Fruity Cocoa Puffs and Pirate Sandwiches

Why is it when you walk into some stores/shops/restaurants/gas stations/generalplacesofbusiness (yes I know that ran all together. It was suppose to) the people that work there look like they A) wanna kill you all your known friends and relatives. B) hate their life with an unexplicable passion. C) hate anyone and every one they come into contact with. Now before anyone goes jumping down my throat let me first say yeah ok I know everyone has bad days. And I know some people have things going on in their lives that upsets them. But come on! The people you see or help during the day didn't do anything to you or may not ever have any contact with you again. They don't deserve to be snapped at, mean mugged or hexed for any reason. Maybe I just wanna have dinner or buy a cd or a pack of nabs and a coke. Geez. Cool it already. I know what it's like to work with the general public. I do it every day. And have done it for 5+ years through various jobs. Some days you just don't feel like being at work. But I would never put off that I feel that way. I try to block that stuff out when interacting with someone. In the same breath though you can bring in those people who come into your place of business ready to bite your head off for no reason. Same goes for them. Your every interaction with people is seen by someone so every person should act like how you would want to be remembered.  Oh and if you hate your job enough to let the people you service or come into contact with know about it. Quit. Try to find something else. But just remember before you do that... Its tough to find a job. Some folks would give anything they have to have a job. YES even your job. So maybe you shouldn't be such an emo wanna be whiny baby about life and how tough you have it. Someone always has it worse. I know I've complained about work too in my day and I'm not trying to build a soap box to stand on. Just giving my .02 about the subject.

Man it feels good to do this again! haha

As always leave comments or complaints at the bottom.

Peace up, A-town down,

Gus

Ok I've Been Gone For A While

Ok, I haven't posted in a while but I assure you that hasn't stopped me for ranting.  I just haven't put it down in my blog haha.  But I have gotten new found inspiration in that I have an app on my phone that will let me put my thoughts right when they happen down on paper (or the theoretical paper, actually the Internet.)  This way when a thought hits me that bothers the crap out of me I won't have to wait to get somewhere to start writing it.  I can pull the app up on my phone and go to town ranting (or complaining about things that shouldn't matter as some folks say.)  So I promise I'm going to get things flowing again and try to keep it going.  Some folks may like to read and some people may want to tell me to shut up and no body cares haha.  Either way I'm gonna have some new posts soon.   Back to the trivial WHO CARES stuff too.  Nothing about politics or current events here.  Just good ol' fashioned pointless ranting!!

Facebook Games

Okay so someone correct me if I'm wrong... But, wasn't Facebook created to keep in touch with people and to share things like photos and fun times? Well then what is the deal with all these freakin' games and clubs and crap. I mean if I wanted to farm I would go home to my parents and do it. I wouldn't sit on the computer and click buttons to water my crops and feed my cows. This phenomenon as they are calling it online is hilarious to me. It shows how our society as a whole is dumbing down. I mean is life really that boring that you can sit at a computer all day long and recruit people to be in your "mafia" or build barns to put animals in? I like video games as much as the next guy (probably a little more), so It may sound like I'm a hypocrite but I play REAL video games. Not building a farm on Facebook. To me it's pretty hilarious that people will sit on Facebook all day long. And yeah that might piss some people off but once again, this is my rant. My opinions on things. I like to check Facebook and see some updates and stuff but I've noticed that people will be on there all day long checking things and "stalking" people's pages. That's cool. If you like Facebook that much and don't have anything else to do, that's why it's there I guess. But back to the topic...

The other day I posted something on my Facebook to the effect of please do not send me any more invites to any Facebook games and most specifically Farmville/Farmtown (which is also a riot that there are two of them now) and Mafia Wars. Those seem to be the most popular. But after I made this post I had comments of people agreeing with me and people liking my status so I know some folks agree with me. I also got a message from some one who was a little angry with my post. Saying it offended them. I didn't even respond. So if you read this you're gonna be offended again. MY BAD. Actually no not my bad. I don't care at all. I think that the idea of Facebook has changed. It has gone from keeping up with people to stalking them and pestering them all the time. It's funny that people think they know someone because they look at their Facebook. But anyway I keep getting off topic. The subject here is the games. There are thousands of games for people to occupy their time on Facebook. If you want to play them that's cool just STOP sending me invites. Every time I log on there is another invite to one of those friggin' things. And maybe I over react when I almost crush the mouse trying to ignore them or ban them (which for some reason doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!) but I'm a very eccentric person and do tend to over react to things or blow them out of proportion. But I like to. Makes me happy.

So for all you "farmers" and "mobsters" out there have fun doin' what you do but PLEASE don't send me invites. I am too gangster in real life to be in a Facebook Mafia, ya dig? Oh and I have farmed in real life so I'm good with out Farmville/Farmtown too I'll find other ways to occupy my time. I promise I'm good so don't invite me to any games that are on Facebook. I'm sure there is some smartass somewhere out there that is gonna hit me with invites to every single game out there. I'll be ready with my ignore button. And probably another angry post on my account. Same as always let me know what you think.

Handicap Parking

Why do places even have designated Handicap Parking places? It doesn't really make sense. They are never used for their actual purpose. Don't get me wrong. I am all for it when it is used properly (much like our wonderful welfare system). It just seems to me that it is way too easy to get a handicap sticker. If you are actually handicapped and it is difficult for you to walk far or even get around then it makes sense. The only people that I see using them is typically people who are borrowing the actual handicap person's vehicle or my favorite one is the people who are just overweight. Doesn't that defeat the purpose? I'm not sure of all the laws and rules for handicap stickers or the things that hang down from the mirrors that give you permission to park in handicap spaces, but I think their should be more regulation of this. Maybe if you have five or more handicap parking spaces you should have a designated person there to make sure the person is actually deserving of said privilege. That would be awesome. Our country throws so much money away on other things why don't we use some of that to pay people sorta like police to regulate who gets to use handicap parking places. Have someone sitting right out front of where ever the parking spaces are and when someone gets out of a vehicle with a handicap sticker they can say, "Hey! You! You aren't actually handicapped. You are gonna have to move your vehicle." That would be awesome. I can see someone like an older lady or old retired vet/cop guy going off on some young dude for parking their grandmother's Ford Taurus in the front handicap space. Hahaha. I actually just laughed out loud while typing that. Have like a Barney Fife out front doing some regulating. Yeah, that would keep people from abusing this privilege.

But in all seriousness this can have negative effects besides just getting me rowled up. Handicap parking places are there for a reason. If we actually took them away it would hurt the people who are really deserving of them. And since so many people abuse them people who may have an actual reason to use them that may not be seen outwardly or is just not very noticeable are afraid to use them for fear of being accused of not needing it. That's unfortunate. If we didn't have people that abused this kind of thing we wouldn't have this problem.

So I looked up the conditions that they allow for people to have handicap privileges in Mississippi. Some of them are okay but there were a few things that I had problems with. The first one is person cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest. Okay some people may not be able to do this for legitimate reasons. But if the reason is that you are overweight that's when I have a problem with it. Maybe if you didn't get the handicap sticker and had to walk those extra steps you would lose a few LBs and not have to get the sticker or those little scooters they have in Walmart. I mean that one should be a little more strict. Maybe cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest for health reason besides obesity. My fat butt doesn't need one.

The only other one that I had a problem with is if the person uses portable oxygen. Okay that can go either way too. But if the person gets to use a handicap space because he smoked his whole life and now has emphysema or some kind of cancer and has to use oxygen to breath or stay alive, that doesn't make sense. If someone is handicap by choice, which is what I would consider this since it was done from smoking, they shouldn't get the privilege of getting an handicap space. That one really burns me up actually. But see that's why this is so open to interpretation. The person could actually have to have the oxygen to breath for other reasons. I just feel if it is from smoking that they should be excluded. There tons of other reasons that a person could need oxygen to breath and I'm sure those could be reasons to warrant a handicap sticker.

Those are the two requirements that stand out the most to me. But like I said I do not know for sure if these are or are not excluded from this. Let me know if there are any that you know of that sound crazy. I'm just going from past experiences that I have run into in my trips to Walmart or other places with handicap spaces. If something is going to be abused it hurts the people who actually need it more. That's pretty ridiculous to me.

Ed Hardy... Seriously?

Ok so I'm aware that I don't always keep up with the "fads" or whatever is in style at the moment, but how did this ever become in style? I just don't get it.

So I did some research on Ed Hardy. Found out he's like a pretty old dude. A tattoo artist who decided he wanted to start putting his tattoo designs on clothes, shoes and other apparel. So basically the clothes are covered in these designs that he has drawn as tattoos. Yeah some of them are pretty cool. Not saying I would wear them but yeah I can see why people think they are cool. Then I saw the price of these bad boys. So people pay $70-100 for a T-shirt??? Are you serious? Who pays that much for a T-SHIRT? Yeah I've paid that much for a polo or button down and that was pushing it. But holy crap! I don't care what style is in there is no way you could convince me that it is worth paying that much for a T-shirt. So I kept looking. Hats were all from $50-80 too. Like caps? Ball caps? Do they come with gold on them? They must have something on them that's worth money, not just these tattoo designs on a trucker style hat. No way a hat is worth that much. I guess if it makes you feel better about yourself to pay that much for a hat or T-shirt. So apparently this guy is selling his designs to all kind of people to put on their clothes or to make all new clothes for. This one guy Christian Audigier is big into it now. And from what I gather his clothes must make you feel amazing and have got to have some kind of health benefits to wearing them. His stuff is insanely high. Like work all week to pay for one shirt high (shout out to one of my buddies for that).

I also see younger kids wearing this stuff. That means that either they have conned their parents into buying this for them or that the parents are wanting their kids to be "cool" and buy this for them to wear. I dunno about anyone else but when the day comes that Gus has kids (WOW) they will just have to not be cool if it calls for me buying them T-shirts or hats for that much.

And I know there are people out there who are gonna say I'm quote-unquote hatin'. But I'm not even sure what that means really. And those who are gonna say I'm jealous or whatever. If I was jealous I think I would pay some 3rd grader or draw on a shirt myself before I would pay that much for something like that. To me they just aren't that cool. Not cool enough for me to put off eating (we all know I'm gonna eat) to get one of them. I give props to the guy. He has made a lot of money doing this I'm sure. If I could convince someone that my doodles and drawings were worth money I'd do it too. But not gonna happen I'm sure. Maybe I should try that. Hmmm nah I'll pass.

Anyway that's just my opinion on something that has been bothering me. I see them out all the time and its just hilarious to me. Just like last time, leave your questions, comments, criticisms, praises or if you agree/disagree on here or Facebook.

People and Blinkers

Ok this is my first time at doing this. I tend to rant and rave about things every day and a few people said I should try this. So here goes...

I find it amazing that people who drive find it difficult to use the blinker when making a turn. At first I thought it was just a thing here in the Jackson area. But I think that was mainly because I never paid attention. When I moved here it just became so prevalent. When I go home or when I travel other places I have noticed it more and more. It's amazing that all it takes is a simple one inch movement of the index finger to turn it on or off. It's not like it takes a lot of thought either. Just flip your friggin' finger up or down depending on the direction you are going to turn or change lanes. The one that really gets me is the "Oh crap that's my turn." Let me break it down for you. Person A is driving along in their vehicle followed by Person B. A is driving and realizes one of a few things: Number 1. They are following directions and realized they missed a turn or are going way too fast to make the next turn. Or Number 2. They have the wonderful ADD moment and go "Ooooh what's that over there?" All this time B is following behind A oblivious to the idiocracy that is going on in that vehicle. So A slams on the brakes and jerks the wheel. This causes B to have to slam on their brakes, maybe smash into the back of A, or run off the road. All this can be avoided by paying attention or just using your blinker. (I know that was long winded and maybe confusing, but hey, this is a rant after all). And before anyone says anything, yes I know I have done it too. I have made turns with out blinkers or switched lanes without it. But I at least try to make a conscious effort to use my blinker. I do at least feel bad when I realize I didn't use it. I'm not always the best driver i.e. I text when I drive (a whole other rant in itself) and I occasionally have road rage. But all in all I just had to vent on this a little bit. It happens everyday and I get so mad but then realize the world is full of idiots that we all have to deal with. Well that's it for my first of what is to become many Rants by Gus. Anyway feel free to leave questions, comments, praises, criticisms, if you agree, disagree or whatever. You can leave them here or on my Facebook. Just let me know what you think.