Things I've been thinking about

I've had my first Vegas trip, and while there, I've been thinking about some things that I realized there.

It is pretty interesting how quickly people tell you a story, pitching a line to you in the first minute of meeting you. Everybody has a great little hook. Recently divorced, estranged spouse from the state you are, and some sort of family trouble. Those were the common ones. It is amazing what some people will do to get money.

The other thing I had to deal with was traveling on airplanes. What a pain that is, and I really don't miss doing it. Not that I fly a lot, but I have done it enough. I was just grumpy on the plane because it is crazy how much people really fight over armrests and the small coveted space there is on a plane.

I was the guy who as lucky enough to have the person in front of me lay their seat back as far as it would go. This isn't terrible, unless it is coupled with that person leaning forward on their knees to sleep. What an idiot.

Then on the way back I got stuck in the aisle seat, and I don't have to tell anybody how terrible that is when you don't have a person you know sitting in the middle. You don't have anywhere to lean, and you don't want to be the person who leans their seat all the way back. It gets even worse when the old bird next to you plays sudoku and steals your armrest in the process.

Yeah, I had the 70-year-old who gangstered my armrest. I had to sleep sitting straight up, and hopefully not snoring. I would punish anybody who wasn't wearing headphones with my snoring. I had a friend ask who was trying to suffocate Chewbacca the first night we were in our hotel.

The other thing I've realized is how awesome you have to be at writing to get published. And I don't mean on your own blog, because there were no prerequisites for me to start up my blog. All I needed was some basic internet navigation skills.

I am reading a book titled IV by Chuck Klosterman. It is hilarious, and I figured out the secret of writing. You have to be able to pack three times the wit into one sentence than your average writer. That is a sure fire way to get you published. Not only that, but you have to land some pretty crazy interviews. By crazy I mean very high profile.

I'm guessing I'll really have no way of getting there, but I know that I could writer for some silly little local newspaper and do just fine. I've always wanted to be a struggling journalist.

MN, not NC

I've been back in MN, and I've successfully found a job. I'm pretty excited about that, at least I can say I have a job.

Other than a few small hang ups, things here in MN are okay. I was planning on getting back to some sort of Marine Corps job here, but it just won't happen. It seems as though everybody who wants to stay in has trouble. However, they have no problem involuntarily recalling some people who are not wanting to be back in the Marine Corps.

To me, this is a little crazy, but what do I know?

Since I've been back, I've attended a wedding, had a birthday and caught up with some family.

It has been a little hectic because I've been trying to make sure I find a job and secure the income source while still trying to have fun. I'm not really sure which one I'm better at. I found the job in less than a week.

It's nothing to shake a stick at by any means, but it is still a job so I don't have to tell a future employer I've been unemployed for months on end.

I've got some potential employers and also a little help in that area. I'm pretty excited.

Just a waiting game... Got to love it.