The word at the hotel is that the payroll checks are bouncing. The payroll checks are bouncing, it really needs repeating. Has the place finally got that bad? It’s bad enough that these assholes can’t pay their bills. But now they can’t pay their employees?

I think that this is the start of the end. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s recap some of the action at the front desk. It appears that the sheriff has been shooting his mouth of out front that no one at the front desk is any good. It’s the kind of brilliant shit this fucking retard really needs to think first before he does open his mouth. Since the only good desk clerk we have took offense to this (and the paycheck bouncing) has put in her two week notice.

Congratulations sheriff! My boss is a pussy no more? Or is it that on top of being a pussy my boss is possible an idiot as well? Speaking of the idiot. It seems that that is one of those things that will never be fixed. Life must go on. But I think that before the idiot is taken care of the hotel will close. Or maybe it will keep going. Who knows.

All I know is that if my check bounces I won’t be going to work until it’s taken care of. I can sit at home and not get payed to surf the net and play games. I’ll be damned if I’m going to have to surf the net and play games at work and not get payed for it.

So been playing Oblivion a little. It’s easy to see that the game is the same (more or less) on the pc and the 360. Which is good and bad. The bad is pc users are stuck with this very console like interface. The inventory being the biggest thing to suffer from console design. Only letting you see 6 items at one time. Very annoying.

The good of course is being able to make and use plugins. So to break in my Oblivion Plugins section let’s go right for the good stuff, the UI Mods v1.2. You can get it from that link and register first to do so. Or grab it from me here. Either way you will need WinRar to unzip it. Below you can see what it does in the following two screenshots, before and after:

Just extract the rar to:

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data

And load the game. It’s more of a hack than an actual addon. You won’t need to activate it in the data file menu of the game launcher.

Giggity Giggity Oblivion!

Oh yeah.

The schedule for the front desk employee’s was posted on the 11th of this month. It’s only worth mentioning for the fact that no one is scheduled to work the audit on the 19th. Now I’m not one to second guess some assholes who make more money than me. Besides what the hell a three day weekend sounds good.

Now I figured that those fools in charge would catch this mistake. Or maybe it wasn’t a mistake. Maybe they would be switching the idiot to 3rd shift and they would be firing me. At this hotel one can never know. Three days go by. So I finally point out this to the front desk supervisor. I mention to her that I’ve made photo copies (I make copies of everything) of the schedule. I expressed my opinion that the fucking pussy that made the schedule can work audit that night no one is on.

The next day I point it out to the lady who works audit on the weekend. She can’t believe it. I tell her to tell the sheriff if he calls me and asks me if changing the schedule is ok I will work sunday. It’s sort of my way of crossing the line in the sand and daring the sheriff to cross it. Well the guy took his anti pussy pills because tonight when I came in I was now on the schedule to work sunday.

This all is just funny really. I have my photo copy that clearly states the schedule was printed on the 11th of march. I have a photo copy of the changed schedule that clearly states it was printed on the 15th. I’ve dared the sonuvabitch to cross the line and he did. Which it is about time. This is just a matter of acting tough to the wrong guy. He should be acting all tough on the idiot and firing the dumb bitch. I guess I’ve made it to personal at this point. He wants to try to make me back down so I’m the pussy.

Except that won’t happen. See I’m just slightly possibly fucking crazy. At least when it comes to these matters. I left the sheriff a voice mail explaining my position on the matter. I basically told the sheriff to go fuck himself. I just didn’t use those exact words. I’m not coming in on sunday because the original schedule has me off on sunday. I don’t give a fuck who works. When I’m not there for all I care the place can burn to the ground with everyone in it.

Friday I’m going to the HI in Rockford and will be having an interview. No bullshit. This is sounding to be the real deal. A paycut may happen. But when I make 8.75 an hour and get no raises at all I think getting 8.00 an hour is ok since I will be getting raise ever now and then. Plus it’s a real hotel not a shithole ran by a bunch of fucking morons. The end maybe coming and I’m pretty jazzed to be honest.

Gamestop employees lives are no forfeit if I don’t receive my copy of Oblivion on time. I’m not sure I can wait another 10 days or so for this one. And I’m going to cry like a little girl if the game plays like shit on my new pc. I don’t think it will. But I’m just saying if you hear a grown man crying like a little bitch that just skinned her knee chances are it’s me and Oblivion runs like shit. Here are two huge ass landsacpes that’s been released in the last few days:

I just can’t wait to play it.

Gawain mentioned this game not to long ago. The video he linked to was just the middle of Will Wright’s presentation from the GDC of 2005. I’ve been lucky enough to have been following this game since Gaming Steve first posted about it. Below is the uncut video:

The game is called Spore. It’s one of those must haves to me. Check Gaming Steve now and then for updates on this game.

I just got a call. I’m at work remember. I answer with my spiel. I’m not even certain I gave them my name. It’s a habit of mine not to. The person on the phone (a female) asks: “is this Turk?” So of course that’s something that is one of my worst nightmares. Honestly. Unless I know the person that’s just not a name I’m going to answer to in the real world.

And for fucksake I’m not going to answer to that name while I’m on the clock at the shithole. It’s cool and all that people know I’m the Hotelblues.com guy. Shit I may have even known the chick on the phone. But it just isn’t something I’m going to answer to. I like having my site. I like being known for it. I’m just not going to advertise the fact in the real world like that. Maybe I’m way to paranoid.

For me though it’s always been important to keep the hotel and my website separated in the real world. Sure I write about the place. Yeah I hammer on the idiots I work with. I like the little anonymity that I have. The thought of guests viewing my site is something I’ve always been not to keen on. And a person calling in asking about rooms makes me think thats a potential guest. As much as my ego wants to say “fuck yeah I’m Turk” I won’t.

So in the future I would suggest those of you who know me that call me at work asking about rooms prices to not ask me if I’m Turk ok? If you know me use my real name. Because if your looking for cheap rooms calling me Turk isn’t going to get you jack shit.