All Hail the Dyson!

Alright, so the other day my woman told me that she ordered a Dyson via the "points" she had earned at her work. Pretty cool, since these things sell for $550.00. Oh, what the hell is a Dyson you ask? It is one of THESE! It's a friggin high tech vacuum. Actually, a friggin high tech vacuum specifically designed to pick up pet hair.

Now, God knows, that all our two cats do is:

1) eat
2) puke
3) shit
4) shed
5) sleep

So, the eating thing is neutral, the sleeping thing is fine, and the puking, shitting, & shedding parts suck ass. Who says cats are "clean" animals? Bullshit! They are fucking disgusting. Far more disgusting than any dog I have ever owned. I have always bitched about the damn cat hair. I can see it on the floor, wherever they sit, I can see it on the computer fan grills. It FUCKING SUCKS!

So, short of letting the cats outside when our local Great Horned Owl is out and about in the evenings, she purchased the Dyson. Honestly, I was skeptical at first. Once it arrived though, I put the thing together and started vacuuming.

OH MY GOD.

The thing is absolutely amazing. I just did a small area and I can just see all the damn cat hair being thrown into the see through canister. Oh, look at that, the carpet looks .. well.. clean again! I did the front room and I swear to you, I had to empty the canister already. By the time I did a quick run through of half the apartment, I had enough hair to make two more cats. Say it with me now: "Fucking disgusting!"

Anyways, at least with this new tool, we can keep the damn place clean and way ahead of the shedding/hair getting fucking everywhere deal. My next day off I am going to hammer out the whole joint until I don't see one piece of hair in that canister. All hail the Dyson! One hell of a product.

Don't drink the water

So, this shit goes down today. Apparently, 2 out of 5 of Phoenix's water filtration plants is out of comission. At that, one of the two ain't working right. SO, the big panic cry goes out today that the water might not be safe. It comes down to the fact they want us to BOIL the water or use botttled water!

Of course, this gets carried to extremes. Honestly, I drank tap water today, no problems. If it don't look like shit, it's ok in my book. But, anyways, me and the woman head out tonight to grab some dinner. Come to find out that restaraunts and other joints are either closed or stopped serving anything to do with water and ice. This means drinks, beverages, cola products are not being served. For Christ's sake!!

We do manage to go into Houlihans after they told us they had canned sodas available. Fine. As dinner progresses, I ask for another coke. The waiter informs me that, due the situation, they will have to charge me for a second can of pepsi. Hmmm, ok. So, no free refills tonight. So much for taking care of the customer.

"Well then," I ask, "what are you charging me per can?". He replies, "$2.00 each".

$2.00 each??! Thats like $4.00 for two fucking cans! I can drive across the street to Walmart and get a damn 12 pack for that! I of course tell him that that sucks ass. To which he promptly replied "I don't make the rules, I just follow them." Alright, fine, ya Nazi bastard.

So, not only does a big "screw you" go out to Phoenix tonight for just being retarded, but also a well earned "Fuck You!" of the day goes to Houlihans for being such cheap, rip off, bastards.

Ahhh, relaxation.

Well, what a damn nice day for such a long ass week. A day off today and I finally get one thats cloudy and dreary. Nothing better than that! So, I am just kicking back today, relaxing, playing on the computer. Also, as luck would have it, my shows are on tonight! All hail SCi-Fi! New episodes of Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, and my new favorite, Battlestar Galactica! Whoohoo! Life don't get much better. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's the simple things sometimes.

My woman is still away on her training. She will be returning Monday. Still undecided if she will have to leave again in Feb. If she does, it will be for three weeks! Ugh. But hey, it's all for the best, right?

Lots of interesting news stuff today. One of the more unusual news stories is this one. Those darn Christians again. This time sending out a warning that SpongeBob Squarepants is GAY! LIES! C'mon. I watch this show. It is just damn funny, very intelligent (believe it or not!) and I have never thought once of the possibility that Spongebob was gay. These people have too much time on their hands, thats for sure.

The other news worthy story, kinda of on the other end of the spectrum from the Spongebob is gay story, is the Titan moon landing. A probe has succesfully landed on Saturns moon Titan. It's sending back some info and images. The big news so far is, that on Titan, it apparently rains liquid methane. The planet actually has rivers and lakes of liquid methane like we would have the same on Earth with water. Very cool.

Asshats for everyone!

Well, a nice little weekend overall. My woman was back for the two days from her crazy training thing in Florida. We had a real nice time. She even cooked me a nice dinner tonight (consisting of meat! what more do you need?) She will be flying out again tomorrow, leaving me alone again to cause mayhem here and there! She will only be gone for a week this time out though.

My weekend was made doubly good by the fact that I narrowly managed to avoid a fucking accident on Saturday. Some jackass cut the dude in front of me off and he slammed on the brakes hardcore. There was no way I was going to stop in time. Not that I was speeding, cuz I don't speed. It was just short distance, no stopping time. Tires screeching and me closing on his ass fast - it's that moment you think, fuck, I'm gonna hit this guy - so I'm gonna fuck up my car, deal with the cops, pay lots of cash out my ass - al in a nanosecond. I managed to crank the car to right, realizing I was basically going to go through this guy. Luckily, no one was on the side of me. I went past this guy buy inches. Fucking inches. But I missed him. I had to pull over and catch my breath on that one. Thank God I didn't get messed up in that.

Yesterday, one of my asshat employees finally left for parts... away from me. Yay! They sent me a great replacement for him. Someone who is both good at sales AND can count her fingers and toes and keep coming up with 20. So, finally, less stress for me.

I was up last night with this damn random cough and congestion. I relate it back to the time a few months ago when I had pneumonia. I swear, it just pops up out of the blue just to abuse me for a bit, then goes dormant again. What a terrible sickness. I had no idea that this shit can affect you for such a long time down the road.

OH, and speaking of asshats. Dig this story. This guy thinks he has a toothache, right? He goes to the dentist and they find he fucking embedded a NAIL into his skull. Apparently he misfired a nail gun on the job days ago and shot himself in the head with a nail AND did not realize it? Now, c'mon! I'm sorry, but you have to be a total moron not to realize that an object has penetrated your skull. People never cease to amaze me with their stupidity.

Battlestar Revisited

Well, tomorrow was my day off. I and, apparently, a select few others from across my area have been "invited" to some meeting with the corporate head honchos. What is the meeting about? No one knows. Who is going? Well, seems a little bit of everybody - managers, sales crew, lab techs - but no pattern. How many? Not sure, but seems like maybe only 25% of the regional crew. Odd, ain't it? Can't wait to see what it is all about and why we are the "select few". Whatever it is, it better not suck. Cuz it's my DAY OFF!!

My woman will be returning this weekend from her business training. She will, alas, be here for only the weekend, of which I will get to see her for all of, maybe, a day and a half, before she heads out again. (Yes, that was a long sentence! But it was sprinkled with lots of commas so you didn't get bored.) Will I be able to handle it? Stay tuned!

A while back, I posted on my initial thoughts of the "new and reimagined" Battlestar Galactica. I was displeased at how they pretty much changed the characters around in terms of race & gender (males are now females, black dude is now an Asian chick, stuff like that). Anyways, I have been hearing good things from friends of mine about the mini-series (soon to be made into an ongoing TV series, which I am sure they had planned all along).

As luck would have it, the mini-series/pilot was on Sci-Fi tonight. Holy shit, did it rock! Great character development, some nice twists and turns, but most of all, some real heavy drama. They really made you feel every moment. There was only one or two medium battles in the four hours, but I was on the edge of my seat the whole way. Really good stuff. Guess I will be hooked for the series and see how it progresses.

Those Bubbles are darn difficult

I have always liked Famke Janssen. I first saw her on old episode of Star Trek, where not only was she stunningly beautiful, but came off as highly intelligent. Most of you know, she also played Jean Grey in X-Men & X-Men 2.

I just read an interview from her regarding the, eventual, upcoming X-Men 3 where she commented on comic books:

"I'm not a comic-book reader. It seems very complicated, the pictures and the little bubbles. I've always read novels, but comic books I've never understood very well."

Ok, let's look at that again: "It seems very complicated, the PICTURES and the LITTLE BUBBLES."

It's sad how one line can ruin your concept of someone, isn't it? Well, at least she still hot.

So, I am off today. Yay! It is also raining today, double yay! Of course, the terribly inaccurate weather service said it was to rain on Friday, which it didn't. So, um, yeah, 3 days later. Guess thats accurate enough, right? Pfft. Not sure why the news even wastes it's time on weather. You get a better idea by just look out the damn window

Something I have noticed I have neglected for a while that I plan to rectify soon. That is, the "Things that Suck!" category! (It's over to the right there *points*.) I will throw some new things in there soon, so stay tuned! hehe

Alright, off to trudge to the grocery store in the RAIN, then back here to chill and play some Ultima! Ah, life ain't to bad. At least today.

Weathering the Solitude

Today is day four of my solitude. Of course, I refer to my woman being away at training for her new jobs. Won't see her for another week and a half. AH, life is good! Nah, just kidding. I miss her. BUT. hehe.. BUT.. it is sorta nice to have that "loner" feeling for a bit. You know, not having to worry about someone else in the house in regards to how loud the TV might be, not having to take the garbage out at the designated time, eat at my leisure without having to double check when WE are suppose to eat. Hmmm.. shit, I think I am whipped.

OK, fuck that, new topic!

So, some interesting weather here this week. The other day we had a huge storm come through. Now, Arizona usually gets monsoons - those fast storms with sand and quick rain. However, the other day we had a bitch storm come through. High winds, constant rain, hail, "tornadic conditions". Thats pretty unusual for us. Lots of flooding, trees down, and the like. You should have seen our pathetic news stations going absolute crazy ass over the "tornadic conditions". Boy, anything to try and make up some story time. It was pathetic. We were suppose to have a continuation of that today (my day off) but, of course, knowing the typical accuracy of weather casters - it's fucking sunny as shit out. Blah. Have to see if it happens later today, but I won't place any bets.

Now, for the "what the fuck" category, I found this little gem on Yahoo. Love that Yahoo, great place to find goofy ass shit. But wtf (thats net short for "what the fuck", just in case my folks are reading) is this chick thinking? A friggin Playboy Playmate married to THIS? What a tattooed, retarded looking, fuckin LOSER!! God, thats sad. What is she thinking? I mean, c'mon! Look at this joker! Jeez. Unbelievable.