that I know what's going on, given that I'm a high powered finance guy and all, and have a reasonable idea of how it's going to end up in the financial markets. Unfortunately, I have a policy of not lying to myself, and potentially anyone who stumbles across this blog. In the real world, I haven't got the foggies goddamn idea what's going to happen or how exactly it's going to affect me. What I do know is that I'm going to hunker down, save some money to the extent possible and hope to get through this relatively unscathed. I REALLY wish I'd been a bigger dick to my wife, and forced us to rent for a few more months. C'est la vie....
Tonight is NCIS, the Mentalist and Fringe. NCIS is definitely in, but not sure which of the others are getting watched. I'm thinking probably the Mentalist, given that it's new and I'm still not sure about it. I'll give it this week and maybe next, and if I'm not sold I'm cutting it loose and just watching Fringe.
My jeep parts are still backordered at Quadratec and I'm not happy.
Later
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
My children
will be reading about this time in their college textbooks. Assuming they go to college, anyway.
Plan #1....begin growing garden in back yard in preparation for Great Depression #2.
Plan #2.....draw down HELOC and all credit cards so as to have cash NOW rather than hope it's available later.
Plan #3.....clear all accounts out of banks and hide money in either mattress or tin cans in back yard.
Plan #4.....purchase large quantities of firearms to protect self (and possibly plan #3) from gangs of looters and rioters after world economy collapses.
Okay, most of the above are a little f-ing out there. But this seems to be the mood of many people, especially many of my brethren in the blogosphere, who actually have readers (unlike myself). Plus I already have firearms, so let 'em come. Just stay the hell out of my garden!!
Later
Plan #1....begin growing garden in back yard in preparation for Great Depression #2.
Plan #2.....draw down HELOC and all credit cards so as to have cash NOW rather than hope it's available later.
Plan #3.....clear all accounts out of banks and hide money in either mattress or tin cans in back yard.
Plan #4.....purchase large quantities of firearms to protect self (and possibly plan #3) from gangs of looters and rioters after world economy collapses.
Okay, most of the above are a little f-ing out there. But this seems to be the mood of many people, especially many of my brethren in the blogosphere, who actually have readers (unlike myself). Plus I already have firearms, so let 'em come. Just stay the hell out of my garden!!
Later
Geaux Tigers!, WTF in Banking?
First things first.......WTF is going on in banking? Last week it was WaMu, then our esteemed (yeah right) Congress worked all weekend to hammer out a bailout agreement, now Wachovia is selling itself to Citi. As a finance/accounting type, this scares the piss out of me. It's funny how this affects you on a personal level. My birthday present was supposed to be the new HD Tivo that records over 100 hours. Costs around $700 with the network adapter and so forth. I've been waiting to buy it now for almost a month, first because I didn't want to buy a bunch of crap just before possibly moving, and second because I wanted to keep the cash if the markets and economy drop into the crapper.
Now for the fun stuff. Can you say "Geaux Tigers"? Beat Ms State, although it was much more difficult than I anticipated. Couple of my observations from the game.....
Now for the fun stuff. Can you say "Geaux Tigers"? Beat Ms State, although it was much more difficult than I anticipated. Couple of my observations from the game.....
- We have got to figure out how to cover backs out of the backfield, either with the linebackers or with safeties.
- Our defensive line, for all the pre-season talk, isn't getting much pressure on opposing QBs.
- Jarrett Lee made some throws during the game that scared me to death. Overall though, he played pretty well.
Finally got a little work on the Jeep done. Took off the flat tire and bought a can of fix a flat for repair purposes. I think I'm going to have to eventually get new tires, as these are pretty dry-rotted, but if they will just hold together until I get this thing running, that would be nice. Also took all the old oil to be recycled. Now need to replace the oil that was drained, and finish the back axle, then take that to be recycled and clean up the pan. Ordered up a new body mount set, which should allow me to get the red neck engineered body lift off and replaced with one that has actual engineering to it. Once that is done, I think I can fix the clutch linkage and get back to the electrical work. My in-laws are coming next week, so that may free up some time for me to work on it.
Same ole, same ole at work. working on budgets for FY 2009, Closing the FY 2008 for the short year after the acquisition, and the other normal stuff. Fun!
Later
Friday, September 26, 2008
Holy Cow!
USC Lost??!! I refused to watch that game last night because the blowjob noises the announcers were making as they talked about USC during College Football Live. Then USC turns around and does what they always seem to do, and lose to a much less talented football team in a surprise fashion. Okay Tigers, you better learn from this example and not get in trouble against a not very good Ms. State team Saturday night!!
In Jeep news, I finally bit the bullet and purchased new body mounts (the rubber ones, not the frame horns). That is the key to getting most of the body alignment and work taken care of and I needed to get it done. Now hopefully, I can move forward this weekend with finishing up the changing of the fluids, plus the recycling, and also maybe convince myself to get some electrical done.
I was going to work on her (the jeep) last night, but had faint hopes of getting laid and delayed until it was hardly worthwhile. Unfortunately, my plan didn't work, so I guess I should have just worked on the jeep.
later
In Jeep news, I finally bit the bullet and purchased new body mounts (the rubber ones, not the frame horns). That is the key to getting most of the body alignment and work taken care of and I needed to get it done. Now hopefully, I can move forward this weekend with finishing up the changing of the fluids, plus the recycling, and also maybe convince myself to get some electrical done.
I was going to work on her (the jeep) last night, but had faint hopes of getting laid and delayed until it was hardly worthwhile. Unfortunately, my plan didn't work, so I guess I should have just worked on the jeep.
later
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Reviews of my shows
Well, NCIS was pretty good, although I'm disappointed in Gibb's gut that he didn't get the right person......The Mentalist was entertaining, although I was bothered because they never said what he noticed about people and it bugged me.
Criminal minds tonight, and we see what happens.
My sister keeps sending me headlines from this idiot site called "Wonkette". It is proof positive that both "Wonkette" and my sister are idiots.
Just working other than that.
Later
Criminal minds tonight, and we see what happens.
My sister keeps sending me headlines from this idiot site called "Wonkette". It is proof positive that both "Wonkette" and my sister are idiots.
Just working other than that.
Later
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Fixin' to get buried?
I was just listing out some of the "to - do " items here at work and I have a feeling I'm fixin' to get f-ing buried here. I guess the key is to keep focused on the end of the process, and work on upgrading everything in between.
Not lots else to discuss. LSU vs. MSU this weekend, looking forward to it in a big way. Can't decide if we should try to have the girl children sleep over at the babysitters, but it's an option. We should stomp them, but I'm worried about the teams focus after the big game at Auburn and with Florida in 2 weeks.
Not going to work on the Jeep tonight, but I'm targeting Thursday as of right now. Tonight is the premier of "NCIS", which is a fave of mine. I'm also planning on testing out the new show "The Mentalist". I'm a sucker for clever dramas, where people use their brains instead of just punching someone. Of course, I also like the big budget action movies where people just get punched too, so I guess I'm not completely consistent.
Still hating the "bailout". See below the e-mail exchange between my sister and I yesterday regarding the bailout, and our potential plan to deal with it. Note that it is newest mails first, so you have to read from the bottom up for it to make sense. Sorry, but I don't have time to cut and paste the oldest on top.....I particularly like the public shaming, the credit counseling and the mandatory attendance at timeshare sales seminars.
Sister: Sweet. I am in. Been reading up on it, sounds like a good pick. I for one, welcome our new Costa Rican overlords.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica>>>
Me: I don't think it would take that long. We buy all the classes on credit, then just don't pay the bill when it comes because we've moved to Costa Rica and left no forwarding address. In fact, we sell out homes and don't pay the mortgage, take huge cash advances on credit cards and leave town with as much cash as we can beg, borrow or steal. It's okay, because the bank will go crying to the feds for some of the $700B, and then it will get paid back..just not by us.
Sister: Wow - Timeshares? Now that is just cruel. But I am okay with it.
I thought the credit counseling idea was good, since they added that extra little bit of humiliation in when they "reformed" the bankruptcy law. Another fun little tidbit on the bankruptcy "reform" - used to be that people would come out of bankruptcy and be able to keep their house. Now that it is so much more difficult for people to file and get rid of credit card debt, they are actually walking away from their mortgages so they can pay off all that fun credit card debt that those irresponsible welfare moms ran up. That's making the "mortgage crisis" worse. Anecdotally, according to Dad, most of the individual bankruptcies he filed where not people being stupid, it was people faced with lost jobs and medical crises. Irresponsible losers.
How long do you think it would take to learn the Spanish for the Costa Rica?
Can you tell I am a little irritated about this?
Me: Dang, you are on a roll today. The credit counseling class is also an excellent idea. May I suggest that they be forced to attend a series of "finance 101" seminars put on at various universities? In fact, they could also be forced to attend multiple timeshare sales pitches too, so they can develop a BS detector.
Sister: Old shrimp are quite stinky. I like it. Just for extra fun, I think they should also be made to take a "credit counseling" class, just like the individuals who declare bankruptcy now.
The world really is "confused" right now - liberal advocacy groups mobilize to stop bailout package? Shouldn't that be the other way around?
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/22/groups-mobilize-to-stop-bailout-package/
Me: I think I'll use a combination of crabs and shrimp, with possibly some old meatloaf or something, just to keep a little of a Midwestern feel to it. (Since I live in some weird version of the Midwest down here)
Sister: Well duh! Of course! Would you like for me to send you some rotten crawfish heads, or do you think you can find some fish heads/crab remnants that will do? If you get crab remnants, make sure they are good and covered in pepper so they burn.
Me: I have to say I REALLY like the idea of a public shaming..can we put them in stockades?
Sister: I have now also decided that we should bring back the stocks. All corporations buying into the bailout must send their CEO for a public shaming. I plan to throw rotten tomatoes and crawfish heads.
Me: At least you can plant a garden..not very many food plant grow in sand.
Sister: You are right! I better get that victory garden going in the backyard . .
Me: The only problem is they'll probably lay us off before we're 85 so they can outsource the job back to China
Sister: as I was driving back from lunch, I realized exactly how prescient Arte's songwriting was, now if we could only figure out a way to make some money on that:
They changed my adjustable rate mortgage
They changed my adjustable rate mortgage
Payments so high!
Escrow's a lie!
Payments so high!
Escrow's a lie!
We now need a second verse involving something about our 401k's tanking and now we will work for our Chinese overlords until we are 85, the end
Me: What we need, is something like one of the avatars off of Tigerdroppings. It says "I support single moms" and has an outline of a woman dancing on a pole. We need something like that for the banking industry. Maybe "I support banking" with a pic of a banker in a 3-piece pulling Uncle Sam's pants down.
Just a thought.
Sister: I did see that - didn't Saudi princes buy a big chunk of Citigroup? I have actually been paying attention to all this crap. I am now going to start referring to wall street types as "those damn welfare moms constantly with their hands out.
ME: Welcome. Unfortunately, this has been going on for a year.you should also check for the investments by the middle eastern governments. They are selling us the oil, then using the profits to buy Wall Street.
Sister: I would like to welcome our new Japanese and Chinese overlords:
http://www.reuters.com/article/americasMergersNews/idUST13048620080922>>>
ME:
In a nutshell, yes.
I will continue to pay my also responsible mortgage on my larger and newer, but somehow apparently still overpriced house. For once, I find myself with a growing love of stupid and/or impractical proposals being floated by the Dems right now about limiting CEO pay if they take advantage of the lifeline. Screw 'em. I'm about to get populist on their A$$.
I did a little math, and here are some other things that we could do with $700,000,000,000 (damn that's a lot of zeros.) I'm not exactly sure what the population of the US is these days, but I used 300,000,000. Therefore, you could give every person in the US $2,300, which would increase my household wealth by almost $10,000.
You could buy 1,000,000 houses @ an average price of $500,000 for the bargain price of $500,000,000,000. Then you could use the remaining $200,000,000,000 to tear them all down. This would result in thousands of construction jobs in the tear downs alone, plus the reduction in inventory can't help but have a beneficial effect on home pricing (supply and demand, right?) I mean according to the admittedly somewhat squirrelly numbers I just pulled off Google, that's almost 6% of the total for sale homes.
Or, (this is my favorite option) they could just write me a check for $257,000 and I'll pay off my mortgage. Screw everyone else. Okay, I guess they can write you a check too. After that, we'll sit back and fiddle (ancient Rome reference) while the country collapses.
Also, I guess we won't be fixing Social Security this century. I'm thinking of learning Spanish and moving to Costa Rica.
Sister: Me too. I have been doing a lot of reading just trying to understand what exactly the h*ll is going on, cause this is a little complicated for my feeble mind. So basically, I get to continue paying my responsible mortgage on my little tiny 50's ranch house (that I can afford) because a bunch of banks gave sh!tty loans to irresponsible people who they knew couldn't afford to repay them, so now my tax dollars are going to be spent buying said sh!tty loans so the CEO's of the banks and mortgage brokers can continue to fly on their jets, and now I will never live in River Ranch, or something like that?>>> "
Me: In short, I think it's a bad idea. The long answer won't make it past the anti-swearing wall.
Sister: So what do you think About the bailout??
Not lots else to discuss. LSU vs. MSU this weekend, looking forward to it in a big way. Can't decide if we should try to have the girl children sleep over at the babysitters, but it's an option. We should stomp them, but I'm worried about the teams focus after the big game at Auburn and with Florida in 2 weeks.
Not going to work on the Jeep tonight, but I'm targeting Thursday as of right now. Tonight is the premier of "NCIS", which is a fave of mine. I'm also planning on testing out the new show "The Mentalist". I'm a sucker for clever dramas, where people use their brains instead of just punching someone. Of course, I also like the big budget action movies where people just get punched too, so I guess I'm not completely consistent.
Still hating the "bailout". See below the e-mail exchange between my sister and I yesterday regarding the bailout, and our potential plan to deal with it. Note that it is newest mails first, so you have to read from the bottom up for it to make sense. Sorry, but I don't have time to cut and paste the oldest on top.....I particularly like the public shaming, the credit counseling and the mandatory attendance at timeshare sales seminars.
Sister: Sweet. I am in. Been reading up on it, sounds like a good pick. I for one, welcome our new Costa Rican overlords.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica>>>
Me: I don't think it would take that long. We buy all the classes on credit, then just don't pay the bill when it comes because we've moved to Costa Rica and left no forwarding address. In fact, we sell out homes and don't pay the mortgage, take huge cash advances on credit cards and leave town with as much cash as we can beg, borrow or steal. It's okay, because the bank will go crying to the feds for some of the $700B, and then it will get paid back..just not by us.
Sister: Wow - Timeshares? Now that is just cruel. But I am okay with it.
I thought the credit counseling idea was good, since they added that extra little bit of humiliation in when they "reformed" the bankruptcy law. Another fun little tidbit on the bankruptcy "reform" - used to be that people would come out of bankruptcy and be able to keep their house. Now that it is so much more difficult for people to file and get rid of credit card debt, they are actually walking away from their mortgages so they can pay off all that fun credit card debt that those irresponsible welfare moms ran up. That's making the "mortgage crisis" worse. Anecdotally, according to Dad, most of the individual bankruptcies he filed where not people being stupid, it was people faced with lost jobs and medical crises. Irresponsible losers.
How long do you think it would take to learn the Spanish for the Costa Rica?
Can you tell I am a little irritated about this?
Me: Dang, you are on a roll today. The credit counseling class is also an excellent idea. May I suggest that they be forced to attend a series of "finance 101" seminars put on at various universities? In fact, they could also be forced to attend multiple timeshare sales pitches too, so they can develop a BS detector.
Sister: Old shrimp are quite stinky. I like it. Just for extra fun, I think they should also be made to take a "credit counseling" class, just like the individuals who declare bankruptcy now.
The world really is "confused" right now - liberal advocacy groups mobilize to stop bailout package? Shouldn't that be the other way around?
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/22/groups-mobilize-to-stop-bailout-package/
Me: I think I'll use a combination of crabs and shrimp, with possibly some old meatloaf or something, just to keep a little of a Midwestern feel to it. (Since I live in some weird version of the Midwest down here)
Sister: Well duh! Of course! Would you like for me to send you some rotten crawfish heads, or do you think you can find some fish heads/crab remnants that will do? If you get crab remnants, make sure they are good and covered in pepper so they burn.
Me: I have to say I REALLY like the idea of a public shaming..can we put them in stockades?
Sister: I have now also decided that we should bring back the stocks. All corporations buying into the bailout must send their CEO for a public shaming. I plan to throw rotten tomatoes and crawfish heads.
Me: At least you can plant a garden..not very many food plant grow in sand.
Sister: You are right! I better get that victory garden going in the backyard . .
Me: The only problem is they'll probably lay us off before we're 85 so they can outsource the job back to China
Sister: as I was driving back from lunch, I realized exactly how prescient Arte's songwriting was, now if we could only figure out a way to make some money on that:
They changed my adjustable rate mortgage
They changed my adjustable rate mortgage
Payments so high!
Escrow's a lie!
Payments so high!
Escrow's a lie!
We now need a second verse involving something about our 401k's tanking and now we will work for our Chinese overlords until we are 85, the end
Me: What we need, is something like one of the avatars off of Tigerdroppings. It says "I support single moms" and has an outline of a woman dancing on a pole. We need something like that for the banking industry. Maybe "I support banking" with a pic of a banker in a 3-piece pulling Uncle Sam's pants down.
Just a thought.
Sister: I did see that - didn't Saudi princes buy a big chunk of Citigroup? I have actually been paying attention to all this crap. I am now going to start referring to wall street types as "those damn welfare moms constantly with their hands out.
ME: Welcome. Unfortunately, this has been going on for a year.you should also check for the investments by the middle eastern governments. They are selling us the oil, then using the profits to buy Wall Street.
Sister: I would like to welcome our new Japanese and Chinese overlords:
http://www.reuters.com/article/americasMergersNews/idUST13048620080922>>>
ME:
In a nutshell, yes.
I will continue to pay my also responsible mortgage on my larger and newer, but somehow apparently still overpriced house. For once, I find myself with a growing love of stupid and/or impractical proposals being floated by the Dems right now about limiting CEO pay if they take advantage of the lifeline. Screw 'em. I'm about to get populist on their A$$.
I did a little math, and here are some other things that we could do with $700,000,000,000 (damn that's a lot of zeros.) I'm not exactly sure what the population of the US is these days, but I used 300,000,000. Therefore, you could give every person in the US $2,300, which would increase my household wealth by almost $10,000.
You could buy 1,000,000 houses @ an average price of $500,000 for the bargain price of $500,000,000,000. Then you could use the remaining $200,000,000,000 to tear them all down. This would result in thousands of construction jobs in the tear downs alone, plus the reduction in inventory can't help but have a beneficial effect on home pricing (supply and demand, right?) I mean according to the admittedly somewhat squirrelly numbers I just pulled off Google, that's almost 6% of the total for sale homes.
Or, (this is my favorite option) they could just write me a check for $257,000 and I'll pay off my mortgage. Screw everyone else. Okay, I guess they can write you a check too. After that, we'll sit back and fiddle (ancient Rome reference) while the country collapses.
Also, I guess we won't be fixing Social Security this century. I'm thinking of learning Spanish and moving to Costa Rica.
Sister: Me too. I have been doing a lot of reading just trying to understand what exactly the h*ll is going on, cause this is a little complicated for my feeble mind. So basically, I get to continue paying my responsible mortgage on my little tiny 50's ranch house (that I can afford) because a bunch of banks gave sh!tty loans to irresponsible people who they knew couldn't afford to repay them, so now my tax dollars are going to be spent buying said sh!tty loans so the CEO's of the banks and mortgage brokers can continue to fly on their jets, and now I will never live in River Ranch, or something like that?>>> "
Me: In short, I think it's a bad idea. The long answer won't make it past the anti-swearing wall.
Sister: So what do you think About the bailout??
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tremble in fear
bitches!!
Okay, it wasn't that earth shattering of an event, but my Tigers (the REAL Tigers) managed to pull off the win over Auburn, AT Auburn for the first time in about 10 years. Great game, and I bet ESPN is loving it. LSU looked pretty good on both offense and defense, especially after Jarrett Lee came in after Andrew Hatch was hurt. I have to admit, the kid played well, and recovered nicely after throwing a pick six in the first half that looked truly awful.
Decided over the weekend to pull out of the potential job I've been farting around with. I just have no faith in the housing market, and I don't feel like I can afford to lose any money by selling now. I guess I could spend some of their money getting a free flight to LFT, but that just seems like a jerk thing to do. Things are going reasonably well around here at my current job, and it seems maybe I should plan to stay for a while.
Still no action on the Jeep. She developed a flat tire over the last week, which I think is her way of saying "get the heck in here and do some work Monkey Boy!!"
Later
Okay, it wasn't that earth shattering of an event, but my Tigers (the REAL Tigers) managed to pull off the win over Auburn, AT Auburn for the first time in about 10 years. Great game, and I bet ESPN is loving it. LSU looked pretty good on both offense and defense, especially after Jarrett Lee came in after Andrew Hatch was hurt. I have to admit, the kid played well, and recovered nicely after throwing a pick six in the first half that looked truly awful.
Decided over the weekend to pull out of the potential job I've been farting around with. I just have no faith in the housing market, and I don't feel like I can afford to lose any money by selling now. I guess I could spend some of their money getting a free flight to LFT, but that just seems like a jerk thing to do. Things are going reasonably well around here at my current job, and it seems maybe I should plan to stay for a while.
Still no action on the Jeep. She developed a flat tire over the last week, which I think is her way of saying "get the heck in here and do some work Monkey Boy!!"
Later
Friday, September 19, 2008
WTF??
I've been watching this whole stock market thing over the course of the week with a sense of dread. First to the bad side, and now just to the WTF side......
I just don't get it. I understand the AIG bailout, it kind of had to be done. That fucker is just too big, and too tied in to all the facets of the economy to be allowed to fail, especially when it's nothing other than a cash flow problem. (and I believe that is the problem)
But I most definitely do not get the failout (not a misspelling) plan that buys all the crap assets and transfers them to my fucking back as a taxpayer. Why have we been bonusing out all those assholes if not to handle crap like that. Just give me a chance to shift my 401k money into cash, then let the failures begin. Someone will step back in eventually.
Dickheads
Quite a bit going on other than that, mostly work/potential job change related...
Work - I had a somewhat nice meeting with the CFO/COO (same guy) of the company that bought us. One of the reasons I've been pushing this LFT job was the lack (in my mind) of direction or attention after the buyout. This makes me feel better that things are still kind of on track and that nothing has changed. Still not sure what to do with the LFT job....I want it, and I like the opportunity, but I think I'm going to bow out politely on Monday due to financial reasons. I just don't see the risk associated with selling the house, plus the reduction in pay as being worth it. This is especially true after getting a little love this morning from the CFO.
I guess all I can do is wait and see. I don't think I did anything to hurt myself with yesterday's phone interview, I just don't think I can afford the job. And that sucks.
Had a nice e-mail conversation with girl who used to work for me yesterday. I used to chase her around the office, although it was all in good fun and she know that I valued her work. She needed a loan of a few hundred, so I decided that I could do that. I hope she's not screwing with me, but she never has before.
Now, just because I like girls in skimpy outfits:
Later bitches
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I've outsmarted myself.
Yeah, I know that's a line from Caddyshack. It's one of my favorite movies and I quote it a lot. You don't like, quit reading. (not that I think anyone is reading:)
So previously in this blog (do I sound like an episode of CSI?), I had contacted a company in LFT to discuss employment......I got a phone interview with the PE company that is in the process of buying the company in LFT, and as of right now, I appear to be the leading candidate. Once again, I seem to have outsmarted myself...so what do I do now? I have a second interview tomorrow with another PE type. Do I continue this? I need to really sit down with the honey and go over this whole deal with her. For example: Moving is obviously required in this deal. I believe, based on their commentary, that they will want me at the job ASAFP after I accept. This creates a problem because I don't know if honey and the GC's can get everything taken care of that fast. The obvious solution is for me to head over there and spend a week or 2 finding a house to rent, registering for schools and all the other s$!# that is required to move a family of 4 over 900 miles away. Balance this with my firm belief that my honey will have an absolute shit fit at the thought of dealing with the golden children by herself for 2 or so weeks. I am going to find out tonight. Wish me luck.
Not much else going on. Stupid Saints lost Sunday. I didn't get to watch it in spite of my best attempts to throw money at Comcast to get the game. In the end, it turns out that I would have just been really mad, so not I'm happy they wouldn't take my money.
While I'm bitching about Comcast, let me discuss the LSU game. I carefully called Comcast at about noon on Saturday to order the game. At about 6, I called back to verify that the game would start promptly at 7:00pm, and that there were no problems. At 7:10, I went downstairs to start watching the game only to find out that it had not come on. Somehow the raging idiots at Comcast had lost the order. Stupid shits
This week is LSU @ Auburn. At least this game is on ESPN, so unless the cable suffers an all-out failure, I should be able to watch. I don't know why, but I feel oddly confident about this game. My prediction is LSU 21 - Aub 10.
Still nothing on the project Jeep. Next time I go out there the thing will probably run me over just out of spite :0
Later suckas
So previously in this blog (do I sound like an episode of CSI?), I had contacted a company in LFT to discuss employment......I got a phone interview with the PE company that is in the process of buying the company in LFT, and as of right now, I appear to be the leading candidate. Once again, I seem to have outsmarted myself...so what do I do now? I have a second interview tomorrow with another PE type. Do I continue this? I need to really sit down with the honey and go over this whole deal with her. For example: Moving is obviously required in this deal. I believe, based on their commentary, that they will want me at the job ASAFP after I accept. This creates a problem because I don't know if honey and the GC's can get everything taken care of that fast. The obvious solution is for me to head over there and spend a week or 2 finding a house to rent, registering for schools and all the other s$!# that is required to move a family of 4 over 900 miles away. Balance this with my firm belief that my honey will have an absolute shit fit at the thought of dealing with the golden children by herself for 2 or so weeks. I am going to find out tonight. Wish me luck.
Not much else going on. Stupid Saints lost Sunday. I didn't get to watch it in spite of my best attempts to throw money at Comcast to get the game. In the end, it turns out that I would have just been really mad, so not I'm happy they wouldn't take my money.
While I'm bitching about Comcast, let me discuss the LSU game. I carefully called Comcast at about noon on Saturday to order the game. At about 6, I called back to verify that the game would start promptly at 7:00pm, and that there were no problems. At 7:10, I went downstairs to start watching the game only to find out that it had not come on. Somehow the raging idiots at Comcast had lost the order. Stupid shits
This week is LSU @ Auburn. At least this game is on ESPN, so unless the cable suffers an all-out failure, I should be able to watch. I don't know why, but I feel oddly confident about this game. My prediction is LSU 21 - Aub 10.
Still nothing on the project Jeep. Next time I go out there the thing will probably run me over just out of spite :0
Later suckas
Friday, September 12, 2008
Confusion and more confusion
I seem to have this innate ability to confuse myself....like I didn't have enough drama with the whole going to work for WHC thing recently. Now, I contacted another company with a job in LFT to see. I thought the pay was closer to what I am making now, but it turns out to be (base) about 30-35% lower. I mean I can still pay all the bills, but I hate being dependent on the results of the company to see how much my bonus would be. This is especially true in a declining, or what seems to be declining economy. People are talking about the Great Depression, v.2.0 and that worries me. Of course, I'm in the construction biz, which is a plus and a minus. On the minus side, you have to figure new construction work will go into the toilet if we hit a real recession or God forbid some sort of depression. On the plus side, using the original Great Depression as an example, you would think the government will throw some money at construction projecs to shore up the economy. One thing I know is we better be ready to move from buildings to civil/highway construction if needed....
I guess I'll see whats what this afternoon. I have a phone interview with the PE guys running the show for the job in LFT today. If that goes REALLY well, I'll continue on this path. Otherwise, I think I will politely bow out and hope they have a more lucrative opportunity down the road and they think of me when it happens.
Onto other, more cheery topics:
LSU - My tigers are playing N. Texas Sat night. Should be a blowout, and I'm not going to get into any detail because that's not my thing. There are too many other good sites and blogs out there that do that type of thing for me to add one more. All I can say is I hope that P.O.S. Comcast carries the game locally so I can watch it on Tigervision. I'm also hoping that LSU blows them out, mostly so our quarterbacks can get some reps and be ready for Auburn, at Auburn, next week.
Jeep - I have done dick on the Jeep this week and would prefer notto discuss at this point. All I can say is I have to kick myself in the butt this weekend and get a little work done.
Family - Honey is a little stressed out with my interview, but I think she assumes that nothing is going to happen. At least I hope that's what she assumes, since that's what I told/asked her to assume. Hopefully, she hasn't even mentioned it to any family or friends. GC #2 is being a f-ing brat and I hope she snaps out of it a little bit and soon. Seems like it's gotten significantly worse this last 2 weeks or so. I know she is in the "terrible twos" but give me a break.
Finally, and certainly not the least of my worries, my thoughts and prayers are with my friends, family and former co-workers on the Gulf Coast of Tx and La as they prepare for Ike. Good Luck and God Bless!!
Later
I guess I'll see whats what this afternoon. I have a phone interview with the PE guys running the show for the job in LFT today. If that goes REALLY well, I'll continue on this path. Otherwise, I think I will politely bow out and hope they have a more lucrative opportunity down the road and they think of me when it happens.
Onto other, more cheery topics:
LSU - My tigers are playing N. Texas Sat night. Should be a blowout, and I'm not going to get into any detail because that's not my thing. There are too many other good sites and blogs out there that do that type of thing for me to add one more. All I can say is I hope that P.O.S. Comcast carries the game locally so I can watch it on Tigervision. I'm also hoping that LSU blows them out, mostly so our quarterbacks can get some reps and be ready for Auburn, at Auburn, next week.
Jeep - I have done dick on the Jeep this week and would prefer notto discuss at this point. All I can say is I have to kick myself in the butt this weekend and get a little work done.
Family - Honey is a little stressed out with my interview, but I think she assumes that nothing is going to happen. At least I hope that's what she assumes, since that's what I told/asked her to assume. Hopefully, she hasn't even mentioned it to any family or friends. GC #2 is being a f-ing brat and I hope she snaps out of it a little bit and soon. Seems like it's gotten significantly worse this last 2 weeks or so. I know she is in the "terrible twos" but give me a break.
Finally, and certainly not the least of my worries, my thoughts and prayers are with my friends, family and former co-workers on the Gulf Coast of Tx and La as they prepare for Ike. Good Luck and God Bless!!
Later
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
So I guess
I had an okay birthday after all....Played in a golf tournament yesterday and had fun.Had to be better than work right? Well, if you had seen my game prior to this one in N.C., you wouldn't have thought so, but I managed to not embaress myself too bad. got home and showered and worked out the afternoon, then went to early dinner at an Italian place across the street. Pretty good, and not ridiculously expensive.
Picked up the GCs from the babysitter and went home for presents and cake. Nothing too crazy on the presents, but picked up a little cash and some gift cards which is always nice. Especially since I have no idea what I wanted.
Going to take some time out this week (at night) to work on the Jeep. This time I swear something will actually get done......Okay, a few things got done last time, but not to where I could actually cross anything off of my list. This time, I really want to cross something off of the list....like maybe the body lift kit. Of course, with the fiberglass body it's much more complicated than it needs to be (of course!)
As of now, I guess the list is the same. Finish the body lift, finish changing out all the fluids, transfer the old oil into containers and take to be recycled, then try to wrap up the electrical.
I think we're back to maybe looking for another job.....my honey has a moderately severe case of homesick.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. I would love to get home and be able to do the things I like to do such as hunt and LSU games and so forth, but I like my job here and I'm making pretty good money too. I guess we'll see what happens, but she is pushing (gently) for me to chase a CFO job back in LFT.
Later!
Picked up the GCs from the babysitter and went home for presents and cake. Nothing too crazy on the presents, but picked up a little cash and some gift cards which is always nice. Especially since I have no idea what I wanted.
Going to take some time out this week (at night) to work on the Jeep. This time I swear something will actually get done......Okay, a few things got done last time, but not to where I could actually cross anything off of my list. This time, I really want to cross something off of the list....like maybe the body lift kit. Of course, with the fiberglass body it's much more complicated than it needs to be (of course!)
As of now, I guess the list is the same. Finish the body lift, finish changing out all the fluids, transfer the old oil into containers and take to be recycled, then try to wrap up the electrical.
I think we're back to maybe looking for another job.....my honey has a moderately severe case of homesick.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. I would love to get home and be able to do the things I like to do such as hunt and LSU games and so forth, but I like my job here and I'm making pretty good money too. I guess we'll see what happens, but she is pushing (gently) for me to chase a CFO job back in LFT.
Later!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
After the storm
Well, figuratively speaking anyway. Our friend Gustav was kind enough to blow right past us, and I appreciate that. Unfortunately, he kicked the crap out of my home state, but the family is well and little, if any, damage was sustained. Unfortunately, lined up after Gustav are Hanna, Ike and Josephine. For my purposes, and purposes of this blog, Hanna is a non-event. Ike however, could be a major event. I'll update that as it gets a little closer....
My football weekend:
Man, I was excited for the start of college football. LSU is on the tube and I'm fired up for a 4:00 game with drinks and kids at the sitters. Then, Gustav caused LSU to move the game to 11:00 (ET) to avoid the storm and give people a chance to get the hell out of Dodge. Well I can't bitch too loud about that.
Little sister evacuated to SWF from LA to avoid our friend. Unfortunately for here, she evaced directly into a biohazard unit (my house). My honey came down with a virus, and a real nasty one too, Friday night. So anyway, my football weekend is shto to hell, and I'm very annoyed. Ended up DVRing the game and finally got to finish watching it about 5 minutes before I was supposed to leave to pick up little sis from the airport.
On the other hand it was great to see her and we had a decent visit even with all the weather channel and CNN that was watched to see what Gustav was doing in the great state of Louisiana.
Now, thanks to Gustav hitting Baton Rouge directly, LSU's game vs. Troy is cancelled for today and the N. Texas game is in jeopardy thanks to Ike. I freaking hate hurricane season.....
I'd like to update my work on the Jeep, but I haven't done any. I did buy a new Jeep though, trading in the old wrangler for a new one. Now I just need a chance to take it out and get it muddy.
Turning 41 on Monday and somehow that just seems appropriate, turning 41 on f-ing Monday.......I have no excitement for this birthday. I really haven't asked for any presents. I'm thinking about getting a Tivo for the downstairs TV.
My football weekend:
Man, I was excited for the start of college football. LSU is on the tube and I'm fired up for a 4:00 game with drinks and kids at the sitters. Then, Gustav caused LSU to move the game to 11:00 (ET) to avoid the storm and give people a chance to get the hell out of Dodge. Well I can't bitch too loud about that.
Little sister evacuated to SWF from LA to avoid our friend. Unfortunately for here, she evaced directly into a biohazard unit (my house). My honey came down with a virus, and a real nasty one too, Friday night. So anyway, my football weekend is shto to hell, and I'm very annoyed. Ended up DVRing the game and finally got to finish watching it about 5 minutes before I was supposed to leave to pick up little sis from the airport.
On the other hand it was great to see her and we had a decent visit even with all the weather channel and CNN that was watched to see what Gustav was doing in the great state of Louisiana.
Now, thanks to Gustav hitting Baton Rouge directly, LSU's game vs. Troy is cancelled for today and the N. Texas game is in jeopardy thanks to Ike. I freaking hate hurricane season.....
I'd like to update my work on the Jeep, but I haven't done any. I did buy a new Jeep though, trading in the old wrangler for a new one. Now I just need a chance to take it out and get it muddy.
Turning 41 on Monday and somehow that just seems appropriate, turning 41 on f-ing Monday.......I have no excitement for this birthday. I really haven't asked for any presents. I'm thinking about getting a Tivo for the downstairs TV.
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