Month: October 2006

I was so overwhelmed by my work today.  I handled 50% of the total measurable work volume today and I really felt it (considering there are three of us).  Not to mention the face-to-face work and the ongoing work, I’m really stressing the lack of another head on the team.

The actual work is easy, but as time stretches on I can see things getting out of hand.

That’s life in the tech industry I guess.

NiteGirl took her first driving lessons this weekend, (30 mins total) with some practice around the neighborhood and a local high school parking lot.  She did really well, and only made me scared for my life once.  That must be better than I did my first day out.

I did TheSpawn’s makeup yesterday (cheetah) it turned out okay, but I’ll revise it tomorrow.  I also supplied her with a bloody kitten as a prop, which went over gangbusters at the Halloween party.  TheSpawn won 6 contests including Best [loudest] Scream, Scariest Costume and Best Costume.  She was so proud!

I was pretty proud too, she got those lungs from me and my family!  She’ll have a great “Mom Voice” when she grows up.

That reminds me of a quick story I wrote on my private blog a couple years ago.

There were these ROTC kids messing around by a dumpster a fair distance from my friends and I as we waited for the bus.  They were getting louder and rowdier and eventually I got tired of their noise and obvious misbehavior (ROTC KIDS!!)  so I puffed up and gave them a big Authoritative “HEY!” and they scattered like confetti in the proverbial hurricane.

My Friends couldn’t believe the volume and depth of the voice that came from me; they had checked themselves when they heard it.  Funny Stuff.

A similar thing happened at a Basketball game; I was yelling “Brick” and “Psyche” during layups and free throws.  It was a blast.

I had a bad toothache way back in June/July.  The pain was relieved when a large chunk of popcorn came out from between my teeth a week later, it had been deep under my gum line all that week and driving me crazy.  The dentists I reached out to told me I would have to wait “about two to three weeks” before they could see me if it wasn’t an emergency.

Oh well, the pain was gone and except for pain when I ate candy or chocolate, my teeth felt much better.

A couple weeks back the pain came back and no amount of cleansing or picking at my gums had any effect, last Sunday I was tasting “rot” in my mouth when I ate.  This was it, a serious tooth problem.

I broke down on Monday and called a Dentist, and got in right away to see them, eighteen X-Rays were needed to establish a baseline for my mouth.  One tooth (Number 14) was in need of a Root Canal [yikes]

An appointment was made with a specialist and I was seen yesterday at 7:30 AM.  By 9:00AM i was on my way home.  The  whole thing was pretty painless, until the anesthetic wore off about half-way through, then it was not so nice.  After it was done my jaw hurt a bit, but I felt fine.  Talking sucked when I was at work and I avoided the phone as much as possible.

I felt okay at night, but my tooth hurt “a little”.

This morning my jaw was killing me and my tooth hurt ALOT.

It hurt enough to make me not want to speak.

I texted that I wasn’t coming in and went to sleep, pain killer less.

I feel better now.

It was pretty funny.  I laughed out loud at a couple of the jokes (really loud) I didn’t feel like it lost it’s pace; but it was pretty predictable.

I did laugh though.  That’s all that matters.

I woke up with a sore throat and I think I feel it coming back.

Damn, suxor.

What are some of your favorite, forgotten albums that have stood the test of time?
Submitted by PeterGibbons.

“Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – Beatles”
“Pretty Hate Machine – Nine Inch Nails”
“It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back – Public Enemy”
“Pauls Boutique – Beastie Boys”
“Nevermind – Nirvana”
“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis”
“Chris Sheppard – Pirate Radio Sessions” [The one with Dove Song, Kicks Like a Mule, Ace, & Pragha Khan] [Edit: it could be Trip 2 the moon]
“VooDoo-U Lords of Acid”
“One Fierce Beer Coaster – Bloodhound Gang”
“Spawn – The Official Sound Track”
“Bloodsport – The Sneaker Pimps”
“Broken/Fixed – Nine Inch Nails”
“Bizarre Ride to Tha Pharcyde – Pharcyde”
“Which Doobie U B? – Phunkdoobiest”
“Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill”
“Amerikkas Most Wanted – Ice Cube”
“Bodycount – Bodycount”

Oh man, I could go on and on…

Where was I…?

Oh yeah.

So we walked down to 2nd Street from our Hotel, along the way I took some pictures and we saw some things: