My Life In South Carolina

What do you do for lunch at work? Do you eat in or go out?

I’m just curious as to how other people feel about eating out.

Back about a year ago I  used to go out everyday for lunch with some of my coworkers but that got really expensive and I had to cut back. I mean, I was spending thirty to fifty bucks a week and I just can’t do that anymore. Do the math that could be up to two hundred bucks a month. To me that’s an ass-load of money.

If you eat out do you find yourself going to the same places all the time? I live in a small town so the choices are limited and that’s what happened to me. I really got tired of the same thing everyday. My arteries just couldn’t take it anymore.

As a matter of fact, I hate eating out. When I travel I end up eating out two times a day for a week straight, and that my friend blows.

I tried bring my own lunch for a while but I failed miserably at it. There’s was no planning on my part for lunch the next day. That usually left me running around the kitchen in the morning trying to put something together at the last minute.

My lunch usually consisted of a can of beanie weenies and something squished between two pieces of bread that I labeled a sandwich, topped off with a little Debbie cake of some sort for desert. Mmmm

Not really that healthy huh? But, to be honest, I really don’t know how to eat healthy. I tried it for a weekend once and it sucked! I almost starved and I 

Then I lucked out, one of the ladies here who I am very good friends with brings in leftovers everyday and always includes me in her lunch plans. Pretty cool right?

If you do eat in when you’re at work. What kinds of things do you bring? Is it leftovers, frozen dinners, or something unusual. Let me know in the comments section.

One more thing before I go. Has anybody used Redbox? I watched a clip on MSNBC’s website about it. I was pretty impressed, rent a movie for a buck. “You just can’t beat that with a stick.” I plan on trying it out as soon as I can.

Economic collapse, wars, high unemployment, widespread drought, and now this new strain of swine flu. This shits just like a doomsday flick right off the Sci-fi channel. Son of a bitch, not to mention 2012 is just around the corner.

Did all those survivalist have it right? 

Well I found some comedy relief that should help get you through the tough times. That is, if we can maintain the power grid in this country. 

Click here to see it.

That’s great ain’t it? In my world the only thing funnier than a smoking monkey is a kid with a mullet. Right?

All kidding aside. I do think the parents of those children should be arrested. I mean crap like that could produce another Ted Bundy.

Here’s a couple of questions.

Do you know anyone that actually watches the Sci-fi channel and continuously talks about the shows that are aired there?

Do you really take them seriously in anything they say?

I don’t. I find myself avoiding them totally. I just think their whole perception of the world is askew.

I posted this on my Twitter page a few days ago, “When did the word zeitgeist get so popular?” Honestly, the first time I ever heard the word was back in 2007 when it was released by the Smashing Pumpkins as an album title. Now it seems like I hear it once a day. That shit came right out of left field, and I still haven’t found a way to work it into everyday conversation.

I know this was all over the place today, but my brain hurts. I need to go lay down.

Now that I have your attention. I don’t really have an itchy rash that’s a line from a Sublime song.

If I did have an itchy rash, it would be the kitchen sink. Trust me.

I posted a while back about replacing the faucet and what a real sphincter twister it was. Well, It looks like the bastard has more problems.

I noticed this morning that there was a leak under the cabinet. I nearly shit in the floor. I swore I’d burn the house down before I went through replacing another faucet. Did it come to this? Was I one match strike away from becoming an arsonist?

After a careful examination of the leak I actually found that one of the pipes was broken. WTF? That’s right I said broken. How does a pipe just break? I don’t remember anyone crawling under the sink and swinging from it.

So now I guess I’ll have to fix that too. Stupid sink. I’ve never known anyone to have so many problems with one.

Another thing, how many parts are there to a kitchen sink? Am I gonna have to replace the transmission at some point? Are the brakes gonna need replacing? How about the oil? Does it need to be changed? I really didn’t know so much could go wrong with one. I’m losing my mind here. What next? Is the house just gonna turn to dust and fall in around me? It really wouldn’t surprise me one bit if it did. I really hate home repairs and I think the house knows it. It’s playing with my mind.

So, I’ll spend the rest of today and probably tomorrow installing a new drain pipe and checking the house to make sure the foundation isn’t turning to dust or the gears in the transmission aren’t slipping. Thanks house.

One more thing that’s on my mind. I travel a good bit with work and have noticed a few differences between regions of the country. One of which is what we call soft drinks. Here in the south we call them by name Coke, Sprite, etc. In other parts of the country people use generic names and call them pops or sodas. When someone offers me a pop or a soda I sometimes find myself declining for fear of it being a Fizzy Bulllech like from the movie Zohan. If you saw the movie it made Paolo “repaint the toilet” and trust me I can do that by-myself. I don’t need any artificial help.

Anyway. Here’s a chart to see where you fall with the soft drink lingo.

What do you call them? Is it different from whats listed on the chart? If so use the comments to let me know.