The logic behind Subway's "smokin'" good deal.

Another Wednesday morning, staring out the window and seeing the typical view: homeless checker bets, leaf blowers dragging their job hours out as long as possible, and Subway Dude outside for his 3^rd cigarette of the morning (yes, it’s 10:11 a.m.). Bobby walks in.

Bobby: Out there smokin’ with his friend, again.

Me: He’s always out there.

Bobby: You know, I’ve been getting him a pack of smokes and he gives me a sandwich. That’s our deal. But I’m trying to cut back on eating. Plus…(gets quiet, as if about to share a secret…) I’m kinda gettin’ tired of their sandwiches. Plus – cigarette prices went up!

Me: So don’t get him cigarettes. Who cares.

Bobby: Well, he can’t afford cigarettes. That’s why he gives me a sandwich.

Me: It’s not your problem.

Bobby: Well… I’ll see if I’m hungry later.

More work shenanigan's.

I don't know why my work nickname is Shenanigan's, when it's the ridiculous crap that happens around this place that is the real hootenanny (yep, it's a party, alright. All day every day).

B: Hey they’ve got sandwiches upstairs leftover, do you want me to go grab you anything?

Me: No, I’m alright. Thanks, though.

B: Yeah, me too. This diet thing. I had four Krystal’s at lunch. I’ve got serious gut bomb.

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Pause for effect. Yep, that happened.

And the other day?

Bumbling B comes gallivanting through the doors for the 3,761st time today, walks over to the counter and sniffs the candle.

B: It smells like a high school.......... A high school gym locker in here..... Huh.huhuhuhhhh.(his laugh, that's the best I can spell it out).


Bumbling B walks in about 45 minutes ago and this conversation ensues:

B-squared: Do you know much about computers?
Me: Yeah.
B-squared: What does the word 'reboot' mean? My computer last night told me I need to 'reboot the system.'
Me: Restart it.
B-squared: Yeah. I'll try that. I thought that might be it.


Welcome to my life.

Another Friday...

Not much happenin today. Got into work and it smelled like baby bunghole up in this piece. So that was special. I've had a candle burning all day, and ran rampant spraying air freshener so I wouldn't gag all day. It really was that bad, I was probably the least of the over-exaggerated reactions.

I hate sales people. I'm about to turn down two right now, as they walk in the door and try to convince me that their copier is superior to the ones we're using. I love when they come in pairs, all chatty between the two of them, then turning to face me all at the same time and say "hey there!" as they reach in their pockets, frighteningly at the same time and speed, to hand me their business cards as they read their name off it and hand it over, like some prized possession. Ughh.

Anyway... Kickbacks tonight (naturally), but tonight Sarah and Austin are coming out. So hopefully that should prove to be a good time. Tomorrow will probably involve cleaning for the fam to come next week, perhaps seeing some sunshine, and babying the Doze, as his balls have been removed as of today.... sad trombone indeed.

In conclusion, I hate the smell of poop, dispise salespeople and the awkwardness they place on you, and am glad that I am a homo sapien, so as to not have to worry about being knocked out cold and waking up with my body shaved and privately-kept parts missing.

Have a good weekend!

Rough doing a "daily blog" with no internet.

Yep. We're stickin' it to the man, still. We have no internet in our apartment since we can use it all day at work. Plus we have iPhone's. You can't beat that. I can't wait for June's system update. YES! We're not totally in the stone age. Turns out, you plug a few lose wires in, and VOILA! You've got over 100 channels, plus HD, of cable. Things are good.

I tried to post the other day about our cookout, but Blogger was not allowing me to do so. So here I am! The cookout went fantastically. We cleaned all day. The yard is looking good (or maybe not the yard, but the mulched beds are... hopefully the yard will soon). People filed in around 6, and we ended up with about 20 people hanging out :) It was a good time! I think everyone else had fun, which is always good to see. My party anxiety was on for a hot second, while I was hoping that everyone was experiencing optimum fun level. I never know how to be sure, though, with new people (which they all were). So I'm going to take their word for it that they enjoyed themselves.

Anywho: updated house pics! Woot!

Check out those slick lookin baby flowers in the mulched bed! YEAH! Just ignore the tree that's growing out of the old stump. That's coming out later.
Entryway, living room, TV
Dining room, looking into kitchen
Back entrance hallway into kitchen
Back entrance bathroom
Front bathroom
Bedroom

So that's all for now. If you want more YOU'LL HAVE TO COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. SO BOOK A FLIGHT! NOW! DO IT! :)

I am fing STARVING. More later.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Makes me miss Sands and Amanda that much more, thinking about our kegs and eggs day a few years back.... man where did the years go?

Oh the agony...

...of moving.

We're in our NEW PLACE!!! YAYY!!! We are still unpacking! BOO!

Saturday involved my being a HOSS and helping the BF load up all our stuff into a UHaul at 7 a.m. Good times.

Sad thing is this is "what's left" after half the truck was full, and a car load had already been taken.

See Dozer?

He was NOT happy with us. If he could speak, he would have told us what time it was.

Luckily, there were two more hands for unloading, so it didn't take nearly as long. Now it's just the unpacking that we are still working on. Thus far we have a:

Partial living room.

We also have a:

Bedroom.

We've also got a kitchen & dining room mostly set up... bathrooms mostly together, and the den, 2nd bedroom, and both porches have yet to be fully established. We're getting there. The artwork is coming, and better pictures of the whole shit is coming soon.

Feb 27 to March 2 - 2009

... were the dates of my first visitors! Jenn and Mitch came down to hang out with us, and have a good time in our apartment one last time before we move out of it. They couldn't have been more excited to be here (and I feel like I can speak on their behalf on that, because just wait until you see how elated their faces are in the pics...) and we couldn't have been more excited to have them and show them around town.

Friday was Kickbacks.... naturally. We basically got them at the airport, had the classic "running down the terminal, jumping hugs, excited loud talking" moment, and headed straight there. Beer ensued... as did some seriously delicious jalapeno cheese sticks, chips and salsa, Hamburger Helper (enchilada flavor), breakfast sandwich, fish 'n chips, macaroni and cheese, and I don't even know what else people ordered. Regardless - it was all delicious. After Kickbacks with some people, the four of us headed for London Bridge for more beering and quarters. We then went to the apartment, welcomed them to our "home," and more quarters. I had to crash, because I ran the 10k the next morning (see pics from previous post).

Saturday was my run in the A.M., followed by beach and drinks. Food came after a fiasco at Paco's (DISAPPOINTING... considering how badly all of us wanted Mexican food), so we went to Chicago Pizza across the street (which is much cooler looking from the patio than it is inside). Drinks followed at Fionn MacCools - which was suprisingly UN-douchey. We had two fantastic servers, realized that the best place for four friends to sit at a bar together is at the corner (as opposed to being in a line), and had some secret shots. Good times were had.

Sunday was more of just hanging out together - that's all we were there to do, anyway. We showed them around town. We did a drive-by of our soon-to-be new place. We went to Five Points and had some drinks at Ragland's, and did some shopping at the sweet antique/vintage store over there. We also did some of this:


So that's how that went.

Monday was DISNEY WORLD! We moseyed out of bed, eventually, and got on the road and into Animal Kingdom by noon. Did the walking exhibit to see the tigers. Did some beer and a fantastic jalapeno cheddar pretzel. Did the Flights of Wonder exhibit. Did the safari ride. Did It's Tough To Be a Bug (you can't NOT do that... they loved it). Decided to go to Magic Kingdom next, because they wanted to see the castle (I warned of the children-issue... but I know you "have" to see the castle... so we went). We stayed to see the castle and the teacups, then got the F out of there just in time.

Then there was EPCOT :) I just love that park... everything about it. So we did the beer around the world... which led to this:
This...


Aaaaand this...
All joking aside...... we had a wonderful time with some fantastic friends, and I think we even convinced them to try Jax on for size for after Mitch graduates! So you never know. We might have new neighbors come August :)