F-Stop

The last day of tradeshows are always slow. Your feet hurt and you can't wait to change and start breaking down the booth. Before I left for Vegas this year, Bill stuffed some magazines and t-shirts into my luggage. The shirt that I got had images of Ashley, Lindsay, and Brit-Brit on it with the words "PRETTY F-ING VACANT" printed across the front.

From the convention hall I went straight to the airport only to find that my flight had been delayed. After some bad enchiladas and a Marie Claire, the plane finally arrived. Tired and cranky I boarded the plane. I'm about to take my seat when I feel a hand push back my shoulder. I look up and see the flight attendant making a frowny face at me. "That's very offensive" she said with her mouth turned down. "Your t-shirt. Don't you know there are kids around?" I realized that I'm still wearing the t-shirt. "Oh f-ck" I said. "That is not funny" she replied. I apologized and told her that I would cover it up.

She returns to her flight attendant seat and pulls out some kind of OK! or tabloid magazine with none other than the fore mentioned celebutantes on the cover. Oh man. F me! Your pleated khakis offend me.

Later the flight attendant walked up and down the aisle offering refreshments and snacks. I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. She asked anyways "Would you like some peanus?" Oooooooo.... I'm super offended. This woman is trying to offer me some penis!

Ctrl+Z

My favorite keyboard command is Ctrl+Z. This simple little command lets you undo things, a do-over, like back in elementary school when you get hit in the head with the ball and your team technically loses but people feel bad for you so they say "Do-Over!" (That was a horrible run on sentence huh? but I don't know how to fix it.)

The command feels like it takes you back a few seconds to before you made that wrong/bad decision. It sets things right and places you in a position to make a better decision. I use the command so much that my mind is starting to blur the boundaries.


(Thanks Hanie for the image!)

Taking a wrong turn... Ctrl+Z! Changing the radio station only to hear a R.Kelly song... Ctrl+Z! Throwing something in the men's room toilet at work that causes the toilet to over flow and then flushing one more time desperately hoping that just one more flush will make the over flow stop. Ctrl+Z! Ctrl+Z!

Since the plumber couldn't make it till way later I spent yesterday evening with my dad with our hands in the toilet. We actually had to remove the toilet altogether and then reinstall it. At least I know to fix an industrial toilet now. When he removed the object he said "What idiot threw this in here? I'm going to call a meeting tomorrow with the warehouse staff and find out who did this." I fessed up - I had to. I think Armando saw me throw it in.

Yao in Japan

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw this.
For more pics, see Simon and Carrie's blog.

(1) Nice face Simon
(2) To what other purpose would a statue like this exist for?