bjciii: My twisted thoughts

I’ve had this craving lately to find copies of an old television show I used to watch as a kid on Nickelodeon. Anyone else remember You Can’t Do That On Television? God I loved that show! What happened to Nickelodeon? YCDTOTV was awesome and Danger Mouse rocked my world too! Now the kids are all ADD and they need faster cartoons and crazier shit. I miss the good ol’ days. When I was growing up, Nick was the greatest! I also remember rushing home to catch The Transformers, Thundercats, and G.I. Joe. Those were my favorites. It took me about 15 years, but I’ve finally figured out why most of the cartoons were so similar back then: marketing! Every cartoon I loved was all about getting me and my fellow ankle-biters to whine incessantly at mom & dad until they bought me the toy I saw in the cartoon! Go figure right? It was so much more innocent back then to me. No one ever died in a cartoon until Optimus Prime took the dirt-nap in the movie. That was scarring for kids! You forget… we grew up with G.I. Joe and The A-Team where millions of rounds were expended and NO ONE was ever hit! Military might my ass! Hell, I was like 8 and I STILL thought that these guys were lousy shots. TV, while I enjoy it as a thinking adult, has gotten more adult in the past half of my life. You can frequently hear the word “shit” now and it’s only a matter of time before quick glimpses of breasts will be seen. By the time my kids have kids, we’re gonna be watching Cable on Network. Not that it’s a BAD thing, but still… the slide is incredible! Oh well… this trip down memory lane was fun, but remember… never say “wet,” “water,” or “I don’t know” near anyone with a bucket. If you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, you didn’t grow up correctly.

Morning! It appears that this “blog” thing has taken off! Wade is copying me (because I copied Jackie) and now everyone is writing something! Scary huh? I remember a lot of movies & TV shows where someone would go to great lengths to hide their journals and here we are posting our thoughts on the World Wide Web. Scary huh? Last night I was “caught” sweating my ass off in my living room by a friend watching my web-cam. No A/C unit in the house (yet) and she saw me trying to stay cool in just boxers. I know, I know… I’m sexy. I guess I should put a “PG-13″ rating on my webcams now! Got a lot coming up soon: There’s 3 5K Walks (they’re actually Run/Walks, but I don’t run unless chased) in June & July (check my main page) that I’m interested in doing. On July 17, 2003, I walked a 5K in just under an hour (something like 57m56s), so I want to top that. My goal is under 50m flat this year. I know it’s probably not something that most real walkers look at as a goal, but bite me. It’s MY goal thank-you-very-much-and-kiss-my-ass. Oh… the TV season officially ends tonight with the finale of “24″ at 9pm. Sure, there’s still 1 episode of “The Sopranos” left to go (in 2 weeks), but cable doesn’t count. Thank GOD David Chase finally got some good shit into the show this year! Okay… I guess I don’t have much more to say. Stay out of trouble and keep cool!

What a roller-coaster last couple of days I have had! Tuesday & Wednesday were, by far, the worst days I’ve ever had here at work. I’d love to go into it, but it makes no nevermind. I’ve put it past me and the good thing is it actually made me realize that I most definitely should not be here. I’ve submitted my resume to a web-design company and, if they bite, I’m gone. What else? The Phillies have been on a tear lately. The Flyers forced Game 7 tomorrow night, so I’m pretty psyched about that. ANGEL went off the air with, what I think, was a great ending. I’ll miss that show as Joss Whedon has no other shows on TV, but I love the fact that the idiot FOX programming managers who cancelled the wonderful show FIREFLY have begged Joss to do something with it. Why? Because after they decided to axe the show, it sold HUGE on DVD collections and FOX wanted to ring more money out of it. Idiots. What else… Oh, I get to go out with my buddy Phile tonight and hopefully provide an ear for him while we chill for a bit. That should be fun. After that, I guess I’ll go home and clean. Lots of little stuff to clean. Going to be a very good weekend and hopefully very relaxing too. Hope y’all have a great one and get naked with someone you don’t loathe!

Wow… have I really not written… err… typed here for 5 days? I’m most definitely slacking!!! Anyway I had a fantastic Saturday. I worked Friday night and I slept like a baby that night. Saturday was all about fun though. I went to Costco and spent a ton of money getting stuff I needed then my dad and I went to Philadelphia to see The Flyers beat The Lightning 3-2 and even the series at 2 games apiece. What was really cool was the fact that all of the people who attended were given orange shirts that read “Orange Crush” on the front. Since it was televised on ABC, the PA announcer asked everyone to wear them and show their Flyer pride. I’d venture to say that, out of just shy of 20,000 people, 15,000 of them wore their orange shirts. The majority of the rest had Flyers jersies on (like myself) or had just ideas of not wearing any of the team gear (losers). My dad even donned his orange t-shirt! It was awesome to look out over the crowd and see a sea of orange. Surreal… After that, we got home and had a cookout. Love burgers on the grill. So good. Sunday I cleaned and sneezed half the day. Let me tell you… most people that come to my house are shocked that a bachelor can keep the place as clean as I do, but one thing I hate to do is dust. I’ll do that once in a great while and Sunday was dust-day. I think I almost sneezed my lungs out my nostrils it was so bad! On the plus side, I found some Christmas presents I forgot I had! Gotta love those little pluses to the day. What else… Oh yeah, I went to Mongoose’s place and he and I watched a horrible PPV. I left before the end, but I hear Eddie Guerrero got his head sliced hardway and pooled all over the mat. Damn. That would have been interesting to see. So here we are again folks. Monday. I’ve been here since 06:30 and I’ll probably be here until 5, so I’m sure I’ll reply to a few e-mails between now & then. Take it light!

A rare update at night. Boy am I just trying to fit it in! So what am I doing in my life right now? Continuing my guitar lessons with Chad (learning Tom Petty & Roy Orbison along with scales). Waiting for the estimate on the lumber costs to build my deck in the backyard… until then, I’m just building shelves in my bathroom. Everyone feels the need to remind me that I can buy shelves at Lowe’s or Home Depot, but where’s the fun in buying stuff? Besides… I can customize these shelves and have plenty of room for my massive supply of hair-care products. That’s a joke folks… I use Pert shampoo because it’s got conditioner built in. I hate hate HATE more than one bottle in the shower. Maybe that’s why I’m single! So here I sit thinking about tomorrow and getting into work by 6am. Oh! I finally get to go to a Flyers playoff game! Saturday I’m taking my dad to Game #4 at The Wachovia Center to see us win against The Tampa Bay Lightning. So cool. Hopefully everything will work out right… like the Flyers winning HUGE again and me not shooting someone for cutting me off in the parking lot. I’m working on the road-rage, but it’s a bit of a bitch still. I will survive however! Took a nice walk tonight and that was beautiful. It will be nice when the thunderstorms hit hard… I love T-storms… ESPECIALLY if they are in Lewes while I’m at Bay Avenue. Okay… almost time for my show, so I’m out. Talk to ya.

Another week begins. I had last Friday off from work, but that didn’t stop me from working. Sad isn’t it? Anyway, I went out to The Flower Market with Jal and had an okay time. It wasn’t the company, but The Wilmington Flower Market doesn’t hold the power it had 10 years ago for me. It really is a shame because it was a HUGE part of my childhood. My mom used to work there every year and I pretty much had the run of the park. It was great! Rides, food, games, friends… all fantastic. Then I grew up and started working there. That was still cool except when I saw my friends running around without me. That sucked. College hit and I didn’t go back until a couple of years ago. This year was just blah! I feel like I really lost a bit of my childhood now. Oh well… there’s a lot of other things to do right? Mom & Dad got home from their Ireland trip on Friday. Besides being extremely tired, they were very happy to be home. It was a happy time in the household when Luke’s tail started breaking furniture with the ferocity of its whipping about! So what does this week hold for me? Good question. Flyers again tonight (hopefully they’ll win). Work tonight & Friday night. Guitar on Wednesday. Possibly Jal on Tuesday and the boys on Thursday. I hear a rumour that I am getting Flyers seats for one of the 2 home games coming up, so we’ll see what’s what there. That’s all the news that’s fit to print bay-buhs. Hope you all had a great weekend and I’ll talk soon.

Dreams are really odd. I had a very interesting one last night regarding a former flame from many-a-day ago. The funny part was that she was happy (um… very happy actually) to see me when I hear that she pretty much hates my guts in the real world. I’ve been dreaming some really weird things! What else… um… finished my big project before starting on the REAL big project, so the loose ends are pretty much tied up. Learned some new guitar parts last night, so I’m happy there. Chad rocks. I cooked Szechuan Shrimp for the first time last night… not very impressed. I also volunteered to assault an elderly Indian pervert; what can I say? I’m a man of the people. I also, from what I understand, coined a new phrase: Intimidation is the first step to peace. Pretty nifty eh? Sometimes my verbiage amazes even me. Day off tomorrow, so I’m going to The Wilmington Flower Market with the hottest Thai girl around. How can one man be so lucky? I don’t know, but I’m trying to find out. Mom & Dad come home tomorrow, so maybe I’ll take them to dinner. Love life people!!! LOVE IT!!!

So I am on this real cool project at work finally. It means more hours, more concentration, and more stress… but also more recognition. That’s the key here because, and I can face it, most of the reason I hate my job is the fact that it’s a ton of crap with very little “Attaboy” involved. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need constant reinforcement, but I take my lumps when I get stuff wrong… I’d like some kudos when I do something right! Not all the time, just a little “Hey. Good job” here and there goes a long long way. Oh yeah… and business cards damnit! I want some fucking business cards! I’ve been working here for almost 7 years and I’ve never had 1 friggin business card. Is that so damn much to ask?! Okay… I feel better now. Anyway, I’m going to be very tied up (not in that way… but I’m willing to take applications) for the next few weeks. Forgive me if I drop off the face of the planet. I know some of you will be very happy about that, but I’ll be back, so don’t throw parties just yet. Last thing: HOW ‘BOUT THEM FLYERS?! Of course Tampa Bay is going to be like spitting into the wind, but it’s gonna be interesting. 8 more wins Flyers faithful… just 8 more wins and our boys will be drinking out of the big cup!

I’ve kinda come to a decision… I’m not going to drink any alcohol anymore. The only exception to that will be altar-wine, but that’s not really drinking to begin with. So why did I do this; good question. I’m not an alcoholic in the remotest sense (4 beers in 1 week does not an alcoholic make), but it kinda hit me on Sunday that I really hate drunks. I mean, I despise them. I look at these seemingly-normal people and watch them stumble over each other, laughing at the most inane things, and I think Am I like that when I have too many?? It’s pretty hypocritical of me to condemn them and then tilt my glass back. See, there was this thing called “Point to Point” on Sunday in Delaware. It’s a big horse-race and I’m betting a full third of the people there never even knew there were horses there. It’s just a big party full of drunken slobs and preppy bastards looking to guzzle ‘n’ puke. After the sun starts going down, these idiots take over Trolley Square and invade the bars there (which I’m sure the owners of these establishments are THRILLED about). Meanwhile I think about these putzes yakking all over the place and crashing their cars and I think How stupid can you be? So I quit. It’s not like it’s a huge deal… I really only have beers when I go out with certain people, so it’s not a big change to grab a Sprite or a water or something. It’s really funny… someone says “I’m never drinking again” and you automatically picture them with their head in the toilet the night before. Nothing like that has happened to me in quite some time. This is truly a lifestyle change that is all mental and not physical. Weird huh?

I need a new job. I’m not getting fired (yet), but I really need to get out of this environment. You ever hear the phrase “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely?” Well absolute power has corrupted some decent people here and they are impossible to live with now. Don’t get me wrong… If I didn’t have to work, I probably would open up a video store and work there, but I wouldn’t work FOR anyone else ya know? I’m not big on authority at all, but I have learned to suck it up over the years. Now we have a power structure here that seems to get worse every day. Megalomaniacal tendencies have run amok! It’s frightening. I’m serious… if anyone is reading this and knows of a job opening, ANY job opening, please let me know. I’m even willing (now) to take a little paycut for a better situation! I’m not naive enough to believe that none of this problem is my fault; I’m sarcastic and I’m not an ass-kisser, so that kinda gets me into trouble with people who want my lips firmly implanted on their butt. I don’t do that. I give respect to people who deserve it and I give shit to people who deserve it. I know I could probably be more “political” and all that, but that’s not me. Too many people stress out over saying and doing the “politically correct” thing and I can’t see myself losing my identity to become a clone of someone I despise. Understand? HELP ME! Get me a job and I’ll be indebted to you.