We went to my cousin’s house tonight to see my million year old aunt
from Florida. We walked in and man, she looked very old. For starters,
she was in a wheel chair, and also had all white, thin hair. Of course,
it had been about 10 years since I saw her, so that would explain why
she looked so different. She is my uncle’s wife, and my uncle died 3
years ago, so now she lives with her gay son. Its funny, because nobody
in the family knows he is gay, and Roseann mentioned something about
him ever finding a woman and my aunt said “uh, no, he
is………….not too…………he is a loner.” Classic. The best way
to describe your gay son, just say he is a loner. The funny part is
that Roseann is so oblivious to it all, she would never know. Early in
the evening, when Roseann showed her a picture of Mark and his wife,
Aunt Marge asked John and I if we had girlfriends and we both said no.
She then said “what you guys aren’t too interested in girls?” and John
said “Well, I am, but him……….” I cut John off and said something
I don’t quite remember.
After a while, my cousin came home (this is my
aunt’s son) and he seemed very crabby and cranky. He must have had a
fight with his mistress. Although I can not confirm this and really
have no reason to think this, but for some reason, I have always
thought that my cousin cheats on his wife. When we got there, we asked
where he was, and they said he was on his way home. A short while
later, Roseann asked if he was at work, and they said no. He just seems
like the cheating type. I could be wrong though, and if I am, then I
will feel bad about this.
I swear, being around my sister when she is
around family (or anybody else for that matter) is painful. She always
goes on and on about herself and about pointless crap. Even if we are
in the middle of a conversation, she will interuppt it to bring up
something about herself. Its annoying. And she always says the most
inapporpriate, embarrasing things. Tonight she asked my aunt if she
burried her dead husband. Why? Why would she ask something like this?
John and I both looked at each other and shook our heads in an
embarrassing manner. I just can’t believe the stupid shit she says. We
were also watching the Cubs game there and everybody in the room was
talking and rooting for them. All of a sudden, out of the blue, she
says to my cousin’s son “so, are you a Cub fan? For some reason, I
thought you were a Sox fan. Who is it thats a Sox fan?” Now, everybody
in our family are all big Cub fans. There is deep extended family, ones
that we see like once a year, that are Sox fans, but they are like 3
and 4th cousins, so far removed that its legal for us to have sex with
them. EWWWW gross!
Month: September 2004
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I woke up today about 10ish. Exercised. The Sears guy was supposed to
come between 1-5 today, so I had to make sure I was here for him.
Anywho, I had to callback a temp agency that called me yesterday.
Called them back and set up an interview with them for tomorrow at 1 in
the PM. Next, I had to call back the haunted house dude. He seems like
a cool guy (sounds cute, at least over the phone) who said he has been
working a haunted house with his college friends since they got out of
school about 6 or 7 years ago, so I think that makes him around my age,
which is cool. He seems really into haunted houses, which is also cool.
I told him I would stop by tomorrow. I also told him that I had a
couple of friends that might be interested in working, such as Dave.
Also, if anybody else is interested, let me know. Its a lot of work,
but its fun as hell. After I spoke to him, I called Danel. We decided
tomorrow would be a good day to go downtown, but I had to change a
couple of things first. So, I hung up with her and called the temp
place back. I told them I had to change the interview to Thursday
because I had a repair guy coming over tomorrow. Done. I called Danel
back. While I was talking to her, Sears arrived. He look at the washer
for about 60 seconds and said that they will contact me because they
had to order some sorta parts that they don’t have anymore and left.
After a while, I hung up with Danel. She
called back 5 minutes later saying she couldn’t go tomorrow. Damn pain
in the ass. Oh well. We will shoot for next week. I called the haunted
house guy to let him know I would be coming today, but got his voice
mail. So, I left. Its only about a 10 minute drive, so its not that
bad. While I was driving I heard “You can’t always get what you want”
by the Rolling Stones. This of course made me thinkg of last week when
Nicole was singing it. How cute. That song was made before I was even
born (at least, I think it was) and here was a 4 year old singing it. I
guess it goes to show that the Stones rule. I arrived and saw a
younger lady and asked her where to go. She pointed me around to the
back. There was a lof of wood and props around and a few people
working. One of them was a person that was cute, but dressed in a way
in which I didn’t know if male or female. The dude I needed to see
wasn’t there, but some other guy had me fill out an application. I saw
some legos (WOOOOHOOOO!) on a table and I said “so, you use legos in
the haunted house?” and he said “no, it just helps with design. I
finished filling it out and looked for the guy, but he was gone. I
asked the unisex person where he was, and SHE (damn, female!) called
out for him. I handed him the application and left. My ride home was
uneventful, and therefore, I will skip it. -
Oh how I love The Daily Show. Check out this new book that I hope to
own someday, either through my own purchase or to be stolen from a
location place of business, such as a library, a neighbor 2 blocks
over, or perhaps a higher institute of learning.http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/book.jhtml
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Damn, what an awful night of sleeping last night. It must have taken me
at least 2 hours to fall asleep, maybe more. And even then, I could not
stay asleep. I arrived to my final class for the placement group at
right about 9. We had several exercises of which I can’t remember right
now, but if I were to remember, I would remember them as being fun. At
lunch, I went to the same place Danel and I went last week. The food is
really good and they have hot valet there.
After lunch, was the interviewing/negotiating
portion of the class. The pain in the ass from AAA that I can not stand
was sitting in front of me. Several times throughout this class, she
would start in on some pointless story that was annoying me and the
people around me. We had some exercises where we had to pretend to
interview each other. It was me, pain in the ass, and 2 other ladies.
There was a list of about 100 questions to ask, or that we could choose
from. We would take turns asking questions, the person asked the
question would have to choose another person to answer the next
question. I would ask some of the odder questions on the list, like
what have you learned about life. I asked another question, one I can’t
remember, and the lady answering the question was struggling to answer
it. The teacher lady, who I think had a crush on me (more on that
later) said “well, its hard to answer that question because you don’t
know what the compay is. So, I made something up. I said that she was
working for a hot air balloon company and she would be in charge of
making sure the air going into the balloon was of high quality. This
elicited a laugh from everybody, which in turn made the rest of the
people in the group keep choosing to ask me questions. It was pretty
fun.
On our break, the teacher lady came up to me and
started telling me that there were people that she had in a previous
class from AAA. She came up to me with a common link so that she could
start a conversation with me. She was around my age, and seemed to
laugh at everthing I said, even if the jokes were corny. I’m not a
stuck up person, but I could see she seemed to at least like me a
little bit, but as we know, I’m a lost cause.
The last exercise we had was to negotiate. I was to
pretend that I was a hiring manager, and the lady in the class had to
pretend that she a prospective employee. It was pretty cool going back
and forth, but we only had 5 minutes to do this. Now, for me, this is
not enough time, as I want to make sure I have the right person for the
job of inspecting the quality of the hot air balloon. So, we had to
quit after 5 minutes. It was the end of the class, and I dashed out of
there really quick, as I did not want to get stuck having to talk to
pain in the ass, or even give her a hug goodbye. She thinks we are
friends, and I have never given her the impression that we are. I kept
sitting on the opposite side of the room as her, but she just wasn’t
getting it. In my 3 1/2 years at AAA, I always tried to avoid her. But
she is the type that is so self-centered and caught up in herself, that
she doesn’t see any of it. Oh well. Sucks to be her and anybody else
that has to know her.
Bad news about the Bears today. Seems QB Rex
Grossman is out for the season. This really sucks for 2 reasons. First,
the don’t have a very good back-up that could contribute for the whole
season. Secondly, Grossman is hot and its going to suck not being able
to see him during games. -
The plan today was to watch football at Scooty’s all day. I got out of
the shower and John said that Dave needed a ride, and he was jumping in
the shower now. So, I figured I would give him a few minutes, knowing
that he usually takes a LONG ass time in the shower. I went online for
about 10-15 minutes. I left a short while after that. Games start at
Noon, and i left my house at about 11:40. Got to Dave’s and he, of
course, had not even showered yet. Motherfucker. The only thing I
figured, was that he and Kelli had a quickie before I got there.
Anywho, we left about 12:20. We were at the corner of RT 59 and Caton
Farm rd. He told me to turn there, but I had other directions that
Scooty gave me to turn on Theodore. He was very insistant on me
turning, but I simply did not want to turn. Until John drove past us
and said “hey, shouldn’t you turn here?”. At that point, I was thinking
“well, its 2-1 that I turn, so I will.” We arrived at about 12:35.
Throughtout the course of the day, we kept making jokes about me and
the mailbox. I have to admit, I more than deserve it. Its all funny,
though.
We kept switching between the Bears game and the Cubs game
(those fuckers………..don’t get me started, I swear!). After a
while, we decided to order Giordano’s again. After about an hour, the
doorbell rang. So, we all sprung up and raced toward the door. I hit my
foot on something, and Scooty shoved Dave into the table. I grabbed the
pizza while Dave made out a check (you would think he would have it
made out already, seeing as he had an hour to do it, but whatever). The
driver was from India, and John, not even realzing it, for some reason,
while he was in the kitchen, blurted out, in his Apu voice “thank you,
come again.” Now, I don’t know if the delivery guy heard it, but he
still shouldn’t have said it. Still, it was funny. John said that he
normally just out of the blue, talks like Apu or Flanders, and I
believe it, becuase I am always hearing him.
We started watching the afternoon games,
but also talking about going to get ice cream. Dave is insisting that I
now owe him $15 because of the Jt bet (we made a bet on how long Jt
would be with his girlfriend, but things aren’t looking good for me, as
they broke up for real now), which made me think of the other bet we
have: a $1000 on who will live longer, me or Dave. The joke is on the
winner, as the loser will be dead and therefore unable to pay.
After a while, we went for ice cream. We
arrived and started to order. John and I were simple, we each got the
brownie bucket, which is ice cream (chocolate), a brownie, hot fudge,
whipped cream, a cherry and nuts. Dave was being really difficult about
what he wanted. Of course, he was also so drunk he stunk like a
brewery, so that didn’t help either. He was going to order some sorta
banana split deal. It was $6.25! $6.25 for a fucking banana split.
Shit, the way this guy eats, this will be the easiset $1000 I ever
made.
He wanted such special things done (4 scoups of ice cream, but he
wanted every other scoup chocolate and other vanilla. And he had some
weird way of wanting toppings on. He is so high maintence, and nuts. It
must be because he is left-handed). I told him that he was so
difficult, they should charge him a difficulty tax. While we were
ordering, the soup was ready for 2 girls that had already sat down. So,
I told the waitress girl that I would play waitress and bring it to
them. So, I did, and the 2 cheap-asses stiffed me on the tip! Anywho,
we were talking to the cashier girl, asking here were she was from and
just generally being goofy, as we are prone to do. We eventually got
our ice cream and decided to sit.
While we were eating, something happened that I can not go
into here. We left and we were waiting for Dave to get done smoking a
cigerette before driving off. I don’t understand why he stands outside
of the car to smoke, as he still hangs hand, the hand with the
cigerette, inside the car. Eventually, he finished and we were on our
way. He picked up my change thing and started throwing the quarters in
the back seat at John and Scooty. I swear to god, if Dave is not kept
constantly entertained, he becomes very disruptive, especially when he
is drunk, and he was drunk. I have some cell phone cord in my car for
some reason ( I have no idea whose it is, so if anybody wants to claim
it, please do so) that he was hanging out the window and pretending to
talk into. He also hung it from my rear view mirror, at which time I
started to drive on the opposite side of the street and told he I
wasn’t going to move until he removed the cord. This worked, as he
removed that thing so fast. Anywho, we got back to Scooty’s, watched
the rest of the game, and went home. -
Since I’m trying to cut back on spending money and going out, I decided
to use a coupon I got from Hollywood Video, so I rented some movies
tonight. So, I rented Coffee and Cigarettes, the Cooler, and Kill Bill
Vol 2. I have the movies for 5 days, so I should be able to watch all
of them. The first one I watched tonight was Coffee and Cigarettes. It
took some time to get going, but I liked it. It was good, not great.
Most people wouldn’t like it, what with there not being a plot and all,
but it was different and I did enjoy it. Next, I watched The Cooler. I
liked this very much, it was very interesting, even if the over all
plot was a bit of a streach (although, I have been told that casinos
used to do this). I just felt that we saw a little too much of William
H. Macy’s ass in the movie. -
Just when I started to fully believe in the Cubs, they go and blow one
today. Although, its only a minor setback (hopefully), it still stings.
It might not be a big loss if the Giants lose today, but damnit, it
would have been a nice game to have. One can point fingers at the
bullpen (Dempster and Hawkins really blew it in the 9th, and Merker in
the 11th, but shit, Merker has pitched great all year, at least when he
is not calling the pres box), and they should get their fair share, but
the Cubs really failed in the 8th when they had a chance to break
things open. They just have to go and get them tomorrow. -
Man, I’m really starting to get depressed about the whole lack of job
thing. Its not bad being off work. Its actually sorta fun. But, the
fact that I can’t even get interviews right now is very very unnerving.
My fear is that I will be broke in a year. I know I will not get a job
that pays as much as AAA. I know its going to be a while before I get a
job. And even then, it won’t be what I want, because I think I might
have to settle for something I don’t want. To makes matters even worse,
the light in the bathroom has gone dead again. She is going to have to
come back out again to look at it, and I’m worried its gonna cost a lot
to fix. Also, I still have to replace my shingles, which is a lot of
money there. Man, I feel so overwhelmed right now. I’m so discouraged,
I’m not very motivated to look for a job, as it only means more
rejection. I keep telling myself “keep applying, you will get
something” but the more I tell myself that, the more disappointed I
become. To make matters even worse, I’m afraid to go out, because I
fear I will be spending money I don’t have. Tonight, Danel invited me
to go to the boat. Ahhhhh, the boat. I love it so and am usually up for
going. But, I had to turn her down. Also, she invited me to Dick’s Last
Resort tomorrow. Man, I would love to go, but that place is expensive.
So, I have to turn her down again. This is not helping. Going out and
having a good time is supposed to be a stress reliever, and now I can’t
do it. On the other hand, the Cubs are on a fucking roll!!!! -
I woke up about 11ish today. Went for a run and was going to ride the
exercise bike, when I remembered that it needs new batteries. So, after
going to the bank, I went to Ace Hardware. Ace has recently moved into
the old Jewel. Before Ace was there, but after Jewel, there was a
Sterk’s there, and if you never heard of Sterk’s, its sorta a poor
man’s Aldi, which shows why if failed. How bad is that? Aldi is a poor
man’s Jewel, and that makes Sterk’s really really really bad. Quite
honestly, the place was a dump. I don’t even know that white trash
would shop there. Anywho, the Ace looks good there, and they have a
couple of really hot guys that work there.
This afternoon, Danel’s mom came
over to fix my light in the bathroom. It was pretty simple. She didn’t
do much and it was fixed. She thinks it might have just been that the
wires were to tight or something like that. All I know, is she removed
the light fixture, and all of a sudden it was working. Weird shit. Oh
well, at least its working now, and thats all that
matters………..that, and it not causing a fire.
