Flight of the Conchords

If you have not seen the show, any of their videos on youtube, or heard their songs on the radio you are missing out and you need to watch this video. If you have seen or heard them then you will watch this video because you know it is freakin' hilarious. (Yes it is that funny). Actually I think I shall put two videos up. These are my favorite. Just as a warning the humor is dry.

Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros



Business Time

The Experts

I was listening to talk radio today, and the program was in the vain of call me and I will answer your questions. Sometimes these can be interesting because you get to hear what an actual "expert" would tell you to do in a given situation or what something means. (At least I find them interesting, but since I graduated I have had a desire to learn. Where was that desire for the first 21 years of my life?) But on this show, there were two speakers one guest and the host, every answered question started with: "I'm no expert and you should check to make sure what I am saying it true but..." Isn't that the whole point of me calling you? If I am going to have to go do the research to ensure that you told me the truth, shouldn't I just go to the research and not waste my time calling you?

That is just my thought on the situation.

Why I Love My Job

I probably talk about this way too often, but I am a guy and in case you didn't know, guy's tend to define themselves by what they do. If you don't agree with me you are wrong. Anyway, for the second day in a row I showed up for work at around 11:00 and was done by around 3:15. The thing that makes with great is that I get paid the same amount of money. There are a lot of jobs that boast short hours, but then your paycheck suffers. Not mine...

Plus (I should talk about this side of my job more), I get to hang out with JR. High, and High School kids all day. Some times they are terrible and have no respect for, adults, peers, and even themselves. But the majority of the time they are people just like everybody else. Show them a little respect and they will show you that same respect. I find this works the best with kids.

I think that too many adults treat teenagers like they are still 8 years old. Granted there are times when they still act like it. But they think they are mature and can make decisions all on their own. If you give them that respect or rather make them think you are letting them make adult decisions, teenagers will respect you so much more. The key to this situation is not letting them make actual adult decisions.

p.s. this program has more options on windows explorer than safari...

Woke up too early

So i got up this morning at 6:30 and went to work. On the way I called to make sure I was going to the right school and discovered that I didn't need to be there until 11:15. So Colette turned the car around and we came home and are now watching Curious George. I'm drawing the line at Clifford the Big Red Dog.

I wish that I was still sleeping, but such is life. Oh well...

All My Exes Live In Portola

On Saturday night Colette and I went and hung out with my ex Brittney and her husband Danny. It is sad but there are a lot of people who couldn't imagine hanging out with ex-girlfriends or boyfriends. I wasn't sure either, but over the last few months Colette and Britt have been "Myspace Buddies," so hanging out seemed like the next logical step. Despite any nerves or fears, I don't think things were weird or akward at all. Everybody got along great. Go figure we are all sort of similar people.

I will say that this all worked is because Britt is a very forgiving person. I may have been a complete ass for a little while after we broke up. Sort of that angry stage of grief (wow that makes me sound like a wuss...I am) taken out on her (feeble attemp at apology...again). But I think even despite of everything said and done and the past that we can have a normal friendship. Plus Colette and her seem to get along great. And not to leave her hubby out, we seemed to get along just fine and enjoyed each other's company (and that makes us sound gay).

So it seems that Colette and I made "new" friends and now we have to go visit them at their house three hours away. What I really want is friends that live within like 20 min of my house. That would be great. And for revenge, we will make them come over to our house.

Technology

I know that I am really not old at all, but I can't help but thinking that "kids these days" are so lucky with their educational oportunities. Today I subbed for a class that was a "technology" class that taught them how to use Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. The amount of knowledge that they have gained in such a short time is amazing. Today they were using Dreamweaver to create a webpage, and their pages look just as good if not better than anything I could come up with. Sometimes I wish that I had learned all of this information when I was a kid. Although, I must say that I probably wouldn't have taken advantage of that opportunity.

New Toy

I bought a new toy today. It isn't that exciting but I am excited. I got (Colette and I got) a 320 GB external hard drive. We have all but officially filled up the harddrive on our laptop and needed some more room. The cool part about this harddrive is that it is powered through the USB drive. So I don't have to plug the thing in. That is my favorite part. Apple makes an external harddrive that is wireless. That is much cooler but twice as much money. I am not rich. If blogger was cool I would show you a pretty picture, but it won't let me upload a picture. Stupid website.