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It's been a hectic week. My baby has been in England, so I'm alone and taking care of my son until she gets back on Saturday. So it's been all me this week. It's been great to see my son, what I have seen of him. ERIKS has me working so damn much, it's not good. I'm thinking about quitting. It just seems like everybody is only out for themselves. So from now on, I'm going to be a total asshole and get MY time off. Fuck my loyality to the company, from now on - it's all about me, nobody else.

So after working three days in a row, I get to finally see my son tonight. Oh wait, I have to clean the house and get ready for my Baby coming home tomorrow. Don't want her to come home toa dirty house, right? So I figure I'll at least have a few hours to spend with him. Hopefully we can find something fun to do. We broke out my acient Dungeon and Dragons board game from like 1980 or something. We played it for a while, then I stayed up for another 2 hours trying to win the game, too funny.

So my bike is finally coming together nicely. I'm just starting to realize it's not the big items that are going to kill me. It's my drive not to skimp on any parts. I WANT to get a new seat, some new tires, and new pedals. I figure if I'm going to do this right - LETS DO IT RIGHT!! So now I'm down to ordering my wheels. I have my disc brake stuff, my shifting stuff (all SRAM), and now, the last big purchase will be my wheels. My timetable is to have it ready for the big "3 hours of lebanon" race that ERIKS has every year. If I can get my wheels and my cranks within the next few weeks, it shouldn't be a problem.

So what else is new? Another few ideas for a business. I'll keep those in my back pocket in the meantime to see where it leads. I'm building a website (since I have SO much fricking time here) for it right now, so I'm getting excited.

Oh yeah, Michael Moore's "documentary" came out and has since taken quite a lashing from the media. The guy is a total fraud. I'm just glad another Minneosta native has taken him on in his own film, "Michael Moore Hates America." Check out the website www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com
the movie looks G R E A T. Not a hatchet job on Mr. Moore, just an honest look to see if the American dream still exists.

Oh well, vegging out here in the office, listening to some KILLER vocal trance music on shoutcast. Ahhhh athe power of the internet. Thank God I haven't had any completely stupid people here the last few days. Like these:

CUST: I get get service in XYZ area, but I can see the tower right in my back yard, why can't I get any signal when the tower's that close?
ME: Sir, how did you know it's a Verizon tower?
CUST: Ummmmmmmmmmm, wellllllllllllllll, IIIIIIIIIIII guess I didn't.

Ok people, carriers don't allow people to know where their towers are. It would be akin to releasing KFC's secret recipe. Also, think if you were one pissed off customer and decided to go on a little commando raid. Imagine the problems a company could have if one of their towers suddenly fell over?? I think you get the point.

CUST: I'm interested in switiching carriers. Please tell me about all the price plans you have.
ME: Ummmmmmmmmm yeah, we represent 5 major carriers. Those carriers all have between 20-30 price plans each. You do the math lady. Got a few hours to kill?

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS THIS ONE:

CUST: So who has the best service?
ME: Sir, that would be like me asking a car salesmen which car that he sells is the best one.

Getting wireless service is really a big crap shoot. There are so many fucking variables involved it would make your head spin. I get dizzy just thinking about everything that has to go right to even make a call. Even if I tell you a carrier is awesome, you may get a crap phone, or service in your particular area might not be good. No matter what, you just never know. You can read all the reviews, do all your research, but in the end, it's a roll of the dice.

Okay. so last thought. Euro 2004 is almost over. England was dreadful to say the least. Becks missed TWO, count them two PK's, then blamed it on his training. I love the guy, but BITCH PLEASE. At least nut up and take the heat. The guy is still an amazing player, I think the Euro championship has become a curse for the English. Oh well. . . .

I'll post more on the election, the turn over of power to the IRAQI's and So Damn Insane's trial, later this week. Oh yeah and Hosoi got outa prison after a 5 year stint. WEIRD.

At least I'll leave with this. . . my first love - skateboarding.

I LOVE THAT FEELING!!



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