First Post

Hello everyone. My name is Ramune. This is my first post at Blogger. I have a blog on my Myspace page, but no one really reads it. Nowadays, Myspace is just one big popularity contest. And I have one somewhere over the rainbow on Xanga but I think since Myspace came around, no one gets on there.

But I digress. I am currently at work right now and this blog must tell you something... I need something to do! I just sit here and wait for the phones to ring. I am a receptionist at a car dealership. Aside from answering phones, I mail out the sales men's letters to their clients. It is kind of funny seeing as all they do is sign them. The day time receptionist is the one who types all their letters and prints them out and even then I think they are already saved onto the computer. Well, at least it is smart on the dealership's part. Time efficiency.

Speaking of cars, I realized on the way to work today that cars with gold logos on them are not my cup of tea. I am a silver person. Also on the way to work, my mother was on her phone. Great stuff, gossip. She was on the phone with my cousin Vincent who is in Mexico. There were three cousins that were living with us up until December when they moved out and my mother was telling Vincent that they were telling my father all these things that my and my brothers apparently did. I would like to know what they are. But hey, I'm not tripping balls. I have nothing to hide. They are just mad because they moved out because they had a verbal argument with my father. All three were currently in San Antonio working on an apartment complex when one of them thought of the bright idea to drink on the job. One of the supervisors saw him and gave him a warning to which Einstein shot him the finger. Of course he was told the he was no longer working on the project. The other two cousins, who happen to be his brothers, told the supervisor that if he goes, they go. So they left. My dad was yelling at them saying, "The supervisor told Robert to leave, not all three of you. Get back to work!" Well, apparently they got mad and moved out. Now they have to pay rent and buy their own groceries. I laugh a little every time I pass the room where they used to live in at our house. They have no idea how miserable they are going to be. Don't worry, they deserve it. :) And I only say that because two of them did something to me in the past...

My mom brought them up last week when she was making my dad breakfast. It was egg with something or other. Every now and again, my mom makes my dad homemade tortillas. She commented, "Look at this Hubby, I'm making you some nice tortillas. Those dumb boys have no idea how expense tortillas are. Every time they ate, they always heated up more than they were going to use. A box is about thirty dollars. And that's because I know a guy who gets them cheap..." Oh my. Hee hee.

Well, it sounds about right. That's the economy for you. And that's why I get paid fair a decent amount per hour to sit here. I'm not sure of anyone who wants to buy a car with the way the economy is. Let's interject some consumer opinion while we're on the topic of the economy... CVS's lip balm is longer lasting and tastes more of cherry than Chapstik's cherry and it's cheaper. A 3-pack of CVS's cherry Chap Block is $2.99. A 3-pack of cherry ChapStick is $4.39. Let's see... a dollar a tube of chap stick as opposed to $1.60-something a tube. I think we know which one is the better (and more economic) choice. Funny thing is that CVS sells both.

Compare prices:

Chap Block
http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_sub_category.jsp?itemId=cat3468&navAction=jump&navCount=7&brandBy=brand&hideParam=null&filterBy=default&resetBean=false&onProdList=true&brandName=Blistex&brandId=600004

ChapStick
http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/search/shop_all_results.jsp?trail=SRCH:chapstick&addFacet=1016:Chap+Stick