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Redneck America You might be a redneck if... By the way, this IS my next door neighbor. Scary, huh? And no, this wasn't for the fourth. If it was, I could almost excuse it. This was done about 2-3 days ago, and I still have the urge to repaint it late at night to a French flag with "Happy Bastille Day" written on the lawn. I know they'd know it was me, however, as I'm the one blaring Chopin half the time, and possibly the only one in the park that can tell you what and when Bastille Day is about. And yes, I had to copyright the image as I think I'm going to use it for my book Redneck America. I'm also smart enough to remove his address, though I'm sure everyone will be touring the neighborhood to see the flag on the lawn as well as the bushes, which I know you can't see well in the photo. Seriously though, I was hoping the park would mow this out for him, but I guess they can't really mess with the flag. I am trying to change around some of the links, so feel free to check them out. Disgusting Girl is especially hilarious. I hope to do some more sometime soon, but Dan's pretty gung-ho on this whole boat deal so I've been helping with that a little. Yesterday went rather well. I got to prospect with the boss, and then finish the last four hours on my own. I got tons of information and business cards, so I think I did a decent job. I could probably do it for a year or so, though the heat nearly killed me. That was the biggest factor working against me, besides my weight. After walking all day, I realized how badly out of shape I am. I really shouldn't be sweaty and dead at the end of the day over four hours of wandering. Oh well, I'm sure I'll trim up with more exposure, though I am going to capitulate to those of you who protest my car. I badly need something with air conditioning so I won't melt like the Wicked witch of the West out there. So, I'm probably going to buy something crappy like an Escort that gets good gas milage and won't let me die on the side of the road (I hope!). I'll probably shelve the Jag as a project car and keep driving it between repairs. As yesterday rocked, today sucked to balance it out. I did the meeting with my boss, and that went okay, but half an hour into my day lawn care decided to abuse me for their project. So, I've been spending my day printing maps off of Yahoo so that they can learn how to route their stuff out towards Brighton. Of course, most of it needs two maps as these roads are all backroads in the boondocks and these techs don't know where they're going (I do, I grew up around that neck of the woods). So, I'm printing ones that show where the major roads cross near their sites as well. As I've got a list of 120-200 addresses, this is taking all day. Plus, the printouts are now the size of a small phonebook. The phones were also REALLY crazy this morning, add some coffee in, and you get the idea of a stressed and pissy Daphne. Oh, I also forgot to mention that the printer here has a minute delay where you can't leave the screen you want to print, so taking all day makes a little more sense. Damn old crappy machines. It had a little hissy fit when I had to break so Larry could stick in his letterhead. Of course, he had a hissy back as it wouldn't do anything for two whole minutes. I swear, neurotics really shouldn't work together. That's all I have for today. Look out for new links though as I patch them through from the house. And yes, I did remove Foamy as the quality of their shows greatly decreased. Oy, guess I get even more work. Boss walked back in and asked me to follow up on those contacts I got yesterday. Guess I got to get annoying, right after I finish this map project. Daphne |