So seriously...

I'm very seriously considering trying to find a way to start my own business... I only have one problem. I don't have a freaking clue what to do. I'm pretty ok with web design, but not good enough to be in business for myself... in fact I'm pretty good at a lot of things, but not good enough to do them professionally forever. I'm stuck. I know that I have reached the end of my limit of working my a$$ off for other people. It's kinda like renting a house except instead of throwing your money away, you're throwing away your time, energy, and pride (Of course, I'm still renting too). It's a harsh realization that you have spent a lot of emotion and energy on behalf of someone else. It is even worse to not see a way out. I'd really like to open a restaurant/bar, but that's a big damn deal.

anybody got any ideas?

Toodles,
a

The Highlight of My Day

Just wanted to share that I just scored the coolest office supply ever.

That's right!!! It's the 24 pc. Multi-Cultural Pack. My day is complete!

The day that never ends...

Did you ever have one of those days that in the morning you were so busy, you didn't have time to get up and go pee and then the afternoon comes and you take a look around and there is nothing that you want to do and still worse, you don't even want to be where you are? Sadly, this is where I am today. The awful part about it is that I'm committed to being here today until at least seven o'clock because I have to help decorate for (get ready) Christmas. I haven't even made it through Halloween yet (big in the beauty industry... who'd have guessed?) and now I'm decorating for Christmas... I'm sorry... the Holidays. F'in PC Bullsh$t...

Anyhoo, I guess I'll go now... Just thought I'd spend a little time spewing some more chunks of wisdom.

Oh, BTW, if you're every really bored, Google has these RSS feeds that you can personalize your homo page... err.. home page and you can do sudokus and appear to be working. It's fantastic!

Listen (shh) to what the flower people say,

Harrass

How many licks does it take???

You know, the longer I do this management thing, the more suprised I am by the dynamic change in human behavior in just the last few years. I have a young lady that works for me who is marginal at best. You give her something to do and she does it... But, don't give her a task, and that's exactly what you get. Now I know most of you pretty well. I've worked with most of you for an extended period of time. I feel like we knew when it was ok to screw around and we definitely knew when it was time to kick it in... right???

These freakin' kids that I have working for me are insane. All they want is a paycheck and to be able to call in at least once a month. Even in my drunkest days I maybe, just maybe, called in 1 time for a hangover. In fact, I'm taken back to New Year's Day 1996 when just the night before I downed almost an entire bottle of Tequila, passed out at 3 am and still managed to drag my still-drunk self in to TRU at 7:30 in the morning and that Bi!&H Phyllis Jackson made me re-work the plush aisle.

But you know what, I did it. I didn't whine about it... I just freakin' did it. These kids are weak... I blame the parents.

Do you know that I heard on the radio this morning that some stupid place somewhere in Boston has a school board that is actually considering banning Tag (yeah, the game) at recess because it is dangerous and the school might get sued if one of the precious children got hurt???


It hurts...

(warning: these are the mad rants of a sociopath who just doesn't seem to know why the world works the way that it does. Prices are as published and do not include tax, tags, license, or other government fees. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.)

Whoops! I just turned "old"

Much love,
Harris

Well isn't that special?

Does it seem like you get way more junk email these days than you used to? I mean, what the hell do I need with Viagra and Cialis??? And no, I don't think my penis needs to be any longer or thicker... Fortunately the emails that had cartoon porn have stopped coming in, but that doesn't mean that I really wanted new opportunities to buy a Rolex. I receive no less that 65 of these crap emails a day. I have created all kinds of rules in my Outlook and have turned on every filter that I can find on my POP account to no avail. And then, when I try to spam these people back, their email addresses are not valid. This can't be fair and I really can not imagine that these people are actually selling ANYTHING. I propose that we find a way to wage war on these parasites on society (although I'm sure that they are all coming from one big ol' nerd who wrote a program in his freshman year of college 5 years ago and he just really learned how to use it). Let's call it a Holy War... maybe then we could get the government involved...

Whatever it takes!
(That would be our battle cry)

Car Tires and Chicken Wire
Harris


P.S. I just got this great tip on low mortgage rates... email me and I'll tell you all about it.

Good Morning Everyone! It's currently 6:39 am and I've been at work for 10 minutes now. Not really because I have to be, but because I'm mildly mentally challenged. For some strange reason, I feel like I get more work done in the morning rather than the afternoons that never end. So, I drag my lazy ass up at 5:30 every morning and bring myself into this place and sit in front of my computer and do all of my personal stuff until 7 and then, and only then, do I actually do some work.

I've been playing that McDonald's game online (because somewhere in my warped mind the odds are ACTUALLY better). That takes a good 10 minutes to do. Then I balance my checkbook, and check my email. Then I take a look at the stack of reports and paperwork on my desk that was there yesterday when I left and then I get some coffee... brb... man, I love that coffee.

So, I think I'm currently looking for new employment if anyone knows of anybody who's looking for a real "go getter"...

That's all I have to ramble about this morning.

Until we blog again,

Ames and the Belltones

What the f___?

So, I'm sitting here in my dead end job (obviously busy as hell) and I think to myself, what can I do that I haven't done already to seemingly find a better way to waste my time? I think to myself, all of my friends have a blog and I get to peer into small sections of their lives on a every-once-a-week-or-so basis and I'm feeling a little guilty. I have abandoned every part of my past, not intentionally mind you, but just through the humdrum of day to day life, things have just slipped away. I hear the phone ring, I ignore it. Not because I want to necessarily, but because if I have to talk to one more crazy idiot who "knows" that they are more "right" than I am, I may have to purchase a gun.
So anyway, I feel like I'm just taking and I'm doing no givin'. So, the daily rants of an insane office drone are headed your way. Feel free to take a look at my complete disheveled boredom as I attempt to make your life feel a little bit better when you take a look at mine.

So if I can't talk to you all the time, you'll at least get a better feel for what is clogging up my brain.

Peace and Chicken Grease
Ames

Yeah, it's that good!

Is it a dream???