Everyone needs a day off. Ferris Bueller had one, so why can't I have one too? It's only fair. Share the wealth pal. Jenny Reck and I went to go visit our Dad in New Richmond, Wisconsin (up near the Twin Cities) for the weekend. We left on a Friday night and came back home on a Sunday night. It was a real brief trip but we did the best with the time off that Jenny was allotted. I get a lot of time off from my job. It's one of the few perks that I get from slaving away in the office for 8+ hours a day. Since I had the liberty of taking Monday off of work, I decided to do it. Why not? I'm always up for an adventure. Who wants to work anyway? Screw work. It's just a bunch of nonsense anyway. I would rather live life than go to work anyway. Ferris once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." I decided to take a day off (just like Ferris) and live my own kind of adventure.
While Ferris had his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloan to share in his day off, I was left alone to my own devices. When this kind of thing happens, I have no choice but to turn to my Twitter account so that I feel like I am being social with someone. Even if I reach but one person, that is one person who gets to share in my adventure. I started out my day doing normal things that you would do on a day off.
I'm so fucking hyped right now. Don't know why except for that I'm not at work today. #IcemansDayOff
I'm so fucking hyped right now. Don't know why except for that I'm not at work today. #IcemansDayOff
Got an oil change and emissions check on my car. Also renewing my license plates. Way overdue on all three. #IcemansDayOff
Mailed in my winning #Brewers sports bet from Vegas (over 79.5 wins) and picked up a prescription from the pharmacy. #IcemansDayOff
Stopped at my Moms to get some food and a soda even though I have my own at home. Over here, it's free to me. #IcemansDayOff
Slapped the bag of box wine and grabbed a beer from the basement. Hanging outside on the deck with the dog. #IcemansDayOff
After some free eats, one beer and a sip of box wine things got pretty weird. Well normal for me, but probably weird for everyone else. It was nice to be able to run some errands and accomplish some of the things that I've been putting off, but it was my day off. I had to celebrate not being at work by taking advantage of this beautiful fall day.
Driving around town with the top down bumping and bouncing to "Brick House" and "All About That Bass". #IcemansDayOff
Driving around town with the top down bumping and bouncing to "Brick House" and "All About That Bass". #IcemansDayOff
Hanging out at the park. They're aren't any kids here in the middle of the day, so it's not creepy and weird. #IcemansDayOff
Swinging for the 3rd time in the last week. #SwingSelfie #IcemansDayOff
Mom, kid + a dog just got to the park. I probably should go. Sitting on this bench staring at them just made it creepy. #IcemansDayOff
Mom's friend drives by. She stopped. Had to explain why I was at the park, alone, on a Monday afternoon. Now it's creepy. #IcemansDayOff
Mom, kid + a dog just got to the park. I probably should go. Sitting on this bench staring at them just made it creepy. #IcemansDayOff
Mom's friend drives by. She stopped. Had to explain why I was at the park, alone, on a Monday afternoon. Now it's creepy. #IcemansDayOff
.@MomTraining just followed me on Twitter. Now I'm officially creepy. They're probably going to put my name on a registry. #IcemansDayOff
I was having a great time at the park but things got weird once kids started showing up. What kind of single guy in his mid-30s hangs out at the park, alone, on a Monday afternoon? The creepy ones that want to kidnap and molest children. I'm still trying to set myself on a path where a girl will consider marrying me, so I don't ever want to go down that path. That's besides the fact that it's awful and completely fucked up. It was time for me to go home and remove myself from a society that still isn't ready to deal with me. And that's when things got really weird.
Drinking a Bloody Mary with a whiskey sour, Jenny Reck-style chaser. Fuck 5 o'clock somewhere. It's 230pm here. #IcemansDayOff
It's only a smoker's porch. I don't smoke, so I stand out there looking for crime. I'm the hero this city needs right now. #IcemansDayOff
"Tub Thumping" by Chumbawamba just came on random on my iPod speakers. Commence 3 minute dance party rage in my kitchen!! #IcemansDayOff
Looking through the coupons. Went shopping last week and I'm all stocked up, but I appreciate a good deal. #IcemansDayOff
My iPod on random is the best thing ever. Sisqo's "Thong Song" comes on and I'm dancing and shaking it in my kitchen. #IcemansDayOff
An impromptu dance party often breaks out in my kitchen. I wish it would happen more often in real life... #IcemansDayOff
I have a lot of knives. If they weren't stored in my kitchen drawer, a stranger might think I was a stabbing murderer. #IcemansDayOff
Just took out the recyclables and now I'm doing the dishes. There's time for fun and there's a time for my chores. #IcemansDayOff
I go through what most would say is an abnormal amount of ice. Unusual to you, an average amount to the Iceman. #IcemansDayOff
I fancy myself as being a somewhat competent musician. I have several God-given (or parent-given) talents that I don't really take advantage of as often as I should. I used to play in several concert and jazz bands in high school and college but I have since abandoned that in favor of the more traditional band. Throughout the years I've been part of June's Blanket, The Back Alley Burners, The Uncle Greg Band, The 13th Dimension, Whiskey & Whatever and numerous other groups that struggled to get a little bit of love from the listening audience. Obviously none of them ever made it big or else I would be too big to hang out with normal people like you. I suppose it is my fault. I have all of the talent in the World when it comes to certain things but I don't have the drive or determination that it takes to refine that talent and take it to the next level.
Take guitar for example. I'm never going to be an Eddie Van Halen or Tim Reck, but I could be a Pat McCurdy or Jack Black. All I would need to do is practice and focus all of my energy on being a musician. That's not my priority. I would rather be a writer, but even with that I don't take it seriously (that's a whole different story for another day). But every now and then I like to pick up the guitar when I hear a song and think, I bet I can play that. Then I look up the chords and realize that I can. Sure, I don't exactly sound like Sheryl Crow (because she's a girl) but I think I do an alright job. Take a listen to a couple songs I recorded on my day off.
Playing Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow on the guitar for my cat Korben Dallas. If you want a free show, stop on by. #IcemansDayOff
The Iceman - Ironic (Alanis Morissette)
The Iceman - Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow)
I'm better at guitar than I give myself credit for. I need to stop being so hard on myself. I am a rock star. #IcemansDayOff
For my birthday my Mom got me one of those harmonica holders so you could play it while also playing guitar, so I decided to try it out on Strong Enough. I think it turned out alright for a first timer. I (obviously) still have a long way to go before I'm up on stage or on the radio, which will probably never happen, but I have to at least live my life like that is a possibility. Whether or not the World will ever validate it, I need to not think that I am a rockstar, I need to be a rockstar. I have to love what I do and believe in myself. There's no point in trying to compare yourself against others because no one is the same as me and no one will ever be. I'm 100% me and unique in more ways than even I can imagine (at least until scientists let me clone myself).
Ended the day watching Back to the Future and falling asleep on the couch. A very successful day. #IcemansDayOff
Ended the day watching Back to the Future and falling asleep on the couch. A very successful day. #IcemansDayOff
It was a Monday, so Iceman's Day off concluded with what some would say a whimper instead of bang, but I beg to differ. It ended in the most perfect way possible. Back to the Future is in my Top 5 Favorite Movies of All-Time and the series is my favorite movie trilogy. If there is a better way to end a day off (within reason, because Natalie Portman waiting for me in my bedroom is still a fantasy) I definitely couldn't think of it. I have a lot of trips/time off planned for 2015, so I might have to save up my vacation time. But here's hoping that very soon I will be able to once again take off of work on a random day and do whatever I want. That my friends, truly is living the dream.
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