So last night I was watching "America's Got Talent" last night, it is a guilty pleasure what can I say, and it is still early on so you see loads of people who are terrible. There is this guy who comes out with a guitar and is wearing his army uniform. It wasn't the one you are supposed to wear out in public it was the BDU (battle dress uniform). It really pissed me off.
The BDU is a work uniform and according to military ettiquette you should not be wearing it out and about. If you stop by the store on your way home that is ok but you don't wear it out to dinner or go to the movies in it. You sure as hell don't wear it to a talent show. He should have been wearing class A's or class B's.
They did a back story about him and how he was deployed for 15 months and blah blah blah. He is like 34 and a specialist it is probably because he doesn't understand common policies and procedures.
They voted him through and he wasn't even good it was all based on him being in the military and being deployed. You shouldn't be drawing attention to yourself like that. What a fucking joke, I would love to punch that guy in the face.
Until later.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Batman = AMAZING
So if you have not seen the Dark Knight yet, get off your ass and go see it. Yes, it is that good. It is the best Batman movie ever made. I was very sceptical about Heath Ledger as the joker but he blows Jack Nicholson out of the water. With that being said it is an entirely different movie. This new one is very dark and disturbing not at all like the first one. You wouldn't even know it was Heath Ledger from seeing him in the movie. It sucks that he is gone but at least he went out on a high note.
I haven't been doing much poker wise, that will be changing this week. I am going to start sessions with a coach this week at some point. Everyone says that coaching really advances your game so we will see. I am getting a really good deal from this guy. We will see what happens. This guy is saying that I should be crushing 100NL within 2 to 3 months
I am texting this on my blackberry and its kind of time consuming but I always forget when I am on the laptop. I gotta keep my faithful readers supplied.
That is all for now, until later
I haven't been doing much poker wise, that will be changing this week. I am going to start sessions with a coach this week at some point. Everyone says that coaching really advances your game so we will see. I am getting a really good deal from this guy. We will see what happens. This guy is saying that I should be crushing 100NL within 2 to 3 months
I am texting this on my blackberry and its kind of time consuming but I always forget when I am on the laptop. I gotta keep my faithful readers supplied.
That is all for now, until later
Saturday, July 12, 2008
I phone day = Longest Day Ever
Yesterday was the launch of the new 3G I-phone and it was the longest day ever. The press came out about the new phone while I was in training so my entire time with the company has been all about getting ready for this new phone. Last year when he first I-phone came out there was a line around the building the first day, but they didn't sell out until late in the afternoon. They had more the very next day, and most stores didn't sell out again until they pulled all of the original I-phones in preparation for the release of the 3G I-phone.
There was a lot of speculation about how the new phone would be received and what we could expect on launch day. A lot of people were saying that it would not be as big of a deal since the phone was not brand new anymore. Other people thought that it would be slammed and crazy. I had a feeling that it would be insane, the new phone is half the price, it supports corporate email and it is much faster. The original I-phone changed the cell phone market completely, everyone else is playing catch up.
The day of the launch everyone in the store was scheduled for 12 hours, we had to be there at 7AM and the store would open at 8. That morning was when we rally found out exactly how we would handle the activations in the system. When I pulled up the line was halfway around the building. They gave us 120 to sell on the first day, I am still pretty new and was having a lot of problems with the system. We sold out of the phone at 11:30 or so. I did a decent amount of business but it would have been a lot more if I wasn't slow. It was very well organized in the store and we had people in place to help us run phones and accessories so we didn't have to leave our stations.
I guess the most shocking thing about yesterday is along the back of the building where people would line up when the line got long enough someone decided to take a shit on the sidewalk. When we got there in the morning there were people lined up in front and behind the pile. I was surprised at this, I mean who does that? I don't like to drop the kids of any place other than my home throne, let alone a PUBLIC sidewalk. One of the other people in the store had to clean it up, I am not sure if I would have been able to do it.
Last year on the second day there was no line, today I was supposed to be there at 10AM. I got a call from the assistant manager at 9:30 and he let me know there was a line and he wanted me to come in early. We had 60 phones to sell today so we sold out very quickly again. Once again I was having all kinds of system problems so I didn't get as much done as many people did. I did about 1/4 of the business that I needed to do in these two days. I kind of wish every day was I-phone day.
I am also EXHAUSTED, as I write this I am fighting to keep my eyes open. I went to bed way too late last night and I haven't been sleeping so well. I haven't played much poker this week, but I did have a variance swing. Still in the green but have definitely not as good as I was doing before. We will see what happens, nothing else I can do.
My brother is also in town from Seattle. Melissa has never met him before, so I hope that we can get together and have dinner or something so she can meet him.
That is all for now, until later.
There was a lot of speculation about how the new phone would be received and what we could expect on launch day. A lot of people were saying that it would not be as big of a deal since the phone was not brand new anymore. Other people thought that it would be slammed and crazy. I had a feeling that it would be insane, the new phone is half the price, it supports corporate email and it is much faster. The original I-phone changed the cell phone market completely, everyone else is playing catch up.
The day of the launch everyone in the store was scheduled for 12 hours, we had to be there at 7AM and the store would open at 8. That morning was when we rally found out exactly how we would handle the activations in the system. When I pulled up the line was halfway around the building. They gave us 120 to sell on the first day, I am still pretty new and was having a lot of problems with the system. We sold out of the phone at 11:30 or so. I did a decent amount of business but it would have been a lot more if I wasn't slow. It was very well organized in the store and we had people in place to help us run phones and accessories so we didn't have to leave our stations.
I guess the most shocking thing about yesterday is along the back of the building where people would line up when the line got long enough someone decided to take a shit on the sidewalk. When we got there in the morning there were people lined up in front and behind the pile. I was surprised at this, I mean who does that? I don't like to drop the kids of any place other than my home throne, let alone a PUBLIC sidewalk. One of the other people in the store had to clean it up, I am not sure if I would have been able to do it.
Last year on the second day there was no line, today I was supposed to be there at 10AM. I got a call from the assistant manager at 9:30 and he let me know there was a line and he wanted me to come in early. We had 60 phones to sell today so we sold out very quickly again. Once again I was having all kinds of system problems so I didn't get as much done as many people did. I did about 1/4 of the business that I needed to do in these two days. I kind of wish every day was I-phone day.
I am also EXHAUSTED, as I write this I am fighting to keep my eyes open. I went to bed way too late last night and I haven't been sleeping so well. I haven't played much poker this week, but I did have a variance swing. Still in the green but have definitely not as good as I was doing before. We will see what happens, nothing else I can do.
My brother is also in town from Seattle. Melissa has never met him before, so I hope that we can get together and have dinner or something so she can meet him.
That is all for now, until later.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
It has been awhile
So I have finished my training and my first actual week in the store, and so far I am really happy with the job. I am still very slow with the system, it takes me awhile to get through any transaction that I do. I know that it takes time to get comfortable but I am ready to be able to knock out transactions. I need to find more opportunities to make more money, that will come with time as well.
Poker has been so weird lately, so back and forth. I have decided that I am done with 5NL and 10NL. I am taking my short roll to 25NL and play there. I can redeposit if I go broke, I just can't take the sheer stupidity of those lower levels. I have played two sessions so far and have been doing well. I am only two tabling to really make sure that I am thinking through all my decisions and making the best play that I can. I am currently up over 2 buy ins, in less than 700 hands. Hopefully I can maintain for the rest of the month.
Other than that nothing much is going on. Yesterday was Kate's birthday we are going to get together one night this week to have dinner. I am going to take Pops out for a late father's day dinner as well. Kill two birds type of thing.
Friday is the launch of the new I-phone for AT&T. It is half the price but works on the faster data network. It is going to be a very busy day and I am anticipating making about half my quota that month if not more. That will be a very good day.
That is really it for now. I am going to try to start doing this on my phone so I might be more consistent.
Until now.
Poker has been so weird lately, so back and forth. I have decided that I am done with 5NL and 10NL. I am taking my short roll to 25NL and play there. I can redeposit if I go broke, I just can't take the sheer stupidity of those lower levels. I have played two sessions so far and have been doing well. I am only two tabling to really make sure that I am thinking through all my decisions and making the best play that I can. I am currently up over 2 buy ins, in less than 700 hands. Hopefully I can maintain for the rest of the month.
Other than that nothing much is going on. Yesterday was Kate's birthday we are going to get together one night this week to have dinner. I am going to take Pops out for a late father's day dinner as well. Kill two birds type of thing.
Friday is the launch of the new I-phone for AT&T. It is half the price but works on the faster data network. It is going to be a very busy day and I am anticipating making about half my quota that month if not more. That will be a very good day.
That is really it for now. I am going to try to start doing this on my phone so I might be more consistent.
Until now.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Back In San Antone
Today is Tuesday and I am sitting in the lobby of the Marriott where I am staying this time. I couldn't do another week in the Comfort Inn, so I talked with my manager and he said that I could pick where I wanted to stay. It is so much better, but I still can't wait to get home on Friday. I miss Melissa, Bella and Kung-Fu.
I went and ate at the Tower in San Antonio last night. It is 750 feet up and the floor spins, it was a pretty cool experience. We had to wait 2 hours and 15 minutes to get sat, we were told that it would be an hour. We complained to the manager and he bought us a round of drinks. When we ordered the drinks I tried to get a Gin and Tonic, and the waiter told us that we could only have beers. It was a little irritating to say the least. It was fine-ish dining so it was very slow paced, everything took a long time. I got these crab cakes that were $28 and they were fucking small, I was disappointed because it was tiny.
I sampled some of the other food at my table and it was amazing. I shouldn't have gotten fancy and just stuck wit what I know. Here is a link to the place, I will post some pics later.
http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/
Matt came in town before I left, it was really good to see him. He has been out off shore for awhile. He is going to be home when I get home on Friday so I am excited for that. I am going to redouble my efforts in class and really knuckle down and start busting my ass. I am ready to get moving, I am not terrible but I am not as good as could/should be.
We had a trainer in the class today who was not our usual trainer and he started out pretty funny and nice enough and was being the stereotypical gay guy. When we started the hands on stuff the guy like flipped out and lost all sense of patience. Some samples of statements that he said today were, "this isn't rocket science people." If your a trainer you need to have patience and this gy did not at all. Maybe it was because he is a data trainer, but still, he needs to be a little more understanding. I hope that we have a chance to critique him because everyone was pissed and it will be a very scathing report.
I guess that is it for now. I am going to play some poker and hang out. I will post later this week.
Until later.
I went and ate at the Tower in San Antonio last night. It is 750 feet up and the floor spins, it was a pretty cool experience. We had to wait 2 hours and 15 minutes to get sat, we were told that it would be an hour. We complained to the manager and he bought us a round of drinks. When we ordered the drinks I tried to get a Gin and Tonic, and the waiter told us that we could only have beers. It was a little irritating to say the least. It was fine-ish dining so it was very slow paced, everything took a long time. I got these crab cakes that were $28 and they were fucking small, I was disappointed because it was tiny.
I sampled some of the other food at my table and it was amazing. I shouldn't have gotten fancy and just stuck wit what I know. Here is a link to the place, I will post some pics later.
http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/
Matt came in town before I left, it was really good to see him. He has been out off shore for awhile. He is going to be home when I get home on Friday so I am excited for that. I am going to redouble my efforts in class and really knuckle down and start busting my ass. I am ready to get moving, I am not terrible but I am not as good as could/should be.
We had a trainer in the class today who was not our usual trainer and he started out pretty funny and nice enough and was being the stereotypical gay guy. When we started the hands on stuff the guy like flipped out and lost all sense of patience. Some samples of statements that he said today were, "this isn't rocket science people." If your a trainer you need to have patience and this gy did not at all. Maybe it was because he is a data trainer, but still, he needs to be a little more understanding. I hope that we have a chance to critique him because everyone was pissed and it will be a very scathing report.
I guess that is it for now. I am going to play some poker and hang out. I will post later this week.
Until later.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
controversy abounds
So I had to delete a post due to threats by text message. I was threatened with a slander lawsuit so I deleted the post. I am not sure it would have done much good for the offended party to take me to court, but whatever. I deleted the post and asked Google to remove it, that is all I can really do. I was told that I better fly to Google headquarters to get it fixed if I didn't want to be sued.
All of this happened yesterday while I am at work. Trying to pull it up on my phone because I don't have Internet access at work. It took awhile but I got it all done, it still pops up when you Google his name but nothing I can do about that.
SLANDER - A false defamation (expressed in spoken words, signs, or gestures) which injures the character or reputation of the person defamed; distinguished from libel.
This brings up an interesting point, when does something stop being an opinion and become slander? It has to be a pretty thin line, I would think anyway. I have a right to voice my opinion, but where is the line?
Anyway, I have been eating Genghis Grill a lot here lately. I took Melissa tonight and she really liked it. Work is going well, I will be glad to get out of training and start making some money.
Until later.
All of this happened yesterday while I am at work. Trying to pull it up on my phone because I don't have Internet access at work. It took awhile but I got it all done, it still pops up when you Google his name but nothing I can do about that.
SLANDER - A false defamation (expressed in spoken words, signs, or gestures) which injures the character or reputation of the person defamed; distinguished from libel.
This brings up an interesting point, when does something stop being an opinion and become slander? It has to be a pretty thin line, I would think anyway. I have a right to voice my opinion, but where is the line?
Anyway, I have been eating Genghis Grill a lot here lately. I took Melissa tonight and she really liked it. Work is going well, I will be glad to get out of training and start making some money.
Until later.
airport blog
I am sitting in the airport in San Antonio waiting for my flight which, of course, is running late. I got out of class around 5:30 and waited for over an hour for the cab to show up. I was worried that I would miss my flight but it was late so I am going to be ok. We started calling all these cab companies to get one to us as soon as possible and we finally got one and after I had been here at the airport for about 15 minutes I get a call from one of the cab drivers.
He tells me that he is waiting for me and can't find me. I said sorry man you took too long and I got into another cab. He gets mad at this point and tells me that I could have called to let him know that I got another cab and blah blah, the price of gas. I tell the guy that I had better shit to do like worry abut if I was going to make my plane and hung up on him. What a prick, I had only waited for an hour and then he gets mad wen I take another cab?
I wrote an email to the Comfort Inn about the Internet issues. Surprise, surprise no one wrote me back. It is really irritating when customer service departments cant write you back. I will be following up with someone higher up when I get home and can actually look up a number.
That is all for now, until later.
He tells me that he is waiting for me and can't find me. I said sorry man you took too long and I got into another cab. He gets mad at this point and tells me that I could have called to let him know that I got another cab and blah blah, the price of gas. I tell the guy that I had better shit to do like worry abut if I was going to make my plane and hung up on him. What a prick, I had only waited for an hour and then he gets mad wen I take another cab?
I wrote an email to the Comfort Inn about the Internet issues. Surprise, surprise no one wrote me back. It is really irritating when customer service departments cant write you back. I will be following up with someone higher up when I get home and can actually look up a number.
That is all for now, until later.
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