My Happy Friday

You just can’t be serious….. Well apparently they are. I’m not even sure how to categorize that one. Anyway, I have to hello to Adrian and Martinique for their funny e-mails last week. You two are very comical.

If someone threw a bag of money out onto the highway, would you stop in the middle of the highway to get it?

Over the weekend, Rachel and I spent a few hours with some of our Tyco International buddies at the BBBS charity event. As usual, we finished at the top of the fundraising charts so that was cool. Thanks, to those of you who donated.

It happened to be Newman’s birthday so we stuck around for a round of bowling to celebrate. We had a heated battle between Newman, Laura, Carol, Bob and I and Bob won by 2 pins.

It was also my cousin Ayana’s birthday. I gave her a call to wish her the best and that type of good stuff, but she “big timed” me. I did get an e-mail from her five days later so maybe it’s not so bad. You ever been big timed?

Does anyone speak Russian? I got this message on my home phone the other day. I’m not sure that it’s Russian, but that’s what Rachel guessed.

Now this is exactly what I’m looking for. I can’t wait until that comes to the US.

One person who didn’t big time me is my mother Kim. She checked in the other day to say hello.

I got a call from Jessica about a project she has coming up and we also started talking about a guy she knows, Jesse O. Kurtz. 24 and running for the Mayor of Atlantic City. I hope he wins. They surely need a change of blood out there.

I just wanted to have some fun. This is the last time I’ll mention it, at least for a while, but I’m married. You can read about it, here, here and here.

See you next week.

So I’m on the couch and I just got done reading the Star Ledger. Can you believe that yesterday was the beginning of MARCH MADNESS? Not only does that mean that the greatest tournament in the world is starting, but also that Baseball is around the corner, Spring is here and the Basketball & Hockey playoffs are around the corner! P.S. BTW, MLS soccer is back too! (Go Red Bulls.)

Anyway, this is my last post before our Big Charity Bowling Event for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters. My donations are a bit light so I’m going to have to open up my wallet a bit. Maybe you can too! You can make a donation here.

For you American Idol fans Bob sent me this video and it’s beyond classic. YouTube just ruined this girl’s life.

To close the loop on the Stewart v. Cramer battle, Jim Cramer went on the Daily show and what resulted was hilarious. I give it to him because that was pretty embarrassing and he took it like a man.

Pops sent me some nice movie picks after he saw some of mine. I just got in Pride and Glory today so I’m going to check that out this weekend. Thanks for the tip!

After I voiced my disgust about the cheese on the fish sandwich last week I got a note from Alli telling me that one of my old DJ buddies liked “iky” cheese on his fish. Ew! BTW, thanks for the pictures of the baby!

Karen, you reading this? I need some new pictures of the baby. I just have the old one you sent out on the fridge.

Do you want to hear something funny? I saw Kecia (double finger gun!) and she told me that she didn’t realize I was married. You guys are hilarious.

Rachel, she loves the way this smells. She was surprised when I told her what it was. Good job!

I had a meeting that I went to with Darren N. and we had a nice two-hour, there-and-back drive. It’s pretty the funny what you talk about when you have a lot of time on your hands.

I have to say Huepa! to my buddy Rosa. It’s a beautiful Friday. HUEPA!

I drive a lot so I get the chance to park a bunch. That being said I’m pretty good at it; this person, not so much.

The quote of the week must got to J. Rock. “But Omar - why ISN’T Rachel pregnant? I mean, you guys have been married for MONTHS now!!!! I can’t wait to see pictures of little Omar’s and Rachel’s running around.”

Thanks, J!

Anyway, Jeremy, I know you’ve been waiting for this one. I absolutely got “owned.” And I had Wii “elbow,” “shoulder” and “upper back.” Thanks, Jeremy.

The White House is rolling out their internship program. If you know someone around that age you should pass on the link. Thank my Mother for that one.

So Kurt was telling me about the hysterics that happened over at the America’s Next Top Model auditions. I really didn’t care until my mother told me that my cousin was there for the audition which made it interesting. Because of the mayhem they closed the auditions when she was 10^th in line. Now that’s nuts!

Charlie, guess who was on the news? Sylvia! She is the short one in the clip. See if you can pick her out.

I just heard someone say that someone else had “turf toe” for the second time this week. What is “turf toe?”

My mother sent me a buy one get one free steak coupon for TGIF’s. If you want it shoot me an e-mail.

This game is all the rage on the internet. Some say it’s offensive, the rest of the world loves it. The servers were busy when I tried so I couldn’t play it. What do you think?

Ok. That’s it. Kobe and the Lakers need me.

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 think it’s very important to start off the day in the best way possible. This is it. Holy crap that’s funny. Jeremy makes a good point about the cheese though. Who puts cheese on a fish sandwich? Maybe it’s just me.

I’d like to recap for those of you who read the blog, but may not read between the lines. I know I am a bit cryptic at times, but Yes, I Am married, but No, Rachel is Not pregnant.

In an unrelated note, I like this. Can you tell which one is real?

An old pal, Marty, is looking to live out his dream photo assignment. You can read about it here. If you like it give the guy a vote. Oddly enough I don’t recall you being a photographer. I guess that’s one of the things you picked up traveling the world.

Rachel and I watched the funniest movie over the weekend that I highly recommend. I know who I am! I’m a dude, playin’ a dude that’s disgusted as another dude. Tropic Thunder was seriously funny no matter what Pat says.

Any don’t forget about these two things: The Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Mercer County Charity bowling event is coming soon! You can check out my team’s page, join and/or donate here and don’t forget that March Madness is around the corner. Be sure to e-mail me about the brackets!

Now I usually don’t watch the Daily Show, but there’s been this little feud between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer and it’s hilarious. I like Jim, but he’s dead wrong here. You should check the videos.

If you have optimum online you may be surprised to know that they have free wifi. It’s all over the place too. Check out the website.

That’s it for today. Jeremy is bringing in his Wii to work today and I’m going to kick his butt in Wii Sports after work. I’ll give you an update next week. Until then see you later.

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!).

And we’re back! I got my internet back and I’m ready to go! Today was a bit rough because I thought it would be a good idea to wake up and watch the first game of the World Baseball Classic. The game started at 4:30 a.m. and needless to say that I’m exhausted. Anyway, there is so much to catch up on I think I’ll have to keep this in a list format before I fall asleep.

While working on a project with Lynnie P. she told me that I was out of line for not at least writing a joke in the blog last week so I’ll give you the joke she gave me.

A grasshopper walks into a bar. The bartender says hey grasshopper, we have a drink named after you. The grasshopper says oh you have drink named Steve? HAHA! Did I get that right? I didn’t get it until she had me watch this. That’s a drink I’m not old enough to know about.

Turns out my buddy Mitzi was almost recruited into a pyramid scheme just like I was. Too funny. I’m planning on calling you tonight. Hope you’re around.

Another buddy of mine, Ryan, started a blog at my recommendation. You can check it out here.

How about my Knicks? KryptoNate was on the late show!

Andrea stopped by my office and told me about two of her new clients. She just landed some really big, cool accounts. I continue to want to be like her when I grow up.

My college pal Chris C. came out of the wood work with this incredible story. I can’t believe how far people would go to get revenge on their “rivals.” And P.S. Chris, I told you the A-Rod story was ongoing. You’ll have to wait until the end of spring training for that thing we discussed.

I have a March Madness pool if any of you are into that type of thing. Send me an e-mail for the info.

I’ve never missed my flight before, but is this what you do if you miss your flight?

I saw Rosa on Friday. I didn’t get a chance to talk to her, but I did see her new glasses, new to me, and they are hot!

I also had a meeting with Shelly. She told me a funny, not so funny story about a situation that happened to her. Turns out the not so funny story wouldn’t have happened if she would have taken my advice. Tisk, tisk, tisk! Always listen to Omar. That’s what I say. J

Saturday Rachel and I babysat the “god son” little Marcus. We watched a Pooh movie, the Rangers and the Knicks! He learned the Rangers goal chant!

The quote of the week has to go to Lynne P. I explained to her that Rachel hasn’t had many drinks with me in the last few months. And her response was “that’s ‘cuz she’s carrying your baby!” Now that’s funny.

She also reminded me that I love this commercial. This is by far the commercial of the year. We meltin’ gold baby!

Ever wonder what it would be like to live on food stamps? This reporter lived on $176 for just over one month. Check out his story.

I had a nice, “serious” chat with Kia via IM. That was enlightening, for her I think.

If you don’t believe in miracles watch this.

Ever wonder what printing all that money for the stimulus package/bailout would do to the value of our dollar? Me too. Check this out.

And just in case you thought there was a recession you’re wrong! Read the caption.

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!).

Holy sidekick, Batman, its Friday! Aren’t you ready for the weekend? I’m a bit weird’ed out that I am actually in the office and that it’s Friday. I’ve spent every morning this week out of the office and the week has flown by.

So let me start by saying hello to my cousin Yannie. I am so happy you are alive and you lived to last Friday to see another birthday. You are SOOOOO dramatic—seriously, but I love you anyway. Since I had the day off Friday I stopped by my mailbox to see my buddy Tony. He is definitely one of the smartest people I know. He political savvy is unbelievable. I finished up the night with poker at Jon’s house.

Well anyway, we picked a wedding date! It was like two weeks ago, but I forgot to post it and I only told like two people who happened to ask. To find out when, click here. Friday also happened to be Aprill’s birthday and Sunday was Sylvia’s. As I write this I realize how bad of a friend I am because I didn’t call or email either of them.

I, eh, took a quick ride to one of my favorite places—Atlantic City. It turned out to be a great trip as usual. Free room, free food = free fun. While I was there I ended up winning a small, 60-dollar poker tournament and a $560 seat into another tournament. Now that’s cool. I win that tournament and it’s a 10,000-dollar seat in Las Vegas.

Of course I had the normal, full day hangover. No, not that kind, since I don’t drink and gamble, but I never get any sleep when I go and I always feel like crap the next day. So I made a quick stop in Philly before I went to work and Kurt reminded me about a few things about the hockey game we went to. It made me rethink the recap I wrote about it so I wrote this one. Yeah, it’s obvious he wrote it, but whatever. You happy now, Kurt?

Monday was also my little sister, Janae’s, bday. Wednesday Tom N. got a Wii. It’s so funny because Shelly wants one too. I keep telling you folks that you need a Wii in your life. Once you play it you’re hooked. I wouldn’t steer you wrong. Bill C. and I went out to lunch and stopped by Star Bucks. I had a green tea latte. What the heck is that? Good, that’s what it is. I think I like Star Bucks. When I got back to the office I got a pen I ordered and we realized that I got punk’ed. They blatantly misrepresented their product and I was fooled. $50 for that crap? Boo!

Later that night Rachel and I went out on a “date” to Friday’s. That was too cool. The green apple mojitos were incredible.

For those of you who are sick of the NCAA there is the Suds Sweet 16. I stumbled upon this while I was reading my Thursday newspaper. 16 beers battle it out for beer supremacy. And if that’s not interesting enough, how about training fish to catch themselves? Something about high pitched sounds, nets and fish. Who knows?

I’m out like a light brite. 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! It’s mister Happy Friday himself. And this Friday, more than any recently, is very joyful. I am here laying in my bed relaxing while you’re at work. You’re at work right?

Anyway, I have the most incredible, horrible memory a person could have. I remember random things really well and forgot some things everyone remembers. I can’t help it, so I write most stuff down. That’s all to say that when I forget about something we did or when I saw you, shoot me in the leg not the chest because I didn’t do it on purpose. Lol.

That said, I soooooo forgot that I went to breakfast and to the RU woman’s basketball game with the best friend a few weeks ago. That was a blast. I spent this past weekend as Mr. Fixit. That was classic. I had my drill and my toolset out. I installed Rachel’s under-the-cabinet CD player/radio I got her. Oddly enough it was so easy. I also put together a rack for under the sink. I guess I’m worth something after all.

Monday, Rachel sent me a funny Happy Easter e-mail. Isn’t it a great peep show? I also realized how close the Big Brother Big Sisters charity bowling event was. You show bowl with us or donate if you can. Check out the information here.

I came home and celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with Rachel. While I do have an green Ireland shirt, I quickly realized I’m not Irish. I brought home some Guinness extra stout, whatever that means, and it became clear that that stuff was too much for me. More power to you Irish folks. Oh yeah, good luck on that holiday thing. J

So a few weeks ago I told you about the Visa IPO. They go public and Brian M. tells me the stock pops 30% in the first day. I hope you got a piece, I didn’t!  I took a trip out to Philly on Wednesday to check out a project I was working on. My buddy Darren L. over at Color Reflections gave me a quick tour of his office before I reviewed the project. He then took me to lunch at the Capital Grille. All I can say is wow. The calamari was by far the best I’ve ever had. They made it with hot peppers, yum. The lobster and crab burger with tartar sauce and a splash of Tabasco was incredible. Good job, Darren.

I stopped by Tyco on Thursday for a new project and I saw a bunch of folks (Jon, Marlon, Bill, Lisa, Laura and Suz). First was Lisa W. She is great. I often wonder why we weren’t cooler while I worked there, because you are SUPER cool. Apparently, she is a major fan of the blog and promises to send in some UGC one of these days. After I left I saw my client at Saddle River Tours and went back to the office. On the way back I saw the sickest thing. There was some kind of crazy accident I couldn’t see, but there was HUGE helicopter parked on RT. 287, yes ON RT. 287! I guess we will read about that today.

Later that night, my little sister came over with Brandon and my godson Marcus. They had fun playing Wii while I spent some time with Marcus. J Oh, wait. How could I forget about MARCH MADNESS! I’m bracket crazy! As I speak I am currently tied for 1^st in my pool.

Anyway, here are two quick final notes. Shelly is going on vacation! We’ll (I’ll) miss you for the next few weeks! And tonight, Rolling Rock, the beer, is making its first attempt to advertise on the moon with a laser. Now, you may not drink, but this is amazing just because. Watch out for it! I killed the work week yesterday, but the rest of you did it today. Enjoy your 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!).  

So I’m back, but don’t call it a comeback—I’ve been here for years! The aftermath of my allergic reaction to the buffalo chicken salad from Salad Works was horrible, but it did make for good conversation. I went back and forth with my pops about the salad and I realized that while the stupid salad made my entire body break out, I felt like it was one of the top three salads I’ve ever had. His response to me eating a salad was “you are two little to diet [O], eat man food and be healthy.”

Shelly made me realize “it [was] a sad day in my world. I guess it couldn’t last forever.” That was my response to her assertion that this was the first happy Friday e-mail that wasn’t so happy. I did get a new nickname out of it—“itchy.” That’s courtesy of my arch nemesis Jane and seconded by Kurt. Ha.

Here’s the 30 second recap of last week: Friday was my first hockey game with some of the fella’s from JK Design. I went to a client meeting in Freehold and saw a bunch of motorcycles. I think I was jealous I was driving. Jessica R. sent me a funny website. I found out I like my fingerprints and that you only need one arm to be a star. I got my taxes done on Sunday and Pat’s birthday was Monday.

This past Tuesday I found out that my buddy, Susan O., won an NJIABC award for her newsletter. Congrats to her and us too—we, JK Design, design it. I stop in Star Bucks every once and a while, but I can’t believe that the baristas might be willing to do this for a customer like myself who they barely know. Wednesday was Mitzi’s birthday!  Now she’s off on vacation overseas somewhere. Have fun buddy and thanks for checking in on me!

My amigo, Cleo, checked in on the itch and sent me the funniest e-card. Seriously, if you’ve ever worked in corporate America you will find large amounts of humor in this. If you’ve ever had a job it should still be pretty funny.

Oh crap! My buddy Sara Jane D. got married. Congrats to you! So, oh yeah! I saw Karen and her baby bump. I love touching baby bumps. J Wow. I felt like I would have too much to say, but this turned out to be a shorty. I’m happy, no ecstatic that it’s Friday. Aren’t you?

Below is some post happy Friday blog entertainment.

I love Sponge Bob. Don’t you?

Don’t get scammed by Jiffy Lube (Submitted by Rachel).

Using your pet to promote a good cause may not be a good idea.

If your job involves being on TV and you’re working, you should assume you always being watched—Right? (Submitted by Jeremy R.)

They called this a prank, but I call it spooky (Submitted by Ray G.).

An 11-year-old kid that can beat most 20-year-olds in basketball (Submitted by Ray G.).

Check this PSA out (Submitted by Kelly C.).

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!).  

Happy Friday to you. I’m out sick this week. Not really sick, but I apparently have a bad food allergy to something I ate and I’m itching like I was lying in a bed of red ants. Enjoy your 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!).