The Love Guru
I watched The Love Guru the other night and found it entertaining.
It wasn’t one of Myers’ best works…not even close. It had funny moments, very funny moments and just down right stupid moments.
It’s worth a $1 rental or a pilfering from a friend if they rented/bought it but I wouldn’t say it’s a “must see.”
I did enjoy it and came away from it with one of the best sayings (“bumper” sticker) that I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a pity these haven’t been marketed outside the movie yet. I’d probably buy one. Check out the screen capture below.
Sex in the City
Not for me…at least maybe not until late tonight.
I picked up Sex in the City: The Movie two days ago. I’m not a huge fan of the show although I have seen a few episodes. Before the movie made it to theaters, I had to rent the entire DVD collection for her to “recap” and I watch a few with her.
Anyway, I’ll probably be watching “The Movie” later with the wifey and a lady or two from work.
Hopefully, that will give yours truly fringe benefits from the wifey later.
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I may have mentioned it before but college sucks!
This morning, bright and early, at 8am I started my first test in my operations management class. And boy was it a doosie! The damn thing was at least 7 pages long (I didn’t exactly count to make sure). It was only 13 questions long but each question was multipart except for 5 questions that were multiple-choice.
I’m pretty confident I did well on all the questions except for one…because I didn’t even get a chance to answer it. I just went blank. I couldn’t believe that I couldn’t think of how to work the problem. I knew it was fairly simple but it just didn’t come to me. I thought and thought and thought and then the professor says, “You guys have about 5 minutes.” WHAT!? I knew right then I was screwed! That one question was worth 15pts alone. So, I automatically start my grade at an 85. How great is that?
The problem wasn’t difficult but as mentioned I went blank. I did get home and was able to check my book and practice homework to see what I needed to do. It turns out the problem was just like one that the TA worked in our review session Monday night. That’s fucking great! I fucked up on a problem that I actually worked a little over 24 hours beforehand.
Thus, I can be labeled a complete DUNCE! Sheesh!
Oh well, I guess we’ll see how it goes when I get my expected disappointing grade. One positive is that she weighs our two highest exams at 80% and the lowest exam will constitute 10% of our grade. So, this could be my 10%. The last 10% is based off class attendance, participation, and quizzes.
Thumbs crossed!
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How many times?
Can I take it in the ass from people who are supposed to be my friends?
So, I'm sitting in my CRV in the parking lot of a park where a "friend" and I play tennis often. It is in Colleyville and I drive from Dallas so it is only worth my drive if I for sure am playing…which is what, why and only the reason I ever drive out. I've been shafted once or twice before so I made it my "policy."
Well, I screwed that policy tonight!
My tennis buddy and supposed good friend emailed me to say he got a call to sub tonight for this league we sub for occasionally. He said that if I came out he'd bail on the doubles and we'd play singles.
Well, that didn't happen. I was fooled by his assurance, which I shouldn't have bee, because I know how white people are ALWAYS sticking it to people!
Now the nice guy part of me says we were both at fault. I didn't know he was here yet nor did he before he began the doubles. But then, to me, he should have bailed on the doubles once he knew I was there. I would have because he is my friend and these others are just acquaintances. Besides, I never would be in the predicament because I would have set plans with him before I accepted or denied the substitution offer.
I'm just that kind of guy and friend!
So here I ponder to stay or leave because I'm pissed off at another shitty friend. I already drove 30 minutes out here that I think I could just wait the two hours and kick his ass afterward when we play with a couple of other guys like we usually do. But then I think "what kind of dunce fuck would I look like to sit and wait after getting dicked?"
What to do, what to do?
If I stay, I'm going to play for me and then I won't honor any further requests by him to play. He doesn't push my skills anyway. I just play because we are friends and hanging out and playing is enjoyable…at least it was.
Fucking friends. Who needs them? Especially when I already have shitty brothers and sisters that used to do the same until I cut them out of my life!
Fucking "friends"!
UPDATE: I decided to drive home and not play. I figured I would look like a chump and I could actually use the time to study for my ITOM exam 1 tomorrow morning bright and early at 8 o’clock a.m.
I talked it over with the wife and she knows that I’m the type of guy/friend that would have bailed on the doubles if I asked a friend to come out and play. That’s just me. Apparently that’s not my supposed good friend that I play tennis with. I truly think he didn’t wan to bail on the doubles and look like an ass. I have no problem with that but he should have never asked me to come out and play as well. It’s called double-planning and I had people who fucking do that because it always screws someone in the end. This time it just happened to be me.
Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me!!
The new Knight Rider show
So, tis the year(s) for remakes and Knight Rider is no exception. Although it doesn’t have quite the cheesy acting of the Hasselhoff, it is a similar story line: man drives car, man and car kick ass, man and car solve the crime, man gets to bed the hot chicks. Thing is, the hot chick in the show is on his side and she’s really HOT!
Anyway, it’s a decent show for now. It definitely isn’t any worse than many of the other shows on television right now.
What’s funny is the NBC web site says the premier is September 24th but I have already watch the first two episodes on Hulu. You also get to see some behind-the-scenes stuff and random clips of…stuff.
Here is the link to the shows on Hulu for as long as they last.
Anyway, enjoy!
A strained butt muscle
The Davis Cup semifinals between the United States and Spain ended in a blowout ass kicking for Andy Roddick by Rafael Nadal. You can read up on the story here but the thing that jumped out to my attention is this passage:
Nadal said after the match he nearly didn’t play because an MRI scan Saturday showed a strained buttock muscle.
If Nadal had to withdraw due to injury, how do you think he would have liked to be known as the guy who bailed due to a strained butt muscle!?
Now, that sounds funny!
By the way, in the article Roddick says that Nadal is the best clay court player and he (Roddick) isn’t. I think Roddick would do better to realize that he is just a downward spiraling player…a one-shot pony…a has-been. Unless he is able to refocus like Agassi did, he should just hurry and get married so he can live off his earnings or his hot-model wife’s!
Oh well!
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Dude, I thought Ace Ventura Pet Detective was hilariously great. Jim Carrey was freaking hysterical.
Check out a GIF someone created.
And a YouTube clip.
Did I mention how much I hate working?
I do. It’s a shitty thing that we are made to work to survive, especially if we have kids, a family.
Work isn’t as welcoming as it used to be. It doesn’t feel like it anyway.
I’m pissed. I’m bitter. I’m so easy-going that things roll off my shoulders at phenomenal speeds (usually) and I get over my pissed and bitterness. Some things I hold onto for a long, long time but others just kind of bounce off immediately or hang around for just a short time.
I don’t think so today, especially since it’s a culmination of a few days.
My immediate boss has push buttons that should not have been pushed. Not because I’m this unpushable button guy but because she crossed a line.
She complains to me about work and coworkers within our office using colorful language to do so. I try not to get sucked in because I can curse like a sailor with the best of them but I know it’s not something I should not do at work especially with my immediate supervisor.
Anyway, I considered us on a friendly level…more than boss-underling…more like work friends. We weren’t like this because I wanted it. I tend to distance myself because I know people will fuck me over. It is inevitable and always happens no matter who or what level of “friendship” you are on amongst yourselves. It pisses me off to get stabbed in the back or something of the like when I allowed them to be inside my “friend” web. Of course, these work friends aren’t all the type of friends that I would go to world’s end for. There are a couple but no more.
So, the other day I got out of my 8am class at 9:30am and I get a call from this sheetrock repair guy. We had some plumbing issues where the plumber had to cut in the wall and the sheetrock guy was coming to assess and fix the problem. He said he could meet right now (or then) otherwise it would be later in the day or even week. So, I made a judgment call. I came back into the office. My immediate supervisor was not at her desk so I told her equal counterpart that is sometimes a stand-in boss for me when the regular one is out of the office. I told the stand-in that I had to go home to meet the repair guy to let him in. She said, “Okay.”
I didn’t realize I’d have to stay there while they repaired the roughly 2′x4′ hole. They showed up to inspect it, took measurements and then went to get the supplies. They plugged the hole and then they had to seal and paint it. By the time this was completed, it was around 3pm. I emailed the boss lady and CCed the stand-in to let them know that I guess I will just take the full day as vacation since I had to pick my kids up from school at 3:30pm and I didn’t see any point in coming into the office for an hour afterwards. The boss lady replies saying, “Thanks for letting me know – was this a last minute issue? If not, you need to remember to ask for the time off in advance, even if it’s at the start of the day.”
What the fuck is that!?
I felt like she is accusing me of making my own decisions on when I can take time off. I mean it would be nice but I know where I am on the food chain at work. That bitch pissed me off that day. I was reeling. After talking with the wife, I calmed a bit and then a few days passed and it slid under the rug. That was until she started talking to me the next day or so about her personal opinions, show watchings and such. I was like, “Why the fuck do I want to listen to you, bitch, when you just offended my intelligence?” Argh! I don’t do a good job of letting all things go especially shit-ass statements from my supposed superiors…in title only, not in overall intelligence!
A couple of weeks later, I’ve sort of moved on. I don’t get personal on my side of the conversations but she still feels the need to talk to me. I’m just too nice of a guy, I guess. Except for today!
The boss is out of town the entire week. The stand-in is here. I have a class on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I work through my lunch because the boss lady thinks I need to make up for that hour or so I am in class. Like that hour or any hour is that important in the grand scheme of things! It’s not like we aren’t in a slow time of the admissions cycle and there isn’t much to do! I’m okay with it, to an extent. Basically, I deal with it until I complete my degree and then I’m going to be like, “What now, fucksticks!?”
Anyway, the boss lady emailed the stand-in the other day this week saying something like, “[Jay] is supposed to be at his desk/office during this time but I couldn’t get ahold of him? Do you know where he is?” Again, what the fuck!? I know this about the email because the stand-in told me. In fact, I wasn’t at the office because I was at the stand-in’s house hooking up her new Bose DVD entertainment all-in-one system during what would be my work-thru lunch hour.
Oh well, it’s the end of the day and I guess I’m done ranting. I got to go home and watch movies and hope that the weekend will help me mellow and forget and let it go.
I just need to ride it out and finish my degree in the next couple to three years and then give them the finger on my way out the door! I mean I don’t have to leave but it would be nice to make them suffer since I can do all the people’s jobs in my office but they can’t do mine. That’s sort of job security. LOL!
Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey
I remember when Patrick Dempsey was the token “geek” in his early movie career. Take for instance, Can’t Buy Me Love and then Loverboy. He upgraded a little bit to a not so geeky geek in Run.
Fast forward a few years (or more) and you get him in Grey’s Anatomy as “McDreamy”. What a role change for him!
Anyway, I just thought it was interesting on the turn of events in an actor’s life while the wife and I were watching Made of Honor and he’s cast as the lady-laying Casanova.
We also saw Enchanted and he was the “prince” of that movie.
Anyway, there’s a random post for ya.
Email humor 09/13/2008
Office Procedures Concerning Storm and Office Closings
As we watch the progress of the storm, the following are the
firm’s guidelines based upon the hurricane’s intensity:
Hurricane Category #1
No excuse for being late. Leave earlier to give extra time to
avoid fallen trees and limbs.
Hurricane Category #2
Due to the horizontal rain, you may wear jeans.
Hurricane Category #3
Whereas most of the area will be flooded we suggest you
avoid wearing open toe sandals when coming to work. Canoes will be
provided to get to the building safely without getting wet.
Hurricane Category #4
More than likely there will be no electricity. Given that, we
will have manual typewriters available to all staff members. Please take
extra caution and wear water-proof make-up if Category 4 or above.
Hurricane Category #5
Velcro will be provided to keep you attached to your chairs when
the windows blow out. For those that survive, we will have chocolate
cake at 3:00 pm in the kitchen.
Have A Nice Day!
