cable guy: you puttin' a computer together there?
jon: yeah, it goes in my car. for playing music and stuff.
cable guy: your car?
jon: yeah.
cable guy: *does that thing where people use a pouty lip to make it look like they've grasped a complicated concept*
cable guy: i see.

today is my last day at raytheon, and it's quite the fun time. i get paid for basically doing absolutely nothing and i can do almost anything without having to worry about getting fired. plus i get a free lunch. i'm going to go moon the boss after i'm done photocopying my butt. oh, and i have the rest of the week off. what a life.

the right earphone on my set of headphones at work has a loose wire in it, so the sound cuts in and out. this makes listening to modern music annoying enough, but throw on music made before these glorious modern times and you've changed jon's mood four shades crankier. you see, back in the old days of primitive mixing techniques, voices and ( Read more... )

i arrived home today to find a rather large fed ex package waiting for me. i opened it to find the official offer letter for my new job and a stack of related forms and literature about the thickness of a phone book. i can tell already it's going to be a project for the weekend. the best part is that there's a sticker attached to the bottom of ( Read more... )

the highlight of my weekend: spending $158 on cleaning supplies at walmart. after a year and a half of living on his own, jon finally owns a vacuum. and a broom. and a bottle of pine-sol to make my apartment smell like a fake christmas tree. may the world rejoice.

For those unaware, the 2003 oscar nominees were released today.

things i'm disappointed in: