I went to work today because this little bit of snow isn’t going to deter me. All the streets are fine and even the side streets aren’t bad. I love how people get all worked up that there is going to be a blizzard that they just get in their minds that they won’t be able to go about their day normally. Like I’ve said before, I just wait to see what happens and then I make my mind up. If I thought the snow was too bad to drive in, I wouldn’t drive. If, like today, the roads are ok and everything seems legit, I’ll perform my normal routine. We probably got 4 or so inches of snow and this certainly was on the light end of what was expected.

I have to go to the Oral surgeon today to get my dental implant checked out and see if it did indeed get loose. This could result in more pain and more money, neither of which I’m too excited about. The whole incident was a debacle and unfortunately I’m still paying the price. If it does get bad though, like having to remove the implant, hopefully they’ll give me some good pain meds. If that is the case I know that the bone heals around the implant and it’s already been 3 months of that so I can only imagine what has to happen to pull that damn sucker out.

A funny story from last night. Ck4 and I had a few drinks at the Bayou and it started snowing as we were in there. We left at 11:30 or so and we saw some new channels weather men doing reports. Well obviously Ck4 is intrigued and starts talking to the guy about the NAM and the GFS and these 2 are like peas in a pod. The weather guy, who was our age, does a live report about the snow which was pretty cool. Then him and CK4 start talking about the Zig and the Zag models and I just had to let 2 weather geeks have their fun together. I guess I just don’t really understand the obsession behind forecasting. If it comes, it comes, and then you deal with it.

I have nothing new going on except I started The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. I felt good today which proves the effects of one day of weekend drinking compared to 3. I went to the gym and ran some miles. Then I watched the Shee and company beat a team of out of shape, aging members of society in Volleyball. Not to criticize the play, but the amount of points given away on serves is unacceptable. It’s like everyone tries to go for an ace when getting the ball in play gives the better team a much better chance of winning. I had no interest in the BCS game and couldn’t care less.

Only thing I want to bring up is the way people refer to other people as Man or Dude. I heard Dr. Drew talking to Jeremy London and he referred to him as Dude and I was just thinking how inappropriate that type of language is. I don’t mind when people use words like man or brother or buddy but if it doesn’t sound disrespectful, then it just sounds fake. I open the door for someone at LA Fitness and get a “thanks, man.” I’m not some generic human being that you will never meet again, even though I am. How about a “Thank you.” Just keep your ears open and listen to the way people communicate and tell me if you ever notice anything like I’m bring up in this paragraph.

So the readers of my blog probably aren’t the target audience of a weather blog, but I was happy to post the weather entry to show someone who actually has a passion for something. All the weather jargon is probably over heads and predicting storms a week away on data that can be interpreted as “bad data” seems a bit foolish, but nevertheless the drive and effort is there. I’ve come to a rather obvious conclusion that in order to be truly successful, you have to love what you do. People who make it generally are good at what they do and that’s because they genuinely like doing it. I watched the Katy Perry bio on E and she got shut down multiple times before breaking through. Yes I obviously have a huge crush on her but she just comes off as a real person who made it big due to a lot of hard work and dedication.

Since this is my blog I can give an honest opinion of myself. First off, there have to be a lot of people out there who fall in the category that even if you do love something, you’re probably not ever going to be good enough to make a living at what you like to do. I don’t care how much I love golf, I’m not making the PGA. So the “go after your dream” is somewhat bullshit depending on your abilities. I really ask myself what I like to do and I usually just come up with a lot of middling ideas that will never lead to anything. I think it would be a lot easier if I just sucked at everything but was just good at one specific thing, instead of falling into mediocrity at various topics. I have some talent but it’s mostly just wasted. A very fitting line I might add.

Gaffe –

1: a social or diplomatic blunder

2: a noticeable mistake

This is going to be a short entry but lately I’ve been posting like Wilt Chamberlain so I’ll keep it up.

As I sat by the sink, watching a half keg of Coors light go down the drain, because that’s all we finished for New Years, I began to wonder how this atrocity had occurred.  I don’t leave alcohol unfinished, ever.  That is a trademark I live by.  However, I’m not going to drink out of a keg that’s been moved outside to inside just because I can.  Now it also damages me to return a keg that is only half finished, so rather than put my pride on the line at the beer store, I empty the keg and return it.  As I watched the beer trickle down, I began to wonder why on Earth we got a 100 dollar keg of Coors Light instead of a 60 dollar keg of Natty Light.  As it started to come back to me, I remember CK4 telling me it’s only 10 dollars each split 3 ways.  Now as I really started to think about it, CK4 wouldn’t even drink out of the keg and Evan probably consumes 6+ beers (the only people who’d prefer Coors Light to Natty).  As I remember suggesting getting Natty light while in line, because no one can tell the difference, it pained me to not only be ridding myself of beer but more expensive beer at that.  Me, the alcoholic should be making all decisions when it comes to drinking.  Any opinions on what % of people would notice the difference between Coors keg beer and Natty?

My next issue is with repeating.  I’ve made mention of how I try not to use the same words all the time.   This one person I was with would use the phrase “point being” time and time again.  Once you start using a phrase that often, it loses its effect to the point that you are never making a point.  I can’t take you seriously when you have to point out when you’re making a point because I’m not a fucking moron and I know when you’re making a point.  Next example, when I talk to Baker on the phone, I know he uses the phrase “fair enough” when I’m done talking and he understands and he wants to move to a new topic.  It’s not “fair enough” that I start using it when I talk to him.  Also I notice it to when I’ll be on the phone with a customer and he says something and the deal is complete and I say “sounds good” as a conclusion.  Say he has something else to add, he can’t close the conversation with “sounds good,” I already said that previously.  When it’s your turn to communicate, think of something original rather than copying the other person.