i got problems

i am good at completing tasks quickly. it is one of my strengths and weaknesses. i often do things too fast and many times have i been told that quality is more important than quantity. but i still take pride in being the first one done with a test, assignment, task, etc.

at my job we have to do a thing called billing, and i am very fast at it because you have to type lots of numbers and i am really quick on the 10-key. anyway, my coworker gave me a couple things to bill and i pumped them out quickly and gave them back to her...usually i do this and i always hope that the person will recognize my speed. they never do though! but finally today my coworker said "that was fast!". so i have done this many times, always hoping to have my skills rewarded with some verbal praise at the least. but when it was given i didn't really know how to respond. i didn't say thank you, because it was not really given as a compliment. and i wasn't going to agree with her, because then it would be like i'm just bragging. so i just stood there and didn't say anything. then i went and sat down and realized that really i just want to be recognized as good or fast. but i also want the praise to come without me having to pull it out, in other words i want them to notice it without me making them notice it...if that makes sense.

what does this say about me? im not positive. but i will guess it means that i seek the approval of others....and when i do get it does not matter to me. so i guess i should make an effort to not seek the approval of others, since it really isn't benefiting me in any measurable way.

last night

last night after hanging out with some friends i got home. i laid down after my internet was being silly and turned on the electric blanket. i made some phone calls to portland people i have lost touch with in the last month as well as some las vegas friends i have not spoken to in months.

after that i laid down and fell asleep while waiting for kristina to get out of a movie so i could go see her. i woke up at 11:49 and decided it was too late to go over there anyway and went back to sleep. i woke up at 4am and felt kind of like i had lost too much time, but in retrospect it was good to get a full night plus of sleep.

my hair

looks so good today!

i am so hungry

i overslept this morning and had no time for breakfast...or packing a lunch, and i am too poor to eat at a place around here so i must go hungry. but i will describe my dream meal right now:

in n out grilled cheese animal style hold the pickles extra tomato and cheese
french fries animal style
strawberry milkshake

random thoughts, etc

it is fun to listen to ipod on shuffle when you are at work, cause work is boring and it creates some excitement. you never know what the next song will be.

today work has been nothing but boring. actually it has been sometimes boring but here are the highlights:

woke up late so i had to rush to work (quick breakfast) my co worker texted me that the dress code was stripes. so i am striped out and looking quite fanciful (always improves the day for me)


drank some good tea (it is supposed to increase mental performance)

i was on the radio! sort of interviewed by erica kahr and told a joke link on another blog

just played a short game of tetris....everyday i try to go to the bathroom and get to level 15 in under 15 minutes...a nice little training session

commander

i like just walking up to my coworkers and saying weird stuff. just being the weird office guy. i may not command fear or respect but there is something there that you can't quite put your finger on, but i command that.

sunday

i love sunday. i wake up whenever i want, hopefully late! go watch some football, then eat some yummy lunch. i get all my laundry done and clean up my house nice and fresh. do some grocery shopping, get a good nights sleep after a shower and when i wake up monday morning i am fresh and ready to conquer the whole week.

i wish everyday was sunday

a homeless man's vision of the future

In the new age of downloading music, mp3s, streaming audio and limitless digital radio stations we have to ask ourselves, is the album dead?

In 1965 the Beatles released the album Rubber Soul, which consisted of all original material, no cover songs. As time went on the album took the place of the single. In 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club was released without singles.

Today we can listen to a playlist of all our favorite single songs on shuffle. We can download the best track on Itunes for 99 cents. We no longer have to stomach all of the filler that comes along with the album.

Despite this, I don't think the album as a medium is dead. I find that many artists are putting out entire albums worth of material that is not only listenable but actually improves within the cohesion of the album.

But on the other hand I love listening to a good mix of songs, mostly hits. I suppose what I am trying to say is that for many artists there is no reason to release a full album, but for others it is a necessity.

The nice thing about technology today is that we do not have to universally subscribe to one specific medium, instead we can all enjoy music in the way we want or the way the artist intends.

my friends have voted and i am the hottest most attractive cutest

1st	hotter	3	3	100%
1st	more attractive	5	5	100%
1st	cuter	4	4	100%
1st	more likely to win in a fight	4	2	50%
1st	more likely to succeed	2	2	100%
1st	more useful	4	4	100%
1st	better catch	2	2	100%
1st	rather date	3	3	100%
1st	prettier eyes	3	3	100%
1st	rather have dinner with	2	2	100%
1st	better hair	5	5	100%
1st	better friend	2	2	100%
1st	rather be trapped on a desert island with	3	3	100%
1st	braver	3	3	100%
1st	better singer	3	3	100%

the perfect weekend

friday: got off work, went on a semi-date which continued into the next day

saturday: trip to multnomah falls (second half of date), lunch at laughing planet, party turned slumber party

sunday: recouped with some football, laundry, nap, cleaned kitchen and eradicated ants