So because all good things come to an end,i had to go back to my dayjob on monday. I've been pissed off pretty much ever since. The customers have sucked,i've failed another quality and was just told that i can't have May 15th off for my daughters birthday. I may have to develop a cold that day. Man my previous manager so would have fought for me to have that day off. So needless to say i am very angry right now and am trying to calm down and vent through blogging. I'm on a one hour lunch which couldnt have come at a better time.
Nickle and Rob are coming over to watch v tonight so that may help to put me in a better mood--i hope. I have the next 2 days off as well. Oh crap i just remembered i volunteered to work 3 hours on Good Friday. Its extra money but son of a bitch i have to go back to that hell hole an extra day this week. Ok gonna get moving as bitter Jay is in full effect and i need to cool out. Ill 'talk to u later
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Convention 2: The Wrath of Con
So when i last left off Kath had swooned upon seeing Christopher Knight. So was she able to pull it together for the interview? You bet she did. She's a professional. She didn't even ask him about the brady bunch which i found cool. She did mention her crush on him as well. From there we interviewed his wife Adrienne Curry. She was not only hot but massively cool and geeky. She was wearing a wonder woman costume and the whole interview was her talking about other costumes and star wars. It was awesome. We even had our pic taken with the 2 of them. It was cool.
Speaking of the photo's--a shout out to Nickle for all the awesome pics she took at the con. She took pics of all the interviews and a lot of the costumes people were weaaring. Sh was much better than the douche at the everything to do about sex show and didnt even bash a microphone into my face. Thanks for a great job Nickle!
Interview number 5 was with Canada's own fan girl Liana K. You might remember a few months back i had blogged how she had joined our facebook group. She has a huge collection of action figures and comics and i talked to her about it, She's also all about dressing up for the conventions. This time she was dresses as Cheetara from the Thundercats. Awesome costume. It scarred Diana a bit. Nickle got a cool pic of us with Liana as well. It may have been my favorite interview of the day as it was my third and i was starting to lose the nervousness. Liana even inspired me to maybe dress in a costume next time out.
We scheduled an interview with Gail Simone the writer of Wonder Woman for 2:30. It was only about 11:30 at this point. We decided to do some shopping. We all ended up finding really cool stuff. Nickle found some cool Green Arrow t shirts and Rob found some trade paperbacks he had been looking for. Kath got a shirt and an action figure of Duff the cake maker of all things. As for me i found a super friends book for Diana that i had been searching for. I got it for 9 bucks--regular 16 bucks. Also got 2 atom trade paperbacks for 5 bucks a piece nornally 20 bucks each. I found some batman themed little cars for Diana as well.
Had a little lunch,took more pics and i even got interviewed for another dude's podcast. It was pretty cool. At 2:30 Kath did an awesome interview with Gail Simone and had her sign one of her wonder woman comics. Rob and i interviewed 3 guys dressed like the ghostbusters who have a ghost busters pod cast. Speaking of which Ernie Hudson was a guest at the con and was even dressed in his Ghostbusters costume.
THen something shitty happenned, Someone decided it would be funny to pull a fire alarm. Everybody had to evacuate into the hall way. While in the hall way we joked around with Gail Simone and we got our pictures taken for the wizard world facebook page. Well pictures of my back made it anyhow. Anyhow we eventually made it back in and did more shopping.
Unfortunately the day had to end. It was such a fantastic day. Jerry the promoter seemed to be impressed with us and wants us to come back next year--possibly for the whole weekend--and set up a booth as well. Man that would be massively cool. I may even go in costume. I can't wait. It was a really nice con. Everyone was really friendly and it wasnt too crowded. I just wanted to Thank Rob for setting everything up amd Jerry for being cool and getting us interviews and press passes. Thanks also to Nickle and of course Diana and Kath for making this one of the best days i ever had,
Speaking of the photo's--a shout out to Nickle for all the awesome pics she took at the con. She took pics of all the interviews and a lot of the costumes people were weaaring. Sh was much better than the douche at the everything to do about sex show and didnt even bash a microphone into my face. Thanks for a great job Nickle!
Interview number 5 was with Canada's own fan girl Liana K. You might remember a few months back i had blogged how she had joined our facebook group. She has a huge collection of action figures and comics and i talked to her about it, She's also all about dressing up for the conventions. This time she was dresses as Cheetara from the Thundercats. Awesome costume. It scarred Diana a bit. Nickle got a cool pic of us with Liana as well. It may have been my favorite interview of the day as it was my third and i was starting to lose the nervousness. Liana even inspired me to maybe dress in a costume next time out.
We scheduled an interview with Gail Simone the writer of Wonder Woman for 2:30. It was only about 11:30 at this point. We decided to do some shopping. We all ended up finding really cool stuff. Nickle found some cool Green Arrow t shirts and Rob found some trade paperbacks he had been looking for. Kath got a shirt and an action figure of Duff the cake maker of all things. As for me i found a super friends book for Diana that i had been searching for. I got it for 9 bucks--regular 16 bucks. Also got 2 atom trade paperbacks for 5 bucks a piece nornally 20 bucks each. I found some batman themed little cars for Diana as well.
Had a little lunch,took more pics and i even got interviewed for another dude's podcast. It was pretty cool. At 2:30 Kath did an awesome interview with Gail Simone and had her sign one of her wonder woman comics. Rob and i interviewed 3 guys dressed like the ghostbusters who have a ghost busters pod cast. Speaking of which Ernie Hudson was a guest at the con and was even dressed in his Ghostbusters costume.
THen something shitty happenned, Someone decided it would be funny to pull a fire alarm. Everybody had to evacuate into the hall way. While in the hall way we joked around with Gail Simone and we got our pictures taken for the wizard world facebook page. Well pictures of my back made it anyhow. Anyhow we eventually made it back in and did more shopping.
Unfortunately the day had to end. It was such a fantastic day. Jerry the promoter seemed to be impressed with us and wants us to come back next year--possibly for the whole weekend--and set up a booth as well. Man that would be massively cool. I may even go in costume. I can't wait. It was a really nice con. Everyone was really friendly and it wasnt too crowded. I just wanted to Thank Rob for setting everything up amd Jerry for being cool and getting us interviews and press passes. Thanks also to Nickle and of course Diana and Kath for making this one of the best days i ever had,
Monday, March 29, 2010
Get your geek on hits toronto wizard con part 1
Well i have to tell you about one of the greatest days i ever had. Saturday Kath and Rob and Nickle and i went down to the wizard world comic convention in Toronto. There's a lot to tell so i will probably split it into a few blogs.
We went and covered it for the show and it was amazing. Rob had been in contact with a man by the name Jerry. Jerry was massively cool and got us press passes to get into the con. Real badges! I wore mine proudly. What did this mean for us? Well for starters it got all of us in for free! THey were also cool about Diana getting in for free as well. Also we didn't have to wait in line either--because we were press we got to walk right in. We were also granted access to the press/celebrity green room. I have to tell ya i kinda felt like a celebrity. It was an awesome feeling.
We had put through a request for interviews beforehand that at the time of arrival hadnt been answered. Rob being the awesome producer he is lined up our first interview--Erin Gray from Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons fame. She was really nice and still beautiful. I couldnt believe she was 60. She certainly didnt look it.
Anyhow i had the task of talking to her. Lets be clear--i was extremely nervous. Here was a woman i had a crush on when i was a kid and besides a bad interview with some klingons,this was going to be first official interview ever. So we began the interview and it went well. I actually mentioned my crush and asked if she got to ride the big silver spoons train. I thought i was being clever but i guess she gets asked that all the time. Rob and Kath said i did a great job. Gil Gerrard who played Buck Rogers was sitting next to her but we didnt ask for an interview.
Next up we spoke with an actor by the name of David Peck Richmond. Now i hadnt prepared any questions for the guy it was kind of a last minute request. He's on the new V series which is a remake of the 80's classic.He'd also appeared on some stargate episodes. He seemed like a cool dude. Rob helped me out with some questions. It went pretty smooth. Then we decided to go speak with Jerry to see what we could do about other interviews. Thats when we first got to hang out in the press room. On the way there i say a really gorgeous woman in a wonder woman costume. I didn't realize it was Adrianne Curry the wife of Christopher Knight aka Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. Speaking of which we noticed he was walking behind her. Now a bit of history--Kath had a huge crush on him growing up. As soon as she saw him she started to hyper ventilate and began to cry. It was kind of sweet actually. Even after seeing this i was expecting her to go interview him. How did she do? Stay tuned for part 2 same geek time same geek channel!
We went and covered it for the show and it was amazing. Rob had been in contact with a man by the name Jerry. Jerry was massively cool and got us press passes to get into the con. Real badges! I wore mine proudly. What did this mean for us? Well for starters it got all of us in for free! THey were also cool about Diana getting in for free as well. Also we didn't have to wait in line either--because we were press we got to walk right in. We were also granted access to the press/celebrity green room. I have to tell ya i kinda felt like a celebrity. It was an awesome feeling.
We had put through a request for interviews beforehand that at the time of arrival hadnt been answered. Rob being the awesome producer he is lined up our first interview--Erin Gray from Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons fame. She was really nice and still beautiful. I couldnt believe she was 60. She certainly didnt look it.
Anyhow i had the task of talking to her. Lets be clear--i was extremely nervous. Here was a woman i had a crush on when i was a kid and besides a bad interview with some klingons,this was going to be first official interview ever. So we began the interview and it went well. I actually mentioned my crush and asked if she got to ride the big silver spoons train. I thought i was being clever but i guess she gets asked that all the time. Rob and Kath said i did a great job. Gil Gerrard who played Buck Rogers was sitting next to her but we didnt ask for an interview.
Next up we spoke with an actor by the name of David Peck Richmond. Now i hadnt prepared any questions for the guy it was kind of a last minute request. He's on the new V series which is a remake of the 80's classic.He'd also appeared on some stargate episodes. He seemed like a cool dude. Rob helped me out with some questions. It went pretty smooth. Then we decided to go speak with Jerry to see what we could do about other interviews. Thats when we first got to hang out in the press room. On the way there i say a really gorgeous woman in a wonder woman costume. I didn't realize it was Adrianne Curry the wife of Christopher Knight aka Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. Speaking of which we noticed he was walking behind her. Now a bit of history--Kath had a huge crush on him growing up. As soon as she saw him she started to hyper ventilate and began to cry. It was kind of sweet actually. Even after seeing this i was expecting her to go interview him. How did she do? Stay tuned for part 2 same geek time same geek channel!
This has gotta be some kind of hot tub time machine
For any of you thinking of catching a film might i recommend Hot Tub Time Machine. Kath and Rob and Nickle and i went and checked it out yesterday and damn it was good. It had everything you need in a movie--time travel and the 80's! It was funny as hell. The music was awesome as well. It was the soundtrack of my youth. Everyone that knows me knows i'm kinda stuck in the 80's. So i was in my glory during this movie. I loved it. So everyone should go see it and support it cause dammit i wanna see a hot tub time machine 2!
Friday, March 26, 2010
preparing for the con
Its 2:30 on Friday. Having a pretty good day. Pretty excited actually. Tomorrow we head to Wizard toronto comic con. Rob was notified about the press passes and hopefully we will be able to interview some celebrities. We put in a request to interview gil gerrard and erin gray from Buck Rogers and jewel staite from stargate atlantis. We should know tomorrow morning if our requests were granted. I've been trying to come up with questions just in case we are allowed. I'm actually starting to get a head ache coming up with questions. I just have a fear of sounding really dumb once we get there.
Just got back from taking a walk with Diana. Needed some air for a bit. I'm also excited that i'm not at work for 4 days in a row. I have to admit that work wasnt to bad this week. In 3 days i really only had 4 or 5 bad calls. People were generally nice this week. It was super dead on Wednesday and got off of the phones an extra hour and a half. It was pretty awesome. I may have read 40 comics at work that day. Good times!
Anyhow i gotta get back to work. Gonna get to bed early tonight. Gonna be a fun but long day tomorrow. Have a great night all.
Just got back from taking a walk with Diana. Needed some air for a bit. I'm also excited that i'm not at work for 4 days in a row. I have to admit that work wasnt to bad this week. In 3 days i really only had 4 or 5 bad calls. People were generally nice this week. It was super dead on Wednesday and got off of the phones an extra hour and a half. It was pretty awesome. I may have read 40 comics at work that day. Good times!
Anyhow i gotta get back to work. Gonna get to bed early tonight. Gonna be a fun but long day tomorrow. Have a great night all.
Monday, March 22, 2010
the name isJay not Guy M'f 'er
wow i made it through my entire shift before i got seriously pissed off. It was on my last call of the day. Bastard calls in and no matter what i say to him he interrupts me by calling me "guy." I let it go until literally about the 14th time. I say my name is Jay actually. Didn't say it in a sarcastic voice or anything. He takes it as me trying to be a smart ass and demands a supervisor. Then he asks me for my name. Oh so glad you're finally interested in my name prick. So i had to get a manager involved for correcting my name. Yay.
I know tomorrow is going to suck. I have my fingers crossed that i wont fail another quality. IT would take a miricle at this point. Man if i can get through the next 2 days than i get a 4 day weekend complete with comic book convention. Hopefully i will have the energy and patience to get through the next 48 hours. Anyhow gonna grab a snack and watch some tv. Talk to u all soon.
I know tomorrow is going to suck. I have my fingers crossed that i wont fail another quality. IT would take a miricle at this point. Man if i can get through the next 2 days than i get a 4 day weekend complete with comic book convention. Hopefully i will have the energy and patience to get through the next 48 hours. Anyhow gonna grab a snack and watch some tv. Talk to u all soon.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Lazy Sunday
Man what a nice day. Its Sunday so i got to sleep in. Thats a plus right there! Hung out with the fam all day just catching up on some tv and working on the show. I love boring ass days! If i can just get through the next 3 days i get a 4 day weekend. We're headed to the wizard convention in T.O. next Saturday. Hopefully the week leading up to it won't suck. I especially hope i get through Tuesday or as i like to call it "Jay's new tm fails him on another quality" day. Good times. You know whay i think i will hold off on the negative talk until tomorrow. Despite having a cold i am actually having a great day. Hopefully i can hold off on this feeling for the next 3 days. Ok I'm off to get ready for tonight's show. Have a good one
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