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January 2010

Wow. I haven't been on here in a long time. Poor neglected blog! I signed on to see what pictures I had uploaded here. Ever since I got Facebook I forget about my blog. I don't even know what to blog about.

Let's see, I've been busy taking care of "my" puppy. His name is Warren "Potsie" Weber Robinson, Potsie for short. He's an English Bulldog who just turned five months old and weighs about 35 pounds. He's awesome.

Every else is pretty much the same. I have been to a lot of concerts and shows in the past couple of months. I could list them if anyone is interested (crickets chirping). I saw Rob Thomas Saturday at the Borgata. It was really good. It had been postponed twice; one for a family emergency and the second time because of the snow we got in December. I was happy on both occassions! The first time because I got to go see Wolfmother. They played the same night. I love Wolfmother and was extremely excited that I got to see them. Their music is meant to be played as loud as possible! I was glad it was postponed the second time during the snow. There was no way I was driving in that all the way to Atlantic City to see a concert. I would have missed it. So everything worked out! I felt bad because Mike couldn't go to the show last weekend.

I will try to update more than once a year.

Angry April post

I haven't posted in a while. I know I know. I don't have the time or the energy. I was driving home from work today and saw some things that really annoy me. So I thought I would write about them here.

Why can't people sit up in the car when the drive? Are they THAT lazy that they can't be bothered to sit up and drive? "Oh I'm so tired! I can't wait to lie down in the car and drive home." Ridiculous. How can you drive like that? That can't be safe if you were in an accident. The seatbelt and airbags were not designed to protect you when in the horizontal position. I guess looking like an asshole is more important than their health and safety.

My most favorite thing to see is when these idiots have to sit up straight to look left and right before they make a turn. I have seen people use the steering whell to pull themselves to a more upright position so they can see! What's the F! Sit up like a normal person and drive! Asshole!

I'm curious if this is just East Coast "ghetto ridiculousness". It's always the douchiest gansta-wanna-be's you'd ever want to see that are driving around like this. It pisses me off.

Also, since when is it legal to drive with headphones on? I am pretty certain that it is not legal in any of the United States. I see all these J/O's driving around with their iPod's on.  Hate it.

Thank you for listening! 

My February post

My humblest apologies for not posting more often.  Thank you Curt for calling me out on my lack of posts.  My life has become so mundane since I started working again. Working blows. Plus I have Facebook and that takes up a lot of my time. I have a lot of "hug" and "poke" requests to field! If only I had as many such requests in real life! 

I'm getting packed and ready to fly to Phoenix tomorrow.  I have a three-day weekend and I NEED to get away for a few days. I'm looking forward to it.  I'm currently ripping a crap load of 80s music to listen to on the plane.  I have been wanting to hear some 80s for some time now and I don't have any on my Ipod. And I have a few new movies to watch on the plane, and I'm still trying to read The Watchmen before the movie comes out. I think I need a longer flight! I enjoy flying because all that time is MY time to do whatever I want (to an extent). There is nothing else I SHOULD be doing but sitting there relaxing and entertaining myself.

I found out they made a Dead Like Me movie. I had no idea! I really liked that show and I'm excited to watch the movie. I'm hoping there will be some kind of closure.  I was pretty upset when Showtime cancelled the show. I will probably watch the movie on the way to Phoenix tomorrow.

I will try to post more often.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I haven't posted anything in a while, since last year! I hate all the corny "last year" jokes you hear in January, so I make it a point to say them often.

Let's see.  The girl at work came back from maternity and I wish she would leave again. The entire vibe changed when she came back to the office. It sucks now. Most of my days are spent annoyed and pissed off. She creates a great atmosphere to work in. Constant tension and friction with just about everyone she comes in contact with. She's going to get told off real soon.  I'm to the point where I don't care.  I think I am going to start pushing back. She's nobody there. Thank God she doesn't work Fridays. Fridays are my happy days.

I'm watching season 2 of Dexter. Wow! It's fantastic! (I use the lull in tv shows in December to catch up on downloaded shows.) BSG starts up next Friday!  Can't wait!  Lost will be on shortly as well. 

Been thinking about new career directions. I do enjoy what I do most days, but the pay is dismal and the atmosphere is not conducive to my prolonged happiness. I refuse to let that place make me miserable!  I was extremely happy before I started working there. I was broke but happy. 

Maybe I can get my old job back. The people I worked with in West Chester were... well let's say they had different life experiences and educational backgrounds and were more professional and MATURE then the people I work with now. I will leave it at that.

 I will to try to post more this year.

3 years

First off, I haven't posted here in months. The girl at work has been out on maternity and ever since I have been stressed out and have not wanted to look at a computer.  I have been angry and annoyed and have not had any desire.  Plus I have been busy and have forgot.  Is that enough excuses?

Today is my 3 year anniversary of quitting smoking. Yay me.

I just got back from California.  I went out there for the weekend to go to Disneyland and to do some sight seeing.  I went to Disneyland Friday.  It was fun. I love the Disney parks. It definitely not DisneyWorld but it was still fun and had the same feel.  Saturday I got up and went to Beverly Hills for lunch at this garlic restaurant called The Stinking Rose.  I have been there before a few years ago. It was really good. We even got the garlic ice cream. The we drove through Beverly Hills and went to Grauman's Chinese Theater to check it out.  We walked down Hollywood Boulevard looking at the stars on the sidewalk and the freaks and weirdos everywhere. Then we took a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway. It was sunset and it was an awesome drive.  Sunday we went to the La Brea Tar Pits. It's a big bubbling asphalt pond in the middle of the city. Totally cool. Checked out the museum and the fossils and bones.  On the way there we saw a Bugatti Veyron driving on the road.  It's a 1.5 million dollar car! Awesome. After the Tar Pits we drove to Venice Beach but I didn't have time to get out and walk around.  I had to get to the airport.  I took the red eye home.  I got off the plane, drove home, showered, and went to work.  It sucked but it allowed me to have most of Sunday out there and the ticket was way cheaper. 

I had today off. Veteran's Day. I didn't know I had off until last week or so.  Stupid me didn't bother to check the holiday schedule.  I could have made different travel plans and stayed in California for an extra day! Yeah I'm an idiot. 

Smallville ranting…

So there hasn't been much going on. Working. Sleeping. Working. Sleeping. It sucks. Life isn't supposed to be like this.

In between working and sleeping I've been catching up on two seasons of Smallville.  I am almost caught up.  The problem with watching two entire seasons of a show back to back is that you start to notice certain patterns or dialogue that gets repeated.  For example, whenever Lex is checking in on a secret project and the doctor/scientist tells him of a problem or a concern, Lex replies something like this: "I don't pay you to/for (insert verb), I  expect results (or some other word)." Also the Clark/Lana stuff is annoying. 

That show is starting to decline.  In the season 5 finale, Zod was on Earth and Clark was locked in the Forbidden Zone.   Then in the season 6 premier, Clark gets out and defeats Zod really easily.  Why the HUGE build up if he defeats him in ten minutes?  They could have stretched the storyline to cover a couple of episodes. They rush to wrap up the storyline often. There are some other annoying things they do but I don't want to bore anyone.

Lex Luthor is not returning this season, and there is internet chatter that this will probably be the last season.

I noticed that two members of the BSG cast played parts on different Smallville episodes.  Oh and the chick that was married to Apollo has part on Reaper. I would rather see them all on BSG, but those bastards at SciFi are reluctant to give up the best show they have ever had on their network! 

Birthday

It was my birthday yesterday.  Yay.  I'm another year older!  I got some gifts cards to Magiannos (or they can be used at On The Border, Macaroni Grill, or Chilis) so I was pretty happy!  I love Magiannos, On The Border, and Macaroni Grill.  Chilis is good but I would rather go to one of the other ones.  On The Border has THE best frozen margaritas.  Love them.  I got a PSP game too (Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron).

After work I basically chilled at home, and around 10 pm I went to Nifty Fifties for fries and a milkshake.  It was really nice. 

iPhone rant

Well it looks like the masses of losers with nothing else to do with their time were camped out to buy a piece of technology that will be obsolete in six months.  Who the hell sleeps out on a sidewalk for a cell phone?  Seriously!  It's a cell phone. It's not a limited edition or collector's item, and within a year they will be throwing it away (hopefully recycling it!) So what's the point?  Will owning that phone and paying the service fee going to change their life for the better? Will they be curing cancer with it and solving the environmental crisis we are facing?  No. They will most likely be on Myspace, looking for YouTube videos, and emailing pictures of their asses to their buddies.   

Do they really have nothing else to do?  Did these people take a day off of work to wait in line? Do they work at all? These people need to be studied. 

Are they that insecure and think they are special because they have one of the first of MILLIONS of cell phones to be manufactured and purchased?  Do they get a prize for having one of the first ones? Does your penis grow by an inch if you buy iPhone? Will 'the ladies' throw themselves at you?

Another question is who is going to know that they were the 18th person to buy one?  Do they get a tshirt? The biggest question is WHO CARES? Who are they trying to impress?  Their Dungeons and Dragons buddies? The people at work? Their mom? "Mom, I'm calling you from the latest iPhone! Yay I'm a man now!  (lowers voice) Yes I would like meatloaf for dinner...  MOM! I'm out with the guys.  Okay can you pick me up at 10? There is a Star Trek marathon coming on." 

If I was going to get one I would wait at least three months.  Don't these people remember how Apple dropped the price on the first version of the iPhone?  All these morons started crying to their moms about how they should get a refund and how it's not fair. That's the price you pay sucker! Suck it up! Wipe your nose on the sleeve of your Star Trek shirt, curl back up in your race car bed, and get back to watching Captain Kirk making it with a green alien lady.  I know that's what I am going to do...  

Feeling old… music

I was pretty excited the other day.  I was talking to my 18 year old neice about music and I told her that I am really into Wolfmother.  She didn't know who they were, and for a moment I felt young and hip.  Then she rattled off the names of five different bands that I had never heard of and that feeling was gone. 

So much of the music today is disposable.  Here today, gone tomorrow.  Especially all the rap.  I mean, one day the rapper is everywhere and then you never hear about them again. I'm not complaining; I would be happy if it all went away. I can't imagine that anyone will be listening to it ten years from now. So much of it is SO BAD.

There are some newer bands that I follow, and some bands that I have liked since the 80's.  There is so much music to listen to that the old stuff gets forgotten. If I don't have it on my Ipod it rarely gets listened to.  It's not convenient to carry around a portable cd player and dozens of cds.  I did that at one point but not anymore!  And I don't have time to sit and rip all of my cds to my Ipod. (I could conceivably bring them to work and do it a little each day.)  So I decided to bring an old cd to work each day to listen to it. Yesterday it was The Best of Blondie, today it's Danzig and CCR Chronicle. I had forgotten how much I like the first Danzig cd.  I haven't heard it in years. 

Broad Street Run 2008

So a few weeks ago now I did the Broad Street Run in Philly.  It's a 10 mile run for cancer.  I walked it.  It was pretty neat.  I kept forgetting to write about it.

I was a little later getting there than last year, and what a difference being early made.  I had to sit in traffic on the double decker bridge (Girard Point Bridge?) for about 20 - 30 minutes.  Then we got on the train and got on the local instead of the express.  So every stop more and more people crammed onto the train.  It was tight. You were right up on the people around you.  I was beginning to get claustrophobic and anxious.  I had to stare at the ceiling or close my eyes to keep from freaking out.  We finally got to the start and had to forcibly push through hundreds of people who were standing around waiting for the start.  I kept yelling Move! Coming through!  I'm sorry! and had to squeeze through.  I was starting to freak out again because I was in the middle of this mob and could barely move.  I think as I am getting old I am getting more claustrophobic.

Anyway, I got through that mob and ran across this big field to pick up my race bib.  You had to pick it up by 8:00, and the race started at 8:30.  I think I picked up my bib at 8:35. So we got back into the mob and shuffled out to the starting line.  It looked neat because as you got closer to the start line, there was a wave of bouncing heads that got closer and closer to you.  It was a pretty neat effect. It was also very cool to look ahead and see nothing but bouncing heads as far as you can see.

So as I was walking the Run, I was taking picutres with my cell phone and sending them and texting my friend who was meeting me near the finish line.  Some spectator on the side of the road yelled at me for texting.  He said, "Hey are you trying to mack the ladies or are you in the race?"  Mack the ladies? So I was like look at this guy yelling at me and he's standing on the sidewalk with a cup of coffee!  A-hole.  A little further down some a-hole yelled over and said "Walkin already? It's too early to be walking already!"  Again, F U. At least I'm doing it! I love how people have the balls to judge me because I am walking, when they are standing around doing absolutely nothing!  Further down the course I heard someone yelling "RUN! RUN!".  I looked around and there was someone yelling out of a thrid story window!  Are you kidding me?  Apparently the Broad Street Run is a popular run because of the spectator participation.  I could have gone with out it. 

At about mile marker 6 I think it was, some chick was screaming support to the runners.  She was saying "Come on you got this!" and she was yelling so loud and hard that all the muscles in her neck were buldging out.  It was hilarious. Plus we are 4 miles from the finish. It's a long way to go to be saying that someone has "got this". 

The entire walk I was tyring to keep ahead of the truck that was driving along taking down the mile markers!  I would see him pull up to the sign and get out of the truck.  Then as I was approaching the next mile marker again he would drive by really slow and stop.  So it became my goal to beat the truck.  I think I beat him to miles 8 and 9.  I can't really remember. 

The results?  Out of the 9821 men that participated, I came in 9801.  I beat 20 men! Over all, out of 19112 who did the Run, I came in 19002 or something. So I beat about 100 people!  I ROCK!  Seriously, I walked it so I expected to come in at the rear.  Maybe I will run it next year.  It really was fun and overall a really nice day.  And I got a t-shirt!