Well, I am living in Japan now. I’ve migrated everything to our wedding website. So check it out, and hope to see you all there.
Its Over.
27 June 2008 |
6:48 |
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Burning Tahlequah.
6 March 2008 |
21:10 |
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Its been a while since I wrote here. First off, I have a wedding website to keep track of all the hullaballoo that is going on with that ceremony and reception. Its www.ryan-megan.com. Second, I have a job working at a Tanning Salon/Copy Shop/Liquor Store.
The thing about this trifecta of business ventures is that no one of those businesses would survive in such a small town. You may be asking, “How on earth could a liquor store not be a lucrative business in a town with such an impoverished and bereft peoples?” Well, the answer is that there is roughly one liquor store for every 3 people. There are also about one car wash for every 2 people. I’m still not sure about that.
Anyway the thing about the Super-Shop I work at is the smells. I’ve noticed that different people, girls mostly, have wildly different smells after they bake themselves in the tanning beds.
Most often, the smell is burnt sweat. Its not entirely grotesque, but its the kind of smell you smell in your stomach, and your stomach doesn’t like it much.
A little less often, but more alarming is the smell of BBQ. This is a mystery, but how a girl goes into a tanning bed and comes out leaving the smell of deliciously seasoned and cooked pork butt is a– never mind.
Finally, the rarest and most alarming smell of all is that of fruit loops. How the fuck does that work?
Its been a while since I wrote here. First off, I have a wedding website to keep track of all the hullaballoo that is going on with that ceremony and reception. Its www.ryan-megan.com. Second, I have a job working at a Tanning Salon/Copy Shop/Liquor Store.
The thing about this trifecta of business ventures is that no one of those businesses would survive in such a small town. You may be asking, “How on earth could a liquor store not be a lucrative business in a town with such an impoverished and bereft peoples?” Well, the answer is that there is roughly one liquor store for every 3 people. There are also about one car wash for every 2 people. I’m still not sure about that.
Anyway the thing about the Super-Shop I work at is the smells. I’ve noticed that different people, girls mostly, have wildly different smells after they bake themselves in the tanning beds.
Most often, the smell is burnt sweat. Its not entirely grotesque, but its the kind of smell you smell in your stomach, and your stomach doesn’t like it much.
A little less often, but more alarming is the smell of BBQ. This is a mystery, but how a girl goes into a tanning bed and comes out leaving the smell of deliciously seasoned and cooked pork butt is a– never mind.
Finally, the rarest and most alarming smell of all is that of fruit loops. How the fuck does that work?
Tahlequah.
24 January 2008 |
11:52 |
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I stop posting for a month and crazy happens. Here’s the short and sweet of what happened since last time. I went on a cruise, quit my job, and moved to Tahlequah Oklahoma.
My family and I, as well as the future wife, went on a cruise to celebrate X-Mas and graduation and all of that jazz. Cruises are fun, thats their purpose and they do a damn fine job of it. We cruised from Miami to Mexico and back over the course of 4 days and it was great.
We ate lots of food, we tried to get drunk and couldn’t, we went snorkeling, we drank more, we played bingo, and we gambled. For some reason that cruise ship’s casino and I got a long great. I could do no wrong. I would put $20 into a slot machine and walk away with $40. I would come out even playing Blackjack, and when I played Craps, everyone wanted in on my action.
I started playing Craps with $20 and left with $245. We quit because at the end I was playing alone and it just wasn’t as fun winning alone, and the woman was very tired of watching me win. I seriously would have never thought that a woman would get tired of seeing someone make money.
I stop posting for a month and crazy happens. Here’s the short and sweet of what happened since last time. I went on a cruise, quit my job, and moved to Tahlequah Oklahoma.
My family and I, as well as the future wife, went on a cruise to celebrate X-Mas and graduation and all of that jazz. Cruises are fun, thats their purpose and they do a damn fine job of it. We cruised from Miami to Mexico and back over the course of 4 days and it was great.
We ate lots of food, we tried to get drunk and couldn’t, we went snorkeling, we drank more, we played bingo, and we gambled. For some reason that cruise ship’s casino and I got a long great. I could do no wrong. I would put $20 into a slot machine and walk away with $40. I would come out even playing Blackjack, and when I played Craps, everyone wanted in on my action.
I started playing Craps with $20 and left with $245. We quit because at the end I was playing alone and it just wasn’t as fun winning alone, and the woman was very tired of watching me win. I seriously would have never thought that a woman would get tired of seeing someone make money.
Graduation.
12 December 2007 |
17:41 |
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I haven’t been here in a while. I had such great ambitions for keeping up with a blog too. That was sarcasm. Here’s the short version of what has happened since my last post. I got engaged, I’m taking exams, I’m graduating, I’m applying to move to Japan in the summer, and quitting my job.
I haven’t been here in a while. I had such great ambitions for keeping up with a blog too. That was sarcasm. Here’s the short version of what has happened since my last post. I got engaged, I’m taking exams, I’m graduating, I’m applying to move to Japan in the summer, and quitting my job.
Stress.
7 October 2007 |
18:45 |
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So my final semester is about half over. My computer decided to have a meltdown this go round. Apparently some time ago the fan on my video card stopped working. I put this about a year ago. I wasn’t doing anything but using Windows, so it kept on working fine.
Then I decided to play a game, and all hell broke loose. The computer started locking up, restarting, and generally making me wanna scream. I found out the video card was hosed, so I replaced it. I thought everything would be happy again, but it wasn’t. The damn thing just started restarting all day long.
Then I thought I had a weird virus or some such, so I formatted and reinstalled Windows. No backups. I don’t really keep anything important on my computer because I don’t trust its loyalty. Still kept restarting. So I figure it was getting too hot, and it was.
I buy some more fans, and that helped for a few days, then the temperature shot back up through the roof. So then I had to go buy a new heat sink setup for my processor. Apparently my computer is so damn ancient that nobody really carries them anymore, so I had to buy a clearance one for $1. I’ll never be able to buy a computer part in change again. I take this thing home, and it’s missing a piece that makes it connect to the motherboard. I go and bitch out awkward nerd salesman by saying something like, “I don’t care that its a dollar, why the hell are you selling something that can’t possibly work!” His only response was, “Thats why its a dollar.” He gave me the missing part for free. I bought another $1 heat sink as well, because these things are like tiny Egyptian pyramids in your case, and they’re not really made to fit anywhere.
I start trying to put the son of a bitch on, and sure enough its so big it doesn’t fit without knocking other components. So I have to rip some of the aluminum off to make it fit. I get it trimmed to size and start trying to put the bastard on. Now for those of you who don’t know, there’s this thermal paste that ensures that the heat gets to the heat sink. If you don’t have it, your computer will be too hot. It took so much work getting the thing in the computer that the paste was rubbed off everywhere but where it needed to go. Glad I bought the second heat sink. That one went in much easier after I had screwed up the first one. Everything is working again, for now.
So my final semester is about half over. My computer decided to have a meltdown this go round. Apparently some time ago the fan on my video card stopped working. I put this about a year ago. I wasn’t doing anything but using Windows, so it kept on working fine.
Then I decided to play a game, and all hell broke loose. The computer started locking up, restarting, and generally making me wanna scream. I found out the video card was hosed, so I replaced it. I thought everything would be happy again, but it wasn’t. The damn thing just started restarting all day long.
Then I thought I had a weird virus or some such, so I formatted and reinstalled Windows. No backups. I don’t really keep anything important on my computer because I don’t trust its loyalty. Still kept restarting. So I figure it was getting too hot, and it was.
I buy some more fans, and that helped for a few days, then the temperature shot back up through the roof. So then I had to go buy a new heat sink setup for my processor. Apparently my computer is so damn ancient that nobody really carries them anymore, so I had to buy a clearance one for $1. I’ll never be able to buy a computer part in change again. I take this thing home, and it’s missing a piece that makes it connect to the motherboard. I go and bitch out awkward nerd salesman by saying something like, “I don’t care that its a dollar, why the hell are you selling something that can’t possibly work!” His only response was, “Thats why its a dollar.” He gave me the missing part for free. I bought another $1 heat sink as well, because these things are like tiny Egyptian pyramids in your case, and they’re not really made to fit anywhere.
I start trying to put the son of a bitch on, and sure enough its so big it doesn’t fit without knocking other components. So I have to rip some of the aluminum off to make it fit. I get it trimmed to size and start trying to put the bastard on. Now for those of you who don’t know, there’s this thermal paste that ensures that the heat gets to the heat sink. If you don’t have it, your computer will be too hot. It took so much work getting the thing in the computer that the paste was rubbed off everywhere but where it needed to go. Glad I bought the second heat sink. That one went in much easier after I had screwed up the first one. Everything is working again, for now.