Please...just move.

I like old people. Mostly I like to talk to them and listen to their interesting stories.

I don't like old people. Mostly I don't like it when they drive.

Yesterday I went to the grocery store in order to buy some lunch supplies for here at work. I went to the store at about 1:10pm on a Wednesday afternoon. Let me tell you...there were SO many old people there. It was like they were having an old people convention in the grocery store. I actually walked in behind an old woman who, with her grocery cart, took two steps into the actual store, stopped (blocked everyone from entering) and looked around like she had no idea where she was, what she needed, or how she had gotten there.

At first I felt bad, but then I thought about it. She drove to the store. I know this because I saw her set off her car alarm when she tried to lock her car. She knew she was in a grocery store because she stopped to grab a grocery cart. The point is, she knew where she was and she knew how she got there.

Is there some age at which they require a retest for your driver's licence? If there isn't, there should be. I mean, if this lady forgets in the two second between grabbing a cart and walking through one of those security devices (what the heck? do they put magnetic things on our food to alert those devices?) where she is at...MAYBE she shouldn't be driving a large killing device aka a car?

Just be aware...the old people...they are out in droves during the weekdays at lunch time. Watch out. They don't want to tell you stories...they just want to annoy you.

Thankful

I am glad that:

-I can listen to music at work. I currently enjoying The Decemberists "The Crane Wife", which I received for Christmas from a good friend. I have really liked The Decemberists for a long time, but, for some odd reason, I have never owned one of their CD's. What is up with that? Well, now I have a good one and it will make me just buy another.
-I can take bathroom breaks anytime. This means I can get water anytime I want to as well. Sometimes these breaks will turn into adventures where I walk around the offices and find places I have never been to. The other day I went up to the fourth floor where I had been a few times before. The only way up to the fourth floor is by taking the stairs. Today I am going to go up there again because the fourth floor is a GIANT room that runs the whole length of one half of the offices. There are no walls or anything, just shelves and shelves of junk. Sometimes the junk is too large to fit on a shelf and I swear I saw a rocket ship up there one time.


Sorry, just took a bathroom break. As I was saying, I can take bathroom breaks anytime, so many times these bathroom breaks are just a way to do some reading. I don't actually need to use the restroom, I just go into a stall with a book (usually a comic book hidden in a work folder) and read for awhile. I have no idea how long I was just gone, but I did read about half a trade paperback called Bone. (I highly recommend reading Bone by Jeff Smith, I believe, if you have the chance.)
-They haven't blocked Gmail. If it weren't for Gmail Chat, I wouldn't be the man I am. I wouldn't have experienced the experiences I have experienced. I know this is hard to believe and it sounds stupid, but it is really quite true. #1 I would be absolutely frick'n crazy if I didn't have this communication outlet. #2 I wouldn't have been able to become great friends with a supportive friend. #3 I wouldn't have learned about how I love and hurt. I am speaking of the Boston Breakup. If you don't know what that is, then ask me sometime. #4 I think #1 is really big enough it needs to be listed again.
-I enjoy the winter. I love skating and sledding and skiing and that is incredibly important when you live in a place where winter weather makes up a good portion of the year. I like getting other people excited about these things too because a lot of people tend to shut down during the winter. There is a lot of beauty out there, so let's get out there and check it out. You will just have to wear a few more layers than you may like...
-That I am going to lunch. I am starving.

~tj

Welcome back.

Well, it is time to go back to work after having something close to two weeks off. I figured that it would be a good day here at the job becuase we haven't been here much. There would be lots to do, I would be busy, and the day would glide on by.

Wrong.

I have been here for nearly three hours and I have yet to do any work. Yes, that is right...I haven't got a single thing to do. At least I am getting paid to catch up on my internet reading. Sadly, I am all caught up. I feel like I need to find a new skill set so that I can get a new job. I have no idea what that skill set will be or where I will get it, but I need to get a new job. This is just tiring.

I have had a couple of really great days this last long weekend. It was a wintery weekend. Saturday night I went to see the Minnesota Wild play some hockey. I love going to the Excel Energy Center. It is so clean and new and pretty and exciting. Even if my team didn't win, I still had a great time watching a pretty good game. The Wild won their next game against Colorado (a team that is pretty much done for the year) and they were pretty close to beating Detroit right after having taken down the number one team in the entire league. Now, if we could just play with some good offense and consistent defense, we will be just fine.

Sunday I went sledding and then played some hockey outside. It was cold, but not horrible. I think everyone had a good time and I was certainly ready for bed that night. Heck, I am ready for bed NOW. That has a lot to do with the fact that I am just sitting here...

I have contacted NTC again to let them know I am still interested in doing another tour for them. Really anything would be nice, but three weeks would be ideal. I am just tired of sitting and I can tell I need to move around more.

Todd's New Year's Rock'n Eve Party 3 was really a blast. We played a lot of games and had some drinks and tasty foods and some of those pizza's that taste like cardboard with sauce and cheese on them. Lots of Rock Band and foosball were played and I think that everyone had a nice time.

2009...watch out...cause you are just in the way of me getting to 2010...which just looks cooler when you read it or write it...don't you all agree?

-t2010j