So much has happened that i just had to post before i got home.
Bob Tried to kill me
Okay so this is quite emberassing, but bob took me weight lifting Thursday evening after he showed me the factory we worked at. I knew i was going to regret it, but geez, i didn't think i was going to lose sleep over the mass pain i had in my arms. I went to bed, slept for about 3 hours woke up in pain. kept roling in circles trying to alleviate the pain. I finally give up thinking that maybe i can find some pain killers or pain creme. I found some ICY HOT. Which so reminded me of Eric B. experience, sorry man that had to stink. So ya this whole weekend my arms have been in pain. I'm such a wuss. Hopefully at the new place that i will be living, i will have access to their on the beach weight lifting facility and get buff again.
Witness of a highspeed chase
First, i had an uneventful ride from Gburg, to My sisters house. On our way from my sisters house to my brother in laws house we start to exit this ramp. Then wee see this car on the side of us (half way off the road), Were almost at a complete stop and this car is going at least 30 miles an hour. When it gets almost to the intersection the car starts weaving back and forth debating which way to go (left or right). The car picks right then we see two cop cars follor right behind. So were thinking awesome its a car chase. Unfortunately the car turned right and we had to go left, so thats all we really got to see of the chase.
hanukkah cookies
So we find out that Beth's boyfriend bought everyone a gift so my sister starts to panic since they didn't bring anything for him. So bob comes up with this great idea to buy him a tree freshner... PRICELESS. Everyone think's it's a great idea. Unfortunately we decided to stop by a CVS store to look for a tin holder to put some candy in for him that my sister had made. In our looking for tin containers i come across this Chia Pet. So i'm thinking this would be a great gift. We had never seen anybody give or recieve or even have a chia pet. It's good enough to show that you care about the person to give him a present, but thoughtless enough to show that i'm not going to spend some real tnought into it until you join the circle of trust. More conversation spreads and bob finds these Hanukkah cookies. Once again everybody thought it would be a great idea. Bob would of course add the line "What, your aren't jewish?" after he opened the present. Unfortunately we decided to not go that option either. But i certainly had a great laugh and would have thought it hilarious to get something like that.
Internet Fix #1
So i think the main reason bob wanted me to come spend the Holiday's was to fix his parents newly bought Cable Modem/Ethernet connection. Apparently he couldn't get it to work, so i had to come fix it for him. I was the man of the hour.
Crack Potatoes
for those involved need i say more. They're addicting, and there Awesome. Thanks Bob's mom.
Snowball Attack
Bob and i were driving to Kmart to get some supplies, and out of nowhere this white thing comes flying at the car. It was a snowball. We were being attacked by teenagers throwing snow balls. We were coming back that way, if they had thrown them at us again, we would have stopped and totally beaten down those kids.
Internet Fix #2
So after Church mass, there was a gathering at one of the relatives house. Not many people at the place new that i was such a genius with setting up computers to networks. But through conversation one of the cousins mentioned that she was having problems with her router and couldn't connect to the internet through the router. Here i come to the rescue, and I save the day. Many young teenagers can have there fun Instant messaging and emailing and blogging all their close friends.
Customer Support
I'm gathering that customer support really stinks with these internet companies. They charge an arm and a leg to set up networks and things like that, and they expect people with not much computer or even networking background to set things up. If it was plug and play things would work, like with Macintosh's. But no It's plug and "Pray" with all the NON Macintosh computers. It's sad but kind of funny to listen to all of the people saying that they spend three hours on the phone with tech support. Which unfortunately if somebody called me on the phone asking for help with their computer it would probably take about that long. Unfortunately there are just way too many scenarious that could go wrong with a connection. I've had my fare share. The sad thing though is that i fixed someones computer problem, when i'm having the same exact problem. That's odd. different brand name modems will do that to you i guess.
Presents
Since Christmas is all about me, (no just kidding it's about Jesus) i figured i would share some things that i recieved at my first Bob's Parents Christmas extravaganza (i'm refraining from mentioning last names if you wouldn't tell). Deoderant, Cologne (i'm seeing a theme... do i really stink?) Peanuts, M&M's, Gift certificate to walmart, and my parents said they would help buy me a bigger TV, since the one i have is really kind of small. Thanks Mom and Dad.
Whats to come,
Tomorow we will be going to another relatives house to celebrate some more Christmas, (they have computers too, so maybe they'll need my expertise... but almost really kind of makes me wonder if i'm in the right business. I could charge an arm and a leg. I doubt i could do it for a living though. I would so get burnt out on computers. It's nice to see people's faces when they know they have access to the internet again. It's like a part of you gets lost when you know you can't be connected to the internet world.
okay sorry i got off track. So well be visiting those people, and then going to go see King Kong Sunday Evening, then driving back on Monday morning/afternoon.
This week vacation went by slow, but also very fast.
lastly i got a phone call about having my desk taken apart. During the assessment the guy said that the moving company can not dissassemble the desk, they have to get a third party to do it. Seriously it takes like 5 minutes to take apart. Walmart does it right. Unscrew in a couple of places, and whallah easy to move desk. I've moved it at least 4 times already. That desk has been really good to me.
Okay this is a huge book and i probably lost most of you already back a the 2nd paragraph because you didn't want to read all of this. But man great weekend and the Bob's parents house. I'll have to find some funny people in California to keep me entertained.
