Well, I started at Comcast this week, and despite the fact that I have to dress business casual, it isn't that bad. There are a lot of negro faces...which was kinda surprising, and most of the trainers are black as well...but my training class is like, 2/3 white...but it's still ok. The class isn't boring, and honestly, it feels like I'm in high school...but still, the days go by fairly quick, and I'm getting paid for really doing nothing...which is good. I wanted to catch up on blogger here...but I am getting really paranoid about being late...even though I don't need to be there until 9, I feel like I should be dressed now...weird, right?
V-Day was super dope...the best I've ever had by far, and the first where I actually tried to do something for the person that I was with...
I mean, I've given V-Day cards before, but I never really cared about what they said, I just use to make sure they didn't say I loved them in it...and make sure that they were under 3 bucks. So getting a nice card, getting reservations, and trying to have an itinerary was kinda taxing...but it worked out...sort of. I made the reservations like, in the middle of January...for real...and originally, I was going to take Liz to the Franklin Institute...which is a science based mueseum in Philly. Well, Liz took me to the Franklin for my birthday, so I couldn't really take her there anymore...so I'm like, either the art mueseum or maybe some other random mueseum...so I was gonna do both. I was going to take her to the Rodin mueseum...which is where the sculpture 'The Thinker' is located...and take her to the Philadelphia Mueseum of Art...which is where Rocky runs up the stairs...but I didn't have time for both because they both closed at 5...I was kinda annoyed about that. The Rodin said they had free parking on their site RIGHT BEHIND the mueseum...get to the Rodin...no signs...no lot. So we paid like, 3 bucks for an hour on the parking meter. Went in...had nerdy fun...and barely escaped being on 'Parking Wars'...
We had to go home and change clothes for two reasons: The reservation was at 9, and they required Elegant Casual dress...and I still don't know what that requires to this day...
We got to the restaurant like, 20 minutes early, got Valet...just to wait for an hour and 20 minutes...the food was amazing, and the wait staff was the best I've ever seen...but what tripped me out is that they sat all of the black people in the same area...and the cat that sat behind us had on jeans, sneakers, and a Rockawear sweater. I'm not sure how that qualified as Elegant Casual, but who am I to judge? He had some great lines for his date to, like, "Baby, you can have some of the finest and most delicious of the wines and champagnes here." Or the great, "We don't have to get something from the menu...get whatever will make you happy." Now these quotes may not sound that bad in text form, but dude looked and sounded like Percy Miller...yeah, Master P. It was hilarious...I mean, the stuff they had you could get at Olive Garden...I was like, what was the point? Then at the end of the meal, we find out dude knows the chef personally, called him by name, hugged him, and they got their meal for free with a dessert sampler because he sends them so much business! I was so tripped out, for real...
So we leave without leftovers because everything was so good...and the truck didn't feel right...it felt like the tire was low...but I drove home anyway saying that I'd just go get air the next day...what happens? We get outside and there is a screw sticking out of the sidewall of the tire. The sidewall. The only place you can get a screw that cannot be fixed...I was so pissed...then on top of that, the part of the jack that you need to make it work was not in the truck!!! The jack was there, the extension poles were there...but the crowbar was not. I jacked it up part way with my hand and then a strong screwdriver, just so the weight of the truck wouldn't bend the rim...then one of Liz's friends came by and I was able to change the flat in like, 5 minutes...but overall it was a very interesting weekend. The best Vday I've ever had...ever.
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