Aaron Riveroll | Photographer

So I have totally been on my game tonight. Last week, my nasal issues restricted my singing abilities, which is oh-so-sad. But tonight…dude. I sound so good! I think I should have been a country singer. Yeah, I know there are a lot of people who hate country…and I don’t yet have the twang…but I think Rascal Flatts would agree that I sounded great in my car. And then at home, when I busted out my guitar, it was like a little bit of perfection. If only there was a girl there to be serenaded, she would have swooned and adored my melodic vocalizations as I rhythmically strummed my guitar.

Oh, but wait. There was a girl. My roommate’s girlfriend was in the other room doing laundry…and I did not realize this. She doesn’t count, though…she’s already taken. But I’m a professional; it’s good to have an audience, no matter who it is.

So I found a check in a pile of old mail. Whoever’s idea it was to send crap to unsuspecting people in hopes of enticing them to buy their product or service or to sign up for their credit card has got to be the dumbest person on earth. Why on earth would I be interested? Just to let you in on a little secret, I don’t even open the envelope…that is, until I run it through the shredder. How sad is it that I can tell what’s inside the envelope without even opening it? So yes, this junk mail piles up like a little mountain of paper and then meets its fate when I get around to shredding it.

But in this pile of crap, I found a check from Union Bank. When I left, they closed one of my employee accounts and wrote me a check for three dollars and fifty seven cents. This was back in September…and I haven’t cashed the check yet. I am contemplating not even worrying about it. I think that this would totally throw off their books and months from now, they will be wondering, “What ever happened to that $3.57?� Yeah, that’s sticking it to The Man.

Or maybe I should cash it. Then I would have money for Starbucks.

Okay, I have to go now. Gilmore Girls awaits…

Well guys, I got my Orange Julius. Wait, hang on a second…

*takes a big sip*

Dammit, that’s good. Anyway, like I was saying, I got my OJ and it is PDT (pretty darn tasty). I hadn’t walked around the Mission Valley mall in a while…lots of changes. Well, Fredericks is in the same spot, but Victoria’s Secret moved across the way next to Fredericks. It’s good to know where all the important stores are. :) They have a new food court, which is pretty great. You walk in and are surrounded by a plethora of food. It’s enough to make one’s head spin. However, difficulties arise when you are unable to decide what kind of food to get. This is why the various eateries have established the practice of samples. They have their people standing out in front of the establishment, toothpicks in hand, just waiting to offer you a bite-sized morsel of their wares, hoping to entice you to eat at their stand. It’s a good sales technique, but I found it odd. I don’t know why, but I just did. But I sat there and enjoyed my humungo soda and my hot pastrami.

Anyway, the day is coming to an end, and so must this post. Lots to do before five rolls around. Who knows, you might be lucky enough to see another post before the night is out. Until then, friends…

After the insane, crazy, and darn-right crappy week last week, it’s nice to know that all my hard work paid off.

During our weekly conference call with sales this morning, I learned that I was the number two producer for the week; and that’s with covering other people’s desks and dealing with messes I was not equipped to handle. I was very surprised. And because I was so busy last week, that means that this week will be relatively easy.

Go me.

My reward is coffee…which is always a good thing. :)

And it’s almost lunch time. Could this day get any better?

Yes, Chandler, it can.

It is official. I’ve made a very important decision. I have decided that I’m going to go to Mission Valley mall for lunch today and have an Orange Julius.

I’m an adult. I can have ice cream for lunch if I want to. So there.

I seriously made record time to work today…I think it was around ten minutes or so, which is unheard of for a Tuesday morning. I think I was doing about ninety on the 8 for a good stretch. It’s nice.

So where ever you went, stay there.

Cingular shipped my new RAZR and I got it yesterday. Hopefully this will solve my voice mail issues and basically hearing people. Did I tell you that? My other phone was randomly cutting off calls and for a while it was splicing calls. In other words, some Mexican chick was cutting in on my conversation. And it wasn’t the Mexican operator either…she was a fast-talking Latina, with issues. But maybe the new phone will actually allow me to talk with people and hear them too…you know, the whole point of having a cell phone. But I haven’t been able to try it because people don’t call me. So sad.

But I discovered that this new v3 has video capabilities. Granted, they are crappy video capabilities…but you can still make little teeny movies. How cool is that? Can anyone say “upgrade?â€? I think I just did.

Well, I’ve stalled long enough…I must get this busy day started. How cool is it that this week is extra short? That’s something to truly be thankful for.