Thursday, May 31, 2012

See ya May

 Last day of May. Turns out that May was alright. We had some issues with the van but other than that no major complaints. Last night after work we drove out to Tuckers marketplace buffet in Burlington to celebrate Kaths birthday. Its the last day of my work week so very excited about that. Yesterday the customers were very angry and i  just became so exhausted to the point of taking a break to put cold water in my face. Hope today is better. Also decided I'd better diet again. I've gained back half the weight i lost in January. Gonna start walking again and drinking more water. Can't wait for June. We have the niagara falls comic con. Well I'm rambling. See ya in June.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

F U day after memorial day

 The day after memorial day  sucked huge. It was busy the entire day and everyone was so angry. I don't want to throw the term bitch around to lightly but there were a lot of huge bitches that called in. It was horrible. They sucked the life right out of me. I was exhausted by the second hour. I did receive some good news though. Mellisa, my former manager from the cell phone company got moved over to cable tv and she's my new manager. She was always cool and fair to me so looking forward to her being my boss again.

Happy birthday KJ

Happy birthday to my best friend in the whole wide world, the mother of my child and the coolest person i know. Thanks for making me the happiest guy  for the last 13 years. Sorry you are stuck at work on your birthday. Rock on Kath.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Memorial day

 Man i do not get my work some times. Ha ha that's an understatement. So i work for an american company and yesterday was Memorial day. Since it was a holiday they only wanted about 30 of us to work the whole day as opposed to the over 100 people that would have normally been working. So a request was sent for 30 volunteers. Of course no one was going to volunteer. So works solution? Schedule everyone as planned. It was really dead--we were going half an hour between calls which i was loving. Because it was so dead people had to be sent home which is what they wanted in the first place. I got to go home early and  even pick up Diana from school. It was a win-win situation for me. Unfortunately the day after a holiday  usually sucks. Not really looking forward to todays shift. Will i have a nervous breakdown today? Time will tell

Monday, May 28, 2012

Another awesome Geeky weekend

  Well the weekend is done and it was great. Saturdays are my new vavorite dat of the week, Its the only day i get to spend with Kath and Diana. Saturday afternoon we met up with Rob and Nickle in Welland at a star wars themed con called fun expo. Lots of star wars stuff for sale. Made ne wanna punch the younger version of myself for breaking a lot of my old toys. That stuff is worth a pretty penny now. Our artist friend John Bulmer was there as well. He's been really pimping Get Your Geek On. He was handing out our business cards and he has a huge banner with his art on it that mentions gygo as well. Man we really appreciate the publicity.   Like most cons i managed to find 1 vendor with tons of cool cheap stuff. I bought some old  Spider man Macdonalds toys from the 90's and found some comics for 50 cents a piece. I think i spent a total of 7 bucks.  It was pretty sweet.

  We also got confirmation that we got a press pass for the Niagara falls comic con.Diana gets in free so we only had to but one ticket. We're going to see if there's anyone we can interview. Burt ward from batman and Robert Picardo from Stargate are both going to be there. Our friend John Merry is coming. It's his first ever comic book convention. Its gonna be in 2 weeks. Can't wait.

We wrapped up Saturday night with our first trip to the drive in of 2012. Took Diana to see Men In Black 3 and the animated Pirates band of misfits. Great night. Mib 3 was awesome. Had a twist ending that was sad though. You aren't supposed to cry during a Men In Black film. Anyhow all great things come to an end and we were already planning our next weekend

Friday, May 25, 2012

Weekend!

  Thank God its Friday! The first day of my weekend. Its a hot one out there. Just getting ready to go pick up the kid and get ice cream at macdonalds.Taking it easy with the fam tonight. Gonna watch the first 2 men in black movies. Going to the drive in in tomorrow to see men in black 3. I can't believe its been a decade since the last film. Most importantly i am not at work today. I came home early yesterday. Its such a happy feeling and a relief when i walk out that door. Good times indeed. I've been working on the next 3 episodes of get your geek on. Can't wait to record them. Well I'm off to get Diana.  Talk to you later.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Are you new?

  Ok so the day ended great. The beginning of the day sucked as do most days at work. If you've been to this blog before then you know that's not new. There was a lot of bitching and complaining. It wasn't all that busy but i was on some long ass calls. One lady asked me like 10 questions in a row. One question right after another, Before i could open my mouth to try and answer at least one of them--she asked me if i was new? Apparently the 5 seconds she gave me to answer all the questions wasn't enough time. I've been asked if i was new before and it just rubs me the wrong way.  Anyhow at 3;30 as i was going to lunch they started sending people home because it wasn't busy. I got asked and thought hmmm i really want to leave this hell hole but don't want to miss 3 hours of pay. I texted Kath and she convinced me to come home. Bless her heart. I couldn't take much more. Thank God for having such an understanding wife

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Awesome customers

Oh  i did forget to mention some recent awesome customers. I spoke with a leonard Weiner and his name seriously suited him. Also spoke with a customer who made me say the name of the porn on her bill. She wouldn't leave it at just an adult movie. Nope she had to hear that big black boners was ordered. Good times

Is the day over yet?

Well i've barely started my day and I'm ready to go back to bed. Kath had to go get a new tire this morning before she could make it to work. I got woken up at 6 in the morning by a pair of growling cats. There's some  stupid sales rally at work today. Yay. Just what i want a loud work environment. I just want the day to be over. Not in the mood for angry customers. Just wanna stay home and watch Thor, Is that so wrong?

Monday, May 21, 2012

Birthday party

On Saturday we threw a big birthday party for Diana. She invited 5 of her friends over and we had a barbeque. Kath came up with some activities for the kids including cup cake decorating. It was nice but made me realize I'm cool with just the one kid. She's a great kid and i couldn't ask for a better child, However having 5 kids here was exhausting--although not as exhausting as putting up with red necks at the day job.

Concert tickets for the fam

 Hooray! Kath got us tickets to see Huey Lewis and the news at artpark in July. Tickets were only 5 bucks a piece. We're gonna take Diana to see  it as well. The kid knows a lot of Huey Lewis songs. I know that's scary right? I think its cool. Finally a concert that isnt a million dollars. Can't wait. Sheryl Crow is coming to Art Park in august. We may try and go see her as well. It should be an awesome summer.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Happy birthday Diana!

  Today is my daughter Diana's birthday,  How is she 7 years old already? I can't believe 7 years ago at this time we were waiting for her to be born. I can't believe how fast she;s growing up. Slow down kid. I'm dreading the teenage years. I love you buddy and i'm so glad you're part of our lives. Happy birthday

Friday, May 11, 2012

Avengers Assemble!

  If free comic book day wasnt enough  there was another huge geek moment the same day. We were going to see the Avengers! I'd been reading that comic book series since i was 6. It was my introduction to such heroes as iron man and thor and captain america. For the last  4 years marvel comics has released iron man, iron man 2, thor, captain america and the hulk as solo movies. In each movie we were teased with a program called the avengers initiative. Usually Samuel Jackson would show ud as an agent named Nick Fury in these films, So this year an actual Avengers film finally came out featuring all the  heroes listed above plus Hawkeye and The Black Widow. This was pretty much a film i had waited my whole life for. It was so good. So many exciting moments and each hero had his or her time to shine. They also finally got the Hulk right. He had been in 2 horrible solo movies played by 2 different actors. This time he was played by mark Ruffalo who did an awesome job. Kath was able to stay awake the whole time! so right there is the highest compliment you can give a film! Can't wait to see it again and looking forward to seeing where the marvel movie universe goes from here.

Free Comic Book Day 2012



 Last Saturday was free comic book day. What is free comic book day? Its a day that occurs at all comic book stores on the first Saturday in May and  its a tradition that started 10 years ago.  We were lucky enough to be asked to broadcast from the event at Pulp comics. We've been trying to put something together for the last 2 years but something always came up. This year we got it right.  We set up outside the store and had a tent for shelter. Our good friend John Bulmer  who is an artist had a table in front of us. It was an awesome day. There was a barbeque and cake and of course a selection of free comics. Lots of people in star wars and super hero costumes. At the last minute we decided to bring Diana with us. We werent going to originally because we thought that would be a really long day for her. She was happy to be there and was so good all day. She just read and played. We had an awesome time doing our show. Thanks to pulp comics for having us.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

When will they start making sense?

My favorite angry customer quote of the day?
" you people give me nothing but gibble gabble gibble!"

Thank God i only have one more day to go before  my days off.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Thank you for being a friend my ass.

 Lets start the months blogs off right. Yup you guessed it--more stupid customer complaints. Today an old lady was seriously pissed off at me because i couldn't tell her what time the Golden Girls was on. Every time she went to the lifetime channel  they were playing something else. Here's an idea--invest in a tv guide. It's not like i turn my tv on expecting Macgyver to be on. Although that would be awesome. We don't have access to tv listings or outside websites at work so i couldnt tell her. She was actually going to go to a supervisor over it to. I'm sure the Golden Girls wouldn't want her to be angry.

Happy birthday Piano Man

A very happy birthday to the Piano Man--Billy Joel. My first concert ever was in 1984 to see him on The Innocent Man tour.  Lot of great tunes. Maybe he'll put out another album someday. I can't believe its been 19 years since the last one,  Rock on Mr Joel!