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One of those moments...

Jul. 28th, 2008 | 03:53 am
How do you feel about that?: contemplative contemplative

Have you ever had one of those moments where you did something you thought was so right, but then just like a second later you realize that it was pretty much the stupidest thing you have EVER done? But then it still takes like a week before you figure out how much you screwed up?

But what if your "mistake" only uncovered something deeper that had been tearing you apart for a while? What if it brought out the proverbial skeleton that you had kept so well hidden in your closet? Is it still a mistake? Or is it some sort of "divine" providence?

Food for thought...

until next time!
~ DoC

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Not another one...

Jul. 27th, 2008 | 05:53 pm
How do you feel about that?: bored bored
What song is stuck in your head?: Simple Plan

So I figure now is a better time than ever for one last blog about my ex.

Don't take this as meaning that I am in any way not completely and totally over my ex. It's just there are some things that have been bugging me lately and they are related to the whole situation (if you can call it that anymore) with my ex, and I just wanted to adress those issues for the world.

In any case, this morning I popped on facebook and I noticed under "people you may know" that my ex had recently joined facebook. Now I understand completely that she is my ex, and I also realize that we haven't really spoken since she broke it off so maybe it was dumb to send a friend request, but I did. I sent her a friend request because although she may be my ex and although I may not really be on speaking terms with her, if something terrible were to happen to her (or something great) I would at least want to know...

But anyways continuing on the story I got on facebook a little bit later this afternoon and as it turns out it would appear that she rejected my friend request. Not entirely suprising, but at the same time, not exactly what I had hoped for. I guess I just wish things had ended on better terms. But I guess it doesn't really matter because there is nothing I can do to change it now.

In other news, people don't seem to get the point that my life took a major turn when my ex broke up with me. I listen to different music, I hardly play video games at all anymore, I don't really hang out with the people that I used to, heck, I don't even eat salad anymore. I tend to avoid things that remind me of what seems like a past life. It's done, it's over, and I never want to look back. I've moved on. And I guess I've left a lot of stuff that I used to love behind me. It's really nothing personal against any of the people I used to hang out with... They're great and all, but sometimes it just feels like it's somebody else's life. Like that's not my life anymore.

Well anyways enough rambling for now. Hopefully this is the last time I'll ever have to talk about my ex.

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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Second Semester Grades

May. 20th, 2008 | 11:55 am

So I got my second semester grades today. Not terrible - not bad even... but not exactly a 4.0

So heres the scoop: I took 5 classes this semester - Information Literacy, General Bio 2, Honors General Chemistry 2, microeconomics, and American Politics. Final outcome? A- in infolit as I believe I discussed several months ago, A in Bio, and then A- in everything else.

Term GPA: 3.79
Cumulative GPA: 3.900

I guess a 3.9 is nothing to sneeze at, but it's definitely not a 4.0...

oh well... I kinda wanted to do better, but "as the philosopher Jagger once said,

You can't always get what you want."

~ DoC

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HP Nightmare

Apr. 16th, 2008 | 01:39 pm
How do you feel about that?: pissed off pissed off

Okay so here's the thing.

HP SUCKS

at least as a PC manufacturer. Their printers are pretty good. But their computers suck.

I have had my HP laptop for less than a year, and let me tell you I am glad I just ordered a new laptop, because this morning the case that holds the display cracked. And this is the second time this has happened to me.

Now I just sent HP an email and I have to wait for somebody to get back to me before I can get them to send me the box so I can send in my laptop for the 3rd time in less than a year. Why couldn't they just let me order the warranty repair on my own? And why the heck do I have to send in my laptop once every 4 months??? Seems like a major defect in the design to me...

oh well... What can I do about it. By june I should hopefully have a new laptop and then I won't have to worry about it anymore... Which will be nice. But the bottom line is never ever ever buy a computer from HP. I know I never will again....

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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I'm getting a convertible!!!

Apr. 14th, 2008 | 11:29 pm
How do you feel about that?: Pissed?

For those of you who hadn't heard yet, recently I have been considering buying a tablet PC. And today I finally got up the guts and went on to lenovo's website and spent $2500 on a sweet thinkpad x61 convertible tablet. When I was shopping the website said it should ship in 1-2 weeks. Okay, no big deal I can handle the wait....

A little while later I get interested and I check my email and I have an order confirmation with a link to check the status of my order. What do you know, my new computer isn't going to ship until 5-29-08. MAY FREAKING 29TH!!! That's like 6 and a half weeks away!!!! So much for 1-2 weeks.

You would think after I spend $2500 on a computer they would try to get it to me quickly so - you know - I might think about going back to them next time I'm in the market for a computer. But NO. 6 weeks. I get to wait 6 weeks. Is it really that hard to make a computer? I mean, even if all the parts were out of stock, that gives them 3 weeks to get the parts in stock and another 3 weeks to get them assembled and shipped. Seems kinda like a long time.

But you would think they would have the parts in stock. Their laptops are pretty much the best designed laptops anywhere. The engineering that goes into these things is amazing. But yet they're not smart enough to figure out that maybe just maybe they should keep the stuff in stock. ???

I'm guessing this has something to do with IBM selling off their share of the PC hardware business to lenovo. The computers are still designed by the guys who designed them for IBM, but now the management experts at lenovo can figure out how to screw everything else up... I just really really hope that the thinkpad I get lives up to the Thinkpad name that I just put $2500 into...

oh well I guess we'll see how things turn out sometime around june...

Until next time!
~ DoC

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And how was your spring break???

Mar. 30th, 2008 | 11:23 pm
How do you feel about that?: Trying not to think about it..

So.

Today was interesting.

This morning around 8:00 my parents get up and they're letting the dog out and she trips on the stairs and hits her head on the cement floor in the garage, and as near as we can tell she looses a tooth and her gum starts bleeding. Maybe an hour later the bleeding seems to have stopped so my parents go out and I go back to sleep with a little bit of an upset stomach... Then my parents get home a couple hours later to find my dog sitting at the top of the stairs next to a blood soaked carpet. We rush her to the vet where we spend another few hours trying to figure out what to do, and ultimately we decide that after 8 hours with no signs of the bleeding stopping, it's probably time to just let go....

For anyone who might not know, my dog was 15 and a half and she had multiple "cists" most notably a solid lump on her head and something that looked like it had to be filled with liquid on her front paw. She hadn't really been eating well for at least several months and she was pretty much just skin and bones (you could actually feel her spine...) Most of her teeth were already gone, and according to the vet she was probably in a lot of pain, but because of her breed she just never really showed it.

So now the mat that has been sitting next to my bed for like 13 years is sitting in the garage on top of the trash can. And there won't be any more having the dog run down the stairs, tail wagging, to say hello when I walk through the front door coming home from school or work... No more dog to get underfoot when you're getting food ready or to sit next to you and beg while you're trying to eat it.

And now I have to write most of a 5 page paper that I've been working on on-and-off for the past couple hours since I got home.

what a great day. You can still see the blood stain on the carpet, by the way, and I don't think any amount of stain cleaner is going to change that. What a nice little reminder when you walk up the stairs.

Well anyways I really should get back to that paper. Once I get done I still have to get up at 8 in the morning. And hopefully I can actually get some sleep tonight.... But seeing as how I haven't really slept well all week I don't know why tonight would be any better....

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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Beware the Ides of March

Mar. 15th, 2008 | 11:49 pm
How do you feel about that?: accomplished

Okay so I’ve been putting up song lyrics the past couple days and I suppose by now somebody reading this might be wondering, what the heck is this dude up to? Well let me let you in on a little secret. Today is March 15th. And in case you don’t know what’s so important about march 15th (other than julius ceasar’s assasination...), I’ll tell you.

1 year and over 130 blog entries ago, my ex broke up with me. Which admittedly isn’t a huge deal but I thought that now would be a better time than ever to look back and see just how far I’ve come....

So what has happened in the past year? A lot. And yeah a lot of it is already in my blog if you really care to look. Some of it is obvious, like I graduated high school and I got a 4.0 my first semester of college (which is gone, by the way, because my stupid info lit professor decided to give me an A- instead of an A.) I got promoted, I almost got a full time job.

But what else has happened along the way? What haven’t I already said a thousand times before? Well for one I’ve met some pretty amazing people that (to risk sounding cliché) have really shown me that there is "life after my ex." And while I unfortunately can’t say that I’ve found a new girlfriend, I have at least entertained the thought at a few different times.

And although it may not be anywhere near the same as a girlfriend I have found a new love in my life, and that would be my job. I typically work at least 20 hours per week and I absolutely love it. I can’t really imagine doing anything else with my time. It seems so weird to say it but I really do love my job and I will definitely miss it when inevitably I have to leave it behind and move on with my life.

Where my life will go next is anybody’s guess, but somehow I think it will keep going uphill from here...

Until next time,
~ DoC

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March On

Mar. 15th, 2008 | 01:13 am

Good Charlotte: March On
From the album "Good Morning Revival"

Don’t cry
Open up your eyes and know
There’s someone else out there that feels this way

I’m singing to you
Cause I know what you’ve been through and now
It’s not so long ago I felt the same

Like soldiers
March on
If we can make it through the night will see the sun
March on, march on

I remember summer nights alone
Fireflies the only thing we own
All we ever dreams of California
I remember winters were so cold
Hunger was the only thing we know
And rock n’ roll dreamin’ was what saved us

Like soldiers
March on
If we can make it through the night will see the sun
March on, march on

Till we see the sun
Till we see the sun

Through the good times,
Through the bad times
Through the long days
Through the hard nights
Keep on till we see the sun

Like soldiers
March on
If we can make it through the night will see the sun
March on, march on

Like soldiers
March on
If we can make it through the night will see the sun
March on, march on

Even when there’s no one there for you march on
Even when the days are long for you march on
Like soldiers, march on.

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The City that Reads

Mar. 14th, 2008 | 12:42 am

3.14 - Happy Pi Day!!!



The Graduate: The City that Reads
from the album "Anhedonia"

Baltimore is quiet and cold
There’s no ship in the bay to take me back home
In time for the holiday
So December never ends
Can you come here instead
I’ve got gifts and food and friends
Plenty of room in my bed
Where you can help me mend

So here’s to being alone
To anyone on their own
If anyone’s listening
Think of me when I’m gone
It’s not going to hurt for long
And you can just forget
And I can live without regret

Baltimore is quiet and cold
So I walk down to the bay
Where everyone’s gone inside for the holiday
Oh, December never ends
So will you make up your mind
Over time I’ve found a piece of me
Somewhere on these empty streets
That I could never bring myself to leave

So here’s to being alone
To anyone on their own
If anyone’s listening
Think of me when I’m gone
It’s not going to hurt for long
And you can just forget

When I return to you at last
Surprise me in red and black
Oh no, you never ever give in
Never give in
In your smile there’s a certain lack
Of muscles strained from front to back
So I’ll do anything to get me right back home

So here’s to being alone
To anyone on their own
If anyone’s listening
Think of me when I’m gone
It’s not going to hurt for long

So here’s to being alone
To anyone on their own
If anyone’s listening
Think of me when I’m gone
It’s not going to hurt for long
And you can just forget
And I can live without regret

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The Deep End

Mar. 13th, 2008 | 01:47 am

Crossfade: The Deep End

I built my life like my bike on a ridid frame
So nothing bends, it only breaks into pieces and pieces
I waited for hope to arrive but it never came
Leaving me with only pain inside
I’m going off the deep end

I built my life on a ridid frame
So nothing bends, it only breaks into pieces and pieces
I waited for hope to arrive but it never came
Leaving me with only pain inside
I’m going off the deep end

Holding on is harder than it seems
when you’re reaching for so much more
seems so much easier to give in
when you’re reaching for so much more

Another wasted Saturday so here I stay
where nothing seems to ever change anyway hey
all this hype about life bein great
where’s the love for me these days
I’m goin off the deep end

Holding on is harder than it seems
when you’re reaching for so much more
seems so much easier to give in
when you’re reaching for so much more

Holding on is harder than it seems
when you’re reaching for so much more
seems so much easier to give in
when you’re reaching for so much more

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update

Mar. 3rd, 2008 | 11:57 am
How do you feel about that?: content content

Okay so I'm not sure this exactly fits under the category of don't tell anybody, but yesterday I wrote the store manager a letter about the interview that I had for the full time supervisor job that I applied for, and shortly after he read it he came down and told me that he thinks it would probably be best if I stayed part time and just got more hours working part time instead of working full time... Which is basically what I said in the letter... But yeah he was apparently incredibly impressed by the letter that I wrote in all of about 10 minutes at midnight on saturday night/sunday morning...

So yeah long story short, I'm not getting a full time job and I don't know who is, but hopefully I will at least get to supervise the front end occasionally... Because I did get to supervise last night, and while I could write an entire blog entry about how hectic it was and how everything went wrong, I really did enjoy it....

So anyways I guess that's about all I have to say for now...

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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The decisions I would rather not have to make

Mar. 1st, 2008 | 11:25 pm
How do you feel about that?: contemplative contemplative

So I think I've finally figured out why it sometimes seems like I'm horrible at making decisions. Get this: I'm afraid of regret....

To this point in my life I can honestly say that I do not regret any decision I have made. And whenever a decision comes up which I could end up regretting either way, I can never decide what to do...

Like take this whole full time job situation for example... If I hadn't applied for the job and somebody gets it and ends up doing a terrible job or something then I might end up regretting that I didn't apply... But if I get the job then maybe somewhere down the road I end up regretting that I took the job....

I guess what I'm trying to say is that in a way I kinda hope I don't get the job... Although from what I heard they apparently thought my interview went very well and they weren't particularly impressed with anybody else... But I did express some concerns about hours, and the store manager seemed concerned about it too... So I guess we'll see what happens on wednesday when they said they were going to start getting back to people....

Tomorrow I get to supervise from 130 - 10 so hopefully I'll have that shift and realize I hate it and could never do it and I can tell them that and they'll pick somebody else. Or something... idk... I just wish every decision could be easy....

So anyways I guess that's about it for now...

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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To apply or not to apply, that is the question...

Feb. 20th, 2008 | 03:09 pm
How do you feel about that?: decided.

Okay so if you read my last blog you know by now that I had been thinking about applying for a full time job... And I did in fact submit the application, and the deadline to turn in a resume is midnight tonight. But at this point I don't think I'm going to do that...

To start off with, the biggest reason I applied is because - at least in my mind - I'm the perfect candidate for the job. I can't picture anyone else in the department being my supervisor and I would like to think that even among those of my coworkers who applied for the position, almost all of them consider me at the very least an equal, and at least some of them I would imagine might find it hard to see themselves as my supervisor... I love the people I work with and I respect them all greatly, but I just really can't see any of them as my boss because at the end of the day when one of them has a problem they usually turn to me for answers....

But upon further consideration I have decided that not only must the applicant be good for the job, the job must also be good for the applicant. And in this area the job which I applied for is in some respects lacking. While it would definitely be an interesting job to have, there really is nothing wrong with the job I have now... Yeah I suppose I wouldn't mind some more hours than what I'm getting on the average week, but at the same time, 40 hours a week is a lot for a full time college student. I guess what it really comes down to is the fact that I don't really need this job. All my bills are pretty much paid for, if not by my parents then by financial aid... And to look at the big picture this job has nothing to do with my long term goals and I would hate to get in the way of somebody who is trying to make a living and a carreer at price chopper just because I want a little bit more spending money to waste during college...

So yeah unless I change my mind (again) in the next 9 hours I guess I'll still only be working part time for the foreseeable future...

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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Decisions, decisions...

Feb. 17th, 2008 | 10:45 pm
How do you feel about that?: contemplative contemplative

Okay so here's the deal:

The shift supervisor at work is getting a better job at a different store and so now his position needs to be filled by next sunday. The deadline for applications is this wednesday and right about now I'm trying to figure out if I want to apply for this postion.

It's a full time position which raises some flags for a full time student, but at the same time right now I work just under 30 hours in the typical week and I seem to have a lot of free time that I don't know what to do with... Plus there are some things that while I enjoy doing them I wouldn't be completely upset if I gave them up...

The bigger problem is the fact that to get full time it usually requires 5 x 8 hour shifts a week. Which in this case would be 1:30 - 10. Except for the fact that two days a week I have classes until 2:30 and one day a week until 5:30. Which leaves exactly 4 days that I can work that shift. Which is a problem. Of course this problem is fairly easily resolved if a) they can cover with part time supervisors until the end of the semester or b) I can get 40 hours in over 6 days.

Of course next there's the small fact that I don't know what my school schedule will be like for the next 6 semesters. And I really don't want to be put in the situation where I have to choose between work and school, because while I may like my job more than I really like going to school, school is far more important in my life right now. For the most part all my bills are paid for, either by the government or by my parents. So I don't need a job. But I do love my job and I would never want to give it up...

So now you're probably saying well geez it sounds like there are a lot of reasons why you shouldn't take this job, so why would you even consider it??? For one thing, from what I've heard, pretty much everybody at work wants me to apply for it. Even one of the other people who applied for it thinks I should try for it! About the only person who doesn't want me to apply for it is the office supervisor. And that's just 'cause she's greedy and she wants to keep me for herself...

Also the only real downside to working in the office is that I know all these people from the front end but now being in the office I'm always stuck off in my corner where I can't really talk to anybody most of the time... Not that I don't get to see them or talk to them occasionally, just not as much as I might like...

But again on the flipside I'm pretty much content with the job I have now. I enjoy working in the office, and I kinda like the pressure and responsibility that come along with it. And as far as being a supervisor is concerned, while I'm sure that most of the time it's probably a great job and a fun job to have, there are ocassionally times when you have to be the bad guy... Because at the end of the day as much as you may try to keep your employees happy and as much as you may wish that you could just be their friend, you are not there to be their friend, you are there to be your boss. As a supervisor you have a job to do and you have to do it regardless of whether or not your subordinates like it.

So I don't know if I should apply for this job or not... At the very least I think I'm going to go in sometime tomorrow morning and talk to the Customer Service Manager about it... See if she can answer some of the many questions I have about this job... But for those of you who maybe know me a little better than others you might know that I'm not very good at making this kind of decision... I only really make decisions that have a clear right and wrong choice. And as far as this is concerned I really don't think there is one...

So yeah I guess we'll see what happens... idk....

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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???

Feb. 11th, 2008 | 12:17 pm
How do you feel about that?: confused confused

Okay so last night I'm at work and the phone rings and I pick up and this lady says she was in the store a couple minutes ago and she got home and the two candy bars that she bought weren't in the bag with the one other thing she bought. I tell her "it's okay you can just come in and pick up two new ones and that will be fine" and then she's flipping out saying "No it's not okay," "this is rediculous this happens all the time," and "it's too cold out." At this point I'm just sitting there with this look of WTF??? on my face and trying to figure out what the heck this lady expects me to do... Long story short she ended up demanding to speak to a manager and, quite relieved that I wouldn't have to deal with it anymore, I put her on hold and paged the manager to take the call... After he talked with her for a couple of minutes he ended up sending somebody out to deliver the two candy bars to the lady's house. Which personally I would not have done, but I guess they really didn't want to loose a customer who had already said they usually shopped at another store because whenever they come to our store they never get home with all their groceries...

but yeah I just couldn't believe that actually happened... It had to be the craziest thing I've seen probably in the entire time I've worked at price chopper...

so yeah that might have been random but I thought it was kinda funny and I hadn't written anything in a while so I just decided to write this...

until next time!
~ DoC

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How long has it been now???

Jan. 15th, 2008 | 02:14 am
How do you feel about that?: content content
What song is stuck in your head?: Boys like Girls

I think I'm suffering from blog withdrawl... I seriously haven't updated this thing in like half a month at least. Which is a long time for me.... maybe that's a good sign....

but anyways I just felt like making a new blog. btw it's january 15th which means I've been single for 10 months. Which is like almost a year. Wow. Wow. that's kinda a long time. But then again I was single for the first 16 years of my life so I suppose it's not such a big deal...

This week I'm actually kinda okay with being single. Next week I'll probably be saying that I need a girlfriend again. But I guess that's just the way it goes.

Now all drama aside, I've recently started working at the customer service desk at work. Which is like freaking amazing. I love it. Pretty much you just stand there all day and wait until you have to count a drawer because a casheir leaves. And of course as soon as you start counting it a bunch of customers show up... I swear it's a conspiracy...

but yeah that's pretty much it... As far as the possibility of a full time job that I had mentioned in my last blog, the guy who I might have been able to replace didn't get the promotion so that isn't going to happen. And even if the guy had gotten the job I probably wouldn't have applied for his because like I said I love the office and that job doesn't really involve much working in the office. So yeah I'll just stick with my part time thing...

School starts up again on the 23rd which is like a week from tomorrow... should be good... Although I got an email the other day about some e-billing thing that UAlbany started using and when I went to the page it told me I owed like $3000. Which is kinda funny because they actually owe me like $500. Apparently the e-billing thing doesn't account for anticipated financial aid. I just hope that they don't look at their records today (the bill is due today...) and see that I supposedly owe $3000 and send freaking debt collectors after me... 'cause that would suck.

well I think I've talked about enough pointless crap for one blog.

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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You want ME to do WHAT?

Dec. 24th, 2007 | 12:08 am
How do you feel about that?: excited excited

So at my store there are 3 main supervisors over the front end. The CSM, the day shift supervisor and the evening shift supervisor. Apparently, come the end of january, the day shift supervisor is moving to connecticut. So the evening shift supervisor has applied for the day shift job and told me that he thinks if he gets the promotion, I should apply for his job. The funny thing is I had been thinking about that pretty much since I heard that the day shift guy was leaving... It just never really sunk in until he told me that he thought I should actually do it a couple nights ago...

but yeah my mom seems to think I shouldn't do it... me I kinda like the idea... I mean nothing is set in stone yet and for all I know the evening shift guy won't get the promotion and I won't even have to worry about it... But I did go through and figure out how to get 12 credits next semester while still being available for work on a full time schedule... now I have my schedule set up so that if I do end up getting a full time job I just drop my afternoon classes and if I don't then I can just probably drop my morning classes...

but yeah I guess I would really like to actually be a supervisor... like tonight I was supervising for most of my shift and I absolutely loved it... except for the whole part when the poor girl in the office couldn't keep up with the every register open, switch out the cash drawer every time somebody takes a break guarantee. We ended up having to close 2 registers for like 15 minutes around 7 (GASP!) And what do you know I don't think a single customer noticed. But yeah it was pretty intense. I even went through and planned out all the breaks so that the registers that nobody knows exists and the register that the night casheir uses would close down as soon as we could possibly close them down... And with having to put somebody new on everytime somebody takes a break that can be a lot harder than it sounds...

but who knows maybe my boss gets the promotion, maybe he doesn't. And maybe I apply for his job, maybe I don't... I mean it would be a really big change to be working full time while going to school full time. I think I can pull it off, but I should probably at least find out more about what the full time job would entail first...

well I guess that's about all there is to talk about right now...

Until Next Time,
~ DoC

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4.000???

Dec. 21st, 2007 | 10:25 pm
How do you feel about that?: excited excited

So today is friday december 21st and that means that today I got my grades!!!! And if you couldn't figure out by the subject line I got straight A's... Which is pretty sweet. I definitely didn't expect to get an A in spanish, but apparently I did. Which like I said, is pretty sweet. So yeah I'm pretty excited about that...

but yeah I guess that's all there is to say about that. As far as work goes I'm now certified to sell alcohol which is again, pretty sweet. I worked like 30 hours this week and I'll be working about the same amount next week. Including a 9 hour shift on christmas eve from 9-6. Should be interesting...

well yeah I guess that's really about all I have to say for now but yeah getting a 4.0 was pretty exciting...

until next time!
~ DoC

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A long week... And it's only monday...

Dec. 18th, 2007 | 01:02 am
How do you feel about that?: tired tired

So the past few days have been pretty interesting...

Sunday night I'm coming home from work at around 10 and it's the middle of a snow storm. But apparently Clifton Park decided that since nobody ever goes out on sunday night they could save a little money on payroll and not plow the roads until morning. So I'm driving along in my little car that has no snow tires, no ABS, no 4 wheel drive, no nothing, and suddenly my car starts pulling right - on a road with a reasonably steep drop off on either side. I let up off the gas and attempt to somehow regain some control of my car, but when you're driving in a couple inches of snow with no anti-lock brakes there really isn't much you can do but let the car come to a stop on its own. And it did. In a ditch. Luckily the people in the house across the street had a truck and a tow cable and saw my situation and were kind enough to come tow me out. Then I drove the rest of the way home at about 15 mph.

Then monday morning I get up at 630 for my calc test at 8. Not sure why exactly my mom thought it would take me an hour to make my 15 minute commute. Who knows. But anyways I get out to my car and the door is apparently iced shut. But of course I don't know this until I go to open it, and instead of opening, the door handle snaps right off. Oh yeah. So now I have a little tiny tab to pull up on and then I have to somehow try to pry the door open while holding the latch up. Great.

The calc test went great. Thanks for asking.

Then I was supposed to have a doctors appointment but it was cancelled because the doctor was "sick." Somehow I think sick is a code word for "I don't want to drive into work through the snow so I'm going to call in sick today." But maybe I'm just crazy / paranoid.

So instead of that I went and got 3 hours of work by going to town court with the Customer Service Manager from my store and taking a course on selling alcohol. Pretty much the most boring 3 hours of my life. But probably also the easiest $25.50 I've ever made. So I guess I can't complain.

And that is pretty much it. Other than that coming up this week on wednesday and thursday I'll be working 12-6 putting shrimp into bags. Sounds pretty freaking exciting if you ask me. The meat manager even showed me the extra special classified top secret price chopper method of bagging shrimp when I was at work on saturday. I would love to tell you what it is, but I'm afraid then I'ld have to kill you. But needless to say I'm hoping that I'll be able to handle the tough job that I've been given.

So yeah I guess that's all I have to say for now...

Until Next Time!
~ DoC

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Oh the weather outside is frightful...

Dec. 16th, 2007 | 01:04 am
How do you feel about that?: brrr... cold

... and everybody is running to price chopper to stock up on food like one snow storm is the end of the world in upstate new york.

Get a life people. The grocery store will still be there tomorrow. and the next day, and the day after that. it's just a snow storm. This is winter. This is new york. Yes that white stuff falling from the sky is called snow. And probably right about now there are these big trucks called snow plows pushing that snow out of the roads so you can still go to the grocery store in the morning.

I don't get it. Why is it that everybody thinks that they have to stock up before a snow storm? Do they seriously think that it's going to be bad enough that they won't be able to get out and go to the store the next day. Or better yet do they really need groceries that badly that they couldn't get through a couple days of being snowed in without having to go to the store? I doubt it. But yet they run to the stores and stand in lines practically out the door to stock up on stuff that they probably won't use for weeks. Brilliant.

But on the flipside of that I guess it would probably be safe to assume that now that everybody in town has stocked up on groceries to cover them for a month, tomorrow will probably be a fairly slow day at the pchops. Which will definitely be a nice change of pace from tonight...

idk I guess that's enough ranting for now...

until next time!
~ DoC

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