I really dislike mornings. It really isn’t the mornings so much it is that I don’t like being forced to get up and go to work. I don’t mind work either. I feel that i get more done when I sleep til about 8 and go to work than I do when I get up at 6:30 and go to work.

This could be because I go to bed around 2am or sometimes later. I know what some of you are thinking. I should go to bed earlier. Well that is a valid point. I just feel as though I need to put as much in to my personal life as I do into my work life. Lately I have been burning the candle at 3 ends of the stick, didn’t know a candle had 3 ends did you?

I have a day job from 7:30am til 5:30pm and sometimes later depending on what is happening. The day job is a 24×7 on call job. My second job is a contract job. This job is more of a we have a problem and we need you to fix it. This job is second to the day job, but I end up working on my breaks and lunch for the contract job. The contract job can last me until 2:00am or later some nights.

With all of this work, where is the play. Well the contract is not always as busy has it has been these past 2 weeks. I’m sure that it will settle down again after we get servers moved around and running. So the work will slack off there.

Back to the topic. Mornings, they are great when you are camping, you know that you don’t really have anything to do but fix some breakfast and relax. You can enjoy the fresh air and watch the sun glisten off of the dew on the trees.

Well that is not how every day is though. Every day is a stress day it seems. Get all of this crap done by the dead line. If you can’t get it done then I will replace you with someone else and repeat that cycle untiil I find someone desperate enough that will sacrifice everything they have to have a job. There are needed people out there and I don’t need you and your inability to finish up a project or make a dead line. Oh by the way did you finish up that thing that I gave you yesterday on top of the just I just asked you about?

I hate corporate America.

I have been on the search for punk music. Some people know this. I don’t really know what has gotten into me lately.

So I was looking around on Amie Street for some punk music. Do you know what I found? Malene Younglao. Damn, this girl can rock. This album is a must have for any rocker out there, punk or other wise. Her music is raw, hard, and deep. There are some political messages in her music, like System of a Down. She raps to the sounds of a grunge band. I don’t know what else to say. I can say that I bought the entire album, that is how much I like it.

This is some of the most ass kickenest, hard rock (not metal), original music. This is music I can rock out to while playing Halo 3 and killing people, not that it influences killing people, just the beats are on pace with my killing style in Halo 3. I tend to listen to a lot of hard rack and punk when I play FPS type games.

I hope that you have enjoyed todays selection. I know it is being posted a little late. Better a good post and late, than a rushed selection and wondering why I ever picked up that song. As always, support the artist, buy their music on Amie Street. Also if you sign up with Amie Street use the promo code ASMW. You will get something for that code but I don’t remember what off the top of my head. Just use it and be surprised.

Well I got a snap-shot of the dog. We call her Orie.

We are not going to keep her though. She and the cat doesn’t get along very well, and well the cat was their first. She is a really sweet puppy though. She just doesn’t seem to like other animals as much. This could be a protective nature. She has only growled at the cat when they were out side. Other wise nothing in the house other than the cat being really upset.

I really wish we could keep her. She doesn’t make a sound during the day, well sometimes a little whining. She is a great pet for anyone. So if you live in the Atlanta area, and would like (what seems to be) a brendel pit mix, then she is just perfect. Really and truly the only reason we are not keeping her is because of the stress on the cat.

A co-worker and I went to a pizza place yesterday to eat lunch. There happened to be a stray dog running round out side that was cute and sweet. I thought that with all of the problems that my wife was having that she could use some company when I was away from the house.

This dog is a larger breed. I think that she is a pit bull mix. She is brendle in color and looks a bull terror with something else. I’m worried that the apartment complex will not let us keep her. I think that we will have to have a DNA test done so that we can tell if she is an aggressive breed or not. I already have a home for her if not.

I don’t mind an aggressive breed dog. I think that they make great pets. I have seen some pet that are not considered to be aggressive bit the hell out of you. So I really think that with the proper training that she would be a great dog.

She has taken well to Syd and Syd has taken well to her. They went for a walk today and played some ball in the house today. So far the dog hasn’t even made a sound unless she is yawning. I am really hoping that she will be a good dog and that the apartment complex will allow us to keep her.

I know that it has only been about 6 weeks, well maybe a little more but who is counting, sense I posted about Marina V. Well I’m back to post about her again. I checked up on some of the artist that I bought music from and she has released a new album. So today we have going to feature a song from her new album.

I’m listening though it while writing this and I’m having trouble deciding on what should I should pick. Her voice is amazing. As some of you know, my grandmother passed away recently, so to day in honor of her, just like Marina V is honoring hers, here is the song ??????? or GRANDMOTHER.

Of course my grandmother didn’t braid my hair. She was there for me a lot. She was a strong woman, a rock, and a corner stone of our family. She was the sweetest person anyone could ever meet. She would even bake me biscuits at 5am. What an inspiration.

If you enjoy this music please contribute to the artist. I use Amie Street because they allow me to port my music to different devices. In fact I don’t buy music unless it is though Amie Street now. So enjoy and let the artist know that you enjoy their work and contributions.

loosely translated from Marina V’s site
Grandmother, grandmother
I wonder where you are these days
Are you looking down at me from the sky?
My dear grandmother,
give me some of your strength & wisdom in my darkest hour

Braid my hair like you used to
Calm me down with your voice, and make everything alright again

Grandmother, grandmother
I wonder where you are these days
Are you looking down at me from the sky?
My dear grandmother,
share your strength & wisdom with your granddaughter in her darkest hour

Sit me down on your lap like you used to
And calm me down with your singing, and make everything alright again

And if heaven exists, would you please smile at me from up there,
And carry me away to a place where life is always at dawn
Where we are never apart
Please take me there,
even for just one moment.