Relocation Comedy
I had my final meeting with the relocation people today. They really turned the screws on me. I said that it didn't look like $30US per day wouldn't be enough for a rental car. They gave me $60CAN, but I have to not rent a Hummer. They screwed me over by only giving me 2 flights home instead of 3. I guess this means I am leaving.
Always right,
Johnnie Cochran
http://news.yahoo.com/[...]/ap_on_re_us/obit_cochran Did I ever tell you about the time I ran into Johnnie Cochran right near Danny Miles' old crib? We discussed suing for the sleeping in the car episode.
Results of Meeting
My meeting with my senior VP today was good comedy. He told me that this Trinidad deal was huge, it was important, yada, yada, yada. HE asked me when I was going to fly down and I told him around April 18th assuming we get the final details of my relocation worked out. He asked me for a list of my "concerns" and I gave them to him. He said, "No worries, it will be taken care of." Ahhhhh, free apartment, rental car, and flights home every three months. All is good as long as I don't get shot.
It would be insanity for me to not at least go and check it out. My only expenses will be food, gas, and ammo.
My Boss's Boss's Boss, Truckers
I told my VP that the deal for Trinidad was not acceptable. I now have a big meeting with the senior VP tomorrow. Who knew this was all it took to get meetings with the big people at my company. I told Grabell that it will go one of two ways:
1) Come on, be a team player!
2) Sign the damn deal!
On my way home, I was almost killed by an 18 wheeler. I am on the 401-427 junction and I get in the second lane because the first lane is merging. This 18 wheeler comes screaming up the merging lane and cuts in front of me doing 140km/h. I am about to die so I jam on my breaks and pray nobody is anywhere behind me. I just miss him and I hit the gas because I know this mother fucker has to have a phone number on the back of his trailer. I do at least 140 and I can't catch him. He knows I am after him so he speeds up. It is like the guy from the Terminator is driving. I catch up to him and he does have a phone number on the back. I left a llllooonnngggg message on some guys machine telling him the driver of truck 6344 is a motherfucker.
Virgin Mobile
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=100million_statsThis man is simply one of the greatest reasons for the Internet to exist. 100,000,000 friggin' hits on his site. Simply amazing for a bitter guy from Utah whose opinions always seem to be dead on. Next time you read one of the RETARDED Virgin Mobile ads on the subway, think of how many "cool" people it took to come up with those ads. They would beg for 100,000 hits on what I can only assume is a lame website. I was first annoyed by Virgin Mobile advertising when Fortune wrote a story telling me how cool the ad guys are. Then I had to receive a vomitous ad in Fortune that was a direct rip-off of the truthful airplane pamphlet idea from Fight Club. I will go out of my way to never purchase a product from this company. Much like I will try to never buy a KitKat due to that annoying commercials with the two guys who say dude a lot.
I know I'm right already...
What to do today
If you had to do one thing today, which would you choose:
1) Go see that new Ashton Kutcher movie
2) Go see Miss Congeniality 2
3) Shoot yourself in the head.
Inheritance
My father went back to work after being retired for 6 months. He just couldn't stand it. All the more inheritance for me!
This is an interesting retirement savings model to consider. Let's say both my parents die in 20 years. They will be late-seventies, so this is not a morbid idea. I will get 1/3 of an already substantial booty. They probably don't even spend my father's two pensions that are indexed for life. Why should I save anything?
Creed
Sweeeet!
So, I was at the gym yesterday (no, really) and I saw this guy actually wearing a Creed t-shirt. It wasn't even an old one. I had many jokes in my head. I wake up this morning and Edge102 has the very sad announcement that Creed has broken up! A good hour of comedy ensued.
In memory of this historic band, I bring you a link to the happiest Creed day that AI and I ever had.
http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=194&PSKey=CREED
