I CAN'T SLEEP AND I WONDER WHY

I should be doing other things right now besides posting in my blog. I should be sleeping -- I have to be at work by 1:30 p.m., so I can psyche myself up to sit though another "Doom and Gloom" session in the weekly supervisor's meeting.

I like to joke that I'm the least powerful member of the Anderson Independent-Mail's management team. Well this meeting basically proves it. I sit there, listening to other people report to the editor, and I rarely have anything productive to add. My job, to affirm what my boss says when he says "Right Arni?" It's a big waste of my time and makes my first day back in the office that much longer.

Maybe it's that dread that keeps me awake, or maybe it's the many things on my "To Do" list that I should have done during the past two days off.

Things I didn't do today:

* Didn't get to the grocery store
* Didn't do that load of laundry
* Didn't get my oil changed
* Didn't take the car to the dealership to get the radio fixed (YES STILL)

Not that I was complete slacker today, yes I know it's Wednesday already, but it's not really Wednesday until I get to sleep. I did get my hair cut. And I did go to the bank and get my check from working at the Brickyard 400 deposited.

And I learned a lesson today. If you get a check written to you, and your last name is mispelled, the bigger problem is if you go by a nickname and the teller can't figure out "Arni" is a derivative of "Arnold." True Story.

Well I think I may go read a book or something... maybe then I'll fall asleep.

AND THE EMMY FOR NEW BLOG NAME GOES TO...

Stacy, for the very cheesy, but very functional Bhen There, Done That.

The blog will be called this until something better is thought of...which may be for all eternity.

Some of you may be curious as to what I've been up to of late. Same old shit really. I've told a few people the last few days that I work and I sleep. And sometimes I watch all the TV that has backed up on my TiVo. Who knew I liked so much television.

WE LOVE RACIN'

NASCAR prank call

Note: I don't want to work for these people... just entertain them...

SAY MY NAME -- WAIT... I STILL DON'T GOT ONE

So I've heard this from my three loyal readers, who I dined with last week as they past threw town on their way to Atlanta.

"I've been thinking about your new blog name and I can't think of anything."

The only suggestion, and therefore the leader in the clubhouse is Marcus' "Mean Man Arni," but that sounds way too much like Will Chandler's name, so it will probably not make the cut.

I hereby charge my creative thinking friends to think of something for me... otherwise I will be forever called "Your name here."

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CREATIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE!!!!

A new title for the blog

OK, it's time for another redesign. And with that, I think I'm gonna re-name this here blog. Any suggestions? If I like it, maybe I'll name it after you for a while.

Some news to report.... I'm starting to look at getting a new car -- almost got an Infiniti Q 45 last week from a friend of my dad. I'm also thinking about moving again. This time to a two-bedroom house that one of my friends owns. The rent is only $90 more a month then I pay here, but I want to look at it more before I decide to commit.

That's all for now.

Til next time, keep your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds. I'm Casey Kasem