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Recent happenings from the World of Brent:

It's Halloween. Thank god it's almost over because my will power has not been strong enough to make me stay away from the abundance of candy in the office. We have piles of it all around the place from employees bringing it in and customers leaving us some. Plus there have been some scary people in the bank already this morning and frankly I'm not sure if some of them were actually in costume or just scary by nature.

Jeff and I went to a Halloween night at one of our local drink establishments this past weekend. The decorations were great. It was movie themed and different sections of the bar were decked out in a different movie. Some pretty elaborate costumes were worn too but again for some it could have been their everyday attire, you never know at a gay bar! One more halloween party to go to this coming weekend, then we can start x-mas music! U of Pitt football game is also on the agenda. Let's hope the weather cooperates.

Grace was in town this past weekend too. It was great seeing her. We all (Me, Jeff, Alison, and Paul) spent time eating out, shopping, and just hanging out. We also saw "Dan in Real Life" at the movies. It was a great flick, I give it two thumbs up so go see it.

Tonight I'm going over to Jeff's house and around his neighborhood with the little girl who lives next door. She is dressing up as a whoppie cushion complete with sounds! Thunder will come too so I'm thinking of putting a little bag or bucket around his neck to see if he can score some candy for the adults. Gee maybe I'm not too sick of the candy.

Peace out.

Posted by Brent at 12:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Day off today. And it came just in time too because my head was about to explode and nobody wants that because brain matter is hard to get out of carpet. I slept in this morning thanks to my double shot of Nyquil last night. So far today I have gotten some groceries and clenaed up the pad a little. Jeff is taking a half day today to come over and spend the afternoon together.

Last night Finny got into play and hunt mode and attacked me. Yes that's right, the little precious fluff ball channeled his inner tiger and did a sneek attack after we had totally agreed that we were done playing. The war story goes like this: As I was laying on the floor, totally vulnerable to attack from the west, Finnly soared through the air with the stealth only a trained feline killing machine can do and landed on my chest. As I tried to fend off the wild beast, his paw became big as a lion's and came down on my face gashing me above my left eye. He then took off back into the jungle. After losing four gallons of blood, I regained my senses and retreated to my bed. But falling asleep was difficult knowing that the fluffly fighter was sitting in the corner planning his next move.

Grace is coming in later tonight for a weekend visit -- YAY. So far plans include an auction at Alison's gallery, shopping, and dinner out. We'll see what other mischief we can get into.

Posted by Brent at 11:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

After building up over the weekend, my sinuses have totally gone into pressure and headache mode. It made for a long day at work (see post below). Felt a little better tonight, Jeff surprised me with an afternoon visit at work today and then made me a yummy dinner so that made me feel better for a bit. But now it's time for a shot or two of Nyquil and hopefully a good nights sleep.

Posted by Brent at 10:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I know it's hard to believe, imagine me being sick of people. But I am burned out on whiney, bitchy, mean, self-centered, cranky, fuck tards who seem to seek me out to spew their own particular brand of insane life-sucking ridiculous attitudes until I want to rip their head off and toss it down the avenue like a freaking bowling ball while I then take extreme joy in finally shutting them the hell up but realizing that my joy is only temporary because there are more mind numbing ass faced poopy heads out there lining up to torture me. whew..

I need a vacation

Posted by Brent at 09:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I think I'm getting sick. Sore throat, queasy....UGH

Posted by Brent at 07:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Yes the crapper has been on my mind today for a number of reasons.

FIrst of all, a female coworker enlisted my help today to beautify the ladies room in my office. The main problem I had with this is there are definetly no "ladies" in my workplace. But, "loud nosey aggravating yentas" does not fit on a door sign so "ladies" it is. Anyway, she asked me to carry a chair in there while she droned on and on about how ladies need a chair in case they need to change panyhose, fix nails, etc. When she was done, there was a small table, floral kleenex box, soft lighting and I can't be sure but I swear I saw furniture men bringing in a couch. But don't worry about doing any work today, just continue making the crapper into some sort of fancy pooping palace.

I hate it when you grab the door handle on the way out of a restroom and the handle is wet. Now hopefully it is from the water and soap that the person used, but still ewwwww.

I have also had the pleasure of using facilities recently that favored the pee trough rather than individual urinals. Now regular urinals are bad enough but at least there is some separtion and hopefully a divider between you and any lookie-loos. But the trough set-up is just ugly. I do not want to touch anyone elses shoulder while peeing and I certainly don't want to risk any backsplash 'shudder'. I don't care how old the stadium or building is, we as a nation should demand an end to trough peeing. I think this could be a big issue in the next election. Hillary could make a big splash and lay waste to her opponents.

Posted by Brent at 07:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Blinds closed - check
Lights dimmed - check
Door locked - check
iTunes opened and turned up - check
Brent getting down with his bad self, putting his arms in the air like he just don't care - -check

The rhythm does indeed get ya....

Posted by Brent at 08:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Well, two of them, Finny didn't want to stay still for a pic.

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FIrst one was true. Local landmark, bunch of High school seniors out in BFE at a hunting cabin, lots of beer..
Second is true. Left is just a wee bit longer
Third is true . And no Lil, it wasn't you this was at my first office. Besides yours were really more in my face and not brushing up against me. Anyway, this lady had the old World War Two era torpedo boob bra and she would brush up against me any time she passed by.

The fourth is the lie. Never hit and ran. And no, running stupid slow driving left lane hugging tards off the road doesn't count since I'm careful not to let our vehicles touch.

Posted by Brent at 07:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

3 of the statements are true, one is a lie. Guess....

I once helped steal a 16 foot chicken from a farmers field
My left leg is a bit longer than my right
An over 50 coworker at my first branch in Michigan would brush her breasts against me whenever she came near
I ran into a a parked car late at night and sped away afraid of having to take a breathalyzer if cops were called.

Posted by Brent at 09:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Thought this was funny...

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My Good Lazy Boys....

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Long day today. Started with an early morning meeting downtown at the Duquesne Club. Way too early but I didn't mind because it's a really nice historic building and the architectual aspects both inside and out are a fun experience. Plus it gets me out of the office. Afterwards I took a short walk up the street to a plaza to take in the sites and sounds of the city while relaxing in the fresh air. So I people watched, relaxed, and soaked up a little sun while the large water fountain in the background amused me by putting on its own little show spurting water at timed intervals. So while it lasted it was a nice break from the workday. I always enjoy hanging out downtown from time to time and soaking up the pace of the busy streets. I say while it lasted because some crazy looking lady came by and started to toss bread crumbs and the area was soon swarming with pigeons right out of a scene from "The Birds."

Not wanting to take any chances with my freshly cleaned suit, I took it as a sign I should get back to the office.

Then tonight I had my monthly night out for my networking group at Buckhead Saloon at Station Square. So a couple crown and cokes wound me down from my day. Got home and took a walk around the hood, watched The Office which is the best show on TV, played with the Finnmeister, and now I am about ready to snooze.

Peace out y'all

Posted by Brent at 09:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Miss Jeff.

sigh

Posted by Brent at 09:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

UPDATE YOUR BLOG. I'll help you with a topic, hmmmmm let's see, you just had a wedding and honeymoon, you may be able to come up with a couple things to say about that.

Posted by Brent at 09:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I came to the realzation tonight that my day today revolved around poop. Now I'm not talking about the crap I deal with at work on a daily basis, but rather a whole different kind of shit. I had the day off today after taking Jeff to the airport. (I got him there on time and he made his connection and landed on time in AZ.) So it was a day for me and Thunder to have some bonding time. We went for some long walks, he came with me on my errands in the car, we played with Finny, and he got to spend some time at the local off-leash dog park getting some sniffs in with other doggies. But all our time out also means that I am on poop duty. I have learned that when one has a dog, you always have water to drink and bags on hand for when your four legged friend goes poopies. I usually double up on the bags because I want at least two layers between my hand and any ass presents. I also scooped and cleaned Finnigan's litter box today. So I was literally wrist deep in pet waste at various times today. Oh well, the kids are worth it.

Posted by Brent at 09:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Took the day off today as I wanted to spend some time with the Jeffmeister since he is leaving for Phoenix tomorrow. He's going to be gone until Sunday - Ugh. Being the super fabulous boyfriend that I am, I'm taking him to the airport for his 6:30a.m. flight. This means that my alarm will be going off at 4:15. I wish I had one of those alarm clocks that you see in cartoons where someone comes out and bashes you over the head with a mallet.

Posted by Brent at 06:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)