So this weekend was fun. The Rodeo on Friday was interesting. We walked around before hand and saw a big auction for all of these cows that were selling for around $1000. Crazy! Then we saw the bull riders and the clowns, and those guys are nuts. After that, we were treated to a concert by Trace Adkins. :)

Saturday, Kim and I ran 5 miles. I’m still not sure why I have to run 5 miles while training for a 3 mile race. But we did it, and I didn’t really hurt that much after it!

We also went to a play yesterday. The Front Page. It was actually really good and funny. I think I may go to plays more often. Tickets were supposed to be really expensive, but we pretended to be UMKC students and got them for $6 since it was day of the show, haha.

Today I setup an interview with Optimal Solutions for Thursday. I hope everything with my job stuff works out ok…

I’m hoping to catch some OAR shows in the next week. Hopefully I can make it to all 3 of them!

Work training was alright. It was basically a bunch of stuff for the kiosk managers to know and understand. I guess it is good for me to learn about it as well, since I will be filling in for them. I just don’t have my own kiosk that I’m in charge of. I’m ready to start doing some work all the time.

Guess what happened though. I got a call from a guy I had a phone interview with a couple weeks ago. I told him that I was involved in another job right now and that I would be doing that until next year. Well he called back yesterday and wants to have a face to face interview. I knew that once I committed to something, then other stuff would start coming in. Ugh, how annoying. Anyway, I’m going to do the interview and just take it from there. I hope it can turn into something for next year, but I don’t know…

Kim and I are planning to go to the rodeo tonight. I need to try and find my cowboy hat!

The trip home was very fun. Let’s see…

Friday, Kim and I visited her family and then went down to tall stacks with her parents, her brother Jason, and fighty. It was a good time down there, and we watch Homunculus play! From there, fighty and I met up with Liam and went to some average comedy show thing at UC featuring two of the less funny guys from whose line is it anyway? From there, it was time to go to the Mad Frog to see Red Wanting Blue, and then we went to Murphy’s afterwards. Murphy’s was weird, and not too much fun. Everyone that goes back there says the same thing. Oh well…

The wedding on Sat. was a blast. It was super nice and a good time with all of Kim’s friends.

Sunday was a long day of driving and flying. We finally made it back to KC though…

Tonight we are going to Doni & Phil’s for the Chiefs game!

The Mraz show was pretty sweet. I still enjoy the smaller shows of his more, when he just played with Toca and Ian. The show is now very produced, but the one thing that benefits a lot from that is the sound. My tape from this show is smokin’ Check it out if you are one of those music friends of mine. :)

Tonight, Kim and I are hopping on a plane to Indy. It is the big wedding weekend in Toledo. Should be a good one…

I started work today. We spent the day in a climate controlled storage room aka a very cold cave. We counted inventory for all of Hickory Farms kiosks in the area. I met 2 of the Kiosk Supervisors, who were both really cool and pleasant to work with, so that’s nice! Minus the cold, it was a really good time. Wednesday we get to work in a warm storage area though. :)

Tomorrow I get to see Jason Mraz. I think that during the afternoon I’m gonna try and see a small free show at some bar, but I really don’t have all the details yet. Hopefully that works out.

If you want to see some of our friend Dennis’ pictures from Herman, they are here: Herman Pics. You do need to have an ofoto account though. Kim and I aren’t really in any anyway…

The Hermann bus trip was a blast. I’ve never had so much wine, which made it unlike any other Octoberfest, but it was still fun.

I start working tomorrow, really early. :\

I have a job with Hickory Farms that starts next week. It starts real slow and will get really busy during the holiday season. I still don’t know what my real job title is, but I’m some sort of liaison between the Kiosk Managers and the Pioneer District Supervisor. Still not sure how I got into this job, but it will give me something to do for the next couple months…

All I know is that I am working for a few hours on Monday starting at 6:30 AM cleaning some storage, and then doing more cleaning on Wednesday. The week after that I go to a training program, then I guess it all starts from there. It seems like I will help my boss setup all the stores in the area in preparation for the holiday rush. Then I will help fill in when kiosk supervisors need a day off or can’t work. That is what I’m getting of this so far. Kiko (the boss) is a really cool guy, and I’m actually looking forward to getting out and doing something.

If you are looking for some new CD’s let me make a few suggestions:
The Low Life – Thixotropic (buy it at awarestore.com)
Dave Matthews – Some Devil (Best Buy)
Howie Day – Stop All The World Now (Best Buy)

If you are a member of friendster (www.friendster.com) then add me as a friend: edpaff_jr@oarsa.org

Denver was awesome! Kim and I spent one afternoon in Breckenridge. At first we did a little bit of shopping and then shortly after that a local told us to go hiking up on Borea’s Pass. We took the advice and went. It was amazing. The pass is a gravel road that was once a railroad track. It climbs gradually up a mountain and the entire time there are amazing views down into Breckenridge and other mountains around there. The leaves on the trees (the non evergreen ones) had changed to a bright gold color, which contrasted very nicely with the evergreens. I have some amazing pictures that I will have to scan sometime. We also went to the Great American Beer Festival while in Denver. I’ve never had some many different beers in such a short amount of time. It was a great time though, as was the entire weekend. Thanks to Kim’s friend Josh for it all!

I got on a hockey team out here in KC. We had our second game tonight, and lost again, but this time it was only 1-0. The last game we lost really badly, but I had 2 goals. :) I’m enjoying it so far, and we have 11 more games still!

I still have no job news, but I’m getting some feedback from the web design stuff. It is looking very nice so far.
Oh yeah, I may have a position with Hickory Farms for the holiday season. The Pioneer District Supervisor (Kiko) is looking for an assistant and I may have filled his position. I should know more in a week or so, hopefully…

The trip I had home to fix Kim’s windshield was nice. I got to see most of my friends and even have some pretty good nights out at the bars. I was ready to come back to KC though, since Kim wasn’t with me on this trip.

This weekend we are riding a bus with many others 4 hours away to some small town’s Octoberfest. Everyone that has gone on it before loved it, so we are looking forward to that. And then the weekend after this, we are back in Ohio. This time for a wedding…

I think that is about it for now.
Prost!

The delivery thing didn’t work out. I wouldn’t really deliver all that much, and then when I wasn’t I would have to cut meat and all that. :barf

I applied to Best Buy and CompUSA yesterday. I think I would enjoy a job at either of those places more than at a food place. We’ll see where that takes us. I’ve also been using the classifieds. :)

If you know ANYONE who needs a website, contact me about it. I’m gonna try to get some freelance things going on. Carrie is gonna give me some leads, people who contacted her for a site and she had to tell them that she didn’t have time to do it. She is awesome! :)

I’m planning to go to NYC over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend for the big OAR shows! I just need to get the money now…

Kim and I are heading to Denver this weekend to visit her friend Josh and to go to a big beer festival. It should be a very good time!

Well back to job searches…

I’m ready t’give up on all job searchin’. I have created some business cards for ED Webpages however. Maybe this be what I’m Ahoy! posed t’do. Also, I have an interview today t’be a sub delivery guy for Mr. Goodcents. Excitin’, I know. :) I just need somethin’ t’do…

The reason for the funny language up there, it is Talk Like A Pirate Day!