ticki

here i am in arizona for a company meeting. some training goes on, a lot of meetings as well, but it's really just an excuse for everyone to reconnect and get silly drunk if they want to in the evenings. i'm trying to be good and not drink too much. i'm harboring somewhat of a hangover right now and it's 5:30 (4:30 in my home time zone) in the morning. i've got to go do some training in a half an hour and then it's meetings all day. somebody help me!

not that anybody really ever reads this thing, but i've been feeling like ass. work kind of sucks right now and we have our annual meeting coming up. i don't even want to go as i'll just be wasting a week in arizona. i'm tempted to just play sick and skip the whole thing, but i'd get in a whole heap of trouble. i guess i'll just have to suck it up.

my folks called me up today and asked me to pick them up from the airport. i told them it wouldn't be a problem and everything was...

so it's that time again. vehicle registration is due and california makes us get our cars smogged every 2 years. problem is that my check engine light is on and the code from it says my catalytic converters are failing. i talk to the dealership and they tell me i need new ones and the new cats cost over a grand a piece. my car has 2 of them. add in labor and i'm looking at around $3000 if you factor in tax. not looking good for me. i've had the codes reset before, but they keep coming back...

my girlfriend and i have this monthly dinner thing that we do with a married friend of hers and her husband. it's a couple's night out and we just pick a good restaurant and have dinner and drinks. it's a fun time and we get a chance to eat at places we wouldn't normally go to. it's a good way to find great new restaurants, and believe me there's a lot of good eats in the cali bay area.

i love me some good louisiana cooking. in a previous career, i got sent out east and i spent...

So I tallied it all up. Month to date I have spent over $400 at the MAC store. Most guys spend their tax return money on power tools or electronics or car stuff. Me? I spend it on makeup. I'm such a freak. Haha. Although, I do have to admit that I have quite a bit left over. Maybe after this, my girlfriend won't begrudge me getting a PS3... She thinks video games are a waste of time that would be better spent snuggling on the couch.

I've been there so much, I'm starting to...