WOOHOO!

[luna]

Boo to rain!

[Aaron]

give me a month and I will be with you. Or maybe three months...

[Aaron]

Doug Stanhope show is this Thursday (8th) I put in for the time off but didn't get it. (REJECTED! oh snap!) So I basicly said if I don't get the day off I'm calling in sick. And that was and has been the plan since then. However, my manager asked me to stay late tonight since the other guy called in sick. So I stayed. (1 and a half hours) I also asked if I could cut all the time on Thursday aka leave early for the show I may take a shorter lunch as well. Just so I can get home change and get to the show on time as well...

In other news, it's been raining for like 3 weeks now. Ish. Which I'm also pretty sure is more rain then Pendleton has had in years. Or at lest days of rain. But I don't mind it still. I think I have come to know it rains. All the time. Meh.

Roommate found a job finally however its seasonal. SO he may be out of work in January (like there is the option that if they like him they will keep him on. BUT eh... Not gona hold my breath. Like I hope that happens, but you know.) He has also been getting cash from his mom... So... Ya...

Also since I worked late I got home later then normal. And I wasn't tired when I got home. Really I wasn't tired till like 10 minutes ago and now I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I also would like to try the everyman sleep pattern thing. I think it's a lot easier to do then the Uberman, and a lot more practical... I have been amazed by it for a long time. Also come January, I want to start looking for a new job. Also in January my folks will be coming up to visit.

[r00]

I hope Colorado is up for the record Taco Bell taxable earnings about to be seen here!   

[Aaron]

Same with Washington... Also are the shades to hide the pot eyes there r00? :p


I'm just wondering how its going to work out with the federal government. AND job's that test for pot. How will that work?

[luna]

yay america we can still be friends

Maybe now that you're all legalizing weed Canada can stop being scared to do it too!

[Aaron]

The federal government still has it as illegal, but by the state it's legal. So they can still bust people. I really want to know about drug tests and what not...

[TPD]

as soon as they see the income that wash and col are making they'll move ahead and make the laws tamer.


so confused as to why canada got so scared of it. one summer toronto decriminalized it then we got that horrid cdn conservative party and it's back to being scared of it.

at least mtl is so full of its own probs that we're pretty slack about it. never heard of anyone gettin busted for it... but we're crafty.

[r00]

I'm just wondering how its going to work out with the federal government. AND job's that test for pot. How will that work?

Here's how I think it will all go down in CO:

- Decriminalization - That starts today.  I think you will see possession and personal growing be completely legal to do without the fear of prosecution as long as it is within the limits defined by the amendment (1oz possession, 6 plants grow, 3 flowering).  I don't see this being overstepped by the Feds from here on out.  Just dont cross the state line with any.  ;-)

- Retail - The "treat it like alcohol" part of the amendment is the sticky part.  This will take about a year to hash out all the licenses and state guidelines for.  My opinion is that the second the first retail pot establishment opens its doors to the public, the DEA and DOJ will roll in within 24 hours and shut it down.  From there, it will be a battle just like state voter ID and state immigration laws.

- Employment drug testing - This will come down to the state courts.  What will happen is over the next few months, someone will challenge being turned down for a job due to testing positive for marijuana in Colorado.  My guess is the court will decide that if the business only operates in CO, then they cannot disqualify someone for a job due to a pre-employment positive drug screen for THC.  However, I think the judgement will state that if the business exists in multiple states, they can continue to test for THC.

It will take other states giving the feds the finger before they decide to let states define their own cannabis laws just like they do alcohol.  This is how it happened when the federal prohibition of alcohol amendment was removed from the U.S. constitution.  Several states (including Colorado) told the federal government that they no longer were going to enforce their laws regarding prohibition of alcohol.  As more states did the same, the 18th amendment was removed and therefore the law was repealed.

Here is our governor's official statement on Amendment 64 passing (emphasis mine).
"The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don't break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly."

LOL

[Stariki]

Oh boy... photography has become my love... dropped about $1500 on photographic equipment in the last month! 

[luna]

all the better to take pictures of your crazy upside down creepy crawlies right Mike?

[Aaron]

r00 I agree 100% with that. I don't know if I can even say anything more then yep. But ya. Also I love being in WA. It's legal here now to, or at lest soon to be... (I may have to partake just cuz...)

I got a new best time on my 7x7 today. 7:36. Also my second solve under 8 minutes. And since I have been working on solving it a lot. (I do it twice on the way to work, sometimes, and then once on one of my breaks if not both, and twice or three times on my lunch, and sometimes on my bus rides home... Ya, reading that makes me feel like even more of a looser then before...)  BUT in about 2 months time I have gone from an avg. of 10 minutes or so (sub 10 being a great solve) to anything over like 9:30 being a bad solve. So I have improved a lot. I read on a YT (from the guy solving) to do an average of 12 a day, and you will improve hella. And while I'm not solving it that often, I'm solving it a lot more. And I have improved pretty fast. Either way, I'm pretty damn proud of it. (However it creeps me the fuck out when people comment about it, and I don't mean like "that's really cool" or something like that and leave it alone. But go ape shit about me solving it, I feel weird, even more so if its a shit solve (for me.)

[individualzero]

So, a Christmas gift to myself (and by proxy my girlfriend) is going to be visiting my girlfriend for our first anniversary, since I haven't been able to be around her since she moved and I moved and it's been long distance due to money constraints and real-life issues with her family. It's not 'til January this coming year, but I want to get her a really thoughtful gift that she'll remember so I'm thinking on what it is I'm going to give her.

Aside from gifting I'm:
1. taking her to brunch to her favorite coffee shop the instant I arrive in the morning/afternoon, then spending the next several hours going around the city to sight-see
2. taking her to dinner (even if I've never been to Knoxville and I don't know WTF is around her that's worthwhile)
3. going to do more sight-seeing and spending time with her as I'm pretty sure the place is gonna be pretty scenic, taking lots of pictures for memory
4. paying for the bus ride
5. paying for gas
so I'm taking the 'be a perfect gentleman even though you've been together a year by then' route. This should be a pretty sweet venture for both of us.

I'll have 48 hours to stay with her between arriving and leaving (I was smart and bought a roundtrip) so I really want to make this special. Any suggestions on things to do while I'm there?

P.S. The trip's going to be about 16 hours; an hour to the local city, a 15 hour Greyhound ride and a few minutes to get to her place so yeah. I'm gonna need shit to do or tips on how not to want to throw myself out a bus window from anxiety on the way there. I'm fucking terrified already but we'll see. (Especially if I for some reason miss the time for the bus going BACK... uh, they don't let you refund that shit.)

[Goose]

With regards to #2, UrbanSpoon is your friend.  That app/site helped me out a ton when I first moved to a new city, and when I hit a shitty restaurant I ended up not regretting checking UrbanSpoon first because the warning signs were all there.

[individualzero]

Just checked out UrbanSpoon. Holy shit, a. there's a lot more stuff than I thought there was both in my city and hers (not just restaurants), and b. it's really lovely to be able to see what if the place is worth our time. lol, I already found her favorite coffee/breakfast place on here. Apparently it's the #1 eatery even there.

Thanks a million!