September 22, 2011
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'Iron Monkey 2' pretty much bombed. I mean, it was still entertaining as a martial arts film, but not near as rock solid as the first, and the film was blatantly sped up during the fight scenes adding to the cheese factor. oh well. I watch another movie with some big name actors (who mostly acted poorly) called 'the killing jar'. good movie none-the-less (considering I can only get B-movies from Netflix' online streaming). after running out of beer, I decide to hit the rack and watch a documentary from my desktops homepage. there's a lot good PBS style shows offered. it's an excellent website (I'm sure I may have promoted it before...or not?).
I wake up this morning 'round 6, burn some coffee, take us a smallish pooperdog walk, and run into a neighbor who's on his way to the stalag. yep, I recognize that bright yellow shirt that our out-sourced quality control workers wear. I holler "have fun at work!", he replies "yup" as he jumps into his car and speeds off. he best hurry, it's already about 6:10 and he's got a good 20 minute drive...come to think of it, there are a lot of peeps that wait 'til the last minute to punch in. seems there's even more peeps that make a long line at the gloves and sleeves vending machine after you're supposed to be out on the work floor stretching. we get a couple guys routinely late for this, who take forever and hold up the line just to put on said gloves and sleeves. I like to do the opposite. I bring sleeves and gloves home with me, re-wash 'em, bring 'em back to work and get there a good 1/2 hour (or more) early, so I can punch in, drink their free coffee, have my sleeves, gloves and safety glasses on and out on the floor 5 minutes early. it just looks better. I'm thinking if this was a boot camp scenario, these peeps that slag behind would be doin' 20 push-ups daily for not being prepared, then they'd still not have a clue, but being that our boss is pretty much a softy, people get away with murder...
wait, it's my day off, and I'm talking about the stalag again...I must really miss the place
. did I mention that the 'Squatch and his girly visited yesterday? I think so. the 'Squatch has been unemployed forever, now it turns out she lost her job as well
. I don't know exactly what her prescription drug bill looks like a month, but I'm sure it ain't cheap. without health insurance, I'm sure it's gonna be a train wreck, plus they go on to say that they just signed up for a bigger cable TV package that'll run them about $190/month. now I'm no mathematician, but shouldn't one trim the financial fat during lean times. I know TV was one of the last things I cut due to budget constraints, but neither of them need beer money either, so I guess, 'to each, their own'. I'd rather be 1/2 crocked watching a B-movie out on the porch (via the internet), and maybe they need their 'desperate housewives', military channel, HBO and sobriety. priorities, right? come to think of it, I don't dare figure out my beer budget for a month, It'd prob'ly beat their huge TV bill
. again, 'to each, their own'. everyone needs some form of entertainment.I'm thinkin' of heading into wally mart (wear my glasses prescription resides) and gettin' me a new pair of eyes, but then, on second thought, I pay for 'vision' at work. I wonder how that works. maybe I'll give my HR a call first, and see what needs to be done (I'm completely ignorant when it comes to reaping my benefits, because I haven't utilized any for years. now that I got 'em, I haven't a clue where to start. other than bother HR). I really ought to find a good dentist too (being that I've got a good dental plan as well...). ooof! planning to see the dentist is like pulling teeth (pun!). if I gotta be half dead before seeing a doctor, do I gotta lose half my teef before seeing a dentist? luckily, I got a good set of chompers and would like to keep it that way, thank you
.anyway, I gotta burn some more coffee, and clean this wood-panel submarine up a bit [ready...GO!]
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