Fishing in Sephian's Brain

The following thoughts were made possible by today's longer than normal commute.

Things that must go...

Wild animal statues placed in newly built “luxury home” communities in Huntsville.

• On that note, my thanks to the person or persons that painted the buffalo statue green! Please, make contact with me and I’ll see that you are rewarded for your good deed. Also, I would like to request Orange, Blue, and Yellow respectively for the Eagle, Elk, and Mountain Goat.

People who ignore warnings and complain when they get burned.

• Now we go to a crazy Ford dealership in Spanish Fork. The owner or manager of the dealership called the shop a few days ago to let us know they were having computer problems. In fact, their computer problems were sooooooo beyond their ability to fix that the nice owner/manager lady asked to have someone sent down to fix them onsite. The owner of the shop where I work carefully explained that we charge $95 per hour (as Dumbdumb well knows), and that the client pays normal rates for travel one way. After better learning the nature of the problems in question, he advised that they bring the computers into the shop, because the repairs could take many billable hours. He also explained that many of the problems could require major hardware replacements. But, after many minutes to carefully warning the owner/manager of the potentially high costs involved, she told us that she wanted someone to come down. Enter Matt, who is drawn to dumb people like a magnet. So, this morning at about 10:00am, I jump in my girly Civic and make the drive down to Spanish Fork. Once there, I immediately begin diagnosing the problems, then fixing them. Just about when I was finished, this wonderfully strange (and funny looking) owner/manager approached me and asked what all of this was going to cost her. I told her that I hadn’t yet made up a total, but would know soon. She then made a very strange comment (at least I thought it was weird, given the prior discussion she had with my boss). “I hope this doesn’t cost very much. Do you think it’ll be more than three hundred bucks?” Now, she must have known that it takes over an hour to get to Spanish Fork from Riverdale. She must have also been aware that I had been slaving away for three hours. Now, unless she is less intelligent than my 7 year old cousin, she should know that 4 X 95 is indeed more than three hundred. That’s not even mentioning all of the hardware she had me replace. Maybe she thought I was in the giving-stuff-away-for-free mood? Anyway, once I finished up I tallied the costs and the total bill came to just under eight hundred dollars. Nearly half of which came from labor costs. So, with a big smile on my face I went to tell her the news. The blood seemed to leave her face as my smile got bigger upon giving her the total. Honestly, was she not paying attention at all when my boss told her how much this could potentially cost her?
  

The Great Gatsby

• Normally, I only want to poke my eyes out when I have to watch Mormon flicks or if I get toxic chemicals in them. However, thanks to my Intro to Fiction class, I have recalled from memory a lesson that I learned in English Honors in 11th grade. I want to poke my eyes out when I read The Great Gatsby! Honestly, a book about stupid people being stupid?
  

The “Diversity” credit at Weber State!

• C’mon, I’ve taken every Portuguese class available! I passed with an A in Intro to Theatre. I even took English 2010 from a crazy Greek lady. Now you force me to take Intro to Fiction so that I can become more diverse?!? You do realize that I want to poke my eyes out, right?
  

The executive decision makers that decided to cancel Firefly

• No explanation needed.
  

Some Random Thoughts...


“I wonder if her eyelids are always half shut like that.”

“Who in their right mind would want to live in Spanish Fork?”

“I really shouldn’t laugh inside every time the fat parts manager gets up from his chair. He might notice one of these times.”


And, Even One Good Idea!

If I get one parking ticket at WSU early fall semester, and pay it, I’ll have in my possession the ability to fool the parking-lot demons! What are the odds that a parking-lot demon will put a ticket on a car that already has one? That’s right, recycling tickets! Wonder if it will work.

• I’ll let you all know what happens.

There you go Kenneth. One down, one to go.

Makes me laugh...

Although I honest to goodness have the intentions to blog on a variety of topics, I have the feeling that this blog will serve mainly for my ranting and raving and discussing the things that dumb people do. That being said, here is my Top 5 list of things dumb people have said to me over the phone at work.

Oh, and in case you didn’t know, I’m a computer technician.

- - “I’m dumb, can you help me?”

- - “I’m 65, retired, and drive a 1975 Chevy. Now, I don’t know what you drive, and frankly, it’s none of my business, but I can guarantee you that I can fix my truck cheaper than you can fix yours. Now, I tell you this because I want you to know what kind of computer I need.”

- - “Oh, so I need to plug it into the wall outlet too?”

- - “I dun tol’ my man he shouldn’ be lookin at them naked pictures.”

- - “Does the warranty cover spillin mah beer on the unit?”

I’m honestly sometimes glad that I get to talk to some of these people. Even though it is oftentimes extremely trying on my patience, it does serve as a source of entertainment that can last anywhere from a few seconds to forever. I have to do something to stay sane, right?

Increase your Geek lvl

I recently attended Video Games Live at Abravanel Hall in SLC, which was absolutely amazing and comes with my highest recommendation. The opening movie of the performance made my day, week, and will probably even go on to make my month. Enjoy.