Where Have You Been?
Geez, over 2 weeks since the last post, w'sup with that? The gap between posts is almost as wide as the gap between Carl's ass cheeks. Not much has been going on. Enough of the weekend update, here's a 2 week update:

Work: I've been workin my ass off, and what's my reward? More work. I've been a but edgy lately and people are starting to recognize me doing things that are un-Erwin-like, like drinking coffee and swearing louder than usual. It kind of worries me too, I'm starting to mention the need for a beer a bit more as each stressful day goes by.

The Gym: Haven't been happy with my workout schedule over the past couple months, so I changed it up. I think it's working because my desire to go to the gym is less and less these days

Concerts: I am all concert-ed out. Really I am. That's why I saw Shania Twain last weekend (she's HOT!, too bad she's Can-eh-dian) and this Saturday I'm gonna see 311. Then after that, no more concerts for awhile...I hope

Playin ball: OK, it's bad enough when you lose one basketball, but how about two in one summer? More than that, what if one of the balls you lost wasn't yours and your friend doesn't know it yet. Sucks to be me

Well, that's pretty much all that's been going on. Now you know why I haven't blogged for a couple weeks - there's nothin to talk about!

Weekend Update
Man, what a crazay weekend. Here we go with a quick recap.

Friday, 7/11: FINALLY watched Jackass the Movie. Anyone want a yellow snowcone?

Saturday, 7/12: Lollapalooza @ the Tweeter Center. Almost 8 shmacks for a beer and $10 for a burrito? What's up with that? Tweeter is not the best outdoor venue to see a show, and it really showed. Incubus was good and Audioslave rocked. Still bending over and grabbing tight to my ankles, had my first Oberweis milkshake, which cost me $4. Oh well, not broke....yet

Sunday, 7/13: 2nd concert in as many days, and the opposite of the type of music we listened to the day before. Missy, 50 Cent and Eminem rocked Ford Field in Detroit. Had fun mooning a car with my big (_____________)(____________) on our way to the concert.

Monday, 7/14: How Erwin prepares for a long car ride home: A Bob Evans meat-filled omelette, side order of potatoes, a biscuit, and one of Jennifer's pancakes. And then 2 Coney Island topped hot dogs...And then 3 Chicago style hot dogs with 3 sides of greasy garbage from Jimmy's on Grand and Pulaski. Can you say heart attack?

Coming Soon...A Rant

It's On You
Grrrrrr.....Arrggghhhh....Ackkkkk.....I'm still steamin after yesterday. When I'm not at work, I try not to think about work, but after yesterday, the fact that im still pist off is just not good. So I guess I'll discuss...

A few weeks ago, I was offered to take part in a major project at work that would take a great deal of time and a great deal of effort. Upon getting the invite, I told my boss about the offer. She had immediately told me to turn it down because our department is short staffed. Since our department is so short-staffed, you'd figure even my boss wouldn't be able to do it, right? Wrong - not only was I not given a chance to show what I can offer...she took the project herself. Not all of it though. Seeing as how I have the most knowledge in my department about this project, they still want my input (i.e. they want to suck in what I know and when they suck me dry, they'll spit me off to the side and take the credit).

I'm more hurt than mad though. I'm supposed to trust my higher-ups. Instead, I get stabbed in the back. Totally unprofessional. She even had someone else tell me of the news. More unprofessional. There's more but we won't even go there...

As always, I will overcome and get through this...they will feel my fury.

Pee-Lay-Pee-Noo Time
In my "x"th attempt to constantly update a website, I once again have failed. Even more, I just realized that my previous blogger entries discuss things that occur a few days before, not during the current day, not even the day before. There seems to be a bit of lag between the time something happens and the time I actually write about it. It's all about the "pilipino time," really it is. But if it wasn't for pilipino time, then these thoughts wouldn't be as random (thus the blog name Random Thoughts), right?

NEwayz, here's a quick recap of everything that's happened since the 3rd till yesterday:

Friday, the 4th - Did the Taste AGAIN and had an Alcapurrias, which is a chicken-filled banana Puerto Rican dumpling. It looked like a huge turd. But it was real good. Yum, me likes PR turd.

Saturday, the 5th - Hung out with Carl and Julie and watched their wedding movie. Congratulations on surviving married life for 1 whole year. I knew you two wouldn't let Greg and me's efforts go to waste. Oh, and thank you Carl for the 2 beers and Julie for the 4 martinis in between. You two made my T3 movie watching experience tons better. The movie must've been good because I'm gonna see it again. "Must've"? Yes, must've, because I don't remember the movie or that part of the night. Thanks!

Sunday, the 5 +1 th - One year ago to this day I was hit by a car head-on crossing the street, giving my friends that saw the whole thing happen an Erwin icebreaker story to talk about for years to come. This year on this date I travelled up to SummerFest . It was all about the good, the bad, and the ugly in Milwaukee:

The Good - The beer
The Bad - The beer...on an empty stomach
The Ugly - The beer...on an empty stomach...trying to salsa dance - not pretty at all

Monday. the 5 + 1 + 1 th - Went to the gym with my friend Katherine and talked about how women in the Bally's locker room that have saggy boobs drop their top off with no shame and how women with perfect boobs don't drop them at all. What an injustice!

Glory
I've been going to the gym pretty hardcore the last few months with no goal in mind, until tonight. I learned, tonight, that all the sweat and all the hours I've put in the gym was to train for one thing - the Taste of Chicago.

While others train for the Olympics are triathalons, the Taste of Chicago is the ultimate in grueling competitions. You need stamina and will power to stay on your feet and fight through the crowds of millions...and millions of people jammed in one place (OK, maybe one million, definitely not two). All the time logged on the track and cardio machines paid off. Thanks!

I'm Ahso So Hoppy
I'm tellin ya, sometimes it's the smaller things in life that give the greatest pleasures. An hour ago, I finally figured out how this blogger archive thingy works. So now, you (which is really me, since I'm the only one who reads this) can click on an old date and it'll take you (me) to an old entry. So cool. I was gonna give up and go to an old blog site that I used to use. Now I have to figure out how to post pics on the site and we'll be all good.

Since I'm in a good mood, here's a blast from the past,
The Daily Fact of the Day: Behind vanilla and chocolate, nopoleon is the third most popular ice cream flavor