O meu espaço
Originally uploaded by http://trocasebaldrocas.blogspot.com.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Craig's list Way Funny Rant
go here, it is a sweet little bash on Honda Owners, and it is funny as hell...
Ps. send some my way if you find anything interesting...
Ps. send some my way if you find anything interesting...
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Another Day at the Fuzzy Factory
Pondering over the day's events I wonder why the hell I am standing in a 97 degree warehouse for nine hours straight. When being offered this job I cannot honestly say that my employers were completely up front. If when offered the position they mentioned that I would be working for a catfish on a forklift, ariving by 6 AM daily, give rides to derelects on my 30 minute lunchbreak, have said derelect accuse me of conspiing against her, or that I would look forward to driving home at 3;30, after a 9 hour shift in a 100 degree car, left to bake in the sun, in traffic, I would have told them to take a hike.
I look down on my Fun Time Fuzzy posters, and reflect that there is nothing fun about them... I only wish that the children who enjoyed these creations had the slightest comprehension of all the pain and frustration that went into each one. The screams as I slam my elbow down on my razor sharp tape dispencer for the third time in one session, or the chain smokers sitting on thier breaks lighting thier third cigarette on a 15 min. break, or if they could hear the workers coughing on the aspestos like fuzz... Maybe they to would see the irony in the product's name...
This is my hell... People go to work doing terribly mundane and tedeous things, but at the end of the day they can look back with relief that at least they dont work at a fuzzy factory. I know Cassandra does, she tells me that whenever her work gets unbarable she thinks of my in my two by two foot space, towering posters over my head, hoping that one will crush me and end the fuzzy hell...
Does your job suck?
Answer Yes or No to the Following Questions:
1. Do you have to be at work by 6 AM?
2. Do you work in a building with no air conditioning or circulation on 97 degree days?
3. Do you get paid $7.25 (before taxes)?
4. Do the men at your workplace refuse to shower and obsess over dungeons and dragons?
5. Do random drug addicts ask you for a ride home?
6. Are you almost positive that half the staff could not pass a drug test?
7. Do the employees display thier NA chips with pride?
8. Do strangers think you are plotting against them?
9. Do you have to clean the bathrooms?
10. Is the highlight of your day getting free markers?
If you can say yes to all these and you have a masters degree, you might need a new life.
I look down on my Fun Time Fuzzy posters, and reflect that there is nothing fun about them... I only wish that the children who enjoyed these creations had the slightest comprehension of all the pain and frustration that went into each one. The screams as I slam my elbow down on my razor sharp tape dispencer for the third time in one session, or the chain smokers sitting on thier breaks lighting thier third cigarette on a 15 min. break, or if they could hear the workers coughing on the aspestos like fuzz... Maybe they to would see the irony in the product's name...
This is my hell... People go to work doing terribly mundane and tedeous things, but at the end of the day they can look back with relief that at least they dont work at a fuzzy factory. I know Cassandra does, she tells me that whenever her work gets unbarable she thinks of my in my two by two foot space, towering posters over my head, hoping that one will crush me and end the fuzzy hell...
Does your job suck?
Answer Yes or No to the Following Questions:
1. Do you have to be at work by 6 AM?
2. Do you work in a building with no air conditioning or circulation on 97 degree days?
3. Do you get paid $7.25 (before taxes)?
4. Do the men at your workplace refuse to shower and obsess over dungeons and dragons?
5. Do random drug addicts ask you for a ride home?
6. Are you almost positive that half the staff could not pass a drug test?
7. Do the employees display thier NA chips with pride?
8. Do strangers think you are plotting against them?
9. Do you have to clean the bathrooms?
10. Is the highlight of your day getting free markers?
If you can say yes to all these and you have a masters degree, you might need a new life.
New Toy
Blogger just added a picture hosting feature, I dont know where they go, or how many I can post, but we will investigate this none the less and see how it goes... This is Autumn (or at least it should be) wearing my cap and gown with her new masters degree in education... Doesnt she look proud? Anyways... lets see how it goes...
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
Looks Like We Got a Shooter
IMG_0532
Originally uploaded by Martin Sisiak.
I dont know what was going through this guys mind when he woke up this morning, but if any US Marshals see him, they might take him out on site.
Who knows, maybe the inmate look is coming back in. Pretty soon well will all be wearing pink underwear and neon orange jumpsuits. I cant wait... it will be Martha Sterwart's Fall line...
Friday, Woo Whoooo
Well today was great... I stood in the same spot for 9 hours straight and contructed 270-some odd kits. Which is better than yesterday, when I made 240... So I guess I am getting better at it. The girl next to me only made 217, so good for me. The big lady said I was doing good, but the skinny one with the lisp said it want good enough... I dont really care, I love hearing her talk to us... It is hard to be condecending with a speech impediment... ha ha... (we are always, like, what was that... could you say it again?) Muuu waaa ha ha...
In other news, the computer is back up and running, so whoopdy do... The optical drive up and died on my with two months left on my warrranty, and with the little ding on the side, I'm sure they wouldnt have covered it anyway... But the powers that be fixed by themselves, five restarts later, and the damn thing is fine... Who knew... but I have the sinking suspicion that this is an indication that more troubles are on the way and that renuing my warranty is going to be a good plan...
Other than that, I had my visitor open and checking and savings account at Washington Mutual, to get her on her way to independence. Next week we will work on getting her license and finding her a beater car to play with....
This is my side project, in return, she pokes me with a stick so I make it to work on time... good deal...
We got paid today, and $40 went to taxes, I need to go back in there and redo that form to show me as exempt... I qualify, why should they take all my check for nothing... grrrr...
Anyways.... other than that, Cassandra is coming down for the weekend, sushi and movies are planned, and I will get back on top of my knitting... What a thrilling life I lead....
That and there was a humungous thunder storm last night... It killed my answering machine and took out all my important messages... I am reconsidering the back up battery move... it might just be a good plan. I of course, sleep like the dead and didnt hear a thing even though it was all going on right outside with the windows open...
Back to doing nothing...
Talk to you later
KC
In other news, the computer is back up and running, so whoopdy do... The optical drive up and died on my with two months left on my warrranty, and with the little ding on the side, I'm sure they wouldnt have covered it anyway... But the powers that be fixed by themselves, five restarts later, and the damn thing is fine... Who knew... but I have the sinking suspicion that this is an indication that more troubles are on the way and that renuing my warranty is going to be a good plan...
Other than that, I had my visitor open and checking and savings account at Washington Mutual, to get her on her way to independence. Next week we will work on getting her license and finding her a beater car to play with....
This is my side project, in return, she pokes me with a stick so I make it to work on time... good deal...
We got paid today, and $40 went to taxes, I need to go back in there and redo that form to show me as exempt... I qualify, why should they take all my check for nothing... grrrr...
Anyways.... other than that, Cassandra is coming down for the weekend, sushi and movies are planned, and I will get back on top of my knitting... What a thrilling life I lead....
That and there was a humungous thunder storm last night... It killed my answering machine and took out all my important messages... I am reconsidering the back up battery move... it might just be a good plan. I of course, sleep like the dead and didnt hear a thing even though it was all going on right outside with the windows open...
Back to doing nothing...
Talk to you later
KC
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Day Something or Other, I already forgot, but I still have a job
Yes, with the attention span of a small gnat, it's hard for anyone to expect me to keep track of the month, date, and time, let alone the number of days and hours that I have spent slaving away at the fuzzy factory. I dont care what day it is... all I know is that in stead of the boot camp starting at 7 the powers that be have moved the routine to 6... on account of Eugene's beautiful 94 degree heat and the lack of air circulation in the building. It makes sense, that at some point well will begin dropping like flies from heat exaustion and that production speed will decrease.... That means less money for Wallmart and we cant have that. So this week and from now on I will be getting my dose of aspestos like fuzz an extra hour early.
Other than that, I went to see Beck yesterday... Muuuu waaaa haaa haa. It was pretty sweet. I ran into alot of friends and past coworkers from Chavez. I am always leary of running into teachers at concerts and the fair... dont want them to think I'm too crazy or anything... But what ever. So I went up with Autumn and Cassandra... hung out with all her little friends from Borders, and had a pretty good time. After that we went to a Borders' employee reunion at a bar downtown and heard Cass' friend Chad play with his band, that I cant recall the name of. It was all pretty sweet... Then off to bed by two just in time to get up and get back on the freeway in the morning... So that was my weekend....
Laters
Other than that, I went to see Beck yesterday... Muuuu waaaa haaa haa. It was pretty sweet. I ran into alot of friends and past coworkers from Chavez. I am always leary of running into teachers at concerts and the fair... dont want them to think I'm too crazy or anything... But what ever. So I went up with Autumn and Cassandra... hung out with all her little friends from Borders, and had a pretty good time. After that we went to a Borders' employee reunion at a bar downtown and heard Cass' friend Chad play with his band, that I cant recall the name of. It was all pretty sweet... Then off to bed by two just in time to get up and get back on the freeway in the morning... So that was my weekend....
Laters
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Alright, Let's Try it Again... Day One and We have a job
K guys, place your bets, how long will I last this time... Cheryl and I have just joined the slave labor minions of the Fuzzy Factory. First time for Cheryl, welcome back for me... Good times. I was happy to see all the familiar faces of all the UA rejects from last time. It's a small world. As I walked in the door, I mentioned to Cheryl, "I hope they dont put me on the kits"... It sucks, they make you assemble hundreds of fuzzy poster kits... There is a specific order to all of it, the placement of the posters, length of each piece of tape, angle of each piece of paper... Lame...
Anyways, I am happy to be back to work, thought not as thrilled to be back with the kits, I will never make quota... I dont want to... Cheryl got put on Marker Island...lucky wench... All she has to do is put glue on markers and attach a stick to them... Not too hard....
So Like I said, we were hoping to be employed for at least a week... So you better get you bets in before Friday or it may be too late. *smile*
Laters
Anyways, I am happy to be back to work, thought not as thrilled to be back with the kits, I will never make quota... I dont want to... Cheryl got put on Marker Island...lucky wench... All she has to do is put glue on markers and attach a stick to them... Not too hard....
So Like I said, we were hoping to be employed for at least a week... So you better get you bets in before Friday or it may be too late. *smile*
Laters
Monday, July 11, 2005
Thursday, July 07, 2005
What a Week
eyes
Originally uploaded by Miss Clare.
Hey Guys,
You all should check out the "Scissor Sisters"... I love the song, "You cant see tits on the radio"
want the lyrics, I know you do....
First Verse:
Creamsicle sky while the sun sets up in the west
Where are the queers on the piers, heard they gave it their best
Now they got jobs at a local fast food chain
Flippin' tricks for the burger, since Lady M jacked their fame
Flippin' tricks for the burger, since Lady M jacked their fame
You can't see tits on the radio
I'll give you five fingers for a one man show
Fasten those pants for the lap dance
Take a shot now this may be your last chance
There ain't no tits on the radio (Oh no)
There ain't no tits on the radio (Oh no)
There ain't no tits on the radio (Oh no)
There ain't no tits on the radio (No no)
Hot Chicks and a Puppy
Hot Chicks and a Puppy
Originally uploaded by Miss Clare.
Ok, false alarm, no hot chicks in sight. I was walking out of the dollar store when I happen to notice this man had a puppy in his pocket. For once this wasnt a bad pick up line, he actually did have a puppy in his pocket. So seizing another Kodac momment was a natural next move. He said that T-Dawg was the mellow one and could hang out with people, and that Otis was the wild one... hence the pocket. It seemed pretty neat to me and the little one didnt seem to mind.
This little event reminded me of a comedy skit my sister sent me... the background story on this was that corky had mistakenly bought like 10 pairs of underwear that were the wrong size... so she says she's mailing them out. She also mentions that she just got Limewire and inquired if I would like a CD. Of course I am always up for new music, and she asked me what kind... I said, hell I don't know, underwear music. So 2 weeks later, I receive a large envelope, wich I proudly open in the middle of class, to find 10 pairs of underwear from hawaii and an underwear compelation soundtrack.
It was funny as hell, every song was about underwear!! And the last track was a comedian doing a skit that touched on bums and thier underwear... talking about how some people scream "get a job" at homeless people" he went on to mention that perhaps thier resume's weren't up to date, and that McDonald's probably has an underwear inside the pasnt policy...
He went on to rant about drug commercials. I often wonder about them as well... I mean you really cant figure out what they are selling from the commercial....
Commercial: "Do you get tired? Do you forget things?"
Veiwers: "Holy #$%^, I have this, write this down"
Veiwers: "Wow, this desease comes with a hot chick and a puppy...how do I get that?"
Raspberry Supreme
Raspberry Supreme
Originally uploaded by Miss Clare.
Welcome to home base, that is looking more and more like the S.S. Barbie. I love what she has done with the place. She is so creative, stinging laundry line webs across the ceiling, and hanging baskets of lace for everything else... It looks great...
Autumn Being Attacked by a Dragon
Country Fair
Originally uploaded by Miss Clare.
Sadly it happens all the time. People are often mezmorized by the enchanting creatures and want to touch them. Then they get too close and look what happens... I tried to warn her, but she wouldnt listen. After hours of reconstructive surgery and too many stiches to count we got her back to camp. You'll all be happy to hear that she is recovering nicely. I think she'll be back up and around in about a month. So let this be a lesson to you all... DONT PET THE DRAGONS!!
(So this is week one at the Country Fair... Autumn's family has a booth so they got in on Tuesday... I will be joining them shortly.)
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