Blog of Josh Hall

I don’t care what it takes.  I will not miss rage against the machine.  I almost had tickets when they were here with beastie boys and wu tang clan, but they canceled the tour because the beastie’s drummer broke his arm or something.  I don’t buy that excuse, but it happened none the less.  I digress.  http://www.lollapalooza.com Rage, radiohead, mgmt, rogue wave, girl talk, raconteurs, and about a bajillion others.  I may have made a rash decision, but i bought 4 tickets already.  The other 3 ticket owners are TBD.  A few in mind, none definite though.  Want to go?

What a week!  I’ve accepted a new position at work this week, which is a bit of a promotion.  I’ve got a whole new team to work with and they seem pretty awesome so far.  The work itself is going to be extremely challenging, as in…what they heck am i doing here??? challenging…but I’ll get the gist eventually, I hope.

Tonight is the show at the Robinson Clubhouse.  Take a look at the calendar for more details.  Should be a really good show from our side, but I’m having reservations about the venue’s intentions and organization skills.  Unreturned calls, poor planning, saying one thing and doing another, not sticking to the plans that were agreed on, etc.  It’s the first time they’re having a live band though, so that will count for something I think.  It will be nice to get this out and done with but we have Tuesday’s show right around the corner too.

Erik is doing well.  He just got a bicycle, so he’ll be getting around pretty easily.  He’s been very independent and adventurous, far beyond what I expected.  The best I can do is make myself available to him if he wants anything, but other than that, he’s just as independent as any other person I’ve lived with.

I’m going to a meeting at Carnegie Mellon on saturday with a friend to get introduced to their MBA program.  I’m not overly optimistic i’d ever get in, but it’d be awesome to say I’m going to CMU.  I have to take those gstat tests or whatever they’re called.  That, on top of any project managment certifications i’d want to take would be quite a lot of work load.

I turn 26 this year….wtf.  when did that happen?

I’ve been sending a lot of emails recently.  A lot of them to high profile people, and I have been taking time to review my wording, tone,  and content.  Holy Fluff.  I’ve caught myself saying "check and see"  when that can sure be consolidated.  I’ve deleted HUNDREDS of "that"s out of my sentences.  I’ve given positive spins, harsh spins, optimistic spins, formal and informal, and my efforts have actually been noticed.  Not noticed as in, "Wow, you’ve never sent an email like this before", noticed as in, "Hey this Josh character really knows how to word things!"  It’s weird how much subliminal importance words play.  You can say 1 thing in so many different ways.  It’s like how eskimos have 100+ words for "snow."  Sure, everyone who doesn’t live in Alaska can get by without using all those words, but could we have more meaningful conversations if we all knew the perfect word for what we want to say?  I think so.

He’s there when you falter.
He’s there when you lose.
He’s there before it’s over.
He’s there when hope is gone.
But when you go to call his name,
"I, Surrender" was you all along.

I was reading a blog entry at Thatnight.net and as she listed things she doesn’t blog about, I started to think about all the things that I don’t blog about.  You won’t see a lot of temporary emotion here.  You might see the songs and poems that they inspire, but you won’t see it in a blog post.  Sometimes I’ll write about the battles with depression I’ve had, but I’ll reiterate the positive or the mental stability.  I’m not as much of an attention-where as I might come off to be, and I will never make a cry of help through some lame blog post.  I’m not here to soapbox either, so you won’t see the politcal diatribes and mud-slinging.  I don’t get caught in the whirlwind of society as much as others.  Not necessarily misanthropic, but certainly not part of the band wagon, so you won’t see NCAA stats, football ANYTHING, or how I can’t believe Andrina went on a date with spencer on the latest episode of The Hills.  Sure, I might know a little something about all of the above, but they’re not something I care enough about to make it represent me and my thoughts.

In short, this blog is very "Wizzy wig".