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Fuck You, Dave.

Okay, I guess I need to sit down and write about my Christmas. I had a really good christmas, suprisingly. I wasn't that into christmas going into it, but when all was said in done, I'd have to say that I had a pretty good time this year.

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Today would have been Melissa and my 8 year anniversary…

First off, let me say for the record that I hate christmas shopping. Call me a scrooge if you want, but I am just horrible at shopping for people’s presents. Second, I recently had my car die on me. This made it very dificult to get any shopping done. So I have this “list” of my friends and family, that I feel I should try to buy something for. Now, I suck at thinking of what to get people. I know I keep getting told “Oh, it’s really not that hard. You simply have to listen to what people say they want, and you have to remember these things.” And to that I say: Sure, sounds like a great idea, unfortunatly, I already fucked it up and now I’m here at the Mall and I completly forgot what anyone might have said they wanted.

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GURU

(Submissive Extrovert Abstract Feeler)

Anas M. Nebuchadnezzar XXXVII

Like just 12% of the population you are a GURU (SEAF)–kind, knowing, giving. Like Buddha of old, you can be a persuasive speaker, and you use your creative talents to further the objectives of your heart instead of your mind. But be careful that your friends don’t take advantage of your relaxed nature, that’s what happened to Jesus. Above all, you like going with the flow. And there is probably nothing in the world you haven’t smoked. That’s cool. Oh yeah, you like to talk a lot. That’s cool, too. Whatever.

I had to pull all the HTML out manually, but this test can be taken at http://test3.thespark.com/person/.

Explain this one to your kids…

How much truth is there in things muttered while fast asleep?

Super Mario Brothers 3 in 11:02 flat

WORLD’S EASIEST QUIZ

(Passing only requires 4 correct answers out of 10)

1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3. From which animal do we get catgut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7. What was King George VI’s first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

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… Is not something I have. I just got off the phone with the auto repair shop. My car is going to need a new engine, in addition to fixing whatever was causing it to overheat. He estimated it would cost approximatly $2200 to get it fixed, not to mention the cost of having it towed there, the diagnostic, and the cost of having it towed back to my house. (which I’m going to have to do)

Looks like I’m going to just have to go to Meijer’s and get a bike after all.

I’m not sure how much Christmas shopping I’m going to be able to do now. Hopefully something good will come of this. I’m just not sure what that is yet.

Edit: And to make matters worse… Someone stole my licence plate!

I woke up with such a horrible headache. I had set the alarm for about 10 or so, but eaither I, or Amanda must have turned it off. Ben woke us up at around 11. We only had an hour left and I still had to try and get my car.

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Boy, he really let himself go…

Ever wonder about all those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We’ve all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100%

How about achieving 103%? Here’s a little math that might prove helpful.

What makes life 100%?

If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H A R D W O R K
8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98%
K N O W L E D G E
11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 =96%

But……..
A T T I T U D E
1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 =100%

and…….
B U L L S H I T
2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 = 103%

So it stands to reason that hard work and knowledge will get you close, attitude will get you there, but bullshit will put you over the top.

And look how far
A S S K I S S I N G
1 19 19 11 9 19 19 9 14 7 = 118%
will take you……………….Really far!

(found while surfing random journals: stole it from )

Okay, It’s been a really long time since I’ve really sat down and wrote a really good long post. I started to fall behind in my posting, and then I didn’t know what to write after that. I have all these things that I feel that I need to explain in my life, but it comes out to be too much, so I go even longer because I don’t know how to explain what has happened to me. Too much happened yesterday to continue for too long.

So, Amanda spent the night the other night. She called off work so that we could have the day together. We had to give Ben a ride to work, because his car is still being worked on. Amanda came with us, and I took her inside so she could see where I worked. We have a really sweet building here. They spent a whole lot of money making this a very nice place to work. It’s really too bad that some of that effect is kinda lost when you have to come here every day and work. So I gave her the grand tour: my desk, game room, weight room, lunch room. Then we went back home.

I took a shower, because I hadn’t had a chance to before we left. (lost track of time a litte bit there. (”holy shit! it’s 11:50!”)) And then we went to the Coney for breakfast… obstensably. Can you really call it breakfast if it’s at 1:00 pm? Well I can’t. That was why I decided to get a burger instead. I saw something called a “Monster Burger” and thought to myself, “What the hell, I’m hungry” The waitress kinda gave me a wierd look. I realized why when I saw the size of this thing. It had 3 1/3 pound burgers. I could barely fit it in my mouth. I almost couldn’t eat the whole thing. I got down to pretty much the last bite and felt stuffed, but I had to finish it, just to prove a point.

Next, we went to Downtown Ann Arbor. It was so cold up on top of the parking structure. You’ve got to love Michigan winters. We stopped into Harry’s Army Surplus, both to shop around / waste time and to warm up a little bit. I found a (faux) leather jacket I really liked. I tried it on, and then I saw the price. $9.99. I thought it had to be a misprint, but it wasn’t. So now I have a new coat. It’s still a little stiff. I’ll have to break it in a little more.

After that, we went to Stairway to Heaven, Ann Arbor’s local head shop. We looked around for a bit, browsed through their collection of bumper stickers, and bought some new screens. I got to tell one of the guys that worked there about Emperor Norton. I love that shirt. It always gives me a chance to tell his story. Next, we went into the tatoo parlor side. I got some tenative prices on some of the tatoos I want to get, and we discussed how to take care of iguanas.

We went back home, watched the Simpsons, I talked to my Dad, then we headed back to Garden City. We picked up her check, then went back to her house. I got to meet her youngest brother. And then one of her friends showed up. (one I had never met before) We drove around for a little bit. We tried to go to one of their friend’s houses, but no one was home. We dropped her friend back off at her car, and then went over to Ken and Christin’s house. I was only there for a little bit. Candice was over there hanging out, and it’s still a little bit to early before Candice and Amanda can be in the same room with out some uncomfortableness. I ran in, and talked to Ken real quick while Amanda stayed out in the car.

Next, we went to go visit her Grandpa. Another family member. The only one I haven’t met yet is her father now. We sat around for a bit and talked to her Grandpa, and watched Joan of Arcadia. I think I made a fairly good impression. I really don’t know what her family thinks of me just yet. I hope they’ll like me. It really puts a lot less strain on a relationship if your SO’s family doesn’t hate your guts.

So, we leave there, stop by Wendy’s, and then go pick up Cindy. We go back to her place, she tells her mom that she is going back out, and then we go back to Farmer Jack’s so we can pick up my car. We go to Standard Federal so I could pull out some money. (I still owed her $5 from before) and then we went over to Blue’s house.

We hung out at Blue’s house for a little bit, and then called Ben. It was decided that Cindy was going to take Amanda’s car to go pick up Ben. I gave her my phone so she could contact him and find out exactly where he lived. I was kinda worried that she might not be able to find her way back. I ran out there to make sure she‘d be all right, but I didn’t want to leave Amanda in a strange place by herself otherwise I’d have gone with her.

So, Cindy leaves, some more people show up, time goes by, I play with Blue’s turntable, more time goes by, Cindy still has not shown up. By this time we’re starting to get a little worried. This worry is increased by the fact that she has my phone, and nobody there has a phone. At least not untill three more girls showed up. We borrowed one of their phones, but my phone was now dead, and I couldn’t remember Ben’s cell phone number. (it’s in my phone)

Cindy and Ben finally show up, and we find out what was taking them so long. Cindy got pulled over while trying to find Ben’s mom’s place. She got hit with No Ops on Person and a warning for erratic driving. At least it wasn’t any worse. She‘ll be able to take her ID up to the court house and they’ll throw it out. So, we were hanging out for a little bit longer at Blue’s house, but I was starting to feel really uncomfortable being there, and wanted to get going home because I had to work the next day. So, we said our goodbyes and took off.

Ben drove Amanda’s car home with Cindy, and Amanda and I drove home in my car. We split up because we like to take different routes. I was joking that it would be interesting to see who would get home first. That way we’d know which was the faster route. We got all the way to Mile 174 when my car started to overheat and loose speed. I pull over on the side of the road and we let my car cool down.

Thankfully, we were ahead of Ben. He saw us, stopped, and went and got us a bottle of anti-freeze. We filled it up, but the car still wouldn’t start. I was way too tired to fuck with it anymore, so we left my car sitting there on the side of the road. Went home, and tried to watch Clerks once again. But she fell asleep on me again. Oh well. I’ll make her watch that movie, no matter how long it takes.

I have more to this story, but that’s the story of today… which I will write later.

In my opinion, this is an idea that is vastly overrated. While it may work for some, the nervousness of the situation usually outweighs any actual enjoyment you could get out of it.

You ever get one of those presents you just really didn’t want? Either you had it, or didn’t need it, or just plain didn’t like it. Don’t you always feel so bad when you open it up and have to say “Oh, <insert useless piece of crap here>! Thank you so much. I’ve always wanted one of… these”

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