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Attention NY, NY area friends

Hey , hey , etc…

and I want to come visit. A crucial part of this visit is budget. This means, “Hey, who in NY can give us crash space for about a week?”

We’re looking at late Sept. or early Oct. (these dates can change if there is a good time for visiting). Late Oct we need to be in CA for visit from and .

Needs:

1. to visit happy lovely friends
2. to “see NY”
3. to go to clubs/bars
4. to shop in garment district
5. may have others.

New York, New York! The town so nice, they named it twice!!

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Malaise

Feeling strange and sore and sick all day: I think I’ll take off early. Home, here I come.

Hansel, get ready!

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Fahrvergnügen

I have been converted by manual transmission. I recently learned to drive Manual in our Convertible Cabrio and I have been consumed with Fahrvergnügen. I realized this I think when I drove the 8 hour trip home from SoCal to NoCal and was sad to have to stop driving. Taking Hansel (that’s his name, hansel) a couple of days this week has driven (pun unintended) this home to me: I love driving.

Now I have _never_ loved driving before, always saw it as a chore or a bother. I love it now, but only in manual transmission. I drive my Automatic Toyota and it is back to the drudgery. All I looked forward to in driving was a nice enclosed space to blast my music.

Now I have a soundtrack to a driving experience!

Farhvergnügen. I sound like a frikken commercial.

So Thanks to for teaching me, thanks to my friend Rob for teaching me further about taking corners, the power curve, shifting techniques, mountain driving, etc…

Who’s up for a road trip? Hansel is.

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quitting

I think we should all quit our jobs, walk out and kick every person in the head on the fucking way out.

GenX revolt!

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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The movie:

We saw it last night at 10:00.

How can any decent company watch a movie like this and release it? It really should be against some kind of intellectual honesty fraud law.

Worst

Movie

Ever

(and my expectations were low already!)

I’m going to kick Sean Connery square in the nuts the next time I see him and shout “You owe me sleep and $9 dollars you washed up has-been!”

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Pirates of the Caribbean Update

Yes, I’m sure everyone is just dying to hear my opinion about a movie (everyone is a movie critic, it would seem).

I certainly enjoyed the movie immensly, I have some minor quibbles / areas of discussion:

1. The End:

I was disappointed by the clean, neat ending. I found the governor’s sudden change of approval to go beyond by suspension of disbelief. A far better ending would have involved Captain Sparrow helping Mr. Bloom run away for adventure, and of coure Elizabeth would have to abscond to chase after him. Much better.

2. Will’s Father:

So far I have been the only one to notice that by dropping the bloody gold in the chest and disenchanting the curse, Will also sealed his father to a grisly fate of drowning at the bottom of the ocean. I wonder why this was not addressed at least in passing? Too depressing?

In other news, having major thoughts about my future and my career (being very dissatisfied with the direction, while still used to the income. I really need to see what I do not like and work to change that. Would another company be better for me [as I abhor my current one to the point of contempt], or is the industry all the same? Am I tired of concentrating on Microsoft Technologies, or am I a tech burn-out altogether? I remember liking a mix of platforms better – I miss my unix skills. (though being MS-friendly, I certainly do not miss the Loonix loosers and Maclot iTards. note: these are subsets of idior fanatics, not general proponent of said platforms).

Pretty much I guess I am depressed by my career and do not know what to do about it.

Here is a thought though

I think the fact that I am so happy and pleased and satisfied with my relationship with that anytime that is not spent on one of “our” projects, or with her or for “us” by default pales in comparison. Does an unhappy home life lead to better work satisfaction? I mean, I think I’d rather be working hard on a farm or something low-tech if I could do it closer to home or at home building a relationship with my town/community. I do not feel personal satisfaction here at this company.

Ah well, quite a long ramble.