Ok, I Know It Has Been A While...

Wow. Which, in case you weren't aware can also be Mom...if you read upside-down...but anyway, wow.

What's with all the wowing you ask? (Both of my loyal readers...)

Well, it is just that things change so much in what feels like such a short time span. I know that we are all getting older (there is no denying it...one day they simply stop carding you when you buy alcohol) but it seems like every time I turn around someone I went to high school with is getting married or having kids and I am like "Wait, but we're still in high-school..." even though I know perfectly well that I am far from high-school (my ***shudder*** ten year reunion was like two weeks ago...no, didn't go...to far to travel to tell people that my college degree is doing me NO FREAKING GOOD!! Also, no, not married or seeing anyone seriously right now...the no kids part is fine because I really don't want kids, but you know, it is still kind of depressing to have pretty much nothing to show for the last ten years...) I mean I want to get married, still probably won't want to have kids, and no, I don't want to work for Sprint for the rest of my life, but seriously, those people are not that much better than me just for being married...wow. This went in a completely different direction from where I intended it to go...I was going to talk about time passing too quickly and well...

OK...focus...

So, now I feel like Carrie Bradshaw...

What was I saying? Oh, yeah, time passes way too quickly...and I don't want to be a grown-up anymore...can we please just reverse the years...just back a few...like maybe ten or so...wait, no, I don't really want to be in HS again...unless I have the knowledge that I have now...which would make HS no fun.

But anyway...rambling aside, well, actually, there is still a lot of ranting so maybe I should just go away for now...

-- Kelly ( :

Good Night, Gracie

It's weird...I mean, every year we go through this, saying goodbye to our friends, those that have been there for us since September, helping us through everything, all the way until May, then they leave for the summer, but we wait, faithfully, until they return the following fall. No, I am not talking about friends from college, or professors or anything like that...I mean our TV friends. You know, before it was Ross, Rachel, Monica, etc....we had George, Jerry and the Seinfeld gang, there is the entire staff at County General (ER in case you don't watch), the women of Wisteria Lane...these are our friends (no pun intended) for an entire season of television we laugh with them, cry with them, can't wait to see what happens to them next, but we know that someday this relationship will come to an end. These are characters after all, not real people...right???



Tonight was the final episode of Will and Grace. It was, IMHO, the best episode of Will and Grace ever. Not the funniest, certainly, but the best. I love that it allowed us to see into the future of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen, I loved the way they left it, how they handled it...everything about it and I am certainly going to miss it next fall. Doesn't seem like it was on for eight years, and I know for a fact that in year one I didn't think it would make it this far, but it did...brilliantly. I feel all sappy writing about a show like this, but it was good comedy - that is a rarity these days...I don't think any 1/2 hr. sitcom has what it takes to make it 8 seasons anymore...not even My Name is Earl which I find supremely funny...

Several of my favorite shows are ending for good this year and it is strange, because every year I say that I am not going to watch as much TV as I did last year because I don't have as many shows to watch, but for me, this is what I do...and I only hope that one day I can be a part of a show that is as good as Will and Grace was...although I will have to actually get a job writing for ANY show before I can write for a good show, but I am working on that.

I hope that next year brings about some more good friends to join with my current ones and I will probably watch MORE TV next year...I like TV, deal with it.

-- Kelly

Another Day Another Escalation

Wow, I swear that all the crazy people come out of the woodwork and head straight for the Sprint store at the NE corner of 75th Ave. and Bell Rd. all at once.

Yep, it was another one of those days, where almost every person "NEEDS" to talk to a manager/supervisor. Of course this is one of the days when we have 2 of 4 managers in at all...which usually only happens once a week...twice this week because of some vacations...anyways, these people always come in when we are short managered...I think that they plan it that way.

I never ever went into a store and pitched a complete fit, but I am telling you, this is possibly the best way for you to go about your business...go into wherever you need to take care of something, demand to speak to the manager and tell them that you aren't going to leave until your issue is fixed. Then when they bend over so you can f*ck them in the @ss...tell them that it isn't good enough and threaten to go to THEIR manager and make sure that they don't have a job after you are through with them...now that was not todays issue, but I have been threatened like that before and so has my boss...fun times THEY ARE FRIGGIN CELL PHONES PEOPLE!!!!!! After you get your way, you have two options...you can stay the pissed off customer that you have been the whole time or you can do a complete 180 and sympathize with whomever you are yelling at telling them that you know it isn't their fault and thank them for helping you out. Be warned though, because either way, the minute you leave they will certainly notate your account (if at all possible) and also talk about that horrible bitch/jackass that they just helped...so yeah.

And if their day is going superbly well, they will get written up for poor customer service from their boss...but you, you will have your shiny new whatever and free service for a while. Not that that was my day today or anything...oh, yeah also if that poor supervisor is SUPER lucky, someone will have called in sick and another person not shown up...hypothetical situation...just spitballin here...

For amusement today I played the "ringtone" on my phone over and over that is from Office Space...it goes "I don't like my job and I uh, don't think I'm gonna go anymore..." got a chuckle out of every employee at some point today. I SO love that movie...hmmm, maybe I'll go watch it now...yeah...Office Space and some chocolate - good times.

-- Kelly ( :

WOW, I Truly Cannot Believe Some People

Now, it's true that I am no angel...I can't say that I like every single person on the planet, but I am a firm believer in "it's your life, not mine, you can do with it what you want" so long as you don't force your views on me...

Also, I am usually not really a fan of Hannity and Colmes...but this was definitely worthy of putting out there for all to see...the utter...I can't even come up with a good word for this woman...just watch...





There you have it...please pass it on if you feel so compelled...I really don't know about her God, but I am fairly certain that we don't have the same one...maybe that is just me.

-- Kelly

Thanks To Everyone Who Cares

It has been brought to my attention that I haven't been paying attention to everyone that loves me...i.e. not updating my blog regularly...so, sorry.

I have a fairly good reason though...well, a cliched one really - I have been super busy; work, um, some more work and the occasional sleep...yeah...or I am just a bad bad person and I deserve mime (only if you were ever a fan of Buffy will you understand that, so nevermind)

Anyways, for as busy as I have been not a whole lot is going on...I will be travelling a lot in the near future (twice to LA in the next few months), my mom and grandmother will be in town for a few weeks, if I'm lucky there is a tubing/rafting trip in the near future (the beginning of July or so) and I may be back in Michigan for a few days, if Michael moves out here...

Other than that people I know have more exciting news, but that is for them to tell you...

So, for now, that's it, and I promise to be a better friend in the future!

-- Kelly ( :

Well Deserved Time Off...Boston And NYC 2006

Well, after working almost non-stop for the last six months I finally got some time away from work and I got to see friends that I hadn't seen in almost a year...I visited Marvin and Billy in Boston for St. Patty's Day with Michael. Marvin's granny (they are currently in Aruba...they left Sunday March 19th...lucky bastards) and her friend Lynne were also there...six of us...in a one bedroom apartment for three days...with one bathroom...quite fun.

We started the day off with a cultural question...do they have St. Patty's Day in Iraq (probably not was the answer) but if they did it might look something like this!


After our first bar (we barhopped most of the day) we decided that the day needed a theme and after finding these fabulous hats we decided that the theme would be a tribute to the Oscar winning song from "Hustle and Flow" It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp...


We were all fairly disappointed that it took until our third stop to find some green beer...


But that didn't stop us from enjoying all that they had to offer!


After that bar we found fun people who looked as stupid as we did...


Then it was on to the place where we actually stayed most of the day...Whiskey's.



There was more drunkenness to be had there...




Some random people that wanted our pictures...



There was even a traditional bagpipe band...complete with kilts...and even though we didn't get to see if they really were being traditional under the kilts they were still fantastic!


After Whiskey's there was time for one more bar...one where everyone knows your name...


Then Michael and I were off to NYC...the big apple...where our pictures consisted mainly of buildings...


people...



and billboards...


These picutres were considerably more boring than the ones from Boston (they might have been more fun if I had asked some of the nice NYPD to pose with me for a picture (yes, we saw some tourists doing just that...from "Protect and Serve" to "Strike a Pose" in five seconds or less...quite entertaining really...)

Well, that is pretty much it for now...I move next week and I have done absolutely no packing...and just be grateful that I chose not to share the pics of my new house (renting not buying) with you all...

-- Kelly ( :

Some Fabulous New Stuff

Okay, so the last time I posted anything I had a new kitten...now I have three other new things (only two of which have pictures to go along with them, the third thing is only an explanitory thing...so here goes.

First, I decided that I wanted to get myself a car that I felt better represented who I am, not that the Ranger was bad, but well, I like getting new cars every couple of years, that is why I lease, so...



Isn't she beautiful!! My friend says that she is almost like "Eleanor" and that I should get the "Eleanor" kit that is available for the Mustang so she can look even more like Eleanor. (and if you don't know who Eleanor is, nevermind, just watch Gone In 60 Seconds you'll figure it out...beautiful car.) Just look at her beautiful smile...



So, that was Tuesday, then Friday, yesterday, I went and got this...



I know, I'm such a rebel. In case it isn't obvious, which it probably isn't from this picture, it is on my upper back, right between my shoulder blades and it is about 5 - 6 inches from top to bottom. I really like it and everyone else here seems to as well...which leads into the third good thing this week.

As I was on my way to get my tattoo my boss called me and told me that the promotion I had interviewed for earlier this week was MINE!!!! WOOHOO!!! More responsiblity not too much more money...wait, um...oh well...can't win them all...

AND if that wasn't enough, today the store manager from the Scottsdale Discovery Channel Store called and asked me if I would like to come back and be their Associate Manager...I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to tell her no...I make more money now than I ever did with DCS and there is no way in hell I'd go back...I was nice though - I still shop there you know.

So, I think that is enough new and exciting news for now, I'm sure more will come later though!

-- Kelly ( :

Couldn't Resist

So, I was out at lunch yesterday with my friend Jen and we had a little time, so we went into PetSmart. Well...the rest of this story should be obvious...

So, she needs a name, cause I am about to make good on my promise to have cats named "hellfire" and "damnation"...she would be hellfire...which may actually be a fine name for her...



Also, she's a snuggler...I LOVE IT!!! And quite playful (although the shelter woman told me she'd probably hide for the first week or so...yeah, unlikely)



She has made herself quite at home on top of chairs, on tables, she even watched Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy with me...seriously, there was an explosion on TV, she ran to it an was staring at it until the commercials.

So, enough for now, I'm sure there will be several cute pictures to follow.

-- Kelly ( :

So-So Superbowl XL

Ok, so I didn't watch too much of the Superbowl this year...with my Patriots not in it, I wasn't glued to the set, but the commercials are still something that I look forward to. However, the few commercials that I did see left much to be desired in the way of the previous years (think EDS cat herders and that one with the guy making spaghetti and holding the cat...you know which one I mean...)

There was one really great commercial...no, I don't feel this way because I work for Sprint...I really think it is great, so here is the link...

Watch the "Locker Room"

As for the rest of the XL hoopla, I know everyone in D-Town is simply glad that it is over...now I get to look forward to it...Superbowl XLII in Phoenix 2008...

Enjoy!

-- Kelly ( :

Construction Woes

Ok...so my work is under construction...we are remodeling the ENTIRE STORE and it will take 6 - 8 weeks...if everything goes OK...and we all know how often that happens...so, if I am lucky the store will be back in one piece before I go to Boston, but I won't be holding my breath for that...

Picture this (Sicily...1938...)sorry, couldn't resist ( : Anyway, the store has two temporary walls up which currently make our workable space about 1/3 of the normal selling floor. On top of that we are doing the nightly paperwork on the floor because both the manager's and asst. mgr.'s office have currently been demolished. Our technicians have been put into a tiny closet of a room that once held our servers and stereo system...actually both of those things are still crammed in there with two techs and two computers and a repair bench...good times. Today all the rest of the walls in the back came down, making the back of the store completely empty and most of the floor is ripped out. Now, there is drywall dust EVERYWHERE, including my clothes (which means now there is some at home too...) and it is making everyone's eyes water and getting caught in our throats, which cannot be a safe work environment.

If this weren't enough the construction workers come in around 6AM (which makes the manager cranky by the time we all arrive at 9:30 because he's been at work for a few hours, and they work until 2 or 3 ish. This means that they are hammering, sawing, banging, etc. while we have customers in the store. This is NOT an ideal environment for anyone (even the people I can't stand there...)

To amuse myself during this time of construction I have decided to start a pool to see which employee will snap and go postal on the rest of us first - there are two frontrunners right now, so we'll have to watch and see how everything progresses.

Happy Friday The 13th

Yeah, so I completely have neglected my loyal blog readers...both of you...

Happy New Year and whatever other holidays I have missed in the last three weeks since I have been here...

So, update on stupid UPS...I finally got my Christmas presents...New Year's Eve...but they are fantastic!!!

My new exciting news is that I am finally going to get to see some friends soon!!! I am going to Boston for St. Patty's Day and then to NYC for a few days...I miss my friends...it has been almost a year (well it will be almost a year when March gets here, but you know what I mean.)

I got an email today telling me that my ASU law school application is finally complete, which is nice, now I get to frantically check the mail everyday hoping that they will send me a nice big fat envelope...not those really thin ones that only have a rejection letter in them...no, that would suck.

Well, by now you all must know that I didn't get my fellowship in LA either (or I'd BE in LA right now) but that is okay, I am really beginning to like Arizona (no jokes, I do love it)

So, for now, Happy Friday the 13th...something good always happens to me on these days...I hope you have a good one too (even though it is basically over now.)

-- Kelly ( :

Usually Problematic Service (a.k.a Why UPS Sucks)

Okay, so I am a big grown-up and Christmas is not all about presents...

Having said that, I will NEVER NEVER EVER ship ANYTHING via UPS...especially if it is important and you probably shouldn't either.

Reason? Well, okay, so most of you know that my family and I are separated this holiday season, so that involved sending out our gifts early. I sent mine to my mom, dad and other people via FedEx...everyone got theirs...three days after I sent it. My mom sent mine via UPS on the same day I sent hers out...still not here. Tonight is Christmas Eve...there will be no presents for Christmas...which brings me back to being a grown-up. I don't need the presents, it is not about the material goods...it is however, a matter of principle.

I was less irritated with UPS, you know, holiday rush, fine, whatever, but then I found out that my package is actually in the Phoenix hub and has been here since Wednesday...today is Saturday...what the fuck (well, there goes my no objectionable content flag...) are you doing with my box? No one seems to know why I don't have it (and believe me my mom and Joe have been on the phone with them all day...until they turned their voice recording on anyways.)

So, I will not be using UPS anymore, they have upset my mother and that is unacceptable...me, I'm fine...but don't mess with my mom...

Otherwise, I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday and I'll talk to you soon.



-- Kelly

Some Suggestions Please

Okay, so this is really to help all of us. I mean, there is at least one person in your life that drains the lifeforce right out of you. It may be someone we work with (as in my case), a loved one, possibly a perfect stranger who you just happen to encounter on a near daily basis...whoever it is, there is someone in your life that drives you absolutely nucking futs! So what I would like to see are some suggestions...what can we do with these people? Like for example tie them to a rocket a la Wyle E. Coyote and send them to the moon...or Jupiter...that would be a fantastic suggestion. Or, perhaps lock them in a room full of howling hungry wolves...hmmm...might be cruel to the wolves though. Well, anyway, you get the idea, so...any suggestions? Please...comment away!

-- ylleK (yeah, that's about how I feel)

'Tis The Season...

Well, I suppose that the "you get what you pay for" fairy would tell me "I told you so", but I really don't care. I love my tree.

This is my first for-the-house-grown-up-I'll-keep-it-for-the-next-few-years thing. So I only spent thirty bucks on the tree and I spent more than that to decorate it...if you don't like it BAH HUMBUG! I love my Charlie Brown Christmas tree!

Of course...it looks a million and one times better when it is decorated and I will probably be one of those crazy people this year to wrap empty packages and have them under the tree so if people come over it isn't completely obvious that there isn't anyone here that will have real presents under the tree...cause that is just sad. Also, now there is a tree skirt, but I didn't feel like retaking the picture, so please just use your imaginations!



-- Kelly ( :

It Takes A Minute, But It Is Worth It

Okay, so I was "Stumble!"ing (see a few posts back for StumbleUpon...and I came upon this really great website Click Here to see it too...but be careful...actually pay attention to it, don't think it is a mistake. It made me giggle.

PS: Happy Black Friday!

-- Kelly ( :

The Day Before The Crazy

Well, it is almost that time of year again. I don't know how it will be with Sprint, but I know (and Marvin can relate to this - primarily because I stole the thought from him) for the past couple of years I haven't really seen my family between Thanksgiving and Christmas (this has nothing to do with location - for the past 27 years I have been living close to my family) no, this is because I work in retail and for the past two holiday seasons, I worked in a mall...you know...ridiculous people throwing things, yelling at people, fighting over the very last whatever is hot for the year...we've all been some part of it. Well, this year may be different. I don't work in a mall, but I still work in retail. I am kind of interested to see what I come up against on Friday morning at 7:30 as I help hand out flyers in the parking lot where my store is (we happen to share a parking lot with Toys'R'Us...scary, I know)and then open the store nice and early...we are already the busiest store in Arizona...what will Black Friday bring? Who knows? For now, I will enjoy my Turkey Day and I hope you do too!



And a PS to everyone in Michigan...I was watching the news tonight here in AZ, where the temp was about 65 at 10pm and I have one thing to say to you all...hahahahahahahahahaha...enjoy the snow...I know I won't!!!

-- Kelly ( :

Fool Me...Can't Fool Me Again

Gosh, I really have to thank Katie for this lovely clip...so much that I am going to post the link here on my page...I know most of my friends will appreciate it as much as I did...so here is Our President as we all know and love him...please, please find the sarcasm in that statement.

- Kelly ( :

Damn Susceptibility

So, I was out with some friends from work and they all have "My Space" and so do tons of other people that I know, so guess what...so do I now...so you can visit me at My Space in case this blog wasn't enough for you... ( :

I will try to post in both places (no, not the same things, just to keep you all very busy...well, only if you can't live without knowing what I am up to...boring as it is) so, enjoy and may you waste your precious time on My Space too!

-- Kelly ( :

All Quiet On The Western Front

Wow...my house is empty for the first time in a month. My mom, step-dad, and grandma all went home today and I came home from work to a quiet, empty house...it is kinda nice. Not that I'll be able to enjoy it though...what, with the three people at work that quit yesterday...yeah, that's right - three IN ONE DAY!!! I have to admit the overtime will be nice, but my last day off was Friday (11/11) and my next will be Sunday (11/20) which sucks...and I might not get that off if they are still super short staffed...sure, my next paycheck will all but pay for Christmas this year, but I am already exhausted. (Put it this way, and I know some of you have "been there, done that..." but, I have already worked 24 hours this week - this is about normal so far, three days...average of 8hrs/day, but I still have four days left this week, tomorrow is 11 hours, then possibly eight, then 1 1/2 (meeting) plus eight, then 9 1/2 for a grand total this week of 61 hours this week alone! *NOTE: Math may not be accurate at this point...please forgive the girl who had three hours of sleep* And that is if I actually only work eight on Thursday and Friday.)

Ok, so, sorry to whine and moan about work and overtime - I know, I know, just say no, but you see...if you know me at all, you know that isn't something that I can do - I'm the helpful one who gives up her day off to help out the store, not the one who says too bad, so sad, let the customers deal with it...so I shouldn't really complain. It is, after all, my own fault.

So, moving on to other things: How are you guys? I don't see much of my friends anymore...who wants to visit me next? You are more than welcome to come for any period of time...I have a spare bedroom. Please come visit me and enjoy the 70 degree November afternoons - I know I do ( :

-- Kelly ( :

My Brother Is A Bad Influence

Okay, so today is my day off...I have tons of stuff to do, Law School apps, housework, laundry, you know, the usual...but no.

I was talking on the phone to my brother this afternoon and he said "hey, do you know what is really cool for the computer?" Google Earth was his response (this is the website that allows you to download the very fun and exciting program for free...ok, so I was browsing through that...when else will I get to see the Pyramids at Giza? Seriously. That wasted like a good hour and a half of the day.

So then I get down to business and I realize that my parents should be just about to L.A. - they left for Vegas Wednesday, were going to stay there for a couple of days and then head to L.A. to see Alex...my mom was supposed to call me when they got to Vegas...that never happened. So I called my brother up to ask him to have them call me (cause she never answers her phone) when they got to him and he says again...hey, do you know what is really cool for the computer. I was like, didn't we already have this conversation...but no, this was a different cool thing...if you go to the StumbleUpon website, you can sign up, pick some topics that you like and the program generates in a toolbar and lets you click Stumble! which then takes you to a random web page based on your preferences...so I had to try it. This was the first thing that I found: (Which also, by the way, makes me love Arizona even more!)

So, anyway, I think I will do some more stumbling while avoiding any real work...

-- Kelly ( :