Hail and well met!
Well it has been a long time since I have been able to post. Mostly it has been because of technical problems but that should be no longer a problem very soon. So what can I say.
Well it has been rough on several levels. I feel very alone and I don't mean like having people around alone but the other kind of alone. Everyone keeps telling me that I am good looking and a great guy, so why is it that no matter what I do no one notices me. Of course I know that I don't really jump out there throw myself into the ring so to speak but that has never been my strong suit. Gah I hate trying to figure out what to do in these situations. I even tried to fill out the stuff for Yahoo personals but I found that it kept asking me to define what I am looking for. Wow was I sitting here with that deer in the headlights look. I have no idea what I am looking for and what they offered as way of options really didn't help. So I left it unfinished like so many other things in my life and moved on.
On another front I spoke to a couple of people whom probably thought they were helping me by tearing me down. I was speaking about my work on both my games and the ones for the guys down in St. Louis when I was stopped. I was informed that I was wasting my time and should wake up, grow up and dump these pipe dreams. All I was doing was proving I was a loser and setting myself for failure since there was no future in any of them. Then I was regaled with how I was seen as a lazy mooch who was living off others like some kind of leech. In their opinion I was slowing some people up and would only succeed in taking them down with myself. In fact when I boiled it all down I really don't know why they would have ever been my friends.
To say I was devastated would have been an understatement. I say would have been because I didn't stay depressed. I got pissed off. I mean really angry. Now I know that no one that reads this are among those that were involved with what was said or how I feel but I have to get this off my chest in a forum that will not allow me to speak out loud because every time I do in the privacy of my own space it devolves into swearing and throwing things.
So here is my diatribe and please don't take this to heart.
When I boiled it all down I came to a conclusion.
I DON'T GIVE A FLYING F@#K WHAT YOU ALL THINK!
As far as I can see you only say those things because you are scared to death of me and what I am accomplishing. You see while I am fighting for my dreams you sit there in your drunken stupor with not one dream at all. In fact your idea of a dream is where you can go on your vacation so you can get drunk and forget your pathetic so called life. I don't need to get drunk because I don't need to forget my life. No it may not be perfect but by God it is filled with more then you have. Oh and as far as not having a house, what has it done for you? As far as I can see all it has done for you is tie you down and suck the money out of you. Not to mention the wasted time and money on those stupid techno crap gadgets you have to run out and buy to try and fill your void of a life. You call me a loser well let me tell you something, when it comes down to it you are the loser.
When I get my games published and I will!, Millions will know my name. I will affect those lives and bring fun into their lives. The only people you will affect are the liquor store owners and the Bust Buy corporate accountants, oh and not to mention the credit card companies. They will mourn your passing only as a real parasite mourns its host.
I would go on but as I said before I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.
IN FACT EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T READ THIS I CAN ONLY HOPE YOU FEEL THIS. GO F@#K YOURSELVES AND HAVE FUN SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE DRINKING YOURSELF INTO OBLIVION WHILE SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH USELESS TECHNO CRAP. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ME.
IN FACT IF ANYTHING HAS COME FROM THIS IS THAT I HAVE DECIDED THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE THINKS OF ME AND I MEAN NO ONE!
Ok I am going to stop there. It feels good to get it off my chest. If my new outlook upsets anyone, well I would normally say I am sorry but in truth I don't care. It is where I am at and that is that.
I will post on a trip down to Carbondale later cause it was an amazing trip and I loved it.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Matt-Man Bids Farewell to a Real Hero
Hail and well met.
Yesterday morning co-creator of D&D and so much more, passed away at the age of 69. I was informed by a good friend last night and this morning I have been reading many of the reports and posts concerning this.
I was going to try and type my feeling on this matter, but that will have to come later. Right now I just want to say that this man has touched so many and by doing so has made this world a better place. If not for his creativity I know I would not be where I am today or the person I am either. I know I owe him so much that words cannot begin to express.
Good friend you will be missed.
May the Force be with you.
Excelsior!!!
Yesterday morning co-creator of D&D and so much more, passed away at the age of 69. I was informed by a good friend last night and this morning I have been reading many of the reports and posts concerning this.
I was going to try and type my feeling on this matter, but that will have to come later. Right now I just want to say that this man has touched so many and by doing so has made this world a better place. If not for his creativity I know I would not be where I am today or the person I am either. I know I owe him so much that words cannot begin to express.
Good friend you will be missed.
May the Force be with you.
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Matt-Man Vs The Mundaemon
Hail and well met.
My title is the ultimate expression of what has been going on with me for the last several weeks. I have found that I like to name my troubles and give them a persona. The Mundaemon is a vile creature that seeks to undermine everyone's belief in themselves and their uniqueness. It rips apart a persons confidence in both themselves and their abilities. His goal is to beat everyone down into a lowly place from which they not only feel they cannot get out but more importantly don't deserve to get out.
As the trip down to meet with the gentlemen in St. Louis draws nearer I have struggled with this evil. Every minute of every day he mounts attack after attack against my belief in myself. My past is dredged up with its numerous failures and missed opportunities. My seemingly non-existent ambition and drive are a constant source of ammunition for his attacks.
The worst part of all of this is that for all my belief in myself what he is throwing in my face is, well, the truth.
I never have had a sense of ambition nor felt driven. I lack passion for anything. I try to feel it but as I have discovered if you have to feel it then you don't have it. From what I have gleaned it is just there and you don't really have to look for it. So how do I combat something that is the truth?
To say or believe in something contrary to the truth is to believe in a lie, isn't it? To draw a analogy from the bible it is building on sinking sand and it will fall. That is when I received a blast of inspiration.
In the bible there is the story of Lazarus. He had passed and been buried. Everyone knew it was true cause it had happened and they had seen the body. It was true yet Jesus showed up and said Lazarus was not dead but only sleeping. According to all that had been witnessed and by the perception the world at large Lazarus was dead but they were wrong. Jesus, although human in every way, was gifted with a mind that was not bound by the constrains of either the 5 senses we have nor the petty dogmatic constrains placed upon those that were there. He knew the true possibilities of what his Father had created and the potential if he believed in them. He stood their and called Lazarus out from his sleep and Lazarus came forth.
Well this could drive a man crazy because it is a conundrum. Everyone knew that Lazarus was dead because they saw it, it was the truth. Yet when Jesus showed up he said that Lazarus was just asleep, which by all the facts was a lie, yet when Jesus acted on his beliefs Lazarus came forth alive and well, which made the assertions of everyone else spurious in the least. Was it their fault? Were they guilty of lying? How in name of all that is Holy are any of us supposed to know what is truth if all we have to go on is what we gather with our 5 senses? It is maddening!!!!
I think the difference is in a little something called faith. According to Hebrews 11:1 " Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In this statement the phrase "things hoped for" is what jumped out at me. When God created the world it did not exist. He believed in his ability to create what was not there and make it real. This power of creation was breathed into every one of us. Prior to Jesus walking on this world we could not fully walk in that power but after he was here we can. With this power we can make that which was not real, real. For us there are no limitations, well to a point. What we were is not important, just as the fact that Lazarus was (past tense) dead was not important. Jesus stood there and hoped for Lazarus to wake up and come forth. His faith in Gods power that God had given to every man (since he was just like every man) game his hope substance and when he spoke forth it became reality.
Another important part is the beginning of the verse. The very first word is "Now" which implies that there was a before in which faith was not the substance...ect. It is also important that there was no clarification on what would come after. No all it said was "Now". Well "Now" is now and now and now. The past doesn't matter because "Now" this is the way things are. This opens an interesting idea because I have been considering that although there is a past and will be a future, we only see the "Now". Even the past is colored by exactly where we are now. It is safe to say that all time is NOW because we only perceive it all now. Everything is in the NOW.
The last part of the verse is also extremely important. It says "the evidence of things not seen.". Well that says it, if things are not seen then they are not perceived and thus we cannot rely on our senses to determine anything about them. Thus we will be saying and believing things that are real by faith, but by the account of the 5 senses, a lie. It is a strange new world we live in where what is real is no longer determined by our 5 senses but instead by our faith in them and in our Creator.
This was the all the help I needed. I put all those thoughts and ideas to the side with a healthy sense of righteous indignation. I stormed right up to that place where this hideous abomination resided in my mind and preceded to kick its posterior.
All of those things may be true but only in the fact that they happened in the past. They do not determine the future nor my potential in that future and since all time is truly NOW that means they have not one thing to do with what I can do NOW. My hopes and dreams for the future are not wasted nor impossible for I have faith in what God has given me.
Now I can succeed in my endeavors!
Now I will succeed in my endeavors!
Now I am succeeding in my endeavors!
Now I don't for one minute think that it is all over with the Mundaemon. His forces lay in wait for just the right moment to strike. Legions of his Lehtarga-ticks are just chomping at the bit to take a hold of me and gorge themselves on my energy robbing me of it while the Mediocr-ites look for any opportunity to rush in and use their powers of illusion to make me believe that I am not special nor worthy of being special. Making themselves into insurmountable opponents that exploit past failures or flaws.
Well they will find me prepared! I have rediscovered a quote that is the central core of my belief and an expression of my faith.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
On that note I will leave you all as I have much to prepare for. I only hope that you can glean some helpful perspective on a situation in your own lives from what I share here. Yes I have a flare for the dramatic and even megalo-dramatic but after all I am...
MATT-MAN THE UNMASKED DEFENDER OF IMAGINATION AND DEFENDER OF CREATIVITY!!!!!!!!
May the Force be with you!
EXCELSIOR!!!!
My title is the ultimate expression of what has been going on with me for the last several weeks. I have found that I like to name my troubles and give them a persona. The Mundaemon is a vile creature that seeks to undermine everyone's belief in themselves and their uniqueness. It rips apart a persons confidence in both themselves and their abilities. His goal is to beat everyone down into a lowly place from which they not only feel they cannot get out but more importantly don't deserve to get out.
As the trip down to meet with the gentlemen in St. Louis draws nearer I have struggled with this evil. Every minute of every day he mounts attack after attack against my belief in myself. My past is dredged up with its numerous failures and missed opportunities. My seemingly non-existent ambition and drive are a constant source of ammunition for his attacks.
The worst part of all of this is that for all my belief in myself what he is throwing in my face is, well, the truth.
I never have had a sense of ambition nor felt driven. I lack passion for anything. I try to feel it but as I have discovered if you have to feel it then you don't have it. From what I have gleaned it is just there and you don't really have to look for it. So how do I combat something that is the truth?
To say or believe in something contrary to the truth is to believe in a lie, isn't it? To draw a analogy from the bible it is building on sinking sand and it will fall. That is when I received a blast of inspiration.
In the bible there is the story of Lazarus. He had passed and been buried. Everyone knew it was true cause it had happened and they had seen the body. It was true yet Jesus showed up and said Lazarus was not dead but only sleeping. According to all that had been witnessed and by the perception the world at large Lazarus was dead but they were wrong. Jesus, although human in every way, was gifted with a mind that was not bound by the constrains of either the 5 senses we have nor the petty dogmatic constrains placed upon those that were there. He knew the true possibilities of what his Father had created and the potential if he believed in them. He stood their and called Lazarus out from his sleep and Lazarus came forth.
Well this could drive a man crazy because it is a conundrum. Everyone knew that Lazarus was dead because they saw it, it was the truth. Yet when Jesus showed up he said that Lazarus was just asleep, which by all the facts was a lie, yet when Jesus acted on his beliefs Lazarus came forth alive and well, which made the assertions of everyone else spurious in the least. Was it their fault? Were they guilty of lying? How in name of all that is Holy are any of us supposed to know what is truth if all we have to go on is what we gather with our 5 senses? It is maddening!!!!
I think the difference is in a little something called faith. According to Hebrews 11:1 " Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In this statement the phrase "things hoped for" is what jumped out at me. When God created the world it did not exist. He believed in his ability to create what was not there and make it real. This power of creation was breathed into every one of us. Prior to Jesus walking on this world we could not fully walk in that power but after he was here we can. With this power we can make that which was not real, real. For us there are no limitations, well to a point. What we were is not important, just as the fact that Lazarus was (past tense) dead was not important. Jesus stood there and hoped for Lazarus to wake up and come forth. His faith in Gods power that God had given to every man (since he was just like every man) game his hope substance and when he spoke forth it became reality.
Another important part is the beginning of the verse. The very first word is "Now" which implies that there was a before in which faith was not the substance...ect. It is also important that there was no clarification on what would come after. No all it said was "Now". Well "Now" is now and now and now. The past doesn't matter because "Now" this is the way things are. This opens an interesting idea because I have been considering that although there is a past and will be a future, we only see the "Now". Even the past is colored by exactly where we are now. It is safe to say that all time is NOW because we only perceive it all now. Everything is in the NOW.
The last part of the verse is also extremely important. It says "the evidence of things not seen.". Well that says it, if things are not seen then they are not perceived and thus we cannot rely on our senses to determine anything about them. Thus we will be saying and believing things that are real by faith, but by the account of the 5 senses, a lie. It is a strange new world we live in where what is real is no longer determined by our 5 senses but instead by our faith in them and in our Creator.
This was the all the help I needed. I put all those thoughts and ideas to the side with a healthy sense of righteous indignation. I stormed right up to that place where this hideous abomination resided in my mind and preceded to kick its posterior.
All of those things may be true but only in the fact that they happened in the past. They do not determine the future nor my potential in that future and since all time is truly NOW that means they have not one thing to do with what I can do NOW. My hopes and dreams for the future are not wasted nor impossible for I have faith in what God has given me.
Now I can succeed in my endeavors!
Now I will succeed in my endeavors!
Now I am succeeding in my endeavors!
Now I don't for one minute think that it is all over with the Mundaemon. His forces lay in wait for just the right moment to strike. Legions of his Lehtarga-ticks are just chomping at the bit to take a hold of me and gorge themselves on my energy robbing me of it while the Mediocr-ites look for any opportunity to rush in and use their powers of illusion to make me believe that I am not special nor worthy of being special. Making themselves into insurmountable opponents that exploit past failures or flaws.
Well they will find me prepared! I have rediscovered a quote that is the central core of my belief and an expression of my faith.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
On that note I will leave you all as I have much to prepare for. I only hope that you can glean some helpful perspective on a situation in your own lives from what I share here. Yes I have a flare for the dramatic and even megalo-dramatic but after all I am...
MATT-MAN THE UNMASKED DEFENDER OF IMAGINATION AND DEFENDER OF CREATIVITY!!!!!!!!
May the Force be with you!
EXCELSIOR!!!!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Matt-Man with his early morning buttery Questionaires.
Hail and well met
Ok so it is not quite early morning anymore but when I started this it was.
1. Are you taller than your best friend?
Hmmm I do believe that I am just a bit taller then some of them but much less then others and many more that I haven't met yet so I don't know.
2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
yeah one that writes.
3. Look at your planner for March 7th, what are you doing?
DAY PLANNER? What is this "day planner" of which you speak?
4. What color are your toenails usually?
Well to be honest I don't know what color you would call them. Is there such a color as "naked"? OH do I color them....None of your damn buisness! :P
5. What was the last thing you highlighted?
This quiz when I copied and pasted it...damn you mean with a pen, then I would have to say something printed on paper.
6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
Maroon
7. What color are the seats in your vehicle?
Greyish
8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
Personally no, but by association yes.
9. What is the last thing you put a stamp on?
A letter...duh!
10. Do you know anyone who lives in Wyoming?
No I don't and I don't know anyone who knows anyone who lives in Wyoming. In fact I don't know anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone who lives in Wyoming. I don't believe that there is even a Wyoming, it is all just a Govermetn conspericy.
11. Why did you withdraw cash from the ATM the last time?
Wow that would be a long time ago and I think it was just for the fun of spending 5 dollars to do it as well as to hear the machine make that rumbling metalic sound as it puked out my cash...WHY DO YOU THINK I HAD TO SPEND IT!!! Really who comes up with these questions?
12. Who is the last baby that you held?
Logan
13. Can you spell well?
Kan I spel, ha u betcha eye are abell 2. Awww you make me look bumber then usual.
14. Do you like Cinnamon toothpaste?
Mmmmm cinnamon toothpaste...so tastey...on ice cream.
15. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago?
Dodge Caravan.
16. Pick one: Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators:
The West Chutney Skinks
17. Last time you went to Six Flags?
a long time ago.
18. Do you have any wallpaper in your house?
Well it is not my house so no. Actually there is none in this house so no. Now that you mention it as I think back over my habitations I have to amend that statement and say that you are a poopy head and NO!
19. Closest thing to you that is yellow?
Ok will you please be a little more specific here. Do you mean totally yellow or with yellow on it? I mean technically any print color picture has some yellow in it but it may not be decernable to the human eye. So do you have to be able to discern it with the human eye? What percentage of total "Yellowocity" is require to achive it counting for the purpses of your question?AH HA I see a yellow CD cover!
20. Last person you gave a business card?
I don't give buisness cards, I just give buisness! And buisness is GOOD!
21. Who is the last person you wrote a check to?
Prpbably a bill collector or a store clerk...like 10 years ago.
22. Closest framed picture to you?
Dude why is it framed? What is up with the discrimination here? Are framed pictures "better" or something? Pictures are pictures framed or free, you remember that! (yeah there are no pictures framed or otherwise in this room)
23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
Well Mel cooked pancakes last week but I didn't have her do it for me, she just did. I mean Val was there and as her husband I would assume that she did it for him and I just benifited from the exchange.
24. How many email do you get in your inbox daily?
Just the inbox the I would have to say no more then a dozen. If you included like the spam bin then ALOT!
26. Last time you received flowers
Dude I am a guy and we don't get flowers.
28. Do you play air guitar?
no the chello.
29. Has anyone ever proposed to you?
That all depends on what you mean by "proposed".
30. Do you take anything in your coffee?
No, unless of coure she is willing...sorry that would be cream and sugar.
31. Do you own any Willow Tree figurines?
Ok I am going to ask that anyone reading this who knows the person that writes them to please do me a favor and get this perosn LAID!
32. What is/was your high school's mascot?
Rich East Rockets! Blast Off!
33. Last person you spoke to from high school?
James
34. Last time you used hand sanitizer?
When my hands we unsanitary...DUH!
35. Would you like to learn to play the drums?
I don’t want to work. I just want to bang on the drums all day!
36. What color are the blinds in your living room?
WHAT THE HECK!!! That question is so wrong! How insensitive can you be asking me about the “blinds” in my living room. They are people too and being blind does not define them. Then to ask what color they are? You are just not right in the head, what does their color have to do with anything. I think you need some serious help and to make a public apologize for this question.
Huh? Blinds on the windows to keep the light out not people that cannot see…CRAP
Cream and Grey.
38. Last thing you read in the newspaper?
Boy you just keep going don’t you. Gosh let me think real hard. Oh yeah….WORDS.
39. What was the last pageant you attended?
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might do something I don’t want to happen.
40. What is the last place you bought pizza from?
Gosh that is such a tough one, you know with all the places out there. I think the last place was Hong’s Chinese Food… Cause it wouldn’t be as simple as just saying A PIZZA JOINT!
41. Have you ever worn a crown?
Nope
42. What is the last thing you stapled?
I don’t remember but in the future I can see some fingers being stapled to a board.
43. Did you ever drink clear Pepsi?
Yes and fell into a dimensional rift from which few returned.
44. Are you ticklish?
Yes but as with the ancient art of the Iron Skin Technique that spot is hidden from all but a chosen few (you know who you are :P)
45. Last time you saw fireworks?
Guy Falks day….dofus the 4th of July.
46. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?
Long ago but I still carry it with my, I think it is my right hip or my butt.
47. Last person that im'ed you, and you actually responded?
Terri
48. Last time you parked under a carport?
Never
49. Do you have a black dog?
Not directly but by association.
50. what do you think of people who don't like tacos?
People that don’t like tacos? Are you kidding me, there are no such things. I mean for someone to not like tacos they would have to be like aliens or something.
51. Are you an aunt or uncle?
As I have no siblings it is impossible for me to ever be an Uncle. By the way thanks for asking and bringing up such a painful subject.
52. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
Ah eyes the window to the soul. Eyes so beautiful that you can get lost in them, like swimming in the ocean. There are two answers to that one, Terri which is someone that I know and Michelle Phiefer the actress whom I don’t know but have seen in movies.
53. Last time you saw a semi truck?
Ok now I know you are grasping at straws. I work at the Post Office delivering mail so Saturday.
54. What is the last song you belted out in the car?
Well that is difficult as I drive for a living and I sing to a lot of songs on the radio. I do believe it was “Don’t stand so close to me”.
55. Do you have a little black dress?
Of course…wait what? No. Gah you and your trick questions!!
1. Does it matter to you if your bf/gf smokes?
No cause I do and wouldn’t be hypocritical about it if someone else does or doesn’t
2. How about drinking?
Same as above
3. Which do you prefer, beach or the mountains?
Well beach implies water and I love swimming while mountains imply climbing or hiking and while I don’t mind a good hike I prefer swimming. Also there tends to be less clothes involved with the beach. What? I am a guy so what do you expect.
4. If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
Hell yes! Of course that is a bit two faced as I don’t open up with important stuff like that. I guess in that I am a hypocrite.
5. Whats your favorite sport?
Sex. The best full contact sport that there is, ever was or ever will be.
6. Its saturday night, you're home alone, what do you do?
What? I run up stairs take a quick shower (cause I just finished work) and run out the door, head over to Val and Mel’s for role playing. Yes I am a dork and damn proud of it.
7. Who is your last text message from?
Track Fone telling me I got my minitues.
8. Can you do splits?
Oh yeah I can do splits, Banana are my favorites but I can also do pants and in a pinch I can sides. Oh you mean with your legs. Are you crazy? I am fat and a man of course I don’t do splits, I like my junk and don’t want to have it sucked up into my abdomen.
9. Do you like roller coasters?
My relationship with roller coasters has been a roller coaster ride…he he he. I used to love them then I gained a ton of weight and couldn’t do them anymore, then I lost some of the weight and now can do them again just don’t have the opportunity much.
10. When’s the perfect time to have a bf/gf?
Uh like anytime cause it is a awesome feeling when someone digs you like that.
11. What are you doing this weekend?
Well I work Saturday then later that evening I will be role playing and on Sunday I will just play it by ear.
12. Whats your favorite restaurant?
Hmmm well take out would have to be Hongs Chop Suey, fast food would have to be a tie between Chipotle and Potbelly but a sit down restaurant I would have to say Applebee’s.
13. Do you usually fall for the right or wrong girl/boy?
How do you define “right or wrong”? If you mean someone that can return what you feel then I have a perfect 50/50 record. If you mean someone that is good for you or not then I am lucky in that everyone I have fallen for has been good for me.
14. Have you ever hugged someone?
Oh yeah all the time.
15. Ever kissed someone you weren't attracted to?
Um yes once and I regretted it for various reasons.
17. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Ok lets face I am a guy so I do look at the body of the person but in fact I tend to look at their face for their demeanor. Features that tend to stand out are eyes and mouth especially a smile.
18.Do you want someone you can't have?
Oh come on. Who doesn’t have someone in their life they cannot have but want? Like everyone, that is the nature of love and life.
21.Jeans or sweats?
Hmm tough one to answer cause I love sweats around the house but I prefer jeans out and about. I guess it is a tie unless you are implying doing one or the other.
22. Which year has been the best so far?
The last good year was a long time ago, I have good runs but not a year, at least not yet.
23.What are you doing/did for your birthday?
Probably forgetting it.
24. What should you be doing right now?
Well cleaning, laundry, dishes, finishing up a ton of stuff in my room.
25. What is your favorite tv show?
Jeez just one is not possible I love to many, right now Big Bang Theory is at the top of the list.
26. Color?
Black and white
27. Are you attracted to girls/guys that smoke?
Doesn’t really matter.
28. Would you want a chilled laid back gf/bf or a party animal?
I am not sure I could live with one or the other. I would love a hybrid that likes to chill with bursts of Party animalism.
29. Have you ever fallen on your butt in front of a crowd of people?
My butt, nope. My face, several times.
31. What do you do when you're at home?
Well I watch way to much TV with bursts of chores and internet then I run out and do errands.
32. What side of the bed do you sleep?
When I sleep alone (which is almost all the time, I am so lonely) I tend to travel towards the middle. If I am with someone then I tend to let then pick and I take the other. I seem able to sleep on any side of a bed.
33. Scariest thing you've ever seen?
In real life I have to say deep ocean, in not real life zombies.
34. What annoys you?
Me
35. If you had one super power, what would it be?
The power to rearrange matter. If that is to vague then I would have to say fly.
36. Ever gone to saturday school?
No I was a good kid, not that it did me any good.
37. Been kicked out of class?
Um I don’t believe so but I tend to have a bad memory from those days.
38. Ever got arrested?
No
40. Who's your bestfriend?
So many would fit that description but I have to put one at the top and that one is James.
41.Whats your last text message say?
Mine as in one that I typed…I think it was “I am here, where are you”
42.Do you live with your mom and dad?
Not any longer.
43.Who annoys you the most?
Anyone who is both an egomaniac and arrogant.
Ok so it is not quite early morning anymore but when I started this it was.
1. Are you taller than your best friend?
Hmmm I do believe that I am just a bit taller then some of them but much less then others and many more that I haven't met yet so I don't know.
2. Do you have a favorite type of pen?
yeah one that writes.
3. Look at your planner for March 7th, what are you doing?
DAY PLANNER? What is this "day planner" of which you speak?
4. What color are your toenails usually?
Well to be honest I don't know what color you would call them. Is there such a color as "naked"? OH do I color them....None of your damn buisness! :P
5. What was the last thing you highlighted?
This quiz when I copied and pasted it...damn you mean with a pen, then I would have to say something printed on paper.
6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom?
Maroon
7. What color are the seats in your vehicle?
Greyish
8. Have you ever had a black and white cat?
Personally no, but by association yes.
9. What is the last thing you put a stamp on?
A letter...duh!
10. Do you know anyone who lives in Wyoming?
No I don't and I don't know anyone who knows anyone who lives in Wyoming. In fact I don't know anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone who lives in Wyoming. I don't believe that there is even a Wyoming, it is all just a Govermetn conspericy.
11. Why did you withdraw cash from the ATM the last time?
Wow that would be a long time ago and I think it was just for the fun of spending 5 dollars to do it as well as to hear the machine make that rumbling metalic sound as it puked out my cash...WHY DO YOU THINK I HAD TO SPEND IT!!! Really who comes up with these questions?
12. Who is the last baby that you held?
Logan
13. Can you spell well?
Kan I spel, ha u betcha eye are abell 2. Awww you make me look bumber then usual.
14. Do you like Cinnamon toothpaste?
Mmmmm cinnamon toothpaste...so tastey...on ice cream.
15. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago?
Dodge Caravan.
16. Pick one: Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators:
The West Chutney Skinks
17. Last time you went to Six Flags?
a long time ago.
18. Do you have any wallpaper in your house?
Well it is not my house so no. Actually there is none in this house so no. Now that you mention it as I think back over my habitations I have to amend that statement and say that you are a poopy head and NO!
19. Closest thing to you that is yellow?
Ok will you please be a little more specific here. Do you mean totally yellow or with yellow on it? I mean technically any print color picture has some yellow in it but it may not be decernable to the human eye. So do you have to be able to discern it with the human eye? What percentage of total "Yellowocity" is require to achive it counting for the purpses of your question?AH HA I see a yellow CD cover!
20. Last person you gave a business card?
I don't give buisness cards, I just give buisness! And buisness is GOOD!
21. Who is the last person you wrote a check to?
Prpbably a bill collector or a store clerk...like 10 years ago.
22. Closest framed picture to you?
Dude why is it framed? What is up with the discrimination here? Are framed pictures "better" or something? Pictures are pictures framed or free, you remember that! (yeah there are no pictures framed or otherwise in this room)
23. Last time you had someone cook for you?
Well Mel cooked pancakes last week but I didn't have her do it for me, she just did. I mean Val was there and as her husband I would assume that she did it for him and I just benifited from the exchange.
24. How many email do you get in your inbox daily?
Just the inbox the I would have to say no more then a dozen. If you included like the spam bin then ALOT!
26. Last time you received flowers
Dude I am a guy and we don't get flowers.
28. Do you play air guitar?
no the chello.
29. Has anyone ever proposed to you?
That all depends on what you mean by "proposed".
30. Do you take anything in your coffee?
No, unless of coure she is willing...sorry that would be cream and sugar.
31. Do you own any Willow Tree figurines?
Ok I am going to ask that anyone reading this who knows the person that writes them to please do me a favor and get this perosn LAID!
32. What is/was your high school's mascot?
Rich East Rockets! Blast Off!
33. Last person you spoke to from high school?
James
34. Last time you used hand sanitizer?
When my hands we unsanitary...DUH!
35. Would you like to learn to play the drums?
I don’t want to work. I just want to bang on the drums all day!
36. What color are the blinds in your living room?
WHAT THE HECK!!! That question is so wrong! How insensitive can you be asking me about the “blinds” in my living room. They are people too and being blind does not define them. Then to ask what color they are? You are just not right in the head, what does their color have to do with anything. I think you need some serious help and to make a public apologize for this question.
Huh? Blinds on the windows to keep the light out not people that cannot see…CRAP
Cream and Grey.
38. Last thing you read in the newspaper?
Boy you just keep going don’t you. Gosh let me think real hard. Oh yeah….WORDS.
39. What was the last pageant you attended?
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might do something I don’t want to happen.
40. What is the last place you bought pizza from?
Gosh that is such a tough one, you know with all the places out there. I think the last place was Hong’s Chinese Food… Cause it wouldn’t be as simple as just saying A PIZZA JOINT!
41. Have you ever worn a crown?
Nope
42. What is the last thing you stapled?
I don’t remember but in the future I can see some fingers being stapled to a board.
43. Did you ever drink clear Pepsi?
Yes and fell into a dimensional rift from which few returned.
44. Are you ticklish?
Yes but as with the ancient art of the Iron Skin Technique that spot is hidden from all but a chosen few (you know who you are :P)
45. Last time you saw fireworks?
Guy Falks day….dofus the 4th of July.
46. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?
Long ago but I still carry it with my, I think it is my right hip or my butt.
47. Last person that im'ed you, and you actually responded?
Terri
48. Last time you parked under a carport?
Never
49. Do you have a black dog?
Not directly but by association.
50. what do you think of people who don't like tacos?
People that don’t like tacos? Are you kidding me, there are no such things. I mean for someone to not like tacos they would have to be like aliens or something.
51. Are you an aunt or uncle?
As I have no siblings it is impossible for me to ever be an Uncle. By the way thanks for asking and bringing up such a painful subject.
52. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?
Ah eyes the window to the soul. Eyes so beautiful that you can get lost in them, like swimming in the ocean. There are two answers to that one, Terri which is someone that I know and Michelle Phiefer the actress whom I don’t know but have seen in movies.
53. Last time you saw a semi truck?
Ok now I know you are grasping at straws. I work at the Post Office delivering mail so Saturday.
54. What is the last song you belted out in the car?
Well that is difficult as I drive for a living and I sing to a lot of songs on the radio. I do believe it was “Don’t stand so close to me”.
55. Do you have a little black dress?
Of course…wait what? No. Gah you and your trick questions!!
1. Does it matter to you if your bf/gf smokes?
No cause I do and wouldn’t be hypocritical about it if someone else does or doesn’t
2. How about drinking?
Same as above
3. Which do you prefer, beach or the mountains?
Well beach implies water and I love swimming while mountains imply climbing or hiking and while I don’t mind a good hike I prefer swimming. Also there tends to be less clothes involved with the beach. What? I am a guy so what do you expect.
4. If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
Hell yes! Of course that is a bit two faced as I don’t open up with important stuff like that. I guess in that I am a hypocrite.
5. Whats your favorite sport?
Sex. The best full contact sport that there is, ever was or ever will be.
6. Its saturday night, you're home alone, what do you do?
What? I run up stairs take a quick shower (cause I just finished work) and run out the door, head over to Val and Mel’s for role playing. Yes I am a dork and damn proud of it.
7. Who is your last text message from?
Track Fone telling me I got my minitues.
8. Can you do splits?
Oh yeah I can do splits, Banana are my favorites but I can also do pants and in a pinch I can sides. Oh you mean with your legs. Are you crazy? I am fat and a man of course I don’t do splits, I like my junk and don’t want to have it sucked up into my abdomen.
9. Do you like roller coasters?
My relationship with roller coasters has been a roller coaster ride…he he he. I used to love them then I gained a ton of weight and couldn’t do them anymore, then I lost some of the weight and now can do them again just don’t have the opportunity much.
10. When’s the perfect time to have a bf/gf?
Uh like anytime cause it is a awesome feeling when someone digs you like that.
11. What are you doing this weekend?
Well I work Saturday then later that evening I will be role playing and on Sunday I will just play it by ear.
12. Whats your favorite restaurant?
Hmmm well take out would have to be Hongs Chop Suey, fast food would have to be a tie between Chipotle and Potbelly but a sit down restaurant I would have to say Applebee’s.
13. Do you usually fall for the right or wrong girl/boy?
How do you define “right or wrong”? If you mean someone that can return what you feel then I have a perfect 50/50 record. If you mean someone that is good for you or not then I am lucky in that everyone I have fallen for has been good for me.
14. Have you ever hugged someone?
Oh yeah all the time.
15. Ever kissed someone you weren't attracted to?
Um yes once and I regretted it for various reasons.
17. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Ok lets face I am a guy so I do look at the body of the person but in fact I tend to look at their face for their demeanor. Features that tend to stand out are eyes and mouth especially a smile.
18.Do you want someone you can't have?
Oh come on. Who doesn’t have someone in their life they cannot have but want? Like everyone, that is the nature of love and life.
21.Jeans or sweats?
Hmm tough one to answer cause I love sweats around the house but I prefer jeans out and about. I guess it is a tie unless you are implying doing one or the other.
22. Which year has been the best so far?
The last good year was a long time ago, I have good runs but not a year, at least not yet.
23.What are you doing/did for your birthday?
Probably forgetting it.
24. What should you be doing right now?
Well cleaning, laundry, dishes, finishing up a ton of stuff in my room.
25. What is your favorite tv show?
Jeez just one is not possible I love to many, right now Big Bang Theory is at the top of the list.
26. Color?
Black and white
27. Are you attracted to girls/guys that smoke?
Doesn’t really matter.
28. Would you want a chilled laid back gf/bf or a party animal?
I am not sure I could live with one or the other. I would love a hybrid that likes to chill with bursts of Party animalism.
29. Have you ever fallen on your butt in front of a crowd of people?
My butt, nope. My face, several times.
31. What do you do when you're at home?
Well I watch way to much TV with bursts of chores and internet then I run out and do errands.
32. What side of the bed do you sleep?
When I sleep alone (which is almost all the time, I am so lonely) I tend to travel towards the middle. If I am with someone then I tend to let then pick and I take the other. I seem able to sleep on any side of a bed.
33. Scariest thing you've ever seen?
In real life I have to say deep ocean, in not real life zombies.
34. What annoys you?
Me
35. If you had one super power, what would it be?
The power to rearrange matter. If that is to vague then I would have to say fly.
36. Ever gone to saturday school?
No I was a good kid, not that it did me any good.
37. Been kicked out of class?
Um I don’t believe so but I tend to have a bad memory from those days.
38. Ever got arrested?
No
40. Who's your bestfriend?
So many would fit that description but I have to put one at the top and that one is James.
41.Whats your last text message say?
Mine as in one that I typed…I think it was “I am here, where are you”
42.Do you live with your mom and dad?
Not any longer.
43.Who annoys you the most?
Anyone who is both an egomaniac and arrogant.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Matt-Man on Questionaires and Videos
Hail and well met.
I should be in bed but instead I find these things to put here for your consumption. Enjoy.
1. What is your occupation? Rural Carrier Associate
2. What color are your socks right now? naked
3. What are you listening to right now? The computer fan
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Chocolate cake
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?Probably one of the retired ones
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Um that would be Terri
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes
9. How old are you today? 38
10. Favorite drink? Tequila Sunrise
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Don't really have a favorite sport but I have come to like Hockey
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? NO
13. Pets? Right now none, unless you count my roommates cat-Duke, in the past had a cat - Rumbles and a dog - Max
14. Favorite food? Orange Chicken
15. Last movie you watched? Happily Never After Funny movie
16. Favorite Day of the year? Just one? Well I like Memorial Day cause I met someone then but I also like Halloween
17. What do you do to vent anger? Heh clean and organize
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Bike or if you mean younger then Optimus Prime
19. What is your favorite season? Fall
20. Hugs or kisses? don't they really go together, I mean come on.
21. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? yes
23. Who is most likely to respond? What am I a mind reader...Wait let me try...Grrrrrrr *POINK* Oww now I have a headache
24. Who is least likely to respond? Again with the fortune telling? Always in motion is the future
25. What happened to: this question?? My guess is that a dimension traveling evil doer stole it to wreak havoc with the space time continuum, or someone forgot it.
26. When was the last time you cried? January
27. What is on the floor of your closet? a lot of boxes I need to go through
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? James
29. Who is the friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? Um probably like Todd
30. Favorite smells? Vanilla or cinnimon
31. Who inspires you? friends
32. What are you afraid of? spiders and not doing what I know I can
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? spicy
34. Favorite car? Toss up between the GTO from XXX or a PT Cruiser with the same paint job
35. Favorite cat breed? cuddly
36. Number of keys on your key ring? To darn many
37. How many years at your current job? 1year and two months with some change
38. Favorite day of the week? Saturday - Role Playing
39. How many states have you lived in? 1
40. Do you think you're funny? Right me funny? Who are you kidding. Have you even read some of my answers?
now play along - forward and fill in your answers
I should be in bed but instead I find these things to put here for your consumption. Enjoy.
1. What is your occupation? Rural Carrier Associate
2. What color are your socks right now? naked
3. What are you listening to right now? The computer fan
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Chocolate cake
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?Probably one of the retired ones
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Um that would be Terri
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes
9. How old are you today? 38
10. Favorite drink? Tequila Sunrise
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Don't really have a favorite sport but I have come to like Hockey
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? NO
13. Pets? Right now none, unless you count my roommates cat-Duke, in the past had a cat - Rumbles and a dog - Max
14. Favorite food? Orange Chicken
15. Last movie you watched? Happily Never After Funny movie
16. Favorite Day of the year? Just one? Well I like Memorial Day cause I met someone then but I also like Halloween
17. What do you do to vent anger? Heh clean and organize
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Bike or if you mean younger then Optimus Prime
19. What is your favorite season? Fall
20. Hugs or kisses? don't they really go together, I mean come on.
21. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? yes
23. Who is most likely to respond? What am I a mind reader...Wait let me try...Grrrrrrr *POINK* Oww now I have a headache
24. Who is least likely to respond? Again with the fortune telling? Always in motion is the future
25. What happened to: this question?? My guess is that a dimension traveling evil doer stole it to wreak havoc with the space time continuum, or someone forgot it.
26. When was the last time you cried? January
27. What is on the floor of your closet? a lot of boxes I need to go through
28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? James
29. Who is the friend you have had the shortest that you are sending this to? Um probably like Todd
30. Favorite smells? Vanilla or cinnimon
31. Who inspires you? friends
32. What are you afraid of? spiders and not doing what I know I can
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? spicy
34. Favorite car? Toss up between the GTO from XXX or a PT Cruiser with the same paint job
35. Favorite cat breed? cuddly
36. Number of keys on your key ring? To darn many
37. How many years at your current job? 1year and two months with some change
38. Favorite day of the week? Saturday - Role Playing
39. How many states have you lived in? 1
40. Do you think you're funny? Right me funny? Who are you kidding. Have you even read some of my answers?
now play along - forward and fill in your answers
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Matt-Man, One For All
Hail and well met!
It has been a few weeks since I last updated. Been somewhat busy but mostly just didn't feel like it. Things are going OK. The new van works great. Work is work. I am working somewhat fervently on stuff for a upcoming trip down to see the guys in St. Louis at the end of February.
Last night I played D&D with the group for the first time in many weeks. It was good times and I feel better. We are going to play every weekend we can until Val's surgery in April at which point we will have to take it easy as he will be recovering.
On a personal note I discovered that there is a small gym literally next to the Post Office in Crete. I am considering signing up and getting back into a workout regimen. I liked working out and I know it made be feel better. The cost is a concern but I will figure something out.
My computer is pissing me off. The system dose not like Windows NT unless it has Service Pack 2 built in and no one I know has a copy that has that. So I am considering just chucking Windows all together and putting Linux on it and working all the kinks out. The big problem is no internet yet for that computer so going online for programs and the such is complicated. In the end all will work out of that I am sure.
Most days are livable but still have those days. Of course I am sure that is true of everybody so I will adapt and learn to live with it.
I miss seeing everyone. I hate having to curtail my trip plans. Again I will persevere because things will work out.
It may be early in the morning but I feel quite tired. So I am going to have some breakfast and get my butt moving.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It has been a few weeks since I last updated. Been somewhat busy but mostly just didn't feel like it. Things are going OK. The new van works great. Work is work. I am working somewhat fervently on stuff for a upcoming trip down to see the guys in St. Louis at the end of February.
Last night I played D&D with the group for the first time in many weeks. It was good times and I feel better. We are going to play every weekend we can until Val's surgery in April at which point we will have to take it easy as he will be recovering.
On a personal note I discovered that there is a small gym literally next to the Post Office in Crete. I am considering signing up and getting back into a workout regimen. I liked working out and I know it made be feel better. The cost is a concern but I will figure something out.
My computer is pissing me off. The system dose not like Windows NT unless it has Service Pack 2 built in and no one I know has a copy that has that. So I am considering just chucking Windows all together and putting Linux on it and working all the kinks out. The big problem is no internet yet for that computer so going online for programs and the such is complicated. In the end all will work out of that I am sure.
Most days are livable but still have those days. Of course I am sure that is true of everybody so I will adapt and learn to live with it.
I miss seeing everyone. I hate having to curtail my trip plans. Again I will persevere because things will work out.
It may be early in the morning but I feel quite tired. So I am going to have some breakfast and get my butt moving.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Matt-Man Vs The Survey
Hail and well met
I was sent a survey recently and decided to take it. Instead of emailing it I decided to post it here so anyone that reads it would see it. So without further ado here is ...THE SURVEY!
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Clerk at Toys "R" Us
2. Assistant Manager at 3D-House of Games
3. Manager at Game-opolis
4. Rural Carrier Associate (Post Office guy)
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Raiders of the Lost Arc
2. Star Wars
3. Noises Off
4. Van Helsing
Four places I have lived:
1. Park Forest, IL
2. Park Forest, IL (Different address)
3. Lansing, IL (Hey I lived at the store, plus there is the Loft)
4. Um...Yeah that is all. I am boring.
Four of my favorite TV shows:
1. The Big Bang Theory
2. Babylon 5
3. Greatest American Hero
4. Firefly
Four places I have been:
1. Wal Mart...In Carbondale!
2. Lothorian
3. Mel and Val's Apartment
4. Universal Studio Theme Park Orlando Florida
People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Terri
2. Aunt Rebbecca
3. My Space
4. Crazy ad people
My favorite foods:
1. Orange Chicken
2. Real good hamburger
3. Pizza
4. Roasted Corn
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Carbondale
2. Lansing
3. Lothlorian
4. Atlanta
Four friends I think will respond:
1. Not sure who is
2. left, so I would
3. have to say
4. anyone that wants to
FOUR Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Seeing the guys from St Louis
2. Being able to wear shorts and sandals (I hate the cold)
3. Something I cannot say cause I don't want to jinx it
4. Hopefully going back to Lothlorian (unless it has been overrun with stupid people)
I was sent a survey recently and decided to take it. Instead of emailing it I decided to post it here so anyone that reads it would see it. So without further ado here is ...THE SURVEY!
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Clerk at Toys "R" Us
2. Assistant Manager at 3D-House of Games
3. Manager at Game-opolis
4. Rural Carrier Associate (Post Office guy)
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Raiders of the Lost Arc
2. Star Wars
3. Noises Off
4. Van Helsing
Four places I have lived:
1. Park Forest, IL
2. Park Forest, IL (Different address)
3. Lansing, IL (Hey I lived at the store, plus there is the Loft)
4. Um...Yeah that is all. I am boring.
Four of my favorite TV shows:
1. The Big Bang Theory
2. Babylon 5
3. Greatest American Hero
4. Firefly
Four places I have been:
1. Wal Mart...In Carbondale!
2. Lothorian
3. Mel and Val's Apartment
4. Universal Studio Theme Park Orlando Florida
People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Terri
2. Aunt Rebbecca
3. My Space
4. Crazy ad people
My favorite foods:
1. Orange Chicken
2. Real good hamburger
3. Pizza
4. Roasted Corn
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Carbondale
2. Lansing
3. Lothlorian
4. Atlanta
Four friends I think will respond:
1. Not sure who is
2. left, so I would
3. have to say
4. anyone that wants to
FOUR Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Seeing the guys from St Louis
2. Being able to wear shorts and sandals (I hate the cold)
3. Something I cannot say cause I don't want to jinx it
4. Hopefully going back to Lothlorian (unless it has been overrun with stupid people)
Monday, January 14, 2008
Matt-Man...Out Of Gas?
Hail and well met
Yeah it is worth a laugh. It appears that the only thing wrong with my van was a lack of fuel. The gauge is off so while I thought I still had about a quarter tank I was on E.
My Dad went to see Frank (the used car guy) and he was upset that the car was not working. He called his mechanic and had him drop everything and get to work looking at the van. After several hours of finding nothing Frank called the previous owner who informed him that he had replaced the fuel pump but the gas gauge didn't work right after. Frank called and told the mechanic to get some gas and presto it started and he then drove it around to make sure that it was ok. It has a clean bill of health and I am back in buisness.
I want to thank those that responded to my post. There are some calls I will be making in the future. It is a great comfort and a bit humbling to be reminded just how many friends I have in this world. I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Now I have to start treating them better.
All in all I laughed for several minutes when I learned about the van. I needed it and I feel better now. What is really interesting is that even with all this going on I didn't find today to be stressful at all. I mean I had a shit-ton of mail to deal with, more then usual in my opinion and of course those wonderful penny savers. I got out of the office at almost 1 and was back by 4:20. Then I was out of the office by 5:30, so a long day but I didn't feel it at all. I actually think I enjoyed the day.
Maybe I am just growing up.
What me grow up!? I must be crazy.
Tomorrow I am on my regular route and the same on Wednesday which will be fun and easy, especially with my NEW VAN!
I will post when ever possible and get those calls going soon.
Thanks again for everything.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Yeah it is worth a laugh. It appears that the only thing wrong with my van was a lack of fuel. The gauge is off so while I thought I still had about a quarter tank I was on E.
My Dad went to see Frank (the used car guy) and he was upset that the car was not working. He called his mechanic and had him drop everything and get to work looking at the van. After several hours of finding nothing Frank called the previous owner who informed him that he had replaced the fuel pump but the gas gauge didn't work right after. Frank called and told the mechanic to get some gas and presto it started and he then drove it around to make sure that it was ok. It has a clean bill of health and I am back in buisness.
I want to thank those that responded to my post. There are some calls I will be making in the future. It is a great comfort and a bit humbling to be reminded just how many friends I have in this world. I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Now I have to start treating them better.
All in all I laughed for several minutes when I learned about the van. I needed it and I feel better now. What is really interesting is that even with all this going on I didn't find today to be stressful at all. I mean I had a shit-ton of mail to deal with, more then usual in my opinion and of course those wonderful penny savers. I got out of the office at almost 1 and was back by 4:20. Then I was out of the office by 5:30, so a long day but I didn't feel it at all. I actually think I enjoyed the day.
Maybe I am just growing up.
What me grow up!? I must be crazy.
Tomorrow I am on my regular route and the same on Wednesday which will be fun and easy, especially with my NEW VAN!
I will post when ever possible and get those calls going soon.
Thanks again for everything.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Matt-Man Thinks....
And the angels cried.
Hey and well met
I sit here and type in preparation for going to work tomorrow. Now there is the usual conflict with having to be in the office on a Monday and all that comes with it but on top of that are two things.
First is the fact that I am going to have to use my old van again. I say old because last Friday I (with the help of my Father) purchased a newer van, well it is the same year but you know what I mean. Now the reason I have to use my old van is that 24 hours, almost to the minute, the new van stopped working.
So now it is sitting at the used car lot waiting until tomorrow when my Father will go and speak to the owner (someone that he knows which is why I we bought the car from him). Of course I am not able to do it because I am working (ok that makes three things I hate about tomorrow).
The second is that I have to face my boss. That is not usual except that on top of everything else my phone was not working last week so I missed some calls from the office. So I am sure I am going to get a talking to about that. I don't think I am fired cause I would have known that Saturday but I am not really looking forward to facing this. I really don't like conflict in any form, but you all should know that by now.
Part of the problem is that on some levels I am not freaking out. I know isn't it weird. I am usually the first one to jump on the freak out band wagon but not this time. I am just going with the flow. It is strange cause part of me is freaking out and another part is freaking out that it is not freaking out. Can you say "conflicted"?
Part of this is probably is tied to the fact of what has happened recently. Nothing in this world really seems all that bad since that day. I mean it hurts but worse then that is the fear. No not fear it is more dread. The dread that I am destined to be alone. Oh boy is it starting again.
All the thoughts and feelings that I have felt before coming back and having a solid foundation in fact. I don't want to start blathering on cause it sucks.
That is all.
Hey and well met
I sit here and type in preparation for going to work tomorrow. Now there is the usual conflict with having to be in the office on a Monday and all that comes with it but on top of that are two things.
First is the fact that I am going to have to use my old van again. I say old because last Friday I (with the help of my Father) purchased a newer van, well it is the same year but you know what I mean. Now the reason I have to use my old van is that 24 hours, almost to the minute, the new van stopped working.
So now it is sitting at the used car lot waiting until tomorrow when my Father will go and speak to the owner (someone that he knows which is why I we bought the car from him). Of course I am not able to do it because I am working (ok that makes three things I hate about tomorrow).
The second is that I have to face my boss. That is not usual except that on top of everything else my phone was not working last week so I missed some calls from the office. So I am sure I am going to get a talking to about that. I don't think I am fired cause I would have known that Saturday but I am not really looking forward to facing this. I really don't like conflict in any form, but you all should know that by now.
Part of the problem is that on some levels I am not freaking out. I know isn't it weird. I am usually the first one to jump on the freak out band wagon but not this time. I am just going with the flow. It is strange cause part of me is freaking out and another part is freaking out that it is not freaking out. Can you say "conflicted"?
Part of this is probably is tied to the fact of what has happened recently. Nothing in this world really seems all that bad since that day. I mean it hurts but worse then that is the fear. No not fear it is more dread. The dread that I am destined to be alone. Oh boy is it starting again.
All the thoughts and feelings that I have felt before coming back and having a solid foundation in fact. I don't want to start blathering on cause it sucks.
That is all.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Matt-Man IV: A New Dope
Hail and well met.
Just another good day and I have decided to try and move away from saying anything about "IT".
So here for your viewing pleasure and fun....
So yeah if the Empire had gone this route I would have joined up! Hubba Hubba.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Just another good day and I have decided to try and move away from saying anything about "IT".
So here for your viewing pleasure and fun....
So yeah if the Empire had gone this route I would have joined up! Hubba Hubba.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Matt-Man Lost In Transition
Hail and well met
Well it is about time I posted on current events. It is not easy at all considering what I have to impart. To be totally truthful it is quite painful.
There is a lot of information that goes into what I am about to say but I don't feel like putting it here. I don't even guarantee that if you ask I will tell you.
Terri and I have ended our relationship.
I don't want anyone bad mouthing Terri (not that I think anyone would but some of you can be very protective as friends)what happened between us was talked over and mutually decided upon. We are still friends and don't roll your eyes and tell me that it is not possible, it is and we are. She is still dear to me and I care about her.
It is a simple matter of reality. Right now we are not in a position to be what the other wants or needs. Staying together would only make things worse cause we would both be trying to fit the square peg in the round hole...(oops that didn't sound as good in type as it did in thought, but it is me :P ).
Yes it hurts. Quite a bit more then I thought it would but I will endure. Right now all I can do is live day to day and hope one of them will not begin with me realizing she is not with me. The struggle against depression continues with good days and bad days. This is a good day and it is why I am posting today. Trust me a bad day would not be good (kinda reminds me of the self indulgent bull I was typing a couple of years ago).
I know I made some mistakes. I know I failed on many levels. I know I let her down. I don't plan on focusing on those because they are not going to change. All I can do is try and learn from them and move forward.
Yeah way easier to say then do.
So that is what is going on for the most part. Well I am working on my games again and a trip to see the guys in St. Lois is in the works.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Well it is about time I posted on current events. It is not easy at all considering what I have to impart. To be totally truthful it is quite painful.
There is a lot of information that goes into what I am about to say but I don't feel like putting it here. I don't even guarantee that if you ask I will tell you.
Terri and I have ended our relationship.
I don't want anyone bad mouthing Terri (not that I think anyone would but some of you can be very protective as friends)what happened between us was talked over and mutually decided upon. We are still friends and don't roll your eyes and tell me that it is not possible, it is and we are. She is still dear to me and I care about her.
It is a simple matter of reality. Right now we are not in a position to be what the other wants or needs. Staying together would only make things worse cause we would both be trying to fit the square peg in the round hole...(oops that didn't sound as good in type as it did in thought, but it is me :P ).
Yes it hurts. Quite a bit more then I thought it would but I will endure. Right now all I can do is live day to day and hope one of them will not begin with me realizing she is not with me. The struggle against depression continues with good days and bad days. This is a good day and it is why I am posting today. Trust me a bad day would not be good (kinda reminds me of the self indulgent bull I was typing a couple of years ago).
I know I made some mistakes. I know I failed on many levels. I know I let her down. I don't plan on focusing on those because they are not going to change. All I can do is try and learn from them and move forward.
Yeah way easier to say then do.
So that is what is going on for the most part. Well I am working on my games again and a trip to see the guys in St. Lois is in the works.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Moments of Trasitions
Quoted from Babylon 5 Season 3 episode "Z'Ha'Dum" Spoken by G'kar played by Andreas Katsulas
"It was the end of the Earth year 2260, and the war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly.
All around us, it was as if the universe were holding its breath . . . waiting.
All of life can be broken down into moments of transition or moments of revelation. This had the feeling of both.
G'Quon wrote, There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way.
The war we fight is not against powers and principalities – it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender.
The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation.
No one knows the shape of that future, or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain."
This speaks volumes. This is where I am. Now I must wait for the universe to exhale.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
"It was the end of the Earth year 2260, and the war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly.
All around us, it was as if the universe were holding its breath . . . waiting.
All of life can be broken down into moments of transition or moments of revelation. This had the feeling of both.
G'Quon wrote, There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way.
The war we fight is not against powers and principalities – it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender.
The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation.
No one knows the shape of that future, or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain."
This speaks volumes. This is where I am. Now I must wait for the universe to exhale.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Matt-Man - Revelations
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of "Spiritus Mundi"
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
I should read more poetry.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of "Spiritus Mundi"
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
I should read more poetry.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Matt-Man, Now Live And In Color
Hail and well met
Ok so here is the current situation and it is a can of worms.
Earlier this week I had some trouble with the Matt-mobile when the heater stopped working. I was concerned and as soon as possible called my mechanic to see about getting it in. Well he suggested that I check my antifreeze, which I did and it was low. Well I went out and bought some and put it in.
Then later that day I noticed a puddle under my car, not a big one but a puddle none the less. I checked and sure enough I was low again on antifreeze. Now with my concern peaked again I made a second call and then dropped off my car yesterday.
Whelp I called today and was informed that I was looking at replacing my water pump, but that was not enough to drop on me. The water pump is located under the timing thinger-majig so as standard practice when replacing the water pump you also replace the timing belt. That runs all total around 7 to 8 hundred dollars.
Yeah about then I was ready to toss my breakfast. Then he said something else.
It appears that something to do with the font supports or struts or shocks or something is getting bad and really the car is not worth putting the money in.
Great could he have told me this earlier this year so I could have saved the 1200 dollars I have dumped into it in that time and could use now to buy a new car?
Yeah so if I was bummed before about xmas sucking it just got bumped up a couple of notches.
This means that until I find a way to generate enough money to buy a new car I have to baby this one to get through and pray that it hold out until I have the cash. It also means absolutely no extraneous driving. That means that I cannot go out to see either Terri or the guys in Lansing!
I really want to just to start screaming.
Ok not all news is bad. My roommate Bill is coming through with some help from his family about fixing my car...well enough to get me through a couple months while I pry the cash from the worlds cold covetous screwed up hands.
It still means I need to hold out on extra driving so as to max the time I get out of my car.
Grrrrrrr it just pisses me off so much cause I was doing well for awhile but with the cut back in hours it is going to be tight.
I know something will come through cause it always does but it is just going to be the matter of waiting for it to make its appearance.
So if anyone is open to the idea of coming out and getting me tomorrow please let me know cause I really want to play in Val's game and after I really want to get stupid with some alcohol (well as much as I can afford with needing money for the repairs and new car)
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ok so here is the current situation and it is a can of worms.
Earlier this week I had some trouble with the Matt-mobile when the heater stopped working. I was concerned and as soon as possible called my mechanic to see about getting it in. Well he suggested that I check my antifreeze, which I did and it was low. Well I went out and bought some and put it in.
Then later that day I noticed a puddle under my car, not a big one but a puddle none the less. I checked and sure enough I was low again on antifreeze. Now with my concern peaked again I made a second call and then dropped off my car yesterday.
Whelp I called today and was informed that I was looking at replacing my water pump, but that was not enough to drop on me. The water pump is located under the timing thinger-majig so as standard practice when replacing the water pump you also replace the timing belt. That runs all total around 7 to 8 hundred dollars.
Yeah about then I was ready to toss my breakfast. Then he said something else.
It appears that something to do with the font supports or struts or shocks or something is getting bad and really the car is not worth putting the money in.
Great could he have told me this earlier this year so I could have saved the 1200 dollars I have dumped into it in that time and could use now to buy a new car?
Yeah so if I was bummed before about xmas sucking it just got bumped up a couple of notches.
This means that until I find a way to generate enough money to buy a new car I have to baby this one to get through and pray that it hold out until I have the cash. It also means absolutely no extraneous driving. That means that I cannot go out to see either Terri or the guys in Lansing!
I really want to just to start screaming.
Ok not all news is bad. My roommate Bill is coming through with some help from his family about fixing my car...well enough to get me through a couple months while I pry the cash from the worlds cold covetous screwed up hands.
It still means I need to hold out on extra driving so as to max the time I get out of my car.
Grrrrrrr it just pisses me off so much cause I was doing well for awhile but with the cut back in hours it is going to be tight.
I know something will come through cause it always does but it is just going to be the matter of waiting for it to make its appearance.
So if anyone is open to the idea of coming out and getting me tomorrow please let me know cause I really want to play in Val's game and after I really want to get stupid with some alcohol (well as much as I can afford with needing money for the repairs and new car)
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Friday, December 07, 2007
Matt-Man is Rolling Free, All The Rest Are Stoned!!!!!!!
Hail and well met
It is 11 here at the new Matt-Cave. I am getting ready to put a slew of things on Ebay shortly..or at least get everything rolling (hence part of the title).
I also have discovered something really cool. It is called Pandora and it is a free online radio server. You create your own station with the artists you want and like so many others it plays artists not on your list based on the ones that are giving you a chance to vote it up or down. There are unlimited fast forwards and no ads. It is amazing.
If you would like to find out more follow the link on in the side bar. You can also give Radio Free Matt-Man a listen if you like or not. I have collected a cornucopia of artists that I have listened to over the years and dumped them all in one station. It is crazy.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
It is 11 here at the new Matt-Cave. I am getting ready to put a slew of things on Ebay shortly..or at least get everything rolling (hence part of the title).
I also have discovered something really cool. It is called Pandora and it is a free online radio server. You create your own station with the artists you want and like so many others it plays artists not on your list based on the ones that are giving you a chance to vote it up or down. There are unlimited fast forwards and no ads. It is amazing.
If you would like to find out more follow the link on in the side bar. You can also give Radio Free Matt-Man a listen if you like or not. I have collected a cornucopia of artists that I have listened to over the years and dumped them all in one station. It is crazy.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
The Future is Matt-Man
Hail and well met
Ok I am typing a shorty today.
I am doing OK, not great or even good just OK. That is fine with me cause I know that there are a load of people out there who don't even have that going for them.
Work is pissing me off. I cannot beg borrow or steal hours at the moment. Which means that I am looking at a crappy Christmas. Yeah I know you are all going to say that I don't need to get you anything. From your point of view maybe. I love giving gifts to people and seeing their face.
The other side of that coin is that is also screwing with my ability to go up and see Terri. This time last year I was spending weekends up there with her on monthly basis but now I haven't been up there except for Thanksgiving for probably a couple of months. It is driving me fucking insane. What is the point of a so called "good" job if I find I am doing less then I did when I didn't have one!
Ah screw it. I have to deal and that is that.
I am looking with fervor for an opportunity that will allow for greater returns on my time and effort. With some luck I will find one.
People are coming home soon and I will be seeing each and every one of you. With things the way they are I am really looking to tie one on sometime. Oh and I mean seriously not the half ass binges found at the last couple of loft parties. No I mean shit faced passed out in the yard kinda drinking.
You know the "I hate you train!" kinda things.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Ok I am typing a shorty today.
I am doing OK, not great or even good just OK. That is fine with me cause I know that there are a load of people out there who don't even have that going for them.
Work is pissing me off. I cannot beg borrow or steal hours at the moment. Which means that I am looking at a crappy Christmas. Yeah I know you are all going to say that I don't need to get you anything. From your point of view maybe. I love giving gifts to people and seeing their face.
The other side of that coin is that is also screwing with my ability to go up and see Terri. This time last year I was spending weekends up there with her on monthly basis but now I haven't been up there except for Thanksgiving for probably a couple of months. It is driving me fucking insane. What is the point of a so called "good" job if I find I am doing less then I did when I didn't have one!
Ah screw it. I have to deal and that is that.
I am looking with fervor for an opportunity that will allow for greater returns on my time and effort. With some luck I will find one.
People are coming home soon and I will be seeing each and every one of you. With things the way they are I am really looking to tie one on sometime. Oh and I mean seriously not the half ass binges found at the last couple of loft parties. No I mean shit faced passed out in the yard kinda drinking.
You know the "I hate you train!" kinda things.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
I Want More, I Want Matt-Man!
Hail and well met.
I made the decision that no matter what is going on I am going to keep putting posts up. So here it goes.
Things haven't changed much since my last post. I am looking at my schedule for the next week and seeing that I am looking at only one day. Of that was the case this week but I worked yesterday out of the blue. I don't want to get on a soap box again but it just frustrates me that no matter what I have no idea what is gong on from day to day.
Ok the other half of this is that I am going into the holiday season with a crappy monetary forecast. I know everyone is going to say that I don't need to get them something for Christmas but dammit I like getting people stuff for the season. Oh well I will just have to be creative and really seek something special for everyone.
I am considering an opportunity that comes at some risk but I cannot sit back and ignore the facts that others, so many others have made a good amount of cash using this opportunity. It won't be easy or without work but by the Creator I know that I have the ability to do the work and make the effort. I am not looking to become independently wealthy but I won't refuse it if it becomes possible. Really all I want is the ability to make some more money doing something that will not be hampered by my insane schedule.
I want to take this moment to apologize to everyone that was up for Thanksgiving for not seeing any of you. I know that I was busy but that shouldn't have stopped me from trying. I am Matt-Man for goodness sake.
So what else can I talk about. Hmmm...
Well gaming is going ok. We stared up the D&D game on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and will resume this coming Saturday (if all works out that is). Val has offered me the opportunity to run a second character of a more combat orientated nature since we have lost almost all of our heavy hitters.
I never really have run a combat heavy character before, well not and really meant it. I mean there was Tiny Schwartz the barbarian but that was back in high school and was just for fun.
So I began to think of a character that I could deal with and damn if I didn't come up with one. I have to clear a few things with Val before I get to psyched but I know him well enough that I am sure he will get goose bumps when I tell him my idea.
No I am not going to put it here until I have clearance from Val to run with the character idea. But once I do I will let everyone in on my little creation.
Well that about covers things right now... mostly. You see with my current financial blight I am finding it hard to keep myself in cigarettes and that has forced me to deal with the monkey. Let me tell you it is jumping real hard right now. So I will finish typing for now before I let it taint my words and go punch a wall or something.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
I made the decision that no matter what is going on I am going to keep putting posts up. So here it goes.
Things haven't changed much since my last post. I am looking at my schedule for the next week and seeing that I am looking at only one day. Of that was the case this week but I worked yesterday out of the blue. I don't want to get on a soap box again but it just frustrates me that no matter what I have no idea what is gong on from day to day.
Ok the other half of this is that I am going into the holiday season with a crappy monetary forecast. I know everyone is going to say that I don't need to get them something for Christmas but dammit I like getting people stuff for the season. Oh well I will just have to be creative and really seek something special for everyone.
I am considering an opportunity that comes at some risk but I cannot sit back and ignore the facts that others, so many others have made a good amount of cash using this opportunity. It won't be easy or without work but by the Creator I know that I have the ability to do the work and make the effort. I am not looking to become independently wealthy but I won't refuse it if it becomes possible. Really all I want is the ability to make some more money doing something that will not be hampered by my insane schedule.
I want to take this moment to apologize to everyone that was up for Thanksgiving for not seeing any of you. I know that I was busy but that shouldn't have stopped me from trying. I am Matt-Man for goodness sake.
So what else can I talk about. Hmmm...
Well gaming is going ok. We stared up the D&D game on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and will resume this coming Saturday (if all works out that is). Val has offered me the opportunity to run a second character of a more combat orientated nature since we have lost almost all of our heavy hitters.
I never really have run a combat heavy character before, well not and really meant it. I mean there was Tiny Schwartz the barbarian but that was back in high school and was just for fun.
So I began to think of a character that I could deal with and damn if I didn't come up with one. I have to clear a few things with Val before I get to psyched but I know him well enough that I am sure he will get goose bumps when I tell him my idea.
No I am not going to put it here until I have clearance from Val to run with the character idea. But once I do I will let everyone in on my little creation.
Well that about covers things right now... mostly. You see with my current financial blight I am finding it hard to keep myself in cigarettes and that has forced me to deal with the monkey. Let me tell you it is jumping real hard right now. So I will finish typing for now before I let it taint my words and go punch a wall or something.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Matt-Man Runs With The Wind
Hail and well met
I am hoping all is well with everyone.
I am doing ok. Thanksgiving was amazing. I went up to Terri's the Wednesday before to catch a Wolves game with her. Then I stayed over and after cleaning up some leaves with her we went to her parents for dinner. It was quite enjoyable to spend time with her and her family. The only thing that sucked was having to leave early so I could get back to go to work.
You see I had to work the whole week of Thanksgiving. My regular makes a trip to visit with family in Tennessee. So I worked the whole week, including the day after. You see I am going to rant about this again.
What the hell is the point of having a quote "holiday" if you pay for it with double or even triple the work load when you get back? I don't see the point. Yes I am glad to have the time to spend with family and friends. I would prefer to have a little more control of when I take it and when I get screwed. The mail never stops flowing and it just piles up, just like garbage. So when ever we take a day it just waits to for us to come back and thanks to the single mindedness of the Post Office we are pushed to get it all out in one day. There are some concessions made but not many.
I would prefer to choose the time and place that I get it up the ass. Oh and that would mean never and I mean NEVER take a Monday off. That is the dumbest idea ever. Mondays are already heavy due to the fact the again even though we are off on Sunday the mail still flows, so on Monday there is roughly two days of mail. God forbid that we have a Monday off due to a holiday cause that means we have the equivalent of three days of mail and since most stupid holidays that we have off are late in the year we are in the holiday rush of catalogs and ad letters and parcels. That means a shit-ton of mail on the Tuesday after a Monday holiday.
Just let us deliver the mail and choose when we take the days off. Of course people will take the holidays off like Thanksgiving and Christmas but Memorial day? Veterans Day? Labor Day? These I don't mind working and taking a day off later when I can use it. Like during the slow time after Christmas so I can go on a weekend trip or something.
Ok the rant is done.
Well now I am sitting here typing out a post after a day of sorting and organizing all the crap in my room. I took all the measurements for better shelves to maximize the storage and display space. Oh I also got my drawing/painting table cleaned off and acquired a second chair so I now have a chair for my computer/writing desk and one for the other. I feel so opulent (wow never thought I would ever get to use that word in a sentence and in the proper context!). I guess it is kind of the same feeling people had when they first had two TV's.
Tomorrow if I don't work (knock on wood) I will do both my laundry and visit my parents. I was supposed to do that today but just had to get the room worked on.
Oh I need to apologize to everyone that came home for the holiday for my absence but between work and going up to see Terri I was worn out. I am just not adjusted or accustom to the work load and the wear and tear on my body.
I feel all of my 37 years. I am not getting old! I am just not in shape.
Need to get back to working out.
Wow I have ranted and raved on and really said not one damn thing.
I feel just like a elected official!
Matt-Man for senator!
Matt-Man for congressman!
I mean Ben took Pope so I cannot take that.
I could be President but so far that seems like a suck job. Well definitely not a job that anyone takes seriously anymore.
Thanks Bush!!!!!!!!!
Ok well I will try and figure out a better post for later.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
I am hoping all is well with everyone.
I am doing ok. Thanksgiving was amazing. I went up to Terri's the Wednesday before to catch a Wolves game with her. Then I stayed over and after cleaning up some leaves with her we went to her parents for dinner. It was quite enjoyable to spend time with her and her family. The only thing that sucked was having to leave early so I could get back to go to work.
You see I had to work the whole week of Thanksgiving. My regular makes a trip to visit with family in Tennessee. So I worked the whole week, including the day after. You see I am going to rant about this again.
What the hell is the point of having a quote "holiday" if you pay for it with double or even triple the work load when you get back? I don't see the point. Yes I am glad to have the time to spend with family and friends. I would prefer to have a little more control of when I take it and when I get screwed. The mail never stops flowing and it just piles up, just like garbage. So when ever we take a day it just waits to for us to come back and thanks to the single mindedness of the Post Office we are pushed to get it all out in one day. There are some concessions made but not many.
I would prefer to choose the time and place that I get it up the ass. Oh and that would mean never and I mean NEVER take a Monday off. That is the dumbest idea ever. Mondays are already heavy due to the fact the again even though we are off on Sunday the mail still flows, so on Monday there is roughly two days of mail. God forbid that we have a Monday off due to a holiday cause that means we have the equivalent of three days of mail and since most stupid holidays that we have off are late in the year we are in the holiday rush of catalogs and ad letters and parcels. That means a shit-ton of mail on the Tuesday after a Monday holiday.
Just let us deliver the mail and choose when we take the days off. Of course people will take the holidays off like Thanksgiving and Christmas but Memorial day? Veterans Day? Labor Day? These I don't mind working and taking a day off later when I can use it. Like during the slow time after Christmas so I can go on a weekend trip or something.
Ok the rant is done.
Well now I am sitting here typing out a post after a day of sorting and organizing all the crap in my room. I took all the measurements for better shelves to maximize the storage and display space. Oh I also got my drawing/painting table cleaned off and acquired a second chair so I now have a chair for my computer/writing desk and one for the other. I feel so opulent (wow never thought I would ever get to use that word in a sentence and in the proper context!). I guess it is kind of the same feeling people had when they first had two TV's.
Tomorrow if I don't work (knock on wood) I will do both my laundry and visit my parents. I was supposed to do that today but just had to get the room worked on.
Oh I need to apologize to everyone that came home for the holiday for my absence but between work and going up to see Terri I was worn out. I am just not adjusted or accustom to the work load and the wear and tear on my body.
I feel all of my 37 years. I am not getting old! I am just not in shape.
Need to get back to working out.
Wow I have ranted and raved on and really said not one damn thing.
I feel just like a elected official!
Matt-Man for senator!
Matt-Man for congressman!
I mean Ben took Pope so I cannot take that.
I could be President but so far that seems like a suck job. Well definitely not a job that anyone takes seriously anymore.
Thanks Bush!!!!!!!!!
Ok well I will try and figure out a better post for later.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Matt-Man, Made From The Best Stuff On Earth!
Hail and well met!
I have not posted in awhile. For the most part I have been very busy working on finishing up the move. I had to make some shelving for the Matt-Cave so I could use the drawers that I got from Ben. So now I have more storage space. This is a good thing as I have discovered that I have WAY more stuff then I ever realized.
Things are still very tense right now. I have had to except that I cannot fix the situation with my parents and worrying about it only makes me worse off. I still care about them and their wellbeing, I just know that there is nothing I can do about it right now. I will help where I can and accept it when I can't.
Here is a strange side bar. I know that I am getting older. How do I know? Here is a shocker.
I like oatmeal.
I have never liked oatmeal before. On the bright side I don't like plain oatmeal, only the flavored kind. So there is still some kid in me still.
The job is the job. I hate parts of it but on a whole I like it. It is most certainly not what I want to do for the rest of my life but it will do for now. I just have to keep that in mind so I don't lose myself in it like I did at GO. You know keep my options open.
Terri is doing ok. I am going to go up and spend Thanksgiving with her family. I am working all that week for my regular as she goes to Tennessee to visit family. This is cool with me as she does it every year, the part that pisses me off are the other carriers. Two of them in particular. They habitually take the day after a holiday off due to the volume of mail that piles up. Come on people this is the job you chose for good or bad. Don't wuss out just cause it might be a little heavier after a holiday. That just means someone else has to take up your slack, which usually means me.
Anyway I am looking forward to the holiday week as it means that some people will be in from collage and I will have a chance to see them.
Oh hey if any of you are reading this I have a question to ask. Can any of you do any or all of the following things?
1) Attach a fan to a mother board?
2) Install said mother board into a tower?
3) Install a hard drive?
4) Install a power supply?
I ask this only because I thought I might try and fix my computer but I realize that I am just not that mechanically intuitive and don't want to screw it up. So if any of you do then shoot me a line either here or my email or even the forum so we can (if you don't mind) hook up and work on it. If not no big deal I will figure something out, I always do.
Heck just drop me a line so I can know when and where you are going to be if or when you are coming home so we can just hang out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
I have not posted in awhile. For the most part I have been very busy working on finishing up the move. I had to make some shelving for the Matt-Cave so I could use the drawers that I got from Ben. So now I have more storage space. This is a good thing as I have discovered that I have WAY more stuff then I ever realized.
Things are still very tense right now. I have had to except that I cannot fix the situation with my parents and worrying about it only makes me worse off. I still care about them and their wellbeing, I just know that there is nothing I can do about it right now. I will help where I can and accept it when I can't.
Here is a strange side bar. I know that I am getting older. How do I know? Here is a shocker.
I like oatmeal.
I have never liked oatmeal before. On the bright side I don't like plain oatmeal, only the flavored kind. So there is still some kid in me still.
The job is the job. I hate parts of it but on a whole I like it. It is most certainly not what I want to do for the rest of my life but it will do for now. I just have to keep that in mind so I don't lose myself in it like I did at GO. You know keep my options open.
Terri is doing ok. I am going to go up and spend Thanksgiving with her family. I am working all that week for my regular as she goes to Tennessee to visit family. This is cool with me as she does it every year, the part that pisses me off are the other carriers. Two of them in particular. They habitually take the day after a holiday off due to the volume of mail that piles up. Come on people this is the job you chose for good or bad. Don't wuss out just cause it might be a little heavier after a holiday. That just means someone else has to take up your slack, which usually means me.
Anyway I am looking forward to the holiday week as it means that some people will be in from collage and I will have a chance to see them.
Oh hey if any of you are reading this I have a question to ask. Can any of you do any or all of the following things?
1) Attach a fan to a mother board?
2) Install said mother board into a tower?
3) Install a hard drive?
4) Install a power supply?
I ask this only because I thought I might try and fix my computer but I realize that I am just not that mechanically intuitive and don't want to screw it up. So if any of you do then shoot me a line either here or my email or even the forum so we can (if you don't mind) hook up and work on it. If not no big deal I will figure something out, I always do.
Heck just drop me a line so I can know when and where you are going to be if or when you are coming home so we can just hang out.
May the Force be with you
Excelsior!!!
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