Watching the presidential debates right now. All I can say is ‘wow’. Lots of interesting things said. Tab stopped by tonight and we feasted at TOPPIT. Good times. I was thinking of going to Airband but I didn’t have a ticket. Then Tab and I feasted. My shoulder’s been killin me and I don’t enjoy grimacing and muttering in crowded areas so I’m keeping the bad boys numb with ice. Gotta love that stuff - keeps your beverage chilled and lets you not feel stuff…as long as you don’t move it too much.
So there’s this new guy that’s supposed to start lifting with me. We’ll see how long that lasts. It’s always amazing how many people want to lift with me and then even more amazing at how quick they stop. I don’t think the stuff I do is that hard - and what’s wrong with actually keeping up and sticking to your plan?
Well, it’s homecoming this weekend so we’ll be seeing the steady flow of peoples coming in soon. The Pretty Smitty will be staying with me. That should be a jolly good time. Hopefully nobody steals my parking spot.
I really like this time of year…and sometimes I don’t. The foliage looks cool…wow, I said, “foliage”….anyways….yeah the trees look cool and the temperature is nice and ambient. Football abounds and Thanksgiving and Christmas are on the way which means going home for lots of mexican food. The downer is this is the worst time of year for my asthma and allergies. They kind of team up against me. Luckily I don’t live next to a corn field anymore, but there’s still plenty around here and then the leaves falling and people burning them….it can get hard for a guy to breathe. And then there’s that lovely changing weather that wrecks havoc on my pouting knee and shoulder. I think my left knee has pretty much been inflamed looking since July. I got some scars and stuff that don’t always stand out but they’ve been standing out for a while now. I think it was all that running I was doing around town cause they closed down the weight room and I couldn’t lift or use their cardio equipment. I should probably mark that one up to my own fault. It’s hard to find other ways to be active though when you do computer things at work. I keep saying the next time my shoulder really acts up again I’m going to go see a doctor about it. I’m thinking I’ll actually do it this time since I got the good health insurance and all. The last time it “got hurt” again was beginning of May and it’s been doing the constant pop thing since then. It’s not constantly hurting, but the pressure’s always building up and I have to move like every 15min or so or it starts to drive me nuts.
I picked up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind today during my 3hr lunch. I had to take a 3hr lunch because the Board of Trustees decided yesterday at 4:00pm that they needed somebody to stand there and watch them run powerpoint. Since they’re the “Board” that of course means they don’t have to make that request in advance. So I make some changes to my ‘agenda’ to make it to this and take the long lunch to arrange my hours. When I get back to work at 4pm today to start setting up for them I’m informed they just decided they don’t need me. I was a little annoyed. Luckily my boss rocks and said to just put down 8 hrs for today anyway for having to deal with the inconvenience. My boss rules.
Has anybody listened to the latest Muse album? Cause it rocks. Work wasn’t too bad today. Ended up staying around til 6 which is a bit late, but that just means I have to work less later in the week. Also got to talk to Mel a bit and realized after she graduates next semester that’s then end of my hispanic friends around here. It was so weird moving from AZ to IA and having a whole class along with the teacher make fun of me because I didn’t observe St. Patrick’s Day and didn’t care. They didn’t understand why I took offense to jokes about Mexicans and just general slander directed towards this wonderful people group. These people are my family, they’re my friends, they’re the side of my family that has been cool and actually shown an interest in me. It’s been really awesome working with Mel just cause she’s from Spain. It’s hard to explain. Just hearing spanish warms my heart. It feels natural, it feels like home. When I get crazy migraines I sometimes think in spanish just because it seems to make more sense than english. It’s weird. Oh well, that’s probably enough for now.
Have you ever heard somebody say that another person runs like a girl? I know it’s just a stereotype, but as I was walking down 2nd street back to my illustrious palatial residence I saw this person running towards me with their legs weird and their arms flailing and all I could think of was they were running like a girl. Well, lo and behold it was a girl. The other funny thing was what she was wearing. She had these really nice looking black pants on and a really nice looking shirt. I don’t think my sister would even wear something like that to work out in. For a split second I had the thought that she had to be running away from somebody like in a bad horror flick. Cause nobody would go running late at night dressed like that. Then reality set in and I remembered I was at Taylor.
Oh, and if you’re into mariachi and enjoy rockin stuff check out a band called Chingon. I’m listening to them right now and they rock. Just be careful who you talk to about them though because depending on where they’re from the band’s name could mean something not so nice.
A week or two ago I spent a lot of time helping out a prof with this big presentation he was making to the Gideons. I think he’s been one for 35years or so and is kinda up there on the food chain. Well, he came by today all ready to sign me up to be a Gideon. The only problem being I don’t feel like being one. I sorta had an out because the requirements to be one is you need a 4yr degree and must be a member of your local church. Well I have a degree but I’m not a member at the church I attend. So it’s kinda like I couldn’t be one. So this prof didn’t understand why I wouldn’t want to be one and was telling me about how the state chapter president of 3,000 members wants me to join cause he loved the presentation I made for Bob and everything. (lovely run-on sentence eh?) I still don’t see why that means I have to join.
Anyways, went and saw Mean Creek with some people tonight. I just posted a little thingy on the movie blog so check er out. I got to meet Liz’s boyfriend which was cool. I’m definitely a fan. Seems like the kind of guy I could really get along with. Had to shake his hand before we parted ways. Maybe I’ll have another chance to sit across from him while enjoying a large plate of cheese fries.
Ever get headaches/migraines? I do and it sucks. I guess that’s what I get for *allowing* myself to be concussed. I’ve basically been hit really hard in the frontal (forehead) part of my head a few times and now I get random big pains in that area of my head sometimes. I get grouchy, it gets hard to focus my eyes, I sometimes walk around with a scowl, my short-term memory gets not so great, I forget things, and I sometimes bark at people. I also usually say weird things that don’t make sense. Fortunately that barking isn’t canine like. Well today I think I “barked” at a friend of mine so I should make sure they aren’t offended or something. So I left work around 4 today and ended up sleeping til like 12:30ish. The head still feels weird but it’s definitely getting better.
Well, the hermanita is online so I better talk to her.
Well, I’m done with day 2 of the training. It’s been pseudo informative but nothing too difficult. I probably could have figured out everything on my own. It definitely would have taken a bit longer for me to poke around with a couple features, but this is nowhere near rocket science. I think students and faculty will like the new portal. It definitely has a lot of potential if people will utilize it. I think the best feature is the single login that’s replacing multiple usernames/passwords for the different systems. Today we had to pair up, make a small presentation on something and then get up and present it. I whipped up a simple powerpoint presentation that psuedo-wowed people and took some screen shots and labeled stuff using arrows and textboxes. It’s so simple but I guess some people never do it. Hopefully tomorrow is interesting. I started falling asleep on Tuesday. I felt kinda bad but it was really hot in the room and the presentation was a bit boring.
Got back into doing some work in that spanish review book of mine. The stuff is so easy. I hope it gets harder soon. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get around to picking the place up a bit and cleaning some stuff.
Well, I’m back into a normal lifting schedule. Hoorah for 3 sets of 15. I’m so tired. I’m not sore at all, but I’ll probably be a little wore out still in the morning. I still feel wimpy cause I should be lifting more but my shoulder still whines at me a bit and I for sure don’t want to mess it up again cause I’m just getting back to normal from last time.
Tomorrow I get to be “trained” all day long in the Zon lab. Hopefully it isn’t too boring. Maybe I’ll get to sit next to somebody cool….probably not though. Early next month I’ll also get to go to a one day seminar thing about the projectors we use in most of the classrooms. That should be very helpful, well, it at least has the potential to be helpful. You never know.
If you’re a fan of Centre Morris you should definitely check out Butros’ blog and his sweet picture of the cow hat. Very similar to the fabled cow suit passed down to me by the venerable Soulman which I loaned out to the Asian sensation who had it stolen from him……jerks.
Well, the enchiladas are quickly disappearing. I’ve been giving lots away and eating a fair share. I think I consumed 6 today. I think it’s good I’m giving them away too otherwise I’d probably eat too many.
Today was a pretty good day. Went to church, some people came over for enchiladas, played some frizolf, and just chilled. I’ve realized I haven’t been posting nearly as often as of late. I’ve been really busy with work and whatnot. I’m glad I don’t feel the urge to post some dribble just to post. Not that I don’t ramble on or anything, but I’m trying to post meaningful stuff, not crap.
Got myself a blender at Wal-Mart this weekend. It rocks…although I don’t think it can chop rocks. It certainly helped me in my enchilada efforts. I made a ton of them but for some reason I don’t think they’ll last forever. I must share them with so many people. I’ve had 4 so far and there’ll definitely be more to come.
This week I’ll be getting trained all day Tues, Wed, and Thurs. There’s this new portal thing they’re instituting and I’m going to be one of the faculty training people. It kinda makes me feel important that they’re spending money on a person to come in and train me. Makes me feel like they want to keep me around or something.
Also picked up a rockin router today to better protect myself from incoming traffic on my speedy gonzales of a DSL connection. Had one when Squatz was living with me but for some reason he wanted to take it with him cause he paid for it. I wish you could’ve heard my conversation with the employee at Best Buy. I’m all for customer help and service, but when the people trying to sell the product don’t know anything about it that doesn’t really help. I’m just glad I know a little bit about computers so when the kid comes over and tries to push their overstocked product on me I can politely refuse and look at the item I need, not what they want me to have.
Do you have any life goals? I do. I don’t have anything written down but there’s those certain things you just know you want to accomplish someday. Well two life goals I set for myself back when I was 8 or so was to learn how to make my two favorite foods in the world: Chalupa and Enchiladas. Both of these foods are things I’ve grown up eating and aren’t all that complicated to make, it just takes a lot of time, energy and love. I was asked once what the secret ingredients to something I cooked once and I had to reply with “onions and a lot of love”. I think the L factor can be very apparent in food people prepare. I try to put at least a little of it into everything I make. Well……getting back on track……I’ve been making chalupa for a few years now and today I broke the mark by making enchiladas. My grandma has been going to show me how to make them for some time now. She doesn’t have anything written down, she just makes them. So I called her up and got the ingredients and just kinda experimented. I made just a little bit of sauce today, liked it, then made a bunch more. I think I made 40 enchiladas. Took me basically all afternoon but it was well worth it. I think this is the first big time life goal I’ve conquered since benching more than Dan Thompson on that fateful day.
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