My Happy Friday

Ahhhhhhhh Chu! It’s that stupid time again and the allergies are KILLING me! Why exactly are people allergic things we can’t avoid? Terrible.  

If you’re worried about the increasing gas prices, check out last Friday’s Dilbert. I think they figured out a solution to our little gas issue. If you have a thing for bubble wrap like my colleague Lisa, this might be for you.  

Friday night Rachel and I picked up my god son Omar from Kya. I just wanted to have him for the weekend, but I was told by a bunch of folks that it was a test run. Well I’ve driven the car and I’m not ready to buy. Rachel did most of the work—waking up in the middle of the night and changing diapers, but it was still too much work for me. Saturday my buddy Adrian came by to challenge me in another of our epic Wii battles. We spent about five hours going back and forth until he left.  

Sunday morning was my baby day. He woke up and so did I. We spent the morning playing and I even let him try on my favorite Yankees hat. Before we took him back to his mother, we went shopping. I got him a bunch of Yankees gear and we picked him up some multilingual toys. After dropping him off, Rachel and I tried out the surround sound system we finally got back from the manufacturer with Cruel Intentions 2—strictly a c list movie, but we liked it.  

Tuesday my boy Bill C. got me a caramel frappacino. Is that how you spell it? That was a good call, Rachel. You have to love this kid. He wore the same football jersey for like four years. I completely understand the kid, but whose parents would let them do that? 

I got to see Jen’s cool ACL scar on Wednesday. That made my day. My new roommate was complaining about going to the gym so I told him about the guy who lost nine pounds playing Wii for 30 minutes a day for six weeks. And guess what? I found eight bucks in my pocket. How great is that? 

I found a cool new job that I was considering applying for. Did you ever want to lie in bed and get paid for it? NASA is conducting a 3-month study and paying $17,000 dollars to people who are willing to spend three months lying in bed.  

We had our first softball game yesterday and we got “owned.” Owned is video game for embarrassed, dominated or killed by the other team. I did make the play of the game with an over-the-shoulder Willie Mays catch. 

So while I rub my eyes until they turn red and watery, feel to shoot me an e-mail and tell me about your week.  

You just killed the work week. 

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

Allllllllllrighty then! I hate waking up in the morning, but I love being awake. Don’t you? My buddy, Adrian sent over a picture of the house he is having built. That’s a very impressive living area, sir!

I spent Friday night with a few buddies playing cards on Friday night at Jon’s house. He showed me the playground he built for his son and his new fish pond. Are you in the market for a fully grown child? I don’t take much work. J

I spent Saturday with my Aunt, mother and cousin. My aunt is hilarious. She is just funny for no reason.  On the advice of my buddy Joe Diamond, I took the time to try that new iced tea from Dunkin Donuts. AWESOME! I think I’m hooked.

Here’s a funny story about my mother. She watches the Hills. Are you familiar with this nonsense? LOL. Terrible.  On Thursday I was at a photo shoot for a client. We were wasting sometime between shots and the photographer told us how he used to drink 15-20 cups of coffee a day. I can’t even drink 15 cups of water in a day. How is that even possible? Sick.

Oh wow, I just realized this week was particularly boring. Terrible.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!). 

Wake Up Call. The Japanese are so imaginative.  Friday was a great day. I had the day off, after four months I beat Super Mario Galaxy and Rachel and I watched the Rangers beat the Devils. For those of you, like Darren, who were paying attention you saw that I sent the blog out at 4 a.m. (Laughing to myself) That’s kind of what happens when you give me a day off.   

Apparently, I missed another birthday. Kelly S’s was the second. Can I even say happy birthday at this point?  For the first time in, um, maybe six or seven months Rachel and I took a trip to the god ol’ movies on Saturday. We saw the Al Pacino movie, 88 Minutes. It’s definitely high drama, fast –paced and a must see. We finished up the weekend, with Will Ferrell classic, Talladega Nights. 

Ray sent me another couple who insisted on doing a funny dance at their wedding so they could get on Youtube. This is a good one so I have to give it to them. Can someone tell me who Omar Sharif is? For the four thousandth time someone asked me if I was named after Omar Sharif. And for the four thousandth time I called my mother just to confirm I wasn’t.  Hey, Tristine. Monday was your birthday!  I’m hoping my ongoing rivalry with Jane never gets this bad. Too bad the Yankees’ fan took the worst of it. (Random side thought) Adrian P., Rachel asked how you’re doing.  

Wednesday was Administrative Professional’s day. Happy Admin day to all of my super Admin friends!  I was supposed to pick up my 37” LCD TV this week, but I found myself torn. The women I talked to told me I should be sensible, but every male I knew told me to mortgage my life to get the biggest TV I could. Luckily, I found an incredible deal and picked up a 42.”  It’s massive! I have to get an HD cable box ASAP! I called up Ira on Thursday and he used the funniest voice to pick up. (THIS IS IRA SPEAKING). That does it ZERO justice. Ask me to do an impression when I see you! I’ll see you next week, Ira. 

If I’m not mistaken, Rachel had her first anniversary at her job yesterday and today is mine. Someone buy us a drink! J  Shoot me an e-mail and tell me about your week! Have a great day. 

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!). 

Oh, Oh, Oh….. Oh, Oh, Oh….Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!!!!!!!!!! I’m sure 98% percent of you have no clue what that’s about, but for those who do know it’s the perfect way to wake up!

I’m 26 now and I think I’m about six years past doing something like this. I know most people hate Kobe Bryant, but you gotta love him jumping over a speeding Aston Martin.

I spent a few hours with the family on Saturday. My Grandmother had a little something at her house. Wait random thought. Karen’s birthday was like a week and a half ago! I so forgot. I’m going to have to work on my memory. So back to the gathering. My older cousin Yannie got a new car and a new iPod Touch. How dare you outtech me!

Ever want proof that Boston Redsox fans were idiots? Here it is. While I respect the idea, why would you be dumb enough to tell someone? Did you think they wouldn’t dig it up?

Happy birthday shouts to Jerry K. and my buddy Jamil M. Joann V’s birthday was one of these days too. Happy birthday to you. Seriously, if you ever wanted to laugh, like seriously wanted to laugh, click this link. While the audio is not safe for work, maybe you can listen to it with your boss because it’s that funny.

I found out someone else I know has rabbits for pets when Sara Jane Z. checked in to give me an update and told me to “keep those Friday notes coming!” Bill picked me up a green tea latte. Thanks, Bill. I’ll take that off your tab. Kurt, you have one too! J

I had an opportunity to talk to my first girlfriend/ex-girlfriend (that rolls off the tongue), Kara¸ over AIM. Turns out she works in the same field my Aunt does and reads this—nice.

I received my monthly statement for my IRA which happened to be my quarterly statement and I nearly jumped off my second floor balcony.  Not really, but I was a bit shocked. I watched my portfolio drop over the last few months, no biggie, think long term right? But the quarterly statement said -10%–good lord. Glad I’m not 65.

On a happier note, you have to listen to this. Funny huh? Because I’m an idiot, I decided to check my horoscope yesterday. Here it is: Gemini (5/21-6/21) Instead of trying to plan out every minute of your busy day, just let it unfold. That was insightful.

“Many Islands, Low Fares - From $1* Each Way.” Sounds like a nice ad and some good prices right? OK. Read the next line of the ad. “The MILF Sale has returned by popular demand and it is hotter and cheaper than ever.” How stupid could Spirit Airlines be? (Thanks for the heads up, Darren.) A few weeks ago, Shelly tasked me with getting her a Wii. Not sure how she figured I’d be able to find one, but I did and I gave it to her before our meeting yesterday. Needless to say she was pretty happy. I also got a quick look at that ’08 Accord! Wow!

Oh, wait. Did I tell you I’m off? I’m off today! Here’s a funny story to end the week. I see my Mom last week and she’s “crying” to everyone who would listen that she’s going under the knife today and she might not come back from her surgery. This is the first I heard of this surgery so I was intrigued. She continued her story and it turns out she’s having MINOR foot surgery. Are you serious? I think she wants everyone to pray for her because there is always a “chance” that something could happen.  Tooo funny. Gotta love her.

Boom! You just killed the work week!

Rachel.  A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).    

Yeeeeeeeeahhhh, Boy! I guess that’s my best Flava Flav impression. So. What do we have here? Another Friday and I’m tired. It’s been a looonnnnnng week. Oh well I guess ‘cuz it’s over.

So J. Rock e-mails me after MHF went out last week and says, “Now my Friday is complete.  Ahhh.” Very nice! Nicer is the fact that she got a rabbit for Easter. Who gets a rabbit for Easter? Are you serious? I guess so. It’s cute, huh?I stopped by one of my new favorite lunch spots, Wawa, and picked up some sliced apples with my sandwich. To my surprise it came with melted caramel—yes! I have to thank Joe Diamond for the heads up about Wawa.

I’ve been tinkering with the idea of picking up another LCD TV for the last few weeks. It’s definitely going to happen, but I need to figure out what size I want. I have to thank Ira G. for his great advice. “Remember, just when you think the TV is big enough, go one step higher.” That combined with one of my colleagues explaining to me how when he was my age his TV cost more than his car could put me over the edge and force me to do something stupid. Ha.

I think I will live the next few months vicariously through my buddy Shelly. She just got that smoking hot ’08 Accord. I’m not much into big cars, but it looks like a BMW 3 series and I love it! If you’re a Knicks fan, you know Patrick Ewing. But, did you know he had a son? His son is what I call an animal. Look at this dunk! 2.2 million people can’t be wrong!

I picked up a new accessory for my Wii. It’s a charging station. Speaking of accessories, I’m impressed by Japanese women’s’ newest accessory. Turns out my buddy Lisa W. can’t do lunch with me because she is in “Brazzzzzzil.” Very nice! Even nicer is this internship Mitzi has. Check it out. Send it to someone who needs one.

Wednesday and Thursday were shake days. I bought a round of shakes for the team Wednesday and Joe Diamond bought it on Thursday. Bill, I think it’s your turn today. I’ll take a strawberry shake.

Last night Rachel cooked the most excellent chicken dinner. And that was the week! Tell me about yours!

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

I can’t think of any good way to say good morning, so I’ll just say hello. This week I add my first celebrity reader. Hello, Andrea W. or Hillsborough Star Buck’s customer of the week—Ha. As usual I received a quote-worthy e-mail from my buddy Mike K.  In it he discusses the importance of your name and its impact on your life/career. If nothing else it’s entertaining. 

Here’s the age-old question: if you win the lottery would you go back to work? Well this guy said yes. The ironic part is that he makes more from interest than he does at his job at McDonalds.  So we spent out lunch hour at Joe’s Pizza.  It was like our spring luncheon. I had a good time and nice frozen dessert in a pineapple.  

I got up at the break of dawn on Saturday to go see an allegorist. Now, he didn’t figure out what I was allergic to yet, but he did give me an EpiPen. I guess I should be worried I could possibly eat something that could make my face explode or throat close, but I’m more excited that it’s the same stuff they gave to Jack Bauer two seasons ago on 24 when they faked his death and brought him back to life with epinephrine. 

The Bowl for Kids bowling event was Saturday. Thanks to everyone who donated and/or showed up to bowl. I bowled a 199, but I think the highlight was the fact that a bunch of us thought Laura L.’s 30-something friend was her 16-year-old little sister—classic.  

How would you like to go to a restaurant and pay whatever you wanted? It’s a crazy idea, but apparently it works because there are a bunch of places like this that’ve been in business for a while. Did anyone prank you for April fool’s? Well at our office they decided to prank Andrea. They masterminded a classic joke that was incredibly funny, but as I watched the video I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. Too bad I can’t post the video. You’d soil yourself. Here is an April fool’s prank I can post. 

I talked to one of the country’s leading communicators, Charlie Y., via e-mail and we had the following exchange:  

Charles Y.  wrote: do you ever work, or are you just doing your blog full time? 

Mr. Omar J.  wrote: My life is a movie. It writes itself. Funny though, I’m working pretty hard. It’s fun though. I think I’ve found my groove.  

I’m not sure why I hear that some much, but I do work! Maybe I should smile less and complain more? Is that what you working folk do? LOL.  Actually, a tantrum like this one might be in order. Oh yeah, Rachel, Charlie says hi. So I come into work on Thursday and apparently Pat B. latched onto my latest catchphrase “Boom.” We talked about it and I taught her how to use it. She decided she’d add her own flavor and make it “Bah Boom.” That’s pure comedy!   

Close your eyes and imagine you’re sleeping. Now open your eyes. Look mom, it’s Saturday. It’s not really and you might want to make sure you open your eyes before your boss comes, but you get the point. In a few hours you’ll be driving home and you’ll be five days richer. Don’t spend it all in one place. 

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

Holy sidekick, Batman, its Friday! Aren’t you ready for the weekend? I’m a bit weird’ed out that I am actually in the office and that it’s Friday. I’ve spent every morning this week out of the office and the week has flown by.

So let me start by saying hello to my cousin Yannie. I am so happy you are alive and you lived to last Friday to see another birthday. You are SOOOOO dramatic—seriously, but I love you anyway. Since I had the day off Friday I stopped by my mailbox to see my buddy Tony. He is definitely one of the smartest people I know. He political savvy is unbelievable. I finished up the night with poker at Jon’s house.

Well anyway, we picked a wedding date! It was like two weeks ago, but I forgot to post it and I only told like two people who happened to ask. To find out when, click here. Friday also happened to be Aprill’s birthday and Sunday was Sylvia’s. As I write this I realize how bad of a friend I am because I didn’t call or email either of them.

I, eh, took a quick ride to one of my favorite places—Atlantic City. It turned out to be a great trip as usual. Free room, free food = free fun. While I was there I ended up winning a small, 60-dollar poker tournament and a $560 seat into another tournament. Now that’s cool. I win that tournament and it’s a 10,000-dollar seat in Las Vegas.

Of course I had the normal, full day hangover. No, not that kind, since I don’t drink and gamble, but I never get any sleep when I go and I always feel like crap the next day. So I made a quick stop in Philly before I went to work and Kurt reminded me about a few things about the hockey game we went to. It made me rethink the recap I wrote about it so I wrote this one. Yeah, it’s obvious he wrote it, but whatever. You happy now, Kurt?

Monday was also my little sister, Janae’s, bday. Wednesday Tom N. got a Wii. It’s so funny because Shelly wants one too. I keep telling you folks that you need a Wii in your life. Once you play it you’re hooked. I wouldn’t steer you wrong. Bill C. and I went out to lunch and stopped by Star Bucks. I had a green tea latte. What the heck is that? Good, that’s what it is. I think I like Star Bucks. When I got back to the office I got a pen I ordered and we realized that I got punk’ed. They blatantly misrepresented their product and I was fooled. $50 for that crap? Boo!

Later that night Rachel and I went out on a “date” to Friday’s. That was too cool. The green apple mojitos were incredible.

For those of you who are sick of the NCAA there is the Suds Sweet 16. I stumbled upon this while I was reading my Thursday newspaper. 16 beers battle it out for beer supremacy. And if that’s not interesting enough, how about training fish to catch themselves? Something about high pitched sounds, nets and fish. Who knows?

I’m out like a light brite. Have a great weekend.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

Good morning, folks! It’s mister Happy Friday himself. And this Friday, more than any recently, is very joyful. I am here laying in my bed relaxing while you’re at work. You’re at work right?

Anyway, I have the most incredible, horrible memory a person could have. I remember random things really well and forgot some things everyone remembers. I can’t help it, so I write most stuff down. That’s all to say that when I forget about something we did or when I saw you, shoot me in the leg not the chest because I didn’t do it on purpose. Lol.

That said, I soooooo forgot that I went to breakfast and to the RU woman’s basketball game with the best friend a few weeks ago. That was a blast. I spent this past weekend as Mr. Fixit. That was classic. I had my drill and my toolset out. I installed Rachel’s under-the-cabinet CD player/radio I got her. Oddly enough it was so easy. I also put together a rack for under the sink. I guess I’m worth something after all.

Monday, Rachel sent me a funny Happy Easter e-mail. Isn’t it a great peep show? I also realized how close the Big Brother Big Sisters charity bowling event was. You show bowl with us or donate if you can. Check out the information here.

I came home and celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with Rachel. While I do have an green Ireland shirt, I quickly realized I’m not Irish. I brought home some Guinness extra stout, whatever that means, and it became clear that that stuff was too much for me. More power to you Irish folks. Oh yeah, good luck on that holiday thing. J

So a few weeks ago I told you about the Visa IPO. They go public and Brian M. tells me the stock pops 30% in the first day. I hope you got a piece, I didn’t!  I took a trip out to Philly on Wednesday to check out a project I was working on. My buddy Darren L. over at Color Reflections gave me a quick tour of his office before I reviewed the project. He then took me to lunch at the Capital Grille. All I can say is wow. The calamari was by far the best I’ve ever had. They made it with hot peppers, yum. The lobster and crab burger with tartar sauce and a splash of Tabasco was incredible. Good job, Darren.

I stopped by Tyco on Thursday for a new project and I saw a bunch of folks (Jon, Marlon, Bill, Lisa, Laura and Suz). First was Lisa W. She is great. I often wonder why we weren’t cooler while I worked there, because you are SUPER cool. Apparently, she is a major fan of the blog and promises to send in some UGC one of these days. After I left I saw my client at Saddle River Tours and went back to the office. On the way back I saw the sickest thing. There was some kind of crazy accident I couldn’t see, but there was HUGE helicopter parked on RT. 287, yes ON RT. 287! I guess we will read about that today.

Later that night, my little sister came over with Brandon and my godson Marcus. They had fun playing Wii while I spent some time with Marcus. J Oh, wait. How could I forget about MARCH MADNESS! I’m bracket crazy! As I speak I am currently tied for 1^st in my pool.

Anyway, here are two quick final notes. Shelly is going on vacation! We’ll (I’ll) miss you for the next few weeks! And tonight, Rolling Rock, the beer, is making its first attempt to advertise on the moon with a laser. Now, you may not drink, but this is amazing just because. Watch out for it! I killed the work week yesterday, but the rest of you did it today. Enjoy your weekend.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

So I’m back, but don’t call it a comeback—I’ve been here for years! The aftermath of my allergic reaction to the buffalo chicken salad from Salad Works was horrible, but it did make for good conversation. I went back and forth with my pops about the salad and I realized that while the stupid salad made my entire body break out, I felt like it was one of the top three salads I’ve ever had. His response to me eating a salad was “you are two little to diet [O], eat man food and be healthy.”

Shelly made me realize “it [was] a sad day in my world. I guess it couldn’t last forever.” That was my response to her assertion that this was the first happy Friday e-mail that wasn’t so happy. I did get a new nickname out of it—“itchy.” That’s courtesy of my arch nemesis Jane and seconded by Kurt. Ha.

Here’s the 30 second recap of last week: Friday was my first hockey game with some of the fella’s from JK Design. I went to a client meeting in Freehold and saw a bunch of motorcycles. I think I was jealous I was driving. Jessica R. sent me a funny website. I found out I like my fingerprints and that you only need one arm to be a star. I got my taxes done on Sunday and Pat’s birthday was Monday.

This past Tuesday I found out that my buddy, Susan O., won an NJIABC award for her newsletter. Congrats to her and us too—we, JK Design, design it. I stop in Star Bucks every once and a while, but I can’t believe that the baristas might be willing to do this for a customer like myself who they barely know. Wednesday was Mitzi’s birthday!  Now she’s off on vacation overseas somewhere. Have fun buddy and thanks for checking in on me!

My amigo, Cleo, checked in on the itch and sent me the funniest e-card. Seriously, if you’ve ever worked in corporate America you will find large amounts of humor in this. If you’ve ever had a job it should still be pretty funny.

Oh crap! My buddy Sara Jane D. got married. Congrats to you! So, oh yeah! I saw Karen and her baby bump. I love touching baby bumps. J Wow. I felt like I would have too much to say, but this turned out to be a shorty. I’m happy, no ecstatic that it’s Friday. Aren’t you?

Below is some post happy Friday blog entertainment.

I love Sponge Bob. Don’t you?

Don’t get scammed by Jiffy Lube (Submitted by Rachel).

Using your pet to promote a good cause may not be a good idea.

If your job involves being on TV and you’re working, you should assume you always being watched—Right? (Submitted by Jeremy R.)

They called this a prank, but I call it spooky (Submitted by Ray G.).

An 11-year-old kid that can beat most 20-year-olds in basketball (Submitted by Ray G.).

Check this PSA out (Submitted by Kelly C.).

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).  

Happy Friday to you. I’m out sick this week. Not really sick, but I apparently have a bad food allergy to something I ate and I’m itching like I was lying in a bed of red ants. Enjoy your weekend. 

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).