Monday, May 31, 2004
Well, I actually went into the pool.
Sunday, May 30, 2004
The pool is operational.
Friday, May 28, 2004
It's been a wonderful evening of cleaning silt out of my new Polaris.
Labels: house
Thursday, May 27, 2004
If the new filter's taught me one thing it is that the Polaris for the pool is a piece of shit. That crafty old dodger had this thing kept together with a hope, prayer, and a healthy supply of duck tape, so it's getting replaced. Ring that cash register!
Labels: house
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
My new pool filter looks like a nuclear reactor.
Man, I couldn't find my regular toothpaste so I used this "Extreem Clean" Aquafresh sample I found in my closet. If they set out to make the worst tasting toothpaste of all time, they accomplished their goal.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Not only did the SBC guys fuck up the first time, they didn't fix the problem with my office phone, and they laid the phone line on the ground. Hey dumb asses, go the fuck back on strike. And you BURY the phone line.
So my filtration system on my pool is shot, my Polaris is antiquated, and my pump's about had it. All told, about $2k in work needed. FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK. This not the American dream I signed up for.
Labels: house
My phone was out so SBC came out again. Apparently I have two inputs into the house. Well, the original dumb ass replaced the fixed one. So the new guy says it's all working now. I'll be the judge of that, thank you very much!
So first step in freedom is upon me. I dropped my folks off at the airport and am now two-thirds free (and possibly more...). Good that my folks were here, but I'll be glad to have the place (mostly) to myself.
And being at the office at 7:45 is a bit weird. The first one here from my group? Just nuts.
And being at the office at 7:45 is a bit weird. The first one here from my group? Just nuts.
Monday, May 24, 2004
Man, that Pistons' game was brutal, but the victory came to the Motown crew in the end. And that block by Tayshaun Prince was AMAZING. I couldn't believe how he gained so much ground on Reggie Miller for the stuff.
Labels: basketball, sports
Last night I was going through a box of old training material and found a listing of old material. There were only a couple of references that I couldn't recall, but the ones I could remember are all good! Mostly blackout humor, but that's the best.
Labels: drinking
My house phone isn't working. I should have know that something was wrong when I saw SBC sticker outside my door saying my service was working.
So I took a break from working and raked some leaves and bagged them.
Just got the news that my boss gave birth on Saturday to a healthy baby girl. The baby was almost a month premature, but that's good for me because boss lady never had a change to come up with a turnover plan. That means I can get away with MURDER.
Labels: work
Sunday, May 23, 2004
I found this weird old toy in my stuff. It's like an alien in a pod, but no alien like Alien or anything. Might be something from The X-Files.
With all the crap that was in my storage locker, it's amazing what wasn't there: not much worth a damn to sit on. I have S. Money's "loaner" papasan chair, but nary a thing past that. So I've spent the past couple of days shopping for stuff and I've learned one thing: furniture is not cheap (I feel pretty smart using two colons in the same paragraph, btw). I did end up with a new sofa, coffee table, dining room table, and chairs. That'll be good for a couple of months.
And if that wasn't bad enough, my folks and I headed from shopping to Shady Grove where mom & dad got a second wind. I need to hire somebody to do all of this stuff for me.
And if that wasn't bad enough, my folks and I headed from shopping to Shady Grove where mom & dad got a second wind. I need to hire somebody to do all of this stuff for me.
Friday, May 21, 2004
I was in a line for 15 minutes for the luxury of paying $1.77/g of gas. Welcome to Jimmy Carter's America! And it's kind of appropriate that I'm waiting in gas lines and my house has the decor of the 1970's.
Speaking of things from the 70's, my pictures I dropped off at Sam's were mostly crappy. You can't make out how shitty everything was before my brother went crazy on it's ass.
Speaking of things from the 70's, my pictures I dropped off at Sam's were mostly crappy. You can't make out how shitty everything was before my brother went crazy on it's ass.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
So I just had to send a proposal to somebody to approve who didn't even authorize the proposed project in the first place. I have a feeling this will be a tough sell.
me: "Hey, can you pay for this project that you've said isn't necessary?"
them: "Fuck off"
me: "Yeah, I'll let myself out."
me: "Hey, can you pay for this project that you've said isn't necessary?"
them: "Fuck off"
me: "Yeah, I'll let myself out."
Labels: work
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
I talked with Yo! earlier and he's spending several grand so he can race his new Corvette. I think it was a new set of fat tires and a trailer to pull them. I had hoped his mid-life crisis moment had passed and he had forgotten about this silliness. The shitty thing is I know I'll have to have to speak at his funeral and I hate public speaking. Hate it. Though I do like to wear suits. Well, I don't like it as much as I look good in a suit. So Yo! now has my approval.
Can I fast-forward until all the work's done on the house? I hate liking being at work.
Monday, May 17, 2004
I came home and the whole backyard is blown out. It looks like somebody's leveling the foundation or something. I knew I should have jumped in the pool yesterday. It looked so nice before...
I've got a crew at my place working on my foundation and, apparently, one of the workers is sleeping on the pile of dirt in my backyard.
So I'm going into the fridge and see my stuff from Friday's in there. I had a piece of pizza in there so that sounded good, but the funny thing is that there was a piece of tape with a date on it. Apparently the little service people put that on. So I've got some new services at work without even realizing it. I wonder if I need to leave a tip or something?
So I had to run to Chilly's place this morning to sit on his porch to access my work email. While driving there, my car starting chugging (never a good sign). When at Chilly's, I realized I didn't have my VPN token. So I sent my status report and then headed home to find a dozen workers in my yard before heading out to get my car worked on. Along the way, I drop my brother off at the rental car place (where one of the workers was a girl from a town in Taylor, Michigan!). Then I got to wait for an hour at the dealership before they sent me to the rental place for a loaner. On the way to work, I get a call from my dad about wanting to have the workers pull a shrub from the front yard. Work's turning into my sanctuary. And I'll probably get fired from here for spending my time blogging. C'est la vie, bitches!
Sunday, May 16, 2004
I can't get this damn VPN to work on with my D-Link wirelss router. I've read a bunch of shite from discusion boards to no avail (please note that I must take this matter seriously if I'm reading). Without work from home I am but a shell of a man.
Labels: work
I think my brother's worked his way back out of my doghouse. He did some crazy shrub work and fence removal in my back yard. It's like a miracle.
Labels: house
I woke up at 5 and couldn't fall back to sleep so I went and dumped some algaecide into the pool. After that stuff was circulated for a couple hours I was in business. The pool business. Open 24 hours, 6 1/2 days a week.
Saturday, May 15, 2004
So I'm out with my brother working in the backyard and my neighbor comes by for some pool advice. Next thing I know my brother's inviting her to dinner. WTF?! My place is a friggin mess plus I don't even have a real dinning room table. What in the hell was he thinking?
Labels: stupidity
Fifth trip.
So I'm on my fourth trip to the pool store. Four bills and counting.
In the box with my crappy monitor (finally), I've found some old albums of my college years. They should immediately go into the trash, but they may be available for select viewing.
Friday, May 14, 2004
I had this crazy dream that I was in a car washing contest. A big group of people who seemed to be from my elementary school or high school. My team lost by several cars. And then there was another one where I was with Fat Boy's boss and actually getting along.
Labels: dreams
Thursday, May 13, 2004
My folks have finally arrived. They spent like 3 hours on the plane on the tarmac before deboarding. Then another six hours hanging out in IAH before getting a flight out.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Back to work. At the rate I'm pissing away money, I better start working twenty hour days.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
After years of longing thoughts, I found my cool prescription sunglasses. They were in a box along with some Czech and Hungarian money. Four years to get and the prescription is still valid. One small victory for this man.
Monday, May 10, 2004
Got into town about three hours ago. My new place is trashed. These fucks I bought the place for must have been in a rush. Or just inconsiderate jack-asses.
Labels: house
Sunday, May 09, 2004
There's a lot of talk about how much there is to do in this country. Well, I've driven from Michigan to Oklahoma and there isn't a Goddamn thing outside of Indianapolis so far. Unless you count the world's largest catsup bottle and/or the world's largest chair.
I'm in McAlester, Oklahoma and I understand why JMVC doesn't like this place. For no other reason than these people make their own campaign signs.
I'm in McAlester, Oklahoma and I understand why JMVC doesn't like this place. For no other reason than these people make their own campaign signs.
Labels: jmvc
Saturday, May 08, 2004
In Terre Haute, Indiana after about six hours of driving. The U-Haul's been typically U-Haulesque: the right turn signal is broken, both side view mirrors are virtually worthless, and the transmission appears shot. At least I got this awesome rack of lamb at Outback.
Well, I'm in the Panera Bread in Scio Township awaiting for my brother in the U- Hual. A couple few days ahead of me in that contraption on my way back to Austin. And that new house. My house.
Friday, May 07, 2004
Loading that U-Haul was a huge pain-in-the-ass. If not for my brohter helping out, I'd have just burned the lot. I need to get the hell on the road to Flint to meet up with S. Money.
Labels: s. money
Thursday, May 06, 2004
I'm actually on my way the funk out of Austin up north to get all my shite out of storage. And be the surprise addtion to S. Money's so-called bachelor party.
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Jesus. I think I own a house. Four hours plus for this damn thing to close, but I think it is done. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it is not done. It was supposed to start at 10 and be done by noon, but it took until past two. I had to postpone a few more meetings to get the time. And I ran back to the office for a meeting, but that one turned out to be half-an-hour later than I had thought. Anyway, I need a nice long nap. And a couple mortgage payments. Did I mention I spent 1/4 of the time bitching at the mortgage broker (or whoever the guy was. I can't believe how much duplicity and redundancy seems to exist in the home loan process)?
In the end I'm getting a good house and a great loan so I'm hoping to put all of this unpleasantness behind me.
In the end I'm getting a good house and a great loan so I'm hoping to put all of this unpleasantness behind me.
OK, I got the call. Fourty-five minutes to get to the closing (on time). It sounds like everything is in place.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
So it's not looking like there's going to be a closing today. Maybe tomorrow. Someday this will all be over.
In the office by 8:20 am waiting for the onslaught of phone calls about the house. Fortunately I've got some tacos from The Tamale House to start my day off. You can't beat $2.76 for three breakfast tacos.
Well, the Red Wings have gone down in defeat. That's a kick to the nuts. I'm going to go pass out. Another fun day ahead of me.
Monday, May 03, 2004
Oh, so one Detroit victory down. The Pistons' just got done putting a serious hurting on the Nets. Hopefully the Red Wings can keep their hopes alive with a victory tonight in Calgary.
Labels: basketball, hockey, sports
So the loan folks have totally screwed things up and they're talking about suing me? Somebody's smoking some serious shit over there.
So I just got back from my non-closing. This is friggin' ridiculous. At least I got a new Lions' hat in the mail. That's something. Special thanks to Mountain Dew for making this day less horrendous.
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OK, so the closing is off until 3 pm. I'm glad I organized my day around the 11 am closing just to have to reschedule things. It's not like I need to work to pay for this whole house thing.
Well, round two of paintball went well. Me and some of the crew headed back out to Giddings for a few hours of battling. I'm not nearly as sore this morning so maybe I'll be able to walk up a flight of steps without cringing in pain.
And speaking of painful things, the closing is back on for 11 am today. Allegedly.
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And speaking of painful things, the closing is back on for 11 am today. Allegedly.
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Sunday, May 02, 2004
I met up with Bubba last night and, eventually, headed downtown. We ran into some folks at Gingerman where Bubba rambled on about Transformers for about twenty minutes. I never knew he was so versed. And after I had gained a modicum of respect for him, he made some crack about me not liking music from the 80's. It's like he doesn't even know me.
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