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rdplus: Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroomR-SP
Fri, 24 May 2013 01:25:12 -0400

rdplus:

Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroom
R-SP Shenlong Gundam

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strigesbecrazy: YO I TOLD YOU LITTLE SHITS TO SAVE. Resetti...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:06:37 -0400

strigesbecrazy:

YO I TOLD YOU LITTLE SHITS TO SAVE.

Resetti outfit 95% complete. Just need a different white shirt. n v n

d3rachi: Ohhhh Bull fucking shit i’d download a pizza,...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:02 -0400

d3rachi:

Ohhhh

Bull fucking shit i’d download a pizza, christ I’d fill my hard drives with pizza copies and variants. *I don’t care if its cold mother fucker give me a pirated pizza*

Europe Vacation March 2013., a set on Flickr.Via Flickr: Trip...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:18:31 -0400

Europe Vacation March 2013., a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Trip through Germany, Italy, Austria and Swizarland March 22nd to 31st, 2013 with EF Tours.

Please share as I am trying to get some interest in my photos and I like to think they are a hint bit better than the average snapshot. Thank you.

Apparently New Jersey is just as oppressive as Cuba, Iran and North Korea.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:26:58 -0400

Reading this rules sheet for a National Geographic photo contest, and this pops out at me

“CONTEST IS VOID IN CUBA, IRAN, NEW JERSEY, NORTH KOREA, THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, SUDAN, SYRIA, VERMONT AND WHERE PROHIBITED.”

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. New Jersey is just as bad as North Korea.

So when does NJ start its nuclear weapons program?

(Still) Life In A Nut Shell. by ~KenMurrey

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:16:00 -0400

(Still) Life In A Nut Shell. by ~KenMurrey

bunnyfood: Cat screams “NO!” during his first bath (via...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:14:57 -0400

bunnyfood:

Cat screams “NO!” during his first bath

(via arbroath:mackigger)

THEY ARE LEARNING.

Swiss Mountain by ~KenMurrey

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:57:45 -0400

Swiss Mountain by ~KenMurrey

44oz: Danny O’Connor

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:36:23 -0400

44oz:

Danny O’Connor

eocene: Sailing on Lake Wakatipu (by Stuck in Customs)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:11:10 -0400

eocene:

Sailing on Lake Wakatipu (by Stuck in Customs)

mineralists: Fluorite and Calcite Glageon Quarry, France

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:11:03 -0400

mineralists:

Fluorite and Calcite
Glageon Quarry, France

eocene: Nevado Pucajirca (norte) 6048 mts. (by Mono Andes)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:49:05 -0400

eocene:

Nevado Pucajirca (norte) 6048 mts. (by Mono Andes)

bijoux-et-mineraux: Blue Fluorite

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:31:59 -0400

bijoux-et-mineraux:

Blue Fluorite

The bitter twists of fate...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:26:00 -0400

So, I kind of just want to write this down, not really for attention or for therapy just because I feel the need to document these happenings in my life in the opening of this year.

On the 8th of January I started dating a friend of mine and almost instantly it went from good friend to perfect soul mates in like an hour. Its the best thing to ever happen in my life and I cannot complain. I would destroy the universe in her name and lately…its the only good thing in my life.

Fast forward to February and my grandmother (who I am currently living with) got beaten up by one of her clients sons (she is in elder care) . She is OK its just a big bunch of bullshit that has not only jeopardized her health but also her work. I wish I could say that was all.

Then later in march my dad was diagnosed with stage 3-to-4 colon cancer, I probably only have 5 more years with him at max, 3 or less more realistically. And I’m sorry but if you’re telling me my dad, the only person who gives me the courage to put up with my asinine grandfather who has on multiple times driven me to almost suicide with his verbal abuse is going to die before that fucker. I say fuck you. And now my Great Grandmother, who was 90, has just died. That one I am not all that mad about, she was 90 and I got to know her till I was 22. I cannot complain and it was her time.

Oh, and on my soul mates side her grandmother, who she loves more than a mother, probably has kidney cancer.

Its just been an endless whirlpool of bad news and death for the last 2 months and its beginning to deaden me. I’m beginning to feel myself just not even caring anymore.

But on the good news:
I have a trip this friday for a week in Germany and Italy with my GF, the trips been in plans since last march, if you told me a year ago all of these things were going to happen I’d probably have done more than waste my time in classes and spent more time with my loved ones, But I cannot change that.

The short of it is I currently just have one good thing going on in my life and that is her….And I plan on holding onto her tighter than a vice grip, because if the universe is doing all these things to me after finding her I have to believe she is the one. She’s the only one keeping me from going insane in this pit of misery and death…

Kelsey. I love you with all my heart, I will protect you like the most precious treasure. You’re my everything and I know you care as much for me as I do for you. You’ve given me a feeling of calm I have never had and I cannot see living without. You’ve made me laugh when I’ve never been sadder, you’ve made me feel human when I felt like a monster.

If the universe has any plan at all we are meant for each other. I want to live hand in hand and by your side.

You don’t read this blog but I will show this to you when I’ve proposed. I love you, so very much. And I hope you say yes.

natgeofound: The Johanneskirche Protestant Church reflects on...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:53:34 -0400

natgeofound:

The Johanneskirche Protestant Church reflects on the water in Stuttgart, Germany, August 1928.
Photograph by Hans Hildenbrand, National Geographic

swoz: savedchicken: boop things I like.

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:52:06 -0400

swoz:

savedchicken:

boop

things I like.

Photo

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:50:26 -0400

natgeofound: A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:43:29 -0400

natgeofound:

A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West Virginia, 1938.
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

dailydot: First rule of American restaurant etiquette: If you...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:09:01 -0500

dailydot:

First rule of American restaurant etiquette: If you can’t afford to tip the wait staff, you can’t afford to eat there. Second rule: If you ignore the first rule and stiff your waiter anyway, admitting you’re a selfish cheapskate is better than pretending it’s somehow a higher calling.

guardiancomment:

Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired after she posted a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit, wrote for us:

I was a waitress at Applebee’s restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill. I posted it on the web as a light-hearted joke.

This didn’t even happen at my table. The note was left for another server, who allowed me to take a picture of it at the end of the night.

Someone had scribbled on the receipt, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

I assumed the customer’s signature was illegible, but I quickly started receiving messages containing Facebook profile links and websites, asking me to confirm the identity of the customer. I refused to confirm any of them, and all were incorrect.

I worked with the Reddit moderators to remove any personal information. I wanted to protect the identity of both my fellow server and the customer. I had no intention of starting a witch-hunt or hurting anyone.

Now I’ve been fired.

The person who wrote the note came across an article about it, called the Applebee’s location, and demanded everyone be fired — me, the server who allowed me to take the picture, the manager on duty at the time, the manager not on duty at the time, everyone. It seems I was fired not because Applebee’s was represented poorly, not because I did anything illegal or against company policy, but because I embarrassed this person.

In light of the situation, I would like to make a statement on behalf of wait staff everywhere: We make $3.50 an hour. Most of my paychecks are less than pocket change because I have to pay taxes on the tips I make.

After sharing my tips with hosts, bussers, and bartenders, I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I am expected to skip bathroom breaks if we are busy. I go hungry all day if I have several busy tables to work. I am expected to work until 1:30am and then come in again at 10:30am to open the restaurant.

I have worked 12-hour double shifts without a chance to even sit down. I am expected to portray a canned personality that has been found to be least offensive to the greatest amount of people. And I am expected to do all of this, every day, and receive change, or even nothing, in return. After all that, I can be fired for “embarrassing” someone, who directly insults his or her server on religious grounds.

In this economy, $3.50 an hour doesn’t cut it. I can’t pay half my bills. Like many, I would love to see a reasonable, non-tip-dependent wage system for service workers like they have in other countries. But the system being flawed is not an excuse for not paying for services rendered.

I need tips to pay my bills. All waiters do. We spend an hour or more of our time befriending you, making you laugh, getting to know you, and making your dining experience the best it can be. We work hard. We care. We deserve to be paid for that.

I am trying to stand up for all of us who work for just a few dollars an hour at places like Applebee’s. Whether a chain steakhouse or a black-tie establishment, tipping is not optional. It is how we get paid.

I posted a picture to make people laugh, but now I want to make a serious point: Things like this happen to servers all the time. People seem to think that the easiest way to save money on a night out is to skip the tip.

I can’t understand why I was fired over this. I was well liked and respected at Applebee’s. My sales were high, my managers had no problems with me, and I was even hoping to move up to management soon. When I posted this, I didn’t represent Applebee’s in a bad light. In fact, I didn’t represent them at all.

I did my best to protect the identity of all parties involved. I didn’t break any specific guidelines in the company handbook – I checked. But because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee’s has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than an angry customer. That’s a policy I can’t understand.

I am equally baffled about how a religious tithe is in any way related to paying for services at a restaurant. I can understand why someone could be upset with an automatic gratuity. However, it’s a plainly stated Applebee’s policy that a tip is added automatically for parties over eight like the one this customer was part of. I cannot control that kind of tip; it’s done by the computer that the orders are put into. I’ve been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time I’ve seen the “Big Man” used as reasoning.

Obviously the person who wrote this note wanted it seen by someone. It’s strange that now that the audience is wider than just the server, the person is ashamed.

I have no agenda here. I seek no revenge against the note writer. I have no interest in exposing their identity, and, at this point, I’m not even sure I want my job back. I was just trying to make a joke, but I came home unemployed.

I’ve been waiting tables to save up some money so I could finally go to college, so I could get an education that would qualify me for a job that doesn’t force me to sell my personality for pocket change.

hawksabove: I want some friends to get married so I can send...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:08:17 -0500

hawksabove:

I want some friends to get married so I can send them a card that opens up to this.

*saves*

Art, Toys and Video Games.

rdplus: Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroomR-SP Fri, 24 May 2013 01:25:12 -0400 rdplus: Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroomR-SP Shenlong Gundam Related LinksShenlong Gundam Update: Added more pictures

strigesbecrazy: YO I TOLD YOU LITTLE SHITS TO SAVE. Resetti...

d3rachi: Ohhhh Bull fucking shit i’d download a pizza,...

Europe Vacation March 2013., a set on Flickr.Via Flickr: Trip...

Apparently New Jersey is just as oppressive as Cuba, Iran and North Korea.

(Still) Life In A Nut Shell. by ~KenMurrey

bunnyfood: Cat screams “NO!” during his first bath (via...

Swiss Mountain by ~KenMurrey

44oz: Danny O’Connor

eocene: Sailing on Lake Wakatipu (by Stuck in Customs)

mineralists: Fluorite and Calcite Glageon Quarry, France

eocene: Nevado Pucajirca (norte) 6048 mts. (by Mono Andes)

bijoux-et-mineraux: Blue Fluorite

The bitter twists of fate...

natgeofound: The Johanneskirche Protestant Church reflects on...

swoz: savedchicken: boop things I like.

Photo

natgeofound: A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West...

dailydot: First rule of American restaurant etiquette: If you...

hawksabove: I want some friends to get married so I can send...

rdplus: Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroomR-SP
Fri, 24 May 2013 01:25:12 -0400

rdplus:

Robot Damashii Exclusive @ akiba showroom
R-SP Shenlong Gundam

Related Links
Shenlong Gundam

Update: Added more pictures