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Amy's was known as the amusement park of deli's. The building was circular with a domed roof. The interior was painted in 3 different colors: green, yellow, and peach with all three colors on the was and painted on the ceiling. The ceiling was a swirl of paint so that it looked like a fun house. The counter was circular and had chairs with the logo of the Amy's deli on the seats. It was an amazing looking place with people going there not only for the great food but, to look at the wonderful building.

The LongIntegers took there seat in a booth right beside the door. A waitress came around to give them their menus and take their order. Bud ordered the grilled salmon and fries with a salad and a side of mayonnaise. As they were waiting for their meal an awkward silence came over them until Bud spoke up and asked what everyone thought of the new cleaning man movie.

The cleaning man movie was about a man named Don Sump who made millions in the house cleaning business. It was a strictly accurate mocumentary which parodied Don life as the cleanest man in computer city. Don started the business out of his garage and only had one house cleaning client at first then the business slowly grew into a billion dollar a year business. Well actually Don was know as the funniest cleaning man in computer city. You see in addition to his business every week he would preform stand up at computer city bar and grill.

So when it came time to hire his first cleaning personnel he vowed to hire only people who were go cleaners and great comedian's. That what set Don's house cleaning service - We joke while we clean - for the other house cleaning service. There were no serious men or women in his employ, no sir.

The movie was a smash hit at computer city cinema and got rave review's from critics. It was not only witty but, informative also. It told Don's life story in a serious yet humorous tone.

Everyone else did not know what to think of the movie because no one except Bud had seen it. So Bud told them they liked the move and everyone agreed.

The meal having arrived and everyone dug in. In minutes the plates were empty and after giving the waitress a tip and commenting on the building the LongIntegers were on the sidewalk read to make long walk to their next destination which could be anywhere on computer city island as no one in the group had made a decision where the group should go next. How about the beach said one of the group. That drew groans. How about we walk around aimlessly and when we see a place that looks interesting we will check it out Bud said. Everyone agreed.

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Unfortunately I had one more day of shopping until I could shoot my Ladybug gone green beetle. I was miserable and that made me feel good. What was I going to shop for with all the dreams of making millions in my head. Whenever I get excited with misery I get hungry so I decided to spend the whole day eating at the mall as I had already bought everything I needed on Saturday.

I figured I start with Winn's ice cream bar. The bar had any ice cream flavour you could imagine if you could imagine a flavor that Winn's did not have they would make if for you special. The interior of the bar was vintage with white linoleum floors and boots from the 1950's. The music that came from the jukebox was 1970's disco and there also was a disco ball.

I decided to start with the Cheddar cheese ice cream as I had not eaten breakfast. I smothered the it in ketchup and wow, did it taste good. I did not think cheddar cheese ice cream would taste so good.

Next up was the Butternut squash ice cream. It certainly looked great all orange and stuff. It was served with a side of honey mustard which could be spread over the ice cream before it was eaten. I must say it was good.

Now for some adventure. I have always been a women with a wild side. Once I went a week without eating any ice cream. I decided to try Bell pepper ice cream which was served with a side of tortilla chips in case the ice cream was to hot and I need a quick cool down. The ice cream looked harmless enough with it light green color but, wow did it pack a punch. I was into the chips after the first bite of ice cream. I was determined to not give up so I kept eating until all the ice cream was eaten and with a scorched tongue and a bulging ego I decided to try more ice cream.

Carrot ice cream was my next target and I must say from someone who does not like to eat carrots. It tasted simply amazing with the whipped cream it was served with.

I thought now it the home stretch and I need to go for the desert ice creams. So went for the double fudge brownie ice cream with whipped cream on top. It was simply divine. It was so smooth and velvety as it went down my throat. And now for the last and I thought best ice cream I have ever tasted the Carrot cake ice cream. Wow, wee, what a great tasting ice cream and it was served with vanilla frosting, yummy.

I decided that even though the waitress had been so great and help full that I would not give her a tip. Thus spreading more misery in my wake, yessss.

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There were cheap rooms but, I decided to spare no expense. After a women can not live in misery all the time. So I got the most expensive room in the hotel. It had red carpeting with red satin walls and a big red round bed. Its also had a candy bar. Not a single candy bar, a bar stocked full of candy. Mars bars, skittles, any candy you could imagine. I was in candy heaven. I decided to spend a few hours sampling all the candy and that would not get me near trying all the candy. While eating the candy I decided to work on my ladybug costume. I had purchased lot of tape so I could tape the costume together and as it turns out I need all that tape. I took me to hours of taping and taping to get the costume done but, it was all worth it because the costume looked terrible.

Just was I was looking for a cheaply made ugly costume just right for my horror move. Now since I had some time before bed and lot of energy after eating all that candy I thought why not work on the title and the plot of the film. Instantly I came up with a great title: Lady bug gone green beetle. Yes that was perfect even though the lady bug would not transform into a green beetle it would give the paying customers some idea of what this work of art film was about.

Next I concerned myself with the plot. The lady bug wakes up one day and is sick and tired of being kicked around so decides to turn nasty and start to eat plants instead of protect them from the bad bugs. The after all the plants are dead the Lady Bug concerns himself with the overthrow of the world. Or take over of the world. He decides he needs help and recruits a extended family of green beetles and the take over of the world begins.

The lady bug and his gang take over a local theme park and move on from there to there successful conquering of the world. It takes them only weeks to conquer the world and let green beetles run wild destroying crops and livelihoods where ever they went. With his take over plan of the world complete the ladybug installs himself as dictator and rules the world for the next 1,000 years thanks to a new technology that allows ladybugs and green beetles to live practically forever. After his retirement he creates a foundation to promote space travel and the colonization of distant planets with ladybugs and green beetles. This was a hit alright so I knew I had to get this film on a hard drive as fast as I could so I went to bed early with dreams of how much misery I could buy myself with all the money I was going to make on this film when it went straight to dvd as this film was to good for a movie theatre and I wanted it to reach as wide an audience as possible.

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Sid had a whole itinerary drawn up for the group to do. So after their nap it was straight to the beach to build sand castles. And not just any sand castles these had to be big giant ones. So Sid made sure to buy plenty of buckets at the store located on right by the beach. And no one told him that building sand castles was illegal because of an incident that happened 2 years ago to the day.

A sand castle contest had been going on all day when suddenly 2 men who were building castles started shouting at each other then started hitting each other and suddenly a riot broke out and everyone on the beach was fighting and kicking each other. The computer city riot squad had to be called in order to quit the riot. There were numerous injuries and thankfully no fatalities.

The next week the computer city island city council past an statute making it illegal to build sand castles on any beach located on computer city island. Sid had heard nothing about this and there were no signs on the beaches saying no sand castle building allowed. So when a policemen came up to Sid saying that building a sand castle was illegal and he would have to take everyone one to jail. Sid thought it was all a practical joke. He knew this was not a joke when the cop called for backup and cuffed him and his family.

During the ride to the computer city island police station Sid could not help but, think how this trip had already gone horribly wrong. There were there a day an they were now in jail and having to post bail money. Only bail was denied since the judge thought that the would not take the law seriously. So they were stuck in jail until they could find a lawyer to plead their case. And finding a lawyer was not hard since Sid had a fried on the island who happened to be a lawyer and was willing to help them out. His name was Lawyer and he went straight to the courthouse to plead for the longIntegers release. And it worked.

The judge reluctantly agreed to the release on the condition that the defendants not set foot on the beach for the rest of their vacation. "Well I suppose the sand castle building is out. So what do we do now." The read of the things on your list dad." Bud said. "Yes, son you are right and so with his sons advice and a renewed energy Sid was ready to go. The next thing to do was go to a deli for lunch. Amy's deli on main street was the best in town so that was were Sid took everyone. It was shortly after noon when they arrived at the Amy's deli.

The last time I got lost

Programming a Radio

As a matter of fact it was just today when I was reading some ruby code on Git hub. I thought there is now way that I can understand how to read some else's computer code.

Then I thought this is the fist time I have tried to read another person's code other than reading code from a book or a tutorial so it's going to take me awhile to learn to read someone code and if I stick with it I might be able to do it after a lot of practice. Or I might never be able to do it. I can only try and hope for the best.

What give me energy

RIP : I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside. --- Donna Summer [ 1948 - 2012 ] --- A TRIBUTE!

A great move, song or the thought of dunking a basketball. The songs that energize me the most are disco songs. I like the Bee gees and Donna Summers. 2 Days ago I started listening to Donna summers Let's dance and I have listened to the song over and over again almost all day for those 2 days because the song makes me feel great and full of energy.

Did not read much in childhood

BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS

I do remember a favorite book from childhood since I don't ever remember reading that much. Reading back them was always something I wanted to get out of. Something that I would do only if it was for school and even then I never read the books.

A recent Scare

Laptop Repair

The DVD drive on my computer would not open. There was no dvd in the drive so I that was a plus that I did not have to worry about losing a dvd. But, I did not want to send my computer in for servicing.

As it turns out it was easy to fix. My computer has a removable DVD drive and all I had to do was press the button to release the drive from the computer and put the dvd drive back in the laptop and everything was fixed. The drive made a noise like when I shut it. The drive door opened with not problem.

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The car kept coming closer and closer and so I decided to jump out of the way rather than get hit and so Tank for all he was worth. After all Tanks money was my money also. So what could would suing him do me. Maybe suing him for the divorce will make me happy but, my life is not about being happy. Its about being miserable with a man who is now at this moment trying to run me over.

So as the car was about to run me over I jumped out of the was an was narrowly missed. Hank screamed "I will get you once and for all." That is what I loved about this man he never gave up on anything. He was so tenacious. "Hank I adore you I screamed. "No other man would try to run me over I thought so I truly am the luckiest women in the world. The car skidded around and turned again to come after me. Oh, how I adored Tank at the moment. "I adore you Tank." I said. He just ignored me and kept driving toward me much to my delight. I wonder was he going to help me to the car or not. But, I was busy dodging his car.

The car suddenly stopped as Tank had to admit defeat and help me out to my car which was just minutes away. He acted like nothing had happened. Like he had not ever tried to run me over with his car. He said nothing as we walked to me car. I know one thing I felt safer in his presence than anywhere in the world. After all the bags were in my car I got and invited him to my favorite eatery the Pizza Place on the side of the freeway. He said nothing and got in he car and sped off.

Who needs him anyway I thought. I sat down in the Pizza Place and ordered my least favorite pizza: Pepperoni with Onions and pineapple. Yuck. But, I am not called Yvette Swans The queen of happy. No, I am called Yvette swans the queen of miserable and so I have to squash and sign of happiness that comes into my life with misery and trust me eating this pizza was going to make me miserable.

While I waited for my order there was a basketball game on television and since sports made me miserable I decided to watch the game before my order came. And them my order came and now it was time for the drudgery of eating this bad tasting pizza. Every bite got more and more horrible until I was on the last piece and I felt a small tingling of joy. That was quickly squashed as I but into that last piece. Did I tell you how miserable this pizza was pizza was making me. I believe I did. Now it was time for me to pay the over priced bill and head back to the mall and my hotel room in side the mall.

And serious shopper like me who spent a weekend at the mall had to rent a hotel room as to avoid the long trip back home.

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A close friend of Buds during those high school years said of him. He was a teenager who know what he wanted to do with his life. While most teenage boys his age were worried about what party they were going to on Friday night but, had a plan. He wanted to hit the ground running when he graduated high school.

For instead of going fishing with his father on lake computer city he decided to stay home and study for an exam in Cynthia files algebra class. He was not doing as well as he wanted to in the class so he decided to spend the whole weekend working math problems. He could spend hours and hours working on problems and ne er get bored. He just needed to apply himself.

Then came a surprise Sid wanted to take the whole family on a vacation to computer city island during the fall break.

Computer city island had miles and miles of beaches. Computer city Island was no island at all. It wans not even near computer city. It was half was across the world near goat a country in the middle of the Atlantic. It was actually a small man made country which required billions of tons of dirt to construct with bulldozers and tractors. It was the first man made country.

Bud, Harriet, Harriet 3, Sid and his girlfriend arrived on the island in mid December. The weather was warm and breezy on a cloudless day. The hotel the stayed at was called the computer city country in. It was the cheapest hotel Sid could find since he wanted to spare every expense on the trip. He was not an expensive person.

The rooms had pink walls with bright pink carpeting. There was cable television and full bathroom with vanity and shower. Not the best looking hotel rooms. But, Bud figured that did not matter since they all probably would not spend a lot of time indoors during the trip.

Sid met his girlfriend at a horse race. There was a long wait at the betting window and since they were in line next to each other. The struck up a conversation and the next thing the knew they were having dinner at a pizza restaurant in computer city. Shirley YouKnow was an interesting women who had worked as a secretary, a computer data entry specialist and now was working as a life guard on computer city beach. "Its surprising that I have not seen you on the beach said Sid since I go there all the time to surf. "Oh, I work in the life guard station not out on the beach." "Oh, said Sid. "Do you have any interesting stories to tell" Sid said. As a matter of fact I don't" Shirley said. And on that note that date ended. Sid wanted to see Shirley again so he asked her out on another date. She said yes. They had a great time together and Sid was happier than he had been years.

Everyone was so tired from the plane ride that a nap was in order first thing. The fun would have to wait.

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For the costumes I went to Larry wacky world of costumes. For the first movie I wanted to be a human sized ladybug who takes over the world. But, Larry did not have any ladybug costumes left in stock so I had to improvise. I got bought some red an black fabric that I would tape to together with packing tape since I did not know how to sow. That what I like about myself I am able to take what I have an make it better.

For another horror movie I want to make I want to be a piece of paper who takes over the kitchen. Larry looked at me funny at the idea that I need a piece of paper. That's the difference between you and me Larry I said. You believe that there are limit to what you can accomplish in this world. And I believe that with a little imagination, scotch tape, and at little twisting of the truth one can accomplish any thing. So I yelled get me some red fabric and a staple gun and I will go home and make myself a piece of paper costume. He looked at me weird, whatever Larry I said.

So that was it for the costume's since I did not want to get a head of myself. I thought I had easily about an hours worth of work to shoot both films and only had about 30 minutes free to shoot both films in the next week. So next I was still at Larry to pick up a piece of furniture and some draperies for the shoddy sets tha I wanted to make for each film. The set would have to be made quickly as I did not want to waste time on what the film looked like I wanted to concentrate on what matters most in a movie the story. So I picked up a small end table and some purple fabric and bid farewell to Larry.

And as it was now well past 5:00pm I head to the car with my little red wagon that contained all my purchases. It was dark and scary heading out in the parking lot a I must say being a woman I was scared for my safety but, I was not about to admit that to anyone and assistance out to the car. No I was not going to admit fear no way even it made me miserable and it did I want not going to show anyone my vulnerable side. Now way, not Yvette Swans. So I called Tank instead and asked if he could make the 2 hour drive from our home and drive down to the mall to help me with the five minute walk to the car. I must day he sounded upset but, he cheerfully agreed to drive and so I waited and waited. But, finally I say tank and I was relived and them when tank saw me he punched on the accelerator and was heading right toward me. What are you doing Tank I screamed

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One of Bud's favorite things to do darning his high school years was eat a whole coffee cake that he made himself every week. He would make it from scratch and bake it and then eat it in one sitting while watching his favorite college basketball team.

The pain of his parents separation was getting lesser and lesser as he was getting farther into the 9th grade. His parents we on speaking terms so that made everything a little easier.

Another hobby Bud enjoyed was racing his radio controlled cars around his home built track. He owned the Arrow made by the radio controlled car company of computer city. The company was founded by Roy Holt a former radio controlled car champion. Roy won the computer city RC championship 3 years in a row during his prime as a racer. He started the company out of garage selling custom RC cars that he constructed to order for his wealth RC racing clients. The company eventually branched out into making RC cars that were sold in kit or full assembled form.

The arrow was top of the line. Bud received it one years a birthday present from his father. Bud assembled the kit himself it took him a while but, he did it. As soon as he got the car finished he could not wait to test it. He took it out onto his mother driveway and raced it around and around in circles until it was dark.

When he told Sid about how much fun he was having racing the RC in the drive way Sid said "So how about I have a track built" "Sure" Bud said. And later that week a contractor was hired to design and build a state of the art RC track at Sid's how so Bud would have a place to race the Arrow. It took about a month for the track to be completed but, when it was there was not better RC track in the world.

It was so good that the computer city RC club asked Sid if he would allow them to hold races there every week and a championship series. Sid agree and the track was named Roy Holt race track and so races were held weekly and a championship was held at the end of a 30 week season. The season was grueling and long but, bud managed to finish in the top 25 out of 100 racers in the computer city area. He thought that was not to bad considering it was only the first year he raced radio controlled card.

Radio controlled car racing provided another sport that he could participate in besides basketball. Since he did not have any other activity to participate in besides basketball and chess.

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I decided after watching movies that I want to make movies and that would hav to be cheap low budget moves as those were the ones that made me most miserable. So my next stop was to go buy a video camera and a microphone.

I stumbled into Winston's video supply company. The clerk looked at me funny when I said I wanted only a video camera and microphone to make moves. I said don't look at me funny I am paying money for the equipment so what do you care if I don't have enough equipment. He laughed at what I said and I said stop laughing because I am not above hitting a man. He started laughing more so I wound my hand back and let loose a monstrous punch. That hurt. I broke a nail. Which as an women will tell you will make you miserable. He said why did you punch me and I said because I wanted to see what it felt like. And you know what he laughed so I punched him again.

After the last punch he said you can have the video camera and the microphone for free if you stop punching me and leave right away. And then after my harrowing experience in the video supply store I had to go watch another to get relaxed. I also need to do research for my movie making venture.

With that in mind I went to the worst low budget movie I could find it was called a car goes fast. The movie had lots of scenes of a car going fast including a scene legendary for it ineptness. It was so dull I almost fell asleep during that movie. I mean watching a car drive fast on a strait road over and over how could this movie ever have made a cent. I suppose lots of people want to watch a bad move or maybe like me they are looking for a little relaxation and also to do research for their own bad movies.

So with my research completed I now knew I was an expert in the making of bad films. Yes, I know after one movie how can I be an expert well because I said I am an expert just like I say I am an expert in miserable even thought I have no credentials. And anyway how much do you need to know to make bad movies. I say I don't have to know much. Knowing how to hook up a microphone and take the lens cap off the video camera ought to be enough to make a bad movie. So I was so excited to make a bad move and also make myself into a movie star and famous movie director. I am to cheap to pay actors so I will play all the parts. And I don't care about makeup because after all these will be bad moves so what do I care what I look like I just want to be a star. Next to the costume shop for costume's

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Welding was a hobby that Bud recently developed an interest in. When he first tried welding he was scared because he thought it was to dangerous and as he tried it more and more he developed a adoration for welding.

He decided to take art welding in the 9th grade so he could make sculptures and signs.

He practiced and practiced and finally he was able to make good welds. He enjoyed everything about welding. The metal, the helmets, the welders. His favorite type of welding was arc welding.

He spent a lot of time designing sculptures and signs that he wanted to make in his high school welding class.

Sid bought bud a welder and had a shop built at Sids new mansion. One for the first things bud build in his welding shop was a batting cage. Bud had no interest in playing baseball he just wanted to swing for the fences in his batting cage. He thought that would be a fun way to spend an afternoon.

Bud liked to watch basketball on television. His favorite college team was the computer city university Monitors. The team has a long and undistinguished history. They were no better when Bud was in high school. There best player in those years was a man named Tom Johnson a 6'10" power forward with a deadly 3 point jump show with no inside game. He shot 3 pointers like a sharp shooter. When his back was to the basket he was more likely to fumble the ball out of bound than find the basket with the ball so he mostly shot from outside the free throw line. He could put the ball on the floor and drive to the hoop but was reluctant to since he shot so good from the outside. He was a great defender but, since the rest of the team could not play defense it was tough to be the only exceptional defender. But, he trued his best.

Every Saturday, Monday, and Friday Bud sat down in front of the family's television popcorn and soda pop in hand ready to cheer on the Monitors. Who were off to a 0-10 start which was no surprise to anyone who followed the team regularly. Bud yelled with pleasure for every Monitor 2 or 3 point basket and screamed defence, defense, defense every time and scream in displeasure when any opponent scored a point. He did not care if the team did well he just enjoyed the fun of watching a basketball game and making a lot of noise even thought it looked like he cared if the monitors had a good season.

He did not waste much time on sports other than watching his favorite college teams and pro-teams. He was not the type of person who worried about who his favorite teams drafted or who his team traded for or about contract disputes. He enjoyed the games and that was it.

Bud was having the time of his life in high school.