Shopping. Shopping Shopping Shopping.

[twicketface]

Grocery shopping was on the agenda last night, so Marie and I headed over to and got our weekly needs of food fulfilled. String cheese and bagels topped my list of excitement. I also found mac and cheese frozen dinners with jalapenos in them. I lived on these about 6 months ago and then could no longer find them. For whatever reason they are back and I am joyed.

Spent the rest of the night playing on the computer and reading. Good times. More of the same for tonight. I’ll be stopping at JC Penney’s to look at winter coats. Apparently, they are having a 50% off sale for today only. Just my luck.

Work is going splendidly and I found out I’m not moving. This is a good thing. But rumors spread like herpes around here. It surprises me that some people have nothing better to do than spread speculation. Let’s grow up, people.

X-mas holiday party invites will be going out this week, which makes me uberhappy. I wrote up the directions last night and will be photocopying the maps this afternoon. I hope that these directions are better than the ones that went with the wedding invitations, because I sure caught hell for them afterwards. Nobody got lost, but I guess they were confusing. Oops.

I think I’ll have a memory to share in a bit, back from my days slaving for the Roast Beef Man, when I worked at Arby’s.

Materialist thought of the day:
How many people that live in our world would look upon your life and call you ‘rich’?

Comments

my thoughts on this

[harleyquinn.livejournal.com]

1. *homer simpson voice* mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm string cheese
2. I want to come to your holiday party. Too bad you live in Wisconsin.
3. is herpes terribly rampant in your place of work?

Re: my thoughts on this

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

It's smoke flavored string cheese, which makes it extra good.

I'll be posting pictures of the event, so I can super-impose your head on someone else's body if you'd like. Our little secret.

I'm not sure about herpes at the workplace, but I have my suspicions...

Re: my thoughts on this

[harleyquinn.livejournal.com]

yay!
but do you even have a picture of me?
I know you got that long-ass survey you wrote that I filled out for you.

Re: my thoughts on this

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

I was going to swipe the one from your LJ that you posted (with Mighty Mouse). Do you have another you'd prefer?

Re: my thoughts on this

[harleyquinn.livejournal.com]

maybe I'll email one to you.
I've got a good "party face" picture around somewhere.

Re: my thoughts on this

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

cool. i don't know if I've got good enough photo editing software, but i'll give it my all.

This is going to be excellent.

good question;

[mikecheck.livejournal.com]

many look on me as rich, because i live with (read: sponge off of) family that is quite well off and owns the company for which i work. also note: the employees know this and have attributed my rapid rise (as do i) in the company to my blood.

the truth of the former matter is that i am in fact quite miserably poor, and embarassed in my social circles to admit that i still live "at home". true, due to lack of expenses, my disposable income is a larger percent than either my co-workers or my social circle, but it is also detrimental to my image in either group.

this is, of course, to say nothing of the truly poverty stricken. i must take advantage of my upper-mid-capitalist class ubringing and the opportunities that position provides, and give back to the people on whose backs it was borne.

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oh, and i'd love to come to your gathering, but not only would my car croak on the way, you would have to serve mikecicle for dessert.

it's waaaay stinkin cold up there, kid! jeez. and i want to marry a canadian? eek.

thanks for the opportunity to sound off on something. i needed it.

Re: good question;

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

It just seems like I can rationalize buying things or going shopping because I'm not 'filthy rich' but when you boil it down, compared to a lot of people I *am* filthy rich.

Yeah, Wisconsin winters pretty much suck. It's been 'mild' up to this point, but with the first snowfall last night, I fear the freezing of my hiney will occur sooner than later. But, I can superimpose your picture on the body of one of the partygoers when I post them on my website. Our little secret. But I promised the same to harleyquinn, so we'll have to play the trust game first or something.

Canadians rule. Go for it, my man.

What do you do (in terms of work)?

trust game

[harleyquinn.livejournal.com]

I really really really want to have a cameo photo appearance at the party.

Re: trust game

[mikecheck.livejournal.com]

all our man has to do is put some cardboard cutouts (hijacked from movie theatres, etc) or discarded mannequins in different places around the party locale, looking like they're doing party things. not only do they make for novel party decorations, but they make great proxies for people (friends or celebrities) to be added into party photos at a later time. the physical guests will be none the wiser, and will often pose with the proxies without prompting. or you can always impose two heads on one guest's body, like mr burns and homer.. but that usually works best for halloween parties.

what do i do? heh. good question. i'm a salesman for a moving company. i go to little old ladies and tell them we'll move all their furniture to florida for them, and that $10,000 isn't really too much to pay. it's heartless, but it's my family's business, so i give it my best shot even if it challenges my left wing ethics.

they also pay me to be a genius and solve problems like the one i just solved for you. =] would you believe i just came up with that off the top of my head? i'm going to do it at every party i ever have from now on, i like it so much.

sorry for the long post. see ya, kid.

Re: trust game

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

Outstanding. I think that all of my LJ buddies will be making an appearance at the party. Mwahahahah. Maybe David Lee Roth could make an appearance too!

My aunt does the same thing (moving, mostly for relocated employees) and I've heard it's a pretty good gig. And I can understand the ties to the family.

Re: trust game

[mikecheck.livejournal.com]

::does mr burns fingertip touchy thing::

excellent.

it is a good gig. i was doing the actual labor for about two years, so i really know the business.

however, its the family issue that really sticks in my gut. seeing what the world is offering all of us right now, especially in light of what i feel is my ability to see through the curtain, as it were... i really don't want to abandon them.

so do i choose to save my family or the world?

okay. this is your journal. i'll stop. and i'll see you all at the party. =]

ps: just what the hell is the trust game?

Re: trust game

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

I think you should do what you think is best, family is important but saving the world is much sexier. Proceed with caution.

The trust game is when one person stands behind another. The front person 'trusts' that the person behind them will catch them when they fall back, thus 'earning' their trust. You might remember the Simpsons episode where Marge and Homer go on the marriage retreat, whereas Homer goes fishing instead of fixing their marriage.

Marge turns to Reverend Lovejoy and says something to the effect of "Do I still have to do this?" and Lovejoy replys with something to the effect of "No, even if Homer was here I'd advise against it".

Ha.