Nothing Much

Well, it has been over a week since my last posting.
Nothing of major interest has happened to me personally.
Well, there was the Tuesday night at Picklefish. I had two Long Island Iced Teas, a shot of "Rumplemints" shared with Melissa, and then I had a "Unique Situation" martini at some weird place called the "Bubble Lounge" or something like that.
There are many more details, but I shall just have to end it there.

Thanksgiving Day was OK, but then I had to go to work.
I have grown to really hate work. I am not completely certain as to why.
Friday was extremely busy.
Saturday was not too terribly bad.
Sunday was busy, to a point.
Today was really slow...which is grand. I was the only manager working, so the slower it is the easier it is to close down at night (usually).

Gibbet STILL has fleas! I have given her two baths and sprayed her sleeping areas.
I shall make another attempt to finish them off tomorrow. If that does not work, I may try for some of that powder stuff to put on the carpets.
Also...she keeps missing the litter box.
It was not so bad when she was missing it by an inch or two. Now she is missing it by several feet and also using other corners around the room. I wish I knew of the best way to re-train her to use the litter box. I often try to notice when she is about to relieve herself then place her near the litter box, unfortunately....that does not seem to work.

I am sick. I hate being sick.
I think I will take some NyQuil...a dose and a half.
If I am feeling up to it...I think tomorrow shall be a movie day. I have only seen one movie at the theatre. Derailed. It was actually pretty good, but highly predictable.

I want to at least see Chicken Little, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Saw II before they leave the theatre. Eventually I want to see Just Friends, Walk the Line, and Pride & Prejudice. If I have time, maybe Ice Harvest would be good.

That reminds me. A few days ago I was thinking about the title of the porn version of Harry Potter. How about: The Hairy Potter and the Gobblers of Fire! It would feature a potter who creates highly complicated pottery, and he manages to continually satisfy redheads with extreme oral fixations.

Yeah, that's the perfect note on which to end this post.
What do you think?

I hate irresponsible people.

I Hate Jack Thompson.
I hate these parents.

These people are only out to destroy others.

First of all, Jack Thompson is threatening to sue Amazon.com because his book is getting bad reviews. If he had not have screwed over many people, maybe he would not be a target for bad publicity.
It is not Amazon's fault that he is a total waste of human flesh.
Amazon is a MASSIVE company. They cannot be expected to put a team in charge of keeping a constant eye on Thompson's book.
This guy is just a pompous jerk
There are so many things I could say about that, but...I shall save them.
I do not want to completely bad mouth him right now.

Then there are those pathetic parents that are blaming Blizzard for not doing a good job of caring for their baby.
Oh wait, their child is 13? The kid was playing a video game?
What?
Hmm...so what happened?
The kid plummeted to his death after trying to imitate a "scene" he saw in World of Warcraft.
First of all, I want to know what scene he was imitating, because usually when I jump from high places in the game I die too. Was he TRYING to kill himself?
Sounds like the parents need to MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN.
It is NOT Blizzard's fault that this stupid kid jumped to his death.
If he was "addicted" to the game, then they should have done what every other self-respecting Chinese parents would have done and PUT THE KID TO WORK.
Get him away from the computer!

Besides, now that this kid is gone, they are free to have another child! Yay, Chinese population restrictions.
Maybe this time they will wind up with a girl and shame will be cast upon the family.

Stupid parents.

"We accept payment in the form of cash, credit card, check, or sexual stimulation."

OK,
I just watched on TV that a growing trend in the realm of computers is to provide cheap tech support.
This does not surprise me.
What ..well...also does not really surprise me, is that another growing trend for the realm computers is to provide tech support in return for sexual favors.

According to G4, the going rate for 2 hours of work is 1 orgasm.
15 minutes of work should be equal to a foot massage?

This seems very odd.

The problem is...
from now on, whenever some cute girl asks me for help with the computer,
I am not going to get this stupid story out of my head.

Sometimes corruption is fun. This time, it is just horrid.

Oh well. Just thought I would share that info.

A Pickle of a Dilemma

Ok,
Here is the issue.
A cute friend wants to hang out...
...Thursday night.

Can Matt go see a movie and go hang out at Picklefish on the same night?
Tune in to Thursday's episode to find out.

World of Waitcraft

Ok, well I have been sleeping more regularly now.
around 9pm I get extremely tired. Usually around midnight I get a little more energy.
Then, between 1am and 2am, my body completely shuts down.
I wake up 3-5 hours later.
This has happened the last three nights in a row.

Anyway, I woke up at about 6:40 this morning.
I watched the ending of what I believe is a show called "Timecop".
Three Stooges are on now.
I ate some cereal, drank some orange juice, and played with Gibbet for a bit.

Well...about an hour ago (about 8), I got online to play some World of Warcraft.
I figured I could kill some time while I wait for most local businesses to open (so I can run some errands).
Well....what do I find? A message.
ALL REALMS DOWN.
What?
They are all going to be down until 11pm pst? What is that, 1pm here?
Dude, that sucks royally.

Me being me, I decided to try logging in anyway.
To my surprise, my login went through.
It started downloading the new patch, which is nothing special except some stupid pre-login-screen screen with news and such.
Useless.
Now I have more buttons to push to get into the game.

Well...I loaded the game and logged in again. This times, all the realms really were down.
Bummer.

Now...all I can do is wait. This sucks. My one day off. I am free to play the game, and WHAM...waiting.

Bleck.

Hot Sixties-Looking Chicks

Ok, so this morning I was watching The Time Machine on Turner South, and I was reminded of one very true fact. Chicks from the 60s...were hot.
I particularly like pretty much every decade from 1920 to 1960. They each had their distinct pluses. I kind of like the 00s - 10s. I did not care much for the 70s. 80s were great. 90s were ok. 2000s are a little much. The 60s, though, were wonderful.
I have seen the movie before, and I remember looking up the main actress before.
Yvette Mimieux
She was definitely a hottie for her time.

Well...anyway, the point of this post is...
I decided to check out Homestar Runner today to see if there was a new Strong Bad e-mail.
There was!
Oddly enough, he referred to "Hot Sixties-Looking Chicks".
I thought this was rather interesting.
Yay, Sixties-Looking Chicks!

Looking for Gibbet

Well,
I just spent the last few hours searching my neighborhood for Gibbet.
I thought she had somehow gotten outside while I was doing laundry.
She was not responding to any of my calls or to the crinkling of snack packets inside the house........and that has never happened.
I started getting very very worried.
I went outside and looked around, I did not see or hear anything. I checked every edge of the property.
I occasionally checked back inside to make sure I did not see miss her somewhere.
I walked down the street calling her name and crinkling the snack bag loudly.
Still...no response.
At one point, I had a hallucination. I thought I saw her inside, but I didn't.
That freaked me out some, but I figured it was just a mental thing. I wanted to see her so badly that my mind made it happen.
I searched and searched and searched.
Eventually, my mother came outside to tell me she was in her cage.
"WHAT?!"
I run in, and there she was...in her cage, drinking some water.
She was not there before. She did not respond to any calls.
She must have been asleep, but how did she sleep through such loud noises?
I do not know,
but I am glad to have her back!!
Yay, Gibbet!

Movie Mania

Ok, the subject of this post is not completely accurate.

Disclaimer: What I am about to say may sound racist...but it is not really. It is tailored to a specific group.
Get Rich or Die Trying...
The clientele for this movie...I despise.
I almost got killed over $10.
Some cheapskate short-change artist accused us of short-changing him. This was opening day of the film (Wednesday). We were exceptionally busy. I had one concessionaire and one box office attendant. We had lines...which is not normal for a typical Wednesday afternoon.
All of a sudden some guy was complaining to me that my box office worker short-changed him $10.
What sucks about this situation is that I have to drop what I am doing to count the drawer and inconvenience the other waiting customers. This forced me to stop helping the concessionaire and allow the lines to grow longer.
I told the customer I would verify the teal and, if it was over, I would bring them their money.
Customer: "There's no IF, it WILL be over."
Me: "Ok, we shall see."

So...I go transfer the attendant to another register quickly and verify the first teal.
It was dead even. So I took it a step further and verified the credit cards, passes, gift certificates, super savers, etc. Everything balanced.
I was not about to even consider the option that my employee randomly stuffed $10 into her pockets. She has never done it, and she has worked there longer than I have.

So, later..after the movie, the couple came back to get their money. The guy was in the bathroom. The woman held out her hand as I was walking up to her. At this, I KNEW the situation would not go well.
I explained to her that I had no evidence that the worker had short-changed them.
This made her immediately angry.
The husband came out. I said the same thing to him. He immediately became violent and extremely profane.
For some strange reason, my adrenaline was not flowing like it normally would be in this situation. I was super calm. This turned out to be a bad thing. Eventually, the guy made the motion of throwing a punch at me. I was totally unprepared for it. I definitely should have expected it after he became violent.
The guy was much much larger than me. The fist was actually coming DOWN toward my face. I was already backed up against the concession stand, so I could not jump backwards. There was a trash can to my right, which would have been the best direction to jump. The wife was to my left. I had essentially boxed myself in. If he had actually followed through with the punch, I would have been screwed. I was only able to flinch backward from the waist up. I had my arms up to block, but they probably would not have done much.

All this over $10.
I should have been very angry. He was trying to con the company out of money.
He had to be like...33, and he was dressed like a thug.
What crap!
I totally do not have any respect for these types of people any more.


....

On a completely different note...
I wish theatres would not sell items such as Nachos and Hot Dogs! They are not traditional movie foods. I think movie theatres should be limited to sodas, candy, and popcorn.
AND..... Why do people buy these items!? The theatre is NOT the place to be eating dinner.
EAT BEFORE YOU COME you friggen fatties!
If I see a person come up to the stand and order a Nacho, Large Popcorn, Hot Dog, 2 Large drinks, and two boxes of candy, ...and there are less than 3 people in the group...I just look at them and sigh.
THEN......why do they complain about the price? They could simply go eat at a restaurant before coming to the movie. It is THEIR fault they are paying so much. You can read the menus yourself!! They are right there. They have the prices listed.

Oh...WHY must people get angry with me if they are missing their movie? They come LATE to the movie...then they order tons of stuff at the concession stand...then they get violent and angry because they are "missing their movie". It is THEIR FAULT.

I cannot wait to get a job where I do not have to deal with these stupid people any more.
I am sick and tired of it.
Ugh.

Most Arrogant Boycott Ever

I was thoroughly pissed today to read that Alabama Governor Bob Riley was calling for a nationwide boycott of travel to Aruba.
This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Aruba has done nothing to us, and they make most of their money from tourism...so why should we punish them?
Well, the governor claims that the Aruban police have not been very cooperative with the family of the Alabama whore/slut that turned up missing there a few months ago. Keep in mind that I do not normally cast judgement on a person I do not know...but this girl has been in the news so much. They have referred many times to the multiple guys she was with on the night she disappeared. Needless to say, she probably engaged in many activities that are illegal in Alabama.
Anyway...

WHAT!?!?
"The Aruban police has not been cooperative." ???
"They have not done everything they can do to find Natalie." ???

Are you kidding me?

This stupid girl has had more people looking for her than I have ever seen in any investigation, EVER. Not only did she have the police from Aruba, but she had several private organizations searching as well.
They combed pretty much every square inch of the island.
How much MORE cooperative can you get?
If they have stopped looking, then it seems to me it is in their best interest. If they have used all their resources and exhausted every possibility they can think of, then they might as well move on to other issues.

Why are we so arrogant to believe that one stupid American is so important as to totally destroy the livelihood of an entire country?
The girl got herself into some trouble. She paid the consequences. Assuming she is actually missing. We still do not know. For all we know, she got amnesia, flew back to a different destination in the USA, and started a new life.
I mean...come on...what kind of life must you be living if ALL of your friends do not give any care that you are not with them? She went off without them all, and they thought nothing of it.
My advice in the future would for her parents to bring their children up a little better.
Remind them that having multiple sexual partners in one night in a foreign country MIGHT be a bad idea. MIGHT! Leaving and walking down a dark road with your potential lays MIGHT be a bad idea. MIGHT!

Good Lord.
I am SICK and TIRED of hearing about this stupid missing girl.
Get over it!!

This turn of events has pushed me closer to the idea of purchasing this shirt.

I might just do it.
If I hear anything else about this stupid girl...then I probably will.

Microsoft owes Adam Lyttle money

OK, I am sitting here watching Spies Like Us on A&E. I am about to head to work. I read the news, and what do I find? Microsoft has committed theft. I guess you could say terrorism, because they terrorized some poor guy in Australia.
Basically, Adam created a little software program that helps protect the Windows system against malicious code on the Internet.
He appropriately called it "Windows Defender".
Microsoft wanted to use this name, so they stole it from the poor guy.
They sent their high-priced lawyers to scare and confuse Adam and essentially force him into signing a document waiving any rights he had to the name.
They were angry because he used the word Windows in the title of his program. This makes no sense to me, considering that his program was designed to protect Windows, not Unix, Linux, BeOS, or anything else. It was designed to protect Windows. He called it Windows Defender. Why would this make Microsoft so angry?
I already said...because THEY wanted the name.
They did not tell Adam they were planning to use the name. All they told him was that he was violating their rights to the name.
You will notice I have made two particular parts of this article bold. The reason for this is because this is my main argument.
Microsoft is claiming he had no right to the name. They asked him to waive his rights. What rights?
If he had no rights to the name, then why did Microsoft ask him to waive them?
Because they KNEW he had a claim to it, they KNEW they wanted it, and they KNEW they could trick him into signing it over to them.
They gave Adam no money whatsoever. They stole the name.
They stole it...legally.
Adam no longer has any claim to the name.
Microsoft is evil.

On that note, I think someone should contact the great people over at Atari. (Or Hasbro, whoever owns it now). Let them know that Microsoft is violating their rights by using the word "Defender". They have had a claim on that for how long now? Like...25 years?
If Adam has "no claim" to "Windows", then "Microsoft" has "no claim" to "Defender".

Microsoft, you are on notice!

It is time for me to go to work now. You have been warned, Microsoft! Do not let me catch you again.

Visible invisible light

Ok, this may sound really weird, but I am trying to find a combination of things.
I want to find a particular wavelength of light (give or take some) that is invisible to the naked eye...and if possible, I need to find a way to allow that light to be seen by wearing special glasses.
The special glasses should be able to be worn without any major discomfort, like a regular pair of glasses, and they should allow the person to see his or her normal surroundings without any change. The only difference is that they would be able to see that other particular wavelength of light without any problems.
It would have to be a wavelength that is not already highly in use and possibly bouncing around, like infrared (from cell phones and what-not).
I want to be able to shine a light and have only people wearing certain glasses be able to see it.
I guess it would be a good thing to make sure the wavelength I use is SAFE for humans to be exposed to it for prolonged periods of time. (2-3 hours or more)

If this makes sense to anyone, and anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Nothingness...

Well...it has been pretty boring for me recently.

The highlight of my week was Picklefish, which is sad since Picklefish was a huge disappointment this week. Next time, back to the original. I think we should train Onya. Then again, maybe they have hired new people since the last time we were there.

This weekend sucked at work. Friday was not so bad, I wound up working floor. I do not mind cleaning theaters. I hate working concession. However, I was the only manager closing concession. That was interesting. I had to count all the inventory. I also restocked it all. I am glad I did, because Saturday turned out to be insanely busy....relatively. Saturday, I spent the entire evening in concession. From the moment I arrived, we were busy. It was not so much that we were totally SLAMMED, but the large number of customers versus the smaller-than-usual number of employees really hurt us. We had two concessionaires. Luckily, we stole a box cashier to help us. One manager stayed to work night shift with us. All of us worked concession. Having only a couple of box cashiers created huge lines outside, but kind of helped bottleneck people some. Lines were huge everywhere.
Sunday was pretty bad too. We were short on employees, we stayed busy, and the Jewish Film Festival started. That was packed as well.
Such is life.
Late last night I headed over to Wynnsong to attempt to get some of their prices for concession. Our company likes to do price surveys, so we have to update them on the prices of our local competitors. The problem is that, for some reason, Carmike is highly secretive of their prices when it comes to the competition. I do not understand why.

Nothing of interest has happened to me recently. No special happenings. No surprisingly unusual circumstances. Boring! The only thing I have to look forward to is work tonight. I am beginning to hate my life. I need to make some improvements.

I actually got some sleep last night!! I fell asleep around 2:45-3:00. I woke up again some time around 6. It was great. I woke up and fixed a bowl of cereal.

Today...I shall go to the book store and pick up my graduation invitations. I shall also make another attempt to contact the OTS recruiter for the Air Force. She never did call me back. I figure, since I am off work tomorrow, if need be, I can drive to meet up with her. My car should be able to make it to Pensacola with no major problems. Making it back is questionable.
We shall see. I am getting ahead of myself. I do not know yet what will happen. Maybe she will be out of the office again, like last time.

All I know is...I need to do something with my life.
I want a good job, but those are scarce.
I was thinking about the AF Reserves, but I am actually contemplating Active Duty.

I should end this post. It is going nowhere.