INTERVIEWED!

Went to a job interview today at one of the better restaurants in Milwaukee. I wonder if they'll hire me? I'd hire me. I went all out -- shirt and tie, black shoes, and I shaved. I even used mouth wash this morning... I never use mouthwash. Started out talking to the manager, then the owner came up and talked to me. That's a good sign, right? First place that was actually interested in interviewing me too. Don't understand why they liked my resume and the 15 other places didn't. I'm gonna make some cheeseburgers now. Once I start working again I'll join a gym. I promise. I just spelled promise like promiss then had to stare at it for awhile to figure out what was wrong with it. Odd. GO PACK!

The straight brimmed black hat

I cannot stand hats like these and I'm seeing them more and more often. What does this hat say? I'm a fan of sculls? I'm a tool? I'm wearing my grandma's sunglasses indoors? When I was in Mexico I saw a whole group of guys wearing these things and I just don't get it. What happened to the good old fashioned brewer hat? If this doesn't annoy anyone else I'll shut up. I'm kind of fixated on hats because of you know, the baldness. It's like the acceptable toupee. Unfortunatly it's not seen as proper to wear them during certain occassions. I hate national anthems. Sorry I had to use your picture Nick, but finding pictures of tools in hats is actually a hard thing to do. Thanks for helping me out.

quick xmas update

We headed out to Pardeeville christmas eve to celebrate! Got there late because we got caught in a traffic jam on 94. They closed the interstate around Lake Mills because of a crash. We can't even travel across Wisconsin without getting delayed. But we did get there in time for dinner. Had some shrimp, scallops, meatballs, and cannibal sandwiches -- raw beef on rye. I ate it with onions, Katie hates it when I eat onions. I don't really understand why. After dinner we decided to watch a nice christmas movie -- Live Free or Die Hard. Parts of it were ridiculous, but on a whole, that movie was awesome. On Christmas morning we ate some quiche and homemade cinnamon rolls then opened presents. Then we visited katie's dad and grandma for a bit. Then it was time to hop back into the car and head out to Oconomowoc to hang out with the McNamaras. Got there a little late but was able to catch some of the presents. Had the classic McNamara dinner of Kielbasa and ham. I talk about food a lot. Anyways, it got late and we headed back home. Met up with a couple friends, went to halliday's then crashed. Good day. Next morning we hit Milwaukee's infamous Solly's. Went for the Super Solly burger and some onion rings. Pounded it. Then sat at parks' house bored for 3 hours watching terrible movies and unintersting Don Rickles biographies. Then Katie and I headed home and did what any normal person would do. Ordered some chinese. Spent a good part of the morning in the bathroom but I'm up now. Lets see what I can accomplish today!

Ryan international

MEXICAN RANT!!!

The flight was delayed leaving Milwaukee because a part of the door handle was missing. They didn't have one of these parts in this airport. BUT A PLANE IN GREEN BAY DOES!!! Alright lets fly this plane from green bay in. The plane is coming we'll be out of here in about an hour. Oh man it's snowing pretty hard now. Milwaukee closes the airport. Where we gonna put this plane from green bay? Well it can't land here. Send it back. The passengers should hear something... Ok lets say they closed the airport because of weather and the plane can't land. Oh thank god, they opened the airport again, ok 2 more hours we'll have this part guys! CLOSED! SEND THE PLANE BACK!!! Ok hold on... lets say nothing for two more hours and take the luggage off the plane. Lets just cancel this thing and put half the passengers in a hotel for a night. Don't the passengers deserve some sort of compensation? I mean they are going to lose a night at the resort that they already paid for... No, we're not responsible for weather related delays. But we would of been fine if we had that part for the door and left at 3:00. SHUT UP! What time we gonna fly out the next day? I have absolutely no idea. Lets give these passengers a phone number to an automated voice and instruct them to call it throughout the night to hear updates. Why did the voice say the plane was gonna leave at 7:00 yet we told everyone at the airport we're leaving at 9:00? I guess the computer didn't figure that out. Smile everyone, we're going to mexico!

Ah we're in mexico. Now sit back and relax. You booked your vacation through apple vacations and they'll take care of everything for you. Just hop on this bus and we'll take you to your resort. Your apple representative will be there to greet you. Made it to the hotel, looks nice. Where's our representative? Well lets go check out our rooms. We can't all stay in the same wing? But there are only 4 rooms taken on this side of the hotel? We got to pay 200 bucks extra a night to have us all in the same area? Screw it. Want to show your mom our suite katie? Sure! Hey why is that security guard running over here? Wow, are you serious? Your mom doesn't have a black wristband so she's banned from stepping foot on this side of the resort? That's retarded. The phone's ringing in our room. Hey it's our apple guy, Gonzalo! Oh.... we can meet him today, but he leaves in 5 minutes. And shoot, tomorrow's his day off. In fact he is impossible to reach throughout the entire week we're on vacation.

Traveling is over lets have fun. I'm gonna get a pina colada. Jeez, we can only get our drinks in 8 oz plastic cups? What is that alcohol your putting in there? it's in a plastic squirt bottle? I had like 15 pina coladas but can't really tell. One thing is for sure, coconut, pineapple, and tacos = wicked heartburn. This brochure says we get to eat up to 3 dinners at one of these fine dining restaurants. Lets make a reservation! Oh... every single one of these restaurants are booked for the week. After a huge hassle we did get into a couple. Interesting. Seafood stuffed avocado salad. I'll give that a shot.... I guess a can of tuna counts as seafood. How did 3 of us get sick on the last day? Should probably call the front desk and see if anything is going around. Are there a bunch of people getting sick? "we have a doctor but you have to pay." No that's not what I'm asking. I'm just wondering if something is going around or we're an isolated case. Have you been getting any complaints? "We have a doctor but you have to pay." Ok I'm hanging up now.

Vacation is over, time to head home to milwaukee. Apple has a shuttle, it is required that you hop on there and get to the airport 3 hours before departure just to make sure everything runs smoothly. Well we're in the airport, where's the check in? Ryan international's check in is here but where are they? Oh they don't start checking people in for 45 more minutes. Well at least we got to the airport 3 hours early. Lets sit and wait. Alright I guess the plane is delayed an hour, for no disclosed reason. Well lets get our tickets. Ok we're in gate A. Wait a minute, the gates all go by number, not letter. Does anyone in the airport know where gate A is? Nope, ok, lets check the flight board. What the hell? There is no flight leaving this airport today to milwaukee... furthermore, there is no ryan international airline listed here. What's going on? I guess we'll sit here and wait. Wait I think I can understand this japanese women who translates spanish to english on the loud speaker! Why are they speaking english with a japanese accent in mexico? Whatever, she said our flight is about to leave from gate 12, lets go! Everyone get in line, lets us search your bags! Ok wait outside for the bus to the plane! WE'RE ABOUT TO GO!! "We just got word that the airport in milwaukee is closed due to intense fog. If you could go back into the terminal we'll keep you posted. As of now the flight is due to take off at 5:00." Well, lets get something to eat. A salami sandwich is 7 bucks? want to get a beer? oh man 6 bucks for a beer. Well we're gonna leave around 5:00 I can't wait. It's 5:00 what's going on? It's 6:00 what's going on? No word on the flight. I can't stand this damn airport, I want to leave so bad. The flight board still says we're supposed to leave at 5, but it's 7:30!!! WAIT, it's the japanese woman, shhhhhh.... Flight 1423 to milwaukee is now boarding! YES THANK GOD! oh man I couldn't stand another minute of this airport. Everyone line up, we're going home!!!! I've been in this line for like 20 minutes. "This just in, Milwaukee airport has closed once again, we're investigating other cities we can fly to." Ok this shouldn't take long, they'll probably just fly us to chicago and we'll shuttle up to Milwaukee. Man it's been another 30 minutes. "Flight 1423 to milwaukee has been canceled, you can pick up your bags at the international terminal. Down there you can talk to your travel representatives and they'll help you out." F&!%!!!!!!!!

Here we are, the apple travel representatives! What do we do now? You can take us to a hotel but it's a 50 dollar cab ride and costs 100 per person? What time does the plane leave tomorrow? you don't know, wonderful. one hour later, "ok, sorry about the inconvenience. We should be able to get you out of here tomorrow at 7:00 AM. Airport opens at five, check your bags then. Meanwhile enjoy your night sleeping on the tile floor of that mexican carl's jr. over there." For those of you don't know what carl's jr is, it's like the west coasts' version of hardee's. 5 am is here, but no one from ryan international is here. Oh, it's 6:15, they showed up, and we're leaving at 8. Plane boarded and went home, feel like hell. VIVA MEXICO!!!

I complained a lot there when I really shouldn't have. Actually with all that going on, we had a really good time. Good times can be had if you surround yourself with good people. Katie's family was a blast. there was no way we weren't gonna have fun. Our room was one of the best I've stayed in. Had a great time hanging out on the beach, ate at a couple cool restaurants. One in punta de mita and the other in puerto vallarta. Did a ton of boogie boarding. Laughed at the gay guy in the little suit. Charted a fishing boat and caught a ton of mackerel. Found a way to eat tacos for every meal on their daily buffet. Did some beach front shopping. Had a real fun night drinking some tequilas and cervezas and laughing at the brahs heading to the "disco." When I look back at the week, I will always remember how much fun we had. So thank you Katie, Dan, Maggie, Shea, Jorie, and Sam. If you plan a trip next year, count me in.

PS... I got pick pocketed in downtown puerta vallarta. Grandma and grandpa, It looks like that kohl's gift card is gonna get me a new wallet. Sure came in handy fast! thanks!

STEROIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't stand this steroid stuff on tv now. I will discuss it now.

1) If you get busted, just say you did it. Nothing looks more pathetic than an athlete who gets nailed for this and then sits there crying about how they're being treated unfairly. You know what's not fair? Throwing 98 mile an hour fastballs and making more money than god when you're 45 while some player who deserves a spot on a major league roster can't play. Anyone can see why you'd take steroids, so just admit to it and appologize. It will blow my mind if any active player right now admits they cheated. They just won't do it. losers.

2) I think the media thinks I'm retarded. I don't know how many players have been named or questioned in this whole steroid deal but some players are just obvious. Barry Bonds changed his hat and shoe size when he was 38. Gained at least 50 pounds of muscle and hit 30 more homeruns than he could when he was 28. HE TOOK STEROIDS. How many reporters have to go on the air and say, "there is no proof that he actually did this. There is no positive test!" Or my favorite, "where's the smoking gun?" "People are innocent until proven guilty!" Anyone who says this is retarded. Then they go and try to convince me to think this way... meaning they think I'm retarded.

3) People treat barry bonds differently in this case because the world is racist? Possibly... Is gigantic bs'ing jackass a race? If so, you win this one barry. What a dork.

4) Half these guys had hall of fame careers before taking this stuff. Maybe not half, but this bonds and clemens stuff. They took it at a point where if they retired then they would of been inducted first ballot. What makes them think they can pull this off? Best years of your career after 40? Oh yeah, they think I'm retarded.

5) Brewers just signed Gagne and he got busted for hgh. Damn it. At least we're not like the astros who dumped half a team for tejada. Lets see how that one works out.

Look what katie did to me

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1183418910

Night after conejitos

Just got back from conejitos. Today I went for 2 chicken enchiladas, 1 tostada, and one burrito. We also split an order of chips and salsa and a 1/2 pitcher of margaritas. All for a gigantic total of $24! Then headed over to the hollander for a beer. It's called tripel karmaliet... if you can find it, drink it. I've become a huge fan of these belgian beers.

Man do I need a job. Granted, we made enough this summer to be able to sit around jobless till next summer, but good god it is awful. My favorite moments of the week are the few times I leave the apartment. If I have to go to the grocery store I'm ecstatic. I find myself thinking of retarded things I want to cook just so I can make a trip to the grocery store. Otherwise, the only time we leave is to visit katie's family, apply for jobs, or... um... god, I think that's it. It snowed like 4 inches today and everything in milwaukee was closed, schools too. I remember having to drive to school after a good 10 inch snowfall back in the day. Couldn't believe they got a snow day. Mom, remember that time we got a cold day because it was around -20 below and you decided you should take advantage of this and take your sons with you to sams club for help? Then after checking out greg and I bailed to the car leaving you to push the cart over frozen slush and through blistering winds. Then we complained about how long it took you to get to the car? sorry about that one. But who cares, I'm gonna be in Mexico in 3 days. Alright, I'm gonna see what I recorded on the dvr... if it's not entertaining I'm gonna go to bed. Good night.

merriman is pissing me off

this one is for super sport nerds but anyone hear these reports of shawne marriman complaining that jeff fisher ordered a hit on him during the titans chargers game. This is why he is an idiot.

1) He plays football, people get hit in football. He complains about hearing the titan players telling him there was "a hit" out on him. If this was true... why was he standing on the line without having his head on a swivel.

2) On the play in which he got "hit" he was blocked clean by a tight end. Nothing dirty about. Hit him in his body, nowhere near his knees.

3) A few plays prior he lit up Vince Young after a hand off. Now that is a dirty hit. That is apparently why the titans ordered this hit on him. Hypocrite. Pathetic.

4) He got suspended for steroids, stats are way down this year... overrated.

packers win... yawn...

Packers handled the raiders with ease last week. Never really seemed like much competition. Read in the milwaukee journal sentinel that there was a stretch in the game where warren sapp literally called out the offenses plays before the snap like 10 times in a row. Apparently it was at the end of the game and favre and the offensive line were just laughing every time. The best thing is we ended up throwing a pointless td to donald lee during that stretch. so they still couldn't stop us eventhough they knew exactly what we were doing. the lions could of really helped us out but didn't... because they're pathetic. Wish seattle would start losing. Don't have that first round bye clinched quite yet. Just want that to happen. anyone catch that steelers patriots game? that was a joke. Heard predictions of dallas going out in round two to minnesota. Think that will happen? I do. Good stuff. Two awesome things could happen to us. From what i think I heard, hovan plays for tampa. tampa is looking like they're gonna be one of those crap nfc teams to make the playoffs. I'd love for hovan to try to do that favre rivalry thing again. You think he still has favre's jersey hanging in his locker? Who else would he have? Drew brees? I'm sure he just hates drew brees. well anyways, it'd be funny to play that guy and beat him again. Then he can leave lambeau the same way as his last visit -- flipping off the fans while being pegged by beer bottles. Seattle could make their return to lambeau for the playoffs. WE WANT THE BALL AND WE'RE GONNA SCORE!!!!! SHIT HARRIS!!! season over. That should happen again. I'm gonna go find a job now. Anyone know of something decent to watch on tv from 1-3? I pretty much figured out every other hour of the day... but that 1-3 stretch is hard. Can't even get a maury in there. Ok seriously, gonna find a job now. Later.

Pauly SHORE!

Last night we saw "the weasel" Pauly Shore at jokerz comedy club in milwaukee. For some reason he didn't sell out his show. Kind of awkward, he had good material for the first part but then just seemed to ramble for the final half hour. There was some complete tool right behind us that angered me. He'd yell things like, "Do the weasel pauly!" or "who you dating pauly? britney spears?!" it was just like, shut up guy. Most of the act consisted on making fun of the mullet lady who sat front and center at the show. What are you thinking? First to go with the mullet, second, to sit in the one seat that'd guarentee ridicule.
We made meatballs yesterday. Didn't really have a recipe so kind of just wung it... winged it? wung? Threw in a ton of garlic which made it delicious. My fingers still stink though, washed them at least 5 times.
Anyone ever watch this ultimate fighter show? Get a bunch of fighters, force them to live in a house with no tv or any other sort of entertainment. Oh but they let them have a fully stocked bar. So it's just a bunch of bored drunk meatheads fighting and crying for an hour. The finale is on tonight. There's that mayweather hatton fight tonight, might be one of the first boxing matches I have been interested in. I want to watch it but 55 bucks? come on. Maybe a bar is showing it. that would save some money... that or I spend 55 bucks on beer and nachos. But if I do that I get beer nachos and a fight. So basically I get free beer and nachos right? Got to look into this one. Rock on! oh the packers are playing the raiders tomorrow, easy win. who cares. Go pack!

Congratulations Milwaukee!!

Just saw the new forbes fatest city list. We moved all the way down to a tie for 16th. Way below our former number one status. http://www.forbes.com/health/2007/11/14/health-obesity-cities-forbeslife-cx_rr_1114obese.html?partner=aol Memphis takes the cake... literally. Cincinnati is fatter than Milwaukee, take that grandma, grandpa, greg, and megan. The south is really making a run. I guess there's a downside to eating fried pig feet and various gravies all day. Sadly, I don't think Milwaukee is getting thinner, I just think the rest of the country is getting fatter.

Other news, katie and I are getting together with a chunk of the former mama mia's crew tonight. We got about 15 ex-employees heading over there to order some pizzas. Should be interesting because I do believe fat tony has banned everyone of us from the building. That is what happens when you quit his wonderful establishment -- you get banned and told you're the worst workers he's ever had. Hope he's not there. If he is it could get really awkward... definetly bringing my camcorder. Rock on!