Girl Poop'in

I don't know what to say??? It is like watching a car wreck...you just can't help yourself. What the heck does this girl eat???

http://www.joyangeles.com/woodpooping.html

A stupid question??

Aya and I decided to get hardwood floors installed. The store we used give us an additional 5% discount if we paid cash. We had to pay 50% upfront, so we went to the bank to get cash. We needed to withdrew $3,000 dollars so we had to talk to a bank teller. While waiting in line, I asked:

Miles: Are there bigger bills than $100?
Aya: No.
Miles: Are you sure? What about big ballers? I mean I don't want to walk around with a costanza wallet with 30 $100 dollar bills. Can't we get 3 $1000 dollar bills?
Aya: They don't make $1000 bills.

By now we reach the teller. I tell Aya, just ask the teller.

Aya: Do you have any bills bigger than $100.
Teller: Umm, nnnoooo.
Aya: I told you dummy they don't have bigger bills. You are so retarded.

So, if I won the super jackpot in vegas they would pay me in $100 dollar bills??? What the hell?

Tom's Weekly Hottie - Video

Okay, it isn't often I get small video clips, but rather than another week of Jessica Alba photo's here is small Sin City clip.

http://www.geocities.com/employee_8/sin_city.gif

On the move...

Well that didn't last too long, 6 long months at DIRECTV and now I am on the move. I resigned from my position on Monday and gave the customary two week notice. I will be starting my new job at Lowermybills.com May 23rd. I am taking two weeks off in between jobs. Basically I will be house sitting while the contractors install hardwood floors, stairs, bannisters and railings.

So what does this mean, I am a short-timer!! It is weird to be a short timer. It always seems that right after you give notice, work turns around and gets better.

The reason I resigned, the company reorged and my new boss was a complete nimrod! A total micro manager but then he quit. After that, I was working for the Director...when I realized hmm, this isn't much better...in fact maybe I went from the frying pan to the frier! Too many peaks and valleys. I just figured it was a matter of time before it was back to being in a valley.

Also, as a short timer people are more talkative and friendly. How come they weren't as friendly before I gave notice? Actually, the folks at DTV were very nice. Maybe I am just in a better mood because I am leaving. I didn't think much about it, but my parents said, you sure do move around a lot. It got me thinking this is going to be my 7th job AFTER college. The strange part is there are two groups of people at DTV the people who have been there 20 years and people with less than 5 years. I guess there isn't much for employee loyalty anymore.

Common decency?

What is common decency? Who makes the determination on decency? I guess it depends on what you kind of decency we are talking about. TV decency or public decency, whatever the case may be Aya and I had our first conversation on decency this weekend and it involved, UNDERWEAR.

Aya claims it is just common standard decency to wear underwear. Plain and simple. No other arguments to debate. Just her fact. Naturally, I disagreed. I told her that I didn't think that is true. I don't always wear underwear....thus proving her argument, I am not a decent human being. Why does underwear wearing equal decent? I don't get it. Of course Aya thinks that if it were allowed I would run around nekkid all the time. (I doubt that as well....often but not all the time).

I guess it is off the subject, but it could fall under decency. Pet names. I came up with two more names for Aya this weekend. Fucktard and Putz-face. Of course when Aya wold Shirley and Jenny (the estrogen twins) they both jumped all over saying those names are just wrong. Are they?? I mean, Aya was being a fucktard while changing out door knobs this weekend. Then when I told her all the errands we were running Sunday morning she made a putz-face.

So what's the point? I don't know. I just know I must lack common decency....or maybe some people (namely girls) are just too sensative. I guess I also need to work on better terms of endearment too.

Tom - You asked, you got.

Jessica Alba - My current favorite!!

Retirement

Retirement. Yes, I have been saying that I am retiring from bball. Currently, I am sort of holding true to that as I am not playing ball on the weekends. I cut down bball time in half by just playing twice a week now. I should be happy that when I tell people that I no longer want to play tournaments or leagues they ask, "How come?" That is a lot better than, "Yeah, you should retire you suck."

Why retire? Simply, I don't like to lose. Who does, right? Well, losing when you are younger sucks because you are more competitive. Young anger, more testerone. I dunno. Losing when you are older feels like a waste of time. I no longer want to travel to tournaments to lose. Losing while playing well is one thing. Losing and going two and out is another. I also feel old. I am no longer a young whipper snapper that can run all over. I figure at some point I need to retire and I would rather walk away on my own terms. I want to quit before I get hurt, I want to quit before I am the old guy everyone wants to gaurd because I don't move. I guess I want to quit before I add no value to the team.

Will I miss it if I go cold turkey? Probably. I just see it as an opportunity to pick up something different. I love to play tennis, so I could get back into that. You always see old people playing tennis. Heck, I might even take up golf....but I highly doubt it. I still think golf is something un-atheletic people do.

Design on "MY" Dime

Unlike my father, I am not a handy type of guy. I have seen on occasion a few home improvement shows on HGTV. Now those shows make home improvements look so easy. Not only easy but they are done in a ½ hour with minimal help. Um, yeah….right….its a television show.

For the past 5 weeks I have been working around the house. It has been like a second job. 4-5 hours a night after work and then 20+ hours each weekend. Thankfully, I am pretty much done. A few more odds and ends to finish but, all stuff that can wait until the hardwood floors are installed.

Okay, getting back to the crap on HGTV. One, they never show you how long it takes to just buy all the tools that you need. What tools that you need. Having the right tool makes ALL the difference in the world!!

Two, they never show you cleaning up. That alone takes some time because you don’t want to leave all the crap out to cause more of a mess when you trip on it. The HGTV programs just show before and after pictures. I want to know the time and money it took to accomplish all these jobs.

Sure it is gratifying to do the job and learn. It sucks to learn on the job, that I messed up and that means more sanding that I need to do. ** argh ** Do it yourself home improvements are so over-rated!

Cremated in your car??

So I was having a conversation with Jenny this morning. Is this not the most selfish thing you ever heard??

Jenny: Costa Rica!! WOOO HOOO! I’m not prepared at all to go but I’m sure I’ll wing it by then.
Jenny: It should be a fun trip.
Jenny: If I don’t make it back home alive, it’s been a pleasure knowing all of you.

Miles: I had a dream about big snake.
Miles: Maybe you will get bitten by a snake.
Miles: If so can I have your car? i need something to replace the celica.
Miles: Can I get that in writing too?

Jenny: You are terrible. No, you can't have my car.
Jenny: I'm going to be buried in my car...then cremated in my car....that's how I want it.

D.I.N.K.

The TWO most asked question’s after you turn 25 years old is….

It never fails. Once you become an adult and date someone, the question is, “When are you going to get married?” Not a second AFTER you get married the question becomes, “When are you going to have kids?”
(D.I.N.K - Dual Income No Kids)


Kids

Sooner or later the subject of kids comes up. As evident by the question above, “When are you going to have kids?” Of course, for Aya and I, the answer is later….way LATER. It’s funny how when friends/relatives have kids they try to push their kids onto you:

“Here just hold him.”
“Here he likes you.”
“Here, don’t you want to see what it would be like to be a dad?”
“C’mon you’re his Uncle.”

My answer is always, “Yeah….No.” Would why I want to hold your kid?? Outside my sister, I have ZERO experience with a baby. My sister hasn’t been a baby for quite some time, so I don’t remember how I held her. All I know is you got to support the babies neck. Oh and babies DROOL. Eeeww. I don’t want ‘your’ babies drool on me. Yucko.


Kids Parties

The other odd thing is kid parties. Now sure, I don’t mind being invited to a kids party, but I gotta say, if you aren’t in my super small circle of friends with kids then I do NOT want to go to a kids bday. Now family with kids is different…only because it is family. Outside of that, going to a kid party when you have no kids….WHACK. Oh yeah, big headache too with all those kids running all over screaming and yelling and talking some weird language. I know I mumble, but when kids talk I wonder, am I deaf? Is that English coming out of your mouth? What the heck did you ask me?? You leave a kid party and you don’t need birth control….you don’t ever want kids!


Why don’t you have kids, you have been married a while now

Um, yeah…nice question or topic to bring up to any couple. It seems the only people to ask that question is people who already have kids. It’s like their baby is a symbol or trophy. See, I can procreate, why can’t you??

Naturally being a guy more jokes are kinda jabbed out there:

“You need some help? “
“Your boys don’t swim”
“I can show you how to do it.”

It is all in good fun…except when you are really trying. I don’t know what it is. Maybe since Aya works in a high stress job and I work in a medium stressed job that a lot of coworkers are finding it difficult to get pregnant. I think because so many people ask the question of having kids that it become a touchy subject for most couples and no one wants to talk about it.


Since do one will talk about it I will!

It seems like no one wants to talk about NOT having kids. They only pass along the good news. “We are pregnant.” You don’t really hear the news, “We can’t get pregnant.” No one really spreads that news either, so you have to tell people over and over because different people ask the same question: “Why don’t you have kids, you have been married a while now.”

Aya and I are in that boat. It’s not that we can’t have kids. We just have been zero for the last 2 years. I don’t feel any shame in that. A little disappointed but that’s life. Just means we can travel easier and I get a Porsche.

I don’t know what it is, but once Aya and I decided to have a kid, I thought it would be easy. I mean how many teenagers get pregnant?? Look at how many kids Mexicans have? You figure you get off the pill, get of the rubbaz and *boom* instant baby making machine. That’s not really the case.

In fact, the first time you have totally unprotected sex you think SLAM DUNK. This is a sure deal. You are all excited and think any day a baby will be on the way. Sadly, when you find out that there is no baby, your bubble is bursts.

You try again the next month. Same result. WTH??? A few months go by and it is the same thing. You begin to think, maybe the jokes are right. Maybe I am not doing it right. Maybe my spermies don’t swim. Maybe I got some disease from some hoochie. Maybe it is because I am old and I used up all my good swimmers. Maybe I have been having sex for too long. All these thoughts go into your head.

In the meantime, you keep going to kid parties and answering the same question, we aren’t having kids yet.

FOUND!!

No way!! After a week of searching high and low and even complaining about it on the website I found my glasses!! See, I knew I don't lose things. I happened to be cleaning my closet out and I was getting rid of old clothes. I happened to pull out a seldom worn long sleeve shirt and lo and behold my glasses were hanging out the shirt pocket!!! I was just thinking, if I did not clean my closet I wouldn't have even looked at this shirt until the fall.

I FOUND MY GLASSES!!! It was great. I guess it was great for two reasons, one I have the glasses I like back. Two, I don't lose stuff. How much do I rock?! Genius I say....genius

Lost?!

I don't know why but I thought this was neat: maps.google.com shows satellite views of where people live. (I actually live right there). I wonder what else the US Govt does with their satellites? I am sure they could zoom down to see actual people.

As an adult do you ever lose stuff? I am not talking about pen or a phone number, but something that costs money to replace? I haven't lost anything in forever. I can't remember the last time I lost something. Well, a week ago I lost my sunglasses. I remember throwing them on the dash of the convertible and that was it. I assumed I took it into my parents house, but now I am not so sure. I was looking all over for it and I can't find it and I have no idea where I might have lost it....hence it is lost.

Now if I was Aya and left my glasses all over I can understand losing stuff. All my stuff has a home. It goes in the same place every time. I hate sharing, I am not a good sharer, so it isn't like I loaned it out. Plus, who loans out sun glasses. Grrr. I have spent the last week looking all over for it. Too bad this google map doesn't find lost items.

Dawn's 26th bday

Happy Birthday to my sister! Luckily for us, my sister was able to squeeze us into her busy social calendar to celebrate her bday Saturday night. Once again the tradition of getting bday cake I don't like continued. Paradise (guava) cake. Bleech!! I think it should be a rule, pumpkin pie needs to be served on everyone's bday. Yum....pumpkin pie.

Anniversary

Can you believe it? Aya and I just celebrated our 6 year anniversary. I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I can't believe it was 6 years ago that we got married. For Aya it might feel like a long 6 years but for me it has gone by in a blink of an eye. I wouldn't say I remember the day like yesterday, but I remember the day like it was just a few months ago.

Why is that when you get older and start working at real job the days, weeks and months seem to go by so fast. Life seems to go by fast and yet for most people you don't know where the time has gone. Nothing eventful has really happened. You see and old friend and they ask what you have been up to and it is the same answer. Umm, work, sleep and eat. It's not like I can say, yeah in my spare time I found a cure for cancer.

Well it has been a great 6 years of marriage!!! (But then again, Aya is married to me...and who wouldn't love being married to the greatest person ever!!)

Edamame

Did you know that soy beans are green? I never thought about what a soy bean looked liked. I used soy sauce and soy sauce is black. Thus, I figured the bean was black or a dark color. Well, I got a package of frozen edamame's and it said, 'soy beans' on the package. I was like, "soy beans are green??" Then my mom, sister and Aya matter of factly said, "Edamame means soy bean." Holy cow!! I had no friggin clue.

Brain Test

Normally I suck at these brain teasers.

http://www.njagyouth.org/colortest.swf

Actually I am just testing using this new blog software. Testing out putting in pictures, embedding links and formatting text.

WWE at DTV

Victoria, The Champion (ME) and Edge


Heeeellllllllooooooo Every-body!!! Welcome to the new wonderful world of Miles. I hope everyone like the new website and new location. I can now add pictures and text easy. People can leave comments and best of all it is 'free' just like yahoo.

The WWE came to work and we got to take pictures with two WWE Superstars, Edge and Victoria. It was all part of a promotion for Wrestlemania 21. I got a few co-workers to go with me. Of course everyone was embarrassed and I was the first one in line. Edge looked like he hated being there but Victoria was really nice to everyone. I guess that is at least one 'perk' of being at DTV.