The computer still isn’t acting at it’s best. She’s heating up something fierce. I’m pretty sure it was the combination of the cd burner and a bad hard drive. I can’t afford any more major replacements for a while. I may pick up another fan to install in the box.

I’ve decided that once again to quit the Dew. I’ve been clean of all pop for almost a week. The smokes are still here. I can’t quit both at the same time. I’ve tried that and failed. I also had my Dad’s bicycle repaired. I’m going to start riding that sucker to and from work.

I’m firm in the mindset that I have to start getting in to a some what good shape. And I wouldn’t mind losing some pounds. I’ve been sensitive about my girlish figure for a long time and with hitting thirty I decided it’s time to do something.

Mind you I was going to start my official un-official diet at the beginning of the year. I’m ready for a change. And why not start with the body. The mind will be worked on next. I’m not sure if this may be more than I can handle. I’ll find out tonight when I ride the bike to work.

Man my ass hurts. The bike has to have the most uncomfortable seat ever. Or my ass is too sensitive. I’m not sure which it is. I’m hoping that I get used to the seat. The ride to work wasn’t bad. It’s a nice little bit of exercise for me. I hope I can stick with it.

My no Dew policy is still going. I’m just drinking water. I would also like to cut out drinking again. I may take a shot at it for a month or so. Then of course the cigarettes have to go.

I don’t know what this is all about. Maybe I’m having my mid life crisis? Is thirty mid life? I don’t know.

On Memorial Day I ran into Maria (my Prom Queen), who got a small mention here. We exchanged a few words and she said she we come and see me. Now I didn’t think she was lying. Maria is a nice lady, I maybe thought she was just being polite. Besides being a nice lady, she also worked at the hotel for a little bit. This of course was back in the good old days.

Well she gave me a call tonight. Which was nice. I haven’t really seen any of what I would call my high school friends in a long time. I’ve always been fond of her, in a totally harmless way. She had two items to talk to me about. The first was that her cousins had just tried to make a reservation and was told we were sold out. So I of course get them a room because I can. And we do have few rooms. So it didn’t hurt anything.

The second item kind of surprised me. She wants to set me up with a friend of hers. I said yes to this, which is totally unlike me. Generally I say no to these blind date like situations. I avoid them like the plague. But due to my possible mid life crisis thing I may or may not be going through I said yes.

That and the fact their having a party tomorrow for her brother. I’m always up for a party.

So I’m fighting with the computer at home again. I can get Windows 98SE up and running. But trying to get back to Windows XP is a different story. Not that I want to go back to XP. It’s just the thought that I spent 199.00 on the damn Professional version and I would like to be able to if I wanted to.

I also had a chance to talk to the lady whom I’m being set up with. We had a nice conversation. I was asked to call because she was nervous about the whole date thing. I’m not nervous. I guess I feel I’m to old to be nervous. The triple date is slated for July 6th.

I made sure to plug my site in the phone conversation with my nervous blind date. That’s how much of a pimp I am to my own site. Shit there a lot of stuff here that may or may not paint me as a misogynist. Not that I am, at least I think I’m not. At least I’m not as bad as Cerebus creator Dave Sim. And don’t get me wrong, I dig Dave.

It’s just I have had my share of bad encounters with the opposite species. I don’t have women friends. Sure I have women who call me friend. It just seems I can’t keep women friends. This bit by one of the Spiders explains a little bit how I feel about them. And you have to remember I was suffering from pot related delusions of grandeur when that was written.

Yeah it’s been a while, again. Warcraft 3 is out officially now. I say officially because I bought my copy at Walmart on the 1st of July. It was out at Walmart as early as the 30th of June. Not a big deal if you don’t know what Warcraft 3 is. But if you do know, it was neat getting it three days early. Here are some screen shots(800×600):

Crackhead Bob is back. Here he is sounding off on the way the retarded hotel management does things:

when one of the bellmen quit, i had plans of taking over his position. i asked the gm if i could do this. he said no because i was needed in the restaurant. now they hired a new server and cashier and now I am no longer needed. so basically i was used until they found a replacement for me. i think that is totally bogus. why didn’t they hire anybody sooner? i mean if that is what they wanted to do, then why didn’t they in the first place. so now i am a full time bellmen, which i wanted to be in the first place, and no longer work in the restaurant NO MATTER WHAT.

Man that’s the way it is. “They” will use you until they are done with you. What you want does not enter into the picture. The other thing to remember about “them” is that if it would make sense then “they” can’t do it. It really is as simple as that. Common sense isn’t something these collected heads of knuckle we have for managers have. You should know that by now Bob.

Ok so I have been playing the shit out of Warcraft 3 at work. I admit it. But seeing how the PC at home is not even booting at all now, I have no choice. I have played it a bit at Troy’s. But here at work I can give it all the attention it deserves. So here are two more shots from the work PC(800×600):

Man I really like this game. The four races are different enough that it makes it fun playing each race. The Undead are enough like the Zerg from Starcraft that I’ve decided I don’t like them. Again I say pick this one up if you like what Blizzard does.