Just Some More Random Stuff
I am more adventurous than I seem to be and sometimes, just
when you think you have me figured out, I’ll do something that surprises, shocks
or annoys you. But all things
considered, I am mostly a ‘what you see is what you get’ man. I’m not sure what surprises people more as
people get to know me better … that I am sometimes adventurous or that I am reliable
over the long haul.
On Sunday night I had dinner with a friend who I had not
seen in twenty years. We used to work
together, spoke on the phone a couple of time since, but had no other contact from
the 1990s until we found each other on Facebook last year. Invited her to dinner as part of my ‘catching
up with old friends’ mission. We talked
for three hours and barely started our catching up. Biggest surprise of the conversation? She
said she had a crush on me back when we worked together. Haven’t heard anything like that in a long
time, if ever. I sort of felt that way
about her at the time too, but we were both involved with other people
then. Not now, but NO, nothing will come
of this … other than another meal full of catching up. It did feel good to hear
that though.
Sometimes when I know I’m right about something, it pisses
me off that I can’t convince someone else that I am right. My current boss is one of my favorite bosses
ever but sometimes she completely dismisses my opinion on certain things. It doesn’t happen often and we have a high
degree of mutual respect. But sometimes
I’m right and she isn’t … and it doesn’t matter because she is the boss and I
am not.
I can’t believe my four-year-old computer is crapping out on
me. Maybe it’s five years old. It still shouldn’t be crapping out on
me. I will probably get a new one, maybe
this week. There are laptops in the $400
range that have better specs than this one does. I paid at least three times that amount for
this one. I should probably just plan on
buying a new one every three or four years.
That sucks.
This is post #1006 on this blog. I meant to celebrate the 1000th
but I forgot.
I have a business meeting in New York City next month; it’s
an annual thing related to a work team I’m on.
After last year’s meeting I promised myself that I would add a couple of
days to the trip this time and do some personal sightseeing. BUT I probably won’t because hotels in NYC
are stupidly expensive and although I would spend the money anyway, I have
other financial priorities ahead of that.
Being a responsible adult is a pain in the butt sometimes, isn’t it?
OK, enough about me.
Your turn. Write some random
stuff in the Comments section or better than that, write on your blog (and tell
me where it is so I can read it).
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