The Arlington Heights Daily Herald really isn't a mainstream news source but, for a list of reasons (both subjective and objective), I really got a kick out of this Milton Bradley interview.
Which got him suspended for the rest of the season, I should add.
Oh, Cubs.
-KP
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Randomnicity (09.19.09 Edition)
Without introduction, let's get to this.
1. A few months ago I started reading this comic called Locke & Key which I quite liked because it had a distinct "Stephen King" feel to it all (and I really, really like Stephen King). Fast forward a few weeks when I browsed through Barnes & Noble's bargain bin section to find a novel published by the same author (Heart-Shaped Box). Shelling out my six hard-earned dollars, I picked it up and started reading.
The premise? Guy buys ghost over internet. Horror ensues. While it may sound like a somewhat lame premise, it really has given me full-fledged in-the-daytime-nightmares.
Not unlike the comic, this novel reminded me of Stephen King as well. So I Wikipedia'd the author's name (Joe Hill) and--wouldn't you know--he's the son of Stephen King!
2. Molly and I went down to Wrigley Wednesday night to see the Brewers play the Cubs. I love Wrigley--I love the history, I love the area, and I love notching a "W" on foreign soil.
3. My hair is getting ridiculously shaggy. Err, more ridiculously shaggy.
4. Congratulations, Prince, on RBI #127. Love it.
5. I cracked the hell up over this:
6. We finally got around to watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight. Wow, was I NOT expecting a nearly-three hour movie.
7. Are you watching Glee? If not, you are making a grave mistake. For realsies. Best new show of the season. LOL funny.
8. I think it now runs against the grain to admit to liking Michael Moore nowadays (is that a true assessment, or am I just imagining things?) but I really can't wait for his new documentary to come out.
Ok, time to make like a dork and go play video games on a Saturday night. After an entire summer of non-stop-on-the-go-weekends, this is actually refreshing.
Good night, all!
-KP
1. A few months ago I started reading this comic called Locke & Key which I quite liked because it had a distinct "Stephen King" feel to it all (and I really, really like Stephen King). Fast forward a few weeks when I browsed through Barnes & Noble's bargain bin section to find a novel published by the same author (Heart-Shaped Box). Shelling out my six hard-earned dollars, I picked it up and started reading.
The premise? Guy buys ghost over internet. Horror ensues. While it may sound like a somewhat lame premise, it really has given me full-fledged in-the-daytime-nightmares.
Not unlike the comic, this novel reminded me of Stephen King as well. So I Wikipedia'd the author's name (Joe Hill) and--wouldn't you know--he's the son of Stephen King!
2. Molly and I went down to Wrigley Wednesday night to see the Brewers play the Cubs. I love Wrigley--I love the history, I love the area, and I love notching a "W" on foreign soil.
3. My hair is getting ridiculously shaggy. Err, more ridiculously shaggy.
4. Congratulations, Prince, on RBI #127. Love it.
5. I cracked the hell up over this:
6. We finally got around to watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight. Wow, was I NOT expecting a nearly-three hour movie.
7. Are you watching Glee? If not, you are making a grave mistake. For realsies. Best new show of the season. LOL funny.
8. I think it now runs against the grain to admit to liking Michael Moore nowadays (is that a true assessment, or am I just imagining things?) but I really can't wait for his new documentary to come out.
Ok, time to make like a dork and go play video games on a Saturday night. After an entire summer of non-stop-on-the-go-weekends, this is actually refreshing.
Good night, all!
-KP
Sunday, August 30, 2009
It's not a raise, but it's something.
There was a bit of a fire drill at work the other day with my one and only favorite client (I have plenty of descriptive words I could use but, again, I'll keep things G-rated). I'll spare you the boring details, but the end result was that I got this!
Of course, getting a free camera (free!) isn't enough to keep me from being critical of the darn thing. The camera is pretty much all style and mediocre substance (I think image quality is a little worse than my old camera, for instance). However, I barely know how to work all the settings so some of this still may be user error.
But, still--FREE. And it's tiny. (And I'm not a photographer). So I think, overall, this works out pretty well for me.
-KP
Of course, getting a free camera (free!) isn't enough to keep me from being critical of the darn thing. The camera is pretty much all style and mediocre substance (I think image quality is a little worse than my old camera, for instance). However, I barely know how to work all the settings so some of this still may be user error.
But, still--FREE. And it's tiny. (And I'm not a photographer). So I think, overall, this works out pretty well for me.
-KP
Cyber kisses are so delicious.
Fact: Women are not supposed to wear white dresses to another person's wedding.
Fact: I didn't know this before last week.
Fact: This is just crazy.
MoPo, JC, and I had a very interesting lunch conversation last week over this apparently malicious behavior--in which I largely judged this particular "etiquette" as completely absurd. Seriously, think about it: is anyone truly going to mix up the bride (who, you know, is wearing a wedding dress) with another female who is wearing a predominantly white colored dress? I doubt it. Perhaps someone doesn't get to dress up all that much and she really likes this white dress she found. Is that so wrong for someone to like what they wear?
Rest assured, I was informed that this level of innocence does not occur when it comes to females wearing white dresses to somebody's wedding. Apparently women are fickle creatures (keeping my language G-rated there) with nothing but hate in their hearts. There is no other explanation to explain this type of behavior.
This is why boys are better.
-KP
Fact: I didn't know this before last week.
Fact: This is just crazy.
MoPo, JC, and I had a very interesting lunch conversation last week over this apparently malicious behavior--in which I largely judged this particular "etiquette" as completely absurd. Seriously, think about it: is anyone truly going to mix up the bride (who, you know, is wearing a wedding dress) with another female who is wearing a predominantly white colored dress? I doubt it. Perhaps someone doesn't get to dress up all that much and she really likes this white dress she found. Is that so wrong for someone to like what they wear?
Rest assured, I was informed that this level of innocence does not occur when it comes to females wearing white dresses to somebody's wedding. Apparently women are fickle creatures (keeping my language G-rated there) with nothing but hate in their hearts. There is no other explanation to explain this type of behavior.
This is why boys are better.
-KP
Sunday, August 23, 2009
...and this just in.
I'm interrupting my all-afternoon recuperation nap to bring you this blog. Congratulations to Nick & Ashley, who are two of the best friends a guy could ask for.
I'm in the process of putting the pictures up here.
-KP
I'm in the process of putting the pictures up here.
-KP
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Emerging from the silence.
Hello, bloggers--it's been quite some time, hasn't it?
Work has been CR-AZY. Plenty of long hours, working a bit on weekends, and taking the bulk of the load to try and secure new business. I feel I've been doing some quality work but with wage and hiring freezes, of course, I don't really get rewarded or acknowledged by my bosses. To put it in perspective, by the time two of my colleagues celebrated their 2-year anniversary they had been promoted twice (and I still have only received a diddly prorated raise for my first 6 months of service). Don't get me wrong; I understand these are different times and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't mind putting in 60 hour weeks.
So, besides work, what else is new?
I can't even tell you the last time I had a weekend to do absolutely nothing. Weddings and bachelor parties up the wazoo, the annual birthday bash and "camping" trip, and now we'll have a Brewer game or two to finish up the month of August (all of which are uber-fun). But it will be nice to get a weekend to do absolutely nothing (whenever that is), even though I'll complain of boredom when it does occur.
And to finish this post up (for now): Wow, trying to shake up the clubhouse a little bit? (Edit: and this too!) Molly and I are going to the game tonight (yeah, we're crazy driving up on a weeknight, but we had to take advantage of the Home Run Derby promotion--$28 tickets for $5... thanks, Prince!) and now I'm really interested to see how the team will react and perform. I have no delusions that we'll make it into the postseason, but having a winning record would be nice!
-KP
Work has been CR-AZY. Plenty of long hours, working a bit on weekends, and taking the bulk of the load to try and secure new business. I feel I've been doing some quality work but with wage and hiring freezes, of course, I don't really get rewarded or acknowledged by my bosses. To put it in perspective, by the time two of my colleagues celebrated their 2-year anniversary they had been promoted twice (and I still have only received a diddly prorated raise for my first 6 months of service). Don't get me wrong; I understand these are different times and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't mind putting in 60 hour weeks.
So, besides work, what else is new?
I can't even tell you the last time I had a weekend to do absolutely nothing. Weddings and bachelor parties up the wazoo, the annual birthday bash and "camping" trip, and now we'll have a Brewer game or two to finish up the month of August (all of which are uber-fun). But it will be nice to get a weekend to do absolutely nothing (whenever that is), even though I'll complain of boredom when it does occur.
And to finish this post up (for now): Wow, trying to shake up the clubhouse a little bit? (Edit: and this too!) Molly and I are going to the game tonight (yeah, we're crazy driving up on a weeknight, but we had to take advantage of the Home Run Derby promotion--$28 tickets for $5... thanks, Prince!) and now I'm really interested to see how the team will react and perform. I have no delusions that we'll make it into the postseason, but having a winning record would be nice!
-KP
Thursday, June 25, 2009
And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver...
I'm in one of those moods where I have no energy but still want to be active; I don't want to move but I don't want to sit still; I'm tired but I don't want to take a nap. Where does that leave me, except to be utterly and completely bored?
*sighs*
Life is rough, isn't it?
Given my mindset, here are some things I think I think:
*I think I'd be pissed if I was Farrah Fawcett, with my death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's and what not.
*I think I really am sad that Michael Jackson passed away (cue MJ musical montage).
*I think I'm easily irritated at work. Remember when I got "transitioned" into a new job role a few months back? Well, I'm finally point of contact with the client and now feel that I'm just a glorified babysitter... and it's not cool like in Adventures in Babysitting. I can't punch anybody in the face, either (just to clarify: I never was trusted enough to babysit anybody).
*I think I haven't cut my hair since mid-April. I also think my hair hasn't been this long since high school.
*I think I need to stop reading books about zombies. Between World War Z, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and polishing off the fourth hardcover of The Walking Dead recently, every time I wake up in the middle of the night I swear I see zombies in the hallway.
*I think I feel like I haven't attended enough Brewers games this year, even though I've already been to eight.
*I think I'm looking forward to being up north for a week over the 4th of July.
*I think I'm still very, very bored.
-KP
*sighs*
Life is rough, isn't it?
Given my mindset, here are some things I think I think:
*I think I'd be pissed if I was Farrah Fawcett, with my death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's and what not.
*I think I really am sad that Michael Jackson passed away (cue MJ musical montage).
*I think I'm easily irritated at work. Remember when I got "transitioned" into a new job role a few months back? Well, I'm finally point of contact with the client and now feel that I'm just a glorified babysitter... and it's not cool like in Adventures in Babysitting. I can't punch anybody in the face, either (just to clarify: I never was trusted enough to babysit anybody).
*I think I haven't cut my hair since mid-April. I also think my hair hasn't been this long since high school.
*I think I need to stop reading books about zombies. Between World War Z, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and polishing off the fourth hardcover of The Walking Dead recently, every time I wake up in the middle of the night I swear I see zombies in the hallway.
*I think I feel like I haven't attended enough Brewers games this year, even though I've already been to eight.
*I think I'm looking forward to being up north for a week over the 4th of July.
*I think I'm still very, very bored.
-KP
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