Hustle

Earlier, I mentioned that everyone in Atlanta has a hustle but me! Hear I am, turning down blockbuster movie roles. That's because the real hustle has to come to you! A website I maintain for a non-profit voluntarily has potentially sent some business my way. Now I have to front like I'm a professional web designer and get paid for it. I've done my internet reserach so I seem edumacated, downloaded a contract off the net to cover my behind, now it's time for ME to get my hustle on!

Oh, I forgot to mention, I also downloaded about 3 grand worth of software!!! Shhhh

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Reminiscing

For whatever reason, my co-workers were talking about how we we had accidents when we first got our licenses, and how their kids are doing the same. Except for the time I fell asleep on in Silicon Valley's rush hour, my only accidents were after the first few months of getting my license when I was 16. They were both really stupid. I always saw my mother squeeze into parking spots. So as I'm taking her 1987 Lincoln Town Car for a grocery run, I try to squeeze into a parking spot. It didn't look wide enough, but that never stopped my Mom! So it surely wasn't going to stop me!!! I S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E into the spot... "I made it!!!" Then I looked into the review mirror, and I'm looking straight into the sky! I turned the radio down that i was blasting, get out, and take a look at the back of the car.

I had scratched the entire side of my mom's sparkling paint job on the other car's bumper. So much so, now both cars are kind of wedged up like a Tee-pee. SHIT!!! I get back in the car to get the cars separated. Now which way do I turn the wheels to get the cars away from each other? I didn't know. So I scratched my mom's sparkling paint job again, from wheel well, to wheel well! When I got home, I said to my mom, "Oh oh, better get Maaco!!!"

My other incident occurred when I was waving 'Hi' at a car that was passing by. I ignored the fact that I was approaching stopped traffic since someone I know saw me behind the wheel of my Dad's '82 Olds Ninty-Eight. *CRUNCH* What the... I look ahead, and I tapped the pick-up truckin front of me. I tried to back up, but the cars were stuck together! Police came. I called my dad, who walked over (I was that close to home). I tow truck had to be called in because crow bars and and every other method could not get the metal separated. The tow truck had to lift my car as high as possible, then it finally worked. My dad's car's grill just wrapped around the truck's bumper like foil. Front end was destroyed. Not a scratch on the truck. The car quickly became mine as Dad bought a new one.

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Tree-B-Gone

As you know, I take pretty good care of my lawn & garden. So I have to confess today, that I have a dead tree in my backyard! Maybe it's because of those pesky Japanese Beetles, which keep returning by the way. Instead of going to the gym, I spent the weekend trying to dig it up so I can plant another one in its place. I dug up the dead trees in my front yard already, so I figured this should be an achievable project. *WRONG* My front trees never got rooted, so it was easy to pluck them up. This tree in the back has 2 years of roots. I'm digging, sawing, ripping roots left & right, and still can't get this damn tree out the ground. I probably shoud've taken some pictures. Maybe if it rains now, the clay will soften up and release it's grip.

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Thanks

Thanks again for all the congrats on our engagement. I think they were spiking the drinks at happy hour, but 2 other guys also just got engaged. What are the odds? 3 engagements in 2 weeks? Apparently, it only works on the men. All you women who complain you can't find a man, just snag one at Dave & Busters on Friday, you'll get hitched up real quick!

Happy Happy Joy Joy

I'm pretty happy today. It all stemmed from my "special" day last week. That's when I became officially engaged! I'm surprised my hair didn't fall out, all the stressing & worrying that went into it. But I'm very glad I made that move, and looking forwward to the future. Will this make my fiancee GeckoChill?

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Special Day

There are 2 reasons I'm smiling today. TODAY is my birthday. I see from last week's comments, Proactiff did some investigating to figure out what I was talking about. You came close, just a few days off. I celebrated by going home to Cleveland, where my parents had a pseudo family reunion / b-day party waiting for me. I saw cousins I haven't seen in 20 years! I didn't feel so bad when my other cousins didn't know their family either. Shame, since they all lived within 30 miles of each other.

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Lucky Ride

You just straight called me out, CTA. But I guess you see why I went against my rule of buying a car versus paying to fix one. My funds were diverted for my special day. So here I am, test driving my new transmission on a 700 mile road trip to Cleveland! 1400 mile with the return trip, so I guess car is working fine now. I was very worried though. I can't imagine a worse place to find out my transmission is gone than going than in the mountains of Kentucky with a Big Rig barrelling behind me out of control.

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Sweets

And to keep my mouth smiling, I was popping candy the entire trip. I guess I didn't learn what happens to you when you eat too much candy. I was SOOOoooo sick when I got home.

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Horoscope

OK, I'm attempting to try Ms Thing's advice, here's my horoscope:
It may be hard to deal with the opposing energies that are prevalent today, dear Cancer. Conflicting viewpoints and twisted perspectives are clashing within your world. Your emotions may be pinning you down to one side of the issue while a strong and powerful force is pulling you towards believing in a much more revolutionary approach. Try to maintain a balance in all situations - especially those which involve the sensitive emotions of others.

Uhh.... OK.

Cars Can't Swim

You know how you watch the news and think those cars are crazy for trying to drive through 4 feet of water? I always thought they were the biggest idiot. Until Hurricane Dennis poured some water on Atlanta. Of course, the most pathetic drainage system in the country could not handle an event that occurs yearly, so there were was flooding everywhere. One would think that an area that gets hit with tropical storms/hurricanes like clockwork would build an adequate drainage system. Even my brand new subdivision floods on schedule. Not into the homes, but the streets & yards are a mess.

So here I am, going about 30, and I see the car in front of me slow down. I do the same. I thought the road was just wet, expected since it raining so hard, looked like I was driving under Niagra Falls. Then I looked closer at the car in front of me, and I saw that the water level on was up to the door! It's too late, I'm now hoping my little rental doesn't get washed off the road, or stall the engine, or enter the car. The police closed the road right after I passed through. I'm just glad I wasn't one of those idiots you see on the evening news that standing on top of their car.

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Second Thoughts

That's right, I was in a rental car. My transmission is about to go out, and I need reliable transportation. So the dilimma is, do I buy a new car, or drop a couple grand on this one. Being one that hates being in any type of debt, I chose to fix my car. So now that I have depleted my fun money, I'm having serious second thoughts about passing up the acting gig.

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Stress

This has been one of those weeks where I was supposed to be just chillin' & relaxin', and enjoying life. But instead, issue after issue kept popping up everywhere! Maybe I should've read my horoscope or something, I should've been warned. I'm need a break, and it may come this weekend. I'm heading home to Cleveland to see my folks. It may not be relaxing since I fear the house will be full of people all weekend.

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Bobby

The TV accidenetly fell on Bobby Brown's tv show. I can say, without a doubt, he's perfect for Whitney! Both of them has some serious issues. So when you get two screwed up people together... Actually, one's a screw, and the other is a nut... they fit perfectly together.

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Today

The only thing left I have to say, is that today is a special day. :-)

I'm Fakin'

Guess what? I got called back to be the ball player in Family Reunion!!! Mind you, I have no acting ability whatsoever. Then again, that didn't stop DMX. So I get this call, at 2:15 talking about we need you here to get fitted for your outfit by 3:30. I said I can be there by 5:30. That wasn't acceptable. It was, be there now, or they don't need me. Maybe that's why the wanna-be actors work in restaurants & stuff, so they have the ability to leave at a moment's notice. I have that ability, but just not willing to do it. Maybe it would be different if I worked downtown, but I was just not willing to drop the rest of my tasks for the day to attend a fitting for a role that they haven't even given me a contract for yet. Now if they told me I was going to makd $500 for a hard day's work, I'd be like, "Boss, I'm suddenly sick. Bye!" But I couldn't get any confirmation that the role was really mine, or what the compenstation was. So, in other words, its likely that I could have wasted my time to attend. But then again, it could've been my grand chance to blow up on the big screen! Get more roles! Get paid! Obviously, I'm just fakin, because if that's what I really wanted, I would be down there.

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Bootleggin

You know what? I'm just going to have to that super uncool dork that that doesn't mind watching bootlegged movies on my computer. I can watch a half hour here & there, and end the week knowing that I watched a bad movie knowing that I didn't waste my money on it. *cough*cough*h.!.t.c.h*cough*cough

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Hustle & Flow

Speaking of movies, I saw an advance screening of Hustle & Flow. No, I actually went to the theater to see it! It was enjoyable. So if you're looking for a flick to have a good laugh to, here you go. It has its slow parts, and nothing close to being the summer's best movie, but it's a good flick to see nonetheless. Why would parents bring their little kids to see this movie? No wonder these kids are messed up.

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Bad Ass Kids

Speaking of kids, the 4th of July was a perfect opportunity to for bas assed kids of Atlanta to represent. If you know about Bankhead, then you know what I'm talking about. These idiots threw rocks & firecrackers at passing motorists on the highway. A teenager was successful at launching a bottle rocket inside the cab of a moving tanker truck filled with 7500 gallons of diesel fuel. Truck capsizes, fuel spills, kids are still playing with firecrackers. They proceeded to beat & rob the driver, and over 50 kids were jumping on top of the overturned trailer (with fuel leaking) when the cops arrived. Only in Atlanta. Here's the news article

Foot In Mouth

OK. So here I am about to fill out my Credit Card Fraud letter, making it official. For whatever reason, the bill arrived even though I had cancelled the card. As was reported to me earlier, there was one $25 charge on there from a place I have never heard of before. I proceed to typing, then I decided to find out what type of establsihment this place was. I looked the place up in the phone book... dialed... "Yea" "Ummm, I'm questioning a charge on my credit card bill, what type of products do you sell?" "Emissions" I think to myself, OH SH!T "Thank you sir" and hang up. Gosh, darnnit!!! One day, way back when, I did get a quick emissions test, that wouldn't take American Express, so they punched in my Visa, which went through despite it being expired. In my defense, it's not my fault. The only sign in front of this place says "EMISSIONS".

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5th of July

Want to know what I hate about the 4th of July? The 5th of July. Today's not Monday, it's Tuesday, but it seems like Monday, especially since there was no work on Friday. So that means a ton of work & meetings greeted me today. I didn't expect this! This is just plain wrong. I'm actually skipping a meeting right now to post my weekly blog! I thought long weekends were supposed to relax you, as you enter new week. Not trick you so you get blindsided as you log in to your computer!

I hope everyone had a pleasant 4th of July. I did my man shyt, sweated in the hot-assed sun over an even hotter grill. It was pure tortue, until the sun went over the house, then I was groovin'! OK, the first batch of hamburgers were just practice, and I forgot about the slow cookin' steaks later on, but other than that, it was all good!

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Boot-legged

Thanks to DatFuule, I have come across download bootlegged films. If it's OK to listen to my girlfriend's music on her computer, don't you think it's just as OK to watch downloaded movies on my computer? So when the suggestion came up to watch a certain flick on the big screen, I suggested we watch it on my computer's screen. Or better yet, I'll hook the laptop up to my big screen! Is this too bootlegged? Just wondering.

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Get Back To Work

I hear my inner-conscience calling me. Later!