one more day of crappiness.

man, my boss has been in my store almost every day this week. his boss has sent him in to find the food cost problem. like i'm not doing anything. five full days of my area director. it's a good thing i like him, cuz this sucks being babysat. so, yeah, tomorrow, we do it one more time and move on, hopefully.

then, i have three days off, oh yeah! normal stuff for first two. but on saturday, i'm taking my nieces to aquarium of the pacific! yay! i've never been there, but i hope they like it. i love being an uncle.

okay, time for bed.

i'm not performing, but this is stupid.

so, i got written up yesterday for not having my guest satisfaction scores where they are supposed to be. i'm not the only one, pretty much the whole region got one. it's pretty much the dumbest thing ever. to explain: we have a guest satisfaction hotline(like many businesses). people call in and grade us in a bunch of categories, on a scale of one to five. every four weeks is a judgement period. i've actually had the best score in my area two of the last three periods. the three major categories our superiors look at are, overall score, buffets stocked with food, and offered samples(what we call passing). passing is the brainchild of our newest ceo, so it's a really big deal. we are supposed to be at seventy-two percent in overall and seventy percent in passing. well, the overall happens every once in awhile, but the passing never happens with most stores. my average over the last three months is sixty-five percent in overall and fifty percent in passing. here's the ridiculous parts. we only get credit for scores of five. you could have all fours(a pretty good job if you ask me), and you would have zero percent for a score. you can call as many times you like(there's a contest), but your rating only counts once every six weeks. so, you have to be a calender wizard in order to get a call in every month that counts(this is what you try to get your regulars to do, ridiculous). this is why my score goes up and then down, month to month. for my performance to be judged this way is really annoying. corporate swears by the system and there is no arguing with any of them. and the stores that are actually hitting their marks, are all pretty much gaming and everyone knows it. what's that? basically, you have your employees, friends and family call in for you to jack your score up. if you're good with timing, you can get a lot of calls in without any real guest feedback. yeah, great, i won't do that. i'm really sick of the whole thing. i was so pissed i abandoned my spend less, drink less road last night. enough about crappy work.

hey, i got a rug for my room and my frame has arrived for the print going above my bed. it's going to look sweet. i'll take pictures.

two more days to relaxation.

kings and sharks tonight. let's go boys!

i'm going to be totally self-involved here, moreso than usual

i cannot go to sleep. i haven't had a drink since vegas, last sunday, and i feel terrible. last night, i tossed and turned all night long and into the morning. i maybe slept two hours total. i felt terrible all day, had a bad day at work, ran around into exhaustion, got home, watched some television, went to bed and it's been an hour and i don't feel my lids falling one inch. what the hell? i should've just got drunk like i wanted to. what the hell do i do now? this self-betterment adventure is going to end quickly; i can already tell.

oh yes, vegas. i had a great time. more than usual even. came back with some money. almost broke even at gambling. got frustrated with the amount of money spent on food and alcohol. got stiffed by a friend. couldn't get in a fight, without doing something that would've cheapened it. had two miserable hangover days. met some cool people. was the life of the party pit. saw the greatest frozen fury game ever. got my ass beaten to a pulp at the hofbrauhaus. and had pretty much the greatest time you can have while running past the point of extreme exhaustion.

can't wait for next year.

oh, n.h.l. season starts today. go, kings, go!

bye bye birdie!

i'm off to chino for a day, then it's off to vegas. i have a room mate now though. dru broke up with his fiance, so he's staying with me in vegas. should be interesting, possibly deadly. that dude can't handle his liqour, so i'm sure i'll be having to keep tabs on him constantly. crap i can barely keep tabs on myself in vegas. that dude is screwed! he seriously bummed too. i hope he has better sense than to bring a bunch of hookers to the room. okay, i'm scared a bit here. i've got a broken-hearted, lightweight in my room. things could go very bad.

alright, enough stalling the day. i'm gonna leave you with some lyrics(i'm pretty sure they're right) from my new favorite strung out song, "andy warhol".

"don't regret what you've never tried

sing what's left inside

nothing really matters, you've got nothing left to lose

look to me for something to believe

you can't write a song if you've never lost and you feel you've truly loved

you can't start a fire burning the rain

so, light a fire, leave it all behind, hit the road and lose your mind

find out what it is you really need

cuz we all play a part in history

and we all end up just a memory"

i'm smiling, eh...

GODDAMNIT!!!

strung out put their new album up on myspace to preview. it's friggin' brilliant. i may just be blown away. it comes out next tuesday. i presale ordered mine. it comes with a magnificient brass astrolux key chain. i cannot wait. i can tell my labtop is not doing this thing true justice. funny, this spell check thing says i spelled tuesday and magnificient wrong. and i'm pretty darn sure i didn't. oh well.

check this out. i got a new neighbor. well, i got a few, but this one actually moved in down the hall. and guess what else? we went to high school together. crazy! we don't remember each other, which is weird since we had a class of two hundred something, but whatever. he was a goth kid, i was a metal kid, so we may have avoided each other. anyways, he's a pretty cool dude and has some cool friends. his wife or girlfriend seemed nice too. a couple of chino boys in the lbc! what are the odds?

okay, so, two more days of work, then it's off to vacation. vegas, baby, vegas! frozen fury twelve and oh, the hofbrauhaus! this is my favorite time of year, next to christmas, and i'm foaming at the mouth to get away!

hmmm...i'm serioulsy strung out on anticipation.

you know what's fucked up?

going to a concert that makes you feel like a kid again and then having to go to work the next day. it's so not fair. it just makes you feel like shit. haha...woooo, enjoying life? ::brick to the head:: how do you feel now? maybe i should look at it the other way around, but i don't want to, so i don't have to. hey, when you're young, you get to throw tantrums and it's OK!!!

anyways, to tell the actual story; me and my bandmates went to see the aquabats and assorted jelly beans last night. ska always makes me feel young and energized, even if it is silly. but the aquabats make me feel like i've reclaimed the youth i lost at such an early age. and i feel great. it's a treat. and here's what's crazy. those guys get to jump around stage in superhero costumes, playing great music and fighting evil. and they are older than me! and the cool thing about being in that band, is you can go back anytime. last night, chainsaw came back on guitar and catboy came back on trumpet. crazy! i don't know how those guys do it. they are really technically sound too. plus! they fought powdered milk man last night. they played a lot of their most awesome catalog, including: "the cat with two heads", "super rad", "powdered milk man", "pool party", "look at me(i'm a winner)", "magic chicken"(they never play this anymore), and "cd repoman". i had an awesome time and so did my best friends.

oh, and after a five year or so hiatus, assorted jelly beans is back! they played really well. they didn't play a lot of my favorites, but they did have a lot of energy and i hope they stick around for awhile longer. there is no band like ajb.

also, between bands and whatnot, me and my best friends worked out some band stuff over beers. maybe now we can move forward.

oh hey, i also got to see my nieces yesterday for a short time. we played on a swingset. it was fun.

okay, now onto a late night dinner and movie.

today is friday!

yup, it's the last day of the work week for me. that makes tomorrow 'sarah saturday'! i'm going to the big red carpet grand opening of my building. it's going to be really boring. but hey, free drinks and it's catered by wokano! gotta find the teppan. cristal is supposed to tell me if she can go today.

so, i went and saw "inglourious basterds" on monday after work. it was freaking amazing! i just love tarantino. he actually made me get squeemish one time in this one. the dialogue and intertwining stories were great. he did bring back a "reservior dogs" style 'everyone dies' scene. i never get tired of that conundrum. brad pitt was great, as were all the other actors. i have to look up the one who played bridget van hammersmark. i've seen her in another movie i like and i can't place it. i'm pretty sure she was in "...the last crusade" too.

anyways, i'm off with a little sadness because brendan kelley hasn't written all week. my week is just a little grayer when he doesn't post. take care!