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    Wednesday May 30th 2007
    Watchmen 12:01 am-
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    Watchmen. I’m currently reading this again. I had to buy another copy because my first trade got water damaged when I moved the last time. One of the best comic books of all time.

    Watchmen

    I want to get the Absolute Edition one of these days. The idea of a movie scares me in the same way I’m scared of the Fantastic Four movies.

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    Thursday May 31st 2007
    Firefox Beats IE 12:48 am-
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    Firefox is the winner. At least according to Google Analytics. I think it’s cool that Firefox is beating IE. At least on my site. Click the picture below for a little more details.

    Browsers May 2007

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    Saturday June 2nd 2007
    The Ugly Revisited 8:07 am-
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    Previously posted on my seven month anniversary at the new hotel:

    I expect a few things from the people who employ me. Reviews and Raises. I expect that after a persons been at a hotel they get a review six months in. I like getting told how I’m doing now and then as it shows me that the managers/owners may actually give a shit about how the hotel is run. It seem like they (management) would want to evaluate the employees they have at least every now and then. The raise of course would be tied into the review. Now I’m not expecting a raise every six months. I personally would be happy with a raise every year.

    This is a retraction of sorts of the above statement. I just find it hard to forget my own history. To forget the way things are run at the worst hotel ever. For the record the last time I got a raise at the worst hotel ever it still was a Holiday Inn and it was not run by the worthless fucks that run it now. So my way of thinking is that I have to beat around the bush with the people who run things. I have to threaten and beg. These were the things one has to do to get a raise at the worst hotel ever.

    It was something I was doing at the new hotel. I started a campaign of sorts in the form of emails to my boss at the new hotel. The idea was to drop hints at what I wanted, at first. Then later as I progressed in my campaign I would then threaten and beg. First line of attack was a reminder on how long I have worked for them.

    To: FDM
    Date: Apr 24, 2007 11:34 PM
    Subject: Start Date?

    FDM,
    Can you give me my start date. I can guesstimate. But I would like to know the exact date.

    What I got back was short and to the point. No bullshit at all. And I figured there would be bullshit.

    To: Turk
    Date: Apr 25, 2007 8:37 AM
    Subject: Re: Start Date?

    Start date 9/27/06

    So the next step in my campaign was to remind about my need for insurance.

    To: FDM
    Date: Jun 1, 2007 6:26 AM
    Subject: Insurance?

    FDM,
    I’m eight months in now and was wondering what the official status of employee insurance is? I know you mentioned it may get axed. But I’ve yet to see any memo stating so. Because I’m of course interested in getting insurance if it has not been cut as a benefit.

    The response again was to the point and free of any bullshit:

    To: Turk
    Date: Jun 1, 2007 2:38 PM
    Subject: Re: Insurance?

    The company no longer offers insurance to employees, due to cost. You will have a pay rate increase of $0.50. It will show on your check on Friday. I will see you on Monday.

    Not only did the message answer me it also completely stopped my campaign. I hadn’t even got to the wanting more money phase of my campaign. It was a few phases before money would even come up. It also made me realize that I have made a series of bad judgment calls.

    The first mistake on my part is to assume that this new hotel will become anything like the worst hotel ever. The second mistake I’ve made is the thought that I need to beat around the bush with these people. They are not the managers and owners of the worst hotel ever and I should not treat them like they are.

    My way of thinking has took a huge hit. I need to rethink everything about how I think about hotels. I basically have to relearn everything there is to learn about how a hotel works. I have to stop comparing the new hotel and it’s mangers and owners with the worst hotel ever or I’ll never survive there.

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    Wednesday June 6th 2007
    Hotel News 12:29 am-
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    Look out worst hotel everBest Western to open in a few weeks” which can only be bad news for that shithole. This new hotel will have 67 rooms and one meeting room. The Daily News article says the amenities will be:

    …an indoor swimming pool and a whirlpool, a fitness center, free breakfast daily, six whirlpool suites, wired and wireless Internet, a guest laundry facility, iron and ironing boards, hair dryers, coffee makers, in-room guest safes and more.

    The article also mentions that the place is hiring:

    The hotel will hire 20 full- and part-time employees. Those interested in a job at Best Western can apply at the site of the hotel in the front vestibule. On average, the wages will be $7 to $9 an hour

    I’ll throw my resume in there just for shits and giggles. It would be great to be able to only drive five minutes to work.

    I like the mayors comments:

    “We welcome them with open arms,” Mayor Randy Kirichkow said. “We’re looking forward to having their name near the interstate.”

    It’s like the city mayor acknowledges they only have bad hotels in the city. The city certainly went out of the way to get the Best Western here:

    The City of South Beloit offered Best Western a property tax abatement that will last two to three years, depending on the assessed value of the property. The hotel was also constructed in South Beloit’s Enterprise Zone, which means that there was no sales tax on the building materials for the new structure. The city also reduced the sewer connection fee from $85,000 to $20,000 for Best Western and allowed for a variance in the height of the hotel and its sign.

    It shouldn’t be no surprise why the city went out of it’s way to attract this new hotel:

    South Beloit has a 4 percent hotel room tax, which means Best Western will bring in about $50,000 to $60,000 each year for the city, Kirichkow said. The 1 cent sales tax will generate an estimated $10,000 to $20,000 a year from the hotel, Kirichkow said.

    I’m sure the city will profit more off of this brand new hotel than the dying worst hotel ever. With any luck this will be the last nail in the coffin for the worst hotel ever.

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    Friday June 22nd 2007
    Movie Galactus 4:45 am-
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    Tim Story must die. It’s that time of again when the Barbershop director unleashes a new Fantastic Four movie on the world. I’m getting ahead of myself. First things first. This has me all pissed off. And here is the important part:

    A storm cloud.

    Stop right there. Fuck them. Galactus is the devourer of worlds goddamn it. The first picture is a cloud. The second picture is Galactus The Devourer of Worlds.

    A Cloud Galactus

    The Big G is not a fucking cloud. End of story. Tell this to that piece of fuck Tim “Barbershop” Story. Below is what Tim “Taxi” Story thinks Galactus should look like:

    GahLakTus

    So what we have here is proof that some comic books should not be made into movies. I’m glad I stuck to my guns and did not go and see this movie. I won’t watch it on dvd either. I’ll just dream of Fantastic Four movies that could have been.

    At least Tim Story can’t fuck up the comic books themselves. Do yourself a favor and just go and buy this below.

    44 years of the Fantastic Four on DVD!

    You can thank me later for saving you from the second Tim Story Fantastic Four movie.

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    Saturday June 23rd 2007
    Audio Time 2:48 pm-
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    Here is a mp3 of me, my niece, and my nephew watching the South Park Episode Red Hot Catholic Love when Cartman poops out his mouth:

    As a bonus here is my nephew making what we call the nintendo face:

    The Nintendo Face

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    Friday July 13th 2007
    Another Chat Log 3:34 am-
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    This shit starts out harmlessly.

    [12:59] Gawain: Korn’s Another Brick In The Wall im not particularly a Korn fan, but they did a very nice cover of Another Brick In The Wall.
    [1:00] Turk: korn?
    [1:00] Gawain: yeah.
    [1:00] Gawain: they covered a pink floyd song. and I have to say they did it really well.
    [1:00] Turk: covering another brick in the wall?
    [1:00] Gawain: yup.
    [1:00] Gawain: just watch it.
    [1:01] Turk: no
    [1:03] Gawain: that site is awesome, btw.

    Which makes me look around and I find some Doctor Who divx videos. Which leads to this conversation:

    [2:31] Turk: The Mind Robbers second doctor story
    [2:31] Turk: zoe was the hottest companion
    [2:31] Turk: dig the photo copy backgrounds in the tardis console room in the begining
    [2:31] Turk: got to love the 60’s bbc
    [2:32] Gawain: you are such a goddamn fanboy.
    [2:38] Turk: yeah
    [2:42] Turk: Zoe honestly
    [2:42] Turk: hot
    [2:43] Turk: and she would wear these skin tight outfits
    [2:43] Turk: man
    [2:50] Gawain: the wife asked what I was looking at, I explained, she rolled her eyes and called you a nerd.
    [2:50] Turk: …
    [2:50] Gawain: heh.
    [2:50] Gawain: and then went to bed.
    [2:51] Turk: remind her when she gets up that at least I’m not some larping faggot
    [2:51] Gawain: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    [2:51] Gawain: holy shit, that is the ultimate trump card.
    [2:51] Turk: thank you
    [2:51] Turk: I didn’t want to do it
    [2:51] Turk: but I had to
    [2:51] Gawain: heh.
    [2:51] Gawain: you totally bypassed cruise missiles and went straight to nukes.

    For those who want to see what I’m talking about, here is a thumbnailed picture (that I made Gawain check out) of the Second Doctor‘s companion Zoe Heriot mentioned above:

    Zoe

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