Insane Random Ramblings

Man Rules - Part One…

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:
(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.
(b) The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse.
(c) After wrecking your boss’s car.
(d) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into “The Crying Game”.

3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.

5: If you’ve known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy’s fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.

7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy’s birthday is strictly optional. At that point, you must celebrate at a strip bar of the birthday boy’s choice.

8: On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

9: When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who’s playing.

10: It is permissible to drink a fruity alcohol drink only when you’re sunning on a tropical beach… and it’s delivered by a topless model and only when it’s free.

11: Only in situations of moral and/or physical peril are you allowed to kick another guy in the nuts.

Ugh, I wasn’t really embarrassed even though it was probably funny for the other passengers. On some of our buses, they have a rubber matting that’s slippery when it rains or snows. I was also wearing my sneakers that have no grips on the bottom and they slide on everything. Bad combo, especially today. I slid a few feet. 2 passengers on the bus reached out to try and catch me so I didn’t fall plus I grabbed onto one of the poles on the bus. It was crazy!

The worse part is I hurt my knee last week and I twisted it today. Right now it’s sore as heck. I plan on just putting my feet up and relaxing for the rest of the evening. And I’ll try not to have a repeat of today again any time soon.

I start school tomorrow and that change in my schedule really throws me for a loop. When I’m in school I try to iron for an entire week so I don’t have to worry about it during the week. I generally iron on Sunday. I also have to wash clothes this weekend. I guess I’ll be busy this weekend doing domestic stuff.

Try not to be jealous!

Right now I’m watching CSI:Miami. Today’s guest stars are Michael DeLorenzo and John Schneider. I wasn’t really surprised to see John but I haven’t seen Michael in forever. It was funny because when I saw his name scroll across the scene I didn’t think it could possibly be the same person because I haven’t seen him on tv for a long time.

Most of the network shows have guest stars in their episodes and I love trying to guess who I’ll see next.

It’s the day after New Year’s Day and it’s already dragging. The day after a holiday is usually a really slow day. It just drags by and seems to go even more slowly than usual. But today feels weird. It feels like it’s a Monday instead of a Friday. I keep thinking about things that I need to do “this week”, but they’re things I really need to do next week.

The plus side is that it is Friday and the weekend is here.

Well all of the hype about the New Year is finally over. That means another year of setting resolutions that we may or may not meet. In any event, here’s my list in no particular order:

1. Graduate from school. I only need 2 classes so I should be done by summer. My advisor messed up my requirements and I can’t get one of the classes that I need or I would be done in the spring. Either way, I’m done this year.
2. Lose 1 pants size. Here I go with this again. I really do think this is doable. I plan on being a size smaller by the end of June. My ultimate goal is 2 sizes smaller but I’ll take 1 size per year.
3. Save $1400. Not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Since I spent most of my cash on school, I need to build the reserves back up. Most of this money will come from savings. Some of it will come from my slush fund. I always over-budget things like home insurance, so once the bill is paid, any extra money goes into the slush/savings fund.
4. Pay between $310-475 on my car. I didn’t even come close to this goal this year. I plan on paying a small amount each month just on the principal of the car.
5. Write more. A lot more. I have 2 stories that are brewing and I want them done this year. Once they’re done, I’ll assess where I’m at and decide whether I want to continue writing or not.
6. Bump my 401k by at least 1% this year. When I get my raise, I’ll add the money. My goal is to raise my contributions by 1% per year until I max out.
7. Pay off my credit card by December. The bill is less than $1k but with so many other places that my money is going, this may be a stretch. 0% interest really helps.
8. Work towards my net worth being 10k. My net worth was 7k last year but I spent my cash, the economy tanked and I didn’t do an update after March. This is the year I get back on track.

There you have it. Not too lofty but very challenging. Here’s hoping everyone makes their 2009 goals!