Wow, it's been a while since I blogged or checked out the site... Feel like I'm getting behind on my gorgeous woman requirements. [=

So, the last blog I wrote mentioned a girl that I wanted to start something with, sadly, the feelings weren't "mutual" as they say... C'est ma vie, n'est pas.

In other news, my iMac crashed and had to be saved from the horrors of Lion--I'm back to Snow Leopard and can actually use some of the programs I bought for it. Bonjour, Fluenz.

Not much else to add, accept that I'm still planning to get the heck out of my current state and onto something better... Just the feeling of having a VA Home Loan is good, but you do need to know where you want to live at.

Wells-oh.

Bonne chance.

I took a beauty out for coffee and things seemed to go okay, even if the "date" was delayed a day. I asked her out again and got a "not now" response, making me feel odd about asking again... like whether I should or not. It's been too fraking long since I've gone out with anyone and I feel so rusty at this thing...

... and a new chapter opens:

So, I finished my last drill weekend with this Army National Guard contract. The recruiter wanted me to extend under the Inactive Guard Reserve, which wasn't happening, to keep all my Army time "going" while I wasn't involved with active reserve duty. I currently have no desire to stay in the military, and when my contract ends on the 11th, I think I'll be dancing... Without a contract, there's nothing keeping me for moving out of the country with my civilian employer. To that, I say, "Sweet!"

I shaved my head as my last military act.

I'm going to keep my head shaved until March 9th so that way I can let my hair grow out until my birthday in October. It's on the 9th, so I wanted a few months of growth before deciding on a hairstyle.

I'm getting back into the habit of taking phone calls at work, I hope my stats improve. I'll be looking at other jobs as soon as I hit six weeks back on the phones, hoping to be moving onward and upward at the 'Zon.

Bonne chance.

I could be upset about a rescheduled "coffee" date though there's no reason to be... days like today need better quotes that can't fit on Conversation Hearts, like this one:

"... Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;/ does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;/ does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;/ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things./ Love never fails..." (1 Corinthians 13:4-8, NKJV)

Hope everyones' Valentine's Day was good, even if the arrow did strike a little to the left.

Bonne chance

Blog random day: end of a stressful weekend.

Two more drill weekends to go, and of course, I hear odd news about Australia's Defence Force. Looks like I could go defend Australia, if I wanted (and they agree). I like being a solider; I just hate being a part-time soldier. I would like an opportunity to try. Worse thing would be a "no."

Working at Amazon is still fun, no matter how intriguing an opportunity like Australia is. I want to make regular Lead once it's offered. I like the idea of getting a full-time level four position, just hope that a listing gets posted soon.

It's been a blah drive home, thankfully it's over.

Bonne chance

Oi what a year 2011's been. Started out working my tail off to get a regular Wireless position, applied for seven openings for a Leadership spot at Amazon. Made friends, looked to like as if looking liking move, met Miss USA before she was Miss USA (excellent person, btw), thought about extending in the Army (later choosing not too). Other things got worked in there.

Sheesh, Makes you think that for all the hassle one puts in, one also never makes it as far as they like (well, for me that's true--here's hoping 2012 gets it right).

So, like a load of Yanks, I've got my plots and plans for this new year. Sadly, some are the same as last year--getting to France, getting Amazon to hire me for an international job (I like the idea of Ireland's call centre). I'm hoping less of circumstances getting in the way this year blocking my plans for travel.

I'm very happy, all things considered... I had my daughter this year for Christmas break, we baked some cupcakes together, painted miniatures, walked a dog (thanks to some crazy warm spell of weather), watched Doctor Who and looked at getting her involved in the Pathfinder RPG.

Well, Happy New Year's, Twelfth Night, Three King's Day, etc... Here's for a another banner year.

Bonne chance.

I find it funny that today, Christmas and all, that I say oy like a Brit.. Nothing bad in that, just that I guess because of watching tonnes of BBC America it was bound to happen.

I also've been watching Law & Order: UK on DVD...

I hope everyone's Christmas was fun and very festive.. I worked for eleven hours, so my Christmas was spent with my call center family rather than my daughter.

C'est la vie.
Bonne chance.

Oy vey, what a time it's been. Still trying to learn what it means to be a leader inside the 'Zon and get use to being bounced to the digital side of the house working as a Kindle Specialist Lead. (Now's a good time to say that I've never been a Kindle Specialist, I just own a Kindle DX.)

Trying as the next few weeks will be, it'll only help in my crazy plan to move out of the States while working with Amazon. I hope to get an opportunity to move to Ireland, either to support dot-fr or dot-co-dot-uk to be a Kindle product trainer or something. (There's lots of opportunity there, I just need to focus on getting there. And getting fluent {maybe more proficient} with my French. Amazon's Ireland customer centre supports Italian, Spanish, some German, and of course French. It would awesome to work there. I love learning languages and working there would have tonnes of options to pick up some more languages.)

Bonne chance

What a crazy month it's been. First, I utterly failed to write my NaNoWriMo novel this year. I was unprepared and I didn't even get beyond writing the title. Mainly because the job I work in the civilian side got crazy busy. The Kindle Fire got released and the calls were intense, plus I was training to go back to AmazonWireless before the Penny Sale destroyed the queues. But that wasn't all, I got promoted to Customer Service Lead for retail dot-com, and I had a crash course in getting ready for Black Friday and CyberMonday. I would complain, but I liked it--moving forward in this company has taken some time, but it's worth the investment of time.

On the military side of things, I'm finally getting out. Too much change and hassle to stay there, even though I'll miss my brothers in the company, it feels good to be so close to being a long-haired hippy again. (I haven't had long hair in about 10 years, can't wait!)

I setting up my plans for my next birthday, this time for sure, including a visit to France (even if I have to scrimp together funds over the next 10 months). I might not go to Burning Man in '12 as I thought earlier, it might be '13 when I go since I want to be sure to get to France. I have my Fluenz French dvds and a plan to go, I'm sure it'll be worth the wait (since I've been wanting to go for more than 12 years).

Bonne chance

NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow. I'm going to try to get a story out of my head that's been there for over 15 years.

Anyone else signed up for the fun?

Bonne chance

In all my now 37 years, I'm happy to know that my heart is still beating, that those contained within it are more than the man that contains it.

It would be easy to allow the things in life to beat us down. The faults and the loss, the love and anger. But it's still here, waiting on the next reason to break apart and be strengthened by.

Bonne chance.