Finally, I can get some sleep

As you are all well aware of now, I have lectures on Monday for the MBA and boy did I have a long weekend for homework, all I did was study and read and write. I didn't finish the paper until Sunday night, Monday morning and the paper turned out to be 5,000 words and that is the most that the instructor was willing to read ( the minimum for the paper is 2500-3000), I have to learn to write less.

Anyhow class was interesting in that one person was reprimanded for looking at stuff on the Internet and not paying attention (if she didn't want to pay attention she should just do the online course). Anyhow, Monday night I played with Kobe and let him run around and play.

Tuesday my first real night of sleep and the neighbor's begin arguing about the bills that need to get paid. This guy is in his open door garage tuning the radio on full volume and then slamming his door shut, then oping the door and turning up and down the radio, then the house guest or whatever the guy is tries calming the guy down, here are a few word phrases that I picked out,"Big mama puts up with alot of sh*t and dats not good for her heart, but y'all niggas ain't gonna kill me like dat", "I have to hear my wife talk 'bout how she pays all the bills up in here and how y'all niggas ain't putting nutting down on it, I know I don't pay sh*t, but I hear 'bout it so I am paying for it, but y'all niggas are getting by wit out hearin' it, niggas it is now y'all turn to listen to what I hear every f***ing night". The guy made a valid point but did he have to keep talking about it for what seemed like 40 minutes, starting at 11PM. My roommate put an end to it by calling the cops, stating that he heard something about a gun and that brought the cops out right away. Right before the cops came the guy was talking madness about how he is not afraid of the police but when the cops showed up he closed his garage door and that ended his lil' tirade. Selfish turd.

Friday and no more barking

Well, taking time off at work is a difficult thing. I have not taken a vacation since I have been here nor do I want to take a day off, but work regulations require me to do so, so I did and that day was Thursday. The day was much like any other for the exception that I was awaiting the package from Petco, what was it you ask? Well, what every dog owner at some point wants extra hours of no barking and control over the dog when he is being walked.

The box arrived and inside was a bark control device, it can be described as a three pronged collar that is placed around the neck very much like a collar. I would not have bought the item if I thought that it would cause my lil' boy harm but I needed to get it so that I could sleep sometimes during the day at least til 8AM without having him bark excessively. I feed him 3 times a day and he sleeps during the day when I am at work, how do I know that?, well I have seen him 3 separate occasions just lying around sleeping during the weekdays at about 11AM-3PM.

Well on this day, I placed the collar on him and that same day and night did not hear a single bark out of him, was it cruel?, was it inhumane?, was it right?, yes, yes, yes and finally yes to sleeping in.

What other toys did I get for him, well I got him a collar that has some prongs that stick out and are used to simulate the alpha male locking in on his neck if he runs to fast or when he is being disobedient. Is he okay, well when I went running with him yesterday he was the best running partner ever not like before when he would run ahead and pull.

I also went to IN-N-OUT and had the Double Double no/onions and it was the best, Kobe went with me and he behaved himself by staying in the backseat. I gave him a treat when we got home but he doesn't know how to chew, he ate the entire treat in one swallow, like I was going to take it out of his grimy little paws.
This morning not a single bark: thank you bark control you saved my sleep and Kobe's life.

Presentation of MBA Work and a fight breaks out

Well after the information session on Thursday the result was pretty good for our team, this was apparent from evaluation yesterday. We set the template up for the others and that seemed to help them along, although yesterday at some point I did have my doubts about the outcome. I recognize now that although we are all in this MBA program to lead and manage one day some of us are not at the same level of want and needs, and I guess that must come to the hierarchy of needs, or at least I will attribute it at this time. While some want to spearhead the program some are content with following as the saying goes," Too many chiefs and not enough Indians". I guess this is okay to have the Indians but the Indians must give feedback at some time or else they would all die at some point. Anyhow, on Saturday I went to a baby shower and a bachelor party on the same day, it was quite interesting but I did not like the result of the bachelor party. Here's the scoop: I had and let me preface the situation by saying that HAD, when I growing up in high school my best friend, BFF, LOL, hung out together with his cousins which became kinda like my cousins-friends, real tight group, well I went to college and met more friends that became good friends also, well the common denominator in both set of friends is that we enjoy playing basketball so I combined the sets together about 7 years ago, and we have been friends ever since, it even got to the point where they would hang out without even inviting me. Well the bachelor party resulting in a fight, how did it happen, well since I did not see it I asked and found out that, cousin-friend thought it would be funny to pour some beer on one of the guys that was REALLY having a great time and I saw that and really thought nothing of it, guys being buys, well the guy took offense to it and says,"I'm going to kick your ass", which since I have known him means all but that, since he has said that a record number of times and to this date has never as close as come to clench a fist, which means idle threats just so that he feels good that he said it, ( not friend bashing at all just stating the facts, plus he's my friend and that would be furthest thing from my mind). Well an other friend saw this situation transpire thought he should go over to the cousin-friend and get in his face about it. Well to make a long story short cousin-friend punched college friend square in the face busting his nose, and putting and end to bachelor night and really ruining a good dance that the other guy was enjoying. The you get the backlash of questions,"Who's friend is that guy?", "You're friends messed this party up!" Of course I feel bad for what happened, but the truth is that 'he is not my friend or his friend', I responded, 'he is OUR friend, things got out of hand, a fight broke out, they partied together before I do not know what happened but he is our friend, they will find a solution for their problem'.

Also I bought a new washer since I was not enjoying going to the laundry mat that place is full of weirdos.

The baby shower had no fights, but I saw one guy looking at me when I walked in, just kiddin' (I guess as long as the party has no boos or strippers fights wont break out), oh by the way the father to be is Vietnamese and the mother is Austrian, and the guy who was looking at me was father to be's brother who I hadn't seen since his wedding and the seven course meal. Those Vietnamese sure can eat, just how do they stay so thin, a Chinese riddle I guess.

The weight is 192 lbs. not a good weekend with beers a plenty, I better run today.

What a Day

Yesterday I met with my team to start on our new assignemtn for school. I showed up on time. I read all the material and said my piece. I then heard the reasons why each one of us is there taking an MBA program; theres the advancement opportunity, wanting more from a career, and then 'my work pays for it but I really don't want it', once again I say WTF, it is my point of view that we need to fight hard and reach our goals but to just do it because its there and I don't have anything else to do, is not a reason. Then I layout the game plan for the team since I had read all the material and inform them of what we should follow so that all of us are on the same page. I then get a call today from the person with no reason for being there asking me about all the steps that I mentioned earlier, I reiterate again what we needed. Being a team player is tough.

For those of you that are keeping track Romi took his bike action outside.

What's for Dinner a BIKE

I have decided that I can not keep up with a daily blog so I am now doing it when I get a chance, well yesterday I arrived at home to my surprise a bicycle in the kitchen??? It turns out to be my new roommate Romi, who rides his bike to work. I had to leave him a note asking him to not bring his bike into the house. I feel bad that I had to do that but it's either his bike or my wall being scraped, his bike lost out. I didn't want to seem like such a bad guy so I asked the other roommate Tom for his input and he said, " I do see Romi's point in not wanting to leave his bike outside to the elements, but I also see that this is not an apartment where he doesn't have space outside." I feel that I would rather not have those type of things in the house. If you do not have enough space in the room for what you have then you need to seek a new place to leave your things, I am pretty cool about things but when the possessions go out of where they should be then something has got to give. I have 6250 sq.ft of lot, minus 1000 sq ft for the house and you want to put it inside, think not. Well yesterday marked the 2 years that my girlfriend and I have been together so we went out to Cheesecake Factory and had some great grub.

A few days ago I made rice and it didn't come out so I gave it to Kobe. This guy will eat anything, it did have some sausage in it, yummy.
I also ran on Tuesday, 35 minutes.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Well, this weekend I played basketball and hung out at my mom's house.
My mom is always so relaxed about everything, she is my stability in this unstable world.
I saw the fight of Barrera v. Pacquiao (I hope I spelled his name right). In any case a friend told me, earlier that day while we were playing basketball, that his cousin was going to have the fight so I showed up with some beer and when I knocked on the door, he said, "What's Up" and I responded that I was there for the fight, I told him that his cousin said that the fight was at his house, so he says, "Since you are here I might as well get the fight". So we called a few people over and they got there in a hurry and we watched a non-spectacular fight. Then he replayed some D.L Hughley and that cat is funny, the joke that had me laughing was about building a wall to keep the Mexicans out of California, Texas, New Mexico and the joke goes a little like this, 'I am not going to build that wall and neither are the white brothers, what will happen is they (politicians) will have Jose build his own wall as long as he stays on the other side.
Sunday I walked Kobe arond the Rose Bowl.
I ate and drank as I wished I will not tell anyone what bad things were consumed.

The Office/ Home

The more I come into work, which I really do enjoy, the more I feel as though I am in this weird sitcom. There are many players that resemble characters in the show Office, I guess that is why it appeals to me. The only problem with the show is that my girlfriend calls at 9 or I call her at 9 and that kind of blows the ability of me being able to see it. In any case the last few days I have been reading and getting ready for the 11th course of the 13 that I need for the Masters Program. This one is about sustaining relations with customers, I can't wait to see how the instructor is because from his bio he seems like an experienced professional with some real world yada yada yada. Wednesday I weighed 190lbs and I was really pumped about that so on that day I went to the gym and 'gots me swole on' arms were worked out and the abdominals got some love also, I purposefully have mentioned things to make it seem like I am some sort of meat head, but that is further from the truth. I went running with Kobe yesterday but I feel I need to have him on a short leash so he doesn't go out of the running limits and initiate butt sniffing during the run, he is easily distracted. Romi, the new roommate, moved in and Tom and I have to make room for him in the fridge, I think Romi cooked some fish yesterday because when I got home it smelled fishy, I hope he cooked fish. When I got home yesterday after the run I studied outside so as to keep Kobe company and that gave him the space to run around and retrieve stuff when I threw them, oh by way Kobe has again damaged another tree, this time it was a small orange tree, it was my fault for throwing the ball near the orange tree.
Weight at start: 199 lbs
Today: 191.0
I have been unable to break under 190. Damn those taquitos, I like them though. I better work out harder.

Class Time

Yesterday was a very hectic day at school and at work. First of all at school I am a part of team that is a masters program, what does it mean, well to me it means that you are learning at a higher level which would translate to being at a higher level of thought. I do not wish to say that I try harder to be creative but I do. The thought process is something that needs to be stimulated and challenged so that you can be better but a team member at school somehow feels good, to copy and paste her way through the program and at this point it does not benefit the team. Maybe it was my fault for switching the parts around and actually trying to have team members gain a more well rounded approach to data collection. I will not blame myself for what occurred yesterday in class when the team was criticized for its total plan to implement. let me first say my piece, the team member asked me if her part was okay, I responded honestly and said that it lacked a formal direction and that no stance was taken on her part, she became very defensive and said that I should have called her to tell her this, but once again it is my stance that we are in a masters program and if you have to ask me about your paper then you already know that it is crap and you should have changed it (I read her part and it was about less than one page of original work, this is not enough for us to work with, I had 3 pages and so did another team member) I then continued to say that her part was so vague that anything would have fitted into it, I then said that it so vague that we were able to do out part with no worries. This is good for us that need to extrapolate further but we do not want to have it in a critical role. In any case her part was bad I said my piece. I hate to gripe like this but it needs to get said. After class the remaining team spoke and we agreed that her sections were crap, but since she has such a bad a attitude we need to keep sane. After class I went home and played with Kobe, that little guy likes for me to throw plastic jars and then he has to get bring them back, but taking it away from him is the hard part so I got 2 jars that I throw and since he is such a greedy lil' bastard I throw one and when he brings it back I throw the other one and he drops the one he just brought, this game can go for as long as he is willing to run and bring the jars.
Starting Weight: 199 lbs
Current Weight: 192
Consumption:
Lucky Charms ( 1 bowl) w/ milk
2 taquitos
ceasar salad w/ chicken
1 burrito
1 hot pocket
2 sodas
I cheated and had a bite size of baby ruth and hersey chocolate (don't hate)