Monthly Archive for May, 2006

Life, or something like it

Can I ever just have a day off?

I have had Sunday and Monday off this week. Both days, I’ve had calls from work, trying to get me to come in and work. Both days, I haven’t picked up the phone when they’ve called. After all, I work ALL the time; the way I see it, I deserve to take any off days I can get. I don’t care if they’re in a bind and have no one to cover Starbucks. If they really need someone to come in, they can call one of the other certified baristas they have. I don’t need to be the first on their speed dial.

Preliminary Quiz Results

(Notice: this is a follow up to my quiz. If you havent’ taken it yet, please to not read this before you do - it could skew your quiz results. Badly. The link is posted here)

Right. So this quiz, apparently I made it harder than I thought I did. I mean, yes, I knew there was a major trap that most of you fell into….

Anyway, we’ll do a question-by-question recap, from the four results I have so far. If and when more people take it, I’ll probably adjust this post rather than reposting.

Question the first dealt with the company I am employed by, which was designed to be the easiest question, but still there was one miss. It was kind of a trap, since most people seem to think that if a Starbucks exists within another business (like, say, a Target), the people working there still work for Starbucks. I am happy to say that’s not the case.

The second question was about my major. No one’s missed that one. If anyone had, I would have had to smack them upside the head with a NIC.

The third question is different. It was completion of a quote from Family Guy. That one was too easy, but I was watching that particular episode whilest writing the quiz, so it somewhat makes sense now, no?

The Fourth was supposed to be a trick. It mentions Family Guy, then asks you to tell me what my favorite show is. I’m happy to say ONE of you managed to get that one (Hooray Sara!). Everyone else fell headfirst into that little psychological trap :P

Now we get to plead the Fifth. I randomly say it was raining, so a Singing in the Rain quote seemed to fit. This is the question I have had the most varied answers on (three different answers). However, again, only Sara got the trick behind that one and was able to correctly identify the unusual-ness behind me Singing in the Rain.

Next I decided to stop the traps and silly questions, except I didn’t really. Half of you missed here, either because you wanted more silly questions or because you will sick of seeing them :P

Yes, this web site was hacked at one point. Not the entire thing; just a little script I had installed on the (then-unused) www.mattfast1.com portion of the site. The only thing it was able to do was obliterate the old index page with the ads and the menu with two entries (blog and forum). That was a gift - it gave me more encouragement to actually start developing the new site there again. Of course, one of you didn’t really believe my website could be hacked, and the other who missed thought it was because of the school network - do you really think I’d send my info across an unsecured line, Liz?

I feel no need to cover my sleep habits, as they are well-documented and everyone got that one correct.

My discount at Sprint was a tough subject - nearly everyone thought I got a 15% discount. Surprisingly, Beth was the only one delivering the correct answer of 17%.

The hardest question? Well, in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the question of the meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything is a question that will take 10 million years using the most sophisticated computer system ever designed. Deep Thought knew that the answer would be 42, but it could not give the question. Therefore, neither could I.

That’s all I have to say about that.

You all must take my quiz, because it’s awesome. And because I took yours :P

I’m being attagged!

After being tagged similtainiously by three different people (Sara, Liz, Lauren), it’s quite obvious people want me to do this one. So, I shall appease them and do this, just this once.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

  1. I pop various joints all the time, especially my thumbs and wrists.
  2. I also habitually chew on my fingernails.
  3. I love the snow.
  4. Network Security is my major. Yes, I am an über-geek.
  5. Cartoons are AWESOME! ^_^
  6. People seem to want to kill me whilest driving. My good reflexes are to blame for my continued existance.
  7. Mornings are no bueno for me, I love the night.
  8. I have two nephews and a niece, and they’re all too cute for their own good:

    Connor, Colbin, Gianna

I suppose you want me to tag someone else now. I see I can’t tag anyone who tagged me, so that lets out three people I would ordinarily tag, so here’s another list: Sho, Beth, Emily, Micayla, Bree, and, oh, what the heck… John can do it to.