If I have added you as a friend, or if you are unsure about this sort of thing; there is just some info within my Bio I just added. It is as follows:

NEW: If I add you as a friend, I am adding you to any/all filters. I have sexual, mundane, and laid bare. The first two are self-explanatory, the last is closely akin to stream of conscious or absolutely no P.C./socially correct/save others' sanity/don't think I am weird/etc. filtering. Just so you know. If you want to opt out (or make sure you are already opted, though if you signed up with my original creation of my filters, you are safe) just tell me.

Ask me any 3 three questions. I will answer them here. As with everything else in my journal, it (read: what I do write) is totally open.

Ok, but before I go into that...

BIG HUGE OLE HUGS for nyssimi who gave me 6 months of journal time. *MUAH!*

( And now, onto the show... )

I work for UPS!

Ok, so it's a contingent offer being made to me tomorrow at 9 am. Contingent only on the successful completion of the background check. But you know what? I have worked at Nuclear Power plants in the private sector, both before and after 9/11 and passed their stringent security clearances. I have no worries. And really neither do they, as I was told. So yes, as of tomorrow, I am a working man again with the big brown trucks! (Though I am not driving one, hehehe)

( Cut for friends' friends pages )

( Your dose of survey from me )
Wow, I never knew I have never done so few things. :-)

How can you sleep when you know there are crickets crawling around your bed? Well, I had no idea so I slept upstairs last night on the couch because I need some sort of entertainment for my brain until it gets tired enough to sleep. I am sure nyssimi will be posting on what happened, but suffice it to say that she forgot to put down some egg crating when she retrieved a dead cricket for one of the neighbors. Heh, and I thought this neighborhood was too 'straight' for me. They don't ask for cups of sugar, or milk; but dead bugs. Oh yeah, and we sit out and drink beer every weekend in our neighbors' yard. I love this place! :-)

Current Music: audioslave - The Highway

Heard this morning on the Neal Boortz Show:

Regarding building Gay and Lesbian homes:
Gay homes would not have a front door.
Lesbian homes would not be constructed with studs.


Ok, is that bad? No, it's funny. I have friends of both persuasions so do not take this as gay-bashing.


Regarding my job: I got the call to come in for the final interview at 1pm for 3:30 pm. I went in, saw the General Manager at 3:45. I think he offered me the position on the spot because he liked my definition of good customer service: To discover and provide the level of service the customer feels they should receive. Can I get a Bullshit Bingo on that one alone? :-) I start Thursday for orientation. End Orientation on Monday. But I really hope UPS calls me for their Desktop Support position. I am sure it pays better.

Oh, and to that certain someone: Ha!

I had meant to post earlier...

8:59 So my mother has found an awesome job within the first weeks of getting here. She has been working at Legacy Academy, a child care place of sorts, with the Senior Toddlers. Anyway, one of the benefits of having this job is that she gets afterschool care for kidlet at half price. And along with that afterschool care comes an additional bonus: If the kids have a teacher workday, kidlet goes in for the whole day at no extra charge! Wooohooo! So the normal routines can go on without any hitches.


But now... I have officially found a job. I work at Lowes. I am a cashier. :-) No, this is not my permanent job, just one to get me some kind of money to play with.

So here it is again. Sunday. And what a day for me. I get to watch my sport. The only sport I follow, so I am not one of those sports-dependent males --shudder--. I actually do not like those kinds of guys. Too often I have seen them marry trophy wives that are ignored while they eat, sleep, and breathe sports. But I have also seen it work out when their mate also enjoys sports with the same gusto. Another reason to be who you are on a normal day while on a date. The honeymoon period will end. Anyway, I digress.

NASCAR is my sport. Racing is my thing. I absolutely enjoy it. Ask just about anyone that has daily contact with me. I am usually wearing my racing cap. I am playing in the Fantasy League this year. I am planning on going to the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend in Charlotte, NC. And unlike most sports, which dominate the week, NASCAR only captures the weekends. Sure, you can watch the practices, the qualifying, and last practice (Happy Hour). But really, it isn't necessary to enjoy the race on the weekend.

But there is something else that I also have on my mind. I was recently, this morning in fact, reminded of something. There has been this talk of lobbying for a Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. Didn't the government try to amend the Constitution to curtail, even outlaw, alcohol in the 20's? Wasn't that the largest backfire? Some of you that watched The History Channel last night and even this morning saw the mob program that touched on that subject.

So my point is this: if an amendment is passed, regardless of your stance on the issue, doesn't it follow that there will be a rampant proliferation of same-sex marriages? We already see many localities defying local statues to perform these ceremonies. What can be a more irritating, and also invigorating, action than an amendment? There are still same-sex couples that have not flocked to the few places offering the ceremonies. An amendment will light the fire within these peoples' souls. It is a defining point of America: remain silent until it directly conflicts with you and your liberties.

Anyway, I hope I have fulfilled what I feel is my obligation to the world: to make people think. Take them just enough outside their comfort zone to make them discuss the issues. To illuminate a different side of an issue that mainstream seems to not have figured out.