Alrighty then...

So, sorry for the lack of updates all this month. I've been sooo busy sitting on the beach watching the sunset.... ahh this rocks....



Anywho, what have I been up to since my last post? Well, you all get to see me soon! I'm flying out there on the 31st of next month and helping Mom and Dad drive down here to Florida. Not looking forward to the drive, but I can't wait to see you all again! Steph called me last week saying that Zane was crying because he missed me so much. Poor little guy. I miss everyone out there more than you can believe!

Not a whole lot going on down here though. I've just been working and hanging out with Stephen and Kyle mostly. On Saturday I went to the beach with Aunt Anne and watched the sunset. That was an awe inspiring sight.

I'm having tons of fun with Capital One now to. I called them at the beginning of this month to find out about making the last payment on my car loan. They told me that the auto pay feature wouldn't work for that, and I just had to send in a check. So I sent in the check, and they deposited that along with my auto pay! But they never posted the check to my Capital One account, so they have no record of that. Now I have to send them in a copy of the cleared check from my bank, and try to get my money back somehow. It's kind of nice though. I went from owing them money to them owing me money in one fell swoop!

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to seeing you all again, and Mom, I'll try to post more often. I know how much you like seeing what's going on down here. :-) Love ya'll!

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Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay's potato chip.

Busy busy...

I promise that I'll update tomorrow! To tired right now... need sleep...

Ouch, what a weekend....

Okay, so what's up with me in the last week or so? On Friday Stephen, Kyle and I played in a Magic the Gathering tournament at a comic book shop here in Sarasota. Well, Stephen and Kyle play. I found out about five minutes beforehand that a third of my deck was illegal to play, so I bowed out. In a standard format tourney, you can only use cards that are up to two years old. Well, a chunk of mine were two and a half years old. Doh! Oh, well, there's always next weekend. Anyway, Stephen took third and Kyle came in dead last out of about nine people. He's learning though!

After the tourney was over we went back to Stephen and Jacqueline's house to play games. They had a couple more friends over and we ended up staying up all night. And by all night I mean ALL night. I didn't sleep a wink. I had to go to work from seven to noon on Saturday, so I figured I'd just be better off staying up all night, as apposed to just getting two or three hours of sleep. Whooo boy, was I tired! My hands were shaking a little bit the next day ;-) I did learn something useful out of the whole thing though; Five Hour Energy shots only work when you take three of them combined with about two pots of coffee!

I finally got back to Aunt Anne's at about three-thirty in the afternoon and just passed out! I didn't budge until Sunday morning at about six. I felt very refreshed though! I went to Starbucks for my morning get-up-and-go, and then watched football all day. It'll be nice once I get into my own place I can get the NFL Sunday Ticket and catch all the Broncos games. I'd love to bee able to see those two point conversions with 23 seconds left on the clock for the win! It's not as exciting when you're just watching the replays on Sport Center. Team Mansquatch is doing good this week though! I'm at 71.50 points and my buddy Mitch is only at 52. All my guys have played, but he's still got a wide reciever and a running back playing tonight, so it's going to be a close one. If I can manage to hold onto the win, I'll move up to fourth in my league! Pretty decent for a fantasy football rookie!

Alrighty, time to go do paperwork. I love you all and miss you lots!

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Oh my God! An update!....

Sorry for the lack of updates as of late. I've been pretty busy with work and what not. As far as work goes though, same paint, different paint store. It's basically the same thing as working for, I'm just getting paid more, and the store is immensely slower! Right now, I'm writing this post while I'm at work. I started taking my laptop with me this week because it's so slow. I've only had one customer since three o'clock! I'm used to doing as much business as we do in an entire day before nine o'clock in the morning at Kwal. Anywho, work is work, and they help pay for college. Word.

I found out that Stephen, Mark and Kyle (my cousins for those of you who don't know them already) are really big into different CCG's and table top games, like Magic:The Gathering and War Hammer. That awesome! I've been collecting CCG cards since I was twelve, and never really had anyone to play with. Now I get out here and find out that all my cousins are into them. Last night Stephen came over to Aunt Anne's house, and we played the World of Warcraft CCG with Kyle. Stephen found out that every Friday night at the local comic book shop they have Magic tournaments. Next weekend we're gonna head over there and play. That should be fun.

Anywho, I should go. I have to do closeout paperwork soon. It's so slow here....

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Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

First day at work...

Today was my first day at work for Scott Paint! Same stuff, different paint store. It's tough learning all the new products, and how they tint, but it's basically exactly what I was doing before. Except it's a slower store. Verrrrrrrrrrrrry much slower. At Kwal I was used to doing five grand in business before nine o'clock in the morning. Today at work we did four grand all day. That's slowwwwwwwwwwww. Oh well, at least I found a job!

And tonight's my first ever draft in Fantasy Football. That happens in about a half hour actually. I've been reading all the little magazines and articles online, I know who I want on my team, so we'll see how it goes. I'll probably come in dead last at the end of the season, but I'll be talkin' smack all the way! Go Team Mansquatch!!

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Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I've been checking Scott Paint's website everyday looking for job openings. Well, yesterday they put up that they were hiring for Managers, Asst Managers, and Store Clerks. I jumped on that and sent the HR department a short email just saying that I've got experience and am looking for a job. Later that afternoon the Regional Store Director called me and wanted me to come over to their corporate office in Sarasota this morning to fill out an app and interview. I showed up early, filled out the app, we sat down in his office, he looked at the app for about 30 seconds, and then said "Okay, we'll start you at $11. When can you start?"

That's all para-phrasing and what not, but it's not to far off. We were literally talking for about two minutes before he told me I'm hired. I'll be working at a store in Sarasota, about a mile and a half from Siesta Key beach. The Ass Man just quit, and the Managers last day before he retires is next Friday, so I'll pretty much be the top dog until they find a replacement for the Store Manager. I'll basically be doing the exact same job as I was at Kwal, just for more money! ;-)

Oh, and one more little tidbit. If your going to college, and your major has something to do with the paint industry (apparently math counts according to the district manager), and you get all A's, they 100% pay for college. 100%. Holy crap, this place rocks! o_O

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Reporting on TS Fay...

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If you have five dollars, and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.