Common Manners, Decency, Courtesy

We just wrapped up a photo-shoot for our company’s ads, pamphlets and website today and I’m not sure how I feel right now. It was a two hour shoot and people from the company were chosen to be part of some generic photos of the office, in meetings, commencing work stuff, etc. So I was called up after a few other people to be in a shot of the company’s front door. The “artistic consultant” said “Jimmy, Shirley, Joe, Kathy, Big Asian Guy, Rachel, Billy”….WHAT THE F#$%?!??! Tell me how you took your time to learn the names of 6 other people you’ve never met and decided to just call me the “Asian Guy”? This reminds me of an episode of Glee where Jane Lynch’s Character called the other characters by saying “Santana, Wheels, Gay Kid, Asian, Other Asian, Aretha, Shaft…”

Am I not worth your time? I know it’s not your choice that company photos needs to be “diverse” but as a common courtesy at least call your “subjects” by their names and not a description.

I’ve always juggled the idea of being a school teacher, 1: teaching credentials don’t seem like they are hard to get, 2: I actually love the feeling when someone’s mental light bulb light up, 3: having so much time off when school is out seems fun 4: I’d teach kids some common sense that people just seem to lack!

Sad fact, my official nick name from some friends since 8th grade is “Mike..The Big Asian”.

A Year Of Hate Is Coming To An End

This year hasn’t been great but so far nothing truly bad has happened.

I’m truly thankful that I have an employer who appreciates me (although they didn’t appreciate me enough since I can’t get a raise until May 2010…or so they say).

I’m still thankful that Obama was elected, not that I’m 100% siding with him, but McCain and Palin was just not a good idea…especially Palin. Obama’s win proves that racism is not as bad as I thought, either that or racist people don’t know how to vote.

Many have asked me “Mike, why do you hate so much…” And I agree, I hate a lot of things, a lot of people, even a lot of food. It doesn’t help that we are constantly surrounded by idiots, if you don’t think this is a fact then you either work in a very good edumacated environment or you yourself is an idiot, I’m sorry you really are. If you really don’t see that you are surrounded by idiots you are retarded, go see Idiocracy and understand what I think our future holds for us.

I’ve slowly come to a realization that my hatred towards stupid people may be killing me, and frankly it is a waste of the little energy I have. So I’m going to try to hate a little less starting 2010 and just walk away from them.

Irvine California Wants To Say Eff You!

I was browsing through some expensive homes near my area that I hope I will one day own and came upon this site: http://www.orangecoastliving.com/newportcoast.html Do you see what I see on the map? Is it me or is Irvine flipping us off?!?

How To Convert .RGO file to .PDF

Short post/tutorial:

I came across a file that had a .RGO extension and spent a little bit too much time looking for a way to convert it to a more common format (.PDF). So I thought I’d save some people time by posting this.

Go to this url: http://www.cerience.com/viewers/pc.php
or Google for “Repligo pc”

Select “Windows Desktop PC” and click [SUBMIT]

Click “Downloads RepliGo Viewer for Windows”

Install the program

Open your .RGO file with this application

Once opened, go to “File”, “Print”

Select “Adobe PDF” as your printer (I think you need to have a paid version of Adobe Acrobat for this) and select OK

That’s it you’re done!

Living On The Wrong Side Of The Tracks

Every morning on my way to work, I have to drive past a railroad track, there are usually a quite a few commuter trains rushing by in the early hours. There is a traffic light about 30 yards after the railroad crossing and that light seems to be on red more often than not.  On many occasions people would stop right on the tracks when traffic is backed up. Keep in mind there are three lanes and an island, if the gate closes and the train is coming there’s really no where to go except straight to hell.

I’ve complained about stupid people many times, I’m not that smart, but I am logical. Why would you literally park your car on the tracks?!?! If you want to get killed, don’t do it at an intersection, at best, the train will kill you and push your car into another car causing only your death. At the worst, the train will derail killing you, many people in the train and a few drivers close to the gate.

I can see it now,  “Man dies in car while taking crappy photos with his phone as a train barrels down on him” to this I say:  “Sir,  YOU SUCK!”

Frosty Heidi And Frank Are Back On 790AM In Los Angeles!

Just a short message. My favorite treo is back on the air starting Monday October 5, 2008. They were officially done with their CBS contract last Friday. I guess someone has been waiting for this because they will be broadcasting live on 790AM. I’m not sure of the details yet, but check back on frostyheidiandfrank.com for more details on show time.

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch with WiFi, make sure you get the “AOL Radio” app, you can tune into KABC 790AM with that!

***Posted Via iPhone***

Infomercials Are Stupid, Yet Funny & Entertaining

I was watching a documentary about Bees (yes, I watch some weird stuff) and was too lazy to fast forward during a commercial break. As I was slowly dozing off, a short infomercial started and I was wide awake laughing. They were selling plastic containers where the lids and containers are the exact same thing, so you can make a container with twp container bottoms to hold something really tall or use two lids to hold a slice of bread.

No, I was not excited about the containers, it was their sales pitch that entertains me. As usual, it started with the famous line…”Has this ever happened, or this? Do your container just make a mess? Say goodbye to dirty counters! introducing the revolutionary…….”

So you see a woman with a container of spaghetti, fill to the top….then maybe two cups above the rim, next thing you know she puts the lid on and smashes it down, waddaya know?!?! the excess food is now all over the counter. The camera pans out and the woman is shaking her head with disappointment.

Like the Closetmaid Organizer infomercials where they claim to make your closet all nice, neat and give you more space (what you don’t see is them throwing away 2/3 of the junk and clothes). This commercial also claims to clear out your pantry! Here are the “before” and “after” pictures. In the before scene I see there are way over 10 items, where did they all go?

I’m not saying I’m the cleanest person around, but really are there people that dirty and messy, and if they are, are containers really going to change that? If you are dumb enough to over fill a container with two cup of extra food and attempt to close it. You need to die.

I need to come up with a product to sell! I can see it now, my product, the revolutionary auto flusher for your house, for those who forget to flush…starts with a scene of a overflowed toilet, a guy walks into the bathroom and sits on the mound of feces where the toilet is buried, camera pans out, he’s shaking his head…”Has This Ever Happened To You?!?!? Introducing the revolutionary auto flusher…”

“Shitty” ideal? Your ideas are welcomed, we’re gonna be rich!

Frosty Heidi & Frank 97.1FM…Now a Daily 1HR Podcast

Six months ago, one of my favorite talk radio station “KLSX 97.1FM” in Los Angeles ceased operation and the stations format changed from talk radio to yet another pop/hip-hop music station. (Old Post)

They were quiet for a little then they started a weekly podcast (FHFU – Frosty Heidi & Frank Uncensored). It was a drag only having them for 1 hour of a week, but it was better than nothing.

On August 3, 2009 they began a DAILY 1 hour podcast that is available for download from their site: http://www.frostyheidiandfrank.com/fhfu.asp as well as from iTunes’ subscription. Don’t forget to rate them in iTunes if you like it! I can’t wait ’til a station wises up and pick up their show…their CBS contract is up on September  25, 2009 so they will finally be free!!!

Protective Cases For Phones, Laptops, etc.

I just has lunch with of my friends and one of our discussions was in regards to how scratched up his iPhone was and how both my gf’s iPhone (my 1st gen) and mine is in prestine condition.

I partly blame this on the Apple corporation. When you purchase an iPod, iPhone or even a laptop from them, they often ask if you would like to buy a case to protect your new toy. What they fail to tell the consumers is that they need to remove the case every few days or at least once a week to clean out the dirt, dust, lent, etc. Why? You ask? Because most, if not all cases are not a 100% dust proof, grime gets in through the edges and the button cut outs and often remain between your nice expensive toys and the case. Since the, lets say iPhone is not 100% fitted into the case (by 100% I mean a perfect fit where the phone does not have any “micro” movements) the Phone will rub against the little particles and the so called protective case. Over time this will create tiny scuffs on you phone!

My friend has had his phone for about a year now and it looks like crap. He has NEVER cleaned it out!

So my word of advise. Check the stuff that’s stuck inside your case and clean it out often!

Sorry for any typos. Typed this out on my iPhone.

People I Used to Work With

I used to work for a mortgage company that dealt with sub-prime loans prior to the real estate market “collapse”. Before you start blaming me for the disaster, I worked in the “Master Servicing” department, which is basically just accounting. and once in a while I’m the I.T. guy in the department, that’s all.  I had nothing to do with the collapse.

I do a google search for “Quick Loan Funding” once in a while just to see what comes up, today I got this:  http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/267/RipOff0267361.htm and as I was reading the comment, my jaw dropped lower and lower, my eyes got wider and wider. I knew I worked with some stupid people there. I’m not saying I don’t make mistakes when I blog (I know I make plenty of mistakes and have a lot of typos) , but when I read over what I wrote, I know what needs to be corrected. This writer obviously has no idea what the difference between “Their” and “There” is!

Here’s what s/he wrote:

Quickloanfunding again laid off 85% of there staff yesturday. The owner Daniel Sadek couldnt even meet with the employees to tell them that he was laying people off again. He made Mark Bishop tell everyone that there warehouse lines were cut to 30m and that they were going to make cuts. If we wanted to know if we were safe we could go into the HR director Judy’s office and ask.

As of this morning there phone lines are not working. Looks to me like they are doing the same thing that the owner did with his other company Globalcom Satilite. They were in bussines one day and the next they shut there doors turned off the phones and were gone with no notice to there customers at all.

I feel sorry for the home owners that have been working with quickloanfunding who have put out the $350-$500 for there appraisal that wont be reciveing a loan or their refund.

Ex-employee
Santa Ana, California
U.S.A.

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