QOTD: time of your life

question of the day: high school reunions. Have you gone to yours, and how was it? If you haven’t gone, why not? Will you ever go in the future?

I grew up in the middle of nowhere in NYS and graduated with 33 people from a public school! Everyone graduates high school and doesn’t look back or go back. We didn’t have a 5 or 10 year reunion and I highly doubt we’ll have a 15 year reunion next year. If we did end up having one, I would probably go just out of curiosity.

No I did not go because I live 3000 miles away from my high school and I did not want to go anyway because I'm too cool for school. I will never attend a reunion. Word.

No but I am sure it sucked. I didn't want to b/c I didn't like anyone in my HS. And no....I have already been hit on by previously "cool" girls that are now fat and ugly

i have not gone and i don't really ever plan on going...The people that i still want to see from high school, I still see.

i am having one in a few months - and i can't wait to see how all these people turned out!

have not gone to either of them.... not sure if i'll go in the future.... most cool people don't go, everyone there is there to brag about something stupid. I don't need others approval to know I am doing well.

i just got invited to mine, and i don't think i'll go. no, definitely not. all the people i liked in high school i've found ways to keep in touch anyway. a tech school reunion would be fun, but i don't think they have that. its hard enough to find where people live, without having to deal with coordinating prison release times and such.

I think my first one, the ten year reunion, is coming up this year, but I haven't seen anything that suggests that they've planned a party. I don't think I'll go. I prefer not to see any of those fools ever again.

I have never gone because its across the pond and then some. Yes I would like to

I've gone a few times, usually on a 5 year anniversary. I really enjoyed them and would go again.

Never gone. I'm not even sure if they had them. It would have been my 15th this past year - yikes! I probably wouldn't go anyway. There aren't really any people that I didn't keep in touch with that I would want to see again.

No, my sheep are the only ones for me. You can imagin how much I was teased in high school for being a shepherd....well...I'll show them....I'll show them all!!! ahhh..hahahahahahah

Went to the tenth. Not too bad. Saw some people I was excited to see. Went to the 15th. Lame.

I did not go to my 10 year reunion. I hated those people in high school. I didn't really blossom into the strapping young buck that I am today until college, so high school wasn't a fun time for me.

Yes, 10th year reunion. I kind of disappeared after high school and it was good to see everyone again. I met up with my old girlfriend Debi, and old pal Paul. I was in town for a contract hit, so it was a buisness trip as well. We wrapped the body up in banners from the school hallway. No wait... that was "Grosse Pointe Blank"

Did we even have one???

My ten year reunion was 2 years ago. I did not go... I thought about it, but frankly, I couldn't wait to stop seeing those people, so why would I pay money to go hang out with them again? Plus, what's the point? So you can go back and be reminded of all the bull$h!t cliques that existed and where you fit in to the mix 10 years ago? Seems like asking for therapy.

high school reunion -- i don't believe there has been one for me yet, and if there was - i wasn't invited. i will go to mine, cause i think my class was cool and i want to see what people are up to. plus why not - i strut to my stuff as well.

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QOTD: bookish

question of the day: what is the last book you read and what did you think of it?

I finally got around to the latest Harry Potter. It kind of bummed me out!

Freakonomics. What a stupid man

The Dark Half by Stephen King. It was pretty good..A bit creepy though

I think Summons by Jeffery Archer. It was pretty cool.

James Patterson's 1st degree.... LOVED it

Chicken soup for the shepherd.....very spiritual

devinci code - was a pretty darn good book!

The last book I read was Forever Odd by Dean Koontz. It was a follow-up to Odd Thomas which I liked. I didn't like this one as much.

President Kennedy: Profile of Power : -- by Richard Reeves. Very good if your into that sort of thing

Honestly, I hate reading, so the last book I read was forced upon me during senior year of high school, The Joy Luck Club. The book was pretty interesting, even though I'm not Asian or female. It made me realize that I am too much like the wood, bending for too many peoples' opinions.

The last book I read was A Million Little Pieces. It was admirable how James Frey came back from the depths of prostitution and turned his life around. Oh, and **** you Oprah...I want my money back.

Memoirs of a Geisha....I thought it's really f'ed up when women are treated like objects of entertainment. I say off with their winnies~

watched the movie Troy and decided to read Homer's Iliad. Very interesting stuff.

sounds pathetic - but i can't remember the last book i've completed. it has to be over four months ago. i'm currently stuck on the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - i can't seem to finish it and i refuse to start another book till i'm done. i should just read it this week and be over with it. as you can tell - since the book is a struggle for me to finish...i think it is rather blehhhh.

after years of hating vonnegut for some strange reason (being forced to read slaughterhouse 5 in school, ugh) i decided to give him another shot and read cats cradle, which is probably one of the best books i've ever read. it kept my interest throughout the whole thing, was funny etc.

Hugging Your Customer by Jack Mitchell. It was for the sales meeting last week. I typically don’t like being told what to read, but I was pleasantly surprised. I went in with low expectations and it actually wasn’t that bad. Although, I am looking forward to going back to reading my British Chick Lit.

in cold blood, truman capote

I read "How to Write Unmaintainable Code", and then got a job here.

The novelization of the movie "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle".

I'm really big into fiction, so I read the bible.

I'm a complete moron that only reads what Oprah suggests. Today's book was "Contents: One Dozen Doughnuts"

I couldn't tell you the last book that I read cover to cover and finished. I'm not really into novels (Thanks, I'll wait for the movie), and my short attention span doesn't help much. I read books that can be read piecemeal. Currently, I'm working on "America, The Book" and "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes". Yes, I'm 14 mentally.

Must Love Dogs. Better book than movie. Read it in a day... it was cute... not exactly a literary masterpiece, but enjoyable none the less.

Well, I'm about 90% done with Welcome to the Monkey House. It's a collection of 25 short stories by Kurt Vonnegut. I've read most of Vonnegut's books, and, in my opinion, the quality of his work can range from complete crap to pure genius. This collection of short stories truly exemplifies Vonnegut's lowest lows. There are a few gems, but overall, I feel like most of these stories were written to be sold to Reader's Digest or some other publication geared toward's bored Housewives. So yeah, overall, I'm not too happy with this book.

Acid Dreams... I enjoyed it alot.

QOTD: dreams

question of the day: what is the last dream you had that you remember?

I dreamt that I was living in FL, but I still worked for [company]... the whole building was the same, most of the employees were the same, but the weather was really nice and we worked outside a lot. I was another employee's boss that I wouldn't normally be, and we got into a huge fight, and I threw a can of peaches at her to shut her up. Weird.

I've been watching street fighting clips on the web the past couple of days, so I've had nothing but violent dreams this week. Images of me kicking people in the face with no mercy.

last night...My father was picking me up for hockey, and I got an email from him telling me he had a new car and he has been waiting outside for 15 minutes (never came in or honked or anything). I then went outside and it was a new Jeep that had 15 seats, auto-pilot, a bed, and refrigerator...Next thing i know, we were in Arizona

There we were....all the sheep and I playing a round of poker when Ziggy (the big bad wolf) came storming in with an ax. He accused me of stealing his gold plated tree stump and proceeded to ask me all these questions about where is the clock? How far is that airplan? When do you use a spork? so weird....

I always have a re-occuring dream about being in a basketball game. I always get the ball and go up for a slam-dunk. I hang in the air long enough to look around and see the crowd watching me. Strange.

i ended up missing a boat and then in trying to get onto the boat I saved a few people from drowning. In the end, the boat stopped and I was able to get on.

the last dream i remember - [coworker] was having a party at his house...and people from work are hanging around. and [coworker] was there and she asked for a glass of milk. anyways - she dropped a little on the carpet..and [coworker] took her hand and slapped it [as if to reprimand her like a child]. she was crying. and the weirdest thing of it all is no one else at the party cared that [coworker] hit [coworker].

Dood! None of your business

i took the train to philly with my cousin, and we walked around and went to the art museum and stuff like that. i wanted to go to geno's for a cheesesteak (definitely not pat's because i went there the last time) and so we decided to go in my other cousin's car. so we get in and i can see the street that its on, but he says he knows a shortcut and somehow we end up in the woods and i'm getting really mad because i just want a cheesesteak!

i was interviewing my favorite band, except i wasn't paying attention to their answers, and they weren't listening to my questions.

i dreamt i got a really crappy pay increase. oh wait - that wasn't a dream......

No one should be subjected to that kind of madness…

I don't really think that this is the right place to discuss sex dreams about [female co-worker #1], or [female co-worker #2]; or me, [female co-worker #1] AND [female co-worker #2]. Or even about me, [female co-worker #3] AND [female co-worker #1] AND [female co-worker #2], being directed by a midget with a riding crop.

The one that keeps popping into my head is pretty lame... I should probably make up something a bit more exciting... I dreamt that it was 80 degrees in Albany...

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!

QOTD: how about a nice hawaiian punch?

question of the day: what would you do if i came up to you right now and punched you in the stomach?

I would do nothing to you but will go and molest your mom/sister/daughter.

puke

Throw up my bagel all over you

I would probably laugh at you. Everyone knows that if you're trying to get someone's attention, you have to punch them in the FACE.

I would laugh my ass off, ask you why you did it, and then chase you around to make you scream like a little girl. When I caught you, I'd kick you around a little until you said you were sorry and told me why the F*&% you did it.

First, I'd ask if your hand was okay. Second, I'd call an ambulance for you. Last, I'd open up the biggest can of whoop-ass this building has ever seen.

i'd stab you in the eye and run off to tijuana with my hookers. jerk.

That would be your LAST mistake ever. My sheep have had extensive martial arts training and would know exactly just what to do in the event their master was attacked.

AFTER I laughed at you for not hurting me, i would first punch you in the eye. Then, i would put you in a headlock, drag you over to the garbage can, make you eat garbage, and then throw you down the staircase. and then spit on you. now i am kind of hoping you do it

i'd think you were crazy and probably not talk to you again, actually* i really wouldn't talk to you again. there is no probably

i think i'd have to shove my scissors in your eye

that would be pretty weird to see myself coming at myself and punching myself. i think i would probably explode.

Get really excited that I had an excuse to go home!

Sure, I'm a little fat, but don't confuse me for a pregnant woman.

First, I would laugh at how weak your punch is, then I would end you. After that, I'd probably get some hookers and sheep and go party.

I am cooler than you

As a blogger I have several responsibilities in life. One responsibility is to hate the term “blogger.” Another job I have is to fact-check the hell out of stories and happenings in the world today. Yet another thing I have to do is attempt to report on these findings objectively, covering several sides to the stories at hand.

So that is why I can unequivocally state with full facts to support my argument that I am now cooler than you. Way cooler. I’ve gone glacier on your ass and all you can do is sit there in your tropical rain forest all sweaty.

Why am I cooler than you? Simple. I know someone that writes for theonion.com. That’s right. I’m that cool. To protect her real identity, (for all onion writers are actually super heroes), let’s call her Vidalia.

Vidalia has started posting hilarious items on theonion.com and I know her. Not you. Me. So the next time you start that positive thinking kick, just remember, you ain’t as cool as me.

To continue my coolness rant, next time I’ll tell you about a guy I know that peruses Craig’s List during his lunch hour a few times a week.

QOTD: you are such a geek

question of the day: everyone is a geek about something. what do you geek out about?

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I'm a total geek about a couple of things... mostly about schedules and planning. i REALLY like to be on time, particularly ridiculously early for functions or flights... but not so much for work...

how about EVERYTHING. But mostly politics.

i'm a geek about (un)food.

R rated movies

I geek out about cooking related stuff like recipes, techniques, and equipment. Give a man food and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to cook and he'll blather on about what kind of pan surface is best for de-glazing.

animals - whenever i see one i have to run up to it to pet it, squeeling like a little girl.

Any kind of new technology - TVs, cell phones, computer stuff, etc. Prime example: I think I was the first kid in my elementary school to have a totally awesome calculator watch.

I totally geek out about working on my motorcycle. I love to read about combustion and how the different parts of an engine work together. So, in essence, I'm a bad ass geek, I suppose.

perfectionist about anything I'm working on, but I rarely "geek out" because I'm a jack of all trades. Although I am the "family geek" on anything that has to do with a computer because I happen to work on one all day, but that doesn't mean I know a damn thing about them. I hate it! Am I alone on this one? think not

i like to geek out about quantum physics. every time i'm with my friends, i'm like "electrons don't just move around the nucleus in elliptical orbits, you know!" then they get mad at me, and tell me to go [expletive] myself. then, i'm like "why [expletive] myself when i can [expletive] a hooker?" that normally shuts them up.

I’m a geek about lots of things -
1. I know a lot about signs
2. I get excited about business articles on China and India
3. And I like to make lists. I have lists for everything…
- to name a few..and TRAVELZOO

A certain aquatic rock band.

music, pirates, zombies, and any combination of the three. if i ever saw a guitar playing pirate zombie i think i would explode. oh, and web standards.

What am I not a geek about?

The pursuit of bajingo.

Playing "Risk" with the sheep. They always win!!!!

i don't geek out about nothing

I’m a complete geek about new books and magazines. I love the covers, I love finding new things, I love expanding my mind…

QOTD: what would zack morris do?

question of the day: who do you want to play you in the movie of your life?

Toonces The Driving Cat

Rainn Wilson of The Office, otherwise known as Dwight. Only because Rick James has left the building

Queen Latifah

Drew Barrymore.

Me ofcourse!

Younger version – neve campbell, Older version – sandra bullock

Bruce Willis....Since I once fought terrorists on the top of Nakotomi plaza also, I figured he would be the best.

I'm gonna have to go with Dustin Diamond. I mean, who else could accurately portray my life in the 'hood other than Screetch Powers??

Vin diesel.

I'd play myself.... no wait, I've done that--and it's called amateur porn.

Johnny Depp

I have a movie about my life? When is the release date? How come I didn’t sign off on this?!?! I guess I would want Faduel Moghabghab to play me (even though he’s dead).

Either Ben Affleck or Shelley Winters

Since the story of my life has already been optioned by a large movie studio, I really can't comment until production begins. Thank you.

Oliver Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy)

the easy answer would be paul giamatti, esp in american splendor, but i would rather giovanni ribisi play me.

i'd say lucy from i love lucy, she's always up to trouble

Adam Sandler

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QOTD: the talent

question of the day: if you could have any talent that you currently do not have, what would it be and why?

I would like to be better at math. so i could get a better job.

dance, cause I suck at it.

Speaking multiple foreign languages. It would be fun to travel to different countries and emerge myself in their language and culture. Either that, or playing the flute through my nose.

I can’t draw a stick figure to save my life. It might be nice to have some sort of artistic or musical ability.

xxxx: i would like to fly
me: not a super power! an actual ability
xxxx: i would like to be invisible
me: >:(

didn't we do this one already? My answer is the ability to poop money.

hmmm play the piano cuz I always wanted to... or be artistic so it would be a hobby to do in spare time.

miming. everybody loves a mime.

i wish i was able to sing - this way I could become rich and famous and not have to worry about working a 9-5 type job ever again. that and everyone else i'm sure would appreciate me having a better voice

there are so many talents i want real bad - i'd say first i wish i was brilliant in mathematics - so good i could have gone to MIT and majored in it. secondly, i wish i could play the piano, violin, and drums. and lastly, i wish i could break dance - because girls that can break dance are awesome.

Karate...I would then kick peoples asses more easily and people would be afraid of Master [firstname] The Dragon [lastname]

I would like to have a talent for singing. Everyone in my family sings well and some play instruments. I am the only engineer. Growing up I was told that if I sang, the donkeys would moan

I wanna be a Rock and Roll Rock star!!!

To be more handy around my house so I don't have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for plumbers, electricians, etc.

I'm headin' down to the crossroads to sell my soul to the devil, so that I can have some sick guitar playing skills. Either that, or I'd like to be a ninja.

Knowing another language... Spanish, Chinese, French, ASL. Being able to communicate with and understand more people on the planet is generally a positive trait. You're just an asshole if you speak English LOUDLY and sloooooowwwwly to someone who doesn't understand English.

If I could be talented at sports, I would be the world’s most talented man alive!! Ok, how about in my apartment at least...

i would like to be able to fix things, like my car, or stuff around the house. or juggle. i'd like to come up with better questions on a monday morning. and to whistle!

QOTD: knives, bats, new tats

question of the day: do you have any tattoos? if yes, what are they of? if you don't, what tattoo would you get, if you were so inclined?

None... probably would never get one.

no tattoos - but i like the idea of them. i have thought about a bull on my lower back - the sign of taurus. or music notes. and some other things that i can't say here even if it anonymous.

no tattoo....would never think of it...You regret it later in life

I don't have one YET...but all the sheep do. I personally design my own art on their ears. I find its best to do this when they are sleeping or grazing. The one I'm going to get will be of a cross on my arm with the Italian flag draped around it with my father's and grand father's initials above it

Yeah, I have 2 tattoos. A tribal band around my ankle and another piece of tribal art on my shoulder. I've wanted a third one for a while now, but I'm not sure what to get

No tattoos. The only thing I can think of putting on my body would be Snoopy but since I am already so white, i don't think he would show up very well.

i do have a tatoo. it is of a 4 leaf clover. you must "get lucky" to see it and find out where it is.

I don't have any. If I were inclined; I would flowers of some kind.

No tattos. But if I would get one, it would be a picture of [coworkers] head on my chest!!

nope, no need or wants. I used to want one, but i grew out of it.

i would want tattoos of hookers, but i already have too many on me as it is. therefore, i'd go with a [company i work for] logo, so i can rack in the [incentive program points]

no tats, i think i might like a maple leaf somewhere though. or a teardrop under my eye!

xxxx: Yes, I have a Tattoo of Jennifer Aniston on my ass.
me: for real?
xxxx: Yes
me: i don't beleieve you
xxxx: why do you want to see it?
me: um. thats ok

unfortunately not - always wanted to. want to get ones on the back of my neck and/or my lower back - chinese characters to represent words that describe me best.

No, N/A

No tats... I haven't felt passionately about anything enough to commit it to appearing on my body for the rest of my life. Maybe when I'm 50 and get married--to a 25-year-old, of course--I'd get a ring tattoo.

Yes, I have traditional song birds on my back holding a banner with some words on it. The meaning is not worth getting into. I would love to expand my current back piece so that it covers my entire back. I also want a half sleeve on my right arm and a few other miscellaneous pieces. I have a few ideas about the subject matter in my head, but I'm not ready to make any appointments just yet. Besides, I need to raise a few thousand dollars to get this all done.

No tattoos. Been planning to get one. I want a tattoo of a real real muscular man with real good looks, life sized over my whole body.

I have four.
A rose on my ankle (I know, how unoriginal but I got it 13 years ago and the tattoo craze hadn’t really caught on yet. Plus, I still really love it and I haven’t seen one that even comes close to my design.)
A cross with a rose on the left-hand side small of my back (this one hurt like an SOB)
A little heart design on my shoulder. (My mom liked this one so much she got it too)
A starburst design on my left big toe. This is my favorite, I told the tattoo artist what I wanted and he drew me 5 sketches and the one was exactly what I pictured in my mind. It is fabulous.
No more for me though, my husband is not a fan :-(

I have a tribal band tatoo around my right arm - yeah, real original I know. It seemed cool 6 years ago. I still like it, though.

QOTD: garden state

question of the day: nj recently held a competition to come up with a new slogan for the state. what slogan do you think would be good for nj?

The capital of corruption!

NJ: What's that Smell?

NJ - birthplace of Cones

"Yes, we will take your trash"

Don't Vermont Jersey!

Welcome to NJ: leave your dreams and sheep at the boarder

NJ: come for the jughandles, stay 'round for the circles!

Land of 10,000 Hookers (i'm not sure if that's an accurate number, but i know it's at least 214)

"New Jersey - turn signals optional"

"Welcome to New Jersey...leave your dreams at the border" or "Welcome to New Jersey...It Stinks SOOOO Good"

new jersey - why the hell not?

Come, partake in the joy

NJ and you; Perfect Together: Highest Taxes; Highest Property taxes; Highest auto insurance; Political corruption. A perfect place to live and retire!

NJ: Who Would Have Thought?!

New Jersey: It's Not As Bad As You Think It Is.

You've got a couple thousand enemies in New Jersey

New Jersey: Come waste your life away in our traffic.

I like to kiss women in a dirty place... New Jersey!

NJ - Such a TINY state, but so much to do

NJ...it ain't Long Island
NJ...it just smells bad part of the time
NJ...Like Bruce Springsteen or else!!!
NJ...yes, the sopranos are real
NJ...Eat A Bag of #@$!, you $%&#!!!

You have 49 other states to live in/visit. Why on earth do you want to come here?

Fugetaboutit!

GTFO while you can.

1) NJ…It’s really not that bad
2) I like NJ? (a take on the NY slogan)
3) You’ll get used to the smell
4) High taxes, high car insurance and unaffordable housing. What’s not to like?
5) We added more White Castle’s!
6) High toxin levels in our waters mean less sharks for your safety
7) 1,319 7eleven’s can’t be wrong
8) Proud home of Clerks
9) If Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springstein are still here
10) It’s really not that much better anywhere else

QOTD: very special day

question of the day: what other famous person from history deserves to have a national holiday, and why?

Elvis. Because anyone that wears a gold lame suit and still looks kinda hot deserves a holiday.

I've drawn a blank... I guess no one. Maybe Rosa Parks. For the most part, once you leave elementary school these holidays mean nothing more then a day off from work and an excuse to get drunk on a Sunday night.

Jan 8th. Elvis Presley. Do I really need to explain why?

what I want to know is... how come our military gets two holidays (labor day and memorial day) but Jesus only gets one (christmas day) ? Isn't that F'ed up ?

Me...cause I'm an awesome shepherd

i think in the states...we should get the monday after the superbowl off.

gandhi - cause he was one kickass person!

juan valdez...he makes good coffee and shares my affection of hookers

Baby Huey for National Stupid Day

Bob Hope... for all he's done to support our military throughout his life.

Whoever was instrumental in making the lousiana purchase. That/those people need a day to be designated. As I see it they made USA possible

Michael Jordan, for no reason at all other than he's the greatest athlete that this nation has ever seen.

Hugh Heffner -- he revolutionized the two things long considered taboo in our society: hot naked women, and orgies. That man deserves his own month.

lewis and clark, for all their explorations, capt cook for his discoveries (and for being just about the only explorer to treat native peoples like humans), William Seward for Seward's folly, which turned out to be a great thing

Thomas Edison. Because he invented so many items that we still use today.

Maybe I'm a little jaded, but does it really matter? Do people actually care about any of these holidays? I didn't go out an honor MLK Jr. yesterday. In fact, I didn't think about him or the civil rights movement at all. When President's day comes around, I won't be thinking about GW or Abe Lincoln. The only remotely political figure I may think about is Sam Adams while the rest of the country is out shopping for hot President's Day sales. And besides, another national holiday means one less floating holiday for us.

Howard Stern. He made it acceptable for losers like me to be, well, losers. He gave us a collective voice. Plus, he took the potty humor to a whole new level by including such natural bodily faculties like farting, peeing and pooing. And gave society some of the most significant inventions like Tickle Chair and Robo Spanker. He is God!

QOTD: i appoint myself VP of blogging

question of the day: what is your opinion of the reorganization? Do you think anything will really change, and will it be better or worse? If you don’t know anything about the reorg, what are your plans for the long weekend?

The re-org is quite discombabulating. I do not know if it was intended to foster change. It was more like change is happenning, lets see what else we can do.

We have a [person in new position] to look into new technology while (people in annoymous position) write code in 5 year old technology. The fact that they hire a replacement for (person who's leaving) without consulting one person on the (people in annoymous position) team shows how management feels about their input. So just jam more stuff down our necks and tell us what a great job we're doing and how you couldn't do it without us.

i'm glad it happened since it's helping me get my career plans together and have a reorg of myself!!!!

Reorg - I don't think things will change for most of us. [coworkers] are probably in for the most adjusting to the new setup.

my plans for the weekend are to cuddle up with a bag of cheetos and Pennsylvania Dutch birch beer.

nothing i like to speak about on record

I think that the long weekend is good for our department and the company. Some people will ask, "Do we really need a long weekend, especially so soon after the holidays?" I say yes. Some of us were too busy to take off during the holidays.

i plan to paint my house and watch football.

this probably won't affect me at all, and i have no major plans this weekend, thanks for rubbing it in!

I think there are too many directors and execs and not enough actual people to carry out the work. We need more minions, not execs. This weekend I plan on watching football and catching up on sleep.

The reorg doesn't affect my group so I don't know of any direct changes. As for the weekend, play some Madden, play some poker, watch some football

Happy hour tonight (all are welcome) and Philly tomorrow. I'll be watching every second of every NFL Playoff game as well. And if I'm up for it, maybe a little snowboarding on Monday to celebrate my African roots.

i have no real opinions in the reorganization of [dept] (as i am not in that group). i am sad about [coworker] leaving...but hopefully this [new coworker] guy will be cool. as for the long weekend - i have MANY activities planned...i'm pumped.

Aspects of the change are good. Bringing in a fresh perspective has the possibility to help breath new life into the organization. Some of the other changes will not be all that significant. There is the potential to accomplish a lot of great things in 2006 but only if the right processes are put in place. I think that if people want to take advantage of this opportunity to foster change then now's the time to do it. If people would rather sit around and complain about how everything sucks then they should check out www.monster.com.

QOTD: you should be ashamed of yourself!

question of the day: what is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while at work?

So, there I was eating lunch at the other end of the building (at my old job) and the food was kinda greasy so I decided to wash my hands after lunch. Well I didn't realize that the bathrooms at the other end of the building were set up in reverse of the bathrooms near the end where I worked. Without looking I walked into the bathroom and began to wash my hands. I looked up in the mirror and thought to myself, that's strange - no urinals. I continued to wash my hands. The stall at the end of the row of toilets opened up and out came the lady that ran our mail room. It then clicked that I was not in the mens room but instead I was standing in the ladies room. I was so embarrassed.

I once congratulated the wrong coworker on her pregnancy. That REALLY sucked, but…I’ll never do that again!

Somehow, I ended up working at [company] for over 4 years. Boy, was my face red.

my boss was at my computer and my friend im'd me saying she couldn't believe she had done something with this guy ( sexual implications). She used a lot of words that were inappropriate. I reached over very quickly and clicked out of the box, but i am almost sure he saw

I was going into the stairwell and the doors don't have windows, so you can't see if anyone is on the other side. I must've been in a rush that day because I came flying through the door and was inches away from knocking out our CEO with the door. (Note: I actually did smash one of these doors into someone's face once and the guy had to go to the hospital to get stitches). Either that or the time I sharted...

a coworker saw my paycheck amount and a hooker came to my cube when she was instructed to wait outside

At a job interview once, I had diarrhea. I excused myself to go the men's room between interviewers, only I was in there practically dying for about 30 minutes. At some point, they sent someone to see if I was okay. I finished the interview but I didn't get the job.

"what do you mean, RE- move?"

It happens all the time, so I'm probably beyond embarassment by now. Talking to a co-worker, trashing a third party... and then having that third party walk up behind me and hear the conversation.

i forgot to wear deodorant one day - and it was during a summer heatwave....not pleasant ;}

Hitting reply in an email instead of forward. While working at my old company the exec at our San Diego office sent out an email regarding an open position at her office. Thinking I forwarded it to my co-worker I wrote “Great weather, $h!tty salary”. Of course the second I clicked send I KNEW I hadn’t forwarded it and that feeling of diarrhea inducing doom washed over me. Then I had to make nice and apologize to her. Ugh.

two embarassing things have happened - i don't know which is worse...i broke up with someone via messenger at work - the conversation was insane and AFTER we implemented pod messaging, so i've been super paranoid that someone downstairs has read and laughed about that conversation. and one time i said something about fishes and jelly things and flashlights all in one sentence to my boss. she has been spreading it like wild flower.

Can't think of anything. May be that makes me shameless

I got foiled

One of the sheep put a "kick me" sign on my back.

Public viewing of my appearance on Double Dare from 1988. at [work].

maybe when my sheep called up and said it was pregnant and i yelled, "[coworker] is going to be a father".

QOTD: childhood

Question of the day: what do you miss most about childhood?

99 cent gasoline and half-price hooker day

my innocence. life was so much easier and happier then. didn't realize how crappy this world is!

being able to get dirty and enjoy it. i should clarify, get dirty, as in outside

underoos

Sheep tossing

I miss not having a care in the world. I’m talking pre-school and kindergarten times. When my biggest worry was what I was going to play with that day and how many cookies I could talk my mom into letting me have. Making mud pies and climbing trees, waiting by the door for my dad to get home from work. Riding my bike and going swimming in the summers and in winter making snow forts and going sledding until my lips turned blue. How great would it be to act like a goofball without any repercussions and not have to worry about bills, schedules and all of the crap that goes hand-in-hand with being an adult?

recess, nap time, not being accountable for anything.

i miss having summers off, not having to worry about finances, having fun, and my hair.

Ignorance. Not being aware of consequences is such a great thing.

walking around naked all the time

naked chicks. you could go anywhere and see naked chicks

Nap time during the day, wearing diapers (I'm sick of walking all the way down the hall), its simplicity (no responsibilities), kickball, fitting on a swing, playing "manhunt" at night over the summer.

my complete innocence to life. i was a pretty naive kid

not having to make life altering decisions constantly, with no notice. not putting myself in awkward situations, or at least being too young to understand why they are awkward

My youth and imagination. Used to be content for hours with my Legos and Star Wars figures. Used to ride my bike for what seemed like miles. And most of all, in my childhood, I never had to pay for RENT. I think I miss that the most…

It's so funny to say this now... school. And summer camp! how time heals all wounds. Remember fun things like recess, lunch, gym class... I'm not talking high school, or even middle school... I'm talking 2nd grade.

the sex

QOTD: fancy a corndog, bro?

Question of the day: you are being executed, for crimes against humanity, at midnight. What is your last meal?

1 pint of Guinness
Caesar Salad
Surf and Turf with prime rib cooked medium rare
Garlic mashed potatoes
Crème Brulee with raspberries

if i was going to die - i'd eat like whoa...who cares if you eat 17,000 calories...you are dying the next day, right? i'd have a huuuuge margarita on the rocks with salt - with calamari and vegetable noodles as appetizer. then i'd have a balsamic vinagerette salad (not cause its healthy, but because its goooood), tomato soup, then tandoori chicken, palak paneer, naan, raita for dinner (with kirin beer), a chocolate brownie sunday - and perhaps a nice italian coffee

I do not want to think about it and be ready - No thanks

I've done nothing but serve humanity!!! You think those sheep would have done as well without me?!?! Think again, my good man! I guess my last meal would have to be lemon pepper fox or wolf....I told them I would have my revenge eventually!!!

a huge bowl of pasta and eggplant parmesan and an ice cream sundae

a corndog, bro

cream of spinach soup, baked chicken, and carrot cake and bailey's on the rocks

Will they give you alcohol if you're about to be executed? Because, honestly, I just want a cheap bottle of booze so I can pass out before the big death.

Kim Chi, but should be ordered from a particular South Korean restaurant in South Korea

i am having some major mexican food so that when i am fryed, people will have to evacuate

I'm a big fan of irony, so if I'm being executed for crimes against humanity I'd have to order a nice big serving of man-steak.

Chicago-style deep dish pizza. It's murderer-riffic!

goat tacos and cervasa, preferably from a street vendor in mexico city. for desert, bread pudding

My last meal would have to be a French Slam from Denny's (2 pieces of French Toast, 2 eggs scrambled with cheddar cheese, a double side of bacon and a side of shoe string hash browns). And I'd wash it all down with a tall, cool chocolate milkshake.

Crimes against humanity? Do I deserve a last meal? I don’t feel that it is cruel and unusual punishment to ignore this item. If one is being EXECUTED for crimes against humanity, what is wrong with a standard meal. So if I were to put myself as a head honcho in the crime of genocide, or whatever, do I deserve surf’n turf washed down with a nice pinot grecio before my final moments? Must be nice. How about a slide show instead, depicting the crime, followed by a confrontation by all family members affected by the evils that must have pumped through the veins of one deserving of death as a last meal. But this is America. I will take an artichoke spinach cheese dip in a bread bowl to start with a Grande Mariner (three fingers with 4 cubes of ice) to start. Then a nice filet mignon (medium rare), laced with horse-radish and wrapped with bacon with a half rack of dry rubbed baby-back ribs (no worries about mud butt in the morning now is there). For a side I will take garlic mashed potatoes and seasoned sweet corn, washed down with a nice Merlot. Since I am lactose intolerant, it won’t matter if I have some warm apple pie, ala mode. Espresso with that of course.

I probably wouldn't deserve a last meal and would most likely pass. But if I had no choice... well, a nice Kobe burger, a bottle of opus one, a side of truffle infused french fries, a canoli, glass of 20 year old twany port, and a good Cuban cigar.

Nachos, chicken marsala, and carrot cake. Sure it sounds gross, but you need the greatest hits for the last meal ever!

QOTD: aliens exist?

question of the day: do you believe in aliens (life on other planets)? why or why not?

Can't decide; the universe seems too big for there not to be life somewhere else.

I think you might be an alien.

yes, because of millions of galixies multipied by billions of stars in each galaxy, the odds are for life

no, because there are enough freaks that already live on earth, i doubt there could be more elsewhere

of course i do, i work with a bunch of them. In my opinion, it would be ignorant to say no. There are billions upon billions of objects in the universe, at least one other has to have life. Besides, the South Park Episode where Earth is a TV show kicked butt.

It’s way too big a universe for our planet to be so unique. The universe, after all, relies on a series of patterns…

of course. we can't be the only living organisms out there. My other belief is that our lives are really only what othersout there dream when they sleep. too deep for this venue?

Yes and No. Yes because, theres gotta be somebody else out there in those thousands of planets. No because, we are yet to see some indisputable proof

we are definitely not alone in this universe, but i think whatever is out there isn't something like us, or like movie monster aliens or something like that.

nah. Even if there were life on other planets they would be so far away that they could never travel here. Or, it would more likely be just plant life or something.

but of course - first and foremost it would be so arrogant and ignorant of humans to think we are the only ones out there and secondly i saw a UFO in the sky in Cancun. i was standing in the ocean late at night with my sister, and we saw a really bright light in the sky just hovering - for maybe like a minute and then it shot off in a straight line so fast and then disappeared.

The universe is too large to fathom that we are the only intelligent life form in even our view of the universe. So yes. Do I think we are going to over run by little green beings with ray guns. No.

Have you seen "South Park" when the aliens talk to the cows? Same applies for my sheep

if aliens existed wouldnt they have contacted us by now.

No. Aliens do not exist since no one has committed attrocities throughout history in the name of aliens! 'God', on the otherhand, must exist--since holy wars are cool things to have. Now that's an imaginary person we can all get behind! You don't think so? We'll that's fightin' words!

No, I do not believe in aliens, but I do believe that there is "life" on other planets, even if they are just single-celled organisms or plants. I think that instead of spending money on a war with a country on our planet, which we already know everything about, we should be spending money on space exporation. Let's just send a rocket to space, with no passengers, and see how far it can go.

YES --- i refuse to believe that we are the only life in the universe. we only know what we've discovered so far - and we can't even go past our own galaxy. not even that - we don't even know all about the planets in our own solar system...we think we do, but we don't. i mean --- just a couple hundred years ago, many people believed the world was flat...i'm sure there are many misconceptions our generation has as well that people in the future will laugh about

i believe in life on other planets, but not necessarily intelligent life. part of my upbringing i guess. i just don't think there are aliens watching us or whatever... i think it has to do with religion maybe? i am not super religious or anything, but general christianity would tell you that ain't the way it works...

Sure I believe...Universe has infinite size and therefore infinite possibility, which keeps my dream alive that somewhere out there, there is a possibility that a place exists where my pick-up lines actually work.

QOTD: tech support

question of the day: what trend or new technology are you looking forward to in 2006 for the web, or to help you with your job?

Some sort of 'virtual-commuting'. If only there were some sort of technology where I could connect to the network here at work from my home, so that I would not have to spend 8 hours a week in travel time!

RSS feeds, fully integrating blog technology, using del.ici.ious to help us market...and i hear personally -- there is the new video/live thing coming out for newspapers, magazines...its going to be awesome. its like a talking advertisement

the trend will be that everyone works from home

Ajax

a machine that will make me feel like i have slept longer than i have

absolutely none
I hate the web
I hate ASP
I hate PHP
I hate Oracle
I hate mySql
I hate .NET

a robot of myself that will handle all of the stupid requests i get every day.

Ball bearings. It's all ball bearings nowadays.

anything google touches turns to gold, so it will be interesting to see what new innovations they'll come up with this year.

The SS-XT 2006 trimmer!!!! If you haven't heard, your ass better go ask somebody!!! It's the latest sheep trimmer made only for the most advanced users!

i want to see how horrible IE7 turns out to be. nail in the coffin!

I am looking to get more involved in VOIP technology, as that seems to be where most industries are heading to. Specifically, CISCO certifications, as the voice end is pretty simple.

This has nothing to do with the web and will probably be detrimental to my job since I'll be up all night using it, but I'd really like to get an Xbox 360. And try not to die, Amp'd mobile looks pretty cool too...their commercials are funny though. It's always like a hotel maid finding a dead body and she starts yelling at it. Then it's like "try not to die, amp'd mobile is coming soon"

a robot. that looks like me and can create the illusion of busy when i am not in the mood to work.

QOTD: infamy

question of the day: where were you/what were you doing on sept 11 2001 when you heard about the attacks?

I was sitting at my desk working the helpdesk when my coworker received a call from his wife that a jet crashed into the first building. He is originally from Brooklyn thus having family and friends in the metro NYC area. Even had friends who worked in the towers. I went to his desk to check out CNN online when we saw the second plane hit and knew it was a terrorist attack. The whole company practically shut down with TVs turned on in every available office. The silence was never heard louder that day at [company]. Then came the reports of the PA jet going down. By @2pm, all were told to go home, as many in the company were in shock and too busy confirming the safety of loved ones. Yeah, 2 months later I got laid off...

i was unemployeed and slept in that morning. took the dogs out and said outloud what a beautiful day it was. came inside and picked up a magazine and my roommates mother called saying "did you hear about the towers? put on the news". and i spent the next two days frantic on making sure all friends and family who worked in the city were ok - unfortunately my family wasn't so lucky. definitely a day i will never forget.

i was in the office and heard a co-worker talk about it. Watched the second plane hit in the conference room and decided to go home and watched the news the rest of the day.

I was at my desk working when I got an email from my husband. He said there was a rumor going around that a plane had hit one of the twin towers.

I was at home, it was my parents 30th wedding anniv... I thought my mom was callin to say she got the huge bouquet my dad sent but instead it was to inform me of what happened and have me make phone calls to make sure our family was ok.

I was actually unemployed at the time, it was a month before I got hired here. I had to take my grandmom to a doctor's appt. in the morning and it was on the TV there.

I was driving to work in TN & heard it on Howard Stern. About halfway through the day, they closed off downtown Memphis and I went and bought a TV. It suddenly seemed like a good idea to have one.

I was working. I had a flight scheduled the next day from Newark to LAX... I was supposed to go on vacation with my boyfriend at the time. Originally, we were going to go on Sept. 11, but it is my mother's birthday, so we rescheduled for the next day so we could have dinner with her. We never went to Los Angeles.

in french class the second week of school of my senior year in high school

Sitting in my office in DC, listening to Howard Stern.

I was working 10-7 that day so I was on my way into work. I was sitting at the light at Bear Brook Rd. and Alexander Road in Princeton listening to Howard thinking to myself what a beautiful day it was. As soon as they mentioned that a plane had hit one of the towers I immediately switched over to an all news station to see if it was true.

i was chatting online with mom through msn from singapore...and she's like -- umm a plane just went into the WTC. i thought she was watching the tv version of tabloids...and then she said another plane hit a building...i checked online...and that was the beginning of a long night trying to find friends with a tv (everyone i was close to were other study abroad students, so none of us had tvs...crazy)

due to late night the previous day, was sleeping unfortunately instead of being on a bus to work in NY

I was at home to call about a job and set up an interview, so i called the guy and the first thing he said to me was "did you hear what happened?!", i had not since i pretty much just woke up. so we set up an interview time and after the phonecall was done i switched on the tv just before the second tower fell.

I was working as a Geologist down in Paulsboro, NJ, pumping out contaminated water on an environmental clean-up site (an old oil refinery). My truck was close to where I was, so I was listening to Howard Stern on the radio when he started reporting the attacks. Since it was Howard, I thought it was just a joke. I tuned to some am news radio stations and realized that he wasn't kidding. I was frantically trying to call my dad because he works right by there, but I was unable to reach him. Scary day...

I was here at [company] and I had just come out of the computer room from changing the backup tapes when I overheard [coworker] say something about a plane hitting the WTC. I looked over his shoulder at CNN.com and thought what every other American did at first....it was an accident. I resumed my normal work habits and then heard about the second plane hitting the other tower. I thought at that moment "this is no accident....this is an attack". At this point I tried contacting many friends I had who worked there or around the area, but got nothing. I even recieved calls on my cell (I had worked there a year earlier) from people who thought I was still in the city. I found out days later that most were fine, but one I never heard from again.

working here

at home sick watching TV. I wound up talking on both my home phone and cell phone to all my friends and family at work because none of them could get updates on what was going on. I saw the last couple of planes hit the towers live on TV.

Was just about to check email at work ...

QOTD: driving in jersey

question of the day: what is the craziest/funniest/most dangerous thing that's ever happened to you while you were driving?

on my 18th birthday i was drinking at a bar with some friends. on our way home, i was so drunk i "fell asleep". we were in a small pick up truck and got clipped by a tractor trailer and flipped over. the bed of the truck came off and went up the road about 50 feet away, and we had to crawl out of the driver's side window to get out. broken glass everywhere, even in my pockets which was weird. we went to the hospital in an ambulance and got all checked out and everything. minor injuries oddly enough, as it was a pretty bad crash. i had to call my mom from the hospital and she was asleep... she asked me what time it was and i was crying and told her it was 3:15 in the morning. she yelled at me and said she would be there to pick me up right away and then told me to try to sober up by then. i asked her why she would say that and she replied "it's a quarter after 12".

Driving 100 mph on a gravel road in my Dad's car - just me, no passengers.

driving down I95 someone going South bound crossed the grassy divider into the north bound lane and was headed toward me in my lane till I swerved.

a hooker tried to carjack me at gunpoint

the one that comes to mind just happened on xmas - i was driving and a car coming in the other direction lost control of their car, came into my lane head on, then swerved back and forth-i just passed them when they crossed over the yellow line again, did a 180 and flipped over in a ditch - yes, have to say that was very scary

A crowbar flew off the back of a dump truck and bounced off the roof of my car.

Did a 360 powerslide while going up route 1 because the steering wheel was yanked out of my hand. Morale: never have an argument with a woman while driving....anything can and probably will happen. we were fine and so was the car....for some reason i didn't panic, probably too pissed off to be scared

besides racing my car on 95 at around 130mph and making it home from phila in about 20 minutes... probably having a deer fly across my hood from underneath the bottom of a tractor trailer at around 2 in the morning and not having one scratch on my car. That ranks up there for me.

when i was in high school - i had a brief smoking phase...so i am driving back from school smoking and trying really hard to keep the smoke out of the car so my parents couldn't smell it - and making a left turn, plus messing around with the radio - almost got into a TERRIBLE accident, but i didn't. i guess that's the most dangerous - i don't really live on the wild side...although, one time - i got the best motorcycle ride of my life - going sooooooooooooooo fast and going around all corners - the bike was so close to the ground, it was AWESOME.

i was in the passenger seat with the with the window down, just enjoying the ride, when i felt a thump on my chest. my friend said it was probably just the wind on the seat belt, but when we stopped and got out of the car, there was a bird in the back window! i got hit by a bird.

this is crazy, funny and dangerous. One time on the nj turnpike I was following an 18-wheeler. All of a sudden I heard what I thought was a gunshot.
One of the back tires of the 18-wheeler burst, peeled off the wheel, uncoiled and was hurtling towards me, right for the windshield of my car. So, I did what most people do when a giant object is headed right for them, I ducked, while driving.
I kept the car on the road but the tire uncoiled and was now a long, flat piece of rubber and steel with death written all over it. One busted through windshield on the passenger side. The other end of what was now a big “U” flapped around and ripped off my passenger mirror and just flapped mercilessly against the roof of the car.
The truck never even stopped. I pulled over. Pulled the tire out of my windshield and drove to the nearest windshield place.

Well, there we were, driving about 369 mph down a small country road....drinking, singing, and just having a grand ol time when Billy, the crazy sheep of the group, decided it would be funny to cover my eyes right before a hairpin turn. I have to admit, it was funny but we ended up deep into the forest where the Blair witch made us walk in circles for days. At this point we all got very frustrated with Billy. We were starving so we decided to play the "Alive" game and guess who was the first to go?

in australia they have these things called "road trains", which are big 18 wheelers with 3 and 4 full size trailers attached. they also have one lane highways. not such a good combination, especially if you aren't used to driving on the left!

I was on my way to work 2 years ago when I was hit by a Snapple truck. I was perpendicular to the truck and my hood was totally pinned under his truck as he drove down route 1 for what seemed like an eternity. The back tire was rolling and rolling on the side of my car as I was being dragged along. I was waiting for it to catch, bump up, and land on top of my car, which would have instantly crushed me. Thankfully, the tire finally just bumped me out and he sped off. I gave chase and got his license plate and took him to court. Either that time, or the time I launched my car off of a snow bank into the woods which probably looked like a Knight Rider turbo boost circa 1983.

sex, sex, sex.

A deer jumped over the hood of my car and miraculously didn’t touch it.
Another time I was in a rush, sat down, started the car and drove off. Unbeknownst to me there was a yellowjacket on the seat. It stung me on the ass while I was driving.

getting a bj on the parkway thinking i was doing 75 when i looked down and saw i was going 20

I pulled out of the parking lot and was trying to get on the road and I heard this loud thump. I had pulled out of the lot and into a Nissan Maxima. Sun glare was involved. Luckily no injuries to people nor to cars

while driving home from Wildwood I put the car on cruise control to take a catnap, and had my friend steer the car. We eventually got pulled over by a cop for driving too close to the shoulder. Pretty studid.

QOTD: twenty oh six

question of the day: so how has 2006 been for you so far? Do anything exciting for it?

2006 workwise pretty much sucks. personally, it's mediocre. i'm trying not to smoke which is making me irritable as well.

Spent way too much time while shopping for Internet service. Found out that, instead of going directly to comcast (local provider) I can go to the retailers and get a sweet deel (modem free ~$60 value). Went to staples they said no mass, instead I bought envelopes. (roll eyes). Went to BestBuy, found the "kit", no one ready to help ... waited ...asked for assistance ... not happenning. So left .. Did I mention it was raining?

i've had a horrible stomach ache for the past two days...so ummm, 2006 hasn't been all that great yet - oh and its not cause i'm still hung over from new years eve, i don't know what the hell is wrong with me

So far, 2006 has been pretty slow moving. It's too cold out for my sheep to graze and I fear that many of them may go bald. Also, I can't find my staff...

I had the flu all weekend, so I spent New Year's alone, taking shots of Vodka in my room. I totally made out with my coconut monkey when the clock struck 12.

started registering at babys r us.

Awesome! I took my dog to get his nails clipped, put away all the Christmas decorations, got some laundry done. Does the fun ever start?

i didn't work on the 2nd so it had been great, now it sucks

had a party at my place - the deadbolt on my door broke and i couldn't open the door - my friend had to climb up the balcony to get in - all under the influence - good times for sure!

So far it's been great...I've especially enjoyed the tasty new snack the governement is producing. ...they call it soylent green or something. As far as excitement...I did manage to put the garbage out this week....so right now it's just wait and see what happens.

2 words sum up my 2006: kabuki theater. I'd give it 4 shaved sheep!

just another year

you know its going to be an awesome year when on the first day you get shot at!

I scaled Mt. Everest and went over Niagra Falls in a barrel and survived. Other than that its been a pretty ho-hum year thus far.

Well since it has only been 3 days, it’s been pretty good, started the year in a bar :-) no better way

Happy New Year! So far, so good. Kept it low-key this year and really enjoyed it.