These past few days at work have been for lack of better words fucked up. There were rumors circulating around on thursday that people were going to be fired and that new management would be taking over. My old manager was a great guy; nice to everyone, good with customers and employees and hardworking, not to mention a friend of mine. Then there's ( Read more... )

Yesterday Shayne and I made the hour and fifteen minute drive to the Grand Canyon. It's a lot closer than I thought it was, and now that I know it's not too far I plan on going there many more times. The thing about yesterday though was the incredible sunset we watched. We got to the park at about 3:30 and found a place to park. We then hiked down ( Read more... )

I just saw a commercial for a fox news "special investigation" report. The subject matter of this report will apparently be about how people are unknowingly purchasing stock supporting pornography, alcohol, and cigarettes. They showed a woman saying how she doesn't support this kind of material and would sell her shares of such stocks. Why? This is ( Read more... )

I went to work this morning at 10 a.m. and the temperature outside was 10 degrees. I figured that when i showed up they might send me home, and that i might be able to watch da bears game on tv. but i was greeted with, "it's just you, me(the manager), and ryan(some guy)today." oh well, i thought, at least it won't be busy. and it wasn't for the ( Read more... )

The trip back to CL and Chicago was a success. I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to, but I had less time then I thought I would. However, I'll be back December 22nd or so until the 3rd of January and I'll be sure to see more people ( Read more... )

Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well, yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life ( Read more... )

Back when I lived in Chicago I often dreamed about what it would be like to live out west. I had been there a few times and knew I would love it, which I do. But until I actually got there I would just have to talk about it. I spent a lot of time sharing ideas and talking of great things to do with a guy named Mike Mularz. We would sit in an ( Read more... )

The spirit of Chicago was alive and well last night here in Flagstaff. I spent the first part of the night partying at a friends house with at least fifteen other people from the Chicago area. We were "prepping" for the Umphreys show while watching the White Sox game and were all pumped when da sox sealed the deal to bring home a championship for ( Read more... )

Justin's right, gray days can turn out to be great. I worked this morning at 10 AM but got sent home early, 2 PM, on account of a big rain cloud that passed through town. The day was looking gloomy, but the sun came out just like it always ends up doing here. Seriously, only once in the last two months has a day gone by in which I didn't see the ( Read more... )

One of my classes this semester is all about becoming a good leader. As part of the curriculum we had to participate in the school's "challenge course" and that is what I did today. We met at 9am and had ten kids being lead by two course facilitators who set up and ran team building games for us. Until 12pm we did six games that involved stamina, ( Read more... )