Is It Just Me....

Some things really get under my fingernails, with all the crap going on in this world, people BITCH about the stupidest things. This movie 2012, which I want to see, is stirring up this end of the world stuff based on the Mayan calender. Read a book, it's not the end of the world, it was the end of their calender. They basically ran out of stone, it was like all that Y2K crap in 2000. Still here!!!
Listened to the local news, the smallest most insignificant things are making headlines, instead of hearing about the brave soldiers that are fighting for us, we hear these dumb biddies that keep complaining about the bikini barrista stands and trying to put them out of business. This is part a being in a free country, you also have to put up with the stuff you don't like. The complaints from the ladies are; "I don't want to pull into a latte' stand and have my kids see a half naked woman" REALLY!!! Look, it is no secret that the latte' stands have girls in bikinis there. LOOK AT THE SIGN!!! "Hot Chick-A-Latte', "Barrista's Gone Wild" What more of a hint do you need?
The next argument,"I don't want to drive by and have my kids see these ladies thru the window" Are you kidding me??? How is kid your see gonna see someone in a window passing at 40 miles an hour. I am a grown man and I can't do that. Do you know how many cars I have almost rear ended trying that?? As long as they are not breaking any laws, and a few of them have, let them run their stands. I am not saying this because I am a guy, I am saying this because I hate stupid crap. Now, I don't go to these places because they make a lousy cup of coffee( I went once just to piss off the women out front protesting the stand) If I want to go out and pay 4.00 for coffee, I go to Starbucks If I want a lousy cup of coffee made by a half naked woman, I'll have my wife do it, tell her how good the coffee is and get laid later.
Now the holidays are coming up and fast. I am really starting to dislike this time of year. They had Christmas stuff up in October...OCTOBER!!!! Sales are starting already, my kids are giving me their Christmas list. My daughter, who is being a total bitch and charged 136.00 on her cell phone without asking or paying for it, gave me a list. She'll be lucky to get a 5.00 gift card to the dollar store. To be honest, the only reason we are putting up a tree is for our three year old son, Andrew. This is all for him.
We have the employee parties coming up, nothing more I like than spending an evening with a bunch of people I can't stand, there are only two people there I can trust. I could be watching wrestling or catching up on some recorded shows. Case in point, I am working right now, a couple hours ago, someone comes in and asked if anyone had found a couple packs of cigarettes. I didn't know, they told me about what time they were here, and asked if I wouldn't mind checking the video. Later in the night, I checked, and low and behold, the lady was in here. She bent over to get a beer and 2 packs of cigarettes fell out of her pocket. They laid on the floor for about 10 minutes before one of my coworkers came by and picked them up. I later texted him and asked if he found anything, he texted back"They came by earlier asked asked and I told them no we didn't find anything, they are trying to scam us. You should know better than to believe these people".
On a pleasant note, I watched the World Magic Awards last night. I made a point to get everything done so we could watch uninterrupted. Lot of good magic, some mediocre magic and some bad magic. Michael Finney is always funny, Barry and Stuart were great. The other acts were predictable, and can someone explain the appeal of Ed Alonzo? The worst act on the show was the act done by this a woman from Budapest, the color change gloves was hard to follow. The suspended body transposition was poorly done. All in all it was nice to see magic on T.V.
Next week, will be hanging out with my friend Tim Flynn, Tim and I met a few years ago at the Gazzo Master Class. This class was a blast!!! I got to hang out for two days with a bunch of magicians. Gazzo is a really nice guy. I bought a table from Tim a few weeks later as it match the size of the ones Gazzo uses for street performing. It has served me well for many years, but now I think it's time for a new one and a really solid stand, both of which he is making for me...I can't wait to see them!!
Here's the thing about Tim, we never really hang out or session, yet we still came up with the same ideas on the cups and balls so we are not transferring the ball back and forth from each hand several times. Looking to gets some tips on the Linking Rings and maybe coins and cards, I won't be able to stay too long..... Wish I could though.