A Night At Home; And something New To Do

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Combine and rearrange clips from the movie "Psycho".

It's so fun, mom will love it.

City Serenity

Not usually words you think of together - city and serenity. I guess some people are city people and some are not. No doubt, the traffic and construction is constant and a pain in the ass. Today, or tonight, I was driving home a little after 8 pm. I was heading south on Gessner and was at Longpoint when I was drawn to the skyline. This image is catching, but not close to what I saw. Ahead in the distance towered the Memorial City office complex. The sky was fading into the rich drak colors and the buildings were reflecting a golden orange color. It was orange against a purple background. As I got closer, the reflections changed, and my mind drifted back to other things. But for a moment or so, I pondered on a few things.

A) I'm drawn to the big city lights. A man-made, man-lit skyline surely has nothing on a sunset Grand Canyon or December Rocky Mountain panaromic view. But it still catches me every time. The colors that are reflected or the geometric patterns of numerous blocks or lights that guide through the city.

B) I had a dream of working in those office buildings at one time. The downtown job with the gym and restaurants all within a few blocks. I though about my future. I've gone exactly where I needed to and ended up with a great deal on this job. Sure it's not the "Dallas" skyscraper office location. But the office location is near the apartment and my area of town.

C) I wanted to take a few more seconds to say thanks to everyone for all the support and encouragement. I can only think I have gotten here to put me in a position to better help someone else.

Cold Pizza

Check the Pizza has gotten cold at times oer the last months. Killjoy 101 went under months ago. Being Pickled is sitting in sour pickle juice, bottled up with a few pickles. Blogger.com is losing activity due to a few things these days.

The MySpace Movement

Damn MySpace. I gave in to it finally. more recently, Craig and Bo have added MySpace pages. MySpace is taking over blogs and chat rooms. With music, comments, bulletin boards, and colorful crowded pages that can scroll down for eternity. Don't forget when your adding all your friends and searching all the MySpace sites, to come back and Check The Pizza.

People Getting Busy in Life

People are getting busy these days. Matt has a new job. I have a new job. Jess and Brian are getting set in KC. People are doing thins, going places, getting lives. So if it does cool to a slower temp here, don't worry - I won't be shutting this blog down anytime soon.

Long Hot Summer Days

Damn these long hot summer days. After driving around in the heat all day, most times I'll come home just to veg on the couch for a few. Who's with me?! (No one? ... Well, that's how I feel, so ...)

I'm bored. And procrastinating. So, uh, ... no point to this really. Enjoy.

The PAX Era ends for one luck contestant!

So know everyone knows. The Pax era will officialy end for me on July 1st . After 6 years and 3 months of employment with PAX/ION, I will be moving on to better things. And I almost made it out with my dignity and pride. I have been going paychack to paycheck for a while now. Months. Kitty aand Killjoy know about that one. It came down to my paychecks running out after the first week, and having to work for or borrow the second week. I got one last loan to help me through this check and I was set. Then, this morning.

I was at the Krogers by my office at PAX/ION and I was pulling out to go to work. As I came around the parking lot, I surveyed the stores looking for a tobacco outlet store up by the office. Then, BAM!, I nailed some ladies car. What an idiot. I immediately parked and took blame for the accident. My truck is fucked up. Her Tauras was also a little fucked. If I can't bang this dent out by my tire, my truck will not be safe to drive. So, I am working on that tomorrow. Otherwise, I will be forking out, (borrowing from Mommy and Daddy - one last time), $200+ for rental car and $495 for deductable. Son of a bitch. I was so pissed, after recieving such good news about landing a new job this week, this shit rolls down. And I have no time to take care of it. For the next two weeks, I'll be working both jobs. Starting Monday. So all that shit sucks.

To cheer you up, there's the new job info, which most of you know. The company is Jenobi. They do web and multimedia design. The owners are two pretty cool british guys. Right off the back, they got me doing some good projects it sounds like. It's Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. WEEKENDS OFF!!!! So all you mothers who have been asking me to do stuff on Saturdays; I'm calling around starting July 8th. Jason and Suzy - not giving up on Mundotribe. Brian, Jess and Jay - Still going on with Admo. All other projects will still continue also. I'll find time somewhere. The job pays good, but no benefits. I'll live. Suzy, sorry to leave, but you're the top dog now - aside from Alex,... and Wendy, ..... and Bob, .... and Carol, .... and, well, Charles, so, uh, ... welcome to my world. But you can push aound the part timer. So give him/her hell!

All right, that's all. Had to bitch some. How about dem links?!

Good News

So, things are starting to look up.......

On friday, I got all my reports done on time, and without running around like a chicken with my head cut off!! Also on friday, my GM told me that I'm going to officially be hired with my company!

I also got a ticket to the Rascal Flatts concert on sunday....it's gonna cost me a few ...but it's going to be worth it....considering my friend got a limo!! :-) We gonna get DDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNKKKKK!!

LOL

Now, if I could just get a date......

Fireman's revenge.....

Just thought everyone needed a laugh! :-)

Brad showing off his girlfriend. Nickname "rightie"

You got to click the pic to get the full effect

Can You Read This??????

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Links and read below...

1. Those of you who don't mind having links to your other blog pages, your my space sites, or your company sites, send me a link, BY EMAIL, to the site. I am going to be replacing the CTP Point Tally with CTP Member Links. My email is b_haines99@yahoo.com.

2. Read the post below. I enjoyed it. You can always read old posts by visitng the Archives.

3. I apologize to anyone I've ever been an asshole to and anyone I will be an asshole to in the future. (That covers that shit!)

I'm glad you're in my dash

I know some of you have seen this, but I wanted to post it. To those of you on here that I haven't had the pleasure of meeting personally, I want to say that for some reason you're in my life....you may not have intended on this, but some higher power (God, fate, destiny) led you here....Thank you for sharing your insights, laughs, and hardships......


I'm glad you're in my dash...

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning...to the end.

He noted that first came her date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
(1934-1998)

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth...
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own;
The cars....the house...the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard...
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real,
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile..
Remembering that this special dash
May last only a little while.

So, when your eulogy's being read
With your life's actions to rehash...
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

If you have received this, it means that you are truly special to the one who sent this to you. I am glad that you\'re in and part of my dash. Send this on to the ones you care about even if it means sending it back to the one who sent it to you.

Funny Thought (mostly alone or late at night)

"With the arrival of Hurricane Season tomorrow, residents are finding out what they can do to take measures....", They said on the radio this afternoon a sI drove home. Meanwhile, my wiper blades are on their last legs and the rain had kept steady flow throughout the day.

"Damn!", I thought, "Hurricane Season starts tomorrow? They may be one day off."

The good thing was it was okay outside as far as the tempature. I mean, it is the last day of May, going into June, and we get to enjoy these rain storms as they break up the humid - hot, muggy days of summer in Texas.

In 2000 to 2001, I drove around in my Chevy Blazer, leather seats, no AC, and a smell of flooded carpet, old smoke, ashes, and beer mildew stains floating past my nostrils as I tried to gasp for a breathe of air from the tight selfish air. I remeber I had no AC in my Blazer for two or three summers, and as far as I remember, they seemed to be the hottest fucking summers I ever experienced in my life, Man, was it painful. Maybe that was the hangovers? Point aside.

That old Blazer almost died out on me. Although it had died a few times before, I always managed to revive it back to life. Well, not I, the mechanics,...whatever. The day I found the place that would give me cash for it, (a measley $600), It made a loud pop under the car as I pulled within a mile of the place I was selling it at. I thought, screw it, I'm taking the $600 before I get nothing for it.

I ended up with a new truck, 3000 miles on it, and it's what I'm driving today. Since the days of the hot summers in the Blazer, days where I actually threw up and got sick a few times from heat exhaustion, the heat has never seemed to be as overwhelming and as much of a challenge. Days like today, I welcome rain. "I love a rainy night." So, as they said this on the news, I laughed at the irony of it. I thought, they're a day late - or two, as far as the rainy part. And I remembered the days of the Blazer and thought - ..... eh.