Mike's Journal

12/13/2010 19:39 #53266

Chernobyl VACA

So I saw today that Chernobyl is going to be offering tours in 2011! Um, I will not be the first in line for that! I will not even be the 100th in line! Who wants to go there? They are still working on a permanent block/cover so they definitely seem like they realize it is stiill toxic. They say if you stay on the guided tour it is ok, but for some reason I don't trust that. It was like Paul telling the story about the place he worked where there was a tape on the ground and across that line you needed a hazmat suit, as if the tape was keeping the toxins away on his side of the line. So all in all, I do not plan on going their for vaca, well until they add a casino of course haha

jbeatty - 12/18/10 18:15
I think it would be really cool to see a soviet era town preserved from the 80's. It's kinda spooky there from all the pictures and videos I have seen. Just intriguing I guess?

tinypliny - 12/15/10 18:00
(e:jbeatty), I am just curious. WHYYYY?

jbeatty - 12/14/10 15:13
I would love to go see that town. There are some interesting videos on Youtube of Prypiat the town that Chernobyl is in. I think the radiation levels have subsided quite a bit since the incident. It's mostly Cs-137 contamination, with a half life of 30 years. At that rate its nearly half gone!

hodown - 12/14/10 13:03
I smell a Visco/Ho vacation coming up!

tinypliny - 12/13/10 19:59
I take it that you were not interested in the museum of Nazi horrors (or some such thing) in DC. I wasn't either and hotfooted it out of its vicinity as soon as I could - but you should have seen the LOOOOOONG queues that were waiting to get in!

metalpeter - 12/13/10 19:49
Sounds like a great Horror / Slasher or Zombie or even and end of the world type movie.... Not Real Life. I wonder what is the point. It seems like the things that might be interesting wouldn't be safe like the guy melted to something or something.

12/11/2010 12:17 #53234

Optical Illussions

So I am at work on a Saturday and it is quite slow, well I only got here 15 minutes ago but I haven't even gotten one call yet. And it is so quiet cuz hardly anyone is in the building. Anywho so I started looking at optical illusions on yahoo and wowser they freak me out kinda. They really blow my mind. I just don't understand how they work and somehow I feel like they could be used for evil, ok haha prolly not but it does really rock my mind how they work.

paul - 12/11/10 17:21
How are you always mobile posting. Did you get a new phone or are you just using the mobile site?

tinypliny - 12/11/10 14:35
Because your brain is functioning as it should? lol

12/09/2010 18:11 #53228

Snookie Droppings

Did anyone else here that MTV is dropping Snookie (encased in some kind of ball I'm assuming) for New Years Eve? I guess the rest of Jersey Shore is going to be leading the people in Times Square in a fist pumping Snookie dropping countdown. Totally rediculous but awesome.

metalpeter - 12/14/10 19:48
It Gets More Interesting Just Read that she is MTV News #4 women of the year!

metalpeter - 12/14/10 17:29
From what I read it wasn't the Hudson it was like a round ball but not sure from where exactly...............

tinypliny - 12/13/10 20:07
really, they are throwing her into the hudson?! I thought this was (e:mike)'s joke. No?

metalpeter - 12/13/10 19:50
Just wanted to add I got a link to this in an e-mail and in the picture snooki looks hot as hell, I thought she was a fat chick this should be wild (hopefully I'll be somewhere and not watching it)....

mk - 12/10/10 13:27
seriously?

tinypliny - 12/10/10 12:56
Rediculous is when ridiculous is carried too far. Get with the lingo.

mk - 12/10/10 11:07
Please tell me you just made a typo and you do in fact know how to spell the word ridiculous...

tinypliny - 12/09/10 19:36
I had no ideas ETs actually existed till I read your post and googled "Snookie".

libertad - 12/09/10 18:12
I just signed on to say hello to you in chatter and now you are gone.

11/30/2010 18:25 #53181

So Long Antoine

Antoine Thompson finally admitted he lost! YES!

libertad - 12/09/10 18:15
I should also say how great this is. It really says a lot of the people voting in the district to oust someone like this when the steaks were so high. Hey, hey goodbye!

paul - 11/30/10 19:16
I cried ;)

11/01/2010 23:39 #53048

Last Monday at RiteAid

So today was most likely my last 13 hour day at Rite Aid! It was kinda exciting but mostly kinda sad. As some of you know, I got a job at Independent Health which starts next week contingent on my passing the drug test (should be no prob as I am like the DARE poster child) and a background check (inapporop halloween costumes aren't part of a background check right? haha) . So today after 11 years may very well be my last Monday at Rite Aid. Punching out with Rachelle (we both have been doing all day mondays for a while together was rather sad!) I sorta plan on working one part day a week at RiteAid just to keep my foot in the door and for some extra cash but it really depends on what my schedule at IHA ends up being like if that will be possible. We'll see. I am sure I will write more about this crazy new transition in my life soon, but for now I"m just kinda sad about it but excited at the same time.