really...another year is gone

it's amazing, 12 months have passed since I last posted here....where did it go? when did it go, where the hell was I? I don't know, but I plan to be more prolific in the coming year, and will post about my efforts to obtain a flying car...yeah, jetsons style...it's 2011 and I'm due a damned flying machine! anyway, cheers and enjoy kids, greg

oh nine, oh me......on to the 20-ten.......lets recap.

I feel bad, as I've not posted a single rant since october, not that anyone gives a turd about the 5 minutes I take to peck out a paragraph of nothing. I do this for me, and not sure yet why. Anyway, lets recap the 09, shall we?

I've discovered in the past month actually, that I can still read, and actually do enjoy it. I've also found, that reading a bit before bed, helps me sleep. I read a bit, and fall fast asleep. Currently reading "devil in the kitchen" by Marco Pierre White.

I've learned to never take anything for granted, no matter what. Regardless of time or consistency of a situation or relationship, things can and will change. Life is the great equalizer it seems. Just when you think you've got it figured out, DUCK!!!! cause it's coming and fast.

I'll be completely debt free in feb. The past year, leading up to this has been lean to say the least.

I'm fine with not owning an Omega, let alone 3, I'm OK with less expensive watches, I find I enjoy building mods as well.

I procrastinate more than any human alive, and have yet to finish a single knife project I started this year. Several are built, but none are finished.

I proved, beyond question, that good intentions pave the way to hell, or at the very least, a nasty fight where most everyone thinks you're as ass....but the rest of the world agrees, you're really not.

I'm currently very comfortable, growing more so the past year, I'm enjoying my life right now.

I've reconnected with so many old friends over the past year, I find it difficult to keep up. I'm very happy to find and be found by people that I've missed over the years, and see where they've gone, meet their families and feel welcomed as part of that.

I've also been visited by the sins of the past, in a way. That's a non issue now, but still sit in the back of my mind some days.

I've tried to learn daily to improve my cooking, that's where I'm truly happy, when I'm cooking. The cooking gives me pleasure, but being always disappointed with the final product, though I'm always told it's great...so I'm usually torn with my efforts. The dish might be great, but when it doesn't match the vision in my head, it's not right.

I'm very happy to have my family in my life. The holidays were great recently, and I hope it continues the trend.

I've seen some friends and family go, and new lives come forth. I know that's the way it works, that's the plan, but the logistics don't make the situation easier. Death is a fact, and we should celebrate a death, celebrate the wonderful life that person left behind and the people they've touch and brought happiness to. I know this is an abstract idea, but it's solidified in me over the past year.

It's been a weird year, to say the least, and gone by faster than most in recent memory. I hope and pray for the 20-ten to be smooth. I'm hopeful. I'm ready for relaxation and NO DRAMA! I'm done with the drama.

Have a good one kids, and a big CHEERS on NYE. much love from the fat guy.

another turd to clog the bowels of the interwebs

it's been a long week....long days, and they seem to draw out like a blade lately.....I find I'm growing more impatient with the passing day. I'm not sure why, I know the daily idiocy makes me white with rage, but I feel there are other outside influences that should not weigh so heavily on me. Once I hit the door of rancho relaxo, I'm fine, but the hours up to that point cause me more stress than they should, and even then, to a small extent, the outside will creep in to torment me.

I'm making strides to fix this, and I shouldn't let small things bother me. I'm trying to be reactive, proactive and less reactionary as I've been. Back with the fight or flight, and I can't fly for shit, so I'm always ready to go for the jugular. I don't like that and haven't been like that in years, well since 2005 anyway. Maybe I need a vacation, maybe I need a new hobby....who knows?

I'm ready to fix it, and sleep better like I did last year. This year got off to a weird start, and went down hill quickly, and I pray to not repeat that experience again. I can only do so much for the world, especially when the world treats me with disrespect in my own house.

Anyway, enough with the bitching, on to the goodies. More cooking to come, I promise, and due to overwhelming mail, I'll not post anymore bloody pics...unless they're really cool.
A couple of new knife projects are close to finished (pics coming) A new watch project in the works, an old watch project still in the works, and maybe I'll be able to get the one-off Ricky watch in shape enough to snap a pic of two. The stem and crown on that one, with the Ti case are going to be the death of me.

well...cheers and enjoy kids :)greg...till next time.

I have been remiss

wow, it's been quite a long while without a post of any sort. I have been cooking and it has been (for the most part) really good. I've been busy lately and haven't taken the time to post any fun bits. I know this is really more for mme and less for anyone else...since I'm the only one to read this crap, but, I usually enjoy dropping these little rants.

I promise, to the no viewers out there...I'll have some awesome cooking pics up in the very near future....if I have to post old pics with new captions...there will be some new stuff soon.

anyway....working in about 6 hours, so I gotta go...cheers kids, enjoy.

....so very tired....and caring less as each minute passes...

which is odd, as in the past week, well, months, I've come to really appreciate everything I see, can do, and am blessed with. It's a far cry from the me from several months ago, as I'd just assume stomp your neck as talk to you.....but I find it's different of late. given the situation here, I've been less inclined to cook much, and much less inclined to note it as it happens, so no fun pics of that nature tonight.

I've not addressed one bit since this blog of misery started, and that's my impending death. Living long enough, you will die at some point. Anyway, as I've not pissed about my gang of ruptured discs lately, I've decided to rant about other irritants tonight. My right shoulder...dislocated three times...and all the torn cartilage between my shoulder blade and rib cage.....it hurts like....something that hurts really f'in' bad!!!

Well, I'll gather this waste of time up, wad it into a nice tidy ball and torment you no longer......cheers, till my next waste of space....greg

who likes drum and bass????

Tired and bored, listening to Pitchshifter for a bit. A nice departure from the nerdcore and black metal of late. I say "bored", but that's not entirely true. I'm just uninspired at the moment. I have tons to do, but lack the motivation to actually do anything. Don't judge, I know you've all been there too. I hope to play golf this week and look forward to a good weekend.

I wish I had some great tales of woe or stories of wonderous happenings to share, but my life (as grand as it looks from afar) is of little interest outside of Rancho Relaxo.

I do have new neighbors, and they're friendly like Ted Kaczynski, or have seemed so since our first meeting. I tried to be the nice, welcoming neighbor and was met with little interest....so, I hope they enjoy the trip through hell, that being my neighbor can become.

damn, this is really going south and fast, so I'll just post a pic or two to eat some bandwidth. Stay tuned, I plan to introduce another waste of time under the fiftyleven label. Fiftyleven.com, coming soon to a computer near you. Log on, and hit yourself in the head.....it's be about the same I'm sure. I do have the best web master that begging can get, and I'm sure I'll get my no-monies worth. Actually, I trust he'll make with something great...as soon as I have a real agenda and some ideas for him to build on....hell...I just bought the url cause I could. Anyway....cheers and enjoy, till next time, greg
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yes, I do know everything....I just can't recall it all at once...

It's been a while, and I've very little to share. I've been working and cooking, and aside for a horde of zombie mushrooms there isn't much to share.

Yes, for those in the know, my house, Rancho Relaxo is still a home for homeless families....or just one as it is. This is not the first time I've taken in people less fortunate than my self, but I feel my charitable heart is fading. It seems like most everything is falling to pieces around me. Stacey got laid off, the microwave exploded, washer and dryer died less than 3 weeks apart, and numerous other small pains to deal with. I find comfort is this, with the knowledge that what ever inconvenience I'm dealing with, is nothing compared with the stress of having nothing, no home, job, car to find job, insurance, etc. I'm trying to stay positive, and not get caught up in my own personal selfishness, that my perfect little world is now disrupted.

Given the situation, I've not documented any new recipies, new watch or knife projects, or any other cool stuff...like my new top on the jeep. I do appreciate everyone trying to help out and sending prayers. I plan to have a huge post soon, stacked deep with fun bits.

Anyway, Craig called me out on FB about my pics, ie the bloody ones, or broken bones...so I'll post a few, but...BUT...he has to post the most horrific pic of the almost, nearly, not very life threatening wound he almost received today......

so, pics of blood and bones and such...lol...
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i know, some of these we've seen before....but, that means I've lost less blood, so it's a good thing.

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so, enough with that. I spent too much time and money modding my new toy, only to read today (I re-read the regs about SBR's in Alabama) that my toy is now very illegal.......crap....but we still had fun today shooting it, till the owner of the range came in. He knew it was me, I knew it was me...hell, the entire range knew it was me....with the "fast finger" and the owner put it. Anyway, he was cool and didn't kick us out and we had a nice hour of making noise and smoke....anyway, until next time. cheers and enjoy.