What's In Your Millo?

vday

2007-02-15T01:02:00.001-09:00

Alaska Wild Berry Products

2007-02-05T03:14:00.001-09:00

3:30 in the morning...

2007-02-01T07:03:00.000-09:00

Me singing and people to watch on Youtube

2007-01-25T08:45:00.000-09:00

First Video I Had Done Since My Equipment Malfunctioned

2007-01-25T08:43:00.000-09:00

Ok Go Music Video I Made 4 YouTube

2007-01-25T08:42:00.000-09:00

Iraq Tribute Video

2007-01-25T08:40:00.000-09:00

2007-01-25T08:39:00.000-09:00

This is from Halloween '06

virus alert

2006-07-14T07:13:00.000-08:00

Shaving cream

2006-07-04T23:03:00.000-08:00

Stand up for your rights...Clerkin' edition

2006-07-02T23:42:00.000-08:00

2006-06-28T23:49:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone sorry i havn't been on in awhile. I have to be in the mood to write so its difficult for me to blog on a daily basis. HOWEVER i have discovered a way for me to update a little more frequently: Video Blogs :) you can find my stuff on YouTube.com or just come here and watch. Enjoy!

A fool and his money are soon parted

2006-03-10T12:23:00.000-09:00

ok guys, i got sick of not being able to see my blog (correctly anyway) so i erased the template and i am using one of the standard ones...i dont really like it but i cant help it. If anyone can make me a nice/cool looking template ill...be your bestfriend...wash your car....take your fugly cousin to the prom...whatever. oh and ill be really greatful too.

So anyway here is an update on whats going on in my life. Im working 2 full time jobs and when i mean full time jobs....i mean FULLTIME jobs. I dont have much time to myself anymore which really sucks, but i guess thats the price you pay for wanting money. Meanwhile some rich bastard won another lotto somewhere. In the words of Pepe Le Pew "le sigh...Le boohoo" The only reason i have time right now is that i get usually one day off from one job, but i work in the morning with my other job, but i kind of "schedualed" some "out of office lunch meetings with clients" today. Hopefully no one from work has found my blog lol. Ah it feels so good to be sitting in a barnes & nobles, drinking coffee and typing in the cafe.

My birthday is coming up, but i dont think i will be doing much other than working. I had wanted to take a trip to vegas to visit with some friends i have there, but im not sure if i am going to be able to get away from work for more than a day or two....a man cant lose a fortune at the poker tables in a day (well he can but he has to be gifted....and a really bad cheat) But i will try to work towards that.

Running a restaurant, bar, and catering banquets is hard F%$&# work man!!! i show up hella early in the morning and it seems like i cant keep up. The stress is really getting to me. Im considering quitting in a couple months if things dont get better. I have had to put my own personal money into outfitting my office with the stuff i need to work. Including a laptop, desk, office supplies, fax machine. Ive put in about two thousand of my own hard earned dollars into my office just so i can actually do my job! And its not my bosses fault(well kind of) i understand hes hard on cash since the hotel screws him on alot of money, and i WILL be eventually reinburst, but still, that alot of money to put into a job. Basically all the money ive made with my second job has been put into my secod job. Le sigh Le boohoo.

Yet there is a method to my madness. The reason im putting up with so much crap from my job is that im trying to pad my resume. His buisness is on the road to bancruptcy, and im trying to help him get off that road as much as possible, but only to sustain my job there for at least 6 months (if not a little more) I want to be able to get a job somewhere else (at a MUCH MUCH higher pay than im getting now), but i want them to see that i have the experience. I have so much planned for the business (marketing, specials, promotions, and the like) but i cant do a damn thing since the hotel fights him on so many things that he NEEDS to get more costomers through the doors and in those seats. Also i cant do much if i dont have a penny for the budget. Since he doesnt get properly paid and on time, his money goes all to payroll and inventory....and not even a full inventory at that. Im the first mate on a sinking ship...standing with my captain untill the bitter end....but im not stupid, i have my life boat ready for when i need it.

hmmm...html kind of sucks....

2006-02-19T16:35:00.000-09:00

but that's because I don't know it too well. Oh well I'm trying. Been tinkering around with my template and background. My tables don't show up like they are supposed to. Its supposed to have an opaque white table with black lettering that shows up really well in the preview, but unfortunately not in the main page....ill figure it out eventually. Well just bare with me and ill have a really neat page one of these days(if anyone wants to make me a really cool template ill be your friend forever LOL) so ill keep ya posted on how things are going. Later!

To blog or not to Blog

2006-02-19T03:25:00.000-09:00

Well considering that I have not posted in awhile youd think i had alot to update...not really. Im still working lots, but now i have a laptop so i can goofoff at work at blog every once in awhile...or as my friend paige sometimes says "BLOG, BITCH! BLOG!" Im trying to be good about keeping in touch, which i haavnt really, so hopefully ill be able to comment to on my readers blogs a bit more. This laptop is also helping me with my writing considering i can now write whenever i want now(well to some extent anyway). so until next time kids, same blog time, same blog channel.

Yes im still alive...just busy.

2006-01-22T03:00:00.000-09:00

Sigh... working lots. 2 full time jobs 7 days a week. really tired. its like 3 am now and i cant sleep... bad for my day tomarrow. Oh ya got a brand new SATURN ION to replace my totaled truck. was gonna cost the same as a used car or truck so i said what the hey, ill get a new one...cant beat 0 miles :) I miss blogging...and writing my stories, so busy. My apartment is starting to need the touch of a housekeeper...could probably afford it now, but i wish i had just a little bit of free time so i can keep up with chores. oh well, working keeps me out of trouble. ill change the christmas background later, but for now im off to bed (hopefully) till next time.

Christmas Eve.

2005-12-24T00:34:00.000-09:00

oops accidently deleted this post...oh well...it was a merry christmas one so merry christmas!

Equivalent Exchange

2005-12-19T23:52:00.000-09:00

Well I had been planning on writing a post today about a topic on my friend CC's blog, but unfortunately fate threw me a nasty curveball this morning that I have to share (which ill get to in my little round about way you've all gotten used to by now.) The events of this morning finally gave me confirmation of something that I have noticed throughout my entire life. Life is a balance. The whole Yin-Yang aspect of Eastern philosophy (and religion) is true. It doesn't matter what your particular faith or philosophy or whatever is, there has always been signs of this balance. Good. Evil. Right. Wrong. Luck. Whatever you want to call it. An anime show called "Full Metal Alchemist" has a term (used to describe the natural law of the shows alchemic science) called "Equivalent Exchange" that fits this pretty well. "Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost..." another way to put it would be something from our own science: For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.
When something goes well in your life, its should be a time of rejoicing. The cosmic blocks that make up our lives falls together just right and we get a tetris, extra points *huzzah!* For me, however, I always get this slight sense of dread. I always thought it was just my inner pessimist trying to shit in my cornflakes and wrote it off as such. Time and time again, however, I've always met with some kind of "payoff" for my good fortune. I wont go through a big list of them, but a few of the more recent ones from the last few years were something along the lines of Getting the woman of your dreams and having the rest of your life fall to shit (including running out of money for college). Getting your life back to gether socially and financially followed by losing the girl when she refused to marry you. Finally starting to get over the girl and appreciating the life you have and the family you have, only to have the past catch up with ya and tear your family apart with a more than good chance of never being able to mend it. *sigh* we've all had these type of problems in various degrees so don't think im whining about this with a "oh why me! why me Lord!" type attitude. Whether it's events caused by our own actions or what you could call fate, it all comes back to the same thing...Balance.
Which comes full circle to what happened this morning. To see what it is I gained, all you need to do is read my previous post. I was actually happy. It had been so long since something that good had happened to me I had forgotten what that gnawing at my gut was...I thought it might have been that borrito I ate from the gas station. I was partially wrong. Here's the series of events after my last post that led to this morning:

Two days ago I was bartending a banquet for some Canadian airforce men and there family(Canadians can really drink so the tips were REALLY good that night) next day I had a pocket full of money and bought myself some nice clothing and a new showerhead for my bathroom. I came home and got a lot of projects I had been meaning to do around the house done. I installed my new showerhead and, glowing with the satisfaction of my handyman prowess, had the most relaxing shower I ever had. Went to sleep and had a very restful night. Wake up this morning all rested, took another really great shower, got dressed in my new duds, tossed aside my ballcap and slicked back my hair. I felt good, I looked good, the sun was starting to rise outside, I was in my groove. I went outside, warmed up my truck,, scrapped the ice off and listened to some of my favorite songs coming on the radio while it warmed up. Finally left the parking lot and headed to work with time to spare, I was running early so no need to rush. I can take my time. Approximately 6-7 blocks from my apartment the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette comes on the radio while im at the last stoplight before the bridge. I turn left and follow the two lane road with a long curve that leads to the bridge. About a block down the road I hit a patch of black ice. Im alaskan...I know how to correct myself on ice...its a survival thing up here. I dont have a chance to even attempted it. As soon as I start fishtailing to the left my right tire goes up over the mounds of packed snow from the scrappers thats on the side of the roads, but then dips down because for some reason (they NEVER DO THIS) they had actually snowblowed the sidewalks. My momentum causes me to be about 180 degrees from the direction I was traveling in, but that rise and dip of my front tire caused me to flip into the air...3 or 4 times...into the ditch beyond the sidewalks (remember this is close to a bridge so there are ditches on both sides of the road that keep going deeper as you travel further along) finally landing right side up (thankfully) as my left side is slammed into the trees. Im disoriented and a little dizzy at this point. I try to open my door but I have trees holding it closed so I climb out the passenger side. I walk away from the vehicle in case of a gas leak and call 911. Me: completely unharmed (slightly mussed hair) Truck: totaled. Damages: Front windshield-shattered, both side mirrors-gone, left side of truck- dented heavily in at least three places plus wood splinters impaled into side, right side- not as heavily dented as right and only in two places, left door-jammed shut, right door-wont close properly, roof of cab-caved in at least 3-4 inches from two huge dents(note: I only have about an inch headroom when sitting in my truck...used to sit in my truck that is), hood-literally split down the center, front tires- flat, truck canopy - broken and shattered inside beyond use from the three 75 pound sandbag I kept in my truckbed, interior- covered in shattered glass particles, Truck bed- dented in and out from trees and sandbags (though how it missed vitals like the gas tank and axel is beyond me. did I mention that neither my nor the passenger side airbag deployed? hmmm....ya....I wont how much the insurance will cover until a few days from now, but they basically said(you can tell by looking at the tuck anyway) that its a total loss. At least they are partially paying for a rental car for now. The cop, by the by, took and hour to arrive at the scene while I waited in the cold. I can understand that they are busy and since I said I wasn't injured, they didn't have me high on the priority list. That's ok. He was a nice guy too. He was surprised I wasn't hurt at all (which by the by I am highly grateful for above all else) and said he felt bad...As he gave me a 2 point ticket...For (printed on ticket) "failure to avoid collision with fixed object"...Which was the trees at the bottom of the ditch.............ya..............Needless to say, I was late for work this morning...Equivalent Exchange.

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa!

2005-12-17T00:40:00.000-09:00

Good tidings to all! I am in an exceptionally good mood today! Want to know why? huh? do ya? do ya? Well ill tell you why, but im gonna do it in a kind of round about way so as to leave ya in antici....
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...pation. (gotta love rocky horror picture show by the by)

ok, let me start at my little celebration dinner I had for myself. Money has been tight and ive been dieting (minus thanksgiving and the Christmas dinner coming soon to a belly near me) so there hasn't exactly been a lot of food in my house. Soooo...to celebrate I went and got the most delicious steak I have ever tasted(and the most ive paid for one too... im not gonna even say) It was a huge piece of filet mignon topped with sauteed whole fresh mushrooms, a side of garlic mashed potatoes(dammit all if I didn't drown that thing in gravy! I haven't had gravy in like 6 months...including thanksgiving!), a hunk of fresh baked multigrain roll that was bigger than my steak(which is saying a lot) and a glass of merlot to wash down the steak. I followed up with a chocolate(hmmm...chocolate!) drumstick i bought at the local carrs/safeway on the way home. It was the most satisfying meal ever. I was so full I came home and undid my belt a few notches, said screw it after awhile, and just took off my pants. Ahhhhh....soooooo gooood. I highly suggest doing this at least ONCE in your lifetime, you will thank yourself(the dinner not the pants thing).
Now, where was i...oh ya my reason for celebrating! Well ive been working a few days here and there doing bartending for banquets at a Howard johnsons Inn for the restaurant(located inside the building) that's owned by a family friend (Which is how I got the job in the first place...and I am so glad I did!). The person that's in charge of everything (besides the owner that is) has been kind of a flake from what ive seen and been told. My first day at work she was supposed to be there at 5pm for a banquet at 7pm, but she didn't show up until 6:30...now this being my first day I didn't know how anything was setup in the dining hall where the banquet was taking place, there was a lot to be done and everybody was running around like chickens with there heads cut off. Lets just say it was a very rocky start for my first day bartending with them. I didn't even have a bottle opener until an hour AFTER the banquet started( I had to hit the tops off by putting the edge of the cap along the counter and slamming the top Texas-style...actually that got me a few tips lol. After the party and the cleanup she tells me to come back on the 16th for the employee Christmas party to bartend. Well I show up today and they tell me the party is of the non-alcoholic variety. Well...that was a little annoying to say the least, but at that time the owner/family friend pulls me into the office and has a little chat with me. He tells me he is firing the manager, because she's always late and a little incompetent. So he offers Me the job. So I told him I would have to think aboYES OF CORSE ILL TAKE IT! I'd be stupid not to take it! I start the first of January, im in charge of the restaurant, the bar, and any banquets that come up and ill be making 32 grand a year to start (which to some might not be a lot but it is to me compared to what I make now.)

So ya, Christmas came a little early for me this year :) Eggnog on the house!

This rounds on the house

2005-12-14T14:50:00.000-09:00

Well, here's a reminder from your friendly neighborhood millo-man...pay your bills on time. I made the mistake of not paying my internet bill and you know the darnest thing happened... they shut it down! oh well, at least the plus side of not being online for about a month means i should have plenty to write about, right? right?! ......riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.....
Well I got a second job bartending banquets and conventions and even though its not steady work, its still a really nice change of pace. Im semi -busy now with the holiday season since theres alot of christmas parties going on so it will be nice to have extra cash for presents.
Well om off to go watch a giant gorilla rampage through new york with a pretty blonde so ill be back with a review later on. until then ill leave ya with a music video from the gorrilaz:

Sorry I'm Late! My Car Broke Down On The Way To The Net!

2005-11-10T03:44:00.000-09:00

OK, I think I've sufficiently recovered from my excursion on all hallows eve to come back online and start blogging again. I had a blast going out to chilkoot charlie's halloween bash. It's so much fun going out in costume and just leting loose. You become a whole new person and take on your character after awhile. I didn't get all drunk and tipsy though, that kind of fun is behind me now. I did have a couple beers to keep me busy in between flirting with vamps and this one girl who was dressed as catwoman...the GOOD one....not the poor excuse for a catwoman hally berry played (your still my girl hally!!!) Her costume was PURRFE...*cough* sorry PERFECT and she had the body to match....ah yes her an "An'ld" had a good time.
The Main reason i havn't been online is that i've been writing up a storm in my story its really awsome(i must say) I know its a poor excuse, but ive been staying up late writing and if im ever online im usually getting some info for my story off the net. Well its actually awful late right now and i have so much to do tomarrow, so i should be on sometime to update again tomarrow after noon(or this afternoon by the time some of you read this) so ill see you guys later chow!

Oh ya ill post some halloween pictures later too :) for now heres my music video of the day dedicated to miss catwoman...rawwr lol:

Whoa!

2005-10-26T01:58:00.000-08:00

Ah its nice to be able to post again. I've been so busy writing my story that i havent really been on much except to check email and give a quick glance at friends blogs. I have to say i havn't been this excited in along time. The ideas just keep floating in and sometimes i just have to stand back and say "Whoa!" ala Joey from Blossom and sort everything out. I have a few more projects that i also want to get working on but im trying really hard to concentrate on this one and move on to something else once i have my first draft done.
On the Halloween front, ive decided what im going as this halloween but im not going to say until i have some pictures to go along with it. So that will have to wait until probably friday or saterday when i go out in costume. As for this decoration on my site... im getting a little tired of the harry potter theme so im gonna switch it up with something else here as soon as im done with this post. probably something scary or whatever i can find on the net. i am excited, however, about the new harry potter movie coming out on nov 15(i think thats the opening date) Ill be pushing kids aside to get a seat opening day :)
I guess thats it for now. Short and sweet like a midget dipped in sugar. Oh ya one more thing someone gave me this idea and im gonna run with it. Everytime i post im putting up a different music video on here that relats to how im feeling, my posting topic, or just a plain fun video. So to start things off heres my first video. Enjoy!

Look whos back, back again, millo's back, tell a friend.

2005-10-19T01:39:00.000-08:00

hey guys, sorry i havent been posting, but ive been working overtime on one of my stories. Ive been hanging out after work at a coffee shop and writing so by the time i got home i was pretty much passing out. Im pretty tired now so ill just do a quick post. Heres a something interesting that CC did on her blog so ill do it too:

Open Google / Images. Type in the searches below and choose a picture from the first page only. Then hope like heck that the less-than-reliable blogger image posting contraption works!!

Your home town

The town/city where you now live

Last year's favorite Christmas present

Your occupation

Your hobby

What's your favorite meal

Your favorite smell

(this one didnt quite turn out as expected)

Your ideal vacation spot

Holloween XXXIV: Mike Meyers vs. Jason vs. Freddy vs. Chucky vs. Paris Hilton

2005-10-09T03:03:00.000-08:00

Holloween is apon us once again boys and girls and, man, am i excited. Next to Christmas, its my favorite holiday to celebrate. What other time of year do you get a chance to dress up in costume, have fun parties, take candy from strangers, prank the neighbors, and watch Smoky fuck the Bandit on a pool table. Every year i try to go all out with my costumes. This year is a tough sell because i have a habit of trying to outdo the year befores costume. Last year i was Bluntman from Bluntman and Chronic(jay and silent bob strike back movie...for the kevin smith deprived) It was such an AWSOME costume, my only big regret is that i dont have a picture of it. I made the costume entirly by hand and it took me the entire month of october to make it. It looked exactly like the costume from the movie....which looked like this(on left): My ex-roomate was supposed to be Chronic, but he pussed out and ended up staying home fucking his girlfriend like every other day of the week.

I have a few ideas for this year, but im a little short on money so im going to try to keep it low key(as low key as i get anyway) My top contender right now is Ceasar with a piece of parchment stuck in my back with a dagger that reads "Brutus was here." in roman script. The one i wanted to do, but that costs to much money(not to mention time!) to build was an idea i got from a video i found online last year. I couldnt find the video but i did find a picture of it (make sure you enlarge the photo to really appreciate the detail this guy did on it.)

How cool is having a WORKING transformer costume! The geek in me busts a nut everytime I think about having my own costume like that. Although i would have picked a better transformer. Any of these would be so cool to have:

So Now that Im done showing off my inner geek(lets face it my outer one too) lets do something practical. I want suggestions for what i should go as for holloween. It should be something somewhat original( or at least modified oldschool like my ceasar or an Albino Pirate or something) Please tell your friends to stop in and leave a suggestion for me in comments. Ill post what i choose in a later blog and when i get my costume together ill take pictures and post them on here. So....get crackin! leave those comments for me!

Excuse my mess...

2005-10-07T10:29:00.000-08:00

Im TRYING to improve thr site a little bit and ill be in and out all day trying to update stuff. Dont worry i have the background setup for halloween and potter will change at the end of october, but for now enjoy!