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2006-08-02T19:10:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Things bad things during 100+! degree weather.

You know when its 100+ degree outside with 100% humidity like the last few days certain task become harder and more annoying that they need too...

(1) Washing the Car : I'm weird but i like washing my car. It feels like I'm taking care of my baby, but I dont like when I go outside and when I try and wash the car the water evaporates faster than I can get it onto the car. The soap dries on the car. Its really annoying. It looks worse afterwards than it did before.

(2) Mowing the Lawn : I have a huge hill in my yard and it feels like I'm pushing a train up the hill in this hear. Usually its no problem but man! If I could do it naked I would but my neighbours wouldn't appreciate that...

(3) Taking dogs for walk : I have two border collies with more energy than anything! They like to go on 2 hour wants and be played with. Normally its hard enough to walk the 10 miles into the woods with them but during this heat. Oh man! I barely made it out the door!

(4) Playing with the dogs : Talking about the dogs. It takes extra extra effort for me to go outside and play with them for an hour or so in the yard. I get tired real quick and they dont care! They keep brining that damn BALL!

(5) Going to the Pool : Now ya'll might think I'm nuts but its nasty going to the pool and having my sunscreen melt on my face and the water be warm. YUCK!

(6) Working : I dont want to work during 100 degree weather...wait I never "want" to go to work.

(7) Yard Work : I dont care if I have weeds in my yard! The sun will BURN them to death! DIE DIE DIE!

(8) Open Windows : I love cruising with my windows open! I love the wind in my hair but not when it feels like a hairdryer! My hair gets all frizzy and nasty!

(9) Hair Gel! : Talking about Frizzy hair. My hear gets all frizzy due tot he humidity so I use hair gel but it melts! Well thats not as bad when my hair gel froze one winter. It was funny as hell. Stupid public school that made me walk to bus stops!

(10) Sitting in Class : OMG! I cant image being in High School during this weather. My school is the only school in the state the doesn't have AC! It was horrible. We'd sit in the same class for 3hrs and fry in the hear. Atleast the college I go to has AC.

(11) Coffee : I love me a cup of coffee in the morning but it now just leaves me all icky and warm. It make me unconfortable fo a few hours.

(12) Being outside : The outdoors seem so nice for the inside! When you walk out the its like hitting a wall of Magma! I wonder if I stayed out there long enough I would be friend.

(13) Public work : I dont know how poeple could do public work like road construction etc. Working 12hr in the heat. That would be like hell to me. I can understand why BGE (Electric company) dont wanna fix the downed lines. Its like being cooked out there.

Its sad when 200+ people die in West due to this heat when they dont have AC. Its a horrible way to go. It must be horrible to die that way at 90 years old. You've been trough so much and you die due to a heatwave.

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2006-07-19T21:19:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Laws that should of been!


1. Ilegal to drive after age of 60 - This relates to one of my earlier TT where I complaint about peoples driving habbits. I fully believe that once you reach a certain age you should be required to retake your drivers licence test in order to be allowed to drive. I think 60 is a good age to start and test them every 5 years after that. Now some of you might consider this age discrimination but we dont allow 14 year olds to drive because they dont have the mental and reaction time needed to be behind the wheel of a 3000lb metal weapon. You get my point

2. Ability to smack idiots - This one is a personal one for inspired by several people I've encountered this week. It should be legal to give idiots a smack over the head. Just once. Not a smack of death just a "You Idiot" smack. You know the one I mean. Dont think I'm mean! Some people really deserve it.

3. Fart can for an exhuast on your car Now I love cars but I cant stand people with those load fart can exhuast. One of the 16 year old has it on his multi color cavalier and it annoys the hell out of me. He comes home like 3am in the morning and wakes the entire neighbourhood. Dont get me started on why his parents allows him to stay out so late...

4. Ilegal to place wrapping on new CD - Those should really illegal. It makes it impossible and I have to revert back into a caveman to get into my brand new CD! We start scratching the plastic, then biting then shaking it like it will magically fly off. Admit we all have done it!

5. Newest State: Walmart - Sense Walmart is already taking over the world why dont we make it an official state? I know its located in every state but I'm sure we can just give them a seat in House and Senate.

6 Weight restriction on short shorts  - There should be a weight restriction on short shorts. Some people shouldn't be allowed to wear them. I'm not exactly skinny and I'm sure no one wants to see me in Short shorts. So please! You should know when your too big to weat them. Stop Stop Stop! Its for the greater good on mankind.

7. Smoking BANNED - I cant smell the smell of it and its killing everyone. Its not healthy and its just plain nasty. People need to put those cigarettes down. I dont see why people even start. Its just gross. I haven't even tried one! I cant bring myself to do it. Probably the reason I haven't experimented with any drugs...except alchol but what is a college student to do?

8. Drinking Age - 18  - I think once you've graduated from High School you should be allowed to drink. I'm 20 what do you except?

9. Grocery Store samples BANNED - Those should really be illegal. I think I gained 20lb just making my way to the shampoo isle. Mmmm those boneless rib thingies was good. **slobbers**

10. Being woken up before your ready to wake up - You should be able to send someone to the Electric Chair for waking you up early. I'm someone with a busy life and I cant take it when people wake me up from my beauty sleep! I'm not a morning person. Not at all

11. Taxes on Lower Incomes - I think if you make below 40k a year you shouldn't be taxed. That extra money can help a family out a lot. College students would be able to go to school without large loans and the poor wont be as poor. That $300 you take from me per paycheck can help every week!

12. Child Left Behind - I'm sorry but Bush's No Child Left Behind crap doesn't work. All that happens is it lowers the amount of effort places into their work. If you know it doesn't matter if you fail all your classes are you really going to try? Nope!

13.Lisa shall not be laid off ever again! -  It should be illegal to lay Lisa off from any work place. It makes the office a crazy boring place. I could fall asleep...almost did today... **snore** huh what?

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Thirteen Things I just do not get.

2006-07-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Things I just do not get.

I do consider myself a decently intelligent person that cand efinetly see the big picture and make sense of most of everything. I'll admit I'm not the smartest things and you can sometimes catch me saying the dumbest thing and do the most retarded thing without realizing it. I have no sense of direction and get lost very easily when I'm driving. I SO wish I got the optional navigation system for my car. It would of made life so much easier... Oh well

1. Rude people. I dont understand why some people go out their way to be rude to others. I've met several people that I've never heard anything positive come from their mouth. I've been rude before but I dont set out to be rude. It takes a lot for me to say something rude to you.

2. The Iraq War. I might be conservative on a lot of issues but it doesn't make me a Bush supporter. You have to give me a pretty damn good reason to send our soldiers into Iraq and blow them to hell. North Korea I would say we have a pretty good reason to blow them to bits. They are like waving those Nuclear bombs at use but we do nothing...

3. I dont get why Grocery stores Nationwide doesn't use the same CC machine. I swear each one is different and more difficult than the last. I always feel like an idiot when I'm using these machines. The cashier always rolls their eyes at me and press the button themselfs. Thank You! But it doesn't help me! Show me how to use it. Of Course when you finally figure it out they install a new system. WHY!

4. Poeple on the phone. Working in a call center I've heard people do and say the rudest thing. Why on earth would you call someone and when they finally pick up you say "Hold please" I'm like WTF?! Didn't you call me?! Its very frustrating.

5. I dont understand why some people cant see the big picture. I understand some people aren't as smart as other but we work for the same company for god sakes. You should know by know if you do X, Y is going to happen and if Y doesn't happen Z will happen. Really

6. People are going to hate me for this one but why on earth would you drive an American car? Chevy, Chrysler and Ford. They make some of the worst cars ever. My parents have three American cars and they are in the shop more than they are on the road. They were made in 2005 aswell! Its not like they are old. These are new cars with more problems than a 90 year old lady of her death bed.

7. Why has society become so focused on looks. I'm not the best looking person but I like the way I look. Sure I'd like to be a little skinnier for health reasons but I dont see how people can be pushed to getting an eathing disorder.

8. Why do so many under estimate my intelligence. So many people at my old job and at my current one try to pull a fast one on me when the facts right infront of me spell out Y-O-U-R W-R-O-N-G. I can accept when I'm wrong but its obviously incorrect dont come up with stories...

9. How in 2006 cant you use a computer. I had a customer on the phone tonight that had be walk him through step for step on how to do everything on his computer. From starting it up to the point he placed the order. I was like several times "Dont you just want me to place that order for you?!"

10. People that are over paraniod. Its scary. Some people expect the worst in every situation. They think everything they do or buy will kill them or someone else. I would die if a worried this much. I'm the kind of person that take things as they come...I should probably go see my doctor soon,lol I haven't been for a check up in a long time. **bites finger nails**

11. ADD? What is wrong with todays children that 2 out 3 have ADD. I understand its hard for a child to focus but stop feeding the kid sugar and soda and he or she will be ok. Fine I know I'm over simplifing a legit disorder but when everyone uses it as an excuse for poor performance and a reason to get out of someone it gets a little annoying.

12. I dont understand my sister and her choices in life. Simple as that...

13. I dont understand why some poeple still have their jobs. They dont do a good job. This isn't just directed to people I work with but at some people I'v eencounted while shopping or eating out. Its scary some of the things I've seen but I'll leave that for next weeks TT.

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Thirteen Things other drivers do to ANNOY ME!

2006-06-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Things other drivers do to ANNOY ME!

SPECIAL SHOUT OF TO MY FRIEND KELLY. MUST READ HER TT AND COMMENT.

Now as someone that has totalled a wopping three cars without a single accident being his fault I thought it would appropriate to list thirteenthings that annoy me about other drivers. I'm sure I can list more than 300 but I'll limit it some. If anyone wants to know about my previous accidents I will more than happy to make it a nice blog post. Sorry for the long introduction. Here we go! Buckle up **wink**

1.) Turning signal. Those orange blinking lights that some people dont realize they have. They are not just there for the heck of it. They actually have a purpose! A good one is warning other drivers your going to drive your oversized SUV into their lane! I'll admit its not just SUV but they are the most annoying. As a Honda Civic driver I get scared when a Tahoe comes right towards me!

2.) Talking about turning signal. Some people OVER use them. Some people aren't even making a turn and drive with them on. I know we are busy but I hope you aren't that busy inside your car to forget that your turning signal is on. BTW If you see a Blue Honda Civic next to you waving madly making weird hand signals dont get scared. I'm not a gaster warning you that I'm gona bust a cap in your ass. I'm just trying to help you and everyone else on the road by signaling (HAHA!) you that your blinker(Oober british) is on.

3.) There is something that I cant get over and will never forgive someone for. My mother is quilty of this one seriously. We had a HUGE fight over this last weekend when we were driving home from our local Walmart. (Has anyone noticed that Walmart is taking over the world? More on this later) . People that ride their brakes are the most annoying mother f.... on the planet. There isn't anything more annoying then driving behind someone singing your favorite song loudly hoping no one hears or see you making a fool of yourself when the idiot infront of you taps their brake for no apparant reason. I almost shard my pants everytime someone does that. Then latter on you dont take them seriously and you almost rearend them. Seriously throttle control isn't that hard. I've driven both Automatic and manual and just laying of the gas some slows you down enough without you needing to tap the brake every few seconds.

Wow my list keep getting longer and longer. I need to cut back some... NAH!

4.) Something that scares me almost everyday is when your driving along the interstate and you just happen to look over at the person in the car next to you(I do this a lot) and you see they are doing their make-up,smoking,dressing themself, brushing their hair...teeth(seriously seen this before) and talking on their lovely little cellphone all at SAME! time. Scary... Wonder where their attention is. One guess...

This reminds me of something. Has anyone ever gone on a long road trip and you travel with a car. Somewhere along the way we get so bored we start a small little competition with this one car. Both start doing this and we both know. We race that car to our destination and we consider it a personal victory if you pass them. When you eventually loose them they pass you an you think "WTF?! Oh No Bitch not today!" and we speed up. Then when we finally take out Pitstop to stock up on Soda,Chips,and general shit we can eat on our million mile trip that car gets way ahead of you again. We race to find them and finally catch up on them. Then when you pass them. You KNOW they notice but the rule of the game is your not allowed to look at each other and then you start doing things like playing with your hair or acting like this is the BEST song ever! Maybe its just me but I get caught up in this on every road trip.My last one I was stalked by a car carrier carrying a bunch of Hondas! Maybe I'm just weird but its fun

5.) People that cut you off. If you merge infront of me or pull out infront of me and I have to hit my brakes to avoid hitting you your considered an asshole automatically. This is unaccetable. This happens to be all the time. There is no one behind me and I'm going at a nice cruising speed enjoying myself then some idiot pulls out infront of me and decides not to speed up! If your going to do that atleast go faster or wait till I pass.

6.) Yield! Ever heard of right of way! People need to be considerate and yield the right of way to people. I can udnerstand we are in a hurry but follow the rules. Its not that hard. The road would be a lot safer and less confusing.

7.) Orange light. That light means slow down, I'm gona go red soon bitch. Not HIT THE GAS!!!!!! GO GO GO GO GO GO COME ON! This is how one of my accident was caused that landed me in the hospital and I still have back problems from this from time to time! Some as tard rearended me at a red light and pushed my car into a busy intersection. I got T-Boned on the passanger side and hit head on. Not a pleasant experience to say the least and the idiot still had the nerve to ask me "Why'd you stop?" My dad sued his ass good **smirk**

8.) The Left lane. I'll admit I'm a left lane driver eventhough I shouldn't because one of my accident was caused by a drunken driver crossing the median. The left lane is for car trying to go faster than the speed limit. I know legally they are correct in driving the speed limit in this lane but come on! Your being a complete asshole. I move over for those that are going faster than I. Be considerate.

9.) Drinkign and Driving. There is nothing more dumb than drinking and driving. You not just putting yourself risk but you putting ME at risk. I see some of my friends do it all the time. Needless to say I'm not friends with them anymore. After being hit by one of these idiots I cant be friends with someone that is that iresponsible.

10.) Back roads. If your going to drive below the speed limit and slow down to 10mph around every turn dont take the whindy backroad. Some people drive these roads to get a thrill. Not the safest things but it should be fine if idiots like this stay of these roads.

11.) HID! I know its the hip thing and you think it looks cool when you drive around with your illegal blue or purple lights. Its really annoying for the other drivers. Even through my tints these lights bother me. I have to rub my eyes if one of those pass me on the highway. There is a reason to have blue or purple lights.

12.) Brights. Dont drive with your brights on. Simple yes? Its ok to use this on back roads at night(when no one is around BTW) but there is no reason to use this on the I-95!

13.) Music. I like to blast my music but to a respectable level where everyone else doesn't have to listen to my excellent choice of music. Not everyone likes the same music. When I'm at the light I dont want to hear "Hey Shorty its ur birthday..." I dont like 50cent (I could make SO many jokes) so I dont want to hear it.

Thirteen of the DUMBEST questions I've been asked

2006-06-21T16:32:00.000-07:00

Thirteen of theDUMBEST questions I've been asked.

Sense I was born and raised in South Africa and moved to the United States in 2000 I've been asked some of the most retarded questions. Here is a small list and some other questions I've been asked.

1. This was possible the worst question I've ever been asked. I thought it was so retarded. Eventhought there is some merit behind it sense its true but this person said he's always wondered this. A guy at the grocery store heard my accent and asked me "Is it true when you flush the toiler it goes in the opposite direction than ours." WTF?! Why have you been wondering that all your live. Really!? I responded, " I have no idea. I usually dont observe the tiolet when its flushed. I wipe and walk away."

2. "Are animal allowed to run freely in South Africa," Ok I understand that we are talking about Africa but really. Do people really really think Lions and Tiger would br running around in the Cities...

3. "Did you live in a hut?" A HUT! What the hell! A live in a house that are comparable to one that Celebrities in the United States live in. Most people didn't live in a Hut. We aren't a Tribal Country... really

Wow I didn't know some of the stupid stereotypical question would get me annoyed again.

4. "Did you guys have Television," TV? Hasn't that been around for years. I'm sure people that are stranded on unknown island have TV. Maybe not but you get my point.

5. "Did you have a Pet Lion" Yes and his name was Simba too! I came up with the story The Lion King!

6. "Why are you white?" I paid a visit to Michelle Jackson. Decided I didn't want to be black anymore. I have that weird disease now.

7. "Did you guys have wild sex over there" What? Ok this my Lesbian best friend asked me as a joke but I was only 13 when I moved from there.

8. This is what the guy that installed our internet the week we arrive in the United States asked us "This must be very exciting for you guys. America is the only country with Internet" I was floored by this. Believe me we dind't use AOL for very long. CURSE AOL!

9. " Why did you come over here" I was 13 for god sakes. I made the decision all by myself to fly to the United States... My parents MADE me come. I'm happy I'm here now but believe me I wasn't back then

10. "Did it ever get dark over there?" What What?! Why wouldn't it get dark. Its just a difference continent. Not a different planet.

11. "Did you speak American over there?" American? That isn't even a language. YES we have "ENGLISH" over there but we did not speak American (which is not really a lnaguage) Oh and I was asked this by my public school English teacher. -_-

12. I'm not sure what this person was smoking when he asked me this question. It actually floored me. "Did ya'll have chicks in South Africa?" No we are all male. My sister is a boy and so is my mother...

13. "Do you guys celebrate Thanksgiving?" NO! You obviously dont know what Thanksgiving is if your asking this. Its an American holiday about Indians giving Americans food, not South Africans. We also dont celebrate 4th July...

Hope no one takes offense to my comments. I love America and I'm proud to be an American!

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2006-06-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Things I would Like to Buy if I was RICH

Ok this list is things I'd like to buy for myself or my car,lol I know this isn't realistic and some people wont understand why I would pick these.

1. A friend for my baby. You might be asking what the heck is he talking about. I want to buy a second 2006 Honda Civic Si. That way mine can have a friend. A red one would be nice...ooo if I get a third one it should be white, Red, White and Blue... MMMMM

2. A townhouse. I dont need a single family home. I just need a small townhouse with a garage and I'll be set. That is all I want. Too bad they are so damn expensive in Maryland.

3. Right now... Some Peanut Butter. I have a serious graving for some Peanut Butter. No idea why but I want some Peanut Butter

4. New Furniture. I need new furniture for by Bedroom. I just painted it and got new bedding. Now my furniture looks out of place. Black wood furniture would look so nice in mine Mexican Orange/Red room,lol

5. Talking about my Bedroom. Some hard wood floors would be nice. I'm tired of the carpets. When I'm not home it doubles as our dogs bed/toilet and toiler paper (Dont ask... It was nasty)

6. New Computer. Mine is accient. Granted I dont use it for anything else but doing homework, surfing the internet and typing crap like this. Its slow as hell and I'm tired of it. Someone buy me a new one please!

7. A Motorcycle. Come on now. I need more than one way to kil....spe...drive safely...

8. A pony! Just joking

9. I want my damn puggle. I've wanted this dog for the last few month. They are expensive but we have two other dogs and my sister wont allow me to get it till both her dogs are over their puppy crap otherwise its going to be crazy in my house.

10. I want to buy my car a lip kit, new excuast, springs, leather seating, navigation and wheels. I want to do so much to by baby its crazy. She's gona get a facelift soon enough!

Man this list makes me think I'm selfish,lol I'll use my last three for other people...

11. I'll buy my sister her new SUV....wait I want that for myself. I'll give the last two to other people.

12. I'll buy my mother and father a new house. They deserve it. Eventhough they make a lot of money they wont buy a bigger place. They love their place.... or they are cheap and don't want to spend their money on anything else. Why should I?

13. I'll buy my friends what every they want. As long as the dollar store carries it.

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Question to all mothers!

2006-06-12T14:32:00.000-07:00

First I'll give everyone some background on what happened over the weekend then you'll be able to understand my side of this story.

Last weekend was possibly the worst weekend I've had this week. I worked harder this weekend than I do all week at work. Saturday morning I woke up early to go get my windows tinted quickly because the 100 degree weather and black interior doesn't go well together. I thought it would take an hour but I was waiting in a stupid room with this smelly guy for four hours! I was bad as hell. The guy told me that had problems because my car had weird angled windows. What ever...

So I had already planned to help my mom in the yard on Saturday. The night before my mom told me nevermind sense she wasn't able to get the grass to plant. I was like ok then. We didn't do anything on Saturday. I actually spent several hours napping,lol <--which would of been fine if I was able to sleep that night. So on Sunday I wake up our 10am after finally being able to fall asleep at 5am. I didn't get much sleep so I was a little annoyed. My mom call and ask if I'm going to come over and help in the yard. I was like WTF?! NO! You canceled yesterday. That doesn't automaticly volunteer me to do it today. She starts whinning that I promised etc etc. I'm like I got plans! My baby needs a bath!

So I start working on giving my car a full detail. First I vacumm and wipe down the interior of the car. I steam clean all the cracks, carpets etc. Then I started doing the exterior. It took almost six hours to wash, polish, wax and glaze my car. I was tired and burnt(physically,lol) when I was done. During this period of time my mom was nagging me to do the yard. Now here is my question to all mom on this planet. Why do ya'll keep nagging your kids about the same thing if they ether said NO, WHEN I'M DONE.... Really! Its not like I'm lying. I had every intention to help once I was done but she kept going and going. Saying that I'm a horrible son for not helping her. Eventually I was like FINE! I'm NOT going to help you if I'm already such a horrible son that doesn't want to do anything. Good heavens! I'm still annoyed by this.... She even yelled at me for not putting a teaspoon in the dishwasher. It would of been fine if she said can you put it in the dishwasher but she had to start with her retarded sarcasm. "Is that your teaspoon?" I just replied yes and she started yellling. I'm tired of this... I need to move away from my family...

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2006-06-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Things I LIKE!

1. Who could of guessed what is number one on my list! My car! I currently own a 2006 Honda Civic Si in Fuji Blue Metallic. I absolutly love this car. Its fast and it has the best design of any car on the market right now. I paid a good bit of money for this car (Atleast for a 20 year old,lol)

2. Pizza? You know food is going to take up a good part of this list. I love myself some Pappa John Pizza. Their Chicken Alfredo is to die form **foams at mouth**

3. Pepsi! Any Pepsi product works for my. Their nothing like the cool cold feeling of Pepsi going down your trout. Mmmmmm

4. My Family. I love my family. They get on my nerves from time to time but the love is still there!

5. My friends. I can list all of their names but this will span into a few pages,lol This is a special shout out to all my friends... the work ones aswell.

6. Work? Did I just say work?! I enjoy my job. I like doing this and being usefull (Reason 1 why I left my last job. It was a slackers dream job. Sit on ass for 8hr and do nothing. I couldn't stand it) I like going to work everyday. Dont get me wrong their days I'd rather sit at home and do nothing..

7. On that note! I love sitting at home in the morning in my pajamas drinking my coffee watching the news. Make me feel so grown up,lol I'm such a BUM

8. Party! I dont go out too much but that was mostly due to school. Now that is summer I'm gona go out with my friends as much as possible. I love the atmosphere involved with being with my friends and having fun.

9. I cant mention parties and not mention BEER! I'm not much of a drinker but I like to drink a beer at two when I'm out on town. I'm HATE getting drunk though. Dont like to loose control. Did it once and never again!

10. The Beach. Its weird but I love the beach. I dont like to swim but I love going to the beach. Being in the sun in the wide open and the sound of the ocea is AWESOME!

11. SEX? LOL Nevermind its a guy thing....

12. Ellen DeGeneres. I love Ellen. She is the funniest person ever. I love her talk show and all her shows. I got several of them on DVD. A lot of people dont like her but I dont care. I'll marry her any day. Too bad she doesn't like men,lol

13. Annoying Lisa. I make speling (see!) and grammar mistakes just to annoy Lisa! She is the grammar queen! I'm so evil.... Grammar Class at 3PM in the corner,heheh(inside joke)

GO F**K YOURSELF!

2006-06-06T14:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday on my way to work I was sitting at a light waiting to make a left hand turn. The light is green but I and everyone else in the world besides the prick behind me knows you need to YIELD to oncoming traffic. So as I'm waiting he is playing a symphony on his horn! WTF! He keeps at it so I give hima good old American middle finger. Not the most mature thing to do but it shut him up. So I eventually get to make my turn (I was actually considering waiting at the light for it to turn red, green, red, green a couple of times to piss him off sense I wasn't in a hurry.) I pull into our local WAVA to grab some water and gum so hold me over for the day. I go though like a pack of gum a day. Its sick.

The jerk off that was behind me pulls into he parking lot aswell. As I'm getting out of my car to go inside he comes up to me and ask me why I was so rude(ME? NEVER!). I was like Excused me? He was like why did you flick me off. I explain to him because he was being a jerk off and honking at me. He told me the light was green and I should of gone. I explain to him the rules of the road and he hissed at me. He then told me I'm an extremely rude young man. I told him to GO F**K YOURSELF! and told him he's an extermely rude old man.... This can go on my list of reasons why I hate old people. He was lucky I wasn't in a mood for an even bigger fight or I would of started something! This isn't the first time someone started something with me in the WAVA parking lot ether. Last time it was a bunch of Mexicans that just slammed their door into my car. I'm a car lover so you know that got my blood boiling! Anyhows I wont go into that sense I sold that car,lol

I SO hate Monday...

2006-06-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

It is Monday and its back to work for me! Oh Great! I walked in the office this morning and the same silence from Friday filled the office. You can see that people has yet to recover from the events of Friday. The people that weren't here Friday had to be filled and the shock was felt over again. I sit here isolated in my cubicle with my partner of crime no longer next to me. Its sad... Its quite... Its lonely. I've been diligently working through a large pile of work all day. I guess I wont have any distractions anymore... Unfortunately.

This weekend was interesting. It was the first weekend in month that I did absolutely nothing. Usually my weekends are planned to the bone and I have something to do all day. With school being over now and most of my friends on vacation or at home visiting their parents I was lonely this weekend. I cant lie and say it wasn't depressing but I liked it. I got some well deserved rest and relaxation. I played with my new puppy most of Saturday. The poor thing was so tired it actually slept all night! Which is not normal at all. She usually wakes us up every hour to go pee or play. I actually woke up in the middle of the night expecting her to go out but nope she was sleeping! I was so happy. I was actually considering bringing her to work today but I knew after that much sleep she would be a hand full. Instead she went with my sister to the farm.

My parents returned from their two week vacation in Florida. Lucky aren't they?! They didn't even tell me about it till the day before they left. I was kind of annoyed and glad at the same time. My mom wouldn't be able to bother me for two weeks! Eventhough I don't live with her anymore she still manages to get me to do crap for her all day long. This weekend she had be running around all day. I was like WTF? Do it yourself and turned my cell phone off. I know its not nice but I needed to peace!

Things I dont understand?

2006-06-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was effectively the worst day ever at work. I know I've only worked there for four months and I'm positive worse things can and WILL happen. Yesterday they decided to lay off a few people to cut some "extra" cost. In this big event they scared the living crap out of everyone in the company (I serious! I've never heard our office so quite) they got rid of a good friend of mine. She was the reason I came to work and could have fun. Now she's gone! I dont understand why her though. I couldn't sleep last night because this was bothering me a lot. She did her job well. She came in on time. She was friendly to everyone. Customers loved her because she had that gentle personality that put everyone at ease (unlike me that fought with every other customer... ) She wasn't the only one that was let go but the others I could come up with plenty of reasons why. Lisa on the other hand was a hard worker and she kept everyone motivated. The only reason I could see was she was the lesser evil. They know everyone else there needs the job and doesn't have any education to get a better job. On the other hand Lisa is well educated and has experience under her belt and could easily get a job making five times the money she did. If this is the reason its a crappy one to say the least but its logical.

To Lisa all I can say is that you will be missed. We made idle jokes about it last night in the office. I can see everyone misses you. Our supervisor which usally is pretty heartless even said he's going to miss her a lot. I can tell he liked her and she kept his spirits up day to day. He usually doesn't show any emotions. A few weeks ago a former employees dad died and he didn't car. He was more annoyed by the fact that it kept some people from working.What is even more scary is one of the people that was let go use to call me "Snuggles". I hated it but now I miss it. She wasn't the best worked but she was a great person and a lot of fun. She will too be missed! My supervisor decided he should take her place and call me snuggles. Slighly creepy but oh well. We are all damaged right now about the events that took place. This has just been a string of events that has been occuring over the last few weeks and I'm not sure it's the last. As for me I'm keeping my options open. I have my resume ready just in the event they decide to get rid of me aswell. Live goes on I guess!

2006-06-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Reasons why I"m ANNOYED by old (60/70+) people!

1. Old people are slow. Need I really say more about this? Ya'll might think this is mean but I dont lie! I was walking in the mall the other day behind a string of old people. I could get by them. I almost killed myself right there!

2. They can not drive! Its not just a matter of they drive slowly but its the fact that they love to leave there wrinkly old feet on the gas pedal so the person behind them shits there pantevery timeme they see thBuickck in front of them light flash!! I think they shouldn't allow them to have drivers licences at all! Take the BUS!

3. They use checks! I honestly dont understand this one? We have credit cards (If you paranoid Checking Cards). I'm the lucky one that is always stuck behind the sweet granny at the grocery store.

4. Speaking of the sweet granny. What is up with Pennies! Its 200 fing 6. Inflation has worked its magic so we dont need them anymore. Why does every granny at the grocery store have unlimited supply of groceries except the last one the need to pay for the order. Then they start searching trough there purse for the next hour.

5. They smell! Not every old person smells but a lot of them do! I cant stand the old smell. Its close to the smell of death and I dont need that reminder.

6. Harsh Reminder! Old people are a harsh remind that I'm going to become old and die eventualdon'tI dont need this remind daily

7. Pennies! We are in 2006 for out loudoutlodon'tWe dont need pennies anymore! Why does every granny at the grocery store have unlimited supply of groceries except the last one the need to pay for the order. Then they start searching trough there purse for the next hour.

8. Phone conversations! I work in a call center and I must have a granny target on me. I get every old person and their mother? Wait wouldn't there mother bNevermindevermind lets not go into that one. They take forever to get to the point of things and zone out when I start talking so I'm forced to say things over and over and over.... You get the point

9. Live experience! Usually experience is a good thing when we talk about it in the sexual tedon'tewww dont want to think about that when thinking of grannies). Grannies

10. Hearing! Ever heard of a hearing aide? I dont like to yell and I dont like repeating myself. Who does? Good thing I'm typing this or else I would have to read this list over and over again unless...

11. Your blind! This goes back to the driving thing. If your too blind too walk five steps you shouldn't be allowed to drive. Get some lasik. Its not that expensive and I'm sure they have every kind of Federal aide and insurance they can get already.

12. Memory... I forgot what I was going to type...

13. This is probably the worst reason but I dont like gray hair. Please go buy some hair dye. Its not that expensive and it makes a world of a difference. Have a proffessional do it though. Pink and Orange hair isn't that attractive ether.

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Civic Minded?

2006-05-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

So, My name is Chris and I'm starting my own blog! Big Deal right? Everyone and there mother has their own blogs. Well, I've decided I want to join the trend of blogging. I need a place to vent and complain about things that happen to me daily. If your wondering why I chose Civic Minded as my title, I'll explain (I have a feeling I'll be doing this a lot for some of the things coming out of my mouth? or is it my fingers?). I'm a Honda Civic driver and I love my car. An little birdy told me I should include the word Civic in my title. Fine the little birdy is a fellow blogger in the cubicle next to mine.

I've decided that this will be a helpfull way for me to communicate my thoughts on things that occur in my life. It might not be the most exciting things but its part of my process to share my experiences. If you dont like it you can click the little X at the top of the screen now... WAIT I wasn't serious! I hope you didn't click that button. You wouldn't be reading this if you did. Ok, that was my sorry attempt as humor! I'm so funny. **goes hide in his cubicle**