Electronic waste?

...what the hell is that?!  Is that where everything I delete goes?  Is that where everything that is too big to fit in the recycle bin goes?

How is it possible?

If your job schedule has been available for the last month, how is it possible that you didn't know what shift you were supposed to work today?  Seriously?

Random thought of the day

Hemming pants isn't nearly as hard as you think it might be, when you use a stapler. 

Plus, it adds a little bling.

My daughter's boyfriend

When shit hits the fan, it isn't a pretty sight - or smell.

My mother-in-law came over for a visit, seemingly out of the blue, Sunday evening.  Said she needed to talk to Monica and me.  After we went out back and sat on the back and sat on the back deck, she took out her cell phone bill.  Evidently, her husband had gone through the bill and saw that De had accrued something like 4000 texting minutes, and was "concerned", i.e. pissed off, about the amount of time she had spent texting.  Nevermind the fact that their plan has unlimited texting, so the amount of minutes she used doesn't really matter.  But thats a different topic.  My mother-in-law did some investigating, and saw that the bulk of De's texting was to a number in Pennsylvania.  After further investigation, she found out who it was (she called the number and asked). 

It turns out that my 19 year old daughter has been having a relationship with a friend of mine, a 35ish year old man named Brian.  For those of you who aren't my wife (HI HONEY), or haven't read my blog in a long time (all of you), let me explain a few things about Brian.  Brian is the son of one of my mothers high school friends.  I grew up with him, playing with Star Wars figures, video games, D&D; what I'm saying is that we were good friends.  In fact, he was the best man at my wedding.  He lived in my house for a time, until his drinking got out of control and he and Monica started butting heads. 

That said, understand that when he was my best man at my wedding, De was 4 YEARS OLD.  He was a legal adult, she was 4.  He is old enough to be her father.  He lived in my house when she was that young.  So I have to wonder about his motives.  My mother-in-law thinks he is a borderline pedophile, since De is now only 19.  Has he been waiting all these years?  Did he look at De in her dress at my wedding and say, "Damn, I can't wait til she grows up so I can hit that!"?  For Gods sake, the guy was like a brother to me, and now he is coveting my youngest daughter!  How can that NOT be all 36 flavors of Baskin-Robbins ice cream creepy to me? 

So anyways, my wife and I went to my mother-in-law's house and had a We Don't Like Your Choice of Boyfriend intervention.  Questions were asked, and some even got answered.  Disparaging remarks were made.  Tears were shed.  In short, it wasn't happy.  Some interesting details:  De confided in my wife and asked her not to tell me.  Their relationship as shaky as it is, Monica agreed.  I don't hold it against her (Monica).  Trust built.  While De went on a "trip", she asked Monica and me to take care of Sven, the dog my mom-in-law is taking care of for my other daughter's friend.  (Poor dog getting passed around like a cheap whore).  This "trip" turned out to be De taking a bus up to PA to visit Brian, definetly NOT having sex with him (so she says).  Pardon me if I seem doubtful.  She has been making plans to move in with him in December.  Holidays notwithstanding, I question the wisdom of moving in with someone you met online (thank you, Facebook) and only met in real life for a little more than a week.  Not to mention that she has no job and no money.  Ahh youth.

As for HIS part in this, well... There is none.  Apart from his wanting to poke my daughter.  And by poke, I mean fuck.  The day my mother-in-law came over, I called Brian, but got no answer.  I left him a short, curt message informing him we need to talk.  But he already knew that we should talk.  According to De, he wanted to tell me about their relationship in person.  Good thing he hasn't, so I have avoided jail time thus far.  De confirmed for me that he has gotten my message.  He still hasn't called me, the nutless coward.  Won't even call me to defend his "love" for my daughter.  What does THAT say about him, as a man, and as a boyfriend? 

Nothing good, thats what. 

I know they are both adults, as far as age is concerned.  But... from my angle, knowing Brian as I do (or thought I did, anyway), there is NO way for me to accept their relationship, morally or ethically.  None.