Panic!

"When I say Shotgun, you say ____"

Panic! At The Disco is a catchy, catchy band. Annoyingly so. I give it about a month until they're on Best Buy Radio. I had them described to me as "just like Fall Out Boy" and that is what I would usually refer to as an understatement. Don't get me wrong- this is an endorsement. In fact I can't pry my ears, if you will. I paused briefly to take in some solo Ben Gibbard and Jenny Lewis, a little Iron & Wine and some Pale Pacific... but without fail I find myself popping that damn Panic! disc in time and again.

This last weekend was Whirlyball.

If you don't know what whirlyball is--and I didn't before this weekend--you should go to their website. Hey, plan yourself a little Whirly Bar Mitzvah while you're at it. Not Jewish? Who cares!

Aside- I underestimated the physical toll a game that requires a Bumper Car for movement can take. I took a chunk out of Jesus's hand when I moved to block his attempt at a pass and the game itself is kind of like taking a half hour to bike point-blank into a wall over and over again. If the steering stick was aimed towards you during an impact it never worked out well and there were a few head on collisions that made me glad I had a seatbelt on. I definitely was feeling it yet a day later when I had to walk around for 8 hours or so at work. And apparently we're doing paintball next. I've never done paintball before but I have no qualms about changing that statistic. What I do have qualms about is our progression from crashing into each other to shooting at each other. I don't know where this is headed... but if someone suggests we all take a leisurely boat ride out to international waters to have drunken knife fights- I'm out.

Maybe.

Lastly- I may be down to one job in a few weeks. Management changes are looking to be a very near reality. I can only imagine employment changes are soon to follow. Actually- maybe just me. Dan has a decent track record and from what I can tell is slowly being earmarked for management, so he should be fine, and Chris is on the ins with everyone else so he should be able to hop ships instead of jumping the one. I, on the other hand, haven't been around as long and haven't been hitting quota. Granted that last part is the problem we all have for the store but the fact is I'm pretty sure the powers that be are regarding my underperformance as a reflection of me and not the poor location and coverage of our store, which is more the case. If they asked me to go work at SouthRidge or Brookfield I have no doubts that quota would be hit. The question is if that's a chance I'll even be given. Either way: if we do have a mangement change here I'm pretty sure I'll be given a 2-4 week ultimatum myself. Maybe I should be giving Verizon a call...

Note: My subject titles are always veracious and clever. Astute. Discriminating and delivered with great precision. Attend me with praise and props. If these come in the form of kudo--I am not one to judge.