A new definition of stupid

Ok, before I start, let me say that I finally got a facebook, but I will only be checking it and/or responding on it once a week. It is simply so people will stop begging me to get one. My personal favorite is still this blog thing.

Ok, so check out this news story I found.

HARRISON, N.Y. - Even the dead apparently have to pay the fines on their overdue books at one Westchester County library. Elizabeth Schaper said she was charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.

WHAT??? This is typical of libraries, though. Well think about it, how else are they gonna make money? I asked one time, and the lady said that they charge late fees to...inspire people to return books on time, because there might be someone else waiting for them. Ha. I usually need a book for a week longer than the check out time, so maybe if they increased the possible check out time, more people would return on time. I'm not going to the library any more, because they are saying I didn't return a book that I checked out last year, and they want $40. I'm not paying that cuz I know I returned the book. That's a load of crap. Forty bucks for a book? I checked the price on that book cuz it's somehting I do, and it was $8.75!! What kind of crazy profit are they trying to pull?? That's like a 400% profit. Crazy librarian people. Mother, I can say this and not offend you, cuz you usually waive your fees, and they're soooooo cheap at that. No worries.

So it's finally Friday. About time. Slow week this week. On the other hand, I have a paper due tomorrow that I'm not very excited about... My calendar also says I have an exam, but the teacher hasn't talked about studying or preparing or anything, so I'll read over my notes again tonight, but I'm thinking the test has been moved a week away. I could be alright with that. I think I'm gonna try to head out to the range this weekend. I haven't been in over a month, and that's bad for accuracy. Maybe tomorrow after school... We'll see.

What's your favorite TV show? I will always say Friends, even though it's not on the air anymore. I own the entire show including bloopers, commentaries, interviews, the whole thing. I love shows like House, CSI, Numbers, not so much the sitcoms. Most sitcoms out today get their humor from making husbands into lazy and stupid oafs, and I think it's wrong to demean them so. If they're not making fun of husbands, it's parents in general. The kids run the house, and I don't agree with that, either. By the way, did you catch the typo two paragraphs ago? Hmm. I think I'm gonna go now. Later,

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Ugh

So you know what really ticks me off? When you call people in Baytown, you have to dial a one before the number. Seriously? It's a 281 area code!! You shouldn't have to dial a one. It's not really that big of a deal, but I hate getting the stupid voice "Dee Doo Dee! We're sorry, you must first dial a one or a zero before dialing this number. Will you please hang up and try your call again." GAAARRRRR!!!! Plus, you know they're not really sorry... Whatever, one day, they will be sorry.

I love Laffy Taffy. It's gooey, but doesn't stick to your teeth like Starburts or Now or Laters. Plus, you get two great jokes on the outside of the package. You can tell this is obviously the most exciting part of my day. Just a normal work day. Lots of orders to enter.

I started reading a new book! It's called Madman by Tracy Groot. I'm only throught the first chapter, but it's good so far... We'll see. Hey, what's the worst last name you've ever heard? I can't really think of one, but I was thinking about how many different ways you can make fun of our last name, and I wondered who has the worst last name in the world. Either hard to pronounce, or easy to make fun of, like Roach or Butts. Lemme know what you think.

I don't have time to post much right now, cuz I've got lots of stuff to be doing, but I did put up another poem. If you haven't read that blog yet, check it out. I've only had three requests, and two came from the same person. Later,

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Second Place

Soooo, James posted before I could today. If you are one of the few people I know who don't know James, click here. BUT READ THIS POST BEFORE YOU READ HIS. We are entertaining a new idea. I say entertaining, because there are still a few things that would need to happen ahead of time, but here it is: Motorcycles. Before you freak out or go on a rant about the dangers of motorcycles, we have thought about all that stuff. We are looking at them from the standpoint of cheaper insurance, less money spent on gas, and plus we can get a new motorcycle for the price of a very cheap used car, and the motorcycle wouldn't need maintenance every thousand miles. So, again, I say entertaining the idea, because several things need to fall into place for it to work. I have found a bike I like, and James has found a few he likes, and hey, we'll see what happens.

This is the one I like...

This is another nice one.

This one's a little more expensive though - it's the upgrade for the one above it.

So anyway, this week is going slow, but I need to get going. Later,

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Good Morning!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNN. Soooo tired. Hey, good thing happened yesterday, we got to hang out with James and Lynne. That hasn't happened very much lately, cuz we've all been so busy. It was nice to see them. Still four days to work this week, so still quite a way to go. Yesterday was a pretty long day, and I don't know what today will be like.

Phillip, you asked about my other other blog, that's where I post when I'm mad at the world. For the rest of you that have no idea what I'm talking about, you'll eventually figure it out. Otherwise, you just weren't meant to read it.

Into the world of dreams. What the heck to they mean?? I have some of the weirdest dreams, and the worst part is that at the time, they seem to make perfect sense, even if they're completely opposite from real life! Sometimes I have scary dreams, though not quite as often anymore. Sometimes I just have odd dreams, where something from real life is majorly distorted, and maybe during the dream, that one thing seems to be great, but then I wake up and wonder, "what was I thinking??" I know that in the Bible, people were called upon to interpret dreams, and that the Lord spoke through many dreams, but I'm thinking that some of my dreams are more food inspired than God inspired. If they do have a deeper meaning, I'd love to hear them. Someone once said that dreams are our body's way of sorting out the events from the day before. I can see that sometimes, although I still don't like the way my mind goes about doing it. The ones that get me the most are when they involve actual people I know as opposed to just a general character. I don't usually have cheerful dreams anymore. I used to have lots of happy dreams, and they just don't show up anymore. Wonder why...

Dreams or not, I am having an extremely hard time staying awake today. I'm having to fight to keep my eyes open and my hands moving on the keyboard. I should sleep more. Later,

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Monday!

So, how was the weekend for you? Mine was long in that I didn't get more than six hours of sleep per night, but short in that it's already over.

So I saw in the news that Marcel Marceau died. Supposed to be a really famous mime or something. The only other time I've heard of him was a mention in a Friends episode.

So what's on the plan for this week? I'm thinking work and sleep. Don't you just hate it when you are busy all weekend, so it feels like you don't even get one? If you haven't checked my other blog, brokenandrebuilt.blogspot.com then you should. It's only got two posts on it right now, but I'm working on putting up a third - Lynne requested a long poem, and I am determined to get the whole thing on there. Don't worry, it's not near as long as Song of Hiawatha. Anybody like CSI: Miami? Season premiere is on tonight, looks good. Did you know that the top five movies in the box office right now are rated R? Pretty sad isn't it? When's the last time the top five had even three decent children's cartoons or something? When's the last time the top five movies were rated G? Who knows. Now, it's not necessarily all bad, I want to see three of the top ten right now, and they have violence for the R rating, but it's still not something we can take kids to. I wish they'd come out with more "Rated E for Everyone" type movies.

Quick, leave a comment right now and tell me what book you're reading. You can finish reading the post later, leave a comment now.

Did you do it? WELL GO DO IT!!!

...do it yet? OK.

Yeah, so that's all I had to say... I'm trying really hard to stay awake, cuz they don't approve of sleeping at or under your desk. Later,

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Weekend!!

So what's up? Have you checked out my other blog? It's not meant to be hugely entertaining or informative, it's just a way to keep track of good literature. I'll be putting poems, quotes, perhaps a short story or two, and some scripture. Let me know your favorite authors, and I'll put some of their stuff up there.

I was gonna make this a nice long post, but my teacher finally showed up, so I'm gonna have to cut it short. TTYL,

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CLICK HERE

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Friday and about time

I......am tired. Exhausted. I need more sleep. I slept like a rock again last night, but oh, how early 5:45 comes, expecially when you when to bed at 12:30. We stayed out too late, as usual, but we had a good time. Have you ever been to comedy sportz? It's a modified stand-up comedy routine, and very funny. We went last night, cuz James and Lynne got tickets somehow. It was very enjoyable. So only 8.5 hours to go in my workday, how 'bout you? Not that many? More? Oh well, it's Friday at least. klllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

oh, sorry, that was me falling asleep. i am tired, so i'm gonna stop this post and try to find something to wake me up. have a good friday.

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Thursday is here!

I am tired. T-I-R-E-D. I actually feel asleep last night at 10:30. Didn't go to sleep, no no, fell asleep, meaning I couldn't keep my eyes open. Guess that means I'm not getting enough sleep, cuz I'm still exhausted this morning. (sidenote) I hate allergies.

So, did you read that Barry Bond's 756 carreer home run baseball was sold for 750,000? Yeah, that's just plain stupid. 3/4 of a million? You know all the different things you could do with that? Buy a house, pay off cars, send kids to college, buy big gun collection and diamonds for your wife...(I love you, Honey) I mean the options are almost endless, and Mr. Smart Guy bought a baseball. Moron.

Remember when Dan Rather made a really bad report about President Bush in 2005? Then later he came on and publicly apologized for the false information? Then a few months later he "retired?" Yeah, he's suing CBS for $70,000,000. No job loss is that significant unless you're an actor or sports player, and if you are, you're getting paid too much anyway, so deal with it. Sheesh.

So hows the week going? Mine? Oh, not too bad. I'm hungry right now, but I didn't bring breakfast, so what do I expect? I'd say I can't wait for the weekend to get here, but I'm gonna have such a busy weekend, it's just gonna be like two more work days. Doing different stuff for sure, but still doing stuff all day saturday and sunday. Oy. The weekend after this might not be so bad. Wanna hear something dumb? It is the middle of September in Houston, and I'm wearing a hoodie in work. They like to keep it COLD in here. I'm all for AC when it's hot, but to make it cold on purpose? Who thought up that bright idea?! Later,

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Stupid People

Yeah, so I saw one of the stupidest things last night. We got fantastic seats to an Astros game last night ($200/ticket), and of course they lost, just like the last 9 out of 13 games. However, bottom of the ninth, three fans ran onto the field! The first guy made it all the way from First to Shortstop before getting (literally) thrown to the ground. The second guy didn't make it past first base, and the third person, a girl, started to run, saw the first two get caught, and changed her mind. She went back into the stands, and a cop followed her and dragged her back out. I'm sure they had fun, but that's a Class B Misdemeanor. For more info on how that works, check out James and Lynne's Blog - www.jamesandlynne.com - James is the FOK of our group (that stands for Fountain Of Knowledge), and he'd love to tell you all about the penalties of doing that. Bottom line, never charge the field, because the city will charge YOU.

So what's up? How's the week going? Almost half way over, huh? It has been a looooong week already or at least it feels like it. I'm rather amazed at how slow everything is going. On the other hand, I have a ton of stuff to do this week. Study for a test, finish a presentation and give it, go to school for 8 hours, and work at church tonight and sunday for a total of 10 hours i think. I think I'll sleep a lot on Sunday night, cuz I'm gonna be exhausted. Why am I telling you all of this? I feel like it. Hey, if you don't wanna read it, then don't. Just sayin...

I feel like I should write more, but I'm also trying to stay awake, and I'm not doing too well. It took me five minutes to type that last sentence cuz I keep spacing out. So.....yeah.....I'm gonna go now. Later,

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Monday

So it's Monday again, how was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. Of course, I had school on Saturday, and lunch with the in-laws on Sunday, but the weekend was pretty good. I did a daring thing last night - I gave myself a haircut. Yeah, it's pretty short. Let's put it this way - I shaved two days ago, and the hair on my face is the same length as the hair on my head. I like it better this way. It's easier to deal with.

Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to go through life with God's help as opposed to doing it on your own? I'm not saying that He makes life all hunky-dory and picture perfect, but it's easier to deal with all the crap the world throws at you. He even tells us that His way is easier: "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30. It's incredible the difference it makes when you just give all your problems to God and ask Him to take control. You can try living on your own, and you get along...decently. In the end, though, it comes to overpower you, and all the sudden you're drowning in a sea of hopelessness. What to you do? Return to the Lord, and bow at his feet. You'll always be amazed at the difference it makes.

So what's on the agenda for this week? I have to work on a paper and a group project for my college classes (bleh), and I get to work on Tech Team at church again! It seems like it's been forever since I got to help, when in reality it's only been three weeks. When you go three weeks without even seeing something, it feels like a long time.

Pastor Sal talked about something yesterday that I'm going to have to work on. The Bible tells us to "love our enemies and pray for those that persecute us". That means loving those that we otherwise might despise. I have a coworker like that. Sal pointed out though that if we cannot love that person, then we don't really love God, because God is love, and if we love Him and are following Him, we are called to love everyone. Certainly, there's no way we can love everyone with His agape love, because we're not perfect, but I'm sure gonna try at least with this one person. Oy.

So once I finally got a Myspace (out of sheer boredom), and now everyone says they don't use Myspace anymore, and that Facebook is the popular thing now. I went to Facebook, but they wouldn't approve my name. How stupid is that? So I'm not doing that. At least not for a while. Anyway, better get to work. Later,

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Finally Friday again

Have you ever overslept?? I did that this morning. I wanted to be up at 5:45 so I could get to work by 6:30, and instead I woke up at 6:38. I didn't get to work til 7:11. I hate that cuz then you start out your day stressed out. Looks like I'll just have to work till 6 to make up my time today. So what's up for the weekend? Anything exciting? I'm going to school and then to get a haircut, and maybe the shooting range. It's been two weeks, so I'd really like to. It's so easy to lose the touch if you don't practice regularly.

So I saw that the Patriots have been cheating. This is starting to confirm my opinion that the current age of adults (30-45/50) are only about 1/4 adults and the other 3/4 are just kids that never grew up. Crap like cheating is from like 3rd grade! Gee whiz, is people aren't cheating, they're complaining because they're not getting what they want fast enough, or they don't want to pay the consequences just because they did something wrong. I used to think it would be so great to be an adult, but now that I've got a foot in the door, I'm not too impressed! With all the adults acting this way, how are the next generation of young people supposed to respect us, the new generation of adults? I can tell you how...they're not! Good grief, grow up, people. If I just offended you, either count yourself in the 1/4 group, or move on.

So I want to see the new Jodie Foster movie. It looks good. I've liked her as an actress since she was in One Little Indian. Ever seen that movie? It's got James Garner when he was still young and semi good looking. It's not that great of a movie, but it's an older one, and you might enjoy it. Alright, so I got bored last night, and now I have a Myspace. it's not much, but it's functional. I'll put more stuff on it the next time I get bored. Could be tonight, might be next month, we'll see. I'm not gonna keep up with it like I do this post. If you want baby info, check the blog.

Ever have one of those people that feel the need to tell you everything? They want to share everything that's happened in their life, and their opinion on everything. And then it's like you seem to remember all the crap they "share" with you, so everytime they start talking again, even though you hate it, you know what they're talking about. And then, in order to not be rude, you have to at least partially pay attention so you can nod at the right time, or make a comment here and there. Better get to work. Later,

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Thursday's Thoughts

Not much to say today, just felt like putting something up here. So we had some guests over last night that stayed waaaaaay too late. JUST KIDDING. It was James and Lynne (and Isaac), and they can never stay too late. We started a movie at 10:30. That was the first mistake, especially considering how old we are; we just don't have that youthful stamina that teenagers enjoy. So anyway, I finally woke them up at 11:30, cuz Lynne was asleep on one couch, Melissa on another, and James and Isaac on the floor. It took a while to wake up our wives, but they do a lot, so it's understandable that they were exhausted. I tell ya, getting to work at 6:30 in the morning is starting to get to me. I thought it would get easier as I kept doing it, but no. It's just as hard every morning. I have to convince myself to get up. I've found one thing that helps though. I set my alarm one hour earlier than I need to, so when it goes off, I can give myself the luxury of another hour of sleep. I know it might not make sense to you, but it feels kind of like I'm giving myself more sleep that way. I don't have to get up right away, I can snooze for a whole extra hour! Yeah, so it made sense to me...

So the week's going by pretty fast huh? Did you see that Lamborghini put out a new car? Yeah, called the Reverton (whatever). It's pretty cheap, only 1.4 Million dollars. Oh, that's before tax. They're only going to make 20 of them, and they sold out in 4 days. that's disgusting. sooooo much money for a freakin' car. sheesh. Don't get me wrong - it's a gorgeous car and I'd love to have one, but for 1.4 mil, I could do so many other things like buying a house and putting my kids through college and buying my wife lots of diamonds. I can't imagine spending that much money on anything really. I could spend a hundred thousand in an afternoon, but a million-four is a LOT. If you don't believe me about the hundred thou, leave a comment, and i'll make a list. It's scary how much money I could spend with the ability. maybe that's why I'm not a millionaire. Here's an interesting question... other than a house, what's the most expensive thing you want, or would buy if money (or rather a lack of it) was no hinderance. Don't forget to vote on the poll. You can select multiple answers this time. Better get back to work. Later,

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Been a while...

I would classify today as a bad day. I think I really would. I know it's been a while since I posted, and again, I apologize. I've been working overtime (finally), and haven't had an opportunity to post. Not that I've had much to post about. Been very boring and average week so far. Only interesting thing I can think of is that my parents bought a new entertainment center and gave us their old one. That's actually a really good thing, because I always kinda hoped I'd get it if they ever got rid of it. It gets better - they gave us the old stereo system, too. I've been wanting that ever since they bought it. The entertainment center is special because my dad made it, and it's really nice. Hard to find one like it. So I've meet both of my teachers for this semester, and I'm not overly impressed with either one. Sociology guy has been teaching for ten years, and he's already made it clear that he's not gonna be nice. Our speech teacher comes to class in her pilates outfit (soooo unproffessional), and wouldn't let us use our computers. She later explained it's because we don't need to take notes (all tests are take home - bleh). She's not the brightest lightbulb in the building though. She made a statement that all relationships end - even the relationship we have with ourself. What?! What a load of modern day crap. What about Jesus? our connection to Him never ends. And our souls are eternal, too, so HA. I'm always sooooo impressed with the teachers at Cy-Fair. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate cheap education, but they're not really terrific teachers for the most part. I've had a couple I really liked, but only a couple.

I am quite sure that someone is having a more interesting week than me. Please tell me about it. Heck, I'll even include it in the next post so all ten of you can see it! That would be exciting, right? Hey, work with me here, I'm trying to keep a depressing post somewhat interesting. Talk to me. Later,

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Saturday! Finally!

Soooooooo. Long week, huh? I know I haven't posted in forever and to those of you who were actually disappointed, I apologize. It has been a very long and stressful week, and I haven't been able to post at work, and then by the time I got home, I would be too tired to do anything but sleep and spend time with melissa.

So, I already said work was long - we had inventory this week, and I can't tell you how glad I am that crap is over with. We did it differently this year - no precounting (that means we count everything before we start, and then count it again when we begin the actual inventory). It worked a lot better, and went a lot faster, so instead of being at work this morning, skipping school, and finishing inventory, I'm sitting in a hall at school waiting for my teacher who has 20 minutes left before I leave, and not missing work one bit. You know something that really ticks me off? When your boss discriminates against you cuz you're the youngest person in the building. It's like when they say no to you, and yes to someone else just because that other person is 20 years older than you. Totally makes my blood boil. "I'm like a tornado of ANGER! Swirling about!" (thank you Will Ferrell).

Anybody see any good movies this week? If so, please tell me, cuz I really want to go see 3:10 To Yuma, and I don't know if it would be worth it. So I guess mostly I only wanna hear from you if you saw that movie. You could respond with another movie though and I wouldn't be mad... Anway...

What's on the activity plan for ya this week? I'm doing school and school and sleeping and sleeping, and eating... yeah, not much. James and Lynne and Isaac are out of town on the camping trip we missed cuz I had inventory... :( They'll be back sometime Sunday I think, so that will be nice.

Ok, it's 8, the teacher is officially late. Big surprise. You know, it's sad, I had a bunch of sarcasm and negativity to share with you yesterday while I was at work, but now that it's Saturday, I'm all clean and fresh! This is not normal - I'm not sure I like it. Hmm....

So I was looking at the World yesterday, and it STINKS!!!! How's that? Not good? OK. Wow there are some..... fruity looking people here at Cy-Fair. You really dont think about it that much until you're here and you think someone is a girl until they turn around, and then you're about 85% sure they're a guy. Weird.

Well, class is starting, so I'd better pay attention...NOT. Why pay attention in school?? Just kidding, honey. I'm paying total attention. Later!

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