Where normal ceases to exist

Well, work sucked, but nothing like the weather lately. Well, not completely, but the weather has been annoying.

Last weekend, storms and for the most part overcast. In fact Bradbury for the most part was wiped out by a Tornado. Monday started out being a overcasted day until about 5 or 6. I think there was some sprinkles during the day but not much. Tuesday was overcast into sunny weather again. Infact, most of the week was like this until Thursday. Thursday was a Sunny warm day and Friday was built of off it, but also being muggy as it was something was bound to happen. The tornado sirens went off. I watched out of the garage for a while as hail that was too wamr just turned to slush on vehicles. But before the Tornado sirens went off I mentioned to my dad about the cloud over head. It was layered, and you could see that something was about ready to happen as the clouds were churning and spinning, but not yet making any funnel clouds. Then the sirens went off and had rain and the not so solid hail. After that, it stop raining and we were going to the other side of the house to watch the cloud.

Well, we were lucky not to be hit, but about 10 to 14 miles east/southeast of us, the Tornado finally formed. You could hear the sirens go off and you could see that there was major lightening action going on. Then Saturday came and we were under a Tornado watch, and to add to the fun, I was scheduled at Noon. Well, I arrived and it was sunny and you could feel the humidity, and the warning of a Tornado watch for the whole area. Then I never really watched the weather until it was storming outside. What happened next was I saw a nice showing of lightening outside. Then I turn around in the room and all the lights were on, and a minute passes, and then all the lights go off. They said off for about a minute and then came back on. I checked with the night lobby worker and all the lights went off. Which meant that the whole building lost power. So that was fun.

Sunday came and it reached 65 I think, but was cloudy and overcast, and next Saturday is already expected to have rain. Oh Joy!


And work, well Let's start out Saturday morning me waking up at 10 AM and feeling like I wanted to puke. Well, I didn't call in and I decided to battle it out. But with idiot managers, that is easier said and thought out rather than done. ONe of the managers said fill out more than we needed for hosted wine. And then to add more fun it this story, later on we didn't have anymore carafe's for wine. So the manager grabbed a pitcher of House white wine. Now this wine is already repulsive in its own right being cheap wine out of a bladder in a BOX! Well, the manager decided that since the bartenders needed this wine, they would take it out in a pitcher, but not any kind of pitcher, but a plastic water pitcher. Umm Captain Obvious would say no, but this person makes bricks look like the least dense object on earth. I grabbed a dirty Carafe cleaned it out, and then filled it with the requested wine and took that out. But the worst thing about the whole incident is that the Assistant Catering director was with the manager when they were planning on doing this!

Now about a couple months ago, the Director of Catering was going against the bartenders for serving "Slippery Nipples" (Bailey's irish creme and butterscotch schnapps), and "Liquid Cocaine" (many different ways to make this one of them is 2 parts SoCo, and 1 part Amaretto with the rest being orange juice.) Well, I would put money if the Director of Catering seen this they would have probably had a fit because we are the best hotel in the area(they think it is 5 stars, but the workers know it is a 3 star hotel with a 5 star restaurant.) Plus the weding party were for the most part filled with spoiled brats. When they paid for 6 hours for a DJ, yet when last called was made a little early because we were going off the DJ's schedule. They argued for an extra half hour, and then left right after. This means the DJ wasn't getting compensated for the extra hour, and they were late going home to thier 6 week old kid. I would like to say a personal FUCK YOU to the wedding party.

And that is today's last call.

posted by Greg @ 9:19 PM 0 comments

I guess people have heard about the weather that was received over here in Iowa over the past week into weekend. Let's see here, we were under a tornado watch for about 2 days straight if now 3. If it wasn't cloudy and overcast, it was raining, and if it wasn't doing either of those it was hammering us with thunderstorms and Tornadoes to the north and south of where I live.

The Little Sioux River is now probably the not so little Sioux river, more like little Flood River. A town was hit hard with a Tornado, and I am not sure on the damage, but heard around 75% or higher on damage.

posted by Greg @ 12:11 PM 0 comments

Big Brother...BABY~!

That link right there represents this phrases...."Don't underestimate America's ability to build the better idiot."


This country is becoming a bunch of mindless drowns who watch the big network news companies. They look and see that we are in a war with terrorism. Well, why hasn't the US been bombed til it was bunch of smoking ashes? I will guarantee without and stats or specs, that the United States is the biggest concentration of terrorist. And the funny thing, you will never see this said in the news. But back to the link that I posted...

The story is about a chip that is microscopic and could be in anything and everything that is newly bought. Some people are saying that this will tell the business that make the products what you do with the shirt(i.e. wash it, wear it, etc.) The biggest things is that I believe that it will track you down as in you piss off government and they will have something that will get a reading from this chip. But if this chip in going to be in every single shirt or gift certificate or what not, they will have a hard time finding it.

And then in the article it is mentioned that there is no read/write memory. I don't thinkg that it can do more that just be mainly a bug in the shirt. The manufactures will know when to send a new shipment of clothing to a store because this will set off a scanner when it passes from the storage area to the show room floor. Along with the tracking part mentioned before, I don't see this as much of threat that business will know what you are doing with it as much as the whole Big Brother soap opera that is going on anymore.


Oh, and it is supposively anti-collision...if they meant that this chip will not crash look at your PC, and tell me how many problems you have with it. Then tell me that this chip will not just all a suddenly quit working and just be a waste of space in the shirt you bought.

posted by Greg @ 9:53 PM 0 comments

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

I saw this at FMW's thoughts o' fun and decided to give it a try. And no wonder people think I have a tendency to be violent...

posted by Greg @ 9:29 AM 0 comments

Tonight I was over at a former co-workers house, him, his wife just got home and his friend was just waking back up on the couch.

Well, I watched Jay Leno tonight, mostly for Slipknot playing on the show. And all I can say is that this show was the true epitomy of the meaning, "Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll."

Rodney Dangerfield was blazed out of his mind during his segment. Also, I think Jay Leno was probably bashing his head against the wall backstage for a while after the show. "All I could think about is that I had an half ounce of pot in that room...and I was going to show Bill Clinton how to smoke pot...oops I mean how to inhale."

Then the next guest was someone from The Apprentice who mentioned playboy. And then an commercial where she didn't get it because she couldn't get the moans right, but if her husband was there "I would have definitely got the moans." Let's see here I think the words of the friend on the couch explained it best... "OH WOW!"

I think during that commercial break Leno must have totally given up and went backstage to have a little smoke with Rodney.

Come back, and he plugs the Album, and song. And for some of the live tracks I heard off of CD's....Corey sounded better tonight than he did on most of those tracks. I swear some of them he is barely able to speak much less sing for the amount of..."stuff" he would be using before the live event.

But then again, I believe the Jagermeister tour ended on the 15, and they had a couple of days to get the stuff out of their system.

And last but not least, I am trying to get a used car. I am trying to get a 1997 white Grand Am. Now the only thing I am waiting for is to see how bad my credit record is, and if I will get the loan or not. If I do get the loan, it will most likely be co-signed with my dad because of my credit. so it will be interesting to say the least in the next few days.

That is tonights last call, don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

Goodnight everyone Iowa boy is signing out.

posted by Greg @ 11:15 PM 0 comments

On May 25th, Slipknot will hit the stores with a new album, and do what they do best. Infect the world with their music. I know that a lot of people were turned away with Iowa, and a lot more were brought into Slipknot's variation of music, that a lot of people would just call noise.

They were originators of sorts of a type of music, but with wearing masking, full bodied jump suits, and having numbers instead of names, even though names were mentioned anyway... They are a group with one view. Make their type of music and do it like only they can. I read on some sites them being poked fun at with having 9 members, but with how complex their music is, you need all nine members, or else one hell of a mixing board with a turntable, a couple of drums, and a keg connected to it, with a sampling board. Not to mention having the ability that Corey #8 to go from spoken voice, to singing to screaming his guts out.

So far, the Jagermeister tour has had some set back, with their home town banning them. They seemed having smooth sailing otherwise. They have some samples of their new CD on their site. Pulse of the Maggots is pretty simple to find just go in, click on their 'S' icon, and them look for the link for "Pulse of the Maggots". Then there is Welcome, and the video for Duality, in the main part where you have to move the mask to find the hidden section. "Welcome" is under Joey's(#1's) section, and under #2(Paul's mask) there is the video for Duality. Unfortunately, I have only be successfull able to get into #0(DJ Sid's) section.

But for what I hear from people's description of Slipknot's new music is that the band as a whole matured, it sounds like there is no cussing on Corey's part...except for live events probably. And James and Mick bring the guitar sounds to a new level, by being able to do more than play the same chords over and over and over again. I know that I am going to be getting the new album. In fact, I already have it reserved when it comes out in stores...well everywhere but walmart, kmart, shopko/pamida, anywhere that forced music to be edited to a family liking environment, and to them I say pop music for the most part sucks, and kiss my ass.

That is today's last call have fun, and don't forget to keep on rockin' on.

posted by Greg @ 10:05 PM 0 comments

All I can say is that the past week and a half have been a royal pain in my ass. I can't believe how managers can be so unbelievably idiotic and/or moronic. I will describe a part of my job and what they have been doing since I am scheduled in later than they can afford me to be because of school. Which ended today w00t!

What I am describing is how to set up a double bar. This is the second most annoying thing to do, but it is also the easiest thing to do for my job.

Setting up a double bar (a 2 bartender bar.)

first have the bars set out with a bar back table. If it is a cash bar make sure to have an extension cord because a cash register is most likely needed. Now the first thing I usually do is check the pop cylinders on the bar. That way you don't have to worry about pop for either a pop, or for mix drinks doesn't run out in the middle of someone's drink. After that I go and get the liqour that is to be set out. Now, with a double bar it is usually going to be doubled because the number is close to 200 or more people. Now I grab out (cheap/well) House liqour. Usually consist of the closest you can get to the bottom of the bar if not the bottom of the barrel considering liqour. Next, I grab the call and premimum liqours. The call or higher liqours are your brand name liqours. (i.e. Jack, Jim, Jose, Skyy, Absolut..you get the picture) The good stuff as people would say, but the thing is that I only grab one of each house and call/premimum liqour. I do this because I know that it won't be hard to run for it if it is needed.

After I get the Liqour out, I then grab beer. And for double bars, it is usually 2 cases of the domestics and a 12 pack or higher of import/micro-brewed beer. It just matters on the group. I will also either grab 8 or maybe a 12 pack of Wine Coolers. I then only grab non-alcoholic beer if it is requested anymore, because like a co-worker, I believe it is the work of the devil to make non-alcoholic beer for the bar.

After the beer and wine coolers are out, then I start cutting up the fruit for the bar and getting the juice needed. Usually fruit is Lemon, Limes, Cherries, and Olives, and for fruit juice it is Orange, Cranberry, and Pineapple. And last but not least, water for those bourbon and water, or scotch and water fans.

Now, the manager who has been setting up the bars before I make it in have been doubling all the liqour. That means I have twice the overstock out there if none sells. That means twice the house, twice the call liqours. Meaning I usually have to make them not look like complete idiots when "I" do the bar bill.

Now onto bigger and better things. Yesterday I took a 3 hour test for my Practicum class that is like taking the IQ test you usually take in the Sophomore semester of high school, for those who take them, I took the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. You were given a booklet with questions, a separate questionaire, and you have to fill in all those non sense before taking a mutliple guess test. I say multiple guess test, because you know you don't know all the answers so you have mutliple guesses. Well, unlike the other test it wasn't timed, but it took forever because it was 190 questions. I hate taking test in the first place so I was doomed.

Then I am not the world's worst procastinator, but somedays I could be a front runner for the title. I waited until the actual last minute to finish my report that I had to turn in for my Microcomputer Practicum class.

Oh, and I was forced to break into a computer today at work that I shouldn't be touching, but when the fucking piece of shit third party program dies on you and you are trying to figure out why, and it finallys says the host database file isn't being found...you have problems. So I checked the host computer, and it is froze harder than a person with the seven year itch and no hands or feet to scratch it with. Well, I either had the choice of pulling out the master back up file if the program crashes to do bills with, or else I restart the computer, and...well...find a way to get past Novel client's login....Let's see here follow ethics when tampering with the General Manager's administrative assistant's computer, or tell them that you had to because you don't feel like unfucking a excel spreadsheet. Or my personal favorite, destroying the computers and making sure the OS never opens again....

Guest: The roof is on fire sir.

Burnout worker holding a bottle of half empty everclear and a lighter: Burn motherfucker BURN!.....


Ooops....So yeah, I am expecting a phone call in the mourning to go into work, to take it in the ass. And if I get fired for it....good they can kiss my ass for all I care.

posted by Greg @ 10:22 PM 0 comments

I am going to explain sometime the reasoning behind the title of my blog, but until then I will just make the random daily post.

There is a rule at my work, that I think needs to be waived for certain people. 1) The assistant manager if they are going to keep over reacting to everything. or else 2) ME! Because if I am going to have to put up with people then I might as well be able to not remember when I am sober.

The main reason for that last ramble is because the Assistant manager can't seem to quit worrying too much about anything. But atleast I wasn't bothered for 10 minutes to work on the bar stuff so that I could get out a little bit early compared to most nights with a bar. But then again the group leaving at 8 PM doesn't hurt either.

I need to get my project finished so that I don't have to retake it again. I am my own worst critic, and I am lazier than a sumbitch.

Also, I am currently finishing off my Gentleman Coke before heading off. And that is tonights last call. don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Adios

posted by Greg @ 11:32 PM 0 comments

Work wasn't too bad today. I had to set up a bar for a small group and then help take the food out. Wedding season is almost in full affect, and it will be interesting. We have almost a new group of managers other than the one in charge who could care less. But I am trying to get enough courage to go to the local audio/visual specialist and see if they have any spots open. I am going to school for computers, but I am the best person AV wise at work. The big thing is that the person who runs it knows my abilities because of a group that request his services where I work. Hell, tomorrow night there is a party, and they have my name specifically on there to be around for sound check.

But the real pain will be on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday I think we have some parties in both the main banquets department and our blue barn know as the Exhibit Hall. And then some people are going to be forced to pull an overnight work session because of the fact that we will have our annual Mother's Day brunch.

I hear in the news that GW is really in trouble. Well, it was bound to happen, and I am in a very unpopular group in thinking that Iraq was better off before we went after Saddam this last time. His dad helped Iraq when before his presidency along with helping Al Quida against Russia years ago. And now his son is trying to clean up his mess. Ooops....

And I am making last call right now before I have some people coming to my house and kicking the shit out of me. adios for now.

posted by Greg @ 9:33 PM 0 comments

It is that time of the year again. Early May with the first weekend having Mothers day. Some people won't admit to it, but they will always cherish their parents. Sure when you are younger, you want to separate from as quickly as possible. Yet, when you do finally leave the house, you notice real life. Bills, work, and all the stuff you normally didn't have to worry about just kick you right in the butt. Next thing you know, you want to see your parents just to visit, and you hardly have the time.

Do me a favor on Mother's Day, tell your both your parents you love them. Especially your mothers.

Now onto the normal ramblings...

Work was work. Nothing special happened other than finding out the morning captain learn early how to kiss a$$. The idiot is making enemies in the department as fast as he can, but doesn't realize it. I am scheduled in to work everyday meaning people better watch out. I usually get grumpy when this happens.

But the biggest bright spot is that a worker has seen the light. We had a bartender who most likely helped get the former Assistant Manager shit-canned. Well, they have seen the light and now wish the Assistant Manager was back. Oh well, keep burning bridges for all I care, because I am going to make sure I find a way out of there. And then hell will have no pity on that place.


Well, that is the last call.

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

posted by Greg @ 11:17 PM 0 comments

Welcome to my blog...


It will be on sports, wrestling, music maybe, and life in general.




So sit back and enjoy a nap while reading this blog.

posted by Greg @ 12:41 AM 0 comments