My Happy Friday

Yes, I know! It’s been a while. For those of you who’ve been checking in you’ll be happy to know that I’m neither dead, in jail or on the run. Between my broken e-mail and work on the house I couldn’t get this thing out, but I’m back on track and ready to go.

It’s too bad I haven’t been around because I had some funny stories to share. One of my favorites happened this week. I was talking to someone at work about this video we’re working on and Darren asks me who do you think my new favorite artist is? I say Miley Cyrus. He says how did you know? I said I just knew. I proceeded to tell him, and by default those around me, that I just downloaded the album. I’ve spent the rest of the week defending that download. Shelly would you please stick up for me?

A few weeks back, Elaine sent me one of the best Halloween costumes ever. What do you think?

Here’s another funny story. Someone sent me a check for a football pool I’m running and the bank sent it back to me. Why? Because they postdated it. Who does that? I guess somebody does.

Wait, wait. I have another funny story. So, if you’re on IM and you want to talk about another person who is also on IM you probably should make sure that you don’t send that IM to the person you’re talking about. That’s just an idea. LOL.

The other day we had a bowling event for work and that was pretty funny. I wanted to have a cool, relaxed time, but they (everyone) insisted on trying to beat me. In the end, I still had the highest combined score, but who’s counting?

I also stopped by Novo Nordisk the other day for their World Diabetes Day and I saw the craziest thing. There were 200 or so people in there playing Simon Says. Here is one picture, but check out the JK Design twitter page for more. Speaking of our twitter page, we posted a few job openings for those who might be interested.

Other than Thanksgiving, that’s all she wrote folks.

Enjoy your time off!

Since so many of you sent me an e-mail about last week’s message I’ll give you a quick recap of the situation. So first I didn’t get into a car accident, I had an accident. J Just a slight difference, but different. J Anyway, I pull up to my buddy’s brother’s house, go inside and I realize that I forgot my water bottle in the car once I sat down.

So I’m drinking water the whole night while everyone else is drinking, drinking. Towards the end of the night I go to grab a drink from the water cooler and the glass slips out of my hand and hits the ledge of the cooler. As I grab it, it shatters and that’s all she wrote. There was blood EVERYWHERE. By the end of the night I had seven stitches and a prescription for pain pills.

That’s the short long version. It’s really a pretty funny story. Feel free to call me for the long, long story.

So for the holiday I thought I’d just do a recap of the stuff I missed because I’m lazy.

RECAP:

I’ve noticed that every week I send this out I get a million out of office messages. Do you guys ever actually work? Just curious.

I got a quick note from my Super Friend Sylvia. Hello! That Yankees poster you gave me is still looking great in its custom frame! Thanks!

Charlie, how come you never e-mailed me back?

Rachel and I were curious if our counselor thought we were ready to get married based on what she had seen so far. She said yes. Nice!

I was lucky enough to talk to Cindy and Diane last week! Very cool.

I found this interesting article about what the government is considering for the future of the 401k system. You might want to check it out.

Jessica R. told me about “bread and circuses.” It’s an amazing concept. She is so smart!

My buddy Chris loves attention so he sent me this funny story so I’d put him in the blog! Good job, Chris!

Adrian is still sending me his high Wii scores. Apparently, he still loves to compete with me even though he moved away.

If you happen to be doing well in this crappy economy you may want to consider buying a luxury vehicle. The prices are sooooooo cheap!

Maribel, did you get this message?

Have you seen President Bush’s pardon list?

Tom Cruise vs. Brad Pitt December 25^th, BE THERE!

Ron says his new wedding band is “very tight and very shiny.”

Camden does it again!

Hello, Jessica from TransPerfect.

If you like gadgets like I do check out these cheap ones.

Bob, Kurt and I had a blood pressure competition. Of course I won!

I got my stitches out on Wednesday and the nurse and doctor were Giants fans. Lucky me!

And that’s all folks!

Have a great weekend!

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

Good morning, folks! For those of you that I’ve talked to this week, you know I had a crazy weekend. I’m taking this week off because I had a bit of an accident on Saturday. Seven stitches (on my fingers) later and it’s not really going to be easy to put this together. See you same bat time, same bat place next week!

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

With a long, busy week just hours from being over I haven’t had much of a chance to do much or talk to anyone. I smell a three paragraph entry today.

I got this funny article from Lynne after I mentioned that I almost crashed going to the polls. I guess the importance of the decision makes our short-term driving skills worst.

For those of you who use to/currently work for the former Tyco Plastics & Adhesives Joann V. said hello.

Rachel won my football pool AGAIN! Bill and Jeremy, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Maybe you’ll have better luck this week.

My man main Bob sent me a funny video of Sarah Palin. You have to watch the whole thing. It’s about a minute.

A few of you noticed that I didn’t mention anything about the election results last week. I think that was for good reason. It was historic yes, but there were 52 million people who were disappointed come Wednesday so I left that alone.

On a day where the blog is abbreviated, I find a way to work in Kurt. If there was ever any question about the why many people consider Philadelphia Phillies fans sub human creatures, this guy’s story helps to illustrate it. You couldn’t celebrate a victory like civilized people huh? Thanks for the link, Chris.

I had the pleasure of texting my old buddy from J&J, Mitzi, on Thursday. I’m very happy to hear your doing better, buddy! We’ll do lunch next week or so!

That’s it folks. Hey! I just saw the new HESS TRUCK! I want one!

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

I don’t even know how to start this. So how about hello.

Last Friday we celebrated our second anniversary in our not so new home at JK Design. I didn’t even get a chance to fully enjoy it like I wanted to because I was busy doing something.

After work Rachel and I stopped by counseling and went to see Saw V. That was a sick, disgusting and highly entertaining movie. I highly recommend it.

Have you ever watched me play golf? It kind of looks like this. Not really, but that is definitely worth the cost of admission.

I talked to Kelly S. who is also apparently blonde now. She tells me that “blonde is the new black.”

If anyone is really into weird things baby’s do check out this youtube video from Alli.

Over the weekend I got my fill of things I love. I was lucky enough to go to see the Red Bulls. That was an experience. Those fans are much crazier than any football, baseball or basketball fans I have ever seen! Besides the row of screaming 7-years-olds behind me the game was incredible.

On Sunday, I went to the Giant’s Cowboy’s game with my mother, Jon and his wife. Thankfully I didn’t wear my jersey or hat because the unruly Giant’s fans decided they would fight all who did. I saw four fights by the third quarter when my mother and I left. The Cowboys stunk it up and we had enough.

I received this funny Obama video on Monday from Cleo. That was VERY FUNNY.

Monday I also received the great news that my buddy Brian passed the bar. I knew that guy had it in him.

Tuesday Bill and I stopped by Star Bucks and picked up our free coffee for voting. We hadn’t voted yet, so don’t tell anyone. On my way to the polling station I almost killed myself when I almost missed my turn. I fortunately made it and cast my vote. Like an idiot I forgot the read the questions they ask before hand and took forever in the booth.

Check out this new law Rachel gave me a heads up about. It probably won’t affect you, but if a cop wants to be a jerk I guess he or she could enforce it.

On Wednesday it was Tintu’s birthday. We had a little chat about a team we have in common, the Lakers. We just love the Lakers.

Anyway, a few employees found a snake outside the office. I wasn’t there, but there was a big “to do” about it.

Jeremy sent me a link to a free McCain action figure. Actually, it’s a link to buy an Obama action figure that includes a free McCain one. It’s pretty realistic, but sold out if you actually wanted it.

For some strange reason I found a link to this site. I love designer goods made out of duct tape.

Anyway, see ya’ wouldn’t want to be ya.’ Wow, that was old school.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

Good morning, folks. As usual it’s another incredible day in my world. It’s Friday morning and me and Pat hate the fact that we’re out of bed this early, but it’s ok, it’s Friday.

Last Friday I decided to spend a bunch of time with Rachel because I’ve been busy lately. So we did some shopping for gifts and we got a tree. She’s pretty excited about Christmas so this was a big deal. We closed the night with the video game convert, Hitman. There was a taste of bad acting, but overall it was a really good movie.

On Saturday, I realized I won another MarCom Award a few weeks ago. It’s a big deal, but for some reason it wasn’t as exciting this time around and forgot to mention it. At 4 p.m. I made my way over to my aunt’s house for the after Thanksgiving Day celebration. A bunch of my family was there and we had a blast. I had my whole family including my grandmother and great aunt’s playing Wii. We had a blast, look! I think Tintu’s wedding was Saturday too. Can anyone confirm that?

Sunday I was riffling around on the internet and found this video. It’s rather compelling, huh? So Monday Rachel decorated the Christmas tree and the house. It looks lovely. And Karen do you remember the little issue we had with our internship program awhile back? Why did I get this in my Google alert? I guess that stupid story will never go away.

Tuesday Lisa, being the funny girl she is, gave me an idea. She thinks I should give up talking trash for lent. I countered by asking her to give up her 70 plus pairs of shoes. She quickly refused. It was also a sad day. The Gatorade guy died. Very sad. I was happy to see that Jessica took my boy Romo home to meet her family for Turkey day.

The highlight of Wednesday’s workday was talking to Shelly. It was another randomly funny and entertaining conversation. Later I went to prebowl with my team and the Kings of the Lanes. We prebowled because they were huge Packer fans and couldn’t miss the game. So of course we had a heated conversation about why the Packers were/weren’t going to win. Meanwhile, I bowled 203, 193 and 203.

So here’s the thing: if you’re going to commit a crime, don’t record it and put it on YouTube. I went out to lunch and Jerry asked me to pick up a Business Week for him. After I ate, I went to NINE stores looking for that stupid magazine. I stopped by a store and it had this magazine rack. How is it possible that they didn’t have it?

So Kurt invited me over to see the big Packers, ‘Boys game at his house. I got there and meet a few of his buddies. We had a blast and the ‘Boys won. I found it funny that Laura and Kevin had so much to say when we prebowled, but didn’t respond to the e-mails on their BlackBerries. Sore losers I suppose. Maybe next year, guys.

So have fun at work and rejoice at the fact that you have just killed the work week.

Fun things to keep you busy at work today:

The face-to-face quote of the week: If I ever see you in real life, I will kill you.

Do you believe that cats can talk? Maybe they can.

How is it possible that this woman makes more than $40k selling tumble weeds?

If you’re looking for a raise, check out this article.

This is just random.

A man dies when his cell phone blows up!

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!). 

Ok. So this is weird on a bunch of levels. I’m here, in bed, by myself and I am really hungry. I stuffed myself with Thanksgiving dinner, but it’s late and I’m tired. Rachel and I went to separate dinners and she isn’t back yet. So I’m here by myself, eating ice cream and watching the First 48. Funny, Rachel just walked in. I have to say hello to newcomer Rebecca B.

On Friday I had my six-month review. That was very exciting and it went well. Apparently, the real sports fans live in England. A bunch of them got together and are about to buy a soccer team. Later that night, we played poker at Jon’s house. The usuals were there, plus Dwayne W. and Matt W. This was actually the first time in a while I had a really bad night. Like an idiot I checked my e-mail and got really two rude e-mails from a client. That was slightly upsetting and killed my mood.

Saturday was fun because Rachel and I went to the Rutgers game. They did really well, but we had to leave early because it was freezing! For those of you with Myspace pages/online profiles, you may want to add a watermark to you pictures. Check this out. Wow, I just, seriously just, found this video. Isn’t that funny?

As I like to do from time to time, here is a quick education about an urban term, Kurt. Ghost Riding is a term used to describe driving your vehicle while walking/dancing beside it or on top of it. Here is a funny video showing it. And yes, there is a guy ghost riding a BMW in their new commercial.

I’d like to thank Elaine for wishing me a happy Monday, Monday. And I quote, “WAKE UP, IT’S HAPPY (freaking) MONDAY!!!!” If you had any doubts about Mike Tyson being an eternal loser, click here. So what do you drive? If it’s an SUV, this article has to hurt.

Now how is it possible that a lion could act like this to a woman, but do this to a man? Hey, Charlie! Do you remember the Tyco World you autographed for me? Ever wonder what I did with it? Check this out. Can any of you figure out who this is or what this is?

Wednesday, I saw the after math of two accidents on my way home. Look at this. A car jumped over the curb into the bushes. The red blur is the taillights. Someone please tell me why Bill B. has the same argyle sweater as me? Bill, your killing me. It was also Bill C.’s bday.

And Thursday was Thanksgiving. I was sleep until about 3 p.m. I woke from my coma and went to dinner with my family. I cooked the string beans! We had a blast and then I came home.

So since you don’t have to work, I can’t joke about how to get out of work. I’m thinking an alternative would be to give you some advice about what to do while you take the day off. Since it’s nearly 2 a.m. I’ll pass. Run around like a fool and shop yourself to death or see below for some free “keep you busy” juice.

Things to keep you busy on your day off:

Holiday Coupons

Check out this new hand bag designer

The hottest new song out!

Would you do this for a winning lotto ticket?

Do they really have a chain gang in North Brunswick?

This is a great wedding dance

Crazy rock remix to Crank That

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

So by now I’m thinking most of you are wrapping up your Thanksgiving meals and time with your friends and family. I just wanted to pass on my best wishes to you and yours. I know I’m happy to be off and relaxing. You be sure to enjoy your time off and do something fun.

               -Omar J.

Yes! It’s that day again. Doesn’t it come quick? Let me clear up a few things before we start. I guess some of you didn’t get this last week. I did send it, but if you’re ever looking for it, check the actual site. Yes, Kurt, there is a site! I redid the layout so check it out. Shelly says it looks like the Tyco branding, I guess I might have done that subconsciously.  And I do apologize, if my “sick” voice brought any of you down last week. I didn’t even realize you could hear that.

So I added a few more peeps to the blog. Adrian P., Jen F. and Bill C. I’d like to thank Kurt in advance for all the extra crap I’ll have to put up with at work because the latter two get this now.  

In case any of you had a hard time believing the story about the girl with like eight limbs here’s a nice write up by my buddy Mike K. in his weekly newsletter QuickSilver. I spent Friday morning at a prospective client in Bloomfield. I’m thinking it went pretty well because by Saturday they were my new client!  Later, Rachel and I spent the night watching American Gangster with the Tyco folks in Princeton. Thanks for the invite, Pam. Sunday I was at Tyco again overseeing a sign repair. The guy who did the repair was sooooo funny. He had stories for days! When we were done I woke sleepyhead (Pam) up and we went to breakfast after she saw the sign.

Monday I spoke to my favorite writer, Lynne P. She’s soo cool. This video is for you and anyone who wants to see something interesting this morning. It’s mainly work safe, but may contain a curse or two.  I told Rachel that I may need to go to Wiihab. Do you think my habit is that bad? On our way to a client meeting Jerry told me the funniest cop story—strictly classic.

A little birdie (Pam L.) sent me an e-mail on Tuesday and told me that Pam got a new job—hot! I think Mama E. had the quote of the week. I gave her a compliment on her shoes and she was like WHAT!, you know where I got these from–(insert some store here). Man I could play basketball in these suckers! You are so funny! Funnier might have been her impression of me later that day; I was on the ground.

Wednesday also happened to be World Diabetes Day, so I spent the morning at Novo Nordisk—only like the biggest diabetes pharmaceutical company in the world. When I got there Denise was sick because Lisa got her sick and as I think back I think I got her sick.

I’m not going to name any names, but you Christmas haters, none of you of course, who want to ban colored lights, decorations, mentions on TV and now the use of “Ho, Ho, Ho” by Santa should be ashamed.  So what I ignored an e-mail for my boss about the manager’s meeting yesterday, SO! Let me stop. I actually felt pretty bad I missed it. I did hear that Andrea W. did a pretty good impression of me.

I got a message for J. Rock, one of the Ladies of TEPS, requesting my help. She gets the award for the compliment of the week: [Omar,] you’re the bomb.  Truly. Am I really? I think she liked the advice I gave her. She wants us to come visit so we can ski with her, Rach. What do you think? Bowling was a major bust. I bowled a 158, 160 and 179. Ray, I know your curious. It was a bit oily and I just couldn’t adjust.

Ok. Here’s this week’s advice: You don’t want to be at work, I get that. What I have won’t help you today, but will prepare you for next week. Go here and for 15 bucks you too can buy phony excuses, doctor’s notes and alibis to get you excused from work.

So I’ll end this in the words of my favorite white rapper, John Brown, “Hallelujah Holla Back.” (Don’t worry if you didn’t get that, didn’t think it was funny or are utterly annoyed by it. I still love you.)

Entertainment for a great day at work:

Did you know the Mob had commandments?

A football player dies and comes back to life.

This bird has some nice tricks!

You might think this is sick, but check out this new form of tattooing.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).

So I’m a taste sick and really tired from working 12 hours last night so  please excuse the mess I’m about to write.  Hello to Cindy O. and Diane H. Who knows why I waited so long to add you to the list.

I didn’t mention that I apparently saw the aftermath of a hit and run last Friday before I got to work. See the article here. Crazy huh? At work we celebrated our one year anniversary in our office. There was cake and champagne and laughs. And Barb tells me that she loves the blog—nice.   After lunch I kicked Jeremy’s butt in paper football—5 to 1. A buddy of mine sent me this very cool video. I’ll let you try that yourself.

Saturday I made a stop at the Princeton Marriott to drop off some stuff to Jane. Asia and I made our way to my mom’s then to Kohls to buy some clothes for the baby. I got home and my buddy Adrian P. was there waiting. I gave him a quick whipping in Wii and he was off. Then Rachel and I began a quick clean up of the house. I put a bookshelf together and it was night, night.  

Sunday morning we woke up early and began a top to bottom clean up of the whole house. At four my sister, her friend Janine and my Mom came over for the Colts/Pats game. What a disappointment that was. We did play Wii at half time and Asia was good. Rachel and I finished the night with the first Austin Powers.

I spent Monday at Saddle River Tours in (Wallington) on an all day photo shoot. I found out how funny bus drivers actually are. It was Tintu and Steve’s birthday. Later that night I won $50 playing poker—too cool. So do you know where you stand on America’s wealth spectrum? Maybe one day I will be able to take a ride on the world’s biggest ferris wheel; want to come?

 Are you into communications? If so, here is a cool job opening. If you’re interested let me know.

So I prebowled on Tuesday and bowled the series of my life. 215, 187 with 6 strikes and a 242 clean game, tying my all-time high, with 7 strikes, breaking my strike record. That’s a 614 series and a 214 average. What a mouthful. So I spent another $50 on whole food vitamins, but then I won another $50 playing poker. I love it. Have you seen Gary Coleman lately? I’m not sure how this happens, but this is wild.

Wednesday the stats came in for the bowling league and as I said, we are in first place! Check out these stats. And after this week I am number 1 in every statistical category. Not that I’m tooting my own horn or anything. I found out that Aprill had her baby, Arieon Jorei Aubrey Woody. Congrats!  It turns out the accident I came in on was a hit and run and I ended up being interviewed by Officer Michael D. He was very interesting in my statement and this picture I took (if you don’t like blood, don’t look!).  

So apparently this is what the kiddies are doing these days? After spending several hours at Novo Nordisk working thursday, I spoke to Kya and she told me she got a new apartment, lovely.

Ok. Download this song and put it on repeat. You’ll relax your way through the day.

A special hello to Rosa, the inventor of Happy Friday, Happy Monday (only a few more days until Friday) and oh my god, Happy Thursday (tomorrow is Friday!).