{"id":1148,"date":"2013-12-31T23:59:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T04:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2017-10-08T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T00:45:54","slug":"clusterfuck-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eightminefortress.com\/surewhynot\/index.php\/2013\/12\/31\/clusterfuck-2013","title":{"rendered":"Clusterfuck 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

*pant* *wheeze* *gasp*<\/p>\n

Huh, what? Is 2013 just about over? Ah, it is. What a ride. Well, let’s get right into it with months named like episodes and a lot of cryptic notes.<\/p>\n

January:<\/b> Ball of Yarn<\/p>\n

-These are some bizarre interview questions.
\n-Reading Deathly Hallows again.
\n-Les Mis with Kathleen, Alexander, and Pam!<\/p>\n

February:<\/b> Baskets<\/p>\n

-LOL Superbowl power outage
\n-Hey, Ravens won the Superbowl! Even if being a Redskins fan means I should hate them apparently.<\/p>\n

March:<\/b> In the Garden of Brookside<\/p>\n

-Got some NYRA stuff!
\n-Ugh. Alex’s house caught fire.
\n-Bill saw last year’s recap and accused me of libel. Inb4 same with this one.
\n-Hmm. Job paying a lot less than previous and still didn’t get it because not qualified enough. :irked:
\n-Laser tag!
\n-#26 Freewill<\/p>\n

April:<\/b> The Right Side of History<\/p>\n

-Me, to Takoma Park: “Lower the voting age! All the cool places are doing it!”
\n-Holy crap, is this thing actually going to pass?!<\/p>\n

May:<\/b> Fifteen Percent<\/p>\n

-Aww, crap, I turned 30.
\n-Hardy? You’re going to get over the lymphoma, right? Right?
\n-Oh. Only months left tops. \ud83d\ude41
\n-Oh no.
\n-RIP fellow NYRAnian, fellow board member
\n-And on that same day…
\n-In Takoma Park… “Councilmember Smith?” “Aye.” “Councilmember Seamens?” “Aye.” “Councilmember Schultz?” “Nay.” “Councilmember Male?” “Aye.” “Councilmember Grimes?” “Aye.” “Councilmember Daniels-Cohen?” “Aye.” “Mayor Williams?” “Aye.”
\n-And with that, the voting age was lowered to 16 in Takoma Park, MD.
\n-Just like that… #16tovote
\n-Oh. I got a job! Finally!
\n-I can do this. Must do a good job.
\n-So many minus-80 freezers!<\/p>\n

June:<\/b> Coffeemaker<\/p>\n

-Hang on. One of the background music pieces in Lemmings is supposed to be Pachelbel’s Canon and I somehow never fucking knew this?! MIND BLOWN
\n-Whoa. What’s that thing hanging outside the walk-in freezer?
\n-Coworker: “If you stop moving, it starts chirping. If you still don\u2019t move, it starts screaming. And they have to come drag your ass out.”
\n-Eep. Hope I don’t have to go in there!
\n-Hmm. We just got a week off because there isn’t anything to do. Oh, well.
\n-At least we were brought back.
\n-Finally telling off someone at NYRA who needed a good telling off. \ud83d\ude00
\n-Alright, I should probably be more specific, but if I did, he’d probably whine about libel again. :cute:<\/p>\n

July:<\/b> Stop! Hook up!<\/p>\n

-Woo, Nationals game!
\n-Speeding?! You can get pulled over for speeding on I-270? Interesting.
\n-Okay, fine, I’ll run for the damn board again.
\n-Job just moved to me new location. Big but same basic job.
\n-Wow, those man-down devices for the walk-in freezers are loud!
\n-NYRAnians calling to confront ageist sushi restaurant in Virginia!
\n-I think I just scared WES. I called them out for ageism in a platform response. \ud83d\ude1b
\n-What the mother of crap, did I just get pulled over again?
\n-What do you mean I was tail-gating?
\n-Huh? I need to go inside the walk-in freezer? Gulp…
\n-Okay, this isn’t so bad…
\n-And I’m in and out. Did what I needed to.
\n-LIKE A BOSS<\/p>\n

August:<\/b> Blueberry Muffin<\/p>\n

-First the Snipers in Baltimore and then some more NYRAnians in DC.
\n-It’s not Annual Meeting day, but it damn well feels like it!
\n-Time for Kathleen to go to San Francisco.
\n-Even if it requires driving her to the airport at 5am. Sigh.
\n-Hmm. MLK Library may have to do for the AM.
\n-We’ll connect NYRA-Twin Cities to the DC AM by video chat!
\n-Okay, this worked out.
\n-If this AM sucked balls. Oh, well.<\/p>\n

September:<\/b> Maybe<\/p>\n

-I’ve been laid off again?!
\n-Oh, lovely, now a prolonged power outage after thunderstorm… This will be a while…
\n-Hmm. Just five hours. Could have been a lot worse. Okay.
\n-OMG I met Heather Corinna!!!
\n-NYRA board meetings on Google Hangout? This is pretty awesome!<\/p>\n

October:<\/b> Labyrinth<\/p>\n

-Meetings to plan Winter Festival!
\n-I want to play Kingdom Hearts again.
\n-Dear God, forgot how awesome this game is.
\n-Oh, no, I’ve got a cold. On Halloween!<\/p>\n

November:<\/b> Spinach Bean Thing<\/p>\n

-Auction!
\n-Time for Sugarloaf climb!
\n-Dad sold the house? Oh no.
\n-I’ll make that spinach bean thing for community dinner.
\n-I’ll make it again for Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n

December:<\/b> A Platypus and a Sloth Skiing in the Alps<\/p>\n

-Ordered holiday cards late again.
\n-Taking little brother to Winter Festival!
\n-I’m a smug skiing platypus!
\n-Uh oh. We’re leaking water into neighbor’s house somehow.
\n-Fucking heating condensation pipe! :irked:
\n-Cookies!
\n-Last Christmas in Grandma’s house. \ud83d\ude41
\n-Followed by a week straight of moving shit out.
\n-And then settlement.
\n-And the house is no longer ours. As of this afternoon.
\n-But we went out to dinner.
\n-And I’ve just barely made a post every day in December!<\/p>\n

And the ball is dropping now, we close the book on the veritable clusterfuck that was 2013! Oy.<\/p>\n

Well, let’s see what 2014 has up its sleeve… :scared:<\/p>\n

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