Staying Sexy with Laughter

... ha ha ha ... give me a moment to control my laughter! Wow, I haven't laughed this much in ages. I know I know, you need an explanation ...

So for starters, let me say that you should check out the movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Now if you are Amanda, maybe you won't like it. It does however have Jason Mewes in the film. It's disturbing, [in fact hours since I've watched it and I'm still just as disturbed]. It's a good laugh though, or so I thought. NOT for children, in fact, it's barely suitable for adults!

What else is making me laugh today? I'm sure you could have guessed, but blogs! My beloved blogs!

Typically I step into the office, hit that button that makes my computer wake up, and then spend my beginning moments of work hoping for hysterical blogs. I didn't even get that far before I started laughing! It started well before I even got to the office! You see, this started while I was getting ready for work.

Ha, before we go with THAT thought, let me say NO, I wasn't laughing at myself in the mirror because of how hideous I looked when I woke up; let's just nip that joke in the bud!

Where was I, oh right, getting ready for work. I dressed nice (as nice as I can dress [cowboy boots]). I even put on makeup. Not just the makeup that covers my Pale Expressionless Face, but real makeup! During this time, Chris asked me if my blog buddy from Toronto was going to be in town. This made me laugh. It's a good thought, I rarely, and I mean rarely put effort into my appearance! Ask anyone I know; I care that I look presentable, clean, and unhippie-like; but as for makeup, I tend to find it a wasteful use of product and time! So I can see where one might come to the conclusion that I was trying to impress someone. And I don't try to impress just anyone, so yet another good conclusion drawn to my blog buddy from Toronto! Good conclusions! Funny though. Funny.

So I was finally ready, hit the trail we call Interstate 55 and trolleyed into work. I walk in, hit that button, prepare for blogs. I was not disappointed!

The first couple of blogs I read were not funny, entertaining, or anything really. They just are what they are, blogs I read. But then I got to the second of Janet's blogs. I was to say the least, intrigued. I read, became confused, started clicking links, became more confused, reread the blog, made sense of everything, and then reclicked links. Laughter ensued! Riotous good time I tell you! I encourage you to do the same. It's a great blog about a shitty hotel with great advertising. You have to check out the advertising agency as well. Open the link several times and notice how the website changes every time. EVERY TIME! I like these people!

Then I noticed there appears to be a book associated with this hotel/hostel/place. I think I need it! Thanks Janet, you are awesome!

I moved onto the HOK Life blog. Today's blog post that I read was from Mike P. He wrote about sustainability, a big topic with HOK. He always writes very well and always has the greatest titles to links. Just when you think a title might mean one thing, it ends up meaning something else. And really, can anyone deny a link titled Stay Sexy? I know I couldn't! I would encourage you to check out the article, then find out how to stay sexy baby!

You might be wondering why the last blog I talked about was funny. Well, in my head, Stay Sexy might have meant few clothes required for "Lightening One's Load". Ha, my mind, it's always in the gutter!

So, now, are you still wondering why I put makeup on and curled my hair? Photos today for work. That's all!

Okay, so about the King. He is about to kick off and wants this university. Okay well that is cool, it's a school of technology and is an 'international' school; so at first I am all for it. Well the more I look into it, 'international' students are all second to anyone living in the kingdom, so those of us doing the design are looked at as second rate anyway!

Now in addition to that just being annoying I have had to deal with people who say that I support terrorism by working on this project. NOT all those who live in the middle east are terrorist, has anyone ever paid attention to anything EVER! I know the answer is no, so why bother asking!?

SO anyway, this project, is annoying. It is a large scale university that has to be completed in one year. That includes all design and construction. SO while we are designing, they are constructing. That leaves no room for errors, and to keep the schedule going, that means we have to work basically every day, and during the week, for many more hours than anyone wants to do! By the way, the 'they' I speak of who are constructing are Bangladesh, Phillipino, and some other countries' people, not Sauds as one might suspect. Some Sauds are working on this, but they aren't the runt guys busting their arses in the 140+ heat!


Now maybe I shouldn't be complaining because I have a job and as of now, the King has awarded my company enough money to give me a bonus; not typically given to non-Associates here at the company. I deserve it, I've been busting my rear. I also got to go to Toronto for this job; yet again something I shouldn't complain about. But at some point I just have to vent. I spend so much time here at work, I am tired of being here, and tired of NOT being at home. I am tired of trying to catch up on my rugby matches that are a week or two old; I am tired of having to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner here. More importantly I am tired of the stress; can't make mistakes, and sorry, but I do, so that is a problem for me, and then they (the General Contractor) gets their drawers in a bind when they hear ANYTHING they don't like. If you have to wait one hour past when they want something, they have a fit worse than any 2 year-old's fit I have ever seen!

I need to think of a new career choice. I like being an engineer when I get to see my end product, but during the project not so much, and the liability is killing me. It sounds silly I know, it's not like I am a doctor, but think of it this way. A doctor slips up he kills one person, I slip up, and kill hundreds. It's a lot of stress to bear and my body can't take any more. I also don't want to take these dumb ass tests. Sick of it all. The pros to this field are not exceeding the cons, and in the mathematical world, that means dump it!

SO, any ideas for a new career?