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since pacific standard time
first of all, i wish damarius thomas could catch. that would be phenomenal.
secondly, i hate pacific standard time, if that’s even what it is officially called. i feel like i am somehow cheating time, and i refuse to succumb to the clock because when i’m there, i live in the future (eastern standard time). the only thing i love about traveling to the west coast and my time deception is that i get ridiculous amounts of rest. i also dislike the fact that every guy there looks one of two ways: a dark haired emo guy or a hillbilly. i may contemplate moving to seattle, but the true drawback of that is that i dislike the following things:
1. emo men
2. rain
3. cold weather
i unfortunately was not afforded much tourism time in downtown seattle. most of my time was spent either traveling, or 35 feet in the air on a scissor lift in a 35 degree (or less) warehouse cooler. i also realized that i did not come into contact or converse with another person of the same gender as myself in 3 days. such is the joy of being a mechanical design engineer in one of the most male-dominated industries in existence. i don’t mind being around a lot of men - oftentimes i prefer it because men’s lives seem to be must less drama-filled, unless of course a woman enters the picture and drags him down with her. i guess i shouldn’t complain, i’m in a unique position. i just miss having someone to relate to a lot of the time. plus hanging out with contractors and installers all day isn’t exactly a high-society experience. i will say, however, that it is an “experience.” i learned a LOT of new dirty jokes.
i had a very interesting conversation about obama winning the presidential election.
Creative Loafing cover
the comment made was that the election of obama aligns with the prophecies of the book of revelation and the coming of the anti-christ. This stems from an email that circulated in the spring of this year.
The e-mail reads: “According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal….the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything is it OBAMA??”
as a mccain supporter, i’m not entirely sure what to say about this, other than to chuckle a little bit and reaffirm my lack of faith in human-kind. plus, isn’t saying that a politician is deceptive sort of a given?
i’m reading a book called “another bullshit night in suck city” by nick flynn. i’m about halfway through it, and although i’m not a huge fan of the actual story line (it’s a memoir), i am in love with the writing style and somehow cannot put the book down (the fact that i was stuck on a plane for 5 hours also helped me keep on reading). if you like well-written prose, i’d suggest picking it up - unless of course you are easily offended.
by Nick Flynn
damarius thomas just made up for his incomplete pass on the past drive.
while watching the game, jonathan and i have come to the conclusion that georgia tech must be renting it’s dance team. we are fairly convinced that the entire campus does not have a population of attractive females that large, therefore, we must be shelling out some serious cash for these girls - promotions girls from some firm downtown. 
part of this conclusion is based on our assessment of the past 7 years of georgia tech dance team (we attended from fall 2001 (2002 for me) to fall 2006). the overall weight of the team has been reduced likely 30-50% in the past half decade, and i doubt it is because tech is requiring photographs on their freshmen admissions applications.
i lack any further inspiration to write, because georgia tech is up 21-17 with :03 to go. we won. b-e-a-utiful. 6-1, baby, against a bunch of crappy teams! doesn’t say much for us, but i’ll take it, i guess.
we’re off to a corn maze in canton tonight. i hope i don’t freeze to death. i should be used to it, though, after this past week. however, this time i have no control over the temperature.
if i could do nothing
if i could do nothing, i would do everything. for the past six days i’ve been couch-bound thanks to my body’s significant intolerance to anything it isn’t used to, and have come to the conclusion that “relaxing” is not all that it’s cut out to be. this morning i was driven back to post-op to receive two bags full of fluids via IV after day 5 of being unable to eat, drink, or even stand up to walk around. i sat in the front seat of justin’s truck with my head pressed up against the window watching the trees fly by and smelling that fresh, damp, crisp smell that only late september/early october can muster. stay remarked that it’d be the perfect day to skip work and go for a run or hike or bike ride. if i could have lifted my head, i would have agreed. it was at that point i started to wonder about all of the things i wish that i could be doing with my daily routine. teaching kids, or taking groups of people white water rafting down the oconee, or building houses for habitat, or being some type of scientific journalist. i’m not sure, but i am sure that it doesn’t include calculating coefficients of heat transfer or figuring out how to save energy through environmentally friendly heaters. if i could do nothing, i would make my way to the beach every morning, go for a run, watch the sun rise, play fetch with the dogs, and find the rest of the hours of the day waiting to be tackled. i think if there is one thing that i need to feel in my life, it’s that i’ve made a tiny little change in the world every day i’m alive.
i learned that i have the best friends in the world, and if i didn’t already know that, it was solidified this past weekend. i’m not sure how complete strangers find each other and learn to love another unconditionally with no reason to prove anything, but i’m really glad that i met these people. “a true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” well-said.
doing nothing and being on the couch can teach lots of things. i guess the pain over the past five or six days really paid off in one way or another.
we’ll see if i agree tomorrow morning when i walk into the office.