Biebs and his Broad

Look at these kids. How bout them eh? Just a real up and coming power couple. Taking over the game. "0 - 11 Bonnie and Clyde, Gomz and Bieb, holla"

Garage Improvements

I have worked at my current job for more than two years and I cannot think of an event that has changed my daily life as much as what I am about to describe. The garage in which I park is a labyrinth inside of a labyrinth. Often if I am forced to park in a different section than I usually do, or try to leave out of an exit that I don't traditionally leave - I will spend the better part of fifteen minutes trying to escape. Even when I park in my regular area that I have parked every Monday through Friday at approximately 9 AM PST for the last two years in order to go to the same desk and do the same things that I have been doing, I encounter some difficulty when I make that same drive home. The problem is that there are two right hand turn lanes out of my garage, but I need to be in the furthest to the left in order to be in a position to get onto the freeway that I have taken every day to drive home to the place I have lived for the last two years. But, when I must make a straight right angle turn in order to get into the correct lane. This has actually caused me to scrape the side of my car in order to get into my favorite turn lane. In any case, even when I dont literally damage my car trying to get into this lane every evening of the last two years, I encounter some difficulty. That is until I leave work Monday evening. The turn is much easier. What? Why is this? They shortened the divider for the lanes - allowing me some more leeway to swing out a little wider on my turn so as to not scrape my car, yet get in my desired turn lane! How about that! Thanks!

Man In Elevator

Coming back up from my daily coffee break that happens at about 3:15 every day (which actually now is a trip to 7-11 where snacks on snacks can <and are> be purchased) when a guy got in the elevator with my co-worker and I. My co-worker and I were shooting the breeze when the guy got it, swiped his badge and hit his floor number (below mine). He then adjusted his shoulder strap on his laptop case, backed up against the wall of the elevator, and leaned his head back against the wall. While doing this he closed his eyes, and grimaced as though someone had wrapped their hands around his testicles and squeezed as hard as they could. I believe I heard a noise that was made by this internal pain. Then, I realized what it really was. He was just simply on his way back to work. The recognition of this was enough to cause his body to convulse and try to protest against the impending nightmare that he was about to reconvene in his office. All this happened in the time it took to go up three floors, he adjusted his bad, threw on a smile, and walked out the elevator. 

Focusing Life

I've been trying to get more "cut" recently. I'm mostly on track to making this happen except there are a few shortcomings:

1. Don't have enough time to go to the gym.
2. Fast food is too tasty.
3. Fast food is too cheap.
4. Want to save some energy so that I don't feel too sore and it prevents me from working out the next day.
5. Sometimes I'm mentally worn out after a day of surfing the net for hours on end
6. Trying to add to knowledge by reading and learning things so that takes away time from getting cut.

But these are literally the only things holding me back and I'll probably be pretty cut soon.

A Day In The Life

I have been showing up to work inappropriately late. Somewhere around 9:15 or so I roll in this place and am surely one of the last two or three people to arrive. Often I am the last. That being said, I am also the last person to leave. I do not mean "often" or "a good amount of the time" the last person to leave - I mean every day. This brings us back to the concept of "face time" that has been debated and discussed ad nauseum by the thousands and thousands of comments left on the corresponding posts. But this time my direct supervisor who was previously my peer used the word "perception" and then ensued to place a number on the time that clearly demarked what was acceptable and what was not. I raised my concern over which was more important, more hours working, or the selection of hours worked - and he clearly showed preference for the latter. It wasn't his perception for which I was trying to placate, but some managers a couple levels up. And me being a direct proxy of how well he does his job, it was in his interest to have me arrive earlier. Fair enough. A wise old man once told me:

 "never let the sun catch you in bed."

So I had some room to work with where I wasn't doing much but sleeping. And I most definitely don't need any more sleep than I get because, plainly, I don't do anything that would be considered physically or mentally stressful. After watching four episodes of The Sopranos last night, I didn't wake up feeling quite the same motivation to show up earlier than was required of me as I was directly after I had my talking to. Ended of leaving about nine minutes earlier than I typically do. It didn't do the job. I showed up at 9:03 and was pretty anxious about explaining this one to my manager. Luckily, he was taking a smoke break and had no idea whether I arrived pre or post nine o clock. Nevertheless I felt bad and had a motivation to get some work done today. Which I did. Work was accomplished. On top of that I hung out with the friends on the net and read articles and checked the book and did some research on subjects of interest and reminisced on times much better than the current.

Now I sit alone in the office. The last man. The dumbest man? The most foolish man? Factually this is no longer about face time.

Probably going to watch some more Sopranos tonight.
Probably going to arrive at work before nine tomorrow.
Probably going to discuss carmageddon tomorrow at work.
Probably going to take Friday off.
Probably going to get back into the sports betting game.

Destiny

If you don't like your job its your own fault. You are in control of where you work and can make changes. You probably work at your job because it's the best option you currently have given your current situation and requirements of life. If you really wanted it all to change you would do something about it. You'd stop playing FIFA, stop hanging out on the internets and facebook in particular. You'd stop watching dumb shows on netflix streaming and telling yourself that whatever sports competition is on tv is a "big game." You'd stop wasting your time at the gym because you're not really getting any more fit. You'd stop reading dumb books about subjects that aren't going to contribute to you changing your current situation and getting you a different job. You'd stop wasting your time at work surfing the net. You would be proactive in doing everything in your power to get a new, good job.

That is all.

New Things To Be Happy About

Good news is, theres a 7-11 that just opened downtown. Usually we go to 'Bucks, Coffee Bean, or Famima(!) but this place just opened without us any the wiser, although we walk past the area every day. 7-11 is closer, cheaper, and has a more broad selection of items. For me (to me Andy) this makes 7-11 the clear cut choice for any day. They have items on (cheap) items. Oh, you didn't know that I still go out to get coffee everyday around three everyday, still? Yeah, I do. Its a reward to myself for the hard work I put in (4:13 PM, none really done yet). In any case, the new place to go for the afternoon break is real exciting, and in particular they have an item that I am quite fond of. The damn Cheeze-It(s). Also, got the iced coffee that was cheaper than at coffee bean or 'bucks (but correspondingly tastes worse, might try the mocha option tomorrow). Well, that's mostly what is going on today. Trying to get more cut for the summer so this place is a little dangerous when a man is trying to watch his calorie intake, but I'll probably make up for it at the gym. Today is arms - and on top of that I'll hopefully throw in some abdominal exercises because I know that always looks real nice at the beach and is a good surprise (most likely) when someone who doesn't really have alot of man weight like myself pops their shirt off.

Covered some good topics here, that you might not have thought were related, but they are, and they are amongst my favorite subjects. Other things I have been thinking about today at work:

1. Will I ever get a new job
2. What will I eat for dinner
3. Will I take a summer vacation
4. Will I actually make it to the gym tonight
5. How can I look occupied while obviously not delivering any tangible work output
6. Will people judge me because I'm listening to reggae music in my office
7. If you dont give a song the "thumbs up" on Pandora, how is it scored
8. Will the dodgers finish in last place
9. Will I get back into the sports betting game