Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:31 PM CST
morning
Why do people get up so early and go shopping, stand in lines and spend nights outside stores is beyond me. P dragged me to God knows how many stores all over for Black Friday sale geez ! I was kind of dizzy with all those people shoving and stomping around and I was trying to wake up all that while zzzing inbetween - killed my morning - wonder if everyone enjoys being pushed around and not be able to be sleep on such a nice day, I had such a battle leaving that warm comfy bed - early mornings and Black Friday shopping sucks
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:35 PM CST
girls have a natural advantage
I am serious !
Girls can talk over their cell, look into the mirror, fix their mascara, apply lipstick, touch up their cheeks with lotion or powder or whatever the heck goes on them, comb their hair, tie their pony tail, fix the crease in their dress, adjust their bra strap ..... and manage not to kill the people around them while on driving wheel, I have seen them dodge people and vehicles while doing all this and more everyday. That is a heck of multitasking in high risk situation and this - with about 90% of the fair gender. What a huge advantage they have when it comes to winning video games , over guys !!! ~wink~wink~ oh and multitasking as well.....
I just realized while driving back from this quick service call I had in Jersey. This girl in a civic was driving by with a cell and was looking into her sun-shade mirror right on 130, with all the traffic, not to mention she almost hit me on the side and somehow I managed to swerve clear lol, suddenly made me realize this unfair advantage they have over guys .........uh oh 
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:14 PM CST
Pets or no pets !
I like to play with pets but I would be a poor caretaker so have no pets. Some pets make me uncomfortable like this person has a boxer and that slobbers, drools, stinks, climbs all over his bed even while he is dirty, makes their place stink disgustingly bad. Is it training that is required or it is just their lifestyle ? My last gf's cats used to jump on people and it bled me a couple of times when she jumped on me while I was in bed - that was a nightmare. Not sure if I would be comfortable around some pets. Can a pet be a barrier or a deciding point in a relationship ? Can it cause unnecessary friction in a relationship ? Would be nice to hear from whoever has had any experience of how pets affect relationships and how it affects choice of a bf or a gf.
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:45 PM CST
Stink
it is unbelievable how some people are. Had a service call in a home office in a richie rich area, a moderate sized house. The place is sooo stinky I was feeling like throwing up all the time I was there. Was hoping to get the work done but it stretched for the whole day. There was so much to be done and I was stuck. I went a few times to my car and for fresh air but it helped only for a few. Showered forever and yet the stink wont leave me as if its stuck. Wondering how people can live like that. I would have surely fainted and was about to reject the call but for some reason I did not want to as work was slow lately and I want to catch up with some payments. What a price to pay .......... and they want me to visit again for some upgrades - I might take my gas mask with me - wondering if they make some fancy masks that I can pass for 'wearing due to medical reason' - geezum
Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 9:34 PM CST
Lost
I feel so lost, totally at understanding people and their minds. I feel like a child that is lost in a crowd - unable to decipher, unable to understand and at a total loss. Machines are so much more easier and understandable. They are 'learnable' but people are not. My people skills - particularly when it comes to girls - touched a new low...... Don't think I understand girls at all ........
Posted: Mon Nov 3, 2008 10:54 PM CST
Star Wars and Transformers Toys
Finally got to food shopping. Was supposed to a couple of days ago but never got to it. They had a bunch of Starwars and Transformer toys for sale. They were so nice I was going threw each one of them thinking it would be nice to have a collection of those - the starships, megatron, R2D2 and all. I had a collection and remember breaking my R2D2 as it slipped out of my backpack and someone ran over the poor robot, it was a sad day. Then I was told that I am too grown up and then I had to choose between that and some amature experimental project parts so I was forced to choose the project. Anyways, while I was going threw the whole line of the toys a kid came over and started to look at them and then his mom came over, smiled at me as I was smiling with a bit of excitement. She asked me after letting me and her her kid be with the toys for a bit - 'how old is your kid?' and I could not help but say 'almost 27' with amusement in my voice that I could not help. She was wide eyed not able to believe what I said. I was really cracking up but did not want to offend her to just smiled, trying not to burst out laughing and walked away politely nodding my head to her. ......
Posted: Sat Nov 1, 2008 6:04 PM CST
Sore Throat
It appears my throat always tend to get bad around this time of the year, atleast for a few days. In spite of getting rid of tonsils years ago, it is still susceptible to infections when the winter starts. It is a lot better than when I had the tonsils. I used to get miserable not being able to even drink water and the high fever, aching body and all. The suffering was so acute I remember coming up with a device to cure that condition. My crudely hand made prototype worked well till they removed the tonsils coz the infection got too deep by then or something. I need to work and build that device again. I bet there are millions of people suffering from similar problems and it should help them get relief without use of antibiotics. ........... I have so many new concepts on my mind and my ability to work in real world is so limited, so slow. I wish I had the resources and manpower to materialize these things faster and bring them to the real world. .......Hopefully, someday soon
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:23 PM CST
Phone Day !
One of those days that I spend on the phone. Not sure if I should consider it productive or not but spent almost whole day over the phone. Parts, appointments, more parts, more troubleshooting over the phone calls, more clients to be pacified, and everything I did was over the phone. I can not imagine how boring and dreadful it must be for the phone support people. I would not last more than a day if I had to work day in and day out over the phone. I have always teased people that I work with - the dispatch girls and such that how lucky they are for being paid to just sit and yak yak about anything and everything lol Although the brighter side is that I did get a lots of things going, shook some dead's and kind of accomplished somethings but I feel unproductive. So used to being active and moving around, driving around and everything. I do not feel like I worked at all - feel as if this day was spent in stagnancy. I can not sit around the phone like today - it would kill me. Glad, tomorrow is a regular day in the field. YAY
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:07 PM CST
Clubbing
Not big into clubbing but occasionally it is ok. Friends decided to go clubbing and I had no plans to we started early. The first one we went to had some celebrity coming over and their cover charge turned out to be $65 per person so it was decided not to go there as none of us was a big fan. Moved onto the next one and waited in the line for a bit and realized it was huge and we could rather go to another one that was a bit of a drive but one of my friends had read some interesting event there so we headed there - found out a bunch of people but all middle aged and we were like misfit so decided to leave and head to yet another one. By this time, I was almost trying to hide my boredom but headed along as I did not want to be a spoil sport. Finally reached that club back into the city. We had already been to the city once before heading out to the burbs. Paid the cover charge and it seemed like the night was just beginning. We got some drinks and then something struck one of my friends and the whispering amongst our group started. I was just enjoying the drinks and watching the girls when all of a sudden the group kind of converged pulling me in with them and it was discovered that it is a gay night. I cracked up so hard and that started my other friends too as we ran out of the club. Now P the friend who was keen on recommending this club is going to be a victim of our teasing for a loooong time to come. Finally back to home. Lesson learned - ask if it is gay night before paying cover charge and ordering drinks - wink
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:19 PM CST
Crazy day ahead
As predicted work is going to be a bit more crazy in the days to come. Tomorrow is the beginning of that cycle of craziness. Morning 100 mile drive for one Diag. call to this town that I can not pronounce the name of - out in the boonies, very important conference with the higher ups between 3:00-5:00pm and then the evening is like unplanned but it seems I may have to go fetch a friend and stuff. My printer timing belt is stripping so time to get a new one perhaps, not sure if I should fish into my storage and get another - maybe that is the way to go. Afterall, it is more environmentally friendly thing to do instead of trashing. Am in my pj's instead of shorts and t-shirt. I am always reluctant to part with them around this time of the year and kind of try to hold on till I start to feel really chilly lol