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Really, the thing is old. And I don't have long hair right now.
Originally, that was all I had planned for my post.
Instead, I will now regale you with some stories of my life. Mainly that I'm going back to college.
I finally decided to do this about a month ago now. I was originally going to take some summer courses, but, thanks to me being indecisive, I'm not able to. Costs are too much. I'd too FAFSA, but it takes 6-8 weeks to go through. Not an option. So I just have to wait until the fall classes open up.
I came to this conclusion when I decided that being completely indecisive about my future wasn't acceptable any more. I'm tired of not knowing what the fuck I want to do, and I want to figure it out now. I'm not able to do it on my own, so now I need to explore my options.
My options that I'm interested in are omputer networking/programming, writing, music theory, and radio. The first two are obvious. Music theory is something I'd like to learn and maybe put to use in the OFF-CHANCE that I manage to get a band of some sort together. Plus, I think I could find it interesting and easy to wrap my head around. Radio is a continuation of the music stuff. I've been told I have a voice for radio, and it would be a great place to put my love of and vast knowledge of music to good use.
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
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Here's just a little something I'm doing to get it off my chest. This is a list of problems I have with friends and loved ones and "friends" in only one sentence. Also, I won't be using any names. Doing this for me. Some of these are from people on my LJ, some aren't.
I hope you're not making a mistake, because it sounds like it.
I miss you without her.
You're an annoying piece of shit.
I miss and worry about you and think you need to lose some weight.
You're flaky as fuck and I hate it.
I think you only talk to hear your voice.
You always were a bitch, we don't miss you. Goodbye.
Get the hell out of there already.
Grow up.
You can be a dick, but people really overexaggerate the "problem."
You're too much of a crazy-bitch woman sometimes.
It's bullshit that you come to me to get your problems off your chest, I at the very LEAST reply, but if I profess my problems to you, I don't hear from you again until there's another problem in your life.
You say I'm a great friend for being there for you, but all the times I'm obviously upset, don't try to do the same for me.
Things are really fucked up here and I don't know if they'll get back to where I want them.
And, with that, I'm done. ESPECIALLY since this song just came up (See Music for details).
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Moved in with a girlfriend, had a cubicle monkey job, owned a car.
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't make resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
The Country of Mypants.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A job I enjoy.
7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
10/24, day I lost my job. Last couple days of September because PROGPOWER. Last week of October and first week of November because of all the concerts. A few others not really worth mentioning.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not killing anyone.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Too many to list? Errrr... That's a hard one, leave me alone.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Lots of colds. I hate noses.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A car, concert tickets galore, my 360...
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
... The hell kind of question is that?! We'll go with... um... my ex-boss Kim?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The two people closest to me.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Eating out too much, games, car. GAS.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
ProgPower. The two weeks of concerts. I'm drawing blanks besides that.
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Ugh Becca's favorite/feel-good songs ugh.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Overall... sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? Same?
iii. richer or poorer? Richer. For the time being. Yay no income.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
More concerts! But there weren't any good ones, really.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Fighting! Yes.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it with my family back in Gunnison.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Was already there. Does that count??
23. How many one-night stands?
Zip zero zilch.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Hm... Probably The Venture Bros.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Ech. No, I just have some different opinions about people.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Mustasch.
28. What did you want and get?
A car. A 360.
29. What did you want and not get?
A job I enjoyed.
30. What were your favorite films of this year?
Dark Knight. Airheads. Grosse Point Blank. This is too hard so that will do.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I didn't do much of anything. It was pretty crappy, honestly. I turned 23.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less problems with friends/a fun job.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Wear clothes.
34. What kept you sane?
Me. GAMES. Music.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Hm... Keeley Hazel/Lucy Pinder/Stacey Keibler. I suppose.
37. Who did you miss?
Tess, dammit!
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I didn't really meet anyone new. Unless we're counting meeting Mike in person. Then, maybe him.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Don't talk to strangers.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's my copout answer, so: "They say that Jesus and mental health are just for those that can help themselves, but what good is that when you live in Hell on Earth?" Barenaked Ladies - War On Drugs.
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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Shortly after the last update, on 10/24, I got laid off.
That's about all there is to say! Job hunting has been going not-at-all. Yay economic crisis.
Most of the rest of my life is going incredibly poorly! ::shrug::
Tess is coming in a less than a week and a half! That's going to be totally crazy.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
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Well, I added my mom as a friend on Facebook.
All those fears I had about what this means, what doors I've opened, are really starting to well up.
I really don't like all of these feelings.
I'm scared.
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
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This week has been stressful enough with all sorts of things going on around me. Then, something much worse, much more complicated, happened.
I was at home Monday night, on my computer. I decided to check my Facebook, like I do, and see if anything new had come up.
I saw I had a friend request. Huh. I've been getting a few of those lately, so I didn't think much of it. Maybe it was someone else Tess tossed my way.
I click to see who it is.
Tambria Cory.
My mother.
My biological mother.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
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| Subject: | ProgPower USA IX |
| Time: | 11:42 am. |
| Mood: |  satisfied. | | Music: | Mustasch, which I downloaded when we got home. All of it.. |
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The concert has concluded, I'm back home, and I have to say, amazing beyond words.
Mike and I went into it knowing of ONE band, Iced Earth. Barlow's first show back with Iced Earth was more than enough reason to go. So, let's cut to business and discuss who we saw. I might get into all the problems with actually getting to the hotel at the end.
Friday Night
First up was Pathosray from Italy. They've only got one CD out, and it was their first time in the States. I really liked their set. Music was good, frontman had really good energy, as did the bassist. Guitarist TOTALLY looked like a real life Skwisgar Skwigelf (sp).
Next was Elvenking. I've heard some of their stuff before on Pandora, never been a huge fan. Mike and I skipped this set, so not a lot to say!
Next was Andromeda. Another band I liked quite a bit. Good stage presence again. The bassist liked making funny faces. He also accidentally walked into the microphone.
Next, Iron Savior. Mike and I spent most of their set out in the lobby discussing making our own band. We came in for their last few songs. Mike liked them a whole lot, I thought they were all right. They closed with a cover of "Breakin' the Law" which the crowd ate up.
After them came Riverside. I was HORRIBLY unimpressed by them. Not that they were bad, but I did not like the sound at all. Vocals reminded me a lot of tool, and the instruments didn't do anything for me. Skipped out on most of their set too.
Closing Friday night was Amorphis. I was hoping for a good closer after the night started off well. I was disappointed. The vocals were a lot of growly crap. On top of that, the lead singer had dreads and wasn't wearing a shirt, so he just felt like a huge jackass to me. We left after two or three songs and went back to the hotel.
The next part requires some explanation. Center Stage (the place where ProgPower was) is actually three venues. The Loft, which is some kind of night club (cover charge meant we didn't check it out), Vinyl which was a bar and vendor area, and... whatever the place was called where the show was. We headed over to Vinyl for some food because we were getting-a hungries. We looked over the menu and grabbed two slices of pizza each. It's been ages since I had bar pizza, and I fucking love bar pizza. They did not disappoint.
Saturday Night
Saint Deamon started off the night. Again, really liked the opener here. Good energy and stage presence.
Next up was Spheric Universe Experience. Hmm... I think we sat for a few songs on this set and were largely unimpressed. In any case, didn't watch them and left to the lobby again.
Rob Rock followed them, and was a letdown. He's supposed to have crisp clean vocals blah blah, which I'm a fan of. Unfortunately, most of the vocals consisted of hitting the same annoying high note again and again. That shit gets old. Left this set too.
So, after Rob Rock concluded, I wanted to get some drinks in me then get as close to the rail for Iced Earth and stay there for the rest of the night. Not too bad with just three more bands to go. We head over to the Vinyl and I get two shots of vodka (Absolut and Absolut... errr, whatever the orange flavor is) and down those. Absolut goes down like water, for the record. Get a Coke for the floor and head down to grab a spot. We were both just one body from the rail (Mike may have been two, it changed a lot during the show). The next band up was...
Mustasch. Mike and I were both intersted in what they would sound like with a name like that. This was one of... maybe THE greatest set I've ever seen. They opened up with some orchestral stuff played off tape, which the lead vocalist/guitarist conducted right along with. The orchestral bit died down,, and then, they rocked. My god, did they fucking rock. From song one, they had the entire crowd's attention. Everybody loved it, because it was mind-blowing-ly awesome. The alcohol was also kicking in at this point, which turned the amazing show into something beyond description for me. The frontman OWNED that stage. He lead the crowd in sing-a-longs of just going "La-la-LAA la-la-laa la la la la la LAA!" and other such renditions of that single word. We all ate it up. He also apparently has an endorsement deal with Jack Daniels, and used that deal to bring a bottle on stage, which he not only drank from himself, but also shared with anyone in the audience who happened to have a cup. Like I said, this frontman owned that stage. A guy in front of us has attended lots of previous ProgPowers. He said that was one of the best performances ever put on there. I can't say enough about these guys. Their attitude was like putting the metal into the Eagles of Death Metal. Also, I feel obligated to mention the lightshow for their set was just great.
After \m/ MUSTASCH \m/ was Jon Oliva's Pain. Apparently, Jon Oliva was pretty huge and was in a band called Savatage. I kind of vaguely somewhat recognize that name, but not the music. Best described as metal Meatloaf. Mike wasn't a big fan, but I thought they were ok. ::shrug:: Eh.
And finally, closing Saturday night's festivities, ICED. FUCKING. EARTH. What can I say? They didn't disappoint. Could have switched some songs for other songs, but I'm not complaining. They put on a solid, awesome set. Got a few really cool pictures. For their encore, they were closing with Iced Earth, the self-titled song off of the self-titled album. It's coming to a point in the song where Jon Schaffer (lead and rythm guitarist, founding member of the band. He IS Iced Earth, basically) goes into a solo. Nothing happens. He goes back to the sound guy and apparently chews him out a bit. Turns out, SCHAFFER BLEW HIS FUCKING GUITAR. I'm not shitting you. One of the rarest occurences possible. Schaffer killed his guitar from his awesome playing. Absolutely remarkable. I don't even care that they didn't get to finish the song. That moment makes up for it.
Now, originally, Iced Earth were supposed to have a meet-n-greet session on Saturday. Problem is, nobody told them. So, they had to cancel it because there wasn't enough time. :'(!
But, Schaffer is a pretty awesome guy. He came out to the front of the venue awhile after the show wrapped up and was signing, hugging, getting pictures taken. Now that I think about it, I couldn't even look at him. Mike and I got up to him, I shook his hand and told him that I've loved his music for about 8 years now. Put my arm around his shoulder, Mike got on the other side, and we got our picture taken with him on my camera. Asked him how it felt to have Barlow back (Barlow is the lead vocals for IE, was for years and years, left for his own reasons don't want to type them out right now, and ProgPower was his first show back with the band. Honestly? He represents Iced Earth to me more than Schaffer), and he said it was good. He had to get showered and everything, so I didn't want to keep him too long, especially with all the other people there.
I called Cody to let him know I got my picture taken with the founding father of his favorite band. He tells me he hates me.
I decide Mike and I should hang out a little longer and see if we meet anyone else. Glenn, the guy who runs ProgPower, is out there. I actually high-fived him after Mustasch's set list along with most of the people on the rail. I go over and tell him it was our first year and we loved it. And to try to bring back Mustasch in 2010.
We'd also been talking to this couple who had their picture taken with Schaffer right before us. Or after. We're all sitting down, and I noticed... none other... than MATT FUCKIN' BARLOW, coming down the sidewalk. He goes to talk with some of the physical labor moving equipment and stops at the top of the ramp down into the building. I point out that Barlow is about 20 feet away from us, and we go over to meet another legend. About 10 people total saw him right then. He signed some stuff, took some pictures, shook hands. He was wearing a nice, worn Iron Man shirt. Mike and I got our picture taken with him, and then we left. Rather, I skip-ran halfway down a block because we just got our picture taken with Matt Fuckin' Barlow.
So, we get back to the hotel still totally mind-fucking about what happened. Totally energy-buzzed too. No way I'm going to bed for awhile. Oh, Iron Savior was staying at our hotel. We saw the bassist on our way in and told him they put on a good show. Shook his hand. Woooo.
So, we're sitting on the bed, I recommend going down to the lobby. See if we meet anyone else. Turns out, there's a few people down there hanging out. Don't really recognize many of them. There is one guy using one of the computers down there, but I can't place his face. Whateva. They're talking about some giant guy in a band that's also a teddy bear. I thought this was the lead singer of Evergrey (it sounded like they had said his name, actually), so I chime in with that. They all go "No, but he is fucking HUGE!" So, the guy sitting at the computer eventually comes over and starts talking to Mike and I. I ask him which band he was in, and he says Andromeda. My recollection of the past few nights is pretty hazy after all this overload, so I can only half-remember their set. I remember the lead singer was bald, that's about it... So, us three shoot the shit for awhile. Andromeda is from Sweden, but his English was really really good. We taught him a new word: genre. Unfortunately, he couldn't pronounce it though. It was fun to listen to him try. He really likes to do a lot of different music, like jazz, etc etc. Also, their band had a lot of trouble with scheduling while they were here. They'd been getting one hour of sleep for most of their stay in America, which was about a week. By now, it's like 3:30 AM, and they've got a show up in Indianapolis that night. Good call, guys. So, we just shoot the shit about music, instruments, groups, stage presence, all sorts of stuff. Then, he goes to the bathroom. When he comes back, I happen to have my camera out looking at the pictures of the show. He starts posing for me, and gives me some awesome shots. He gives me his angry face, his happy face, and his goofy weird face. It's when he makes the goofy weird face that I recognize him. He was the bassist for Andromeda that walked into the microphone. He was going forward to screw with his pedal, but his hair was in front of his face and he didn't see the mic there. He also had his hair back at the hotel, making it harder to recognize him. Now, the lead singer for Andromeda comes up. Not only is he sleep deprived, but he's obsviously wasted. Hilarious. Him and the bassist start shooting the shit - in Swedish. Fun to listen to. They're discussing something about money because they pull out a few hundreds. We talk to both of them for a bit longer, and then they decide to leave. Shake their hands again, and we go up to our rooms to bask in the last glorious couple of days.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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I just found out that the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL ARE PLAYING IN DENVER ON NOVEMBER 6TH. I then ruined my fucking pants out of unstoppable joy. November 6th is a little over a week after the monumental Kamelot show, followed soon after by Electric Six.
Mike and I leave for Georgia tomorrow for Iced Earth woooo! I'm downloading their two most recent CDs tonight and giving them a lot of listening. My nipples got hard when I read about the songs being done by Schaffer and Barlow on the second CD.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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An update on all the crap from the previous post, you ask?
Okay! Mike and I, being the automotive afficionados that we are, FIXED THE JEEP. It was as simple as sitting inside it and shaking back and forth. Not kidding. It hasn't NOT started since. It's died a few times while driving, but it doesn't stay dead for more than a couple seconds. Unfortunately, it SOUNDS like it's almost dead/going to explode at any second now. Understandably, that worries me.
The friend that was treating me like crap stopped for a bit. Like, a week. She's back to being a huge bitch now, aaaaaand I'm really fed up with it. ::shrug::
Whatelse-ah work! I hate to fucking jinx it... but it's getting a little better. I've got one less report to do, the incoming calls and emails have slowed down, and one of my tasks was passed off to the IT department simply because they're better equipped to handle the situation. Aside from that, it's still terrible here, but that's something at least.
One week until Mike and I are leeeeeeaving, on a jet plane. Etc. ICED. FUCKING. EARRRRRRTH. Georgia heat is going to SUCK. We need to take sunscreen... Wait, scratch that. We need to make sure it's an outdoor venue. The trip is going to leave me pretty broke until Mike can pay me back, but that's what eating in more often is for.
Warhammer Online started yesterday. I really enjoyed the two hours I got to play before having to go to bed. >_< I really enjoyed torturing Mike about it since he wants to play now.
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
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Ooh, maybe updating will help get things out of my system!
I haven't updated in awhile, haven't had the heart. In too much of a bad mood lately to want to try. That, and Mike is an asshole and takes up most of my free time.
Related, fuck Diablo II.
One of my friends has been a huuuuuuge painintheass for a month. Deliberately treating me like crap the entire time, blah blah. Then I buy a present for her birthday and she acts all buddy-buddy like nothing happened. Was not having it. Still haven't really talked it out. Meh.
Work is fucking abysmal. For one, I work with the friend treating me like crap. Two, things managed to get worse around there. I've basically been given a death sentence. My manager was talking to the CEO I think and he wants me gone for whatever reason. Just a matter of time as far as I know. That really kills my drive to do ANYTHING there. Which is quite unfortunate since I just got MORE WORK THRUST UPON ME. On a week where I was already slammed. Ohjoyohrapture.
Note to self, do yourself a favor and look for new jobs this weekend.
Another note to self, I could use a new profile pic. Hrm.
On top of those problems, the jeep has ALSO been much worse than usual. It's been very consistently not restarting unless it sits for an hour. HOWEVER, Mike and I seem to have fixed it by sitting in it and rocking it back and forth heavily while I started it up. Don't ask, I don't know, but it did work.
Summation, all of that is adding up to me being in monumentally bad moods. I don't like that because of how severly it effects how I interact with everyone. Correction: I hate it because of how severly etc.
Iced Earth coming up at the end of this month. I might use what vacation time I do have and hope I can find a new job in time for Thanksgiving. Reasoning there is that my company doesn't give you the Friday off after Thanksgiving. You get Thursday and that's it. HOW TOTALLY AWESOME, RIGHT, I KNOW. Don't tell me I'll tell you.
Note to self, read some damn books!
More notes, talk to Mike about Iced Earth.
I got into Sonata Arctica recently. Their song Replica is fantastic. Real stand-out song. The rest of what I've heard isn't GREAT, but it's very listenable. Need to hear it more.
October brings two great concerts. Fucking KAMELOT <3 on Oct 29th, followed by a concert Mike is going to drag me to while wearing suits. Like, suit-and-tie suits. That concert is Electric Six on Halloween. I need to listen to them some. I like what I've heard, at least. Shaddup, Mike.
Boopboopbedoo! OH! Mike, Becca and I finished our Home Movies full series marathon extravaganza. I can't believe how amazing that show is. Next will proooobably be either Dexter or Venture Bros. with Metalocalypse sprinkled in.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
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I've pulled myself into comics. Oh my yes. I've had intentions of picking up about a dozen or so trades for awhile, and finally did it about two weeks ago. I've now picked up Batman: Year One, Batman: Hush Vol. 1, The Killing Joke, Gunslinger Born, and.... WATCHMEN.
Watchmen was interesting. I definitely enjoyed it, but I don't think it was the momentous novel everyone totes it as. Absolutely worth a read, don't get me wrong. I'll probably re-read it "soon."
Batman: Year One was really good. Heavy on the Gordon and lighter on the Batman than expected, but I really enjoyed the read.
Gunslinger Born has been really good, I just don't like the artist's decision to obscure almost everything in darkness in each frame. The character's can be standing in broad daylight, but half of their face, body, anything will be covered in pitch black. Irritating.
The Killing Joke was a little disappointing, actually. I've heard nothing but love for it.
SPOILERS FOR KILLING JOKE
Most of the story was good. Really enjoyable. The ending, however, just seemed dumb. I know Batman was wanting to make buddy-buddy with Joker so they didn't end up killing each other down the line, but Joker had just shot Gordon's daughter Barbara and paralyzed her... yet here he is laughing at Joker's joke? Didn't buy it. Totally out-of-character.
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I have a car! Got it about three months ago. '89 Jeep Cherokee. We had quite a few problems with it not wanting to start all the time at first. Haven't had the issue in over a month, though.
I also got into an accident! Minor as hell, thankfully. My parking light was damaged, that was about it. Little damage to his car too. That morning as I was leaving for work, I thought to myself "You know, you're bound to get into a wreck some day." My Blake Sense was tingling.
Doo doo doo... I've got like $2.3k right now. Considering getting the hell out of this job since it makes me hate everything (more than usual!), and I've got enough money saved up to do it. Customer service is ass, but this company compounds the problem. Sigh.
Becca and I are doing well. She starts up school soon, pretty much has all of her schooling this year paid off. Books will cost a little, but are still mostly covered. She's been working temp here at the place I work at doing filing crap. For a few months. She lost one of her favorite pairs of pants and is very upset about it. I may put up some MISSING posters around the area.
My goodbestfriend and hetero-life partner Mike actually moved here and is living at the apartment. It's an experience. A frightening, awesome experience. All of the interaction, likeness, comfort... just awesome and creepy. He's got a job finally, so he can stop mooching. He keeps insisting that I accept the $40 he owes me. I'll punch him. Also, he's trying to get me back into Diablo II yet again. This man is scum, I tell you!
Right now, QuakeCon is underway. I'm missing it because I don't have nearly enough vacation time. Definetly could have used a few days away at a huge LAN.
Oh yes. Becca and I are heading back to Gunnison tomorrow for her friend's wedding on Monday. It'll be nice to be back in Gunnison for a few days.
I don't know what else to update about. Ask me something if you want to know!
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
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So really, there's never much to say with these unless I wait like three fucking months.
My job continues to suck! Anyone surprised, please leave. I've got two big issues with it. First, the company is chock-full of total morons. People are hired, go untrained for a long time, finish jobs to 80% and then move on, etc etc. Second, I only really get to do customer service four days a week. I work Tuesday-Saturday, and Saturdays, I do helpdesk. Lately, that takes up most of my Saturday afternoon, leaving Saturday morning to try and catch up on work.
The problem is, I have one report that takes five hours to do, another report that is one-two hours, field a bare minimum of 200 emails a week, and about 100+ phone calls. All of those have potentially dozens of side-jobs to complete from addressing mail to taking a minute or two to make our lab techs stop working so they can look up a picture for me. Fitting all of that into about four days of work is... shit. Two weeks ago, I asked my boss to clear the phone lines on Monday so there isn't fifty voicemails when I come in on Tuesday. Both of these past Mondays, she's been too busy to be able to, leaving me pretty well boned.
I still don't have a car, either. I've been waiting, and waiting, and fucking WAITING for the person I'm buying it from to get it fixed. Over a month by now. It's a 2002 jeep for $1k, and the guy knows cars so it should run great whenever it gets fixed, so it's a great deal. But this waiting is getting way too long now. I need a damn vehicle!
Oh man, last update was before Christmas. Becca lives here now! Has since 12/31. That's going... well. Ups and downs, mostly ups. I think. Whatever. It's working, so that's sure as hell something. She's back in Gunnison right now for her mom's surgery. Historectomy (spspspsp!), $10k operation that's putting her out of work for 2 weeks, and then part-time for 4 weeks. Shit-tay.
I'm going to see Finger Eleven/Chevelle April 2nd. I also bought tickets for ProgPower in Georgia, which will be Iced Earth's first tour after the return of the only man worthy of Iced Earth's mic, Matt Fuckin' Barlow. That's so his middle name, shut up, you don't know. Mike is going with me! Must stay positive about that. If he doesn't go, I'll be heart-broken.
I got an Xbox 360, and Rock Band! I'm already used to the guitar from Guitar Hero, don't typically have the gal to do vocals in front of everyone (partially due to my sucking and needing to put in a lot of practice), and am really digging the drums. I'm getting quite proficient with them, too. I'd be better, but a broken bass pedal makes for some fucked up drumming. -_- HA HA HA I'M YOUR BASS PEDAL AND I'M GOING TO DOUBLE-BEAT FOR NO DAMN REASON. Rahhhhh!
Brawl is pretty cool. I don't feel like going into specifics. It just is.
Post is winding down. You can tell from my tendency to get very short by the end.
Like that.
Etc.
So I totally fucked up at the beginning of this. Whatever. The real second reason for hating my job is because I don't have enough me-time. I wake up at 7 AM, get ready, leave for work, get home at 5:30 PM, go to bed at midnight. I don't have time to do shit, and I do NOT feel like me at all. Feel empty. Rushed. It feels like I've just lost the last few months because they've gone by so fast in retrospect, and I haven't gotten to really do anything during them.
So that's my quad-annual post. With Becca gone, it's time to go party with my bitches and hos. You know, my stuffed animal brigade.
RamblerambleboredIdon'twanttogotobed.
Iwillanyway.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles.
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
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Not much to say. Just felt like posting Merry Christmas to everyone. Not much in the way of gifts, annoyingly.
BLAH.
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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I got a job last Thursday and started this Monday. It's customer service. I tell people to fuck off. Rather, I tell them that there photo was lost and there's nothing we can do. It's a photo company, by the way. That sounds like important information.
It's been pretty damn busy since it's the holiday season and people want Christmas cards etc etc. Plus, there's only two of us - my boss and myself. On top of that, I worked entirely alone yesterday. I'd never had to return phone calls personally before that. What a fun day! -_-
On top of all of THAT, I've had too much crap going on at home as well. Becca moved some stuff in yesterday (she's taking a semester off of college and living with me. Again, that sounds like it might be important enough to mention), so now I need to find a place to put it all.
Tonight, I need to help Mitch build a computer for a commision he took at an old job. Yay learning experience!
Need to do laundry tonight.
Need to make a Christmas list for Becca.
Need to read some.
Need to study for certification some.
Need to shower.
Plenty of stuff I'm missing.
I'm making 11/hour. My first check should be for ~750. But, I'm going to be working for three weeks before I get it since I came in at the start of a pay period. I WANT MONEY.
Becca visits tomorrow, and moves in just after Christmas. Neither of those are coming soon enough.
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
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Except I don't know what to say really. Lessee.
I tried out Hard on Guitar Hero 2. Mindfuck City. I need more practice and advice!
Job hunting is a terrible bitch. I hates it. Someone pay me for being me.
I miss Becca.
That sums it up well enough. I'd update about NDK but it was a week ago now and I suck. MAYBE I'll keep updating consistently now.
Geek night tonight. I feel sick so I might just stay in my room though.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
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This warrants an update and I decided to finally get around to it.
O_O There was some SWEET thunder just now. Mmmmmm thunder. And I think it's starting to rain. OHITIS. Update can wait. Buhbye.
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| Subject: | Damn laundry |
| Time: | 6:43 am. |
| Music: | Was Meliah Rage - Last of the Wanted, now Metalocalypse - Snakes 'n' Barrels. |
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I'm still up right now because I cleaned my sheets tonight.
After they finished their cleaning cycle, the washer messed up as usual. Water left in the bottom, etc. Set it to spin, go back upstairs.
Check it awhile later. It STILL didn't spin. Sonofabitch. Set it again, wait for it to spin up, and leave.
Come back down, and AGAIN THE BASTARD DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB. Set it for spin this final time. It works completely, and I finally get to throw the stuff in the drier.
Except it takes forever to dry. Excuse me, is taking forever to dry. Oh well. Gave me an excuse to do some more reading. And updating!
I bought a new monitor recently. 20" flat widescreen LCD. It's so sexy. I luv my monitor now.
I also got a new harddrive. 400 GB. I've been doing just about anything I can to fill it up; took all of Cody's game patches (updates and NoCDs and more), ISOs (basically game CDs on computer), and I've been downloading most anything that comes to mind. Trying to get all 10 seasons of Friends, Heroes, The 4400, more games, Venture Bros seasons 1 and 2, manga (Berserk in particular, also have Full-Metal Alchemist 1-72), and some comics. And I don't know what else. I also moved a lot of my old files over to the new drive, freeing up about 30GB on one of my older HDs and another 20-30 on the other. And the new one still has 236GB free. I need better BitTorrent sites. :(
Non-computer related... I cleaned my sheets? Iunno. Nothing new comes to mind. I miss Becca. Stream-of-thought writing weeee.
Oh. I found out what kind of a drunk I am. An emotional one. With a heavy tendency towards more serious or sad/crying emotions, and if not those, mostly just mellow happy.
All right, laundry's done. Mostly. Still some wet patches but fuckit. I want to sleep.
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What's been going on with me, you ask!
I'm moving to Denver in mid-August, which just happens to coincide with Becca going off to college. She'll be an hour away, so we should be able to fit some time in there to see eachother.
As long as my dad actually gets the car fixed before I move, that is. He found out what he thought the problem was, then took a month and a half to get it checked out. He turned out to be wrong, and I have no idea if I'll be getting the car or not before I move. Awesomeeeee!
I got back into City of Heroes, and I'm pretty much done with WoW. Blizz doesn't know what the fuck they're doing any more. Simple as that. My highest when I first play CoH was a 16. Now I have a 41. Level cap 50. Woo wooooo.
I absolutely hate my job. Still working at Bowlz, for now. Still getting paid minimum wage. Still dishwashing. Can't wait to be done here in... less than a month. Wow.
I'll be done here in under a month, because a month from now I'll be going to QuakeCon wooooooooooooo! I'm going to do everything in my power to NOT ride there with Cody, because I'll be fucking pissed if I miss another LAN because of his vehicle dying like they always do.
I fell out of reading, but I got back into it in the last month or so. Over halfway through Stephen King's The Stand, and it'll be a little while before I get to the end. Another 500 pages of somewhat small print. After that, it's Stephen King's Insomnia, then Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman, and then Stephen King's Everything's Eventual which I will steal from Becca.
Saw 1408 the other night. Pretty good movie. Recommend it.
I've started downloading comics. As in comic books. Sort of. I haven't gotten that many so far because there just haven't been a lot of them that sounded interesting.
Oops. I meant to mention all this way back at the beginning. I'll be moving in with two people I know up in Denver and the rent will only be 375 a month, which includes utilities.
Maybe just maybe I'll find a job up there that I don't hate! Yeahright.
My hair is growing back after the Valentine's Day Massacre. I think I'm going to start keeping my goatee trimmed though. It looks better.
Long entry.
I'll make it longer.
I'll stop now.
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Too lazy to ACTUALLY update. But I'll try to start doing it on occasion again.
Maybe.
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giddy.
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sick.