| Retirement party. |
[Feb. 10th, 2009|01:41 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling pretty |
| |  accomplished | ] |
It is with great 'regret' that I must announce the 'death' of Turtle Tells It.
Whatever. I don't even go by that name anymore. I'm no longer going to do this blog. Seriously.
But I will still blog. Check me out at http://emailcoverage.blogspot.com, and you will still get all Jordy. No Gordy.
I felt like I needed another outlet to really blog like I want to. I spent so much time talking about personal stuff, it felt off base to try to throw in entries about sports or pop culture. Besides, it's not like anyone else uses Livejournal anymore!! Maybe that's a lie. Still. It's off to the green pastures of Blogger for me.
It's been fun. It's not even over. |
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| Because a cell phone can't do everything |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|02:25 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling pretty |
| |  sleepy | ] |
I figured it would be pointless to take a look back at last year. Lots of momentous things happened, some of them in my favor, even. So, unless your name starts with a 'John' and ends with a 'McCain,' you could feel good about 2008. I mean, I sure did.
So, here are some things that I'm currently keeping my fingers and toes crossed for now that the calender says...January:
1. A Panthers-Chargers Super Bowl. That may be the greatest sports moment of my life.
2. Steve Spurrier getting fired. I'm actually going to give a detailed, spirited entry about how much he has...sucked.
3. A social life-friendly schedule. I've earned that. Seriously!
4. Finally claiming myself on my taxes, and not being beaten to the punch by someone like...my mom. What? Not possible, you say?
5. Taking this show on the road to Chicago. OK, that's getting past January, but whatever.
6. Learning to cut my hair.
7. Finding a good church to go to. Some people will say that should be number one. Not that these are in order of importance or anything.
8. Getting hired as an NFL head coach. Seriously, I've got to be better than Romeo Crennel.
9. Maintaining my spectacular end year momentum.
10. Did I mention Steve Spurrier getting fired? Well, how about him just resigning?
I don't ask for much. Some of those things are even in my control. Especially the NFL head coach part. Seriously. |
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| I thought about blogging, then I jizzed in my pants. |
[Dec. 9th, 2008|01:28 am] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Sportscenter | ] |
That's right, fools! I'm back for the December Playoff Push!!!
For those of you who aren't quite familiar with my rather frank subject line, well, I have this for you!
I suppose it's 'Dick in A Box' for 2008. But well worth the view, believe me my faithful readers!!! Yes, all 6 of you. I know I don't give you much to work with, with my (apparent) once-per-month entries. But...then again, who else is updating their LJ besides Patrick? We're all you've got, America.
So much has gone down since my last entry, from the demise of K2J to my own health issues. Not only that, but I somehow found a way to get a $14 billion bailout from the government. They were somehow able to disregard the fact that I usually waste my money on ITunes, gas and beer. I think the kicker was me walking from Columbia to Washington, DC. I was told that had I taken my private jet, things would not have turned out so great for me.
OK, so blogging, writing messages on Facebook, and doing a Myspace bulletin at the same time...does not lead to positive results.
Oops! |
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| Tomorrow's starting now! |
[Nov. 7th, 2008|01:27 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | ManZone! | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The Rachel Maddow Show | ] |
I got gas for $1.91/gallon in Rock Hill. I say that because that is the lowest I've ever paid for gas (ever!) in my own car. Now, that means a couple of things. One, it shows how pathetic I was in actually getting my own car. Also, it shows...well, how pathetic I was in getting my own car. When I got the Explorer last March, I paid $2.36 for a gallon of gas. The prices went up almost two full dollars a gallon, and have gone back down, since then. So much for stability!!! Now that I'm making frequent trips up I-77, (and I mean frequent) it's nice to see that the gas prices are apparently in favor of my life choices.
( Get ready...the Storm is coming. )
So, as I close, let me tell you how my voting story is better than yours:
I am registered to vote at Ridge View High School, which is down the street. I figured that I could sneak in and out around 9:30 or so, which is what I set out to do. So, I get there around 9:30 am, and there was quite the line. I hung out in the off and on light drizzle, finally getting in the line that got me to the table to show my ID a little after noon.
Of course...I'm not on the list.
I'm told, "Oh, you're probably on the list at Rice Creek (the elementary school next door). Just go there and tell them you were waiting for two hours...they'll move you to the front!"
Very dejected, I go home to check my registration information again. I was right. It said Ridge View!! So, I call (the first of about 564964) the Election Commission, and I eventually (after making delicious turkey meatball subs for Sarah, Casper and me) head out to the office (downtown). That's where I'm met with another line. I was told that I just needed to fill out a change of address phone (which made no sense, mind you) and keep on waiting. After almost leaving, I decide to wait on. Soon thereafter, Sarah's lips froze together, so we could only communicate by blinking. My lips were frozen too. Some of this story is made up, but whatever.
Around 4 pm, I get a call from Casper. My voter registration card comes in the mail, with instructions to add me to the list...at Ridge View High School!!
I hop in the car, and we drive through the final battle scene in Transformers to get over to Ridge View. I was able to get to the front of the line when they saw my tattered clothing, and I finally voted. Just for show, I even wrote my name in for one of the local races. Seriously.
So, that's right. My voting story is better than yours. Even if I threw in four sentences for dramatic effect.
Thanks to:
-Sarah, for waiting out in the cold with me.
-Casper, for checking the mail, calling to let me know, and meeting me at Ridge View.
-The lady in front of us at the Election Commission office, who made me feel bad about wanting to leave.
-Me! I'm a true American, bitches! |
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| My President is black, my Lambo blue |
[Oct. 31st, 2008|02:19 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling pretty |
| |  cold | ] |
I'm back, bitches!
Lucky for you, I can't sleep at all. It's pretty pathetic. I'm nowhere near tired. It sucks, since I want to actually go to bed!! But I have been sleeping very well the past few days, while I'm used to getting not much sleep on a regular basis. Whatever, it's blog time now!
Thanks to the ins and outs at work that I still haven't quite mastered as of yet, I don't have any real Halloween plans. I was pretty resigned to this happening for a while now, but it's still frustrating to know that I have options, yet I really can't take advantage of any of them. But then again, there's always Art Bar. We had been doing business casual since last month, (even on weekends) but now we can dress down for work tomorrow. We can even wear a costume, if so desired. So yes, while this is not my ideal plan for Halloween, it is indeed something.
( Transition is the easy part. )
And now, I end this blog with a reserved, yet (hopefully) effective rant:
So I've come to embrace the option of enhanced messaging. This is any text message that's over 160 characters, or any message that includes graphics/signature/non plain-text English. I really take advantage of the 160+ plus characters for messaging with Sarah (what can I say, we have a lot to say sometimes). We have rather basic cell phones. So, Sarah got a Motorola Q9c, which happens to be a (smart)phone. This (smart)phone comes with Microsoft Mobile Office 6, an HTML web browser, turn by turn navigation, a full QWERTY keyboard, and push e-mail capabilities. All great features, yes. But what does this phone NOT come with? Enhanced messaging!!! This 'advanced device' cannot send or receive messages that are longer than 160 characters!!!! Thinking that this was just an oversight for this model, I checked to see if any of that 'advanced devices' (Treo, Blackberry) had Enhanced Messaging.
AND THEY DO NOT.
How can you bring all these other things to a phone, (Calenders, Notes, getting corporate e-mail) WHILE NEGLECTING SOMETHING SO BASIC AS ENHANCED MESSAGING---SOMETHING THAT MOST OTHER PHONES MADE THIS DECADE CAN DO EASILY??? I'm taking your term 'advanced device'---and lighting it on fire. That way, I won't have to light myself on fire when I think about this. |
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| Everbody broke. |
[Oct. 10th, 2008|01:55 am] |
Not to fear, my loyal LJ fans. Yes, all four of you. I really think four is right on the money. OK, maybe five. Still. In my mind, I have the most amazing, fitting, up to speed journal entry ready to throw down.
Obviously, that's not going to happen tonight. But still. I just wanted to throw out there that I haven't given up on Livejournal. Not that you didn't know these things. |
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