triumphant return

it's been some time since i've blogged and i apologize for my absence. i've been working many, many long hours at work and, being that i usually blog at work, i haven't been at my desk for most of those days and when i am, it's a fleeting visit.

lesions and coffee ...
ok, today i'm going to start off with a rant about one of my favorite things to rant about .... dunkin' donuts. man, i'm telling you ... i'm not even a huge fan of their coffee, but it's close and convenient for me when i am on my way to work. i'd be happier if there was a starbuck's or a caribou coffee, however, there isn't. anyway ...

so, today i go in and order my usual. the woman behind the counter taking my order is a person that i've seen maybe one other time in there and she never waited on me and i thought she was only a baker or something. apparently not. she asks if she can help me and my eyes wander to the large lesion blossoming on her left temple ... it looks bloody and i think i detect oozing ... not a pretty image as i order my coffee. she's disheveled and her hair is in disarray and images of the green-faced witch from the bugs bunny cartoons (you know the one where she leaves hairpins spinning in the air as she dashes off after bugs bunny while cackling witchily--is that even a word?). so, i order my coffee and she rings me up and then a guy behind her goes, "oh, we don't have lids so we can give it to you without a lid if you want." um ... what? in hindsight i should have said yes, then spilled it on me and burnt the hell out of my legs and then sued ... yeah, it says "CAUTION: HOT COFFEE" on the cup, but that's assuming that a lid accompanies the cup, yes? anyway, so i get an iced coffee instead. seriously tho? what fucking coffee place doesn't have lids? i mean, that's akin to walking in there and ordering a coffee and them saying, "oh, well, we don't have cups. i can pour it in your hands if you'd like." it's so frustrating. hot coffee is what gets my blood flowing in the morning. fucking dunkin' donuts.

marlboro baby ...
so ... the good mother had her baby, finally ... randy joe is his name ... wait, what? it's a girl, you say? a girl named randy joe? are you fucking kidding me? randy joe? randy joe? randy fucking joe? where the fuck are you from? come to find out, it's actually miranda jo (which, in my opinion, is just as white-trash as 'bobbi sue'). now, on the serious side ... miranda jo was born 4lbs and change ... the poor thing. she's currently in an incubator and it pisses me off that this poor child already has been dealt a shitty hand from the beginning. the good mother is evil.

now, previous to her giving birth to miranda, she was diagnosed with eclampsia, which is a complication of pregnancy involving high blood-pressure which is extremely dangerous for the baby. well, don'tcha know that the good mother signs herself out of the hospital A.M.A. (against medical advice) because they won't let her go down for cigarettes. are you kidding me?? jesus christ!! so, she gets admitted to the hospital again and she tells one of my co-workers that she's being held hostage by the doctors and nurses. they won't let her do anything and they don't know what they are talking about. man ... this woman gets fucking bonkers without her nicotine, doesn't she? anyway, they induced labor, i guess because of complications, and now poor little baby is incubating and i seriously hope that everything goes well for her. as for her mother ... she's going to hell.

move-in date ...
so, i finally got my move-in date for my new apartment in dundalk. i go and sign the lease on the 1st and get my keys and i actually move-in on the 3rd, which is that weekend. i've already contacted BGE and got the ball rolling with them and i've contacted comcast regarding cable and internet, but damn, that shit's expensive so i'm debating on whether i can do without a DVR for a while ... i mean ... it's only $11.00 more a month and it's damn useful and, well .. fuck it, i'm getting it ... so ... i guess i'll call and set up a time for them to come out on the 3rd in the later afternoon to get my shit setup. i can't see the actual moving process taking a long time, though i could be greatly under-estimating the quantity of my shit.

i'm so excited! i can't wait to move in. apparently i share the back wall of the apartment with eric and keith, two of my friends, so that'll be very cool. i know jamie is helping me move and i think steven said he would help as well, but i hafta give him a call. if anyone else wants to help ::cough cough:: mrstwink, theresa ::cough cough:: then let me know. i jest. i think we'll actually have enough people helping assuming steven comes, what with myself, my father, jamie and steven. but don't worry, kiddies ... i'll be having a little housewarming get-together soon. i'm registered at best buy. if you all want to go in together on the 56-inch widescreen tv, that's cool ... i know that even tho i only get one gift from you people, i'll know it's a gift fraught with love.

oh, one other thing i forgot to mention. i just found this funny. i was talking to connie, the apartment manager, about getting the phone numbers for BGE and comcast in that area and as the call was concluding, i told her to have a great day. her response ... "you too, babe." i bet she's cool as shit ... until my toilet breaks ... bitch.

relocating ... getting passed over ... general hodge-podge

recently i've found it in my best interest to find a new place to live. i won't go into specifics as, really, it's no ones business and the ones who know me and are important to me know what is going on anyway. however, let's just say my current living arrangement is less than desirable and has been for some time.

i've been apartment hunting in various areas and i've found a location that seems like a good spot, aside from one detail which i will get to in a minute.

i took a look at the floor plan of this location and it's a 1 bedroom, 1 bath with kitchen, living room/dining room and appears to have lots of closet space, so that's a plus. the asking price for it is $585.00 with utilities included. i especially like the the sound of the last part ... say it with me people ... "utilities included." the community actually has a laundromat on site and is well within walking distance from a couple grocery stores and other amenities. i can swing $585/mo, give or take a few dollars.

now, the bad part ... it's in (dun dun dun ......) dundalk. anyone who knows me knows that i have an aversion to dundalk ... i generally close my eyes while in dundalk, even when i'm driving--which really makes for interesting lane changes. now ... i've talked myself into swallowing a fair amount of my pride and living among the classless society known as white trash and right now i will live with the motto: "beggars can't be choosers" ... which could be why many of dundalk's inhabitants appear homeless.

ok, perhaps i am being a bit harsh ... i have friends that live in or around dundalk and i would never classify them as white trash. i think they're the proverbial 'diamond in the rough' and i would never judge them for where they live ... especially when there are plans on my horizon to be joining them. oy. i've just never heard of anything good coming from dundalk and i'm afraid people won't visit me while i live there. assuage my fears, my friends ... promise me that if i move to dundalk you won't think any less of me. pinky swear.

i will keep you updated as further details are known

moving on ....

i just found out today that i got passed over for a permanent position here where i work. as of right now i am classified as a 'contractor' which, as we all know, is a glorified term for 'temp.'

recently quite a few people were laid off due to the end of a contract and of those people getting laid off, several were selected to fill in open spots in other areas working on other projects. one of the people slated to get laid off was actually given the position that my boss wanted me for, but realized that if she were to offer the job to a 'temp' instead of a permanent employee who was to be laid off, there could be some ramifications so, tada ... i got passed over. i'm sad a bit by it because i really need job stability right now, however, i'm glad that someone didn't lose their job. i'm being pulled from both sides on this one.

one bright side of learning all of this, however, is that now i have concrete proof that my manager is really taking steps to hire me on full time and give me the stability i need. previously it was just speculation: why would they take the time to train me in all these other systems and software unless they were going to keep me? why would they move my desk to sit with all the other permanent people and leave all the other 'temps' there? so on, so forth.

moving on some more ...

there's a new person working at dunkin' donuts ... to call him retarded would be an insult ... not to him, but to mentally handicapped people everywhere. people with downe's look at him and are like, "wow .. he's fucking retarded."

it took him approximately 10 minutes to get my bagel this morning ... 10 minutes ... and the other girl who was working was just laughing and was like, "sorry .. he's really slow." yeah, no shit.

also ...

i was behind another bad driver on the way to work today. bleh.

and finally ... in closing ...

the reason it took me so long to post something today is really, i didn't know what to post about. i seem to always bitch about dunkin' donuts and bad drivers and this morning, that's all i was thinking about. thanks mrs.twink for pointing out that i hadn't posted.