Poot's Palace

So I was tagged by Todd, as homo as that sounds. Here is my list, hope you find some humor mixed in.

Four Jobs I’ve Had
Lifeguard – City of Florence
Repair Engineer – Delta Air Lines (intern).
Process Engineer – Robert Bosch Corp (co-op).
Commercial HVAC Estimator – JL Patterson (current).

Four Films I Can Watch Over and Over
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Shawshank Redemption
Wedding Crashers
Gladiator

Four Places I’ve Lived
Florence, SC
Clemson, SC
Atlanta, GA
Charlotte, NC

Four Current TV Shows I Enjoy
Boston Legal
The OC
Two and a Half Men
Criminal Minds

Four Foods I Like
Homewrecker - Moes
Grilled Salmon – the way I make it
Chicken Pontalba - Redbone Alley
Chicken and Broccoli casserole – my mom’s recipe

Four Places I’ve Vacationed
Clearwater, FL
Navarre Beach, FL
The Bahamas
Garden City, SC

Four Websites I Visit Daily
CNN.com
Weather.com
BankofAmerica.com
bigbreastlovers.com

Four Things I’d Like to Do Before I Die
go scuba diving
Get married
save a life
Have kids

Four Things I Miss From College
warm days on Bowman Field
The Walker Course student rates
Tiger Town Tavern
My slutty ex-girlfriend

Four Living People I Want To Have Dinner With
Charlize Theron
Martina McBride
Todd’s mom
Cal Ripken Jr.

Four Things my ex-girlfriends have been good at
bitching
complaining
whining
gaining weight

No, thats not how much oil my tanker truck takes. I also told them to check out my brakes because they were making horrible squeaking noise. I changed my rear brakes over Christmas hoping that would solve the problem (my front brakes were previously replace in Octoberish). While changing the back right brake, I noticed a lot of fluid on the rotor and brake shoe, but didnt give it much thought. The people at American Auto informed me that I had a bad valve on my rear end (no jokes here) and rear end fluid (please, no jokes) was leaking. Also, my rotors needed a little machining. So after an oil change, machining the rotors, replacing the valve, rear brakes shoes, refilling my rear end with fluid, and something else that was required, my bill totaled just under $300. Actually not a bad price for the work that was done, but... my damn truck still squeaks when I brake. It sounds like the noise is coming from my right front, but seeing as they also checked my front brakes and saw no issues, I am wondering what to do about it now. The cheapest solution would be to spend $20 at Auto Zone on front brakes and replacing them, hoping that I just have bad brakes shoes on the front, but without my own floor jack this poses a problem. Any mechanics out there with another solution??

German for "SHIT". So for some reason the other day i was deleting old internet files and cookies stored on my computer. Now I cant remember half of my usernames for sites that i use, much less what password i used. Most importantly, I have no idea where my username and password for BitTorrent is....Brad, a little help here!!

Happy New Years! Given my current situation of being underpaid, having wasted the previous year chasing a girl who is certifiably crazy, having little to no money saved in the bank (however my credit card debt is gone), and having presumably gained more weight than I care to think about (I haven’t actually weighed myself yet)... I am surprisingly optimistic about the upcoming year. I guess it is one of those "things can’t get much worse" outlooks. If I don't get a pay raise this year, I can always find a new job, since I am no longer dating my boss’s daughter and have no intentions of ever playing that card again. I will save more money because 1) I have no credit card debt, 2) I have no girlfriend to take all my money, 3) I have officially given up tobacco products (Wha and Skippy can attest to this)... On a side note...Giving up tobacco officially sucks donkey ass and I am jonesin like a MF'er. The idea is that with a better set of lungs I can last a little longer on the treadmill or elliptical.

Other unofficial New Years resolution,
-substitute soft drinks, tea, and beer with water when dining out (no, I didn’t give up drinking)
-be more financially responsibly (i.e.: eat at home more often, take lunch to work, quit blowing cash at titty bars)
-lose an unspecified amount of weight
-be more committed to the gym
-buy a house/town home/condo

There are other things that I intend to accomplish throughout the year, but physical fitness is the main goal here. I have to do something to counteract all the Jack Daniels that I still intend to drink most nights.