So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Gooood byeeeee, goooodddddddd byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, *gasps for air*, goooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddd baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!111one

I have decided to retire my Xanga.  I know this is highly upsetting for all of my loyal readers out there, but take solace in the fact that I will still be frequently updating Facebook. No facebook? Too bad, it's about time you get it.

I would like to leave you with a quote:
"Those who do not think, act; in our noble minds we can see only purpose or opportunity, but more often than not, you will see neither" - Anonymous

Okay, so I totally made that up, but it is late and I'm too lazy to look up a good quote.

I bite my thumb at you,
Eric

The Apple and the Pear

Once upon a time there lived an apple and a pear. The apple tree, home to the apple, was tall and proud. It lived the good life on an apple farm. Grown from organic soil, the apples on the tree shined in all their delicious reddy redness. The pear tree however, was off the property, growing out of an irrigation ditch. It just so happened that the trees were oriented in such a way that apple tree cast a shadow over the pear tree. Thus begins our story of the apple and the pear.

The young, low hanging pear sat in the shadow of the apple tree hot summer day talking smack with his older siblings. The pear said "Yo yo, when I is all grown up, Imma gonna fall down in that rich soil right thur and start my own pimpin' pear tree!" An apple over in the apple tree overheard and couldn't help but interject "Ha! You sir are never going to amount to anything. Just take a look at yourself. You're small and weak. What makes you even think you have a chance?!"

Before the pear could respond, an obese, but very tall dude snatches both the apple and pear out of their comfortable homes. The fatty opens his mouth and takes a large bite out of the pear. "AHHHHHHH!!!" screams the pear. Lardo, his mouth half full with the pear, then proceeds to take a large bite out apple.  "AIIYEEEEEE!!!" screams the apple.

The End

What's red and yellow and burned all over?

The answer is me.

♪Beautttiful girl, she's all the way in hong kong...♪

Anyway I dedicate this post to my mostest loyal reader Angela. Even though she knows everything that goes on in my life, she still asks for updated xanga posts because I apparently have some interesting things left to say.

So before I start talking about what I had for lunch, I'll talk about the last week. I've been keeping busy, going out every night so far since my baby left me. It feels like I'm back in UW all over again, staying out late and stuff and hanging out with my bestest buddies.

I'd also like to say that I got a new job at the same place. I'll be doing new stuff on a new team and I'm very grateful that my old manager and my new manager support me. It'll be a good (and much needed) change of pace. Work has really burnt me out.

I guess I'd like to talk about all the poor drivers out there next. I'd like to point out that just because you're in your car, you're not invisible. Yes, we can see you picking your nose. Yes, we can see you looking in the mirror and putting on lipstick/makeup. Yes, we can see you yapping away to your cell phone while driving retardedly slow. Why can't you just hang up for a second and drive right? You don't need to explain what you had for lunch (or breakfast) during the ~25 minute average commute everyday. I hope you crash into a tree, or even better, another terrible driver. But then you would raise insurance rates for everyone. Great.

I'd like to take this final paragraph to promote awareness of our political and corporate state. If you keep up with the news, you'd find that approval rates for congress and the president have sunk to all time lows. Part of the reason is that corporations have too much say as a result of powerful lobbyist influence over politicians. I implore all of you to take a second to think about it, and then act on it. It's as easy as supporting good companies and banning evil companies. Make sure your dollar and your voice is heard. Recently, I emailed the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Washington Department of Transportation. To my surprise, they both responded to my issues and said they would investigate and make changes. Your government is not as faceless as you think. They want to listen to reasonable citizens and they want to help the public. At least our state government does...

And to you slackers out there who are followers...you should at least respond to the emails and get your voice in. Stop making all the planners to do all the work. It's easy. Just chime in and ask, what can I do to help or be flexible?

YPC: It's not what your corporation can do for you, it's what you can do for your corporation.

Fin

My car is getting old. I snapped this as I was passing through the I-90 tunnel.

(the odo says 77777)

It helps that people sometimes ask me if I bought a new car.