David's Tangled Thoughts

I was in Detroit for my cousin, Jason’s wedding. Originally I had a long post but it turned out to be more of a rant about the church we went to than the actual wedding. The church, in my opinion, is pretty sketchy but once I get past it, the wedding was nice. I enjoyed myself and this is the first wedding for the immediate family in a long time. The last one being for my Aunt oooh… almost a decade and a half ago. I think the highlight of my time there was seeing my mom dancing. She looked like she was having a good time. It would have been better to have seen dad go out on the floor with her but he’s chicken. It was really cool to see all my uncles, aunts, and cousins all in the same place. Even seeing my Aunt Tina was great. She and my uncle divorced and that's the main reason why I don’t see her very much although she does stay in contact through mail. There was a picture of my Grandma and all her kids together taken. I’ll have to post it when I get a copy. Instead, you’ll have

How much do you think it costs to get a two piece suit dry cleaned? Four dollars? Six dollars? Eight? I paid $10.50. That’s outrageous! I’m heading to the other side of the state for a wedding on Saturday and I wanted to look my best. I haven’t worn the thing for almost two years and the fit is odd. It’s the same in the chest area but loose on the waist and thighs. I’m unevenly deflating! *** One of my reconsidered medical insurance claims came back. They have kindly decided to cover my emergency room visit. No word yet on the other stuff. *** At the time of my accident, I was due for a haircut. Now I cut it short with a 1-blade. I didn’t get it cut until recently. Yeah, it was pretty shaggy and nasty. As I was looking in the mirror at work I noticed a long hair that got missed. I went back to my cubicle and asked C if she could pluck it out because I could feel it but I couldn’t grasp it for myself. Apparently she has bad eyesight and she started feeling around for i

Have you ever had a day where things were not going your way but you still felt good? I love those days like today. I was getting grief at work that I didn’t feel was justified. It was series of compounding unfortunate events that caused some things to slip through the cracks. Instead of bringing other people into it, I just took the blame. I mean it would be a waste of time to try and explain why something went as bad as it did and whose hands all touched it. The problem is solved and I doubt that it’s going to come up again. *** So North Korea conducted a nuclear test and fired off another rocket. Standard reaction from the UN: “Bad North Korea. Bad. Don’t do it again or else…” If I’m rolling my eyes at the oh so magnificent UN, you can imagine how much the North Koreans give a crap. Seriously, why are we paying so much money to that nearly worthless organization? In comparison to what it actually does right, we would probably get more for our money by giving it to the Red

My friend Season is back in the area. She lives in Florida and I haven’t seen her since Christmas. Before she left for the Sunshine State, we were movie buddies and would often go to this Chinese buffet in Mishawaka. Today I wanted to relive some of that so I took her out to Benton Harbor/St. Joe for lunch and the beach. –Yes there are beaches here. [cough]Sharon[/cough]. Afterwards we headed to Niles where we were planning to see Angels & Demons . Wonderland (and the Ready 4 before it relocated) is a great local movie theater. The prices can’t be beat. It may have limited screens but it manages to get current and popular movies. Prices are $2.50 for matinees and $3.50 for evening shows. Compare that to other larger theaters which charge around $7.00. There was a notice that I saw today where they announced that their ticket prices were going up next month. $2.50 before noon, $4.50 noon to six, $5.50 in the evening. They had to succumb to pressure from the film distrib

ABC.com had a little quiz to see what kind of Brothers & Sisters character I would be. Why am I not surprised?

I'm still here and I will be writing more posts eventually. Things are happening and I'm not motivated to write now. Soon. I hope to be back soon.

This post is mostly for Stacey’s benefit. Amanda’s wedding remarkably similar to her sister’s. There were a few differences. Amanda and Ed had longer scripture readings and more music playing. She also had a violinist. The wedding dresses were bluish similar to cyan. This color was also on the groomsmen and ushers’ vests, ties, and pocket squares. The men were dressed in black suits. The fathers of the bride and groom had on a redish color similar to magenta. Tracy had on his “pimp hat.” Little Noah was in black suit of his own. Uhhh… Aunt Sandy did the flowers again. Don’t ask me what the flowers were but they were big and bright. Aunt Sandy didn’t know how she was going to create bouquets with them but I didn’t think that they were odd so I suppose she did a good job. * * * My friends Amanda and Ed got married yesterday. You guys probably need a little back story. I’ve known Amanda since I was…oh… eleven years old. We used to live on the same block. I met Ed maybe a l

Aww crap. I forgot that I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. Okay I didn't forget Ed and Mandie's wedding but I did forget to budget some time and money for it. So I've got go get a gift and card for them tomorrow. Breaking a leg is making broke. I've got two weddings to go to this month and I want to be more generous but I can't afford to. There is a good dose of humiliation as I think about the cheapest gifts I can get.

There was an issue at work. I won't go into specifics but I was being penalized because of bad circumstances. I was given two choices: live with it and not cause problems or move. I moved. It is possible to move an entire work area when you are on crutches. I wouldn't recommend it but it's possible. So I've kicked out some squatters that were using my old original desk and took it back. I'm back to the cubicle where I started from and back with a couple old coworkers that are a blast to work with. It feels like we've picked up where we left off...gosh... almost 10 months ago. I think that this is going to be permanent (as permanent is defined by this company). If I end up moving again soon, I think IT is going to toss me out into the street. Those poor guys are moving me around so much. They probably should just attach wheels to everything just to be prepared.

SPOILERS AMAZING RACE FANS (ahem... really just John P.) --- DON'T READ FURTHER! Tammy and Victor won the Amazing Race and I'm glad it was them, although I'd be just as happy if Luke and... and... Luke's Mom had won. It's kind of funny to see all the Filipinos on PEX rejoicing. As if Tammy and Victor's Asian-ness is a credit to them--or something. I liked Tammy and Victor but not because they were Asian. Actually, I kind of hated in the beginning how they would play to the stereotype. I'm just glad the two girls didn't win it because they were acting so nasty to people when they got frustrated over the language barrier. Sometimes, I think I would have cheered if a couple of their taxi drivers pulled off the road and abandoned them. *Sigh* Amost Winter seems so far away. But that's good because I have been looking forward to Construction for a long time.

After having to participate in a congregational prayer about abominable same sex marriages (and civil unions were added) I have decided to terminate my membership at my church. More to follow... UPDATE 1630 <--See also: " The Sunday Trap " I have a genuine love for the church that I grew up in. I have basically stopped going to church because it causes tension with my family members and I as I have elected to stop taking communion. One of the requirements of communing the church is that a person must be instructed in the teachings of the church and hold them to be true. I no longer consider the teachings of the church to be absolutely true. For example, I don’t believe that person is damned to hell because they don’t believe in Jesus. That’s what got me started on my movement away from the church but it’s stance on homosexuality is pretty much the driving issue. In my time there I have seen four pastors and countless vicars come and go. There has not been one sermon,

Warning! If you haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie and intend to – STOP Spoilers ahead. After a year of patient (and sometimes not-so-patient) waiting, I finally got to see the new Star Trek movie. I knew that Abram was going to reboot the series and I was okay with it. With all the good things that I heard about it from others who had seen it early, I was excited to see it. Generally speaking, I thought that movie was pretty good. It wasn’t the greatest Trek film but I did enjoy it over most of the previous ones. I’d place it below Star Trek VI, II, and IV but higher than the rest. Very quickly the movie is this: in the Trek universe that we are familiar with and in the TNG era, a star goes supernova and destroys the planet Romulus. Ambassador Spock (Spock Prime) had attempted to stop the planet from getting destroyed by imploding the star into a black hole using a substance called red matter. He is too late as the star explodes and destroys Romulus before creating the black h

<--See also: "Check out the WLS link on the side." For the second time this year, Christina was let go from WLS. She wrapped it up last night and the send off was so nice, I wasn’t as bitter as I was last time when she just suddenly disappeared. She must have had a lot of friends because this lame-ass blog is getting lots of hits inquiring about her. I’m sure like all her fans, I wish her nothing but the best.

I had a plan to make a video/pic post for the Sunday drive. My camera battery died halfway through so it would be an effort to find other pictures. I’m too lazy at the moment to do that. Maybe some other time. It was a great drive though. I’m still in the process of settling in to my new work area. I still prefer my previous location but seeing some old-coworkers is at least one positive that I can focus on. The bitchy nurse called me again about my medication. Screw that. I betcha that the medication doesn’t do jack for me. My sister came down to get a new phone. She got the LG enV2 which I thought was funny since she is going from avoiding texting to embracing it. While she was here, she took me to the Grand Empire. I don’t think I have ever had black pepper chicken that tasted that great before. (I’m drooling again.) I got approached online for a hookup. Denied . I’m not having sex with a stranger. Eeew. No luck with the current job search. I wonder if I could join t

The weather is just too nice to spend all day inside. So I'm strapping on my walking cast, grabbing my crutches ('cause I can use them now, yay!), and taking a drive. Perhaps I'll post some pictures of my travels. Toodles.

Today was my last day. Monday I will find myself back at the main building where the head offices are located. I’m not too happy about it as I am loosing quite a few… “benefits.” I’d name them but it would be just my luck that someone in the company would find this blog if I got into more specifics. I’m mostly bummed about leaving a group of amazing coworkers. We operate together well. With some people, I can anticipate what they need before they know it themselves. From what I understand, I’m going to be shoved into a corner all by myself. That’s going to make for boring days considering up until a few hours ago, I sat next to or interacted heavily with a lovable grump, a sweet gullible gal, a sassy mother, and a singing supervisor. Oh well. I guess I have to hope that it won’t be as miserable as I think it will be.