So I went to Wal-Mart to do some much needed shopping. Hadn't gone shopping in a while, so I was out of everything. Anyway. Went to the customer service area to buy some stamps so we could mail out the electric bill. I was standing there, waiting for the lady to get my stamps, when I saw her. Her. Started crying as I was leaving the store, and kept doing so for a good portion of the drive home. David says my eyes aren't bloodshot, maybe a *little* red, so I'll be fine at work tonight.
But wow. Didn't think I'd have that reaction. Don't understand it myself.
Oh well, time for work. At least everyone else won't have to put up with a really hyper me for once.
2005-06-29
You wear them so well, those innocent eyes
I have to do this now, while it's still fresh in my mind. It's funny. Lately, most of the time when I wake up and slowly stumble over to my chair in the command center, David's usually already sitting at his, and I'll often say "I had a weird dream." But he's now here right now - he's working for Mom, which is weird in and of itself. But I did have a weird dream, and I'd be posting about this one anyway.
It was about Chelsea.
No, not my truck. That Chelsea. And why not? With the complete and total disarray (-Disarray? Ha! Try non-existent.-) that my social and romantic lives are in right now, why not go all the way back to the beginning?
So I don't remember all of it, but I'll go with what I do.
We were dating. I think. No, I'm sure about that. Except I was displaying the vast insecurities and issues I've always had about her, including an almost completely inability to talk to her, and she was trying to help me overcome them. I remember at one point, she, um, what's the word? Pinched my nose? That's not quite the right word, but hopefully, you'll know what I mean. It was cute.
Speaking of cute...
It was weird. My dream was set in present times, or close enough. But she didn't look like she does now - not that I'd have any idea how she looks. The last time I saw her was... a brief visit during senior year in high school. But I guess my subconscious used the image I have permanently burned in my mind, that of *way* back, 6th - 8th grade. And she had a lot of freckles.
So I don't remember very much of it, except driving around in a little silver car (A possible reference to Lilie, which is odd, though I'm still a lot of anxiety about the possibility of driving her car back from Ft Worth, don't know why else that would pop up), and we were talking a lot, and she pinched my nose, and was trying to get me to talk to her more, open up, which is weird since I don't normally have that problem, and when we were going through the intersection at Bishop and Hopkins right before it turns into Hunter (or maybe after), we got hit in by another car. Not enough to hurt us, but enough to damage the car a little.
That's about all I remember. And it was enough to keep my eyes wet for the last hour or so since I've been awake.
It was about Chelsea.
No, not my truck. That Chelsea. And why not? With the complete and total disarray (-Disarray? Ha! Try non-existent.-) that my social and romantic lives are in right now, why not go all the way back to the beginning?
So I don't remember all of it, but I'll go with what I do.
We were dating. I think. No, I'm sure about that. Except I was displaying the vast insecurities and issues I've always had about her, including an almost completely inability to talk to her, and she was trying to help me overcome them. I remember at one point, she, um, what's the word? Pinched my nose? That's not quite the right word, but hopefully, you'll know what I mean. It was cute.
Speaking of cute...
It was weird. My dream was set in present times, or close enough. But she didn't look like she does now - not that I'd have any idea how she looks. The last time I saw her was... a brief visit during senior year in high school. But I guess my subconscious used the image I have permanently burned in my mind, that of *way* back, 6th - 8th grade. And she had a lot of freckles.
So I don't remember very much of it, except driving around in a little silver car (A possible reference to Lilie, which is odd, though I'm still a lot of anxiety about the possibility of driving her car back from Ft Worth, don't know why else that would pop up), and we were talking a lot, and she pinched my nose, and was trying to get me to talk to her more, open up, which is weird since I don't normally have that problem, and when we were going through the intersection at Bishop and Hopkins right before it turns into Hunter (or maybe after), we got hit in by another car. Not enough to hurt us, but enough to damage the car a little.
That's about all I remember. And it was enough to keep my eyes wet for the last hour or so since I've been awake.
2005-06-28
Alex Megane - Hurricane
We were layin' on the whitest sand
Oh.. sun above us in a foreign land
Seemed like you and me
Could wait forever
Oh.. but the clouds pulled in and the sky got dark
Then it kind of seemed like the wind picked up
A cold wave was coming
Time to run now or never more
So come out of the storm why don't you babe
Tell me that you love me that your love won't change
'Cause the wind's blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
So come into my heart why don't you babe
Show me what you got if you need me today
'Cause the wind's coming now gonna blow into a hurricane
So we took cover from the pouring rain
In an old broken down forgotten place
Up on high ground where
The flood wouldn't drown us
Oh the night was long the wind was cold
On your shoulder out the storm I rode
We were waiting for morning
To make our getaway...
So come out of the storm why don't you babe
Tell me that you love me that your love won't change
'Cause the wind's blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
So come into my heart why don't you babe
Show me what you got if you need me today
'Cause the wind's coming now gonna blow into a hurricane
Oh.. sun above us in a foreign land
Seemed like you and me
Could wait forever
Oh.. but the clouds pulled in and the sky got dark
Then it kind of seemed like the wind picked up
A cold wave was coming
Time to run now or never more
So come out of the storm why don't you babe
Tell me that you love me that your love won't change
'Cause the wind's blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
So come into my heart why don't you babe
Show me what you got if you need me today
'Cause the wind's coming now gonna blow into a hurricane
So we took cover from the pouring rain
In an old broken down forgotten place
Up on high ground where
The flood wouldn't drown us
Oh the night was long the wind was cold
On your shoulder out the storm I rode
We were waiting for morning
To make our getaway...
So come out of the storm why don't you babe
Tell me that you love me that your love won't change
'Cause the wind's blowing now gonna turn into a hurricane
So come into my heart why don't you babe
Show me what you got if you need me today
'Cause the wind's coming now gonna blow into a hurricane
2005-06-26
I wasn't going to blog this...
Wired News: Rap Marketing Comes to Nerdcore
Until I caught the last sentence of the article:
Until I caught the last sentence of the article:
| "I think CS graduates have a better chance than most rappers at calculating and devising hitherto unheard rhyme pairings," he said. "50 Cent has dance clubs and oral sex, we have awesome video cards."" |
2005-06-25
My Shaman is so Overpowered that...
(Basically a compilation of posts from a thread in the Shaman Forum with the same name. It's interesting to compare the various class forums.)
- ...I killed someone in Un'goro when I cast Chain Lightning in Tanaris!
- ...when I cast Frost Shock, it deleted the Night Elf.
- ...Ragnaros tried to farm me.
- (is so potent that)...when I frost shocked someone, I think I got my server
pregnant - ...I purged a mage back to his "Character Selection" screen.
- ...the Tarren Mill guards summon ME for help.
- ...I drop 2 epic chestpieces when I die.
- ...I can cook a 5 course meal on an easy-bake oven.
- ...when I smack you, your Everquest 1 and 2 characters feel it.
- ...when I party with Warlocks they stop sucking.
- ...Jaina Proudmoore rerolled Horde.
- ...Superman wears underwear with MY picture on it.
- ...Onyxia is my noncombat pet.
- ...I use Mooncloth for toilet paper.
- ...I'm the elite boss at the end of the new dungeon in 1.6.0, right after Thrall.
- ...I am considered a raid instance for alliance. One of the top guilds brought me down to 70% health, but to be fair, i was sleeping during those 8 hours.
- ...I dont play him anymore; he plays me.
- ...they have to shut down all the servers once a week to repair the damage I caused to them.
- ...Bush tried to get Congress to declare war on me.
- ...he's being asked to play Master Chief in the upcoming Halo movie.
- ...Arthas begged the development team to delay any expansion so he could gain a few more levels.
Wired News: Be a Gaming God for Dollars a Day
Wired News: Be a Gaming God for Dollars a Day
This makes me weep. Not really. But *any* phrase involving "Goblin Jesus" makes me want to smack someone, so I don't really have an appropriate canned response to this one.
This makes me weep. Not really. But *any* phrase involving "Goblin Jesus" makes me want to smack someone, so I don't really have an appropriate canned response to this one.
2005-06-22
You do not understand. But you will.
Mini-post today. Was in a major funk yesterday, drove around some. Dropped off my uniform at Sonic, should be the last time I ever have to go there. When I went in, I only recognized like 3 people on a crew of ~12. Ouch. Staci was adamant about getting my number before I left, which is cool because unlike everyone else, I thought she was cool (everyone else thought she was a major bitch.) Finally removed myself completely from Feathermoon and moved over completely to Mal'Ganis with David. We're still going to jump on the next server to lanuch with some Horde-side action (Tauren Shaman as my main there), probably with Jarrod, two of David's friends, and whoever else wants to go (Matt, Luke, Bret, Michael... we could have a decent-sized core group). Lilie came over last night, and we had, well, a discussion. About us. Didn't resolve anything, but I did learn a thing or two.
2005-06-20
You've washed your hands clean of us
I still haven't gotten around to posting the rest of the follow-up to me leaving Sonic. Luckily, there's not much more to post after that - I've just been hanging out at the apartment, playing WoW and marathoning my way through B5 with David. We're one episode into season 4, which means we've watched 67 1 hour episodes, plus 1 made-for-TV movie. About 60% of the way done, though that's altered slightly with the other movies.
Starting at Domino's tonight, in about 40 minutes. And I'm... nervous. Very much so. It really doesn't have anything to do with Lilie, as some have suggested. It's just... I haven't been the new person in a *long* time. I never moved during school, and I've only had one job previously, and that lasted 4 1/2 years. I'm also scared of screwing things up and upsetting people. I hate doing that through ignorance.
Went and bought pants today, and realized I really need to lose weight. I know I've said that before, but now, I finally have complete control of my life, and can do it my way. Won't be easy, but what choice do I have?
Things with Lilie are still... well, the same, I s'pose. I'm not going to go to in-depth in that here, partially because I only have a few minutes right now, but mainly, because I don't want to spread her business around. Later, when I have some more time and inclination, I'll explain and explore what I can. I don't know how much that will be, and I doubt I'll break any new ground. It tends to go in circles in my mind anyhoo; I don't see much chance of a significant breakthrough anytime soon anyway. But I'm stubborn and don't give up easily.
Got kinda ansy last night and finally got around to cleaning up my room and organizing it some more. It's basically done, except for the dresser and some more boxes that I can't really do anything about until I get a bookshelf, which I plan on doing, well, maybe tomorrow. We'll see. Not sure where I'm going to put it - either in the closet, or between my bed and my desk. Ooh... I could even rotate my desk 90 degress towards the other wall, then put the bookshelf where the desk was. Interesting... I'll have to explore the myriad possibilities. But later.
Started my own guild on Feathermoon - 'Super Duper Awesome Guys'. The name sprung out of a conversation between David and myself. I'll tell the story later, but needless to say, it involved the phrase 'Decimating Ruiners' (though they originally spelled it wrong.)
Starting at Domino's tonight, in about 40 minutes. And I'm... nervous. Very much so. It really doesn't have anything to do with Lilie, as some have suggested. It's just... I haven't been the new person in a *long* time. I never moved during school, and I've only had one job previously, and that lasted 4 1/2 years. I'm also scared of screwing things up and upsetting people. I hate doing that through ignorance.
Went and bought pants today, and realized I really need to lose weight. I know I've said that before, but now, I finally have complete control of my life, and can do it my way. Won't be easy, but what choice do I have?
Things with Lilie are still... well, the same, I s'pose. I'm not going to go to in-depth in that here, partially because I only have a few minutes right now, but mainly, because I don't want to spread her business around. Later, when I have some more time and inclination, I'll explain and explore what I can. I don't know how much that will be, and I doubt I'll break any new ground. It tends to go in circles in my mind anyhoo; I don't see much chance of a significant breakthrough anytime soon anyway. But I'm stubborn and don't give up easily.
Got kinda ansy last night and finally got around to cleaning up my room and organizing it some more. It's basically done, except for the dresser and some more boxes that I can't really do anything about until I get a bookshelf, which I plan on doing, well, maybe tomorrow. We'll see. Not sure where I'm going to put it - either in the closet, or between my bed and my desk. Ooh... I could even rotate my desk 90 degress towards the other wall, then put the bookshelf where the desk was. Interesting... I'll have to explore the myriad possibilities. But later.
Started my own guild on Feathermoon - 'Super Duper Awesome Guys'. The name sprung out of a conversation between David and myself. I'll tell the story later, but needless to say, it involved the phrase 'Decimating Ruiners' (though they originally spelled it wrong.)
2005-06-15
Ordinary Day
Wow, been a while since my last post. Didn't realize quite how long it'd been. So, let's remedy that.
Where to start, where to start? Last Tuesday night, I told Dave I was putting in my two weeks notice. I was just tired of working there. I wanted out, wanted to change. Lilie had been asserting for a while that I really needed to get out of there, and I agree(d) with her. So finally, I decided to do it. Freddie was getting ready to quit as well - he's moving to Austin to live with Lauren (his girlfriend of a fair amount of time now), so we were contemplating both walking out in the middle of the shift, though we eventually decided against it. So when Dave got back, we had the following conversation:
"Dave, just to let you know, I'm putting in my two weeks notice."
"Oh, why's that Will? Don't like the work anymore?"
"No, the work's fine, the people are all really cool; it's just that you're an egotistical sociopath."
He was pretty quiet after that. Not that I blame him. I mean, I'd been there about four and a half years, never indicated (at least, to him) that I had any problems with him. Of course, he's an incredible idiot who has no idea how much everybody hates him. So I went about my business, still working. I fully intended at that point to continue to work the remainder of my two weeks, though Dave has a tendency to stop scheduling poeple once they've put in their notice. That's only to protect him, as the motiviation to go for that last day or two is very small. Can't really blame him on that count. So yeah, I'm working, it's Tuesday night, we're decently busy. After it slows down, he said that we needed to have a conversation in the back. We went to the dry stock room, and he was like, "So you think I'm egotistical? Damn straight. I'm one of the best in the business; one of the best in the country. And you know why? Because I don't take shit from anybody." (I'm going to ignore the various logical inconsistencies and non sequiters in that sentence. He then followed up with, "And you think I'm a psychopath?" Which is wrong. I said sociopath. Important difference there, but I didn't correct him. he didn't really say anything else, so I started to walk back to the foutain. He then asked me when I wanted my last night to be. I said, "How about tonight?" He said "Sure." I thought he meant 'til close, but about ten minutes later, after another rush, he told me I could leave. Nobody believed me as I was walking out.
I'll get to the aftermath later.
Where to start, where to start? Last Tuesday night, I told Dave I was putting in my two weeks notice. I was just tired of working there. I wanted out, wanted to change. Lilie had been asserting for a while that I really needed to get out of there, and I agree(d) with her. So finally, I decided to do it. Freddie was getting ready to quit as well - he's moving to Austin to live with Lauren (his girlfriend of a fair amount of time now), so we were contemplating both walking out in the middle of the shift, though we eventually decided against it. So when Dave got back, we had the following conversation:
"Dave, just to let you know, I'm putting in my two weeks notice."
"Oh, why's that Will? Don't like the work anymore?"
"No, the work's fine, the people are all really cool; it's just that you're an egotistical sociopath."
He was pretty quiet after that. Not that I blame him. I mean, I'd been there about four and a half years, never indicated (at least, to him) that I had any problems with him. Of course, he's an incredible idiot who has no idea how much everybody hates him. So I went about my business, still working. I fully intended at that point to continue to work the remainder of my two weeks, though Dave has a tendency to stop scheduling poeple once they've put in their notice. That's only to protect him, as the motiviation to go for that last day or two is very small. Can't really blame him on that count. So yeah, I'm working, it's Tuesday night, we're decently busy. After it slows down, he said that we needed to have a conversation in the back. We went to the dry stock room, and he was like, "So you think I'm egotistical? Damn straight. I'm one of the best in the business; one of the best in the country. And you know why? Because I don't take shit from anybody." (I'm going to ignore the various logical inconsistencies and non sequiters in that sentence. He then followed up with, "And you think I'm a psychopath?" Which is wrong. I said sociopath. Important difference there, but I didn't correct him. he didn't really say anything else, so I started to walk back to the foutain. He then asked me when I wanted my last night to be. I said, "How about tonight?" He said "Sure." I thought he meant 'til close, but about ten minutes later, after another rush, he told me I could leave. Nobody believed me as I was walking out.
I'll get to the aftermath later.
2005-06-10
2005-06-08
BBC NEWS | Technology | Chinese gamer sentenced to life
BBC NEWS | Technology | Chinese gamer sentenced to life
Oh, those wacky chinese gamers. Gotta love 'em.
Oh, those wacky chinese gamers. Gotta love 'em.
2005-06-07
Fanboys are wetting their pants
Microsoft hawking Halo script for $10m - Xbox News at GameSpot
My favorite part is the 'messengers dressed as Master Chief' bit.
My favorite part is the 'messengers dressed as Master Chief' bit.
Becaue you're the cause of most of them
That's somewhat of a generalization. Not 'most of them', but the ones I don't show around you. Problems at work? Slowly adjusting to Janelle's thing? Those, I have no problem sharing and showing you. But when it comes to when you make me sad or upset, it's hard to show that to you.
I know I'm a huge advocate of sharing feelings and being very open with your partner (well, that doesn't *quite* apply, but it's still the best word in this situation, I think). It's just, these are things you already know, or that aren't ever going to be resolved, so there's not really any point in bringing them up.
A lot of them stem from the fact that I still love you, in a very-much-more-than-friends kind of way, while I'm fairly certain you don't feel the same way about me. I'm not even talking degree here, but variety. Love me as a very close friend? Yes. Anything more? Though you're not sure, I'd guess no. And I don't think me feeling the way I do about you will bring about any good for anyone. I mean, hell, even if we were going to get back togther, me feeling like this would probably only be a determent, since you probably wouldn't walk into something like that.
So yeah. I don't want you to see the melancholy that occasionally successfully fights its way onto my face when we're together, and I have to remind myself that we're not together, and that I need to be your best friend, not your best friend that still longs to be with you. I don't want you to know how sad that makes me sometimes. I mean, I'm okay with it. Unrequited love is something I'm quite familiar with, and I know how to deal with it. But being best friends with the person in question, that's something new for me. Not that I would trade that part away for anything. The very things that put me in this uncomfortable situation are the same things that make us such good friends. It's just that they don't stop me from getting sad or upset. And not upset *at* you, don't think that. Upset at... well, things. Upset that I'll never quite know why we broke up. I know part of it, and I believe it, but I don't think I know the whole story, nor will I. Upset that I just wasn't the right person, or didn't say the right thing, or did the wrong thing. Sad that that will be the only chance I ever got.
So yeah, 'long story' and all. But don't worry - these are things I keep buried deep down, that I don't plan on bringing up with you. I mean, we're best friends, not ex's.
I know I'm a huge advocate of sharing feelings and being very open with your partner (well, that doesn't *quite* apply, but it's still the best word in this situation, I think). It's just, these are things you already know, or that aren't ever going to be resolved, so there's not really any point in bringing them up.
A lot of them stem from the fact that I still love you, in a very-much-more-than-friends kind of way, while I'm fairly certain you don't feel the same way about me. I'm not even talking degree here, but variety. Love me as a very close friend? Yes. Anything more? Though you're not sure, I'd guess no. And I don't think me feeling the way I do about you will bring about any good for anyone. I mean, hell, even if we were going to get back togther, me feeling like this would probably only be a determent, since you probably wouldn't walk into something like that.
So yeah. I don't want you to see the melancholy that occasionally successfully fights its way onto my face when we're together, and I have to remind myself that we're not together, and that I need to be your best friend, not your best friend that still longs to be with you. I don't want you to know how sad that makes me sometimes. I mean, I'm okay with it. Unrequited love is something I'm quite familiar with, and I know how to deal with it. But being best friends with the person in question, that's something new for me. Not that I would trade that part away for anything. The very things that put me in this uncomfortable situation are the same things that make us such good friends. It's just that they don't stop me from getting sad or upset. And not upset *at* you, don't think that. Upset at... well, things. Upset that I'll never quite know why we broke up. I know part of it, and I believe it, but I don't think I know the whole story, nor will I. Upset that I just wasn't the right person, or didn't say the right thing, or did the wrong thing. Sad that that will be the only chance I ever got.
So yeah, 'long story' and all. But don't worry - these are things I keep buried deep down, that I don't plan on bringing up with you. I mean, we're best friends, not ex's.
2005-06-06
Magical Moonlight
This is "Magical Moonlight", the bouquet I'm sending Carrie for her birthday (Shh! Don't tell her! It's a secret.) According to the description, "Our radiant, all-white bouquet reflects the luminous romance of moonlight to celebrate any occasion magically. Our florists gather white flowers such as roses, snapdragons, carnations, greens, and more into an alluring cobalt blue vase for a stunning arrangement that gives off a hint of stardust". If all goes well, it'll be delivered to her door on Wednesday, when she turns 21. We talked a little more on the phone last night, and her coming down sounds more and more like a definite thing.Sounds pretty.
2005-06-05
The club will be shaking, there we'll be waiting, 'cause I don't play nice, pt 2
Didn't expect to end that last post so abruptly, but I had to go. I'm actually writing this post on Sesami, the computer in the living room whose output is the TV, which means it's really, really hard to read the text. IF this post has a lot of spelling and punctuation errors, that's why. Get over it.
JD came over last night and we watched some MST3K, and I'm *still* copying over his collection. He has all of them. All 199. I've got the majority copied over, but the lest set is a huge pain in the ass, because neither David's nor my computer's DVD drives will read about 10 of the DVDs he has, but the media center will, so I have to do it all from across the room. Meh, could be worse. A lot worse. Went over for breakfast tacos at Mom's house earlier, that was cool. She keeps sending stuff my way, as she's adjusting cooking for two instead of three or four. Saw Lilie in her new car (the Shiny; he doesn't have a name yet) delivering pizza. Things are going very well with her right now, I'm really happy with where we are. Where we are now, which is different from where we were the last time we saw each other (it makes sense, trust me).
Work's been hell lately. Had two 50+ weeks in a row. This week, at least I have Sunday off, though I did have to work 6 am to 4 pm yesterday to get it. I originally asked for last night and today off because I thought Terri was going to be in town; it's probably just as well that she's not. Long story. But I'm enjoying the heck out of my day off. Going to dinner later with the family 'cause Janelle's leaving on Tuesday for a month and a day. David mounted the speakers yesterday (we were going to do it together, but I fell asleep and I guess he didn't feel like waiting until I woke up.) It looks *really* cool. I can't wait to watch something that takes full advantage of the 5.1 format. But back to work. Lacey just quit - she walked out Friday night about 10:30; Dave's *real* pissed - he said he doesn't want her on the lot at all, not even as a customer. Which I have no problem with, I never liked Lacey. Emily's quitting too - she put in her two weeks, but Dave's just taking her off the schedule now, as people who do that tend to not show up and he'd rather just cover his ass. I hear Allison is about to leave as well. I'm glad Emily and Lacey are leaving, though Allison leaving makes me sad. A little. She's changed a lot lately. Kristen commeted on it as well when she came over to check the place out. Krystle got her job back and is going to stay, which is good. Flaky idiot though she may be, I prefer having her on the shift.
Time for a crew rundown. Sort of. Jennifer C is really cool - she came over and hung out with David and I the other day. We watched Euro Trip, then ran errands. That was fun. Got to know her a lot better. She's a lot weirder than she lets on. WHich is cool. Lala *did* call me on Wednesday to go floating, but didn't leave a message, and her phone was turned to private, so I couldn't call back. IT was annoying ot miss out on, but I'll live. Most of the other carhops don't like Stacy 'cause they think she's a bitch. I don't disagree, but I don't have the same reaction. I think she's really cool, bitch and all. The other night, she came up to me and asked me if I could teach her how to skate. We spent about half an hour after close on the lot, trying to teach her. Didn't go very well. I think she's going to try to get some blades, or talk to Dave about just fountaining. Either of those would be cool; I don't want her to leave. Jill and Krystie have finally settled into things; nothing either way on them. Josh N is out, finally. I hated that guy. THe other Josh is still here; I don't think he'll be leaving any time soon. I can work with him without problem, I just don't ilke him. Dave can kiss my ass, but I refuse to be forced to like my coworkers. Being able to work with them is enough.
Lilie hasn't been playing WoW much lately, though she did finally get Suchevane to 60. Jarrod and I are going to jump on the next PVP server and have Horde characters; David's going to join us, probably one of his friends as well. We might also have Alliance characters on David's server. Possibly; that'd be cool too. I've been having a lot of fun as Schlemilly, my gnomish mage. Pretty much have her spec down, which is a first.
Finally got Carrie's letter mailed, which should surprise her when she gets it. Her birthday is coming up soon, and I'm going to send her some flowers. That should surprise the crap out of her, which will be cool. I don't know if she still plans on coming down at some point, but I hope so. I haven't seen her in over two years. Imagine - someone to actually play DDR with. What a concept. Speaking of which, Rose is really enjoying living in FLorida. Her roommates are wither 'princesses' or 'villians', neatly segmented based on the characters they tend to like in Disney movies (She's a villian). She really wants me to come visit, but I don't know if Chelsea is up for another cross-counry trip. I'm thinking about it, though. I could visit Terri and Carrie as well while I'm over there; maybe even Aunt Janet and Uncle Barney as well. Hell, I"m sure I can find a decent number of reasons to go, as if the ones I have aren't enough already.
So... we finally finished season 1 of B5. We're 1/5th of the way done. Wow. Of course, given recent events, this one might be delayed, or dragged out further, or something. I don't know. We have a few other marathons we're also going to do.
THis has been a fairly thourough post, so I think I'm going to end it here. Though it is fairly comfortable typing in the living room recliner.
JD came over last night and we watched some MST3K, and I'm *still* copying over his collection. He has all of them. All 199. I've got the majority copied over, but the lest set is a huge pain in the ass, because neither David's nor my computer's DVD drives will read about 10 of the DVDs he has, but the media center will, so I have to do it all from across the room. Meh, could be worse. A lot worse. Went over for breakfast tacos at Mom's house earlier, that was cool. She keeps sending stuff my way, as she's adjusting cooking for two instead of three or four. Saw Lilie in her new car (the Shiny; he doesn't have a name yet) delivering pizza. Things are going very well with her right now, I'm really happy with where we are. Where we are now, which is different from where we were the last time we saw each other (it makes sense, trust me).
Work's been hell lately. Had two 50+ weeks in a row. This week, at least I have Sunday off, though I did have to work 6 am to 4 pm yesterday to get it. I originally asked for last night and today off because I thought Terri was going to be in town; it's probably just as well that she's not. Long story. But I'm enjoying the heck out of my day off. Going to dinner later with the family 'cause Janelle's leaving on Tuesday for a month and a day. David mounted the speakers yesterday (we were going to do it together, but I fell asleep and I guess he didn't feel like waiting until I woke up.) It looks *really* cool. I can't wait to watch something that takes full advantage of the 5.1 format. But back to work. Lacey just quit - she walked out Friday night about 10:30; Dave's *real* pissed - he said he doesn't want her on the lot at all, not even as a customer. Which I have no problem with, I never liked Lacey. Emily's quitting too - she put in her two weeks, but Dave's just taking her off the schedule now, as people who do that tend to not show up and he'd rather just cover his ass. I hear Allison is about to leave as well. I'm glad Emily and Lacey are leaving, though Allison leaving makes me sad. A little. She's changed a lot lately. Kristen commeted on it as well when she came over to check the place out. Krystle got her job back and is going to stay, which is good. Flaky idiot though she may be, I prefer having her on the shift.
Time for a crew rundown. Sort of. Jennifer C is really cool - she came over and hung out with David and I the other day. We watched Euro Trip, then ran errands. That was fun. Got to know her a lot better. She's a lot weirder than she lets on. WHich is cool. Lala *did* call me on Wednesday to go floating, but didn't leave a message, and her phone was turned to private, so I couldn't call back. IT was annoying ot miss out on, but I'll live. Most of the other carhops don't like Stacy 'cause they think she's a bitch. I don't disagree, but I don't have the same reaction. I think she's really cool, bitch and all. The other night, she came up to me and asked me if I could teach her how to skate. We spent about half an hour after close on the lot, trying to teach her. Didn't go very well. I think she's going to try to get some blades, or talk to Dave about just fountaining. Either of those would be cool; I don't want her to leave. Jill and Krystie have finally settled into things; nothing either way on them. Josh N is out, finally. I hated that guy. THe other Josh is still here; I don't think he'll be leaving any time soon. I can work with him without problem, I just don't ilke him. Dave can kiss my ass, but I refuse to be forced to like my coworkers. Being able to work with them is enough.
Lilie hasn't been playing WoW much lately, though she did finally get Suchevane to 60. Jarrod and I are going to jump on the next PVP server and have Horde characters; David's going to join us, probably one of his friends as well. We might also have Alliance characters on David's server. Possibly; that'd be cool too. I've been having a lot of fun as Schlemilly, my gnomish mage. Pretty much have her spec down, which is a first.
Finally got Carrie's letter mailed, which should surprise her when she gets it. Her birthday is coming up soon, and I'm going to send her some flowers. That should surprise the crap out of her, which will be cool. I don't know if she still plans on coming down at some point, but I hope so. I haven't seen her in over two years. Imagine - someone to actually play DDR with. What a concept. Speaking of which, Rose is really enjoying living in FLorida. Her roommates are wither 'princesses' or 'villians', neatly segmented based on the characters they tend to like in Disney movies (She's a villian). She really wants me to come visit, but I don't know if Chelsea is up for another cross-counry trip. I'm thinking about it, though. I could visit Terri and Carrie as well while I'm over there; maybe even Aunt Janet and Uncle Barney as well. Hell, I"m sure I can find a decent number of reasons to go, as if the ones I have aren't enough already.
So... we finally finished season 1 of B5. We're 1/5th of the way done. Wow. Of course, given recent events, this one might be delayed, or dragged out further, or something. I don't know. We have a few other marathons we're also going to do.
- Red vs. Blue
- Star Wars IV - VI
- MST3k
We could probably do this one in one night, definitely in two. We've both seen all of it extensively, though. Having Lilie over so she could finally watch it (though she doesn't seem to be able to go more than three episodes without falling asleep) is the main reason for this one.
To remind ourselves what Episode III was supposed to be transiitiong *to*, and to remember how fucking AWESOME they were. And are.
Don't konw about this one. It'd be ever longer than the B5 one... almost twice as many episodes, and each episode is roughly 2x as long. We're talking 20,000 minutes of viewing. Damn. Well over 300 hours, or ~ 2 1/2 days *straight*. Well, more than that - I did a ton of rounding. I'm tired, leave me alone. Given recent events, though, this one, at least in parts, is more likely, though. And I don't mean JD letting me borrow his entire collection, though that does help.
THis has been a fairly thourough post, so I think I'm going to end it here. Though it is fairly comfortable typing in the living room recliner.
2005-06-04
The club will be shaking, there we'll be waiting, 'cause I don't play nice
So I've adjusted to life in the new place fairly well. Haven't really gotten homesick or anything yet, but to be fair, home is still less than ten minutes away. David and I seem to be doing fine as roommates thus far. No issues so far. In fact, I just asked him if we had had any yet. Got it basically set up like we want. I still have some work to do on my room and bathroom, but the living room and command center are all set up - David just finished mounting the speakers for the Dolby Surround Sound 5.1 setup he has. I was supposed to help, but I was quite asleep from a 10 hour shift that started at six this morning. Got a good three hour nap.
Janelle graduated from High School. The ceremony was very nice. Britney Posey was Valedictorian; Janelle, Saludatorian.
JD and Janelle are here, so we're doing MST3K. More later.
Janelle graduated from High School. The ceremony was very nice. Britney Posey was Valedictorian; Janelle, Saludatorian.
JD and Janelle are here, so we're doing MST3K. More later.
2005-06-03
My oh my, do you want to say goodbye?
I'll probably use that lyric again on my next post, since this one isn't going to be very long. Just checking in. Last night/today was a ton of fun, for various reasons. More on that later. Apartment's working out rather well, more on that later (picture tour). Finally got Carrie's letter out; need to remember to send her some flowers for her birthday. Work's... work, I s'pose. Few updates there, though I have met some cool people there. Actually hung out with one. Getting a ton of hours right now. Up to 'Babylon Squared' on our B5 marathon; we're really ripping this up.
But it's time for work, so more later.
But it's time for work, so more later.
2005-06-01
A part of me will always be
Twice in a row.
I'm not wrong often. It's just something you learn to live with, being really, really intelligent with fast analytical capabilities. I'm glad my mom taught me how to handle it well, though. And I'm not that bad about admitting when I'm wrong, and even apologizing when necessary.
The wonder of the human mind is that it can adapt to new situations, assimilate experiences into a repository and extrapolate from that to deal with new things, new encounters. And avoid making the same mistake twice.
I somehow failed to do that.
I was twice two days in a row. That's incredibly rare. If I can't end my streak by tomorrow, I may start looking for a new line of work.
I'm not wrong often. It's just something you learn to live with, being really, really intelligent with fast analytical capabilities. I'm glad my mom taught me how to handle it well, though. And I'm not that bad about admitting when I'm wrong, and even apologizing when necessary.
The wonder of the human mind is that it can adapt to new situations, assimilate experiences into a repository and extrapolate from that to deal with new things, new encounters. And avoid making the same mistake twice.
I somehow failed to do that.
I was twice two days in a row. That's incredibly rare. If I can't end my streak by tomorrow, I may start looking for a new line of work.
