Deacon Blues Three Point OH!!

Twice now this weekend I have been reminded just how fantastic life is with the addition of good music. It doesn’t have to be deep, emotional, or operatic.. FUN goes a long long way. A good beat is essential, something that reaches inside – grabs the groove thing – and winds it up till you can’t contain it anymore, or soothes your soul into a peaceful clear state.

At work this weekend I had a couple of tasks that I had to get done, and needed to get done quickly. Now these are not always the quickest of things to slog thru but they went SO much quicker with a good mix from XM Radio’s BPM, a fun dance/house music station with a minimum of 60 beats per minute. Just slide on the headphones, crank up the volume all the way, let your fingers fly over the keyboard and the work just gets done so fast… and a bit of dancing in your seat at the same time!

I’m sure my co-workers think I’m a bit odd for it, but there are times that I just can not hold in that urge to move with the music, and heaven help me, if I could carry a tune I would be singing along WAY more often. (think peel the enamel from your teeth bad – re: my singing skills). And honestly life is to short to suppress the inner joy straining to get out.. Read more »

We had an interesting discussion at work tonight. It started with the contemplation of picking up a couple powerball tickets to play.

I’ve never actually played that kind of lottery – and only recently played some scratch tickets for the first time. But I have to admit its damned tempting!

The topic eventually and rather quickly turned to “what would you do with the winnings” ? And I asked each person what would be the top 5 things in order that they would do…

My answers:

1. Pay off all debt.

2. Pay for gastric surgery/and any follow up cosmetic surgeries until all vestiges of weight issues had vanished.

3. Set aside 6 million each for my Mother, Father, Best Friend for use at their discretion.

4. Open a chain of High Quality tattoo shops through New England, hiring only the best talent out there. And recruiting where needed. With the hopes to expand nationally at some point.

5. Buy a home locally, Condo in Boston/NYC/New Orleans/San Francisco/and various time shares throughout the globe. (That might become just nice hotel room lol)

So thats my Top 5. There are other things of course that I would want to do – travel, invest for the future, etc… But those are the top 5 first on the list.

Oh and there is one that goes without saying… Early Retirement! lol

What would you do with 165 million?

As for the rest of the day it was very calm and collected. It’s been a while since I have seen a day so truly blissful and quiet at work lol. They also bought us dinner from a local wings joint that is just fantastic. I finally tried honey mustard wings and OMG! A new temptation is entered into the books… sigh… lol

And now I’m off for a bit of food then a bit of Modern Warfare.

DB

Do you keep Vampire hours? I do.

A fair number of people seem to think I am weird for it too.. I actually enjoy it. The world is a much more peaceful place at 3 am instead of 3pm or even 5am instead of 5pm. I mean think about it – when’s the last time you were stuck in traffic at 3 or 5 in the morning?

Now, there is an argument to be made that some of the crazies come out at night, but I would argue that they are there in the day time too – but you just can’t see them for all the less crazy but no less disturbed individuals running loose in broad day light. It’s just that without the waking world being there for them to hide in they tend to stand out more.

Wanna know something else great about the night? No sunburns.

Plus while everyone else is gone to work Read more »

It’s my Sunday, that is to say – the end of my weekend.

I got into bed at around 9:40am and didn’t crawl back out till 6:30pm this evening… and I felt guilty too?

Not sure why… Its not like I had plans or people I was ignoring, I think it was just that it felt like I was spending my last day, before the week, in bed instead of up doing stuff…

So I got up. And messed around on the computer, watched a little TV, made some breakfast/lunch and then took a nap around 10:30pm. And now here I am back up – only 2 TV shows recorded to watch, some time with the 360 heading my way, and honestly I really would like to sit down and just read… It’s been far far too long since I have just spent an evening reading in solitude.

It seems like I have become beholden to trying to keep up with the myriad of TV shows I enjoy. And I’m not entirely sure thats healthy. About once a week I go through and try to weed out shows that I can live without, but darn it the ones that are there I just really like.

There has to be a better way… sigh…

So today has been a day of lazy and rest. I’ve not really accomplished anything at all. And I’m ok with that. But I do need to stop putting some things off and just do them. For ex. Make a dentist apt and stuff of that sort. Blah…

So what am I going to ramble on about if nothing has happened today? Read more »

Headed to bed early tonight after what proved to be a satisfying night to me. There was good work done, good humor shared, and positive energy in the air for the vast majority of the night.

At one point I sought out the Universe to send me a bit of energy to help deal with those who would drain away my patience and tolerance. And the Universe answered abundantly.

And so now I am headed to bed early to get up even earlier and head off to NH for my “Quarterly Adjustment”. Going to see my therapist Sandy, who works out of a nice tattoo shop up in Salem.

She is going to be doing some touchup/rework on an existing tattoo so no new patterns or pieces this time around, much  to my disappointment. But soon enough I will get back in the chair for something new.

I am looking forward to having the work done for a few reasons – one is the renewed sense of control and balance that being inked brings to me. The release of the endorphins does wonders to clean out the cobwebs of life. And two, to get the piece settled out once and for all.

Now the main goal will be to not snore lol… I still think its weird that I can sleep through being inked… But I am grateful for it too. It means I have developed effective skills at compartmentalizing what needs to be dealt with and processing what is there in a positive and effective manner, letting the energy recharge me, rather than drain me.

Afterwards will be a quick trip to weigh in for the week and probably a stop at the store for cat food. Then its home for a long nap to let the world settle around me again. And to just enjoy the impending snow (however slight), and peace of home. Hoping to do a fair amount of reading and to start a video game finally.

Night for now… C-ya in the later A.M.

DB

*UPDATE: Quarterly Adjustment – postponed. Blah… back to bed now..