These were in Tyra's kitchen-
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Goings Ons
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Birthweek
We were promised jetpacks. Not really. I think thats a band. Oh great a blog post where I just talk bullcrap back and forth to myself. Like anyone really needs another one of those. I don't. Do you? Probably not. Well, think about it.
Enough with the small talk. Michelle and I had a great old time at Disneyland. The land of dreams. You just know theres some creepy conspiracies going on in that place. But, its quite fun. The rides are great. They're really visual rides. Which I like. Michelle mentions how visual I am. This trip was amazing.
We met up with JonJam and kiddos and T-Bone. Do any of these names make sense to you? They should. They drove and then we flew in for a few days. Disneyland with tykes is fun but Michelle is pretty much the sugar to my Cheerios.
We also saw Craig Ferguson. V.I.P. passes which means we were in the green room. The place where the celebs get drunk before going on. Its true. We sort of hung out with Ellen Page and Zooey Dechanel except they never came into the dressing room but just hung out in their own rooms. Still we were in very close proximity to them. Craig was awesome. He is the best improviser in late night. He's like a mule with a spinning wheel.
The warm up comedian must've went to the same clown college as Lamar because they had the exact same jokes. He referred to me as the "Gay guy from Utah" and then gave me a free shirt. It was a trip of trips. We've had 3 in the last 4 months. We like to get our trip on. I mean I work for an airline so whatev's right? So we've been celebrating Michelle's birth for the past week. They gave her a pin at Disneyland and so every worker who saw her told her happy birthday. Next year we'll have to go to Disneyworld and really get freaky.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Compliments and Complaints
So lets keep the complaints up and also compliments.
Compliments- nice place and all moved in, Nick working from home so no commute, free laundry, Mishell got a promotion, new furniture from IKEA, and we have flight benefits.
Complaints- we are in crazy debt due to our flight benefit to Long Beach, IKEA furniture is kind of crappy, Mishell isn't sure when her new job promotion will start, I have no excuse for not doing laundry, and my hair is starting to look like an old ladies wig.
The biggest thing we're complaining about is our lack of tax return being returned sooner. We have some money coming that is taking a while. Stupid IRS online thought we had a first time home buyer credit which obviously we don't seeing as we are in debt and living in a studio. $4000 would compliment us nicely.
Compliments- nice place and all moved in, Nick working from home so no commute, free laundry, Mishell got a promotion, new furniture from IKEA, and we have flight benefits.
Complaints- we are in crazy debt due to our flight benefit to Long Beach, IKEA furniture is kind of crappy, Mishell isn't sure when her new job promotion will start, I have no excuse for not doing laundry, and my hair is starting to look like an old ladies wig.
The biggest thing we're complaining about is our lack of tax return being returned sooner. We have some money coming that is taking a while. Stupid IRS online thought we had a first time home buyer credit which obviously we don't seeing as we are in debt and living in a studio. $4000 would compliment us nicely.
Same stylist.
Friday, February 18, 2011
We're moving. Damn. But, good. We'll have a washer and dryer and an overall hip place. Hip don't lie. Shoes don't lie. Hands can lie using sign language. Feet lie down after a long day.
The place we choose is in a house thats 300 years old. Its quite amazing. The natives built it and were confused by the architecture and thus abandoned their design. Settlers came and thought other settlers built it. Turned it into a brothel. Then the Sheriff moved in. Its a long story. Pretty much the same story as Return of the Jedi.
jetBlue is awesome. Why do companies choose to not capitalize certain letters? eBay, jetBlue. Maybe its just a B thing. Anyway, excited to fly soon.
The place we choose is in a house thats 300 years old. Its quite amazing. The natives built it and were confused by the architecture and thus abandoned their design. Settlers came and thought other settlers built it. Turned it into a brothel. Then the Sheriff moved in. Its a long story. Pretty much the same story as Return of the Jedi.
jetBlue is awesome. Why do companies choose to not capitalize certain letters? eBay, jetBlue. Maybe its just a B thing. Anyway, excited to fly soon.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Community College isn't pretty. Its full of interesting takes on the student form. As well as interesting takes on the College form. My hiatus was ended last winter and I embarked on settling the score between Community College and myself. We've had a long drawn out war. Finally, I thought I had a game plan.
As with any war you have to know your enemy or its futile to winning because what would winning be defined as? For me, winning is just getting a note of surrender in the form of some sort of a degree from my adversary.
Today I faced a major setback. My government aid was not given due to a lacking in W2 forms sent. Its been quite a debacle. Usually I just work on it but today I just feel the need to say everything I don't like about my enemy so as to give you some perspective.
This place is now a Community University. So, in my absence it has grown immensely in strength and arrogance. It looks like a half ass makeover to me. The place has always had an industrial feel that hasn't been updated since the 70's or whenever. But, now it has some new stuff and its just weird. Feels like a library in that it is this massive structure but gross for some reason. You could probably convert the place to a power plant or industrial factory in about two months. The walls are concrete. The ceilings are purposely unfinished but all the pipes and crap are painted over in school colors. I hate it.
Half of my classes had to be dropped. I was only taking two. I dropped one because I had a couple absences due to work and family events. The other class is a nice old man who tells stories about science for 40 minutes and then we turn in a scantron of the chapters. The answers are in the back of the book and the test is open book.
The parking situation is a joke. Before, I didn't mind because there was a shuttle that took me back and forth from school without any other stops. Now the shuttle takes a 40 minute route around the whole campus. Thats what you put up with if you don't feel like shilling over an extra $80 for a parking pass. A lot of people park in visiting because its close and faster than playing their games. We're reduced to being criminals for wanting a decent parking spot. Can you imagine if Wal-Mart made you get a parking pass?
Books are scams. Some even say they're not refundable right when you buy them. If Borders or Barnes and Noble had that same ratio of price they'd be going out of business. And guess what? They already are. Too bad schools get away with it because you don't really have a choice. You can buy it or not. You can get it used and not get a refund but still pay way more than any humane price you can think of or you can get it new and get maybe 20 bucks for the 200 bucks you paid.
Basically, the business model only works because of that handy little note that says you're smart. But, really all its saying is you're smarter than the stupid school for winning them at their run around games.
If this school was really community focused then maybe they should lower tuition, lower book prices, make parking decent and functional, have a good looking inside and outside that is cohesive, make the teachers give a crap about their students. I guess its my fault for picking public schools instead of private.
As with any war you have to know your enemy or its futile to winning because what would winning be defined as? For me, winning is just getting a note of surrender in the form of some sort of a degree from my adversary.
Today I faced a major setback. My government aid was not given due to a lacking in W2 forms sent. Its been quite a debacle. Usually I just work on it but today I just feel the need to say everything I don't like about my enemy so as to give you some perspective.
This place is now a Community University. So, in my absence it has grown immensely in strength and arrogance. It looks like a half ass makeover to me. The place has always had an industrial feel that hasn't been updated since the 70's or whenever. But, now it has some new stuff and its just weird. Feels like a library in that it is this massive structure but gross for some reason. You could probably convert the place to a power plant or industrial factory in about two months. The walls are concrete. The ceilings are purposely unfinished but all the pipes and crap are painted over in school colors. I hate it.
Half of my classes had to be dropped. I was only taking two. I dropped one because I had a couple absences due to work and family events. The other class is a nice old man who tells stories about science for 40 minutes and then we turn in a scantron of the chapters. The answers are in the back of the book and the test is open book.
The parking situation is a joke. Before, I didn't mind because there was a shuttle that took me back and forth from school without any other stops. Now the shuttle takes a 40 minute route around the whole campus. Thats what you put up with if you don't feel like shilling over an extra $80 for a parking pass. A lot of people park in visiting because its close and faster than playing their games. We're reduced to being criminals for wanting a decent parking spot. Can you imagine if Wal-Mart made you get a parking pass?
Books are scams. Some even say they're not refundable right when you buy them. If Borders or Barnes and Noble had that same ratio of price they'd be going out of business. And guess what? They already are. Too bad schools get away with it because you don't really have a choice. You can buy it or not. You can get it used and not get a refund but still pay way more than any humane price you can think of or you can get it new and get maybe 20 bucks for the 200 bucks you paid.
Basically, the business model only works because of that handy little note that says you're smart. But, really all its saying is you're smarter than the stupid school for winning them at their run around games.
If this school was really community focused then maybe they should lower tuition, lower book prices, make parking decent and functional, have a good looking inside and outside that is cohesive, make the teachers give a crap about their students. I guess its my fault for picking public schools instead of private.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
New Year, New Stories, New TCU Fans
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