I Want To Fly

So I am trying to book a flight to California...

Swear if it's not one way *I* will be shocked...

So I am Expidia and I am about to buy the tickets... So I go through the whole routine and would not you know it all they have is "e-tickets." What the hell is an eticket you might ask. I'll tell you. It is just this sheet of paper that is generated but Excite after you book your flight. No more Regular tickets. I call Excite up and say hey there was a part of the website that said that for an extra $19.99 I can have tickets printed out. She tells me, "That option is only available for international flights." I'm like come on. I'm going to the other side of the continent. A few more steps and I will be in the water and 24 miles out is international waters.... Can't we just say close enough. Mind you I do not say these things for fear that she will destroy the plane in midair. But I do mention that I really want paper tickets. Then she asks me why. But not in one of those attempting to be understanding kind of ways. In one of those "Oh, e-tickets are not good enough sort of way." I have hear this tone before. It's usually carried but those who work in the internet industries. They don't want "regular mail" they want "e-mail." No Cash they want "e-money." e-commerce. e-management. I don't know when 'e' became the new 'x' but these people can byte my e-ass.

So I call my friend who I am going to see and he says that sucks but to help things out he says... "Hey did you hear about the earthquake here in Cali." It's 5.9 on the scale. Ok, I'm not going...

Alright I'm off to run away from my problems...


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Lyrics From The Agnostic

Jesus I'm a broken man
A broken man
A broken man
Jesus I'm a broken man
Can you make me whole again?
Can you make me whole again?

Jesus I'm a broken toy
A broken toy
A broken toy
Jesus I'm a broken toy
Can you make me whole again?

Can you make me
Can you make me whole again?

Make me
Can you make me whole again?
Make me
Can you make me whole again?

Jesus people play with me
They toy with me
Yeah, they mess with me
Jesus make me whole again
Can you undo what's undone?

Can you make my
Can you make my soul again?
Can you make my
Can you make my soul again?


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Be For Real

Are you back in my life to stay
Or is it just for today
Oh that you're gonna need me?
If it's a thrill you're looking for
Honey, I'm flexible. Oh, yeah.
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real oh, Baby
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again

So you see I'm not naive.
I just would like to believe
Ah what you tell me.
So don't give me the world today
And tomorrow take it away.
Don't do that to me, darling.

Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby

Been hurt so many times
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again.

(I don't give a damn about the truth, Baby
Except for the naked truth. Oh yeah)

Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby

No, no, no, no
It's just that I, I don't want to be hurt by love again.

Thanks for the song Mr. Knight.


Happy Birthday Leonard Cohen


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God Uses The Internet

1...God won't ask what kind of car you drove, He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.
2...God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3...God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothes.
4...God won't ask what your highest salary was, He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
5...God won't ask what your job title was, He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of our ability.
6...God won't ask how many friends you had, He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
7...God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
8...God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.


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Excerp From Upcoming Story "Loyalty"

He was sitting on a boat in the middle of the ocean. He closed his eyes and let the gentle rocking of the boat bring him some peace. He was tired of fighting ... something and he now could use the time time to relax. He looks up at the night sky he sees all the stars are out. He looks up to find the one constellation that he always looks for. He can not find it. He can not find the Orion constellation. He would normally just look for the three stars that constitutes it's belt but he can't seem to find them. He found Ursa Major and then he found Polaris. He used the outer side of the cup to find Polaris and Orion should be 30 degrees clockwise form that. Why? Why was it not there? Where was Rigel? Where was Betelgeuse?

He stopped trying to find it. It was too much trouble. He needed to relax. That's why he was there. He needed to figure out what he was going to do about his new assignment.

As the stars began to dissolve into the morning light he began to see the dawning sun in the horizon. I was coming up very quickly. He just sat there in the little boat until he could no longer stand the heat. He sat up and took off his shirt. He let the sun beat down on his chest. But after a while that was still too hot. He took off his pants and socks. He sat there in the boat in his underwear and let the sun rain down on him.

Finally even that was too hot for him and he jumped out of the boat. He jumped in and let the cool water envelop him. It was very relaxing for him. The cool water was a good counter against the hot sun. But once again it was too hot under the sun. The surface of the ocean was reflecting the light into his eyes. He needed some darkness. He tipped the little boat over and climbed into the air pocket that was created. He stayed in there but he knew he could not do that for ever. So occasionally stuck his head out to see how things were going. On the third time he noticed a small mountain peeking out into the horizon and on the fourth time he noticed that he was getting closer to it. Then he realized that he was not getting closer to it. The mountain was growing out of the ocean. Or the ocean was drying up and the mountain was coming out over the new sea level.

After a couple more hours he was finally able to touch the ocean floor.

The ocean had evaporated enough that he was finally able to touch the bottom. He could not believe it. He could not believe that. He was actually standing on the ocean floor. The sun had done that to his dream world. It had taken all the water away.

As he stands there in the now-desert with his little boat next to him he looks up into the sun again. He stares into the sun for a long while. He was always told that he should not stare into the sun specially during the high sun. That is when it is it's strongest. As he stares at it he begins to form blisters on his lips from dehydration. He had not drank any water since he got there. It's not like he could drink the water of ocean. All the salt made the brine undrinkable. All that nasty salt water and none for him to drink. Now he did not even have that water.

As he looked up at the sun which for some reason was still at rising. He wondered how the sun could be coming up for hours and it could still be dawn.

He looked up at the sun. He began to walk. The blisters on his lips made it difficult to even lick them. He walked through the sand. He tried to imagine that it was just really hot snow. Anything to keep his mind elsewhere. He took a few more steps. His bare feet sank into the sand. As he walked he found the shirt he had taken of while he was still on the boat.

Walking. Step. Wait. Drag. Step. Step. Wait. Drag. Drag. Wait Step Drag.

Trying to walk with out rhythm.

He continued walking. Finally he collapsed to his knees and screamed at the dawn. "It's not my fault. I can't help what I was thinking or what I did."

There was nothing. No Response from who ever was watching him. He screams again, "I am a desert creature."

He waits and again nothing. Why was this happening to him? He got some clarity of thought and asked quietly, "Do I know you?"

A voice from up above whispers as if talking to only him says, "Yes, you do."

He falls onto his back. He is scratching at his throat realizing that he is going to die of thirst.

Then slowly as if trying to save him from more pain ... his body dies.


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Picture Time

My Week In Review... Oh this is not the whole week in detail ... but look I have visual aids... Don't worry most of the pictures are safe for work. Once again I feel like I must state these pictures are not mine. I have found them around the internet and I edit them down to 320x240 so they will look more uniform.

Pictures 07, 08, 09, 19 are probably not safe for work so open at your own risk.

I started a new job after looking for one for a long time.
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I drive to the main office of the bank. Good thing I did not get lost.
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The training is so lame I feel like I am wiping my ass with this.
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I do not mention how bored I am. I can control myself when I am that bored.
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Fish and I go to lunch. No, we don't go to mcDonalds.
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That place is bad for you.
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Even though it can be a lot of fun.
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In so many positions.
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Or you can just use the time to read.
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But don't do anything anything bad.
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I do miss the sushi at the mall.
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The training went for so long I had no idea what they were talking about.
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Using the computers is like playing the piano.
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They use MicroSuck 2000.
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We all know how I feel about them.
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I wish this would just happen and save me.
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But some are not as good at computers so sometimes this happens.
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We are not allowed to use IE or go onto the internet. Everyone knows why.
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But if it was not for the internet we would not know what bukaki is.
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And we would not have the greatness of Hentai.
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There are things that you must remember.
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We do not want this to happen.
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There will not be any confusion about anything.
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Anyway... Training was like being in school.
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But it's great everyone actually works and it's not like this.
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Going to work is some what like this.
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But I have made some friends and we like turning things around.
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It's interesting being at work with all the office supplies.
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Last weekend the ScoobyGang and I went to play video games.
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Then I came home and watched the news.
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Those conservative bastards. Chaney is on the right.
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I seem to have less and less time.
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Life seems to be getting worse and worse.
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It's just that I am so damn depressed.
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But there is medicine you can take.
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But there might be complications.
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Some times I remember how women drive me nuts.
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I have a great solution for that.
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But that's life... full of surprises.
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I'm Your Man

If you want a lover
... I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
... I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
... Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
... Here I stand
I'm your man

If you want a boxer
... I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
... I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
... Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
... You know you can
I'm your man

Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man

And if you've got to sleep a moment on the road
... I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
... I'll disappear for you

If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
... Across the sand
I'm your man

Started a New Job

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