:: Always the Freak ::

:: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 ::

Ten Things

1. I like Tylenol 3.. especially in pairs.
2. I hate transmissions
3. Apparently there is a STIGMA attached to having a 909 area code on your telephone number, so the Riverside people have cheerfully switched to 951 effective last Saturday.
4. I now have to change an assload of area codes on my cell phone
5. Servers going down is an unhappy event in my life
6. 70 employees in my office asking individually why this or that on their computers isn't working, has forced me to wear a hot pink sign on my chest stating that the Server is down.
7. I changed my name today at the bank and technically at work, except I have to wait like two weeks for that one to take effect.
8. I'm ready for lunch... someone should feed me.
9. Why do I only have to do "dirty work" on the days I actually dress appropriate for work? If I wear jeans, I sit prettily at my desk all day. If I wear a skirt, I have to check my transmission fluid or climb under a desk to fix a computer.
10. My day sucks ass, but the codeine is helping.

:: Jenn 12:54 PM [+]

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How Stupid Can You Be?

USA Today had an article yesterday about People who read and respond to SPAM. It says "One-fifth of U.S. residents acknowledge buying products from spam purveyors, according to a Yahoo Mail survey of 3,100 Internet users in May. A third said they respond to spam."

I don't get it. It's so annoying. I get easily 100 spammed emails a day. I get everything from Porn to people selling some Viagra crap, to just plain virus carrying junk mail. I HATE it. Yes, occasionally, if the email is from a company that I think might be SOMEWHAT reputable or something I will attempt to get off of the mailing list, but mostly I don't do that either, because that tends to send a virus or some other little item to my computer or gets me on more lists. So, I delete. Those who don't delete perpetuate. SO FREAKING DELETE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

:: Jenn 9:07 AM [+]

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Grrrr

Perhaps it is similar to my boss pissing me off, but the fact that I told one of my employees to please work until their assigned GO HOME time rather than leaving 5-8 minutes early EVERY DAY and his response was to go around the office telling people that well, he saw me on the freeway 20 minutes before my GO HOME time is making me see red!

First point of action. I have a GENERAL schedule, but I have a great deal of flexibility in that schedule, meaning I come and go as I please as long as I put in my 40 hours. Why? Because I have worked my way up the totem pole, asshole.

Second, if one wants to have what I have, then by all means set goals, create positions, whatever you need to do. You don't like it? Well, you probably wouldn't like the nights I have to work until 6 or 7 at night either.... with the flexibility comes the responsibility of having to be at work when you'd rather be on your way home or coming in on a Sunday because a budget issue came up on a Friday night. This is what being in management means. Yes, there is flexibility, but you also have more responsibility than those employees under you.

Third, it doesn't really matter, stupid. I'm your freaking boss. I write your evals and I decide if you get a raise or not so shut the hell up, sit your bony ass down and get some work done for a change instead of screwing off and bragging about it! Geez. When will people learn not to piss off the person with the power?

:: Jenn 9:48 AM [+]

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It Had Pages!

I actually read a book! Seriously... no cassette, no CD, a real, live book! It was light enough to carry around in my purse so I could read it while witing for things or eating lunch, etc. It's called "Filthy Rich" and is what might be best described as "Chick Lit". My mom picked it up at the thrift store for 50 cents and said it was funny, so I read it.

It is.

Funny, that is.

Basic premise: girl is boyfriends studio audience "lifeline" on "Who Wants to be Filthy Rich" (yes, exactly... Millionaire). Girl misses lifeline question, guy loses, calls her a bitch and breaks up with her on national tv. The story is how she handles it and him and it's funny and cute. I recommmend it if you like chick lit. cute.

:: Jenn 3:04 PM [+]

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More On Walmart

Please visit The Rabid Librarian To read this post about WalMart. Once again, staggering figures are found to show you how greedy the WalMart elite are. Read the evidence and judge for yourself. But, if you can find it in yourself, stand up and fight against the antichrist. Maybe it won't even be in our lifetime when it truly begins, but do you want your children to lose the freedom of choice of where they can shop? Prices won't be so low when there aren't any competitors out there and greed won't dwindle!

Just your friendly, neighborhood update...

:: Jenn 10:42 AM [+]

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Permission Granted... sort of

Mr. San Diego has consented to my posting his picture online as long as he approves said photo first. YEA! I will try to put up some wedding pics this week. YEA!

:: Jenn 10:27 AM [+]

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Drum Roll Please

Whoops... I forgot to jump on the bandwagon and rush home to blog about the BIG NEWS we got on Saturday morning at the ComicCon. Yes, it is true. I heard and saw it with my own ears and eyes... Episode 3 is titled "Revenge of the Sith". Silly me, I didn't even realize there was a big deal about this until everyone, including our nephew and his friend (attending the Con with us), screamed, hollered, yelled, and cheered with the announcement. So how about that. There I was...

:: Jenn 10:04 AM [+]

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PICTURES!

WOW! The pictures work. How cool is this. In addition, to the whole Photobucket thing working out, Blogger has really made some improvements and I think I'm going to have some fun playing with it.

So, without further ado... My Photoblog Okay, it's only just begun and I'm still playing around, but I put up a couple of the honeymoon photos. No, you will not see any pics of Mr. San Diego yet. I haven't actually gotten up the nerve to ask if I can post pics of him and he's likely to say no, but maybe I'll beg so I can put up a wedding pic. I'll post here whenever I put up something new over there and now that I CAN, I'll put pics here, too when appropriate. Yea!

:: Jenn 9:26 PM [+]

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HELLLLPPPP!!!!!

If ANYONE can tell me where I can buy these in MUCH smaller quantities, please hook me up. Thanks.

:: Jenn 8:48 PM [+]

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It's an Experiment!

Here goes... my first Photobucket experience. If this works, this would be me and CHODE hanging out at the SciFi Channel Booth.

:: Jenn 4:50 PM [+]

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Lookin' Good

See, I'm not really INTO comic books, aka Graphic Novels, but I do love movies. So, when I spent an hour of my day yesterday in a panel discussion about a new movie by Robert Rodriguez, I wasn't all excited - I mean, beyond knowing he's done some great flicks in the past. That is, until I saw the opening of Sin City and it is fucking amazing. That is the only way I can describe the sneak peek we got at this movie, expected out next year and abased ont he Sin City comics by Frank Miller. Besides the awesome cast, the design to this movie is indescribable, so when you get a chance to see the intro to this movie (it should be on the net in the next month sometime)... see it! You'll want to see the whole thing, just like I do. I just wish you all could have seen this great panel with me. It was the highlight of the con for me, I think. OH, and Buffy, sorry...Sarah Michelle Gellar was alright. Other than that we bought a lot of crap to sell to finance the four day money pit and picked up a TON of freebies: posters, t-shirts, pens, light suckers and pretty much all kinds of craps, including... yup, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy TOWELS. Wheeeee!

xo

:: Jenn 4:31 PM [+]

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WOOT!

THIS IS SO FREAKING COOOOOOL! Finally!

:: Jenn 11:00 PM [+]

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Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Do you think that Keanu Reeves has that little bald spot on his cheek because he just can't grow a beard or because he often sits with his chin in his hand and his thumb rubbing that spot?

:: Jenn 10:54 PM [+]

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Surfing, Comics & Crap

I surfed the Blogsnob links today.  Interesting.  Came back to my site with the 3rd hit then kept gettting a lot of repeats, so stopped.  Who cares.

I won't be around, more than likely, the next 4 days as I will again be attending
Comic-Con.  I would be looking forward to it, but I am EXTREMELY grumpy at the moment.  Anyway, I'm outta here (work) in about 30 minutes and will be back on Monday.  That part is good.

Yesterday, I had a lousy afternoon, a really nice evening, and a night from hell.  Didn't sleep much and even though the hell passed and is over and in truth, ended up being some weird ass thing that didn't even exist, the fact that it even happened is still weirding me out.  Have I mentioned that, at heart, I am not a trusting soul?  That was only from years of being jaded from years of being screwed over.  So, I need to work on that.  Grrrrr....

Need to finish some work before I leave for the day/week.  I'll check in when I get a chance, or Monday... whichever comes first.

PS blogs about computer stuff are boring.  blogs in other languages, ummm... well, I don't read other languages, blogs where people spend the whole time ripping on "the left" or "the right" are boring as HELL (uh, for me...obviously not for the people who write or read them), blogs where every single post is about the same thing (I'm sick... I'm still sick...   I'm really sick... blah blah blah) are annoying.   Some blogs are very cool: blogs that people talk about things in their life and they are great writers, blogs that (in part) contain reviews of things: movies, stuff in general, etc,  blogs of people who share their interesting lives, people who have a true weblog with links to interesting things, blogs where topics are discussed that vary (some politics, some entertainment, etc) and are discussed in a rational non-hateful manner, and blogs that crack me up.  Just my 2 cents.

:: Jenn 11:04 AM [+]

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Going Going Gone...
 
I have no more GMail Invites.  Sorry.  Im only irritated that the first one I sent never got used... by my BROTHER.  What a dork.

:: Jenn 8:49 AM [+]

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ARGH
 
Do you ever get that little voie in your head that says "kill...kill... killllll"? 
 
What?  No, *I* don't, but you know, I was just checking.

:: Jenn 5:02 PM [+]

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GMAIL
 
Apparently people even go to ebay for Gmail accts.  Ummm... ok.  If you REALLY want one and stuff, let me know and I'll send you an invite.

:: Jenn 9:52 AM [+]

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WOW!
 
Today I saw a guy riding down the freeway (in the opposite direction than the one I was traveling) on a motorcycle doing a wheelie.  The whole time I could see him in either direction he was doing the wheelie.  It was a trip.
 

:: Jenn 5:13 PM [+]

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Banalities
 
I've spent all morning making deviled eggs, chicken salad, and fresh salsa.  Of course, being Sunday, I've also spent the day doing laundry.  Yea for Sundays!  What happened to my life of leisure?  *SIGH*
 
My house is hotter than hell... well, maybe not hell, but damned hot!  We do not have AC and mosly lay around in front of the fans.  I look around at all of the things I NEED to do, but it's too freaking hot.  Maybe I'll start the wedding scrapbook... or not. 
 
Tonight we're heading off to a yummy dinner for a secret shop.  Only bummer is that the report on this one is INTENSE and I'm giong to have to track down a watch to wear to keep track of times.  But, hey, free food!
 
I came in 15th last night in the poker tournament at Lake Elsinore.  One of the people who went with us came in 14th.  There were about 115 who started, so I'm happy with my finish.  I got back 1/2 of what I'd spent.  Would have rather gotten it all back, plus, but at LE I've never gotten to payday, so that was my goal.  I succeeded in reaching my goal.  I actually could have done better, if I hadn't been so concerned with getting that $25 payday spot because I folded a hand I shouldn't have, but it was a strategic move to get me to the money... next time I won't have that need and I can play a hand like that properly.
 
Okay, enough blithering.  I think I'll go surfing now.

:: Jenn 1:39 PM [+]

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A Burning Question
 
One thing I've never quite been able to figure out...even today, after hearing the song thre times on three different radio stations... So, when he figures out that Lola is a man, is he freaked or okay with it?  It's one of those things I just could never really get.

:: Jenn 10:42 PM [+]

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Geeky
 
So, I'm not as big of a geek as I thought!  Well, then again, I go to Comic-Con, I KNOW people are way geekier than I am.  Anyway, I'm only 22.48521% - Geek.  I found this out when I went to www.innergeek.us/geek.html and took the Geek Test!  Found over at   Grillboy's place, who happens to be exactly as geeky as I am!

:: Jenn 5:44 PM [+]

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1002

First of all, Blogger is freaking me out.  Why do they keep changing the editor, then I get here and feel all confused and such.  Geez.
 
Anyway, Nick is right.  Blithering about post number 1000 is boring.  So, I'm shooting for my favorite number.  I only have 7740 more posts to go after this.  Whoooooooooooo
 
After 2.5 hours in the DMV today I have officialy changed my name.  Once the CDL gets to me, I can do all the other changes like credit cards, banks, passport, etc.  What a pain in the ass.  Kind of exciting to get rid of the ex-husband's name finally, though.
 
Have I mentioned how BITCHEN Real Rhapsody is?  The only thing that sucks right now is that they don't yet have the song "1985" by SR-71.  Could anyone MAKE a more Jenn song?  sheesh.  Okay, so I sort of paid $10 for a month of it.  I'm going to cancel after that first month, though.  I am.  Really.
 
Right now I'm all obsessed with listening to old 70s stuff, not not really 70s so much as sort of folky sounding stuff... current playlist:  American Pie, Picture, Cats in the Cradle, We Were in Love, 100 Games of Solitaire, American Girl, Me and Bobby McGee, Where the Streets Have No Name, A Better Place to Be, Follow Me, Danny's Song, Teach Your Children Well, Hand In My Pocket.  yeah, it's true... I'm a dork  =)  But I don't care!


 

:: Jenn 5:18 PM [+]

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1001

Maybe I should just quit while I'm ahead.

:: Jenn 12:46 PM [+]

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1000th Post

This is my 1000th post. Should it be about something monumental? um. no. I have nothing monumental to say. I just saw the "999" and thought, "what the hell, let's make it 1000!"

I do have a question, though.

*****COLD MOUNTAIN SPOILER*****

I finished listening to Cold Mountain and I am freaking PISSED. I'm glad I read the book before seeing the movie, that's for sure. I really hate books/movies that make you think all is good and then the end hits you in the face with a punch and a bad ending. Kind of like that stupid-ass movie, City of Angels.

Anyway, here's the thing. If Inman could walk all that way and deal with all of the adversity he did and kill all those guys, how the hell did he let one asshole kid kill him???? That is just plain frigging stupid. That's all I'm going to say about that.

:: Jenn 11:02 AM [+]

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I think I forgot to finish the Honeymoon!

When we woke up too early the next AM in the campground at Chiricahua, we finished off the cheese and bread (grumble grumble) and went off to visit the Faraway Ranch located in the Park. We did some hiking and looke around, but were unable to tour the Ranch as that is done by guides only and we were there at the wrong time. We headed off, sad to have to leave, but eager to move on to the next Park, Fort Bowie.

Fort Bowie is interesting, commemorating the terrible wars between the US Military and the Apaches in the area. There are none of the buildings actually still standing, but there a lot of ruins of the buildings that they are trying to preserve. The Visitor Center has a nice museum, but not AV program. One unique thing about this site is you have to hike in a mile and a half just to get to the visitor center. I hadn't realized that, so we were a little off-schedule after spending 4 hours there so we decided we'd have to see the last park on our list the next day on our way home.

Instead we visited a whole bunch of Factory 2Us looking for toys. We were actually pretty successful, so I guess that was good. Then we headed off hoping to find a motel close to the Casa Grande Ruins that we planned to see the next morning. Unfortunately, tis park is located in the lovely (ahem) city of Coolidge, AZ which had two dingy motels that looked way scary so we drove about 20 miles back towards the freeway and stayed in a nice motel with a Jacuzzi in Casa Grande, AZ and ate pizza. yum.

The next morning, we made the drive back to the ruins, which is pretty neat for a small Park location. The Visitor Center was one of the best I've seen with great audio visual presentations, a really good museum with "touch me" stuff, and talking dioramas. It was nice.

That was it, it was time to head home. So, we cruised back down to the freeway, took a quick stop to look at the weird crap in Eloy

, then headed towards home.

We had a great time. Can't wait for the next one. I'm hoping to fly to Chicago and do Route 66 back to Cali. Wheee! IN the meantime, I guess I'll have to be content with little trips. Of course, this year we HAVE to hit a bunch of the Nat'l Parks in California because we have an Annual Park Pass and we want to make the most of it! maybe a trip to Yosemite is in order. Hmmm...

:: Jenn 9:26 AM [+]

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Movies

I'm not 100% certain why I'm doing this Movie Meme that I found at Easily Amused, but it entertained me.

Take List
Highlight Movies Seen
Underline Movies Owned
Add 3 more.

That is all.

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead The original
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. The Goonies
26. Baseketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie (Spice World)
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can’t Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen The original
47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where’s My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
68. Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
69. Muriel’s Wedding
70. Croupier
71. Blade Runner
72. Cruel Intentions
73. Ocean’s Eleven
74. Magnolia
75. Fight Club
76. Beauty and The Beast (Disney version)
77. Much Ado About Nothing
78. Dirty Dancing
79. Gladiator
80. Ever After
81. Braveheart
82. What Lies Beneath
83. Regarding Henry
84. The Dark Crystal
85. Star Wars
86. The Birds
87. Beaches
88. Cujo
89. Maid In Manhattan
90. Labyrinth
91. Thoroughly Modern Millie
92. His Girl Friday
93. Chocolat
94. Independence Day
95. Singing in the Rain
96. Big Fish
97. The Thomas Crown Affair
98. The Matrix
99. Stargate
100. A Hard Day’s Night
101. About A Boy
102. Jurassic Park
103. Life of Brian
104. Dune
105. Help!
106. Grease
107. Newsies
108. Gone With The Wind
109. School of Rock
110. TOMMY
111. Yellow Submarine
112. From Hell
113. Benny & Joon
114. Amelie
115. Bridget Jones’ Diary
116. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
117. Heavenly Creatures
118. All About Eve
119. The Outsiders
120. Airplane!
121. The Sorcerer
122. The Crying Game
123. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
124. Slap Her, She’s French
125. Amadeus
126. Tommy Boy
127. Aladdin
128. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
129. Snatch
130. American History X
131. Jack and Sarah
132. Monkey Bone
133. Rocky Horror Picture Show
134. Kate and Leopold
135. Interview with the Vampire
136. Underworld
137. Truly, Madly, Deeply
138. Tank Girl
139. Boondock Saints
140. Blow Dry
141. Titanic
142. Good Morning Vietnam
143. Save the Last Dance
144. Lost in Translation
145. Willow
146. Legend
147. Van Helsing
148. Troy
149. Nine Girls and a Ghost
150. A Knight’s Tale
151. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
152. Beetlejuice
153. E.T.
154. Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone
155. Spaceballs
156. Young Frankenstein
157. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
158. American President
159. Bad Boys
160. Pecker
161. Pink Floyd: The Wall
161. X-Men
162. Sidewalks of New York
163. The Children of Dune
164. Beyond Borders
165. Life Is Beautiful
166. Good Will Hunting
167. Run Lola Run
168. Blazing Saddles
169. Caligula
170. The Transporter
171. Better Off Dead
172. The Abyss
173. Almost Famous
174. The Red Violin
175. Contact
176. Stand and Deliver
177. Clueless
178. William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet
179. Dangerous Laisions
180. I Am Sam
181. The Usual Suspects
182. U-571
183. Capricorn One
184. The Little Shop of Horrors (the one with Jack Nicholson)
185. Die Hard
186. The Flamingo Kid
187. Night of the Comet
188. Point Break
189. Chatterbox
190. Secretary
191. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
192. American Beauty
193. Pulp Fiction
194. What About Bob
195. The Long, Long Trailer
196. Miss Congeniality
197. The First Wives Club
199. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
200. The Red Sneakers
201. Calendar Girls
202. Meet The Parents
203. The Ten Commandments
204. Silence Of The Lambs
205. Goodfellas
206. Traffic
207. 21 Grams
208. The Little Princess (1939)
209. Y tu mamá también
210. Whalerider
211. The Twins Effect a.k.a The Vampire Effect
212. Kiki's Delivery Service
213. Equilibrium
214. The Sure Thing
215. True Colors
216. Class

:: Jenn 2:26 PM [+]

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Ummmm....

So, like, I know I don't get out in the Blogworld a whole bunch lately and maybe I've neglected a few places, but what the hell happened to Lex?!?!?!

:: Jenn 3:21 PM [+]

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Jenn Recommends

I got A SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS MAGAZINE as a wedding gift. I LOVE IT! It's got lots of foodies in it, but also some travel and some home stuff. As an example there was an article on Belize that segued into recipes for Belizean food in the first issue I received (Monday). Me likey! The only thing I'm not liking about Intermezzo is that I want the 6 back copies (this is a new mag) and they want $10 a pop!!! OUCH!

:: Jenn 11:24 AM [+]

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Stupid Boss Tricks

So at 5:30 last night as I'm madly dashing to my hair appointment I get a telephone call from my boss. He's at the office and they were trying his key in the door and the door is not unlocking. What to do? I said, "I dunno, the number of the company installing our lock system is in my office somewhere, but not sure where" and my boss says, I SWEAR TO GOD HE SAYS: "I'm tired of this, I'm not going to worry about it, I'm going home". This is the MANAGER of the Program. THE BIG BOSS. He's going home. I said, "ok".

SO this morning at 7am, I get a call from my clerk saying "Hey, the key doesn't work and we're all standing out here." I said I assumed that would happen and explained the call from the night before. So she says not to worry, since I'm driving she'll call 411, get the number of the alarm company and have them come out. Which she did. They arrive arond 8 and we all sat around until 8:30 when we finally got in.

I'm sorry, but maybe I misunderstand the role of a manager. SHould't there be some caring there about "what willhappen in the morning???" Grrrrr

:: Jenn 11:09 AM [+]

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FREE PEPSI OFFER!

It's true. Jeff Gordon won the Pepsi 400 last night, so we're all in luck and get a free coupon for a 2-liter bottle of the new Pepsi Edge. Just go to www.pepsiedge.com/home.php and sign up. YOu must do it by 6PM PST today and it says only one per household. You're Welcome.

Did I mention Jimmmie came in Second? Of course he did. He kicks butt!

:: Jenn 8:48 AM [+]

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Bleh

Notice lack of posting today? This is because my clerk called in sick today and so I spent the whole day doing what I had planned for her to do today and that was: CLEAN THE FREAKING SUPPLY ROOMS UP!!!! So I did that, with help from another clerk in the office who had some time available and the supply rooms rock and look awesome! I also juggled a final walk thru with my architect, the "sign-guy" who was supposed to have my signage for the doors designed by today, and the furniture guys back to ALMOST finish up their part of the office. Plus I made a run for the mall to buy gifts for my friend Rhiannon who I took to lunch for her birthday today. Yeah, I was busy! I'm headed to Hollywood tonight, but not for a couple more hours, so I think I'll take a cruise by the local NTN spots and see if I can spot Nick. Bye!

:: Jenn 5:40 PM [+]

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