Grrrrrrr!

rant

Frustrated...so so so SO frustrated. After pulling every trick I know, and then learning a few I didn't (i.e. I'm not so terrible at soldering now), I'm left with the following conclusion: I dropped a grand on a piece of gear that doesn't work.

ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Either it's the brand new Aeta PSP3 microphone preamp, or it's the used Schoeps CMC34--D microphones. Logical guess would be the mics, since they're used...but then they came straight from a recording studio and from a highly praised/respective/helpful Ebayer from Germany. I am *hoping* it is the preamp, since that one I can send back and get either a new one or a refund. Maybe something got jossled or something when it was in the mail?

Right now I'm looking at my mics and preamp and thinking how nice it would be to have that 2000 smackers levied against my credit card bills...but honestly, I'd be happier with the new (working) taping rig.

Sigh. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a (new, yet cheapo) mic so I can see if it's my mics.

Had a jump yesterday, C-130, ramp. Beautiful day, simply gorgeous, low winds, smiling sun. Perfect day for an airborne op. It had all the makings of the exact thing I'll miss most...Walked off the ramp, snapped into my good tight body position...and ended up with twists in my risers. Gaaaaah! I HATE it when that happens. Did my bicycle kicks and got loose...only to find myself coming straight down over the Field Landing Strip...and no matter which way I turned I couldn't slip away from it! Gaaaaah! FINALLY, about 200 ft from the ground (maybe less) I got clear of it and over grass, then jammed my hip on my Parachute Landing Fall, or maybe I landed on my Gerber Multitool, I'm not sure. Gaaaaaah!

Add to that my frustration over the way Hesse ended _The Glass Bead Game_.

Add to that tomorrow my unit is going to the range but I can't go because I have to prep for the Admin Sep Board I have to record. Add to THAT my unit is ALSO going thursday but I can't go because that's the day of said Admin Sep Board.

My old Trial Counsel from Fort Bragg is now working Trial Defense and is representing SM going under the board, and yet I haven't even seen him to say hi in person yet.

Saturday a Major General, THE Judge Advocate General, my MOS branch **BOSS** is going to be on island and I have to meet him and do a short little presentation about my work for my unit.

Not too long ago I was all excited about going on a Yoniguni diving trip in May...but after careful consideration, I can't afford it...I'm sinking a good deal of money into a mutual fund and stock portfolio every month now.

Two and a half months of hitting the weights, and I'm still not past 170. In fact, the past couple weeks, I've LOST weight. I suppose it's good because I AM gaining muscle mass and losing fat...it just feels frustrating to get on that scale even still.

Shit but this is a REAL winner of a week for me. Can't WAIT to see what is going to happen next.

/rant

Weird thing is...despite all of this, I'm in strangely high spirits. Maybe it's because I AM going to my JAG school class next month, in Virginia. It didn't look very promising for a while -- 1/1 is broke right now...but I did the Schools NCO a favor and he hooked me up. So with any luck I'll get to visit with Mig and maybe even stop in and see my old mentor at Fort Bragg.

Yeah, good mood...even after accidentally posting this entry to the booktards community by accident (glad I caught THAT one right off!) 

Current mood: strange.
Current music: EbtG _Language of Life_. 

taliana 
2002-03-12 22:41 
*hugs*
 

rainingvodka 
2002-03-13 14:32 
*hugs right back* 

thanks :)
 

biffah 
2002-03-13 11:54
well, i guess i could say something generic like "buck up" to you, but i'm not a generic person, so i won't. 

maybe you can smile a non-generic smile one of these days, and tell me how fanfuckingtastic it was.
 

rainingvodka 
2002-03-13 14:31 
Heh. thanks. just one of those weeks where it seems as if everything goes wrong. 

*smiling a non-generic smile* 
Feels good :)
 

silleygirl 
2002-03-13 13:18 
This is completly off the subject but I was going to go read your bootcamp journal but the link doesn't work neither does the one to your past journal. I would love to read your bootcamp one so let me know if you can or will fix it. Thanx!
 

rainingvodka 
2002-03-13 14:29 
Thanks for letting me know! It's all fixed now. My most humble apologies.
 

silleygirl 
2002-03-13 16:18 
Your welcome.
It's kind of like food in your teeth and noone telling you.. or being the person wondering whether they should tell the person with food in their teeth - not wanting the person with the food in their teeth to be offended. I'd want to know if I had food in my teeth even if I get embarressed. That's why I told you cuz I would like to know if my link's weren't working.. it happens! 
I'm so bored.. I'm done now. I'll go read now. Thanks.
 

rainingvodka 
2002-03-14 14:00 
Heh. nice analogy. I'm glad you told me I had food in my teeth. So many old pages on that archive site and there's still work that needs to be done...hard to track down all the dead links on my own. 

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