Too Many Thoughts

   I have had so many ideas for a blog post in the last four days it's ridiculous. Most of them I can't remember though. I should really write this crap down. Any way I'm going to talk about a few of the subjects I actually remember.

1.    Right now I'm trying hire 15 employees as soon as I can. Sounds simple enough right? Wrong! There has been so many things that have gone wrong during this process. Any time I think I'm doing well and I'm definitely going to hit my goal of 15 I get knocked down. People I have hired either decline the offer all of the sudden, their number is now disconnected, they lied about their back ground, or they don't show up for their drug test. When I call applicants to schedule an interview I leave a message, but they don't call me back. Or I get the interview scheduled and they don't show-up. It's so irritating! I wish this oil boom would just go away already. I need employees and I need them now!
   
2. I can't stand talking to people who think they know everything! There is an employee who is a direct report to Juiz....hmm what should I call him? We'll go with Snaggle Tooth...I stole that nick name from New Boss. He has that nick name for a different employee, but it works just as well for this one. Snaggle Tooth is just a pompous asshole, I don't think there is any better way of describing him. I don't know anyone that can tolerate him on a social level. I had to ask Juiz to talk to him about interjecting himself into conversations when my managers are trying to get work done. On Monday I was talking to Juiz about the book that I'm writing while Snaggle Tooth was out of the room, but he came back before I got to finish the conversation. So he finds out I'm writing a book, when low and behold he is writing a book too! I tell him I just started switching my tenses from past to present and I originally had it written in 3rd person and now it's in first person. He proceeds to tell me that 3rd person and past tense is the only way to go. I told him that I have actually read several books in 1st person and they were excellent. He has the nerve to say that he doubts that! WTF! Thankfully the front desk phone rang and I had to answer it so I left the room to take care of the call and decided not to go back. Well, he freakin' tracks me down to finish the conversation! He then asks me how far I am, how long I have been working on it, and about my creative process. He pretty much tells me that my creative processes are all wrong and I should have written an outline containing every chapter and what I want in each chapter before even beginning on to write. Screw off Snaggle Tooth! Everyone's creative processes are different...
3. So I know I'm a hypocrite and probably a bad person for even thinking this. I just found out on Saturday that a classmate of mine who is 25, is engaged to a 42 year old. This just creeps me out. I have never once been bothered by age differences when I see it on TV or the internet, but I guess if I know the person it's a different story. I'll be truthful here, I used to have a huge crush on this guy in high school and maybe that's why it bothers me more. That and they're talking about having kids and stuff, but there is no way they can have a biological child, which is a shame because he has some excellent genes. It just saddens me to know that his gene pool ends with him. It should be illegal or something! Okay, so that's it for my petty and ridiculous line of thinking.
4. Obligatory post about SOPA and PIPA. They're dumb...and better not pass.