The NEW Dawn

I just got home from the first day on the new job. And tonight Erika returns. This is why it is the NEW dawn. The first day went nice and smoothly. The car started, always a plus, and I showed up to work on time. The office crew was friendly and fun. I know I can do what was shown to me. I also hope to not end up doing what they showed me. As in, I hope that this is the crash course in the aspects of this half of the company, and that before the year is over, I will be taking on different responsibilities. I look at the 2 women who are doing this now, and I don't see the moving into any new areas from there, but I'm not saying they don't do a good job, I am saying thats not what I want to be doing down the line because if did, it would be a dead end and Erika's and my mom's nightmares will be fulfilled.

I am very excited about Erika's return. I called her house during the day and left a messege for her parents to call me to tell me when they plan on picking her up from the airport. Its almost 6, they should be home...maybe I should call after I eat.

Jury Duty

so I got Jury Duty for Queens County Criminal. I got there before 9AM (still later than a normal day at City Spec) and I spent almost the entire time readying my book, 1984, fantastic book, worth rereading. No one asked me any questions or anything like that. Now I have to come back Tuesday at 1oAM, but this time they will be asking questions. I think I will get dismissed because the case is about attempted robbery and assault, and I was mugged when I was younger. If I won't get rejected I stand to be on Jury Duty for 7 to 10 business days, I am not really looking forward to that. I am hoping Wednesday I will be able to start work, although it would be shitty considering that Wednesday there is going to be a big meeting at the office.

I stopped by the old office today, to pick up my check, and wouldn't you know it! That was when they started using the new access cards for the building! All this talk before hand of this being installed, and always seeming like such BS, they finally installed, activated and distributed the damn things. Its like a sick joke is what it is. Also, I think they changed the security crew, AGAIN, maybe the 4th time in 4 years. Possibly more than the 4th. And Elly didn't pay my ticket, I think thats fair, considering I didn't buy her index number that day. Well, she wished me the best and that I eventually get into law school.

Speaking of tickets, I just remembered I need to move my car in the morning to avoid another ticket. Gonna try to park on a Monday side of the street, might need the car to go to work one of these days!

bullets! my only weakness, how did you know?

ha ha! Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, that movie was great!

So am I excited about my first day on the job? Hell yeah! Especially since I will be spending it doing jury duty!

The End of an Era

well, I cleaned out my desk from the job I was working at for over 4 years. And when I left, the first song that played on the radio was Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone. If I was someone that believed in omens, I would have been very worried. Its funny how on my last day on that job, I got my very first ticket ever, well, my first and 2nd. It felt good to leave, it really did, untill that song started playing, don't get me wrong, its a great song, just not what I needed to hear at the time. Its going to be tough working at a real job now; I mean, I was able to come in virtually when ever at the old job, now I have to be there at 8AM, 8!! Thats going to be tough. And before I walked 1 block, hopped on the subway and came out in front of my office building in a couple of minutes. Now I am going to go through what everyone else has to go through, suffer the morning commute, end of the easy road. Man, 8AM is going to be really tough.

Friday was a day I won't mind forgetting. I was right, there should have been more papers to go with the forms. And after I went to court in the morning, I went uptown. I happen to have forgotten that the redline splits after central park, so as I was ridding the 2, thinking, its express, it will get me there quicker, I actually ended up in Harlem, when I wanted to be in Spanish Harlem (it really is nicer). I had a walk across half the city in the high heat and humidity, made my exchange, and went home to rehydrate. I did my time wrong and I ended up picking up the papers to take to the court in the city late.

I knew I was going to be pressed for time, so I took my truck, and double parked in front of the office building I like I have done many times before, but this time I got a ticket for it, and then a 2nd one because I didn't go for an inspection last month. So I rush to the city to make to the court, but its already 5 and I am just at the Brooklyn Bridge, so I call the office, tell them I didn't make it, and I drive to my auto-shop to get my inspection. Funny, my uncle asked me, 'is the check engine light on?' I said, no, because it wasn't. After they check my car out, it turns out the check engine light is burnt out. That probably happened when it was my grandfather's car. So there is something wrong with my engine, but its not critical, so they actually ran a the procedures on a different car and I got my inspection certificates. He says, bring it back when there is a real problem. That got done real easy, and real quick.

Then I met up with Stephen and Big Joe, and we ate, and spent the night playing Dead or Alive 3, it was great, only 2 things could have made it better, if losers had to drink shots, and if there was a 4th player. I thought thats what we were going to do tonight, but Stephen fell asleep in the afternoon and I wasn't really feeling like going out...besides, I was playing Forza Motorsport, I was highly entertained. And it turns out that the Jetta doesn't just have problems in the real world, but also in the video games, because after I finally got a pole position/podium finish, 1st to be exact, in the 'Stephen Special' the game glitched. I did get my money, and I did register my time on the online score board, but the win wasn't saved to the car's history!! So that car still has a 0% winning, 0 wins, 0 podium finishes, if this wasn't so funny, I would be pissed (its funny because of all of the trouble Stephenn has with his real world Jetta).