DAY 70

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 23, 2009
Tue 11:45 PM

i can sum up today in just four words- everything's coming up salbrent. Everything. I have a job in Appleton... two, as it would be. two jobs that i think i'll enjoy. well, one i know i will, the other, remains to be seen... but in the least i know it'll be a good job. and i'm pretty confident i'll enjoy it.

anyway, i was so excited i didn't even notice the 90 degree heat while i drove my car that has no air conditioning. and my front left headlight is now being held in place with duct tape. i love my car. i don't care if it has hail damage, i don't care it has duct tape on it, i don't care that it's starting to rust on the rear passenger door, i don't care that the rear light is cracked, i don't care that it's missing half a hubcap, don't care that the windshield wipers are crap (well, actually i kinda do), don't care that the check engine light is constantly on (it is at the moment), don't care that it bleeds oil, don't care that it doesnt have functioning air conditioning, don't care that it's missing a speaker... well, at least at the moment. i love that car and it's always taken care of me. love that car. and it'll be getting a gift for it next week... new speakers and stereo dock. makes sense to get it the last day i'm in milwaukee... wouldn't want my new audio equipment to get stolen. and i don't feel as bad about this extravagence (which its not, i currently have the factory installed dock with a broken tape player and one functioning speaker in the front seat) now that i have a job sewn up. well, mostly sewn up. still have to pass the drug test and background check... but i'm more than confident that i'll pass those better than i did on the typing test.

that's enough talking about my current employment... or future employment. went to the brewers-twins game today... damn twins. the brewers cannot beat any american league team apparently. but, still fun. even if it was hot as can be.

and now here i am, sitting on my bed posting this and watching the first episode of season three. i'm kinda sad that i'm halfway through my west wing seasons... if only seasons five, six, and seven were as good as the first four. but they weren't, they really weren't. they started to find their way a bit, but... with sorkin and schlamme gone it just wasn't the same.

i think the sweltering heat is starting to bring down my high... high... as in high life. i didn't have my celebratory champagne of beers yet. what am i thinking? on that note.

salbrent