What goes up, must explode in my face!

So the Gaming Control Board requires people to have a credit score that they can consider not "at risk"..even if that department doesn't handle money.

I found this out because I was walked out yesterday of my wonderful beautiful perfect dream job. My credit sux!!!

So last night I printed out my credit report, and get to spend the rest of the week making contact with some unsaviory folk, and seeing what parts of my body I can auction off. Yay!

awesome!!!

My job is fantastic! I got to do allot of exploring the property. Seeing the tower, and its rides, and the resteraunts, and the pool.

It was tiring. Not used to being on my feet and walking around that much. Tomorrow is going to be great!!!

Well its been awhile

Okay, so an update.

1. I'm employed. This morning i'm off to my first official day at work.

2. I'm happy as a bug in a rug! Its not just a "job" its a career.

I'm working at the Stratosphere doing IT Support Desk work. I was expecting to get a piddly job delivering pizza or something else in that realm. I was honestly done with call center work (which thankfully I can still say that I am done with call center work).

Getting back into the Hotel industry is a breath of fresh air. A little history...

Previously my hotel help desk experience was with Caesar's Palace. The job was really good, but the manager wasn't so much. I had a female manager that was..well....a bitch.

Now she wasn't just the "I'm Queen and you will do what I tell you" kinda of bitch. I can deal with that. She was the "Oh i'm sorry you're a fucking idiot, NOW FUCK OFF" kind of bitch.

As a manager, that's just not acceptable. You have to have a level of empathy to be a good manager. There can't be any "stupid questions" and you can't really tell someone that they are a "stupid person" no matter how much you want to. You have to encourage morale, and boost productivity and quality. Somewhere along the managerial courses she was taking for business management she must have missed that part. Instead she though Hitler was a great inspiration for a manager, and her employees were the Jews.

Anyway...so I had an interview last week and am already starting the job. It felt like I had the job before I walked in the door. God was very much with me and gave me a feeling of encouragement that I hadn't had in quite sometime. Then my interview iwith Don just reconfirmed that God was definitely a tremendous influence in the situation. Even the weird bump in the road that was Don's boss (I think his name is Jim). He was a great guy too! But he asked questions, and thankfully broke the ice by giving me a hard time. ;) Its amazing how much you relax when someone starts to make fun of you haha!

It was a very untraditional interview, with some suprisingly untraditional people. I think i'm gonna get along great with these guys! The rest of the Support Desk seems to be incredibly friendly too. It was neat to walk into a help desk environment and to see smiles instead of the "Call Center Slaves Dejected and Oppressed half grin of faked customer service". You know what i'm talking about.

Anyway, my ride should be here in a few moments. I'll post another blog after work (unless I get distracted by something shiny like twilight princess or world of warcraft w00t!!!)

Pork and Beans

So there has been a neat video by weezer out for a few months called "Pork and Beans". At first I thought it as just genius how they gave tribute to so many internet meme's, but then I found out that most of the appearances of those "stars" was the actual people who originally performed those videos. (including Ryan Weber and Dorkman)

They flew everyone to their studio and spent 4 days filming the video. (that's right..the mentos fountains are real mentos fountains). Props to Weezer. That is teh awesome. Ima gonna go do something else now. Have a great day peeps.

Yay Moving sucks!!!

I'm feeling better, which is good. But I hate moving. Still unemployed too but I figure since i've exhausted everything I can find on this side of town that peaks my interest, then its time to go to the other side of town and plug that full of holes too. Yay!!!

Moving...

So i'm moving this weekend. Not too thrilling especially since i'm sick at the sametime. Thankfully its one of those off and on again sicknesses where one minute I feel fine, and then next minute i'm lifting a box and trying not to puke. Yay!!!

I'm working on a 4th edition dnd campaign. Lots of stuff up in the air. I'm going to make a blog soon that i'll used to post short stories and blurbs on the game. I'm thinking of calling the campaign world "Red Eclipse". One of the signatures to the game will be whenever great change occurs, the red moon eclipses the sun and bathes the world in a crimson glow. What do you guys think? (post comments)

The Game - I win!!!

They think i'm a spam blog?

Don't they know i'm a carrot? I don't do the "spam" thing. Canned processed ham byproduct is not my cup of tea. =P

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DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!

I don't know...i'm in a really funky mood. Its a pain in the ass for me to express myself sometimes. I get a little venting through my tabletop gaming, and get to vent some in rockband, but sometimes just a little venting isn't enough.

Problem is I often feel if I just blurted shit out, i'd lose friends real fast. There are elements of my character that I'm trying to change (and that takes time), and those elements will come out like bile amongst all the rest of the crap.

There are just some days when you wish you could transform into a 50 foot tall monster and just start trashing things.

April Fools is Over! Get back to the tasks at hand.

So april fools was as usual...predictable. Why so?

Because everyone tries to make cruel jokes. The problem with this, is that if something serious does happen..there's no safety word to let you know its not an april fools joke. Instead its backwards..if its a joke they say "april fools" but if its not, you sit there second guessing.

What i'd like to see is something creative in the way of a prank that the victim will also find funny. It would take some imagination. So, what I challenge you to do is this..

...come up with something fun, and funny to do with a friend. Suprise them in a enjoyable way. And do it on any day other than april fools. Then on April Fools, have a rule that no pranks are played. Its kinda like vampires and demons coming out on halloween..its just considered bad form. So from now on, April Fools is a "no prank" day for me...but every day other than that..is open season (in a fun and creative way).

PWN'D!!! ...said the judge

So if you click the title to todays blog you'll find a rather amusing article...

...on a side now HELLO!!!

Its been awhile since i've posted. I'm sorry. I suck I know. But i'm back.

I've been dealing with allot of stress and anxiety that has left my physically effected. Mentally i'm mostly kewl...at least now I am. Been making some rather powerful changes in my life.

Never knew that change could be so hard..but when the world or even your flesh seems to rebel against you..then you must be doing something right. =)

There will be more posts coming soon.

IT'S CUTE!!!!!!

Cow Killing Meteorite!!!

So I changed my aim and yahoo messenger screen names today. Those of you who have my MSN messenger are fine. I'm not changing that.

If you using my old "tedgrin" or "carrotboy78" screen names, just know that you'll probably never see them long on again. I also changed my email address...although i'll still be checking my old one.

I figure its easier to just ditch the SNs and make new ones than to purge over 500 contacts LOL.

So if you haven't gotten a message from me with one of my new screen names, and you would like to have that (cuz if I missed you don't take it personally..I may have just missed ya LOL), comment here or email me.

Zero Hero

So, my blogging has been rather sporatic. Nothing new there. I figure its been awhile. I should post something.

Lots of changes. Steve is moving out, and my other roomies may have a 4 bedroom house lined up. My emotions have been in turmoil of course as i'm attempting to "reprogram" myself. Not an easy thing to do.

The weirdest part is there are people that have had problems with my lifestyle for years, but have gotten so used to "me", that they voice concerns over what i'm doing. I think they are more afraid i'm going to change too much. Eh. Weird.

I don't think much of me is going to change. I'll still have the same strange personality i've always had, except now I might actually be able to find some smidgeon of happiness where I don't hate myself so much.

to disturb you with

Salimander

Its been a rather heavy 2 weeks. A bit of depression has been kinda kicking me around rather badly. But i'll be kewl.


Job still rocks. Now if only I could get the rest of my life situated around. Been playing mage allot lately. My storyteller is a guy named Deoin. I haven't played in games this insanely addicting in quite awhile.

Haven't really had the warcraft bug lately. This happened when Burning Crusade was announced too. I kinda just slump into a lull.

Silly MMOs.

Too much is a good thing

Its been awhile since i've updated my blog. I wonder if these things have a subscription service?

I'm working on a prototype las vegas local gamer site. Unlike meetups this site will cater more to actually posting ideas, plus it will encompass MMOs, card games, miniatures, and rpgs. If anyone has a decent hand at web programming and is up for the challenge of helping me make this..feel free to email me or comment and let me know. I could use all the help I can get.

Oh yes..by the way..I am broke, so the work would need to be free for now. =P

I've been working at Cox for a month and a week or so. I got served a root beer float today, and yesterday I got to dunk one of the managers into a giant bowl of water. Um...this place is amazing. The work is challenging, but the managers/supervisors are great, the teams are awesome, and the company treats us like human beings.

Nightwish is playing in the USA finally since they fired their previous lead singer. The new one is a hottie. I just hope she sounds better than Tarja. She doesn't seem as arrogant, so that is a plus for the rest of the band.

MMO map history

One of my biggest complaints about MMOs is finding my way around. They aren't linear like console or single player games. You can roam anywhere, and the only thing to stop you are mobs too powerful for you to defeat.

Lord of the Rings Online has taken a unique approach to mapping:
http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Lorebook_home


Introducing LOTRO Google Maps!
We’re pleased to bring you a brand new LOTRO Lorebook feature – LOTRO Google maps! Use this feature to add detailed maps, plot quest paths, and mark locations in your Lorebook entries, or just explore the game from a bird’s eye perspective.

What do you guys think?