somebody shoot me
Mood:  down
Topic: Football
We always find a way to lose, don't we? Other teams find ways to win, we find ways to lose. And the asshole Cowboy fan at work is back at it again. I did have one victory yesterday - I took first place in our Fantasy League - won the super bowl. But I could care less. Here's the lovely message that I found on the message board:

Great Job Pummelers!! Coach Grande needs to give Coach Gibbs a few pointers!

What a dick.

Just wait until next year when the Skins get their shit together.

My post back:
Humility
by: Puta's Pummelers (love_shoe) Dec 27 6:04am
Arrogance suits you well, Bryan. You may have won the battle, but not the war.


If the Skins had won, I wouldn't have gloated. Inwardly, yes. But I wouldn't be quite as smug and idiotic as a Cowboys fan. Cowboys fans are a special breed. Speaking of which, here's an old joke:

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a Cowboys fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they were Cowboys fans too.

Not really sure what a Cowboy fan was, but wanting to be just like their beloved teacher, their hands exploded into the air.

There was however, one exception. A little girl named Susie did not go along with the crowd. The teacher asked her why she decided to be different.

"Cause I'm not a Cowboys fan."

"Then what are you," asked the teacher.

"I'm a proud Redskins fan," boasts the little girl.

A little perturbed now, her teacher asks why she is a Redskins fan.

"Well, my Mom and Dad are Redskins fans, and so I am a Redskins fan too."

A little more aggravated the teacher exclaims, "That's no reason. What if your Mom was a moron, and your Dad was a moron? What would you be then?"

Susie paused and smiled, "Then I guess I'd be a Cowboys fan!"

all I want for Christmas
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Football
Is a win against the Cowboys. That's all I want, really.

Col Mustard has been making some incredible posts lately, so make sure that you check him out. My links are on the left side of the page. One of the posts that he made had a link to a blog from a Mosul hospital doc... I'll put it up later.

Hope that everyone had a safe & happy Christmas. I love you all!

really merry christmas, now
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Weekend happenings
Since it's past midnight, Merry Christmas! Now I don't have to post today. :-P~

yet another silly quiz
Mood:  smelly
Topic: Introspection

You Are the Girl Next Door! You're caring, warm, and the girl that nice guys want to marry. Uncomplicated and simple, you've got an easy going attitude guys love. But this doesn't mean you're dull - far from it! You're a great conversationalist, and you're an expert at living the good life. What Kind of Girl Are You? Take This Quiz :-) Find the Love of Your Life (and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

leaving work for the day
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: xmas music
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
fuzz is letting us go at 3....... so i'm a leavin'. expect less frequent updates over the weekend..... i'll have to go down into the x-box battleroom to post, but i'll do it!

pray for our troops
Mood:  down
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Friends and Family
One of my buddies in the blogging community, Colonel Mustard is stationed in Iraq. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past day and a half, you've heard about the horrific attack in Mosul. Col was a regular here on Tripod until a few weeks ago when he went over to Mindsay... anyway, here are some excerpts from an entry that he made today:

I don't know who I am anymore. I don't know why I am here anymore and I have no idea what I am doing. I woke up this morning devoid of all emotion, I feel neither anger nor pain, joy or sorrow. My desires, hopes and ambitions now appear meaningless. I lack even the remotest sense of self and everything is now numb. The ringing in my ears the only knowledge I have that I am still alive, nothing else even really bothers to register. Except for perhaps the images tattooed right on to my psyche of the finality of yesterday afternoon.

If I am not making any sense, or rather just rambling, you will forgive me, if you don't I doubt I would care either way. Will I ever care about anything ever again? We lost 6 people yesterday. 6 faces I will never see again. I can't even see them now...People you saw every day, worked with, lived with, laughed with, argued with in some cases, especially this head case...but not anymore.

My heart just flew kamakazie into the abyss and now I am just an empty shell where a soul used to be, however tattered and tarnished it was, it was mine, and now it is gone.

If I were able to I'd be crying right now, but I suppose that requires emotion and feeling, something with which I am now lacking.


This is the second time in the past month that the war has seemed too close for comfort. If that makes sense. I'm not sure how to really describe it. Yes, I knew that there were people over there that I knew -- some mere acquaintances, others being friends, either old or new. I worried about them, but never thought that anything bad would happen. I read the latest casualty reports in Iraq... I see how old they were. There is another site with more information, sometimes photographs and backgrounds.

At any rate, with all that being said, it still seemed like it was far away from me... no one that I knew had been injured or killed. Then Kyle comes home and kills himself, and now I find from Col Mustard's firsthand experience how awful it is over there. I knew it was bad, but.......? I don't really know that to think about all of this anymore. It seems that none of our soldiers are getting the help that they need, whether that means some kind of psychological preparation for war, or even having the right supplies and equipment. What is the right solution? We can't just pull out, can we? There will probably be civil war either way, so what should we do? Is there anything that we can do? Saddam might have been a threat, yes, but he's out now, so what now?

what is this world coming to?

gluttony, site, Isaak
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
I updated my site, so CHECK IT OUT. I decorated it for Christmas. ;-)

I was an absolute glutton yesterday and I loved every minute of it. I mentioned that we were going to Ruth's Chris steakhouse for our Christmas luncheon... well, we went to the one in Eastport and it was absolutely delicious... I was a big piggy. Anyway, little did I know that Kurtis had made reservations at the Ruth's Chris in Baltimore at the Power Plant (next to the Ram's Head). We're walking towards Power Plant live and he says. "Well, Marilee said that Babalu was good, so we can eat there..... or....... I made us reservations at Ruths Chris at 6." "You're kidding." He wasn't. So I must have consumed about 5,000 calories yesterday, and I loved every minute of it! Unfortunately, we rushed through dinner a bit since we were worried about getting to the Isaak show on time. We walked in to Ram's Head around 7:15 -- Isaak didn't go on until 9!!!! We weren't very happy, obviously, but we waited. The show was fantastic, although he *did* have one joke/comedy segment that we had heard at every show we'd been to before. It's funny, and people who had obviously never seen him before were hysterical, so I'm willing to overlook that. :)

Can I add that the new Ram's Head venue is AWESOME!?! Supposedly it holds about 1,000 people, but I doubt it. There are 3 levels, the very top one being reserved for media or special people (not schmucks like us), the main floor and balcony is open to everyone... there are probably 7 bars or so throughout the venue, 3 or so food stations, plus a restaurant. The balcony curves around to make use of every possible area, so that there is more space to see the band. There really isn't a bad seat in the place... I'll definitely be going back! Hopefully some other acts that I want to see will play there, it is just an incredible venue!

I guess that's it for now.... I probably won't be making quite as many posts (at least from home) in the next few weeks, since Kurtis's family is now in town and my laptop/work area has been temporarily commandeered. :-/ If I show up knocking on your door with a crazed look in my eyes, perhaps you'll understand.

a new quiz
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: Chris Isaak
Topic: Jokes & Funny stuff

You are Sir Bedevere! Wise and creative, you are
able to counsel others as well as come up with
some really ingenious plans of attack...sort
of.


Which Monty Python & the Holy Grail Character are you REALLY?
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moving up in the world
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
I'm now #7 on blogspotting. I wish that there was a different button that I could put on my blog, something that would update with my position. Oh well.

A bit tired. Stayed up too late last night. Tonight will be another late one, probably, since we're going to see Isaak. I guess that I should be listening to him to get in the mood, but I'm not in the mood for Isaak now. Figures. Oh look, Mr. Borderline walked in front of my desk. Very surprising. I think that he's been hiding. Fine with me. I hope that they demote him...

Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm playing in my Fantasy Super Bowl this week! I beat Jeff and Kurtis beat Bob, so I'm playing Kurtis for the championship. The Pummelers (my team) have been ravaged by injuries, most recently losing top receiver Terrell Owens for the rest of the season. Not to mention losing Priest Holmes really hurt, too. My guys will find a way to win, though... I gave them a talking-to and they're going to fight hard this weekend.... we have home field advantage, you know! ;) lol. I'm such a freak.

wtf??
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Rants
I can't believe it!!! Mr. Borderline showed up!?>?!!? I haven't seen him yet, but I saw his car in the parking lot. What the hell do you say to somebody like that? "Oh hey, nice to see you?" "Glad you're not dead?"

???????????????????????

If they don't do something to him, I am seriously going to start looking for another job. NOW. It just pisses me off that he can get away with whatever he wants and have the balls to complain about other people! Not to mention that if I had done the same thing, I'd probably be out the door. Why he gets the preferential treatment, I don't know. It's not like the clients love him or anything. If this were any other company, his ass would have been fired *months* ago. The last I heard, his ex-wife was going to file a missing persons report on him. The guy has a 10 year old kid! Don't show up or call to work, okay -- but to not even call the mother of your child to let her know that you're still alive?? To not call your son?? Now he's just going to waltz in here and pretend that he didn't do anything wrong. GRRRRRR

Do I even acknowledge his existence? Do I do any work for him? I guess that I have to if he gives it to me. It makes me so mad. Can you tell??? I think that I'm justified in my anger. I guess it's not him that I should be mad at, though -- it's management. Bastards.

They're taking us to Ruths Chris today for lunch, so I guess that I'll bite my tongue for now.