05/25/06 10:22 - 71ºF - ID#29517
I was a field trip Dad
But first the victims
We got send below
It's a quiet ride, despite the winday day
But soon, the minnow would be tossed. Good thing I was sealed in gladware to lock in freshness
It was a lil blustery as we went to the horseshoe falls
And jjust like that we be done
I'm not sure why my camera went back in time all the sudden, but soon after we found ourselves in the calm of
My taste buds are contemplating legal action, good thing it was free. Who knew that five eleven year old girls knew so many fart and burp jokes (and funny ones at that). I insulted one of the boys they deemed annoying and I was suddenly the cool parent on the trip.
Nice day off.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/24/06 07:57 - 42ºF - ID#29516
The Hurricanes blew into town
I thought it must be some tour bus to require an armed escort. Turned out it was the Carolina Hurricanes arriving to stay at the Hyatt for the games with the Sabres tonight and Friday.
I parked my car across the street and met up with my party in the restaurant. It has a huge picture window which was filled with EB Greens employees trying to gawk at the arriving hockey players, many of whom filtered into the restaurant during our dinner. It was interesting to watch the various reactions of the people in the restaurant to the famous faces. Grudging admiration from some of the men, flat out gushing from some of the women I noticed. My boss, a non-fan, cracked me up. She caught me surveying the crowd and deadpanned "I fucking hate hockey," before taking a long sip of her drink. Gotta love her.
If I can clean up the picture, I'll post the one of the piece of chocolate cake they served me for desert. It was a seven layer job that truly was seven layers. I got one and one of the reps from Turner got one. This was truly gawk worthy. HEads turned to look at these cakes as they were brought out. I got about a quarter of the way through and had to say uncle.
Anybody for cake?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/22/06 11:01 - 47ºF - ID#29515
Mental McNuggets
The reason I mention it is that the Turner Network people are coming into town tomorrow and we are being taken to EB Greens. If you are into steak, it's a great restaurant, but this is the second time I've been able to eat there on someone else's dime and it makes me laugh. From the piano player with the painted on hair to the parade of beef on a cart as you order. That reminds me of the section of the Hitchiker's Guide when the heroes get to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe when the entree emerges from the kitchen and invites the customers to literally eat it
Things I think about while the people with heavier titles are engaging in a round of "who's is bigger."
Sigh, I should have been a bartender, right now it's more sincere.
Weather over the past few days have been hell on breathing. I wish it would make up its mind. I'm looking forward to some sun soon. Could use a little color (a sly user pic joke).
Walked out of an office building on Exchange street and was nearly hit by this moron who was very busy in his beemer except watching the road. I figured as a relatively easy to notice (at 6'3) pedestrian, he would have noticed that his car was going through a red light while he worked the phone, ipod and laptop. He did take notice of the grumpy irishman (that would be me) who pounded on his hood to ensure he noticed he nearly plowed a few of us over.
Getting busted for being a moron left him properly chastised. I started laughing becuase the woman crossing the other side of the street yellled at him to hang up and drive.
Just another manic monday.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/21/06 11:28 - 46ºF - ID#29514
Gettin my shit together.....
I had a thing at Pearl Street tonight that ESPN was sponsoring. It was a lot of fun to go out and laugh, especially under the auspices of work. A few drinks, snacks and swag were good for the soul.
Had a brief moment of unparallelled parental coolness. My daughter accidentally added me to her my space list and sent a bulletin out bitchin about her mom and me. In a sign that I think I have my head on straight, I didn't bitch her out or raise my voice. Trusting my gut, I told her "Siobhan, you may want to delete me from your friend list." I kept it
matter of fact and said nothing else. She disappeared to my computer and reemerge with eyes reeling of guilt. To my eternal wisdom, I said nothing else.
Speaking of my space, I cleaned my own up and upon some indirect good advice of a fellow epeep, I recinded a bunch of ill-advised friend requests to peeps until I actually meet a few in person. Made me look too damn needy. Can't be having that. Next mass epeep outing, I'm in.
My charming lad of a son decided that we needed to go see "Over the Hedge" yesterday. He got two regal passes for his birthday, so he was taking me. I figured the least I could do was to chip in with popcorn. It was a big dopey hoot. I had a blast. Nothing like a few fart and cheese snot jokes in the company of other afficianados to restore one's sense of silly.
I do have to admit one thing. I am enough of damaged goods loser to have a yahoo personals site, and the responses tend to go from promising to ewww ( and I'm sure I'm somebody's ewwww, I have no delusions at my age). I'm not very active on it. I do consider it the height of my wisdom that I snuck my email address pasted the vaunted yahoo censors. This was my attempt to make sure that people are reading my well chosen verbage. I got a response today from the woman I was asking out a few journals ago, who basically gave me a non-response. I'm not sure what to make of that one.
Food for thought, that, but despite grey skies and cold today, it's getting better. Gonna go get some rest to fight the demons again.
Night peeps. Be well and warm.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/19/06 08:09 - 53ºF - ID#29513
I'm an uncle!!
The new dad forgot the chocolate cigars from Sweet Tooth on his dashboard in his haste, so he now has a chocolate square.
Nice way to end a forgettable week.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/17/06 10:36 - 55ºF - ID#29512
Yesterday's self-pity
"Dad, you have to be at the Sabres games next week?"
Yeah, I cleverly reply.
"Do you think one of those could be a Take your daughter to work kind of thing?"
Wow, made my day, maybe it is darkest before......
Sorry for yesterday's rants peeps, the bastards have been getting to me and I was walking around feeling like the air was getting sucked out of every room I walked through, resulting in that devastatingly handsome current user pic.
I apologize....it's gonna be alright (curtis mayfield just told me so)
Night
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/16/06 10:02 - 55ºF - ID#29511
A good walk spoiled....
I didn't see a familar face which too sucked and was a good thing. I think if I started talking about the insanity of it all, I would have just lost it.
They're trying to find work, I try to console myself. It doesn't work, because they need to do better. I'm good at what I do and have worked so it's not arrogance to say that my group is better with me. What I do is fairly trivial in the grand scheme of things, but to get basically get offered a rotating registers is flat out fucking insulting.
I clicked on a pile of epeeps my spaces and I apologize. I guess I was looking for sympathetic cyber shoulders to lean on. There is a lot of disingenuous bullshit floating around the cable company and I guess I was trying to reach out to real people.
I've never been in this situation before. I get universal praise for my work (the full page ad in the news last sunday was me) from all the stuff shirts, but it doesn't seem to matter.
If this reads like venting, I guess that's because it is.
Bounced a check, my car cd player broke and had my intelligence insulted.
It's been a full, fucking day.
Off to go apply a tourniquet to my self-esteem
Later
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/16/06 08:41 - 55ºF - ID#29510
This isn't good....
I think after the all the extended day leaving me no more rewarded, doing all the commericals, doing all the ads and sundry other print crap, plus all the other stupid ass marketing crap, they want to make me a glorified counter person.
They were spinning it as seeing another side of the operations. I spin as I'm in marketing too.
Anybody hiring?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/15/06 07:09 - 56ºF - ID#29509
Free Beer!!
Updates to follow
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Location: Buffalo, NY
05/13/06 02:01 - 68ºF - ID#29508
Space, the final frontier
Always thought it ended this way
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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