Apparently the RIAA has decided that copying your CD's to your ipod (or other music players) is not legal and does not constitue fair use. Stupid fucks are trying to drive all of their business to electronic downloads I suppose.
Has the RIAA gone insane? - A WinCustomize Article by Brad Wardell
iPaq + bluetooth = simultaneous crap blogging from the happy place. Just had to share.
That's what I thought it said at first. Don't know where the mind is today.
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 You have medium extroversion. You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party. Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences. But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time." Conscientiousness: You have low conscientiousness. Impulsive and off the wall, you don't take life too seriously. Unfortunately, you sometimes end up regretting your snap decisions. Overall, you tend to lack focus, and it's difficult for you to get important things done. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. You're generally a friendly and trusting person. But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism. You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have medium neuroticism. You're generally cool and collected, but sometimes you do panic. Little worries or problems can consume you, draining your energy. Your life is pretty smooth, but there's a few emotional bumps you'd like to get rid of. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue. |
BTW, thanks to Cadillac Tight
I finally pulled these off of my camera and just decided to upload them in one big batch. Most of them were taken on my drive to work from the hotel in d'Iberville, to the store in Waveland. Everything is still pretty fucked up.
It's nice to be at home where I can take a crap and post to my blog at the same time. It's just not the same at a hotel.
Just got back to the hotel from work. I went in about 1:15 or so, the place was a shithole. They left me with two backup cooks. One started yesterday and the other started the day before. What a goatfuck. We closed at 9pm with people still trying to get in the door. It took just over an hour to get it cleaned up, I think it still looked like shit but it was certainly better than I came into. I am in the business center downstairs right now. I knew that if I went up to the room that I would pass out before I could get a chance to post anything. Took a couple of pics on the way to work, but they will have to wait until I get home. Hopefully I can get down to Biloxi and Gulfport tommorow evening and maybe get some more pictures (maybe stop in at a casino as well. I wonder if I could right that shit off on my expense report.
I am working the second shift today. I spent yesterday working in Waveland which apparently is one of the hardest hit areas. That is where I am working today as well. It looks like a frigging war zone. The pictures I posted yesterday don't nearly show the extent of damage down here, I just snapped them from the parking lot where I was.
As I drove back to the hotel in d'Iberville (it was still dark when I went in) I noticed lots of trees still down. There are collapsed houses and buildings everywhere. Mountains of debris have been piled up beside the road where people have started to clean up. You can tell how high the water got and how strong the wind was, there is still trash stuck in the trees 20' up. There are no buildings without some damage. Even the businesses that have re-opened are missing signs, or other parts of the buildings.
A great portion of the people that I have been working with are still living in their tiny FEMA trailers, or their houses filled with mildew and mold. Most of them have been working no-stop with no time off since the hurricane. Out of the several units in this immediate area, they have turned all but one manager. Most of them have burned out and quit. Since very few other restaurants are open, it is non-stop business all day long. The one I have been at is only open from 7am to 9pm, and they are doubling the amount of business that I do in 24, and I run the busiest store in West Georgia.
All in all, I am glad that I came down here, and would be more than willing to come back again, as long as I can drive instead of fly. That flight down sucked. I will have to make sure and have a beer or two before my flight home, and take a Benadryl. Hmm..I fliy back Sunday afternoon. Don't know if you can buy beer on Sundays here or not. Damn.
The hotel is pretty cool. Wired and wireless access in the room. I haven't broken out the laptop yet, mainly have just used my phone and iPaq. I am currently on one of the computers in their business center right now. Luckily they have printers in here as well, so I will be able to print out my boarding pass tommorow night.
I was going to spend the afternoon in Biloxi taking some pictures, but since I will be working I will try to get out tommorow.
I should have known that the flight was not going to be fun when I had to walk out onto the tarmac at Hartsfield just to get to the fucking plane, which oh by the way, sat 48. Fuck me. Get to the Gulfport airport and whatever dumbass made all of the reservations fucked up and I had to put the card on my amex card. I will get reimbursed of course, but I may have to wait three weeks for that.
The restaurant that I am working at the next four days is about 36 miles from here, so I will have a pretty good drive tommorow.
On the bright side, the Chili's next door where I had supper has two for one drinks all day, every day.
Looks like we have started taking credit cards at work, for the first time in 50 years. Damn, we must have finally found someone that wouldn't charge us an arm and a leg for each transaction. That has always been one of the reasons that we have remained cash only for so long. That and the fact that I damn sure wouldn't want some of the employees touching my fucking credit card. I think that we are probably one of the last companies to finally start taking plastic. Guess I will have to learn this shit when I get to work this morning.
