Jimmy.Brainflush.com

So you go through life writing a blog and think that no one will read this stuff. And then someone does when you recommend it, and oddly you’re not as protective or worried or self-conscious as you thought you’d be. This must surely be a sign of getting older. Maybe it’s that you don’t have time enough to care about such things, or maybe on a subconscious level you’re thinking that yes, it would please you if every person you ever met and even those that you haven’t suddenly felt compelled to read.
And it’s Friday. Summer Friday’s are the best. The weather is perfect and just about all things are as they should be. I’m actively pursuing a gig next week down south for my comedy thing because another person asked me how the comedy thing was going today, and it just was the last straw. I hopped over to my web-hero Sam Greenspan’s blog and realized I’m throwing opportunities away again. Dave emailed me with the gig information, so I’m getting a 5-7 minute set together.
I’m still unable to sleep more than 3 hours in a row.. and I wake up in a cold nervous sweat, usually about work. But in actuality I think I’ve hardwired myself to the necessity of getting the MCSE. It’s like even I can’t stop myself from going forward. Somewhere along the line I told my inner core self that if it completed task x and y then it would proceed to task z despite whatever interruptions or excuses I happened to throw along the way. And I’ve tried.
One night a few weeks back when I couldn’t sleep I applied at the Holiday Inn Express, Marathon gas station, and BP Gas station respectively, for part time work. None of them called of course. I blame God for making this all happen. It’s bizarre being disciplined… it’s a very foreign land for your humble correspondent. Between work and study habits I don’t really recognize myself.
So, I’m nearly half way to the last run of the getting out of debt thing, and I’m stalling out with Visa from business purchases and Car Insurance. I’m oddly not freaking about it because the light is truly near the end of the tunnel.
I got a lot of work done today. I worked late last night, and got in today by 6:45. I had some great momentum til about 3, and then I just fizzed out. Oh well, that’s still over 8 hours. I’ve got one client to see tonight, and then I’ve got some web programming for mymousecalls.com to do.
But I overcame a few major obstacles this week, and found direction on some items I’d been neglecting, so all in all a very productive week.
For the first official weekend without TV, I’ve got Doug Coupland’s new book, Hey Nostrademus!, about 5 more chapters in Server2k, Transcender flashers, and the Bourne Identity from Blockbuster from last week. My goal for the week’s end is going to be to finish my last 5 chapters, test out at 90 percent, and get my act outlined for next week.
If I can get a chapter in the book done, I’ll be happy as well. To those of you who have emailed asking for the early chapters of the book, I’ll be posting them (Chapters 1-3) after my second re-write. Expect something in August.
Have a great weekend boys and girls, and remember - take care of yourselves, and each other.