Works been going okay. I'm usually opening Tue/Thu/Sun, and a day shift on Saturday. I've got the opening thing down fairly well; no other alarm incidents - though Dave hasn't given me my own code yet, so I'm still using Javi's. He's finally agreed to give me my assistant manager raise, though I have a feeling it's going to be very small. Once I've proven my skills, I'll ask him about it. It's really weird for me to be working such a set schedule. Last semester and all summer, I was working a mixed schedule, since my online courses didn't bound my time at all. Now, that, since I can't work Mon/Wed/Fri day, and he's been giving me nights off when I have school that day (and now, on days when I open the next day), my schedule is fairly fixed. I haven't really worked with anyone from night crew in a while. I used to have fairly good connections to everyone else, from having worked with them, but no anymore. I haven't worked with Freddie or Katie in a long time, for example. I'll see Freddie tonight (I think) when I go in at close to review the closing procedures with Javi, and I've been talking to Katie intermittently online. There's really not a terribly lot more I can say about work, other than I loathe it incredibly.
Well, there's a few more things I can say. I'll be working 5 - C Halloween night, so there go any plans for me. We're encouraged to wear costumes, and of course, I only have one costume that I've worn in the past three or four years, so I'll probably wear that. They tend to get in the way, though, so I don't know how long I'll be wearing them for. We'll just see.
Classes have been going okay. We recently had an Intro to Fine Arts test, which I think I did okay on. He usually takes a while to grade, so it'll probably take a week or so to get the grade back. I didn't go to Chemistry class all week, but I did get a 15/15 on the homework that was due Tuesday night, so I'm fairly certain I have a decent grasp on the current concepts being discussed. I have to write an annoying program dealing with classes for CS class. Probability is, well, probability - the same as when I took it in high school, except that we're going into the proofs on equations that we just took as axioms earlier. Which is pretty cool. Chem lab is going better than I thought it would be. Mahin, our TA, is using express grading, and I've been getting 20's (out of 20) on all of the labs recently, as well on our most recent quiz, which I half pulled out of my ass. Apparently, there's some cool stuff up in there, need to check on that. I got asked for help twice in the past two weeks, which is good, because I managed to meet a f ew people.
After lab today, I went to play DDR at the Student Center for about an hour, hour and a half. There were these two guys playing as well; we alternated. They were... well, crappy. But they were beginners, so I'm not trying to sound really arrogant or anything. One played on Beginner, the other mainly on light, with the occasional Standard. I have trouble accurately gauging other people's skill levels, because I immediately caught the difference between jumps and 8th notes while playing, due to my musical background. I had to drive up to work afterwards to see who was closing tonight - Javi - to make sure I could come in and review the closing procedures. I went through the Sessoms & University(/Aquarena) intersection, and heard a car horn honk. I turned back, and sure enough, Lilie was at the light. She was on her way to work. I called her to say 'hey', but it turned out she hadn't honked. Which is really just weird. Very weird.
On the way home, I (finally) found "NexLevel", the new cyber-cafe on the square. It seems pretty cool (pictures to follow). They have like 14 computers, two tvs, and a PS2 hooked up to a nice TV. The rate for PS2 or Xbox is something like $5 an hour, or 4 for members. They also have two metal DDR pads; I paid $2.50 for half an hour of play. I didn't have any real problems on the pad, though it took a bit to adjust to the different feel. I even tried playing some doubles, but that didn't work. Pity. I played for almost an hour when I realized how long I'd been playing. Went over to the register to get something to drink, and admonished them for not letting me know my time was up. They said, and I quit, "Psh!" Or something like that. There wasn't really anyone else in there anyway. I took a number of pictures (to be posted later).
In fact, I'm going to have to cut this one short - Shelley and I had an interesting conversation:
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