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10:13 pm: Pinata
-I survived my first trip to the doctor on Friday. It seems my knee and shoulder are progressing nicely. Much like T.O. ...I am a quick healer. Plus I don't even own a hyperbaric chamber to sleep in.

-My second trip on Friday was as enjoyable as prison rape. If a doctor ever tells you that you need to get a cysto or cystoscopy. You should probably not listen to anyone that tells you that, 'it's not that bad'. You should punch that person in the face repeatedly. It was probably the most excruciating 5 minutes of my life. If it hadn't ended when it did, I probably would have crawled out of my own skin. This procedure is inhuman, and if I could describe it in two words it would be 'f*cking horrible'. I may have even said that during those 5 minutes. The good news is that I don't seem to have cancer. The bad news is that there is still bleeding going on in my kidneys, and after enduring that torture I am no longer a whole person. I'll probably spend the rest of my weekend curled up in the fetal postion in corner, while crying myself to sleep.

-I'm ready to fire Avery. I think he is a stubborn little troll.

-I played Guitar Hero II the other night. I really liked it. It makes me want to investigate the mystery of getting in on the X-Box 360.

-I feel like Larry David lately, mostly when I am dealing with women. I notice that I seem to be the target of their anger and wrath of late. However, I don't really do anything to merit such hostility.That's the weird part. I think they are just projecting their anger onto me. I suppose I am a convenient target. For instance if my roommate says something sexist or misogynistic, I am the one that they direct their anger or physical/verbal abuse towards. Maybe it is just because I am big enough that if they take a swing at me they are probably not going to miss? Maybe it is because they base most of their opinons about me on their misguided perceptions of me? I don't really think they know the first thing about who I really am. I'm not the bad guy here. Anyway, I have a feeling the next time this happens, some unfortunate girl is going to find out how Darth Vader I can be. Because I am tired of being everyone's toilet.

-I love the Stars getting Brad Richards. That guy is a player. Breaking the team record for assists in a game in his first game with the Stars. I wonder what he is planning for an encore. The next Jersey T-Shirt I buy will be a 91 Richards jersey for certain. I have never been to a playoff game but I might have to break that streak and going to the Ranger Game on opening day streak in the same year.

-I am back up to an hour on the elliptical. However, the cross ramp and resistance settings are still half of my pre-surgery level. I have to slowly work my way back up. Hopefully a level a week will work and my knee will not swell up like Charlie Brown's great pumpkin any more.

-I want to find a book to read about Chief Osceola.

-I am currently listening to classic audiobooks. Right now I am listening to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. It's making me want to drink rum, find my own black pearl,sail the Caribbean, go on a robbing, plundering, and pillaging spree.

-Goodbyes are always awkward, but they are more awkward when you see a girl hug everyone in the entire room. Then she gets to me and extends her hand for a handshake? I mean really, shouldn't girls be throwing themselves at the fine piece of man candy that I am? I teased her and she did relent and give me a hug, but I don't really want anyone's charity hugs. During the hug process I noticed she made face that looked like the ones people make when they have smelled something terrible, and then they look on the bottom of their shoe and they realize they have stepped in a steaming pile of dog crap. Needless to say, I don't think we will be starting a family together anytime soon. I think from now on I will only say, 'goodbye', give a handshake, and avoid hugs at all costs so I don't have to see that look associated with me ever again. However, this does support my theory that girls in my demographic are only interested in douchebags. So inversely, if they don't like me that means I am freaking awesome.

-My team at work is really driving me crazy at work lately. It's like no one can think for themselves anymore. I don't know if it is really sad or really frightening that people cannot think and they depend on me to do it for them.

-I was telling someone the other day that Lost is really getting out there. Then I realized how stupid that statement was that I just made. That's like saying that Star Wars is just not really believable. Dumb, Dumb, Stupid, Dumb.

-I am learning that I am good at introducing magical creatures in casual conversations for no good reason.

-It seems I am on so many different kinds of medication lately it is hard to keep up and hard to stay hydrated. Plus I feel like I am overheating all the time. It's hard to feel good when you are dehydrated and trying not to have a fever.

-One of my friends told me, "man, you are really having a rough start to the year". I honestly hadn't really thought that. I just figured I am doing what I have to do to be the best Bruin I can be.

-I enjoyed the Ironman comic book when I was a kid. So I am excited they are going to have that movie out in May. I will be there opening night for sure.

Bone
out

10:32 pm: Post-Op Update
I am feeling tons better than I felt after my shoulder surgery. Today it took me a while to get out of the foggy daze I was in post op. However, I can walk around surprisingly well. Right now I am just trying to control the swelling. They gave me another polar ice machine to hook up to myself and keep me cold. Now I have two. I am cornering the market for sure. The Doctor told my Mother that I had a lot of things wrong inside of my knee and that I must have a super human level of pain tolerance. He was in disbelief of the things I been doing the past year on my knee. The bad news is that he says I need to put a stop to my running career. I will have to take up swimming in order to burn calories I suppose. I am not excited about that, but he tells me I will most likely have knee replacement surgery by the time I see 50. I am not really a fan of surgery and that is nothing I would look forward to or get excited about. So I will heed the good Doctor's advice and go into self preservation mode. It does make me sad though because I had embraced the challenge of running and I was doing well before I aggravated my knee. I was conquering all of my goals. I guess I will have to embrace the challenge of swimming or find some other new challenges to keep me going.

07:18 pm: Falling Apart
My shoulder is progressing nicely. Physical therapy seems to be working. I am up to using the 4 lb dumbbell. So far I have excellent range of motion for this soon after surgery. Today my Doctor couldn't remove my sutures. However, I managed to do so on my own. I should also start shaving every day with Rambo's knife to show how tough I am.

I have my knee surgery on Monday the 18th. I have a torn lateral meniscus. It is unusual to tear this and nothing else. So hopefully I should be recovered from both injuries at the same time. Then I will be on a steady diet of running, bowling, basketball, tennis, and sand beach volleyball very soon.

My other testing came back negative. Good News: No kidney stones for me. Bad News: I'd rather have a kidney stone because now I get to do more tests on the 29th. However, I have since learned the nature of the test involves sticking tubes and scopes in uncomfortable places I don't want them. It's freaking 2008. We don't have a better way to test people for cancer or tumors that to shove scopes and tubes up places you don't want them? Unbelievable. I am considering skipping out on these tests, so I can at least die with some level of dignity in tact.


I've slept 4 hours like four nights in a row. This is not funny.

I hate it when you have one of those days where everything goes wrong and everything blows up in your face. Those seem to be happening to me with greater regularity of late.

My Direct TV quit working on some of the HD channels. They are coming out tommorrow to fix it. That will be nice. I do love Direct TV, but they switched their customer service to a voice response and recognition system. I hate calling any company with one of those 'intuitive' systems. They are garbage. Bad idea Direct TV, you are no officially on the not customer friendly list.

If I were the Stars I would trade a few one of the veteran Defensemen. I would keep the Grossman, Niskanen, and Fistric trio. Young Cheap players that are good are a must in a salary capy system. They can trade one of them and a
draft pick for a scoring winger.

I don't know if it is because I am older or because of all of the various ailments, maladies, or afflictions I seem to have, but I seem to be waking up with that just had crap kicked out of you feeling more and more. I can now see why old men are so cantankerous & crotchety. Our bodies fail us and women drive us crazy.


So it looks like it will be Obama vs McCain. I am not really wild about either option. I think I will not vote again just to thumb my nose at being stuck with a 2 party system. Being stuck with two clowns that pander to their constituency and interest groups. Can we get a viable third party up in this piece? For real.


The Mavs can't win it all with their current cast of characters. I understand why they think they need Jason Kidd. However, I think they were giving up way too much. I also think it is funny Devean George is blocking trade. Funny to be held hostage by such a spare.


Radiohead is coming to Dallas on 05/18/08. I will find a way to be there. Tickets are $39-59 Score!

I didn't get anything for Valentine's Day.I thought I might get another sneak attack at work but I am okay with that. I am capping the day off with with watching Lost and the Stars game. So all my dreams have come true.

I kinda miss when I used to work in Downtown Dallas and I would stop off and catch a Stars or Mavs game after work and then go home. It was good fun alone time. Those were the days

10:26 pm: Physical Bearapy and such
-Today I started physial Therapy. My physical therapist is married. That's for anyone that thought I might try to score a date out of it. She seem spretty knowledgeable, and she is a Missouri Tiger much like my accountant. I did curls with a 1lb weight. I am not allowed to lift more than that with my right arm. She did lots of crazy bending and assigned me some excercises. It still aches a lot but I would chalk that up to healing and repairing of muscles. I think eventually everything should work right. However, I am consuming ibuprofen like they are Reece's Pieces.

-I think I am getting better and better on Rock Band. However I can't play more than 2 or 3 songs before the shoulder starts to ache.

-How about that Super Bowl. 18-1* It is good to see that bunch of classless clown get their just dessert. I have always thought that Bill Belichick is a sorry SOB. Running up the Scores combined unending arrogance. The God of Football is just. However, as a Cowboys fan it makes me sick see us to beat them twice by double digits and lose in the playoffs. Not as sick as Hitler though.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2triiYXSY8

-Today it really hit me that it will be a very long time until I can bowl, play tennis, play basketball, or throw the football around again.

-I have had like 3 girls in less than a year tell me I am irritating or annoying. Generally speaking I don't care what people say or think about me as long as I am not giving Jesus a bad name in the process. However, The 'I' word really makes my blood boil. I mean hell, I rarely talk so how can I be irritating? It just doesn't make any sense. You can tell me I am a horse's ass or a buffoon, but I categorically reject the 'I' word.

-I really want some sort of Radiohead T-shirt. Hail to the Thief Baby.

-The Office Cougar is getting harder to keep away from me. Today I wasn't paying attention and before I knew it I got kissed on the cheek. Dammit, this is what the girls in my demographic should be doing. My Theory is that at my office I am like Tony Romo, an all world performer with limitless potential. However, if I found a Jessica Simpson, much like Tony Romo I wouldn't worth a damm. So I think there must be a lesson in there somewhere.

-Speaking of girls in my demographic, I was going to be more proactive this year about that, but sadly it seems like I have seen the writing on the wall. I think at this point giving up is the best option. Much like Marty McFly, I don't deal well with failure. Losing is Losing. 2nd Best is failure. That is how I am wired.

-I also find that I rarely ever curse, but lately in my mind I find myself cursing quite often. I do emphasize this happens in my mind, not out loud. Here is how I use them:

F Bomb: This is used when I am in extreme pain, cause injury to myself, or extreme defeat.

S Bomb: Extreme Defeat

Son of a Bear: Anger

Dumbarse: Stupid Friends

Dammit: Self inflicted injury or Self inflicted Stupidity

Bitch: mostly when I have to listen to whining underlings at work, or when a male does something associate with female behavior. Ex: My roommate is reading the new Oprah Magazine. (what at B!)

So you can see, most of my cursing is due to self inflicted injury. So if I told you I fell down the stairs and split my pants twice within a week like a did a few years back, you can probably imagine which expletive I said in my mind.

-I keep forgetting I can't use my right arm. I tried to punch Patrick because he was being really rainbowy. Ouch. That angered so I punched him with the left. I think the left still works pretty good. So let that be a lesson to anyone who thinks they can take advantage of a wounded bear.

-I enjoyed that Lost was back on TV. It still find it compelling and interesting, with a tad bit of predictable shock value thrown in for good measure. I think my favorite character used to be Locke, but I am now more in the Sawyer camp. I think I just like him because he gives everyone nicknames and so do I.

-I bought two new pairs of New Balance shoes the other day. One for running MR1062 and the other WT811 for weighlifting and hiking. I heart New Balance for making shoes wide enough for my feet.

-Things on the lately I like to eat list are Lean Cuisine Garlic Chicken Pizza, Southwestern Style Egg Beaters, Baked Cheetos or Baked Doritos, Sarah Lee Cajun Roasted Deli Turkey.

-So far I am halfway home on earning my 9k Departmental Performance Bonus that gets paid out in June. I will feel like Tron on the Chapelle Show. I'm Rich Bitch! I bought this Baby cash money. Score! Maybe I can use it to buy a Black Bear while I am in the Smoky Mountains???

-Once a month I like to go out to eat to a nice sit down restaurant. I think I will continue to do that throughout the year. It is nice to try new places and new things.

-Lately I don't sleep very well and I when I do I am some pretty whacked out dreams. I mostly find my self wanting to sleep and not really motivated to do anything but lay around like a lazy bear. WTF?

01:34 pm: Recovery
-I did survive my shoulder surgery on Monday. They were going to scope it out, but they found bone spurs, and a tear in my rotator cuff. They removed the bone spurs and stitched the rotator cuff back together. The surgery took about 3 hours on Monday morning. Of course I had to wear in the infamous hospital robe with no back. It's not especially fun when your Mom is there with you. However, I did love the hospital socks they gave me. I have to figure out where to get some more. When I arrived they made me sign the bill $33, 254. Luckily, my insurance covered it all, or else I might have had a heart attack on top of it all. They drugged me beyond belief and I spend most of my time after surgery on Monday throwing up. I ate one meal and threw up right afterward. Tuesday I had a little to eat and by Wednesday I was used to all my meds and hungry again. They wrapped me up in a giant sleeve over my shoulder that had tubes coming out of it. It attached to an ice chest that pumped cold water into the wrap to keep my shoulder cold and to keep the swelling down. Wednesday, my boss was in Omaha and I went to work. I missed work on Tuesday and he was in Omaha then as well. I took my machine with me and some of my co-workers helped me keep it full of ice all day. In retrospect, work was the last place I should have been. I was scared my team would burn down the building if they didn't have supervision for two days in a row. That was dumb. While I was there, one of my co-workers told me I looked bloated. That's what we all want to hear isn't it? This Morning I noticed on the scale I weigh 11 lbs more today than I did on Sunday..amazing since I have eaten so little of late. Surgery must not be good for weight loss. Today, I went to the Doctor and had all of my wrappings removed and had my shoulder cleaned. I no longer have to wear the sling or use the cooling system. I am still high on pain killers and I am trying to move my arm around a bit. My Doctor doesn't want me at work for a few weeks, but I cannot realistically follow those instructions because I don't want to waste all my vacation time recovering from surgery. I will go back to work next week. He told me I don't need to be driving until I can lift my right arm above my head. I have no idea how long that will take. Until then I might have to get chauffeured around for a few days. However, I think once I am off pain meds I will be safe to drive though. I drive better with one arm than most people in the metroplex drive with two anyway. It feels strange lugging my right arm around and not having any sort of strength in it at all. That is a very weird feeling so far. At least I am going to have some really cool looking scars on my chest and shoulder though. Next week I will start my physical therapy sessions and hopefully in a few months and I can working my back to full mauling power.

12:34 pm: Not Good Enough
-I can't decide what is worse. To see your most beloved team lose in the first round of the playoffs or be the Pats sacrificial lamb in the Super Bowl. Either way, Not good enough is not good enough. Since everyone is going to ask me, I figured I post my thoughts on the Cowboys.

-Wade Phillips is a LOSER. Instead of telling everyone how good you are a 13-3. Why don't you instead focus on the fact that you are 0-0 and in the playoffs it is a new season? Regular Season records are worthless when the playoffs begin. That is why he has never coached or been on the staff of a Super Bowl Championship Team. That is why he is a loser.

-In the NFL you play to win the Super Bowl. If you're not doing that, then what the hell is your orgainization doing? Because nothing else matters.

-I'm also tired of hearing Jason Garrett this and Jason Garrett that. He's the Princeton graduate and he's not smart enough to attack a New York Secondary that depleted with injuries and therefore filled practice squad caliber talent. Watch and See, the Packers will absolutely scorch the Giants secondary next weekend. Too bad the Cowboys couldnt figure that out.

-I told myself during the Dave Campo era that the Cowboys would never win another Super Bowl as long as Jerry Jones draws breath. Skeletor was running the team into the ground. Parcells and the scouting department fixed the talent deficiencies. I was seduced into believing they were going to be good again. Now Jerry is back in control and he will run it back into the ground. Mark my words. No, I won't be fooled again.

-It looks like Dallas needs a real punt returner. They could also use some more catalytic playmakers on defense. A nice cover corner and a safety to replace Roy Williams would be a start. On Offense, a nice youthful playmaker or two would be nice.

-I am glad after 16 games they figured out that Marion Barber is light years better than Julius Jones.

-Resigning Patrick Crayton??? Jones needs to wait to see players perform before he over pays them. Now we are stuck with oversell underdeliver act for two more years. Nice Hands. Maybe you should quit working on your trash talk and start working on catching the football a little more.

-12 years without a playof victory. I might score before the Cowboys score one of those.

-Sadly, the Cowboys would win all their regular season games next year and I will not be remotely impressed. They will be treated much like the Mavericks in that regard. Their regular season will be worthless. It matters what you do in January, not September.

-They changed out the coach and the relaxed atmosphere didn't work any better. This is a mentally weak team. Tony Romo needs to spend his December's working on improving at his profession instead of his annual December chasing of Hollywood floozies. Tom Brady can do that because he has bought a little equity with his three Super Bowl rings and he doesn't choke in the playoffs.

-Good Teams play to win the game, instead of playing not to lose. The Cowboys were playing not to lose. Great Teams play to win the game and the never stop attacking. Great Teams attack and dictate the speed and pace of the game. They impose their will on the other team. The Cowboys are not a great team . They were imposters hoping not to get figured out.

09:59 pm: Meet the New Boss, the Same as the Old Boss
-I used my Chrismas gift cards to get Rock Band on the Xbox 360. It seems like people are always showing up to get the band going.(I'm either playing guitar or singing. I am too Beartarded for Drums) It also seems to take over parties that I go to. Overall, I am pleased with using my giftcards for this party enhancement.

-Speaking of parties, I went to a New Year's Eve party and had about four homemade glasses of some sort of wine concoction. It was really good. The only problems was that I had all 4 glasses in the first hour of the party. I wasn't drunk but extremely relaxed. Normally if I have a few drinks it just makes me want to hibernate. Whiskey mades me hibernate, Wine is like truth serum. I was pretty frank in turning loose my opinions. I was not the diplomatic bear I am generally speaking. Luckily, I only managed to have one girl punch me in the arm. So I take that as a moral victory.

-My new favorite quote with all thanks to Seattle Linebacker Julian Peterson, in reference to playing in cold weather. "If the sun is out, the guns are out." As far as I am concerned, that is right up there with Daryl Sydor's, "Safe is Death."


-I started working out with my personal trainer again. She is back from her holiday hiatus. We are back to working hard. I am back on calorie restricted diet. We changed up my workouts from strength to endurance. I am a very sore bear right now as a result. I almost died on Monday for sure. So far in a week of working with her again I have lost 6lbs. Only about 7 more to get back to my lowest weight since trying to be healthy.

-My Trainer also caught me checking out a girl while I was working out the other day. I tried to play it like I was interested in her workout, but she was smart enough to see right through that very poor sales pitch. Usually, I am smart enough not to get caught doing that, but I will chalk that up to mental and physical fatigue.


-I don't really believe in New Year's resolutions but I guess I am trying to keep doing what I am doing as far as working on my endurance. I probably need to be less consumed by work. It seems like that is taking up a lot of my life lately. I like my job, but I don't like that. Also if I ever want to have a girl roommate I should probably be more proactive with the ladies. Work seems to take up enough of my time to prevent that. So far I am having mixed results with being more proactive and intentional with girls.

-The week before the Cowboys first playoff game and their biggest game of the year, Tony Romo is in Cozumel vacationing with Jessica Simpson. The Cowboys are doomed this week. One and done, you heard it here first.

-Two bands I am into right now are, The Who and The Strokes. The Who's, "We Won't Be Fooled Again" is one of the best Rock and Roll songs ever as far as I am concerned. I miss the good old days when bands would have the courage to Rock out and make an 8 minute song, studios be damned.

-Lots of people told me I looked good today at work. I thought I looked like a Bear Clown. It seems I have a few more admirers at work these days. I guess Tony Romo and Tom Brady have their admirers and I have mine. However, there seems to a BIG difference when you compare the subjects. I'm so scared and frightened to go to work now.

-I need to patent the phrase, "verbal butt patt", it is my creation and mine alone. I am using it like a champ lately. I'm giving them out.

-I have the best Stars tickets I have ever had in my life for the game on the 20th and I am probably not going. Hopefully the Cowboys will be playing for the NFC Championship on that day, but with Tony Romo's antics, it's not bloody likely.

-I had a dream the other night I was hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains and I came across a giant bear. We wrestled and wrestled until I started gouging the Bear in the eye and then he ran away. I think if my dream becomes a reality later this year, I will be sure to use blinding as a defense mechanism for certain.

Bone
out

09:31 am: Upside Down
Upside Down
-Well work has been really crazy lately. I have been sooo busy. I only have 17 employees to take care of and it keeps me busy all 8 hours of my day. I will probably have to go in to get all kinds of stuff I need to get done this weekend, because I have to be there by myself just to get free time. I heard a rumor that people in my position were supposed to get considerable raises. I hope that happens soon because I should taken care of for sure.

-I finally pulled the trigger on a new vehicle last week. You'll have to see me to know what it is, but so far I love driving to work everyday and I love having the extra room. If it is wrong to love an inanimate object, then I don't wanna be right.

-Dexter is one of my favorite TV shows to watch on DVR. He is always working so hard to hide the true Dexter. Mostly because he works in law enforcement and he just happens to be a serial killer that finds and kills only the really worst people that society has to offer.

-I feel a lot like Dexter when I go to parties. I awkwardly try to fit in and socialize and act like a normal human being but eventually I give up and retreat to the corner and watch. This brings me to the material fact that I have signed up to go to a New Year's party. Every year I go to them and every year I find them disappointing and depressing. I will most likely stand in a corner with my drink, observe the chaos, and leave wishing I just would have stayed at home, had a drink, and went to bed before midnight. I'm giving New Year's parties one last chance.

-My niece Madison made an interesting request of me the other day. She wants me to read her the Christmas story when I come home for Christmas. She wants me to read her the Christmas story. I think that is really amazing since her parents never take her to church. She's getting a pink bible for Christmas. Little girls and their obsession with pink. I don't understand it but at least my other niece is well on the way to being a little tombear.

-Another observation about parties, gatherings, and social events. I used to have to try work my way through 50,000 hugs when I would leave a party. Now, I notice that the other guys are fighting their way through all that, and I get to leave with the cold shutting of the door behind me. Maybe just one or two isn't so bad. Anyways, I don't think I am the special bear I used to be. It's a good life lesson that not everyone can be the special bear forever. Or maybe the lesson is that your're special just like everyone else.

-I think I am going to DVR the Cowboys game so I can do other things on Saturday Night. I figure I can watch it later and probably not be spoiled. If the Cowboys need me to watch live in order to beat the Panthers then the Cowboys are not who I thought they were.

-It seems like my work schedule is disintegrating most of my friendships these days. Sorry guys and girls. Hopefully, my slow season will be back around before you know it.

-The last three CD's I have purchased are Pablo Honey by Radiohead, The Bends by Radiohead, and Breakdown by Jack Johnson. I think I do have a strange musical variety in my ipod. I noticed the last pretty girl to go through it was giggling like a little schoolbear at some of the things she was finding.

-Now that my Mac Book has been fixed by the Apple Store and had the hard drive replaced I am good to go, I think I have only lost a few songs in my ipod due to the meltdown. That should teach me for not backing up my files.

-I am not sure what is up with athletes and the mohawk these days, but it needs to end right now. Mr. T is the only person in human history that should be allowed to sport the mohawk....I guess maybe and exception could be made if you are a descendant of the Mohawk Indian tribe. However, everyone else just looks retarded.

-So far my pet peeves about being a manager so far are:

It drive me crazy when people cannot be professional enough to get to work on time. Especially people who live 5 minutes away. Plus you are supposed to be at work at 11:30am. How can you be freaking late? You can sleep late and you have no traffic.

I don't care for people who cut corners and half-ass their work. This makes me a very angry bear when I find it happening.

I don't car for employees that are not self-motivated. I don't care to have to have my boot firmly entrenched in someone's buttocks all day everyday just to get someone to do what they are supposed to be doing.

I have a few Christmas miracle's that fall into all 3 categories, and I will be planning and exit strategy for them to meet the wrong end of fry basket very soon if things do not change. Anyway, if you can avoid these three things you will stay out of my doghouse.

-Strangely enough, I dont mind waiting a few extra minutes on girls to get ready when you are picking them up for a date. If they need extra time to get all prettied up I don't mind so much.

Bone
out.

11:39 pm: Holiday Death Zone
-Lately, things are starting to blow up in my face. However, all in all, my life is still really great. I don't dwell on the bad stuff for long because there is too much good going on. It's been one year now since my life altering trip to the hospital. So I'm keeping up the positivity this Holiday Season.

-I think this should top my revised Christmas wish list:
http://www.amazon.com/Bourne-Collection-Identity-Supremacy-Ultimatum/dp/B000W07EKW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1197429295&sr=8-1

-I dropped my computer off with the Mac Genius. They could not save my hard drive so it looks like I will be losing all of my pictures and photos...again. What compels a 6 month old laptop to betray me? I have no idea, but they sent it back to the factor for free warranty repairs. So at least that part is good.

-I am really getting tired of the vehicle that I drive. I cannot decide if I want something that provides fuel economy or something spacious and fun that I might be happier with. I have never owned a car before, so I am not sure if I will be able to pull the trigger on that. I am really digging the Toyota FJ Cruiser. I think I would like one of those for camping trips to be sure.

-Time Warner decided to start charging me for basic cable. I don't use their cable service. They gave the cable charges back to me, but gave me some jack lines about needing to pay for basic cable to have Internet service. I didn't have time to escalate my concerns but it seems like the 3 people I spoke with gave me 3 different answers. Time Warner has the worst customer service. I think that they would be better off staffing chimps to answer their customer service calls.

-I think I might be creeping girls out lately, but I am not certain. I have not been doing anything or saying anything creepy, but I do seem to be getting the you're creepy vibe. I hope I am not legally forced to change my name to Larry. I liked it much better when girls thought I was amusing.

-I have approval from my work to take off two weeks during tax season to vacation in Israel. Now I just have to pay for it. Ugh.

-So far I think I am adapting well to having glasses. I do feel like my vision is improved. I might wait till spring when I generally start getting my outdoors sports on again and get contacts, but for now glasses will do.

-I spent the longest hour and a half at the DMV renewing my driver's license. That was with me getting there 10 minutes after they opened on a Monday morning. I can't think of many things worse than that.

-Holiday Depression seems to be affecting lots of single people I know this Holiday season. I think it has something to do with seeing happy families everywhere, having ridiculous jewelry commercials rammed down your throat, and the overwhelming feeling of being all on your own. It makes me sad people get all caught up in that. Really if you think about it logically, it is not your fault that the opposite sex has no appreciation for the catch that you are. (I know I am awesome) It's not your fault that the airwaves are bombarded with such ridiculous jewelry commercials during football games. No one's real life could be as lame as one of those commercials anyway. Plus, most of those families really can't stand each other, they just put on a happy face in public to make everyone think that their live's are like a Hallmark card. So really there is nothing to be depressed about. So let's get happy people!

-Tony Romo is really fun to watch play every week. So is Marion the Barbarian. I don't know if they will ever win a Super Bowl, but I will always think of these two guys as being some of the most fun Cowboys player to watch.

-When I was in college I was always motivated to post my opinions on The Sporting News message boards. Well after reading all the bandwagon Pats garbage on their the other day I was motivated to post this opinion:

I can't believe that the Pittsburgh Defense allowed Tom Brady to trash talk them after throwing the first TD pass on them Monday Night. The players from the Steel Curtain era would have never allowed a QB to do this to them. Jack Lambert would have made sure Brady went home toothless. I am certainly no Pittsburgh fan, but I couldn't believe they just sat there and took it. People (Boston Blow hards) are always telling me how Classy the Pats are. My opinion is that they are a bunch of classless punks. Their team's fake humble pie routine, their trash talking QB, dancing on the lightning bolt after their playoff win in San Diego, and just having the very classy Randy Moss and HGH'ed up Rodney Harrison on the same team, really make me want to root for them. They can run up the scores mercilessly and they will probably win the Super Bowl, but they don't have any class, and they can't buy respect. They have a very good organization. Too bad for them NFL coaches have long memories. Belicheat can run up the scores for now, but eventually he will get his comeuppance. When the roles are reversed and the shoe is on the other foot. It will be delicious if their Death Star gets blown up in the playoffs for sure.

Richard
Bone
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12:34 am: Optimist Prime
I got the biggest kick at work yesterday. I took a personality test. I guess they wanted to evaluate my personality because I am in management now and they want to make sure I am not going to freak out and burn down the company. Why did I get the big kick out of this you ask? Well most of my life I have had to deal with people not understanding how I operate. I am a very dry, quick witted, sometimes sarcastic individual. Because of this, people always seem to think I am negative. I have always vehemently disagreed with this assessment. I end up telling people that they just don't know. I have always said that above all else I am a realist. I don't really sugarcoat things for people and tell them what they wish to hear. I try accurately surmise each and every situation I come into. However, because I am not deluded by want I want to believe or what I hope is going to happen, I am always the 'negative' person because I have the intestinal fortitude to tell it like it is. So I gleefully celebrated like a pretty little school bear when I was told my testing results. The instructor told me I have best of all personalities...I am an Optimist.

Here is the description:

Initiative, self-motivation, competitive drive to get things done, positive response to pressure, fast paced and ambitious. Enjoys variety...in bed. (Just kidding. Actually that is really the Fortune Cookie gag. Just add in bed and it makes it funny It's funnier on some of the other ones. Yikes!)

Here is a long list of words that came out about me in my profile:

I am...
Independent
Competitive
Self-Starter
Unselfish
Agreeable
Peaceful
Persuasive
Talkative
Sociable
Optimistic
Very Impatient
Intense
Fast-Paced
Driving
Restless
Careful
Thorough
Dutiful
Accurate
Tense
Friendly
Confident
Assertive

So I really am an Optimist. So all you folks that seemed to think otherwise can PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT!

Optimistic Bone

out.