Can anything else go wrong?

I have not bolgged in a really long time, so sorry.
So around a month ago I was fired again. I worked for Express Scripts, a PBM (pharmacutical benefits management company). They have a very strict policy on attendence, at least durring the first 6 weeks. You can be late once and absent once due to emergency. I had already reached that level and it was week 4. No surprise, huh? I was late for the third time, but only by 2 minutes. That was enough to warrant my termination. Not even 30 mins after arriving I was pulled into the office and told of my fate. I will be eligible for re-hire in 6 months. Now I have to leave the premises, I was not even allowed to return and say good bye to anyone. :-( I was escorted from the building via the security desk, where they took my badge and basically destroyed it right in front of me. I didnt think I could feel any worse, after seeing that, the bottom fell out of my stomach and I sank further into being depressed. So ended my time at ESI.

I've been looking for work since that day, and have not found much to go off of. About a week after leaving ESI my car decided to stop running, and I don't know why. I mean, come on, it was a 1993 Chevrolet Corsica. The shop wants $1200 to tear apart my engine just to find out why, and then however much it's going to cost to repair the damage. I told them to just keep the car, since I bought it for $1100. Add that to my list of things to do.

Let's just say that my Holiday season was not particularly the best.

The Simpsons! for REAL!

How great is this?! Wanna see "The Simpsons" as Humans?
The longrunning animated Fox series is about to show you.
The series will air a live-action opening sequence
Sunday, March 26th @ 7 p.m. CST!!!

Here is the live-action opening trailer...
http://www.youtube.com/v/49IDp76kjPw

And here it is side by side with the animated version...
http://www.youtube.com/v/t56pI7IIi-w

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This was awesome!

Wife 1.0

Last year, a friend upgraded his GirlFriend 3.1 to GirlFriendPlus 1.0 (marketing name: Fiancee 1.0). Recently he upgraded Fiancee 1.0 to Wife 1.0 and it’s a memory hogger, it has taken all his space; and Wife 1.0 must be running before he can do anything. Although he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw and BrotherInLaw.
Some features I’d like to see in the Upcoming GirlFriend 4.0…
A “Don’t remind me again” buttonMinimize buttonShutdown featureAn install shield feature so that Girlfriend 4.0 can be completely uninstalled if so desired (so you don’t lose cache and other objects)
I tried running Girlfriend 2.0 with Girlfriend 1.0 still installed, but they tried using the same i/o port and conflicted. Then I tried to uninstall Girlfriend 1.0 but it didn’t have an uninstall program. I tried to uninstall it by hand, but it put files in my system directory. Another problem with all versions of Girlfriend that I’ve used is that it is totally “object oriented” and only supported hardware with gold plated contacts.

***** BUG WARNING *****

Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1 before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install, claiming insufficient resources.

The Game

So... here's what you do....

"Begin and End"
The point of the game is to say a word in a certain topic, and the next person is supposed to continue the play with the last letter of the beginning players word as the beginning of their new word.

Ex) Locations
Jane: anartica
Dick: argentina
Jane: afghnistan
Dick: new hampshire
Jane: ethiopia
Dick: abbington
Jane: new york
Dick: kentucky
Jane: yeman
Dick: north dakota
Jane: australia
Dick: arlington
Jane: new zealand
Dick: denmark
Jane: u already said that
Jane: i win
Dick: i did?

Now, go and post your own... How long can we make it go on?!
Just click "Comments", then reply to the last word!

Off Target

I was fired yesterday. I no longer work for Target Corp. I was told that I had a meeting with HR when I arrived at work Tuesday. Something about a recorded phone call from Friday. Well Target also records screen shots along with the phone call itself. I had been doing too much web surfing, and had found my way to a harmless site, Break.com, where I was looking at meaningless pictures, just stupid stuff, humor, unrealistic things. We've all received the emails and been to various sights of the same nature(ebaumsworld.com for instance), well, there was a video section on this site, so I was checking that out and the next one up was a Spring Break video. Lot's of girls, bikinis and thongs, and HIGHLY inappropiate for a workplace environment. Now, this was not my intention to find such a video. Also I was not paying any attention to what was written on the site, as there was listed; I was informed by HR; a full lungth description of the video. I was mearly looking for funny things to amuse my time while waiting for a phone call to be routed to me. At the instant one came in, this video was starting to play. I was just under my 90 days, I was at day 85. Sunday would have been 90. I was told there is NO tollerance for inappropiate material within 90 days of employment and that I am since being let go. I pleaded for a warning, or a write-up to go in my file, but no, this was the only action to be taken. Well, I have deffinately learned my lesson. But now the question is, "What do I want to do now?"

On the bright side....

Things have worked out between me and Ally, I think we're cool again. And things are starting to take off for my pursuit in radio, I've been spending a lot of time with my friend Dan and kicking back in the studio, learnin the biz. We'll see what happens!

Entry for September 2005 thru January 10, 2006

WOW, so I have been gone for a long time. I don't think that anyone really noticed anyway. Well, let's start out... At the end of September I cut the web and cable out of my life. Also, I was in the process of job searching. I am happy to say that I found a great new job! It was a long road getting here, but I made it. Because of the sale with RMA, I really wanted out now. I had been interviewed for my new job on October 5th, and afterward was pretty confident I was going to recieve the position. So, I drafted up my resigination, but I waited for the right time to turn it in. In other words, I need to know that I was locked in at my new job. It took almost a month for them to get back to me and let me know when training was going to begin and what my pay rate was. Anyhow, it gets better... I wanted to give my notice on October 21st. That would give me 2 weeks, and November 4th would then be my last day, however, I was not guaranteed my position untill October 24th at 10am! They said training started on November 7th. That means I had to go take the drug screen within 24 hours. I had a doctor appointment at 2pm on the 25th for my back, but that was beyond the 24 hour time, so I had to go after work on Monday. I got a call saying everything was good on Tuesday after work. So I gave notice on Wednesday October 26th at 8am. Around 2pm I was called into a meeting and was told I was being suspended, and that I was not allowed to take anything from my desk, but to call back tomorrow and find out what the investigation came up with. I called Thursday and was told not to return to work, I was terminated. I was very upset, but not just because of that, but because my supervisor lied straight to my face when I went back to get my belongings. She removed things from my personal folder and proceded to tell me there was nothing inside of it. Now, ask yourself this... why would I have a 3-ring binder at my desk with nothing inside? And to top it off, she took my artwork from the see-thru cover stating again there was nothing there! Artwork that was irreplaceable! I was so happy to be done with that place, and to have a 2 week vacation!
So, I am guessing that you all want to know where I work now? Well, it is still in collection, but a much better company. I now work with Target Financial Services. That's right, the big bullseye! A multi-million dollar company! No more uncompensated employment, no more petty disputes with those stupid co-workers! More authority, and more money! It's great! With all of this going on and getting situated into my job, I haven't had much time or money to get online to update anything. But that is turning around and I should be back online soon. Some other things happening...
My friend Dan from Erie moved back home to the Cities. My other friend Ally now hates me because I blew up at some messages left on my phone at 2am by a friend of her's who hates me. Guess she wasn't that good of a friend. And Dan is upset with me because of all this as well. And to make that situation worse, him and I had it out over some holiday beliefs. Now we are barely talking or hanging out. My Ex-girlfriend Kara is talking to me again, even after our huge blowup. She really wants to be friends, but I seriously don't think I am ready for that, or that she is either. She constantly avoids seeing me when she comes home from Germany, and when we talk I always bring up "US", and that shuts her down totally. This guy she is with, she says she is going to marry in February, but noone thinks they should. I know she just needs to be home to see that we are right. We'll see what happens.

So, as you can see, I have had an eventfull couple of months, hope it all goes back to normal. SOON

Super Not Cool!

Drivin' ta work... Monday, I get to work, so it's official, we are now NCO. RMA, no more. This is bad, this is very bad. I require medication, expensive medication, and because of my back I am on even more meds. My doc gave a Rx that I picked up Friday, but the pharmacy didn't have all of the pills, yet I paid for all of them. Had I been paying attention I would have seen it was the wrong med, so I called him, had a new Rx sent in, but guess what! it was after my ins. terminated! And... I had already told the pharmacy to refund the 30 pills and just bill for the 10 I had and I would take the new pills. THEY CAN'T DO THAT! I HAVE NO old INSURANCE, NOR NO new INSURANCE CARDS!!! I am so pissed off! I am out of my pain relieving medicating now. I'm gonna talk with the new HR by phone, since we no longer have HR at my office. This sux!

I was really busy all day, connsiderig my step-father is ex-Marine, my aunt and uncle are ex-military and knew people in the South Tower, my step-uncle is ex-Airforce, my step-sister and her husband are military, my sister's husband is a Marine, my step-cousin is Spec-Ops Marine and also my Grandfather served in WWII. I was with family all day and so this is delayed.

In remberence of those who gave so much September 11th, 2001.

"In the bottom of an old pond lived some grubs who could not understand why none of their group ever came back after crawling up the lily stems to the top of the water. They promised each other that the next one who was called to make the upward climb would return and tell what had happened to him. Soon one of them felt an urgent impulse to seek the surface; he rested himself on the top of a lily pad and went through a glorious transformation which made him a dragonfly with beautiful wings. In vain he tried to keep his promise. Flying back and forth over the pond, he peered down at his friends below. Then he realized that even if they could see him they would not recognize such a radiant creature as one of their number.
The fact that we cannot see our friends or communicate with them after the transformation which we call death is no proof that they cease to exist."
by Walter Dudley Cavert, Remember Now © 1944, 1971

Sunrise-6am

What a beautiful image :-) (Minneapolis, taken by Me 9/2/2005 @ 6:00 am) ... an amoretto sunrise, and noone to share it with. :-(

Special Delivery

Last night/morning was the best night ever. So... as some of you know, I've been trying to get my ex-girlfriend back. It's a long story... (SUMMARY: We were together young, I waited till she was 18 before anything happened, but I also broke it off 2 times with her. She was also on lots of meds, hmm, funny how that relates to me all too often. So she wanted to get away from everyone in her life and joined up, Army. Moved to Germany and has been there 2 years. I thought I was over her, but much to my best friends disappointment, I wasn't. Then she came home for X-mas, refused to see me. And then got pregnant, and came home to put her baby for adoption, again refused to see me. Then tells me she is getting married. So how am I supposed to take that? NE way, that was about 3 weeks ago) Well, I have decided to try to move on. Beacuse, one, it will be good for me, and two, she really pissed me off this morning. She said I should "fuck off", I said "Gladly! Its better the fucking you!" And today (9/9/05) is her 21st birthday... and I was definately not planning to wish her well, even before this transpired. I hope she leaves me alone. That would rock, once and for all, DONE! Work went ok, I was so tired all day from trying to maintain composure yesterday. But all is good now, the Doc gave me more drugs! OH!, the best part of today... when I got home I had a package. I have been waiting for this to arrive for like a week. I got my new K's! It's about damn time! Classic K-Swiss with a Navy stripe to the heal. They are awesome! I'm so psyched, could be the 20oz coffee from Caribou, but whatever! Yo!, "Where you at?!"

Moving on...

I got to work today at 11 am, I was late. But it's ok, I have an excuse, my back. It was really acting up today, feels like you've been walking all day, and touching my toes is early impossible, it burns right in the very low back. So that was fun getting ready to work today. When I got there my boss was cleaning ogg another desk today, that's 3 this week alone! And 3 other people in my office have found other employment. One such person is my friend Jevaiya, she's going to work at CitiBank Financial... whoot! More collecting! And more $$$!!! Her last day is Friday the 16th, I'm gonna miss her at work, but we still have outside of work, just gonna need more of it! So, naturally, I'm thinking it's time for me to move also... but where... Target Financial? BlueCross Financial? or should I go to CitiBank also? Target is hiring $11.75 to start, but I have experiance, they pay more for that. And BC is $12.50, but no increase, and CitiBank is $13.50... so i dont know.Aside from all that... my 2nd job is closing at 7pm now, everynight!!! No more hours!!! This is going to hurt the Funny Money bucket, Bi-atch!

What's the deal?

What is the problem with women? Why are there so many on heavy medications? Today at my second job, I got a tongue lassing from my boss because this girl I work with, who is certifiable and on public aid for her condition, freaked out in front of a new employee. She is the trainer and my boss sat the newbie with me for a minute or so because she was not at her desk when the newbie had arrived to work. So this new woman thought the crazy was very unprofessional and told my boss she thought so. Well, because this girl IS crazy and we can't ever get along, my boss had to talk to both of us together and let us know something was said, mainly to help this girl understand she can't react to every little issue. I returned to my station and sat for a while, I was a lil pissed, and later on, my boss came up and quietly said to me, "You did nothing wrong." to which I said, "I know". She said that everything was ok, not to worry. I just don’t understand why so many women are so messed up in the head. It's crazy, literally. Anyway, I got to leave work early, 7pm, so that was cool, I'm home now, just relaxing.

Watch that first step, that's a chainsaw there!

HELLO WORLD!

So this is the Blog Space? I've been wanting to keep one going so we'll see how this goes. Hopefully better than this guys day... I want lots of comments, mmk?

Later every body!

What's "worth" it?

So here's the thing I'm wondering... I can never find a good girl who's worth what I think she should be worth. By that I don't mean "worth" as in monatary value, but rather personal worth; time, energy, emotion, and devotion. I'm always being shut out from ever having a chance to see what's worth it. Could it be that I question everything? (emotional scaring) Or is it something physical? (that's fixable) What disqualifies a guy from getting a chance to prove his worth to you?