Just home from work a few before 1am, I decided to go sample some of the fine Mountain Dew products at the nearby convenience mart. Only to find that they "closed at 1am." Unfortunately, my cellular phone was quite clear on this issue: it was 12:57am. So I limped my way back to my car and hauled on over to some S-Mart or something that was ( Read more... )

Ok. I bought FFX for my sister long ago. I played it and found it to be a pretty good RPG, but never beat it. Julie bought the sequel, FFX2, for me for Christmas. Naturally, I needed to go out and buy FFX so I could see what necessitated the sequel. I remembered Tidus was a Dream of the Fayth and that he learned he would disappear after Yu ( Read more... )

My last job on the shift today was a fairly simple oil and lube of some truck. It was kind of a piece of crap. All of the zerk fittings were worn out, so I couldn't truly lube them. The slack adjusters were pretty old. I guess it had about 1.5 million miles on the odometer. Anyhow, the guy was wierd ( Read more... )

A certain cutie is playing Avril Lavigne right now. I think that's how you spell it. Why is it that the chorus of all of her songs consists of "Yeah" repeated 3X ( Read more... )

My fellow Americans ( Read more... )

My sister was in town this weekend for Turkey Day, so I thought Julie and I would go out to see some film with her. So far so good. I even managed to sneak in paying for all of the tickets. Score!

And then we were in the theater about to watch Alexander. Wow, what a crappy film. Two hours and fifty-six minutes, and I had to sit through it all ( Read more... )

Julie and I saw The Incredibles tonight. She had to talk me into going to see what I assumed was just going to be another goddamned Disney movie full of crap.

No.

This film is truly incredible. It's the best film I've seen in a long time. You need to see it. Go now. It's better than Toy Story and Toy Story 2 combined.

In any new job, there's always an acclimation phase when you meet the people you'll be working with. You walk in, and there are these people. You don't know what to do about it. They don't know what to do about you. It's an untenable situation ( Read more... )

Employed again. It kind of sucks. I think I have moral objections about the method of payment, and payment system. I guess I wouldn't mind being a mechanic on commission, if there were enough work for commission to make me money. I guess I will just keep looking ( Read more... )

'Magnetic Poetry' at work: I attempt a haiku out of randomly grabbed word pieces:

Essential sleep
With purple under water
Showing woman's need

Up next, Julie gives it a more considered try:

Sordid moments run together
I remember a shadow winter
Never to leave spring alive
A summer garden black as the void
I cry rain frantic for time
Beneath the ( Read more... )