Jambalaya Festival

I wasn't able to go to the Jambalaya Festival this year, but it looks like they had enough for everyone. Click on the title to jump to the article by The Advocate in Baton Rouge.

Freakin' Accounting Department

My employer offers a tuition reimbursement program for employees who wish to continue their education. I decided to go back to school to get a Masters of Science in Occupational Safety and Health. In other words, I want to become a 'safety man.'

Well, what is supposed to transpire, is that I submit my grades and an invoice for the payment for the class. When I attended Southeastern Louisiana University, I would send in the invoice printed off of the student access site. I always was paid within a week. Evidently, there is some chick in Dallas who seems to have a bug up her ass. I sent a pdf copy of my invoice, which I received fro CSU, to the Accounting Department in Dallas. I get an email from her stating that she needs an original receipt or invoice. WTF? I sent the lady what CSU sent me. That wasn't good enough. Anyway, I called CSU for an original invoice and the nice lady said she had it on the way to my house. A couple of days later, I get an envelope in the mail from CSU. It is the wrong invoice! Now, I have to call them again and get them to send me another invoice, so some Trick in Dallas can get an original. This process has gone on for over two weeks. All the while, I can't register for another class until I get reimbursed. Freakin' Skank.

By the way, there is a great blog out there that I began reading a few months ago and it is great. It is called 'Cajun Boy in the City.' The url is: www.cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com


BTW, Cajun Boy every time I read one of your posts on guidos I think about that youtube video called 'My New Haircut.' If you haven't seen it, please check it out.

Freestyle Moment

Dude,

This video has all the hallmarks of a kick ass video. Of course, minus really hot chicks gyrating in tight outfits. But hey, these guys had cool hair. This is another tune that hit my prom.



The dancing skills defy all imagining!

Back from the Conference. . .

And still married! How 'bout that. Let me tell you though, I was bored stiff in the evenings. The guy that I went with was 4 for 4 on nightly companionship while we were attending. There was a respiratory therapist FOCUS convention going on while we were there. He met some young ladies from there and hooked-up.

Let me ask you a question. Is it just me. . . or is it particularly disturbing to see a respiratory therapist in the smoke bin outside the convention hall puffing away? I am the last one to judge a person on his/her habits, but that just seemed to me to be, just, wrong.

P. S. I really was a good boy while in Nashville! I learned a lot, as well.

Guess what? I have some more youtubage coming:



How cool is that video?

This is EDSBS' Best Cheesecake Post EVAR!!!!

Who would have envisioned Mena Suvari was packing that kind of rear 'heat' and What can we say about Scarlett?

Let me know what you think.

I am soooo screwed!

Let me tell you a little story:

There once was a guy named, shall we say, 'yellow tiger', who was in outside sales about 9 years ago. This dude had just begun dating a very attractive young lady named, 'attractive young lady.' Let's just call her AYL for short. Well YT goes on a training trip to the big D-town in Texas. I was to be there for about a week learning the 'ins and outs' of the corporate way of doing things.

Well, one night, the head instructor and the Managing Partner for the Dallas office decided he wanted to take us out to eat dinner, their treat. I think, this is cool. I call the newly aquired girlfriend named AYL and said we would be going out to eat and woud be calling her back when I returned to the hotel. Well, those of you who have travelled for work could probably guess what happened next. The two bosses decided they wanted to go to one of Dallas' fine establishments that happen to have 'nekid' women all over the place. When I say, 'nekid,' I mean just that. NEKID!!!!

I lost track of time while trying not to get in trouble in this fine establishment. The guy who attended the training with me, ended up at the hotel before me and answered the phone in the room. Lo and Behold, the AYL was trying to reach me for some nonsensical reason and was thouroughly PISSED when I finally called her back.

I'm thinking to myself, 'time for damage control.' I told her that we went out and I just got back, leaving out the fact that we were at one of Dallas' fine entertainment establishments. Let me tell you, AYL was not a happy camper with me at the time. Also, I did not do anything while inside this fine establishment that would have been construed as cheating. Period!!! I was only entertained visually, if you know what I mean. BTW, the Managing Partner paid in full for the nights festivities. None to the proceeds came out of my bank account. Really, I had no choice, did I?

Anyway, she got over it and that was the last time that I have been out of town for any type of work trip. Now, that I am at a different company and I have a completely different job function, I don't have the opportunity to make these business trips that I used to when I was in outside sales. An opportunity has arisen for me to go to a convention away from home. The better-half is not very keen on the idea of me going out of town. She believes there will be a rehash of the last incident.

Let me also fill you in on the fact that the guy that I am attending the conference with is recently divorced. This combination is a recipe for disaster. I really don't want to go out, because we are saving money to pay off stuff early, but I feel like the asshole who won't loosen up.

I love my wife tremendously, and she puts up with my stupid shit all of the time. But this situation is a no win for me. Therefore, I am soooo . . . . FUCKED!

Moving Forward

I know that I have been MIA for awhile now. I just have too many irons in the fire right now to keep up with everything. I have finally started my journey towards a masters degree. I am currently taking a MS level Safety and Accident Prevention course. I am excited about the challenge but also very wary about how difficult the next two years are going to be on myself as well as my family. It will take a full commitment from myself and my wife for me to be successful with this degree program. I did not realize how difficult the process was going to be. But it wouldn't be a real masters degree if it was easy.

BTW, if anyone reading this is looking for an alternative to University of Phoenix, take a look at Columbia Southern University. Their website is www.columbiasouthern.edu They have quite a few degree programs available online. I can tell you that this school is no "fly by night" operation. I did some research before I decided to give them a try. Trust me, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by the degree choices offered.

As I have time and as I get bored, I'll get back to the lazy you tubage '80s junk that I used to listen to.

National Champions!!!!!!!!!

You have no idea how happy I am right now. I know that I'm being extremely lazy by posting the YouTubage, but I am physically and mentally exhausted. I'll write more later.

The Circle of Life

This is an example of the death of a THE Ohio State University fan. . .


And the rebirth into a Michigan Wolverine

Work Weekend From Hell

Man, this weekend was one of the worst non-turnaround weekends in a long time. It began Thursday night and it is still going on. That is the reason for the lack of posts this week. Anyway, I have debated on which music video I wanted to post. I had two videos that I was going back and forth on. Well, I said, "Self. . . WTF? Why not post both of them?" So here ya go. . .

The first one is another song that has been around for awhile. I don't really know how many remixes have been put out to this one. It definately was a weekend favorite.





How 'bout that kooky hat. I tell you, we definately had some strange taste in fasion back then.

Here's a change of pace. . .



Ohh the video chick!

Decisions, Decisions

I know you are saying to yourself, "Does this guy ever do anything at work?" I can answer that particular question with a huge YES. Here at work we are operating at rates that are optimum and allow the process not to strain too much. This actually leads to more downtime than normal when the company decides, in all of it's collective wisdom, to push our feed rates to the edge. When the upper limit is pushed, all types of things can go wrong. (pumps failing, vaporizers fouling, leaks, corrosion etc.) The company pays us not for what we do, but for what we might have to do. Those of you who have worked with hazardous chemicals know what I mean when I say that. That being said, it makes me wonder what the hell am I doing?

I went to college and received a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. I had all of these plans to attend law school at LSU and be well on my way to being wealthy and rich. Well, the teaching bug bit me late in my career at LSU. Yes, I became an uncertified teacher after I graduated. After one year as a 'long term substitute' in the school district that I grew up in, I was offered a teaching job at a small Catholic high school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. I can honestly tell you that the years from 95-98 teaching at Ascension Catholic High School were the most challenging yet enjoyable in my working life. Reality set in early 1998 and had to offer my resignation to the school. Finances forced me to leave a job that I liked. The entire time that I was teaching there, I never made more than $18,500 for a single year. I was not able to complete school to become a certified teacher. This forced me to leave the teaching profession, possibly forever.

This all brings me to the job that I have now. We are VERY well compensated for what we do here at the plant. I now realize that I want to do more. I don't want to work shift work for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong, I like the people that I work with and they are immensely entertaining, but I am finding that I want something else. I do have a plan, however. The company that I work for has a tuition reimbursement program for employees. I can attend classes, and if justified, be reimbursed for the cost of the tuition and fees.

I have decided that I am going to pursue a Masters of Science in Occupational Safety Health and Environment. This degree program is extremely close to what I do now. It is, however, more manegorial in nature. (Is that actually a word? It's almost midnight round time, I can't bring myself to actually look it up.) I am excited about the opportunities this could provide for myself and my family. Not the least being that I could get off of shift work and be with my family for Christmas every year. The two years it will take to get the degree is not going to be easy, but my wife is on board and is extremely supportive of the decision.

The fact that the safety field will be short a few thousand professionals by the year 2012 doesn't hurt either.

Rambling

While at work tonight, I have been visiting some other blogs out there and realized that I might need to broaden the scope of my writing. My most intense interest, of course, is LSU football. Now that I have been posting for a few months now, I think that there are other aspects of my life that might be 'blog worthy.'

You see, when I was in high school and attending college, I considered myself a good writer. I look back to some of the essays that I have written I say to myself, "How did I ever write this well?" I know that my writing is somewhat disjointed with some run-on sentences thrown in for good measure. Ever since I graduated college, I never put any serious effort into writing, but I remember how it used to be so enjoyable and extremely easy for me. How do I get that back? Where do I go? How do I start? What should I write about?

I know that I have some interesting ideas floating around inside my mind, I just don't have any clue about how to access them. Maybe some 'soul searching' is in order. I have always heard that writing is a skill that dulls with disuse. Maybe this online journal can be the whetstone that sharpens one of the few skills that I was always proud of. I just hope that I haven't lost what I used to have.

Some YouTubage For Your Enjoyment

I think I am going to start a new series on the blog. This past weekend while at work one of my co-workers and I were throwing out some of the groups from the '80s we used to listen to. While looking up bands or groups that I had forgotten about, I thought, 'Why not share with the one or two people who actually read the thing some music."

Be warned. Not all of the music I'll share with you will be good. It's just some music which brings back memories from high school and other things. I hope you come back often to listen to my music from the past. It is rather ecclectic (sp.?).

Anyhoo, here we go:




There was a teen club in Baton Rouge called 2010 while I was in high school. This was a staple song every weekend at the club. If you have any memories of those type of places please comment.

The Upside

I guess the upside of the loss to Arkansas on Friday is that Houston Nutt gets to keep his job for one more year.

Hopefully I'll have more later.

Dammit Dorsey, WTF? Is it Saban, or the players?

Crown Induced Stupor

This past weekend was possibly one of the most enjoyable times I've had this year. My wife and I made the road trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the annual meeting between the two SEC schools. Both of my brothers-in-law with their better halves were there as well. It turned out to be a very enjoyable weekend. We are trying to make plans to attend the Auburn/LSU contest next year to possibly top this experience.

I have to give MAJOR props to my wife who worked her ASS off to make this trip happen. While I had to work for almost two weeks straight before the trip, she did everything she could to ensure we were ready for this trip. From making sure the little purple tiger was all set for her soccer games on Saturday morning to purchasing extra LSU gear to help outfit my Florida brother-in-law's RV. I know she is paying for all the work with exhaustion this week.

Anyway, we began drinking the Crown shortly after my wife and I arrived on Friday about 1 P. M. My Florida brother was already there and set up in a lot across from the Tuscaloosa News building. I'm telling you, for $100 from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning, you can't get a better deal. It was managed by the Tuscaloosa Downtown Merchants Association. Check out their website if you ever go to Tuscaloosa for a game, if they have spots available take one, the people are great.

My Texas brother-in-law arrived shortly after 4 p. m. We had been drinking for a few hours by that time. Well, when he arrived J. heated up some brisket he had prepared earlier. We drank and socialized for a while when some older guys came up to see what was going on. They offered some seafood gumbo that they had cooked earlier that day. My wife was in heaven. She absolutely loves any type of gumbo and these guys knew what they were doing.

A couple of acquaintences of ours, Alabama fans were hanging out with us most of the day and I think they enjoyed themselves too. A little later came the time to go out. We were within walking distance from some bars on University. We ended up in one that had a country band as it's entertainment. I was pleasantly surprised with how good they were. I was so numb by that time that I don't remember the bar or the band that was playing, sorry. Remember, we never at any point after 1 stopped drinking the Crown, so we were pretty hammered by this time.

Next, comes the interesting time of the evening. Two seperate events had me thinking that I might actually have to call Ol' Richard Pittman (criminal defense attorney in Tuscaloosa) to keep me out of trouble in Tuscaloosa. The first incident included my wife who confronted an extremely drunk LSU fan who was hanging all over a young lady in the bar. She noticed that this guy was groping and dancing on this girl apparently who did not know how to tell this guy to stop. Well, Mrs. Purple Tiger has no patience for this foolishness and proceeded to tell the drunken slob to get off the girl and get lost. She took hold of the girl and placed her in front of us out of the way of the groping arms of mr. drunk. He looked like he wanted to make an issue of it briefly. He thought better of it and stumbled away. We dodged that bullet, because I would have had to step in front of mr. drunk if he had made any move toward my wife. Being kicked out or arrested pre-game night would have sucked immensely.

Next, we had an incident involving my Florida brother-in-law's wife. She was hanging out in her own little available space when mr. tall drunk guy shows up. J. said that this guy seemed to know every Bammer in our vicinity. Well, he starts dancing and promptly begins to elbow and hit her. She elbows him right back. Needless to say, he did not enjoy this too much. He turns around and starts to yell at her. Well, brother-in-law turns around behind him and asks Bammer friend Shane if he has his back to make sure no one sucker punches him in the event of a brawl. Tami was able to handle her own business and mr. tall drunk guy, evidently intimidated by Tami's demeanor, backs down and leaves her alone. My wife and I left shortly after these two incidents knowing that the next day was going to be long and hard. We got back to the RV and went to sleep. So ends our first day of the Tuscaloosa trip.

Since this was such a long post, I'll post gameday later.

Tigers Win! Tigers Win!!

This covers everything good and bad about the game, I think.

THIS COMPUTER F'n SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4everLSU,

Man, I have been trying to post some comments on your blog for two nights now. This [expletive deleted] computer at work will not let me post to your site. Everytime I'm at home I check your site with every intention of posting something when my addled ADD mind wanders to the Aint it Cool News website. Sorry, dude. One day I'll actually be able to regularly update my page as well as comment on others. I hope you enjoy the game this weekend. I know I will in the big T-Town.

BTW, the Al-Jazeera microphone on your media post was great. Keep it up!

Pre-Road Trip Planning Stage

My wife and I are going to Tuscaloosa this weekend without tickets. We are not planning to try to acquire any, either. You see, both of her brothers, one who lives in Orlando and the other lives in Houston, will be there this weekend. It is a very rare occasion that there is an opportunity for these two and my wife to hang out together. So, we make the road trip. I am actually really looking forward to the trip and the game. I think it is going to be a blast to actually go into a bar in another team's hometown and OWN the place. I will tell you something, the Crown Royal: Special Reserve will be tapped early and often during Saturday.

If anyone reading this is going to Tuscaloosa, just shoot me an email. If we are in the area of where you are tailgating, I'd like to drop by and say hello.

I have to work Wednesday and Thursday, but we are leaving after I get home from work and do the "Triple-S" we will be hitting the road. I know that the trip is only about 5 1/2 hours, but the little lady and I hardly ever get any time alone. So we'll prolly get a room somewhere Thursday night and have some quality 'alone time' if you get my drift. Anyway, have a great weekend. Hopefully, I'll have some interesting and humorous anecdotes to relate when we return.

GEAUX TIGERS

I'm Getting Stoked

My brother-in-law sent me this link to a video a dude put on Youtube. I think it's pretty cool.

McLovin is THE Man!!!