So, I'm at work right now. I'm on my lunch and I'd thought I would post that I passed my test!! That means I will be hired in the coming weeks. No more worrying if I will have a job next week or not. I will probably get a raise once I get hired so that will be nice also. I thought I passed, I just wasn't 100% sure. Ok, I'm going to go read and relax, it is hot in here right now.
Werd Up
DAN
Ok, there's a lot to talk about today. BTW, Hi, how are you today. I hope I find you feeling healthy.
First off, Alias was great this week! I was on the edge of my seat until I fell off at the end when it was a real cliffhanger just like at during the first and second season. I have to admit I thought Sloan had reformed. Boy was I wrong. I can't wait until this weeks show.
Second, I took the first part of my 90 days test on Monday. It was all on the computer, mostly multiple choice with a few fill in the answer and one essay. Then I took the second and third part yesterday. The second part was all essay. The third part showed some screen shots and I had to fill things in. My boss came up to me today and said that I passed the first part and they have yet to score the second and third part. I'm 97% sure I passed with flying colors so I will be hired soon. That will be nice, to have some feeling of job security. I will probably know for sure sometime this week.
Lastly I signed up to beta test Gmail. It gives you 1GB of storage space for e-mail so you never have to delete e-mails if you don't want to. It should be interesting to see if it makes it past beta. Google is making a lot of noise with this service.
Ok, that's enough from me.
Under the Table and Dreaming,
DAN
Per corrections from Bamboo2. Fixed spelling and grammar mistakes on yesterdays posting.
DAN
Wow, Alias was great tonight! It had Jennifer kicking ass with two guns. They tricked me into thinking that they killed off Sloan. It had, what I thought, was the beginning of the end of the blonde chick. This show was the best all season. There were a couple of weak episodes this season, but I knew J.J. couldn't do that all season. The twists keep coming, now Sydney has a sister fathered by Sloan. Only three shows left this season. I hope the show gets picked up for next season. It was picked up by TNT for syndication and that includes up to 88 shows, so next season is almost in the bag. And if a show goes 4 or more seasons then they usually can go even further.
The Practice, I'm saddened that the show will end this season. They are planning a spin off and if David E. Kelly is involved then it should be good as well. We'll have to see.
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay."
-- Dave Matthews
DAN
So lets forget that I ever said that I would post every score for the Mets. I just can't seem to do that. I will post important games etc. just not every one.
I went to Erie today. I got some nice clothes for work, cheap at Target. I love that store, it's like Wal-Mart, but better. I hope we get one in our area. I got a coupon for Bed, Bath and Beyond this week in the mail for 20% off so I had to go there. I almost got a 1 1/2 quart All-Clad sauce pan but then I noticed that the coupon said that it excluded All-Clad so I then went over to the Calphalon section and I found some nice pieces in the tri-ply area. It has a layer of Aluminum sandwiched between two layers of Stainless Steel all the way throughout. I ended up getting a 10" Stir Fry Pan. The regular price was $40, but I got it for only $32. A very good deal. If I had gotten the same pan from All-Clad it would have cost over $100. Same quality, same warranty (lifetime), You can't go wrong. I can't wait to use it!
Ok, goodnight sweetheart it's time to go,
DAN
Ok, so I already missed a day. I was busy playing with my computer. Getting it up to date etc. So yesterday the Mets lost 18 - 10 to the Braves. Not Good. Then again the Mets Lost today 10 - 8 also to the Braves. The Braves take the series 3 games to 1. Well, at least they are high scoring games, so you can't say they are boring. Ok, I'm off to bed, I get to work tomorrow.
DAN
No Alias today, whatever am I to do? Next week it is on an hour later, that's just no good. I made fish and chips for dinner today and it came out pretty good. I even surprised myself. And yes I made the fish part from scratch. I bought fresh Haddock at the store and I made a beer batter and fried the fish. Yum!!
I guess I will find something to do, I ain't got much to talk about tonight, or at least right now, I'm tired :)
DAN
P.S. The last post on April 1, 2004 was an April Fool's joke in case you couldn't tell or didn't read my comment.
Ok, so when I got to work today, they told me that this will be my last week here. I talked to Express and they don't have anything else for me right now. They said they will be looking but now what am I supposed to do? I can't afford not to have a job! Well, I guess I should get going and start work only 2 days left here I guess. They didn't even say why, they just did, and since I'm a Temp. They can do that.
DAN
Alias was great this week. Wasn't too dumbed down. I couldn't believe that the blonde chick's Mom killed the Dad. That was a surprise. Then, for the first two seasons they built up Sloan so we hated him a lot. Now they are building it up so we feel bad for him. It was a good episode. The last scene hit a little close to home for me. A slightly different situation but the same feelings. Alias is one of the only shows ever that really brings out emotions in me. I truly feel bad for characters when bad things happen and vise versa. It has the best of many worlds. Every episode is like a mini movie, it is a drama and brings out emotions, it has comedy, it has action and suspense, and a hot leading lady. What could be better?
Another great show, the one I'm watching now, is The Practice. It has some great writing and even though they got rid of a lot last year, it still has some great actors. Only 4 more new shows until it ends. It's too bad ABC had to cut it's budget so much. I guess they are going to do a spin off of some sort. David E. Kelly makes some great shows and if he does the spin off then I'm sure it will be good, and I will definitely watch it.
Ok, one last thing before I go. I would just like to wish Bamboo2 a happy belated 22nd birthday. It was this past Wed.
That's it for now, but please remember,
"Tomorrow is no place to place your better days" -- Dave Matthews
DAN
WOW! It's been a long time since I last posted. I'm ashamed of myself for that. I've been very busy with work and all. Which, by the way, things are going very well. This past Tuesday our Dept. moved to a new area of the office. We now have a nice big window view and better air flow. We aren't stuck in the corner any more. We also have the new computers, new phones, new everything. We are special ;P I can't really complain about my job, things are going well, now I just hope they officially hire me once my 90 days are up.
Yesterday When I went to my weekly Friday night out I saw two of my good friends that I haven't seen in a long time. The first I haven't seen or talked to for in upwards of over a year. I worked with her at Wal-Mart in the layaway dept. She helped train me and we became good friends. We had a great time working together. Then I moved to the Foods dept and we didn't get to work together much, and then I became CSM and I almost never got to talk to her. Then, the killer, I left Wal-Mart for Red Lobster. Well, she went out with everyone Yesterday so I got to chat with her and it was like it was back at Wal-Mart. We were back to joking around and having fun.
The second I haven't really gotten to talk to since I left Red Lobster in Sept. We had a good chat and plan on getting together Sunday to chat some more. He's a good guy who if you show some respect, he will show you 10 times the respect back.
So I am very happy that I went out yesterday, I miss both of them, and I miss working with them. I am glad we can get together once in a while though.
Ok, one last thing for tonight. I have added two new features to my blog. If you look at the end of every post you will see two new links. The first, Comments, you can click on to make comments or read comments about that post. If you want to make any comments about something I post that others can read then you can do it there. The other is Linkback. If you have a blog yourself or a website and you write a reference to my blog or something that relates to my blog or something I wrote about in my blog you can put it there. Also if you see a webpage that you think is pertinent to something that I wrote about, even if it's not yours, you can put it there also. If you want to know about these then you can go here: www.haloscan.com I would like to thank Haloscan for these free features which I hope will enhance my blog experience.
Ok, I've blabbed enough.
DAN
So it's been a long time since I last posted. Sorry about that. I have a lot to talk about but I just don't have the time right now. Work keeps me going to bed early and when I get up in the morning I don't think about updating my Blog. I will try my hardest to post more often though.
First off I want to say to all those who are upset about what happened during the half time show at the Super Bowl. GET A LIFE, GET OVER YOURSELF! Number one, the whole outfit wasn't supposed to come off, it was an accident. Number two she had a pasty on her nipple so you couldn't see anything anyways. Number three a couple of years ago Lil' Kim went on TV for an entire awards show with less on than that. Then someone grabbed her. I would think that is worse. CBS cut away as fast as they could when they saw what happened. When I saw it they cut away so fast that I couldn't tell if I saw what I thought I saw. Plus you could tell that Janet was embarrassed she crouched over and covered herself up as quickly as she could. Now stop talking about it, stop trying to sue anyone about it, and move on to something important.
Ed, on of my favorite TV shows is ending soon. I found out last week that there are only two more episodes left. What happened? They moved it to Fridays to cancel it? It doesn't make any sense. I am not happy about this! I bet you, at NBC, $10 to bring Ed back. (if you watched the show you will get that)
On to another of my favorite shows, Alias. I got the season 2 complete season on DVD set the week before last. I just got done watching it this past weekend. It is just the best TV show on, well, TV. It's like a top of the line movie every week. Just as long as they dumb it down anymore than they have then I will never purposely miss an episode. Every week I look forward to Sunday to watch the best night for Drama. First on is 10-8, pretty good. A good way to start the night. Then, of course, Alias. I can't say enough about this show. And finally, The Practice. Although they cut the budget of the show for this season and lost many of the stars of the show, they kept enough of the stars and didn't cut on the writing which makes the show. It is the best 3 hours on TV bar none. hehe get it, bar, hehe like in lawyers.....ahhh nevermind :P
Ok, you've heard enough from me tonight,
"just 'cause things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can give up this ground."
--Dave Matthews
DAN
HI! You can just ignore that last post and the link to the site feed on the right. Just for now. It's something new that I'm trying to figure out. I'll let you know when I do :)
Sorry it's been so long since my last real post I've been very busy with work and all. Speaking of work, things are going really good. This past Friday was my first day training in my new Dept. I also trained yesterday. Then today my trainer and another girl in the dept. said that they thought I was ready to be on my own today. I did pretty good. Not too many things I had questions on and I moved right along on my report. I only got a few incoming calls so that helped too. I think after this week I should be all set. I like things so far.
I would like to say thank you to Bamboo2 for her very thoughtful gift on Friday. She saw that I had Evanescence's CD on my wishlist so she got it for me. Then she had a very nice note on the inside. Now, this isn't why I put up my wishlist, but thank you very much! It was very nice of you.
Ok, TTFN
DAN
Well, week 2 is over and week 3 is about to begin at my new job. So far things are still going pretty good. Another one of the trainees has left. She quit then came back and is now going to be in Order Entry instead of Customer Service. There is a lot of stuff to learn in a very short period of time. So now we are down to two. They wanted four. I don't know if they are going to try to hire more after they are done training us or not, I guess we will see.
Also I'd just like to say how much I like the show Alias. It is one of the best shows on TV. I don't have time right now, but I will soon. I just thought I'd throw it in right after I finished watching this weeks episode.
"23, so tired of life, such a shame to throw it all away"
DAN
Hello again,
Well, my job is going really good. I've gotten 90%+ on all my tests. The trainer told me today that she is really happy with how I'm catching on and taking in all the info. Out of the three of us training, I'm the only one who hasn't had to retake a test. The trainer talked to me about moving to the Pic/Freeze/Move section which would give me more to do and the person I was shadowing today said they were thinking about hiring one of us for over there. It also means more money once they hire me from Express, the temp agency I'm with. So hopefully things keep going well there. (knock on wood)
The power went out tonight around 8pm. It was 14 degrees F out, so we got a little worried that if it stayed out for long then we would have to go elsewhere because out furnace runs half on electricity. But it was only out until 8:45pm so we were ok. We only lost 2 degrees inside. Not too bad.
This week has gone by very fast so far.
Oh one last thing. I just thought I'd send you to my favorite Blog(other than mine that is). It's, big surprise here, Alton Brown's Blog. He recently said that he was going to try to update it at least once a week, which is a good thing. I like to hear what he has to say about the food industry, his show, and many other things. Give it a look sometime.
Can I get a What, What!?!
DAN
Now, I know that most of you reading this don't care about this, but I just thought I'd post it telling you that I have put up my wish list online. Now my Mom can stop begging me for it. My Wish List
Peace.
DAN
UPDATE:
It took me a little while but I finally made my list the same style as this page. Now it looks a little more seamless.
DAN
Wow, it has been a long week. There is a lot to learn at my new job. I was planning to post after my first day on Monday but I was pretty tired then I had to study for a test that I was going to have on Wed. Yes, that's right I had a test, and then I had another today too. I have two weeks of training which includes classes and a 400+ page book to learn. Plus, we have to take tests throughout and you have to get an 85% to pass. I think once I get through the training period, I will like the job. It is a lot to take in all at once but once I get it down it will come like second knowledge. I get the whole weekend off this week and next so that's pretty good.
Get heavy on with digging your ditch.
DAN
Well, I start my new job tomorrow. It should be fun, I am glad to get back into the workplace. My 3+ month vacation is finally over. Now I can finally start paying my bills again and maybe even buy something at Applebees soon. I should get to bed, I want to get a lot of sleep so I'm not tired at work tomorrow. I'll fill you in on my first day tomorrow.
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and sing like your in the shower.
DAN
