple surveys here and on myspace soon. I have been a little remiss as far as my written adventures of Matt-Man on my myspace blog so maybe I will script one of those today...Oh yeah you don't know. I am off since I don't need to know how to drive one of those funky postal trucks, I am driving my own vehicle. Yeah for unclunky minivan with radio and CD playing ability.
That about raps it up for this installment. Not much more damage I can do around this popsicle stand.
Again if anyone knows how to get a hold of Ben or Jen PLEASE DO SO AND TELL THEM TO CONTACT ME ANYWAY POSSIBLE.
My cell phone (or my really complex pager) 312-320-0839
My home phone (which is my internet connection so call my cell first so I can get off line)
708-747-4630
My email is xens@gmail.com, xens2003@yahoo.com
comments on this blog work as do messages to myspace.
I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well it is finally official with no signs of them changing their minds or trying to call do over. I am a Federal employee in the Post Office. WOW it only took me almost a year.
Oh I should clarify something. They did try and pull something similar to last time. In short I thought I was hired by Matteson since they kept in touch with me and communicated. What a concept. Well I get almost done with orientation and I get paper word that indicates that I am Rural Carrier Associate in Crete. I asked and they once again said that was the information that they had on hand.
Not willing to make the same mistake I got hold of Carmen at the Matteson Post Offcie and told her the story. She called the Bedford park office and left a message for the person in charge. I went home pending her calling me back once she got the call back and the information. I wasn't home more then 25 minutes when Crete calls wanting to know what up. I asked the lady if they had hired me and she said yes. Well that was the first I had heard of it but since I wanted the job and now that I knew I took it. I mean it is better money and a real job. So after several calls it was all straightened out and I go to carrier collage (or academy which ever is in favor right now) starting next Monday thru Wednesday in Lemont Illinois. Then I start at Crete.
Ok well that is out of the way. I am employed and that is the big hurdle.
Of course good news is always followed by bad, it is just the way of this imperfect world. Wednesday I learned that following a series of events between Jen and the people she is living with she is/was going to return home. It is tearing her and Ben to pieces cause they really love each other. I can relate in some small way with the situation with Terri. But being the kind of guy that I am I had to try and think of a solution. I had some ideas but they needed outside input before I could offer them.
So after calling Terri and talking to her last night telling her all about the situation she came to the same conclusion that I did. She is looking for a roommate and has a available vehicle that could be used. Thus I am trying to get a hold of Jen or Ben to get the ball rolling cause there is a lot of details that must be covered before this either is shelved or becomes reality. So if anyone reads this and can get a hold of Jen PLEASE DO. This is important and if it wasn't for my lack of gas and my desperate need for it next week I would just make a run out the loft. DAMN GAS EATING CARS!
Ok well in other news I am working on a couple of ideas concerning my WOD adventure that I lost when my comp crashed and my hard drive got fried. There are some rather interesting coincidences with my research. But anyway I do hope to run it some time. First I have to get some better idea of the social ecosystem of the early 1900's. If anyone has a simple resource that I could look at with my mind like a really smart and talented bowl of rancid banana pudding that used to be deviled ham please let me know where it is.
Ok well I am going to be posting a couple surveys here and on myspace soon. I have been a little remiss as far as my written adventures of Matt-Man on my myspace blog so maybe I will script one of those today...Oh yeah you don't know. I am off since I don't need to know how to drive one of those funky postal trucks, I am driving my own vehicle. Yeah for unclunky minivan with radio and CD playing ability.
That about raps it up for this installment. Not much more damage I can do around this popsicle stand.
Again if anyone knows how to get a hold of Ben or Jen PLEASE DO SO AND TELL THEM TO CONTACT ME ANYWAY POSSIBLE.
My cell phone (or my really complex pager) 312-320-0839
My home phone (which is my internet connection so call my cell first so I can get off line)
708-747-4630
My email is xens@gmail.com, xens2003@yahoo.com
comments on this blog work as do messages to myspace.
I am out of here.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
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