Reflections

If you have no idea where this quote comes, it’s really funny…
S: “You taste like strawberries.”
K: “You taste like fish-biscuits.”
Source of the quote? visit the extended entry…

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Hey… how about that?
Someone from PA is googling me!
That person (possibly 2 different people, as I’ve noticed a comcast IP and a verizon IP) has come across my site by googling the name of the company I work for and Bri…
How very interesting!?! Welcome, look around, enjoy yourself… nothing to hide here… what you see here is certainly who I am.
I’d say that these are the most important posts I’ve made:

• Why I post here
• The ramifications of these posts
• At some point, I’ll post what a panic attack feels like, and how I worked so hard to get through my anxiety disorder. I think my experiences could surely help someone!

Now I need to go to bed, I need to be at work early in the morning… I guess I’ll get used to that sooner or later… although I have gotten better……

Here’s what’s going on in the life of Bri-man right now…
I’ve sold my place in VA. I basically had to bend over and take it, with all of the concessions I made to sell it. But, I guess that since I still made a profit on it, and did actually sell it, I can’t complain too much.
I don’t have a place in PA yet. I’m still living in an extended stay hotel. The place that I really wanted to buy got a contract the day before I could write it, so I lost out on that… or did I? I got a call last week that the contract might be falling through… so I’ve sent a letter of intent, and hope to hear something tomorrow or Tuesday.
My new job is keeping me very busy. I was looking forward to a job where I’d be off from work “early enough to enjoy happy hour.” But thus far, in about 6 weeks, I’ve left work in time for happy hour only once. ONCE!!! Either I’ve been sold a bill of goods, or “it’s just the busy season”. I believe that I’m actually working MORE hours here than at EHS. Man, this’ll have to get better! At least I enjoy the faculty, students, and staff. I do have an employee with whom I’m having some difficulty adjusting, but I’m confident that’ll be better soon!
Well, since I mentioned EHS above, I’ll add that I’ve gotten lots of calls from people still at EHS: my former staff, some current EHS employees (both faculty AND staff), as well as people really close to the situation (vendors and such). And the concensus is… THEY HATE THE NEW COMPANY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
So, Mr. Boota De Butts, aren’t you loving the decision you’ve made now? Or is your ego too big to realize that there’s so much discontent, and that it’s ALL YOUR doing? By the way, Boota… here’s a quote from someone pretty high at EHS (and it’s not CJ, if that’s who you think!), in regards to your leadership (and I could type pages of examples of your poor leadership — like calling one of the faculty member’s children a “pest” in a business meeting in front of five outside companies!)… “With all of the changes he’s making, the sense of Community at EHS is waining [sic] fast.” Great job, Boota, destroy one of the cornerstones of the place that you love so much. Arrogance is one thing, Boota… but unjustified arrogance? It’s just pathetic! I’ll have an ice cream cone, please!
Well, now that my rant is over…
My Hokies have been a little over-rated this fall. I thought it (but didn’t want to say it, just in case my read was incorrect). Yeah, we beat the teams we should have, but we had no reason being ranked #10 or #11 having not proven ourselves. The GA Tech game, although it really was only the first 11 minutes of the game, showed why I had my doubts. But even still, we’re better than Florida State!!
And my Cowboys? Man, I dislike T.O. I compare him to when we had Deion Sanders. I’ll be happy with his productivity, but I still won’t like him. Why do I get the feeling that he’ll end up in Washington in the next year or 2?
I REALLY can’t wait to be moved into a permanent home… I’m really missing out on good TV. This time of year, it’s not fun to be watching football or Lost in a hotel room, when I know that my HDTV is in storage just waiting to make it all look better! And I’m missing my Xbox 360 a little too… and my guitar… and having more than one room… Soon, I know, soon!

OK…. there are some reality shows that I like… Survivor (don’t believe me, search my site)… sometimes Big Brother… I even watched Treasure Hunters…. but… here’s my silly little guilty pleasure… it’s Rockstar: SuperNova.
The show is the rock version of American Idol. And all of the competitors are vying to be the lead singer of a soon-to-be-new-band called SuperNova. SN will feature Tommy Lee, of Motley Crue fame, and Pam Anderson fame, and drive-a-car-with-a-body-part-porn-movie fame. It’ll also feature Gilby Clarke of Guns ‘n’ F’n Roses fame as well as Jason Newstead of Metallica.

Well, one of those competitors, Storm Large, has completely captured my attention. Besides the fact that she can sing, she’s 6 feet tall (I like ’em tall or I like ’em small), and she’s drop dead gorgeous. At any rate, I’m including a video of her singing her own song on the show, “LadyLike.” I LOVE the song… and I hope you do, too.

Since I’m moving soon, I’d love to have this picture that I saw at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Perhaps it’d be a nice going-away gift, or a nice house-warming gift?

It’s not that they don’t love each other, but they just don’t lie together or sleep together very often. Well, tonight, as I go around and turn off all of the lights to go to bed, I notice both Pink and Buddy lying together in the same chair. It doesn’t happen much, so I had to snap a picture.
I’m guessing that they’re both sharing that particular chair, because it’s not a chair they normally have access to. That’s the chair that usually sits in front of my computer desk, in my bedroom/office. Well, since I’m getting the condo ready to put it on the market, my agent says to take that chair out of the bedroom, and put it into the guest bedroom, and to bring a smaller dining room chair for the desk. Smaller chairs make it look like there’s more space.
I’ve done a good bit of work on getting this ready to go on the market, so hopefully it’ll sell relatively quickly. It’ll go on the market on Monday, and we’re planning an open house next Sunday as well. It would be ideal if I could get this place sold, and buy a place in Philly, so that the moving will be one fluid motion. I’m guessing that’s more of a dream than reality.. but I’m certainly hoping!!!