Archive for June, 2005
Bewitched
Jun 30th
Ok, so I work for Head Penn Racquet Sports. Anyone who hasn’t gone to see Bewitched yet, please do something for me as I do not feel like paying to see the movie again. There’s a scene where Will Farrell’s character is in his hotel room and he goes to the sink area in his bathroom. The counter is covered with all sorts of junk. Please look real hard and make a mental note… is there a canister of Penn Racquetball balls sitting there on the counter? The balls are blue, the canister may contain 2 or 3 balls. If you notice this and can confirm this, please let me know! This person I went to the movie with says they saw them but I was evidently clueless to their existence. Thanks in advance!!!
Big Suguaro
Jun 30th
Just a quick update here.
In AZ we have the largest cactus in the world. It’s a Suguaro cactus and it’s 46ft tall (that’s just over 14 meters for you metric people). It’s huge! Anyway, below is a picture of it. Sadly, it was burned in a wildfire last week and it may die. It’s survived being on this earth for over 200 years, maybe it can pull through one more time!
It’s Hot!
Jun 28th
Just wanted to post what the Mozilla Firefox “Forecast Fox” extension shows for the next two days here in Phoenix. Take a look at the graphic below!
Hot Hot Hot
Jun 24th
Just wanted to inform everyone that we are burning over here in the desert. Let me see, the past week the temps have been at 110 and higher (for you Canadians and those of you who prefer the metric system, that means the temp was hovering around the 45/46 mark).
Just another note, I have finished decorating my cube at work with many Olympic things. If you didn’t know already, i’m just as obsessed with the Olympics as I am with TV. Anyway, all this stuff I put up in my cube allows people the chance to start up a conversation with me, so that’s always nice, especially since I’m still new.
Ok, it’s a lazy Friday afternoon here at work, hence why I’m posting while I’m still at work. I plan on leaving soon but I had to post an update because I wasn’t sure if I’d remember later this evening. More pictures of my house coming soon on my house website. I hope to get there this weekend (and maybe walk into my actual structure, oooo, danger!).
The new job.
Jun 20th
I wanted to post the web address for my company in case some of you have no idea what Head makes.
http://www.head.com
Second, it’s amazing… my manager has no idea what to train me on and so I am currently getting paid to read email, surf the net, and just plain dick around at work. Yay! Actually, I wish he’d figure out a project to get me started on, then I would at least have something to look forward to and something to make the time pass more quickly. But, I can’t complain too much, it’s 1000x better than my old job!!
Oh yeah, for some reason I’m currently addicted to Green Day, no clue why.
Driving Home
Jun 19th
So I was driving home last night, on the I-10 (took the long way home, I just felt like I needed to drive). As I got closer to my exit, the mileage sign for how far Los Angeles is from Phoenix showed up and kind of caught me off guard. At that very instant I thought to myself how awesome it would be to just not have any cares or responsibilities in this world… how it would be so awesome to just keep on driving those 358 miles… skip my exit and just keep on going. Oh man, it was the weirdest feeling… but it was also a really cool feeling. Sadly, those days of unplanned trips are gone. No more spontaneity for me, at least nothing too big, like going to a different state.
Anyway, I just had to share this with everyone… now it’s time for bed.
Olympic Update
Jun 18th
*****CORRECTION*****
The IOC votes on the 2012 host in July, the 6 – 9th, so check back then for more info!
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Hmm…
Jun 18th
Ok, first let me say, my house is coming along wonderfully! They finally opened the model homes and I was able to post pictures of that on my site. You should visit it again to check them out. I went and measured all the rooms in that place yesterday, now I can seriously plan on what sort of things I want to buy for it!
My new job at Head Penn Racquet Sports is awesome! I love it, the people there are great. Of course, for me it takes a bit of time to really get to know people but I think it’s going well. Also, there are travel opportunities that I may be able to take advantage of in my position… so we’ll see. (note to you Canadians, our office in Canada (Head Canada) is based in Guelph, so keep your fingers crossed, I could be visiting on my employers dime in the future).
Now, let me just say that I hate it when issues arise with friends. It’s annoying and it just makes things crappy. I’m sure you’ve all experienced this sort of thing before. Let me just say that I hate it when people act childish and when they don’t acknowledge the fact that they were being childish when you bring it up to them. Also, I hate it when guys act like girls (no offense) when it comes to dealing with issues, I mean, that’s one of the joys of being a guy. Some background info on what’s going on my be needed… so if you want it,email me (or call if you have the number) and i will share, I enjoy getting other’s opinions on the matter. Just do me one favor in all your dealings with your friends, if you don’t want to participate in the event that has been planned, just say so, don’t say that you’re interested and just blow the person off when the date arrives.
On another note, I made my final big purchase for my trip to Torino in 2006. I now have airline tickets to/from Italy. Yay! The months will just fly by now, I can feel it. It’ll be February 2006 before I know it. On the Olympic note, I believe next week is the announcement for the 2012 games. I just pray that Paris doesn’t get them. I’d really like for them to come to NYC but I don’t think that’ll happen because of Vancouver 2010. I’ll post the result on my blog when the news breaks, so if you don’t find out about the result on the news, you can come here for the info!
Ok, time to get ready to go to a movie with my sister and her friend. Later people.