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I am trying to creat a vampire persona as well as outfitting.  I am thinking something a little more modern but not quit gothic.  I am also needing a name and background.  Any suggestions are appreciated.

     I was able to go to the Mid-West Haunters Convention in "sunny" Columbus, OH (if you were there you know about "sunny".  It was my first convention and it was a great time.  I did spend too much money but my wife loves me.  I saw many cool things and found some really good deals (which is where my spending came in).  The bus was awsome.  It was really cool to see a bunch of pneumatic props that I will never be able to afford but did get some ideas from.  The House of Nightmares was very great and I highly recommend it.  BOMA was a neat venue, not quit what I expected but was a nice venue, however I did have trouble bringing myself to drink a beer when "First Baptist Church" was still visible on the outside of the building. 
     The masqurade ball was a fun time...people turn vicious when t-shirts are being thrown into the crowd...there were a lot of sexy, scary, and downright different costumes.  I can't wait until next year.

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Does anybody know what the heck happened to Moira and Polrbear?  I noticed the other day their profiles aren't on my friends list and any guestbook comment from either one has been deleted.

Ok, today I was reading an article about the class of 2011 having grown up reading food labels.

You know, I remember a time (and sometimes long for it)not so long ago that we ate food and didn't give a rats hind-end what was in it.  It seems that until we started to publicly identify this stuff nobody died from it.  Now we have..."Oh no don't eat MSG it causes cancer!"  "Don't eat that it has Olean in it and can cause rectal seepage."  Ok so rectal seepage isn't necessarily deadly but it sure can make wish you were dead.  Anyway, I digress. 

Bill Cunningham from 700 WLW says  "I long for the days when men were men, gay meant you were happy and AIDS was an appetite suppressant."

However, because some "Food Guru" determinned that Peanut Oil isn't good for us we have to deal with less than ideal McDonalds French Fries.

'Nuff said

How do you stay positive in a negative situation?  I mean I have acheived this on numerous occasions, but when you are lower managment and you have to be a cheerleader for the company to the other employees constantly and never get a chance to "turn it off". 

To get to the heart of my "mindless" whines:  For the, I have no idea how many days but more than not, I again am forced to work over.  I already work 12 hous a day 5 days a week as a Paramedic/Asst. Manager.  I have a life outside of work I seem to never get to experiance unless I call off work. 

Crews on "24 on / 48 off" shift get off on time more than not and then have two days in a row off.  As of writing this blog I am working over 2.5 hours and counting.  I then have to be back at 7 in the morning.  I have tried to talk to my manager about it and anymore get blown-off it seems.

Talking about my manager.  When he first hired in the company in that position, he was here everyday.  He then was placed as marketing and manager of an additional station.  He is hardly ever here anymore which is why I am working 12 hours 5 days a week instead of the 24 hour shift.  His attitude has changed since he has been in this new position.  I've tried to talk to him about it and he just doesn't see it.  Even when he first got the position he is in we had good communication and I was able to my mangement job/responsibilities with little difficulty.  Now I am lucky if he returns my call by the next day and for the past couple of months he has micromanaging me.  When I ask for anykind of job evaluation I get the "your doing a great job, no problems" speech.  He gets off on time and goes fishing. By the time I get off I barely have time to eat supper before I NEED to go to bed let alone not being able to housework, see my kids games, scout activities, or even just their company.  My manager used to be a General Contractor and got out of that line to do what he is doing so he could be home with his son.  He now acts as if he doesn't know what it is like.  I'm sorry, I take pride in my job regardless what it is and I used to enjoy this job with the extra challenges and with that I am not salaried but I am called by crews with problems when I am off, I have made phone calls to find coverage for shifts when I have been off on vacation with my own phone because it is what needed done and I can't do any less.  So forgive me if I think I should have a little something more than the average crew.  At least getting off on time would be a start. 

I don't know why the company doesn't take the extra work off of my managers shoulders and make me manager with two days during the week to get managment work done so I am not stressing to try to get it done while doing runs. 

I thrive on stress but with job satisfaction as a reward and I am not getting the satisfaction right now just what feels like abuse because I am in this position.

I could keep going on and on but my fingers are starting to get tired and can't keep up with my vey pissed off thoughts.  And yes I am still here.

I called off from work today.  I feel like crap, my back is killing me.  I hate calling off, especially being managment, but I am lower management.  I have gone to work sicker than a dog, in snow storms, on my wifes birthday.  I have sacrificed family time as well as anything that I do to escape.

However, lately I feel like I have been cut-off.  I used to be in on the meetings, asked my opinion, and in general knew what is going on in the company.  I have none of this now.  My manager, who gaciously gave me credit for things that I did instead taking it al for himself, has even seemingly cut me off. 

I have a very low burn-out threshold.  Don't get me wrong, even when I was only crew the company treated me very well, compared to some people. 

To give a little background, I am a company oriented person.  I work for the the people who sign my paycheck.  If I don't like what's going on I will find another job.  I don't do the underhanded stuff that some people do and when I do quit I give 2 week notice.  I had all but decided to go back to school to take the couple classes I need to teach.  However, my company promoted me to Asst. Manager at my station.  It was this that made me decide to put school on hold.  I was still working 24 on and 48 off.  But then my manager was placed as manger over two stations and put over marketing.  So now he is hardly at our station and I was put on 5 days a week working 7a-7p.  I am basically running the station but I still answer to a line of people.  I also used to be able to talk to the manager and get a bit of a self improvement evaluation but now I don't feel right doing this anymore.

I got a new partner (my previous 3 couldn't handle the hours) and she is so green that the ink is still wet on her EMT card.  On one hand I was told I am the best person to put someone new with since I will train them right.  This honors me but this girl has hurt my back twice in about a week and a half.  My next statement is going to sound bad nut I don't mean it that way.  This girl is a rather big girl.  She says she combs her hair but it usually doesn't look very good.  She admits to being clumsy but her biggest problem is she doesn't pay attention.  Walking with our cot she cuts it close to people, or she herself brushes people when there is plenty of room.  I have, on more than one occasion, had to apoligize for her sticking her ass in someones face sitting in the waiting room while we were helping our patient.

Being in a groove with your partner is very important.  But the little details that make this possible seem to elude her.  I have pointed out these details on numerous occasions.  I am obsessive complusive about certain things especially when it comes to work, ie...pt care, personal appearance, company image.  I try to keep these things under control but when they are so constantly being disrupted it is difficult to not let them bother me.  I don't want to be too hard on her because she is new but it is taking longer than I would like for her to catch on to certain things.

I could keep going on and on but this blog is long enough and anybody who cares to read this probably won't make it this far anyway (too many words).  But for those who do, thanks for listening to me vent.

I am sitting here in my chair watching something about the end of the world on the History Channel.  For some God only knows reason I started thinking about something my manager said to me the other day.  He walked into our office and saw some electric motors laying on the floor and asked, "What's that."  I replied, "Motors for Halloween props."  He in turn said, "It's fucking March!", I told him, "Hell, I've already got plans for 2008."  He just shook his head and walked out while saying under his breath, "Sick fucker."

I guess you had to be there.