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PlottingDragon
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Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Birthday: 11/9/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: Reflecting on past experiences and wondering/worrying about how the conclusions I came up with will affect my actions in the future.
Expertise: What shall I be today?
Occupation: Government
Industry: Legal
Message: message me
AIM:  Plottingdragon
Member Since:
4/28/2001
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| So for those of you who dont know yet... I moved to myspace... oh yeah... and I bought a motorcycle.
*logs off.... probably for the last time... goodbye xanga.* |
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Whooopeee!!! I sent in my FINAL car payment last week!!
... wow... how often have I had the chance to use the term "Whooopeee"?
...wow... how often have I started an entry with an exlamation of joy, so closely followed by a metaphoric slap in the face like that?
Ok anyway... been doing some serious thinking as of late... well... as of the usual anyway, and i've come to the conclusion that no matter what someone does in life, it's usually a waste of time. Know why? because regardless of whether or not it relieves pain, entertains, or fixes a problem... it won't matter in the long run because you're going to die and not care about it in the end anyway.
Now let's pull Mike back up to being happy again. I've paid off the truck and hopefully will have some extra money now to do things like put new shocks on the truck, go out more, or even buy that big toy i've wanted for a long time... a motorcycle. One of the supervisor's at the shelter just put his up for sale actually... he wants 6K for it, but it's basically brand new. It's a cow ZX6 with aftermarket exhaust and he said he'd throw in the matching helmet and gloves. I gotta say it's a tempting offer. Anyways... I gotta go back to work now.
*Tra la la la la* | | | |
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Ok... so it's been awhile. I guess there's tons of news in Mike land. Mike is an Uncle for one. My elder sister introduced me to my nephew, Scott Honor Keen, on the 16th of this month. If you're interested I have photos I can email to ya... but you'll need to email me at work... which probably none of you can do... save family... mainly cuz no one else knows my work email... so if you're interested... Call me. There... that's settled.
Other news; hopeing to finally finish my associates this year. Got two courses left and I finally got applied to a local college, so no more distance learning. Once my associates is done I stand a much better chance of getting into the academy... which is another thing i'm still trying for. I've only officially applied once so far, so i figure once or twice more and if i'm still not in, i'm goin back to school full time.
Final news (for now): One more payment and my truck belongs to me officially. Makes all the recent repairs seem all the more worth-while. I spent a good portion of my last weekend dealing with the seemingly unsolvable riddle of "Where the F--kin' hell is that stupid friggin coolant leaking from???!!!!" problem. After a grueling two days i feel like i've done almost all i can do for it, and the leak seems to have slowed considerably, so in the long run... i'm a happy Mike.
Done with the major news, so now i'm gonna gripe a bit... bear with me... then again... if you've read this far whose to say you're gonna stop now huh? Parents can be irritating... why is it that when you're single for more than a couple months they get this urge to try and hook you up?? It seems like my mom's got this disease she contracted from God knows where that nags at the back of her mind saying, "Your son is depressed!! He needs someone to keep him company!" when in actuality being single for a lengthy period has probably helped me more than it's hurt. I have time to do things now like get a proper work out and not worry about someone pestering me about not being there for her. Physically I feel great now! I made a new years resolution to get at least two decent, hour long work outs in a week and so far I haven't broken that resolution! I haven't lost any weight, but the change is visible already. Anyways... it bugs me to think my mom thinks i'm some kind of shut-in single depressed guy who never has any fun in his life. Mom... if you're reading this... I'm fine! I have friends! I go out places all the time! I'm not depressed! ... although a change of scenery would be nice from time to time.  ahh well... it'll be 0400 before I get home so i'm gonna go... hopefully I won't forget about xanga as long as I have and you'll all hear from me again soon.
*Vroom vroom... off to the apartment with me.
PS: This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated. -Mitch Hedburg
PPS:got over the insomnia after a week or two... but now I'm havin strange dreams... better than no sleep I guess. | | | |
| So... Life rolls on... sickeningly enough... and Mike begins to suffer from insomnia... I hope this passes... only had about 3 hours of sleep in the past 72... I'm goin to a doctor if this keeps up.
Insomnia is weird... i'm tired... but i can't sleep. I guess "weird" isn't the right word... "Frustrating" is the proper term methinks. But then again... why take vocab lessons from a guy who uses the word "Methinks"?
Another interesting phenomina... (did I spell that wrong?)... it's odd how when you stop looking altogether... Everything finds you instead.
I need to move on.
*goes home to try herbal tea w/Honey as an insomnia remedy* |
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Wow... been awhile. Captain retired, i'm looking into my application to the academy again, i'm back in college courses, and i've gotten my 3-time-a-week run up to 2.5 miles. yes folks, change into work out clothes, breif calastenic (sp?) warm up, 2.5 mile run, post stretch, and shower, all in less than 30 minutes.... usually. 
If it wasn't for my truck and a lack of a personal life my life on the whole would be great right now... or at least hopeful. So tonight i've hung around my place of employment to do school work and found that the stupid system shuts down from 3 to 4 am (My evenings) and so i'm stuck doing nothing until 4am... Once that hits I have an assignment to finish and a quiz to do... then i'm gonna see if my truck will make it back home again. prolly hit the hay soon as i get in too... gotta work again tomorrow. Thankfully I have a ride to and from work tomorrow, so my truck will be spared the indignation of going thirty seven mph in a sixty five zone, pulled to the right with it's flashers on.
Thanks to the advise of several people I respectfully refer to as my "Mechanical peanut gallery", and to one such peanut for pointing out the stupidity of the others, I think my truck's problem has been isolated to the catalytic converter. That's about 150 bucks plus labor that i'll need to get a bank loan to pay for. Ah well...
*GOING HOME NOW!!!!* | | | |
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