Wednesday, September 26, 2007
No One Else To Blame But My Parents
| That is why I am so picky about food. It is because my parents spoiled me growing up. ;-) Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches (without the crust) was my daily food. After that came Big Macs with no sauce and no cheese; everyday. Since I didn't want anything else my parents wouldn't get me anything else. I feel bad for my friends at church and at work when they invite me to eat because then they want to go to places I don't like so they end up changing their plans. So I've been staying away from group lunches plus they've stopped inviting. :-) One day I'll do the grocery and cooking thing. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007
How did it end?
| So you know the week ended good for me when I end up at Wallbangers Friday night. I drove over there without any music or movies playing and I really love the sound of that LS2 6.0 Corvette engine in the SS. So soothing, until I have to put the hammer down to pass someone. It's got a nice growl to it. Anyway, my boss was asking me how it has been going since I have been solo. My patience gets me through a lot. If people are calling me from all directions I have always seemed to be able to keep my cool. What also helps is being able to access any PC in the building from no matter where I am. Whether it be from home or driving on the highway using my phone to kick start a print server. I also told him that I feel out of the loop with a lot of the administration aspects of the clinic. I haven't been able to sit through an entire meeting because of being called out to do something. But, as I said. The week ended good. Prayers work. |
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Rough Week So Far
| It can only get better right? It's barely Tuesday. Monday: got to close to fast to a promised one so I knew this day was coming but it still saddened me and I have never dreaded the end of the work day so much, because the phone won't ring. Also, this day, I hurt someone. Tuesday: One voice, in one minute, and even now, brought the rain from my eyes. With a glimpse the flood almost came. I've moved on, I'm looking forward, I've given liberty unto [mine] eyes, but it amazes me that I can be taken back so quickly. It used to be a scent that did it to me. On one GOOD day, the short trip from the first floor to the second floor in the elevator lasted a lifetime in my mind as that old familiar aroma filled the elevator with memories of a love lost. No regrets, no hatred. Friend, I just ask for time. 1:11 Make a wish. |
Monday, September 17, 2007
You, the reader.
| Don't get me wrong, sometimes I like to just pour my emotions out for you to read but lately I find myself struggling whether or not to blog about some of my truly deep innermost thoughts and feelings. Most of these thoughts come from day to day experiences that I am not sure I want to share with you. If you go far back enough on this blog you might find some posts where I let it out. Back then you weren't here to read it. I've thought about opening an anonymous blog out there for these kind of things. Maybe I will. I guess sometimes I don't like to let you in or am afraid to. Or maybe it is because you are to quick to judge and to quick to just spout out advice I don't want to hear. Maybe I just want you to listen. |
Friday, September 14, 2007
Don't Let It Happen To You
| It happens to everyone. Especially to me. Bloggers block. Bloggers block; the inability to come up with something to blog about it. A lot of the times a block can last a few days, weeks, months until ultimately you end up with a dead blog. Don't let it happen to you! I am not sure if you know this but if you go into the Blogger profiles you can click through various words within a person's blog. Every now and then I like to click on the city name. I did this for Harlingen and San Benito. And what do I find? Lots of blogs that started off real strong, lots of posts, lots of comments and then all of a sudden its a dead fish in the water. Don't let it happen to you!! If you can't blog, blog about not being able to blog! And since everyone blames me for their Blogging addiction I'll try to be the example. Deal? |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Where Was I?
| I don't know if anyone got asked "where were you when it happened?" today but 9-11 is one of those days where people talk about the place they were when the towers got hit. At the time, I was putting myself through college working as a skycap at the airport. Skycaps do curbside check-in and help passengers with luggage or wheelchairs. During the week of 9-11, I was on suspension from work and for a stupid reason I might add. Since I worked the night shift, there were periods of time where there was no one to help or nothing to do. I would do homework or eat during this time. Since Rob worked at American Airlines, I became friends with most of his coworkers so during the few hours I had to kill I bought a pizza and I was watching a movie while everyone was out. No big deal right? Oh, I was watching Eyes Wide Shut. The controversial Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman flick. Well, that night came and went and the next morning Rob calls me telling me, jokingly, why I had played around with the airplane that stayed over night. I didn't think anything of it. When I got to work, I was told by several of the AA employees that the pilot was complaining that his seats were moved and that some lights were on. Rob can tell you that there is no way I would have been able to get into that airplane BUT when they started questioning the AA employees one of Rob's friends was quick to point out that I was in the lounge that night. So my boss suspended me for three days for being in an unauthorized place watching an inappropriate movie. A day later, during a break from Mr. Golter's Operating Systems class I over heard that they had bombed the World Trade Center. All I said to myself was, "Again?" because of the car parking garage bombing a few years back. After this four hour class, I went over to go eat at Rob's parents restaurant, America's Restaurant, and his mom told me that it was an American airliner that had hit the tower. I was in awe. We then learned of the other airplanes from the news. Driving back to college, all they were playing on the radio was the news. I felt as though I was in a movie or listening to those old War of the Worlds radio broadcasts. The college is right by the airport and it was so WEIRD not hearing airplanes come and go. You hardly notice when they are there but the silence just sent shivers down my spine. Lots of classrooms had TVs on showing the news. It still felt like watching a movie. I called one of the other skycaps, Martin, to see if we still had jobs because I was hearing that they were stopping all curbside check ins nationwide. So many things at the airport changed after that and Rob can sure attest to that. Anyway, that is pretty much my day on 9-11. |
Sunday, September 09, 2007
****TOP TEN REASONS****
| These are [Adri's] top ten to be considered a blog-a-holic. If you at least meet 4, you're in. Read The Top Ten @ Adriville. |
My Side Of The Story
| An accident seen by the eyes of bloggers. Juan's eye witness account is HERE. So this morning when I left for church, I took the vette out because it had more gas then the SS. I didn't even bother to Google the weather forecast for they day. Church was really good and then afterwards we went to go eat at Jason's Deli, even though I had a pound of ground beef defrosting in my fridge I went to go fellowship with the church members. As we are eating, it starts to rain a little. I'll have you know that ever since I have had two cars I have never driven the vette in the rain, mainly because I never replaced the wipers, but that is another blog for another day. When we leave the rain is just about done with, or so we thought. As I get on the highway to head home Juan is quite aways behind me and I notice traffic is piled up on the other side of the highway heading southbound. Because of the concrete median all I see is the roof of a silver mustang with its hood bent all the way up and facing on coming traffic. Hope the driver is ok, but it's another ugly mustang off the streets! I am driving pretty fast to try and beat the rain. I didn't beat it because it started to come down hard. Then I feel that there is a lot of standing rain water on the fast lane under me. At this time, I look in my rear view and I see a cop with his lights on. I thought to myself that he was going to pull me over for speeding but the rain had other plans for him. He lost it. The cop car must've hydroplaned on the rain water and when he tried to fix it the car went spinning. It was the kind of thing I see on Youtube all the time; all happening in my mirror. He nailed the concrete median a couple three times before coming to a stop. Miraculously, the car did not spin on to the other cars on the highway, and there was plenty of them. I then start to worry about Juan and his family since I knew they were behind me somewhere. I figured I'd call DeeDee since she is not driving but I get voice mail. I try again, but she ends up calling me. The conversation went a little like this; "Are you ok?".. "Are you ok?".. "Are YOU ok?". What away to end lunch! |
Friday, September 07, 2007
The Boxer
| I have never been much of a dog person. Every time I go over to Rob's parents house I always end up saying that I will never go over there again because of all the animals; a Great Dane, a Pit Bull and a Rat Terrier. The same goes for Rob's house. Although, at his house he is good at locking them up when I go over, except for the one time one bit me. Man, I wanted to hurt that dog. I just left the house instead. Although I am not a dog person, lots of these dogs tend to be drawn to me. Rob always says he wishes his dogs would be all over him as they are with me when I go over. Maybe because I am a new person or maybe they just like me. I did have a cat once, but she got attacked by something and later died. Maybe she would have lived if I had taken her to the vet. So, I always felt that was my fault and I never wanted to get another pet. Recently, a good friend at work, we'll call her Mrs. Presley, offered to sell me a baby boxer on the cheap. I am very hesitant because I don't know if I will be able to take care of him properly. Mrs. Presley assures me that it is very simple. I also get very disgusted with dog poop. I think it would be good to have a dog to look over the house when I am out or in the middle of the night. Maybe I would not have been so reluctant to check if someone was outside my house the time the doorbell went crazy. It would also be a good reason to be outside and go walking. I am just very nervous about it. Also, this puppy was in a little accident so he can't walk on one of his hind legs. To me that is just another thing that I have to be sure and take care of. Actually, Mrs. Presley told me that the vet will tell her in a few weeks if he will be able to live with that leg like that. Otherwise, the vet is going to suggest putting him to sleep. Hopefully not. Rob has already said that I would be a bad dog owner. Could I really call myself a dog lover? |
Thursday, September 06, 2007
The Movie I Love To Hate.
| The Notebook. A real chick flick and a real tear jerker. I guess what I really love about this movie is the love that is portrayed by the two main characters. The actors make it so real. Down to the littlest facial expressions. And what I really hate about this movie is the love the two characters have for one another. The love they had was sparked almost instantly and was almost lost just as quickly. But what gets me every time is the seven years they spent apart. Seven years he had it in his mind he would win her back and then to be staring at his long lost love in the eyes again only to almost lose her again kills me. Maybe it is not hate. Maybe it is a little jealousy. |
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Jott it down
| I try not to blog about geeky stuff anymore but thought I would mention www.Jott.com. Once you sign up with this site, they give you a toll free number (1-866-JOTT-123) that you can call so that you can Jott things. I mainly use this when I am driving. I will remember that I have to do something so I call Jott, it will ask me who I want to Jott, I say "myself" and I say what I have to say. By the time I get to my email it is in my Inbox typed up for me. That's right, it transcribes it for you. If you talk really low then you can just hear yourself. You can also Jott other people if they are in your contacts. Just today they added the ability to Jott Twitter. This is cool because if someone is driving and can't text and drive they can just call Jott, say Twitter, and then say what their doing and in a few minutes it will show up in your Twitter page. You can also Jott Blogger! You can also set Reminders by saying the date of when you want to get reminded. Anyway, to read more check the wiki HERE. |
Monday, September 03, 2007
No Trailers
| Most people know this about me but I am going to blog about it anyway. I don't watch movie trailers or previews or whatever it is you want to call it, for movies. I think it all started with The Matrix. For being a geek, I have no idea how I never heard about this movie until it came out on VHS. My neighbor at the time, Marshall, told me to watch it so he lent me the VHS Tape. I had no clue what it was about and I was glued to that television. It was great not knowing who was in it or not knowing what the general plot was. It was awesome. If it wasn't The Matrix that started it, it might have been Pitch Black. I am not sure which came first but I know that I bought Pitch Black on DVD without reading the back cover. The front cover looked cool and I had never heard of Vin Diesel. Turned out to be a really good movie which I wouldn't mind seeing again since it has been awhile. Some people ask me how I can watch movies without a preview. How will I know if I am going to like it? I am sure there is someone out there that has seen a preview of a movie, gone to go see it, and hated it. What good did the preview do? Here is my thing. All I want to know is who are the stars of the movie. That is it. Sometimes not even that. If the title is good then I'll give it a spin. I've seen plenty of movies with up and comers and they have blown me away. Wind Chill for example was really good and spooky. Gone is another good one; an edge of your seat Australian thriller. The BEST movie I have seen without knowing a single thing about the plot is VANILLA SKY. I love that movie. All I knew is that it had Tom Cruise in it. His movies are always great. The worst movie previews to watch are comedies. Why? Because they show all the funny parts in the previews. A good example is Dirty Deeds. The previews were hilarious and you know what? The rest of the movie was STUPID. But I can't express the satisfaction in watching a really great drama filled movie for the first time without having a clue what its about. It sort of mirrors real life because we don't know what is going to happen next in our life. One minute we are fine, the next you are freaking out at random doorbells. One minute everything is a box of a chocolates and the next your father is diagnosed with a deadly disease. It all happens so fast. The same can be said about the movie you are watching. One day you are living your life day to day and the next you find out you are living in a computer program. One day you and your family are healthy and the next you are infected with an alien virus out to conquer the world and set to destroy anyone that is immune. It is glued to your seats, don't answer the phone, leave me alone while I watch this movie kind of stuff. And for the curious. What brought on this post? I just saw The Painted Veil with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. I didn't even know it was a period piece. |