This past weekend I attended my cousins wedding. Anyone who knows me is well aware that I loathe any family gathering because it's going to be one huge inconvenience, and this function was no exception. But I'll save that commentary for another time. I'm going to rant about some points about weddings in general.
I understand that a majority of the wedding planning decisions are made by the bride, and it's her "special day" (not to be confused with that other "special day" that comes around every 28 days). It seems like men now make absolutely no attempt to have an opinion on what happenes at this event. If I ever get married (and may God have mercy on the woman that decides to accept that sentence), I will absolutely voice my opinion on things. For instance, why do we need to have 400,000 pictures taken? Why can’t it be a shot of bride and groom at the altar, wedding party at the altar, and immediate families? I don’t want a picture of me in a tux, with my coat over my shoulder and my foot propped up on a concrete step. Who cares!? And why would I want one of me and my groomsmen doing the same thing? Why does there have to be a picture of bride and groom walking into the sunset? From every movie I’ve seen, “walking into the sunset” signals the end of something, and that’s always a good message to send, that life is over once you get married!
And that brings me to another point. Why don’t people get married in churches anymore? And why are there so many “non-denominational” weddings? It’s the puss-ification of America! People are afraid of offending someone or imposing on their religious beliefs. Well if you’re going to be offended by attending a wedding mass, then don’t come! That’s why there’s a check box on the invitation that says “not able to attend”! Again, if I had my way in planning a wedding, it would be held in a Catholic church, and a full mass would be said. And just for effect, I would request that the mass be said in Latin, the way it was 50 years ago, when things were simpler and everyone wasn’t worried about offending Great Aunt Sally because she’s Methodist and doesn’t understand that there are other belief systems in the world!
So guys, stand up for yourselves! The words "I do" do not have to coupled with you handing over your testicles to some broad! If you want to have steak on the menu, along with whatever tofu hippie bullshit she read about in Cosmo, then by God have it! Just never forget the credo of the married man..."Women - Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em!"
When I was in college, I thought architects were the pain in the ass of the engineer. Well as I've progressed through my career, I've learned that architects are the least of my worries. The real pain in the engineers ass is the land planner!
I had a set of plans together for a residential project all ready to submit for review. I give it to someone to take up to the county for me, when I get told to hold off, because some changes may be made. "They probably won't change, but better safe than sorry." Fine. So I wait...and wait...and wait.
Fast forward to two days ago, when I get told "some changes were made. Can you get it done in 2 days?" Sure, no problem. Of course I said that while thinking that planning had already made their changes. Boy was I wrong! The changes weren't actually made until a day later. So basically I have 1 day to do a total redesign. I'm a little perturbed, but it's still managable.
Fast forward to today. I'm plowing through my design, about ready to finalize it, and just do the drafting. Then I get a little blip on my computer telling me "something changed." God damn planners moved shit on me again! I swear to Christ these people can't make up their fucking minds! So now I have like half a day to mold this pile of shit into a Michaelangelo sculpture. Well that's not gonna happen. I'm gonna mold this pile of shit into a different looking pile of shit, because chances are everything is going to be fucked again, and why bother making it right if these ass hats are going to say to themselves "hey it got it working, now lets fuck it back up again!" Cocksuckers!
I had a set of plans together for a residential project all ready to submit for review. I give it to someone to take up to the county for me, when I get told to hold off, because some changes may be made. "They probably won't change, but better safe than sorry." Fine. So I wait...and wait...and wait.
Fast forward to two days ago, when I get told "some changes were made. Can you get it done in 2 days?" Sure, no problem. Of course I said that while thinking that planning had already made their changes. Boy was I wrong! The changes weren't actually made until a day later. So basically I have 1 day to do a total redesign. I'm a little perturbed, but it's still managable.
Fast forward to today. I'm plowing through my design, about ready to finalize it, and just do the drafting. Then I get a little blip on my computer telling me "something changed." God damn planners moved shit on me again! I swear to Christ these people can't make up their fucking minds! So now I have like half a day to mold this pile of shit into a Michaelangelo sculpture. Well that's not gonna happen. I'm gonna mold this pile of shit into a different looking pile of shit, because chances are everything is going to be fucked again, and why bother making it right if these ass hats are going to say to themselves "hey it got it working, now lets fuck it back up again!" Cocksuckers!
People have been complaining about how hot it's been here on the East coast lately. Overhearing someone complaingin about it, another genius replied with "I don't want to hear you complain. 4 months ago you were complaining about how cold it was and all the snow!" Well guess what, fuck head! I'm gonna complain, because it's my right to do so!
When we comlained about the cold and snow, we were wanting mild temperatures, not a reasonable facsimile of the seventh circle of hell! And if you don't want to hear me complain, then jam a pencil in your ears! Besides, I wasn't talking to you, so who the hell do you think you are to interject into my conversation?!?
In the words of my favorite t-shirt to date...
"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!"
When we comlained about the cold and snow, we were wanting mild temperatures, not a reasonable facsimile of the seventh circle of hell! And if you don't want to hear me complain, then jam a pencil in your ears! Besides, I wasn't talking to you, so who the hell do you think you are to interject into my conversation?!?
In the words of my favorite t-shirt to date...
"Fuck you, you fucking fuck!"
Yes it's that time.. more random thoughts that came spewing out of my random brain.
Fun Fact: There is a place called the "National Ignition Facility" People actually GET PAID to light things on fire!!!!!
They make mace specifically designed to repel bears. Personally, I'd like to see someone come up with a bear taser.
Why don't we bury people in the ground vertically like birthday candles? Seems like a much more efficient use of ground space.
Sometimes I like to send greetings and birthday cards to minor acquaintances just to make them feel guilty.
When I'm in charge, the Supreme Court will be renamed to the Burrito Supreme Court.
Fun Fact: There is a place called the "National Ignition Facility" People actually GET PAID to light things on fire!!!!!
They make mace specifically designed to repel bears. Personally, I'd like to see someone come up with a bear taser.
Why don't we bury people in the ground vertically like birthday candles? Seems like a much more efficient use of ground space.
Sometimes I like to send greetings and birthday cards to minor acquaintances just to make them feel guilty.
When I'm in charge, the Supreme Court will be renamed to the Burrito Supreme Court.
As most of you are aware, I am a creator of videos for YouTube. Getting straight to the point, I keep getting ranted at on how I pronounce some words "incorrectly", mostly the words "herb" and "spinel".
With "herb", I get this complaint from those in the European area. Of course, over here in America, we pronounce "herb" with a silent H, while in the UK, they pronounce the H sound. This here is merely a concept of diverse culture. However, those elitist snob bastards want to act like their language and culture are superior, and I'm a neanderthal for living in another country, pronouncing a word differently than they do. Of course, if they ever bothered looking in a dictionary, they would realize that convincing me of my "error" would be in vain, because the dictionary trumps their BS.
Now, with "spinel", this one is probably a simple matter of confusion with the word "spinal" from kids who don't know any better but want to act like they're hot shit by pointing out my non-existent "mistake". However, if they would have just used a dictionary to make certain of their claim, they wouldn't have had to make public asses of themselves. Score another one for me.
Seriously, there's a freakin' dictionary web site these idiots could use for quick reference, but they would rather cling to their feeling of superiority than chance getting shut down before their attacks. What a bunch of fucktards.
With "herb", I get this complaint from those in the European area. Of course, over here in America, we pronounce "herb" with a silent H, while in the UK, they pronounce the H sound. This here is merely a concept of diverse culture. However, those elitist snob bastards want to act like their language and culture are superior, and I'm a neanderthal for living in another country, pronouncing a word differently than they do. Of course, if they ever bothered looking in a dictionary, they would realize that convincing me of my "error" would be in vain, because the dictionary trumps their BS.
Now, with "spinel", this one is probably a simple matter of confusion with the word "spinal" from kids who don't know any better but want to act like they're hot shit by pointing out my non-existent "mistake". However, if they would have just used a dictionary to make certain of their claim, they wouldn't have had to make public asses of themselves. Score another one for me.
Seriously, there's a freakin' dictionary web site these idiots could use for quick reference, but they would rather cling to their feeling of superiority than chance getting shut down before their attacks. What a bunch of fucktards.