January 2011
5 posts
Adventure would be an understatement
I thought that I might return home around midnight with mediocre tales of the antics of a drunken Columbian. Instead I had what might be the craziest night of partying I’ve ever had. Certainly the most unusual.
Columbian calls me at about 9, and asks where in Lexington I go when I party up there. I reply that when I “party,” I go to a friend’s house or The Paddy Wagon, a...
Thursday night
…and I just received an interesting text from the Colombian gal I tutored in economics last semester inviting me out for a night on the town in Lexington. Ordinarily I’d say no, but tonight I’m feeling adventurous. Let’s see what transpires - it could be a good story later.
Out of the mouths of babes
With school starting again JB has been back in town, and seeing her again is fantastic. We played a ton of Left 4 Dead over the break, but it’s much better sitting beside her for movies or Super Smash Brothers, and riding around town blasting classic rock. I’m still completely blown away by this girl. :)
Lately she’s been telling me stories about her youngest sister, and this...
December 2010
20 posts
2011 only comes once!
Possible new years plans: assisting in the babysitting of a 12 year old and a 3 year old. It should be fun - not only are the little girls adorable, but their babysitter is their incredibly hot older sister.
I’m one of those odd guys who loves babysitting, even when there’s not an older sister involved. I’m good with kids, and genuinely have fun with them. I miss playing around...
All of the Lights
Buy it, borrow it, steal it, but go listen to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I already liked Kanye, but this is probably this best hip-hop album ever. I could live without Nicki Minaj verses though, I hate the sound of her voice. Her only redeeming moment is that pussy-on-your-sideburn line on the Young Money album. What the hell does that mean?
“21 will be my golden birthday. I’ll be able to buy guns and liquor.”
– JB
The holidays
Scored $80 yesterday as a gift from gramps. He gives me money every time he sees me. I want to spend it!
Maybe a trip to Florence is in order!
Florence, y’all?
Dear Prudence,
won’t you come out to play?
The sun is up, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful, and so are you!
The end of the world
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Zombie apocalypse. Mostly because I spend a lot of time thinking about JB, and we spend a lot of time watching zombie movies and playing Left 4 Dead, and she got me the Zombie Survival Guide for Christmas.
I’ve decided that if it happens… I’m in pretty good shape.
First: I’m a good shot. I’ve been shooting...
“I absolutely love this mix CD. It’s just my kind of music. I was...”
– JB.
Guess I did alright after all.
Student pilots
Man, some days I cannot wait to become a CFI, and some days I hope I never have to teach anyone how to fly. One of EKU’s instructors just left us for bigger and better things, and all of his students got divided among the remaining instructors. One of these students was a student pilot who was ready for his first solo cross country. His new instructor signed him off to fly to Wayne County,...
“Looks like I won two movie tickets for doing my Map-works survey. Would you...”
– JB, via text message. Score!
I've got to admit it's getting better,
a little better all the time.
Man I love the Beatles. I also love the way things are going for me lately.
I’m probably going to make a C in one of my classes, and a B in another, and I’m completely fine with that. I’m doing okay. I’ll graduate soon, and none of it will matter anyway. The end is in sight!
I’m a checkride away from an instrument rating. With that...
Bombs Away
I had psyched myself up to try Thai food last night. I was going to do something bold (for me), and man up and do it. When I picked up JB, she decided she’d rather have Indian and suggested Masala. I was not prepared for this! I hadn’t asked my brother to suggest Indian foods I would be able to stomach, I only prepared for Thai. I sucked it up though, remembered my decision to be bold,...
Easy Money and Thai Smile
I made $50 for going in to work half an hour early this morning! Some guys from Ohio decided to fly their jet in, but were concerned that we had snow flurries. I told them the ground was too warm for anything to stick, but they wanted someone to inspect the runway before they would land. They told me on Tuesday they’d give me a little “stuffing for my stocking” if I’d come...
“Whaddya got against chickens?
…one got choked last night, thanks to you.”
– House, upon seeing Cuddy
November 2010
8 posts
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance.
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Patience
is not my strong suit. I’m great at persistence, but not so much at the waiting. I guess I’m getting better though, I don’t really have much choice. This girl JB, whom I’m completely enamored with, is a tough nut to crack. She’s explained to me that she really likes me, she enjoys spending time with me, and wants to continue spending time with, but says she...
Partial panel
I’m so close to finishing my instrument rating. I flew with a different instructor today who was very impressed by my partial panel approaches, my flying in general, and very impressed with my compass/timed turns specifically. He told me I was more than ready to move on, and nearly ready for a checkride. Nearly done! Then it’s time to beast a commercial rating. I’m going to fly...
After work
I really need a shower, but I have to admit that the mixture of blood, sweat, and motor oil covering my hands makes me feel pretty damn manly.
October 2010
14 posts
Presents
I love little presents! I love giving and receiving small inexpensive gifts that don’t have to mean anything other than that someone thought of you. I was so happy today when JB said she would come over after her night class, but I was even happier when she handed me a pack of Kit Kats. She had texted me earlier in the day when she was shopping, and asked what my favorite candy was. I...
“Holy crap, it feels like the Wizard of Oz outside.”
– JB
Don't try this at home.
I love my MacBook Pro. It’s been a great computer, it’s served me well for over two years now. I’m a person who works computers hard, but also takes good care of them, so mine always seem to keep going strong longer than others’. Last night, in the middle of a hardcore gaming session, the most awful fan grinding you’ve never heard started in my computer. I immediately...
Bad professors
are the worst. The only thing that has been able to kill my mood in weeks is my weekly Principles of Management class. The professor is by far the worst I’ve had at EKU, and the second worst I’ve had ever. He cannot teach, he has a bad attitude, he does not like teaching or students, he has a short temper, and he’s scatterbrained. This week’s shenanigans: he told the class...
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3 Cheers
for girls who are so much more than pretty.
I can't shake this optimism.
I’m really on top of the world these days, literally and figuratively. I keep having these little modest victories that are keeping me afloat, and I never realized what a huge impact mood has on my performance in so many areas. Ever since last Monday night I can do no wrong in the cockpit. I’m like fucking Chuck Yeager. It’s such an awesome feeling getting that “great...
Unusual attitudes
Today has been a long day.
It started very early, I had my first stage check for my instrument rating at 6:30 am. The check ride went well, and I passed, but I did something unusual that my examiner had never seen before in his decades of flying. At one point during my check I was being tested on unusual attitude recovery. The thing about unusual attitude recovery is that you have to be set up in...
Topics I like a girl to be able to talk about:
How they would flee the country if they had to.
As for me, I could go to the airport, steal a plane, and be damn close to a border before someone noticed it was missing. I’d be well beyond a border before they could figure out who took it, and where I went with it. Not that I ever would, in any realistic scenario.
Zombie apocalypse and the zombies have no desire for mediocre Canadian...
Time
Another page in my pilot’s logbook full, here’s my updated experience!
Total flight time - 58.9 hours
Total night flight time - 6.9 hours
Total solo flight time - 16.9 hours
Total time as Pilot-in-Command of a flight - 22.4 hours
Total number of take-offs and landings - 160 each
(Those last 1.6 of solo were my favorite so far)
Never pick sides
Never choose between two
But I just wanted you
I just wanted you
Today was one of those remarkable days that I hope to never forget. From the moment I got out of bed I was all but unstoppable today. I started with a mid-term that I was kind of worried about going in. The professor gives notoriously poorly written tests, and all previous quizzes have just sucked because they’re so poorly...
When it rains, it pours
Everyone think sunny thoughts! I need this flight tonight, and I don’t have that instrument rating yet.
September 2010
1 post
August 2010
2 posts
