Booooh-ring!

Tonight could possibly be the slowest night I have ever spent here at the restaurant. I've only been here since 4, but it feels like I've been here since the dawn of time. It is so slow, that I even have time to make a pre-post post on my blog. Which would be this. I'm currently sitting in the office at work, listening to all the nothing going on in the restaurant.

Why do I keep meeting the nicest, prettiest, and most importantly, seemingly interestedest (I know, that's not a word) girls in locations where I either can't, or won't, express return interest? For example, most of the girls I meet, I meet at work, but since I'm a manager, I'm not allowed to approach them on a social level. I'm not even sure I'd want to, since I know all the reasoning behind that edict. But where in this day and age can I go to meet women? I don't want to be some kind of sleazy bar predator, but I don't know where else to meet girls in a social setting. People keep telling me that I'm only 23, and I've got lots of time, but it doesn't really feel that way. I know a lot of people who are getting married, or are already married, or are at least in commited relationships, but I haven't even had a girlfriend longer than 9 months in my entire life!

And on top of that, given the work schedule I have, I rarely, if ever, have bunches of managable spare time, and when I do, I just don't feel like meeting new people, since that's what I do all day anyway. So, I guess I'm in the "catch 22" of dating: I don't know anyone who I really like, and want to ask out, and I don't know where to meet someone who could eventually turn into someone who I'll like and want to ask out... Arrrrgh! I'm just a little frustrated at the moment with the direction my life seems to be headed. Maybe I should get out of the restaurant business, and try taking this office job a little more seriously. But that would give me more spare time without solving the question of where I'd meet Ms. Right. I'm almost ready to give up on the whole thing.

I loves me my movies!

I got really excited in the middle of a boring day at work today, because I was suddenly struck with the realization, nay, the epiphany, that Dukes Of Hazard opened today. And then, moments later, it all came crashing down around my ears when I was summarily informed that "Nay, it doth not begin until the Friday one week hence!" Sorry, I feeling very poetic tonight.

I always start the night's blogging by reading my Dad's blog, and I read that he lost his temper today. That sucks. I know what it feels like to lose your temper like that, and I also know the recriminatory state of mind that you fall into after the fact. I always try to console myself with the thought that chances are, the way I'm built, I wouldn't have said anything otherwise, and at least now it's out in the open. I don't know that Dad's built the same way as me, but I strongly suspect he is (or vice versa), and I hope he reads this and feels moderately better.

I don't know how much I like this whole 2 jobs thing. The money will keep me in food, shelter, and more importantly, internet, but I don't know if I can change gears like that all the time. The two jobs are so disimilar that for the first hour I was at the restaurant today, I couldn't function as a restaurant manager. I was stuck in office mode, and couldn't seem to shift up. Or down. Or whatever. (Word to the wise: don't make metaphors with things you know only a little about).

And to round out tonight's segue-less entry, I watched Constantine tonight with my friend Mitch, who had never seen it. I hadn't forgotten what a good movie it was, exactly, but I had lost some of my sense of how cool it wa. But never fear, this sense was renewed tonight. Killer movie, a definite must-see for any comicbook reader.

And with that, I bid you all...

G'night!

And another day dies with a whimper...

You ever have one of those days where you wake up full of plans for what you're gonna do the next day? Maybe you intend to do some exercises, or maybe you think you'll get to have a nice dinner with some friends, but in the end, what you end up doing is a whole wackload of nothing. That was my day. I was supposed to go to Taste of Edmonton, but didn't. ToE is this big event where a bunch of restaurants set up booths in the square, and you swing by and taste some of their dishes. It's a farily in-expensive way to try a whole bunch of different foods in one night, and I hear it's lots of fun. I wouldn't know though, because the past two years I've planned to go, but either had a friend bail on me, or... No, come to think of it, that's what happened both times. I just HATE to eat alone...

Other than that, it wasn't a bad day, really. I need to get more sleep, since I'm spending more and more time during my days dozing off. That's no good. I almost finished putting together this delivery tracking system for my new job, when Excel promptly told me it had run out memory. I'm not sure there is one, but I'd like to try and find a way around this.

I'm feeling a little melancholy, probably because I'm so tired, and that explains the sort of morose title.

And, just to make this totally confusing to everyone but me, I've got to get Colin to quit messing with my comic. I want him to butt right out. Somehow I've got to get the point across subtly. Maybe if I build a giant... No, that would never work, where would the ostrich sit?

G'night!

Tonight's the night...

...that nothing really significant happened. Good evening, and welcome to my blog. The only reason I started this blog was to comment on my Dad's blog entry for tonight. My comment: Hi Dad!

On the other hand, I guess since I have it, I may as well start keeping a blog. I don't guarantee a whole lot of excitement and adventure, but then again, my life isn't always boring, so who knows? Haven't got much to say, except that I had intended to come home after work tonight, so I could chat with the fam. again(Look how cool my archaic slang is. I'm too cool to be cool!), but Mitch phoned me and invited me to his house for a BBQ. Who am I to say no to food?

Other than that, I discovered that I share my Dad's passion for computer things that make other people zone right out when you talk about them. I worked real hard on an Excel database today, and when I left, it was really coming together, so tomorrow, I should be able to finish it up. I'm actually pretty pleased with myself! But as I wandered around after work, I realized that the only person I knew whom I could tell the whole story to would be my Dad, who, of course, lives just about a thousand miles away. So, I've got a bunch of details all bottled up just waiting for the next time I talk to him. So, consider yourselves warned: I may lapse into boring stories about trivial stuff at any moment! Beware of falling interest levels.

Ok, I'm done making fun. Now, I'm going to log off, and enjoy the thunder storm that just started.

G'night!