When people get hurt, sometimes I find that funny. Sometimes it's someone I know, sometimes not. I like laughing at Tom when he gets hurt, but only when it's not super serious. I laugh at myself when I get hurt too. I'm not sure why this is.

Now what about when someone who tries to steal copper out of a power substation shocks themselves so bad that they catch on fire? Man, that's fucking hilarious.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=201560

Yes, I realize the guy is in critical condition and could very well die. But I think that despite the rising cost of copper, stealing it out of electrical equipment is extremely destructive for very little gain. I heard they had to lock up the habitat for humanity homes that were being built, because people would steal the copper wiring out of the walls destroying all the dry wall. Someone stole my mountain bike last year, and the price to replace it was a mountain bike. But if someone came and stole the copper out of my air conditioning unit? It'd cost me thousands. I mean if you're going to steal stuff, be considerate.

I saw this article on Metroblogging Austin and I really want to punch the first commenter in the nuts. Remember, if you catch yourself on fire from extreme electrical shock, don't forget to stop, drop, and roll.

I used to own a truck, up until early today. A truck with a 6.4 liter engine that would constantly leak oil, could hold 60 gallons of gas, and sometimes wouldn't start. It could tear up the ground, if you had it in the right gear. I tried to start off uphill in third once (it only had three gears) while hauling a fridge, and lazyJ thought we were going to die.

I had a dream, a vision if you will, of fully restoring a truck that was originally built ages before I was born.

Then I woke up and realized I didn't have the time for it, and really two vehicles was already enough. A third is kind of ridiculous, since I still haven't figured out how to drive more than one at a time. Oh well, bye bye truck. Maybe I need another motorcycle. I mean I got rid of four wheels, so if I go buy two more it's still an improvement. Right?

Part silicone, part nursing, 100% "ZOMG!!"

First of all listen to this while you're reading. It's U2's song "Beautiful Day"

I was listening in on a work webcast. Our CEO is leaving because of personal reasons, which I interpret as "I have a personal problem with how much this company sucks." The whole talk was so full of fluff, and how times are tough, things will get better, he's leaving us in good hands, yada yada yada." At the end people started getting up and talking about his accomplishments. When I thought the ass kissing couldn't get any cheesier, someone played a slide show starring the beloved departing CEO set to U2's Beautiful Day. Immediately I started laughing at how ridiculous it was, as did some of my coworkers also listening or watching the webcast. I mean the only way to top that level of cheesy ass kissing would've involved actual lips, cheez whiz, and a real ass. Like wow.

On another note, my boss talked to me on Monday and said I needed to start doing work again. Boooo! I had finished my project a few weeks back and things have been pretty relaxed. He's such a nice guy though that he left me alone for awhile, until this week when he said something like "your next deadline is in a month, do you think you can make it?" As in hint hint, you should probably get started. Oh well, fun while it lasted. Time to go be fake inspired by some more U2.

I needed to see where the intersection of Airport Blvd and Bolm Rd is, so I asked google. I got lazy and just typed in "airport bolm" to see if it could figure it out. Apparently not.

No google, I did not mean "airport bomb" but thanks for the suggestion and for puting that link right there. One click and bam, I'd be on all sorts of government watch lists.

What next, a little box that says "check here if you are a terrorist?"

On a side note I took all of Jamaal's chips playing poker Saturday and he got really mad. I promptly gave them to someone else though.

I was having lunch today with some of the turds I work with, and one guy goes "Did you hear how china wants to give us 10 million women?" I then say "what, did you read that on the onion?" And he goes "No! CNN!" He then proceeded to whip out his iphone (which he says he hates but still shows off) to show us the article, and when he couldn't find it the rest of us just gave him more crap. It was also a little awkward since we have a new Chinese woman in our group who just transferred in from one of my company's china sites. Maybe she was the first of the 10 million?

Once we got back to work he forwarded us this link from CNN:

China wants to send the US 10 million women

I then had to tell them that the article is about a discussion that happened in 1973 and that Mao has been dead for 30+ years. I have no idea why CNN or the associated press were writing about this now though.

I was looking at flights to my brother's college graduation the other day.

Yeah, let me pay 10x for a 2x long flight. Thanks.

peace&love,
lazyJ

I'm probably alone here, but I'm hooked on Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. I think the show is pretty good as far as sci-fi goes. Plus, Summer Glau is the good chick terminator. She's absolutely beautiful and moves like a ballerina...cause she's a classically trained ballerina. That's probably why I trip on my own feet a lot, because I'm a classically trained dumbass. But back to Summer - to see a little 100 lb chick throw around the big bad other terminators? Awesome I say. She could kick Schwarzenegger-terminator's ass.

If you click on that first link and put the mouse over her boobs (I mean who wouldn't?) a thing pops up saying "armored chest." Mmmm...armored chest...

I'm taking Friday off to go mountain biking. Hope y'all have fun at work!

A few more ninth grade pics of peeps to go along with the ones of lazyJ and Tom and I.

He had cold feet

He loves cheese

He got hitched last year

Ammogirl did a super post with all sorts of childhood pics of herself. Definitely check it out. If anyone wants to share their ninth grade pics send them on in!

Happy Friday everyone!