Rendezvous Thursday

Here is another Chronicles of Rendezvous Casualties, glad i got this one I don't have time to write today anyway.

Last night we were talking about exes and if people were on good terms with them still. While I find it hard to remain friends after a breakup, it got me thinking about the what ifs and some of my 'interesting' dates and how I am glad they never had a chance to become exes. So here is a story of one such date:

I was being set up by a friend at work, who really shouldnt be a friend anymore after this date. Lets call the date Bob and it was this past summer. Bob and I emailed a few times and talked on the phone and agreed to meet at Tapeo on Newbury street at 8pm for drinks and some tapas on a Friday night. One knows its generally acceptable to arrive a few minutes late for a date, to be exact I was 8 minutes late. The bar was crowded and when I finally spotted him, he was sitting at the bar. However, he was eating, yes he was already eating. Hello I was 8 minutes late!! I can see getting a drink but he was eating!! My intial reaction was just to turn around and run, but he already saw me. So I stayed, he was talking all about himself,his Harvard PhD, new biotech company he was starting, yada yada.... I wasnt really attracted to him physically and it didnt really matter because he was already eating when I arrived, I could see if I was 30 minutes late but 8!?!?! Miss Manners would of
been probably had a heart attack by his rudeness.

So he finally lets me order one tapas and some olives to start. He orders one and then says that he needs to go back to work so I shouldnt really order more. So the bill comes and the bartender gives it to him, and the first thing he says is didnt you split the check? Which the bartender was like no, and just looks at me - at this point I was really horrified at the lack of manners, he could of taken it and when I do my usual would you like me to pay my half he could of said yes. So he makes a big deal and i tell the bartender we can figure it out, and he finally shuts up. I mean how hard is it to split up a bill for two people, especially if you have a Harvard PhD?? So the bill is a whopping $35! I give him a $20 and he pays the bill with an American Express Platnium card. Do you know how much you have to pay, have in personal assets and spend to get an Amex Platnium Card? I mean the annual fee alone is $400! At this point I am in total disbelief obviously could of afforded a
$35 tab and has no manners!

We walk outside, where I was like nice meeting you and took off. Hoping never to see or hear from him again. Wrong, the next day I get an email saying "I had a good time meeting and talking to you but obviously there was no chemistry so I shouldnt plan on seeing him again!" - Oh like my heart was broken!!

Mid Day Hedgie

I just had to put of the picture of Hedgie in his new jester's outfit. If you want to cut out your own Hedgie and dress him up try Hedgehog Coloring Costumes and print out Hedgie or his wife Hedga. They have a bunch of outfits, which are much easier to cut out then Hedgie himself. Good luck and enjoy!!!

Hedgie Runs Away

Aren't hedgehogs the coolest looking animals? I have always wanted one, but they cost between $100 and $150 plus they are a lot of work and since I am never home it just wouldn't work. It also wouldn't be cool because I would have to name it Sonic. I could see bringing it to the vet and them asking what its name is and upon hearing Sonic they would comment on how original I am. Boy I sure am struggling for content today.

Okay if you are sitting at work and kind of bored today or maybe you're not bored and just feel like wasting a little time. I found a couple cool sites today the first is the Paper Airplane Flight Simulator, which allows you to control the angle of release, the velocity and the position of the elevators. The second site Paper Airplane Print Outs allows you to print out some airplanes for testing at the office. I have made all three provided and they work well. Good luck with the planes.

Would you not like to be
Sitting on top of the world with
your legs hanging free
Would you not like to be ok, ok, ok?
-David John Matthews
Audio or lyrics to Lie In Our Graves.

Ssorg Rekoms

Okay I have a complaint this morning. Now nothing bothers me when driving more than when somebody tosses a cigarette out there car window. It is just gross to smoke in the first place and the littering a fiery object out of a car travelling at 80 MPH is not exactly a good plan either. So anyway this morning I was driving to work and the driver of the car in front of me tossed a butt out the window. I eventually pulled up next to this woman and looked in the car and noticed hanging from her rear view mirror was an air freshener. Now is it just me or does this not make much sense. Is it possible that the air freshener really has any chance of counteracting the cigarette smoke smell? Well if she is dumb enough to smoke despite the possibility of lung cancer, perhaps she isn't smart enough to realize the air freshener is kind of a waste.

My second observation of the day came in the parking lot at Oak Grove. The whole deal with the parking lot is that it is only three dollars for unlimited parking all day. So it is in high demand, which means it fills up between 6:30 and 6:45 each day. If you don't make it into the lot, it is still possible to park along the road for three dollars but it is a bit more of a pain in the ass because you have to have three one dollar bills. So I made it in the lot today and noticed how more than a few people were just sitting in their cars doing different things like sleeping, reading the paper, eating breakfast and listening to the radio. I have to admit I sat there for five minutes listening to the radio. It is just funny that we all rush to Malden just to sit in the parking lot. My favorite had to be the guy that was sleeping though, I wonder how long he sleeps in his car for before heading in to work.

Look up at the sky
My mouth is open wide, lick and taste
What's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying
Turn, turn we almost become dizzy
-David John Matthews
lyrics or audioof Dancing Nancies

For all you lucky folks who are checking in again. I am celebrating my new LiveJournal application I downloaded by making another posting. It is pretty cool and handy since now I don't have to log on to the net, I can just make a posting whenever something comes to mind.

For example, I just got back from lunch which was as hectic as usual since we couldn't decide where to eat AGAIN. We ended up going to Taste of the Town, which was great because I had Salisbury Steak for the first time since high school and it sure was good. I did notice something odd after I finished the steak, I was actually eating and enjoying zucchini squash. It is weird how I have changed, six months ago, it would have ended up in the trash. So after lunch I had to calm my candy fix for the afternoon and headed to seven one one, my favorite candy supplier, well not really but it was on the way back to work. I came to the realization that I should probably just by the candy wholesale and it would save me some money. I just can't get enough of those Nestle' Crunch caramel filled chocolate bars. Definitely try them the next time you are in a candy store. Have a good afternoon!!

I feel like IceCubeIsBoss, making more than one entry in a day. Perhaps I should refer to my favorite band, too. The seven one one I go to is also the place where I have purchased One Sweet Whirled, which is the Dave Matthews Band ice cream.

Peace
-Keeg

T3

It's back to work today, yippee!! It turns out the project I was working on last week has moved into phase to, so after starting with 471 databases I am now down to 272 to go through and catalog. It looks to be an interesting week, luckily I may take Friday off and go up skiing. I don't want to miss Hoot night at Suds since it will be "the pilots" farewell night. I am waiting to see what the weather will be like first, but the long range forecast looks promising.

What to put in the LJ? Hmmmmmmmm, oh yeah how about a movie review. Saturday was a short skiing day and we ended up driving to Berlin, NH to see Old School. Let me start by saying the theater was totally sketch, it looked like an old abandoned building. The people inside were nice and the cost of a matinee was only four dollars so it was all good. We went into the theater which kind of felt like The Majestic very old fashioned. We were the only people seeing the movie which was nice because we could comment out loud instead of waiting until the end. Okay so on to the movie, now I didn't have high expectations and the movie certainly lived up to my expectations. Now I will admit it was a funny movie and I did laugh, but the funny scenes were few and far between. The story was weak, they tried to put a college humor film inside a romantic comedy. I also found the tests the fraternity had to pass to remain in business were far fetched and not believable. For example to demonstrate success in athletics they had to do gymnastics, WTF. The previews led me to believe there would be more fraternity hijinks, but the shenanigans were very abbreviated and the true love story and life of middle aged men dominated the entire film. I am not so upset that I want my four dollars back, but I did feel slightly deceived by the trailer. So go see it at your own risk. I miss doing movie reviews, this was fun.


I will go in this way
And find my own way out
I won't tell you to stay
But I'm coming to much more
-David John Matthews
#41

Sweet Commute

Finally I had a nice commute, with little traffic and perfect cheap parking. I tried taking a different route to the T and it worked out much better than my typical route. It had fewer stop lights and less traffic, I left the house at 5:55AM and arrived at work by 7:05AM. It sure beats the commuter rail total one way of two hours. So I am content with my commute this morning.

I am extremely tired though because it has been a busy week and waking up so I can leave at 5:55AM has really knocked me on my ass. After work last night I went to the Simons IMax 3D theater at the New England Aquarium to see the Cirque Du Soleil: Journey of Man show. The theater was amazing and the 3D is unbelievable, the show we saw was great, though I felt it could have been a little bit longer. I definitely want to go back and check out some other shows there. After the show I headed straight home and was in bed last night by 9:15, but ended up getting a phone call around 10:00 which lasted for a good thirty minutes, thanks CK. However once getting off the phone I went right back to sleep.

I am so glad the weekend is almost here, it sounds like there will be rain down here, so most of you will be happy about that I am sure. The good news for me though is hearing that some forecasters are predicting up to a foot of snow in the mountains. Woohoo, nice pseudo powder day on Sunday morning, really lookin forward to it.

Y'all have a great weekend, and I'll see you on the other side.

Four more exits
To my apartment
But I am tempted
To keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind

-John Mayer
Complete lyrics to Why Georgia?