Thursday, May 15, 2003
"Like Ray”
Because of taking vacation time and my hours at Sears being cut I worked maybe 50 hours if that in the past month. Needless to say I haven’t had this much down time in years. Most of it is spent looking for a new job, watching playoff hockey, or spending time with Liza. I think I even managed to drive the poor girl nuts a few days.
However, some people don’t even have to fill time with looking for a job, and do nothing all year round. Like Jenna’s brother Ray. This kid (actually man he turns 30 soon) has beaten the system. He hasn’t worked or cared to work for almost an entire year.
Last summer he got Jenna to buy his beer, but than he met a girl. He now lives with the girl and she lovingly foots the bill for all his expenses. Expenses include food, beer, and free rent. He once wrote a screenplay but as far as I know South Jersey is not a hotbed for people connected to movie studios.
I can’t imagine what he does with his day. It certainly doesn’t involve paying any of his bills, or any of the various other expenses that are years past due. Its amazing that he has managed to maintain a relationship with a girl (quite attractive one actually) this entire time. Showing little or not ambition to do anything other than take up space. He is my idol. Every time he sees me he tells me he is going to LA. Not unlike Kramer.
If he ever does need income I think a book on how to get everything by doing nothing would be a good idea. It’s amazing. I am not sure when Ray’s birthday is off, but I think I shouldn’t have to do anything
“A Great Lost”
Actor Robert Stack died earlier today died at 84 today. Stack best known to our generation as the host and voice of unsolved mysteries, and to our parents generation as Eliot Ness in the original untouchables series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Written on the Wind.
He didn’t really take Hollywood or himself to seriously and his career reflected that when he moved over into the comedy genre. Most notable was his deadpan hilarious role in Airplane!. He also showed up in Steven Spielberg’s 1941, BASEketball, and the good awful Caddyshack II. He also did a voice for the transformers movie and Beavis and Butthead do America.
He is one of the actors that I would easily put on “cool” guys list. He could walk into a room, read a phone book, and make it seem compelling in some way.
He died of a heart attack and had been battling cancer.
Actor Robert Stack died earlier today died at 84 today. Stack best known to our generation as the host and voice of unsolved mysteries, and to our parents generation as Eliot Ness in the original untouchables series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Written on the Wind.
He didn’t really take Hollywood or himself to seriously and his career reflected that when he moved over into the comedy genre. Most notable was his deadpan hilarious role in Airplane!. He also showed up in Steven Spielberg’s 1941, BASEketball, and the good awful Caddyshack II. He also did a voice for the transformers movie and Beavis and Butthead do America.
He is one of the actors that I would easily put on “cool” guys list. He could walk into a room, read a phone book, and make it seem compelling in some way.
He died of a heart attack and had been battling cancer.
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
“Cape Pay”
Ah another summer another beach tag controversy. For anyone who goes to the shore I am sure beach tag hunters have dogged them time and time again. Ocean City and Sea Isle got to the point that they have beach tag inspectors waiting for you when you cross over the dunes. You can either shell out money for a day pass, week pass, or an all season long pass. So if you’re a day tripper like me you either lose money or become locked into a certain shore point for the remainder of the summer. I usually go to either Sea Isle, Avalon, or Ocean City. All of which I have had to get beach tags at one time or another.
When I am at Avalon I usually use beach tags that my aunt has, because she lives there (in an insanely nice house). This is what the big deal is. The town of Cape May wants to make it illegal for people who rent out their homes, hotels and bed and break feast places to provide tags for the customers. I am sure if you any you ever rented a place at the shore you remember seeing the little tags in a little container sitting there ready for good use.
So basically the town of Cape May wants EVERYONE to buy their own damn beach tags so they can rake in the green. I guess you can see their point, even though it makes them sound like a bunch of jerks. However, who are they to tell people what they can do with something they purchased? Once someone buys a beach tag shouldn’t they have the right to flush the tags down the toilet or simply give them away as a perk to the people who laid out thousands of dollars to live in their house for a eek.
There are some people who think that they owe the town 10 bucks or so for the beach tags, and if they feel so guilty about it no one is stopping them from buying them. However, what businesses of the government is it what homeowners do with their property? Should people parking down town have to pay for the parking meter again if time still remains on the meter? Of course, not that’s stupid.
Oh yeah, and the way the law is written (so I heard from talk radio) is that the tidal lands of the shores belong to the people of New Jersey. So, um..that would mean that the shore points don’t even actually OWN the beach. Its public property. That would be like Stratford charging kids that go into park view woods. Although I don’t know why anyone would want to hang out there other than to get savagely bitten by ticks. I was never cool enough to go to those parties that were had out there.
Well if you are looking for free beaches there is the no beach tag Wednesday for Sea Isle and right next door free beaches at Sthrathmere, more known for its surfing conditions than anything else. Oh yeah there is always wildwood if you don’t mind the mile long walk to the ocean, the high HIV rate, the rampant drug problem or all the piles of trash on the beach
Ah another summer another beach tag controversy. For anyone who goes to the shore I am sure beach tag hunters have dogged them time and time again. Ocean City and Sea Isle got to the point that they have beach tag inspectors waiting for you when you cross over the dunes. You can either shell out money for a day pass, week pass, or an all season long pass. So if you’re a day tripper like me you either lose money or become locked into a certain shore point for the remainder of the summer. I usually go to either Sea Isle, Avalon, or Ocean City. All of which I have had to get beach tags at one time or another.
When I am at Avalon I usually use beach tags that my aunt has, because she lives there (in an insanely nice house). This is what the big deal is. The town of Cape May wants to make it illegal for people who rent out their homes, hotels and bed and break feast places to provide tags for the customers. I am sure if you any you ever rented a place at the shore you remember seeing the little tags in a little container sitting there ready for good use.
So basically the town of Cape May wants EVERYONE to buy their own damn beach tags so they can rake in the green. I guess you can see their point, even though it makes them sound like a bunch of jerks. However, who are they to tell people what they can do with something they purchased? Once someone buys a beach tag shouldn’t they have the right to flush the tags down the toilet or simply give them away as a perk to the people who laid out thousands of dollars to live in their house for a eek.
There are some people who think that they owe the town 10 bucks or so for the beach tags, and if they feel so guilty about it no one is stopping them from buying them. However, what businesses of the government is it what homeowners do with their property? Should people parking down town have to pay for the parking meter again if time still remains on the meter? Of course, not that’s stupid.
Oh yeah, and the way the law is written (so I heard from talk radio) is that the tidal lands of the shores belong to the people of New Jersey. So, um..that would mean that the shore points don’t even actually OWN the beach. Its public property. That would be like Stratford charging kids that go into park view woods. Although I don’t know why anyone would want to hang out there other than to get savagely bitten by ticks. I was never cool enough to go to those parties that were had out there.
Well if you are looking for free beaches there is the no beach tag Wednesday for Sea Isle and right next door free beaches at Sthrathmere, more known for its surfing conditions than anything else. Oh yeah there is always wildwood if you don’t mind the mile long walk to the ocean, the high HIV rate, the rampant drug problem or all the piles of trash on the beach
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