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     buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1707 Registered: 5-2001  |
I never liked the word blog. Thought it sounded too trendy and kinda like a skin problem. I've had writer's block lately and thought keeping a diary might help me.  | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1709 Registered: 5-2001 |
Today looks like a great day to call in "sick". I can just tell from the way the sun is coming up and the smell in the air. It's that early spring feeling that makes people wear shorts too soon. I used to have a sales job where my boss was terrible to people who called in sick. You'd have to give him this long story and sound sick....meanwhile he's saying things like, "the team really needs you". I hated that job. Now I just have to email and tell them I am not coming in. It's easy. Too easy.  | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1712 Registered: 5-2001 |
 I went to see the Diane Arbus retrospective at the met today. I have always liked her pictures - to me they were in the same leauge as the twlight zone. Seeing all that work of her's and all of those faces - something came to me. It wasn't about being weird. It was about giving outsiders a voice and making the uppercrust look nuts. All of the pictures she has of New York society folk - they have masks on, they look out of place, they look awkward. The people like the circus "freaks", the cross dressers, the people in hospitals....they look like they want to show you who they are and they don't care what you think. She said "If you've ever talked to someone with two heads you know they know something you don't"  | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 3112 Registered: 5-2001  |
Buzz -- if I want to call in sick I need to call my boss (and his wife) at home in the morning. It's pathetic. | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1714 Registered: 5-2001 |
Algebra - ooooooo. That sucks. I hope you don't have to work in an office with just him and her. The small office enviornments can get really old. I think the talk of faking sick has made me sick. I started to feel really strange yesterday. I didn't think much of it. Then things started to feel like one of those old psychedelic music videos. Things were going backwards....slow....and I felt removed from myself. Of course this started happening when I was meeting with two important(ish) people at work. Their conversation just kinda fell apart. I was using all my B.S. superpowers to get through it. Now I am home with the flu. Or something similar. Arggh. On the brighter side it snowed for some reason last night.  | ||
| algebra2 Supporter Username: Algebra2 Post Number: 3123 Registered: 5-2001 |
I work in an office with just him but a big part of my job is doing whatever she says ... today I went grocery shopping for her. The perk is using AmEx at grocery stores earns my double Rewards points -- today I spent over $1300. | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 724 Registered: 8-2003  |
Buzz - that happens to me ALL the time! Everytime I have ever played hooky and called in sick I have subsequently gotten sick. Thank goodness I've never lied and said someone died  | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1716 Registered: 5-2001 |
My tempature is 99.5. I am getting back to normal. I had a crazy fever dream last night. I was in Las Vegas w/ my parents and my family and we went to a nuclear reactor to see some kinda show. Everyone was in seats except me - I was in a bed. Then the Enterprise (of star trek fame) landed near by. There was a long line to meet Captain Kirk. A2 - Wowwe - that's a lotta bonus miles. If it were me doing the shopping I'd squeeze in some of my groceries too. But that's just me. Pippi - Oh I would never fake a death to get out of work. I do remember a woman I worked with who was on thin ice at the time calling in to say "her dad had a heart attack and when her mom found out she had one too". She had made this story up. She was not smart. They fired her a few weeks later after blowing a gasket on a customer. There is going to be a full moon tonight. Maybe that will fix my fever.  | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1719 Registered: 5-2001 |
 I gave up hard booze and beef for lent. I am not a big drinker of hard booze - but I do like it once in a while. Beef on the other hand - I have that all the time. moo. Yesterday was Easter, and the day that I was going to have all that I gave up for lent. No such luck. I was still too sick. OK that's a lie. I did have a glass of scotch on the rocks and that made me feel good for 15 minutes. Hey! I drove to the harrison path station from south jersey today. I am not sure how people who drive to work everyday do it. What should take 1 hour took about 3. Until today I refered to the train as "the steel hot dog of pain and suffering". I now call it "the steel hot dog that keeps me out of my car" | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1723 Registered: 5-2001 |
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| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1731 Registered: 5-2001 |
The movie "Ghostbusters" has a lot to do with me moving to Maplewood. When the movie came out the only theater around that was playing it was here in Maplewood. I think I was in 3rd or 4th grade - something like that. Anyway, I remember having such a good time there because most of my class was seeing the movie at the same time. It was a great memory. I got to sit next to a girl in my class I liked. Her name was Carol. That theater was huge. HUGE. Anyway..... When I was looking to get out of city living I was looking at houses all over the place. In the end it was a place in Maplewood and a place near Nyack. The memory of Ghostbusters really helped that decision. Another memory is getting served beer at a place called PJ good times or something like that - when I was like 18 or 19. That place was a dump. I can't remember where it was - but I remember it was in the village. | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 541 Registered: 12-2004  |
Buzz, so far I'm really enjoying your blog, particularly because I enjoy all the quirky photos you include. Keep 'em coming. | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1732 Registered: 5-2001 |
meandtheboys-thanks for looking! I just found out that "blog" is short for "web log". I am so behind.  | ||
| Dave Moderator Username: Dave Post Number: 5732 Registered: 4-1997  |
Also, a "wournal" is a web journal. | ||
| emmie Supporter Username: Emmie Post Number: 449 Registered: 3-2002 |
Buzz, PJ Good Times was located where Centanni's now is. Before that it was the Wineolear, they turned it over to their son who was a 20's something kid, hence the under age serving. I love your pictures too! | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1734 Registered: 5-2001 |
Dave - come on, you made that up. To me this is a woto journal. The question is. Spam. Sure, we all know that the AM in spam is from the word HAM.....but what's the SP all about. SP. Special ham? Hmmm. Emmie. Wineolear. I love that word. Wine-o-lear. Sounds fun. It sounds like a fancy ferry that takes you from vinyard to vinyard. I'd like to take the wineolear home from work.  Special ham. Man that sounds like one of them words like an automobile car or something. | ||
| sac Supporter Username: Sac Post Number: 1991 Registered: 5-2001 |
I think it's SPiced hAM. Somewhere I also saw something about why this has something to do with junk email, but I can't remember now what the connection is. I'm sure that someone will post that shortly. | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 547 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hey, I know that shower curtian! Ikea! | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1737 Registered: 5-2001 |
 Can you beleive this photo? To me this photo is what is wrong with the world: the marketing of fear. Think about this photoshoot...."ok kid, look scared and reach for the plug." Mass media loves fear and death. Look at CNN.com - The last few weeks they waited for that poor woman Terri to die. Now they're waiting for the Pope to die. Too much information. The 24 hour news world has perverted the distribution of information. In my opinion. Sorry to get all serious. I have been eating oatmeal every morning for the past few months. It makes getting up even harder. There's nothing to look forward to (on a work day) until lunch. Sure. I jazz the oatmeal up with rasins and nuts. But still. I am tasting elmer's glue. Ok. I did loose some weight and I am sure it's good for me. But. I miss the special ham. The taylor ham. Oh man. I love that stuff. There's a place called Oscar's in Millburn that grills the taylor ham. OOOOOOOH. It turns a sandwhich into a banquet. I am hoping to get to the big party on Saturday. Was going to go Sunday. I already got a ticket. Knowing me I'll end up staying home. Although, I really want to know who/what the special guest will be. I am pretty sure it's going to be Bruce Springsteen.  | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1749 Registered: 5-2001 |
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