[10:43 PM]

Just One Of Those Days

Current Song: Tired
Current Mood: After All - Delerium

It's just been one of those days...

Point #1:
The ladies' bathroom was closed at my work cause the doorhandle on the inside of the restroom had broken off.The door itself wasn't locked, but simply had a sign that read in very big letters
"DO NOT ENTER
THIS RESTROOM IS BROKEN
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCENow the part that confuses me is not that people kept using the bathroom (completely disregarding the sign). What confuses me is that my managers took no extra action other than the sign. They didn't leave any way for someone to get out if they did happen to get in, so that people getting trapped in there. I walked by once and had to free a trapped little girl who couldn't read the sign (or maybe she could've if she had cared to, but regardless the entire "bathroom is closed" thing was new to her)

Point #2
I was at the cash registers about half an hour before close and a man walked up with about 60$ in books. He set them down on the counter, then stared angerly as I rung them up (he seemd very busy). After that was done, he handed me his unsigned american express and continued to stare angerly. I asked for his ID and he threw his hands up in frustration.
"no no," I said, trying best to placate him. "it's just that your card isn't signed, and I need some way to verify who owns the card"
He growled at me "It's in the car, what do you want me to do?"
"well," I said, still trying to be positive. "If you want, I can just go ahead and hold onto these while you run and get it."
This cause him to stare angerly at his watch, then back at me. Finally he said, "Whatever." But didn't do anything else.
"I just can't take the card unless it's signed." I said. "That's their policy."
"I've never done this before," he replied. "I've used the card and never have done this."
"Well..." I said, realizing only now that he was probably foreign, but I'm pretty sure credit card companies have the same anti-theft policies elsewhere... "If you want I can call a manager."
"Yeah, do...I'm just trying to buy these books and apperantly it's all up to you."
So I called the manager over and she explained exactly the same thing I had, using almost the exact words, finally she said "but if you want we can put them on hold..."
"Fine, do that. I'll come back tomarrow." And with that he started out. The manager scrambled and said "wait, I need your name."
I don't think he was taking us seriously.

Point #3
I was walking through the book floor when this hick stopped me, pointed at our current affairs table, and said, "Look, could you set up a table that's any more anti-Bush?" I started to reply with the company's excuse about publishers putting out the liberal stuff now and the conservative stuff later and he shouted me down in about two words saying, "just look at this!" he picked up a bill clinton book labled "the definition of is" which has to be the least clinton-friendly book we hand sand said, "This must've happened years ago" even though the book itself looked to be new. Realizing that I wasn't talking to a human but an irate angry hick-monkey, I turned to walk away. He laughed at me departing, thinking I was so crushed by his very persuasive arguement that we're all a bunch of liberal bastards here at the local bookstore...

should I go on? eight hours of this. I went through eight hours of silliness, absurdity, insults, and nonsense... nothing prepared me for the messed up day I had...and now I get to hurry of to bed to do the entire thing again tomarrow, rapture!

blah, night all

[6:32 PM] Current Song: fuckin' up my christmas - mc chris
Current Mood: relaxin'

I got this from Lissa's LJ

1) Full Name: Joe... more than that, you don't get :P
2) Age: 24.
3) Birth Date: 022880
4) Height: 5'8"
5) Weight: dunno, something like 200
6) Birth Place: mother's womb
7) Zodiac Sign: Picies
8) Parents Names: RR and CC
9) Pets Names: Spooks, Dante, Polyanna, Lucrecia, Muffin
10) Nicknames: "CrazyJimmy", Jimmydabomb, thebitterjoe, bitterness
11) Closest Friends: Lissa, Jaimee...
13) Siblings names: J and D
14) Hair Color: almost black
15) Eye Color: brown
16) Favorite Color: bright orange, bright green, dark blue, dark red, purple
17) Favorite food: Beto's Nachos
18) Favorite drink: Coke
19) Favorite Candy: dunno
20) Favorite Restaurant: Beto's
21) Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Beto's or Crown Burger
22) Favorite Pizza Place: Papa John's
23) Favorite Fruit: Orange
24) Favorite day of the week: dunno
25) Favorite Holiday: dunno
26) Favorite Season: spring
27) Favorite word, quote, or phrase: "Forest-Dungeon... Whatever" -DeeDee
29) Favorite letter in the alphabet: S
30) High School: East High School
31) Favorite Band: mc chris, Eels, K's choice, Torrini, Tegan&Sara, Others
32) Favorite Boy Band: all boy bands should be fired into the sun.
33) Favorite Song: Fuckin' up my Christmas - mc chris
34) Favorite Movie: Swingers, Office Space
35) Least Favorite Movie: ever? Hmmm... how about the last really bad movie I saw was The Core
36) Favorite T.V. show: AquaTeenHungerForce, Mr.Show, Rescue Me
37) Favorite Actor: currently, Dennis Leary (serious, watch rescue me)
38) Favorite Actress: dunno
39) Favorite Comedian: Lissa, Or Dennis Leary
40) Favorite Book: Little Sister - Raymond Chandler
41) Favorite sport(s) to play: wrestling ;)
42) Favorite sport to watch: mud wrestling ;)
43) Characteristics that make a good person: Honesty
44) Characteristics that make a bad person: Selfishness
45) Any Phobias?: That I am not now, nor will I ever be, Good Enough.
46) If I could change anything about me, what would it be?: Self Confidence, and more magic time to write
47) What car do you drive: feet
48) If you could have super powers, what would they be: I wanna be nightcrawler or spiderman
49) The most annoying thing people do or ask me: so...how's it feel being married?
50) Single or Taken: Taken (and how)
51) Do you have a crush: on my love...I miss her
52) First thing you noticed about your crush: she looked like she was very much in control.
53) What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex: boobies
54) Favorite thing about opposite sex: boobies :P
56) Favorite thing to do on a date: make a charming ass of myself
58) Song that can make you cry every time you hear it: Blue - Cowboy Bebop OST
59) Music that I've been listening to a lot lately: mc chris
60) Do I like to dance: I have been know to get Jiggy-Wit-It from time to time.
61) Song that makes me want to dance: anything upbeat with bass
62) The Last Movie I saw: Collateral (
63) What I like to do in my spare time: masturbate :p, write, read, sleep
64) Last person I received an email from: Spam
65) What's your favorite monopoly piece: the boat
66) Have you ever broken a bone: I think I broke my foot once
67) Do I believe in god?: verymuchso, yes
68) How many hours of sleep do you need?: more than I've gotten in the last 3 weeks
69) Do I play an instrument: well...no
70) Allergic to anything?: not that I know of, though some types of bottled water make my throat contract...
71) Wear glasses?: should...but don't
72) If you could live in any country where would it be?: here, cause there's no place that's perfect
73) Favorite Place to be: home
74) Ever been toilet papering?: once, long ago
75) Pet Peeves or things you look down on: closed minded idiots who act all high and mighty cause they can pointlessly spite the status quo.
76) Curfew?: nope
77) What time do I go to bed?: 3-ish
78) Favorite Family member besides my parents?: my bros
79) Most embarrassing family member: that would be J, or me, or D...we're all pretty foolish.
80) Favorite Piece of furniture: my chair.
81) One thing you would bring if you were stranded on an island: a computer with a solar battery or 1000 notebooks.
82) Funniest thing I have ever seen: This
83) Night or Day: You are the one, only you beneath the moon and under the sun...
84) Lust or Love: Love
85) Kisses or Hugs: Why not Fuck?
86) Apples or Oranges: potato, po-tah-to
87) Where do I want to go on my honeymoon: to bed ;)
88) Favorite Pair of Shoes: sandles
89) Favorite Store: I've always been partial to ThriftTown, meself
90) What achievement am I most proud of: my half-finished kids book (half finished! w00t!)
91) Last Job I had: B&N
92) My Ideal Job: Writer
94) Favorite article(s) of clothing: my binary t-shirt
95) Goodluck Charms?: Jaimee's my best luck charm. Both of my rings and my necklace (cause she gave them to me)
96) Jewelry?{piercings}: my rings and my necklace.
97) Cartoons that I watched as a kid: Robotech, Transformers, GI Joe
98) Best Advice to give? Just be honest, even if it sucks.

there, happy?
good

[10:42 AM]

The Pains Of Adulthood

Current Song: Grey Ghost - Doughty
Current Mood: Relaxing

This is the first chance I've had to actually vegitate at my computer since...well, since a long time. I've been busy. really really fucking busy. I'm getting an apartment, so that jaimee and I (now married) will not have to live with my brothers any longer, and that means I've had to start working full-time to pay the bills that having an apartment will incur and just to make matters worse, I'm also trying to plan a reception and not getting anywhere with that. I sleep about 6 hours a night if I'm lucky, spend the few hours that I'm not working or running around laying about too weak to really move. I'm tired and keep feeling like I'm going to get really really sick...

But on friday, I'll actually have the apartment, which means instead of looking for the apartment, I'll spend my time moving things into the apartment and cleaning the house behind me. I'll try to make the move as painless as possible, but having never really done this before, I'm worried about things getting broken or messed up. I need to call the electric company, the phone company, and the dsl company and get myself wired to go...

in other news, I'm not writing anything, but I've got a handful of story ideas that I've been fleshing out including a fantasy novel, and another kids story. I've also been trying to come up with some pen names as my real name is too damn common...

blah...if I didn't want to be responsible so bad I could just stay in my house and not bother working my ass off...but what kind of husband would I be if I did that? not a very adult one, that's for damn sure...

oh well...I'll sleep come the fall...