Sweet. Just came across this at Youtube. It’s the new trailer for Die Hard 4, one of my favorites. Bruce Willis just kicks some serious ass.
Cross-Posted at theapp.net
April 4, 2007
Making parachutes (0402071816.3g2) for April 04, 2007, 08:04 PM
First Day Back…
…and it didn’t go too badly. I always hate going back to work after a nice vacation and this one was no different particularly after having been off for ten days. Everyone was excited that I was back in my store, probably more so than myself. My boss had everything up to date as far as the paperwork. I have worked for her before and I should know by now that she would have it complete, but you never know. I have worked for some complete asshats in my time there and always expect the worse.
I did get to meet the new division manager today and my visit went very well. I am still not quite sure why everyone hates him so much. I think that the biggest part of it is that most of the management team in my area has never worked for anyone but the guy who quit/got fired so they don’t know what to make of him. I on the other hand expect change. I have worked for forty or fifty different people over the last twenty years and the only thing that stays the same in the restaurant business is constant change. Sometimes it only happens once or twice a year, but sometimes there are several changes all at once. Either way, he seemed OK. I have to go to the Thursday afternoon meeting with him tomorrow, so once that is over my tune might change.
Amazingly enough I managed to get out the door by 2:30 which is pretty much unheard of for me coming back in after so much time off. I am extremely happy about that. Once I am finished posting this I think I will lie my happy ass down and take a nap until the Wife and Kids gets home.
By the way, since I have been crapped on about it, which theme do you guys prefer? This one or the last one? Or does it matter. I have pretty much decided that rather than using one of the pre-made themes that I have been using I am going to make my own custom theme but it would be cool to know what you all like. As if it matters. Oh, I mean it matters a bunch. That’s my story and I am sticking to it.
Let’s Get Moving Then…
Time for this slacker to get a move on. I still have to shower and I need to pick up my cook this morning at 6 AM. Looks like I might be slightly late in getting him, but not too much. Hopefully I will be a bit more awake this afternoon. There are several things swimming around in this cesspool that I want to talk about, but not yet ready to put them down yet.
I’m Up…Barely
Somehow I have managed to drag myself up and out of bed this morning. The alarm went off about 40 minutes ago so I started coffee and lay back down on the couch until it finished. I just woke back up again. Luckily I set my alarm on the cell phone to wake me up or I would still be snoozing away. I hate going back in having no sleep like that. It makes for a very crappy first day back. I will have to make sure and take a short nap this afternoon when i get home.
Even as a teenager my sleeping habits sucked. Although I would have an occasional day where I would sleep until very late in the day I was normally the first out of bed among my friends. Once I get to sleep I am OK, but if I am awakened for any reason I have the hardest time getting back to sleep for an hour or two, occasionally even longer.
If it weren’t for the fact that I have to go in a little early today I probably could sleep longer for a change. I can barely keep my eyes open this morning, which is one of the reasons I am working on this as an exercise to wake my mind up. Something along those lines anyway.
I haven’t looked outside yet to see if it is still raining or not. It was storming pretty heavily when I was up earlier, but it sounds as if most of it has moved on past. Just checked the weather and we are supposed to have rain (duh) and turn into just a partly cloudy day later. That works for me. It means it won’t be too hot. My plants all need the rain anyway. The flowers and other things are starting to look really nice and this will only help.
Back to Work
Ten days of vacation. Man. I do not want to go back to work today at all. I will probably get to meet the new division manager today. My boss is off so I am supposed to help out one of the new managers with closing out her paperwork. It is shaping up to be a long day already, but perhaps I can get out of there at a decent time.
The Wife and kids are out on Spring Break until next week. She has to go back on Monday and the kids go back Tuesday. Luckily I get next Monday off so will spend the day with them. Unluckily I only have one day off next week because it’s a holiday.