I arrived at work yesterday morning at 11am to let someone go early. I ended up being at work till 6am this morning. Talk about being tired! I just woke up around 4:30pm and feel like utter crap because I know that my night is going to be really bad. I can usually sleep till 12 or 1 and get to sleep kind of decently, but not this late. I might be writing late in the night. Anyway, here’s what I’ve looked like most of the day. Later!
It’s always a beautiful sight when it snows. Children and adults alike get happy at the brightness it sheds on everything. It’s currently snowing in the Atlanta area. I’m hoping that I will not get stuck at work till morning, but I’m sure there’s a very good chance I will be. But, either way, it’s purty and I hope it sticks around a long time.
Hey yall!
After a few weeks, I was finally able to make a podcast with Nick. He’s a great friend and he’s very handsome also! It’s great to be able to surround yourself with handsome friends! We end up chatting for quite some time, but I loved every second of it. After cutting out about 10 mins of the recording, here’s the podcast that remained! Until later!
If you haven’t seen him before, go check out GayComicGeek on the YouTube. Not only is he one of the most adorable guys on video, he is also a lover of comics. I have to admit from the beginning that I am not the biggest comic fan in the sense that I know who everyone is. I was not privy to this information as I was growing up in the sticks of Alabama. We had channels 3, 5, and 10 and if it didn’t come on those channels, I pretty much had no idea who they were. I liked watching Spiderman (when he was with Iceman and Firestar), Superman, and Flash. I wasn’t much into Batman because he was too dark. I was, however, more of a Dungeons and Dragons fan. Mmmm, that black girl and her stick made me envious! I could have used it to jump over canyons with more flare! But hey, I am gay for crying out loud! Watch his vid here and then go check him out at YouTube!
Strangely, while in high school, Mondays were some of the best days of the week. I was sort of a nerd because I would rather be at school than be at home. I could be around people I liked and was doing stuff I liked to do….learning. Now as an adult, it’s all about work. Ugh! So many things change. It might not be so bad if I was doing something I liked. Hopefully, this accounting degree will help me find a more productive job and I can begin to love my chosen career. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
While looking at my Google Analytics, I noticed some white spots in my map of visitors in the United States! What’s up with that, guys? Get me spread around more than a $.02 whore on a Jersey street corner. LOL. The following is where I need to get to:
This is not a hook up request, but I so want these states to turn green on my map thingy. I want green from ocean to ocean. If I can cover 90% of the Asian continent, I should be able to cover the US.
…do you part!
Yes, folks. I have found out today that you can purchase your casket at our friendly Wal-Mart. Now you can be frugal till you’re dead. While on Twitter today, a friend of mine posted his finding on the Wal-Mart website. I don’t know about yall, but this is rather disturbing to me.
Don’t get me wrong, I love shopping at Wal-Mart, even if the products did come from the ghettos of China and their sweat shops. The company has employed many members of my family and close friends, even the partner for a few years. Stopping by there to pick up some shampoo, tomatoes, or lube is understandable. It’s something that’s going to either clean you, feed you, or help you slippy slide. But selling something for you to bury a loved one? C’mon people! Doesn’t your loved one deserve to be buried in something not from Wal-Mart? If you were going to do that, why not go cut some trees down, hollow them out, and bury the person it them. Or get some plywood and make a box.
Not to be picking on Wally World, when I learned of this, I turned to my partner and asked him if he knew that. Of course, he says that’s old news and that I am behind. Well, hell Gertrude! I thought I could get something over on him. Come to find out, Costco also sells these sleeping dead boxes also, along with other “wholesale” websites. What has this world come to? I guess you can pre-order these things so that you have it ready for time of death. How morbid is that? “Oh, I think I’m going to die within the next year or two, so I’ll go ahead and get a casket and put it out in the storage shed next to the broken down Chevy.” Who thinks like that?
We can never say that the world of retail is not there to cover your every waking, or sleeping, need.
It’s funny that some things handicap a person that probably shouldn’t. For example….snow. For the people in the mountains of Georgia or extreme north Alabama, this may not be such a problem. They’ve grown up seeing this year after year. It’s nothing new. For those closer to the city, many being transplants from other places, it’s almost as if the world is coming to an end. The first mention of snow sends these people to the store for milk and bread. It never fails.
People wonder why there are so many accidents when it’s snowing. It’s because people panic. Snow, like rain, is simply another weather pattern. If it is pouring rain where you can’t see thru it, you wouldn’t get in your car to go get stuff from the store. You’re not going to die from the snow.
Growing up in South Alabama, we pretty much didn’t bother with emergency things like like creating an emergency kit. Our kit pretty much contained a kerosene lantern and maybe a flashlight. My dad didn’t believe in having candles in the house. Food….well that wasn’t much of a concern because we had a gas stove. It’s the best thing to have so that you can still cook without power. Our concerns with weather primarily focused on huricanes.
Eventhough I am a transplant to North Georgia, I am comfortable with my ability to drive in snow. For the most part, if you don’t have to leave the house, don’t! Why put yourself in a situation when it’s not needed? Secondly, if there is snow on the ground, you should realize the road will obviously not be dry. Don’t fly like a bat out of hell! People here in Atlanta have been shown on TV going just as fast on the interstate as they would when there is no traffic. It’s insane! The reason, other than panicing, that your vehicle would do a 360 on an icy road is because you’re going to damn fast. Slow it down, people!
I know this isn’t a problem that only southern people deal with. I’ve seen video of people farther north who do the same things. The Civil War did not divide us that much. There are many similarities. I would say this would come under the heading of common sense, but truly, does that exist anymore?
My friend Ronnie joined me tonight for Episode 16. We talk about getting drunk, Mobile gay bars, and a whole bunch o’ junk. It’s a laugh feat for us two and probably the most I have laughed on a podcast.
I love eating at Lee’s Golden Buddha in Buford, GA. It’s some of the best Asian food I’ve ever eaten.
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