Posted by Raphael on Oct 25, 2010 in My Business Adventures, Personal, Rants | 0 comments

Life is a little bit hellish lately…enough so I really feel like that Richard Lewis comedian where I should be dressing in all black everyday and just lamenting all my problems each day. I don’t like doing that too often. I try to stay optimistic, but then you guys wouldn’t have anything to read if I don’t bitch once in a while eh? I swear I try not to make too many ranting posts like this, but I gotta let off some steam!

Without making this too torturous to read, let me see if I can put my life into perspective right now:

1. Kingston is doing great…he’s at a point where only the most discerning eye can tell that anything happened to him at all at this point. Which is wonderful. I thank any higher being I can at this point. On the flip side, that means he’s at a point where he’s nearing his “terrible two’s” and I think he’s starting early. He’s throwing temper tantrums and generally has a knack for finding JUST the wrong things to do. So I’m stuck between wanting to hug him and smack him at the same time.
2. Having devoted my past couple years to the family, my extracurricular hobbies have just about devolved to nil… having had my band break up a year ago, I haven’t touched any instrument for quite a while now. There’s actually talk from some of my old band members to get together again for fun… but with the mood I’ve had lately, anything short of heavy angst ridden hell music isn’t going to vent my energy out enough. But it’s hard to find that kind of angst in any musicians over 25 years old….and those under that age are about as reliable as our national budget.
3. My exercising schedule has also been shot to hell. Haven’t gone to the gym in ages now. To a casual observer I’ve been called skinny. But yet everything I DO have right now is a bit flabby. So I’m like a flabby skinny guy?  Is that weird or what? It’s not a good shape to be in.
4. Wife is beautiful as ever….  and that’s about all I should say about that without adding more shit to my pile  *wink*
5. Made a huge effort to try bidding on a giant project recently, knowing full-well that my chances were slim to none on that one because all the big advertising agencies in town were taking a stab at it. The fact I was even recognized as having a stone’s throw chance at all I guess I should consider lucky. Turns out sure enough I didn’t get the bid….which is still depressing despite somewhat expecting the result.
6. Teaching has been great. One one hand I have a good bunch of students that are among the most talented I’ve seen yet. On the opposite hand, I’ve a few students who haven’t shown up or have called me at 10:45 at night needing to explain why they can’t come the next day to class. If I only had laser beams that could shoot through telephone lines…

That, my friends, is my life in a nutshell right now. Promise this crap has all gonna magically disappear come 2011. I think my entire family is ready to put 2010 behind us….what a craptastic year.