chinese

So I was out at a chinese buffet the other day. it was the first time I had been to this particular buffet and was surprised at how unfocused the wait staff was. Normally at family owned restaurants the wait staff is fairly focused on the task at hand, working to make sure that the customers are happy and the family can stay in this country instead of being shipped back to their homeland where.. whatever.. point is they work to make the customer happy.

Back to the story: My girlfriend and I sat down and had a pleasant if uninspiring meal. Our waitress brought us our end of meal fortune cookies and asked if we wanted more to drink. Of course I'm not about to give up the opportunity to ingest more caffeine so I politely reply that yes, in fact, I would like more Mountain dew. She looked away into the distance as though the combined wit and wisdom of Confucious, Sun Tzu, Chairman Mao, and Wayne Brady was written there and then walked away.

I didn't get my Mountain Dew.

5 minutes later she came back, and asked if we wanted a complimentary refill on our carbonated beverages. Again, I say yes.

This time I got it, so the story ends on a bit of a lame note. But I did stiff her on the tip for not bringing it to me the first time.

Oh, and I just got glasses... It is nice to be able to see again, but as I'm in the midwest I am now able to get a good look at where I am... I miss the east coast.. even the backwoods portions of New York have begun to look good. Fortunately I'm working 5 14 hour days a week now, so I don't have much free time to think about it.

need internet

I've been online so sporadically that the 80 dollar a month cable/dsl bill is actually looking like a good idea.

movies I've liked

since I got to steal my girlfiends internet access a little more than usual I thought I'd put up a brief list of movies I finally got around to watching and thought people might enjoy:

Bubba ho tep
Confessions of an American Girl
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind
Maria full of Grace
A day without a Mexican
Collateral (Which I fully expected to hate)
Breaking all the rules
Real Women have curves
Way of the Gun
Rundown (Again, I expected to hate it)

There is a cheap movie rental place near me which offers new members a 50% discount for the first two weeks. I'm still thinking that Crack would be cheaper and less addictive than movies, books and music.

hehe

As part of my new job I drive around a lot. I visit peoples houses.

People own dogs.

Dogs hump thing.

Including other dogs.

In the midwest it's amazing how entertaining that can be.

At least in comparison.

(What prompted that last broken set of statements was meeting an overfriendly dog who jumped up on my leg, my bosses leg, and the other dog in the yard. Unfortunately for the other dog it was facing the wrong way to enjoy the experience.)