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I hate working a 17 hour day.

Still Happy

Is it odd that 3 days later I am still giddy about the game last Saturday? It truly was one not to be missed. The polls on that play now have us at 60% of the vote, with the next closest being well below 24%.

One of my favorite things about the game were the Ole Miss fans. They were nice, supportive of their team without being dicks, and genuinely seemed happt to be there. In fact one guy wrote an article in a newspaper out there that dang near put a tear in my eye. You should read it cuz it is like getting messed up on pot and having a whole table full of rice krispie treats right there in front of you.

On another note, work has sucked very much bad the past couple of days. I can only hope tomorrow is a better day. I don't know how to react to outlandish praise one day, and the next hearing how crappy it is.

Either way I sure as hell can't wait for Saturday.

Holy crap!

Work got a heck of a lot busier than I could have ever imagined on Sunday night. This job just became a bear. Thankfully while everyone else has to put in the long hours on it the rest of the week, the president of the company pulled me off onto some pet project for him...and you don't take the president's help.

For the first time since I have been here I randomly ran into some people I knew. Last night (after leaving at about 9:30) I went to the supermarket to get a few things and a couple of ARE/structurals were there. Pretty cool. I have found that all I ever talk about with people from school who actually went to work is "isn't working weird?" or "yeah, but at least we have the evenings free."

Yeah, so that was cool. Hopefully I can end my dissappearing act later this evening. Wish me luck!

P.S. Yes, I voted for the Pokes. Hopefully we can keep on top till Thursday!

WE WON WE WON WE WON!!!!

Oh my God what a great game it was on Saturday. There were just so many great plays that were all wicked memorable. The long run, the double punt, the 87 yard punt return, and of course the reciever to reciever touchdown pass. It was so great to be a Wyoming fan on saturday. I got very very sunburned and had a great time celebrating the win later.

I am just kind of in awe right now of how great a game it was. My hope is that this will mean a lot more attendance and just hopefully an all around turnaround in Wyoming football. All I know is that I will be there next weekend...family in tow, to watch what will hpoefully be another great home win for the Pokes.

Oh yeah, and the rest of the weekend was good too. Hung out with Keith and Meg, and got to hookup with Ken and his fiancee'. Then Saturday night I got to hang with Abra and Jeff and a whole bunch of Abra's fam. Great times all around. But now I am sunburned and working on no sleep...so early night for Nick.

GO POKES!!!

And the weekend doth cometh.

Been very very busy at work...especially today. I have gotten some great comments about it lately though, so that makes me happy. Also the bagel man decided to come and visit for the first time in a couple of weeks...but mysteriously the burritto man has all but disappeared. Hopefully you all will get to know this kind of thing when you get into the business world. "May I have your attention please, the candy man is in the front lobby." (every Thursday at 4!)

Off to Laramie for the weekend...well some of it anyway. Not sure if I'll go on Friday or Saturday morning. Either way I am looking forward to the game and maybe catching up with Ken.

Unti then I bid you adieu. Just one more stressful morning between me and a stressful weekend!

It finally happened

For the first time since I started out in this whole business world bullcrap, the office came home with me. Now I have stayed many a late night and worked a few weekends as well, but I have always refused to let it come home with me.

Well I finally had to. I couldn't stand being in the gray box anymore, but more needed to get done (thanks to the insistance of my boss). It was kind of weird to tell you the truth. Much like homework again. In fact, I haven't had that feeling of needing to get something done so I could enjoy my evening since I left school.

So what did I do? The exact opposite of what I did in school...I cranked it out so I could enjoy the rest of my evening. Wow, all it took me was to leave school and get a job to figure that one out.

Lovin it

Wow what a great cold spell we have going on down here right now. Today was pretty much exactly what a winter day in Sacramento was...well the bad days anyway. It rained, got down to about 41°F, then pretty much stopped there. Yup, I had it bad in the winter!

Work has just been a headache, but frankly I have been enjoying it. I am getting a lot done and I am asking a lot of questions that I think are impressing them that I would even know to ask that. Hopefully they are taking notice...and hopefully in a good way.

And that takes me to hot chocolate. Today I had my first packet of hot chocolate in what must be ages. WOW! Holy crud that stuff is of the gods. I think I want to make some homemade. Now that it is getting cold outside again I want to start investing some time into cooking. Kinda getting excited for hot soups and roasts and winter squash. yum!

Wow, random post...oh well, at least I wrote tonight! Later!

Sometimes...

...you just gotta bite the bullet and not post.

This is one of those times.

Back in Time

So I headed towards that little town of my birth, Casper, this weekend. I had a great time actually. Let me think. Well after spending the morning arguing with my coworkers, I hopped in my car and got on with the drive. I love my car. I had to take it out of overdrive 1 time...that is it. woo hoo.

I spent Friday night hanging with my mom, then got to hang out with Josh for a few hours after that. We watched Mean Girls. I realy hate to say this, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think because it was written by Tina Fey of SNL.

Saturday I worked on my grandpa's computer and got a haircut and made dinner...then hung out with the mom more. Went to church on Sunday and drove out.

But to top it all off I was flung back in time when my friend Spence and I started playing an online game again. Really the first time in years, if you don't count one here and there. What a time warp. I started to get all these nerdy strategies running through my head again and the adrenaline of knocking him out.

Quite fun. Oh, and I have ants. dang.

Oh yeah Oh yeah

Man the new Green Day album is sweet. I just can't listen to it enough...which probaly means total Green Day burnout sometime next Thursday. The cool thing about the album is that it pretty much plays from one end of the disc to the other, carrying between songs. And other songs reference back to earlier songs...kinda like a story. In any case I think they are pissed at the government. Makes for good music though.

Also the new Tegan & Sara album came out, which is equally as sweet. It is a good week for my kind of music.

I gotta say it has been a pretty good week in general. I got to watch Will FErrel, I got some great stuff to do at work, and today I won an arguement with my superiors. That's what you get for trying to screw people out of fresh air!!! It only took me one weekend and 2 almost full nights to learn my lesson on messing with people's fresh air.

But this weekend it is off to Casper. It should be a good time...normally is. Catch you all on Sunday and have wicked good ones...oh and try and find that great music I have been talking about (check out the Shins too...it'll change your life.)

hmmm...

Yeah, so my posts have not been as frequent as in the past. Here is the prob, something cool typically happens on the weekend, so I make a good post Sunday ngiht or Monday...depending on how good it was. The rest of the week I live in this zombie-like state. I get up, take a shower, go to work, come home, watch some TV, download some music, read, go to bed. Everyday without exception.

So anyway, things are good. Been doing some good work and I bought best of Will Ferrel Volume 2. Freaking hilarious! If could just watch Will Ferrel till I died I think I would be a happy man.

Oh crap, huge project just hit my desk. I'm out!

A gift.

Hey everyone. I was just sitting around thinking about how much I love my Gmail account. Seriously, it is like a deep emotional love.

Pretty much it is like the greatest email setup I have used, plus you get a gig of free storage space.

Well here is the thing. I know people have been clamoring for invitations (which you have to get from someone who has an account.) I have 5 that I don't know what to do with, so if you want one, comment and leave your email address and I will gladly hook you up.

Later peeps.

It's that time of year again!

For those of you who know me, you know that I have one obsession that I cannot subdue. One obsession that no matter how hard I try I cannot fight it. What is it you ask? Oh, I think you already know.

Pumpkin Seeds.

And today I bought my first 2 pumpkins of the season. In fact, it is the earliest I have ever bought them. Last year I really outdid myself with 10 pumpkins bought right on Halloween. Personally I overwhelmed myself with the bounty, so this year I am only going to do 2 at a time. The lady at the counter asked what I would do with a pumpkin at the beginning of September. I told her what I always tell people who ask me that this time of year.

I like pumpkin seeds. Nay I love them.

And since I am back in the area this year, a lucky few of you may actually get to touch these golden brown delicious seeds. 'Tis truly the best time of the year (now if only it would freakin cool down like it is supposed to!!!)

The Exorcist (and a second date)

Well tonight I went out with the second girl for the second time. I am not sure if I am used to this "dating" thing. I tink I am learning a thing or two though. Okay, well that was complete bullcrap.

We went to C..B. & Potts and had a very nice dinner, though I am beginning to suspect she has a thing about eating in front of people. Seeing as I lack that problem, I enjoyed my meal immensely. Then we took a drive around in the new car. She seemed to like it, but did manage to make fun of my stick shifting. Look, I'm getting better at it.

Then we ended the night watching the new exorcist flick. Yay. You know there is a reason that I have never seen the original...I HATE FREAKY ASS MOVIES! Hell I am pretty sure I was alot more afraid of what was going on than she was. Made me want to just huddle up in a ball. Never ever ever will I watch the first one (though I do hope to go see the new Resident Evil tomorrow night!)

Heading to Laramie for the weekend. Always a good time. Funny, I have barely been back in Denver and I am already like "whoiah, time to get out of town man." I am sure you will all have spectacualr weekends, and I may even see some of you.

Later.

Hey Kids

How is everyone doing out there? Me? I'm holding up. I forgot to mention that the Pokes came off with a big win this weekend. That always makes things happier. I also bought my ticket for the big football game in Laramie that is coming up in a few weeks. Very excited to get back into that. Hell, it's a lot of the reason I wanted to move to Denver in the first place.

3 day weekends really throw me for a loop. I sit at my desk most of the morning, just staring at the computer screen as if something might get done that way. I just sit and kind of hope that the ductwork starts drawing itself, and the crap pipe starts sloping its crap away without me touching it.

But in the end it doesn't happen, so I volunteer to go work on stuff upstairs just so I don't have to stair at that stupid screen anymore. I like the upstairs. No one is there, there are windows that look out over everything, and the constant hubbub of people is gone. I would LOVE to move my office up there, along with a few other people with whom I could enjoy it with.

But, alas, it is not to be. Can you believe it is the 7th of September already? geez.

What can I say?

It really ended up being a fantastic weekend. It started off great with my very first private jet ride across the country out to Pennsylvania. The jet was really neat. It had 6 big chairs that could rotate around and lean back into beds. Truly they were remarkable. The pilots also treat you so nice, like you are a dignitary no matter what cruddy clothes you have on. Heck, they even remembered my name 4 days later and welcomed me aboard.

The guy who was so kind to put us up on his jet was nothing short of fascinating. He has met so many people and seen so many things. He has had dinner with Putin's wife in Russia, done countless events with presidents, and met more celebrities than you can shake a stick at. And very very smart as well. I wish he would blog.

Pennsylvania was great as well. I expected a city type of environment, but it was a lot more like a farm...but not really. In Pennsylvania there are HUGE lawns, and they mow the whole thing. Seriously, like an acre of mowed grass, trimmed perfectly. The house was old and very comfortable, much like the company I shared it with. Everybody was very friendly and just a pleasure to be around.

The wedding was new too. It was a Catholic wedding, so there were some things I was unaccustomed to. For instance, apparently the bride and groom sit during the wedding, and they also go pray to Mary. Anyway, it was beautiful out all day long. The reception was in the really old, elegant building. It kind of reminded me of the Masonic temple in Casper. There was an open bar (woohoo!) and lots of food. Too much food in fact, but all of it was great. There were some touching speeches and a good time was had by all.

Some other things. The amish go FAST in those little buggies. At the Walmart in town they even have a place for the amish to tie up the horses. Oh, and in most of the windows are electric candles that are always on. They call them friendship candles, though no one seems to know why or how that tradition got started.

Pretty much it comes down to good family fun a lot of cookies a lot of beer (they are IRISH Catholic) and just a lot of good memories...including the jet.

Guten Abends!

Hey there everyone! Well it looks like I am off on my magical adventure tomorrow. My bags are packed and now I am just waiting till the rest of the show arrives. Should be pretty cool though. Lots of firsts for me on this trip; the east, a jet, a weekend alone with Megan...I can go on and on.

So yeah, that is the jist of it. Work was actually relly good today. I got to layout the plumbing for a kitchen. A major cooks kitchen! Yeah, not rocket science...mostly connecting the dots. But I did enjoy it and that is worth something. Oh, also got my glasses today. Looks like I have always worn them. Either that is good or I went too blase'.

Pokes play this Saturday against Appalachian State, so GO POKES!

Have a great long weekend everyone and I'll try my best to do the same.