no holiday bonus means no christmas for most

when i started working here in 2000 they didn't give holiday bonuses. eventually our company was acquired by another and that company did. up until last year they claimed to have given out holiday bonuses for their employees for the last 17 years, but this year things would be different.

we acquired a portion of a mortgage company. thankfully they were not involved in the sub-prime market, but we still took a major hit. ARS issues also were a mega blast to the our firm.

these things may not mean all that much to a guy in a mailroom except when it comes time to receive a holiday bonus. as the market dipped further and further and brokers faces did too, regular employees began to feel the weight of this enormous crisis. the sudden realization that there would be no holiday bonus this year would reverberate through us all.

for the first year in this companies history the holiday bonus would be skipped. it resonated throughout the entire firm. of course none of this was confirmed, but no one dared to hope. people mentioned it here and there. the idea was always the same. it's not going to happen.

i made peace with this weeks ago. i need the bonus. i need it or there will be no christmas for anyone. no presents, no tree...nothing. granted, if i had kids i would have been a lot more careful and simply gotten a second job months ago. but all i have is a husband and 5 cats. i'm pretty sure they won't mind skipping christmas. still, if the holiday bonus is skipped this year so be it. i can live with it. i feel blessed to have a job and i'm working even harder to prove it.

my productivity has gone way up since September. i can be proud of that. my personal life has taken some hits, but it's improving every day. efforts may not always be equal, but they're at least being made. that in and of itself is something to be thankful for.

the other day when an employee asked my opinion regarding the holiday bonus i just said, "listen, yes, the company has claimed never to have skipped a bonus. i doubt they'll skip this year even with the hits we've taken, but if they do be thankful you still have a job and tighten your belt. what else can we do but make do with what we have?" his response was that without that check there's nothing. hard to argue with that since i'm in the same boat.

it certainly doesn't help matters when my husband keeps asking me about this fabled holiday bonus. "when will they release some information?", "if they don't give it to you that's bullshit", "you give so much and they just take the piss."... i never start these conversations off, they just magically pop up here and there all the while the muscles in my neck tighten, pop and bulge to the point that my joints are starting to creek and crack. all i want to do is ignore him. ignore the fact that i can't do everything and ignore the fact that i can't give him as much as i want.

truth is i think someone has been feeling a little poverty stricken of late and the realization that a holiday isn't much of a holiday without money is starting to take effect. so rather than do something about it he tries to "cheer" me up with, "don't worry, you'll get your bonus...", "i can't wait for you to get your bonus." or my favorite, "when we get the bonus you can buy some clothes, or your call of duty 5 copy." notice the 'when', the 'we' and the 'the'. grrrr.

but it's not true poverty is it? not when you have 150+ channels to view all day long, hundreds of netflix movies in your queue, high-speed dsl access, two xbox 360's, two xbox live gold subscriptions, two cars, two cell phones, 5 cats, magazine subscriptions for articles you don't read and a george forman you don't use.

okay, so we're out of yummy food, toothpaste and soap. there's plenty of malto meal and enough turkey burgers to get us through to the next pay check (two more days). there's baking soda and plenty of shampoo so personal hygiene...NOT A PROBLEM. okay, okay, we need toothpaste. i think i have enough pennies in my penny jar to get toothpaste... and a can of tomato paste. mmmm, tomato paste. it's amazing how much we take our world for granted isn't it?

hey, look i can fly! like...off.... on a tangent. offffff....on a tangent. offf...tangent...offfff. *ahem* huh? sorry, "face off" moment. oooh, nicolas cage.

point is, if there is no holiday bonus, no christmas tree, no kitty litter it's okay by me. i have branches outside of my house...i have dirt and i have my husband. annoying as he may be, i have him. he's mine and i can do what i want with him. maybe i'll wrap him up, throw a bow on his head and have the cats unwrap him christmas morning. you know, to give them something to do.

oh, but wait, there's more. i came in to work today and already had 4 emails in my inbox. a client approved letter from our board of directors about the "Madoff issue". a 2009 benefits open enrollment notice that today is the last day to sign up (for insurance). an email from the board of directors addressing Bernard Madoff's arrest and our exposure to the Madoff entities in relation to Madoff's fradulent activities within Bernard Madoff & Co, an active money maker in the 3rd market offerings that we have utilized over a number a years. apparently we have nothing to worry about...i'm always rather dubious.

then there was a holiday memo from our board of directors. and i thought, "here it comes." i hesitated for a moment and i opened it. there it was again, the message that they've never skipped a holiday bonus only this time, today, it was 1 year older. for the eighteenth consecutive year there will be contributions to 401k's AND holiday bonuses. it's less than it has been in several years, but at least they're not lying to us. the company is disappointed with financial performance, they acknowledge that we're not impervious to exposure risk despite our enormous efforts, told us pretax operating losses have taken their toll and deteriorating industry conditions are continuing to affect us.

we've all worked long and hard this year to keep things running as smoothly as possible. it's not been an easy task and as the director said, "this has not been a year in which the expression 'hard work pays off' has applied." i can attest to that a thousand fold since having passed the 7 & the 66 and subsequently being dropped from commissions. thus lowering my monthly pay. still, i'm being thanked for my monthly efforts in another way and for that i count myself among the lucky. this month i can count myself among the blessed and i can honestly say i'm proud to work here.

thank THE LORD for tax write off's HUH? what? look, i'm not a dummy. i can at least comprehend that there are many reasons why a company would benefit from handing out bonuses even on a down year. although magnanimous in it's actions large companies aren't exactly known for their altruistic efforts.

it's those reasons for which i'm thankful. that and the people that see them as an advantage or an opportunity. whether it's boostin moral, hanging on to your employees or tax write off's they're all good reasons to me.

oh christmas tree here i come. get ready to be f'd by my 5 cats tree biznatch.

tree, thou shalt die!

Happy

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Marjan's Bday Cake

it's 2008 and everyone has gotten a little bit older. everyone except engrid because this is the cutest cake i've ever seen anyone get in a long LONG time!reminded me of the birthday cake i made for nancypants so many years ago. damn...it really was a long ass time ago. i'll have to look for that picture and attach it to this.

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Leadership? Not from Sen. Obama.

in response to someone's retarded bash on obama...of course, it makes no sense and i shouldn't have even posted this, but i think i just wanted to remember it for some reason.

finally, i was only just able to really click on the discussions and expand them!

i just wanted to chime in on an issue someone brought up on a previous reply. it's true, if this were any other site people would be name calling, brow beating one another and just downright rude.

i think that's one of the things that sort of drew me out. there's no point in purposely insulting people just to get your point across and it's nice when everyone can agree to disagree.

one of the things i've noticed on a lot of other sites is the ugly divide between reps and dems. thing is that during any other time of the year it never even comes up.

"can't we all just get along?"

hmmm...i'm starting to feel like a sissy. i think i need to insult someone. okay, someone take a shot. who's gonna go first? DO IT, i can take it.

okay, me first:

mccain looks like your mother!!!! LOL yeah, i got nothing.

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Misdebate With Maharet!

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It's definitely unheard of. I NEVER discuss politics with anyone. Usually I keep my ideas in my own head. I hear something ludicrous come out of my husbands mouth and I relish in tearing him apart. 

I am starting to feel bad though, because it's almost as though I'm not allowing him his opinion. I do of course, but I still feel bad.

Since I've been on Utterli I've begun to open up in regards to politics in a way I didn't think I was capable of. I'm not exactly the most eloquent person and face to face I'm sure I'd stumble over my words, but hey practice makes perfect.

I didn't actually mean to get into it with PaulSwansen on Utterli, but I couldn't exactly help myself either. I can't wait to see what he has to say.

Here's the conversation so far...I warn you, It's long:

PAULSWANSEN:

Obama: I Am Such a Leader That I Will Defer to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi As to Whether I Actually Need to Show Up To Do My Job As Senator. - http://minx.cc/ I'm wondering why the voters of Illinois aren't marching against such blatant disregard for the job to which they elected Sen. Obama. It certainly appears the Illinois voters aren't getting their money's worth.

MAHARET:

actually, i think the issue was that after obama suggested they make a joint effort to address current issues mccain tried to outdo him by suggesting that they should immediately drop what their doing (campaigning) and run to the white house to address the issues there.

yes, obama has people that he's constantly in contact with at the white house and of course so does mccain. as far as i understand they were asked NOT to go because they didn't want to turn the current issue into a political show.

as far as obama was concerned there was no reason why they couldn't address issues as they did today. i do wish that mccain had taken a little more time, perhaps actually answered some questions, but i'm sure everyone was happy with his script...speech.

i don't know, i mean i saw the speech obama gave. short and sweet, direct and to the point. he spent more time answering questions and addressing current issues. i may not always understand all the ins and outs, but i would like to see much more of that. you know, staying away from the finger pointing and sticking to the real subjects. 

i'm wondering if they'll have that debate on friday or if mccain will get his way and put it off....or was he putting it off until friday? i can't remember.

PAULSWANSEN:

Maybe and yet, "joint statements" are nothing more than posturing by both sides and really aren't worth the paper their printed on.

He's a US Senator, elected by the people of Illinois and in this case failing to do the job for which they elected him. It certainly doesn't show me any leadership as a Senator, and certainly no leadership to be President

MAHARET:

oh man...you know, if mccain had been the first to suggest that and actually do something about it i don't think anyone would be complaining all that much.

i'm almost positive you wouldn't be saying he was posturing either. 

how is he (obama) failing to do the job the people elected him to do by the way? i'm curious to know what he's not doing. maybe i haven't been keeping up to date on all your posts and you actually posted something relevant on another utter. 

personally, i do prefer to have information on both candidates. i think that's really important, but it seems to me that your focusing an awful lot on your anti-democrat theme. not that it matters i mean, because you're entitled 100% to think and say whatever you want. 

thing is that all i've seen is a lot of posturing from you and nothing of real substance. i'm sorry, but i'm having a hard time trying to keep this short and actually get my point across so if i seem like i'm being rude...it's not my intention.

i guess my point now is...get to the nitty gritty. your throwing out a lot of blame and accusations and then making me go read something. if everyone else is as lazy as i am eventually people will stop clicking on the links your posting. of course, it could just be me. lol

PAULSWANSEN: LEADERSHIP? NOT FROM SEN. OBAMA.

Sen. Obama is an elected US Senator from the State of Illinois. For him, not to return to the Senate, and instead, say, well, If I'm needed, call me, is, I assert the height of aloofness and elitism. How that comes across, is, "I can't be bothered with such trivial matters when I've got a debate to prep for." The people of Illinois elected him to serve and it appears that, they're not getting their money's worth. 

I'm not posturing, rather presenting, factual articles that anyone can find via the net. Let me state that I'm certainly not a Sen. Obama supporter and am less than enthusiastic about Sen. McCain. Given the choices presented, I'll take Sen. McCain over Sen. Obama. 

Given the current situation both here in the States and abroad, it occurs to me that having someone with proven leadership experience is a much better Presidential choice than that of a junior senator, who appears to have questionable judgement in his friends, associates and advisors, and little proven experience in much of anything.

I'd much rather be discussing the facts, economy, energy etc than all the Lipstick on a pig and the other supposed News stories, that side track everyone supporters and the News Media, alike.

MAHARET:

and that's what i don't get because that's all that i keep reading. maybe i haven't been reading enough of your posts to get the full picture, but all i hear is the same thing over and over again. 

thing is, your not the only one repeating himself and my head literally feels swollen. i don't think i can take anymore... the aloofness, the elitism, the pompous attitude, the inexperience, the....oh lord! i'm going out of my head here. is this really all we can focus on?

mccain/obama's behavior is important, but it's not the end all be all. there are reason why the decision was made to stay away. obama presented an idea to mccain and mccain tried to grandstand by presenting his grandiose idea of getting down there to VOTE! "STAND UP AMERICA, STAND UP!!!!" they were both told to stay the hell out of it because running down there was CLEARLY nothing but grandstanding on mccain's behalf and they didn't want that to turn into a media circus or some political ploy to gain voter support.

when you corner someone you get desperate and what i heard was everyone around me (rep's and dem's) repeating. obama went "BOO!" and mccain ran to the white house.

it's nothing but a stack of cards that BOTH these people are throwing at each other. and they're both trying to stay on top of the pile. 

the thing is that the blatant use of presidential politics and posturing mccain has introduced to the financial crisis is nothing less than comical. the really creepy part is the way in which our president jumps straight up into the camera and in so many words let's the whole world know that it's the right thing to do. it's absurd.

Sen. Obama's hubris and self-absorption

(re: discussion/politics)

what do you mean? lol your title referred to the hubris and self absorption of a senator. i pointed out the hubris and self absorption of another.

i hope you understand i wasn't trying to purposely upset you, but you posted a link to another site about what.... a coin? i only read it briefly and i'm not sure what the point was exactly.

if the point was to distract from real issues then the point was well made. i swear here, i'm NOT trying to upset you, but i wasn't even going to respond to this message after i rudely hung up on my husband for even bringing it up to me.

the endless going back and forth between candidates and the people constantly keeping the flow going with this type of silliness is really frustrating and quite frankly i'm just tired. i'm stressed out beyond belief watching one company after another crumble on wall street.

i'm freaking out because some idiot thinks he can take 700 billion dollars and actually had the balls to request no oversight.

am i going to take either an obama coin into account in matters like this? not really. you know why? i may not be very eloquent, especially in political matters, but i'm at least intuitive enough to see many points of view all in the blink of an eye without ANYONE having to point them out to me.

in my humble opinion sir, you are only looking at one side of the coin here. i seriously doubt that someone went up to obama and said, "hey mr senator sir, i have a great idea. why don't we run out just before election day and have a crap load of coins minted (in another country of course) with your face on it!"

even if obama said, "wonderful, save me a coin!" can you actually blame him? i can't. if i were him i'd want the entire set. lol

point is dear...there's no point to any of this because ultimately that's not what matters. you want to say that obama agreeing to the minting of a coin is significant, my answer to that is mccain owns 13 cars. who needs 13 cars? in my opinion that significant in terms of personal spending issues and how one handles their own life. if he were a senator and owned maybe 3 cars, well that tells me now there's someone who can afford a few cars and how wonderful because his wife doesn't need to borrow his like my husband might.

good for him. 13 cars on the other hand seems a bit excessive even for someone that i will be required to support in order to be seen as a patriot of this country should we YET AGAIN end up in the middle of a war. no...i'm sorry, the coin just isn't a huge issue for me because, man... EVEN I would be cool with it.

can you just imagine it? i mean, can you just imagine if he were our FIRST black president??? you want to tell me he's a bad guy because someone in another country is making coins? paul...i'm so sorry i've gone on so long about this (i'm emoting. lol) and i really do hope you're not upset with me. (i tend to do that a lot) but i really honestly and firmly believe, we have bigger fish to fry.

though a little lighthearted humor is more than welcome and, i guess that's what i thought was my point when i made my reply.

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GA Rep. Lynn Westmoreland: Obama's Uppity

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The GOP's white sheet is showing (again) as the Congressman from Georgia sets his inner bigot free. There's a reason the RNC has hit a record low in black…

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maha said:

dude, i wouldn't jump on the bandwagon either. the democrats said this, the republicans said that...it gets everyone absolutely no where.

the problem is that if it weren't effective it wouldn't be used as a weapon.

for example:

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said that Obama's middle name – Hussein – is relevant to the public discourse surrounding his candidacy, saying in March that if Obama were elected, "Then the radical Islamists, the al Qaeda, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror."

when you read a statement like that, what goes through your mind? the word BULLSHIT goes off in my mind, but you'd be surprised just how many people believe it. it's sad. it's sad beyond words. the gamers i play with aren't idiots. we're all adults, we all have fairly good jobs, some MUCH better than others. i know wealthy gamers, poor gamers, educated and non, but none of that matters because when it comes down to it scared shitless is scared shitless.

when the people we look to for guidance can so very easily say such ignorant things it's no wonder over half the people i've talked to believe the same thing. it's unreal....absolutely unreal.

statements like that say only one thing to me. our education system does not work. it clearly doesn't help people learn a damn thing. these are the types of people we allow to run our country.

this is SCARY. it matters not to me that it came from a republican or a democrat...there are people just like that everywhere. they drive cars!!!

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CHROME

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Taking Your Cats Testicules

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sorry, but i'm trying out GOOGLE CHROME. they just put out a new browser and i'm checking out the functionality. i've been on it for less than 5 minutes and i do like it because it's blazing fast, but i can't see certain things here. like, the editor buttons for the blogs or other little things.

anyhow, i'm sorting a bunch of stuff out at work right now. just trying to get things running smoothly and still chatting away on utterz.com. i really would push the site here more, but since it's still in beta mode it's just not worth trying to introduce anyone to it. not quite yet...and not on the scale i'm planning on later.

thanks for checking in on me here and there guys! miss you all and i'll write more soon. :)

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Beethra VS Rigidzilla: The First Encounter

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Featuring Destoroyahjimjo, Mahagodzilla and many others...

I had a very interesting weekend. My neighbors were throwing a wedding and Friday when I pulled into the driveway there was a huge white tarp just in front of the dumpster area. They're fairly well concealed, but I can't imagine sitting my guests down in front of the dumpsters the rose scented flowers mingling with the sent of rotting food. Not very appetizing, but to each his own.

Hollywood ran out of his apartment with Rigid in tow as I walked up to my door. We all ended up checking out Hollywood's new windows and talked about when the FUCK we'd be getting them next. We gossiped about the neighbors...well, mainly they gossiped. It was funny, as I stood there watching them I felt like I was in an episode of Desperate Housewives: The Ghetto Chronicles.

Still we knew what we would all be in for the next day. Screaming children, people everywhere, music blaring and someones fucking Aunt singing really bad Karaoki. Perhaps we'll get to hear about all the wonderful presents the bride will get. Last time I heard someones Aunt announce each and every single lovely mother fucking gift....one....by....ONE. I wanted to fucking kill that bitch. I wanted so badly to hurl a frag in her direction. Plans were made to leave for the day.

We went out for lunch and even though I didn't really expect to be out all day long I prepared to be out walking all day long. Good thing I did because that's exactly what we did. They had me try on so many shoes that I actually started to break a sweat. We also eventually made our way to yet another jewelry store. That's where I found a message from an unknown number.

"949? What the fuck? Who do we know in the 949 area code dude?" I said to Rigid.

"949? What? I don't know. Sounds like Orange County or Laguna Hills probably."

"How in the FUCK would you know that Dude? Seriously. HOW?" still staring at the number on my phone I began to check the voicemail. Rigid's check was almost touching mine as he stared at my phone in wonderment transfixed the by magic of phone dialing.

"Dude, back the fuck off man! Your fucking crowding me. Anus." I immediately recognized that raspy voice. The voice of a man who's probably smoked one too many cigarettes or...like, crack or sumfin'. "It's Dirty! Dude...I can barely hear him. Something about a BBQ?"

"Ah, cool call him back."

I dialed the number, but another call came in. It was the DirtyeffinJimjo inviting us over to his palatial estate up over yonder in them there hills where they have running spring water, horse trails, super premium cat food and your very own cell phone tower in your back yard that people pay YOU for allowing them the privilege of keeping it there. We made plans to take the 42 mile drive up to his gaming palace. Actually Rigid made plans for us. I gave up trying to understand Jimjo. I kept switching from ear to ear in the desperate hope I'd be able to make out what he was trying to say, but my the cell phone cutting out every 10 words and the ADD cutting out every other 5, the blaring noice in my left ear was deafening and the my right ear feels clogged so he ended up having to repeat himself a lot and then I wasn't sure when to interject. Simply put, I may as well start learning sign language.

I felt a little awkward actually. That usually never happens to me. I mean okay, I might not find it all that easy to fart in front of someone, but I don't think I would freak the fuck out you know? It's Rigid's farts that freak me out. Mine smell like roses remember? Well, I let the awkwardness fade away with the phone call. After all, I'm pretty sure he's heard me bitch about my ear problem before and fuck it.

We ended up staying out so late with our neighbors that it was actually dinnertime by the time we left so of course I had to get the genius idea to eat at Claimjumpers. Rigid would finally have the chance to prove that he could shove the Motherload chocolate cake width wise into his mouth all at once. You should have seen his face when we showed him the cake. I mean, you have no idea how many times we've tried to explain that it's not a small 7 layer cake. It's MASSIVE and what he was proposing was impossible. He refused to accept it and I finally challenged him. The fucking retarded mongoloid bastard STILL refuses to accept defeat. He won't even recant!

Damn him! Still, we had a lovely evening. After dinner it was drinks and movies at Hollywood's. We couldn't even hear the wedding with the new windows and since they had a DJ all of the announcements were made by him and not that stupid lady that always hogs the mic.

The next day we headed over the Jimjo's up over yonder in them there hills way over there, but first I made Rigid wash the Dodge. (I bet your wondering why this is titled Beethra VS Rigidzilla aren't you? You'll have to wait like everyone else you fucker. Dirty's laughing 'cause he knows the story." Getting Rigid to do anything he doesn't want to do is like getting me to do something I don't want to do. It ain't gonna happen without a fight. I'm better at it because I have excellent reasoning skills. Rigid pretty much loses every time. Poor thing doesn't have a chance against me. So he mumbled and grumbled and washed the car down after I hosed it. Rigid now, we can't afford to spend money on car washes. I figure anything we can do ourselves will be done...usually by Rigid. The Mighty Maharet has spoken.

The drive wasn't actually as long as I thought it would be and it was so easy finding his place. Rigid and I argued about his lack of singing ability half the way up there . Try as I might I can NOT get this guy to understand the concept of tone. Still, this time around we actually managed not to "fight" unlike the last time he took me to meet his xbox live pals in Newport Beach. We've become quite the social butterflies latley. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Have you ever had that funny feeling in the pit of your slimy gut when you're about to meet someone new? Yeah, I don't really get that anymore. Apparently neither does Jimjo. I don't think Rigid's has even so much as a vague concept of that either. We all happened to pull up to Jimjo's house at the same time. Jim jabbering away on his cell phone much like the rock star that he is, me fixing my shoe and Rigid waiting patiently for Jim to finish his call.

Before you knew it we were escorted to his private suite, shown countless Youtube video's of he and his friends crazy antics, given a tour of his place and got a first hand look at what goes into the making of a Gamerclip.

Maha's not finished yet...tomorrow: Bethra VS Rigidzilla: (title pending)

no time for spell check! lmao!

TUNA TIP: If you don't have a gamerclip you should get one. Not just to lend moral support one of our great pals on GTP but simply because it's a product that is plain old easy to assemble, simple to use and incredibly sturdy. Back in 2004 a shit load of us bitched about not having a way to walk away from our console without having to leave our controller and head set behind.

As soon as we went wireless we bitched about not having a way to hold the controller to our belts as we washed the dishes or took a nice happy shit. Well, bitch no more my friends. The gamerclip has arrived. Hand made, hand painted and handy as all living fuck made for gamers by gamers with love.

A Public Announcement From The Misventures

Looks like Maha is finally done. It's time for bed and she's really tired, but she's got way too much energy here because she think she's finally figured out her problem. She simply doesn't want old or archived posts to be searched or found. It's been bothering her for nearly a year now and for some reason all she could think of doing was completely blocking out the site.

This makes Maha a very unhappy girl and she does not like this at all. So you know what? Maharet say's fuck all that bitches. FUCK IT. Maharet is an angry girl and you'll have to get used to it. It's called passive fucking agression... Get over it and figure it the fuck out.

Now anybody doesn't like what they read in here. Don't read it. You do NOT want to know what Maharet is thinking and Maharet does not want to know what you're thinking. Nor does she give a shit.

Maharet does not mean to hurt anyone with her words, but should you get hurt...go cry in a corner and leave her the fuck alone. She's been alone all these years, trust her when she says she can be alone for the rest of her life.

Thanks for visiting the Mighty Maharet's Misventures and have a great fucking shithole of a day.

Voicemail On Grandcentral

i'm trying out something new. i came across a site called GrandCentral Station. it's in beta from google and it's free. i've created a new phone number with my area code, though you can use any you wish i believe, and added my cell phone so i can receive calls made to my grandcentral station number on my cell without ever having to give out my actual number. this is a fantastic feature and i'm loving it big time!

there are several great features here. different ring tones and the ability to blog your voice mail calls with the provided html code. i used to have a web phone number many years ago and i really loved it, but i can't remember why i stopped using it. maybe they started charging. i know i have no reason to ever pay for a new number so i don't see myself paying for this ever, but if it stays free i definitely recommend this to anyone that would like to use it.

one great use would be if you want to sell on ebay  or craigslist add the "call me" widget they provide and people online can use that number. you can screen the call, accept the call to speak with the caller or even jump into the call in the middle of THEIR voicemail message. you can't do that anywhere else. i have spent a total of 30 minutes getting familiarized with the little features and trying to figure out if i'd ever really have any use for this. so far, i can't really think of anything much except my gpt and live friends...keeping in touch would be easy and you'd never even have to know my real name because i can set up special groups and have their settings be completely different from anyone else.

it's really cool, if you're interested you should definitely check this out. (sorry this is badly written, but i really want to jump on cod4 now. haven't played in days!)

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