WOAH!

Whelp, late again. I need to do better if I’m gonna keep up one blog, much less two!
WOAH! E3 was INCREDIBLE! Many awesome annoucements from all parts of the industry, but the thing that really got my attention was Nintendo’s unvieling the 3DS! SUPER EXCITED! I have loved my DS since I got it (a few months after launch). It may have taken a while to get a decent list of good games (and still suffer from a frightening amount of junk-ware) but it got there! Chances are I won’t get one at launch, but I swear to thee… I SHALL HAVE ONE!
eventually….
This past Saturday was a big day for T-Mobile. We ran our Father’s Day promotion, every phone free with a family plan activation. During that one day T-Mobile did over 110,000 activations company wide. Being a low volume store, we only did about 30 (I got 8). Some stores nearby ended the day with triple digits. Man, sometimes I’m reminded that I’m at the wrong location! Oh well, I’ll make due where I am. I am very happy to have this job and did effectively double my June commission check!
Today is new comic day (my FAVORITE weekly holiday)! I picked up a few things, but the one that really stood out was Superman #700. This milestone issue said goodbye (and good ridance, in my opinion) to the writer of both Superman and Action Comics from the past few years, and said hello to the ongoing writer, J. Michael Strazynski (one of my favorite writers right now)! Oh, this’ll be a GOOD year for Supes!
Well, till next time dear readers!

The exasperations of life and TV

First, let me just say how glad I am that I didn’t promise this to be a daily blog! We can all see how well that would’ve worked out. I will say to my readers that I will update when I can, be that daily or weekly. I will do my best to do at least four per month. And with that out of the way on to the update.

I love my puppy, Boo, he’s a good boy. But lately he’s being a bit bitey. I understand it’s how he shows affection but the little guy’s got some teeth! Normally he just goes for hands or feet (just mine and Amiee’s, thankfully), but last night I was playing with him and he got a little too close to my face. So, he sees my nose, and hey, it’ll fit in his mouth so that MUST be where it goes! Yeah, as if I didn’t look odd enough, Boo tried to bite my nose off. On top of that, when I come down stairs after getting dressed for work this morning I find that “he couldn’t wait to go outside” all over the kitchen floor. And pulled his kennel all through it too. I had to spend 15 to 20 minutes practically mopping the floor and cleaning the underside of his kennel. But even with the cleaning up after him and losing limbs to his insatiable (sp?) appetite, I still love the little monster!

Lately, at work I’ve been noticing more and more customers coming in with this inexplicable sense of entitlement. It can only be tranced back (as far as I can tell) to one of several causes:
1) the economy
2) the American cell phone market
Or
3) the general public’s ridiculous stupidity
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling everyone stupid (though we all have our moments). But. these customers I’m refering to seem to think that because they pay their bill I need to bow-down, kiss their feet and give them EVERYTHING they want for free. At the point of upgrade eligibility they can get some great discounts off handsets, but the My Touch 3G still won’t be free. And no, the phone won’t include the $130 jawbone for free either. It’s not that I don’t want to help people, but these things carry a cost. On top of that T-Mobile is like every company out there, they exist to make money. And I have a job to utimately do the same.

The new seasons of several shows Amiee and I watch started this week! YAY! But after looking at my DVR schedule for the next week, I’ve come to the conclusion that I watch too much TV. Between the shows I like and the shows Amiee likes (and I like to watch with her) we easily record more than a dozen shows per week! Maybe it’s time to axe those precedural-cop-shows…. Anyways, to give my readers an idea of how bad it is;
I record
-CSI (all 3)
-NCIS
-NCIS LA (though, after watching the 1st episode we won’t be recording anymore)
-Smallville
-Big Bang Theory
-How I Met Your Mother
And that’s only the hand full I can think of off the top of my head, as I am at work as I write this. There are plenty beyond that short list (which is only about 2 days worth anyway). I need to engage in more physical activities…..

This update may sound rather whiney, but I do love my job (and having a job for that matter!) and my puppy is great. Just needed a moment to vent. Besides, it’s new-comic-day! My favorite day of every week, and no matter what happens it’s going to be great day (even if it wasn’t new-comic-day ;-P)!