employment

Shabooyah

Netflix on xbox 360 in the fall...i was going to increase my movie subscriptions, now i guess i don't have to.

my aquarium kicks so much ass

It took awhile for the symbiotic bacteria to colonize, but it appears as though the nitrification cycle is underway and no longer will high ammonia levels cause physiologic stress to my fishes. I lost three red platy in the process of getting this tank underway: Poquito, Pequeno, and Picante; RIP. Mad propz to all my roomates for putting up with the putrid scent and opaque, cloudy, feces-filled water. If this continues to be a successful venture maybe I can start a larger salt water aquarium and get some real badasses to swim around.

*You can't tell, but currently in the aquarium are two small algae eater fish, and one small shark kinda like this guy.

The Pearl

Just finished this novella by Steinbeck. A great quick read, there is a substantial amount of story packed into so few pages. What shall I read next? B Hurst I'm looking your direction: hopefully you'll see this before your foray into the tropical/arid pandemonium that is Kenya. If not I'll look at iRead on Facebook. The Brothers Karamazov has been sitting unread on my bookshelf for epochs, although it'd be a massive undertaking, maybe I should give it a go.

Not been drinking

Ok so the last post was mildly spurred by alcohol, but I'm not
changing anything, including the resultant grammatical errors that are
innately predisposed by anyone attempting to type on an iPhone. Now
I'm watching my little shark in my aquarium do loop d loops at 130 on
the morning for no other reason than to contract my muscles of
mastication, forcing a recalcitrant smile to creep upon my lips
despite my brow's best efforts to rectify any emotion but indolent
pain birthed from a night of shameless intoxication. I'm making
spaghetti o''s and maybe watching baseball tonight. I hope to see
anyone who reads this blog sooner than later.

It ain't so bad

Love stinks. But it wouldn't be so bad to have it. Whatever I'm not
complaining I just listen to lush depressive lovesick rock. I wonder how
Much a liver can tolerate? I've heard it said from
Some very educated scientists and/or health professions that if you
could kiss any organ before you went to sleep at night that your liver
should probably be considered first.

Internet Radio

iphone + pandora music app + stereo aux input = free internet radio. Why am I so addicted to the trance station? Maybe the trance station has me hypnotized and I'm therefore compelled to listen to it more frequently.

Success!

It did! Now how do I add pics from the phone? Maybe i have to upload
them directly from the website. Blogger needs their own iPhone
application.
Sent from my iPhone

Test

Did it work???

Sent from my iPhone

Radiohead

I've been in a pretty big phase as of late, listening to "Pablo Honey" repeatedly. This morning I found out about the pre-sale tickets going on sale this Friday. I really hope I'm able to get tickets, they're one of the few bands I really care about going to see.  Last time I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl right after Hail to the Thief was released (2003- seems much longer ago), and it was an amazing set. Not to mention this time they're performing with Liars, which is going to doubly awesome.

Work

Work is hard, retirement sounds good. It's unfortunate that you just can't do whatever you feel like doing in this  life. Who decided that? Since I can't do whatever I want whenever I feel like it, nursing is pretty cool as a career. There is so much to learn in the process of doing things and the way operations work at the hospital; it's hard, constant work for 12 hours/day, but the time flies by, and most of the people I work with are aight and fun to talk with.

A Resurgence?

I just finished the book, "The Kite Runner" today. Despite it's name, it's less about kites that you might think. Actually, the story takes place from pre-Russian invasion Afghanistan to the near-present, and revolves around the story of a boy, his father, their servants, their response to the calamity following the Afghanistan revolution/Russian invasion. Plot twists abound, and there are a lot of interesting themes about morals and parental acceptance. It was really an amazing story throughout, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Hurry up and read it so we can chit-chat.