Harlan

Thanks guys.

Hope so. Unfortunately I made a lot of the same mistakes with this one. The crazy ones seem to seek me out with an animal magnetism. It's not as good as you'd think.

Looking forward to having some extra emotional fuel to burn for a while during training/races.

GirlAnachronism

I've said it before and I'll say it again. *****es be crazy. All of 'em. Present company not excluded.

aggro_jo

even that might cause problems.......

shovelhd

I have a baseball bat in the corner next to the front door.

waterrockets 

You just need to find the right kind of crazy. Crazy generous. Crazy kindness. Crazy focused. You know.

I'm thinking that might be a great place to store my chainsaw.

Keep it lubed with some really red bar oil and sprinkle it with hair cuttings.

Next to a box of meat packing paper.

And a shovel.

GirlAnachronism

^ I think I've finally figured out where shovelhd's username comes from...

waterrockets 

noted

echappist

and i'm out of the loop as usual ...

shovelhd

WR, I am laughing so friggin hard I am going to get fired.

waterrockets 

mollusk

Booked travel to Corfu at the end of the month. Avoided any flights/airlines involving 737's not because I'm scared of them ripping open in flight, but scared that they might all be grounded pending inspection and hence screwing up travel arrangements. It should be fun, but no bike so training will suffer.

Harlan

Heh yeah you're both right. Problem is I keep finding the wrong kinds taken to extremes. I think I might take some time off relationships, this time on purpose Gonna focus on racing my butt off this season.

GirlAnachronism

That's what I'm doing right now and it's freaking AWESOME. Seriously. It sucked at first but I am happier now than I've ever been, and I'm always pretty damn happy.

Back around Thanksgiving I broke up with my partner of 5.5 years, who I thought I was going to be with forever. I couldn't imagine a life without her. I'm kind of dating casually now but mostly I am enjoying my time alone, training my ass off (and whenever I feel like it), going to whatever races I want to, spending the whole day in bed if I'm tired or staying out all night if that's what kind of mood I'm in and having no one to report back to. It's pretty great.

aggro_jo

anybody in interwebz land have a set of bb30 172.5 53 cranks they are using for a doorstop?

caloso

Parents just flew home from Chicago on SWA and lived to tell the tale. Wife will be on SWA twice this week and I made a lame joke on her FB page about whether the life insurance was paid up.

Harlan

I'm with you. I was single for 6 months before this one and enjoyed it a ton. I learned how to be happy while doing absolutely nothing, alone. I think it's a pretty rare skill among people these days. 5.5 years is a loong time - 1/4 of my life, that's really serious. I was single for 2 years after my first 2 year relationship. Don't know how I kept up with that one. It's always good to get your world shaken up a bit by someone though; I get too comfortable and too in control of everything.

waterrockets 

That 737 Spyder is hawt.

caloso

Makes for a great view.



Keep your seatbelt on, though.

wfrogge

Heres some advice.... Dont stick your penis in crazy

mollusk

Hollywood agrees:

Flatballer

Had a bad talk with the boss today. Apparently me not coming in often enough (since there's no work and I have insomnia (which he knows)), being "detached" and not enthusiastic about my work (not sure where he got that from), and spending too much time on the internet.

I also got passed (for now) on that job that I wanted because the other manager asked and my boss told him I'm not that reliable. Uggh. At least I got a free lunch out of it, and now I know. I didn't really realize it was that bad. I figured as a contractor they'd rather me not come in than come in and sit around doing nothing, apparently they'd rather me come in and ask for stuff to do, and create work, lol.

I guess I haven't been that engaged lately (because most of what I do is boring, and there isn't enough of it). I'm gonna make a real effort. He said I'm still in contention for that position once it gets posted, but he's gonna try to hold off posting it until I've proven myself for a little while and the other manager will consider me.

Harlan

Very, very sound advice.

echappist

it's good to see this place alive again.

jwible

You are young. You have no track record at this point. The only thing others can judge you by is what you are doing and how dedicated you are to the work. Bust your hump to stay busy and always ask for work when you have down time. If the managers can't find you work they at least know you are slacking because you have done all you have to do, not because you are bored.

mattm

This!