Thursday Thirteen

Last Thirteen Books I've Read

1. Journey to the North Sea by Hideyuki Kikuchi
2. Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
3. White Night by Jim Butcher
4. Into a Dark Realm by Raymond E. Feist
5. Flight of the Nighthawks by Raymond E. Feist
6. Fulgrim - Graham McNeil
7. Flight of the Eisenstein by James Swallow
8. Harry Potter & the Deadly Hallows by J.K Rowling
9. Habeas Corpses by Wm. Mark Simmons
10. Chapter War by Ben Counter
11. Pilgramage of the Sacred by Hideyuki Kikuchi
12. His Last Command by Dan Abnett
13. Tempest by C.S. Goto

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The Road of Drama

I have to admit that a simple incident at pizza last night has been a major workout for me. It took me a while to get to it and many shares. However as I still do I focused on the physical which was Ark Man's rage instead of the spiritual problem which has always been my fear and anxiety on me taking care of myself. Hell I've taken care of this kind of stuff so much I'm a 5 star veteran, but for some reason that core fear that I can't take of myself is still there. While it is not as bead as it use to be this incident really struck a cord in me. I guess since I really don't deal with this crap anymore which is weird for me since it was such a daily occurrence for most of my life. Well that right their is a good indicator of how my life is going.

Pizza Drama

Working with pizza means working with not the brightest crayons in the box. The pettiness, bickering, etc. is truly amazing. For me its just pizza. While we all have a screw loose somewhere Car Girl and Ark Man seem to create the most. Mostly since they try to sneak extra orders for more money. You never know what your going to get and it's not going to be more than $5. So your going to screw someone else over for $5? So anyway Car Girl got into a heated discussion with another driver and Ark man got pissed at me. Usually I go along with his plan since I'm easy going, but usually I end up getting screwed. So tonight I declined and I ended up getting the extra order than him. Oh boy did I hear it. He still wasn't talking to me when I left. All of this is like who the hell cares, but Ark man is a rager and after our little incident I could feel myself anxious. That switch that would start the old tapes playing was not thrown, but I could feel it wanting to. To start the whole chaos factor in my head. I've dealt with this kind of crap growing up and in my marriage. I've got enough experience to know what to do and I took care of myself. It was just weird to have it come up at pizza of all places.

So all this gave me plenty of time to come up with some new rules for ordering pizza. Now I know you would think it would be an easy thing, but let me tell you it's not.

1. Be home - do not call from someplace else and hope to be there first. Don't suddenly realize wait I just ordered a pizza and have no money and need to run to the bank. Lastly don't run out for anything until the pizza arrives.


2. Be dressed - unless your a hot looking women that we won't care. Put some clothes on. WTF? Does ordering a pizza make you really horny? Do you have to have sex with your SO at that moment? Can't you wait to beat the bishop until after the food arrives.


3. Listen for the doorbell - You've ordered food. Someone is going to deliver it to you. Maybe listening for a knock or your own doorbell so that you can actually get the food would be helpful. When the driver has to call to get you to open the damn door you should tip more.


4. Realize it's not free - when you pick up the phone a order a pizza the pizza fairy doesn't come a bring you your food. A driver with a screw loose does. Don't wait till you open the door to fully realize, "hey I have to pay for this" and "where the hell is my money?"


5. It is not the appropriate time to hand out religious material - yeah I know you're the new age Jehovah's witness. Getting people to actually come to your door and be a captive audience, but believe me pal the tip isn't worth what your handing out.

OH that's what it is

I always wondered what the name of the thingy was.

Now I know.

Holy Exercise Batman!

I sent out my announcements today for my 2 new programs for the office. One on posture so people don't end up hunched over later in life. Everyone says they don't want to end up that way, but most people still do nothing about it. Also a slimming your mid line one. There are so many bad weight loss theories out there I figured I would help people do it more healthy. Crap I never had me email box fill up so fast with people having questions and wanting to come in. Like one of my old bosses said you need to keep up with the times and give people what they want.

Hump Day

While naps are refreshing they totally screw my sense of time. I have no idea what day it is today. Everything I did yesterday morning prior to my nap feels like 2 days ago. I'm having to double think everything to make sure I'm on the right day.

Well it's been a while since I've overdrawn my bank account. I didn't take into account my merchant service fee. Oh well. I hate it when that happens. I'm happy it doesn't freak me out like it use to do. It use to be a more frequent occurrence which I'm happy to realize hasn't happened in a while. Last month's slowness is affecting me. I'll have to switch money around to cover everything. I'll still be short the money , but hopefully it will give me enough time to catch up.

What the Hell?

I don't know if I'm feeling my age or what, but after dancing late last night and getting up early for my business meeting this morning I was exhausted today. I mean I could have closed my eyes while driving tired. So I was happy to have free time today to grab an hour nap on my table. It allowed me to finish off the day. Also having planned not to work pizza on Tuesdays so it just wasn't such an exhausting day helped. So when I went out to dance tonight I was pretty fresh. I'm getting very good, but I have no stamina with it. Not that I get physically tired with it I just get mentally tired. Like okay now what move should I do. Since I'm the guy driving it I have to choreograph it out and after a few minutes I'm kind like okay I'm done. Yes, yes I know typical guy I had my fun goodnight. The other problem I'm having is I can keep the beat for about a minute and then I slowly lose it. A salsa song is going to go from 3 to 9 minutes so I'm going to have to work on it. Marquita (you can see her website) my instructor is going to have a workshop on Saturday that I want to attend to pick up more leading moves which are important when you have a real woman in front of you. One of these days I'll have to pick up dancing shoes which I've been told will make a world of difference.

Save Second Base

This was a great comment on a shirt for Breast cancer awareness. Anyway I'm just sharing the news that for this week the blog Boobiethon is raising money for breast cancer awareness. Thanks Mistress M and Cinnkitty.

TMI Tuesday

1. Early bird or night owl? Oh I'm a night owl. Go to bed late and sleep late. I'm very rarely in bed before 11 and I hate to get up before 8. I know the smallest violin. How I spawned a child that likes the crack of dawn is beyond me.

2. If you could only be one, would you rather be smart or good looking? I would say smart. My intelligence just gives me so much enjoyment. I meet enough women that are gorgeous and nothing between the ears and I just couldn't be that way.

3. Do you gossip? No I don't think it is a nice trait. I could very easily, but I work not to.

4. On a scale of 1-10, how adventurous are you? (1 is lowest, 10 is highest) I'm a solid 5. I enjoy trying a lot of things. However as I get older I have a growing fear of injury and that is causing the number to slowly drop.

5. On a scale of 1-10, how good a kisser do you think you are? ( ditto ) I guess an 8. Never really knew until the last few women I have dated have made the comment that I was very good. Who knew?

Bonus (as in optional):What do you consider the biggest turn on out of the following? a) lingerie b) movies c) toys d) role playing e) leather f) none of this does anything for me. I would definitely say role play since it fully engages my mind. When I was younger I would have said lingerie, but that has faded over the years.

Dating Thoughts

One thing I realized last night while I was laying around was how my dating life is better this year than it has been. When I first started dating about a year after I separated from my ex and about 17 years from my last date. I went on a LOT of first dates about 15 in 5-6 months. Hey I don't do anything half assed. I'll put the blame on myself as I got my dating legs back. However the 3 women I've dated this year have gone beyond that. April and CPA girl, I went out on 3-4 dates and L and I went out for about 3 months. So there were no one date wonders in 2007 so far. There have been many women that I have asked out that never got to the table, but that's okay. Grateful to see the progression.