A Good Day

I used to be a very apathetic person. Robotic. I mentioned before that I seem to have accomplished the change to being more emotional (a bit more than I wanted). I like to think that we can control our emotions by adjusting our perspectives and expectations in life. In fact, I've been very successful at doing just that most of my life.


But lately I pay more attention to the subtleties and I have higher expectations that I'm not willing to lower as quickly as I used to. So I have bad days. But it seems that the down times are always followed by a high. I'm not claiming to be bipolar, and I don't know that this is a natural phenomenon, but I think there's a bit more brain chemistry involved than I'd like to admit.

It also makes sense that the bad moods are part of forcing yourself to adjust expectations in a more subconscious manner, but I think highs and lows typically cause dramatic swings rather than slow returns to normal. So today is a great day.


I watched Quantum of Solace last night. A good movie. Had the Live Oak Wiezenbock season (9% and awesome) and the Alamo Drafthouse's own Amber. I'm really getting into good beer. My homebrew imperial stout will be ready in about a month. But some people were buying shots at Barfly's so I'm feeling the alcohol now. Normally I just have a few beers and am fine, but if you add a few shots to it I feel the buzz (and the hangover).


Christmas snuck up on me this year. I'm doing the Trail of Lights tonight after some of Uncle Billy's beer. I've been working out more lately. I hope I can keep that habit up. It'd be nice to put on a few pounds. I have about one year to save up enough money and hope the stock market recovers to buy myself a 30th birthday sports car. Can't wait.

Football

The end is nigh!


I am sad to see the end coming. I had three fantasy football teams. Two didn't make the playoffs and the other one (that was 1st in the league), just lost. So no more fantasy football.

Also, the Cowboys lost. If they playoffs started today they'd probably get the last playoff spot, but they lost today so they most likely have to win the last three games to make the playoffs. Tough situation.


I lost my voice last week. It's starting to come back, but it was annoying. The coughing sucks too. I'm not sure if I was sick or it was just allergies. I thought it just allergies, but it was more than voice/congestion the last couple of days. In response I decided to give myself a "healthy week." I've been looking for some kind of challenge and this seems like a good willpower test. This week I'm avoiding all things unhealthy (I'll allow caffeine, but not other drugs). That means working out daily too. I'll drink root beer at trivia night.


A new dodgeball league starts this week. Good times. Stavana (1 of my 2 roommates) just left for Indonesia for two weeks. I wonder what it'll be like at home without her here. Mostly I wonder if things will be messier or cleaner. I want a haircut and to figure out Christmas gifts soon.

That's about all I have in way of updates. Somehow I'm still single and working for DPS. Both of those situations have lasted too long, but life is good lately. I just finished brewing Old Rasputin beer. It was a LOT of work, but it'll be tasty in February when it's done.