Last post of the year. This was an interesting experiment. Honestly, I'm a little surprised I went the whole year. As for next year; I shall continue this, however, posts will probably be a bit less weekly.
Happy New Year everyone!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Winter Solstice
Well, Sunday was the family party, on the eve of the solstice. This was an odd year. Many of our regulars had problems showing up. Although, it seems a lot of people have been getting some kind of stomach flu lately so it isn’t that surprising. Regardless of the missing people the party turned out quite well in my opinion. The fact that people actually brought real food instead of just cookies was a big contribution to that feeling I think. I might actually go as far as to say this was the best year as far as the food aspect of the party is concerned.
Solstice day was a good time too, although very slow. The sun was going down by the time the family had done breakfast and the very small amount of present exchanging. I spent the night with some of the guys getting some great $5 burgers and a beer. We went bowling afterwards. It seems I was just “on” that night. We played 2 rounds, my first one with a score that tended to be around my average and the second one shattering my previous best score ever. I believe my old best was somewhere near about 135, this one was 205. I opened up the game by getting 5 strikes in a row, it was quite ridiculous. Afterwards we got some shakes and headed home.
All in all it was a great 2 days, and probably the closest to a vacation I will be getting during this winter “break.”
Solstice day was a good time too, although very slow. The sun was going down by the time the family had done breakfast and the very small amount of present exchanging. I spent the night with some of the guys getting some great $5 burgers and a beer. We went bowling afterwards. It seems I was just “on” that night. We played 2 rounds, my first one with a score that tended to be around my average and the second one shattering my previous best score ever. I believe my old best was somewhere near about 135, this one was 205. I opened up the game by getting 5 strikes in a row, it was quite ridiculous. Afterwards we got some shakes and headed home.
All in all it was a great 2 days, and probably the closest to a vacation I will be getting during this winter “break.”
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Company Party
So this year’s company party was last night. A part of me was thinking I might not go to it this year. Of course I did because I had fun last year. This year was even better.
I played a game of pool with my buddy. I was having a just so slightly off game ending with incredible lack of luck. But who cares, it was all in good fun.
Pretty soon it was just about half of our location’s crew bowling together. We were all relatively bad. We only completely 2 games both of which were around my averages. Nice to know I’m not really getting any worse at bowling considering how rarely I play. What was great was when my manager started better on our game. Poor guy lost some money.
This party reminded me of one of the things I like so much about working at a theater though. It really works for my “natural” schedule. This party didn’t even begin until almost midnight and we left around 3am. Admittedly 3am is “late” to be out for me, but lots of people stay out later when they are partying. The entire business is shifted to afternoon and late nights, just when I am normally functioning.
I played a game of pool with my buddy. I was having a just so slightly off game ending with incredible lack of luck. But who cares, it was all in good fun.
Pretty soon it was just about half of our location’s crew bowling together. We were all relatively bad. We only completely 2 games both of which were around my averages. Nice to know I’m not really getting any worse at bowling considering how rarely I play. What was great was when my manager started better on our game. Poor guy lost some money.
This party reminded me of one of the things I like so much about working at a theater though. It really works for my “natural” schedule. This party didn’t even begin until almost midnight and we left around 3am. Admittedly 3am is “late” to be out for me, but lots of people stay out later when they are partying. The entire business is shifted to afternoon and late nights, just when I am normally functioning.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Finals Week
Well next week is finals. Tuesday is my last day for the semester which is awesome. And the extra work winter break brings in will be nice because I can really use some extra money these days.
Other than that things have been good. I’m really looking forward to mid-winters this year.
Other than that things have been good. I’m really looking forward to mid-winters this year.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Relief
A Chapter in my life seems to have come to a close. I am rather relieved by this fact. It has me wondering a bit about what is harder, no longer being in a relationship you still want to be in or staying in a relationship you want to get out of. It is unfortunate that in a bad situation one of these two things will be happening, although probably to the different people respectively. Dwelling on that is hard though, because like a fresh cut compared to a week old bruise, the freshest one always seems worse.
On a totally different note, I don’t know what it is about 80s pop music that I enjoy so much. Most of the music is laughable, and bad. But even some of those bad songs are just so... great. Particularly the music videos. On that note I shall leave you with “Safety Dance.”
On a totally different note, I don’t know what it is about 80s pop music that I enjoy so much. Most of the music is laughable, and bad. But even some of those bad songs are just so... great. Particularly the music videos. On that note I shall leave you with “Safety Dance.”
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