There's a lot of rambling coming up, so feel free to not read it if you choose (duh!)
One of my coworkers came into work today with his wrist (poorly) bandaged. He said that he was involved with some drunken shenanigans, which was believable enough.
Later we took lunch together and he started spilling some beans about how he had a big fight with his girl, had a nervous breakdown and proceeded to cut himself while "trying to give himself a homemade tattoo."
I caught a glimpse of his wrist as he was changing the bandages. I think if he would have known to cut along the vein, he wouldn't have had to worry about much else.
Shortly thereafter he left for a stitching up at the hospital, so I didn't get a chance to talk to him any more. I hope he makes it in tomorrow...not that I expect I can be of much help, but he told me more of the truth than he did to anyone else, so I'll do what I can.
One of the main flaws I learned from my parents is being easygoing to a fault. When I look back to some of the things I did as a kid, I was pretty obnoxious, but my folks never even seemed to notice. Or if they did, they certainly didn't think it was anything serious. They must have known on some level that something was wrong, but there was obviously plenty of denial there (still is, of course!)
I may not be the quickest person to notice the obvious, but when I can put two and two together, I'm pretty good at not denying it. The problem is that even if it's a serious situation, I have a tendency to approach it with a relaxed attitude. It's certainly not that I don't care, or I don't think it's important, though it could appear that way I suppose. If anything, I just don't see how it serves any useful purpose to get all dramatic about things. Hell, sometimes a little levity can be pretty beneficial.
In other news, I just found out that my cousin was in a motorcycle accident, and is in very bad shape. He's always been kind of a jackass, but that doesn't mean that I don't feel bad for him.
Of course, my dad still has a broken leg from his accident about a month ago. I guess that's the thing to do in my family this summer...
In other other (and considerably more happy) news, I'm gonna be taking a trip up to Minneapolis this weekend, to visit my ex and pick up my stereo that I left there when I moved away. It'll be nice to see her, and to get that thing back. It's a lovely piece (pieces) of equipment, so it's kind of sad that the reason I'm getting it is to sell it. Oh well, I can't keep something that big and bulky, and especially that expensive. Hopefully I can sell it right away, and if I'm lucky I'll get enough money to get myself out of debt!
One of my coworkers came into work today with his wrist (poorly) bandaged. He said that he was involved with some drunken shenanigans, which was believable enough.
Later we took lunch together and he started spilling some beans about how he had a big fight with his girl, had a nervous breakdown and proceeded to cut himself while "trying to give himself a homemade tattoo."
I caught a glimpse of his wrist as he was changing the bandages. I think if he would have known to cut along the vein, he wouldn't have had to worry about much else.
Shortly thereafter he left for a stitching up at the hospital, so I didn't get a chance to talk to him any more. I hope he makes it in tomorrow...not that I expect I can be of much help, but he told me more of the truth than he did to anyone else, so I'll do what I can.
One of the main flaws I learned from my parents is being easygoing to a fault. When I look back to some of the things I did as a kid, I was pretty obnoxious, but my folks never even seemed to notice. Or if they did, they certainly didn't think it was anything serious. They must have known on some level that something was wrong, but there was obviously plenty of denial there (still is, of course!)
I may not be the quickest person to notice the obvious, but when I can put two and two together, I'm pretty good at not denying it. The problem is that even if it's a serious situation, I have a tendency to approach it with a relaxed attitude. It's certainly not that I don't care, or I don't think it's important, though it could appear that way I suppose. If anything, I just don't see how it serves any useful purpose to get all dramatic about things. Hell, sometimes a little levity can be pretty beneficial.
In other news, I just found out that my cousin was in a motorcycle accident, and is in very bad shape. He's always been kind of a jackass, but that doesn't mean that I don't feel bad for him.
Of course, my dad still has a broken leg from his accident about a month ago. I guess that's the thing to do in my family this summer...
In other other (and considerably more happy) news, I'm gonna be taking a trip up to Minneapolis this weekend, to visit my ex and pick up my stereo that I left there when I moved away. It'll be nice to see her, and to get that thing back. It's a lovely piece (pieces) of equipment, so it's kind of sad that the reason I'm getting it is to sell it. Oh well, I can't keep something that big and bulky, and especially that expensive. Hopefully I can sell it right away, and if I'm lucky I'll get enough money to get myself out of debt!
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I'm thinking about getting rid of my stereo too. I never use it. The only time I've used it this year is...I guess to make my SG Swap Tape. I dig vinyl and all, but....at some point you just admit the vinyl days have gone the way of Sheriff Lobo and Enos and you just get rid of the dame turntable. I think for me that's gonna be in the next 12 months.
I just hope I can find my rare vinyl shit (Died Pretty, the Icky Boyfriends, and Feedtime, for instance) on CD. The damnedest thing is, I'd pay someone just to burn copies of these people's primo albums (not Feedtime's reunion album on AmRep, which sucked ass) if I could.
I've never been to Minnesota; my oldest friend has tons of family there. He has some Minnesota-inflection in his speech, which I've picked up a fraction of. His family inflects all impatient/mad sentences as questions... I think valley-girl-speak might do that, too...