Welcome back readers, sorry I've been gone so long. But good news! I'm finally moved into my new place, unpacked and settled down, ready to get into blogging mode!
So I've recently recieved some rather exciting news in my life. I started working for a company called Z-Wireless back in November, starting off I was a little hesitant, thinking i wouldn't really fit in too well. But after three months of leading the sales out of our 5 stores I was getting pretty confident. The owners have now added two more stores to their ranks and guess who still leads, this guy.
The manager of the store I work at is actually a relative of mine, she was the one who initially got me my job, I trained in and was ready (according to her) faster than anyone she had trained. After working with her for a few months she's had me cover a lot of duties here in the store and I've done pretty well, she's spread the word to the higher ups and they've listened. (this is all going somewhere, i promise)
Starting back in December (after working here for only a month) the owners started sending me around to some of their other stores in other towns, to cover shifts, train in new employees and straighten out some issues our already established stores have been having.
I realize this sounds like I'm bragging, but I think right now I have the right to.
So the owners have been batting around the idea to put in a store in my old home town, this was just a rumor our district manager had told me, he said if it did happen he had recommended to the owners that I be the one running it. I was excited, but for a while it didn't seem like it was going to be happening. But it has been confirmed, and I will be running our newest store, running it alone I might add.
We'll be opening hopefully in the next month, once licenses are granted and rent for store space is agreed upon. We'll be opening anywhere from the end of April to mid May, so any of you readers who know where I'm from, I'll keep you posted on when we're opening, so stop in!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Pissed at Pepsi
Sorry for the absence guys, between packing/moving, court dates (witness, not the offender), and a large amount of driving for my job, it's been pretty hectic. That and I haven't really had anything particularly exciting to rant about, but guess what, I found something.
There are a lot of people in my area going on and on about the fact that Pepsi is releasing a new patriotic can that has The Pledge of Allegiance on it, now the people are in an uproar because, allegedly, Pepsi omitted the words "Under God" on the can and people are pissed. First off, let me start by saying, it's not happening, Pepsi is not planning on releasing any such can. It's not in the playbook.
I know this hoax has been around for a few years now, but lately I've noticed a sudden growth in the number of people talking about it, like it's some new thing out there, like all of a sudden after two years people want to make a damn scene again. Which sort of brings me to my next point. Who gives a damn? America was supposed to be the country where we could escape from having religion pushed on us, I mean, didn't our ancestors come here to escape from over-bearing religious sects? So why now are we trying to force the "Under God" on the people of America? I understand it's something put in by the founding fathers and part of our history, blah blah blah, but it's time to move on. It's time for us to evolve as a people and come to accept that religion is growing less and less important to our overall society. And for the record, I've been omitting under god since the 5th grade.
So I guess what I'm saying here is, let's not make a big deal over something as small as two words. There are many other things we can fight about, like who would win between Commander/Admiral Bill Adama and Captain Malcolm Reynolds....but seriously, who wins? What do you guys think? And I mean as far as overall leadership goes, not just in a 1-on-1 fight....but that too, you know what, just give me your opinions on both.
There are a lot of people in my area going on and on about the fact that Pepsi is releasing a new patriotic can that has The Pledge of Allegiance on it, now the people are in an uproar because, allegedly, Pepsi omitted the words "Under God" on the can and people are pissed. First off, let me start by saying, it's not happening, Pepsi is not planning on releasing any such can. It's not in the playbook.
I know this hoax has been around for a few years now, but lately I've noticed a sudden growth in the number of people talking about it, like it's some new thing out there, like all of a sudden after two years people want to make a damn scene again. Which sort of brings me to my next point. Who gives a damn? America was supposed to be the country where we could escape from having religion pushed on us, I mean, didn't our ancestors come here to escape from over-bearing religious sects? So why now are we trying to force the "Under God" on the people of America? I understand it's something put in by the founding fathers and part of our history, blah blah blah, but it's time to move on. It's time for us to evolve as a people and come to accept that religion is growing less and less important to our overall society. And for the record, I've been omitting under god since the 5th grade.
So I guess what I'm saying here is, let's not make a big deal over something as small as two words. There are many other things we can fight about, like who would win between Commander/Admiral Bill Adama and Captain Malcolm Reynolds....but seriously, who wins? What do you guys think? And I mean as far as overall leadership goes, not just in a 1-on-1 fight....but that too, you know what, just give me your opinions on both.
Friday, March 18, 2011
In Other News
So, it's been a long week everybody, and the it looks like it's going to stay that way. With the nuclear reactors in Japan leaking and people running in to patch the electrical lines so they can start pumping water to cool it. These people are rushing in and gettting exposed to the strong radiation coming from the reactor, in essence these people are sacrificing themselves to save Japan and possibly the U.S. from possible fallout. And now it looks as though two more of the reactors are going to be facing similar prooblems. Japan has Taken a pretty harsh blow from all of this, and a lot of people have lost their lives, and I can't begin to imagine the terror they felt as they were being swept away by this massive wave, and the after effects as buildings fell and homes were washed off of their foundations. It's a rough time for Japan, and it's going to be a long time before things get better.
On a happier note, a ceasefire has been called in Libya. Libya's foreign minister, Moussa Koussa (chuckle) has called an immediate military ceasefire. Now in my opinion, it's all because the UN, Arab Emirates and The Arab League have announced the decision to fully support the 'no fly zone'. But hey, if we scared them into a ceasefire that's fine with me, as long as people stop dying and some order is returned. And now we don't have to turn their air defenses and military outposts into parking lots and craters. Now, it's technically an 'immediate' ceasefire, but it will take a few days to fully enact it. So we'll get reports of some minor fighting for a while, but hopefully soon things will settle down again. We can only hope.
Thanks for stopping in everyone, come back soon.
On a happier note, a ceasefire has been called in Libya. Libya's foreign minister, Moussa Koussa (chuckle) has called an immediate military ceasefire. Now in my opinion, it's all because the UN, Arab Emirates and The Arab League have announced the decision to fully support the 'no fly zone'. But hey, if we scared them into a ceasefire that's fine with me, as long as people stop dying and some order is returned. And now we don't have to turn their air defenses and military outposts into parking lots and craters. Now, it's technically an 'immediate' ceasefire, but it will take a few days to fully enact it. So we'll get reports of some minor fighting for a while, but hopefully soon things will settle down again. We can only hope.
Thanks for stopping in everyone, come back soon.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Back Again
Hey everybody. Sorry for the extended break this weekend, I spent the time with some friends of mine doing what we do best....you know, video games.
Anyway, I recently took my girlfriend to watch the movie 'Red Riding hood'. Let me start by saying, the movie wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. It wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't dreadful. Now I had a rather funny experience seeing this movie, you might not find it so, but I had to share. One of the characters in it is played by Michael Hogan. Who the hell is that? You ask. He plays Colonel Saul Tigh in the tv series 'Battlestar Galactica'. I chuckled a bit when he came on screen and evidently wasn't the only BSG fan there. A guy a few rows back from me yelled (spoiler for any BSG fans not far in the series) "Don't trust that fraking cylon!" I nearly tore my abdomen laughing. My girlfriend obviously thought I had lost it and rolled her eyes, but hey, it made me giggle.
The next best part of this movie (spoiler for RRH fans), aside from the fact that Amanda Seyfried is ridiculously hot, is the fact that Colonel Tigh totally gets his ass torn to shreds by the werewolf, just completely obliterated by this BAMF. I chuckled so much I kind of felt a little demented. Throw in the fact that Bella Swan's dad is a psycho kiler beast (eff any of you who give me shit for that line, give me a break, I know my actors and all that they've been in) and all in all it wasn't a bad movie. Again, not the best movie, but don't completely rule it out if you've got a girl you want to take out.
Take my wisdom and go forth....yeah that sounded like I thought I was god...oh well, do it anwway world.
Thanks again for reading.
ps check out my friends blog, he's got some good s*** over there. Here it is http://whatmuffinthinks.blogspot.com/
just do it....you'll enjoy it
Anyway, I recently took my girlfriend to watch the movie 'Red Riding hood'. Let me start by saying, the movie wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. It wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't dreadful. Now I had a rather funny experience seeing this movie, you might not find it so, but I had to share. One of the characters in it is played by Michael Hogan. Who the hell is that? You ask. He plays Colonel Saul Tigh in the tv series 'Battlestar Galactica'. I chuckled a bit when he came on screen and evidently wasn't the only BSG fan there. A guy a few rows back from me yelled (spoiler for any BSG fans not far in the series) "Don't trust that fraking cylon!" I nearly tore my abdomen laughing. My girlfriend obviously thought I had lost it and rolled her eyes, but hey, it made me giggle.
The next best part of this movie (spoiler for RRH fans), aside from the fact that Amanda Seyfried is ridiculously hot, is the fact that Colonel Tigh totally gets his ass torn to shreds by the werewolf, just completely obliterated by this BAMF. I chuckled so much I kind of felt a little demented. Throw in the fact that Bella Swan's dad is a psycho kiler beast (eff any of you who give me shit for that line, give me a break, I know my actors and all that they've been in) and all in all it wasn't a bad movie. Again, not the best movie, but don't completely rule it out if you've got a girl you want to take out.
Take my wisdom and go forth....yeah that sounded like I thought I was god...oh well, do it anwway world.
Thanks again for reading.
ps check out my friends blog, he's got some good s*** over there. Here it is http://whatmuffinthinks.blogspot.com/
just do it....you'll enjoy it
Friday, March 11, 2011
Get out of my head
Hey guys. So, do you ever have one of those days when you hear a song, a song you haven't heard in a long time, and it just won't leave you alone? Well today is one of those days. The song is 'Inside Out' by Eve 6. Yeah, not exactly one of the greatest songs known to man, but catchy as hell no matter what you say. And I've tried getting it out of my head, drowning it out with some of my faves, Metallica, Rise Against, even some MJ. But this damn song will not get out of my head. I need some help readers, what do I do?
Okay, let's get down to the actual business that brought you all here. It's actually been in the news for a while now, but people in the Westboro Baptist Church have been protesting military funerals, and I want to start off by saying F*$# you. What in the hell gives you the right to stand around and shout things like "god hates you" and "you're going to hell" at the funeral of a man who has done nothing but fight for your right to live and speak freely? Well (and this is where I lose faith in our government), evidently the supreme court has ruled that it is perfectly fine for you to stand in and protest a military funeral. As if it isn't bad enough that these family members have to stand here and put there son/father/brother/sister/mother/daughter/friend in the ground, but now you are there screaming that they are going to burn in hell? These families are already going through enough, don't protest the funeral, protest the war, somewhere away from the burial you self-righteous pricks. You people are one of the reasons that I (as previously stated in past posts) am against religion. Keep it to yourself and leave the rest of us to our own private peace.
As if the protests themselves aren't bad enough, I recently watched a video of this group singing a parody of the song 'We Are the World'. They change the song to 'God Hates the World' and change the lyrics to fit. You people need to get a life and stop hating on the entire world.
Sorry guys, I promise my next post won't have anything to do with religion or the like. So don't let this post dissuade you from reading more, thanks again.
But seriously, how do I get this song out of my head?
Okay, let's get down to the actual business that brought you all here. It's actually been in the news for a while now, but people in the Westboro Baptist Church have been protesting military funerals, and I want to start off by saying F*$# you. What in the hell gives you the right to stand around and shout things like "god hates you" and "you're going to hell" at the funeral of a man who has done nothing but fight for your right to live and speak freely? Well (and this is where I lose faith in our government), evidently the supreme court has ruled that it is perfectly fine for you to stand in and protest a military funeral. As if it isn't bad enough that these family members have to stand here and put there son/father/brother/sister/mother/daughter/friend in the ground, but now you are there screaming that they are going to burn in hell? These families are already going through enough, don't protest the funeral, protest the war, somewhere away from the burial you self-righteous pricks. You people are one of the reasons that I (as previously stated in past posts) am against religion. Keep it to yourself and leave the rest of us to our own private peace.
As if the protests themselves aren't bad enough, I recently watched a video of this group singing a parody of the song 'We Are the World'. They change the song to 'God Hates the World' and change the lyrics to fit. You people need to get a life and stop hating on the entire world.
Sorry guys, I promise my next post won't have anything to do with religion or the like. So don't let this post dissuade you from reading more, thanks again.
But seriously, how do I get this song out of my head?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Quiznos and Christ?
So on occasion my boss sends me down to one of our stores in another town to give the one person that works down there a day off. Now I don't mind the extra 35 minute drive there and then back again, because it keeps me from getting stuck in the same place bored for too long. There is a Quiznos in the same little strip mall that our store is located in, so usually when I go down there I pop over to Quiznos to grab a soda and a bag of chips to go with the lunch I bring. This day was slightly different though.
I headed over there around 11:45 (gotta be a bit ahead of the lunch rush) and outside of Quiznos there was a man holding a bible and shouting at the top of his lungs that Christ was angry at everyone stuffing their faces. So as he was ranting on and on about gluttony and all that BS I was calmly strolling past him to the door. This idiot decided to make the stupid mistake of stepping in front of me and yelling in my face that God was going to strike me down for gluttony. Me? the guy who was just going in to get a bag of chips and a soda? Well folks, you may not know this about me, but I'm an atheist. I've never believed in a divine power, but normally I have no problem with other people and their views on God, as long as you don't try to push your beliefs on someone else, you're fine in my book. But this asshole had to go and push his luck, he stands in front of me yelling about the power of God and how evil I am, that was too far. So I yelled back, shouting him down word for word, and in the end I came across with the line every christian hates to hear, "I'm atheist, and nothing you say can ever change that." It shut him up pretty quick and he stomped off flustered and angry.
Now, to be completely honest, I don't feel good about the fact that I made this guy angry and that I threw it all in his face. I usually pride myself on the fact that I don't actually argue very often over religion, if you stay out of my life, I'll stay out of yours. But in this particular case, I really had no choice. But I'm also not going to say that I felt absolutely bad about it either, after all the owner of Quiznos gave me a free sub and meal for running the guy off, because, let's face it, a man shouting about gluttony in front of a restaraunt is bad for business.
What's the point of this story? You ask. Please keep your religious views to yourself. I've got nothing against you or your beliefs, but too many wars have been fought over religion. Wars that wouldn't have been fought if we could all just think for ourselves and know when to be quiet.
Well, enough ranting from me today, thanks readers.
I headed over there around 11:45 (gotta be a bit ahead of the lunch rush) and outside of Quiznos there was a man holding a bible and shouting at the top of his lungs that Christ was angry at everyone stuffing their faces. So as he was ranting on and on about gluttony and all that BS I was calmly strolling past him to the door. This idiot decided to make the stupid mistake of stepping in front of me and yelling in my face that God was going to strike me down for gluttony. Me? the guy who was just going in to get a bag of chips and a soda? Well folks, you may not know this about me, but I'm an atheist. I've never believed in a divine power, but normally I have no problem with other people and their views on God, as long as you don't try to push your beliefs on someone else, you're fine in my book. But this asshole had to go and push his luck, he stands in front of me yelling about the power of God and how evil I am, that was too far. So I yelled back, shouting him down word for word, and in the end I came across with the line every christian hates to hear, "I'm atheist, and nothing you say can ever change that." It shut him up pretty quick and he stomped off flustered and angry.
Now, to be completely honest, I don't feel good about the fact that I made this guy angry and that I threw it all in his face. I usually pride myself on the fact that I don't actually argue very often over religion, if you stay out of my life, I'll stay out of yours. But in this particular case, I really had no choice. But I'm also not going to say that I felt absolutely bad about it either, after all the owner of Quiznos gave me a free sub and meal for running the guy off, because, let's face it, a man shouting about gluttony in front of a restaraunt is bad for business.
What's the point of this story? You ask. Please keep your religious views to yourself. I've got nothing against you or your beliefs, but too many wars have been fought over religion. Wars that wouldn't have been fought if we could all just think for ourselves and know when to be quiet.
Well, enough ranting from me today, thanks readers.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Back From The Weekend
Yeah yeah, I know, I didn't post anything this weekend, get off my back. I spent this weekend with a friend of mine who was on leave from the Navy. And I gotta say, it was nice to spend the whole weekend BSing and playing video games. Also, do to the fact that I spent the weekend in a MountainDew/Videogame induced coma, I haven't had much chance to read up on my news lately, but suffice it to say that Libya is still pretty Fu*^ed.
I spent the majority of this weekend playing one of my favorite games, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Just....damn, is all I can say. It's one of the best games I've ever played, it just goes on and on for hours. You usually end up putting 20 hours into this game and then going "I haven't even started the main quest!" And despite that, it's still a kick ass game. It's just dead sexy.....well, with the exception of the female characters. That is literally the only area where Oblivion is missing anything, the women in this game are all eaither really old, or just plain ugly. But, my good readers, I have some splendid news. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming out November 11th, and damn it if the women don't look fantastic! So rest at ease friends, it can only get better from here.
Now, since I really have nothing much else to talk about today, I'm just going to go ahead and give you a list of some other very noteworthy releases scheduled for this year.
Portal 2: April 18th
Mortal Kombat: April 19th
Resistance 3: September 6th
Dragon Gae 2: Tomorrow!
Legends of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Sometime Q1 of 2011 (so pretty soon)
Mass Effect 3: Q4 2011
Star Wars The Old Republic: As of yet no release date, but you all need to know that it's on the way!
Once again, sorry for not really having much to say today, stop back in tomorrow, you might get lucky ;)
I spent the majority of this weekend playing one of my favorite games, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Just....damn, is all I can say. It's one of the best games I've ever played, it just goes on and on for hours. You usually end up putting 20 hours into this game and then going "I haven't even started the main quest!" And despite that, it's still a kick ass game. It's just dead sexy.....well, with the exception of the female characters. That is literally the only area where Oblivion is missing anything, the women in this game are all eaither really old, or just plain ugly. But, my good readers, I have some splendid news. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is coming out November 11th, and damn it if the women don't look fantastic! So rest at ease friends, it can only get better from here.
Now, since I really have nothing much else to talk about today, I'm just going to go ahead and give you a list of some other very noteworthy releases scheduled for this year.
Portal 2: April 18th
Mortal Kombat: April 19th
Resistance 3: September 6th
Dragon Gae 2: Tomorrow!
Legends of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Sometime Q1 of 2011 (so pretty soon)
Mass Effect 3: Q4 2011
Star Wars The Old Republic: As of yet no release date, but you all need to know that it's on the way!
Once again, sorry for not really having much to say today, stop back in tomorrow, you might get lucky ;)
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