Category: Me

I’ve been known to procrastinate at times. No, really. One of my favorite sayings is, “If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute.” How true.

It’s a bad habit though. I came across a link to this article today, ” 6 Habits ot Avoiding and Overcoming Procrastination.”

I think I’ll read it later.

1. Mashed with gravy
2. Hashbrowns
3. Twice baked
4. Baked. Served with butter and grated cheese (cheddar)
5. French Fries

Got this on email. Maybe it’s blog worthy:

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here’s what you’re supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun! Copy this entire email and paste into a new email that you can send, change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you.

1. What is your occupation? Call Center Supervisor
2. What color are your socks right now? Black when I started this, then barefoot.
3. What are you listening to right now? Nothing
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Tacos and a very spicy chicken burrito
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes, I learned to drive on one.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Green
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My sister-in-law
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Of course
9. How old are you today? 38
10. Favorite drink? Rum & Coke (too bad I can’t drink it anymore)
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? football
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Nope
13. Pets? 1 dog, 3 cats
14. Favorite food? Rum cake
15. Last movie you watched? Wild Hogs
16. What do you do to vent anger? Vent to someone
17. Favorite Day of the year? Christmas
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Toy guns of course. What else do little boys like?
19. What is your favorite, fall or spring? Fall
20. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
21. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? sure
23. Who is most likely to respond? Julie – she’s a sucker for these things 🙂
24. Who is least likely to respond? Everyone else
25. Current living arrangements? Kinda vague…in a house with my wife and daughter
26. When was the last time you cried? My grandmother’s funeral.
27. What is on the floor of your closet? Shoes and a box of receipts along with the occasional tie. I hate it when they fall off the tie rack.
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? Darin, I’ve known since fourth grade
29. The friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? Chris K
30. Favorite smell? —– huh?
31. What inspires you? good question
32. What are you afraid of? The older I get, the more I don’t like heights. Freaky isn’t it?
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheese
34. Favorite car? 66 Mustang. I learned to drive on one
35. Favorite cat breed? Guys don’t have favorite cat breeds.
36. Number of keys on your key ring? 8 – including the key to the lock I used for my wall locker in the USMC. I’ve been out for 14 years now.
37. How many years at your current job? 5 years, 1 month
38. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
39. How many states have you lived in? 4 plus one U.S. Territory. I won’t count all the states I’ve driven through, even though I was living when I drove through them.
40. How many countries have you been to? Counting the U.S. – 3
41. Today’s date and time: 01/09/2008 – 11:14 pm

Earlier this month I was stressing out trying to get my 25-page paper done for my grad-school class. Got my final grade today…an A. Was there any doubt? (Um, actually yes, there was). Good times.

Well, clearer anyway. This morning I was able to read the 20/20 line at the doctor’s office. Tonight, things are a little blurry at some distances. I’ve been told that it can take a few days for my vision to stabilize.

My eyes feel a little itchy but the haziness I saw yesterday is almost entirely gone.

Had LASIK surgery today. Woohoo!

The most uncomfortable part was when they used the laser to make the flap of the cornea.

The surgery itself wasn’t bad at all. Now things are a bit hazy and my eyes feel the slightest bit scratchy (I”m told that will get worse tomorrow). I can already see an improvement. My eyes are a bit light sensitive at the moment, and there are star bursts around lights, but it isn’t too bad.

Just relaxing the rest of the day.

Today is my 38th birthday. This post is where I should ponder the passage of time and the maturity it brings.

But I’ve got nothing.

Any dream interpreters out there?

Last night I had a strange one. The dream started with me getting on a Canada Air flight.

The strange thing about this plane was that all the seats were bench-style. Some faced forward in the cabin, others faced the side. I sat in one facing the side. At this point in the dream, I realized that I wasn’t wearing a shirt. Thankfully, I did have pants, but I was surprised they let me on the plane bare-chested. No one seemed to notice even though everyone else was fully clothed.

I just checked and found out there is an Air Canada but not a Canada Air. Still, why Canada Air? I’ve never been to Canada, don’t plan on going there, and don’t want to. In the words of Homer Simpson, “why would you want to leave America to visit American Junior?”

And what is up with being shirtless? Is there some phobia related to having a bare torso on a plane?

Or maybe Freud would say “sometimes being shirtless on a Canadian airplane is just being shirtless on a Canadian airplane.”