Talking out the ass

"Newly installed Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and John Edwards defended their ticket from President Bush's charge that his challenger has no "signature achievements" as they drew thousands of supporters Friday, the first official day of the general election campaign."

Let's see...Bush's signature achievments..

1) Skipping out on his millitary assignment

2) Getting arrested for drunk driving

3) Given a oil company by his father which he leads to bankruptcy in a matter of months

4) Becomes president even though he didn't win the election (oh that's right, he was appointed by god).

5) Takes country to war with Iraq based on false/over blown evidence, killing thousands and thousands of innocent people

That's all I can remember off the top of my head, but that sure is an awesome list of "signature achievements." Impressive.

Stupid people say stupid things

Stupid Quote of the Day:

"I've heard people say that they're against the war but for the troops. Screw that. You either support the troops or want them dead."

Colin Quinn, on his Comedy Central show.

It's not holding onto the past, It's grabbing it with a death grip

So I'm not completly leaving my current job. I decided to stay on as a shipper/reciever. I'll work one day a week, for like, two or three hours a day. It's not much, but since I'm going to be short of a full 40 at my new job, this well help me pick up a couple of bucks every week. And it will also help me stay in touch with all my friends at my old job. And I'll still get my discount. I'm not going to lie; that was one of my motives for wanting to stay :}

There are some perks to my job. I'm watching Kill Bill Vol 2 right now, about a week and a half before it comes out. Score.

A New Direction

I got a letter in the mail today from Animal Care Center saying that even though I would probably be a good addition to their staff, they found someone more qualified for the position. Which is what I expected. I probably would have been sadder, if not for....

The fact that I already got hired by another emergency pet hospital earlier today. It's the one that my step-mom works at, which should be cool. I'll be working Tuesday through Friday, 5:30 - 12:30, and Saturday 12-4 (although my step-mom told me I could probably get more hours on Saturday if I wanted). I'm starting at $10 an hour, but after my training (about a month or so), I'll make $12 an hour. That's $2.25 more an hour than I'm making right now. So I'm stoked about that. I'll also have Blue Shield medical, and a 401K (they don't match what I put in it, unfortunately, but I'll take what I can get). So I start in two weeks. I gave my notice at my job today. It was kind of sad. I've worked with my co-workers for 3 years, and I'll miss them. They're good people. My problems with my current job haven't been with my store, it's been with my company. However, I am a music addict, so I'll still be there all the time. And I'll probably pick up some shifts during Christmas.

That said, I'm stoked. I finally feel like I have a job which has a good chance of being a career for me. I can go on to get a vet tech license, and I could even go on to become a full blown doctor of vetenairy medicine. Then again, I could go on to get a masters in ecology and go into a whole different field. The point is, for the first time in my working career, I feel like I can actaully go somewhere with my job. Like I said, I love my store, but retail is a dead end job. Sure, I could become a manager and then a DM or an RM or whatever, but then I'd become the people I loathe. I'm not stupid enough to think that I could become a DM and not be like all the other ones and change a company for the better; thath's something that has to occur and the ownership level (which, if I ever become wealthy enough, I will start my own music store).

So, I'm excited about my new job. Sure, it's going to be tough; I'm going into a field where I have hardly any experience (book smart but not skilled in any of the tasks), but that will make the job even better. Who wants to be in a job that doesn't challenge you.

Now, it's time to drink Kirin and watch Cabin Fever.

Please stop the buzzing

I haved another job interview tomorrow, with the pet hospital that my step-mom works at. She said they're desperate for people, but I kind of want to wait to hear about the other job, cause I know they pay more and my step-mom said that there'd be less of a chance of me becoming a bitch at the place in RP. But we'll see. I'm pretty much sitting on the fence at this point, except for the fact that the hospital in RP is real close to my house, so I could walk and save gas money and get in shape if I worked there. Okay, so maybe I'm not completly sitting on the fence, but I'm not set on either job.

Ayinger Brau-Weisse is a fucking awesome beer. It's got a beany after taste, which is something I never thought I'd say about a beer. It rules.

I'm trying to watch Aqua Teen, but our old ass TV is buzzing so loud, it's driving me crazy.

Interview

Due to high demand, I'm going to tell you how my interview went. I got there 20 minutes early, so I could fill out paper work. One form was an application, the other was a waiver so they could do a background check (including credit check. Why they would need to do that, I have no clue), and the other was basically a quiz to see hoe much I kne about medical and practician stuff. I didn't do so well on that. I left a lot blank, because I've never had training in that stuff. So I was feeling kind of dejected as I was sitting there waiting to be calle for the interview. After about 15 minutes waiting, they finally called me. I walked into a conference roo, and four people were sitting there. That totally made me nervous. I wasn't expecting to have a group interview, so it kind of caught me off guard. After that, it did go pretty well. The four people took turns asking me questions, and my answers were recieved with laughs, smiles and nods of approval. After about 20 minutes of that, the interview was over, then I got a tour of the place, and then they said they'd pass the interview information to the people that actually do the hiring (which I thought kind of sucked. The people who decide on whether or not they're going to hire me will do that with ever seeing or talking to me). Then I left. So, in conclusion, felt bad about the quiz, felt good about the interview, and I'll find out in about a week. I feel good about it, but not sure if I'm too inexerienced. But you can't get experience with out working the job. We'll see.

New CDs

So I decided that I needed new music and DVDs. So I traded in a bunch of my stuff at my store. Here's what I got:

Aqua Teen Vol 1 & 2
Eighteen Visions - Obsession
Atreyu - the Curse
AC Newman
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for revenge (only thing I've listened to so far...It's fucking good)
Thermals - Fuckin' A
Braid - Frames & Canvas
Secret Machines

I love buying new music...and love it even more when I can buy a butt load.

My interview is tomorrow. I'm a little nervous. But I'm also confident. I'm hoping I can get Sunday - Tuesday off (I'll be working 4 10 hour shifts), and get paid around $11/hr. We'll see.

Asst. Dr. Jason?

I have an interview on Thursday!! It's with a vet hospital that's very reputable and high class. They don't do any routine vet stuff. The deal with neurology, cardiology, oncology, etc. I'm stoked. I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

Aliens and Predators and Lance Henriksen, Oh my

I really hope this is good. Paul Anderson directed it, and he did direct Event Horizon, which ruled. I'll just have to wait and see.

Apparently being influenced as a singer by Geddy Lee is the next big thing. See: Coheed & Cambria and My Chemical Romance.

Arg! My legs

Steph and I went for a hike today in Armstrong Woods. Fuck am I out of shape. It was a nice time, but good lord. Not that I've ever been that spry and athletic, but come on! I'm determined to get back in shape. I should have kept hiking after I got back from Zyzxx. I did so much hiking and walking around, that that would have been a great start on getting in shape. Oh well. I'll have to start from square one.

Okay, Eff That

I had to go to a funeral yesterday for my step-grandfather. I was in the funeral procession. Some dude cut me off. I stared at him. He shrugged at me. People have no respect for other people. Even the dead. Asshole.

A fight broke out in my store yesterday. I missed it because I was at the funeral. Two guys threw down in the rap section and broke one of our bins. Then they left and got in the same car together. Evidently, they were friends/family members/lovers. I'm sorry I missed it.

John Ashcroft on Bush:

"A leader who has called us to an understanding of freedom, not as America's gift to the world, but as the Almighty's gift to humanity."

I hope humanity kept their gift reciept. And thanks "Almighty;" I wanted a super soaker. Next year, don't bother with the gifts. We're better off without.

State Lottery

"does it seem strange to you? the confetti. the balloons. the mile-wide grins and the victory dance to welcome in the heir to a state of (utter and complete) disrepair? because it sure seems strange to me: they're acting like they won the fucking lottery! i mean, shouldn't they feel terror at the task that lies ahead: to feed and house the people that this system's left for dead. and could i have hit the nail much harder on the head? it's profits before lives. they are motivated by greed. first they taught us to depend on their nation-states to mend our tired minds, our broken bones, our bleeding limbs. but now they've sold off all the splints and contracted out the tourniquets and if we jump through hoops then we might just survive. is this what we deserve? to scrub the palace floors? to fight amongst ourselves? as we scramble for the crumbs they spit out, frothing at the mouth about the scapegoats that they've chosen for us. with every racist pointed finger i can hear the goose-steps getting closer. they no longer represent us so is it not our obligation to confront this tyranny?"
 
Propagandhi
"The State Lottery"
 
Anybody wanting scathing, pissed off, politically orientated punk could do no wrong buying one of their albums.
 
Scary thing is, this song was written like, 4-5 years ago. And it sounds like it could be written about the current state of affairs.

So an emo guy walks into a bar....

As read in interview in Blender with screamo band My Chemical Romance:

Blender: How emo is My Chemical Romance?
Band member: So emo, we shit nautical stars.

Classic

Be skeptical

"A senior House Democratic lawmaker was skeptical on Sunday of a Bush administration idea to obtain the authority to delay the November presidential election in case of an attack by al Qaeda" (read rest of story here).

Be skeptical of this. Be very skeptical if there's a call for an "indefinite delay."

Fear or Hope

Check on this ad for the Kerry/Edwards campaign by Moveon.

http://www.moveonpac.org/edwards.html

Saw Napolean Dynamite today. It was okay. Weird and funny, but not as great as I've been told.

Fog of War

It was good. I liked it because it wasn't too preachy about how war is bad. Don't get me wrong; I'm all against war. But everyone knows that war is bad (some people like it though, because they can profit off of it...I'm looking at you George). It was basically just a conversation with Robert McNamara about what he learned from the Vietnam war and the Cold War. It kind of reminded me of a grandpa telling stories about his life. I do recomend seeing it, because it doesn't force anything down your throat, but you still walk away feeling like you learned something and that there was a moral to the story.

Everybody's working for the weak

Try #2 at finishing this entry..

So it's been a busy week. We spent the weekend in Konocti with Steph's parents, Jenny and Eric, and John and Evan. It was a great time, except it was freaking hotter than hell, and our AC didn't work. I was kind of bummed, cause the room came with a hot tub on the balcony, and I wanted to use it. But with no way to cool down after using it, there was no way in hell I was going to go in it. I did end up winning $40 playing Texas hold 'em, so I was stoked about that. They put on a pretty good fire works show as well. All in all, it was a good weekend, and I'm looking foward to next year.

Other than that, not a whole hell of a lot has been going on lately. I have two days off now, which will be nice. I want to go see Napoleon Dynamite tomorrow; I've heard it's really good. And a trip to Amoeba would be nice *crosses fingers*.

I'm distracted by "Fog of War" right now. I'll let you know how it is.