Meme-a-rific!

I can't sleep, I'm too wound up from my demolition derby from earlier. Thanks to miintikwa, I have something to do with my insomniac time:

A 500-question meme! Well, not quite that many, but there are quite a few. This should be juicy fun.

The questions are ~~
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

And here are my answers ~~

( T.M.I. for Y.O.U. )

PMS and retail do not a healthy combination make

I pernear lost my temper with this dumbass woman trying to use her EBT card today. All she had to do was swipe the friggin' card and follow the instructions on the pinpad, but I had to walk around the register and help her do it twice before she realised that she didn't have enough money to buy the food she was attempting to purchase. I wanted to scream at her "STUPID PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO EAT!" and slap her upside the head with a loaf of bread. I mean what's so difficult about pressing a four-digit pin number and then pressing OK? What was this woman's malfunction? I know that part of it is my PMDD not being treated at all for the past four months, and each month I get a little closer to wanting to exact physical violence on the unsuspecting public, but I wouldn't be inclined to do so if the Great Unwashed weren't so bloody infuriating! I had to get the assistant manager Andrea to help me help this moron in shoes. Once everything was paid for, the woman kept spinning the bag rack and looking at all the empty bags. Then she asked, "Iz awl mi stuuff in wun baig?" And I said under my breath, "No, I put one item in fifteen different bags, then hid them all in plain view, you freakin' idiot." I thought Andrea was going to swallow her tongue to keep from barking laughter right then and there.

Oh, and I've discovered the first sign of Retail Insanity: it's when you start talking to your scanner when it won't scan a piece of merchandise, basically begging it to comply so you can get the fool in sweatpants out from in front of you before you reach out and rip its throat out with your bare hands.

I hate people.

**cross-posted to misanthrope_inc**

Sally Foster

I started the new job tonight. It was supposed to begin tomorrow night, but they called me in a day early. It's fabulicious! I'll be working in the computer control room, filtering orders out to the warehouse and basically keeping my pulse on the ebb and flow of the work being processed on the mini-shift from 5 to 9 PM each night. The young lady by the name of Brandy (sp) training me is incredible. She's a natural at teaching and is a really sweet girl, being only 29. I took tons of notes, none of which I'll be able to read because my writing is for crap, so I'm depending on my memory to keep my afloat until I learn everything I'm supposed to know. My boss, Frank, had heard about my car accident and told me he was glad to see me present and in one piece considering the situation. I told him I was glad, too. I felt genuinely at ease in a very short period of time there. It was like being back in the music club portion of BMG when it was still the RCA Music Service.

One thing that's not very cool is the Chocolate Room. I capitalise it because it deserves capitalisation. This room is just this side of refrigerated and it contains nothing but specialty chocolates. It smells of milk chocolate and every bin is filled to brimming with rich, buttery chocolate and toffee. It's a chocolate-lover's paradise if the chocolate lover gets to indulge. We employees do not get to indulge and, in my case, someone with PMS pretty much suffers when finding themselves in the Chocolate Room. Fortunately, there's no need for me to go in there, at least I don't believe so. For me, the Chocolate Room is the third ring of Hell.

On a brighter note, employees get goodies during our seasonal employment, so I will probably get some of that chocolate, and some gift wrap and other stuff. Also, we receive bonuses. If I'm there on time every day and work my alloted time each day, I'll be getting an extra $40 a week. That pumps my pay up to $12.00 an hour. This job lasts for 8 weeks, so I need to make this count. If I make a good enough impression, hopefully the temp agency will be able to find me something else once the Sally Foster project is complete.

For the first time in a long time, I'm looking forward to going back to work tomorrow.

The NeoCons are at it again

We can't let them get away with one of their clichéd manœvres this time. Don't let one little dinky ploy get past our necessarily constant and sharp vigil Go do this or I'll kick you in the virtual privates.

PBS is doing one of those instant online polls to ask America" if they think Sarah Palin is fit to be Vice President.

The GOP has launched a successful all out blitz to get Republicans to go on the site and click "Yes". As a result right now it looks like 62% of "America" thinks Palin is qualified. The Republicans are going to be milking this for all its worth in their press efforts.

We need to drive more Democrats and those opposed to Palin to the site to click "NO". Let's not give the GOP another easy weapon to put in their PR arsenal!

Here's the link:

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

You don't have to enter your email address or anything, just click "NO" and forward to family and friends!

NO Way, NO How, NO McCain, NO Palin!

This was forwarded to me by My Friend Todd. Please pass it on to your friends, family, and loved ones.

Concert meme

I got this one from surlyride.

Name some bands/artists you can remember who you've seen sing live:

1. Dave Matthews Band


2. Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds


3. Electric Light Orchestra


4. Weird Al Yankovic


5. Alice in Chains


6. Sepultura


7. Ozzy Osbourne


8. Barry Andrews (This wasn't an actual performance. It was just a brief sing-song sorta thing done on the spur of the moment during conversation, so I'm not sure this would even count If not, sorry.)


9. Alan Jackson (Not my idea. I went along to be with my friends and the ticket was free)


10. Diamond Rio (They opened for Alan Jackson. For a Country band, they were relatively decent)


11. Kenny Chesney (Free tickets. He sucked)


12. The Tannahill Weavers


13. Capercaillie


14. Kilmoulis


15. Irving Manheim (my Grandfather performing at a dinner club in NYC back in the 70s)


16. The Chieftains


17. River Dance


18. Lord of the Dance


19. NSYNC (This was a performance and signing at a Virgin Megastore in NYC in '98. I'd never actually pay to see these people)

I think that's it. I can't remember anyone else.

I sleep now.