Thursday, September 18, 2003

(Sing to the tune of Creed-Arms Wide Open)

Well i just got the news today,
I knocked you up, i gotta pay,
It felt so good, when we f**ked that night
I didn't realize it would f**k my life

With pants wide open
Choking my chicken
It is safer this way
Than a quick roll in the hay
With pants wide open

Just a little something i have been working on for a while now.

I was taking a break earlier today at the hotel, and got me some peanuts from the vending machine. While i was munching away i turned the bag over and looked at the nutrition information and ingredients. Pretty straightforward in what they had (peanuts cooked in peanut/cottonseed oil, salt) but at the end it had to mention that these peanuts were cooked in the same machine that cooked other kinds of nuts (almonds, cashews, etc) which is amazing considering there were no other nuts that may have mistakenly put in the same bag as the peanuts.
Nowadays, every channel you turn to, there's some report about the obesity in America. I'm not talking about the parents of some 12 year old kid suing a major fast food restaurant because he couldn't stop past one Happy Meal in one sitting. (When i was younger i was able to eat 5 Big Mac's and 5 large fries in one sitting, but i never pitched a fit to the restaurant for doing it to me.)
I still remember the stink people raised about 10 years ago or so saying the nutrition information was too confusing and needed to be revamped. However, they still confuse most people not to mention mislead them into believing that what it says is based on what you plan on eating at first. Pick up a bag of chips or crackers, and it will tell you how many servings it contains, along with what one serving size is considered. Most of the time, one serving consists of maybe only 7 chips or crackers. Now who in their right mind is going to measure out 7 chips and put the bag away? If the health organization is so concerned about obesity in America they would require manufacturers to create only 1 serving size packages. Even one small bag of chips will say 2 or 3 servings on the bag.
Also, another request is to make the ingredients more understandable. Not all of us have a Ph.D in Chemistry to know what monopseudowhatchamacalit is. Just put on the package, 'real food stuff and other unpronouncable crap you would not know about unless you messed with it on a daily basis.'

Monday, September 15, 2003

Forget the world, Forget the people, Just close your eyes, Forget your name

I ran across this phrase at a website earlier today, and for the most part, it explains perfectly the reasoning behind the previous post, particularly Fri after work. All week i've been frustrated (not sexually, you perverts) at many things occuring in my life, either work related or personal, that i needed to let loose and break free from everything. Forget who i am even for a little while. That is just what i did that night (i didn't over-do it to the point i am kneeling before the great porcelian god, but i was comfortably numb when i left).
Sat was for a different reason (alas, it didn't work out the way i had hoped, but such is life).

I'm not one who complains to everyone about what is happening in my life. I'm the 'quiet one'...the one you need to watch out for. I won't complain outwardly but inside i'm screaming my bloody head off. I will try to explain myself in a later post. Now it's time to get the hell outta Dodge (work).