Brett H Perkins – Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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If Only All Weekends Were This Great!

Posted by bretthperkins on March 1, 2010

What an AMAZING Weekend!!!  Let’s just say that today is one of those days that Bill Cosby talks about in “Bill Cosby: Himself”.  This little snip-it can’t be more accurate as he describes his employees, to whom he has given the weekend off:

It’s always strange. I’ve had a lot of people work for me, and I’ve found out it’s a funny thing that you give them Saturday and Sunday off, and they work so hard to get to those two days and those are the two days that they totally destroy themselves. I mean, you know you think to yourself, you say, “My goodness, I’ve really pounded these people and worked to them to death.” And Friday comes and they say, “Yeah!” And then they come in Monday…

[he makes an expression that looks like he's exhausted and upset]

… and say, “Boy, am I glad to be back here. I’m no good on my own. I was given two whole days and I just went crazy.

That was totally me.

Friday was the “Drag Party” at Patrick and Malakai’s…  and it was AWESOME!!!  The girls did great and it was a good bunch of people.  The event on Facebook said that this was the first “Annual” drag show…  I hope that’s not true.  I don’t want to wait another year!  :)   I went into the party, at first, feeling a bit…  old.  I am 27, and while I do not believe that is old, I know that it may seem so when you are at a party where the next oldest person, Eric, is 24, and everyone else is like 18-22.  So yeah…  the good news is that I got over that pretty quickly.  It was a really fun time, and I am glad that I went.

Saturday was Chris’s 21st Birthday party.  We got there (Eric and I) at like 8:00 and started hanging out, watching some comedy, then we all played “The Game of Things…”  Firstly, if you have not played that game, I REALLY encourage you to get it.  It is one of the best games I have played in a really long time!!!  It is SO fun, and it is really something you can play with just about anyone.  We drank, we played Karaoke Revolution, and listened to music.  It was good times.  A little TOO good for some *wink* and well…  that was that.  Eric and I headed home at like 1:00.

I got up kinda early on Sunday…  Sunday’s are important, as they set the tone for my whole week.  I grocery shop, do laundry, and just get ready for the coming week.  So I did that then I met up with Lindsay, Chris, and Brian at Mimi’s Café for lunch.  That was good times!  I then headed to Panera at Green Hills (I got it right this time) to meet Eric T. for a NiH publicity meeting.  I showed him around a new site I am working on for the group then we headed to rehearsal.  By this time, I am EXHAUSTED!!!  I could barely keep my eyes open during rehearsal.  I was on auto-pilot.  Thank God we didn’t do the song that features Kristin and I singing duet.  It would have been bad. ;)   After rehearsal I headed to Opry Mills to meet Meadow for dinner.

Meadow, the alto formerly known as Kim, is a friend from grade school.  I have known her about as long as I have known Kendra, but we are not nearly as close… at least yet.  I do, however, see the potential here for re-kindling this friendship.  I firmly believe that people come into and out of your life at the right time(s) for all the right reasons.  Meadow is having what I will call a life awakening.  She is happier than I can ever remember and I am so thrilled for her and the direction that she is going in her life!  We are making plans to hang out again and I have invited her to Game Night this Friday.  I hope that she can make it!

Anywho…  that about sums up my weekend and it certainly was a weekend for the books!  :)

Here’s to a great week ahead!!!

-=brett=-

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Yay. Three Day Weekends are AWESOME!!

Posted by bretthperkins on January 17, 2010

So, yesterday was a good day.  I did some work on Sharp-Blogger, then headed up to Nashville to pick up my Mom for a family event.  My brother-in-law Doug, Staci’s husband, has been planning her birthday for like a month, and last night was the big night.  Doug went ALL OUT!!!  I mean…  DJ, huge guest list, food, dancing, the whole thing… and to top that off, it was a surprise!!!  Well, let me tell you…  SHE WAS SURPRISED!!!  It went VERY well.  All in all, there were over a hundred people there, and it was a great night.  I’ll be posting some pics on Facebook later tonight, but unfortunately, I did not get that many…  the lighting was weird, a lot of mirrors, and my camera sucks. :(

Today, I did a little more work on the site before getting REALLY frustrated at my keyboard.  My keyboard has these really cool looking “tough/heat sensitive” buttons on the top for the function keys, you know F1, F2, etc…  and, until now, that has been fine, but now that I am REALLY working on this computer, I am finding that they are not that great.  My pinkies like to float at the top of the keyboard and if they get close enough to the buttons, they cause all kinds of havoc…  I can’t have that, so I went out on a quest to get a keyboard…  and look at desks.  The current placement of my desk is also becoming problematic.  I never really WORKED at this desk before, and now that I do, I realize that having the displays positioned they way they are is not the best.  Sure it looks great, but with them being so far away, and so high, it is difficult to read, sometimes.  So I am searching for a replacement.  I have a lot of things in mind, but I am not sure what I will end up with yet.  Anywho…  shopping ate up much of my day, and I was not even able to really do my Sunday routine of laundry and grocery shopping.  I did some of my laundry, but not all…  alas, the title of this blog.  Three Day Weekends are AWESOME.  I can just do it tomorrow!! :)

Tonight was fun, I had pizza for like the first time in 2 weeks.  It was amazing.  I kinda feel like crap, now, though.  My body is not used to all the grease.  I watched some T.V. with Medardo and Eric, and they were being playful…  *vomit*  and that is about it.  Going to go post pics now.  Ciao!

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A Look Back :: A Look Forward

Posted by bretthperkins on December 31, 2009

So… here we are. A new year is, literally, on the horizon. Today is the end of one of the best years of my life. I am honestly quite sad to see it go!

A Look Back :: What Made 2009 So Great –

· Promotion at Deloitte: The year began with a move up for me at my previous job. It really was, in my opinion, quite an accomplishment to move up as quickly as I did at Deloitte. Granted, I have since moved on to other things, but I am still quite proud of what I did there. :)

· Wicked: I went up to Indianapolis to visit Tai and see the Musical Wicked. It is an amazing show, and I recommend seeing it if you have not already. I also had a great trip up to see Tai in Indy.

· American Idol: In the summer, Eric and I took a road trip to Orlando, Florida to audition for American Idol. It was a fantastic trip full of nothing but happiness and leisure. It wsa a HUGE break from my, then, stressful job. We met some incredible people, I met Eric’s friend Charlon, and we got to sing… in front of thousands of people. (Sort of).

· Epcot Center: On the trip to Orlando, I finally got to go to Disney World. I had never been, and I have still not been to a big chuck of Disney World, but I did get to go to Epcot with Eric, Charlon, and a couple of other friends. It was great! :)

· Moving in with Eric: I love David and Daniel like brothers. We lived together for about 6 years. That is a huge deal to me and they will forever be a part of my life… but the time was right for us to take our separate paths. Daniel has moved in with his partner Vinny and David has moved on to his own place. They are both doing very well. I do not want to live alone, so Eric and I, after talking about it for several years now, have finally moved in together. And I couldn’t be happier. We are such a perfect match and living together has, so far, been nothing but awesome!

· New Townhome: Moving out from the 3 bedroom townhome into a 2 bedroom was SUCH a great move! I got a bigger room, the place is nicer, decorated, and it just feels like home! It is in the same compex as my old place, but in a different section. I love that townhome, and I know that Eric and I will be there for at least another year.

· New Job at Kroll: I know that the first thing on this list is a promotion at my previous employer, but that is only one thing. I have since moved into a new job with career aspirations that are incompatible with the entity at Deloitte to which I was affiliated. So moving to this spot, for me, makes the absolute most sense. I am still very excited and forward looking into this job, and hope that it turns into several years of good work, a path up, and happy times!

· Weight Loss: I started thinking about my weight again last year in December… I even wrote a letter to myself. But, I did not have the discipline to follow through with a weight plan. Well, that is all different now. I have lost 23 pounds and still counting. I look better than ever and I am really excited about the coming year.

· Figuring Out More About Me: I am complex… and in that complexity comes ambiguity and question. I still did no really KNOW who I was… and to be honest, I think that I will continue to change and figure things out until I am gone… but I really starting thinking about who I REALLY am and what REALLY matters to me. I became a bit more focused on myself than I have ever been before, and you know?! It has really made a huge difference. I am still a considerate friend, but I am out for ME now. No one else!!! My friend Deana put it best when talking to her husband about a difficult situation. She told him that “I love you, but I love me more.” And that is SUCH a profound thing to say and realize. I had to learn to LOVE me more. And to be honest, I think that because of that, this year has been SO great!!!

A Look Forward :: What To Expect From 2010 –

Honestly… I haven’t the foggiest idea what to expect. I learned long ago that expectations are quite the paradox. They are good and they are bad, they are right and they are wrong… and sometimes, expectations are the HARDEST things to manage. Life is not scripted, and not everything is planned in advance. You can never know what will happen, nor should you. So with that in mind, I look into the next year with excitement and wonder. I hope that 2010 will be as great, if not greater, that 2009.

With that, I close out this year on bretthperkins.com. I am working on a decade retrospective, but I won’t have that ready for a few more days… so look for that.

I hope that everyone reading this has a safe and memorable holiday today, and if you choose to drink or otherwise party, please use good judgment and be safe! The last thing anyone wants is for 2010 to begin with tragedy.

May the new year bring happiness and good fortune to you all.

-=brett=-

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