2007 January
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
by Tony
Remember in last days of high school, in that fine time between finals and graduation where classes didn’t matter, teachers didn’t matter and yet my dumb ass still trekked across Philadelphia and went to school just so I could be marked as ‘present.’ I walked around aimlessly during first period before running into some whites girls from my anatomy class (my first period), who sat behind me. With nothing better to do, we skipped school the rest of the day, went to the movies and saw Godzilla (no man in suit), and drove around (Black card revoked in 3… 2… 1…) singing One Headlight by the Wallflowers. School was the furthest thing on my mind. I had no worries, I was a day I easily enjoyed by not doing much of anything.
That was almost ten years and I’m in dire need of a cut day. A day where I don’t have to listen to phones ringing, machines running or bill collectors hounding me down. So I’m serving notice that starting at Thursday, February 1st, 2007 at 12:00 AM to 11:59PM Tony Mercer will be completely off the radar. I’m will not be online, I will not be answering email, and all phone calls will go straight to voicemail.
I will enjoy my day by taking care of me. Maybe I’ll sit back and finally finish Prince of Persia or Devil May Cry 3, partake in some couch yoga aka Sit and Be Fit but gluing myself into some daytime television or maybe I’ll just say ‘fuck it’ and sleep in the entire day.
So have good morning, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!
Friday, January 26th, 2007
by Tony
Sometimes I enjoy being by myself. Alone to collect my thoughts and reflex on the details of life. I tend to perform this introspective around January, a time when the year is still new and I finally get a chance to catch my breath from the hectic and rush of the holidays. The lack of sufficient work hours affects my pay, which also affects my lifestyle, mood and disposition. Simply put, my money fluxes and my bills are constant thus I’m sit home, broke and stuck on a lame mission on Devil May Cry 3. It’s a classic (-A) + B = C scenario.
The search for a second job is exhausting. I’m either finding places that aren’t willing to work around my schedule or claim that I’m over-qualified. At one point I seriously considered dropping an application off at McDonald’s, but I’ve made in 26 years without flipping burgers, I guess I can pull those boot straps a little tighter, cut back on more stuff and work it out.
Despite the money issues, I try to keep a Happy Face. Even with the series of flat tires on the car, the rough days at work and the large strips of skin shaved off my scalp I have faith and determination that is all going to work out. I’m getting a nice chunk of change via my income tax returns, and I might be getting a housemate soon as well. Now I just wish gas was back to fewer than two dollars.
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
by Tony
I had just upgraded to WordPress 2.1. So far tinymce still isn’t supported by Safari and my Podpress plugin just crapped out. And it was suppose to be better and faster than Windows 95?
*Update* Well, I just downgraded back to WordPress 2.0.7 and I have my Podpress functionality back, but I just lost all my static pages. I’m really having one of ‘those kinda’ weeks.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
by Tony
I don’t care who you think I am, you got the wrong damn number! I don’t care how you got my number, stop calling it! You couldn’t have gotten my shit from a chatline, because 1. I don’t do chatlines and 2. my shit is all local. I usually don’t put folks out on blast but that shit, calling my house seven times in 5 minutes, was not cute. So Anna, you retarded bridge troll, here’s your 5 minutes of Internet infamy.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
by Tony
So I’ve been looking for a part-time job. While work at my primary gig has been going steady, the higher-ups decided to temporarily stop paying salaried over-time and replace it with compensatory time. And as much as I would love to stay home and sit on my ass, a good portion of my paycheck comes from over-time. Unfortunately, I can’t pay my bills withs comp time so now I have to make up the difference.
I willing to do anything but flip burgers or walk the streets, so I started to fill out internet applications for big retailers, supermarkets and chain stores. Over and over again I answer the same questions because everyone is using the same company, Unicru, for online job applications. So I’ve been sitting around pretty much suffering from application induced brain drain, but hopefully I’ll get a call back soon.
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