MY DIARY TO 7/5/09: DEATH OF ICON AND ANGEL PLUS NEW APARTMENT

WELL IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE MY LAST JOURNAL ENTRY SO LET ME BRING ALL OF YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE DURING THIS TIME:

WORK UPDATE:

THE PAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE BEEN WORKING BASICALLY THE SAME SCHEDULE EXCEPT FOR THURSDAYS I HAVE BEEN CLOSING AT THE MIDDLEBORO STORE.  I HAVE BEEN HELPING THE MANAGER THERE SINCE HE IS MAKING A TRANSITION TO MANAGE THE MIDDLEBORO STORE.  HE HAS BEEN MANAGING TWO STORES SO I WAS ASKED TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION.  HOWEVER, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PAST THURSDAY NIGHT WAS MY LAST NIGHT THERE FOR NOW.  ALSO, I DID HAVE MY DM DO A STORE VISIT A WEEK AGO AND WE DID OKAY BUT HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.  I JUST FOUND OUT THAT MY GAMEZONE (GAME CABINET WITH ACCESSORIES, ETC,..) WILL BE REPOSITIONED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS DUE TO LOW SALES.  MORE DETAILS TO COME…..OVERALL, WORK HAS BEEN BUSY WITH PROJECTS, STAFF, ETC,….

NEWS UPDATE:

SINCE MY LAST JOURNAL UPDATE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DEATHS TO WELL KNOWN CELEBRITIES AND A NFL QUARTERBACK THAT WERE SHOCKING TO ME.  FIRST, THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A SHOCK TO ME BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS MAKING A COMEBACK.  THE DETAILS OF HIS DEATH TO ME ARE WORTH INVESTIGATING.  I THINK FOUL PLAY WAS DONE HERE AND I BELIEVE WHEN MORE DETAILS COME OUT THEN WE WILL ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.  I THINK IT IS TRAGIC BECAUSE I BELIEVE MICHAEL WAS AN ICON BUT VERY MISUNDERSTOOD.  I GREW UP DURING THE TIME HE WAS VERY POPULAR AND ENJOYED HIS MUSIC AND STILL DO.  SORRY TO SEE HIM GONE NOW.

FARRAH FAWCETT PASSED AWAY AFTER HER PUBLIC BATTLE WITH CANCER.  IT IS SAD THAT MUCH WAS NOT SAID OF HER BATTLE WITH CANCER AND ALL THE THINGS RELATED TO THAT BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON.  ALL THE HEADLINES WERE GIVEN TO MICHAEL AND IT SEEMS FARRAH WAS FORGOTTEN THROUGH THEM.  I GREW UP WATCHING HER IN CHARLIE ANGELS AND SEEING HER IN OTHER MOVIES.  SAD TO SEE HER GONE BUT I HEARD SHE WAS SUFFERING DUE TO THE CANCER.  NOW HER SUFFERING IS OVER.

ED McMAHON PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AND IT SEEMED NOT MUCH PRESS WAS GIVEN TO HIS PASSING AWAY.  I DO REMEMBER HIM ON THE TONIGHT SHOW YEARS AGO WITH JOHHNY CARSON AND IN STAR SEARCH.  I HEARD HIS LAST FEW YEARS INCLUDED FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AND HEALTH STRUGGLES…..

DAVID CARRIDINE AND FORMER QUARTERBACK STEVE MCNAIR RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.  MUCH IS BEING SAID OF MC NAIR’S SHOOTING WHICH IS SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST.  I HEAR THAT SOME OF THE DETAILS ARE STILL IN INVESTIGATION.

APARTMENT UPDATE:

RECENTLY PAM AND I VIEWED ANOTHER APARTMENT HERE IN NORTON AND WE REALLY LIKED IT.  THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING AT THE END OF JULY TO OUR OWN PLACE!!!  IT IS A NICE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT NEAR THE PROFESSIONAL GOLF COURSE HERE IN NORTON.  PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO MOVE SO MORE DETAILS TO COME.  FINALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN TRULY SAY WE WILL START OVER…..

PERSONAL UPDATE:

WELL PAM AND I HAVE SEEN THE NEW TRANSFORMERS MOVIE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AWESOME…….WE HAVE ALSO WATCHED SOME MOVIES THAT I HAVE BROUGHT HOME FROM HOLLYWOOD VIDEO THAT REALLY ARE NOT WORTH SEEING….LOL……JUST SAW “THE CODE” WITH MORGAN FREEMAN AND ANTONIO BANDARAS WHICH WAS A GOOD MOVIE.  WE ALSO SAW “KNOWING” WITH NICHOLAS CAGE WHICH COMES OUT TUESDAY AND I SAY RENT SOMETHING ELSE.  THIS MOVIE IS GOOD THROUGH MOST OF THE MOVIE BUT THEN YOU SEE THE PLOT UNFOLD AND THEN REALLY WONDER WHY YOU SAW THE MOVIE TO BEGIN WITH.  IT REALLY IS NOT THAT GREAT.   WE SAW, “12 ROUNDS” WITH JOHN CENA AND IT WAS A DECENT MOVIE.  I WATCHED, “THE UNBORN” WHICH COMES OUT TUESDAY AND I THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS OKAY.  HAD SOME SCARY SCENES AND DECENT PLOT.  DID NOT LIKE THE ENDING BUT YOU CAN DECIDE…….LOL……..

PAM AND I SPENT THE WEEKEND WITH OUR FRIENDS AT JOHN AND DEE’S AND WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME.  THANKS TO THEM FOR THE GREAT FOOD WHICH INCLUDED: RIBS, CHICKEN, BEEF BRISKET, MANY DESERTS, CHIPS, SALADS, ETC,….ETC,…….LOL…..OH YES AND BEER AND WINE COOLERS……LOL……….SOME OF US ENJOYED THAT MORE THAN OTHERS…….THOSE OF YOU READING THIS KNOW WHO YOU ARE……LOL………OVERALL, IT WAS GREAT……GREAT FIREWORKS TOO……..LOL……….

IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND OFF TO SPEND TIME WITH MY WIFE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS………DO NOT GET WEEKENDS OFF SO I ENJOYED THIS ONE………

HERE IT IS SUNDAY JULY 5TH AND AN END TO A GREAT WEEKEND.  WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JULY 4TH.   THANKS TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND CURRENT SOLDIERS.  IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR SACRA FICES THAT WE GET TO ENJOY OUR FREEDOM TO CELEBRATE………THANKS!!!

THAT IS MY CURRENT UPDATE FOR NOW.  MORE TO COME………