Today I had egg noodles, chicken strips, corn bread, a slice of easter cake, a chocolate glazed donut, and a banana. (The banana was ripe. So rare here and so delicious.) Also red gatorade and cranberry juice, and I picked up some yogurt, cocoa puffs and ruffles for later (I've been jonesing for the ridges lately).
A thought on the deployment world: I live my life 120 days at a time. If I can't start and finish a project in 120 days, it usually never happens.
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I got made fun of today for eating chicken strips...
Specifically, I showed up to a meeting at work with my lunch (chicken strips) and at one point, one of my co-workers said in reference to a project, "Don't worry... we'll have the eight year old down at the end of the table take care of it."
I said, "Who, ME? Why am I eight??" and he said, "Um, you have Calvin and Hobbes wallpaper on your computer, you're wearing a t-shirt that says 'Reeses Peanut Butter Cups' on it... and you're eating chicken strips."
Jerks. What's the point of being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?
Hmmm...well, if it's any consolation, I'm less cool than you because I don't even get the sombrero reference. But I agree, why not wear one? Especially, say, in a desert...in the summer...(sorry, just my old rant about uniforms).
A comeback perhaps (stolen from Bart Simpson): "What happen to you China? You used to be cool."
The sombrero reference is a Calvin and Hobbes line. I will describe the strip to you because comic strips are always HILARIOUS when someone simply describes it to you and you can't actually see it. (Sarcasm. I hate it when people do that. But I'm going to do it anyway.)
Essentially, Calvin is leaning against a tree doing nothing and informs Hobbes that he's 'being cool.' ("The world bores you when you're cool.") Hobbes leaves and returns wearing a sombrero, saying that now they can both be 'cool.' Calvin then yells at Hobbes, and claims that NOBODY wears sombrero, and the last panel of the strip is Hobbes stalking away, saying, "What's the fun in being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?"
It's a sentiment I think of frequently, that is, what's the point in being "cool" if it prevents you from doing awesome things?? (This would probably explain why I don't think anyone has ever described me as 'cool' in my entire life.)
Also, apparently Big Brother read how I mentioned to you a few weeks back that Dubai is awesome... because I just got asked by my job if I would ever consider relocating there. Also, the Norfolk, VA airport has flagged me as a t3rro!st! (My life is kind of exciting. But not cool.)
Actually, I don't mind it when people describe comics, esp. when it's a comic I love and translates well to prose (C&H is both of course).
Yes, it is interesting that coolness occasionally limits one's actions...I read an author once who claimed that freedom and power were opposite sides of the same coin, i.e., the freest of men (or women) would have complete choice over what they choose to do, or not to do (his example was Thoreau), but they have no power. Being powerful, on the other hand, means that you have the ability to affect many things others don't, but the price is that sometimes you must do things you don't want (e.g., have someone killed, make fun of sombreros, etc.)
I tend to agree with you, which is probably why I will never make general. And, as I posted earlier, I am not cool either.
You see, and everyone thinks living in a police state with every word monitored is such a bad idea. So, you gonna go to Dubai? It would be a cool (sorry for the word, of course it wouldn't really be "cool" in the Calvinist (the comic) sense of the word) experience. How long's the hitch for? And how's that terrorist status treating you? I assume that was a mistake on their part? I hope so, I don't want to go to war with you too...
I posted a lengthier reply comment on our Paul Van Riper conversation, but I have a couple additional thoughts:
1. I have a bunch of websites I peruse through on a fairly regular basis, and I go through them in more or less alphabetical order. Hence, yours is always either directly before or directly after icanhascheezburger.com, which provides an interesting contrast.
2. Your "word verification" is killing me, Smalls. (Sandlot reference). I NEVER get it right on the first try. Maybe I am, in fact, a robot.
3. Ooooh, a comment was deleted?? Where there controversial Calvin and Hobbes remarks?!
Deleted the comment for grammar and spelling (I have some friends who are real sticklers...).
Hmm, I'm competing with Lolcats for my friend's attention...I say that pretty firmly indicates you aren't a robot.
(Interesting to think of discovering you're a robot...very Blade Runner/Imposter. I've heard this is a common problem for INTJs (Being compared to robots, not discovering they are robots.))
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