p.s. the last two days I posted at exactly the same time. Weird.

I actually wrote the following phrase today, and wasn't joking when I used it:

I think that proposal would seriously harm the culture of our office, negating any positive workflow momentum gained from positioning the resources at our corporate headquarters.


ok....so I was half joking.

Havin a tough day, not gonna lie.

I Overslept -- was supposed to get into work early today, but ended up leaving at the normal time.

Due to the severe cold, my car just about didn't start....turned the key. Nothing. Turned the key and gave it some gas. Nothing. Turned the key and gave it a LOT of gas, and it started up.

On the way to work, my exit was blocked by an accident so I had to go through downtown, making me even more late.

And just now went out to my car to move it out of 4 hour parking, turned the key and nothing. Not even a click. Battery absolutely dead. In my haste this morning, I left my lights on. Unbelievable. Now I've gotta get one of my co-workers to brave the below zero weather with me and jump my car. This is fun. It really is.
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Updated: 10:54 pm

And it continues....so earlier this winter when it was really cold like it is now, I had popped open my hood to re-fill the window wash fluid. But when I tried to shut it, it only latch part of the way. You know how when you pop open your hood, it's not all the way open until you reach under and squeeze the little handle? Well my hood would latch that much, but not be all the way closed. After driving to the hardware store to buy rope to tie the stinkin thing shut, I tried again and it finally shut. Through all of that, though, I managed to break the latch inside the car that you pull to pop the hood. Now I need a pliers to work that little "feature."

Fast forward to today. I had to wrangle up a pliers, which we had plenty of -- but only the tiny needle-nosed pliers designed to work on computer equipment, so I had to walk over to our other office and pick up one there. Which actually wasn't too bad because our new office's bathroom facilities are a little tough because they don't have heat, and I had to do a little work in "The Study," so I hit up the old office's luxerious bathrooms for a while. But I digress...

Got the pliers, got the hood open, got the boss to give me a jump, got the car started, did NOT get the hood shut....until I had warmed up the car for 45 minutes. Which put me in an even worse mood. And so I skipped guitar class, which was lame of me. But I just had to be done for the day. No more.

Now I close the day, calming back down with an ice cold Liberty Ale (number 136 on the board) and some pink floyd.

Life is almost back to normal.

I ripped my favorite pair of boxers tonight. Pink. Blue stripes. They were glorious. They were that pair that I'm sure everyone has -- the clutch underwear. Dependable for the important occasions. It was a sad night.

I also managed to permanently stain my favorite pair of jeans tonight as well, but that wasn't as big of a deal. They were on the edge of the garbage anyway, due to a rapidly increasing hole on the right butt cheek. They were just on the edge of no longer being suitable for the public. I used to have a pair of jeans in high school that had the same problem, except then I pushed them to the limit and learned my lesson. I was working at Snyders one summer day, wearing those jeans, and taking a little rest in the middle of breaking down boxes behind the store. It was a super nice day, so I hopped up on top of the dumpster. After a long while, I decided someone might actually miss me, so I jumped down to go back inside. Unfortunately, the mid-sized hole had snagged itself on the lid of the dumpster, and tore a good 4 to 5 inch hole in the back of my jeans. Dangit! That was not fun to finish out the shift. So now I knew I was going to have to retire these jeans soon.

Both of these losses weren't really as bad as they normally would've been. They just point to the state of my wardrobe. Basically, I never buy clothes for myself. It just doesn't seem like a good use of money. So I'm going to use my tax refund money and go on a huge shopping spree. I've been using my "free time" at work to peruse online stores to figure out what I wanna get. Finally, I'm going to have some new clothes....

wee.

So last night I went to the Uptown Bar with some Lakeville friends to listen to Sherbetty, a band from Lakeville originally called BCW (Bust Captain Whitey), lead by Casey Prescott on vocals and guitar, Scott Slepicka on drums, Luke Stangohr on lead guitar, and then a guy from Lakeville whose name escapes me on base and another dude on guitar/keys. This is the second time I've seen them live since mid-January and I gotta say...they're pretty badass.

I sang tenor with Casey in a couple of choirs in high school...including the much over-dramatized Now & Then group, but I'd never really classify him as a "friend," more of an aquaintence, if you will. A couple of years after I graduated from high school, I ran into Casey and he gave me their demo CD, which I've shared with many friends over the years and really quite enjoyed. After that, I had followed them from afar -- being in Iowa didn't really let me go to any of their shows, and when I was actually in Minnesota, they usually played at bars like Renegades in Savage...and that doesn't really motivate me to go watch them.

Then, a few months ago I became Casey's friend on Facebook, and that was cool. And then he sent out an invite to basically everyone he knew that they were playing at the Uptown bar on a Thursday night. The bar being about a mile from my place, I couldn't pass up the show, so I convinced a friend I hadn't hung out with in years to stay up waaaaay too late on a Thursday night and see the show. It rocked.

Then on Friday I got word they were headlining on Saturday night at the same bar and so I rallied the troops and we all went out to hear them again. Quite frankly, I'm damn impressed with both their sound and their stage presence. They know how to put on a show, damnit. They even closed with a cover of Atmosphere's "God Loves Ugly." Sherbetty's version reminds me of a mix of RTM and the Beastie Boys, which are my fav two bands. So there ya go.

Anyway, the point of the story is if you're in the area, you've gotta catch one of their shows. I'm a huge fan. Spread the word.

word.