So much for freedom

So its been a while. Lets see were to start. I am official dead. Fatal blow to the knee and wallet. Yes I got engaged. Now my fiancé will read this and I will be even more dead. I gave myself the life sentence without the possibility of parole on New Year's Eve. I said something cheesy and she bought it. I was more nervous talking to her dad about it then actually doing the deed. So since that night its been, were do you want to have the wedding, what colors, what type of cake blah blah blah. Can't I just show up, say I do, and then do the dead man's walk? Do I really need to decide on what colors the napkins are? Some little cousin or uncle of mine is just going to use it as a snot rag.

But seriously, I am happy that I did this. It was a long time coming. No more people asking, "what are you waiting for?" Now it is, "when is the big day?" After the wedding it will be, "when are you have kids?" After that is, "wow you two are still together? When is the divorce?" Whatever, just tell me when to be there. One neat thing is, I get to use that little thingy over the e in fiancé

Is it that time already?

Ahhhh the holidays. What better way to slowly drown yourself in debt and stress. I don’t know about other parts of the country, but South Florida absolutely sucks this time of the year. Our population doubles with the blue haired, bad driving, musty smelling, social security collecting, early bird special, walking dead. Old people. Snow birds. What ever you call them. I know that I can't wait till they leave. I don’t care what it does for the local economy. All I care about is not dying on the way home from work because Fred and Ethel can't decide what lane to drive in. I know that this is discriminating, but over a certain age, you shouldn’t be aloud to drive, or at least have to take the DRIVING test again, not that pansy ass written one. There is nothing scarier then seeing a blue beehive hairdo and knuckles in the rear view mirror.

The attitudes of people are just as bad. Just because soccer mom can't find a Nintendo Wii, doesn’t mean she needs to be a raging bitch to me and everyone else around her. If your kid can’t live without one for a month, FIRE YOURSELF AS A PARENT. You have failed that child. That is one of the big problems with America and how the world views us. We are greedy. We are materialistic. This is the season to show all of that to the world.

Well rather than keep going on why the holidays are devil, I grant you good luck with the holiday traffic.

Remember Fred and Ethel are out there.

p.s I have a Wii for sale on ebay starting at $800.

My boss Part I

So let me tell you about my boss. Lets call him pal. Pal is a good guy and this is in no way a "suck-up" to him. He has helped me out on my journey through my current employer. But there are a couple of issues I do have with him . The first one being that the man farts like no other.

To truly have a grasp on what the man can do with his butt, you really have to experience it first hand. The control is simply amazing. The notes and the sustain make Eric Clapton weep. I once saw him knock over a Pioneer Display at 50 paces with his anal wind tunnel. He has made grown men cry and little children run in fear. There are no limits to his ass trumpeting. Do not go into elevators with him. Small confined spaces are to be avoided at all cost. Not even sales meetings are safe. Whatever you do, do not pull his finger. No man, woman, or child is safe from his butt talking shit. The man can build up so much back pressure, it looks like a Maxell commercial when his anal assault is unleashed. This is just the tip of the iceberg with my boss. There is much, much more.

Oh god he is coming this way......

Oh what a day.....

What a day yesterday. Its only because I have finally calmed down that I can write about it. It started off like any other day until, I get a call at work that changes the whole day.

So someone that has no earthly idea about home theater sells a customer a system and promises that it will be the best thing he has ever heard and you can have it tomorrow. There is two important things that I have learned in the past couple of years:

1. NEVER quote time. As soon as you say,"of coarse that package will be there tomorrow" everything that is evil in the world conspires against you to make sure that your package will be there at least a day later than what you said and broken.

2. NEVER use absolutes. Do not use the following words in your explanation: ever, greatest, best, always, never, etc. Example: "this is the best thing you will ever hear"

The reason for those two things is that you will be cornered by your own words. There will come a time that what you have said will come back and bit you in the ass. So thats why I try to protect myself. The English language is a powerful tool, both for and against you.

Back to the story.
So the installer is now getting an earful and the customer is less than happy. So I now have to leave work and drive 30 miles to go fix the problem that somehow I was blamed for by the person that screwed it up in the first place. But that was only the beginning.

Later in the day I get a phone call from my girlfriend and she is very upset. She tells me that she just got off the phone with a bill collector that is threatening her and saying some rude things. Things like if you do not pay back you student loan now it will be defaulted and go on your credit report. Not a big deal normally, if you thought that it has been paid off for sometime. Well guess what? It wasn't. Her mother was to pay it back part of an earlier agreement, but never did and never told anyone. Great. Even better is the fact that her mom has not been giving her mail that has been sent to her mother's house on this matter for the past 4 months. Double great.

So I leave work after an already crappy day, to go home and try to relax. Nope. Not even close. I am getting ready to get in the shower and I hear a loud bang on the front door. (The next part is a true story and I wish I were making this up.) There is a bag of dog shit on fire at my front door. I look down the street just in time to see my brother's car driving down the street. So after some heated discussion between my brothers and I, they decided to never talk to me again.
Triple fudge great.

But wait there is more.

I get home after being let go as a brother to find a flat tire on my girlfriend's car. Super size quadruple great.

The only good thing is, it's over.

Do your job

There is something about people that don’t live up to there job title really gets to me. You were hired to do a job and then repeatedly don’t perform. Worse yet is that the person that did the hiring is totally clueless about what is going on and thinks every thing is a ok. To take this to the next level is that I now have to do something that is his job so I can finish what I need to do. It never ends. One day I just might explode. Everyone else sees the problem and the management does nothing about it. Terrific. Yet the guy is probably making twice (if not more) than I do and I am doing part of his work. Got to love that.

Maybe I just need to start lying low. The trouble is that I open my mouth to many times. "Does anyone know how to fix this?" I do. Shit, did I just say that out loud? Then everything spirals out of control after that. "Hey ask Terry." "Terry can do that." "Maybe you should ask Terry."

Just leave Terry alone...

Well everyone is doing it.....

Would you jump off a bridge??? Or so says my mom. But I have decided to give a try, even though I don't think anyone will read it.


Well my name is Terry and I work for a 12 volt and Home electronics distributor in Florida. I have no idea what my actual title is here. It lies somewhere between IT, sales, purchasing, graphics, and demo guy. I would like to think that I am some what important here, but who really knows. More about this place I call work later and the circus that it has become.


I live in sunny south Florida with my girlfriend of 7 years. Before you say it, I am working on it. The ring will be here soon. I promise. I really do mean it this time. Anyways I am really happy with the way things are going in my personal life. Maybe I will open up and share at sometime.


Thats it for now....