my life as a nomad

r u there?

i'm still alive....



i'm just very, very, lazy.

posted by Patrick @ 7:49 PM 0 comments

bagels and baseball

greatest product invented in this century (so far)...



that's right, square bagels. perfect for making sandwiches with, or you can just eat them like a regular bagel. i had a tuna and cheese sandwich toasted on a square bagel for supper tonight, and it was perfectly delicious. and the tuna fish didn't fall out of the middle hole like it usually does with a round bagel, which immediately vaulted it into the "wicked awesome" stratosphere

a close second in the "amazing inventions of the 21st century" competition is the wireless optical mouse. i just bought one today (hooray for best buy gift cards!), and it's flippin' sweet. not quite as cool as the square bagel, but definitely a worthy purchase




while we're on a "posting random pictures" kick... what's wrong with this photo?






(hint... it has something to do with his uniform)






(your guess is wrong. i guarantee it)





give up? well, here's what he should be wearing:



get it? ortiz=superman. in case you missed the subtle hint. and if you have to ask why, then you obviously are not a baseball fan. and if that's the case, i have no use for you. so go away



(i'm kidding)

(mostly)




superman was a pretty swell movie. worth seeing if you get the chance. and if you can't make it to the theater, he also bats third in the red sox lineup, so you can catch him there too


that's all... good night now


-noonan-

posted by Patrick @ 10:50 PM 1 comments

hello again

when i said that "i probably won't post anything here until june," i actually meant to say 'august,' instead of june.


so really, i'm back early! hooray for me



(i'm also a really bad liar).


potentially huge newsflash upcoming... stay tuned

posted by Patrick @ 11:56 AM 1 comments

busy like whoa

if i didn't find the time to post anything last week when i only worked 20 hours... i sure won't this week when i'll be clocking close to 60



life is busy. the 'rents are selling the house, i'm going to new jersey this weekend and then road-tripping out to ohio the week of memorial day (it's wedding season... hooray), as well as trying to fit in the whole work/eat/sleep trifecta and (hopefully) getting everything finalized for the ever-elusive internship for next fall


so... i probably won't be back here until things calm down again sometime in june. and by "here," i mean "this blog," and to a lesser degree "maine." so don't bother stopping back here 'till then, unless you're one of those people who likes reading the same thing every day. and i sincerely hope you're not


later

-noonan-


(oh, and memo to the weather gods: thanks for the rain. you can stop now. no really... i think a week of rain is enough. two would just be overkill)

posted by Patrick @ 3:08 PM 2 comments

windshield wipers hate me

i won't apologize for the lack of recent activity here. i'm busy, and i have higher priorities than blogging (namely, sleeping and eating). work is going really well... i feel like i'm finally in a groove at both jobs. it's nice to be able to roll into work every day, know what you're supposed to do, and know that you'll be able to do it well. it's a comforting feeling

it rained all day today, pretty hard, and it's supposed to rain for most of tomorrow. this normally wouldn't be a big deal, except for the fact that my right-hand side wiper blade decided to spontaneously quit. it's not a big deal, since i can still see fine, but it figures that it'd pick the first rainy day in a while to take a vacation. i've had a horrible run of luck with wipers; this is my third car in a row that has had some quirky fluke with them. the stylus had to have the wiper motor replaced, and after that you had to time when you turned the wipers off just right, otherwise they'd stop right where they were, like in the middle of the window. then with the saab, whenever you put them on the "intermittent" setting, they'd stop at random times, intervals, and locations. it was really weird. and now, i'm down to 50% functionability. so i'll probably try and get that fixed sometime soon

i have next week off from delorme. i wish i didn't, but they're doing some remodeling and inter-office relocating, so they need some time to get things moved around and squared away. normally i'd appreciate the time off, but i'm already taking the last week of the month off from both jobs to head out to ohio (wedding, get-togethers, etc.), so it's a little painful in the pocketbook to have another unpaid mini-vacation. oh well. at least i'll get to do some catching-up on sleep


red sox/yankees got rained out. bummer.



i went to get fitted for a tux yesterday, and three different people asked me if i was getting ready for prom. NO. i am probably at least five years past the prom-eligible (minus moms and creepy older boyfriends) stage of my life. yes, i realize it's that time of year, but may/june are also a pretty big couple of month for weddings last time i checked. and i'd like to think that i'm beyond "preppy high schooler" typecasting, and am close to gaining "grizzled warehouse veteran" status


oh well. there's worse things in life than looking young


-noonan-

posted by Patrick @ 9:14 PM 4 comments