I Am Bad At This.

Goddamn, the last time I posted on this thing was in June? I need to brush the cobwebs off and get busy!

Actually, I have been busy. Here are the three main things that take up my time now:

First of all, I started back to school. It's been really cool so far, except I get nervous about doing well from time to time. It's mainly the fact that I have to take a lot of math classes to complete my degree, and the last time I took a math class prior to this was about five years ago. I walked into class on the first day and had to have some 18-year-old explain to me what 'Quadratic Equation' was. Fucking hell. I'm getting by okay now, but getting back into it was tough. Also, there are two people in the class that are older than me, and one of them is the teacher. I never really thought about it before, but man am I out of touch with the youth of today. I mean really out of touch! Not that it really matters at all. I'm through dicking around, trying to be cool. I'm there to learn, not make friends. I want to get through everything quick so I can ditch my shit job and do something I actually care about.

That brings me to my second time-drainer: work. Ah, the feeling of going to a place where you complete pointless tasks and talk more to people you don't give a shit about than to your family and/or close friends. The rich bastards who own the place get richer off my labor, and the assholes who shop there get more...uh, ass-holey, by treating me and my co-workers like dirt for not knowing if we carry a specific type of fucking yogurt. I switched my schedule, FINALLY, from third shift to first, so I don't have to work nights anymore. That does actually make me happy. I feel more normal now, and my two-year girlfriendless (is that a word?) streak is now my only real source of bleakness and lonliness. I sleep, eat, and live in a normal pattern now, and it is truly great. I know there are some who enjoy the night shift, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Seriously, it fucked me up for a long time in more ways than one. I'm out of the woods now, though. I go in at 6 AM, and I'm out by 2 PM. That's great, because then I can be downtown for school in the afternoon, and free in the evenings, which brings me to my third and favorite schedule-filler:

Hockey! I got a season ticket to see all forty-some Columbus Blue Jacket home games. I love, love, love this! For me, it's the perfect way to wind down at the end of a day, and I have something to look forward to in the mornings. The Jackets have been playing really well in the pre-season, too, and that thrills me. I think I picked a great year to do this. If they make the post-season, season ticket holders get first crack at playoff tickets, and I would SO be all over that. I've already met some cool people in my section, too, so that's been fun. It'd be more fun if some of them were lovely young ladies, but what can you do? It's fun to watch with other avid fans and talk hockey during the intermissions.

Well, I'll try to do this more often, guys. Bill, I've got some catching up to do. I need to finish reading all your latest posts. Haven't seen you around SG101 lately, either, but I'm sure you're busy.

Anyway, 'til next time...