job is found

Today, I met the president and vice-president of Environmental Mechanical, Inc. for lunch today. We met in Lawrence, Kansas at the Free State Brewery. The turkey sandwich with Swiss and cream cheeses (a nice touch) was quite tasty.

We discussed my possible employment. They said they like to "move fast with these things." So, they asked me to wait outside while they spoke about the future.

After five minutes, they came out. It was like await the verdict to my trial.
If I recall, Tom, the president, said, "Here's what were going to do. We're going to e-mail you an offer on Monday. 36,000. 1,500 for movie expenses."

I am a happy man. I plan on accepting this job. I will move to Kansas City to enter the real world. Gretchen is happy, as she is close to acquiring a job there. My family is not in the greatest of spirits, slightly perturbed that I won't be moving back home like originally planned. They're playing the old, "I don't want you to sell yourself short," and, "don't put all your eggs in one basket" routines. (They say this because I am taking the first real offer I received. I do feel poorly about that, but I need to do what is best for my future and career. The money is good to start, and before this, I hadn't gotten my foot in the door at all at any of the construction or contracting companies I contacted (at least 8 or 9).

And, it's only 3 hours from Wichita and St. Louis, and 2 from Manhattan. So, its location is also a plus.

The real life will soon begin.

Strange, eh?

www.environmentalmech.com

Dean Ween and his Olive Garden critique

I bow to Dean Ween today, and his tirade against Olive Garden.

"As an Italian-American nothing offends me more than the commercials on tv for the Olive Garden. You ever eat there? What a bunch of dogshit. The food sucks and a real Italian wouldn't be caught dead ordering "the never ending spaghetti bowl" even if it were free. The food is devoid of any real flavor whatsoever and only the whitest motherfucker could possibly be tricked into believing that they're experiencing anything "authentic". The commercials usually show you some typical looking Italian family with Brooklyn accents bonding over the free breadsticks at the Olive Garden but that's just not where it's at. The Olive Garden can suck my New Jersey dick."

Well-spoken, Dean. Well-spoken.

- excerpted from www.ween.com, the Waste section

haven't blogged in a while

I haven't blogged in a while, so I thought I'd catch up on things.

I now have a WaterPik, so I can fiercely wash out old food chunks from my wisdom tooth sockets.

I just saw Sin City. Very cool-looking movie. Unnecessarily violent, but I'm not complaining about that. Dialogue is lacking (probably because it is adapted from a comic book). Overall, awesome movie, if only for the sweet cinematography.

The Association is an unbelievable band. Underrated band from the 60's. Check them out. "Cherish" rocks.

Badminton, as I always state, is an amazing sport.

www.fark.com