at work...
so i'm trying to find a place to live. i have an idea of what i want. well, sort of. i want a 2 bedroom, 1 or 2 bath with a seperate shower and tub, and a garage. that really narrows the list down huh? you'll be surprised how many places do not have a seperate shower and tub, especially apartments. but, i've also decided that i don't want an apartment. they are boring and all look the same. im trying to find homes to rent. or a unique condo would be nice...maybe a loft with hardwood floors so Em can ride her tricycle around the house...city - either Vinings, Marietta Square, or Woodstock. i like downtowns that offer little shops and local restaurants. must include a thai and mexican restaurant and these downtowns fit the picture. also, woodstock has a really good cuban place called Papi's.... http://www.papisgrill.com/
which reminds me...i miss my cubans. no, not the people. the addictive leaf.
great seinfeld episode btw...
Jerry: Kramer told me I was supposed to pick up some Cubans.
Cuban Man #1: Yes. We are the Cubans.
what a country
Friday, November 21, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
why
do people point the finger? just take the blame. i, many times, have pointed my finger or come up with some excuse. why did you lose? my serve was off. why did you pick 5 samples instead of 3? because there were only 5 total. why did you come to this meeting again? because i like to sit in random meetings. i wish.
people always point the finger because they think it won't make them look as bad. its a natural self defense. to come up with an excuse instead of just saying, i was wrong or i just plain forgot. yesterday i messed something up. i acknowledged it and fixed it. simple. you live and learn. i could have gone on and made excuses or blamed others, but that doesn't get you anywhere. its just a filler. i dont even know why im talking about this, but its just been bugging me since the end of the day yesterday, and i guess this is the only way i can let my pointless feelings out and share it with the not so empty world.
on another note, thanksgiving is next week. can't wait.
emma spent the night last night and played with Puego - the "nice doggy"
and of course Bama won again. which is forcing me to talk trash to my sister at UF.
family and good friends. thursday, please come quickly.
this is short, just like life. more to come later.
people always point the finger because they think it won't make them look as bad. its a natural self defense. to come up with an excuse instead of just saying, i was wrong or i just plain forgot. yesterday i messed something up. i acknowledged it and fixed it. simple. you live and learn. i could have gone on and made excuses or blamed others, but that doesn't get you anywhere. its just a filler. i dont even know why im talking about this, but its just been bugging me since the end of the day yesterday, and i guess this is the only way i can let my pointless feelings out and share it with the not so empty world.
on another note, thanksgiving is next week. can't wait.
emma spent the night last night and played with Puego - the "nice doggy"
and of course Bama won again. which is forcing me to talk trash to my sister at UF.
family and good friends. thursday, please come quickly.
this is short, just like life. more to come later.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Downtown Disneyland
So tonight I followed the sound of the fireworks I've been hearing everynight and it took me to Disneyland. I had dinner in "Downtown Disneyland". It was pretty amazing and made me wish that Em could see this place. There were little kids dressed up as Tinkerbell, Peterpan, and Snowhite everywhere you looked. Em loved Disney on Ice a few weeks ago...she would've loved this. Eventually, we'll go there. This one is on my list.
Exam in 3 days. Not looking forward to it. Today was Veterans day and I pretty much just stayed in my room all day studying. I'm still not use to the time change out here. I'm pretty much going to bed around 8 or 9pm and waking up around 5am. I actually think this is worse than going overseas because you at least get to sleep on the plane and catch up to the time change. I've been trying to force myself to stay up and study but its not working. Where is the Starbucks? All I see around here are Carls Jr., Del Taco, and In N Out Burgers...I went to Del Taco. It was good, but not as good as Taco Casa. That place beats all fast food restaurants. This weekend I'm going to buy a bucket of their cheese dip and about 20 chicken burrito's to go. They will think I'm crazy. They will see my rationale.
Well, happy Veterans day. We should remember those that are living on the streets homeless too. I remember one time eating at Carson's ribs in Chicago and meeting a homeless Veteran on the street after I left the restaurant. I gave him my leftovers. He gave me a cigarette. Here's to you my friend.
Exam in 3 days. Not looking forward to it. Today was Veterans day and I pretty much just stayed in my room all day studying. I'm still not use to the time change out here. I'm pretty much going to bed around 8 or 9pm and waking up around 5am. I actually think this is worse than going overseas because you at least get to sleep on the plane and catch up to the time change. I've been trying to force myself to stay up and study but its not working. Where is the Starbucks? All I see around here are Carls Jr., Del Taco, and In N Out Burgers...I went to Del Taco. It was good, but not as good as Taco Casa. That place beats all fast food restaurants. This weekend I'm going to buy a bucket of their cheese dip and about 20 chicken burrito's to go. They will think I'm crazy. They will see my rationale.
Well, happy Veterans day. We should remember those that are living on the streets homeless too. I remember one time eating at Carson's ribs in Chicago and meeting a homeless Veteran on the street after I left the restaurant. I gave him my leftovers. He gave me a cigarette. Here's to you my friend.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Hotel California
For some reason, this song popped in my head as I'm writing this blog from a hotel room in California. I probably should be studying, but I'm pretty tired. Its 930pm here in Los Angeles and 1230am back home in Atlanta. Right now, I'm hearing the fireworks go off at Disneyland right down the street. Makes me wish Em was here with me right now. I think she's old enough to go to Disneyland even though she probably wouldn't remember it. I hate being so far away from her.
This is my first time here in California and I probably won't even get to see anything since I'll be working and studying all week this week. It was a long flight...well, short compared to China and Dubai. I'm actually getting use to flying now and traveling. The US is so boring. It all starts to look the same to me after a while. Guess thats what happens when your country is only 200 years old and thinks everything is the "best" and "biggest". I feel fortunate to be living here, but I'd rather be in Europe. Especially now. I think I figured out where I would like to live if I ever had the opportunity. Switzerland. The US is the land of opportunity as my father always told me. He came to this country because there was "freedom". Well, just a little more freedom than what they have right now in Cuba. They actually lifted the cell phone ban in Cuba recently. Total number of cell phone subscribers in Cuba...a whopping 200,000 out of 11 million people. The US has an 80% penetration rate. Cuba....2%. More than half of them are probably government officials and tourists visiting the country. But, when Cubans only make $20 per month and a cell phone costs over $100 and its $3.00 per minute to call the US, I don't think there will be many new adds. You do the math. Guess its a start though.
But my point is, this country is full of opportunity. But there's opportunity around the world too. Take Switzerland. Everyone speaks English...they also speak German, Swiss German (dialect) Italian, and French. Literacy rate is over 99%. Unemployment rate is under 2%. All the major companies have sites there. The banking system is a secret and their GDP is one of the biggest in all of Europe. Unemployment in the US is now at a record 6.5% (not sure exactly what that number includes). I'm earning more money in the savings account I had since I was a kid than Em's college fund and my retirement (which makes me sick to look at). Crime rates are rising and people are now shooting each other in schools. What a country. I'm not that proud. But I guess I'll stick around since Obama is coming to town. I can't imagine what Bush has to be thinking right now. How can someone look back at the last 8 years and think, hmmm "I did a pretty good job." I know there are approval ratings and all, but I would be kinda embarrassed if I had to do a self review and sit down with someone and go over it if I were him. Wish they actually did that and made it public. That would be a good SNL skit.
This is my first time here in California and I probably won't even get to see anything since I'll be working and studying all week this week. It was a long flight...well, short compared to China and Dubai. I'm actually getting use to flying now and traveling. The US is so boring. It all starts to look the same to me after a while. Guess thats what happens when your country is only 200 years old and thinks everything is the "best" and "biggest". I feel fortunate to be living here, but I'd rather be in Europe. Especially now. I think I figured out where I would like to live if I ever had the opportunity. Switzerland. The US is the land of opportunity as my father always told me. He came to this country because there was "freedom". Well, just a little more freedom than what they have right now in Cuba. They actually lifted the cell phone ban in Cuba recently. Total number of cell phone subscribers in Cuba...a whopping 200,000 out of 11 million people. The US has an 80% penetration rate. Cuba....2%. More than half of them are probably government officials and tourists visiting the country. But, when Cubans only make $20 per month and a cell phone costs over $100 and its $3.00 per minute to call the US, I don't think there will be many new adds. You do the math. Guess its a start though.
But my point is, this country is full of opportunity. But there's opportunity around the world too. Take Switzerland. Everyone speaks English...they also speak German, Swiss German (dialect) Italian, and French. Literacy rate is over 99%. Unemployment rate is under 2%. All the major companies have sites there. The banking system is a secret and their GDP is one of the biggest in all of Europe. Unemployment in the US is now at a record 6.5% (not sure exactly what that number includes). I'm earning more money in the savings account I had since I was a kid than Em's college fund and my retirement (which makes me sick to look at). Crime rates are rising and people are now shooting each other in schools. What a country. I'm not that proud. But I guess I'll stick around since Obama is coming to town. I can't imagine what Bush has to be thinking right now. How can someone look back at the last 8 years and think, hmmm "I did a pretty good job." I know there are approval ratings and all, but I would be kinda embarrassed if I had to do a self review and sit down with someone and go over it if I were him. Wish they actually did that and made it public. That would be a good SNL skit.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Relieved
wow...Alabama beat LSU tonight. i was nervous as hell watching this game, but i was relieved in the end. we are going to hold our number 1 ranking for at least another week now. again, i dont understand how the LSU fans can hate Saban so much and feel the need to burn an image of him on a stake the night before the game. when i saw that, it made me realize how screwed up a society we are. the guy left LSU to be challenged at the next level. after a few years in the pros, he wants to come back to college football. i don't blame him for that. try disciplining a bunch of millionaires playing football. the LSU job was not open when he wanted to return...Alabama came to him and offered him the job and he took it. despite all the criticism, i believe Saban has handled it the right way. he hasn't bashed any of the LSU fans, media, or coaches. he simply appreciated the opportunity to coach there and has moved on. my gosh, he won them a national championship and put LSU on the college map. again, we are in this "talk back" society. to see people burning images of him is ridiculous.
on another note, this week i'm studying for regulation again. this will be my 3rd time taking this part of the cpa exam. two 74's does not feel too good...hopefully a 3rd time is a charm. as for now, ROLL TIDE. we'll see MS State this weekend.
on another note, this week i'm studying for regulation again. this will be my 3rd time taking this part of the cpa exam. two 74's does not feel too good...hopefully a 3rd time is a charm. as for now, ROLL TIDE. we'll see MS State this weekend.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
1992...now 2008
so i kind of got excited when i just realized the last time the University of Alabama won a national championship in football was 1992...this was the year Clinton took office. it is now 2008, and now Obama will take office. Alabama is #1 in the polls. can they hold this spot? i really hope they can...we'll see though. hopefully, the election and Alabama football have something in common.
during the night of the election, i got a bunch of text messages from people who felt the need to express their opinion to me. one really disturbed me. i just don't understand how people can have so much hate on somebody? it might just be me, but if mccain did win, i would never start bashing the hell out of him or wishing him any harm or calling him ridiculous names. yeah, i may have been a little upset, but who am i to bash the hell out of someone who hasn't even taken office? its ridiculous to see how people are swayed by the media. obama is a "baby killer" a "muslim" the "anti-christ"...i mean, wtf? when i heard these things from my so called "friends", i want to slap them in the face. wake up people and don't listen to everything the media has to tell you...this gives me a bit of a fright about our talk back society. i'm more scared that Em has to be surrounded by these type of people.
as for now, change has taken its part in this election. obama's presence in the White House will be a start. we'll see what happens.
during the night of the election, i got a bunch of text messages from people who felt the need to express their opinion to me. one really disturbed me. i just don't understand how people can have so much hate on somebody? it might just be me, but if mccain did win, i would never start bashing the hell out of him or wishing him any harm or calling him ridiculous names. yeah, i may have been a little upset, but who am i to bash the hell out of someone who hasn't even taken office? its ridiculous to see how people are swayed by the media. obama is a "baby killer" a "muslim" the "anti-christ"...i mean, wtf? when i heard these things from my so called "friends", i want to slap them in the face. wake up people and don't listen to everything the media has to tell you...this gives me a bit of a fright about our talk back society. i'm more scared that Em has to be surrounded by these type of people.
as for now, change has taken its part in this election. obama's presence in the White House will be a start. we'll see what happens.
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