The two recent sock posts got me thinking about one of my older posts History of socks. So I decided to plug it, unfortunately one of the links is dead the second one still works though.
Now I will shut up about socks for awhile.
So I went to The EARL Tuesday night. I had dinner with some friends earlier that evening and prior to dinner I had a beer so I had a taste for it. I told myself one beer only which turned into two which turned into three but I did stop myself then. As I was paying my tab close to midnight two of the bartenders asked where I was going, assuming I was going to see a concert or another bar since I was leaving so early. As is obvious from my previous posts I know I need to stop hanging out so much but that conversation really hit home. Basically people confirming my suspicions.
On a side note one of the bartenders wouldn’t let me see the mini bat behind the bar, granted that was probably a good move on his part. He said I’m banned from all weapons, anything pointy, anything edible and something else that I can’t remember now.
This morning there was a pair of tube socks sitting on my desk. At first I though an ex-girlfriend put them there but she knows I don’t wear tube socks, plus she isn’t here today. Could it be because of this post: Renegade Fashion? If so, that’s funny as hell. As in actually funny, not sure that hell would be funny I guess it could be depending on how strange you are.
Update: The blog joke has been confirmed, good one Scott!
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-Alex
Don’t tell anyone but I’ve been wearing mismatched socks to work for the past month or so.
-Alex
You know those bumper stickers that say “Stupid should hurt”, sometimes I wish that were true.
-Alex
I finished picking out my January shows today. The list is located on the right side if the page. Sometimes the feed b0rks, so try refreshing your browser if you don’t see it or click on this handy link: Alex sux I originally had five shows picked out but added a couple more today. See, I am slowing down and luckily most are spread out which will make things easier. Now the trick will be to see if I can keep to the schedule and not over do it.
-Alex
After running a report in Quicken I was enlightened to the fact that I’ve spent $917.75 at The EARL in November and December (not including upcoming New Year’s Eve). This total is plastic only, I’ve also spent lots of cash there and at other bars and concerts. To me this is a lot of money, especially when the only return is a temporary good time. Obviously I need to slow things down a bit. To meet that end I went out and purchased World of Warcraft and Half Life 2. WoW is my first MMORPG, I have resisted them for a long time because I don’t like the fact you have to pay a monthly fee in addition to the initial game price. However some coworkers made the point that is much less than going out every night (which has turned out to be true). I still was hesitant on principal (what principal that is I couldn’t tell you) but finally broke down. I’m glad I did, however it’s a double-edged sword. I haven’t been going out very much but I’ve been spending way too much time playing the game. This is why my blog has been stagnating lately and I’m putting off unenjoyable but necessary tasks like laundry and doing the dishes. I have even been skipping (gasp!) football. Granted the Falcons already have the division wrapped up and a first round bye, so it doesn’t matter. Still I’m still missing it, which is surprising me. In case your wondering, no I will not miss the playoffs (I haven’t completely lost my mind in the depths of geekiness). Anyway it’s an excellent game and I’m a Tarun Shaman (Alavar) on the Stormreaver PvP server. As for Half-Life 2 all I can say is WOW! This game rocks, unfortunately I loaded WoW first and got hooked on it so I haven’t played much of it but from what I’ve seen it is excellent. The graphics are outstanding, the faces are extremely realistic, actually a little eerie. Even more so since one of the characters looks familiar to me. If you’re into FPS games, you owe it to yourself to check it out.
-Alex