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How I Roll
I am a big time multitasker. I feel awkward if I am doing just one thing. People wonder why I have four computers at my desk. I wonder how people can get by with just one. Here is what my desk looks like now, and what I am doing.
What does your desk look like?
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Happy Friday the 13th
Happy Friday the 13th. Superstitions are weird. I have them, but I don’t believe in them one bit. I avoid stepping on cracks, I have a lucky number, and I have been carrying around my lucky penny since high school. My superstitions are more out of habit and my OCD than anything. I have never had any problems with Friday the 13th though.
To me Friday the 13th has always been a great day to watch a great movie. Ok, calling the “Friday the 13th” series great is kinda stretching it, but I love the movies. I am a big horror movie fan, and nothing is better than a madman in a hockey mask running through the woods. The last few “Friday the 13th” movies have been pretty bad. I know the whole woods and campers thing has been over done, but those were the best ones.
So I hear they are releasing a Friday the 13th remake today. Why? Why not just go back and make another old school Friday the 13th? Sure they aren’t great movies, but I am sure they have fans like me. I will watch any “Friday the 13th” movie, no matter how bad. They bring me back to my childhood. The first time I ever saw boobies were in a “Friday the 13th” movie. To me it doesn’t get any better than a naked women running through the woods trying to get away from a walking Jason Voorhees.
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Super Bowl
So I was all ready to make some Super Bowl junk food, veg out, and watch the game. I woke up this morning feeling like crap. I wasn’t in the mood for any junk food. I still vegged out and watched the game though.
I watched the game and during commercials I checked out what people were saying on Twitter. I don’t understand the people that actually want to watch the Commercials. The only commercials that I watched were the 3D ones, and honestly, I couldn’t tell you what they were for. I was just watching them for the 3D effects since we picked up some of the glasses the other day at the grocery store. I don’t know if 3D works for my brain. I could barley see the difference. I might check those commercials out again online.
One thing that was driving me nuts on Twitter were all the people complaining about the Super Bowl. People saying they didn’t know it was today, or saying they never heard of the Super Bowl, or that it was a bad game. Come on, it was a great game. Those people were getting on my nerves. I totally understand that a lot of people hate football. Good for you. Don’t watch the game. You don’t hear me complaining how crappy American Idol is. I have never really noticed that kind of thing happening during other events on Twitter. Maybe it’s just because the Super Bowl is so big. Maybe I should start complaining during the next major event that I don’t care about on Twitter. Nah, not worth my time.
So, it was a great game that came right down to the end. I didn’t really care who won. I just enjoyed the game.
Now football season is done for another year. I am missing it already.
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Super Bowl Sunday
So tomorrow is the Super Bowl. For some it’s just another crappy football game, while others will watch it just for the commercials. Me, I love the game. I am a huge NFL fan. I watch every game possible. Super Bowl Sunday is a pretty big deal for me. I have only missed one Super Bowl since 1983, and I pretty much remember all of them. I was scheduled to work tomorrow, but took it off to watch the game.
I have only been to one Super Bowl Party in my life, and it sucked. Everybody getting drunk, and making a bunch of noise. It was hard to watch the game. A lot of people just use the Super Bowl as an excuse to party. I still make the usual Super Bowl Party foods, but I like to enjoy the game by myself. For me the Super Bowl reminds me of my childhood.
I remember getting all excited for the Super Bowl in elementary school. I was so excited when my favorite team, the Denver Broncos made it there in 1986, 1987, and 1989. I was crushed at the results of those games. It made their Super Bowl wins in 1997, and 1998 that much bigger.
There is so much history in the Super Bowl. Many great games, many crappy games, but all historic. I love reading and watch shows about the history of the NFL. That’s one reason why I like the Super Bowl so much. It’s history being made.
Even when I don’t care much about the teams that are playing, I enjoy watching the game. It’s every kids dream to play in the Super Bowl. Those big kids out there are just living their dream.
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Say Goodbye Classic Coke
Remember back in the ‘80s when “New Coke” came out? I was one of the many that didn’t really care for it. I was happy when “Classic Coke” came back. Remember back when you had a choice of Cokes? When you had to ask for a “Classic Coke”? Those times are long gone, but the cans still say “Classic” on them. Not for long though. Coke is now going to drop “Classic” from it’s label. Soon, nobody is every going to remember what “New Coke” was. -
Solved My Rubik’s Cube
So over the holidays my nephews got a hold of my Rubik’s Cube and messed it all up.
I finally got around to solving it again today.
I didn’t cheat. I did get a little help from YouTube though. Thanks Dan Brown!There is also a cool iPhone app to help you solve your Rubik’s Cube, but sadly it requires a camera, so it is limited to the iPhone and not compatible with the iPod Touch.
I so wish I could play with that app.
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Shift Work
At my job it is required that someone be there 24/7, 356.25 days a year. We work 12 hour shifts, so I either work from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, or from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. We switch shifts every four weeks. For the last few night shifts I have been switching with a co-worker that was working a second job and wanted to stay on nights. I just started my first night shift since August. I forgot how much I like nights. It’s so much slower and quieter. I can get a lot more reading done.
I actually really love my shifts. It’s nice to change it up every four weeks. Days are much busier at work, but it’s nice to be up at normal hours too. Nights are nice and quiet and I get to stay up late on my days off. I am a night and morning person if that is really possible. I love getting up early and I love staying up late. I pretty much don’t like sleeping. I could get way more done if I didn’t have to waste five hours a day sleeping. Am I weird?
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Brrrrrr
Yeah, it’s a little cold out today.
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Paying Bills
Another thing that I am going to try and spend less time doing is paying bills. My old system involved me to paying bills every Friday and making sure our accounts were all in order. I have been paying bills online for years, but never really trusted auto paying.
Now I got a new credit card that I am going to put everything on. I set up everything that I possible can to auto pay. Instead of using my debit card, I will now use my new credit card. I will now just have one bill to pay every month. There might be a few exceptions, but my bill paying to be reduced greatly.
Another plus to paying bills this way is that I will be accumulating miles with my credit card. Our hopes are that it will pay for our plane tickets for our next vacation whenever that is. I wish it was now though, -27ºF is not very fun.
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New Years Resolution
I am not much for New Years resolutions. I think if you are going to change something in your life, just do it now, don’t wait until the new year. One thing I am going to try to do this year is spend less time online. Less time online for me is probably still more time online than you though. I probably spend 14 to 16 hours online on my days off. I need to cut that back to get more stuff that I want to do done. I have a stack of book that need to be read, XBox games that need to be played, and Netflix movies to watch.
No more just sitting wasting time watching RSS feeds and FriendFeed comments come in. When I am caught up, it’s time to move on and do something else.
I also have a bad habit of wanting to know about any cool thing online as soon as possible. It’s time not to worry about stupid crap. I will find out about all the cool stuff sooner or later. From now on I am going to try to spend my time more wisely doing stuff I want to do.