Blog of Josh Hall

Driving back home from DC today, and I got an idea for a cool phrase; Calling someone your cyclops.  You use it to describe someone of the opposite sex that you would definitely be in love with if only (insert reason here.  Here’s an example conversation:

You:  Yeah, me and Adrienne have always been the bestest friends, but we’ve just never had the inclination to seriously date.  She’s basically my cyclops.
Other Person:  Cyclops?  What does that mean.
You:  She’s the one-eyed love.  You know, like the one I’d love.
Other Person:  ZOMG, that’s beautiful.  You’re like a genius, Josh Hall.  Can I have 400 of your babies?

something like that anyway.  I think i’m going to write a song about it.  Going to head over to urbandictionary.com and set it up.  USE IT!  LET’S GET THIS PHRASE TO CATCH ON!

When Steely McBeam was first announced as the new Pittsburgh Steelers mascot, he was meant with some resistance.  Perhaps his latest DUI is just a sign of dedication to how he fits in our city’s social atmosphere.  He likes to drink just like us!  I’ve always said, "Pittsburgh is a drinking town with a football problem."  I have no idea why I call this place home somtimes when I don’t really like either one of those things.

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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.