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New Year!



I have done nothing, and it has been good. In fact, I have done nothing for so long now, its all I want to do. For New Year's Eve my wife and I watched Stardust again. I thought I heard fireworks. Its been a festival of wine since I've been off. Were it only my hand which turned it from water. Nothing + wine = teh awesome. I rocked hard in 2007, but I will conquer 2008 and reign victorious.

I always do.

So I had these two zits pop up on my forehead one morning. Big ones. I looked like Hellboy. At first, I was thankful I didn't have to leave the house for a week, then I thought, "WTF do I care?" You see, I'm not vain, I have narcissistic tendencies. I do not swoon when I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror, nor do I seek mirrors out. My assumption is that you're going to think I look fabulous no matter what kind of day I'm having. Of course this has a lot to do with the force of my personality, which awkwardly enough is not overly charismatic. [livejournal.com profile] schpydurx described it as a severe case of Adult ADD upon first meeting me. I have no idea if his initial reaction changed as he got to know me over the weekend he was here or not. So be it. Admittedly, I was in a hurry, he was moving awfully slow, and thus he began experiencing back-to-back repercussions from not following my immediate direction. I was...multi-tasking. I have to. At any rate, it has been said that a reasonable amount of healthy narcissism allows the individual's perception of his needs to be balanced in relation to others. Or as the author Anaïs Nin quoted:

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."

I was on call, and [livejournal.com profile] drax0r was going out of town. He required the Air Card - my only internet until my DSL was working. They were going to send someone out the day after Christmas, but we had something come up and had to go into Dallas during their arrival window. I got on the phone and tried to cancel my appointment. While on hold, I rec'd a call on Line 2. It was AT&T wanting to know if they could show up early! The reason I was not getting any sync, as it turns out, was because I had no service to my house. The guy spent an hour and a half sitting out front in his truck trying to get an answer as to who's responsibility it was to run service to the house on Dry Loop DSL, and couldn't (I know exactly what that feels like.) So he ran it himself. My DSL was active immediately, on the same day I thought I would be without online access for nearly a week.

Rox0r.

A month ago or so, I dreamed that I had accepted a large sum of cash in exchange for my hand. I was to have my right hand detached and a Chinese man's right hand (who only had two fingers) was to be surgically attached to my wrist in its place. I was all for this venture until I saw the make-shift "hand-remover" bolted to a table in the Chinese man's house. I kept wringing my hands in absolute fear. There was NO WAY I was going to go through with this, even if it meant losing everything by reneging on the deal. Unfortunately, I really freaked out after watching the Chinese man first detach his own hand, so...I felt really bad that I was backing out now that he just cut his hand off.

That same night, [livejournal.com profile] celtmanx dreamed for the first time that he had two hands.

Sekt is the German term for sparkling wine, and its some of the driest I've ever had. Oscar is a Korean sparkling wine which tastes like complete ass, but I've had my share. If I'm ever in Italy, however, I'll ask for a bottle of Moncalvina, a very light sparkling wine. Sweet to be sure, but not too sweet. [livejournal.com profile] schpydurx brought a bottle to the party, but we just got around to cracking it. My wife spat it from her lips in disgust, so I got to enjoy the entire bottle myself, and enjoy it, I did.

Thanks dude, good stuff.



2008 is going to rock!
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Date/Time: 2008-01-01 18:57 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] schpydurx.livejournal.com
I never once suspected you were hung over at the airport. As much as I know I'll never live it down, I have to say that the Bad Gir Power Drink that [livejournal.com profile] ehowton gave me did wonders for me. It was like an instant hangover killer.
Date/Time: 2008-01-01 19:25 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] photogoot.livejournal.com
I was actually more tired than hung over as I did not drink all that much. Lets review what I did do that weekend that could have exhausted me.

1. Worked a full day including DC commute.
2. Drove from DC to Baltimore to catch a plane.
3. Dealt with ground transport and ridiculous airport security.
4. Flew across half a continent.
5. Survived a Dallas commute from the airport with [livejournal.com profile] ehowton.
6. Visited and socialized with dear friends to all hours of the night.
7 Slept very little
8. The next day participated in libations, discussion, and all manner of silliness associated with the party of the decade until 6 a.m.
9. Again slept very little
Then there is number 10..... You see number ten is very special to me.
10. I walked 2 fucking miles in Texas scrub brush after 2 hours of sleep trying to find your fucking wallet that your dumb ass lost while riding around in a 4x4 with some good old boys trying to make you puke, only to find out you never lost the fucking thing in the first place! My only motivation for the search was the fear you would abandon your POS job and POS car in POS Alabama and forever be a burden to [livejournal.com profile] ehowton by never leaving Texas.

11. I survived another Dallas commute back to the airport with your dumb ass breathing behind me in the car.

Which brings us to the point where you took that picture of myself and [livejournal.com profile] ehowton at the airport.

So you are correct it was not so much that I was hung over. Good catch. Very perceptive of you…

Lest any one think I am complaining I assure you I am not I had a wonderful visit and my only regret is that I did not have more time on the ground. And I would never want to trade places with what I image you put the unbelievably gracious [livejournal.com profile] jesskd26 through. I don’t know how you could ever look that woman in the eye again. For shame sir Tomas, for shame…
Date/Time: 2008-01-01 20:34 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] ehowton.livejournal.com
TOM: I lost my watch and [to self] - (say phone, not wallet) wallet! (Fuck! I'll try again.) Hey everyone, I lost my watch and [to self] - (say phone, not wallet, say phone, not wallet...) wallet! (Fuck!)

ERIC: We'll find your watch and wallet tomorrow morning when it's light out.

TOM: [to self] (I can make everything right and tell him I have my wallet, its my phone I'm missing!) Thank you. (Fuck!)
Date/Time: 2008-01-01 20:58 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] photogoot.livejournal.com
ROTFLMAS
Date/Time: 2008-01-02 17:32 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] leonardii.livejournal.com
That was exhausting just from reading!

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