My Space is Your Space

Checked out my Myspace,
hollered at a HS friend of mine, and
once again, that sent me down on the mission to track down some old HS classmates. Weird and funny that way, but ya know...

Anyway, I prolly said hey to about 10 old classmates from my graduation year down to c/o 97. now will any of then respond is another thing.

that reminds me, i gotta go say hey to one of my old classmate's wife at work so i can say hey to him and all. it's been 12 yrs. that's too frickin scary saying that, but yeah, it has been 12 frickin yrs. :)

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so like... i was bored with eBay, and so I decided to check match.
as of 2/27/06, 38 views, 1 wink (from Cindy). i didn't expect anything out of it.

with plentyo'fish, ditto. again, expected nothing.

yahoo. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

i was actually surprised:
"You have a new message."

oOOoooooo. oddly enough, this girl's name is also Cindy...

"On 02/26/2006 05:46 pm CST, Cindy wrote:
Thanks but I just don't think we're a good match. Take care"

So, let's see why i'm not a good match.


"Can you sweep me off my feet?"
Age: 23; Houston, TX
Active during the last 3 days

About Me
First Name:Cindy
Gender:Woman seeking a Man
Marital Status:Single - never married
Body Type:Slender
Height:5' 2"
Eyes:Hazel
Hair:Light Brown
Ethnicity:Hispanic/Latino
Sense of Humor:Friendly, Clever / Quick Witted, Dry / Sarcastic, Campy / Cheesy, Goofy
Social Setting:Social Butterfly
TV Watching:Sitcoms, Dramas, Movies
Smoking:Doesn't smoke
Drinking:Drinks socially
Living Situation:No Answer
Have Kids:No
Want (more) kids:No Answer
Education:College Grad
Employment Status:Full-time
Occupation:Other
Income:I'll tell you later
Religion:Christian / Catholic
Attend Services:Weekly
Political Views:No Answer
Astrology:Leo
Languages:English, Spanish
Interests:Arts, Community Service, Dancing, Movies, Religion / Spirituality, Television

In my own words
I spend most of my time working (as an Event Coordinator, super-fast paced!) and then destressing from work. What that often entails is usually a good TV show like CSI or a comedy sitcom like Friends, Will & Grace, King of Queens or anything else that I can get a good laugh out of. I also destress by exercising but it doesn't happen very often, so instead I hang out with friends. I'm also really involved in Church. Two of my passions are my Catholic faith and dancing. More specifically I love dancing to Latin music. If money was not an issue I would travel around the world; been to Mexico, Canada, Germany and I plan on going to Australia! To me faith, morals and a good sense of humor are highly important.

About My Match
Location:Within 50 miles of Houston, TX Yep
Age: 24 - 30 Yep
Marital Status:Single - never married Yep
Body Type:Average, Fit Yep
Height:5' 5" - 6' 5" Yep
Eyes:Any Yep
Hair:Black, Blonde, Light Brown, Dark Brown Yep
Ethnicity:Caucasian (white), Hispanic/Latino, Inter-racial
wrong kind of asian, but i have hispanic in me, and i act like a southern boy/Texan...

Sense of Humor:Any Yep
Social Setting:Any Yep
TV Watching:Sitcoms, Dramas, Movies Yep
Personality Type:Any Yep
Love Style:Romantic, Passionate, Spontaneous Yep
Smoking:Doesn't smoke
Drinking:Drinks socially Yep
Living Situation:Any Yep

Living Situation:Drinks socially Yep
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Have Kids:No Yep
Want (more) kids:Any Yep
Education:College Grad, Post-Graduate Yep
Employment Status:Full-time, Part-time, Self-employed, Student Yep
Occupation:Any Yep
Income:Any Yep
Religion:Christian, Christian / Catholic Yep
Attend Services:Any Weekly
Political Views:Any Yep
Astrology:Any Libra/Scorpio
Languages:Any 3
Interests:Arts, Community Service, Dancing, Dining, Movies, Listening to Music, Outdoor Activities, Religion / Spirituality, Watching Sports, Travel, Television, Playing Music, Playing Sports

Long story short, i wouldn't make a good match. :) Ah well.

can't grrrr at ice cream

friday, Cindy and I were to go out for ice cream.
well, she asked what i had planned, and i had nothing, really.
so, after work, we went to get ice cream, walked around Best Buy, and then checked out Borders. DVDs and TVs to books and magazines. always fun.

while at best buy, we played on the Xbox 360, and since she didn't want to do football or whatever, we picked the racing game. ha ha, she beat me by 4 points in racing. evil evil, but fun. i remember when years back, we in our group would go to Chick-Fil-A every Tuesday, and after lunch, stop by Best Buy to pick up the newest DVD releases, and then the co-op and I (whomever it was at the time, but my fave was Christy West), we'd play for ice cream. ah, god times, good times.

at Borders, we checked out some new release books, then checked out graphic novels. (comic books except in a bound, better paper quality) then, i looked at CDs and a lightsaber, Cindy checked out DVDs. we met up at the magazine rack where she checked out People and I checked out Maxim. *lol* fun times.

I got home, checked out my dvd player on the laptop, but it was just not working out. so, after tinkering, finally got it to work. it all started cuz of iTunes and me importing songs into BumPod, but i figured out what was wrong, reset the laptop, and all was good. So, with that, I watched Tenjho Tenge Volume 5 anime (can't wait for the next installment) on Friday night, and then watched The One (with Jet Li) on Saturday night. tonight, after blogging, i'm prolly gonna call it a night and get ready for bed. but, it's been a nice and quiet weekend...

chilled saturday, church on sunday, and now... the week awaits.

Change of Philosophy

I'm sitting here, chatting with Cindy, and I read someone else's blog/journal from a mutual acquaintance. well, her friend, my acquaintance. we work for the same place, and he's recently turned in his resignation to take a higher paying job at a different company. well, teammate company.

apparently, he got his review and got his 'raise'. He wasn't to happy, and he was also being courted by the other company. he didn't give exact numbers, but it didn't seem cool on my side. basically, i don't mind other people's money. that's the bottomline. what i do care about is mine, and i've been shafted a few times in the industry, by what now seems to be two companies. how have i been shafted? ah, i could count the ways. but first, this guy... he expressed his dissatifaction on his raise, so they went back and said they'll see what more they can offer. he went back to the other company, and got them to up their offer, which is much bigger than his current company. so... the fact that the current company is willing to up the offer, that is what gets me. what the courting company is wishing to offer is external for that is no longer the case with me. but the current company is, and it ain't cool.

Friend in the same position told me we were not considered anything more than overachieving project engineers, which is why we aren't making as much as we should be. so, if i get this right, the extra responsibilities we have, the extra duties we perform, the extra stress we now have... we're going the extra mile but does not equate to extra pay. but, to somwhat compensate, he says, the company will add a little bit more to the percentage we would get as raises...

before you think i'm a greedy bastard, you have to realize... i used to think company loyalty. but when i got shafted once for overtime by the previous company, and the team morale at that time was low... i was not too happy. they needed volunteers to deliver something and they needed it ASAP. quicker was better. no takers. so i asked if OT was ok. it was. so, i volunteered. for shits and giggles. and a little spending money isn't too shabby. i get the hardware out in a week, along with working my projects and also doing console support. i fill in my timesheet and all was good. following monday, i got a call by the then manager telling me i had to adjust my hours, and it would end up my 10 hrs of OT would decrease to like...3. i pulled my supervisor, told him, that ain't cool. i was ok'd by my supervisor, and the customer was happy with my performance. he brought it up with the mgr, and still, i had to 'adjust' my hours.

i cursed for that. under my breath. curses are funny that way,... but i told my supervisor that morale was already low, they had issues getting volunteers, and that i already donated hours weekly, and the one time i wanted to get money for it, i got shafted... i was not happy.

new company, new time.
same old shit. i referred two of our teammates to the company. this was last year. we filled out the referral forms. this was like spring/early summer 05. i followed up with one of the admins 3 weeks later, they said the policies were not in place yet. ok. i'll wait. i checked in august. "what forms?" you lost the forms??? so, i sent an email to HR. no reply. september. no reply. fuck this. i email their dept. mgr in Nov. wondering wtf. the mgr is surprised, and gets her people to reply to me. i fill out the forms. again. and follow up. they process them. it's now Feb. fixing to be march. nothing yet. tomorrow, i will make it my mission to get the answer i want. same old shit.

raise? hmm. yeah. i am unhappy at that. i try my darndest to deliver hardware on-time or way ahead of schedule. any means necessary (as can be allowed). i have tried to mentor two new people. i've had to undergo a cross of sorts by listening to pessimism 95% of the week from someone. and i have to listen to EPO most of the week as well. i'm not superman. i'm human. and given my human nature, a simple "thank you" nor another piece of paper Acheivement Certificate just does NOT cut it anymore. I'm not bragging, simply stating the truth. When i first got my first two, three Certificates, they were great. but i can't even count or remember how many i have unless i physically count them. it's not i have 20+, but still. i think i actually have the highest total count in the group, but it doesn't put anything in the paycheck.

When I used to work for this Army Colonel and I was the office manager, he put me in charge of 4-6 people. he also told me that the reason why America was how it was labor-wise was because there was no loyalty to the company anymore. He said this because of one of the workers just having no motivation, etc. I took this lesson to heart, having dedication to the company. It's been shaken once, but rejuvenated temporarily. Unfortunately, that has slipped again. and frankly, it's irreparable. if it takes you to coerce me to deliver, if i don't deliver at all, fine. If i suck at my job, if i need more direction than is really needed, if i didn't do my job really, fine. but if i damn well, do it, don't do this shit. team morale is low. manager said i help bring team morale up. i can't do this forever.

Post for the Road

i know i'd posted some whiny depressing shit recently, but it's been a long week.
and now it's Friday. it's totally on.

I dunno how the day will go, except that i have an early meeting, and then after work, hanging out with Cindy for ice cream.

in between, yet to be seen. but, the recap will be broadcast in blog for sure.

til then, it's Friday. as marvin says,
good golf
good tennis
or whatever makes you happy.

Lord Vader

Master Replicas came out with Scaled versions of lightsabers.
.45 scale to be exact. Now, they made both Jedi and Sith, but i mean...come on.
Darth Bum, Darth Ball... which side do i pick?

yeah, so, i picked up the Sith lightsabers, but who's the bad ass of them all?

Vader.

Riddell, maker of football helmets, as well as scaled helmets, made a .45 scale helmet of the Dark Lord of the Sith. Again, normally goes for 50+, picked t up for half price. So here you go now:

Cheap Solo

Sideshow Collectibles produced a 1/4 scale of Han Solo in a polystone statue format, or as they call it, Premium Format (PF). The PF Han SOlo came as a regular version or as an exclusive version (different base, and comes with a medal like in the end of SW:IV).

Anyway, the regular version is retail 250, and sells on ebay for nothing less than 180 plus shipping. I lucked out cuz the one i picked up was for 114. not too shabby, and it surprised even some of the fellow collectors on one of the forums.

ah well, i like it. :)

I just can't wait for the Darth Vader to arrive, and the Leia one isn't too shabby either.

Spaceball 69

One of the cool projects we (Hailz, Pink Tiger, Smiley, and I)got to work on at work was to certify a basketball for the NBA for use in the international space station. so yeah, during the NBA all-star game, 2006, an astronaut and a cosmonaut appeared on tv, with a basketball, hats, and shirts with the NBA logo and what not. yep. that was one of ours.

Spalding had only made 2006 total gameballs with the All-Star Game printed on it, and we had flown 1 of 2006. which made sense when i was at the store after my shift at the NASA booth that i wouldn't be able to find it. BUT, i got one just as cool...well, maybe...

i picked up #69 of 2006. *lol*

so, though we would never be allowed to keep 1 of 2006, i got my own as a keepsake, and it's all good all the same. :)

New Day New Stuff

today was a much better day.
BumPod kept me company at work for most of the day. I guess I got some stuff at work done. We got some bad news about deaths within the company, whether direct or indirect. Bad sad news.

Had chinese food with Jess and Jake and Jodie. Funny thing is, last time we all sat down to lunch together, oddly enough, it was again at Pei Wei. Always fun, always yum.

Ok, today, after lunch, I made a quick trip to Best Buy and got Tenjho Tenge: Round 5. Argh, the reason why i hate ...well, ok...dislike... series on DVD is that...well, especially in the case of anime, is that... you watch a dvd, which has oh so many episodes, and you get left hanging until the next one comes out. here, i have to wait 2-3 months in between DVDs. very evil. ha ha, so, maybe tonight, or what's left of it, i'll watch the episodes. Pretty cool. Nothing says "giddyup" than Anime women dressed in schoolgirl outfits that can kick some ass with samurai swords. The guys can kick ass too, but, i mean...come on. schoolgirl outfits. Stay with me here. I'll admit, one of the criteria for my dreamgirl is that she looks good in a schoolgirl outfit. *lol*

anyways, what else... saturday is the mgr's bday. in following with some tradition, i went ahead and 'trashed' his desk. Hopefully, he'll have some of the humor he told me he would have. in any case, i took pictures and will try to post them, maybe tomorrow, after i get them off the camera at work.

went to class today, but tonight it was held at the contemporary art museum. neat works of art...kinda disturbing in some, pretty cool in others. one was this gigantic chalkboard with an imprinted outline of the US Flag. The artist encourages the viewers to write down in chalk what they thought what it was to be an American. Some wrote down "Walmart", some wrote anti-Bush statements. one wrote anti-war, one wrote "ashamed" one wrote "LMAO". Me? I put down my slight rendition of the pledge of allegiance. under God, Allah, Buddha, etc. our assignment for next week is to summarize and provide opinion on one of the sets of art we saw from the two different artists showcased. part of the class, we also had to sit and listen to two artists present slideshows, and field questions. hmm...we were like...WTF. some of the art they showed was cool. some... uh huh.

that was it for the most part. chatted with Kerry and Cindy. and had to also tell Maizzy that everything's gonna be alright. :)

and now... pictures...

BumPod says

Jesus, don't want me for a sunbeam
Sunbeams are never made like me...

What else should i be
All apologies
What else should i say
Everyone is gay
What else could i write
i don't have the right
What else should i be
All apologies

and i'm a creep
i'm a weirdo
What the hell am i doing here?
i don't belong here.

i don't care if it hurts.
i want to have control.
i want a perfect body.
i want a perfect soul.
i want you to notice
when i'm not around.
You're so very special
i wish i was special

But i'm a creep
i'm a weirdo
What the hell am i doing here
when i don't belong here
i don't belong here

whiskey evening

the loser (vs the gambler)

on a warm winter's eve,
on a life bound for nowhere,
i stared myself in the mirror,
i just want to go to sleep

work was work as usual
went to molly's for my supper
got home and got some nagging
and i feel like a creep

i just try to do my hardest
and try with my darndest
but no matter how hard i try
i fall short in the end
my parents are unhappy with me
and somehow i don't blame them
so tonight i'll call an early night
and my pillow as my friend

mom says i'm getting fat
actually, she says, getting fatter
i go out drinking way too much
i'm spiralling downhill

i just make her upset
she says that i disappoint them
keeps asking where they went wrong
and i keep my mouth shut

i just try to do my hardest
and try with my darndest
but no matter how hard i try
i fall short in the end
my parents are unhappy with me
and somehow i don't blame them
so tonight i'll call an early night
and my pillow as my friend

...
hey, less than a week, someone other than myself tells me twice or so i disappoint them.
first saturday, now tonight.
but hey, every morning, i still stare at the mirror and try to fake a smile for 930 to 630.
sooner or later, the caffeine will run out.
coasting at work. i won't pray for a reprieve, just keep coming cuz i have a lot of minutes.
right now, i'm happy being single and alone cuz lord knows, if i disappoint some folks, if i had a significant other, i'd probably disappoint them too.

only thing i look forward to is class. not so much philosophy, but i do sketch in my notes to make the time pass faster... but art class. there i haven't disappointed anyone yet.

dear lord,
i fight sleep often enough, that if i went willingly to sleep tonight...

BumPod Status for 2/21

BumPod Log, Stardate 02-21-06

Although the last update was awhile ago, I did add Sergio Mendes' Timeless CD last week. It's more Will.i.am more than anything, but the collection has me dancing all the same. As for this week, well... today... BumPod got a lil mix of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Buffett. Tonight though, BumPod got a dose of StrongBad email podcasts. Oh yes, my dear friends. Strong muthaf'n Bad emails. No, they're not the full versions as seen on homestarrunner.com, but, they're made for the iPod...or in this case...BumPod.

After that, Poor BumPod could use some music videos, so I hooked it up with some Gorillaz Inc, Tupac, Evanescence, Fatboy Slim (Weapon of Choice, of course), and a cool remix using Duel of the Fates scenes from Star Wars I. oh, and just to make me laugh now and then, I also added Triumph the Insult Dog when he was screwing around with the people waiting in line for a Star Wars Premiere. a classic.

good times, good times.

BumPod now has 1317 items, at 4.97 GB capacity. :) all is good.

one of those days at the computer

ever have one of these days?

http://www.break.com/index/patiencechild.html

why do i blog 022106

so yeah... like, i finally broke down and told Erin that I had a blog. Well, no, it's not like a hidden secret or anything, and now that she knows of it, she's gonna read this entry too...maybe...if she even ventures on over here... ha ha. that in its own way seems a lil awkward, and yet...not. but anyway, during work, we (Smiley, Hailz, Pink Tiger, Cindy, etc) would talk about the b-log, and it'd be like... some inside thing, which, to some degree, it is. and i reckon i'd get hushed about it when she looked quizzically. (say quizzically three times real fast...did you even get it out right two times? ha ha)

ok, so...why do we blog? i don't know. some blog in private. some blog in semi-private. some blog their privates. oh..wait.... i mean... ha ha, but yes, i blog because of boredom. i blog because someday, my memory will start failing, and it would be nice to have some help remembering what i saw, what i did, what i thought not to far off from when it occurred. maybe there are some people who get the same things i do. maybe not the same way, but with enough congruence to snicker or smirk at something odd and random.

other times, i vent. i vent because i learned long ago you can't always hold it in, and if you did try to hold it in, well.... try not going to the bathroom. yeah. same thing. i vent cuz i can get the exact words i want out....out. no censoring for the most part. then a year later, i re-read my vent and i laugh. i laugh and say WTF.

that's why i blog. to just... share what small gift of insanity i have. to show what my eyes see. to boldly go where Sheneneh said, "i know you didn't!" *LAUGH* ha, kidding....sorta.

and that's why i blog. any other bloggers out there, why do YOU blog?

is to does

Friend of mine posted a lil something in her blog:
Well, I'm back in the single pool again. Why am I not surprised by this? Is is that I'm too picky? Why can't there be friendship, great sex, big family, laughter, etc....all in one damn package???? At least I'm not finding it....to those of you who do have it....congrats! I admire that. Keep me in your prayers!

and i'd left the following as a comment. Oddly enough, I post the response here to serve as a reminder to my own self. for those who are in the habit of believing, let go, let God.

the single pool... it's sometimes fun here, especially with a jacuzzi of friends to stir it up once in a while. picky is to picky does, sometimes i'm picky, sometimes i'm not. point is, everyone is, and everyone should be, or else they will not be content forever.

friendship is free even though it has to be earned, but that's how the best things in life are. great sex, when it's there, is...well,...for lack of a better word... great. but sometimes, even blah is better than none.

family... thicker than water, especially when it's hot water.. laughter... music of the gods... even when the music stops playing, you have to have laughter. even when there are no current motivations, that's when you go back to your memory and there you find the happy thoughts, the freeze frame where you know it was all good cuz it IS all good, and you smile.

All in one damn package... quite possibly. you just have to wait for it, and to some, it is on tap, to some, it's as elusive as a butterfly landing on you...unless as my friend KC said when you're at the butterfly museum (i so totally want to go now just for that reason).

can't speak for anyone else but myself, miss M, but you're in my thoughts. smile. dance (especially disco, i think). ice cream (in moderation). and enjoy the single moments again before you go back to being taken. :) and never settle for anything less than what your being "picky" allows you.

mardi gras time again

it's that time of year again
mardi gras

yes... mardi gras...
just last year, we were pirating along N'awlins.

This year, well... this year, dunno yet. but as it is, here's to last year...

AVAST. good times, good times...

driving in front of the building

every morning at work, when i drive in front of the building, i look up to the American flag.

granted, this was drilled in my head when i was a kid, but the fact that i let it stay with me means i've accepted it as my own and not some mindscrambled jibberish... i still pledge my allegiance to the flag as i did when i was younger.

growing up in class, we used to stand up, put a hand over our chest, and recite:

I pledge my allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands
One Nation under God
with Liberty and Justice
for All.

driving by, i see the flag, and inside my head, i say those words.

i wonder if anyone does this when they pass by the flag
am i alone? or are there others who do this?

lazy day Monday

monday
president's day

i did almost absofuckinlutely nothing. ha ha
ok, considering i caught up on SOME sleep yesterday... i mean, i woke up and got out of bed at 5pm yesterday... how's THAT for a sunday?

watched the NBA AllStar Game and saw the lil blurb showing the space station and the project Hailz and I worked on.. way cool. i wanted T-Mac to win MVP, but...argh. curses!

but today? let's see... woke up at 10, got up at 11, took a shower and then bought a Mace Windu exclusive from sideshow collectibles. apparently, it sold out REAL quick cuz 30 mins later... all frickin gone. i lucked out... i had two laptops going cuz it was difficult to get through, and finally made it with 6 mins left. well, there was not time limit, but it sold out 6 mins later. way lucky this time.

did some budgetting..so far, so good. had chicken sandwiches for lunch, watched Romeo Must Die and finished watching Bedazzled from nights ago. no updates on BumPod, and for the most part... that's my day.

oh, and talked with Kates, but other than that... not so much else. :)

NBA All-Star Weekend pt 4 - finally

Here are a few more pics from today...
A billboard with a saying,
Some NBA decor outside the GRB,
A big ass shoe,
and these DJs from NC had a pretty kick ass jacket

NBA All-Star Weekend pt 3 - while there

while i was there, i got to listen in on some cool concerts, and other things. i have this on a video, Saw Nelly, got a few autographs, and became a photoslut again.

well, you'll see...

NBA All-Star Weekend pt 2 - work

More pics:


getting there...

ready...

Bring it on!

Dancing Astronaut with an Astronaut lean...

NBA All-Star Weekend pt 1 - work

This weekend, I volunteered at the NBA All-Star Game "FanFest" at the GRB.
My shift was from 9am to 1pm, and given the drive and the weather, i actually woke up earlier than my alarm clock a second day in a row. Got there on time, and it was freaking cold. Basically, went there, helped the team set-up in preparation for the guests who would be attending.

Now, true to usual form, I have to admit, our team lead was darn cute. She looked a lil older, late 20s-early 30s, but yeah. cute. and no ring. *lol* Bum = incorrigible.

Anyway, so after setting up and splitting up tasks, we started handing off NASA antenna balls to the guests who'd walk by. Television crews would come by and film as we did this, but we kept on. One of the guys during my shift, I already knew...but the others were new, and it was a very fun morning.

Now, what made it even more interesting is that,...granted, i am very social. I was dancing near our area (but BumPod was left at home)... they had some loud hiphop next to us, so yeah, i was in the beat :)
so, hiphop and antenna ball handing-out.

And then, as i am easily amused, sociable, and what-not, i got my new task. it was a mix of me volunteering out of interest and curiousity, and being volunteered cuz no one else might have wanted to. What tasks? well... pictures were takenfor proof. ha ha. fun fun...

the notebook

dinner at olive garden.
that was the final answer.

well, pizza wasn't too appealing and i didn't think it'd do so well.
asian/chinese...eh, could pass on it. so, Hailz agreed to Olive Garden. But then what? a movie would be good. which movie? i dunno. I'd wanted to finally see The Notebook just to see what it had, or, whatever else movie, i reckon. Erin came with and that was cool. we all had dinner, the four of us, and then watched the movie at Hailz' place.

The movie wasn't fully what i expected at first, and aside from the few cracks at the beginning of the movie, the movie was pretty nice. no, i didn't get misty like other folks in the past from what i'm told, but i liked the story, even to how it ended. i can see by the comments that Erin and Hailz gave about the movie before the movie why it's a neat story.

as for the ending, i liked it. pretty touching and all that stuff.

i guess, it was just a nice end to the night. the week, even. for the times i was losing my mind, stressed out over one thng or another, and what not...i mean, i might have enjoyed the night just as much with the company of others, but tonight... tonight ended nice, to me... just right.

thank you for the company. :)

an end to a week, 2-17-06

friday.
i knew it would be a day that would never have a dull moment.
wasn't far off from the truth, really. as late as i went to sleep last night, like, maybe around 3:30am, i'd chatted with two of my cousins, and also Tere and Toni. woke up before the alarm clock, and just laid there staring. closed my eyes again because somehow, i was clutching onto a pleasant dream i can't recall anymore.

beep beep. hmm? beep beep. ah. a pager. beeping. which means, a page. so, i look at it, thinking, how long had it been since i was paged? 2 minutes. i respond to the page, but no avail, so i left a voicemail message for the manager at USA. i'm guessng i just laid down there staring at the ceiling again, and then beep beep. beep beep. so, i called again, and got word that the stuff we wanted in Florida arrived safe and sound. wonderful news!

so, with that, got up, sent an email, took a shower and got ready for work. i remembered i had a meeting with a director today, though not sure on the time, and if it would even take place. needless to say, i didn't dress up for it. if at all, it was pretty casual. jeans and a budweiser shirt with penguins. dooby dooby doooooo...

hit the track running, replied to emails, reviewed some paperwork, picked up my badge to volunteer to Saturday's NBA All-Star Jam, then headed back to the office. went to take a quick lunch, met with the director, and learned i was still gainfully employed. not too shabby, i'm finally and officially an Engineer III, or one with 5+ yrs experience. more for bragging rights, really... i looked at the sheet they gave me and i was like, huh. i actually have been working here for this long and have had some of those skills for 5...up to 11+ years... how rare.

and, what was to be a nice quiet afternoon had its usual issues, and, we figured them out as a team. always good, but even better when you know you're down to the wire and it looks like it won't get pulled off, and...the team pulls it together and gets it done. awesome how it works out.

Rest of the day was just review, review, review. There were so many options on what to do for the friday, where to go, who to see, and ...well... it felt like Thanksgiving all over again how so? i was home alone during thanksgiving. parents were gone back then, and i got invites from everybody. ended up cooking chicken tenders, green beans, corn, and macaroni and cheese... anyway, for tonight, opted to stay closer to home afterall. but that's another story. as it is, today was a very nice day... a very nice day.

willpower

small steps.
that's all there is to it.

this week was pretty gosh darn exciting, not in the action movie sense, but more of just being anxious. actually, there'd been several times throughout the last few weeks. Even Pepe has asked for one. but as it is, i've been good for what seems to be a month now. willpower.

no mints. none at all. and i'm happier for it.

2-16-06

BumPod - same amt, but will add about 15 more new ones
work - usual, supported a mtg, scared the bejesus out of JC as usual, same old
school - participated in class discussions, should classmates and instructor pics from BumPod pertanng to greek architecture

chatted with old friend Ms Toni M. I can't believe Aidan is 2 now. Ha ha, and I was just talking with someone about Toni just recently too. Basically, when we went to meet Gene Kranz in person and he autographed several items for us.

there's a new fish for me to take care of, ... i named it "jello". no idea why, but that was the first name that came to mind, so... i'm sticking to it. the other fish is still swimming happily and has me trained. when he's hungry, he's more than happy to tell me.

match.com status - viewed 35 times, 1 wink. ha ha. Cindy said that it must be one special wink.
i'll say... cuz no one else has since, and that one doesn't -really- count.

3/17 - although this revise is coming the day later, i'm treating it as if i still posted it last night...i was sure then that friday would have its own personality. oddly enough, i was right. pleasantly happy...

An email at 2:30am

I'm about to go to sleep.
How messed up am i?

Just as much as I stay awake wondering if my dreamgirl will say hi, i...checked work email. WTF is wrong with me? anyway, i check it, and inbox actually had three new messages. One told me of a pre-sale for a collectible... cool, but not as interested. Another was a slight work-related one talking about launch schedules. And finally, the third one which is cool, is a quote for the day from a friend. Yeah, she sends me quotes for the day, and i usually end up liking them. anyway, i'm gonna go to sleep now.

My response?

Awesome! :)
Nice way to end the day...at nearly 3am :)

I like Garden State a lot, esp. the soundtrack... so like, yeah... here're a few of the ones i liked. if all else, it's been a year and a half snce i saw it... august 23, 2004... funny how memory works like that, i can tell you all i did that day... went to river oaks, watched Garden State, went to a music store, went to a bookstore...actually, two of them... ate lunch at Freebirds and stared at the ice cream place next door, then went to IKEA. somewhere in between one of these, finally saw the waterwall near the Galleria. the hopeless in me i guess, always wanted to go see it... so yeah, after IKEA, went to Kemah, sat at Starbucks with my friend and chatted. totally random, and sorry had to drag ya down that memory lane... but the point is, aside from no point really at 2:30am, is that during that chat at Starbucks, these were the quotes we talked about the most cuz we, friend and i, agreed they applied to me or i could relate or that they just stuck out. :) and yeah, i tend to ramble on... sorry.

"You're in it right now, aren't you?"
"What?"
"My mom always says that, when she can see I'm like working something out in my head, she's like, 'you're in it right now' and I'm looking at you're telling this story, and you're definitely in it."

"I'm okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better."

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like."

"That's life. If nothing else, its life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have."

"This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing."

Thanks again for the quote :)
-Bum

BumPod Status for 2/15

BumPod is now 16 days old. Since that time, he has grown to 1276 songs, 3 podcast videos, 87 photos, and 4.7 GBs Not too shabby, 40 songs shy of 100 songs added per day.

Now granted, I have a weird way of sorting out playlists, hre's the general gist:

• Jazz (quite a few, especially since I added a lot tonight). These range from Harry Connick Jr to Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong to Earl Klugh, Grover Washington to Mindi Abair. Oh, and some Chuck Mangione in there too. With exception to Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong, every one else, I'd managed to see in concert, and actually met Earl Klugh, Mindi Abair, and Chuck Mangione post-show.
• Spanish Guitar. Yes, I love spanish guitar. Ottmar Leibert is a fave, but there's also Oscar Lopez and a few others. I actually do't have any Oscar Lopez on here yet, but that CD is still in the list to be added. Maybe it's the rhythm? I don't know, but I like the whole feel, how you can close your eyes and just feel the music. That and also flamenco dancing women are very cute.
• Marilyn Manson. Yes, him. What can i say? eclectic taste here.
• Rap/Hip Hop. Nelly, Everlast, 2Pac, Snoop, Ludacris, Beastie Boys, etc... :)
• Country. Redneck Woman to George Strait, Brooks & Dunn to a whole other mix of country.
• Musicals. Erin got me Rent, but I've also got Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Les Mis
• Soundtracks. Ok, so Evita and Rent probably belong more here, but... instead, this is more like Garden State and Star Wars Episode I
• Rock or whatever else. Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Creed, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band, Cranberries, Guns & Roses, etc.

Yep, BumPod's got a decent sized selection. Not too shabby, it's enough to have a good mix. heh heh.

The Half Day

Some time ago, maybe a week or two before, I'd actually requested for a day off on this Wednesday. Fair enough. My cool manager approved it, and I was looking forward to it. Sent out a message saying, hey, I'm out, best wishes, see y'all Thursday...

Fuck you, Murphy of Murphy's Law. Ha ha. Struck again. Curses! Late Tuesday, some things came up and so I had to show up at a building in the morning. Luckily I showed up cuz I actually did catch a few things. All taken cared of. All this done by 11:30. I leave. I get home. I get....paged. Ok, so I respond to the page and it's a 30-minute conversation. Ok, then what? Luckily, I didn't get any more pages after that. Ran my errands and what-not, went to the mall and walked around for a bit. Got home, decided to check work email. Glutton for pain? check. Masochist? check. so, for the next hour after getting home, I answered several work email, checked in with Hailz, did a couple of evals, etc etc. so, 4.5 hours in for a day off.

Happy hump day. :)

But on the other hand, at least it might end up that I won't even have to burn an hour of vacation since i had extra hours from last week, and had some this week too... ah, it works out in the end. The only thing that did suck is that there was a meeting to dicuss increases and promotions... i'll have to wait to find out my own personal verdict. Will there be much rejoicing in the land of the Republic of Bum? or will there be a day of mourning... ha ha, we'll see.

BumPod Status for 2/13

Beware, oh ye.

BumPod has learned a dark skill, for he now is 1000+ songs strong... although still under 4 GB.

go fig... but still... BumPod rawks. even has frank sinatra and dean martin. muhahahaha. it is so totally on now. Just need more disco, is all.

happy valentine's day 06

ya know, for someone who keeps saying i hate the frickin day, i keep on bringing it up and wishing people happy valentine's day. ha ha.

i'd been chatting with two of my dear cousins... or as i call it, chatting with 'tomorrow' since they're on the other side of the international date line. anyway, they have a cute friend/coworker, and they said for me to say hi, cuz i said she was cute.

so... i said 'hi'

and...she said hi back, but, argh. i have the jitters, no idea why.

but, she's really cute. and she's filipina. *innocent giddy smirk*

*jitters*

well, hopefullyi don't scare yet another one away. *lol* *sigh* *smirk*
last time someone told me to say hi to a flip, she stopped saying hi after three times.
hrm. maybe it's cuz i wasn't religious enough for her, or i just wasn't her type. eh, it happens.

regardless, tomorrow...yes, feb 15th, chocolate goes on sale. YAY!

I am from the Procrasti Nation

ha ha.
so...tonight, i said, i'm going to finally do my article report for class.
it only had to be about a page or two, double-spaced. We had to choose topics for class, and I chose "Does Might Make Right?" My political views aren't exactly the best in the world, but to me, politics is much akin to religion in that it's a way of thinking, and it's personal. While I can't honestly say mine is more right than another's and vice versa, it's the common ground that we all strive for, or should try to.

But, i digress. We had to find a magazine article based on our topic, read and then summarize the article in a paragraph, and then provide our eval. and opinion of the article.

I found one in Newsweek pertaining to extending Presidential Powers, and if it's right. Me? I agree to an extent. Privacy is one thing, but i'd rather feel secure.

anyway, got that one out of the way, i just hope i did it right. argh. :) the prof. said it's a pass or fail. either a 100, or ...well, i dunno. he said we could make up if we lost any points, but ick, who wants to go through that trouble, right?

anyway, aside from doing the report, we have to stand in front of the class, or whereever we feel most confortable and present our report to the rest of the class. while i have no issues doing that, i'm sure there'll be a lot of differing opinions. fun fun, i'm sure. :)

so yeah, like an update for 06

Cindy said I needed a new pic, let alone for match. ha ha.
well, shit, as much of a photoslut as i am, i don't think they ever come out right unless i can distract you from the pic with a cute chic in the pic. ha ha ha. so true.

anyways, here's a new one for 2006. blah. end of the day. long day. left work at 19:00. but, it's all good. i can prolly put this one on match and get a few more rejections. *lol* but, ha ha. what you see is what you get... with caffeine mixed in.

her match

so anyways, Maizzy, who put the Maizzy in a-Maizzy-ng, had asked to keep y'all updated... so, this is what 'she' from match, is looking for:

About my date
Hair: Blonde,Dark blonde,Light brown,Black
Eyes: Any
Height: 4’ 4" (132.0 cms) to 8’ 5" (257.0 cms)
Body type: About average,Athletic and toned,Slender
Languages: English
Ethnicity: Asian,East Indian,Latino / Hispanic,Middle Eastern,Native American,Pacific Islander,White / Caucasian
Faith: Christian / Other,Christian / Protestant,Christian / Catholic
Education: Associates degree,Bachelors degree,Graduate degree,PhD / Post Doctoral,Some college
Job: Any
Income: Any
Smoke: Any
Drink: Any
Relationships: Any
Have kids: Any
Want kids: Definitely

Turn-ons:
Boldness / Assertiveness,Brainiacs,Candlelight,Dancing,Erotica,Flirting,Public displays of affection,Sarcasm,Thrills,Thunderstorms,Tattoos

Turn-offs:
Long hair,Power,Body piercings

and here...
is About Me:
Hair: Black/brown (unless i have highlights)
Eyes: dk brown
Height: 5'6
Body type: about average
Languages: english, spanish, etc
Ethnicity: pacific islander / southerner / texan
Faith: Christian / Catholic
Education: Bachelors degree
Job: currently, project engineer / lead
Income: yes
Smoke: nope
Drink: Yep
Relationships: none right now
Have kids: nope
Want kids: Definitely

oh, and i don't have long hair, power, or body piercings. *lol*
there must be hidden requirements. actually, aside from the ethnicity and height part, what she's looking for is what 90% of all the one's i've winked at have listed. damn it for being the wrong kind of asian. *lol*
as for height? i own platform shoes, muthafuckaz! i'm Rick James! ha ha. or something.

so, in the meantime, i'm gonna go back to saying "Fuck it" again, and enjoy being single. again. :)

Science Fair Weekend 2006

once a year, around this time, i head down to the island to help judge the Galveston County Science Fair. i've probably been doing this now for the last 7 or so years. this is partly due to a stinging obligation to students to make sure that if there are 5 places (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 2 honorable mentions), then damnit, all of those places will be handed out... unless you were a no-show.

when i was a freshman in the only year i did a project w/ computers, there were three of us. The judge awarded a 1st, and an honorable mention. guess which motherfucker didn't get a place, even an honorable mention? uh huh. luckily, i didn't even care to remember who my judge(s) were.

As it was, since then, i did botany projects or behaviorial experiments, and got 2nd's, 3rd, etc...

anyway, i swore if i was ever in a position, the kids are gonna place. each year, the experiments get more complicated in the engineering/earth sciences category. more of them have been attending too. way back, i actually judged in two categories, but this year, i couldn't even do engineering for junior level AND the ninth AND the senior level. Hailz was supposed to come down too, but she had a medical emergency. so, this year, my fellow judge-mate was one of the actual sponsors. There were the usual how-to-build-a-perfect-bridge projects, some energy conservation and generation projects... but there were a lot of 'levee' and seawall projects, and how to better prepare for hurricanes. the effects of those disasters go so far as to influence what the kids chose for projects...

after the science fair, i got new glasses made. instead of having them done by next wednesday, the guy who's been a friend for 24 years now, went ahead and made them while i waited, and i got to watch. pretty neat, and so now, i can see. :)

we're gettin ready to go visit some family friends cuz it's the 40th day anniv. of their family member's death. we've got this thing where we have a gathering of friends and family and say some prayers for the dead and the living, and then eat.

so, that's been the day so far... i'll post more later. :)

game, set, but no match yet

ok, so a few nights ago, i posted that i saw a 'match', winked, and sent an email because 'she' cleverly included her email address in a nice cryptic way.

so on 2/9, i had 21 views. 2/9 (evening) , sent an email, 2/11, nothin.

as of today, 26 views, 1 wink (from Cindy)... and no email or response from the girl. ah well, and she'd been on the last couple of nights too. yet another fish in the sea i don't have to worry about, i guess. ha ha.

that's the game, that's how it's set, and yet still no match. ha ha.
married people are so much nicer. *sarcastic ha ha*

well, here's to tomorrow's set of New Matches...

geek code

Ref. http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html

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nothing really to lose

It's always fun to talk with Cindy at night. i never really know what we'll talk about, even if the topics are sometimes the same anyways. we were comparing notes of how the day went, and then i mentioned i just checking out match, and came across someone cool. so, should i email, or not?

i really don't have anything to lose. so, after composing an email, and Cindy helped draft it, i sent one out. no idea if i'll get a response, but if i did... that'd be cool.

hmm. 01:24. time to get ready for sleep.

today was a pretty nice overall thursday.
got starbucks before class and chatted with the cute starbucks girl.

i swear, single-tracked mind. ha ha.
Corral had asked me one time, why do you like girls so much, Bum?

and all i could say was, cuz i don't like guys so much, or rather, the same way, J?
she smiled and nodded. ha ha.

love you fuk you

i love my cd changer.
i've had it since 1993.
it still sounds great after 13 yrs.

it's awesome.
it was broke for awhile as far as the cd changing part goes.
I didn't know how to fix it.
my uncle didn't know either.
my friend Ray fixed it and i got it back tonight

so i played eric clapton unplugged, and it switched over to Bob Marley now.

Cindy and I were talking about life, and how such it is when it comes to liking people.
and right when she said, ah, such is life... Bob Marley started singing "No Woman, No Cry"

ain't that the truth?
ha, i love it, but fuck it's timing. :)

ah well, everything's gonna be alright...

intimidated

there's a really cute girl in class.
i'd go as far as to say she's beautiful.
no, not like Caitlin beautiful, or Erin (from Ohio) beautiful, but yeah.

anyways, in the second class meeting weeks ago, she and another classmate commented that i actually spoke with grace during art appreciation. i dunno. i doubt i did.

last week, she didn't really talk with any of the other classmates, but she did say hey to me. we chatted and looked at some of the Basquiat as we were required by the instructor. She actually picked out the one i did a 'report' on for tonight's class. Well, she pointed the piece out, and i liked it and its symbolism, so...yeah.

tonight, we sat in the classroom before class begin, and she walks in, sits beside me and so we say hi. she looks really nice tonight, and her hair just hung over the side of her face real pretty like. hair color and smile were all in place too. so, i say hi, and vice versa, and she says she'd been telling others how cool i was, how 'eloquent' (her exact word) i spoke, and how i could be intimidating. basically, besides being a classmate in this class, she is a total stranger to me. we did some drawings in class today, drawing vending machines, watches, whatever inanimate object-else, and she looks over what i did and says something along the lines of, "are you just really good at anything you do?" so i replied, "one more and you're going to make me blush." she smiles and says, "your glasses. they look really nice" and i said, "they're back-ups, and they have a crack in them" and she follows up with, "and i like your shirt". i had nothin, so i said, "ok, you just made me blush".

i've never been told i intimidated anyone before. not that i can recall, anyways. Hey, you might say, this is all cool. A girl notices I am alive and I guess what she's saying are compliments. ha ha, the chic is taken.

We discussed surreal art. Art imitates life and life imitates art. Right now, i'm feeling surreal. again, how do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction every day. :)

I guess it's cool a cute girl knows i'm alive and stuff. Even Jessica said that too on our way back from lunch today. but for me to intimidate and whatever else the classmate said... i become even more self-conscious and wonder... :/

Anger Management

When you occasionally have a really - bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.

I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it. A man answered, saying "Hello."

I politely said, "This is Chris. Could I please speak with Robyn Carter?"

Suddenly a manic voice yelled out in my ear "Get the right f**in number!" and the phone was slammed down on me.

I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude. When I tracked down Robyn's correct number to call her, I found that I had accidentally transposed the last two digits.

After hanging up with her, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again.

When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled "You're an asshole!" and hung up. I wrote his number down with the word 'asshole' next to it, and put it in my desk drawer.

Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or had a really bad day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're an asshole!"

It always cheered me up.

When Caller ID was introduced, I thought my therapeutic "asshole calling" would have to stop.

So, I called his number and said, "Hi, this is John Smith from Verizon. I'm calling to see if you're familiar with our Caller ID Program?"

He yelled "NO!" and slammed down the phone.

I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're an asshole!"

One day I was at the store, getting ready to pull into a parking spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I'd been waiting for that spot, but the idiot ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his back window which included his phone number, so I wrote down the number.

A couple of days later, right after calling the first asshole (I had his number on speed dial) I thought that I'd better call the BMW asshole, too. I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"

"Yes, it is", he said.

"Can you tell me where I can see it?" I asked.

"Yes, I live at 34 Mowbray Blvd, in Vaucluse. It's a yellow house, and the car's parked right out in front."

"What's your name?" I asked.

"My name is Don Hansen," he said.

"When's a good time to catch you, Don?"

"I'm home every evening after five."

"Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"

"Yes?"

"Don, you're an asshole!" Then I hung up, and added his number to my speed dial, too.

Now, when I had a problem, I had two assholes to call. Then I came up with an idea. I called Asshole #1.

"Hello."

"You're an asshole!" (But I didn't hang up.)

"Are you still there?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"Stop calling me," he screamed.

"Make me," I said.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Don Hansen."

"Yeah? Where do you live?"

"Asshole, I live at 34 Mowbray Blvd, Vaucluse, a yellow house, with my black Beamer parked in front."

He said, "I'm coming over right now, Don. And you had better start saying your prayers."

I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared, asshole," and hung up.

Then I called Asshole #2. "Hello?" he said.

"Hello, asshole," I said.

He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are..."

"You'll what?" I said.

"I'll kick your ass," he exclaimed.

I answered, "Well, asshole, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now."

Then I hung up and immediately called the police, saying that I lived at 34 Mowbray Blvd, Vaucluse, and that I was on my way over there to kill my gay lover. Then I called Channel 9 News about the gang war going down in Mowbray Blvd, Vaucluse.

I quickly got into my car and headed over to Mowbray. I got there just in time to watch two assholes beating the crap out of each other in front of six cop cars, an overhead police helicopter and a news crew.

NOW I feel much better. Anger management really works...

21 Suggestions Success by H. Jackson Brown, Jr

One of my favorite posters at home is this... i try to follow as much of it as i can because i agree with them. some are easier than others. right now, i'm working on #19. otherwise, for the most part, i try to follow all else...

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery

2. Work at something you enjoy, and that's something worthy of your time and talent

3. Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully

4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know

5. Be forgiving of yourself and others

6. Be generous

7. Have a grateful heart

8. Persistence, persistence, persistence

9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary

10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated

11. Commit yourself to constant improvement

12. Commit yourself to quality

13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on the relationships with people you love and respect

14. Be loyal

15. Be honest

16. Be a self-starter

17. Be decisive, even if it means sometimes you are wrong

18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life

19. Be bold & courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did

20. Take good care of those you love

21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud

the usual status

viewed 22 times
1 wink
0 for 21. ha ha ha

as for BumPod, i'll probably have 900 songs by tonight. no idea on what the size would end up as. i just have yet to add video, but sooner or later i will. for now, it's just dancing in the halls or the street. ha ha.

it's also been a week since i've had a mint, and no cravings or anything. been good, and hopefully, i'll stay this way. for lunch, i actually ate healthy, for the most part, and had chicken caesar salad. :)

well, i just added 2 CDs worth of songs, and 2 or 3 discs to go. i might stop after this one and worry about the others tomorrow. no idea. :)

ok, gonna go to sleep. i smile when she smiles. because i am stupid. :)

phone calls

i guess i do what some might call the stupidest, or silliest things. one of these is to just randomly call a female friend and give them a sincere compliment or something. i don't know if it has any impact, or if it even registers, but yeah, every now and then, i ask myself, these women have it all, or at least they're worth it, but do they know this? so i just give them a call...say hi, and remind them. "has anyone told you yet today that you're beautiful?" :) cheesy, i know, but I called my friend Marley today just to say hey.

i guess it's just that... i dunno. i reckon it'd be something i'd do on occasion if i were taken. well, not to all, but the one i'm with. i dunno. not all the time though cuz that shit gets old and it loses its meaning, but i wonder if women actually...not so much expect that, but appreciate that. maybe. maybe not. i hope they do.

on the way home tonight, i walked up to Jen and said that I probably wouldn't see her til next wednesday, so i told her Happy Valentine's Day early. she smiled and said she actually appreciated that. i'll guess she was being honest... yeah, as much as i say blah to that day, i still wishful think. *lol* that or live vicariously.

so yeah, like...kinda sorta like an old stevie wonder song... except with slightly different words sayin' the woman's sweet and all.

sounds stupid and silly or whatever, but... eh, i dunno. :/

a day's work

today.
was like any other day.
it started the same.
and it's gonna end the same
all in a day's work.

i actually woke up early today, thanks to Mr. Pager in alarm mode.
So, i got up, and decided, ya know, i'm gonna just mosey on along to wake-up mode...
showered, and got ready, and got a work page. kept on preparing to head on to work, and then answered the page. all good, all fun.

listened to BumPod and Rent this morning, just as I did last night prior to going to sleep. I actually liked it, but haven't heard it all. anyway, got to work, and as usual, hit the ground running. answered emails, voicemails, pages, and text messages...hopped onto closing paperwork and listening to people...i swear, at times, i wish we had a couch in the office. either to listen to others or for me to just shut everyone out. ha ha.

i stayed til about 18:45 and finished up the rest of my work so i didn't have as much to do tomorrow...that and i just wanted to help Pepe out. After work, I went to Target, got some furniture, but also picked up The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. I'll have to watch that sometime this week.

After Target, I got a quick snack at McDonalds before heading over to Molly's and catch up with Cindy and Amber. Mikey was there, and so was Pepe. Player came by shortly afterwards, and then Cindy and Danny arrived, followed by Sandy. We chatted and chatted, ate dinner, and chatted s'more.

I'd gotten home around 23:15, checked work email, checked ebay, and the usual litany of websites, and now here i am, blogging. i actually saw a billboard sign last night coming back home from school, and it had mentioned blogging, with the letter 'o' being the AT&T symbol. hmm.

That's been the day at the end of the day. nothing too exciting, but it was a fun night.

prelude to a hump day 2

before i go, a few quotes.

The Devil: How would you like to make one simple decision that will change your life forever?
Elliot Richards: Ok, I'm glad scientology works for you but...

Elliot Richards: You are so bad!
The Devil: I know. I've been really naughty, haven't I? Perhaps a good spanking's in order?
Elliot Richards: Is that all you ever think about? Is that all life is to you, sex, sex, sex?
The Devil: Of course not! There's greed, gluttony, sloth, vanity, anger, envy...

The Devil: You know, you'd think that meeting the Devil would be interesting enough but no. All people want to know about is Him. Like He's so bloody fascinating!
Elliot Richards: So He's a man?
The Devil: Yeah, most men think they're God, this one just happens to be right.

prelude to a hump day

oy vey.
so i was dozing off from watching a movie...and just woke up.
prolly gonna end up watching the movie tomorrow night. for those even wondering, it's Bedazzled with Liz Hurley and Brendan Frasier. One of my fave movies.

But, I'm tired, sleepy, and...so i'm prolly gonna slink into bed in a few after the ritualistic offering to the toothbrush gods.

work? yes. work. had my performance eval today, and then also had the remaining three folks in the group in for theirs. not too shabby, i think it went well. workwise, pretty much got my checklist for things to do today done. or delegated. and done. fun fun.

lunch was at oriental gourmet today, aka chicken on a stick, aka the trough.

our group is pretty fertile. yet another coworker is pregnant. it's usually a coworker or a significant other of a coworker. must be the water. ha ha ha. hmm. go figure.

BumPod once again kept me company. i swear, since 1/30/06, BumPod's been a faithful companion. Work Erin is a sweetheart. She's letting me listen to the Rent soundtrack, so I put that, along with Bob Marley/Legend, Eric Clapton/Unplugged, and Nelly/Country Grammer into BumPod.

As it is, there're now approx. 835 songs, 3 or so GB. and yet, I still have not added an 2Pac. Or Reggaeton. or any others i normaly had in the CD player. But no worries. Prolly tomorrow, i won't be lazy and put whatever CDs are in the truck into BumPod. Long story short, she made my day. Along with a few other events today. well, ok. just the evals part. everything else was just a workday. ha ha.

Class was slow tonight. considering i've been sleeping a lil bit earlier this week, i'm sleepier. class just didn't want to hurry up. argh. well, finally got out of class and headed home, ate dinner and just chilled. well, no... i checked work email, replied to some, then ate dinner. then chatted with Cindy for a few, and then started to watch Bedazzled. We did chat about how the day went and the usual match.com. as of right now, 21 views, 1 wink. which again, doesn't really count. so, 0 for 20.

that pretty much covers today. usual mayhem, but a touch of subdued.
granted it's hump day now, i'm sure that will all change...but to make it happen, i'm gonna go head on to sleep.