Point Five brought the cake. Thanks, but no thanks guys. I’ll take a pass on that one.

I thought I would come up with a few slogans in honor of my birthday, so without further ado:

• Celebrating 33 years of always being right.

• Offending the monumentally stupid since 1972.

• Who brought the deranged monkey to the party? (OK so that’s not exactly a slogan.)

• 33? You call that a Grim Milestone?

Suggestions?

Last night I got the new Franz Ferdinand album, You Could Have Had It So Much Better. I’m totally digging it.

Anyway, I show up to work today, and I have it cranked up to pain inducing volume level. I pulled into my parking space at work, yeah, I said MY parking space, wanna fight about it? The car is shaking from the music, and bouncing from me “dancing” in the seat.

Then reality sets in. I have to shut off the car, and thus the music, and go clock in. CRAP! I was enjoying myself way too much to do that. OK, soon as this song is over, I promise.

Right off the bat FF hits a home run with the lines:
So they say that you’re a troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy.
Well, what’s wrong with a little destruction?

Not to mention that it’s a killer song anyway.

It took all of 30 minutes to be told to turn it down once I set it up to play in my workstation system. My point is, go get the new Franz Ferdinand. The best songs are tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, and 13. Okay, so that’s ALL of them.

So, what are you waiting for. Go get it… NOW!

So today is my birthday, and I’m pissed. “Why would someone be pissed off on such a Grim Milestone?” You might ask. After all, Grim Milestones are cause for celebration.

Well, I’ve worked for my company for a total of about 8 years now. I worked for a little over 2 years the first time, and I’m approaching my 6th year this time around. Anyway, this is my 8th birthday while working here.

I have learned to accept the fact that I’m not allowed to take my birthday off, because my boss goes hunting, as does one other employee. We only have 10 people, so 2 people off, especially when one of them is my boss, is the limit. In all my time here, I’ve never had my birthday off, except when it falls on the weekend.

I can even accept the fact that I have to “share” my birthday with one of the salespeople. Yup, even with the small number of employees we have, I have the same birthday as one other person. YAY!

What has me severely pissed off right now is that *I* can’t take the day off, even as a planned vacation day, because we have 2 people off today, but some young guy, that hasn’t even worked here for a year, decides to call off today. What a dickhead.

So, basically, unless things go really slow today, I’m screwed. This jerk that called off left me hanging, as the only person in my department to get the job done, on my birthday.

*Sigh*

I’ll make it through of course, and I’ll hope that my boss rips into Mr. Part-Timer when my boss gets back from his happy hunting.

Until then, Eff you Kevin!

And Happy Birthday to Me!

UPDATE: It looks like I better bring the KY with me when I come back from lunch. Thanks a lot Kevin. I know where you live.