today's title is ''Chilli Mash''

it all started a long time ago, when i was talking on the phone with Missiz Jóní ...last night.

i said ''ugh. i'm so hungry. there's nothing to eat here. oh you know what i hella want tho? some mashed potatoes! that sounds soooo good rite now....''

then she sed ''oh, i had mashed potatoes earlier today! =D''

then i sed ''i wonder if instant mashed taters are good...i bet they're watery enough to drink..*drools imagining such a feat* ''

then she sed ''ew. i actually had instant mashed taters today. they were actually pretty good.''

the conversation ended shortly thereafter. then later she henceforth-thusright-whenceforto-herein and so forth, called again.

i said ''you know, i hella want some fresh french fries...''

then she sed ''omgz i'm totally at in and out rite now! =DD''

then i sed ''that's b/c we got that shiz on lock.'' wwwwhat? wo-okay! yeeeeaah :-)

so today, i get the instant mashed taters, i pour them into the hot water and stir. thinkin' to myself ''oh THIS won't end well...'' as the little flurries swing around in circles in the bowl and then all of a sudden it's MASHED POTATOES!!! no longer was it nasty ol' hot water and flakes, it was REAL mashed potatoes, rite in the bowl! i was shocked! how did they do that?! they're sooo good, too. i mixed them with a roughly equal amount of beef chilli with beans. ohhh yeah. this is what mum would call a ''stick to your ribs kinda meal'' and it works out to 1000 calories, 58 grams of protein, so it's almost good enough for a complete meal! :D

At some point, you have to give up...

If your kids ignored you, did things you hated and wanted nothing to do with you, at some point, you have to give up on them. That point is death.

You are the best

You, as you are right now, are the best, most perfect combination of all the genes that it took to make you, all the circumstances that've happened to get you where you are, all the things you've learned and discovered that've formed who you are, you, just as you are right now are the best combination of all that stuff that got you where and who you are right now. There is nothing wrong with you.
And i believe that when ppl have set backs, they don't just have set backs and then no way to overcome them, there is always a way for them to rise above the things that could drag them down, and the more set backs you have, that points out how much more strength you have.
So you are wonderful, there is no getting a better you. It's impossible, you are the absolute best, and no one could ever do any better. You take the cake. And any weaknesses you have, those are opportunities that you have where you can show yourself that you can overcome them. Things like sabotaging yourself, it's a hard habit to kick, but i know it can be done, and when you do, that's your weaknesses, don't compare yourself with somebody else who got over that weakness sooner, or maybe never had it, because they don't have all your same weaknesses, nor do they have all your same strengths. And when you defeat something that is very strong like that, that is a huge victory, no one can steal your thunder by having less of a struggle with it, because they are not you and you are the best you there can ever be.

a new record, THAT IS ALL.

today at work, we were SLAMMERED. i opened up the skills and speed like a firehose. i had a good hefty breakfast, but i guess i burned it all up in the first four hours of work b/c in 19 minutes, i had consumed 4 litres of cereal consisting of half dry cereal and half milk.

for those of you who are confused, look at a gallon milk jug. it says 3.78 litres is a gallon. yes, that's correct. my stomach can hold more than a gallon of food at one time. *scratches his head* i wonder how it does that...

''the smudge is on the lens, not the world around you''

i once asked a friend of mine if there would be peace if there were only one race. i know, think of all the wars that were started b/c of religion or other intolerances of differences. something's awry here...

humans are highly adaptable; they will adapt quickly to their environment; therein lies a problem. unless they're continually being sharpened, they will grow dull to adapt thuroughly to their environment. humans tend toward weaknesses under the gravity of sloth.

these intollerances would surely exist under some other names, but they would still exist. if you remove what seems to be causing a problem, and the problem is still there, then that thing wasn't causing the problem in the first place.

if you look through a camera and see a big blurry thing, you wouldn't think that there's some big blurry thing floating right in front of you, you'd immediately conclude that there was a smudge on the lens. that's what i'm trying to say: the smudge is on the lens, NOT on the world around you.

''and how can you say to your brother 'let me remove the speck from your eye,' when all the while there is a plank in your own eye? first remove the plank from your own eye, then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's''

This is one of the new pepper plants :-D

this is the first immediately successful picture message posting from my cell to my new blog. yes, it took some wrestling, and yes the wrestling was done by the blogger team. but let's not give general credit and just toss it at ''the team''...one specific member, Brenna, has worked on this problem for me for a little over a week, and has worked out a way for me to be able to update with text and pix messages from my phone. no other sites to go through, just send it to blogger and it gets to my blog. no other site can offer that. no other site lets non-members post comments. and no other site that i've ever encountered has employees like Brenna. so Brenna, if you're reading this, thank you again for your five-star customer service! :D

and a ''rant-ily'' clad tire tech

warning: this blog contains rant. if you are allergic to rant, too bad. nothin' i can do for ya.

*thud* an impact wrench gun hits the floor.
me: ugh, i can't stand these ''new and improved'' guns! hey John, another new gun died.
John: ''aw not another one...''
me: say, we go through a lot more of these new guns than we ever did the old ones.
John: ''that's absolutely right.''
me: and we have these new guns b/c of why? the old ones overtorqued, right? no, that's bullcrap. if we can put the blame for that on the guns, then i put the blame of misspelled words on my pencil ;-). naw, it's the nut behind the wheel that needs to be tightened down....real tight ;-)

and ANOTHER thing....this deal with scrubbing the hubs and wheels. if the stuff is bad to leave on the hubs and wheels to the point where it simply MUST be removed, then what about geman cars? isn't that stuff getting pushed right into the holes for the studs? if it's so bad on the hubs and wheels, isn't it just as bad anywhere else on the rim/hub assembly? and doesn't the corrosion/asbestos affect torque more directly once inside the holes for the studs? the answer is ''get back to work.'' lol my supervisors didn't say that, they agree with me, but they're not the ones making the rules. some bendejo in a suit somewhere is screwin' everything up and makin' buxxorz for it.

however, i must say this, although it's a complete waste of time and money to follow these new proceedures, no other tire shop will pay me what costco pays me. the benefits are top ten in the nation. and the folk i work with are A+ i don't think i'll find any better setup anywhere else i go to bust tires. so the old addage goes ''costco pay, costco way.'' it actually doesn't really bother me till the guns break one after another. i just rant for the drama :D