On an impulse I bought an iPod nano. I also purchased Peter Jackson’s King Kong and a pc game called Space Rangers 2 that I will never play thanks to Oblivion. All of these things I surely don’t need.

The game is worth mentioning for the fact that it is a turn based strategy game that has gameplay elements including text based games, real time strategy games, and even a little dab of rpgs. For the longest time this game which was developed in Russia previously had to be imported to be able to play it here in the states. It’s been compared to Elite a few times and it’s as open ended as my current obsession Oblivion. Usually I would have screen shots of the game, but as I said I haven’t even installed it yet. But I will get to it.

Here is a screen shot. It’s a bad screen shot. Space Rangers 2 has StarForce.

And the game is uninstalled. My new pc started acting weird after it’s install. Which I figure is the result of that fucking virus called StarForce. That’s what I get for not checking the list first.

The movie. Well shit what can I say? It’s King Kong. Only this time with that Peter Jackson touch. Whatever his touch is. It’s really long. Maybe that’s his touch. Whatever it is, I like it. I’m a softy for the woman destroys the innocent beast story.

The iPod is something new for me. I’ve never owned anything Apple. So it’s interesting to see how simple yet effective the interface is for this thing. Makes me wish I could have bought that one that does video. My only question on the iPod is how do I get my music off the iPod if I hook it up at work? I can put music on it, just not take it off?

This bellow was with my pay check:

April 10, 2006
To: All Employees
From: Management

Effective April 14, 2006 Douche Bag Hospitality will be changing from semi-monthly pay cycles to bi-weekly. The work week will change from Monday thru Sunday to Friday thru Thursday. Paychecks will be distributed 10 days after the pay period ends. Hours worked April 1 – April 13, 2006 will be paid on April 24, 2006. The next pay period will be April 14-27. If the pay day falls on a Saturday, checks will be issued on Friday. If pay day falls on a Sunday, checks will be issued on Monday. Please forward questions to the general manager or to the accounting office.

Does that make sense to anyone? Honestly. The old system was pay periods began on the 1st of the month ending on the 15th. Then the 16 to the end of the month. We would get payed on the 10th and the 25th. If pay day fell on a Saturday we got payed on Friday. If pay day fell on a Sunday we got payed on that following Monday.

So it’s clear that management is fucking retarded right? Bi-weekly. Let’s look at that word for a second.

bi·week·ly
adj.

1. Happening every two weeks.
2. Happening twice a week; semiweekly.

They take something really simple. Every two weeks. And fuck that up with this “if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday” bullshit. Stupid fuckers. Lets do it exactly every two weeks with pay day every other god damn Friday. Jesus you fucking guys are starting to really get to me. It’s bad enough that the fucking dead beat owners can’t stop checks from bouncing. But we have to constantly put up with this inept managerial style.

Honsestly some please explain to me (hotel managers or otherwise) why this can’t be a simple get payed every other Friday? Post in the comments section if you have any input on this subject. I really would like an explanation.