My Happy Friday

To make this easier for me I going to make this the “Quote” Edition of Happy Friday. I think I’ll use a mix of Twitter and e-mails to make this happen. Enjoy!

First we’ll start with my girl, Andrea. She recently launched a new website that you should check out. I’ll let her explain:

“Hey Omar! We officially launched last night, make sure you add it to your blog for NEXT WEEK!!! I don’t want it to be an afterthought for this week, but want HIGH PRIORITY in the blog space for next!!!

www.myclothingcalendar.com A free online clothing journal that allows you to quickly and easily record what you wore and where you wore it! Use it, tell your friends about it!”

They’re on Twitter and Facebook so follow them and write on their wall.

Next is a hilarious wallet from Jeremy. If you like bacon, you’ll love this wallet.”

Cleo sent me/us a thank you:

“You helped with this…and friends of your blog too. Thanks Omar!

You’re the best! Thanks to your support for the American Red Cross in Target’s “Bullseye Gives” Facebook challenge, we received over a quarter of the votes in the contest—and $793,942 to help change lives.”

Friday we found ourselves with major plumbing problems at work. There was no quote for this, but it was wildly annoying not having a bathroom! J I have to give it to the employees who stuck it out!

Kia asked:

“What does Laodicean mean?????”

I told her:

“Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion.”

We’ll go to my Twitter page for the weekend:

Just picked up my godson! Babysitting solo! 9:15 AM May 30th from Twitterrific

Say hi marcus! 9:35 AM May 30th from Twitterrific

Not watching marcus by myself afterall.12:02 PM May 30th from Twitterrific

RT @MrOmarJ Lil’ man is getting ready for bed. Apparently, he doesn’t like bed.7:46 PM May 30th

On Sunday Rachel and I watched 7 pounds! That was an excellent Will Smith movie.

Tuesday was probably the funniest day of the week. Check out my day:

“At the suggestion if my nutritionist Lynne P. I’m at the Mexican place getting tacos.10:19 AM Jun 2nd from web”

“Eh. If you drive a stick you should put the e brake on when you exit the vehicle. Geez! http://bit.ly/TfYM510:20 AM Jun 2nd from web”

 “Probably not a good idea to eat Mexican when none of the bathrooms at work, work. Just a thought.10:36 AM Jun 2nd from web”

After that Rachel and I ended up at Yankee Stadium:

“In the second to last row in the upper deck at yankee stadium and I love it. This is a great seat!4:41 PM Jun 2nd from Twitterrific”

“The guy screaming about Jesus and his sons graduation was amusing yet terrifying. An interesting combination on the train.4:43 PM Jun 2nd from Twitterrific”

“Seriously no LCD in the bathroom? Wow. Very disappointed. LOL! In line for a 600 calorie cheese steak. Opps this didn’t send last night9:07 AM Jun 3rd from Twitterrific”

So, I had lunch with Jennifer A. at Tyco on Wednesday and I saw one of my favorite Executive Admins, Cindy O. in the café. We had a quick hug, she praised the blog and this is what happened:

“I c my friend cindy at Tyco & she’s like how are you doing? I say fine she says so no babies? I smile & say not yet. She says LOL had 2 ask!9:10 AM Jun 3rd from Twitterrific”

Considering the way the Yankees are playing I know he hates that I am mentioning it, but here’s Ira prediction for the season:

“My prediction: 75 – 87”

Mine is 94-68. What do you think of that Charlie/Jay?

I remembered that Karen’s son’s birthday was last week, but I forgot to e-mail her to check in. When I did she sent me back pictures from his birthday. As I read her e-mail again I realize she asked me the funniest question:

“Great to hear from you!  How are you doing?  You married yet?”

If any of you are looking to open a new checking account, Chase is giving away $100 with your new account. Brian sent me the heads up. Send me an e-mail and I will send the coupon over.

I have to give it to Adrian. He is the first person to wish me happy birthday. He was a whole, one week early, but I have to respect the thought.

So if you know me, you know what I was doing on Thursday night. I was sitting on my coach with in my new Kobe Diem shirt watching the Lakers do what they do. In a few days we will finally put the Shaq nonsense to bed and LeBron will be in his “throne” as the second best player in the game. Kobe Diem!

And that’s all folks!

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. Welcome to Happy Friday. I have to thank Mike G. for sending me the link to that site. I love text to speech sites. Don’t you?

 After I sent out the blog last week, I realized that I forgot to mention two things. One: Sylvia got engaged. How crazy is that? For those of you who know her, that’s pretty cool. And two: Ally’s little boy took his first steps. I’m waiting for the YouTube video, but you get the point I’m sure.

Anyway, the “seriously?” award goes to Christie for telling me to follow her on Twitter and when I break down and get an account she tells me she doesn’t really like Twitter and she doesn’t use it much. Yeah, thanks! LOL.

For those of you who actually use Twitter, you can follow me here. I love the fact that when I signed up, I was already following people and people who I don’t know were following me. How does that work?

Jeremy gave me a heads up that the new Wii game/fitness hit, EA Active, just came out. You can check it out here. I’m thinking about getting it myself.

Kurt sent me an e-mail that said, “I have to hand it to you, posting a link to a negative article about your new Yankee Stadium, you’re a good man giving equal time to the opposition.” Apparently, the article about Yankee stadium really bashed it. I guess I should have read it first.

Rachel found this article about Archie comics. Apparently, after all these years, Archie is going to pick a girl in [and] get married. I might have to pick up the six part series to see who he picks.

I received an e-mail from Mitzi about a [her] new blog she created for her Emerging Media Class. I believe that the more hits she gets the better she does in the class. So go check it out! And Mitzi, add me to you blogroll!

[insert random thought here] As I was rereading this I see a commercial for the new Hammer Time reality show. Really? Really? I’m embarrassed for A&E.

I was talking to a vendor for one of my clients on Tuesday from the UK and he told me “alright Omar you’re a star! Cheers!” How funny is that? I just love different cultures.

Lisa sent me this link on Wednesday. It’s the craziest pool trick shot you’ve ever seen. Kurt wasn’t too impressed, but who is he, right?

She hooked me up again later that day by picking me up some fruity yogurt. That stuff is really good! I think we should pick some up before the weekend. How about you?

Poppa Ray sent over a link to some of the best man caves around. These are definitely places I’d spend a lot of time. 

I have to thank the very gracious Karen for bringing me and Lisa lunch yesterday. That whole-wheat pasta was tasty! Mmmmm!

I talked to Jane briefly on Thursday and she was a bit blue. I included this video in hopes of cheering you up. It’s nsfw, but you work from home so who cares right?

And just so I have proof in October, I’ll include a message from my buddy and “mailbox man” Tony. “Write this down. The Phillies will win and the Mets don’t have a shot.”

I’ll end this by by congratulating Kavya Shivashankar for winning the national spelling bee. She spelled “Laodicean” correctly. Good job!

See you 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!). 

Wow! I’m exhausted! We had our first softball game this week and man, my cardio is weak. I need to get back to running so I don’t embarrass myself.

Anyway, we have a new guest! Hello, Karen K.! Welcome to the goodness.

So sorry, Chesha; I knew it was “too early. It’s still Thursday,” but if I didn’t send it out Thursday it just wouldn’t have gone out.

Target has a cool contenst/poll about who they should spend their charity dollars on. Our friends over at the Red Cross are one of the finalists and I think you should drop a vote for them! Here is the link.

Just a side note for my buddy Kurt. I know you wanted pictures this week, but I’m too sore for that this time. Remind me next time.

Now, Andrea was “literally laughing out loud sitting at [her] desk” about the mother lovers skit last week. I think you’ll find just as much joy from this clip. That came from my girl Kelly.

Since the Yankees are currently on a 9-game win streak I haven’t heard anything from Jane or Chris, but Chris did crawl out of his hole to send me an article about how crappy Yankee Standee is. Thank you, Sir.

I heard from my favorite Lakers fan, Tintu, on Monday before the first game of the Western Conference finals and all I could say was Kobe Diem.

I have to thank my super work friend Lisa for picking up Fruity Yogurt on Tuesday. Who knew fresh fruit tasted so good. MMMMMM. Delicious.

If you or anyone you know is looking for work, I am in complete support of the Keep America Working campaign. There is a job fair coming up in NY. Here is the information:

Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
811 7th Avenue 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
5/27/2009

So I said it, and I meant it. I am now on Twitter. I am following one person, Kya, and have zero followers. I think I’ll keep it that way. For you tricky Googlers, have fun trying to find me. LOL.

Anyway, Thursday was our first softball game. My mother came out, Rachel came and Asia, Amber, Tiffany and the birthday boy Marcus also showed up. He turned two. How cool is he? Too cool for school he is.

I was on yahoo before I started this and found a crazy article about the Queen of England. She now has a gold plated Wii. How cool is that?

That’s it folks. I’ll make a concerted effort to be a man next week and put some effort into this. I need to provide you with fun things to do/watch (kinda’ not work safe) to help you get through the work 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!). 

So, this will be short and sweet—because I simply have nothing to talk about.

Anyway, I received two funny e-mails from Red Sox fans that were nothing more than you would expect from those type of people . The first was from my Bloomberg buddy, Chris, who told me that Yankee Stadium had no character. I do have to apologize for our team building a palace and not a shack, like that thing you guys play in. I’m all for character, but when you’re rich you don’t live in an apartment you live in a mansion. Is that snobby? LOL.

The other e-mail was from my front running buddy Jane who wanted to remind me that the Red Sox were ahead of the Yankees in the standings. The interested point is that I didn’t hear from her when they weren’t and while they are ahead of the Yankees they still aren’t in first. Thanks for the update though.

For those of you who are familiar with the “My junk in a box” skit on SNL with Justin Timberlake, you will be happy to know that created a new one called “Mother Lovers.” Yes it is completely tasteless, but funny if you’re up for that type of thing. It also features Susan Sarandon (is that how you spell it) for those of you into her.

Tuesday I went and saw my Grandma. It’s been a while since I’ve been over there so that was a nice visit.

Kya wants me to follow up her on Twitter so I can keep updated about my godson and such. I’m not a fan of that type of nonsense, i.e. Facebook, MySpace, Flicker, but I think I’ll give it a try for her sake. Maybe I’ll post some twitter updates and add them here. We’ll see.

And lookie what we have here, Jerry sent me some UGC, user generated content. This YouTube clip is funny. It’s apparently the new, New Jersey State song. I like it.

Um, ok. This commercial jus came on. Really? Is anyone picking up that Third “Gen” Prius? I like it, but that commercial is terrible.

And I think it must be a new record. No one asked if I was married in a few weeks and I haven’t had any complaints about typos. This must be my lucky month! I did, however, run in to Paula T. on Thursday [and she] asked me if I had any updates. I thought she was talking about houses, but she gives me this signal. For those of you who can see me, all of you, she had her two fingers running across the palm of her hand. That would be the universal signal for children. Very funny.

Have a great day at work. And don’t work so hard that you’re too tired to party this 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!). 

Hey! It’s Friday. I have the day off and I just got paid. What a joy!

I was over at Tyco last Friday and they really take that Administrative Professional Day seriously. I walked into one of their buildings and all I smelled was flowers. While I was there I saw Shelly, Jen and on my second trip back I saw Trena who asked where the motorcycle was.

There was an interesting story about this girl Little Leaguer who threw a perfect game against a team of boys. She also got to throw out the first pitch at a Mets game. Now that’s a thrill.

Side Note: I hope your washing your hands. I’m going to pick up my Swine Flu prevention kit today.

Now how did I mosey on out to Philly and not say hi to my Philly friend Tasha? I don’t know, but I didn’t.

LOL. I’m laughing to myself about the combination of this Britney Spears video on TV and this story about a kid who got a Nintendo DS for his birthday, but the box was filled with rocks. That story was pretty messed up, but funny in a way because he’ll get a new game eventually.

I love Dilbert and so should you. They’ve been doing strips on the economy and they’ve been pretty funny. Check this one out.

Our favorite pitch man Vince had one of his latest pitches remixed to a dance beat. All I can say is “you’re gonna love my…”

Do you have a super hero in your town? There are several running around the country in tights and masks. My personal favorite is Super Hare.

I just found another Dlist special. Skip to about 10 seconds. That is too funny.

It’s been almost two hours since I started this and I have to go. Too many work/family interruptions and I have errands to run.

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!).

And away we go. It’s Friday morning and look how nice it is outside. Isn’t this so much better than this time four weeks ago?  

Somebody told me about this new “Go Meat” commercial so I had to share. I talked to, OMG, Jane W. on Friday. We’ve both made plans to become rich together in the next several months. I will keep you updated on how that goes. Did I tell you I got Wii Fit? It’s so cool! And since I got Jane a Wii, she can play Wii Fit too!  

Did you ever play beer pong when you were in college? I never got the chance to, but they’re giving me a chance to relive the good ol’ days with this new beer pong game for Wii.  

Unlike most people I talked to, my holiday weekend was nice and long. I had a good ol’ time doing nothing for the majority of the time.  

I did happen upon two Rutgers Alumni who were drawn to me by my Rutgers t-shirt and a third kid who saw my Rutgers credit card and told me he was thinking about going to RU. After the little Rutgers fest, my mother and I made our way down to Maryland to see my sister, her boyfriend and my god son for his first birthday. We had a grand ol’ time. Amber was there and fun was had by all. 

Sunday was my favorite print manager’s, Ryan C.F., birthday.
Tuesday, I learned a great life lesson from my buddy and coach, Tom N. I forget what I told him, but he explained what my priorities should be. They should be: 1: Softball 2: Wedding 3: Work. Not exactly what I was thinking, but it’s a nice start. 

If you’re sick of paying crazy gas prices, try pumping your own oil. That guy still pays the same price for gas, but since they found oil in his yard he’s going to make 10s of thousands of dollars. 

So here you go, Kurt. Here is your own nice little paragraph about a great thing you did this week. Kurt did an amazing trick with a rubber band that I can’t explain with words and that I was too lazy to photograph. You just have to trust me, it was amazing.  

Did you know that you can send money to those you love in minutes with Western Union? Sorry I just saw that stupid commercial.  

A friend of mine just clued me into Best Buy’s horrible return policies. If you ever buy from there you should read them. 

I have to thank Bill for this crazy picture of a fully diamond studded SL600 Mercedes. I’m amazed it’s only 4.8 million dollars. 

Workweek killed, check. Pinot Grigio, check. Netflix, check. Surround sound, check. Fiancée, check. Got to go! 

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 here we go again! It’s the prelude to another long weekend for everyone! I for one really need it. I’ve been running around all week and I’m ready to lie down.

It looks like my little Yankees fan has his own fans now. Everyone thinks he looks great in his Yankees gear. J Speaking of the Yankees, Yankees fans should check this funny Jabba page out.

After the last blog went out last week I had the pleasure of speaking to Lisa C. I have to say that I am very proud of her. She’s up to a 105 bowling average and put up a 160 high game this season. That’s very impressive.

For those of you that are aware of my catch-phrase “boom,” Jeremy, Joe Diamond, found this video for the song the Boom King. It fits me perfectly.

I have to say my new roommate is working out great. While he likes the Mets and the Jets he makes up for it personality. J He even feed my obsession for YouTube videos with this water slide video. While talking to a colleague online at home, I stumbled onto this link for one of the most incredible things I’ve seen in a while. These girls are incredibly talented. If you click that link give it about 30 seconds. It gets really good. If you’re impressed try the male version.

While driving back from visiting a client in Wallington, I saw the funniest thing on the highway. It was pouring and this guy had a broken wiper. I guess he saved it because his window was open and he had it in his hand and was wiping his windshield manually. That was too funny.

The highlight my week was when I was leaving a convenience store on Wednesday. A guy was talking to some other guy about gas prices and it made me laugh. He saw me laugh and proceeded to walk over to my car and start talking. I hit the power window and off he went. He started with a rant about four-dollar gas, then talked about the stupid republicans—George Bush and Ronald Regan—and finished up with the price of dog food, which is apparently up about 40% in the last few months, while pointing to his dog in his car. He let me know that he was 60-years-old and he’d seen a lot. He left me with an “I like you man, you’re a good guy I can tell. It was good talking to you, you’re smart.”

Now, I now most of you have heard or seen the CEO of this company called Life Lock. He gives out his social security number to prove how great the company works. He apparently forgot to mention that 20 people have gotten drivers licenses with his information and one guy even took out a loan in his name. Now they are being sued. Too funny.

If you grew up when I grew up or if you have kids my age then you will understand my pain. Lou Pearlman, the creator of the Backstreet Boys, O’ Town and N’ Sync, has been sentenced to 25 years for fraud. I almost cried a tear yesterday when I read this.

The final highlight of the week was watching my buddies Joe J. and Chuck B. from upstairs. They are now as obsessed with the Go Meat phenomenon as I am. So it’s only right to leave you with a Hillshire Farm, Go Meat!

Use a designated driver, wear your seatbelt and get back home safely.

Hillshire Farm, Go Meat!  

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!). 

“Go meat, meat, go meat!” Have you ever wanted to annoy your colleagues, friends or family while amusing yourself? Well, I just figured out how to do it. Watch this commercial and randomly recite it during the day. “You hungry, you hungry, your momma said you hungry!” I’ve been singing this song and using it in e-mails all week. I just realized how annoying it must have been. I apologize—hehe. Kurt says I write in a manner that lacks cohesion so I will attempt to use better transitions and segue way better. 

I spent the weekend doing nothing or at least nothing I can remember. I did make a few calls to the mothers I know for Mother’s Day. Happy belated to you mothers out there.  Do you know what I appreciate? I appreciate humor—especially early in the morning, and more specifically on a Monday morning. Someone left a coffee pot on at work over the weekend and Bill B. thought it was important to educate people about fire safety with this quote: “As our resident fire expert, I implore everyone to always act responsibly when operating our appliances. Only YOU can prevent office fires.” I think the quote is funny in its own right, but understanding how he nearly burned down our office makes it classic. 

If you’d ever wondered what $20 million might buy you, ask this guy and he’ll tell you ONE super delegate vote. I guess you have to applaud his message. I like the Dallas Cowboys, but this clip of Tony Romo singing and this clip of Terrell Owens can’t be a good sign of things to come. 

In better news, Rachel and I watched the “Number 23” with Jim Carey. That’s a sick movie you won’t soon forget. It’s kind of weird like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Jerry and I had lunch with two of our clients on Tuesday at this place called Park Orchard. I’m told they converted it out of an old garage. Jerry had a pasta dish, JK pasta, that he ordered by showing the waitress his JK business card. J 

I struggled with this decision, but I think the quote of the week goes to Shelly. “You’re the best account manager ever! J Thanks again.” No intro or outro needed, I kind of think it speaks for itself. Here’s a random hello to Martinique, who I had chance to chit-chat with this week.  

Do you remember when I told you I got my god son his first Yankee’s gear last week? Check him out in it. He’s a certified Yankee’s fan.  I talked to my buddy Christine and she’s at her new gig at Local Wisdom. It turns out she’s looking to hire a new Interactive Developer. Not exactly sure what that is, but I assume if it applies to you, you will. Here is the info. 

So Tom N. requested I post an injury report so here it is: After I tripped running after a pop fly in the same manner, on the same field and in the same spot as I did last year, my shoulder is healing nicely.  Thursday happened to be my good buddy Kya’s birthday. She thought I forgot about her, but it was really because I was icing my injured shoulder. I called, and you and your son got two mentions in the blog, that’s pretty cool, huh? 

Let me send a random hello to Jessie C. I randomly see you at Tyco almost every time I go, which is pretty cool.  So, I’m done. 

Hillshire Farm, Go Meat!  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!). 

Ahhhhhhhh Chu! It’s that stupid time again and the allergies are KILLING me! Why exactly are people allergic things we can’t avoid? Terrible.  

If you’re worried about the increasing gas prices, check out last Friday’s Dilbert. I think they figured out a solution to our little gas issue. If you have a thing for bubble wrap like my colleague Lisa, this might be for you.  

Friday night Rachel and I picked up my god son Omar from Kya. I just wanted to have him for the weekend, but I was told by a bunch of folks that it was a test run. Well I’ve driven the car and I’m not ready to buy. Rachel did most of the work—waking up in the middle of the night and changing diapers, but it was still too much work for me. Saturday my buddy Adrian came by to challenge me in another of our epic Wii battles. We spent about five hours going back and forth until he left.  

Sunday morning was my baby day. He woke up and so did I. We spent the morning playing and I even let him try on my favorite Yankees hat. Before we took him back to his mother, we went shopping. I got him a bunch of Yankees gear and we picked him up some multilingual toys. After dropping him off, Rachel and I tried out the surround sound system we finally got back from the manufacturer with Cruel Intentions 2—strictly a c list movie, but we liked it.  

Tuesday my boy Bill C. got me a caramel frappacino. Is that how you spell it? That was a good call, Rachel. You have to love this kid. He wore the same football jersey for like four years. I completely understand the kid, but whose parents would let them do that? 

I got to see Jen’s cool ACL scar on Wednesday. That made my day. My new roommate was complaining about going to the gym so I told him about the guy who lost nine pounds playing Wii for 30 minutes a day for six weeks. And guess what? I found eight bucks in my pocket. How great is that? 

I found a cool new job that I was considering applying for. Did you ever want to lie in bed and get paid for it? NASA is conducting a 3-month study and paying $17,000 dollars to people who are willing to spend three months lying in bed.  

We had our first softball game yesterday and we got “owned.” Owned is video game for embarrassed, dominated or killed by the other team. I did make the play of the game with an over-the-shoulder Willie Mays catch. 

So while I rub my eyes until they turn red and watery, feel to shoot me an e-mail and tell me about your week.  

You just killed the work 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!).  

Allllllllllrighty then! I hate waking up in the morning, but I love being awake. Don’t you? My buddy, Adrian sent over a picture of the house he is having built. That’s a very impressive living area, sir!

I spent Friday night with a few buddies playing cards on Friday night at Jon’s house. He showed me the playground he built for his son and his new fish pond. Are you in the market for a fully grown child? I don’t take much work. J

I spent Saturday with my Aunt, mother and cousin. My aunt is hilarious. She is just funny for no reason.  On the advice of my buddy Joe Diamond, I took the time to try that new iced tea from Dunkin Donuts. AWESOME! I think I’m hooked.

Here’s a funny story about my mother. She watches the Hills. Are you familiar with this nonsense? LOL. Terrible.  On Thursday I was at a photo shoot for a client. We were wasting sometime between shots and the photographer told us how he used to drink 15-20 cups of coffee a day. I can’t even drink 15 cups of water in a day. How is that even possible? Sick.

Oh wow, I just realized this week was particularly boring. Terrible.

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!).