*******FINALLY!!*******
Thanks to the Hza, I'm finally able to write again! Okay, so last weekend, met some of the family that I haven't seen since I was like... oh... I dunno... four? It was pretty cool to see them all again, although I wish I could've seen them on a more regular basis.... but that's the way it goes.
Still looking for employment... yet again. The first few days of unemployment are fun, but after that, it seems to drive one mad! I hate being unemployed. The sheer boredom of having nothing to do all day except ponder questions of mortality and paychecks gets on ones nerves after a short period of time.
As for the girl situation.... eh. I have no idea. I think most of the girls that I'm interested in are crazy or psycho as hell. Someone explain it all to me again and maybe I'll have some kind of focus for a discussion. Cause right now I'm about as confused as I've ever been...
HA!
Current temperature: It's freakin' after dark, still hot as hell, and mosquitoes have been attempting to suck the blood out of various body parts... some that I don't care to mention.
In other news: You have no idea how glad I am that this month is over with. Hopefully August will be much better, cause July SUCKED!!!!!!!
More to come...
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
*****BLOG DAMN YOU, BLOG!******
Is this blogging? testing testing
Sunday, July 21, 2002
*****BAR-B-QUE IS GOOD******
Yes, Bubba cooked up some meat tuna, shrimp, chicken, and fillet's... God, I'm getting way to fat. Need to lose weight. Need to quit eating. Need to quit drinking. Need to get a ... JOB!
I gotta say, this weekend was quite a good deal better then all of last week. All it took was for me to get away for a couple of days and relax. Now that I have some things sorted out, I can get back to the basics. I'm rambling. To much food makes me sleepy. I'm going to bed now. Well, after another margarita anyway...
More to come... until then, pour me a drink and bust out the karoake machine!
*******OKAY, ALL BETTER NOW********
Sorry about that. Had a very rough week. Managed to get outta town for the past couple of days, regroup and collect my thoughts. Now I'm back and I feel much better now.
Woke up Saturday and felt like someone had punched me in the face or like I had just woke up from a very surreal dream. IGotta go and throw some coal on the fire and get things started.
Current temperature: Sticky and nasty and I think I've just contracted the West Nile virus.
More to come...
Friday, July 12, 2002
*************I'M FREE !!! ****************
I'm am so freaking happy! I no longer have any outstanding warrants out for my arrest! I no longer have to fear the Williamson County cop car that so frequently drives by and gives me the evil eye... I can flick him off, cautiously of course, without fearing that he'll bust a warrant out from under his hat and throw me behind bars... again. I think I'm going to frame the receipt showing that I've finally paid the damn thing in full!
Last night was pretty fun, hung out with Angela and Troy and watched the Counting Crows sing a little diddy on the Letterman show. Hit a second interview this morning and then drove out to pay off that warrant. So it's been a pretty relaxing day... except for the heat of course! I'm literally dripping with sweat when I get out of that damn truck of mine... I can't wait to be rid of it one day...
NEWS FOR TONIGHT: I WILL BE UNAVAILABLE AFTER 6PM DUE TO FLINGING BRAS AND PANTIES AT VICTORIA'S SECRET.
Current temperature: Hot as hell
More to come...
Thursday, July 11, 2002
**********REIGN OF HELL FIRE!!!************
Just wanted to mention real quickly that I will be adding the daily temperature to my posts... It should be pretty easy considering EVERYDAY IN AUSTIN IS AROUND 145 FREAKIN' DEGREES!!!
Since I don't have A/C in my truck at the moment, I have to role down the windows... you would think that would help somewhat... Nope. I drape my arm out the window in hope of catching some sort of breeze, some sweet gust of wind. AND THE WIND IS FREAKIN' HOT!!! I FEEL LIKE MY SKIN IS GOING TO BURN OFF LIKE !!!
During my course of working at the Nightmare Factory this year, I think I might lose close to 40 lbs. because of this stupid friggin' heat!!!
Man, even if Hell's hot it cannot possibly have this nasty-ass humidity!!!
More to come.
**********HUNT FOR JOB # 33 WELL ON THE WAY !! ************
Had an interview with Rosco Laboratories today. Went very well I think. I would mainly be hired on to throw acid on little pieces of glass and run them through some high tech thingamajiggy (yes, that's the professional name) to create images called Gobo's. No, not GoBots. Gobo's... Meaning go-between's... I'm sure you all knew that anyway, right?
Nah! Just kidding! I would be hired on to basically be an office manager, but during cross-training I would partake in some of the other jobs, such as what was explained above. At eight in the morning, I'm not going to understand "pouring a vat o' acid on little glass chips" and know what the hell they're talking about other then it could burn my face off. Plus, the money isn't bad, which means that I could stay in Austin if I so wanted. In addition, it's like ten minutes from where I currently live, and I've found a few apartments that would be even closer. So driving won't be a pain.
Yeah, the Gobo's are what you see during Counting Crows concerts... all clouds and shit to make you think you're taking hallucinatory, mind altering drugs...
More to come...
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
*******DEADLY SILLY STRING?! WHAT S'MATTER WITH IT?!*********
Went to Target last night to pick up a can of something called S'Matter by Nickolodeon (I was trying to find the link to the site for more of an explanation, but I can't find it). It resembles a spray paint can that holds up to 800 feet of silly string, with an orange handle on it used to more easily shoot people in the face or other such places. Like the reference from yesterday's blog that I was requested to edit for content? I ended up tearing the orange gun part off though because it was clogging up the spray cap.
Anyway, I had picked one up on Monday when I went to visit Cynthia, and somehow, when they were scanning it through the register, it didn't have a price on it, so I got it for free. I thought to myself "Wonderful! I'll come back and snag the rest!" Even when I ran it through Target's nifty little price scanner's that they have so conveniently put throughout the store, it came back at $5.99. Now that's a pretty good deal to, I mean, don't get me wrong, it's better if you don't have to pay for it at all, but $5.99 isn't so bad either for 800 feet of silly string.
So I go back there again last night to buy them out and corner the market on such aforementioned goods.
Turns out the stupid things are being recalled! So they wouldn't sell it to me. Found out that kids were spraying the silly string and the cans were blowing up on them because of the gun that I was explaining earlier and how it got jammed up and caused it to compress and blow off fingers and whatnot.
That's pretty freakin' scary! It's damn silly string! It's supposed to be fun and messy and kinda funky smelling! I don't remember Floam (which I thought would definately be on the toxic side) blowing people up or causing them to lose body parts! What the hell is going on here!?
I'm just gonna start throwing blocks of wood at people like they used to do back when I was a kid, at least it's easier to clean up and the only pain you suffer is possibly a mild concussion.
IN OTHER NEWS:
See, out of all the weird stuff I do why can't I find something like this lying around??
DOH! WE FORGOT IT WAS THERE!!
MICHELANGELO PRINT FOUND "JUST LYING AROUND" !!
And I think is all truth right here...
A NATION OF WUSSIES!!
More to come...
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
***********THE HUNT IS ON !!*****************
If anyone knows of a damn job that's hiring where I won't have to undergo ten different interviews and finally get hired on when I'm about to turn 26, could someone please let me know? It's gettin' freakin' rediculous in Austin for trying to find a job that pays anything. I mean, I understand that the job market's tight. I understand that they have to go through 400 applicants. I understand that they want to get someone who meets their qualifications and will meet their expectations. BUT C'MON! HOW MANY FREAKIN' INTERVIEWS DOES ONE PERSON HAVE TO GO THROUGH!?!?
I went to an interview at a doctor's office yesterday. Although I don't have much in the way of a medical background, I did quite well on the interview. Now I just have to go through their senior accountant named Bagudora the Merciless and finally on to Dr. Cane (yeah, the guy that killed Abel). Which should take all of about three weeks to complete. I'm in competition with three other people on who can survive the rack the longest and who can solve pandora's box. After that is the typing test and Quickbooks test. And finally is the slaying of the dark beast that resides in the basement of the complex.
Problem here is that I don't have three weeks to complete all the tasks that I must undertake in order to get the damn job. I'm used to being able to go into the interview and find out right away whether or not I'm suitable for what they desire. I'd prefer that. At least don't make me meet Bagudora the Merciless. Hell, tell me now so I can look elsewhere! In about three weeks I'll be having to pack up and move my ass out to Virginia. If I don't have something more... permanent.. more steady by then, looks like I'll have to leave.
In other news:
Edited for content and extremely poor ratings.
ALSO:
I thought this article was amusing considering it doesn't mean crap...
FIND A JOB IN TEN EASY STEPS!
Oh yeah:
I need to get laid somethin' fierce.
More to come...
Monday, July 08, 2002
POST JULY FOURTH FEEL MY WRATH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK UPDATE!
What a weekend! If I ever throw any kind of bash like that again, I'll have it more organized and better rules will be set, such as what exactly to bring and what I will definately have available. Because I'm not doing anything like that again! Way too many complaints, and although I had fun, I'm not quite sure anyone else did. But hey! Screw you guys! It was good to see everyone together for the first time in quite awhile. I did get the pictures developed and will be working on trying to post them this week, as soon as I can figure out how to do it...
So July 4th came and went. It was enjoyable. However, the next day I felt like someone had hit me in the head repeatedly with a ball ping hammer and my stomach felt like a huge vat of pig vomit churning to eruption. But it didn't and after 4 in the afternoon, I felt like my old chipper self again.
Saturday evening stopped by Dames' place for a smaller bar-b-que and left pretty early after feeling The General's raging glare about not bringing food to the July 4th bash. Afterwards, met with my friend Becky for some spirits and a conversation regarding her ex-current-Idunnowhat-boyfriend. And after that, went home and passed out. On a side note, I gotta say, The General can cook some good bar-b-que.
Sunday I finally watched Mr. Deeds. John Turturro was absolutely kickass as the sneaky butler and Steve Buscemi was hilarious as Crazy Eyes, and although I'm not really a big fan of Winona Ryder, she was pretty cute in the movie. Oh yeah, and POTG, you gotta check out Eight Crazy Days which I think is coming out in December. If there ever was an animated cartoon of you, this would be it. You have to see the movie to understand about the crazy eyes, though.
I'm still feeling the effects of this past weekend, hope everyone else has recovered though!
Now wish me luck as I go to fight warrants for my arrest and attend a final interview today for job 33 since job 32 looks like it's sinking really fast. Ah well, it wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened.
Oh, and I've heard from a few of you out there, that you don't know where to find the PGBCO comic strip. Well, after a talk with the Hza, my dumbass finally figured out how to connect links! Oh happy day! So here:
PGBCO Comic Strips!
More to come... and hopefully some better tales to tell.
Wednesday, July 03, 2002
**********PRE JULY FORTH BASH UPDATE!!***************
Alright everyone! It's the kickoff evening for the FEEL MY WRATH JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK !! If anyone is interested in showing up tonight, there will be a few of us hanging out at Rhino's and Jocks around 10ish to discuss... something. Anything. I just have to celebrate being off tomorrow!!
Schedule of events for tomorrow afternoon/evening:
Sleep in the morning.
Wake in the afternoon.
Purchase of beer and Wild Turkey Whiskey to appease rampant rednecks in case we encounter them at the park.
Purchase of fireworks and mortar canons (you never know when they'll run out, and that's half the fun of this! Watching them blow up in their faces!)
Meet at my house between 5 and 6.
6:15 mosey over to the park to begin the celebration.
10:00 extinguish any burning redneck victims so they won't be late to work on Friday.
12:00 Leave me alone, because I'll be going to bed.
If anyone needs my phone number, address, directions, or calorie intake of aforementioned beer, please email me as I will be checking it throughout the day, or give me a call. Or call your buddy! Most everyone has a way to reach me. I will also be taking pictures to hopefully put on the website to scare everyone.
Wish us luck! More to come...
Tuesday, July 02, 2002
********NOAH'S ARK II: TWO FOR THE ROAD**********
Austin has literally turned into a lake. Actually, I don't mind the rain at all, it's the idiot drivers that really piss me off. So, mix flooded roads with idiot drivers on cell phones and what do you get?!
Lots o' traffic and me yelling at those idiot drivers on cell phones!
Eagerly anticipating episode 8 in the PGBCO comic strip, and I'm beginning to wonder whether we might need to bring rafts and jet ski's to the FEEL MY WRATH JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK on top of the beer and fireworks. So far, our roster includes MethJoe, Wallychamp, Dames, PapaJukeBox, myself of course, and a few other individuals who lack interesting and provacative sounding names. Which means that we've already doubled our attendance from last year's fourth of July celebration.
If you are attending the FEEL MY WRATH JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK be sure to bring:
Lawn chairs
Fireworks (if you want, cause I'm just going to sit around and watch others catch themselves on fire)
Cameras (for catching those dang rednecks setting themselves ablaze on film)
Beer/Liquor (I'm bringing Corona and Bud/Coors Light, if you want anything different, ie., Mike's Hard Lemonade, etc., bring it yourself)
Sun Block
and possibly, if you have room ... a fire extinguisher.
I'll be sending out directions to those who request them, and I'll even do one step more and post directions up tomorrow... if I can figure out how!
More to come.... Just hold your horses.
Monday, July 01, 2002
**************LAST THOUGHT OF THE DAY!*****************
I think my workplace is in trouble. We lost our seminar planning assistant and our receptionist within two weeks. Through the grapevine I've heard talk about our resident attorney seeking other employment as well as our accountant and our controller. That would leave the entire company with our executive director, research attorney, seminar planner, and you guessed it.... me.
That's not gonna happen though. I'm already in the process of looking for job number 33... Cause I got a feelin' this ship is goin' down!! And I don't want to be on it when it sinks. I've already done that once before at Dell, and I don't want it to happen again. Unemployment sucks. You have no money and you get bored after the second day.
Rain or shine the JULY FOURTH FEEL MY WRATH HOLIDAY IN THE PARK is still on... already it seems that we will double last year's turnout. I'm sure it will be just as fun and amusing as it was last year.
And for your reading pleasure, be sure to check out the PGBCO comic strip, featuring everyone from the PGBCO clan.
Also:
Thought it was a pretty good read.
More to come...
