new levels of my nerdiness

I’ve long passed the age and feeling of trying to look cool and given in to my need for functionality,

with that I wanted to blog about a recent purchase of mine. The other day while I was driving to my part time job I passed by a Walgreens, at the Impulse Buy area I spotted a “As seen on TV” product. I’m talking about HD Wrap Around shades, they’re extremely similar to the Elderly Terminator shades, meaning that they wrap around your glasses so you don’t need to use clip ons i.e they look very close to the sunglasses that Arnold Schwarzenegger wore in Terminator 1.

As I’ve stated, my need to look cool isn’t as important as the need for my corneas to not be seared off as I squint to drive. But much to my fiances amusement I just look like an old dork. sigh

Mark

the work week started off normally, on friday I ended up coming in early to cover part of the earlier shift, I worked my shift and then I worked the third shift since my coworker didn’t show up for for the second day in a row. The following day I again had to cover the same shift. During that saturday night shift, concern and curiosity got the better of us so I placed a call to the sheriffs office so someone could pass by his house, about 30 minutes after I placed the call a deputy called me back to inform me that my coworker Mark passed away.

after that point everyone went into a surreal damage control. relatives had to be informed, schedules had to be changed. the state of shock has a tendency to due that.

i can’t help but remember how mad I was the previous day at having to cover someone else’s shift, how selfish and heartless it made me feel now that I thought back on it. but i also remembered the last moment that i spoke to mark, I remember that I complimented him on his haircut. We often enjoyed small talk, mark was peculiar in that he would often point out small things that he noticed for example my tendency to eat Campbells microwavable soups.

When I think of Mark Jacobs I think of how kind he was, how he had a quiet disposition. Mark suffered some trauma a while back from a motor vehicle accident that effected his brain, it effected his behavior. Troubles and personal demons aside Mark was very giving.

it hurts me that he was alone, i know that there’s not much i or any of us could have done, but it still hurts

Update

I do apologize but a lot has been happening lately, my schedule has been very hectic, life has been very hectic and I’m just .. I don’t know, hopefully my other entry today will explain it all

this week(end)

well, not to jump on the apparent band wagon that has started, but I just thought I should reflect this weekend given that Tim Russert passed away this friday. I have never been a fan of sunday morning political talk shows and I have to admit that I have never watched “Meet the Press” but I felt somewhat of a bond to Mr Russert. He also grew up catholic, developed a deep love and respect for his father “Big Russ”. It reminds me to be appreciative for what I have, I might go on and on with complaints some times, but in the long run my life is pretty good, thankfully my dad is still around and we have a pretty good relationship.

Happy Fathers Day to all the dad’s out there

my new annoyance

SNL Digital shorts VS. A Recent Taco Bell Ad

the comedic timing and overall performance of Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell,  cannot and should not be duplicated. Both actors are funny, intelligent and overall are good at what they do.

The recent airing of a taco bell commercial shows two … actors…. rapping about the 89 cent value meal. On the one hand I guess it delivers its point as in it’s sooooo annoying I’m actually remembering it and mentioning it, on the OTHER hand it’s just plain annoying and it makes me long for the chihuahua. I make this comparison because it sounds vaguely familiar to an old SNL Digital short The “Chronic” uls of Narnia    

my week in review

I had a very boring week, one of the only big events..

this past Tuesday, May 29th, Harvey Korman adored by many a pop culture fan passed away. Click for his IMDB profile http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466327/bio

Meanwhile closer to home, I’m taking on a mission to work in an organic garden that will focus on Permaculture and other alternative planting forms. Stay tuned as I will be adding links to a sister blog pretty soon