To celebrate my mom’s birthday today, my parents went to stay at the
casino last night so this morning I had to get up early and drive my
sister to work.  In exchange for these services, I got to charge
breakfast at the Branford diner which was oh, so very good. 
Nothing makes you feel as good as a tall glass of tomato juice, eggs
and home fries in the morning.  Yo soy happy.

No work for
me tomorrow, I’m off to DC.  A few months ago I told John I wanted
to go to a Marlins game when they played the Nationals.  So I made
a really dumb impulse purchase and got tickets for me, John &
Carrie to the game (along with airfare).  So I’m flying down
tomorrow at noon, seeing the game, sleeping over at their place and
then flying back on Saturday.  The great thing about flights to DC
is how friggin short they are.  It’s really quite ridiculous
because they still put you on a big plane and all but most of the
flight is either take off or landing. 

Pete is trying to
get tickets for a few shows at Foxwoods this summer. I saw a sign that
Lynyrd Skynyrd is coming and we had seen them a few years ago, so I
told Pete and since his grandparents have the hookup there, you might
be able to get free seats. We also saw on the schedule that Ludacris is
coming and I’m a little scared to actually show up but Pete wants to go.

Happy birthday mommy!

Song of the Day: Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Taking Care of Business

Well vacation is over and I’m back to reality.  I always hate
coming back from vacation because for at least a week, I’m wishing I
was still on it (I still wish I was on vacation after a week, but I
manage to be able to control myself).  It was a pretty good trip.
Thursday the weather was beautiful and the parks were empty. 
Friday, the park was packed and the temperature was somewhere around
800 degrees.  I love Florida but honestly, I was glad to go home
(until I got home and saw it was near 40!).  I had a good time but
I definetly spent too much money.  I am afraid of my Visa bill
that will be coming next month.  One of the highlights was making
it back into the Hot Seat at Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, although I
only made it to 250,000 level (again).    Pictures from
the trip in general (not a whole lot) can be found here

.Can
I say that people in Florida do not know how to drive?  First, no
one seems to understand how to drive the speed limit.  The speed
limit doesn’t mean keep it 10 MPH below what’s posted; it means go 10
MPH above what’s posted.  Oh and blinkers?  Well Floridians
think those are optional because no one uses them.  Every time I
had to stop behind some moron who slammed on his brakes without a
blinker, I wanted to smash my piece of crap rental  into him just
so I could get out and ask him if he knows how to work his
blinker. 

I haven’t seen Revenge of the Sith yet but am
planning on seeing it sometime this week.  I’ve heard nothing but
good things so I’m very excited.

Pickup line of the week: If you don’t wanna have kids with me, then why don’t we just practice?

Song of the Day: Aerosmith – Back in the Saddle

I’m really suffering from “Monday blues”.  I need a
vacation or something.  Luckily I have one coming up next week but
if you know me, I’m all about instant gratification so that doesn’t
help me too much today.  I just feel so….drained.  I also
recognize the fact I’m a pretty lazy fellow but there is so little
motivating me these days.

Saturday I went with my parents to the
Sprint Store and helped them get some new phones.  My mom was
still using a StarTAC and it was pretty much dead and my dad just beat
the living hell out of his phone.  We got them some new phones but
is it just Sprint or does it take at least 1 hour in all cell phone
stores to buy anything?  Yesterday I spent the day fighting with
my router. I ended up buying a new router and of course it didn’t work
so I had to call India and get them to fix it.  The first time I
called, I was so frustrated with the thing to begin with and then the
idiot refused to help me until I registered the thing online (which was
impossible since the router wasn’t working); I was so very, very close
to letting loose some rather vulgar insults to him but managed to hang
up on him before I could.  In the end I got it all to work.

Watch this wheelchair race and see if you can spot the cheater.

I want this bird.

And now a cat giving a dog a massage (Jillian, does Waffles make house calls?)

9 days till Disney!

Song of the Day: Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times

Marlins games this weekend were…interesting.  On Friday my
coworker tells me he isn’t going because the guy who got tickets, got
tickets to Saturday’s game and not Friday’s.  Well I was allready
in a baseball mood so I decided to go anyway.  I bought tickets
online and met a friend from the fraternity that is a Mets fan for the
game.  Let me tell you it was cooold on Friday night.  I mean
really cold. 40 degrees cold!  Anyway, Marlins lost Friday and
everyone decided it would be fun to make fun of me around me so it was
interesting.  Click here to see pictures from Friday’s game.

After
the game I met up with Spock at a club called Strata.  I don’t
know how I got in because I was wearing jeans and an American Eagle
T-Shirt (I brought the extra shirt because I figured we’d go out
somewhere, but didn’t think we’d go clubbing). So we get in and it’s
open bar but I only had about 3 or 4 screwdrivers.  I really
wasn’t feeling drinking that night.  Plus I knew I had to wake up
the next morning.  So Spock and his roommate are telling me one of
these girls is really into guys in bands and I should tell her I’m in a
band.  And I looked the part because my crappy outfit did look
like something someone in a band would wear.  But I couldn’t bring
myself to do it because I’m not the sort of creep that flagrantly lies
to get into someone’s pants.  So we get to a point where we’re
gonna leave and then this hot girl comes up to me and is like “Why
aren’t you dancing?”.  So I told her “They haven’t played my song
yet”.  So anyway we start dancing and I was thinking she wasn’t
bad at all.  Then I realized she was 100% drunk and ended up
dancing with about half the club.  So that was the end of
that.  Anyway, fast forward to 4am and 2 bars later, me and
Spock’s roommate decide to go back to their apartment to sleep. 

After
a quick pitstop at a diner, I got back to Spock’s apartment where it
was literally 300 degrees.  Since heat is free, Spock decided he
must get all of his money’s worth and pumped the heat.  So I went
to sleep on his futon and Spock rolled into the apartment around 9am
(he had tried unsuccesfully to hook up with his ex).  I got up,
got my shit together and headed out so I could get to the ball game on
time. 

Saturday’s game had beautiful weather. It was so
nice I got sunburned.  And it was a much better game. Marlins were
winning for most of the game, then the Marlins blew the lead, the the
Mets blew their lead and then the Marlins blew their lead again. 
After 24 hours of baseball, booze and boobs, I was so friggin
tired.  Click here to see pictures from Saturday’s game.

Dumb joke of the day, “I’m so horny, the crack of dawn isn’t safe”

Akward
Moment of the day: When the Billy Joel song “Uptown Girl” comes on on
the radio in my office and people who walk by my office give me weird
looks.

Song of the Day: Mazine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From

There’s always one thing I’ll never understand and that’s the
infatuation people have with Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.  I went
to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert a year or two ago and I was pumped to be
able to see them and hear Sweet Home Alabama.  I mean, to me, that
is their song.  I had to download all these other songs off their
greatest hits album so I wouldn’t be bored.  Well we get to the
concert and they come on stage and are like “What song did y’all come
here to hear?” And so I’m like “Sweet Hom…” well I got drowned out by
everyone else yelling “FREEBIRD!”. I think Freebird is one of those
good drug songs, like Stairway to Heaven, because you can be 100% sober
before, turn the song on, get high and by your high should end when
there’s about 2 minutes still left in the song, because it’s one of
those songs with no less than 42 guitar solos.  But let’s be
honest, Sweet Home Alabama is where it’s at, right?

I hate to burst some of your bubbles, but it’s become a pet-peeve of
mine of people who claim to like sushi but the only sushi they like are
california rolls.  News flash: california rolls aren’t real
sushi.  They’re like the chicken mcnuggets of sushi.  If you
claim to like sushi, you need to be able to eat something with fish on
it.  California Rolls are not real sushi. I’m sorry.

Favorite new ritual at work: Coming to work on Monday morning, checking
my email, seeing I have 3 tons of it and trying to see how late I can
go without having to go through it.

Song of the Day: Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady

It’s pretty funny to see me pay my credit card bills because I freak
out and then calm down in the span of 90 seconds.  I don’t know if
it’s just me but I’ll get a bill and freak out at the total due,
usually when it’s a few hundred dollars.  Instantly, I assume I’m
the victim of credit card fraud.  How else could I have acrued
such a large bill?  Surely I would not be so free in my spending
habits.  In my head, I concoct an image of some goon swimming in
his new pool built with my credit card.  I’m outraged! Mortified!
Publicly humiliated, why it’s more than I can bear (If you got that
reference, you’re on the ball  ).

Before
I go down to Visa’s headquarters, break down the door and demand
satisfaction, I go down and check the purchases.  I want to have a
prepared list to shove in their faces and demand my money back. 
Of course, there’s never one huge purchase. Just lots of little
ones.  First on the bill, chinese food.  Well, I was hungry
and needed to eat and had no cash.  Ok, one down but the rest must
certainly be someone’s bill from Vegas.

Next on the list: the
latest DVD.  An impulse purchase on my part.  It was on sale
and only $14.89, saving me 10 cents from buying it anywhere and it came
with a plush doll free!  How can I turn that down? 

1800flowers? 
Is it not enough for this goon to line his own pockets but he has to
buy his sleazy girlfriend some chocolates as well?  Oh wait, thats
from Valentine’s Day right? 

Late fee? Impossible! I’m
always on time….well, except for last month as instantly I can see
exactly where I put last month’s bill on my desk so that I wouldn’t
forget it, yet there it is, still sealed and underneath this month’s
issue of Maxim.  As you can see, by the end of the bill I’ve seen
that every purchase was indeed made by me and that I’m only a victim of
my own stupidity and lack of finacial management.

Speaking of
finances, since I stopped my free-spending ways (trust me, I have), I’m
starting to really save some money despite my car payments.  Gotta
keep it up and not fall victim to my one real vice of impulse spending.

As
you probably noticed, the theme for the blog has been updated. Same
theme, just an updated version.  I really like this theme and was
happy to upgrade it.

Don’t forget to read my real blog that I update everyday at Hochmania.com!

Song of the Day: Don Henley – Boys of Summer

Yesterday we had early dismissal from work because of the severity of
the snow/ice storm that hit. Well that’s good, right?  Well it
took me 2 hours to get home.  A trip that should take me
30-40 minutes was painfully slow. It didn’t help that it was white out
conditions and that my wiper blades had an inch of ice built up around
it.  But I managed to get home at 4 after leaving a little before
2. 

But with all this snow, did they give us a delay this
morning? Nope.  Despite the fact the roads are terrible, there are
accidents all over, and other schools in the area have delays, we get
nothing.  I really want to hit someone.  Whoever is
responsible for delays must be a complete idiot who only cares about
making money.  Sometimes the well being of the workers is a bit
more important.  At least I get to see Marissa the day after
tomorrow.

Most annoying thing to happen during snow storm? No wiper fluid.  It’s amazing how bad your windshield can get so quickly.

Song of the Day: Rush – Fly By Night

So there’s a huge snowstorm heading my way.  Should be at least
half a foot.  The whole state is gonna close down but I’m driving
to the Motley Crue concert?  Crazy you say?  Well, I’ll do
some weird things just to get a chance to see fire breathing midgets.

I hope I’ll make it back alive.

Song of the Day: Motley Crue – Smoking in the boys room

I was at the soda machine yesterday and decided I needed some sugar or
I’d risk falling asleep.  I looked down the list of options and
spotted the Dr. Pepper button.  I remember when I was around 11 or
12 and discovered Dr. Pepper. I think it was my first soda outside of
Coke/Pepsi and I loved it.  Anytime I could get it, I ordered Dr.
Pepper.  When I drink it today, it still reminds me of being at my
grandma’s house where they would keep a case of it cold just for
me.  I think we all have food or drinks that bring back a single
memory and Dr. Pepper is mine.  Of course, I gave up Dr. Pepper
for a long time, prefering Mountain Dew and then beer, but it sure
tastes good having it again.

Last night I was watching these new
episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway and I was absolutely dieing of
laughter.  I love that show.  It’s the sort of smart ass
humor that I relish and I was nearly crying it was that funny. 
The only thing I don’t find so amusing is the musical portions where
those butch women play the instruments (there’s 3 of them now).  I
know it probably takes more talent to do the musical bits but I just
dont enjoy it.  But the rest of the show is pure gold. 

Allegedly
the new version of MVP Baseball is coming out today.  If that’s
the case, don’t expect me to be online much at night as I’ll be
spending my time building my super team.  Gonna head over to Best
Buy and check it out.
A
nd I’ve come up with a method of fooling
anyone’s caller ID to make it show up as any number I like.  And
if you have Sprint or T-Mobile, I could get into your voicemail. 
Lucky for you, the forces of evil have no effect on me…..weather
permitting.

5 days till Motley Crue!

Song of the Day: Prince – Little Red Corvette

Today on the drive in I heard that the new baseball only station on XM
was live and I relished in listening to it.  I just wish I had
gotten stuck in traffic or something because it was great.  Now I
can get a baseball fix anytime I want.  I was even gonna order the
online access to listen to it on the computer but the station isn’t
available yet   However, I’ve definetly gotten hit with the
baseball/spring fever bug.

It was so nice yesterday that I had the sunroof open and was
cruising up and down route 1 on my lunch break.  It was nice for a
change to have it be in the 50′s & sunny.  All I needed was
sunglasses and a rather large breasted blonde in the passenger seat.

12 days till Motley Crue!

Song of the Day: Eric Clapton – Layla