Even when they are doing it completely wrong, the client is always right.
Even when everything in your heart, in your body and in your personal experience tells you that their plan is destined for failure...the client is always right.
Even if you want to go the extra mile and do it better for them because you genuinely want to see them succeed, it is them who are paying you to do exactly what they assigned you to do...
I want to tell you a story of the best thing that ever happened to me at Cal Poly.
It's somewhere around the third week of my first quarter. I really haven't made that many friends. I'm still adjusting to the whole college life thing. You know, getting used to all of this newfound freedom that I've never had before.
So I'm coming back to the dorms from a Carl's Jr. food run with one of my roommate's, Chris. We race from the parking lot, up a couple flights of stairs and up to our room. The door is closed and locked, which was typical, but this time there is a suspicious small yellow post-it note on the door written by our third roommate.
"Doing laundry. Do not disturb. -Craig"
Chris and I both look at each other thinking "what the fuck?" We both get a chuckle out of it and then proceed to opening the door.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
The room is dark (thank god!) but the room totally reeks of sex. I can see the shadowy figure of Craig's girlfriend on the top bunk. She's naked and she's mad.
sometimes i just wish i was a complete asshole. last week some damn telemarketer called me to discuss some business with my basketball site...if only i had it in me to just tell the guy to fuck off...
Sales Guy:
i really don't give a rats ass...but it was an empty afternoon with nothing to do, so i decided to humor him a bit...
Mel: ...interesting... Sales Guy: if you hold on one quick second, my supervisor can give you more details Sales Guy: one second...
i know exactly what's going on...you're a stupid intern that does all the initial talking....and then when you think you can lock up the guy, you bring in your big boy supervisor to close the deal.
i've seen Boiler Room you stupid fuck...
Supervisor: hey there....mr. tajohn
i noticed a slight delay in the greeting...probably because he was reading my name off some stupid list...and the best part is he pronounced name wrong.
Supervisor: Supervisor: ...so what's the focus of your website? Mel: its an online community on basketball, but we're slowly expanding to become a true online basketball resource Supervisor: are you kidding me??? Supervisor: basketball is my favorite sport!!!!
pleeeeaaaaase, bitch!!! you don't know jack about the sport, cockmunch!!
Supervisor: i'll tell you what... Supervisor: normally we charge $5,000 for our services Supervisor: but since i like you and since i'm such a HUUUUUGE fan of basketball Supervisor: i can give you an exclusive offer of $2,100
ooooh ooooh, really??? just for me???!
Supervisor: so what do you think? Mel: hmmm, sounds interesting... Mel: i'll have to talk to my co-admins about it and then i'll get back to you Supervisor: great!! i'll cal-- Mel: if we're interested, don't call me...i'll call you Supervisor: ...ok...i'll be expecting your call next week!! Mel:hangs up
tomorrow (today) is the first day of the quarter and i have an 8am class...its 1:40am right now and i just can't fall asleep.
this past summer was really chill...a lot more laid back than last summer, but still fun. it started out pretty cool, with josh being my roommate for like 6 weeks. the weekdays were mostly school for me and driving to LA for josh...but on the weekends it was all about shibbying @ huntington beach, beach volleyball, more shibby and cheap BJs courtesy of rose & diana.
there were times when josh and i would butt heads...one some nights, my laid back, low maintenance lifestyle would totally clash with his i-like-to-party-i-like-i-like-to-party attitude...and it didn't help that we only had one car (which my dad mandated that no one else can drive without me). meh, whatevers...i basically learned that being around the same person for a full 24-7, no matter how cool they are, is never a good thing.
anyways, fourth of july rolled around. loved it. it was that party @ natalie's place and i met some cool girls there. i'll never forget when josh and i were partners for taboo...
Mel: if everything about a girl is hot but her face, you'd cover it up with a brown... Josh: BAG!!! Mel: yes!!!Mel: if you sleep with an underage girl, you go to... Josh: JAIL!!! Mel: yes!!! Mel: i have a lot of this on my computer Josh: PORN!!! Mel: correct!!!
fourth of july was also the day i talked to my precious Jasmine Trias on the phone. (and i know that some of you fuckers voted "0 stars - terrible" for that post i made about it...but i don't give a rats ass what you think. i think its fucked up how you guys never rate anything "good," yet you made the effort to rate "terrible" on something i care about. )
anyways...there was also that weekend when mike came to party down in huntington. that was a good 'ol drunken time, i must say. :beerchug:
...unfortunately, that weekend was also when my beloved hamster passed away... you my boy, pube!!! you my boy!!!
i think it was the weekend after that when we had another shindig at my place...me, alan, james, josh and dan. i'll never forget the jamming on the ukulele while alan & drunken josh would freestyle the lyrics. that weekend was also the time when i hit an incline @ 60 mph with a full load of guys in my car...and also ended up paying $500 for fixing her up afterwards...
for the rest of summer, things got really chill. josh flew back home and i was left with a buttload of computer programming and web design projects.
oooooh wait a minute, how could i forget the cal poly sausage fest in my apartment!! all of the old school montecito crew were at my place, drinkin' & smokin' it up. that was also the first time "jimmy" tainted his virgin lungs. good times...good times...
once summer school was done, i headed to vegas for a week for some errands...tinted out my car, fixed like a bagillion computers and some other shit. it was my first time @ my parent's new vegas house, which i must say has that hotel suite feel to it.
the final days of my summer i spent working @ home...i have a deadline for my JustBBall.com that i refuse to miss. (on a side note, last summer i broke the 1,000 member milestone...this summer i broke 6,000. ) on the weekends i'd drive back to webb to visit cristina along with the rest of her family. at the football field, i bumped into my classmate, natasha...
Mel: natasha?? Natasha: mel??! Mel: oh shit, hey!!! how are you?? Natasha: i'm good.Mel: so what are you up to now that you graduated? Natasha: i'm relaxing now, but i'm gonna get my PHD over at UCLA. Natasha: ...what about you? Mel: oh, i'm still at cal poly... Natasha: oh...when you gonna graduate? Mel: 2 years...ish... Mel:
later that night i kicked it with my webb homie, stan, who also just graduated. damn all you people that follow the 4 year plan!!
so anyways, i'm at my apartment now. my roommate, sam, still smells like feet. the two new roommates seem cool though. one of the guys i played bball with a few seasons ago. they're also neat freaks, which is a good thing as roommates.
holy fuck, its 3am now and i have to get up by 7. alright, i'm out. thanks for the great summer everyone...and an even bigger thanks for actually reading this whole damn thing. have a nice day.
kinda bored...here's some things that have happened in the past couple weeks
met a girl named Janus...and i couldn't stop laughing inside cuz her name is like ANUS with a J.
did my first beer bong with the montecito crew. but for some damn reason i couldn't get drunk.
had another boaty call with april over some beer, hard lemonade, chewy chips ahoy and bruce almighty.
dropped my accounting class because i apparently don't have to retake it...so now i only have 2 courses...which is 4 classes A WEEK. ...sad thing is i might be in school for another 2 years...
might go to mexico with cathy for spring break.
went shopping with melissa (le)...she helped me realize how much i talk about food...literaly...
Mel: oh, and that's the papa johns where i used to eat with darwin and bojo every tuesday...soo good Mel: oh, and over there is mongolian bbq...you can eat as much as you want and they cook it right in front of you...used to go there every friday...soo good Mel: oh, and that's the only KFC around here that still sells chicken nuggets...not the crispy chicken strips...the old school chicken nuggets...sooo good Mel: ohgood, lets go to quiznos...they have the greatest cookies there ever...just ask them to put 'em in the oven and its all soft and squishy and chewy...sooo good
got a proposal from Yahoo! Sports College Broadcasting that'll pay to advertise on my justbball.com...
blocked the CRAP out of some really tall asian dude in basketball...god damn that was an ego booster.
i was playing guitar in my room and some drunk white guy comes in:
Drunk White Dude: hey!! you're filipino!! sing the filipino anthem for me!!
today's a good day!! no, i didn't get laid or anything (inshallah) but i was talkin' to some cute girls in class this morning. also i just finished a kick ass design for my justbball.com...by far the coolest design i've ever done!! hopefully i'll have it up within a week.
another cool thing is i found someone that is really tight with the guy that runs the Summer Pro League in long beach. its a HUGE hookup because a lot of bball superstars play there...which means a whole shit load of national publicity...and i might actually get my site promoted there!!! just watch, one of these days kobe bryant and other stars are gonna be sporting justbball gear!! man, this networking shit is cool!!
