Today is October 8. I'm switching my blog to my pair site. We'll see how it goes. Right now I'm in my training class. We're learning about "iPod Swap," a concept I'm kind of fuzzy on.
Today is October 31. Welcome to the new Land Of Rach. I decided to start a day early.
I've had the news archive over here for awhile, but during the month of Nov, I'll be moving the rest of the content over via my little pal Fetch. I decided to make the currentest news page be the index.html for the whole site. So, ease of use.
Tried to work on the I <3 Jay Johnston page, but it was not to be. I don't have Quartz Extreme. [Needed for DVD screengrabs. -ed] Boo Hoo. If you were playing computer term scrabble you'd get a lot of points for that, it has a q, a z, and an x. So once I get my paws on that G5 iMac expect a site devoted to everyone's favorite Herky Jerky dancer and SPAM pitchman, Steve Kindof. I mean Jay Johnston.

Now for A Weird Parallel.
Eminem, "Just Lose It"
Now I'm gonna make you dance
It's your chance
Yeah boy, shake that ass
Whoops I mean girl, girl girl girl
Girl you know you're my world
Strong Bad, Extra Plug
Check out that guy dancing with that hot girl!
That's gonna be ME at the clüb
and the hot girl will be The Cheat!
Er, I mean, an actual hot girl!
So yeah, strange. Just thought you guys should know SB feels the pain of MM. And yes, I am going to get into a knife fight with my cat because he WILL NOT LEAVE SWOOP ALONE when I am working. I know that is his instinct (or something) but it's losing its cuteness fast.
Today is November 1. A day of hard work in our new store. We had to unload 21 or so pallets off the trucks in the rain. Then some of us organized and counted the stuff in the back room while the rest unpacked and counted the merchandise in the store. All the counts (demo, 4 teams working on store stock, and back of house) had to be entered by Molly while I read them off. Finally a few of us stayed to verify the counts. I think nearly every scrap of stuff was eventually accounted for. After we had been at work for 12 hours! For lunch Molly and I had chinese food from famous wok, but apparently it was too much for my delicate constitution. But I did get a real big pop and a free refill for 1.50. And Molly and I hung out with a Mac Genius from Dallas, TX that they sent us to help out. (Note I said Dallas not Houston, lol).

So calypso is a good good boy. No knife fights. I just have to pick him up and move him to show him I mean business when I need to do computering. Also I am glad he's not a feeding frenzy cat. When I open the cupboard to get his food he seems more interested in going into the cupboard than attacking the food bag, me pouring the food, or the bowl as the food is poured into it.

And I wanted to mention that our trainer that taught us about Pro Apps last week looked like he could be the third Sklar brother. I tried to tell him this (coming from me it is definitely a compliment!) and explaining that they had the show on ESPN Classic. Wonder of weirdness, he had seen it in the hotel the night before. So he kind of knew what I meant, don't know if he agreed and/or took it the right way. Then a kid next to me went "chopper four?" so I was happy.
Today is November 2. I couldn't handle following the election results (by which I mean, repeatedly reloading cnn.com and watching the hateful parade of red states) so i went down to the hot tub. The tub was disappointing as its jets aren't working properly, but the hot was nice.

Finally got my hands on my Arrested Development DVD set. I've been enjoying the episodes and extras from the first disc. One neat extra was the original extended pilot (also uncensored, so you could hear for real that George Sr. has the worst fucking attorneys) which had some more jokes and a little different feel to it. Also there was a behind-the-scenes featurette where David Cross realizes he has a captive audience of folks who probably don't know who he is. He states that he is nothing like Tobias, and later points out the sad reality of the shrinking tv hour in his refreshingly honest anticorporate style. One of the producer/director type people said that Michael Cera is actually the best at improvising lines b/c he just stays in character and says wonderfully George Michaelish things. My act of goodwill is going to be getting some 8 hr tapes and dubbing the discs onto them for my family. Since I'll actually have thanksgiving off this year, all day, maybe we can watch the episodes together. It's one of those faaaaamily things.
Today is November 3. Words from some friends.
  • First Beau. He always has good thoughts to share over on spazeboy. Hope he is not taking things too hard out there.
  • And now a map, a picture worth 1000 words. Wish I could dispute the borders, roundabout the upper half of the Mississippi there, but Iowa seemed to switch over to the red side of things this time. Boo. I guess we haven't officially been called yet but seems little hope. At least the W supporters at work have been cool so far.
  • Now I think my friend Bernie Mac has something to say too... "Come on, America, I don't believe this. You went and got Bush for four more years. America, why??" Thanks, Mr. Mac, we can always count on you to look straight into the camera and address our nation.opinions expressed are made up. i just thought it would be funny.
  • But don't watch this, or you might want to put your fist through a plate glass window.
  • Tonight I watched Midnight Express, to remind my self that no matter how bad it may seem, at least I'm not in a Turkish prison.
  • In conclusion, and in summary, Molly and I wish to express our sincere hope for the future in the form of an Apple Store in Toronto (or possibly Vancouver) where we could go work.

    • Today is November 7. Store opening, technically yesterday, went very well. Sold some stuff, helped lots of people. Ate some lunch with Chris and Dad. Friday night saw The Incredibles with some fun work ppls, definitely recommended. Plus you get the episode III trailer beforehand for cool Darth Vader emerging action. I work Sunday, Monday, then get Tuesday off. Yes, we got our work iPods on Friday. I got a pink leather case for it, named it Tobias & Lindsay. Jessica suggested naming the 'pod Lindsay and the case Tobias. Because "dad likes leather."

    I seriously need to do some laundry. Like wash the jeans and pants and bras, hang them up to dry. I'm *finally* coming down from my hyperness of today, so going to curl up in bed and go to sleep. Gotta be there by 10 todaymorrow. It's me and Chad at the bar, I think we'll have another good day.
    Today is November 8. It's a Monday afternoon at the store and there is a guy here who does NOT work here, but he's wearing his Jordan Creek T-shirt from Saturday and acting like he works here. I really want to punch him. More later
    Today is November 9. Happy Birthday to my old pal Chris. A quick lesson is when I say more later, that means none more until at least another day and probably a couple.
    Here is a list of nicknames for Calypso.
  • Caly-caly-caly-caly-calypso
  • [the] Calypso Kid
  • Clips Oh
  • Orange Cat / Orange Kitty
  • Calybos (see below pic of Strong Sad)
  • Honey Bunny (at certain times)
    • A Day Off = I Shall Do Nothing. In the words of Jim Gaffigan "I need to go to the Post Office, but I'd probably have to put on pants. And they're only open 'til five..." Also I would like to state, vis-a-vis me being painfully single, I should think that putting up with me would be a small price to pay for a discount at the store.
    Today is November 14. Had a good weekend. Friday night my dad came down because he had a bulb for the broken Taurus headlight. Or so he thought. We made plans to travel under the freeway to the Wal-Mart when suddenly I realized I had locked my car keys (with garage door opener attached) in my garage. So while Dad went to Wally World, I called the emergency maintenance pager. After the matter of the headlight, we hung out and watched the Arr_dev episode from 11/07/04 and he ate a bunch of my M&M's. Later he left and Chris arrived. We watched the 2nd ep of Six Feet Under then we were tired so we went to sleep. The next morning, wanted to have a nice sit-down breakfast but the only close place I knew of was Village Inn and it was packed. So we crossed Univ. and had Hardee's. This was acceptable to Chris (who was a little sick of fast food after his interview trip to Green Bay) because they have those biscuits he likes.

    After breakfast we went to the Toys R Us store and got each other bday gifts. Chris got me a Spongebob Squarepants Gamecube game, and I got him the Transformers game for the PS2. Then Chris went home and I fiddled around on my computer and half-heartedly watched The Dirty Dozen from Netflix. During this time I was trying to bring together the ragtag elements that would form Molly's and my trip to Chicago to see Mitch. Unfortunately the show was sold out so we settled on tentative plans to see a movie later that night. In an eerie synchronicity, we both proceeded to take enjoyable naps.

    Later that night we reconvened and went to I <3 Huckabees at the Fleur Cinema and cafe. A great movie, tons of random humor and hot guys in the cast. Also a guy with a Carl-like voice who tells Naomi Watts "not with that bonnet on." (exact quote if I can find/remember it) After the movie we went to the Bar part of Champps Bar and Grill for beer and appetizers. Yum. Then we came home and watched the DVD that came with Mitch All Together. Next I got the idea to check and see if Mitch's episode was from the first season or what, meaning was it in my dvd set. And because I am awesome, it was. I think that was the first time I had watched that episode knowing who the guy working at the Hub really was, thus making it even better.

    Today I tooke some laundry to the local laundramat. Where I devised a new paradigm for laundry. Wash my clothes in the washing maching here on 3rd floor. When one load is finished, put it (wet) into the basket and continue to wash all the laundry. Drive my wet clothes to the laundramat. Dry the wet clothes in one or more machines. This theory was devised because the dryer on 3rd floor doesn't really dry, and the washing machines at the laundramat cost 1.50 while not being extraordinarly large. The dryers at the laundramat kick ass. You can put like 2 loads, maybe "scant" loads, but still, and it only takes 4 quarters to dry. Some of the sock tops were kinda damp but so what?

    so all in all a good wkend. Less exciting, certainly, than a trip to Chicago, but still fun. Calypso even had an adventure. I made the mistake of letting him accompany me on my trip to get the mail and he somehow got into one of my neighbors' apartments. The litle boy eating his supper thought it was pretty hilarious.
    drunkpost++ thoday is november 19. I was just on my balcony and i was like "if i was a guy i would probably try to pee off my balcony right now" so being a girl saved me from doing something dumb; also i wanted to poin g out that i put the code for that image awhile a go and just had it commented out, so i uncommented it and made a post!

    So you could do a drunk email but it would never replace the drunk phone call b/c some people type badly even when sober. so you would not have the proof liek when someone calls you drunk, you can tell in their voic!
    Today is November 27. Two tough days at work, the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush. I think I helped some people. I don't really know at this point. A powerbook was having problems with falling asleep and I suggested resetting the PRAM. And that worked, so i was pretty proud. Also sold a lot of stuff. We have red shirts now that say give [apple symbol]. I had chicken teriyaki from "Famous Teriyaki" at the food court but I spilled some on my shirt. So Susie was like, just grab another one, and I got to feel like a rock star in my very own store.

    In other news, I've been playing Spongebob Squarepants "Battle for Bikini Bottom" on my Game Cube. It's a pretty fun game. I actually like it better than the Revenge of the Frying Dutchman (or is it flying...can't remember) one that we rented from Family Video awhile back. You can play as Sandy, Spongebob, or Patrick. Each has their own special abilities. If you play as Sandy, you can push A 3 times and fly with a lasso like a helicopter. Most of the voices are the right voices but then the ones that aren't sound really obvious and bad. The guy that does Mr. Krabs I guess must not like doing games at all because on our kids demo machines we have Spongebob Typing and it's a different guy there too.

    Also I wanted to mention that there's this guy on Buffy from Iowa. He's going to their college in Sunnydale. He said that he is from a farm near Huxley. While it is kind of a cool shout-out, no one really from near Huxley would tell a friend they met in Cali that. They'd say they live x minutes north (or whatver) of Des Moines. Or maybe ames, if the new friend was into college sports. Just wanted to nit pick.
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