This weekend was just what I needed after that intense week. I drank a fair amount, slept in til noon every day, and was generally worthless. Some excellent shitbagging.
I was pleasantly surprised to watch my Broncos beat Shitsburgh in OT yesterday. Now on to New England... won't say what my predictions are for that game, but they aren't good. We shall see.
I went down to the local Chevy stealership today to schedule my 30k service on the 'vette. Fuckers want $450, but it needs to be done, so she's going in Wednesday morning. Seeing as I'm probably going to keep that car for awhile, I figure it's worth it to keep her running like a Swiss watch. Much like a high-end watch, it does need regular and expensive servicing but will run nearly forever if properly maintained. Speaking of which, I need to send my Blancpain in. Is it odd that service on my watch is more expensive than the 30k on my car? It's the price of having nice things, I guess. First world problems for certain.
I'm getting everything ready (namely my finances) to start some moderate modifications to my car. First up is an off-the-shelf tuner from Diablosport, which should net me 30-40hp with my current intake and exhaust. After that will be a set of Borla XR-1 long tube headers and X-pipe which, combined with good tuning, should get me to a little over 500hp at the flywheel, so maybe 475-ish at the wheels. It's going to be a bit loud due to removing all the catalytic converters (not at all street legal, but she's emissions exempt so it's all good), but the wonderful sounds emanating from my car will make girls moist for miles around. Which is, obviously, the desired end result here. What, you thought it was just a hobby?
Tomorrow marks one year in the Army. It's certainly been the most interesting year of my life thus far, though not the most enjoyable by any stretch of the imagination. I don't really know how I feel about it. It is somewhat calming to know that I'm roughly 25% of the way done with my contractual obligation to Uncle Sam. The civilian world seems like a lifetime ago, yet the past year has flown by faster than any preceding it. Sometimes there are moments where I look around and think "How the FUCK did I get here?", but there are days when I wouldn't trade this life for anything (okay, anything except piles of money). Anyway.
I was considering not writing about this, but I can't let it go. Disclaimer: I'm neither a Republican or a Democrat, and despise both parties equally for various reasons.
I'm convinced the Republican National Committee is led either by halfwits or by Democrats (not mutually exclusive, but I digress). What other explanation could there be for the quality of candidates they're presenting to challenge O's reelection bid?
-Mitt Romney, who will inevitably win the nomination, is a borderline socialist and truly a Republican In Name Only (RINO). On top of that he's heavily anti-gun, which is a HUGE no-no for an R candidate and will turn lots of people (like myself) away. In addition, and I hate to badmouth someone's faith since I like to at least pretend I'm a tolerant person, but have any of you actually taken the time to research what the Mormons believe? [this section redacted, it was too offensive even for me] Let's just say this: if the Bible is a work of creative nonfiction, the Book of Mormon is Alice in Wonderland. On mushrooms.
-Michelle Bachmann, who is mercifully out of the race, makes Sarah Palin look brilliant by comparison. The fact that she was taken even remotely seriously by the RNC is a fucking slap in the face to everyone, everywhere.
-Rick Perry, same, but not nearly to the same extent. He at least has a Texan's charisma. Again, overplaying the faith card.
-Rick Santorum. Motherfucker just looks like he wants to molest you, me, and maybe a farm animal or two. Seriously, he gives me the creeps. Not exactly a scientific analysis, I know, but I'm just being honest here. Plus I fucking HATE government interference in my personal life (aren't conservatives supposed to be for small government?), and his voting record shows an alarming trend of faith-based government regulation on our personal lives. Hell with that, I should be able to sin if I so please, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. This is America.
Man, I need a cigarette after that... I got angry for a second. Time for a smoke followed by a night of Sons of Anarchy on Netflix.
Adios
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