what the hell....need to write something

I may as well write a blog. It has been a year or two. I am back in college, full time, with no job. I had the job I had been looking for since I decided to major in horticulture. I was an operations mgr. of a large LOCAL company. Company truck and a lots of perks. Long story short the owner died and his idiot wife decided that she would run (or ruin) the company. So I looked for a job, stayed drunk to the point of oblivion, got sober, and decided to say to hell with looking for work now and go finish my associates degree, and acquire some core class credits before I transfer to a state college. I said to fuck you to the landscape industry (I still love horticulture though). I am converting to Catholicism (just wanted to throw that in there), and have decided to go after my graduate degree and become a mental health/substance abuse counselor. I am transferring to Kennesaw State in spring to start my major classes for my baccalaureate. These are my goals for today. Who knows what the next couple of weeks, months, or years will hold, hell who knows what tomorrow will bring. I need to go to a meeting... I write this blog mainly for a history of my misadventures; I like to track the state of mind I am in every couple of months. So for my advice to myself in two to three years from now: If you are reading this down the road, you made an idiot decision if you are working a blue collar job, you are probably dead if you start drinking again, and congratulations if you followed you plan for 8-23-11.

Did he just play a trance song on a guitar?

Did he just play a trance song on a guitar?

I'm Back

I really have nothing to say, I just want to post a blog....Stay tuned for some tiresome mediocrity.

Where have I been?

It has been a long time since I have written a post. It has been a long five months, and I would like to give a brief summation. I was laid off two weeks before Christmas, sat around the house sulking over the holidays, looked for a job, sat around some more, money problems, two months go by,still looking for a job, watched the economic downfall, found a job, worked sixty hours the first two weeks, and now I am in a stable position (I hope). Things are starting to return to normal, knock on wood, so that is good. I am working for a company called Dogwood Landscapes in Acworth. I guess the reason that I have not wrote a post in so long is that I have had nothing good to say. I guess it is safe to write again. Who knows, I might even include some pictures next time....

Change.....

Well, you have your change.....I would like my dollars back! O'Bummer!....I support our president, I hope he is right with all these bailouts, ....but, I hope we don't become the U.S.S.A. (The United Socialist States of America). God Bless America!

Really?

Möbius strips are cool.

Christmas Pic's

Happy Thanksgiving

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
-John Ruskin

Anna's seventh birthday

It was a cold, blustery day here; it was a nice day to stay indoors. We received about an inch of rain yesterday night, and the front that followed brought twenty mile per hour wind gusts and colder temperatures. We had Anna's birthday party today and she had a good time. She got a Nintendo DS, which made her day, and plenty of other goodies to keep her occupied for a while. We had a small party, and it was nice having everyone over. It has been a tumultuous time around here as of late, and it was nice to have a day off and have the family and friends visit......I am feeling the pressure as I race to the finish on my horticulture degree, with only three classes remaining, the end is in sight. I do, however, have to do battle with my arch nemesis, college algebra, coming up next quarter. I am in an algebraic concepts class now, and let's just say it is pushing my mental capacities! I am not complaining just venting. I am ready for Thanksgiving break. That about sums it up, bu-buy!......

Fall is in the air

It was cold last night and it is foretasted to be even colder tonight. 29-30 degrees, finally. It has been busy around here, everyone has been taking turns with all sorts of sicknesses. Flu, ear infections, and strep throat have been prevalent; what a treat it was to share all of those illnesses! I guess it is good to get it all out of the way at once, early in the season. All we have left to acquire is a good ol' fashioned cold........School is occupying almost all of my free time so not to many blogs as of late. The end is of my time at N.M.T.C. is nigh, as I am being inducted into the National Technical Honors Society in November and I will graduate with a certificate in Landscape specialization in December. Summer is the main event though, as I will be graduating with my A.A.S. Degree. Finally, the end is in site! I have made up my mind to further educate myself, and will therefore continue on to a local University. I can not decide, however what to major in. I am on the fence between psychology or social services. I plan to obtain a B.S. and then proceed to a M.S.W. and then on to an Ed.u.( if I choose social work), or a PhD if I decide to pursue psychology. Now all I have to do is justify the money it will cost and find the the will to persevere through another four to five years of school. I figure both career paths will be good choices as we will soon be socialistic if "that one" is elected.......That's all the time I have to allocate, so I will post some pic's.

Busy

School, work, economy, presidential race, etc.....It was a good weekend, despite an ear infection that I had the pleasure of suffering through all week. The weather was decent, and it was time to do some planting. In between homework sessions we had time to plant over two hundred bulbs in the landscape. We planted, in no particular order: crocus, daffodils, grape hyacinth, hyacinths, and allium. Now we just wait for spring....My last post was about the gas shortage. What a difference a week can make. The price for regular are in the $3.20 range and steadily falling. That's good......I will not bore all three of you who read this blog with all the other stuff that is going on. I will put it in summation. Algebra(ugh), physicology (Ok), horticulture(to easy). That sums up school, and that therefore concludes my post. Yeah....Fun stuff.

Does anyone have gas?

Good grief it is dry around here. It hasn't rained in three weeks and there is no gas at the "gas" stations. It has been a weird couple of weeks. The gas shortage was initially a problem in Atlanta, but has spread to the suburbs now. What the hell? What is the deal. Why is there no gas in Georgia, but plenty everywhere else? Nobody seems to have an answer. It is very perturbing to have to find a gas station that has gas and then proceed to wait twenty minutes to fill up. Moooooo cow!.......Then there is the lack of rain, oh wait I don't want to talk about it. I am bored with this drought. Damn drought!........Then there is the economic fallout on wall street. I don't want to write about that either, but I will say that there are about fifteen people that fully understand the entire situation and I am not one of them. I am, however looking forward to The Great Depression Version 2.0.....Then there are the locusts and the plagues......I kid. Life goes on. Just another day. I did find a cool plant this week. Red spider lily (Licoris radiata) I posted a picture of it. I found it growing in a customers yard and made a trade for some tulip bulbs. It is an interesting plant. It is a bulb that has grass-like foliage in spring until summer when it dies back. Then the single flower stem arises. After the flower fades the foliage re-emerges in early winter. It is an interesting plant. That is about it. I start back to school next week (oh Boy!), so I am going to go enjoy my last homework free weekend.......

Time to plant

Today was a nice day. The temperatures are cooling down, only making it to the low eighty's for highs. I am done with school for the quarter and I enjoyed a somewhat stress free weekend. No homework. The break will be short lived, however, as I will be returning to school in ten days. A very short break between quarters.....We planted some new plants in the Garden (I like to think my yard has reached garden status). I chose to plant a couple things today that are on the fringe of our zonal area. We planted a Bears breaches hybrid (Acanthus x Summer Beauty) , which I am counting on good results from. I also planted a couple lily of the Nile (Agapanthus sp.), that are typically a zone 8 plant. We are officially a zone 7b, so lets hope Al Gore is right. I also have a ginger lily in bloom. Ginger lily's are a great plant and it has taken a couple of years for it to establish enough to flower. It was a good day, well spent in the garden......I have changed my site around a bit to try and make it a bit more interesting. I have a poll, on who you are voting for, which is interesting to me. I will try to add a couple more interesting things in the coming weeks....Tomorrow is the first day of fall. I am ready for the first taste in the air, which usually comes around the end of September. The only bummer is that I wont be able to plant any more perennials. It is however the best time to plant trees. Anybody need a tree or fifty planted? .......Oh yeah, I have included a picture of an Agave americana 'variegata' That has been growing through the winter and is doing well. Agave's in Georgia?

Just another weekend

It has been a normal weekend. I have been catching up on all my homework. In fact I had to take a break to write this blog. I am taking my finals next week, so it is cram time. I am taking herbaceous identification, and I am forced to remember one hundred and forty Latin names. Damn Linnaeus and his binomial nomenclature. I will list a few of my favorites in no particular order: Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke', Brassica oleracea var. Acephala, Dianthus gratianoplitanus 'Baths Pink', and Plectranthus amboinicus.. Say those three times fast. It's good to learn all these. They will come in handy when I feel like annoying my coworkers. I love saying "hey, have you seen that Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' that Mrs. Smith planted?", and then an hour later telling them I was talking about the black mondo grass. Fun stuff. Everyone is doing well. My back is feeling better, thank God. Just another normal weekend.

Bring on the hurricanes!

When the hurricanes reach Georgia, they are already tropical depressions. And when they hit just right, as Faye did, they usually dump rain for days on our area. We received about five inches from Faye, and it was a great thing. It filled the areas lakes up a bit, which is great as they are an important part of ending this "drought". It has been a little over two years since Katrina, and another hurricane is pounding on New Orleans, although it looks as though this storm will leave a lesser impact on the city. There is yet another storm that is headed our way, a weaker one, and I hope it makes it to north Georgia.......I hurt my back on Saturday. It wasn't a good thing. I make a living with my back, so I am hoping it is nothing major. I went to the E.R. on Saturday night (what a blast). I have never had back problems and it scares me to think this might be chronic. I am hoping for the best, as all signs point to a sprained muscle. It is scary to have such a hard time moving around. It takes about fifteen minutes just to get out of bed an firmly on my feet....Summer is coming to a close, and I am glad. The temperatures have not been that bad as of late, but hot nonetheless. I am ready for the leaves to start changing, and to get our first taste of fall.......I turned thirty last Wednesday, and I couldn't care less. It is; however, a weird thing as It seems to have sneaked up on me, as I am sure forty and fifty will. Oh well it is just a number..........

Where is the rain?

I haven't had that much time to put up any posts as of late. So here is the summation of what has been going on: School, work, no rain, sleep, repeat. It is hard to find anything exciting about those things. I don't want to seem negative, but just more of the same old boring stuff I always write about in this blog......Cathrine and Anna are in school again, Anna is officially a first-grader and Cat is in kindergarten. Cathrine's' school started two weeks later than Anna's, so last week was her first week of school. They both seem to enjoy school, and for that I am glad. As for my schoolin', I can't wait until it is over. I am ready for a break. This is the first and last summer quarter I have taken, and it is has not been fun. I am nearing the end though so I am hitting it hard to finish up. After this quarter I will have but a handful of core classes left......We are in the "dog days" of summer, it is hot,it is dry, and the yard is struggling. We need rain. Hopefully the rain from the looming tropical depression will be headed our way. Fingers crossed. The leaves are falling, from lack of water, making it seem like early fall. It is August for Pete's sake. It has also been rather cool the past couple of nights with temperatures in the upper sixties, an anomaly for Georgia this time of year. Not complaining about that one.......Other than that everything is going well. Same old grind, but every one is well around here.

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I don't have anything. Here are some motivating posters.

It's summer........it's stinking hot.......

There is not much going on as of late. Not much at all. It is the middle of summer, it is hot, and the grass keeps on growing.....My side work has came to a standstill, as it always does this time of year. I really do not like not having something to do on Saturdays. It means that I cant do the thing I like to do on Sunday, like go to the nursery and find a plant. It will pick back up............Anybody in the working middle class poor feeling the pinch? It is getting rough paying these prices, whether it be gas, groceries, or the cost of living. Hell, I'm thinking of voting for Osama, I mean Obama, as he is bribing me with another one thousand dollar stimulus check. I mean come on. Times are tight......I mean it's all about CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE.......What kind of change who knows. He never says. O.K. enough with the politics thats boring, about as boring as Obama. I would never vote for that Pendejo by the way, I'm voting for the pasty white guy........No pics, no updates, that's it......