I have weekly status meetings with my group, but this week one boss is on vacation, the other boss was missing, and the really quiet dude in my group was nowhere to be found. So the remaining three of us had a quick mini-meeting which was pretty much worthless. Without the bosses and the quiet reserved guy there, the meeting went a little different than normal.

I've been trying to get an answer out of this guy for a week now, and he keeps answering other questions I didn't ask. In the last email I sent, I called him out for not actually reading the email and answering the question. It ended today with this:

Coworker 1: What the hell, man. You weren't making any sense in your email.
Me: So you didn't understand the question but decided to answer anyway?
Coworker 1: You're really getting on my nerves.
Me: At least it's mutual now.
Coworker 2: ooooooh!

Then there was this beauty:
Me: So GirlX got laid off, and they're replacing her design with the older version because hers had too many bugs in it.
Coworker 2: You know why it had so many bugs in it?
Coworker 1: No, why?
Coworker 2: Because her tits are so big she couldn't see the keyboard.
Me: Wow.

Things started off a little rough this morning. I got out of bed and kicked the hell out of the door frame walking into the bathroom. My pinkie toe was not happy.

Then I got in my car and forgot that the door closes best if you have both legs inside first. My left ankle then joined my left pinkie toe in its misery.

Finally though things are looking up. I see that I have a new myspace comment and that it's from Northern State, which is pretty cool since the Flattire boys have had tickets for months now to go to their show tonight. LazyJ and I first saw them play during SXSW 2007. A few months later a bunch of us went to see them at Stubb's when they were opening for Tegan & Sara, but they started super early and we missed their set entirely.

Anyways here's the message I got:

"come back to stubbs to see us tonight! all ages, we go on at 1015 xoxo spero"

I think spero is stalking me. Srsly.

Had some people over for a little end of the work week Rock Band.

I'm so witty it hurts.

Super important short notice meeting that just ended can be summarized as follows.

1) People were laid off
2) It wasn't you
3) Get back to work

Found this website today and it's pretty cool. Check out my artwork below. Click on it to see the Kid's.

Hit the site up, tag us up, and put the link in the comments.

peace&love,
lazyJ

UPDATE: Okay, well, it looks like they removed the Kid's artwork from their gallery. Guess they found it too offensive....or crappy. Anyway, good thing I just did a screen capture of mine so it's saved forever!

DOUBLE UPDATE: The Kid still had his window open so he was able to get a screen grab of his artwork.

We're so classy.

I'm crazy busy these days and bordering on deliriously tired. I walked out of an all day training session at work half way through because I couldn't concentrate enough to care.

I decided I should pay some random bills that needed to be taken care of. One is a medical thing, and they're retarded since they won't automatically bill me. So once a month I get a bill for $40. I hadn't paid in a bout 4 months so I figured it was about time.

The second bill I had to deal with was AT&T. I used to have them for DSL and phone, but now just DSL. In the process they lost my automatic payment info. Plus, it no longer let me log in online to see my bill or make payments and all that other good stuff. Paying bills online is one of the things I love about the internet. Going through their phone system is extremely painful since it keeps asking for a phone number, which I don't have. I have this fake number that starts with a 0, but the system doesn't recognize it and every time I enter it it tells me I must have fat fingers to try again. I my friends, do not have fat fingers.

Finally I get a real person and proceed to complain that they're retarded for not charging me when they should be, get my finance charge waived, and finally tell them that neither their website nor their phone system recognizes me as a customer. The nice lady tries it for herself and is all confused when it doesn't work. She transfers me to someone who can "help."

I explain problem to lady #2. Her response:

"No," she says.

"What do you mean no?" I ask, confused by her brevity and bluntness, especially since I had not asked her a question with a yes/no answer.

"Internet only customers can't view their statements online," she says, completely serious.

Are you fucking kidding me? Of all their customers, the internet only customers are the ones that want to and are most capable of viewing their statements online. What kind of stupid shit is this? Plus they keep sending me crap to sign up for online only statements and how managing my account online is the greatest thing ever. What a fucking tease.

To top it all off I'm going to have to call them back in a couple weeks to give them my new credit card number. Oh, the joy.

Oh, and my Rock Band bass pedal snapped last night. I had noticed cracks the night before after realizing it felt kinda flex-y. Thankfully I have a backup drum set.

Yes, I am out of control.

Oh and earlier last night before the pedal died, lazyJ and I had some head to head drumming battles when I still had two full working drum sets. It sounded like a high school drum line at times. He won 3-1 or something, but he also cheated and hit my pads.

I finally finished cutting up and uploading the video footage from my birthday party a couple weeks back. There's a few good performances which didn't get captured since the tape in the camcorder ran out and I didn't notice. The comments on youtube have been great so far, including:

"The word horrible comes to mind"

and

"OMG WTF u suck u can't even play this on expert LOL wtf FAG"

As funny as that comment was, I deleted it since it was the closest satisfaction I could get to actually deleting people who don't deserve the internet. The internet is a privilege, not a right. fag.

OK here they are. ENJOY.

All videos:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FBDF1FD318D1BF26

1) Radiohead - Creep
Vocals - Tom
Drums - BG
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Tom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GWafnermaLk

2) Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
Drums - Greg
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Elizabeth
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gJXiU1X2hc0

3) Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Drums - Greg
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Elizabeth
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jCRuRzTcHuQ

4) Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Drums - Luis
Vocals - Tom
Guitar - Jamaal
Guitar - Gabe
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uHFTChKmTkU

5) Blink 182 - All the Small Things
Drums - Luis
Vocals - Tom
Guitar - Jamaal
Guitar - Gabe
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D8QF5VLwXTI

6) Ok Go - Here it Goes Again
Drums - Elizabeth
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - Tiffani
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hKReGS1liq4

7) Ok Go - Here it Goes Again
Drums - Elizabeth
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - Tiffani
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sIWV2f-padA

8) Rush - Tom Sawyer
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Luis
Guitar - Justin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BPqJfZi3U5I

9) Rush - Tom Sawyer
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Luis
Guitar - Justin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-6GOqQtLrY

10) Garbage - I Think I'm paranoid
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Luis
Guitar - Justin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MaZKUhNFP1g

11) The Police - Roxanne
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Luis
Guitar - Justin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnqc0c36aQ

12) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Drums - Gabe
Vocals - Tom/Tiffani
Guitar - Tiffani
Guitar - Tom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q20ggeAvrr8

13) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Drums - Gabe
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tiffani
Guitar - Tom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hW2oRVBnB-c

14) Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Drums - Gabe
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tiffani
Guitar - Tom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J3voOWPE42I

15) Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
Drums - Gabe
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tiffani
Guitar - Tom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FHOA9UNl7I

16) Oasis - Wonderwall
Drums - Greg
Vocals - Felicia
Guitar - Elizabeth
Guitar - Luis
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbqItfAT_0g

17) Oasis - Wonderwall
Drums - Greg
Vocals - Felicia
Guitar - Elizabeth
Guitar - Luis
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3M4r47qca6A

18) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Drums - Greg
Vocals - Felicia
Guitar - Elizabeth
Guitar - Luis
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X2hCzczPd9A

19) REM - Orange Crush
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Greg
Guitar - Elizabeth
Guitar - Tiffani
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZPfG3iw_zs

20) Weezer - El Scorcho
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Justin
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Felicia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p_c4pgLA3AU

21) Weezer - El Scorcho
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Justin
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Felicia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=imNKLmGSdSM

22) Weezer - El Scorcho
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Justin
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Felicia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9oc-F3MM34U

23) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Drums - Justin
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Felicia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WROu2tKKzrg

24) Oasis - Wonderwall
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Tiffani
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Ann
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KoywcOzj-U4

25) Oasis - Wonderwall
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Tiffani
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Ann
http://youtube.com/watch?v=g_QMhcobOVE

26) Oasis - Wonderwall
Drums - Katie
Vocals - Tiffani
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Ann
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wpco6ZRjOGs

27) Hole - Celebrity Skin
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Katie
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Tiffani
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZfqOjNJVjeE

28) Faith No More - Epic
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Tom
Guitar - Nick
Guitar - Guitar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_WK_ixMWOtw

29) Metallica - Enter Sandman
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Tom
Guitar - Nick
Guitar - Guitar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k7YZ7qgKj3k

30) Metallica - Enter Sandman
Drums - Jamaal
Vocals - Katie
Guitar - Nick
Guitar - Guitar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Qmji4lIs_s

31) Radiohead - Creep
Drums - Earl
Vocals - Candace
Guitar - Lisa
Guitar - Justin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-gEizTpYB0s

32) Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Candace
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Jonathan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TA0KWt_1iWY

33) Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Candace
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Jonathan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SNRUtFR_Nvk

34) Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Jonathan
Guitar - Maggie
Guitar - Nick
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qr2DVPAEHDI

35) Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Jonathan
Guitar - Kevin
Guitar - Maggie
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BLihEBAQ6_4

36) Weezer - Say It Ain't So
Drums - Ann
Vocals - Jonathan
Guitar - Kevin
Guitar - Maggie
http://youtube.com/watch?v=idjFDZKaMTg

37) The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Drums - BG
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - Jonathan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F8gEudE5sWA

38) The Killers - When You Were Young
Drums - BG
Vocals - Jamaal
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - Jonathan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fZq8dcVpdzo

39) Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

Drums - Tom
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Kevin
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FmBY8LC_IDY

40) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Drums - Kevin
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSydroNX2xA

41) Stone Temple Pilots -
Drums - Jonathan
Vocals - BG
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7edRid9S_yw

42) Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Drums - Jonathan
Vocals - Kevin
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9v_o6gWqruA

43) Weezer - Buddy Holly
Drums - Jonathan
Vocals - Kevin
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HYyNyU3oXWs

44) Weezer - Buddy Holly
Drums - Jonathan
Vocals - Kevin
Guitar - Tom
Guitar - ?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LWx466saI

My favorites are 24-27. On video 26, Katie, the surprise rock star of the night, loses a drum stick as the song starts and it bounces off the cymbal and she has to go scurrying to find it. It's great. Then in video 27, you see the rest of her all girl band discussing how displeased they are with her performance over the past three songs due in part to her rampant drug use. "Do you want to sing? You should SO sing." They then proceeded to turn it up to 11 and rock our socks off.