Blank Ramblings

2010-11-10T17:56:00.002-05:00

So, lots have been going on since my last post. I'm super horrible at posting. I don't know why, I just am.

Anyway, My new wife and I are expecting a little baby girl! She will be here on or around march 9th.

We do have a name picked out, but we're keeping that a secret. I'd put it on here, but I fear that people I know might still be lurking around. Probably because of a lack of better options on the Internet. I get it, my blog brings people joy for some reason.

So I guess that's another reason to post more often. And Porky, if you're reading this, I'm talking to you too. Only because you're the only person I'm aware of that still comes here. But there might be more...

2010-06-10T10:22:00.002-04:00

It's getting down to the wire now.

Only 2 days left!!!

Everything seems to be going alright, with the exception of kingy and the tie. That kind of sounds like a childrens book "Kingy and the Tie"

It's supposed to rain all weekend. It wouldn't be such a big deal, but the wedding is outside. Each time I look up the weather, the forcast is looking better and better each time. Now it just says cloudy for Saturday. But they threw in a 30% chance of rain. I think they do that just to cover their asses in case it does actually rain.

That's it for Moodkiller's final post as a single moody bastard. Stay tuned for the new, and she tells me, improved married Moodkiller!!

Wish me luck porky!!

2010-02-22T11:29:00.002-05:00

Wedding plans are going fairly smooth. Ordered the paper for the invitations. Got the wording done for them, and the ceremony.

I really hope the hotel this goes well. We need to fill 10 rooms so we can get our room at a discount.

Looks like the next big thing on our to-get list is the rings.

We're having issues with the photographer. We were planning on using this girl that moodess knows, because she told use it would be $500 for the whole day. She just sent us a contract, but the price jumped to $700 for 4 hours. What the fuck?

I've heard reviews for her, and she's definitely inexperienced, so at those prices, I think going with a more experienced photographer is the way to go. Still waiting on word as to why she's jacking up her prices.

2010-02-15T09:19:00.001-05:00

Hello people,

It's the day after Valentine's Day. What did you do for your sweetie last night?

2010-01-28T17:47:00.002-05:00

Hey Hey,

Started my new job this month. It's going really well. I'm so glad to be working again.

Let's just say, currently, things are coming up Moody!

2009-12-02T16:37:00.002-05:00

Ok, so I'm not posting as often as I would like, but look there's three posts within the last month. That's definitely a set up.

Anyway, Last week I found out that the company I was doing contract work for, lost the funding to my project, so my contract wasn't renewed. Bastards

Oh well, I have a second interview setup for next week with a company similar to the one I was laid off from, but it looks like a better place, with better pay. Let's hope I get it. Oh, and did I mention I know the GM of the office? I should have pretty good chances.

Well, good luck to you all, I hope things go well with my interview, and I hope I can post a little more often.

2009-11-19T22:46:00.003-05:00

Wow, it's been way too long since I posted last. My life has been turned a little upside down, but the shit is starting to right itself.

In the middle of this shitty economy, I lost my job back in August. It sucked ass, but after only two months of unemployment, I found a temp job. It's pretty lame, but it pays well, and it's a job.

I've interviewed for a few more permanent positions, but haven't heard any good news yet. Let's keep our fingers crossed, cause my contract should be up at the end of the year.

Sorry about rambling, but I hope to update on a regular basis again, I've missed being able to vent all my frustrations without cause for concern of anyone's feelings.

I've missed you all, I'm sure only porky comes here anymore, but I miss you porky.

2009-09-18T17:52:00.003-04:00

Wow, it's been way too long since my last post. I hopw you've all been doing well.

A lot has happened in the last month and a half. From getting laid off in early August, to our annual camping/canoe trip a few weeks ago, to the accepting of a new position earlier this week.

You'd think with all the time I had on my hands I would have been posting more, but as it turns out I don't use the computer very often.

So, I hope to update regularly, but if i don't I won't hold it against anyone.

2009-08-04T09:40:00.002-04:00

OK, something just happened that I can bitch about.

A co-worker friend of mine, just got offered $15,000 for each of the two domain names he owns. He payed $10 a piece.

What the fuck is that? Here I am trying to live my life hoping that maybe one day I might get a good break, but instead I see it happening all around me. This really pisses me off.

This guy seems to be able to come to work whenever he pleases, never here on time. Like today, he strolls in 42 minutes late, bragging how the two domain names he owns are going to be sold for $30,000. Man I'm fucking pissed. When the hell is it going to be my turn to have something good like that bounce my way?

FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to hit something right now.

2009-08-04T09:29:00.002-04:00

I'm going camping again this weekend. I can't wait.

I love getting out there and sleeping in a tent. We're going with a friend of mine, his wife, and their 5 year old. The 5 year old has never been camping, and he doesn't listen very well. So this should be interesting.

2009-07-20T09:21:00.003-04:00

Moodess and I went to the movies last week. We went and saw The Hangover.

The movie was great, but that's not what I'm here to discuss.

The Hangover was preceded by, and I'm not kidding, 20 minutes of commercials. Not the normal movie previews, but actual television commercials. I saw at least three car commercials, three different jeans commercials, and a slew of randoms. After about 12 minutes of this, the previews finally started. But I mean, what the fuck are television commercials doing on the big screen?

Since the surge of DVR usage many people who watch TV will simply skip over the commercials. So in a lame attempt to force people to watch their advertising. They've invaded the peaceful getaway of the movie theater with their sad attempts at artistic visions of their products.

Bastards!!

2009-07-16T09:12:00.002-04:00

Well, I see that no one comes here anymore. So now I'm going to be blogging to get things off my chest. Things that really irritate me.

I'm sick of people standing on the off ramps holding signs asking for help. Now, I'm just as compassionate as the next guy, but these people need to stop begging and get a job. I bet working at Wal-Mart is a little more satisfying than begging for change. And I bet it pays better.

There are some who try to tug at your heart strings, by standing out there with a dog, or having their scraggly wife stand out there looking all sad. I say, "Stop pouting and get a fucking job!"

What's really bad is when you're at the stop light and you're right next to them. I do feel a little bad sitting in my comfy car, but some of them stare at you and the light seems to take forever. There's a brief moment when I'm thinking of tossing some change out to them, but then what would they learn except that looking sad a dirty can get you free cash.

2009-07-02T16:06:00.002-04:00

I will be leaving work shortly to kick off my 4th of July weekend.

I can't wait till Saturday night. We got a whole bunch of fireworks this year, and I don't think they'll disappoint.

Moodess's friends are coming tom=night to stay for a few days. They're from Colorado. Well, one of them is from Utah. From what I hear these people are fun to hang out with.

Most everyone else made other plans knowing we were planning something. Well, fuck the people who think they'll have more fun diddling each others private parts then have a tank war, BBQ, fireworks, and then a bon fire. Yeah, fuck em all.

So, Happy 4th everyone!!

2009-06-24T14:14:00.003-04:00

Wow, it's been a while. But I did get my facebook/moodkiller screen name. So that's pretty cool.

I don't really have anything going on this weekend, and I want to keep it that way.

We got a new kitten, but I think I mentioned that before.

So, nothing really new in my world. I hope you're all doing well.

2009-06-09T16:42:00.002-04:00

We got a new kitten this last weekend.

All was good until two nights ago when he would leave me alone. I was almost sleeping, but he wanted to play. Once he started fucking with me, I couldn't get back to sleep. I wanted to kill that little thing.

But I can't because the little moodling would be very upset. It's her first pet that's actually hers.

But last night was much better. He didn't fuck with me at all. He's super cute too. There are pictures on facebook. Maybe I'll post one here. But probably not.

2009-05-27T16:17:00.002-04:00

Went camping the past weekend. I have pics up on facebook if anyone wants to see em. I might put one on here. Maybe.

Going to Monticello, MN this weekend for my Goddaughter's baptism. Should be a good time. I guess.

2009-05-14T23:58:00.005-04:00

The first casualty from the enemy side has been confirmed.

Yesterday, an enemy attempted to infiltrate our perimeter. While taking down another bird's nest aka "fox hole" the enemy launched the first attack since the declaration of war.

The kamikaze mission of the enemy has failed.

Our troops successfully took down the enemy pilot buy shooting it down with a pellet gun.

The pilot was found earlier this evening suffering just on the outside of the main perimeter. With compassion, the search party put the enemy out of it's misery.

No more sightings of other air born craft in the vicinity.

Remaining enemy... the elusive squirrel.

Tainted rat food has been setup to try and eliminated the pesky leader of the animal resistance.

In other news, the roof is completely finished.

2009-05-13T11:27:00.003-04:00

I, Moodkiller, hearby submit an official declaration of war against the pesky vermin who have attempted to infiltrate my domicile.

A message to all who attempt to reside in, or on my house.

"This is not an animal house. This is a place for human residence. Feel free to stake a claim in any of the trees surrounding the house. If you do not refrain from building your homes under my basketball hoop, or under my soffit, drastic measures will be taken, and you will be shot."

This may seem a little rash to some of you, but I've been fighting off these two birds from building a nest under my basketball hoop. The declaration of war came to fruition yesterday. While attempting to take down the little bits of nest, one of the robins tried to dive bomb my head. So, I got my pellet gun, and waited by the kitchen window. I did take a shot and I hit the damn thing, but this morning, that little bastard is back.

I also have a huge grey squirrel trying to live under my soffit. I don't want to kill any of them, but I might not have any choice.

2009-05-12T10:42:00.002-04:00

So, we're supposed to get our roof redone today. Well, it was supposed to be yesterday. Well, it was supposed to be done last week.

Stupid weather. If it would stop raining for a day it could get done. I'm just ready to be done with it so I can relax a bit on the home improvement.

2009-05-05T20:40:00.000-04:00

I'm updating to say that no one updates enough.

2009-04-28T10:36:00.003-04:00

I had to work late last night. Myself and a co-worker were moving a company to new location.

Sometime during the commotion, my co-worker had dropped a server rack side panel on my jacket. It wouldn't have been a problem, but my cell phone was in my jacket, and it broke the front screen on it.

I went to Verizon to get it fixed, and they said that I had declined the purchase the insurance when I signed my contract back in October 2007. They said the only way that they could fix it, was for me to pay for all the back insurance. At $6 a month for 19 months I would have had to pay $114+ whatever stupid charges they throw at me.

Or, I could pay $20 and get the early upgrade to a new phone. So, this option I pay the $20, plus the complete cost of a new phone. Costing me more then the insurance.

The third and final option they gave me, is to wait until June 2nd, when I qualify for a new phone, or $100 towards a new phone. So, then I would have to use my broken phone for 4 weeks. I think that might be the way to go.

2009-04-24T09:10:00.002-04:00

I got my electronic cigarette yesterday. It's pretty cool.

So far it hasn't curbed my desire for a real cigarette, but it definitely helps.

I'll put it so more real tests in the next few weeks

2009-04-17T10:17:00.002-04:00

It's Friday again, and blogger is being a pile of shit.

I wrote a new blog and bam it's all gone. Bastards.

Anyway, I'm glad it's the weekend. I don't have a tone of stuff going on, and I want to keep it that way. Just going to an all town garage sale in Barnesville, MN. We're looking for a night stand and anything else that we can use. Moodess is looking for vases for flowers at the wedding. She has two cousins that live there and are selling their old ones.

I put together my new grill the other day. I finished it up last night and tested to make sure it works. Don't get the wrong idea, it was under$85. Ad I had to replace the old rusty one that needed a new burner cause that was rusted through. Because of that, you could only cook right in the middle, and had to constantly watch what you were cooking and rotate the other items to cook evenly. It was a chore. But no more.

2009-04-10T15:01:00.002-04:00

It's Easter weekend.

We're coloring eggs tonight.

I saw this guy on the news last night carving designs and decorations using egg shells. I thought it was pretty cool.

2009-04-06T17:36:00.001-04:00

I got my new water heater put in this weekend.

I'm sure glad it's over. Now I can hopefully focus on getting my roof done.

2009-03-30T20:23:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone.

Well, I'm safe and my house remains dry. Except for the leak in my water heater that I discovered just days before this insane flood business. Needless to say, it's been difficult to try and get someone out to replace it.

Anyway, they've closed the office again today. This is the third day in a row. On the upside, we'll get paid for these days off. I haven't been to work since Tuesday of last week. I had taken Wednesday off to assist with the flood preparation. I did my part by sandbagging up in the Oakport area of Moorhead, MN for the day. If you've seen the news, most of those peoples' homes didn't make it.

Thursday they cancelled school, so I had no choice but to stay home with the little moodling. Moodess had to work otherwise I would have went in to the office. I heard it was absolutely dead there anyway. So we went to the Country Club area of Moorhead to help out with sand bagging efforts there. For as much sand bagging there was available to do, there were way to many people there. I didn't stay long, but Moodess stayed with two of her friends as I took the moodling home.

Friday they cancelled work due to emergency city shutdown. We got calls from the Code Red emergency notification system at 6:00am saying that I lived in an area that was having issues with sewage backup and that we needed to plug our drains in the basement of our house. So When I got up about an hour later, I called around to see who had drain plugs. Mac's hardware had the 3" plugs and Menard's had the 1.5" plugs. We've been all plugged up since Friday. Moodess and I went to her friend's parents place in the Country Club area to help plug up their drains. Then packed and planned to evacuate if the need arose. It didn't, but it's nice to be prepared.

So now they've closed work again, and I'm stuck in the house for another day with this damn weather. Oh, and I got a flat tire yesterday and it took Tire's Plus almost two hours to fix it. And I had even taken the flat off for them.

Sorry for the long post, but much has gone on the last few days. Take care,

Valley Flood Watch

2009-03-23T08:57:00.002-04:00

Well, flooding in this area is a very real and dangerous issue. With the recent rain and the precipitation that is threatening our area is not going to help things. Luckily I am out of the flood area, but if for some reason the flood were to get to 44ft, I'd be screwed.

But as it looks, I should be ok. However, there are people I know that are is real danger of having major flood problems. If need be, I'll employ my services to help out.

2009-03-19T10:31:00.005-04:00

I got a new set of tools yesterday at Fleet Farm. Pretty good price too.

2009-03-10T10:17:00.003-04:00

HoDo weekend was very good.

I asked moodess to marry me. And she actually said yes! So, Moody is gettin hitched.

That was the start of a great weekend. The hot tub on the roof was a great time as well. We didn't make woop as there was a camera pointing right at the tub. Perverts I tell you.

But we were walking to my car Saturday morning to find that some drunken ass hole had busted my driver's side mirror off. They broke the glass, and the whole plastic housing for it. Then someone had the sense to pile all the pieces on the sidewalk next to my car.

Later that night we had friends over at the room and to tell them about our engagement. We went downtown and somehow ended up at the tittie bar. Wasn't my idea, Moodess had never been there and wanted to go. She didn't go up to the stage though. She didn't feel like showing her boobs to the bar. Makes sense.

So, all in all it was a pretty good weekend.

Oh, and I hooked up my surround sound on Sunday. Sounds great!

2009-03-05T09:11:00.004-05:00

It's that time again.

Moodess and I are going to the Hotel Donaldson, here in downtown Fargo this weekend. It's a very up scale place to stay. We had a ton of fun last year. And the cool thing is, that it doesn't even seem like we're in the shit hole of Fargo. Seems like we are in some big city downtown.

There is also a hot tub on the roof. It's supposed to snow a little on Friday night and be somewhat warm. It'll be perfect weather for an out door hot tub.

2009-02-16T12:13:00.002-05:00

We had a bonfire on Saturday, for moodess's birthday.

She wanted a bonfire in the winter so I made it happen. It wasn't even that cold. The temp was cold, but sitting in front of the fire warmed us up really well. That and passing around a bottle of booze warmed us up too.

It was much more fun than I thought it was going to be. A bunch of people didn't show up. Only because they're a bunch of pansies. The boyfriends of moodess's friends flaked out because they didn't want to sit outside in the cold. waa waa

Bundle up and sit in front of the fire.

2009-02-12T09:39:00.002-05:00

So, I saw porky commenting on someone else's blog. I thought we were friends, but I guess not.

For some reason he decided to stop coming here. Or at least stopped commenting. I miss his comments.

Unless it's something about playing hockey or drinking Molson, they tend to not care about the content.

So, here's to you porkbeanz55. Wherever you are.

2009-02-02T09:40:00.002-05:00

So, this guy I work with just got a transfer to our San Diego office.

At the risk of sounding like a girl, he didn't even say good bye. What a prick.

I knew he'd been talking about it and put in the request a few weeks ago, but the last time I heard anything about it they had turned him down for the transfer. But last week he got a message from the GM out in San Diego asking if he wanted to come out there right away.

Well, I supposed I should wish him luck, but not only did he get a transfer, he got a pretty big raise and about 5k to move down there.

What a prick.

2009-01-26T09:58:00.003-05:00

I watched a movie over the weekend. If you ever get a chance, do not watch Hard Candy.

Moodess had purchased this movie from the $5 bin at Wal-Mart a few months back. So we decided to watch it.

It's about this 14 year old girl who meets this 30 something year old photographer on the Internet. They meet in a coffee shop and they go back to his house. He's known to take pictures of under aged girls, but he's on a thin line between photography and kiddy porn.

The 14 year old, mixed some drinks for both of them and she slipped him a data rape drug and tied him up.

The movie continues with her going crazy and accusing him of raping and killing a young girl and was going to torture him until he confessed to her. and tied him to a table and proceeded to cut off his balls.

Now this was the point of the movie where I made Moodess turn it of cause I was getting light headed and sick. I almost passed out because of it. Hodekin was present the last time something like this happened to me. We were watching Going Tribal and the guy inverted his penis. Not cool.

Anyway, curiosity got the better of me and I watched the last half hour of it last night and I have to say that the ending was just as lame as the rest of the movie.

So, to save yourself some disappointment, do not watch this movie. Unless you like crazy girls chopping off a dudes balls.

2009-01-20T09:30:00.002-05:00

I've been studying to take my server+ cert test. It is now required to obtain for my job.

I don't mind cause I don't have to pay for it. But from the other techs having taken it already(some more than once) I know that this test is no joke.

I'm taking the test tomorrow at 11:00am. I'm not too nervous about it. I feel like I've gotten some good studying in.

But I still might just croak on it. I hope not.

2009-01-08T23:18:00.000-05:00

Inappropriate?

Maybe

Funny?

Possibly

You be the judge.

2009-01-05T09:37:00.002-05:00

With the exception of the end result, the Vikings game was a ton of fun.

We had awesome seats. Lower level, 40 yard line, Viking's side, row 13, and end of the row.

There were too many Eagle's fans there. We spend the time there harassing an Eagle's fan. However, because of the outcome, he did get the last laugh. I will try and post the funny pic of Kingy doing something inappropriate (but super funny) behind his back.

I hope you all had a good weekend too.

2008-12-31T11:44:00.002-05:00

Wow, it sure has been a long time since my last post.

I hope you all had a good Christmas. Mine wasn't too bad. I had the whole week off, so that's a pretty good start. We went to moodess's family get together. I got a new ice fishing pole from the gift exchange game they play.

Then we stayed at her mom's house Christmas eve. I woke up with a sore neck, but didn't think too much about it. Until I lifted a 6 year old girl over my head and bumped my forehead just a little, but enough to send me into agonizing pain. I couldn't move my head at all. I dealt with it until Saturday.

I woke up that morning not being able to move at all. I had moodess take me into the doctor's office and they just gave me some muscle relaxers and some pain killers.

So, here it is, Wednesday almost a week from hurting my neck, and it still hurts. Not nearly as bad as a few days ago, but still enough to make it irritating.

But enough of that. What did you all get for Christmas? What was your favorite gift? My favorite gift was a learn-to-play harmonica book with a training harmonica. There hasn't been day yet, where I haven't played it at least a little. I can now play 'When the Saints go Marching in' without using the book. I'm going to be so good by the time the next camping trip comes around.

2008-12-17T15:11:00.003-05:00

So here it is, Wednesday December 17th 2008.

I can't wait until this week is over. Then I have a 9 day paid vacation. That's including the weekends.

Our sprinkler system here at work decided to split and leak over the weekend. I got snowed in until about 11:00 am Monday morning only to come into work to find a big cold wet soppy mess. Luckily none of my stuff was ruined.

So, people have been working non stop the last few days to get everything dried and cleaned up.

2008-12-10T15:12:00.003-05:00

So, it's been a little while since my last post. I'm sorry to the two faithful readers I might still have.

Things have been going pretty well lately. We put up the Christmas tree and decorations last week. That was kind of fun. We put up the little Christmas village and some lights around the house. We didn't put any out side on the house due to the fact tat we do not have an outlet outside. And I really didn't feel like running a cord into the house or garage.

We got almost all of our shopping done for the season. I still have to get something for Kingy and Queeny. I got Moodess her gifts but I'm not saying what they are because she's been known to read my blog from time to time.

I hope you are all almost finished shopping. It gets to be a pain to shop at the last minute.

2008-12-02T09:52:00.001-05:00

I'm sure by now that everyone has heard...

2008-11-20T09:10:00.003-05:00

"While you have many great skills, we've decided to go with someone who we feel is better suited for the position"

Bite me.

2008-11-18T09:07:00.002-05:00

Good morning,

I had a pretty good day yesterday. I had an interview with a nursing home. I think it went really well. Both people I interviewed with were really impressed. They even said so on some of my answers. Out of about 30 applicants, they are interviewing 5.

I'm not sure if I'll take the job yet, but it's a strong possibility. I'm still weighing the pros and cons. So far the pros for taking the job are winning. I should find out by Friday if they are interested in me.

2008-11-11T09:26:00.002-05:00

Good morning.

It's another wonderful Tuesday. Do any of you have any big plans for today?

I don't, cause it's only Tuesday.

2008-11-07T09:07:00.003-05:00

Well, I had a good birthday yesterday. My moodess made ham balls last night. They were good. The only thing they needed was more of the glaze. Other than that they were awesome.

A few friends came over to wish me a happy special day. We hung out for a while, played some Chuck-O and just b/s'ed with each other.

The big shindig will be tomorrow. It's going to be a planned sausage fest. But I'm sure we'll have a good time.

I was on my way out to Devils Lake, ND yesterday, but I ended up turning around about 20 miles from there because the roads got super bad. I could barely do 40 in a 70mph zone. I was sliding all over the place. At one point I thought was going to go off the road when I was passing a big truck. But thankfully I survived. I just decided that I didn't want to get stranded out there on my birthday. I already got screwed on Halloween.

2008-10-31T08:07:00.001-05:00

BOO!!!

2008-10-30T08:30:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone. Or at least the two people who read my blog.

It's almost the end of the week. It's been going by pretty fast. Lots of work to do.

Kingy called my at 11:43 last night. I was already in bed and in that almost sleeping state when he called. All I could hear was loud music and screaming people in the background. He was yelling at me telling me how good of time he was having. All I wanted to do was go back to sleep. But I hope he had a good time with his friends.

But it's Halloween tomorrow. We are going trick-or-treating then to a co-workers place cause he has a haunted house made up in his garage. It sounds pretty scary. Saturday Kingy and his wifey are having a little Halloween party at their house for the kids. I think I might wear my costume.

2008-10-27T08:34:00.003-05:00

Apparently the company I work for is not immune to the recent economical problems this country is facing.

Apparently in an effort to refrain from cutting jobs, they are cutting our pay by 10%.

Apparently this is only temporary and we will get our original salaries back after 6 months. IF when the economy gets better.

This is absolute bullshit. I highly doubt that the salaries will go back to normal after 6 months. My boss was doing everything to get us to believe that.

For the people who are effected, the company is giving us a free weeks paid time off. We get a choice to take the week of Christmas off or the week of New Years off. That's nice, but I would much rather have my original pay.

2008-10-21T09:47:00.002-04:00

Hello Everyone.

I made it safely back from Tennessee. I worked my ass off and made about 32 hours of OT.

Friday was much better. We worked till about 10:00 am and spent the rest of the day walking around downtown Nashville.

I didn't take too many pics only because i don't have a good digi cam. But I am getting one tomorrow. I'll fill you all in on what kind and the specs of it after I get it.

I hope you all have a good day.

2008-10-10T10:17:00.002-04:00

It's Friday again. I'm pretty happy about it.

It's really dark and gloomy here today. With the clouds and the rain, it makes for a dreary day.

I leave for Tennessee on Monday morning. My flight leaves at 6:00am. Meaning I have to be at the airport at like 5:00am. It won't be too bad. I have a layover in Chicago both ways. The layover's are only like 2 1/2 hours each, it should go by fast.

I'll be coming back on Friday night. My flight gets in about 11:03pm. While I'm down there I'm staying at the Hampton Inn. My own room to do whatever I want with.

I hope you all have a good weekend, I'll try and post some next week, but I might not get a chance. If not, then I'll see ya in a week.

2008-10-07T09:05:00.002-04:00

Can you believe it? I can't believe it. No one last light could believe it either. But it did happen. The Vikings came out on top with a win over the Saints.

After the Saint's opening drive I thought it was going to be a slaughter. But the Vike's D definitely did their job. They gave the offence plenty of opportunity. We squandered a few of the chances, but persevered when they needed to.

It was sure a fun game to watch though.

2008-10-06T09:26:00.003-04:00

Did you all have a good weekend?

Mine wasn't too bad. Friday we didn't do much of anything. Just got things ready for Saturday.

The Chuck-O tournament was a success. One team didn't show up so we had to do some fancy moving of the teams around on the bracket. But we ended up drawing names out of a hat to pick the teams. Cause let's face it, if moodess and I were on a team together, we'd have run off with the championship. But that's not how it happened. I was in the championship game, with my partner. And Moodess was on the other team in the championship round, with my partner's husband.

It was a very close game, and everyone came back in to watch. I'm sad to say that I couldn't pull out the win. Moodess and her partner gave a near flawless performance and we crowned the '08 Chuck-O Champs.

Sunday we rented a bunch of movies. I didn't watch too much football, but I did catch some of it. We rented The Garbage Pail Kids. I haven't seen that movie in almost 20 years. It was so cheesy, but it was a movie that the whole family could watch.

It was a fun weekend, but now I'm wishing it was Sunday morning again so I could sleep some more.

2008-10-03T09:13:00.002-04:00

Well, It's Friday again.

I'm pretty happy about that.

We're having a chuck-o tournament tomorrow. Along with grilling dogs, and other fine foods. It should be a good time.

I'll have to post on Tuesday about how bad the Vikings played Monday night. I sure hope they do better than they've been playing. I'd like to see another winning season in the near future.

2008-09-29T09:05:00.002-04:00

I'm getting sick of blogging about how crappy the Vikings played. We had opportunities, but dropped passes, broken coverage, and turnovers caused us to looses. I don't think it was just one guy, but a team effort to loose this one.

We got a bunch of Halloween decorations yesterday. We have the spookiest house on the block. We got a few motion sensors that go off when you walk bye em. One of them is a ghost that strung up between two trees and it moves back and forth making scary sounds. And we have one in our bush that shakes the branches and growls at people. It pretty fun. I'll try and post a picture of the mummy that takes up our big bay window.

2008-09-24T10:16:00.002-04:00

Hello,

I was working at this place yesterday afternoon, when their active directory database got corrupt. So, that was pretty shitty. I could only stay until 5:30, so a co-worker,we'll call him Adam, had to come out and bail me out. He was able to restore the db from backup, but it was way more involved than that. What took him a little over an hour, would have taken me a good 3 hours to complete. That's why he's the king around here.

Picking up the soon-to-be-daughter has been going well. I let her play with her friend yesterday after school. She's tickled that she has friends in the neighborhood. And they are all blond little girls. I'm really enjoying my time with her. It gives us a chance to bond and build a good relationship. Which will make everything easier.

Well, I should get going, but I hope you all have a wonderful day.

2008-09-22T09:44:00.002-04:00

I hope you all had a good weekend.

Mine wasn't too bad. The only thing I caught at the catfish derby was a buzz. The bon fire was a fun time. Some of my favorite members of Christa's family were there too. If we had stayed all night it would have been a drunken stupor.

The Vikings finally won a game. So that made my weekend. That and I have Ronnie Brown on my fantasy football team. He got me 43 points alone. And I thought I wasn't going to win any games due to my top pick (Tom Brady) being hurt for the season during their first game.

I should probably go do some work now. But the only thing is that there is no work for me to do. And again, it's pissing me off. But anyway, have a great Monday.

2008-09-19T09:13:00.002-04:00

Well, it's Friday. That's good news.

Tomorrow I am going to a catfish derby thing. Christa's aunt and uncle put one on every year. They fish all day for catfish, then fry them all up. But the person who catches the biggest fish will win the prize money. Oh and the prize money comes from the $5 entry fee that everyone has to pay.

After the fishing they have a huge bon fire. Everyone sits around the fire drinking. Just like any normal bon fire.

It should be a pretty good weekend. I just can't wait for the week to be over.

I hope you all have a good Friday and an even better weekend.

2008-09-16T16:56:00.003-04:00

I'm in an everyone-can-kiss-my-ass sort of mood all of a sudden.

So, everyone can kiss my ass.

Except for a few lucky ones.

2008-09-09T10:30:00.003-04:00

So the Vikings pretty much sucked it up last night.

They had a legitimate chance to pull out a win, but the inexperience of Travaris Jackson showed up instead. I was super excited to watch em. Then about the middle of the third quarter my hopes started to fall.

Overall the team looked pretty good. T-Jack did make some good plays, but not enough for me to fully support him as the starting QB.

The game looked awesome on my new TV. I think I was more excited to watch the game in high-def than to just watch the game. I sure hope they can pull out a win next week against the Colts.

2008-09-04T12:23:00.002-04:00

My girlfriend started working her overnights last night.

It didn't start out the greatest when I went to pick up Isabel from youth commission. She wasn't there, but still at the school. I then found out that's where she'll be from now on. OK, fine.

She ate supper just fine, and went to bed just fine. She did say something about her tummy hurting, but this was before bed time and she didn't mention it again.

Well, this morning she comes into my bedroom crying her little eyes out about her tummy still hurting. She told me she hadn't gotten any sleep all night because of the pain. She looked like she was feeling better, so I sat her on the couch with a little breakfast while I called her mom. After I got done talking to her I heard the poor thing coughing and crying. In the midst of all that, her body decided it didn't want to keep anything down, and she blew. All over the couch. As she was puking she was crying and calling my name. Now, I hate puke, just the sound of her doing it and the thought of me having to clean it all up was making me gag, and I almost threw up.

I I had to yell because she was in the other room, but i told her to run to the bathroom and puke in the toilet. I saw her running with her hand over her mouth and it was spraying everywhere. I could also see her shirt was covered almost completely in throw up. Well, this was bout the time I called work again to let them know that I had a sick child on my hands and that relief would be there about 9:00.

I tel you, I sure hope that it goes better next time I have to pick her up and get ready for school by myself.

2008-09-03T09:01:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone!

It is sure nice to be back in civilization. But I do miss the simple life that the BWCA offers. I wasn't too ready to go back to work today. I just wanted to sleep. Kingy will be posting pics if you'd like to see em.

My girlfriend starts her over nights tonight. So that means more father-like duties today and tomorrow morning. It shouldn't be too bad.

I got a new TV yesterday. It's an LG 42" LCD with full 1080p. I got that sucker hooked up to my hi-def cable box and it's super clear.

Well, I should get working. I hope you all have a great day.

2008-08-27T09:10:00.002-04:00

Wow, it sure has been a while since my last post. I hope you all didn't worry about me.

It's finally picking up here at work. So, that doesn't leave much time for posting. But anyway, I'm leaving today for 5 days of canoeing, hiking, and camping. I'm very excited. If you were to ask my brother kingy(who is also going), I'm sure he'd say he's excited too.

If this trip is half as cool a last year, then I'm in for a very good time. We'll be canoeing in the BWCA. If you haven't heard from me by next Wednesday, then send a guide up looking for us.

I hope you all have a good Labor Day weekend. I know I will.

2008-08-15T10:36:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone and happy Friday.

I've been working with kingy for the last two days. He's moving on to bigger and better things. So my company has been asked to step in to aide the transition during kingy's last few weeks. i will be here for at least two days each week to learn the system.

It doesn't seem to terribly difficult. It was a little overwhelming the first day, just going over all the servers, and different software they use. But after I get a chance to really learn some of this stuff, it will get much easier.

In other news, a really good friend of mine is in the hospital. From what I hear, he will be in there up to three more weeks. He's already been in for about a week now. I feel so bad for him and his family. He was supposed to start a new job this past Tuesday, but was unable to due to his stay at the hospital. It sucks because he will no longer be starting at his new job because of this, and now him and his wife are out of work. I would like you all to keep them in your prayers as the next few weeks are going to be very difficult on their whole family.

2008-08-11T09:43:00.002-04:00

So, the Vikings didn't pay as well as I'd hoped. But the first string looked promising. They threw the ball almost every play, and Jackson looked much better than he did last year. Some of his throws were off a little bit but a huge improvement regardless.

I didn't do much this weekend. Watched a lot of the Olympics, went shopping with the family. Nothing too exciting.

2008-08-08T09:05:00.002-04:00

I am very excited today for two reasons.

#1 It's Friday. I don't have to do anything this weekend. I'm sure I'll find something around the house to keep me busy, but I also get to sleep in.

#2 Perhaps the main reason I am so excited. It's the first MN Vikings pre-season game tonight!! I've been waiting all off season to watch em. They've picked up a few key players and the young ones have improved their skills over the summer, and it looks to be a promising season. We have pretty much the same team returning from last year, but they key players we've added should help fill the major holes from last season.

Did I mention that I'm super excited for Vikings football? Because I'm so excited this day is going to drag on and take forever. The game starts at 7:00 so no one call me, if you do I will not answer, unless you're calling to discuss an awesome play that just occurred. Other than that, I will not be talking on the phone for at least the first quarter, as that's when the starters will be done playing I'm sure.

Have a great Friday and weekend.

2008-08-05T09:02:00.002-04:00

I'm getting pretty excited for my canoe trip.

I went and got a new sleeping mat as well as a few dry sacks. I made the mistake last year of not bringing any dry sacks. I had just used a garbage bag because I found that as a tip online last year. Nothing got wet, luckily, but it would have sure been nice to know that my things wouldn't get wet in the event of a tip or just plain old rain.

I'm excited for my sleeping mat. It's pretty small and will fit nicely on my hiking pack. I also thought I lost my water purifier, but I found it in the place that I left it last year.

I've even aired out my tent. I am sooo ready. Bring it on Minnesota!

2008-08-01T08:59:00.002-04:00

I'm so glad it's Friday. I again have no plans this weekend. It'll be nice to get a chance to do some more things around the house.

A really good friend of mine is moving closer to me in about a week. He'll only be an hour away as opposed to 2+ hours. I can't wait, if he's here next weekend I think I'll try and see him and his family.

I hope you all have a fun relaxing weekend.

2008-07-31T09:02:00.002-04:00

Moodess picked up the new Lost Boys movie yesterday. I haven't seen it yet, but it was a straight to DVD movie so my expectations aren't very high. She hadn't even seen the original yet. So I went out last night and picked that up. I knew she'd like it. But now I just hope she's not too disappointed to see the sequel.

There's not too much going on this weekend. And I kind of like that. I have a tentative frolf date with a friend of mine that I haven't hung out with in a long time. Should be fun.

Other than that, there's nothing new to report.

And I kind of miss porky, he had some very off the wall comments that made my blog fun. I hope he comes back.

2008-07-30T09:08:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone.

It's good to be back. I was out sick the last two days. I had some strange stabbing pains in my lower abdomen. Then I couldn't stop crapping. But I'm feeling much better today. I still have a little gut rot though.

Kingy recommended that I started eating better. And I agree 100%. I got the fixings for a salad bar last night for supper. It was pretty good. I'm going online today to see if I can find a healthier meal plan for the week. I think that would be better than trying to figure something out myself.

I hope you're all doing well.

2008-07-23T09:01:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was another very long day. I didn't get home till about 9:30. So it was a 12 1/2 hour day. That just means more OT.

I did get a cool rental car. It was an '08 Saturn Aura. Nothing super nice, but it was sure nicer than my car. And the AC worked. That was a bug plus. However, because I didn't take my car I lost out on $240 worth of milage.

2008-07-21T09:10:00.003-04:00

How was your weekend?

Mine was pretty good. I went to that wedding Friday night. I've never seen so many crying girls in my life. The worst was when they were all saying good bye to each other at the end of the night.

We got up early Saturday morning and drove to Park Rapids to go camping. The place is called campers paradise. It's cool because it's on an island and there are like 50 campsites. They do have facilities like bathrooms, showers, and stuff like that. But you still have to use a tent, or a camper. They do have cabins to rent, but the cabins are only like one room. Moodess and some of hr family members took me to the point of the island. There is one trail that leads out there and their tradition to to go out there at night without any flashlights. I really didn't know what to expect, but after we got there we got a fire going, and I shotgunned a beer for the first time in at least 6 years. It was pretty fun. I think I'll be there next year.

Then Sunday was just kind of a lazy day. I did do some laundry and spread weed & feed on my lawn to see if that helps with the stupid little flowers all over the place.

I hope you all had a good weekend too.

2008-07-18T09:08:00.002-04:00

Absolutely nothing for me to do today. It's going to be a long frustrating day.

I'm going camping this weekend. I won't be leaving until tomorrow cause moodess's friend is getting married today. So of course we have to go to that instead of spending another day camping.

2008-07-16T08:59:00.002-04:00

Wow, what a week it's already been.

Moodess has had some of her friends staying with us the last few nights. And tonight there are going to be four drunk girls sleeping in my basement. You all know how moody I can be, I told moodess that I will try my hardest to not be crabby when I get home tonight. I have to work late and by the time I get home the house will be packed. I just don't want them all to make a huge ruckus when I'm trying to sleep. That, and we currently only have one bathroom, and with 7 people trying to get ready in the morning, they'd better not be in my way. Cause I have to work, and NONE of them do.

2008-07-14T08:59:00.002-04:00

I had a pretty good weekend. I got to spend it with Kingy and his family. His daughter, my niece, is so adorable. I can't believe how much affection she gives me. I love it. It makes me feel good.

Our friend Troy was in the lakes area visiting kingy too. We spent time b/s'ing, we went to a lake bar and almost got into a bar brawl. Of course, I was in the bathroom when it all happened. Then yesterday we spent a little time on kingy's boat. I got super burnt. Hopefully it will help even out my farmer's tan.

2008-07-10T09:13:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone.

I got soaked on my walk to the car this morning. In the 20 or so feet it is from my front door, my hair got completely drenched.

I got a hair cut yesterday. She cut it too short. I now look like a new military recruit.

I think I'm going to kingy's house this weekend. Apparently a friend of ours is going to be there all weekend. I think I might just go down on Saturday and stay one night. I still don't know yet.

My girlfriend's friends are coming into town tonight. One of them is getting married next weekend. And guess where some of them are staying. That's right, my house. Moodess is getting more and more moody about them coming. "We have to get this place straightened out!! We have to hang up everything!! Where are my pictures??!" It's been fun.

2008-07-07T09:44:00.004-04:00

Hello everyone. I'm sorry for not posting as much as I should have been. I went home sick on Thursday, and spent pretty much the whole weekend under the weather.

Since I've been neglecting you all, I thought of a fun little post.

Below are two similar pictures of my new house. I want you to come up with at least 5 major differences between them. Please keep in mind that the pictures were taken a few weeks apart, and the angle is not exactly the same. So things like "The house is angled differently." or something along those lines I won't accept. So, have fun and just look for the major differences.

2008-07-01T09:04:00.002-04:00

I went and got some more of those black eyed peas yesterday. I'm excited to show my friends. Or rather scare them.

I'm going to get a small deep freezer this evening. My mom is getting a butchered pig and I'm getting 1/3 of it. But I need the deep freeze cause my fridge freezer is way too small. You can't even fit a frozen pizza in there.

2008-06-30T09:45:00.002-04:00

I went wakeboarding yesterday. Wow, are my arms and shoulders ever sore.

Canny never made it to town apparently, but his blog says otherwise. Not sure what to believe here.

I'm going to be working on the house and in the yard this week. So I can get things setup for the 4th. I'm having another little bon fire after we go and set off our fire works. I'm not going to make any promises, but I'll try and post some pics of last year's firework tank war. My friend Travas and I have one every year. This year, I have something up sleeve for him.

2008-06-27T09:03:00.002-04:00

I thought this week would never end. But I am super happy that i get to sleep in tomorrow.

I have a date with a six year old tomorrow. I'm taking Isabel to Wall-E. Then we'll probably hit up Micky D's. It'll be kind of nice just the two of us. We don't usually get to spend time together without her mom.

Then on Sunday my grandpa is having a family get together. Should be an pretty good weekend.

Oh, and a co-worker of my girlfriend is having a BBQ this evening. I kind of hope it gets rained out, but we'll see.

Have a good weekend.

2008-06-26T09:18:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone.

I am so glad this week is almost over. I've just been dragging ass.

I went and got some fireworks last night. Picked up some pretty good stuff. There were these snaps, but they made a huge ~bang~. I've never seen snaps like this before. They came in a styrofoam package individually separated from the rest. And there were only ten in a pack. I'm going back to see if they have anymore cause we only got one pack. But they were on the clearance shelf. So they might be out of em.

2008-06-24T09:08:00.002-04:00

I have nothing to blog about at the moment.

If I have time later, and some interesting content for you all to read, I will post again, but don't hold your breath.

2008-06-23T09:26:00.003-04:00

Sorry I don't have a lot of time, but I didn't want to leave you all with nothing.

The move went very well this weekend. We are just getting things situated.

We had a small little bonfire on Saturday night. There were a few of my friends, and a few of hers. Got a little too drunk.

That's it, have a good day.

2008-06-19T09:18:00.004-04:00

Lurkers are the scum of the blogging world. They are up there with the trolls that roam the net too.

They don't have a life. Losers (loosers) they are.

The girlfriend is moving in this weekend.

I hope it goes well. I'm sure there will be fights right away, but we get along very well. Besides, she's there all the time now anyway, so it won;t be that different. Except the fact that she will be there ALL the time. But I'm excited.

2008-06-18T08:58:00.002-04:00

I was sitting on my front step last night with my girlfriend, and I stood up only to hit my back/side(not my backside) on the bottom of the wooden hand rail.

It hurt super bad. When we got back inside I showed it to my GF and her eyes got really wide and said "It's bleeding!" It wasn't dripping blood, but it was still oozing out. So we cleaned it up and what not, but it still stings.

2008-06-16T09:14:00.002-04:00

Here it is, Monday morning again.

I had an interesting end to last week. Thursday night I get home late from work to find a basement full of water. My sump pump decided to not work. It was just stuck.

So, I spent most of Thursday night/Friday morning cleaning it up. I didn't go to work as I had been up for pretty much the whole night. I now have fans, and a dehumidifier down there doing it's job. The carpet is still a little damp, but nothing has molded.

Sometime in the night, a strange cat had crept through my garage and into my basement. I noticed it when my cat had it pinned on the stairs threatening it. The cat saw me and took off back outside.

Not such a good weekend. I just spend it monitoring the dampness levels of the carpet.

I hope yours was better than mine.

2008-06-12T09:09:00.002-04:00

I was out yesterday with a migraine.

I slept for pretty much the whole day. I still have a headache, but I can't fall too far behind at work. Besides, I don't have shit for PTO.

The company I work for is extremely stingy with doling out vacation time and PTO. It kind of sucks ass. Every pay period I get a total of 3 hours of PTO!! WOO HOO?

Yeah right. It takes me a month and a half to accrue one days worth of time off.

Bull shit I tell you.

2008-06-10T09:06:00.002-04:00

Hi everyone.

Kind of tired today. But it's OK, I have a pretty easy day in front of me.

In a little bit, I will be heading to Enderlin, ND then to Marion, ND. Just need to setup a couple of WAPs. And their Linksys, so it's going to be easy peasy.

Have a great day!

2008-06-09T09:30:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone!

I would like to apologize (mostly to porky) for not posting this weekend. I really wanted to and tried to find time to do it, but I just couldn't.

Porky seemed like the person to benefit the most from a "bonus post". So, again I am sorry.

But, I did get my house closing taken care of!! I am now officially a homeowner. It's pretty exciting. I spend pretty much all weekend doing minor repairs, and running to Menard's half a dozen times.

Kingy, Queeny and the kids came by for a little bit yesterday. Kingy dropped off my house warming gift. A slightly used standing fire pit. I can't wait to have people over one night and sit around the fire after a good BBQ.

But, I must get back to work. I hope you all have a good day, and again porky, I'm sorry for not posting this weekend.

2008-06-06T09:02:00.003-04:00

Today is a day for celebration.

I'm finally closing on my house! I'm very excited!! 4:00 can't come fast enough. I will be having a special post either later this evening, or possibly tomorrow. I will post a picture of the new house.

In other news, it was 10:36pm when I crawled in bed. That's much better than 1:36am. I woke up super early just from the excitement.

2008-06-05T09:01:00.002-04:00

I'm so dumb, I tell myself that I'm going to bed at a decent time.

But what happens? I stay up way too late, and pay for it the next day.

I debate with myself whether or not I should stay home or go to work. I know the responsible thing to do is suck it up and go to work. So that's what I do.

I vow to go to bed before 11:00pm every night. NO exceptions!! If I'm going to be bumping uglies, then I'd better be done by 11:00!

Good day to you.

2008-06-04T09:08:00.003-04:00

I wish this week was over.

All I want to do in the mornings is sleep in. Dragging myself out of bed has been a little more difficult as of late.

Maybe I should try going to bed at a decent time.

2008-06-03T09:06:00.002-04:00

It's raining again. Apparently it's supposed to continue all week. That is going to make it difficult to go camping this weekend.

I don't really want to go, but my girlfriend wants to cause it's a big family thing for them. I don't want to go because it's going to be wet and muddy all weekend, and most of the people with be riding around on their 4wheelers. Of which I don't have. I really wouldn't mind going, but her and I agreed a few weeks ago that we aren't going. And I've been trying to get some romantic evening planned for this weekend. But if it doesn't happen, then the weekend after that will have to do.

2008-06-02T10:09:00.003-04:00

I'm running around like a chicken without a head this morning.

The funny thing is, I don't even have that much work to do. Just a bunch of little things that need attention asap.

I had a pretty good weekend. I got all checked out of the old apartment and new locks put on the house. I need to replace the pressure pipe coming from the water outlet to the toilet downstairs. Because the old one leaks where it connects to the throne.

2008-05-30T09:12:00.001-04:00

My girlfriend came over last night after she went to a sex toy party.

And, yadda yadda yadda, I'm really tired today.

2008-05-29T08:56:00.001-04:00

I get my cable and internet hooked up today.

I can't wait. It's going to be glorious!!

2008-05-28T09:08:00.003-04:00

I really have nothing to blog about, but I really want to post something. This is the only picture I have on my PC right now. I guess I'm breaking my no media rule.

I'm in the middle with my girlfriend on the left, and her aunt Laurie on the right.

2008-05-27T08:55:00.002-04:00

Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a good Memorial weekend.

I got all moved in Friday night with the help of my brother, his friend, and my old room mate. Friday night wasn't such a good time though. Kingy wanted to go out to the bars and have a good time. I, however, was being a little jack ass. I didn't want to go out and do much of anything. I was tired, crabby, and wanted to get back to the house and start setting stuff up. But as the night went on I was feeling a little better about being out, until I sat in gum. My ass got all gummy and that was it for me. That's when I really started being a jerk. I was complaining so much that Kingy accused me of ruining his good time. I got all mad and told him to screw off and to sleep at his friends house.

So, during the 4+ mile walk home, I realized that I should have said, "screw you, and I'll see you back at the house!" I guess he ended up driving home. And I felt like that biggest ass hole in the world. He lives over an hour away. I guess I just assumed he would show up in the middle of the night. I actually expected that because I set up the couch for him to sleep on. I also tried calling him Saturday morning to apologize for being as ass. but I didn't get a hold of him. We haven't talked since Saturday. So, I'll say it on here too.

Kingofsiam77, I am so sorry for being such a ridiculous jerk, and ass hole when you were here. I wasn't very appreciative of your help and rounding up other help as well. I should have just left the bar and told you to meet me back at the house, and I'm very sorry that I didn't. I hope you can forgive me, because I truly am sorry.

The rest of the weekend wasn't too bad. Spend the remaining days hanging out with my premade family setting stuff up and going to Menard's for little things like a shop vac, light switch covers, a hose, and a few more little things.

2008-05-22T09:33:00.002-04:00

i'm in a blah mood today. i don't even feel like using caps in my post.

tried taking this online home buyers course yesterday after work. but i still haven't gotten my username and password from them. when i registered they said they'd send my credentials in a day or so.

blah blah blah blah

2008-05-21T09:17:00.001-04:00

Today is my one year anniversary working with my current employer.

You'd think that maybe they'd give me a raise or something. HAHAHA!!! Yeah right.

2008-05-20T09:34:00.003-04:00

On my way to work I drove by a gas station with a $3.71 price on their unleaded fuel.

This is ridiculous. I don't understand why our government is allowing the price to soar as high as it has. And it's only going to go up.

Most people don't care if the oil companies lose out on billions of $. It's not like they'll be taking that big of a pay cut. What are they only going to make 30 billion instead of 40 billion? A normal person couldn't spend that much if they wanted to.

I'm just sick of being a slave to the oil industry.