as i sit on the couch wrapped in a quilt that is a gift from carla's mom, i savor my day off.
knowing--because trader joe's follows the european calendar with monday beginning the week--today is a day off sandwiched between 8 work days, the next 5 consecutive.
knowing--because i didn't fall asleep until 5 am--today is a day wasted because i didn't get up until 1:30 and i haven't left the couch since then.
except for a bathroom break.
TOMORROW IS PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY DAY!!!
i hope that everyone gets out and votes.
democrat, republican, green, socialist, communist.
whatever.
just get out and vote.
for the democrats.
cuz they can't screw the country up more than it has been in the last 6 years!
and if you live in massachusetts vote yes on 1.
not only will it make it easier for you to get boozed up, it helps my company make more money, which means greater job security.
thank you for your support.
everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.--leo tolstoy
10.11.2006
is 26 mid or late twenties? please say mid.
thatt's right folks, on monday i turned 26. it has been 7 years since i came out to the east coast.
enough reminsicing. i have some complaining to do.
no, not really. i mean i could, but nothing grinds my gears right now.
instead i will share with the world, the uncurable disease i fight daily:
crohn's disease.
specifically crohn's (granulomatous) colitis as it only affects my colon.
this grand ol' website tells you all you need to know.
but a quick run down is this: uncurable, terrible, meds for the rest of my life, and fear of going #2.
if i miss a dosage of pills (3x daily), i have to worry if i'll exhibit symptoms, if i skip a whole day of pills, i know i am going to be in big trouble in the next couple days.
it all started this past spring when i noticed blood in my bm. that freaked me out. so i went to the doctor to see what it was. he thought hemorroids, but there was no evidence of, so i was shipped off to a gastrointerologist to see what was there. he couldn't figure it out in the office, so i was signed up for a colonoscopy.
so while i was waiting for the scope to happen, i'm looking up my symptoms on webmd and google and such, and i find i have crohn's, colietis, or RECTAL CANCER.
christ almighty, i am freaked the fuck out.
in may, i had the colonoscopy. my first. here's my most vibrant memory of the procedure. they give my the sedatives, not strong enough to knock me out, just enough to make me not feel my body, or quite be aware of the 3 foot tube up my ass. now, the doc is watching his work on a tv, and i am angled in such a way that it is all i can stare at. i hear the doc say that he is taking a biopsy from the colon wall (a biopsy is a small piece a tissue so they can test it for various things).
"that is my colon," is what i'm thinking. "he just ripped a piece of my colon off." my next thought. "i didn't feel a thing!"
the colonoscopy found signs of inflammation and evidence of coliteis, so we threw me on the meds i'm still on. asacol, 2 pills 3x daily.
next was my upper gi and intestinal series.
but we'll save that for the next installment of
reger: his health and why you should care
enough reminsicing. i have some complaining to do.
no, not really. i mean i could, but nothing grinds my gears right now.
instead i will share with the world, the uncurable disease i fight daily:
crohn's disease.
specifically crohn's (granulomatous) colitis as it only affects my colon.
this grand ol' website tells you all you need to know.
but a quick run down is this: uncurable, terrible, meds for the rest of my life, and fear of going #2.
if i miss a dosage of pills (3x daily), i have to worry if i'll exhibit symptoms, if i skip a whole day of pills, i know i am going to be in big trouble in the next couple days.
it all started this past spring when i noticed blood in my bm. that freaked me out. so i went to the doctor to see what it was. he thought hemorroids, but there was no evidence of, so i was shipped off to a gastrointerologist to see what was there. he couldn't figure it out in the office, so i was signed up for a colonoscopy.
so while i was waiting for the scope to happen, i'm looking up my symptoms on webmd and google and such, and i find i have crohn's, colietis, or RECTAL CANCER.
christ almighty, i am freaked the fuck out.
in may, i had the colonoscopy. my first. here's my most vibrant memory of the procedure. they give my the sedatives, not strong enough to knock me out, just enough to make me not feel my body, or quite be aware of the 3 foot tube up my ass. now, the doc is watching his work on a tv, and i am angled in such a way that it is all i can stare at. i hear the doc say that he is taking a biopsy from the colon wall (a biopsy is a small piece a tissue so they can test it for various things).
"that is my colon," is what i'm thinking. "he just ripped a piece of my colon off." my next thought. "i didn't feel a thing!"
the colonoscopy found signs of inflammation and evidence of coliteis, so we threw me on the meds i'm still on. asacol, 2 pills 3x daily.
next was my upper gi and intestinal series.
but we'll save that for the next installment of
reger: his health and why you should care
10.04.2006
twinkies down 2-0
it bothers me when people complain about the free enterprise system or capitalism.
well, more so when they complain about it being a terrible system and how its destroying the earth and society.
i'm pretty sure it's not the capitalism, but the inaction of the citizens that is destroying the world.
while academic and military research has started a lot of the major technical and societal changes we have witnessed (the internet, psychology, etc), it is when somebody figures out how to make a profit on it that is when it begins to make an impact on the regular person.
what company doesn't advertise it's website nowadays?
what person doesn't pay a market to make them a sandwich (which, beyond being the most perfect food, may be the easiest to assemble)?
it is inaction and lack of will power that lets corporations and the system get away with fucking us over.
take exxon mobil. i actively make sure that i do not fill up at a exxonmobil station. if i'm lost in conneticut and i've been on E for 50 miles, that's a different story. but for my everyday commuting gas, i refuse to give my money to exxonmobil.
those silly internet petitions that go around saying "today is no buying gas day," those would work if everyone actually listened to them and took part.
we could drive that company into extinction. if everyone really cared enough about it, we could make sure exxon never made another dime.
but we don't.
because we're lazy.
or with voting. voter turnout for the 2004 presidential election was 55.3%. that was the highest since 1968. where are the other 45%? if they got out and voted for one candidate? in '04 bush received 50.7% of the vote. that's 50.7% of 55.3%. do you know how much that is?
my calculator says just over 28% of eligible voters picked w.
isn't anyone else outraged by this?
this blows my mind and pisses me off.
i may not cast a vote in every primary (i do in governor and president years), or for county clerk, but i do vote.
but at least i am out there trying to make a difference. if an extra 1.5% of voters that didn't vote went out and voted for kerry in 2004, bush would have lost.
not even 1% would have made the difference in 2000.
how can people just not care?
well, more so when they complain about it being a terrible system and how its destroying the earth and society.
i'm pretty sure it's not the capitalism, but the inaction of the citizens that is destroying the world.
while academic and military research has started a lot of the major technical and societal changes we have witnessed (the internet, psychology, etc), it is when somebody figures out how to make a profit on it that is when it begins to make an impact on the regular person.
what company doesn't advertise it's website nowadays?
what person doesn't pay a market to make them a sandwich (which, beyond being the most perfect food, may be the easiest to assemble)?
it is inaction and lack of will power that lets corporations and the system get away with fucking us over.
take exxon mobil. i actively make sure that i do not fill up at a exxonmobil station. if i'm lost in conneticut and i've been on E for 50 miles, that's a different story. but for my everyday commuting gas, i refuse to give my money to exxonmobil.
those silly internet petitions that go around saying "today is no buying gas day," those would work if everyone actually listened to them and took part.
we could drive that company into extinction. if everyone really cared enough about it, we could make sure exxon never made another dime.
but we don't.
because we're lazy.
or with voting. voter turnout for the 2004 presidential election was 55.3%. that was the highest since 1968. where are the other 45%? if they got out and voted for one candidate? in '04 bush received 50.7% of the vote. that's 50.7% of 55.3%. do you know how much that is?
my calculator says just over 28% of eligible voters picked w.
isn't anyone else outraged by this?
this blows my mind and pisses me off.
i may not cast a vote in every primary (i do in governor and president years), or for county clerk, but i do vote.
but at least i am out there trying to make a difference. if an extra 1.5% of voters that didn't vote went out and voted for kerry in 2004, bush would have lost.
not even 1% would have made the difference in 2000.
how can people just not care?
9.23.2006
scrubs marathon on comedy central
the departed looks like a good film.
carla is cleaning up and organizing all our board games.
i do not know why and i do not question.
axis and allies
risk
outburst
sequence
backgammon
pictionary
scrabble
mindtrap
jenga
mancala
trivial pursuit (millenium edition)
trivial pursuit (pop culture 2)
dominoes
skipbo
balderdash
i want monopoly but not the new one where they updated the placenames and market prices.
like now, you get $2 million for passing go. and you can buy like time square and football stadiums and railroads are now airports.
you shouldn't mess with classics. there are things can be improved and should be improved (like a new edition of madden every year). but there are things that are the way they ought to be.
like monopoly. where $200 is a paycheck and taxes are only 10%.
i miss those days.
carla is cleaning up and organizing all our board games.
i do not know why and i do not question.
axis and allies
risk
outburst
sequence
backgammon
pictionary
scrabble
mindtrap
jenga
mancala
trivial pursuit (millenium edition)
trivial pursuit (pop culture 2)
dominoes
skipbo
balderdash
i want monopoly but not the new one where they updated the placenames and market prices.
like now, you get $2 million for passing go. and you can buy like time square and football stadiums and railroads are now airports.
you shouldn't mess with classics. there are things can be improved and should be improved (like a new edition of madden every year). but there are things that are the way they ought to be.
like monopoly. where $200 is a paycheck and taxes are only 10%.
i miss those days.
9.22.2006
one more shot
again, i shall be introspective on my use of this blog and the purpose it served in my life.
when i first started this, i was a 21 year old that had no idea what i was doing. neither on a long term scale nor a day-to-day basis.
but as we approach the 26th anniversary of my life, i find i'm much better on the day-to-day aspect of life. it is spending time with carla or it is work or occasionally it is friends.
the long term is still a bit hairy, but i least know what is going to happen, just not when. i will become a captain for trader joe's. i will buy a house. i will get married. i will get a dog.
but what about this blog? i have asked that question many times here. every 6 months or so, i get back on and give it a try. and i always claim that this time will be different. and everytime it isn't.
try and failing isn't as bad as never trying. but trying and failing a whole bunch of times is pretty close.
let's give it one more go.
when i first started this, i was a 21 year old that had no idea what i was doing. neither on a long term scale nor a day-to-day basis.
but as we approach the 26th anniversary of my life, i find i'm much better on the day-to-day aspect of life. it is spending time with carla or it is work or occasionally it is friends.
the long term is still a bit hairy, but i least know what is going to happen, just not when. i will become a captain for trader joe's. i will buy a house. i will get married. i will get a dog.
but what about this blog? i have asked that question many times here. every 6 months or so, i get back on and give it a try. and i always claim that this time will be different. and everytime it isn't.
try and failing isn't as bad as never trying. but trying and failing a whole bunch of times is pretty close.
let's give it one more go.
3.29.2006
lost blew my freakin' mind!
to keep the theme of greatness and undisputed statements going, i offer this:
"all along the watchtower" by jimi hendrix is greatest rock song of all time.
stairway can take a back row seat to this.
it is not only the best cover of all time, it is the best 4 minutes of rock'n'roll.
period.
infinity period.
double infinity period.
the guitar work (especially from 2:00 to about 2:50) is beyond phenomenal.
not to disrespect my hometown boy of bobby dylan, but jimi plays--and sings--that song the way it was supposed to be done.
there's too much confusion; i can't get no relief.
such a powerful use of the double negative by dylan. it truly needed the smooth, yet smoky, vocals of jimi to bring the dire emotion of the song to the forefront of our minds.
that's total bull-plop, but you get the meaning.
the song is total kickass
even if you're not on acid or mushrooms.
"all along the watchtower" by jimi hendrix is greatest rock song of all time.
stairway can take a back row seat to this.
it is not only the best cover of all time, it is the best 4 minutes of rock'n'roll.
period.
infinity period.
double infinity period.
the guitar work (especially from 2:00 to about 2:50) is beyond phenomenal.
not to disrespect my hometown boy of bobby dylan, but jimi plays--and sings--that song the way it was supposed to be done.
there's too much confusion; i can't get no relief.
such a powerful use of the double negative by dylan. it truly needed the smooth, yet smoky, vocals of jimi to bring the dire emotion of the song to the forefront of our minds.
that's total bull-plop, but you get the meaning.
the song is total kickass
even if you're not on acid or mushrooms.
3.28.2006
realworld/roadrules gauntlet II was the lame
so i've decided that there is a perfect food and it is:
the sandwich.
now, my definition of a sandwich is going to incorporate a few other foods that you may have not put into the sandwich category. but once we begin examining the structure of said foods, then it may make sense. i ain't guaranteeing anything.
the reason for the sandwich being the perfect food?
there are two, actually.
1. it's handheld and self contained. a complete meal in a nice, neat, little package.
2. sandwiches can, and are, made with anything you want.
and i don't know if you can claim either of those reasons is more important than the other.
ok, the foods that may not be construed as sandwichs as of yet:
pizza. it is basically an open faced sandwich. layer of bread, layer of sauce, meat and cheese. which in my estimation, is a sandwich.
burrito. an open faced sandwich rolled up.
quesadilla. a mexican sandwich
basically anything with a tortilla. but not nachos. not tortilla chips. tortillas.
so sandwiches are the perfect food.
so go out and have a b.l.t. or a b.m.p.b. (banana/mustard/peanut butter) if you want.
the sandwich.
now, my definition of a sandwich is going to incorporate a few other foods that you may have not put into the sandwich category. but once we begin examining the structure of said foods, then it may make sense. i ain't guaranteeing anything.
the reason for the sandwich being the perfect food?
there are two, actually.
1. it's handheld and self contained. a complete meal in a nice, neat, little package.
2. sandwiches can, and are, made with anything you want.
and i don't know if you can claim either of those reasons is more important than the other.
ok, the foods that may not be construed as sandwichs as of yet:
pizza. it is basically an open faced sandwich. layer of bread, layer of sauce, meat and cheese. which in my estimation, is a sandwich.
burrito. an open faced sandwich rolled up.
quesadilla. a mexican sandwich
basically anything with a tortilla. but not nachos. not tortilla chips. tortillas.
so sandwiches are the perfect food.
so go out and have a b.l.t. or a b.m.p.b. (banana/mustard/peanut butter) if you want.
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