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 Some memories remain in some permanence .. sometimes !
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Work related memories tend to be like an open chapter that can be read at the turn of a page, in our life books. Many believe it is best to relate them or store it up in writing on it before it gets too late .. and one does not need to understand what ‘late’ means .. time speeds past rapidly and they know that soon the glands of our memories shall fall apart or not respond at all ..

So hurry up and write about what you need to write before getting struck by Alzheimer’s, or related defects with age namely dementia .. !!

That is the genius Manmohan Desai, on the sets with me for the film ‘Naseeb’ and the picturisation of the song ‘John Jaani Janaardhan’. He conceived this quite remarkably.

Since I was the waiter in a 5 star Hotel in the film, he wondered how interesting it would be for such a character when events such as Jubilee functions of films - a great celebration in those days - were held in the premises of the Hotel ! So he devised a celebration of a Jubilee function of a film, set in the Hotel where my character was singing and serving the guests, in the range of all the biggest stars of the Industry - Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Dabboo Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan and many more to name just a few.

How he managed to convince all of them to come over for just a day, and how he completed their work in that shift is a marvel in itself. He booked an adjoining floor at Filmistan Studios, where we shot this song, and would send me racing there to rehearse the next shot while the lighting was being done, so that no time was wasted in rehearsals on the floor of the shoot, and also to prevent the embarrassment of making the big stars wait while we got our act together.

His characters that he chose for me were always the common man, the worker, the guy next door, or the person on the street - Coolie, Naseeb the waiter, Amar Akbar Anthony the anglo indian from Bandra interiors, Mard the tangewala .. and so .. but always having the strength and the attitude of taking on the biggest adversary that came across. It was this identity that appealed to the front benchers, the ones that repeatedly patronised the films, in those good ol’ days .. far removed from what the youngistan of today does at the multiplexes ..

Man Mohan Desai had started very young and with the very best .. ‘Chaliya’ was his first directorial film, with Raj Kapoor as his hero, the one that had that popular number .. ‘chaliya mera naam, chalna mera kaam ..’ in Mukesh ji’s voice, a song that I used to hum often when home and still about to enter University, and one that used to upset my Father a lot, for he did not like the words … !!

Man ji thought out his plot and his stories on the slopes of the hill at Malabar Hill, below that famous outdoor restaurant, a landmark then and I believe still is. He would take his wife along to run his ideas through and they both would sit in that deserted forested region under a tree and create some of the weirdest ideas, but ideas that have become iconic and legendary now …

We would laugh at his madness when we performed his scenes, his dialogues, his ideas of performance … but we respected what he asked us to do, simply because we were firstly professionals and then we believed in the confidence of his faith and trust in the success of the idea. He was rigid unwavering and nothing but confident of his directions .. and they worked and worked magically, no matter what …

He saw the rushes of the drunk scene in AAA almost a month after it was performed - that is how long it took in those days to get a final print in some viewable state - since he was not present on the set when I did it. We were shooting two of his films at the same time in the same studio - RK Studios - AAA and ‘Parvarish’ … he gave instructions for the drunk scene and left to the next floor to shoot some action scenes simultaneously with Amjad and  by the time he came back we had already canned the scene .. he trusted his assistants in the compliance of the drunk scene and a month later when we were shooting the climax song and scene in this studio in Dadar, now defunct and raised to the ground with better real estate possibilities, he took me aside after the rushes were seen, and we sat on the steps of the portico of that dilapidated studio and he said to me .. ‘Lalla ( an affcetionate way of addressing someone), so long as I make films you will always be in them. You may not work with me, but I shall always work with you.”

And he kept his word to the last day. He never directed a film without me after that day !!

He was a middle class man. Down to earth and with those that belonged to the earth. When he gained success with AAA, he bought an elite modern apartment in one of the most expensive regions of the city and shifted there, after having it designed by the most expensive and creative interior designer. But he was never happy there. Within a few months he shifted back to where he originally came from Khetwari, a middle class congested colony in the interiors of central Bombay, then. He would call me over to his abode often. The houses were cramped and almost stuck to each other. One could merely stretch their hand from their window and reach the window of the neighbour. On those tiny ‘galis’ of the colony he would play cricket with a wet rubber ball, a most challenging feat for the most accomplished batsmen, and his kids that surrounded his home. We would sit on the first floor balcony, taking in the noise and conversations and the atmosphere of the air about us ..

It was Man ji that gave me the very first so called vanity van in the Industry. I would use it as a regular travel car for years .. until the ‘vanity’ became a constant with all the shootings and the stars, a regular now .. no one uses make up rooms … except at the YRF studios !!

On a brief sojourn to New York, I was woken up early in the morning by a telephone call ..

Man Mohan Desai had jumped from the balcony of this Khetwari home of his and given up his life …

They have not made another like him .. yet ..

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There's a brief glimmering moment that exists when you finally finish a training guide. This one is 72 pages long, all built from scratch. It's been on my to-do list since November. And there's this magical moment when it is done, and a warm stack of copies is sitting next to you. It's a beautiful thing, and it warms your heart - right up until the inevitable moment when you find the first typo.

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Public policy is useful to politicians and political parties

The utility of public policy in different sectors/the utility of public policy in business decision-making/the utility of public policy is different for them which is analyzed as follows:

1) Utility to political parties and politicians: The political parties and politicians are directly or indirectly involve for the development of the nation. The state holders or leaders are the main agents for driving the nation. The knowledge of public policy is importance to the political parties and politicians because they may be in power and opposition. The politicians who are in power holders have to implement policies and modify the existing policies. They have to formulate appropriate policies and analysis to the effects of those policies. If the political parties or politicians are in opposition, they have to get knowledge about the public policy. The opposition leaders should have to suggest and give guidelines to the statesmen. The opposition political parties should also check and warn to the government whether the government goes according to rules and order or not. The knowledge of public policy gives appropriate guidelines to the statesmen and provides appropriate guidelines to the statesmen and provides appropriate ideas to the opposition leaders.

2) Utility to administrative officials: The knowledge of public policy is important to all the administrative officials such as senior level officials and junior officials. The policies are formulated by political leaders and executed by the administrative officials. The administrative officials need comparative knowledge about public policy because they are the means of the implementation of the government policies. The existing policies should be effectively implemented according to the development objectives of the government for the development of economy. If the administrative officials do not have good knowledge about public policies, the policies may be used inappropriately and the results will be dissatisfactory.

3) Utility to general people: People are the safeguard to the government and they also make aware of the government. The government conducts various public welfare programs for the people and it promotes and regulates the business sectors. People pay different amount of payments in terms of tax, VAT and other expenses to the government. Various government activities adversely affect to the people. People should also know about the public policy whether they are properly lunched or not, whether the government activities are favour for the public welfare or not. It is also necessary to know the appropriateness of the government policies. Hence, the knowledge of public policy is important to the general people to warn and check the government.

4) Utility of public policy in business decision-making: public policy affects the life of business like the life of an individual from cradle to grade. For example, a business firm should be registered in register’s office according to rule for the establishment (birth). After the license should be received from the concerned department (for example, department of industry) according to rule. Likewise, it should be registered in tax department etc. Similarly, even for the dissolution (death) of a business firm its owners should be according to the rule.

A business firm should make decision taking into consideration the existing political, economic, and social environment. The profit-maximization or cost-minimization objective of such firm is remarkably affected by public policy. The business cannot breathe by ignoring public policy. Milton H. Spencer has rightly remarked, “For management decision-making does not take place in an economic vacuum, but rather in a socio-political environment that must be recognized as a limiting factor in the process of adjusting to uncertainty.”

Since business decisions are affected by social, political environment sometime it is not enough that decisions and plans being guided by economic theory. It is also necessary to modify in a different way than that.

The government on the one hand, imposes different types of tax and applies rules like grant, patent, antitrust policy, and price control to affect business activities. These policies of the government have great effect on output, pricing, profit rate, investment rate of the firm. For example, how does the profit tax affects pricing and output decision has been explained with the help of a figure. From it, it is also obvious that the reaction of the profit-maximizing manager is different from revenue-maximizing manager.

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Promotion Mix and Factors Affecting Determination of Promotion Mix

Promotion Mix

Promotion is an important tool of marketing. Promotion is used to provide complete information to consumers about goods/products or services. Mostly, consumers are requested to buy goods by marking them clear about quality, service and operation method. In other word, the way or the media of presenting proposal to
customers for buying goods or services is called promotion. This needs various elements. The task of operating such elements as a whole is called promotion mix. Various types of elements are needed. Promotion mix is to provide information about price, quality, feature etc. of the products to the target customers. For this, personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, publication, propagation should be made.

Promotion is related to the communication process. This function plays an important role to fulfill the objectives of company or organization. Personal selling is an important part of promotion. It encourages potential customers to buy goods or services. Seller may directly go to buyers or buyers may go to sellers. Sellers give information about goods, price, quality features etc. to the customers. Personal sale is actually a conversation between seller and buyer. So, the seller should be skillful in his/her activity.

Advertisement is also equally important in promotion. It provides ample information or message to the customers about goods. Message about goods can be disseminated to maximum customers at minimum cost. Different media can be used for advertisement. Audio video, radio, television, film slide etc. can be used for advertisement. Newspaper, magazines, books, pamphlets, etc. also can be used. Hoarding boards, poster, mobiles etc. can be used for advertisement.

Giving information about goods and organization without any cost is called propagation. This creates demands and plays important roles in heightening dignity of the organization. Nowadays, promotional media have become very popular in Nepal. Propagation can be made through publication, photography, press conference, speeches writings etc. Propagation is a kind of promotional strategy by which information and messages can be disseminated without any cost. Request to social and political persons also can be used to for sales promotion.

Short term motivation to the potential customers for buying goods or services is called sales promotion. It encourages them to buy goods immediately. It becomes more effective if personal sale and advertisement help. Trade fair, exhibition, decoration, free sample, gifts, coupon, discount, credit facility etc. are provided. Attractive packaging also advertises by itself and encourages customers to take buying decision.
Main Elements of Promotion Mix

Factors Affecting Determination of Promotion Mix

Promotion mix consists of five elements/factors. Promotion mixing is very complicated strategic task. Proper promotion mix should be prepared to conduct marketing successfully. Promotion mix is directly affected by promotion objective, promotion budget, nature of market, product life cycle, marketing promotion strategy. They are mentioned as follows:

1. Promotion objective

One of the main factors affecting determination of promotion mix is promotion objective. If the customers are to be given clear information and make them aware about the goods intended to sell, special emphasis should be given on advertisement and propagation. Similarly, if the promotion objective is to make potential customers believe and give assurance to them, personal selling and advertisement become important. If the objective of promotion is to get order/demand, personal selling and sales promotion should be very active. If the promotion objective is to remind the customers, advertisement becomes more important. If the promotion objective is for brand loyalty, advertisement and propagation become important.

2. Promotion budget

Sufficient budget should be arranged for promotional functions. In the lack of budget, promotional works cannot be conducted. So, promotion budget also affects promotion mix determination. A lot of budget is needed for personal/individual selling and advertisement. If sufficient budget has been allocated for advertisement, highly responsive personal sale can be conducted, long term advertisement policy and high amount of budget is also not needed for publicity. It needs only good opportunity for propagation. This makes it clear that promotional activities can be determined on the basis of promotional budget. In this way, the fixed/prescribed budget affects promotion mix.

3. Nature of market

Nature of market also affects promotion mix. If the size of targeted market is very small one, way/method becomes effective, and if its size is big, other way/method becomes effective. If the targeted market is consumers' market, advertisement and sale promotional activities should be conducted. If it is industrial market, personal sales and promotional sale should be conducted. Similarly, if the targeted market is very small and is limited in a certain geographical area, personal selling and advertisement should be emphasized. If the market is big, national and international advertisement and business promotion should be emphasized.

4. Nature of product

Nature of product also affects the determination of promotion mix. Products may be consumer target or industrial. Their information cannot be effectively communicated through same activities. Generally, advertisement becomes important for consumer goods whereas personal selling becomes important for industrial goods. Similarly, advertisement and sale promotional activities become important for the low priced goods, whereas personal selling and local advertisement become important for high priced goods. In the same way, personal selling and propagation should be given emphasis for special goods.

5. Product life cycle

Different stages of product life cycle also affect promotion mix. Every product goes through different four stages after it has been produced. At the introduction stage of goods/product, advertisement and propagation should be given emphasis. After the product enters growth stage, only advertisement becomes sufficient. Similarly, careful attention should be paid to the product at its mature stage. If the product has entered the last stage of its life cycle, personal selling, sales promotion and propagation are needed. Whatever tools can save products, the same should be used for promotion.

6. Promotion strategy

There may be several strategies of promotional activities. They also affect promotion mix. They are mentioned in short as follows:
  1. Push strategy: The producers can push their products using their force. In this strategy, products are pushed to the final consumers through distribution channel. Personal selling and trade promotion become important.
    Pushing Strategy
  2. Pull strategy: In this strategy, the customers demand goods from retailers. Retailers demand from wholesalers and wholesalers demand from producers. For such strategy, advertisement becomes very important.
    Pulling Strategy
  3. Interpersonal strategy: Interpersonal strategy is also one of the strategies. In this strategy, personal selling becomes more important. So, this tool of promotion should be adopted.
  4. Mass communication strategy: If the promotion strategy is in favor of mass communication, sales promotion should be given special importance. Similarly, advertising and publicity are also equally important.
Factors Affecting Promotion Mix Determination

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    I am always amazed by how summer feels as though it is coming to an end as soon as the calendar hits August. Although it may feel like the “dog darn days of summer” are over, half of the summer still remains! I would like to take this opportunity to review some procedures that are safe to do in the summertime.

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    Unlike lasers which treat skin at the surface, Ultherapy uses ultrasound energy to treat deeper layers of the skin so there is no risk of damage from sun exposure. It is FDA approved to help lift and tighten skin of the face, chin, neck and decollete area. It is a very safe procedure that can be done anytime of the year, and there is no downtime.

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    These procedures are safe anytime of the year as there is no skin resurfacing involved with either of them. The main thing I would recommend is to avoid prolonged periods of sun exposure and/or sun-tanning for 1-2 days right after the procedure. And of course, use a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 after any procedure.

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Brachyscome 'Valencia'

ORIGIN: Brachyscome 'Valencia' arose as a seedling in the garden of Mrs P Shaw of Macgregor, Queensland, in 1987. The cultivar is said to be a hybrid between B. angustifolia var.heterophylla and B. segmentosa, as these plants were growing close by. Valencia is Mrs Shaw's middle name. Cultivar first received by the Authority in July 1989. Registration applied for by Mrs P Shaw, Macgregor, Queensland.

DESCRIPTION: Habit: This cultivar is a moderately dense, lowspreading perennial, 20cm tall by up to 75cm wide. Leaves: Dark Green and deeply divided and lobed, and up to 4cm long by 2cm wide. The lobes have rounded apices. Flowers: The ray florets are mauve in colour while the disk florets are yellow. The diameter of the flowerhead is ca. 4cm. The flowers are found all year round where tested in Queensland, with flower during the winter months being larger than during other seasons of the year. Flowering stems are erect and up to 15cm long.

Brachyscome angustifolia var. heterophylla: Habit: Prostrate to ascending perennial 10-30cm tall, spreading by means of rhizomes. Leaves: Light green, lobed, 3-5cm long by 2cm wide but variable. Leaves are clustered at the base of stems decreasing in size higher on the stems. The lobe apices are moderately pointed. Flowers: Ray florets blue, pink or mauve. Disk florets yellow. Flower head diameter 1.5-2cm. Flowering intermittent but more profuse in Autumn. Flowers are terminal on short leafless stalks.

Brachyscome segmentosa: Habit: Robust perennial 30-40cm tall by30-40cm wide with self-layering habit. Leaves: Bright green, lobed 3-7cm long by 1-2cm wide. Lobes deep and subdivided at apex. Leaves form rosette and are scattered up the stems. Flowers: Ray florets white, disc florets yellow. Corolla diameter 2.5-4cm. Flowers found intermittently all year in cultivation. Flowers terminal on scapes 20cm tall.

The leaves are intermediate between the suspected parent species. Brachsycome 'Valencia' leaves are larger than those of B. segmentosa.

CULTIVATION NOTES: The cultivar requires moist growing conditions for best results. It has a low drought resistance. Frost hardiness has not yet been tested but is likely to be moderate. Sun to semi-shade provide the best conditions. The plants have shown little susceptibility to insects and disease damage during the two years of trialling. The cultivar must be grown by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.

PREVIOUS PUBLICATION: SGAP Daisy Study Group Newsletter June 1990

COLOUR CODE: RHS Colour Chart 1966

ray florets: purple group 76B

disc florets: yellow group 9A

ACRA REFERENCES: ACC458, ACRA454, CBG8910946/9506148


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Friday, November 7, 2008

My Bubba turned four last Sunday. I can't believe he is four! Just look at that sweet little face in the banner picture; he looks so pure. Tomorrow we are celebrating his four wonderful years with friends and family. We actually rented the Tumblebus, and he is very excited about it. The look on his face tonight when I reminded him that his party was tomorrow was so blissful; like there could be nothing better anywhere than his party. On his actual birthday, he kept asking, "Is it still my birthday?" He just couldn't believe his good fortune that he got a whole day to himself. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, considering that he is the middle child. When he was born, I was happy that he and his brother would be buddies, but at the same time I was apprehensive that he might not be able to find his own voice. His brother had come before him, you see, and not that our family or friends wouldn't value Slade for his individual worth, but all the "boy" things had been done, and all the boy sweetness and fun didn't seem quite as new and shiny. The Lord in his ever-faithful way took those quietly whispered worries and has made life such a sweet and exciting adventure with our Sladey-doodle. He recently quit saying that his whole name was Sladey Doodle, as in first name, middle name, and then Anderson.

Sladey Doodle Anderson: we couldn't have special-ordered a more complete blessing. You have given us hours of enjoyment and a million smiles. As many times as my heart has squeezed with worry about your health and my mind filled up with a myriad of unanswered questions, the joy out of your heart has been two-fold. Through you, the Lord has sustained both your Daddy and me. Everyday, we speak blessing over your life and your choices. The same way we trusted the Lord four years ago in making our family of three into one that would include you completely, we will continue to entrust you in His care. We love you!

Emily said...

Happy Birthday, sweet are a precious, precious boy with a beautiful and tender little heart. I am so blessed to be your Aunt Emmy. The Lord has made my life so much fuller with you and your brother and sister in it. You will always hold a very special place in my heart for all the mornings I snuggled up with you in my bed when you were just little teeny snuggle buddy.

Hugs and kisses,

Your Aunt Emmy

Jessica D. said...

The tumble bus is a great idea! I went to their site. I've heard of it before but have never seen it! Did they just park in front of your house?

Joanna said...

Thanks for sending your blog along. The tumblebus is awesome! Have fun!!!!!

Life is Beautiful/kittyshelton said...

What a wonder you are, Slade! You make your Nana sooo happy, just by being you. You are goiung to be a great man someday and we love watching you grow up! Happy day,sweet pie! Nana


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Order continuing Bar Date hearing to 9.23.2013

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Touchscreen or Gamepad?

Posted Aug 18, 2012 at 5:02 am in Threads > Games

I’d like to see some opinions as well as recommendations on this matter. I understand there are some gamepads out there made for android specifically for gaming which I can see to be a HUGE plus when it comes to a lot of games. My only problem would be are there are enough games out there that would allow you to use a gamepad? Or is it better to just stick with the touchscreen in most situations?

Also, I’ve heard you can pair a PS3 controller to android devices. Anyone one with experience on that matter?

  • Taylor Wimberly

    The number of games that support a gamepad is limited. I’d only suggest it if you have a Tegra device.

    • Manroth

      I agree. Sadly the on-screen controls for a lot of the games are terrible (The X-Men game, and the Sonic titles are nearly unplayable for me).

  • George

    Taylor is mostly right. There really aren’t many Android games worth considering. But controllers make playing games on emulators fun, and the two Android shooters Shadowgun and Dead Trigger are better (although Madfinger makes the best touchscreen controls, so the games are still awesome). Besides a couple other games, there aren’t many games that use controllers at all. Don’t go for a controller too expensive. About the Sixaxis controller: You need to be rooted to pair wirelessly, but if you can connect the controller to a device running ICS or JB it should recognize it and it can connect over Bluetooth. For games that the controller works in, there are no problems. Although not all games recognize the controller.

  • shadowxof

    I read some more into the matter and like taylor said I did see that there aren’t a lot of games that support this feature (at least not yet) but like george said its a great ally of emulators. I know there are some steps required for both (and possible micro usb to female usb connector cable required) an xbox 360 controller and a ps3 controller but I can’t seem to get my ps3 controller to pick up on my one S by itself. Any help on that?

  • jrichardsMav

    The idea of using a ps3 controller is awesome. But for portability, it is a bit lame. I’m interested to see if any sort of portable controller is being made, I heard of one that is going to be the official tegra three controller, but even that wasn’t too impressive.

    I see the games are definitely improving, Dead Trigger is awesome (yet to try a controller). But better quality games need to come out before it really catches on I think.

    Ouya seems like it will change the android gaming market immensely.

  • nuri

    I really enjoy a gamepad, but as Taylor Wimberly pointed out, the support for one in mobile games right now is few and far between. I imagine this landscape changing soon with all of the capable, hybrid processors coming out and making games that require controllers more prevalent.

  • rsanchez1

    I would love to use a gamepad. The problem is that compatibility is very different depending on device. I know it’s a cliche by now, but fragmentation…

    For example, I would love to use my wiimote as a gamepad, but my HTC EVO 3D cannot do that, and neither can most older HTC devices. The HTC One X is supposed to be able to use a wiimote, but it’s out of my price range for now.

    I mainly just want a gamepad for emulators where using a gamepad makes the most sense, since you’re running games that were originally designed to use a controller. But for regular mobile games, designed from the ground up to run on touchscreen interfaces, I don’t really need one.

  • pliu.2014

    touchscreen because the is better configuration.

  • shanu

    I have a tegra 3 device pls help me to connect usb flash drive and xbox controller to my lg optimus 4x hd

  • tragram

    Touchscreen, of course… But I don’t like any PC gaming peripherals either. And I guess, there will be more games for the touchscreen.

  • mattkelly

    I was playing the X-Men Arcade Android port the other day, and I was frustrated at the touch screen controls. Touch screen is great for things like Angry Birds, but when it comes to console/arcade ports, I definitely prefer a game pad.

  • tylerfoy

    I’ve played many shooters in my Asus TF201 and the gamepad (PS3 controller) is a far better experience. Although the setup does take some time.

  • chestont

    emulators and fps work great with a usb xbox controller. But I think the games that are meant to played on a touchscreen and are optimized to do so are generally just as fun so I usually stick that and leave my xbox controller in my xbox.

  • sm.komo

    For right now I prefer touch screen, but a more universal controller that works with more devices would be great!

  • bdub

    I’m still on touchscreen but am looking at the different gamepad options and I definitely think it would be more comfortable for a lot of games out there.

  • marcus1518

    I am definitely more inclined to use a touchscreen….

  • friendlyfire

    There is project on kickstarter for a gamepad that looks promissing, unfortuatly it doenst look like it’ll work on a 10 inch tablet

    • doublin

      I’ve seen that thing yesterday and all i can say is that it looks badass!

  • dino13

    The Gamepad from Archos doesn’t look to bad and it is afordable. I think if you want to use your tablet for gaming it’s better to buy a gamepad.

  • kookeetree

    It is so difficult to do touch screen gaming that offers the virtual dpad and buttons.

  • YodaDaCoda

    Game pad all the way. I like my physical buttons. I think it’s important that you done have to look to see where you’re pressing.

  • crossbred900

    I prefer gesture based actions to virtual sticks. I’m quadriplegic so I can use a stylus but not virtual sticks.

  • Nwemo

  • KingCrow02

    I still game on a gamepad. Touch controls still feels strange to me.

  • doublin

    I play Shadowgun Deadzone using touch controls and I can say I’m doing it pretty well.I tried different layouts of the buttons until i found one comfortable for me.
    But I know some people playing this game with a controller and they are, monsters!

  • kraigs

    I have to say, I cna’t get use to the touch screen gamepads. so I guess a physical one is the only way to go, or find something that changes the style of play.

  • juno23

    I think for the portability a touchscreen would be more appropriate but the fact that people get into their games so much, the controllers would be more ideal, then they can go mad ;)

  • fux

    xperia play has game pad I couldn’t play gta without it I don’t like touch screen can’t see with hands in the way


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Friday, August 05, 2011

Initial Thoughts on the New Hood

1) It's really bright in the middle of the city, even at 2:00 a.m. I wish I had not personally verified this on a Thursday night. I'm tired today.

2) One of our new next-door-neighbors, an old guy, said to me, "It's nice to have some older neighbors." Asshole.

3) It is evident, even on Day 2, that the books 'n music purge was not nearly deep enough. I have no idea where we're going to store the pared-down remnants.

4) There are black people and ethnic minorities in our lives now. Wow. Actually, I'm very glad about this.

5) Lawncare is a noticeably lesser concern. Some lawns probably haven't been mown in two weeks, and I haven't seen a single lawn that sports the cross-hatched/spreadsheet look that comes from mowing, and then immediately mowing again at a 90-degree angle.

6) People have front porches, not back porches. And they appear to use them. I've actually seen numerous neighbors, and talked to three of them.

7) I hate salmon-colored carpet, which we have in our upstairs spare bedroom. I hate salmon, for that matter. Nothing good comes from salmon.

8) Except for the upstairs spare bedroom, the rest of the house has beautiful hardwood floors. I like that a lot.

9) Certain boxes need to be found and unpacked ASAP. The one with my Kindle. The one containing the other three volumes of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. The one containing the new Lydia Loveless album.

10) We are within easy walking distance of restaurants, bars, parks, concert venues, church, and dozens of friends, as well as Methadone clinics, homeless shelters, halfway houses, Wiccans R Us shoppes, food pantries, and at least three tattoo parlors. And a university with 55,000 students, and all the attendant hoopla and craziness that entails. It feels like it might be home. I'm glad to be here.

roadkills-r-us said...

Excited for ya, bro. Sounds like an easy place to call home. Next time, mark the crucial boxes. Maybe wrap them in bright yellow paper and spray them with red glitter. Then bedazzle 'em, and attach blinking LEDs.

But yer still a little uptight. The old guy probably just doesn't know what to do with kids; he was happy to see someone who could at least remember Vietnam.

Paul M. Dubuc said...

We're glad you're here too, Andy. Welcome to the 'hood!

John McCollum said...

Glad you're in Cville. Look forward to joining you.

Andy Whitman said...

I guess I need to include smilies, Miles. The "Asshole" comment was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, although I guess it's hard to tell in context. He actually seems to be a decent guy, and the fact is that I am old enough to remember Vietnam. It's not that I have any desire to be young and hip. I just don't particularly want to be old.

Anonymous said...

congrats on your move! enjoy the city! - Joel HH

Julia said...

Katryn told me that you and Kate were moving to Clintonville! Welcome to the hood, I'm currently living on E Kelso and I love it here.

Pilgrim said...

May you make many happy memoriea in your new home, good food, good music, good talk shared with friends.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012
I am a little sad about those leaving Blogger.  Not really sure why there is such a mass exodus of bloggers leaving Blogger.  They all want us to follow them in other ways now.  By email... but I get enough spam that I don't want a bunch of updates from blogs, by RSS, well I don't use RSS, by saving their blog in my favorites... well I like to just skim blogs through the blogger updates not go to their page everyday to see what they are talking about especially if possibly the post doesn't interest me. There is also follow from Network Blogs but that barley works.  I follow my own and I think it is supposed to show up on facebook or something but has never worked.  So in the end it is a bummer for me that they are all leaving I will miss following them without hassle.  Maybe I just don't know enough about the difference between the two and what makes Word Press so much better?

  1. I hear ya. I know there are other ways to follow blogs, but I am really use to using the blog list that is in the main blogger section. Nothing else seems to work quite the same, or be quite as convenient. Do I have RSS up and have I started adding people that way? Sure. But then I have to remember how to get to it. Annoying.

  2. I feel the same way. I signed up for this linky follow thing, but don't really ever use it. I just like my blogger. I do get the Networked blog updates on Facebook occasionally. I have RSS that I think can do it with my Google +, but I still haven't really gotten the hang of, or the point of, Google +.

  3. I agree. I have heard wordpress has more options and features, so people who are more tech savvy like it a lot better. But all these follow options are just starting to get annoying. GRRR

  4. I have always found it easier to follow with Blogger since I have a blog and I am there several times a day (or several times an hour). I just found quite a few blogs in my RSS feed that I thought I had signed up to follow by email, so I don't even know what to do with them now. I have a lot of blogs I follow on WordPress, but I don't even know where to sign in or how to go read those blogs. Too much evolving technology for me to keep up with.

  5. With the changes to GFC, I have started adding RSS feeds of blogs I want to follow to Google Reader and I am finding that works fine.
    I also don't want to subscribe via email - I get enough stuff in my inbox each day as it is.

  6. I love Blogger. Will definitely stick with it and GFC, but I also added several other follow options as well.
    Linky Followers
    Add to reader (Google Reader for example)
    _yay_ @

  7. I don't see why people are leaving blogger either. I'll stick with it til I'm the only one left. :) I follow people by RSS sometimes, and just add them to my google reader. That way I can get to them and my blogger follows in the same place. It makes it much easier to keep track.

  8. I've been wondering that as well. I love Blogger, yeah it has it's bugs and quirks, but it is the easiest way to follow all of the blogs I want to without having a ton of updates filling up my mailbox. I'll be sticking with Blogger. :)

  9. Glad I am not the only one wondering about this!!!

  10. Angela, you can still continue reading all your favorites via your Google Reader. Just subscribe to the blogs' RSS feeds.

    Tatiana (The Readventurer)

  11. I was thinking the same thing. I actually had a Wordpress blog a couple of years ago and I find Blogger much easier to use. I'm still able to do some html stuff if I wish, but in WP it always seemed more confusing. But everyone has their opinion! (Love the graphic btw. ^_^)

  12. I'm with you. I love the simplicity of Blogger too. I'm happy here. I have this whole, "If it ain't broke don't fix it mentality."

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Lupita part Tres. I'm still scared while typing this..

So, here I am at the office still trying to pack away some boxes... when lo' and behold, Lupita shows up.

I should have known.  I was hoping to get everything packed up, but one of the clients called and I didn't want to sound unprofessional with me grunting and heaving over boxes while he's asking me questions.

I thought about coming by the next day, but I knew I wouldn't have any time to do it since I'd spend most of my day transitioning accounts to my old co-workers.

So here's basically how the conversation goes:

Lupita: Oh! (she begins to suck on her candy furiously.)

Me: Oh hey, Lupita.

Lupita: Dee you get my note?

Me: Yes, I did.  Thank you for your compliments.

Lupita: (smiles.. and slowly dislodges whatever nasty candy from the gap of her mouth).  I like you.

Me: Oh. Well.. uh (Lupita begins to inch closer to me.  I take a step back).

Lupita: I like you.  (She smiles and I'm reminded of a Jack O' Lantern...)

Me: Uh.. yeah.  Thank you.  But.. But...

Lupita:  But what?!  (She begins to seethe.  She obviously thinks I'm playing games with her).  I know you like me.  I see you look at me. I know. I know.

Me: I'm not playing games Lupita.  I'm really not playing games!  (I'm trying to figure an exit strategy, but I'm somewhat cornered).

She literally had her arms at her hips with that butter scotch candy furiously going in and out of that gap.

There was an awkward silence and I began to accept fate.  If I was going down, then so be it.

My phone went off.  Lupita and I both looked at my phone.

It was my mom.

My freaking mom saved my ass. I quickly picked it up and I began to head out.

Me: Hi mom?  How are you doing?

Mom: You know, you didn't go to jury duty right?

Me:  Oh no way mom!  Really?  That's such a shame.  (As I walk out of my office, I pick up a box and look at Lupita).  I'm sorry, but I think you got it all wrong.  I'm not interested.  But, mind if you lock up after you're done cleaning? Thanks, bye!

I didn't bother turning around.  I just bee-lined it to my car and took off.  I wanted to make sure she didn't know what car I drove as well.

I'm kind of paranoid of what may happen tomorrow morning.  Who knows, she might leave a steaming pile of poop on my desk...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Looking for work and wondering about ghosts...

So I gave my boss that I'd be leaving shortly. He was pretty stressed and I felt bad. He's always had the most utmost respect for me. It was kind of painful to let him know this way.

For those that wonder, I have two bosses. One is an ass hat (He's the one that asked that I come in on the weekends a few journals ago). The other, is a nice overall guy.

Obviously, he didn't like the news, but he was pretty politically correct about it.

I've been looking around for jobs and I was able to get a call back from a recruiter that has a direct interview with the CEO of the company. I'm assuming it's not that big of a company, but hell.. with this economy, I'll take what I can get.

And topic of ghosts came about. I thought I'd share this with my readers. (Thank you for following and reading. I really appreciate it. I feel like I'm wanted in a way ^^)

When I was eight or nine years old. I had this weird and very scary incident late at night between Saturday and Sunday. Back then, I would play video games late into the night. At that time, i was playing Secret of Mana. I was hooked. I could literally plop my ass down and just stare at the screen for hours.

I thought I'd draw some pictures.  It was meant to be taken seriously, but I think I'm going to ruin it with my horrible MS paint drawings.

So on Saturday/Sunday morning.. it was around 3am.

I started sensing something.  I felt some weird presence.  The hairs on my neck stood up and in all honesty, I knew someone was there.  Just to preface, it was me and my mother.  I knew that my mom was already in bed in her room and my brother was up north in college at the time.  I couldn't help but turn around. And right in front of my face was a gentleman in an old brown suit, brown slacks and dusty brown shoes.  He was probably in his late sixties with an unshaven pepper beard and gray hair.  The guy was literally three feet away from me.

I couldn't tell if he was looking at me or at something else, because the dude had no eyeballs. NO FREAKING EYEBALLS.  I first thought I was hallucinating, but it was surreal.  What made it more awkward was the fact that he was solid.  He wasn't transparent like you hear from other stories.  The dude was solid.

So here I am staring at this guy for what felt like an eternity, but realistically I have to say I was looking at him for at least 15 minutes.  I just couldn't look away.  In my head, I was screaming at myself to turn around turn around and soon enough I turned back to the game and just played.  All that time I was playing, I knew he was still standing there.  Six o'clock rolled around and I noticed the sun start to rise.  I turned around and noticed that he was gone and rushed into my bedroom.. praying.  I freaking prayed that this guy wouldn't bother me.

In short, I've never seen the guy again.  I did hear footsteps in the cellar which I found to be very odd and occasional door closing and opening.

Any of you guys have some sort of experience with ghosts?

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Do you guys ever have those instances with your ex's?

I usually have a rule that I adhere to all the time.

You don't talk to your ex.

I personally think that it gets more confusing and causes possible emotions to rise without some sort of repercussion.

But in this situation: She kind of threw me off guard and just annoying:

Ex: So yeah, I just wanted to say, "hi" ^_^

Me: Uh.. ok.

Ex: So, do you miss me?

Me: No. I try not to think about it.

Ex: You don't miss the sex?

Me: What guy wouldn't? But it's not worth it.

Ex: When I was with you, I wanted to have sex more.

Me: (Somewhat agitated) Really? So all those times, when I initiate, you turning me down was just a fluke? Get the f'ck out of here.

Ex: Oh no.. I wanted to. But I was stressing over (work, family drama) that I couldn't. But I really liked it and I wanted to do it more and more.

I'm kind of annoyed by this. Why would she bring this up?

Women in general are the kings of mind games.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Play em off Keyboard Cat!

Oh man.. I could not stop laughing...poor bastard.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

hahaha I don't know why I find this so funny...

I'm somewhat hung over from last night. Tequila makes me do some strange things.

I'll explain later.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Interview gone terrible....

So I applied for a position in some company that is literally an hour away from the house.  It was about 1 hour and 30 minutes from home if I didn't take the toll roads.

So I have their HR lady call me a few days go and we have a brief stint of phone tag with one another.
Finally, I get a hold of her.  She requests that we meet yesterday at a certain time.  I agree.  She calls me two hours later and asks if she could reschedule.  I don't whine about it and I agree to the change.

Now get this... I drive my ass all the way over there and I stand in an empty lobby for like ten minutes.  Suddenly out of nowhere, this warehouse worker guy comes out and looks at me as if I'm crazy.  I tell him I'm here for an interview and he goes ahead and looks around for that HR person.

"She went for the day mang"

"You gotta to be kidding me..."

"No mang.. she's went home already"

I guess my facial expressions weren't hiding anytime soon and he decides to ask someone else.

An English lady pops out of the back office and then asks that I fill out an application.

As I'm filling it out, two of them come into the conference room and begin interviewing me.  None of them being the HR person.  Then a gentleman comes in and interviews me.  You could tell the vibe isn't there nor is their experience in hiring personnel.

Fifteen minutes into the meeting, they conclude it and then go about their business..

I've never seen such a weird company before and wtf is wrong with the HR lady?  How does HR flake out on their own interviews?

Do you guys ever have weird stories like this?

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Why do I find this soo interesting to watch?

Youtube involves a girl eating Haribo gummy bears.. but I'm entranced by it..

Am I crazy?

Also in other news, I watched an episode of Dora.. and man it's so much more informative than Mr. Rogers..

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Speaking of complaining about co-workers...

I have to admit, I enjoyed all of the comments you guys posted.  I've totally dealt with people who reenact their "Macho" scenarios.

I laughed pretty hard with that one youtube of Seinfeld. Jesus.. it's bad bro. It was that bad.

I was at work today and I have another co-worker that a has a tendency to:

1) Talk about herself.
2) I can actually hear her chew her food.. three offices down from me.

She's a very nice person.. but she has a tendency to purposely try and be the center of attention. If she's talking on the phone to her boyfriend, she'll pretty much declare it to the whole building. I can actually hear the lady with my door closed.. must be the vents. There was one conversation she had.. that was just classic. It was sounded harmless at first and then it just turned for the worst:

"Baby, I was thinking... Should we eat El Pollo(Fast food restaurant that serves chicken related products) tonight?"
(Bf responds... obviously I can't hear him)
"Oh. I just thought it would be nice... we'd have kind of a romantic evening."
(Bf reponds...)
"Look... you know I can't cook."
(Bf responds...)
"What do you mean we eat El Pollo all the time?"
(Bf responds...)
"You're such an asshole, you know that?"
(Bf responds...)
"Look... I've told you. I said I'd try it once. I just didn't like it. It was a mess and I was all embarrassed."
(Bf responds...)
"Hey asshole! What do you expect? You stick in there, you're going to get shit!"

Yeah.. the girl curses like a sailor and I have to admit.. she looks like one too. I'm pretty sure most of the people who have their own offices heard little buttocks story and let's just say she's somewhat avoided at all times. Why do people always have to blare out their business to everyone...I do not know.

And her eating.. it's so loud. I don't know if she has some sort of breathing problems.. but I'll literally hear her chewing her food. Like "NOM NOM NOM NOM." The girl really enjoys her food.

I've heard her fart on occasion. She sometimes stays late and she thinks no ones in the office and she'll just cut one. I'm not talking about a weeny fart. I'm talking about those farts (Hey.. we've all fart) where it sounds like a demolition team taking out decrepit buildings. And get this.. she'll literally laugh outload from her own farts!!! What the hell!

I can't make this up... I can't..

Monday, September 20, 2010

Something that really annoys me...

So, I was having a conversation with a co-worker and were discussing our accounts and figuring what our next plan of action would be.

Co-worker:"Hey, so XXX company is looking to open up their channel sales department"

Me:"Oh serious? That's pretty cool. It seems like you'll be getting some extra revenue."

Co-worker:"Yeah man. I'm pretty stoked about the whole thing. I mean what are the odds that I have an account that's about to unleash some heavy commission."

(He begins to inch closer)

Me: Uh.. yeah. I know. It's gonna be some smooth sailing for you man.

(He moves in closer to me)

Co-worker: "YEAH DUDE! OH MY GOD. I've been stressing about my quota this quarter, but now I can actually breathe"

(The dude is literally three inches from my face amd I'm literally smelling what he had for lunch. He had a hotdog from Costco.. I just know it.)

Me: Yeah "(I stall and I look at my cellphone). Looks like I gotta head into a conference call. I'll talk to you later bro."

Personal space. I can't stand it when people don't acknowledge a person's space. I mean if I actually puckered my lips, I would have been kissing the guy for chrissakes.

Do any of you guys deal with this?

Short post.. but I thought I'd do this before heading off to bed.

I've been having problems sleeping recently and I noticed this song really helps me go to bed. I feel like I'm kind of in a trance when I listen to Nujabes-Love Sic 2
Check it out. Peace.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

My land lady.. Mrs. Heffhauser.

I have a crazy land lady that is a fan of booze. Chug a lug. Chug a lug.

She has tendencies of knocking on my door at around 1am in the morning for the most dumbest reasons. This 50 year old lady will literally walk up to my stairs and will knock and knock and knock until I open the door.

*Knock Knock Knock*

"Yes, Mrs. Heffhauser?"

"Hey (my name), did you know that they actually play old game shows on Nick at Nite sometimes?"

"Uh.. No I didn't, Mrs. Heffhauser."

"I thought you Orientals... knew everything?"

"Um.. actually I failed math in high school."

"Then you're not Oriental. You're White like me."

"Uh.. ok Mrs. Heffhauser."

"You're a good guy (my name). There's some shnapps and some some chardonnay in the fridge if you want some."

"Thanks for the offer, Mrs. Heffhauser, but I need to be up for work in about five hours so I'll be needing my sleep."

"You Orientals, are so hard working. Jesus by golly, you guys need to just relax a bit and enjoy life. Bunch of ants you are.."

So yeah.. I swear I live in a town filled with crazy people. And what the hell? Orientals? Am I in the 1800's? Should I be drinking some phosphate and ask some drinks to a soda jerker?

And like most of you guys are she's not trying to get in my pants. She's just a genuinely lonely person. I don't think her kids want to hang out with her since she's not exactly normal. But she means well. She'll occasionally will leave plates of cookies at my doorstep.. but will fail to realize that ants will get into it.. I haven't had the heart to tell her ...

Thank God it's Friday

Sent in a ginormous amounts of emails out to companies and went to a recruitment agency.

I wasn't really much of a fan for recruiting.  I had a sinking feeling that it would turn into a temp agency and that's what it came to be.  I have nothing against temp agencies.. but I graduated from college and I hoped that I wouldn't be stuck in a temp position typing 35 WPM and faxing out files for 10 bucks an hour.  I mean jeez... I'm too old for that.  If this was college, this would have been a goldmine.

Kind of tired from posting today.  Will post something worthwhile tomorrow.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Whoa.. such positive responses of Lupita. PART DEUX

So here we go.  I really do hate to burst your bubbles, but I haven't taken a picture of her.  But, what I did as a consolation prize is take a picture of the note she left me.
Let's first take a look see on what she wrote:

Ok.  It's getting borderline creepy here.

I forgive you.
You are special to me.
You know me.
I like you.
I maek (not my spelling error) you like me.
We talk later.

So I didn't really stay at work the other night and went home for the day early.  I came back the next morning (the other day) and I saw this written on one of my notepads.  I'll be honest.  I was pretty scared.  So again, instead of working in my office, I took off like a bat out of hell.

And what the hell is this, "I forgive you" bullcrap?!  Forgive me for what?  I wasn't too clear on this.
I get the whole you're special to me.  I mean.. she would suck so furiously on those butterscotches when she was talking to me..
"You know me" bit was a bit awkward.  I would chat with her, but I wouldn't ask her about her likes and dislikes.  Hell .. for all I know she might be allergic to peanuts.. I don't know you LUPITA.
"I like you" bit was pretty self explanatory.
"I maek you like me" was just scary.  So.. are you going to take advantage of me while I'm crunching on some numbers?  Are you going to knock me out with one of your mops and start french kissing me with what's left of your teeth and smearing me with butterscotch (I do have a vivid imagination.  It's a curse and a blessing).
"We talk later" Not if I can help it.  But I'm kind of worried here.  I wasn't exactly sure how to pinpoint her schedule so I'm scared she just might drop on by and corner me in my office with Mexican candy or maybe even worse..physically touch me.

In other news. I managed to work out a job interview with one of these recruiting agencies.  I'm really hoping I can see some opportunity there.  Wonder how I'm going to pull this one off when I have to be at work by 9am and the interview is at 9:45am..

....I still can't over the whole sniffing my clothes bit.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Lupita responds...hahaha

Well what do you know.. it was her after all.

I'll take a picture of it in my next post since I'm an idiot and left it at the office. I think you guys will be amazed at the crap she tried to pull on me. It wasn't classy nor was it dignified..

Jesus, I need to find another job that will give me the down time to work on my GMATS. I've been applying like crazy. One of them was to a gaming company that synonymous to Winter and also I have an interview lined up with some job recruiter place. I really hope I can pull this off. The pay that I get right now would make any migrant worker laugh at me... yes. It's that sad.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Link Bucks! *update*

I heard that LinkBucks is another way of getting some revenue.  Let's see if this is the case.

Ok, I took out the annoying link. I don't think I want to do this.

Playing hookie is sweeeet. Take that job!

Also, I don't see a point in having you guys posting your URL. I know what you're URL is. Don't worry. I got you.

Lupita and Starbucks girl...

So I actually left her a note.  Obviously, I didn't go that crazy with the sarcasm.

I actually bought her a card from one of those Hallmark Stores and I pretty much wrote:

Dear Lupita,

Thanks so much for being so nice to me. I appreciate the fact that you clean my room first.  My girlfriend (wink wink) came in the other day and commented on how clean my office was.  I told her that it was all because of you.

Thank you again.
Mr. Smith

See?  It was very politically correct.  I let her know subtly that I had a girlfriend (granted it's imaginary) and hopefully that'll put a stop to things.  Hopefully.  I'm sure I'll get a response from her.

On my way to work today, I decided to pick a cup of joe from Starbucks.  There is this really cute girl that works there.  She's probably in her early to mid twenties.  She's about five foot four.  She's either Chinese or Korean.  She has big eyes and her smile is just makes my knees buckle.

"Hi? What can I get for ya?"

"Uh.  I'll just have a black coffee.. venti."

"Not a problem.  How's your day coming along?"

I wasn't expecting a conversation with this cute girl and I stammered... and I blurted out something so retarded...

I said, " Why do you want to know?"  I have a feeling I might have shouted at her ... I'm probably blocking all this mentally.

WTF.  The girl just gave me a look. A look of disgust.  She rolled her eyes and began to making my coffee.

She made my coffee, called out my number and began giving me the cold shoulder.

I wanted to apologize, but the little balls that I had left were no longer there and I retreated into my car.

I'm such a dumbass.. I swear.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Nujabes makes me relaaax....

It's been yet another short weekend.  I've been looking at job postings for the past weekend.  Apologize for the delayed posts, but fuggit about it..

Thanks for all your posts.  Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the next couple of weeks.  I think it's the cleaning lady as well.  We'll just call her Lupita.  I'm thinking about writing her a "Dear John" letter.  I think it'll go something like this:

"Dear Lupita,

Thank you so much for the sentiments(I don't think she'll understand what sentiment means)...I mean for you caring and taking the time out of your busy hectic schedule and cleaning my office first.

I really like the fact that you leave all these little trinkets, candy....I mean mexican candies (LUCAS).  And I like to note.. the Virgin de Guadalupe candle was really touching.  I like how you purposely try and talk to me in your broken English even when you notice me packing up my laptop away and putting my headset on it's charger.  I love the banter we had.  Especially our little quips with you asking me, "BASURA?" and then proceeding to point at my shoes and my dress shirts.  I love how you laugh at your own jokes and then gingerly sniff my jackets/coats right in front of my face and giving me the, "I'm looking sexy at you" look.

Your smile is so priceless.  You always seem to gingerly place a butterscotch where your front tooth should be. It's subtle yet intriguing.

Your butterscotch smile.  I can't help but not eat them anymore.  In honor of you, of course.

Alas(Too hard to understand) Unfortunately...I think it's time for us to close this chapter.  You're too good for me.  You have children and I just broke up with my ex not too long ago.  The maturity level is just skewed bad.  I'm too inexperienced not good for you.  I think we should move on with our lives.  I probably won't be here for long and I know the only way you get a hold of me is in person or on my desk line.

Let's just cherish the moments we've had and look forward to a brighter future.

Mr. Smith

Saturday, September 11, 2010

I think it's about time...

that I quit my job.

Maybe I'm being too dramatic here.  There's a crapload of people out there that are unemployed and barely making ends meet.  But, feeling like I'm in hell everyday doesn't seem that appealing to me.  The constant calls from customers demanding results..

So I've decided to give myself until the end of September to decide what I want to do.

Should I go back to school?
Should I go back into Sales?
Will it be different if I work for a different company?

So on to something I found quite unusual at work today:

Someone seems to be leaving little presents at my desk.  Sometimes it'll be a piece of candy.  Sometimes a card, but nothing is written inside of it.  Sometimes they'll organize my office.  Sometimes they'll doodle happy smiley faces on my notepads and post-it notes.

Yeah.  Smiley faces...

I have no idea who it might be.  I'm really hoping it's not the janitorial ladies that clean up late at night.  There were instances where I'll be working late at night and I'll see them and say, "hello".  One of them had a few teeth missing and she'd always clean my office first... please God.. don't let it be her..

I'm sure I'll probably find out soon enough..

Friday, September 10, 2010

To the black lady that slapped her obnoxious child upside the head...

I'd like to say:

Thank you.  Your kid was driving me nuts with all the screaming and cursing she was doing near the water fountain...

You made my day.

I seem to have a lot of work related issues/incidents..but here's one that really just felt uncomfortable.

It's a bit uncomfortable to read, but I'm sure you'll be fine with it.

So here I am using the restroom.  Not #1, but #2 mind you.

When out of nowhere, I hear some guy talking on the phone.

Hell.. he's probably going to take a leak and mosey on out.

No.   the dude hunkers on down to the stall next to me and starts rummaging through the ass gaskets and apparently finds the one he likes to use for his bomb raids...

Before I continue...I have a confession to make.

I'm very shy when it comes to someone bodily functions.  I remember as a kid I would wait until everybody peed before I could do my business.  I think it had something to do with an incident when I was nine or so.  I was taking a leak at DisneyLand and this lumbering 50 year old pedo stands next to me and just gazes and my privates.  I mean seriously.. I'm small to begin with.. there's nothing really to see.  The mofo traumatized me.

So back to the toilet escapade.

So obviously, I don't like want to continue my business when someone is around so I patiently wait.

I wait some more.

I try to play some BrickBreaker on my phone to pass the time.

By now, the guy hung up his phone and was quiet as well.

I coughed.  Waited and nothing.

Maybe he took a ninja dump and disappeared like a fart in the wind.. Peeked down and saw his shoes.. those ever loving slip-ons.

I finally came to the conclusion that were basically doing some sort of Mexican stand off.  The guy was obviously waiting for me to begin so he could do his bodily functions as well.

I refused.  Sweat began to form on my face.  I heard the guy grunt.  I played it cool and just puckered up.

What felt like 2 hours was in fact two minutes.

The guy finally caved.  And man did he cave.  It felt  and sounded like he was releasing pure spiteful poop devils  from his bowels.  Few seconds later, the smell kicked in.  I gagged a bit.  My eyes started tearing up.  I tried plugging my nose and then realized that i was probably eating his ass particles from breathing with my mouth open...

The dude flushed four times.  Called someone up again and then proceeded to leave restroom without washing his hands.

Long story short:  I couldn't even #2.  I ate ass particles.  I think I'm constipated now.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Finally at home.

Just got back from work.  What a pain in the butt that was.  11pm and I'm finally home.

I'd like to continue my rants about work:

I had an interesting conversation with one of my customers:

A: Yeah, after the billing review, I was wondering if you had some time for dinner?
ME: Well uh um...that was somewhat off topic.

A: I know.. I'm sorry if I threw you for a loop there.
ME: Uh.. I know.. I mean. It's alright... but I'm just your consultant.

We have a ten second pause here.  I make the occasional cough and I'm scared shitless...

A: So are you good with children?

Ok.. that pretty much took the cake there.  AM I GOOD WITH CHILDREN?!  Lady, you're fifteen years older and you want to date me?  So you're asking me if I'll get along with your kids?  I mean jeez, I met you in person a total of two times and I've talked to you on the phone (BUSINESS RELATED) about a dozen times.

To make a long story short... I pretty much said I couldn't make it.  Who knows, I might lose the account over this uncomfortable incident.

But... to all the other ladies out there.. yes.  I am great with kids.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Date night with Mr. Smith

So to preface my date, I met her at the bookstore.  She caught my attention from the way she was playing with her hair.  She wasn't just twirling it with her finger, but she was actually nibbling on it as she was reading. She had a dark auburn hair that draped over her shoulders and her bangs were cut in a way that you could tell that she cut them herself.

I was immediately attracted to her.  Her clumsiness is what sparked my interest.  Also, her choice in books (Adult Romance novels.. I kid.  I kid) is also something I found hot and sexy.  Your writer, Mr. Smith had puppy love for this girl.  Her light brown hazel eyes made me turn to mush.  I was sputtering and stammering in inchoerent sentences to see if she was interested in having some coffee with me.

She looked at me for a few seconds and you could tell she was trying to see what was inside of me. Trying to size me up.

Was I going to hurt her?

Was I going to make her cry?

"Sure. Let's go"

My heart jumped out of my chest and ran up to my throat.  She slowly got up from the floor and we walked out of Borders Bookstore and went into a coffee shop.   She had your typical white tank top and a brown khaki shorts. Your summer gear.  She wore these sandals that lazily followed behind her feet. The clipped and clopped as the sandals hit her soles.  It was cute.

"What would you like to have?"

"What do you think I'll like?"

I cursed at myself silently.  I was never good at reading people nor pleasing them.

I order two mocha chocolate coffee.  It was getting kind of chilly that night so I asked that they make it hot for us.

As were waiting for our drinks to be made.  I start to make small talk.

We find out that she's originally from Chicago and was here to check out some job opportunities.  She's been here for a few weeks and she still hasn't decided what she wanted to do.

I sympathized with her and told her that it must be tough especially in this day and age to find a job worth pursuing.

Coffee is finished and as I'm walking to a table, she begins to walk towards the bookstore again.

Puzzled...I call out to her.

"I just got a call from my boyfriend.  He's waiting for me at the parking lot for me.  It was nice meeting you."

Goodnight sweet prince..

What really pisses me off part deux

The List continues because I felt like it:

-People that pick their noses while they're driving.  I'm seriously.  Do that shit in the privacy of your own home.  I don't want to see you mining for gold bro. I especially hate it when hot girls do it while there's traffic.  I feel so torn and conflicted.  The girl is hot, but then she pulls out this weird inorganic strand of crap.. it just makes me limp. ... down there.

-People who always seem to 1 up the conversation:
 -Joe Blow #1: Yeah. I heard Shelly had a mean accident last night.  I heard she won't be getting out of the hospital anytime soon.  Sucks to hear that man.
 -Douchebag #1: Dude.. you don't understand how long for me to get into the hospital.  I was there for like a week. It was boring as hell.
I'm seriously... do you really have to do that?  You attention whore.

-This one guy that I used to work with all the time. Freaked the hell out of me. Remember the nerdy guy from Office Space?  He's exactly like that.  This guy was a humongous tub of lard.  All he would do is talk about how his wife was rich and so respected as a person.. He would say how much he loved her and how sex isn't a big deal to him anymore.. but then he'll go the strip clubs with me and talk to these single parent ladies on the phone or text them.  I mean come on...and then he would mutter obscenties and threats to you.  There were many occasions where he would mutter shit like, "you fucking dumbass" and then proceed to smile and tell you whatever you asked for his assistance on.  Other times, he's thrown temper tantrums because he couldn't get a window seat at the office.  For fuck sakes man, we live in a CUBICLE!  WHO GIVES A FLYING ASS WHERE WE SIT?

Enough for today.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Some things that annoy me..

-People who chew with their mouth open.
-Girls that say, "I just want to be friends."
-Cranky fat people.  I thought fat people were supposed to be jolly?
-Traffic in California.
-If in doubt... movie actors will resort to some sort of UK accent.  Ex: Prince of Persia
-That I'm very broke.
-When a fat girl steals the last chocolate chip cookie at Home Town Buffet.
-Immigrants who take my country for granted.
-People who complain about how immigrants have taken jobs away from them.  Honestly, I can't imagine any of you lazy pieces of crap slaving away in the hot sun.  Most of us complain about how we don't have anything, but opportunity is there.  Do you really think you can't get a job at some sort of fast food restaurant?!  Come on.. at least my meals will be taken down correctly.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Saturday and I'm at work...f*ck~!

In my past blog, some of you people were mentioning that it would have been a great way to get in good with my boss.

When my boss said, "It would be great to come in on Saturday" to catch up on work... he meant that I should come in.

Not him.

So here I am at the office.. like a douche during Labor Day weekend...  It's just downright embarrassing.

Apparently, the cleaning/maintanence crew comes in earl on weekends and I just got laughed at by some Mexican lady with an apron and a feather duster in her hand.

Mexican lady: So, you behind?

Me: Yeah.  I have a few things to catch up on.

Mexican lady:  Ooh.  HAHAAHAH I feel bad for you.  Pobre si nino.

Me:  ....uh yeah.

So there you have it.  Even a mexican lady with a minimum wage job even feels sorry for me.  My life sucks.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Whatever you do, take a shit before you drive to work.

I live in a heavily congested area and I should have known this.  But, I was late and I really needed to get into work on time.

Please also keep in mind that I had a humongous as dinner.  Fast Food feast.  It truly was.

Me being the dumbass that I am decided to take off before my daily ritual.

Fast forward ten minutes and here we are.  I'm stuck in traffic.  I really gotta take a crap.  I feel the bubble guts coming along.

You know what I'm talking about.  You want to fart, but you're too afraid to open the flood gates type?

God, if I crap my pants on the way there, I'm going to kill myself..

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Thursdays are another way of telling me that I'm fu*king loser.

Here's a "great" dialogue I had with my manager:

Me: So, I had this question about this assignment.  The accounts seem to be having some issues with blah blah blah ( I won't bore you with the specifics).

Boss: Oh well yeah.  That's why we had you come on board.

Me: I appreciate that, but I'm still trying to figure things out here.

Boss:  Well how about this?  I know you're busy Monday through Friday.  How about you come in on Saturday to do some catch up work?  I'm sure with you coming in on Saturdays, you'll be up on in no time.

I swear I think I've hit Dante's Inferno and this is just the tip of the iceberg...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

I hate Wednesdays just as much as Mondays

I thought I'd share some info before I go apeshit.

I recently came on board and took over some accounts.  It was horrible.  The person who left prior to me coming on board messed up everything.

I had work literally the minute I walked in.  No training, no 2 week get out of jail card.  It was just crap.

So here I am cleaning and I have co-workers who are sitting next to me giggling about trivial stuff.  Not only that, they want me to join in with them.

Seriously.. I do not have time to sit and shoot the breeze with you folks.  I really do not care if you your step daughter got arrested for a DUI.  I really don't care that you had a flat tire when coming into work.  I sure as hell do not care that you have a sinking suspicion that your girlfriend is cheating on you.  Chances are I'm probably the guy that's messing around with your girlfriend.

Why is it that when you're swamped, you have people who constantly drop by your cubicle and ask me how my day is coming along.

.Officemate Cubicle Clips, Assorted Colors, Box of 24 (30178)

Are you there God? It's me, dumbass

Like a fat kid eating cake, I haven't been able to breathe well.

Wait. What?

This was meant to be daily devotion of being thankful and I managed to shit that down the toilet.

Here goes:

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

By request, the Bitch Squad Preparedness List…

As I mentioned yesterday, we tested out the Bitch Squad disaster preparedness kit during the recent power outage. A certain Emily asked what is included in our box of needed things.

The problem with putting together a proper preparedness kit for you and yours is…well, money. A bitch is broke, so I am more than familiar with this issue.

However, a bitch has come up with an easy solution…find a lot of friends and hook up a group plan!

There is power in numbers, chil’ren…trust a bitch. Choosing who to include in your Its Us Against the World Box/Bunker Full of Needed Things is actually rather easy. Just make a list of those folks in your circle who are likely to knock on your door when major shit goes down…or who you are likely to hunt down in such an instance.

And now, by request…

ABB’s Preparedness List (a work in progress)
Water…lots of water…factor in the number of people and pets and you will need 1 gallon of water per person/dawg/cat per day.

Mmmhmmm, that’s a lot of H2O!

You should have a water purification kit too…but go ahead and start gathering water because you know your ass isn’t going to want to do that purification shit until you are certain all hell has broken out…which should take a few days at least.
Notebuy extra water each time you go to the store and set it aside in a 'do not touch/reserved for when all hell breaks out' area. It adds up and doesn’t hurt the pocket book so much!

Food…non-perishable food, for the love of all that is holy.

It may look nasty now, but it will look divine when you are hungry. Do not forget your pets and their needs too! Canned food should be stored in the 'do not touch/reserved for when all hell breaks out' area. And try for some variety…some fruits and veggies.

Cookies for C-Money.

You get the picture...
Note pick up a little bit each time you go to market so that you aren’t feeling the pinch all at once.

Portable battery powered radio…and lots of batteries. Check the batteries when you regularly check the batteries in your smoke detector…you don’t wanna be kicking yourself in the ass when you need them the most.

Flashlights…and lots of batteries.

Sanitation and hygiene shit. Keep it real, people. Situations can get real nasty real quick when you are hold up in a house.

First Aid kit and manual.

Can opener & kitchen shit. Unless you want to eat cold beans out of a can with your hands.

At least one baseball bat.

Think about it (wink).

An axe.

No one is gonna carve your ass out of anywhere, so be prepared to handle your bitness!

Meds…extra meds…Aspirin, Claritin, eye drops, anti-nastification ointment…shit like that.

Blankets…and pillows too.

Vodka…cran…beer…whisky…moonshine (wink).

Scrabble, because it never gets boring…and C-Money and my Play Husband adore it. Oh and books too.

A whistle to signal for help. Because you may not be able to get pull a Bacall when you really need to.

A dust mask…’cause.

No less than half a tank of gas in your car…because gas pumps don’t work when the electricity is down.

A bike…because gas pumps don’t work when the electricity is out.

Did a bitch mention a baseball bat?

Anyhoo, September is preparedness month and a good time to sit those you care about down…look them in the eye…and tell them that its us against the world and we need a box/room/bunker full of needed shit.

Anonymous said...

This is damn good advice.

maidink said...

Awesome list, Shark!

You might want to throw in a hand-crank operated radio as a substitute for the battery operated. They are a bit pricier but worth it in case. LL Bean has one that's also a flashlight and a mobile phone charge jack (Ooooo).

And that reminds me, a mobile phone is nice to have, too. Though in a disaster the signal ain't worth a tinker's poo and the cells are clogged with other people using phones, it's still good to have.

And those MREs (meals ready to eat) through military surplus stores are pretty nifty. last a while in storage also.

And your vodka can be used (now don't slap me in the head for this) in emergencies to clean wounds. Notice I stressed "emergencies".

Can you tell Geo and I have already done this drill? He's former military and went through survival training. Figures, he had the upper hand in knowing what to get.

*goes to to look at baseball bats*

JerseyTjej said...

Right on time I'm laughin' but when folks be tryin to raid my preparedness, i'ma need more than that 90 oz Louisville Slugger!

kusala said...

I almost skimmed past Vodka & Cran on your list, but then breathed a big sigh of relief to see that you hadn't lost sight of the essentials. You know that sh*t dehydrates you, but then again, you will have plenty of water stockpiled to take care of that!

Clay said...

lol - i need to come to you on the regular for advice!

The Pagan Temple said...

A cooler with one of those freezer thingamabobs that keep things in coolers cold without ice. You can get them at some dollar stores for a buck or two. You just keep them in your freezer until they are needed.

Anonymous said...

Hi ABB, others,

Just linked over from the Rude Pundit who said you will be guest blogging for him. Can't wait.

Great idea for an emergency list. I second the part about the hand-crank powered radio. When I did a "new products" column for a magazine in the mid 90s, I got a demo unit of the orginal Freeplay radio, which ran on solar power and could be wound up when it was dark. It worked great, and they've done a lot of work with the concept since then. As maidink said, there are lights, too. For the cost of a big battery supply, you could buy a few of these devices. Go to for some ideas. Lots of other manufacturers in the game now, too.

CabinDweller said...

Your list looks pretty good - water is supply item numero uno. I'd suggest matches/a lighter and some candles so you don't use up your flashlight if you want to read or just hang out. Of course, most folks already have this stuff around, but not always where you can find it.

Also, if you want to eat hot food, but not MREs, a small backpacker's stove or an old-fashioned Coleman stove to do the heating. And fuel. (Of course, not for use in a shut up house, you don't need to gas yourself.) And if you have a coffee habit, being able to boil water is quite close to mandatory.

Dried anything keeps well - be it fruit or veggies.

WET WIPES. I'm living without running water at my place up here, and these are a great way to wash your hands/clean up without using your precious stash of water.

And you can pick up some nice 5 or 8 gallon water containers pretty cheap at most sporting good/camping stores.

The hand-crank powered radios ROCK!

Anonymous said...

ABB forgot to mention that yours truly is the proud owner of a Grundig FR-200 hand-cranked AM/FM/Shortwave radio that also can be juiced with electricity, standard batteries and the rechargeable unit inside. The rechargeable had us in KMOX for almost 5 hours before we had to throw some standard AA's in it. The light was our safe "candle" during the recent unpleasantness.

This thing rocks. Again, it's the Grundig FR-200. If only it came in pink. Ours is brown. I've named it Brownie. And it did a heck of a job.

lightning said...

Another item, frome hard experience, is extra bulbs for the flashlights. Back in Hurricane Isabel, we had plenty of flashlights and plenty of batteries. We were fine until the flashlight bulbs started burning out ...

air_force1 said...

You almost forgot Anne's new bestseller, Godless. You will need something to read in those dire moments.

Shark-fu said...

Justin darling...
Word on the street is that I may have already read Ann's book. Ms. Coulter is being accused of having sticky fingers.

Besides, a bitch is going through a non-fiction phase right now (wink)...

emily said...

great list. I figure at some point in my next few years in NYC (Harlem, baby!), the shit will definitely go down - blackout, transit strike... bird flu? So all I need is find somebody to help haul it all up to my 6th floor walk-up!

Kaethe said...

Those who anticipate summer emergencies might want to include some DEET and sunscreen. A french press coffee pot is handy in catastrophes, but be sure to pack some ground coffee long-life creamer type product.

We discovered an affection for oil lamps. Safer than candles, and such lovely decorations between uses.

Planning to share resources with others is a great idea. Our friends around the corner have gas fireplaces and a gas stove; we have a generator and all those oil lamps.

McCaland said...

Love the list! Might want to add another handy tool..EvacuTape Safety Labels. Can label where all your personal things are in the home, and also keep a roll in the car, makes regular clothing safety clothing with the reflective edges!