General Jackassery

I don’t really know if anyone reads anything on this site anymore. I’m sure it doesn’t help that I haven’t posted anything in quite a while.

I guess the bottom line is that I just haven’t felt like writting anything in a long time. Sometimes it seems pointless to have a website.

So, needless to say, generaljackassery.com is in a transitionary phase right now. I think the next use for it will be more as a photoblog. Sarah and I have been thinking about posting a picture a day or something like that. Whatever I fancy.

For those that are interested, I’m back on the bike. I’ve ridden 5 times in the last two weeks now and despite having been off the bike for a long time I feel pretty good. My problem is that now that life is good I don’t have the drive to suffer like I did two years ago. I have to find another reason to push myself. For now, I’m taking it easy and enjoying my time on the bike. I do have some goals still. I plan to do Centuries in September, October and November. Then next summer I’m going to shoot for one century/month starting in March.

Anyway, hope all you out there in internet land are doing well. There should be some new pics up soon.

To my Dad: I could never repay you for the wonderful gifts you’ve given Sarah and I during our wedding. Many people don’t realize the it was my father who took care of the Rehearsal dinner before our wedding. While I love my new parents-in-law, and they deserve many thanks for working so hard to make sure the Sarah and I had an absolutely beautiful wedding and reception , I noticed that many people were thanking them for the wonderful dinner we all ate and the wonderful time we all had during the rehearsal dinner.

I wanted to take this opportunity to tell my Dad and Melissa how much Sarah and I appreciate all the work that they did in planning and putting on the rehearsal dinner. I know the cost was high and I know that you’re both incredibly busy, so to do this for us was absolutely incredible. We had a wonderful time and I can’t even begin to express my gratitude in words, and I’ve thought a lot about it. All I can do is say that we both Thank You from the bottoms of our hearts!

THANK YOU!

I also wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know that our honeymoon was indeed not free! While Sarah and I love each other very much and we would have been happy with a very simple honeymoon, it was not what we truly wanted! Both of us wanted to go to the beach, we wanted to stay somewhere where we would be able to lay on the beach and not be pestered by kids running around all day, buy people trying to sell us stuff, etc. We wanted to be at a place where we would have opportunities to try new things or to be lazy and not do anything. We wanted to go to a place that neither of us had been to. I could go on and on about all the things that we wanted in our honeymoon, the fact of the matter is that Sarah and I could not have had the perfect honeymoon. Then my Dad comes along and he and his friend manage to put together a honeymoon that had EVERYTHING that we wanted! He GAVE us the perfect honeymoon! Sarah and I got everything we wanted, we got to be lazy, we got to try new things, we got to lay on the beach and almost never be bothered by someone trying to sell us something. We got a vacation that will be extremely difficult for us to repeat and it was not only the perfect vacation, but it came at the perfect time.

Again, I could never begin to repay my Dad for what he gave Sarah and I. He never complained about what we wanted and what we were asking for. In fact he pushed us to tell him what we really wanted.

For all of this Sarah and I are truly, truly greatful.

We actually talked about how blessed we have been to be surrounded by such wonderful people. I love both of my parents with all of my heart, they are both wonderful people and I can’t imagine my life without them.

So, from the bottom of my heart I will say to my Dad that I love you very very very much. I could have asked for a more wonderful father, you we an integral part of making our wedding perfect and we both thank you!

Hello Again World! Long time no post! I don’t have a lot of time or desire to post right now. I’m sitting in a hotel room in Colorado Springs, on my way to Pueblo today and then home tomorrow. I’ve been on the road a lot lately and unlike many of my last post I have two and possibly a third design coming down the pipe. Well there is one already at 35% and I’m meeting with the Contracting Officer today to get approval to get started on the second. The third is still a possibility at some time in the near future.

Anyway, I’ll be home this weekend and the I beleive I’m supposed to be on the road to Storm King State Park next Monday. That’s close to West Point, New York. Don’t know for sure if I’m still going, this trip has been on and off for a month or more now. Hopefully we can go and get it done. I don’t really have time to be gone for another week, but I’d like this trip off my plate and out of the way.

May is going to be a really busy month! I guess it will be the most memorable in my life and I’m starting to look forward to it.

Okay, that’s all for now. Just wanted to take the opportunity to post.

Todder, Out!

I own you, bugs! You bugs is my bitches!

Bug, whatchu laughin’ at? You got some candy in yo’ pocket! Drop and give me twenty-five pushups!

Okay.

That took fucking long enough.

Well, despite my best efforts I will not be taking the P.E. in April. I was going through my experience and by April 15 (the exam date) I will have been out of college for 3 years and 11 months. Tack 6 months credit on to that for being in an accredited Co-op program and I would have 4 years and 5 months experience. Take 4 months off of that for working on Dad’s farm for the summer and taking one month of graduate school and I’m back to 4 years and 1 month. Now back track to January 15 (the application deadline) I would only have 3 years 10 months, at that date, of officially verifiable engineering experience and now I’m in a pickle. You are required by law to have 4 years of verifiable engineering experience, but you’re not allowed to anticipate experience and therefore you must have your 4 years experience prior to the date of application.

So, I talked to the lady in Montgomery who is the designated answerer of questions for the board and without hesitation she stated that I would not be approved to take the exam in April. I have now suffered a six month set-back in my quest to be a licensed Civil Engineer.

Oh well, them’s the breaks.

Thanks for tuning in.

Many of you know that Rocket 95.1 has Rick and Bubba on in the mornings from 6 until 10. I often listen to their mindless blather in the mornings because they can tend to be funny and unlike Bob and Tom they don’t get stuck in the rut of Dick and Fart jokes all the time. The problem is that they tend to express their opinions on everything a little too much, especially when they themselves say that certain actors in Hollywood should just move to Canada or France or where ever.

They finally annoyed me enough that I wrote them a letter today. It goes as follows:

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Guess there hasn’t been that much to write about. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and surfing lately and just haven’t fealt the urge to write. I have however, come across some things that I’ve found interesting over the last couple of days that I would like to share with you.

I’ve heard a lot about this guy named Stephen Covey. He’s considered “The Man” when it comes to leadership. He’s got a book out now called “The 8th Habit.” Anyway, I was in the airport in Raleigh, NC yesterday and I didn’t have anything to read so I bought it. Before I knew it I was through part one and was actually in the process of re-reading the first chapter. When I finished the first chapter I laid the book down and starting to really think about it.

I think that many people spend a lot of time wondering what the meaning of life is and in doing that they miss the point. The point is for you to find your own meaning and for you to live a meaningful life. That is why God made us all different.

The book references a conversation between and man and his doctor. The doctor asks how many hours a day the man works and the man’s response is, “I don’t know, how many hours a day do you breath?” My immediate response to that was “ahh, a workaholic, that’s bad.” But that’s not the way this was inteded. The intent was to show that when work, play, relaxation and life in general all start to merge and become one then you’re doing what you’re meant to do. If you’re spending 40 hours a week in the office working just to get to the weekend then you’re not living a meaningful life.

So I started thinking about it and I’ve really had a flood of things in my head for the last two days, but I’ve been working on a “vision.” Something I think I would be happy with if I was “working” on Monday or Sunday. I would like a career that involves my chosen field of study (Civil Engineering), the Church and charities.

I’ve been watching this show called “Extreme Makeover, Home Edition” whenever I get the chance and I love it. The show is really about helping people, but for a Civil Engineer it’s neat to watch them demolish and rebuild a house in 7 days. I would like to be involved in something like that. I would like to be more involved in my community and I would like to do it in a way that promotes our environment.

So that’s what I’m working on now. I think step one is to find a Church that Sarah and I would like to get involved with.

There’s nobody here beside meeeeeeeeee! My problems have all gone…. ehem!

Can I stay wit chu? Can I stay wit chu please?

Kilt me a man, and already I’m starting to feel the itch! Problem is, I aint got nothin’ to scratch. I feel I’m gettin’ weakah, while Charlie’s growin’ strongah! I had to face the cold hard reality! I gotta get a job!

Want me to show you a little trick, take your mind off that pain?

Hi. Geofro here.

Comment spammers … you can piss off. I just hooked Todd’s stuff up.

Bitch at me if anything breaks, people. [Yes, Todd, the administration area of WordPress is absolutely, utterly different. But you’ll get used to it pretty quick-like.]

PEACE!