Phantom

Well today was a really shit tastic day... I woke up this morning to a call I never wanted to hear, my dad called from the hospital my grandfather was at telling me that he died, not a good way to wake up in the morning, and really shitty news to boot. So the next thing I do is call my area manager and tell him that I won't be at work Friday and Saturday because I'll be attending my grandfathers funeral. He said he was sorry to hear the news, but if I wanted to miss my shifts, I had to find my own coverage and if I didn't, I would have to be there. Well, the eager bitch in me came out and told him flat out, I can't because I have things to take care of and stuff to do to help my father out, and I will not be there because I will be in another state attending the funeral of my grandfather. He said okay sorry for your loss and hung up. At that point I was in shock about how callous he was with this so it took me awhile to write an email to my HR person informing her that I will no longer work for a company that doesn't allow one of their employees to attend a funeral unless they find coverage and that I quit, don't expect me to come back. Yea I'll probably get a call monday morning asking me to wait, think about it, so when I'm not so irate at the garage, we'll see. Meanwhile, I'm gonna go and get ready. I leave tomorrow to go to PA where my grandfather is and we'll go from there. Eric

Vic. I love you for this... now if I ever need to find someone's name I know who to get advice from Eric

CJ remember.. things around you tend to explode... so head there again soon... but make sure to have everyone leave before you arive....

Everyone is wise until they speak - Irish Proverb All of us are crazy in one way or another - Yiddish Proverb Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living - Albert Einstein Do. Or do not. There is no try - Yoda A computer is a lot like an air-conditioner... it works just fine till you open windows - Random IT guy And my current favorite: A falling object will land where it can do the most damage - Murphy's Law The greater the value of the rug, the greater the probability that the cat will throw up on it.

I'm in... anyone got 8 mill I could borrow?

Who knew burglars could be picky?

Mine is quite simple... and its really a quote.... To Thine Own Self Be True - W. Shakespeare from Hamlet

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAT! ....I mean Lacey.... Eric

ROBBIE! Ima get you for that....

To much tequila eh? Lemme guess... you woke up next to a goat? Tsk tsk tsk.

God does not play dice with the universe - Albert Einstein A computer is a lot like an air conditioner, it works perfectly fine till you open Windows - Random Slashdot Quote Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared - Buddha Eric

The new year is upon us, and let me say Happy New Year! *raise your glass* Past the lips Down the throat May you never Wake up next to a goat *takes a swig* Happy new year to all of CJ's fans and especially, C James himself! Eric

Careful Bugeye, Wildone is under investigation for handing out illegal and fake Canadian citizenship cards....

Okay. I fell asleep a few hours ago but woke up cus my eyes were bothering me again (Pink eye... gotta love it.... growl). So now I'm lying in my bed, my netbook pulled out and i'm writing a blog. Go figure. Hmmm well, let's see what all I managed to do today... 1. Download and install a new copy of Windows 7 that I bought for 30 bucks (yay student discount!!!). I got it up and running on my new hard drive, so now i'm golden with my computer. 2. I had to call out of work cus of my Pink eye being in not just one eye but both, and since I work with people who sometimes need extra care, I had to call out of work so I wouldn't give this pain in my eyes to them. 3. I had to scrap my new years plans cus i'm sick, so to make up for it, i'm gonna go tomorrow to the store and get me a bottle of wine. 4. I lost 7 lbs so far since I started to tweak my diet to include less crappy food and substitute it with better, healthier food (also throwing in some exercise helped I think) and I feel better about myself. 5. I'm working a little bit on my anthology that I have planned for spring, I hope y'all think it's a good one! Well... I thought this would tire me out but it didn't so im gonna go play wow till I pass out. Yay! Eric

I'd do something to help others.... dedicate my time to family and friends.... and party like no tomorrow...

I thought that canadians were genetically altered to be nice! Hmmm guess it's the American influence playing a part there......

It's been awhile since I last wrote a blog, and since I have something on my mind today I'll write it out and update ya! I've been busy this week doing so much stuff for one job and training at my other job. In the mean time I've been Christmas shopping as best I could and finally I dealt with a snow storm and had to dig out my neighbor (they got snowed in and they couldn't open their doors lol). The work at the garage has finally sent me over the edge and As of February 1st, I will no longer be working there unless some drastic changes come about (a damn heater would be one, i'm tired of freezing my ass off in the booth). I spoke to my manager yesterday and while she was upset that I was leaving, she understood. She wrote an email to the HR person for our location and now she's going to come down this Monday to talk to me about what is going on and what I would like (classic HR bullshit really). Work at ARC is going better as well. I've managed to get a few shifts in here and there randomly, but cus i'm a new sub with a lack of training, I'm not gonna get the hours I need, but that'll change soon. I have my CPR/First Aid cert. and now I'm going for Med training after New Years which gaurentes me more hours (yay!). I also got a nice early Christmas Present from the Jury Management Office of Monmouth County in the form of a letter stating that, due to medical reasons, I am excused from Jury Duty. To me, it's both a good thing and a bad thing because while it would've raised my stress level getting from there to work, I don't like using my disability to get out of things I think are important. Now today is what got my mind whirling, I was sitting in Church today (okay for most of the day LOL) and I met a young guy in the Youth Group who started talking to me (guess i'm not SUCH and ogre lol). We got into talking about the high school here, and how the kids are, along with some other subjects of varying subjects. But it turns out hes a foster kid with some horror stories up his sleeve. Once the candle light service started, we parted ways to go sit with our families, and when I saw him sit with his family, I guess it was his foster dad put an arm around his shoulder and I saw the kid smile, and it touched me. Now some of you may or may not totally believe in prayer, but I do and today is a good example of why. When we gave our thanks, we all bowed our heads and prayed once we were done and I had an image of the Kid I was talking to and one that I came across on my last trip to NYC in the East Village. The guy was on the street, begging for money and he looked no older then the kid from youth group that I met today. I gave him some money hopefully for some food or at least a warm drink, and I felt happy with that, a warm happiness. On the way home, I still had that image in my head, of the kid on the street and I couldn't shake it. Hell I still can't, and it bothers me till I thought of something that put it to rest. From now on whenever I goto the city, I'm gonna carry some extra money in my wallet and the next kid I see in the village who's in need, I'm gonna help the best way I can. Whether its to get him a coat, a warm meal, or something, that's what I wanna do. When I affirmed that in my head, I had this huge warm feeling take me over and it felt good. So, from praying, I got this idea, and I think it was affirmed, so that's what I'm going to do. Well, it's almost midnight and i'm tired so i'm outties! Eric Oh PS - Expect a Spring Anthology from me in 2010!

Hmmmmm... a google map tie in? I like it, it brings the reader even closer to the story Amazing idea CJ!

I haven't been able to get to read anything yet... though I will be soon. I look forward to seeing all the hard work that everyone put into their creations... Amazing job goes to the Authors and to Graeme for putting it all together... Eric

Mkay... I have a picture of me from my friends birthday.... I took it right outside of Lucky Chengs....

Best wishes to a speedy recover bratty! Miss ya around here!

+1 For Steve predicting the future!

My best wishes to Wayne, may he be safe. OOH-HA! Eric Army Brat (23 years running)

Unfortunately Nephy, there was no clouds in the sky at the occurrence, that was one of the first things they checked. It was a clear night. Also there's no projector powerful enough to make an image that clear in the sky with a projector. Also from what I've been reading, they've starting to confirm that it was a failed rocket launch that made this happen, I still think though that Odin and Thor are coming back.... Ragnarok is upon us!

Yea I saw that... a few comments down on Slashdot someone linked something similar to it Still... rocket or alien invasion or Odin and Thor coming back... the spiral was pretty cool