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name Tim C Hose
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birthday 03.27.81

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Wow. I just killed everyone at work with the "Interrupting Cow" knock knock joke. I didn't actually understand that they just didn't know the joke.
I'm having a pretty great day. I got a lot done and some extra on top of that. I made some pretty awful posters for a sales seminar coming up, but they didn't really have to be that great, so it was okay.
I get to go to Office Max today to see if I can find some sticker paper. I'm going to try to print out some stickers that my youth kids can give out to their skateboarding friends. It's all based on this character that I made up Thursday night, Crosseye the Christian Turtle.
This is him.

Alright, I've got to finish some work and not waste the company's time. At least I don't get paid by the hour, so I'm not worried about feeling like I'm cheating them.

TimChose [ 3:13 PM ]

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Yesterday I was having lunch with my brother and a couple of other friends. It was at this odd little hole in the wall place that doesn't get a lot of notice, which was really cool with me because I love those kinds of places.
Well, I was walking through the reasturant talking on my phone (yes, I was that rude, but I was trying really hard to be quiet.) and there was a waitress who was talking to other waitresses and also not paying attention. Apparently she really likes to gesture when she talked, because when I walked by, she swung her arm out to the side to make a point, backhanding me hard right in the solar plexis. It didn't hurt, (I have to say that, of course, because of testosterone.) but dang it was funny. She got this horrified look on her face and started apologizing right away while the rest of the waitresses and myself exploded in laughter.
She kept apologizing and looked really embarrased, so I stopped her and said "No, really! It was FUNNY, don't feel bad!"
Anyways, that was pretty much the whole story. We went back and forth for the rest of the meal with her apologizing and me telling her not to worry about it because it was pretty hilarious.
I'm pretty sure she got over it, because she came to our table later and told everyone how she had beaten me up. I did my very best to look properly thrashed, and it was just a really good time.
Yeeeeah, she was like, 60 years old. The best part was when she told everyone that she "Whalloped me good."

So... there's the story for the day! Kind of lame, but it amused the heck out of me.
Have a great day everyone.

TimChose [ 9:19 AM ]

Thursday, January 19, 2006

I just had the most bizarre experience on the internet with one of the most intimidating websites around.

AMAZON.COM

And now they know my phone number.

Have any of you ever called the customer service number at Amazon? I'll tell you right now, you haven't, because they don't have one. Amazon, as it turns out, calls you.

There I was, trying to place an order on Amazon for my company, when the thing just wouldn't go through. All of the information was correct, but I kept getting a "We're sorry, we can't process your request at this time," message at irregular intervals in the checkout process. Finally after thirty fruitless minutes of trying and re-trying, I decided to call the customer service number and get to the bottom of this dirty conundrum!

What I got instead was a pop-up window asking for my phone number. Below that was a dropdown menu asking when I wanted to get a call. The option I selected, because I am an American after all, was "RIGHT AWAY."

After diligently entering my phoney-phone number, I hit the "Call me" button, which made me feel vaguely like a sleaze.

Instantly, and I mean instantly, the window changed to "CALLING," and then a moment later, "RINGING."

My phone rang.

A little freaked out, I looked quickly back and forth from my phone to my computer. Was their customer service really this good? It couldn't be... right?

I picked up the phone.

"CONNECTED." Said my computer.

Nervous that I was about to speak to the matrix, I cautiously said, "He-hello?"

"You will be connected to a customer service agent immeadiately!" Shouted a recorded voice.

Okay, I thought to myself this is where I get put on hold forever. I knew customer service could not-

"CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE."

No way.

"CONNECTED."

And then I was. Just like that, Amazon.com had whisked into my life and handled everything for me, to the point where I didn't even have to dial my own phone. I probably didn't really even need to pick up the headset, actually. There was also a button on the popup window that said "HANG UP," and that's just what it did.

Oh the wasted energy of holding the phone to my ear! If only I'd hit speakerphone and not burned all of those calories!

So, this entire entry is pretty much just to say that I love Amazon. Yes, Amazon, I love you. I love you.

Call me.

TimChose [ 8:38 AM ]

Monday, January 02, 2006

So I'm making a promise here. Ready? Here it goes.

I'm going to learn CSS if it kills me! Then, when that's done, my blog here is going to look freaking awesome.

Sometime after that I'll get a website up and off of the ground, but for now, I'm going to hit this blog like it was some kind of TLC program. I've got the glint of design in my eye and with a little help from our neighbors at Home Depot, I can do anything.

This is the all-new design right now, actually. I'm still working on the head graphic, but for now, it's mega-sweetness and I'm pretty happy with the overall look. It's been a really cool experience learning CSS and HTML over the last couple of days. I've spent quite a few hours in Books-A-Million reading design and website building books. I know the basics and now I want to get on this crazy trick pony, yo!

Alright, that's about as much funky freshness as I have in my entire body, so I'm out of here.

TimChose [ 10:45 PM ]