My new addiction

Yeah, things in my life just keep changing. Another thing I thought would NEVER be, has happened. I bought "Halo" for the PC on Thursday. I will admit, the original reason for the purchase was so I could play with my honey. I figured that with my history of sucking at first person shooters, I would play it a few times, get frustrated, and put it on the shelf. Surprisingly enough, that is not the case...

I fucking LOVE this game!!!

Turns out, I am kinda good at it....

As someone found out....the hard way....

I discovered that it is much more satisfying to shoot the person you are playing, ESPECIALLY when they've spent so much time and effort telling me that I was just gonna get worked...all I have to say about that is.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't beat him, but I definitely held my own. That was Thursday. I play the campaign version when I am on my own, but with my sweetie, obviously it is online multiplayer. Which we played Friday night. This time was different because there was more people playing with us, and we were playing capture the flag.....

....in Blood Gulch......fucking awesome......

As I believe I mentioned, I am addicted to Red vs. Blue, so playing in Blood Gulch is my favorite...

So I will be the first to admit, for at least the next three months, there is a VERY strong possibility that there will be a little lag in the blog. I need to practice my game...

You see, I have a new nickname to live up to....

If you have seen Red vs. Blue, then you will get it...since me and my sweetie play this together, our names for each other....

Church and Tex....

Not our gaming names, though...

If you play Halo on the pc...

...just look for IceNine and MGCaboose.....and prepare to have your ass handed to you....

I know you've been waiting for this

I know it has been awhile, but here is what you have been waiting for...

Oh, Brandon....

Where do I even begin? Probably with last night, where the story begins. Now I feel it is only fair to tell you that the only reason there have not been more Brandon stories is because at the moment I am splitting my time between 2 restaurants. So I hardly see him right now. I do however know about everything he is doing while I'm not there. Because people always come to me to complain, especially where Brandon is concerned.

So back to the story....

Last night. Sunday. I was working at the other restaurant, looking for something to do as usual. I was taking a phone call when one of the drivers called me to the front. He had been trying to cash out a customer, but when he ran their credit card, the computer froze up.
At that same time, one of the girls was in the middle of a phone order when her computer decided to follow suit.

Shit....

So I ran around and checked the other 5. Nothing. So I ran our start up program, which usually straightens everything out. Nothing. Ran it again. Still nothing...

SHIT!!!!

So I call boss lady, she tells me to call the help desk. I know that is what I am supposed to do, I was just trying to avoid it, as they are normally no help at all. So I tell everybody get the orders we had together, and have them ready. Since the computer was down, we didn't even know which food went with what. So while the drivers took care of that, the girls were taking care of the phone calls, and I went to call the help desk. I was on the phone with the help desk guy for about an hour.

....enter Brandon.....

Because I was helping at the other store, he was working my shift at our store. So about halfway through my phone call....

Shayna: "Cristina, phone call for you.."

typical me.."who the fuck is it?"

Shayna: "Brandon"

ugh..

"Tell him I am too busy right now, call back later. I don't know how long this is going to take"

While I am on this call, btw, I am also unplugging shit, moving things, resetting stuff.

Shayna: "He says it's important, he'll wait"

Ok, I already know it's not important, and if he is stupid enough to wait...

"Whatever, let him wait then."

So after another 15 minutes of bullshit with the help desk, I was informed it was unfixable, and no one would be able to be there until the next morning. Fair enough. Called the boss lady to let her know the situation.

Brandon was still waiting.

I couldn't believe he waited almost 20 minutes for me to come to the phone. Fucker. And what was so important that he would wait that long?

Brandon: "Uh, I was just wondering if you could come in and finish the last half of my shift. I have a lot of homework to catch up on"

"Yeah, I guess I can."

Then the ass kissing begins. It made my head hurt, as the mere sound of his voice gives me a headache. So I hung up as quickly as possible. About 5 minutes later, my boss calls me. She says..."fuckin' Brandon".. You have to know Donna to appreciate how funny that statement was. I will just stay it is very out of character for her to say something like that. The reason she said it is because she is sick right now, and she wanted me to cover her shift. So I just tell her I will do both, no worries.

That is why I had to work 10 1/2 hours today.

Because Brandon can't put down "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call Of Duty 4" long enough to do his homework.

Today was my day off.

I had been talking to my sweetie, and had to cut that hours short.....so I could go to work.....on my day off.

One good thing came of it though. I got to break in my new swears while I was saying goodbye to my sweetie...

"Ugh, I have to go"

him: "It was just getting good."

"Yeah. Thank Brandon for that one..."

him: "He is a fucktard"

"No, it's cockbiting fucktard. Get it straight."

Just to throw in a little insult to injury, when I got to work, nothing was done (as usual), and I spent the next 2 1/2 hours straighting everything out.

Fucking Brandon....

I swear, he's gonna drive me insane.

Red Vs. Blue: pure genius...

I love video games. I have since I was 7 years old. Started with arcade Pac-Man, have worked my way from the Atari 2600 (I guess I am kinda old) through every version of the Nintendo (except the Wii, as I would either hurt myself or the TV). From Nintendo to Sony. I love my PS2, and if my house caught on fire, it would be the one thing I saved.

As I have devoted so much time to said video games, the ones that I play I am pretty good at. Games like the "Blitz" series of football, the majority of golf games, Need For Speed racing series, RPG's (Final Fantasy and Suikoden series, but not Zelda), and a few other random games. Tomb Raider, GTA, God Of War, Tetris, etc. There is one kind of game I generally avoid, as I am horrible at them. My friends that play them are always trying to get me to play them, but......nah...

First person shooters....

I suck so bad at those games. I have played them on occasion. Since I am such a good sport, my friends like to use me as a target. I used to go to my friend Nate's house twice a week for these "Halo 2" marathons he would have at his house. It was a two-story house, so our set up was 4 different rooms, 4 TVs, 4 X-Box's, and 16 very loud players. It was AWESOME.....I would mostly just run around getting killed, and once in a great while, my team would get lucky and I would get off a random good shot. Mostly just a target though. It helped supposedly.

I don't play them on my own though.

So yesterday I was led to a video called "Red vs. Blue", a very funny video based on the game "Halo". It is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. Even more so due to the fact that 90% of my friends are addicted to that fucking game, and they take it so damn seriously. I have already seen this damn thing 7 times. In fact, it is on in the backround while I am writing this.

The Blue team consists of: Church, who is funny as hell, and who spends most of this season dead; Tucker, also funny, but because he is kinda stupid, and kind of an asshole, but in a funny way; and Caboose/O'Malley, who is dumber than a bag of rocks, and the funniest character to me.

The Red Team is comprised of: Simmons, who is probably the smartest one of the lot, but that isn't really saying much; Griff. who is the Red team equivalent of Tucker; and Donut (yes, Donut), who is only about 10 points ahead in the I.Q. department over Caboose.

Then there is Tex. But you have to watch it for that.

I got the giggles bad about a third of the way through. I have so many new swears, I am just looking for an excuse to use them. I got something else from watching this too, though.

This disgusting urge to learn how to play "Halo".

So I am going to ask my sweetie to teach me how to play. He doesn't know yet....

Just the mental picture I am getting of his reaction to this development is more than enough to send me into another fit of the giggles.....

So go watch it. It's about an hour an 10 minutes long, or you can buy it on DVD as well.

If you watch it on the net, make sure you look for the full season, or else you'll get it in the 3 - 5 minute clip form.

There are 5 seasons total, but I am still stuck on the first one, so I will have to get back to you on that.

The Christmas season has officially begun.

And it began the same way it does every year. The real official start I mean. You know what I'm talking about.

The start where a normally sane person all of a sudden has this overwhelming compulsion to go shopping at 5am. Sometimes this compulsion is so strong, that they will go to their garage, storage closest or what have you, and dig out their sleeping bag. So they can spend the night outside their store of choice. Because if they don't get that $300 laptop for their 10 year old, well, they can forget about their child ever speaking to them again.

Or so the Best Buy commercial told me.

Don't get me wrong, Best Buy is one of my favorite places on earth. They cater to me very well.....'cause I'm a nerd of the highest order, and Best Buy loves nerds..

Those fucking commercials though.....seriously. It's not like it's just them. I guess it is just unavoidable.

I am not that old, but man, are things different now....

I remember when Christmas came around some of the things I used to look forward to were all the Christmas specials that were always on year after year. You know, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Frosty The Snowman", "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", you get the point.

That, and what cool toys were coming out. That was also WAY different than now. I think the main difference is when I was younger, the toys that were around had more of a tendency to cater to our childhood. That, unfortunately, no longer seems to be the case. Now it tends to lean more towards growing today's children up too fast. I still haven't quite figured out how that happened.

Now when the X-mas commercials start the day after Thanksgiving, you see an amazing range of gift ideas you may have never thought of yourself, but seem pretty important all of a sudden...

Like....

You know, your husband/wife would love you just a little more if you bought them that new Lexus/Cadillac/(insert car name here) instead of a sweater like last year....

Or....

Your wife would really much have that $5000 diamond this Christmas, much more than the new refrigerator with the TV in it (she does not care about that) that you were going to buy for her.....hell, dude, you might even get laid....

Better yet....

If you buy your 11 year old son/daughter that $400 cell phone that they just have to own or they may just drop dead from embarassment for being the only 11 year old who doesn't have one, you may be lucky enough to be one of the few parents not referred to as an ASSHOLE....

Isn't Christmas a beautiful thing?

I love this cartoon!

So I watch alot of cartoons. Can't be helped, I think most other TV is crap. 90% of the time, my television is tuned to Cartoon Network, and on Sunday night at 11:30pm, one of my favorites is on...

Robot Chicken.

If you haven't seen it, trust me, you are missing out. It was created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. It is kind of hard to describe, so I am just gonna show ya. These are 3 of my favorite clips of the moment...

Clip 1 - "Dinner with Vader" - enough said...

Clip 2 - "Delicious Gummy Bears" - this one is fucking hilarious. It starts out all sweet and cute, and it is all down hill from there.

Clip 3 - "Donkey Kong Halo" - I am a gamer. Donkey Kong has always been a favorite for me, and a very sweet guy I know loves Halo. For anyone who likes either or both, or even video games in general will love this one.

So I hope you enjoy this. I will introduce you to another one soon.

One is funny, the other, well......

So I have two stories for you today. One is funny. The other? Well, the only word I can come up with for it is "extraordinary". These are work stories by the way....

As you may or may not recall, we have school lunch (see first post), so we do not start delivering to the regular customers until 11:45 am.

This is what I tell the first customer who calls. Her reaction was typical...

"What? Well that is just stupid"

me, just listening...

"Do you have the number for Domino's then?"

me, in my sweet & nice voice...

"Sure, you ready?"

"Yes"

*click*

She did not call back.

I have a very low tolerance for stupidity.

The other story....

About 2:30 pm...customer calls, I get to answer, my phone person just went home.

Wonderful.

Right from the get, this woman is being a complete bitch, but not so much that I can't tolerate it.

Until I told her what her delivery time was.

She was apparently under the impression that she was the only person in Garden Grove who wanted pizza at that time. Driver was already gone with 2, and 4 waiting.

"Your pizza will be there at 3:30."

"WHAT!!!???"

"3:30" I said it a little slower so she could understand me better.

"Well, how long if I come pick it up?"

"15 minutes"

"So if I walk over there, I could have it that quick, but if I get it delivered it will take an hour??"

"Yes" Once again.....done...

"Well, I just don't see how the fuck that works, I......"

SO done....so she gets....

"Look, first of all, if you keep talking to me like that, you will never be getting food here EVER again. Since I am a manager, I can do that. Do you still want this order or not?"

"Yes..."

"Do you still want it delivered, or are you going to come get it?"

"I said delivered..." still with a fucking attitude...

"3:30"

*click*

I almost cancelled this order because I was so pissed off at that woman. Since I am not one to be that damn petty about it, and went ahead and sent her order through...

There is one funny point to this story. She was throwing such a huge fit about the delivery time...she is the SAME shopping center I am in. It would have taken her literally 2 minutes to walk over and pick it up.

Anyway, about a half hour later, phone rings. Caller ID. It's her again.

Here we go.....

"How can I help you?" I just acted like nothing happened.

"Yes, this is Beatrice, I just called and placed and order with you a little bit ago" very calm...

"Yes...."

"I just wanted to call and apologize"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't even know what to say....

"No problem, it's okay"

She then spends the next few minutes apologizing for the way she acted, and of course, I told her it was fine, and that I really appreciated that she had done that.

And I really did. That shit never happens. I have been working customer service for near 20 years, and out of many 1,000's of owed apologies, that is the second one I have ever gotten.

I really do give that lady credit. It takes a lot of guts to call a complete stranger and apologize when you know you fucked up.

See, extraordinary....

I love my job.

Even closer to the end..

I was gonna wait 'til it was over, but.....

SON-OF-A-BITCH!!!!

What the fuck is wrong with Suresh??? Did he really just shoot Noah?? He just spared you even though you just fucked him over, and then you pull this? Are you fucking serious???

Yes, I am talking about 'Heroes'....it's Monday, sheesh....

I really super pissed about this....

Yes, I know that Noah is supposed to be the bad guy, but damn it!!!! He wasn't that bad.....besides, what a great character...

Shit.

And still no Sylar. And where is Kaitlyn? I mean, c'mon Peter, it's not like you don't remember where ya left her.

Oh SHIT!!!! Noah's not dead!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!

The preview looks promising as well, but I've been burned before.....not bigger than the burn of the show ending in TWO FUCKING WEEKS though.

Ah, "The Hills" is on..

Stupid Heidi...

So, back to the important show..

Suresh is an idiot. So mad at him right now.

Matt's powers are super strong now. Not only can he read minds, he can make you do whatever he wants...

I laughed when Elle electrocuted herself. That's what you get, Veronica Mars. I hope Claire kicks her ass next week. It's not like Elle can really kill her.

Next week should be pretty great!!

Finally, something worthy of Christmas..

So, for those who actually do come here to visit, you'll have noticed that I have changed things around a bit. This will probably happen quite a few times while I am in the beginning process of this..

Anyway, my point was that you will notice that I have added a list of links for the sites I visit on a daily basis, one of the main one being Raymitheminx.com, another being duanestorey.com.

See, the thing is, these two are friends....

Raymi has been running her blog for a very long time. She has a style all her own that many try to imitate, but they usually don't succeed.

Until today.

So getting down to the bottom of her post today I see a link to something entitled..duanetheminx.com...

Oh my god...

About 10 seconds in I was already giggling hysterically. Half way through I was crying so hard from laughing that I had to take my glasses off.

Then there is the video....

I never thought it would be so entertaining to watch some one do the "drunk white boy" dance in a Santa hat....to Britney Spears.....

It is beyond awesome!!!!

So when you watch this, be prepared. Make sure you have already made your trip to the restroom, and that you are not drinking milk, because the results will be bad..

Enjoy all, and welcome to the Christmas season!!

http://duanetheminx.com/

...you know it's true, there's nothing I can do about you...

It's funny how things in life happen sometimes....

For most, life is a pleasant experience. The have a good family life, good friends. They start families of their own, and do their best to teach their children their morals, and most succeed.

For others, not so pleasant. Sometimes born into bad situations, the end is not always good. The thing is, people react to similar situations in many different ways. Some are not strong enough, and let it overtake them. Some are stronger, but most of the time have to give up part of their soul in order to survive.

I ended up with a little of both.

I don't sleep much. Maybe 3 to 4 hours a night. I am a very light sleeper as well, so the slighest odd noise and I am awake. And can't go back to sleep.

I'm generally pretty quiet. I don't trust people, so any talking I do is usually nothing of consequence. You know, bullshitting about movies, music, any banal type of conversation like that.

I keep completely to myself. I have a million hobbies that makes this very easy to accomplish. Maybe too easy, but I am only completely at ease when I am alone, or around the very few people in the world I actually trust.

Like I said, funny how things happen in life sometimes....

I never expect much. It helps keep the disappointment factor down.

Then, out of left field...

It happens....

You finally meet someone that changes your life for the better.

Oddly enough, it is the equivalent of a swift kick in the ass...

Only in a good way.

Someone that I can talk to. That learned more about me in the first two weeks than the people closest to me. Who can make me laugh like no ones business at the drop of a hat, and who has literally turned me into a giggling idiot. That has shared more with me than he has with others. That I have apparently turned into a smiling fool (so I have been told). Who has taught me to stop looking at things in the negative. Someone who definitely knows how to make a girl feel like she is the most important thing in the world. Someone who is the most important thing in mine.

Someone who I can and do trust...

We have an immense amount of things in common, including much love for a short story called "The Night Opus". This is the quote I received from it, from him, a few days ago...

"...and as she returned, I watched her walk down the stairs. And, in that very brief moment, my mind took a picture. A picture of her smiling at me as she never had before. It was as if, for one split second, everything in the world stopped. Armies put down their weapons and decided to make war an affair of timed-kite flying, the worst teams in every sporting team on earth won by enormous margins, those that had nothing gained everything and I was standing in an openess so vast and spectacular that I was reduced to nothing more than a pickling jar filled with air saved from the beginning of time. It was, in a word, rapture. You may think it sounds unlike me or silly of me to say, but I hope that in your life you will know what I'm getting at."

I know...

So to you, I say....

Thank you, honey bear..