Insane Random Ramblings

Today started off on the wrong foot. First my bus left me. I didn’t miss it, the darn thing didn’t stop. He slowed down when he got close to me then he just kept going. I don’t know if he didn’t see me, if he wasn’t paying attention or what. Luckily the next bus is due in 15 minutes. I was only 5 minutes late which isn’t bad.

Then I lost my banana somewhere between my house and work. I stuck it in my bag before I left out of the house along with my soda and a bag of 100 calorie cookies. When I got to work the banana wasn’t in my bag but everything else was. I don’t know if it fell out on the bus or walking down the street. It was the only thing I had for breakfast so that kinda sucked.

Hopefully that’s the end of my bad luck for today. It just has to get better.

But it’s not easy. Long story short I didn’t get the job that I applied for. Not really a problem for me. I know you don’t get every job that you apply for. Cool. However I just found out who did get the job. It’s one of my coworkers. She is qualified for the job but she didn’t want it. She never even applied for it. They just offered it to her. Of course she accepted it. I’m happy for her but at the same time I’m ticked off at the way it went down.

Office politics sucks like hell!

It’s so stupid. I play it every year and I never win anything. Oh wait, I forgot that I won a apple pie last year. Major eyeroll at that. So far I’ve entered over 12 codes and all I won is 25 My Coke Rewards points. Considering there is nothing on that site worth saving points for, I don’t consider that a win either.

I enter sweepstakes and contests a lot so I know that you can’t win every time but this game is just ridiculous.

Back in May Sheridan Broadcasting sold their urban radio station to a Christian broadcasting station. Sheridan cited a changing market as reason for the sale. According to Sheridan, there is a new people meter that measures ratings. In markets where the new system has taken place, Black and Hispanic ratings have gone down 40%. Some say the reason is because the meters aren’t evenly distributed to minorities skewing results. Read the article: here

According to Wikipedia:                                                                                                               “As of 6:07PM EST, Tuesday, September 8, 2009, WAMO-FM 106.7 discontinued broadcasting. Its last song was Boyz II Men’s ‘It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday’, and then silence.”

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/pittsburgh/649982-wamo-sold-10.html#ixzz0QdmmTN7I

Just sad!

Yuck, today was my first day back to work after vacation and it stunk royally. I was tired all day because I didn’t get enough rest the night before. I was also totally lost as to where I was with my work. I had files all over my desk, some because I left them like that when I left and others because they had to find what they were looking for. I spent over half the day reading and answering emails that came in while I was off.

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get back into the swing of things.

It was expensive as heck too. I had chicken on a stick and a egg roll for $9.00. One friend had a quesadilla that was almost $7.00 that she didn’t like. She said that it was bland with no taste. Two other people had fries that weren’t hot and a lemonade that was bitter. She also asked for no ice, which she always does, and they gave her a half of a glass worth of lemonade.

There was also the smell of compost or something at the park. I think there may have been a plant nursery nearby or maybe it was just in the decor of the park. It is a fairly large park so we were able to move to escape that. I was impressed with the fact that they recycled everything so that’s a definite plus.

I have to say that we were pretty disappointed in the overall quality of the food. It’s ironic because the food is a bigger draw than the art at times. Oh well , live and learn. I know I won’t be going back there for any more food.

I just read a article on UrbanRadio.com. I can’t believe that Sheridan Broadcasting sold the station. Apparently there was a big to-do last Friday on Facebook. Since I’m not on Facebook yet, I missed it. I’m always saying that Pittsburgh lacks diversity and now there won’t even be a urban station in the area.

It’s things like this that makes my decision to move a whole lot easier.

I’m watching the news and a commercial comes on for a plastic surgeons office. The woman they show is getting surgery for her varicroseveins. Then they show a bunch of other people standing there with icky veins. It looked really nasty because their legs were really bumpy like cellulite but it was their veins sticking out.

I know it’s a fact of life for some people but geesh, cut the rest of us some slack with the grossness.

I don’t even remember the post that I was going to write today. A commercial came on the radio and interrupted my entire thought process. It’s a Rent A Center commercial featuring Magic Johnson. He’s going on and on about how great it is to rent from them. He makes it seem like they’re the best thing since sliced bread.

I have no problem with people renting furniture. The feature does come in handy especially in a pinch. However, these commercials are targeted towards low income people and minorities. The type of people who rent long term and where these companies make their money. Most of the people who rent don’t have the resources to pay for furniture outright. And let’s not even pretend that they’re getting a good deal. Those payments are expensive! By the time you’ve rented for 3 or 4 months, you’ve basically paid for the item. And the majority of people keep the items way longer than that.

Sorry for the rant but I just can’t believe Magic would lend his voice to such nonsense. Then again I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. He’s just a shill out to make a quick buck like the rest of the celebrities.

I decided not to wait until the last minute to take my exam. I reviewed the information that I needed and took the exam on Saturday. It was so hard that it wasn’t even funny. The professor used 2 of the concepts that I knew pretty well. Problem was I had to answer 3. I know I missed points on that part of the exam.

The essay question though? It was crazy hard. In class she gave us several questions and then said “Oops, I just gave away a essay question”. Two of those questions were definitely not on the exam. I was pretty ticked but not as much as my classmates that actually prepared those questions. I figured the exam would be hard so I didn’t even try to prepare the essay beforehand.

If I get a C on this exam I’ll be extremely happy.