Smokey’s House of Paincakes

My life has become a series of inside jokes. Unfortunately, I keep meeting new people, and they just don’t get it.

Just to keep this short and simple. I refuse to buy another Sony product ever again.

That is all.

You ever try and slow down your walk??! That’s a hard thing to do!

This morning I decided that I would stroll into work, rather than rush in like a usually do and get all crazy sweaty. You try and keep the pace down, but you really need to be conscious about it, or you’ll be zooming around in no time. Plus, it doesn’t help when everyone is speeding by at light speed around you.

Well, I managed to add 5 minutes to my walk this morning. I’m going to try and keep it up and take my time.

Now that I’m back from Delaware and I’m trying to get settled into my new place, I’ll be creating some new life mandates for myself. I want to have the most enjoyable summer I can. So here are a few thing, in no particular order.

1. Eat Slower. Enjoy my food! I find I’m just eating for eating sake, rather than sitting down and savouring each bite. I find my taste buds are changing and I’m enjoying more varieties of food. This is the perfect time.
2. Take more pictures. I have a camera and I have a flickr account. I haven’t updated anything on there for along time now. I am going to find a reason to take a picture everyday.
3. Finish my blog. Basically, I need to finish my about page and personalize it even more. I need to redesign it so it’s one of my designs and reflects myself even more.
4. Write. I keep talking about writing, but I’m not doing it. Less talkie talkie, more writey writey.
5. Ignore the women. Not permanently!!!! Just for now. I’ve been too busy chasing women, that I actually haven’t had time to reflect on my own life. Why am I in such a rush for? I figure for this summer, and perhaps the rest of the year I’m just going to concentrate on myself and the bettering of myself. Only once I’m truly happy with my life, will I find someone to share it with. If I do somehow meet someone, I’m not going to turn em away, I’m just going to stop the pursuit.
6. Slow down with the alcohol (don’t give up… slow down!). Stop trying to find the artificial high and try seeking out activities that will give you a natural high. Alcohol causes more problems than most people actually think it solves. At least, I need to give up the beer for awhile and stick to something else if I go out, like vodka.

That’s what I have so far, and this is what I need to do! Maybe I’ll even inspire others to try some of these!

Closer to what you ask? Well, probably not, but I’m going to tell you anyways: Being debt free!

Yes, today I paid off my last remaining balance on my credit card! Well, one of my cards, but this means I no longer carry any balance on any of my cards. Of course, I was so foolish before to do such a thing, but I took the time and sacrifice to pay it off. Now, I only have one more manageable loan remaining, that it itself is being aggressively paid off.

Now, I’ve been able to increase my RRSP contribution and my monthly savings. Now, the monthly savings I have is for emergency money. Once I get to a point where I have 3 months worth of expenses covered, I’m going reallocate my contributions back over to my debt to pay it off even faster!

Once that’s all done, I’ll be laughing all the way to the bank, plus I’ll have plenty saved up for a nice down payment on a house or condo. Wooo!!!

I conquered my fear of tomatoes last night! I has bruschetta and it tasted awesome! No longer will I hold the tomato on my sandwiches. No longer will I fear the all mighty red.

If fact, after it was all done, my said fear was rather quite silly. Long live the tomato!!!!!

Update:
Just had an assorted sub with tomatoes!!

Oh old airport lady. How I am so lucky to know I have you here.

So you see, I must have looked incredibly bored working on my laptop here because old airport lady took it upon herself to save me from my boredom by interrupting me every five minutes to talk me about this “amazing bridge that rises in the air.”

In fact, I really need to thank her. I was so bored that I passed out, but thankfully she was there to wake me to tell me that her grandson travels all over the world. I was quite entertained!

So thank you Old Aiport Lady. Thank you the fuck much!

Woohoo!! I got my tax return in the mail the other day and I didn’t spend a dime of it. In fact, I fully paid off a line of credit and a credit card in one shot! Wooo, what a good feeling that is! I’m now that much closer to no debt. :)

On another note, I’m back in Delaware! I know, I should just myself an apartment here since I’ve been down here longer than my new place. Funny thing about this trip is that there is actually some sorta conference going on, so all the hotels in the area were booked solid. Because of that, I’m now staying at the Hotel Dupont, which is the “ritzy” hotel in the area! Woo me! It’s really awesome. Plus, I’ve never seen a hotel with a “bath menu.” That’s right, you can order baths to be made up for you. I think I’m gonna go with the rose-pedal with complimentary champagne bath. ;)

Oh, one last thing… I hate douche bags that use the word kewl in real life.

I’m sick as dog today (again!! I mean, wtf??!!!) but I still managed to run 5k today. I figured I can sweat the bastard out, rather than make an excuse like I’m sick and not run. Once you start that, any excuse will do.

So, I did it in 45 minutes. It was about mostly jogging and walking, with a few sprints thrown in for good measure. I need to lower that time; At least cut it down by 15 minutes. It’ll all come in due time. I’m gonna try again tomorrow and at least try and knock down two minutes off that time and maybe see where my threshold is.

It’s pretty cool, there’s a gym just around the corner from my place, so it’s nice and convenient and easy to get off my ass. Also, it rocks not having any cable, so I get bored at home and head on over. By the time it’s all done, I’m ready to pop on a movie and pass out.

Again, I’m going to bring this up. I met another girl the other day and had a fantastic time out. I had fun, she had fun. She gave me her number, I asked her out again. She never called me back. Same old story. I’m seriously not understanding women here. I really must be missing something!! Oh well, it’s happened a million times before and I haven’t given up yet. One of these days!