Hilarious

The Simpsons

Still funny, still going

Now Reading

A book by Stephen Coonts' called Stephen Coonts' Deep Black: Jihad (Deep Black). It is quite good, I bought it on the way to the hospital to visit my grandfather and in my haste I did not realize it was part of a series. However, it is a stand a lone novel. I certainly plan to look for the rest of Stephen Coonts' novels. For any fans of novels about terrorism, I recommend this author.

Classic Snake

My girlfriend

is upset and not at me, but I have to deal with it. I don't mind dealing with it, I just don't know how to.

My boss is a prick Part II

My girlfriend and I went out on Friday with my co-workers. One of my co-workers, who is kind of like a point man on the new system declared, "I don't know why they are bringing you guys in, this conversion has nothing to do with your department."

Lo and behold, Saturday rolls around and guess what, there's nothing of me to do!!!

I hate my boss.

My boss is a prick

On Wednesday my boss sends this email.
"Team,

We may need some people in the office this weekend. I don't have any details yet. I will advise as soon as I know something definitive."

Now it's Friday and he now sends this one to me and one other member of my group.

"*****/Rich,

We will need you both in the office tomorrow to assist us with cleaning up items in the Exception Queues. ******* and I will walk through the process with you as I know you are not familiar with the handling of these items. We should be here between 8:30-9 to get started and hopefully finish as early as possible."

Is it just me or was this short notice? 1 day?

What really made me see red. Actually it was more like white hot anger was the fact that the ass did not even come and ask me if I had plans, if I could change them, he just ordered.

Now my original impulse was to tell him to go f*&^ off and I began composing an email that began like this

"****
You are an f***ing asshole and you can f*** youself tomorrow on you desk for all I care, because I will not be here. You are the rudest motherf****er I have ever had the pleasure of meeting"


Needless to say I called my girlfriend and after a few minutes of talking to her I got up and left my desk to go cool off.

I had to go back and pick up my badge because they won't let me back into the office without it.

My supervisor (not the prick who sent the email) calls and asks me if I am okay and I tell her no, and I left.

In the elevator I elbowed the wall and if it was any harder either my arm or the wall would have broken.

I circled the building about five times in an effort to make my anger subside. Needless to say it didn't work. I called my girlfriend again and somehow she made me slightly less angry, it's not so white hot now.....more of a red seething anger. If I come in tomorrow and I sit here with nothing to do, I might lose it. If I do, would that qualify as an insanity plea?

Nintendo Wii

I want one, they are impossible to get and it sucks.

Favorite Activities

My favorite activity is reading. I read on average two books a week. Mostly science fiction, but a smattering of other fiction and non fiction can be found in my library. I also reread books. It seems like I can always find something new in reading them. I get a lot of pleasure out of rereading books. I have never met anyone else like me. Anyone out there?

Right now I am rereading The Riftwar Sagaby Raymond E Feist. I highly recommend it.

Credit Card Companies

Debt, I have it and I hate it.

I went to Penn State. For those of you who have never been I will give a brief description. From NYC it's a 3 1/2 hour ride with nothing but trees and highway. Twenty minutes from the highway State College rises in the distance. There's nothing else around, but you really don't need much else.

State College is a town built for students. Bars, Food, Stores...the list goes on.

When I was in college a few years back, I had no money, no student aid, no scholarships, just student loans that covered my tuition and books. My parent's really couldn't help me much, they paid for car insurance and part of my car payment. I paid the rest.

I worked the midnight shift at a local convenience store, I worked the midnight shift because it got me a couple extra bucks, and I needed all the bucks I could get to pay for rent.

Every day I walked along college avenue, and sitting outside the bookstore were these people. These people were evil, and I knew it.

But I was hooked, I signed up, got a free t-shirt and a credit card.

I paid and still pay these cards to this day. I have never once had a late or missed payment. Now here I am, looking at these old balances and I never see them go down. My oldest card it from 1997, I have had it for 10 years. They charge me 31% interest rate. It is impossible for me pay this off. I don't know what to do, I am ready to give up.

Doctors

I hate doctors. I don't think I hate them for any specific reasons. My girlfriend would probably say that I hate them because I think my grandmother received poor care from her doctors before she passed away. I don't think so though. I seem to recall a long history of disliking the doctor.

It's only been reinforced by my grandfather's current stay in the hospital and rehab. But in this case I am mad at the doctor's for not yelling at him enough.

I think he should be threatened, not coddled. He has put himself in the hospital with his bullshit and now it should be time to pay.

Anyway, I am going to the doctor today because my girlfriend wants me checked out. I hate doctors.

My girlfriend's blog

Is somewhere on blogger. I really don't want to read it. She knows I don't want to read it.
Last night she was visiting me and she was reading/posting to her blog on my laptop. I am going to have to go home and delete the history before I fall for the temptation of reading it. I especially want to read it today as she is upset with me.

She does the same thing with her journals (she has written in journals for years), they are always sitting around (ok, sitting around inside her bag) and I can hear them calling "Read me!"

Aargh!!!!!

Girlfriend

I love my girlfriend so much and I try so hard to be considerate of her. She is a wonderful person and I love her dearly. I wish it were possible to always say the right thing and do the right thing to keep her happy, but I am on a roll this week, I have done one thing after another and I hope i can get myself back on track.

I sent her flowers, I hope they are received well.