http://hispanicpundit.com/2005/08/30/quote-of-the-day-76/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://hispanicpundit.com/2005/08/30/quote-of-the-day-76/#comment-66044 Gustavo Rojo Dot Com » This is Officially A Rant Wed, 14 Sep 2005 04:01:15 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2005/08/30/quote-of-the-day-76/#comment-66044 [...] The Tigs are currently in a downward spiral. What looked like an above .500 season now looks like a train wreck. I hope Tramm doesn’t lose his job over this, cause not only is he my all time favorite Tiger but he is a good manager. Mr. Ilitch needs to bring in more talent. Either way the coming years look bright for the Tigs. Look at their minor league teams and they are all playing well and there is a lot of good arms. Not too sure about hitting though. On the bigs’ squad it looks like by the end of the season the Tiger with the most homeruns won’t even reach 30. Since I am on the topic of deportes why not mention the performance of the Raiders last Thursday in Foxboro. I thought they played well but the damn refs and their yellow flags…always have to kill it. Collins played alright but he forced too many passes to Randy Moss. Come on now we have plenty of receivers, spread the wealth. I am going to make the trip to the home opener on Sunday against the KC Chiefs. What better place to be, than in the Black Hole. Can’t wait! There is nothing better than hanging out with drunken Raider fans. As for an update on the employment status of yours truly, I am back subbing. What else can I possibly do around here. I could start stealing grapes from Giumarra and sell them on Highway 65 so that he can get a taste of his own medicine. The bastard is adept at fleecing poor Mexicans so it makes me smile when I read that the UFW is making strides in unionizing his workers, even if they had a setback recently. There is hope for me though. On the day that Fox screams those words made famous by a priest from Guanajuato (I always think back to when Salinas was president and how he did the grito with his family…the bastard had the nerve to name one of his offspring Emiliano. Can you believe that shit?), I will have a sit down with another panel and discuss whether I am qualified enough to teach. After so many rejections I think the answer is ‘No’. After that I have a few more sit downs with other panels but in other fields (not education). Sometimes I feel sorry for myself but most of the time I am frustrated with the decisions that I have made in the past years. Other times I feel like just giving up and becoming a bum and live in a van down by the river (by the way, that is a line from a SNL skit made famous by Chris Farley and that I have not been able to get out of my head since I read it here). Maybe all the pressure that I have felt all my life have finally broken me. Although my parents weren’t like some crazy Korean parents……but that is neither here nor there. The point is that I have felt pressure to succeed from everyone. I was the chosen one in the family. The first one to do this and do that…the first one to graduate from college…etc…etc…I feel like I am letting my family down because I don’t have some successful career or something to show everyone that college is the thing to do. Sometimes I think that college was a waste of time, but really I don’t feel that way because I learned oh so much (Too bad I can’t dispense information for a dollar). Ya know at times I wish I had the cojones of others to just say “fuck it.” I am not going to do something (go to college for example) because I don’t care to go, I don’t want to go and I would rather work at Wal-mart. In the end what’s the point of having a job? To pay the bills of course. So does it really matter if I make money in a suit or in jeans and a t-shirt? So far in my short life I have come to the realization that the only job I find fulfilling is teaching. Everything else sucks (no offense to everyone else). If teaching is not an option then I am going to open my own business. I don’t care if I am barely making it or what. I am going to do things on my terms. I am not going to take part in any ladder climbing or ass kissing (to advance) or anything like that. Now I ask myself, “what makes people happy?” What business should I start up? I have several options. One that comes to mind is a bar. I mean people are always going to drink. Alcohol is more important than the price we pay for gasoline (more than $3…even the cheap dirty petrol at the corner is $3.15). Anyhow, something like a sports bar or something like that. I could cater to the needs of paisanos. Ya know show some futbol, adorn the joint with Chivas jerseys and stuff like that. My only hesitation is that I would feel bad taking my paisanos hard earned money in exchange for cerveza fria and tequila. Well that’s my small business idea for today. I am sure I will have more in the coming days. I just thought about another one. How about a place that sells eBay stuff? I kid, I kid. Checka this more serious rant by Joel. Cat:  [...] […] The Tigs are currently in a downward spiral. What looked like an above .500 season now looks like a train wreck. I hope Tramm doesn’t lose his job over this, cause not only is he my all time favorite Tiger but he is a good manager. Mr. Ilitch needs to bring in more talent. Either way the coming years look bright for the Tigs. Look at their minor league teams and they are all playing well and there is a lot of good arms. Not too sure about hitting though. On the bigs’ squad it looks like by the end of the season the Tiger with the most homeruns won’t even reach 30. Since I am on the topic of deportes why not mention the performance of the Raiders last Thursday in Foxboro. I thought they played well but the damn refs and their yellow flags…always have to kill it. Collins played alright but he forced too many passes to Randy Moss. Come on now we have plenty of receivers, spread the wealth. I am going to make the trip to the home opener on Sunday against the KC Chiefs. What better place to be, than in the Black Hole. Can’t wait! There is nothing better than hanging out with drunken Raider fans. As for an update on the employment status of yours truly, I am back subbing. What else can I possibly do around here. I could start stealing grapes from Giumarra and sell them on Highway 65 so that he can get a taste of his own medicine. The bastard is adept at fleecing poor Mexicans so it makes me smile when I read that the UFW is making strides in unionizing his workers, even if they had a setback recently. There is hope for me though. On the day that Fox screams those words made famous by a priest from Guanajuato (I always think back to when Salinas was president and how he did the grito with his family…the bastard had the nerve to name one of his offspring Emiliano. Can you believe that shit?), I will have a sit down with another panel and discuss whether I am qualified enough to teach. After so many rejections I think the answer is ‘No’. After that I have a few more sit downs with other panels but in other fields (not education). Sometimes I feel sorry for myself but most of the time I am frustrated with the decisions that I have made in the past years. Other times I feel like just giving up and becoming a bum and live in a van down by the river (by the way, that is a line from a SNL skit made famous by Chris Farley and that I have not been able to get out of my head since I read it here). Maybe all the pressure that I have felt all my life have finally broken me. Although my parents weren’t like some crazy Korean parents……but that is neither here nor there. The point is that I have felt pressure to succeed from everyone. I was the chosen one in the family. The first one to do this and do that…the first one to graduate from college…etc…etc…I feel like I am letting my family down because I don’t have some successful career or something to show everyone that college is the thing to do. Sometimes I think that college was a waste of time, but really I don’t feel that way because I learned oh so much (Too bad I can’t dispense information for a dollar). Ya know at times I wish I had the cojones of others to just say “fuck it.” I am not going to do something (go to college for example) because I don’t care to go, I don’t want to go and I would rather work at Wal-mart. In the end what’s the point of having a job? To pay the bills of course. So does it really matter if I make money in a suit or in jeans and a t-shirt? So far in my short life I have come to the realization that the only job I find fulfilling is teaching. Everything else sucks (no offense to everyone else). If teaching is not an option then I am going to open my own business. I don’t care if I am barely making it or what. I am going to do things on my terms. I am not going to take part in any ladder climbing or ass kissing (to advance) or anything like that. Now I ask myself, “what makes people happy?” What business should I start up? I have several options. One that comes to mind is a bar. I mean people are always going to drink. Alcohol is more important than the price we pay for gasoline (more than $3…even the cheap dirty petrol at the corner is $3.15). Anyhow, something like a sports bar or something like that. I could cater to the needs of paisanos. Ya know show some futbol, adorn the joint with Chivas jerseys and stuff like that. My only hesitation is that I would feel bad taking my paisanos hard earned money in exchange for cerveza fria and tequila. Well that’s my small business idea for today. I am sure I will have more in the coming days. I just thought about another one. How about a place that sells eBay stuff? I kid, I kid. Checka this more serious rant by Joel. Cat:  […]

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