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D-Day

Now I lay me down to sleep, so I can go to my new job tomorrow that I will not keep. The day of reckoning is upon us.  I have to go to sleep at a decent hour tonight so I can get up at 7:00 AM and get ready for my first day in the […]

Entry for June 10, 2006

Being a guy…  I can put on a swim suit and not care what others think of me.  Tell a buddy that his girlfriend has a sweet butt and then “high five” afterwards.  Drink 15 beers and consider them lunch and dinner.  Where is Kate? I returned from Cali yesterday, hoping to greeted by a new girl.  […]

Entry for June 9, 2006

I realized something this morning.  I really don’t like people.  After a solid 4-hours of sleep, drunken sleep, I went to the free breakfast at the hotel.  There, I found myself surrounded by idiots.  To the left was a table of four hillbillies who were conversing in a language I barely understood to be English.  […]

Entry for June 7, 2006

This street sign is a half mile from my hotel in Long Beach.  They must think I’m stupid. Today’s training consisted of having to learn a lot of new acronyms.  VAR, DOJ, DOD, blah, blah, blah.  I use two acronyms on a regular basis; BFD and STFU.  For example, “I don’t know what DOJ means […]

Entry for June 6, 2006

Fill her up, please… I read there are around 8 million illegal Mexican immigrants in this country.  I think I saw at least half of them fishing off a pier last night. The dinner last night was nice but ended up being a typical sales function where there are 20 guys in a room, demolishing an […]

Entry for June 5, 2006

I need help; send money. My first day of work in nearly three months began by being shuttled to the training facility at 8:30 AM. I signed in, and was handed my training manual and name tag. As I slowly pulled the name tag over my head and around my neck, I began to feel […]

Entry for June 4, 2006

I was on the way to the beach yesterday and caught the Long Beach Transit #112 bus. About a mile down the road, I saw the sign in today’s picture and hit the button to stop. I enjoyed my Double-Double, and went back to the hotel. Realizing, this would probably be my only day to […]