I went to see a movie a few days ago with my parents, that movie was called Lars and the Real Girl. In the past few years, I've tended to like independent films a lot more. I was able to drag my mom, and even my dad to this movie.
The movie is basically about a single man probably around 30 that is very socially awkward. Doesn't get out much, just stays in all the time. He ends up becoming somewhat delusional and orders a life size sex doll from the internet. People in the small town begin to accept the girl so that Lars can feel normal.
Overall, the movie was pretty funny, cute, and worth seeing. Here is the trailer if you are interested in seeing:
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Recent Acquisition
It's really started to happen... getting old. I bought an antique yesterday. Now, it is an "antique that has a very useful purpose, that is, organizing my room. And my room really needs it. This has been my excuse for why my room cannot stay clean while I've been at my place for the past 1.5 years. Anyway, here are some pictures of the small dresser I purchased yesterday:
Overall I think it was decent purchase and will help get things going. Now I just have to figure out how to get it to Dallas.
The Dresser After Cleaning
The drawers
Overall I think it was decent purchase and will help get things going. Now I just have to figure out how to get it to Dallas.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Job Security
Currently I am working on a high profile energy client that is making its way to becoming one of the premium energy providers. They are acquiring generation, smart people, well renowned traders, and other revenue generating assets. Traders work like crazy and are often somewhat different thinking than your average person. Always figuring out how they can beat the market (which is very doable for these people). So while these people are working hard, their is one guy in the cube next to me, who fails to work hard. We will call him Stan.
Stan is a divorced man with two kids. I know this, because he had a conversation one day with the child support agency in which he screamed into the phone, "I'm not a DEAD BEAT DAD, I've been paying the child support, it's your systems that are messed up." He had this conversation at 2 PM, I'm certain that everyone in a 45 food radius heard this, including his boss.
Apparently he owns a very large house, of which him and his "new wife" live in. His coworkers definitely called him out on that asking why he needs a huge house. He had no answer.
Yesterday, around 5:30 PM, by which time 90% of the office has cleared out, I begin to hear what sounds similar to South Park. I IM my co-worker and ask him to listen, and he confirms it is the night priors episode (Which is highly recommended by me). The sound isn't extremely loud, but h'm 10 feet away from the guys computer and can completely understand what the characters are saying. Not too big of a deal, since it is after hours, but still.
It's 11:15 now, and I just heard him watching South Park... AGAIN! Same volume, no headphones, INSANE. This guy clearly has some job security and doesn't care what people know he is doing.
This guy clearly is not afraid of being fired... and may even be attempting to get laid off, so that he can get severance pay. Job security... awesome.
Stan is a divorced man with two kids. I know this, because he had a conversation one day with the child support agency in which he screamed into the phone, "I'm not a DEAD BEAT DAD, I've been paying the child support, it's your systems that are messed up." He had this conversation at 2 PM, I'm certain that everyone in a 45 food radius heard this, including his boss.
Apparently he owns a very large house, of which him and his "new wife" live in. His coworkers definitely called him out on that asking why he needs a huge house. He had no answer.
Yesterday, around 5:30 PM, by which time 90% of the office has cleared out, I begin to hear what sounds similar to South Park. I IM my co-worker and ask him to listen, and he confirms it is the night priors episode (Which is highly recommended by me). The sound isn't extremely loud, but h'm 10 feet away from the guys computer and can completely understand what the characters are saying. Not too big of a deal, since it is after hours, but still.
It's 11:15 now, and I just heard him watching South Park... AGAIN! Same volume, no headphones, INSANE. This guy clearly has some job security and doesn't care what people know he is doing.
This guy clearly is not afraid of being fired... and may even be attempting to get laid off, so that he can get severance pay. Job security... awesome.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Texas To Colorado Recap
This past weekend, three friends and I made a road trip to the top of Texas. There, we set out on a mission to run from Texas to Colorado on foot via relay. The following details were provided regarding this race:
"Elevation gain, unknown.
Terrain, who cares.
Race markers, hell no.
Water, bring your own.
Survival, required.
Dallas, Tx 6:30 AM - I pick up the rental car.
Dallas, Tx 6:45 AM - Meet two other team mates at my place. Leave.
Dallas, Tx 7:10 AM - Pick up teammate number 4 at DFW. Get on the road
About three hours later, we decide to stop in a town called Sunset, populate, 400. Here we ate breakfast burritos and when asked what we were in town for, we informed them that we just bought a house down the street. All the old people in the gas station (local hangout) looked confused.
"Elevation gain, unknown.
Terrain, who cares.
Race markers, hell no.
Water, bring your own.
Survival, required.
Many have said that running from
Dallas, Tx 6:30 AM - I pick up the rental car.
Dallas, Tx 6:45 AM - Meet two other team mates at my place. Leave.
Dallas, Tx 7:10 AM - Pick up teammate number 4 at DFW. Get on the road
About three hours later, we decide to stop in a town called Sunset, populate, 400. Here we ate breakfast burritos and when asked what we were in town for, we informed them that we just bought a house down the street. All the old people in the gas station (local hangout) looked confused.
We found a gignormous Texas and had to stop and run on top of it. Awesome.
We also found a ginormous rocking chair. Everything really is bigger in Texas... proof is below.
One of the oldest theatres in Texas, the Ritz.
Leaning water tower of Britten located in Groom Texas. Originally brought to Groom and was supposed to be used as a tourist attraction at a truck stop. The truck stop is no longer there... just overgrown grass.
I attempted to climb up to the top, however, after getting up around 20 feet, my fear of heights kicked in and I stopped.
The team on the tower. Awesome.
Groom, Tx, also the home of the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere, standing at 190 feet tall. Very odd.
In Amarillo, we almost got ran over by a tank.
Palo Duro Canyon. The second largest canyon in the United States (behind the Grand Canyon)
Palo Duro Canyon. Beautiful.
The Cadillac Graveyard. 10 Cadillacs that have been spray painted burried in the ground surrounded by cows. Odd.
Top of Texas - 6:50 AM Sunday - AKA, the start of the race
The bottom of Oklahoma (AKA, the top of Texas)
My shorts got a little ripped up.
Preparing for my start.
The only town that we ran through on the way to Colorado. Boise City. It was one of the few places on US soil that got bombed. Oddly enough, we did it to ourselves in a practice mission.
Running through Boise City. Motiviation.
Denver, CO. That WAY!
Great Success. Tired.
A large dinosaur in Boise City...
Close up.
Lots of open space in Oklahoma.
Almost to Colorado...
We made it.
Largest cow ever... of course in Texas.
We also found a ginormous rocking chair. Everything really is bigger in Texas... proof is below.
One of the oldest theatres in Texas, the Ritz.
Leaning water tower of Britten located in Groom Texas. Originally brought to Groom and was supposed to be used as a tourist attraction at a truck stop. The truck stop is no longer there... just overgrown grass.
I attempted to climb up to the top, however, after getting up around 20 feet, my fear of heights kicked in and I stopped.
The team on the tower. Awesome.
Groom, Tx, also the home of the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere, standing at 190 feet tall. Very odd.
In Amarillo, we almost got ran over by a tank.
Palo Duro Canyon. The second largest canyon in the United States (behind the Grand Canyon)
Palo Duro Canyon. Beautiful.
The Cadillac Graveyard. 10 Cadillacs that have been spray painted burried in the ground surrounded by cows. Odd.
Top of Texas - 6:50 AM Sunday - AKA, the start of the race
The bottom of Oklahoma (AKA, the top of Texas)
My shorts got a little ripped up.
Preparing for my start.
The only town that we ran through on the way to Colorado. Boise City. It was one of the few places on US soil that got bombed. Oddly enough, we did it to ourselves in a practice mission.
Running through Boise City. Motiviation.
Denver, CO. That WAY!
Great Success. Tired.
A large dinosaur in Boise City...
Close up.
Lots of open space in Oklahoma.
Almost to Colorado...
We made it.
Largest cow ever... of course in Texas.
Monday, November 12, 2007
IM Convo
This morning I had the following conversation with a buddy. This is how it went down:
EHMP: i dont know what the hell was wrong with me
EHMP: i was drunk at 5 pm
bellison03: on friday?
bellison03: damn
EHMP: on sunday
EHMP: and
EHMP: decided to go to sears
EHMP: and ended up buying 3 HDTVs
bellison03: what did u buy?
bellison03: wtf
EHMP: i know.
EHMP: dropped 5k
EHMP: but got some good deals
bellison03: haha
EHMP: now i dont know what to do with my extra tvs
Kind of crazy. I typically only get drunk and continue to buy more booze... this guy spends 5k on televisions. Amazing. Someday I hope to be able to do something similar to this. Imagine waking up... and realizing what happened. Maybe I'll buy one off him.
EHMP: i dont know what the hell was wrong with me
EHMP: i was drunk at 5 pm
bellison03: on friday?
bellison03: damn
EHMP: on sunday
EHMP: and
EHMP: decided to go to sears
EHMP: and ended up buying 3 HDTVs
bellison03: what did u buy?
bellison03: wtf
EHMP: i know.
EHMP: dropped 5k
EHMP: but got some good deals
bellison03: haha
EHMP: now i dont know what to do with my extra tvs
Kind of crazy. I typically only get drunk and continue to buy more booze... this guy spends 5k on televisions. Amazing. Someday I hope to be able to do something similar to this. Imagine waking up... and realizing what happened. Maybe I'll buy one off him.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Texas to Colorado
It's actually going to go down. The Texas to Colorado run will be taking place this weekend and I will be running it. Leave Saturday morning at 6 am, return Sunday night around 11 pm.
Wait for pictures. The will be posted on Monday. Peace.
Wait for pictures. The will be posted on Monday. Peace.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Getting older
I must be getting older. I stopped listening to my normal morning show and have found myself listening to NPR on my way to and from work.
Yesterday they talked about how market participants are purchasing options to buy oil at $250. This meaning that they are foreseeing the price of a barrel to go higher than that at sometime in the future. Hopefully not any time soon.
In other news in Dallas, the proposition to proceed with plans to create a toll road by the Trinity River has passed. I don't agree with this and believe it is a bad idea, but then again, I didn't vote, so I can't complain.
Yesterday they talked about how market participants are purchasing options to buy oil at $250. This meaning that they are foreseeing the price of a barrel to go higher than that at sometime in the future. Hopefully not any time soon.
In other news in Dallas, the proposition to proceed with plans to create a toll road by the Trinity River has passed. I don't agree with this and believe it is a bad idea, but then again, I didn't vote, so I can't complain.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Avenue Q
Saw Avenue Q this past weekend with some good friends. Great show and great times afterwards at the Gingerman (Houston location)
bad end and bad start
Yesterday I left my cell phone at work. Survived the night with out it just fine surprisingly.
This morning I put my shoes on in the semi-darkness... walked outside after locking the door and noticed different sounds coming from my shoes. One was black and one was brown. I guess it's good i noticed prior to getting to work.
It's only Tuesday. Everyone knows that a good time never happens on a Tuesday night.
This morning I put my shoes on in the semi-darkness... walked outside after locking the door and noticed different sounds coming from my shoes. One was black and one was brown. I guess it's good i noticed prior to getting to work.
It's only Tuesday. Everyone knows that a good time never happens on a Tuesday night.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
drinks
I haven't had a drink since Saturday. Tonight that will change a little bit when I go to Adairs for some burgers and beer. And when I say burgers... i mean the best Hamburger in Dallas.
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