She's Walking on Thin Ice

Everybody has been telling me that “there’s something up” with my boss. I’ve noticed it too and the rumor is that she’s skating on thin ice… well, it’s about goddamn time.

Not too far off from the norm, she appears to be losing her mind. As closed off from reality as she is, it’s out-of-character for her to openly confide her sob stories or express emotion in front of others. I should have taken the hint when the president of the college personally told me to tell her that she’s not doing her job. That can’t POSSIBLY be good.

Also out of character, she’s been very nice and supportive towards me at least. Not so much to my coworker. Over the past year, I’ve established myself to the point where she really can’t say anything. The work I do is physical—you can see it, touch it, or even smell it if you wanted. She can never say “Brandon’s not working.”

I heard through the grapevine—those trusty rumors again—that she met with the school’s president about her behavior and performance and it wasn’t good. Sources also say that the senior vice president is not too thrilled with her either. My sources are very reliable and that’s why I’m repeating this.

I just can’t believe that after 6 years they’re finally starting to realize that she’s all smoke and mirrors. She claims to work 10am-6pm, but in reality, comes in at 11am and leaves at 4pm. Mind you, she takes several coffee breaks and disappears throughout the day.

She lies, she makes up things, she promises stuff to people and doesn’t deliver, she misses deadlines, mistreats her employees, and is NEVER around. What’s NOT to see? Just the other day she lied to my face and I knew she was lying. Does she think I’m stupid?

Despite all of this, you wouldn’t be able to tell that she might be in trouble. Her head is so far detached from the rest of her body, you can’t even see it.

I really, REALLY, don’t want to get my hopes up, but I hope, and I pray, that both the president and senior vice president see right through her bullshit and get rid of that mess.

I’m going to make it my mission next week to find out what’s going on. I’m dying to know, but what makes me nervous is if they make her work 9am-5pm, that STILL won’t resolve HALF the issues she creates.

Car Malfunctions AGAIN!

I swear I have the worst luck with cars…
I was supposed to go to the Mets game with a coworker on Friday. Believe it or not, I’ve never been to a baseball game before… my boss (yes, the supreme cunt) gave me 2 tickets for free so I figured it’d be a good time to have that experience.

We planned to go right after work. He ended up taking the day off, so I planned on picking him up since he’s on the way to the stadium.

Well…

Once I got to the end of campus, this fucking car decided to shut off and NOT START BACK UP

Great… I’m in the middle of the road, I can’t move, and I’m blocking traffic.

I get out of my car and notify campus security about the situation. This marked the 6th time or so this has happened… and it’s been going on ever since I bought car (not brand new).

I made the usual panicked calls to my family to let them know what happened. I called AAA to have them tow this piece of shit to the dealer. I wasn’t going to risk taking it to a gas station or any other dealer other than New Rochelle where I bought it from.

Granted I got off at 5pm, but the tow truck didn’t come until 7:30pm. Yeah…

The tow truck guy popped the trunk and was able to get the car running… well… sort of. The engine was running, but VERY poorly and shaking like crazy. It was really weird.

So I had it towed and there it’s been sitting. I heard today that hey cleaned some kind of throttle, but I do not have the details. I’ll post an update later.

An Accomplishment Sticks to a Person

My prayers have been answered. I got the pay raise! Wooohooo! It wasn’t what I asked for, but at least it’s something. They decided to give me the median of what I’m making now to what I asked for. I can’t complain. Now don’t all you broke ass bitches start asking me for money!

Play Underwear Launch

While I was updating his website, I called Joe (www.joebermudez.com) to ask him some questions about it. He reminded me that he would be in NYC spinning at this place called Quo on W28th street. The nice guy that he is, he offered to get me and a couple of friends in for free, so I made a round of calls and got Will Suarez and Chris "Cornally" Connelly to go.

I called up the club to get more information. I find out that there is an invite-only LINGERIE FASHION launch party. HOW COOL IS THAT?!

So, Will and I hop the train and meet Joe in Grand Central. We hung out and ate something before heading over to the club. Apparently Z100 and KTU have been playing Joe’s remix of “Behind These Hazel Eyes” by Kelly Clarkson, but we couldn’t catch it on the radio during the cab ride.

Joe, Will, and I were a bit late, but when we arrive, Chris was already there. The rockstars that we are, the bouncers let us cut the long line of people waiting to get in. THAT was cool…

The place is REALLY nice. Very cool and sleek. It turns out that there was an open bar from 6-9pm! BONUS?! Not only that, but there were male and female models dancing on stage and walking around serving hors d'oeuvres all over the place. All of them were wearing this new line of underwear called “Play.” So there’s an open bar (not that I drink), hot models everywhere, great music, and hors d'oeuvres… could it possibly get better?

Let me tell you… the sights were unbelievable. The funny thing is, the crowd progressively got more and more gay throughout the night. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT ;)

Although I hadn’t seen Joe spin live before, the club hired 2 DJs for some ODD reason. 2 DJs in one club doesn't seem to work... what sucked was the other DJ hogged the booth for a good chunk of the night and wouldn't get off.

He finally got a chance to spin at the peak of the night when Sheila Brody from Amuka performed “Appreciate Me.” CLICK HERE TO HEAR A SAMPLE. It was off the hook.

I also spotted Sarah from the MTV’s “The Real World: Philly.” Hey, it's STILL a celebrity sighting!

It was a good night. We all had a lot of fun I think... but the highlight award goes to: paying Chris $20 to hit on one of the gay models who was wearing REALLy tight white underwear by the way. He would have gotten his ass taken home if he kept it up, but he punked out and returned the cash! Go FIGURE! ;)

Manji Designs' Tough Crowd

You know what pisses me off? People who ask me to design their website and then SLACK OFF. Several months ago, I got an e-mail from an Orlando-based illusionist asking me to design his website, but when it came time to sign the agreement, he seemed to have dropped off the face of the planet (sound familiar?). Anyway, his excuse was that he had family trouble… Fine, not a big deal.

So, I gave him a couple of weeks or so to pull it together. I must have sent about 5 e-mails thereafter asking him over and over again if he still wanted the website. Assured, he told me he was definitely still interested and wanted me to do it. Well, after a while, I stopped pursuing and he never followed up. I did my part with the follow-up, but the ball was then in his court.

Here’s the kicker: I went to visit his website tonight just out of curiosity, and to my disgust, it was redesigned by someone else…

Ok, let’s put this into perspective SHALL WE:

1. Your stupid-idiotic-David-Copperfield-wannabe ass came to ME with this shit, and then you turn around, slack off, and have someone else redo your website? Oh HELL no…
2. If you didn’t want to use me, YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME in the FIRST PLACE! I could have saved myself the trouble and the time.
3. If I was too expensive for your cheap ass, TELL ME YOU CAN’T AFFORD ME. Maybe then I wouldn’t be stuck wondering what the hell is going on… and from the looks of it, seems like you got what you paid for.

My chiropractor is doing the same shit. He wants a website, but puts in little or no effort to get me content to put in it. It’s been about… hmmm… 1.5 years since I started it? IT’S STILL NOT DONE.

I don’t understand why people want all of these things but refuse to put any work or effort into it. That shit just PISSES me off.

I really feel like sending this illusionist a piece of my mind. What an ASSHOLE. Leave me some comments my fellow readers and let me know what you'd do in that situation!