The Russell-P Project:

My new job....

For those who have not seen or heard from me in the last few days there is a reason for it, you see I have started my new job and let me tell you what, wow it's a lot of work. For the last week I have been at our international sales conference and I have been at work from 6:45 a.m. till 10:00 p.m. every night. Now that's a lot of work.

It's been good though and a lot of fun. Everyone seems really cool and the company seems like a great company to work for. I am pumped up and excited about it. Well I am tired so talk to you guys later.    

So I got up early...

Wow it's 9:00 a.m. and I am up. Well the reason is at 2:00 a.m. we dropped a huge house fire and I just now got home from it. Yep, on scene for 7 hours. Now Whataburger is calling my name. Time for taquitos....

Question for all the famous people in the world...

I wonder if they waste as much of their day as I do on YouTube? I mean I have not been working for the past oh I don't know about month now and I would say I have spent about half that time on YouTube just looking around at crazy videos. This made me start to wonder if people who are famous and who don't have a quote unquote "real job" spend as much time on it as I do. I guess they don't. I suppose they are out there doing things that make them famous like writing music and making movies. Ha what losers.

I really wish I was a Mexican midget...

Now I know many of you are asking, Russell-P, what in the hell are you talking about? You are a great looking, funny, nice, sexy, killer package, nice tight buns, big strong man legs, fully of energy and money white guy why would you want to be a Mexican midget. Now if you asked yourself that exact question pat yourself on your back because you just became my new best friend. Truth of the matter is that I am none of the said things above except for the white guy part. But I digress, the fact of the matter is that I saw a Mexican midget this weekend and I wanted to be him.

So this weekend it just so happened that I had some down time on Sunday. This was my first day any many weeks where I could just lay in bed and watch TV. Typically my days are spent jet setting across the world in my million dollar private jet living the life on an international playboy... ok... well maybe my weekends are usually spent playing shows with my band and trying to recover from massive hangovers. That's almost the same thing as a jet setting playboy.

Either way I got to lie in bed this weekend for a lot of hours and watch TV. Now anyone who knows me knows that I am addicted to the Discover/History/National Geographic Channels. When I get home that is the first thing I do is flip it to channel 29 which is the Discovery channel. Well this weekend I got sucked into watching 6 hours of Discovery Channel programming based around The Davinci Code. Now I was a huge fan of the book and to show how big of a nerd I am I have done numerous hours of studying about the Knights Templar and Priory of Sion. What can I say, I am a huge history buff and even bigger nerd.

Now I am sure a lot of your are starting to ask, "Russell-P, come on now, get to the part about the midget". Well for those of you who are asking that fine, here it goes. So after about 6 hours of Discovery Channel I figured I would get a bit of exercise by picking up my remote and changing the channel. So as I was flipping through the channels I stumbled across a wrestling match on the Spanish channel. I was instantly amused by the 2 oversized (that's the nice way of saying fat ass) Mexican wrestlers wearing these crazy mask dukeing it out.

I decided what the hell, I had learned enough history from the Discovery Channel for the day, I might as well get a bit of international culture time in by watching the Spanish Channel and this wrestling match. Well I started watching the match and to my surprise this tiny ass little Mexican man came running out wearing this crazy blue bear outfit. This was by far the funniest thing I have ever seen. This little dude was tiny. Of course he was tiny, he was a midget, but I mean this guy was super tiny. He was small enough that I bet the other midgets made fun of him for being so short.

Well this little blue bear midget started running around messing with the other wrestlers. I wish I would have known what the hell they were talking about but unfortunately I got kicked out of Spanish class in Junior High and never got around to learning any more of that language besides saying Taco, Nacho and Queso.

Well I guess the midget said something wrong to one of the fat Mexican's because he proceeded to pick up the midget and toss it our of the ring. For the life of me I just about died laughing. Seeing this blue bear of a midget fly through the air was truly one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Well after watching that I have a new found respect for midgets. It must take a lot of balls being that small and having to go through life like that. So I say lets have a toast and raise our glasses to all the midgets around the world. And if it was up to me, I would declare the day May 22nd in the year of our Lord 2006 Mexican midget day.

There's a 5:30 in the morning?

So I just got some pretty disturbing news. I mean it's nothing crazy like I have cancer or my leg got bitten off by a great white shark, no this is way more disturbing then that. You see I just got an email from the company I am going to be working for and it seems that  my first day is going to be this Monday. Yeah for me because I was hoping to start work soon. Well here comes the disturbing part, you see I have to be at a hotel for a sales meeting at a place that is an hour away from my apartment. That in it's self is not bad the bad part is that I have to be there at 7:00 a.m.

You see here is the problem with that. For me to be there at 7:00 a.m. that means I need to wake up at around 5:30 a.m. Ok, I just woke up about 10 minutes ago and it's already 1:00 p.m. You see why this could be a little bit of a problem for me? I have been going to bed for the past month at around 4:30 a.m. every day. Now all of a sudden I have to get up at 5:30.... I'm boned.

Today I figured I would be a good little boy and try to wake up at 9:30, you know, gently ease into waking up early again. Well that didn't work. 9:30 came and went and I still snored and snoozed like it never happened. So starting tonight I have to go to bed early. No more staying up playing on MySpace or playing games on pogo.com I must, for the love of God, wake up early tomorrow. You guys say a little prayer for me on this one.

Shouldn't really be called the dollar theater now should it...

So last night my girlfriend and I had us a little date night. She decided to drive down from Huntsville so I figured if she was going to make the 50 mile drive I should better take her out on a nice date to try and impress her... So I took her to the dollar theater. Actually that's not true, it's now the dollar and a quarter movie theater. I guess that extra quarter just really up's their revenue.

Either way it was a fun time, we went to go see "Employee of the Month" with Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook. I must say it was a pretty good little flick. I also must say that Jessica Simpson made me want to stand up in the middle of the movie, point at the screen and yell out, "YUMMMMYYYYY". She was looking pretty fly in that movie.

I also must say that going to this particular dollar and a quarter theater was quit a multicultural experience. We had to be the only white couple in the entire theater. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with this and I usually enjoy being the only white person. In fact after watching this movie thanks to the Hispanic family behind me I now know how to say half of the movie in Spanish. You see the family behind me took their grandmother with them to see the movie and undoubtedly she does not speak English because after every line of the movie she would say "Que". Then the family would translate the line for her in Spanish. I felt bad for the little boy with them because this particular translation job feel to him and you could tell he was not to happy with it.

Also on the other side of the theater there was a large group of black kids... sorry African American youths who thought they were pretty ghetto. It's always funny to see suburban kids try and dress ghetto. Either way it was funny to hear some of the things they were saying back to the movie screen. It always makes me laugh when I am sitting in the movie and something happens and someone yells out, "Yo girlfriend, you aint gotta take that from that cracker. Just beat his ass girl", then they snap their fingers. This always makes me chuckle inside.

So all and all it was a good little date night. It was a good movie and I loved being able to spend time with my girlfriend. We really are getting along great and things are gonig good with us.

It's been how long since I have wrote on this...

So I know, I know, it's been forever since I have wrote a blog. Well what do you expect, I am unemplyed, well have not started my new job yet, and sitting at home all day. I have many important things to do like X-box and hummmm X-box and MTV and a bit more X-box.

Actually things have been going really good for me. My new girlfriend and I, her name is Jubilee and no that is not a stripper name but her real name, have been doing good. She lives about an hour from here in Huntsville and she comes to visit as much as she can. It's pretty nice having a girlfriend I almost forgot what it was like for a bit there. She really is a super rad chick and is a lot of fun.

I should be starting my new job here in a week and I am somewhat excited about it. Not sure how long it will take me to get back into the swing of getting up early but we shall see. I figure it's kind of like jet lag when you go to a new country and after a few days I should be back into the swing of it. Needless to say I am more then ready to start work due to the fact that my funds are starting to dwendel down a bit. Don't get me wrong I am not broke but I am also not out buying bottels of Krystal like Puffy and all them kats.

On a side note it's Saturday and I am sitting at home by myself drinking. My band was going to come over and we were going to have a poker night but that did not work out. My girlfriend is in Huntsville working tonight so I figured what the hell, let's get drunk on my own and play X-box. Needless to say I got bored with that and this is why I decided to write a blog. Well like I said I am just chilling at home so if anyone wants to holla at a playa, that's what the kids say now and days for talk to me, then hit me up if you know how to get a hold of me.

Bet you thought I died didn't you...

Well I bet you guys are wondering why I have not posted a blog in a bit, well there is a really really good reason for that. The reason is.... I have been hooked on X-Box. That's right how sad is that? I am a 28 year old dude sitting at home playing X-Box for like 20 hours a day this past week. I must say, this has been a blast!! Nothing like sitting around just wasting time.

My band has had these past 2 weeks off and I already accepted that job so now all I have to do is just sit around all day wasting time until I start my job. It's the life let me tell you.

On a side note the other night I felt like one of the three wise men. Allow me to explain. So it was Christmas night and I was a bit hungry. Well I jump in my car and start heading down the road looking for something to eat. I look up into the Northern sky and what do I see? No it was not the north star it was the golden arches. That's right, like a beacon calling my name the golden arches was the only thing lit up in the night sky. I imagine this was the feeling the Three Wise Men felt when they saw the North Star. So like the wise men looking for the manger I pulled in to McDonalds for a bite to eat. How sweet is that? On Christmas day I get to eat at McDonald's. Now that's some damn good Christmas dinner.

Well I promise I will try and get on here and do some more writing. I think my X-Box addiction is now up and I will get back to playing around on MySpace and writing blogs. I wonder if my new job has MySpace blocked at the office?

No longer unemployed...

That's right, I got offered a letter today to do sales for a large software company here in Houston. I have not excepted it yet but I think I am going to. It's a good company that has been around for a while and they sale SAP type applications to large companies. So the money will be good. I will let you guys know more about it later, I am running late to practice.

Another day another interview...

So once again I am up early and on my way to an interview. In fact this is the 2nd time for me to interview with the company. Today I am meeting with the CEO who flew in from good old California. I am pretty stoked about this company and this job. I think I would be a good fit for them as they for me. Not to mention it would almost be double my pay from my old job. So wish me luck here I go again.

Cute couple or not?

   

Unemployment Day 10: The Interview

Professional MySpace Stalker?

These days, you can get paid for almost anything. Get paid for blogging, get paid for shopping, get paid for trying out new products, etc. But what if you could get paid for just being on MySpace?

Imagine what would happen to the economy if suddenly millions of MySpace users were getting paid to hang out on MySpace. Wouldn't that be something?

Still, if I could pay someone to do something MySpace-related, it would be to cyber-stalk people for me. Ok, let me explain...

Now that MySpace has given its users the option to make their profiles private, it's gotten a bit harder to "stalk". Let's say your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend has a private profile. Now you can't secretly read their blog, comments or scope out their friends list. In fact, the only way to do that is to send a friend request and get them to ACCEPT it... and since doing that would most definitely "out" you...that's not going to happen.

But what if there were professional MySpace stalkers? Their job would be to either get themselves added to that persons friend's list or to find someone who already is who can give you the skinny on that persons profile. Their services would be in demand for sure.

This is all hypothetical of course. It's not like I actually stalk anybody on MySpace.

And if I did, I certainly wouldn't tell you... ;-)

New band photos... and maybe we are naked in some of them...

So we have had some new band photos taken of us and we have posted them to our photo site. We want to know what you guys think about them so why don't you come leave us a comment on them. Trust us, it will make you feel better when you do it.

Also come check us out tonight at Sherlock's in ClearLake. Rumor has it Chuck Norris is going to stop by and sing a version of Crazy Bitch. Should be a good time.

Adrenaline Boyz...

Unemployment Day... Hummm something or another.

So today I had another interview. It went good except it was for a position that I really do not want or is it wont? I forget these grammatical things like this. Well the good thing is the guy who interviewed me hooked me up with 6 contacts for people who are looking for sales guys. That's not bad, in fact I have an interview with one of them on Monday. I also have an interview for another company on this Friday. See not to shabby for a guy with a photo degree. The only down side is the one on Friday is at 8:30 a.m. and my band has a show the night before in Clearlake. That means my ass will not be getting home and hitting the bed till about 5:00 a.m. That might be one of the nights where I just stay up and pray that I can make it till 8:30.

Other then that life is going pretty sweet. My band and I went to The Warehouse live to check out where we are going to be playing for New Years and I must say... KICK ASS!! That is going to be one hell of a good time. I can not wait.

Also yesterday we took some pictures for the band with this guy in Houston named Tre Ridings. This guy has shoot all kinds of bands from Manson to Hoobstank to all kinds of people. Here is a link to his page if you want to check him out. Photographic Tendencies He is also the main photo guy for 94.5 The Buzz and for The Warped Tour. He got some pretty killer shots and I should be posting some of them tonight.

Also tonight is the new night of The Real World. I know, I know what you are saying, "Russell-P what in the hell are you doing watching that crap for. You could spend your time better just sitting around getting kicked in the nuts". Well what can I say, someone got me hooked on watching it and now I dig it and we watch it together. Could be worse, I could be watching reruns of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton.