At the end of every week each one of us becomes a freak

So yeah, work.

Work's been interesting lately, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I have acknowledged my mistakes and made amends with the crew. (Thanks, babe!) I've usually been pretty good about taking responsibility for my actions and admitting when I was wrong, which I was then. Well, for the most part. I do want to highlight two caveats, however: first, that this wasn't the result of Lilie and I breaking up - I was depressed well before that, though that didn't help. Well, that's really about the only caveat for those people who felt necessary to misinterpret everything I do. Or something like that.

Anyway.

I think Adam's finally out of there. Well, he should be. He walked out on Rick Wednesday evening. Him and Shelley were the fountains, Rick was managing, I was doing the deposit. Adam showed up about twenty or thirty minutes late, and had hurt his leg or something. Supposedly, it was really bad and should have been in a cast or something. Anyway, him and Rick were clashing. Again, this is all second and third-hand stories, so I can't garauntee that what I'm saying is true; I'm merely posting the composite picture I've been gathering from talking to various crew members. With those disclaimers in place: Adam was not doing his job - there was food out on all eight trays, and he was just talking on the phone or something. Finally, Rick made the comment - "It's because of that fucker that I'm going to have a really high av. time." Adam heard him, got pissed off, called his ride, and left (the timesheet records that he clocked out at 6:51). Rick closed fountain with assistance from the carhop, then handled the deposit. He did come in on Friday and worked for a bit, then Dave came in early for him.

Those parts, I can't really confirm, since I wasn't there. However:

I managed Saturday night; Adam was scheduled to fountain 5 - 9. He never showed up, nor called. The great thing was that we handled things well enough - all of our numbers were simply awesome for both the dinner and closing shifts. The credit, of course, goes to the great crew I had, and I was sure to let them know what a fantastic job they did that evening/night. I really wish he had come in, though, because I was just going to tell him to leave if he did. He was supposed to open Sunday. Again, no call/no show. Erica showed up on time, but was there by herself until 8, when Javi stopped by check on some paperwork. He opened the store, and Dora came in early as well. I came in at 5 and found all that out. The schedule for next week had been made with Adam in mind, of course. He had a number of shifts - opening Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; 10:30 - 5 Thursday, and 10- 8 Saturday. Javi's taking his Monday and Tuesday shifts, and I'm taking his Wednesday (in, um... 3 hours) and Saturday shifts. He also has a Sunday shift, but Javi and I are shifting our schedules around to cover everything. We're both going to end up with tons of overtime, which makes me happy. Both because it's time and a half, and it annoys Dave. Today, Dave asked me about going to an Assistant Manager training meeting at 2:30 tomorrow (he didn't know I was opening, and was afraid he was going to have to.) I guess I'm going. Fun. So my schedule this week looks something like:

Mon: 5:30 - 9:30
Tue: 5:15 - 12:15
Wed: 6:00 - 2:00; (drive to Austin) 2:30 - 4:00; drive home (though I'll probably stop by and see Rose, and play some DDR while I'm up in Austin)
Thu: 6:00 - 2:00; possibly also 5 - 8 to help cover Adam's shift
Fri: 6:00 - 1:00
Sat: 10:00 - 1:00 (that's 15 hours, not 3)
Sun: 2:00 - 12:00

This will be fun - I got off work a few hours ago, and have less than three hours before I have to be back for another 7 or so hours. After that, I have to drive to Austin, spend another hour or two in a manager meeting, then drive home, only to open the next two days as well. I mean, I volunteered for the really fun bits, so I'm not really complaining or anything - just getting it all out on paper so I can see what I've put myself up against.

I heard Adam called today to see when he worked next, and Javi told him he doesn't work here anymore. He better not - not calling or showing up for four days in a row, then just trying to come in like nothing's happened? I don't know how much of it is in Dave's control - I'm fairly certain that Todd has something to do with Adam being at our store, but seriously. This is not the kind of example that needs to be set, especially where attendance and punctuality are concerned.

Janelle's been hired, and will be starting on Sunday or so. That's going to be interesting. Turns out she knows Pedro or something.

The other day, Bruce came up to me and told me that he wants to be a manager. I laughed at him. Yesterday, he told me that he talked to Dave, and he's going to be a blue shirt for a little, then become a shirt and tie. That's just scary. Bruce, as a manager? That'll be... interesting.

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Needless to say, it was FUCKING AWESOME. Definitely a win-win situation, since I owed Kristin - for being primarily responsible for Lilie and I hooking up and becoming such close friends - and Chelsea - for coming in for me last Monday, when I was suffering from the death flu - big favors. Man, I need to compact that some. Squaring might be a little excessive. But yeah, Saturday night was definitely something to remember.

That pretty much wraps up work for now.

This may be the greatest surrender of all time

Alright, back to basics. Or something like that.

So Cullen and I went to play DDR. Well, let me back up a bit.

Worked Tuesday night, 5 - C. Got pretty slow. Nothing notable there. Well, yeah, there was. Lilie called about 4:30, while I was doing the dishes. I called her back as I was getting dressed, and we continued the conversation a little while I was driving to work. She told me that she missed talking to me, since we hadn't talked in a while. I explained to her why I hadn't called in a while - she wanted to be left alone, and I was afraid to 'poke' her. So we talked a little, and began patching things up. Well, sort of. She seems to be feeling a little better.

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So I went to work. Nothing really notable there. Closed, so I got out of there 'bout 12 or so. Agreed to come in early Wednesday morning to help put up the HUGE truck that was coming in. Fell asleep about 4 or so, woke up at 6. Went in at 7:30, and Javi and I had a blast putting up the truck. About 30 cases went right back out, though. We were done by 10:15 or so, and since I didn't have to be back in 'til 12, I went ahead and went home for a bit. I was feeling fairly sick, so I went ahead and took some Nyquil. Bad idea. I went back in to work my actual shift, and I was having to fight not only being kinda tired, but the drowsy-effects of the medicine. Luckily, it doesn't have *that* bad of an effect on me, so I was okay. Again, it was really slow, so we went down to just three - Megan, Dora, and I. Got out of there at six or so. Rick was the evening manager, with Shelley and Adam fountaining. Adam was about twenty minutes late, and had a major attitude. He had hurt his leg or something, so he was limping around. Of course, he made the decision to go ahead and come in in lieu of seeking medical care, so that was his decision. Him and Rick started clashing almost immediately, but I didn't really pay that much attention to it - I was just doing the deposit.

So I finished the deposit and took off. Dropped it off at the bank, came home, climbed into bed, and got ready to fall asleep. I had my pillows all arranged, and was cuddled up into my blanket, and was ready to fall asleep for a while. I gave Lilie a call, and we talked some more. Decided we might hang out or something later, and kinda reviewed what had been going on. Her car was in the shop for three days, so she was having a nice little vacation - lots of WoW. So we talked a little, then finished our conversation for the evening. I was basically asleep, when Rick called. He told me that Adam had walked out - something about a personality clash or something. I was very groggy, so I wasn't following him entirely. Shelley ended up leaving at 9 as scheduled, and Rick wasn't able to find anyone to come in, so Rick and/or the carhops had to handle all the fountaining afterwards, as well as closing. It wasn't *that* busy, though, so it wasn't that bad.

I woke up about 10 or 11 or so, after a nice nap. I went ahead and stayed up 'til I had to go in at 6 or so. Allison and I opened. Pretty slow, nothing exciting or anything. Got out of there 'bout 1:15, headed home. Decided to take another nap. Javi called me in the middle of that (they *always* do that!) to see if I could come in about 9 on Friday, since he was going to have to work a long shift to cover for Ray. I agreed. Woke up around 8 or 9, and called Javi to ask what the hell we had talked about. Called Cullen too, to confirm that we were still on for DDR. Got over there, picked him up. However, there was one slight modification. Contingent upon his approval (which he gave), we stopped by Lilie's for a bit to say hey. He wanted to stay in the truck, so I went up by myself. God, it was good to see her. We hugged, like in the old days. The hugs of our forefathers. Or something like that. I told her I was on my way out of town and just dropped by to say hi -

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- and we hugged some more. Talked for a bit, then I went back to the truck with Cullen. We went to Austin to play some DDR.

But I have to go to work now, so I'll finish later.

Finally

It finally finished!! Actually, both of them.

MST3K Season 00 (k): 12.02 Gigs - 21 episodes of MST3K from the Kth season, when it was just a local show in Minnesota (?). Has all of them except K-Pilot through K-03, of which no known fan copies exist.

Final Fantasy: This MASSIVE torrent, 6.32 gigs, of all the Final Fantasy music. I mean, ALL of it. Every CD, every Piano collection, every OST, vocal collection, concert, you name it, it's on here. 1,903 tracks.

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Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off so discourteously

I need to break this habit of only posting once a week or so. The feeling of having to "catch up" is annoying.

So.

Friday went okay. Well, not really. We'll get to that. Lilie came over and we tried to decide what to do with the evening. Janelle mentioned that she was going to play in the orchestra that night for a production of Romeo & Juliet, so we decided to go watch it. Lilie has a fondness for high school drama, having been in it herself, and I have a fondness for her. So we went and watched it. It was... interesting. Sterling's little sister was Juliet, opposite Nathaniel Thurman, the guy from The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged. U g s bi usw U q a fiubf ri vew j yo qurg gwe k rwe rg r bufgr, It went okay. I guess. Lilie felt our drama department was sorely lacking, and I'm not inclined to argue that point. The musical, which is put on by the choir, should be a lot better. In fact, I think I'll be going to that - they're doing You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. I might even invite Lilie to watch it with me. We'll see.

So we came back here and chilled for a bit, then she had to go. That's when it happened.

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It was kind of weird, because the people across the street were packing up their car or something the whole time, and they eventually drove off. But anyway.

I was really miserable the next day - I had to work something like 12 - 5. Dave saw through my brilliant plan to get 50+ hours that week by having Adam come in for me 3 hours early on both Saturday and Sunday, which meant I got out at like 2, which was kinda cool. I just kinda hung around all day, then Lilie and I started talking on AIM that night.

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U si biq,

Don't really remember much of Sunday, except that it started raining.

It kept raining Monday, and I used that an excuse to not go to my Probability test. I told him I was rained in, so I'll be taking it next Monday. I looked kind of funny - I was wearing my traditional black shorts and cotton single color t-shirt, listening to music on my gigantic headphones, in the pouring rain. I had to walk from the water tower parking lot to the music building. I ended up getting soaked. I don't mind, though - I love the rain. And my headphones didn't have any problems, either. As I was walking by Alkek, I saw a short girl wearing a spaghetti strap pink top that barely covered her breasts start running through the rain without an umbrella or any other substantial protection from the rain.

Opened Tuesday. I'm sure I did something else, but I don't recall what... Oh wait, I do. Lilie and I went and watched The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. The evening wasn't a total loss, though, as I did catch a major power nap during the movie. Before that, though, we ended up out at her house, so she could begin packing and on the off-chance that she was able to get the keys that evening and we could begin moving stuff in. I was supposed to get off at 2, but I had to stay late. They showed up, coincidentally, about 1:45 or so, and I told them to wait for me, 'cause I'd be getting off soon. They did, suprisingly enough. About 2:15, they left, which was suprising. Not that they left, but that they waited that long. Flattering, but suprising. Lilie did leave a note that they were going to sign the lease and what-not, so when I did get off, I joined them. From there, we went to her house. That whole narrative was a little backwards, but that's how I remembered it. Anyway, I finally saw her room, and met her mom, her step-father, and her son, Will. We played some with two little toys he had, both from The Incredibles.

Wednesday, I spent a good six hours or so helping Lilie move into her and Shelley's new apartment, on the south-bound access road north of Aquarena. We took one load from her house to the apartment, then went to the storage facility which was on RR12 just past my house, and took another load. After that, we took one final load, but without her car. We both kinda crashed for a bit after that, until Shelley, Shana, and Wayne showed up with Shelley's stuff. We got that up as well, then lay down for a while and watched The Princess Diaries. I had to leave before the end, though, to go to work.

There was a wasp or something on their window, and they both freaked out. I ended up having to kill it with a video cassette tape. It was... humorous.

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I was really tired, though. I had opened Tuesday, then taken that short nap during the movie. I actually went to sleep around 2 or so, but Luke called and we talked for a bit, then I went back to sleep. And Rose called - she was in major tears about some stuff going on with her roommate and their situation. I felt really bad, because I couldn't really offer any advice - this was completely beyond me and my experierence. I listened to her for over an hour or so, and she said that that did help. I finally went back to sleep, then Adam called at like 6:40 to ask me about opening the safe. He called again like an hour later to ask again. After that, I just stayed awake until 9:30 or so when Lilie and I got in communication about moving.

Thanksgiving was fun, but I'll get to that later - it's time for me to go to work.

How can we sleep when the beds are burning?

It's been almost a week since my last post of substance, and for that, I apologize to my regular readers. To those of you who come here through searches for 'Pretty Life' by "Katie B Jackalope' or whoever the hell sings it, or those of you trying to download 'The Bounding', the short from the beginning of The Incredibles, or any of the really bizarre shorts, you're just out of luck. Or something like that.

So. A recap of the past days' events are is in order.

I took the CS test, then went home. I didn't really do much (that, or I just don't remember it. Perhaps it was really painful, and my mind has blocked out all memories of the event as a defense mechanism. I doubt it.) Rem IM'ed me at some point, asking me if I was doing anything. Turns out he was organizing some Halo 2 action, and invited me to join him. "When?" "Now." I called the guys to see if they wanted to come, but no one was up for it. I headed over there, but had to park in Alkek. Oh, 'there' was San Jacinto. I had to park in the Alkek parking garage, which was a trial, since I can't park. I finally got there.

Holy crap.

They have a big screen TV in the lobby on each floor. Turns out Liz, the girl in the burgundy dress, is the one that lives there; we were just her 'guests'. We plugged into the building LAN and started a 4 player Slayer FFA to warm up. The controls are basically the same, slightly modified to allow dual-wielding, vehicle boarding, and those niceties. We ended up in a 16 player game and had all kinds of fun. We did a few team games of Slayer, some 16 way Slayer FFA, King of the Hill on Beaver Creek in which no one lasted on the Hill more than 2 or 3 seconds, all kinds of craziness.

Halo 2 is, well, FUCKING AWESOME. I from far from a fanboy - I knew of the incredible anticipation, but never even visisted ilovebees.com. I don't play FPS's at all, with the sole exception of Halo. Well, and now Halo 2. I know a lot of people, like Daniel, think it's a really crappy FPS.

They're wrong.

But anyway: Played 'til about 1. Went home and crashed after that. Had to open Thursday morning, which went okay. Dave came in in a decent mood, and it was the last shift I worked with Ray as a manager. I got out of there 'bout 2:30 or so. I'm trying to remember what I did Thursday evening...

Nothing comes to mind.

Friday went to school, then came home. Sort of. I had to go get Jarrod at this little Mexican restaraunt where his car died, and gave Danielle a ride back to their apartment (she had a doctor appointment at 4 at home, and he had to stay at the car for when the tow truck arrived). It would later turn out that something had come unplugged. That's just funny. After that, I had to run home and do my critique for Intro to Fine Arts, then went back to campus and turned it in. It had been a really, really crappy week, so I called Lilie and asked her if she wanted to go see The Incredibles, which she did. We decided to meet around 7 or so for the 7:30 show. Jarrod called while I was on campus and asked me if I wanted to come over for some Halo 2. I told him I'd probably show up; that all transpired before I talked to Lilie.

So I went to the movie. When I pulled up at the stop sign at 35 and Wonder World, the car to my right kind of pulled up a little more than normal; turns out it was Lilie. We each went into the parking lot through different entrances, then passed each other again (I was just playing around), but ended up parking next to each other. Went in and watched the movie. It did have the Episode 3 Teaser Trailer on it, and it was cool at times. It was cool enough to let me start getting my hopes up again, even though I know it's going to suck. There was also a short at the beginning called "The Bounding" which contained a jackalope - Chelsea already told me as much. Lilie said, and I'm somewhat inclined to agree, that the jackalope did sort of look like me. That was really cool, especially the last two lines - "In this world of ups and downs / Aren't you glad there's a jackalope around?"

The movie itself was cool. On one hand, it's another entry in the superhero movie field that's been going full-tilt since the incredible success of Spider-Man; however, it has a *great* sense of humor and had breath-taking visuals. All in all, it was a great movie.

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I headed over to Jarrod's after the movie. Lilie headed home because she was tired (but didn't go to sleep before checking here; I love sitemeter). We started playing the coop campaign on Heroic (Easy - Normal - Heroic - Legendary), and basically went non-stop. I mean, literally. He did get up during one of the FMV cutscenes to make us some peanut butter sandwiches, but that was it. It was 4 or so when we stopped for the night. I had a work meeting in the morning, which I was supposed to give Shelley a ride to.

She called at 8, and I answered the phone. Techinically, at least, because I fell asleep right afterwards (well, actually, I think I fell asleep between hitting 'answer' and getting the phone to my mouth. I woke up about 10 'til, and got my butt out the door. I called her repeatedly as I drove to Sonic, but she didn't answer. I figured that she'd either gone back to sleep, or decided I'd abandoned her and gotten an alternate ride there, or something. She still hadn't answered by the time I got to Sonic, so I just went in. There were only three people there when I got there, though most of the crew (it was a fountain/carhop meeting) straggled in. Dave started calling people that weren't here. He called me, and we had the following conversation:

Me (standing in the back area of the store with everyone else, waiting for the meeting to start; I notice my phone is going off; I pull it out, and it's Sonic calling): "Hello?"

Dave: "Hey, you forget about the meeting?"

Me: "Um, I'm standing in the back."

Dave: "Just now on your way in?"

Me: "Turn around."

He turned in his chair, and saw me standing RIGHT THERE.

Dave: "Oh; didn't see you standing there."

Idiot.

It got to be around 9:20, and Shelley called. Well, her apartment called. It was Shana. Long story short, Shelley had been waiting outside for me and didn't hear the phone. Um, okay. So I told Dave what was going on - he tried to turn it into it being her fault, but I explained, quite adamantly, that it was mine, then went and got her. We got back after missing only a few minutes, since she does live *right there*. I took her back to her house afterwards. We had decided previously (Friday night, I think) that we were going to hang out at her place and watch some movies that they'd rented after the meeting. I ran back to my place for a bit, then returned. Lilie was already there. We watched Shrek 2, The Girl Next Door, and some of Under the Tuscan Sun (which is really just about middle-aged lesbians).

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Shana has this little dog, Duke, that was there while we were. It humped my arm. He really, really liked me. I ended up having to hide underneath the blankets from him. Oddly, though, those blankets were already occupied by Lilie, and we ended up under the blankets together. It was some nice cuddling. At one point, my hand was, in fact, (inadvertently) resting on her breast, though I did pull it off as soon as I realized where it was.

So anyway. Shelley and Lilie both went in to work at 5; I didn't have to 'til 7. I ended up falling asleep; Rudy called and woke me up about 7:10. I went in; it was a fairly uneventful shift. They had some music playing on the main computer, fairly loudly at that. All in all, it was fun - well, as fun as Sonic gets. Which isn't very.

Sunday, I slept in and had to go to work. Another fairly uneventful shift, though someone hit one of the menu boards. I brought in a CD to listen to as I did the closing stuff, and actually didn't mind it all that much. Today, I went to class, then came home and took a nap. That's about it.

Your words were like a dream.But dreams could never fool me

So Lilie came over yesterday and downloaded the WoW beta client. it ended up taking a while; we were dl'ing from Blizzard's dedicated server, and of course, everyone and their dog was as well. It ended up leveling out at about 50 KiB/s, which meant the 2.5 gig file took about 14 hours to download. She got here about 4; left about 10. So that was fun.

Yesterday was a weird day. It was a day of ex-girlfriends. So I ran into Kenni at the LBJ student center; already wrote about that. I sent Chelsea a short 'Happy Birthday' email that morning, and she responded. The entire exchange is posted below. Later, Suzie IM'ed me, and we talked a little bit. Which was kind of weird, right in front of Lilie.

Right after I got home, I checked my email, then started cleaning up my room, in an attempt to make it halfway presentable. Got most of it done; went ahead and took a shower. I brought my phone into the bathroom so that I'd hear it - I wasn't sure if she or Sonic would call, but wanted to get it either way. She did, and we talked ("You're talking on your phone in the shower?") briefly. I told her to take her time heading over, since I was about to finish up my shower. I did, and she pulled up right as I was getting the last pile of dirty clothes out of my room. I checked my email real quick, and that's when I got the message from Chelsea. All Lilie saw was me go "Oh shit; oh shit" as I read it, then I closed it up. It was really, really weird. Apparently, I still have all kinds of unresolved issues there - I started to break down pretty fast. I went into the bathroom and shut the door and cried a little, but managed to regain my composure. I came back into the bedroom and lay back down, but I just kind of lay there. I wasn't really sure what was going on, but I kept almost crying. I hate that feeling.

She picked up on what was going on - or rather, that she didn't know what was going on - really quickly, and tried to comfort me. I eventually (sort of) explained what was going on. It was just... really weird. This is the second girlfriend (well, technically, she's not, but it sure feels like it sometimes) (Suzie being the first) where I've just completely broken down in front of them about Chelsea. Tracy and Ashley agree that that's probably not a good thing, especially if I want to form a lasting relationship - that's not something a girl likes to see, their boyfriend (or whatever) crying to them about another girl. It's not like I chose to, though.

But anyway.

We got it up and running no problem, other than the slow connection. I've never had terribly fast connections here as it is. So we hung out. Watched 'The New Guy', which is an awesome, awesome movie. She hadn't seen it before. We also watched a bunch of misc. comedy clips I have, and some Celebrity Jeopardy from SNL. Janelle came home at one point, and made dinner, which was cool. Steak fingers, fries, and corn.

Delicious.

Lilie is a salter, just like Janelle. Disgusting.

Qw juaaws kir rgeiyfgiyr rgw xiyeaw id rgw wcwbubf, Rgwt awwnws ri vw niew bs niew o aauib rwm rii, U agiyks xk eudt rg rm rgiyfg, Rgwew q ab;r bt n jubf iyrm vyr kir id rgwn awwnws xkiawe riq esa rg r rg b vwdiew, U sus xinnwbr ib urm bs U ajws gwe viyr ya juaaubfm bs giq agw awwna ri oyr ya ub oiauruib qwkkm bir hyar gwe U gwko ri juaam qg r qurg iye d xwa ai xkiawl ainwrunwam iye kuoa ew ai xkiaw rgwt;ew kniar riyxgubf, Qw ar erws ri q rxg Sisfwv kkm vyr fir viyr ducw nubyrwa ubri ur, Qw g s birgwe kibfm kibf r kj viyr ya, U riks gwem U kq ta awwn ri d kk die rgw qeibf owiokw, Agw ewaoibswsm U quag U xiyks vw rgw eufgr oweaib, Rg r;a ew kkt hyar bir d ue, Agw kai a us ainwrgubf kibf rgw kubwa id ;ya; Bir vwubf ub rgw x esa m qg rwcwe rg r nw ba, U ybswear bs rg r gwe bs Aw b g cw ainwrgubf aowxu km bs U sib;r q br ri ubreysw ib rg r,

Wait. Ignore that last sentence.

Twam U si, Hyar ibxwm U;n fiubf ri ubsykfw ntawkd, U ew kktm ew kkt q br gwe, U q br ri vw qurg gwe, Qgwb qw;ew ktubf bwzr ri w xg irgwem U q br ri juaa gwe bs bir g cw ri giks btrgubf v xj, U q br ri kiij ubri gwe wtwa qurgiyr dw e id kujubf qg r U aww rii nyxg, U q br ri jbiq rg r agw;a rgubjubf id nwm bir ainw fyt yo ub Q agubfrib,

Okay, glad i got that out. I can come back to reality now.

Ai drwe rg rm U q kjws gwe iyr ri gwe x e kujw bien km bs U juaaws gwe fiisvtwm dufyeubf ur qiyks vw ibw id rgw k ar runwa U juaaws gwe,

I was wrong.

Agw juaaws nw v xj, Niew o aauib rwkt rg b agw;a wcwe juaaws nw vwdiew, Qw n sw iyr, kir, Qw wbsws yo oewaaws f ubar gwe x e, U rgubj ur q a ainwrgubf kujw rwb nubyrwa qgwew rgwew q a birgubf wkaw ub rgw qieksm hyar gwe bs nwm bs rgw xibbwxruib vwrqwwb ya, Qwkkm bir birgubf wkaw x e sus seucw vtm vyr bwurgwe id ya x ews, Qguxg ua xiik, drweq esam agw sus n jw xinnwbr viyr giq agw;s fibw bs xibdyaws rgubfa f ub, Qguxg q a qwues, U g s dwq are t rgiyfgra ua agw siubf ur ib oyeoiaw Siwa agw wbhit rgw issurt U;n bir ayew, Agw wcwb ajws nw drweq esa ua agw;a fiis juaawe, Agw ua, U dwkr v sm rgiyfgm ;x yaw U jbiq U;n ew kktm ew kkt eyart ur;a vwwb yurw qgukw aubxw U;cw ew kkt n sw iyr qurg btibw,

U g s ri x kk gwe kurrkw k rwem ;x yaw agw kwdr gwe aybfk aawa bs w eeubfa gwew, Agw x nw v xj bs fir rgwnm bs agw qwbr ri juaa nw fiisbufgrm vyr U susb;r juaa gwe v xj, Qguxg q a ibw id rgw vwar bs qiear ninwbra wcwe, U sus qguaowe ub gwe w e rg r agw g s bi usw giq nyxg U q brws rim rgiyfg,

I fell asleep 'bout 3 or so. Woke up and opened today. Tracy was the carhop, which is great - her and I get along really well. There's a lot of verbal sparring. She got mad at me because I kept forgetting to ask if they wanted creme and sugar with their coffee, so I started putting "-KS" on random things (that's code for "No creme or sugar"). She started doing it too. There were a few frustrating moments, but all in all, it went pretty well. Ray's stepping down as a manager, though, and Rick is starting to express some concerns and anxieties as well. We're also losing Rudy in a week or so, which means Dave may be in a tough spot here soon. I'm going to try to take advantage of the situation and get a raise, because my current pay rate is ludicrous.

Lilie stopped by right before I got off to see if her thing had finished downloading. It had. Well, I was fairly sure - when I left at 6, it still had about half an hour left. I fired up the torrent for the K season of MST3K (12+ gigs; about 10% done) before I left, so at least something would be worked on as well. I told her I'd call her when I got off, and she could come over and we'd figure out how to burn this 2.5 gig archive to disk (with WinRAR as a last resort). She actually got there about the same time as I did.

On the way home, there was this really obnoxious blonde bitch right behind me. She was doing like 30 - 45 down these tiny residential roads, and was kind of swerving, and just causing problems. I really, really hate people who can't drive. I mean, I make my share of mistakes, but they're few and fair between. For the most part, I'm a competent driver. I've never been in an accident, though I've come fairly close. The other area I really excel is multi-tasking. I can carry on multiple conversations at once (and do so fairly regularly at work, especially taking an order and talking to someone at the same time), and can split my attention multiple ways without significantly degrading performance in either area. So, I can drive while talking on a cell phone without issues. I don't really pay attention to the phone. Let me rephrase that. I do, but just enough to maintain the conversation - my primary focus is still on the road. I've even had people comment on my ability to do so. However, I've seen plenty of people who *can't*. And that's really annoying.

So anyway.

We had some issues with the archive, until I grabbed Winzip 9.0 - Winace couldn't handle it, for some reason. Took 4 CDs, but got it done. She didn't really hang around much longer after that, which was suprising. Well, not that she left, but that it took her so long to do so. Shelley IM'ed me/her/us/whatever while she was here. Had a couple interesting conversations.

I crashed after Lilie left, and woke up about 7. I initially freaked out, since I thought it was 7 am, and I had two tests to prepare for and some probability homework to do before then. But it wasn't; I had just taken a short nap. Mike came in shortly thereafer; we had some interesting conversations. I finally showed Janelle the wonders of BitTorrent, and got that, as well as Spybot and Ad-Aware, set up on her computer. Cleaned up her start menu and got rid of a bunch of unnecessary programs as well.

Which leaves me here.

Safe in my own skin; I just want to be happy again

So I talked to my CS teacher, and she's going to let me take the test on Wednesday. That's all sorts of awesome.

I'm still worried about FA, but not too much. I'll deal with it and do the best I can.

So this morning, I didn't leave 'til about 9:15 or so, since I haven't had any problems finding a spot. But I did today. I couldn't just go home and walk to class, since I had to be at my chem test. The final replaces the lowest test, but only if you were there for it - no auto 0-replacing. So I couldn't find a spot - spent about twenty to thirty minutes looking for one, to no avail. So I jumped the curb and parked in the grass so I could make it to the test on time. And I did. I was a little late, but oddly enough, Paige had left a copy of the test on my seat for me. Which was pretty cool. I wasn't terribly afraid of them towing my truck - I doubt they'd be able to get the tow truck over the curb, especially given the tight confines of the parking lot. I was worried, though, that they'd give me a ticket.

They didn't. Booty!!

Called Rose, to ask her ud U xiyks yaw gwe ub ibw id nt oiaauvkw usw a ubcikcubf Kukuw,Vyr agw q ab;r rgwewl U kwdr jubs id b iss nwaa fw, Qw;kk aww giq rg r fiwa, As I was walking through the Student Center on my way home, I ran into Kenni. Yes, first kiss Kenni. Hadn't seen her in a *long* time. She's still engaged to Billy; she went up to Kentucky to see him graduate from boot camp, and he's coming down for her birthday. We talked for a bit...


ARGH!! FUCKING SONIC!! I HATE YOU!!

Ray's not coming in tonight - I think he's quitting or something - and they need someone to come in and manage tonight. Argh. We don't really have any assistant managers - Me, Ray, Javi, Rick, and Rudy. 'Cept we all have very restricted schedules - Rudy's only Saturday and Sunday, but not Sunday night; Ray's quitting, it sounds like; Javi works his ass off already; Rick is working tonight, but only 'til 10, so I might go in and finish everything up, we'll see. I know what Lilie's going to say.

Speaking of which, she's going to come over and use my broadband connection to download the WoW beta test client, burn it to CD, and take it home. So that's fun. We'll hang out as well, it's no t like she's just coming over to use my connectin - we didn't talk all weekend.

But I have to go now, and get ready.

Tiy g cw bi usw giq nyxg U q brws ri juaa tiy v xjm Kukuw

There are few joys greater in life than bringing a smile to the face of someone you care about.

Especially if it's a really cute girl that you really care about.

Giq si U fwr rgeiyfg bufgr qurgiyr tiy . Ud U g s ri kucw qurgiyr tiym qg r jubs id kudw qiyks rg r vw

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Ai icwe kkm rgubfa ew dyb,

Ewkw aw nw,,, tiy;cw fir giks ib nw

Now that I'm completely caught up, it's time for some analyzation and introspection.

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Or something like that. Sorry for that little dovetail. Back to the main story:

Ai U q br ri r kj ri gwem wzok ub rg r rgua ew kkt uab;r qiejubf iyr, Rgw oeivkwn ua rg r ibxw U swxusw rim U;n bir fiubf ri q ur die rgw ;eufgr ninwbr;, Duearm U sib;r jbiq ud rgwew ew kkt ua ibwm bie n U bt fiis r dufyeubf iyr qgwb ur ua, U;n hyar bir fiis r q urubf ib rgubfa kujw rgua, Ibxw U swxusw ri a t ainwrgubf ri ainwibwm U yay kkt a t ur r rgw bwzr iooyeryburt, Qguxg uab;r ri a t U;n uno ruwbr d e dein ur U hyar sib;r aww rgw oiubr ub q urubf qgwb rgubfa kujw rgua ew xibxwebws, Ai agw;a r kjubf viyr g bfubf iyr ribufgrm bs ur;kk oeiv vkt wbs yo gwewm ewf eskwaa id qgwrgwe qw fi ri rgw nicuwa duear ie hyar xinw gwew ri q rxg ibw ie ainwrgubf, Rgua qiyksb;r vw fiis ok xw ri r kj ri gwe viyr urm aubxw ur;a ;nt ryed;m a iooiaws ri bwyre k feiybs, Qwkkm ur;a bir yurw rg r v sm aubxw agw;s g cw gwe x e bs qiyks vw vkw ri kw cw, Ur;a hyar,,, rgw rqi id ya kibw gwew qiyksb;r wz xrkt vw xibsyxucw ri rg r aier id r kj, Ur;s vw niew xibsyxucw ri rgw jubs id rgubf rg r n jwa r kjubf bwxwaa et, Rg r siwab;r aiybs yurw eufgrm bir kujw U nw br ur ri, Ur;a d e niew ayffwarucw rg b U ubrwbsws, Vyr qg rwcwe,

Ur;a bir rg r U;n fiubf ri a tm ;Tiy g cw ri xgiiawm gun ie nw,; Vyr rg r;a qg r ur aier id vuika siqb ri, Vyr U;n bir fiubf ri vw rg r suewxr, U;n hyar fiubf ri kwr gwe jbiq rg r rgua qgikw rgubf uab;r qiejubf iyr U;n bir xindier vkw qurg urm ur;a bir d ue ri btibw xibxwebwsm bs qw bwws ri wbs ur, Rgwb U;n fiubf ri v xj idd n hiektm ri kwr gwe jbiq rg r U;n aweuiya, Bi niew juaaubf, Bi niew rwb nubyrw fiis vtw gyfa, U g cw ri vw areibf, U sib;r jbiq ud U;cw wcwe vwwb rg r areibf ub nt kudw, U hyar giow U x b vw die ibxw, U hyar x b;r rwkk ainwibw rgwt g cw ri xgiiaw vwrqwwb nw bs ainwibw wkaw, U;n bir rg r jubs id oweaib, Ur aier id ruwa ubri irgwe rgubfa U qiyks bwcwe dufgr ainwibw ub bt awbaw id rgw qies die ainwibw, U rgubj rg r jubs id rgubf ua ubxewsuvkt suaewaowxrdyk id rgw oweaib ub ywaruib, Ur;a rgwue xgiuxw, U;n bir fiubf ri efyw qurg rgwn viyr qgt rgwt agiyks vw qurg nw, U x b;r ybswear bs rg r, Ud rgwt r jw oweay subfm rgwt sib;r ew kkt q br ri vw qurg tiy, Ie ud ainwibw q bra ri vew j yo qurg tiym qgt efyw Ur;a kujw rgw duear runw U veijw yo qurg Nubstm bs agw ar erws swv rubf rgw oiubra qurg nw, Xkw eubf yo nuaxinnybux ruib ua ibw rgubfm vyr dk r iyr efyubf viyr ainwibw bir q brubf ri vw qurg tiy Wcwb ud tiy qubm qg r fiis g cw tiy sibw Qgt qiyks ainwibw q br ri vw qurg ainwibw qgi q bra ri vew j yo qurg rgwn

But that's just my opinion

But I can't help it if I'm just a fool, always having my heart set on you

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It's not my thing to stand here and pose for some William Tell

Well, I'm in the middle of a CD burning marathon, so Iim also using the time to catch up on what's been going on.

So that was Saturday. It sucked. Well, as much as spending like four or five hours with Lilie can suck. Which isn't much.

So Sunday. Halloween. Fun. I finished cleaning my room, and mowed the lawn. Janelle went to a Halo-ween party. Yes, you read that right. Say it out loud - it's kinda funny.

I didn't do much before going to work. Well, I went over to Shelley's, were Lilie already was. She (Shelley) was dressed as a prostitute. Well, a space prostitute. Or something like that. I took some pictures (my next post will be another massive picture dump, with pictures from NexLevel, NexLevel Saturday night, and work Sunday. Plus a few assorted goodies). They were going to head over to Lilie's, so Shelley changed into something slighly more appropriate, then changed again into something slightly more appropriate. We hung out a little bit, then I had to leave to go get Freddie, while they left to go to Lilie's.

Picked up Freddie, then went to work. I put on my costume before heading in, so I got the full effect when I went in. I won't say much about people's costumes, 'cause those will all be covered in the picture post coming up. Ray told me about some fun things - apparently, Rudy had caused a problem when he changed the time for Daylight Savings Time, and things were all screwy. Not only could we not get shift data, but someone (me) had to call Order-Matic after closing and have them walk that person (me) through fixing the stuff. So that was fun.

The actual shift wasn't too bad. I had a pretty good crew - Cooks: Freddie, Pedro, Thomas R, Andrew, and one more (I think). Fountains: Kenny and Ben; Carhops: Lacy, Megan, Adam V, and Kristen T (she left early though). Kristen and I get along really well - we're both really sarcastic and understand each other. She's probably one of my favorite people to work with, both in terms of work and as a person. We did get a few major rushes, and people go apeshit over the 50 cent corn dogs (there was an order for 25 right when I got there). All told, we went through about 11 cases (660 corndogs). Well, that's including Saturday night and Sunday day (when they aren't on sale), but every order usually included a couple, and there were *tons* of 6 - 14 orders. There weren't any real issues with counting down the carhops or anything, though I did have to redo the bill sheet like four times, and went through three deposit bags as I kept forgetting stupid things, like to endorse my checks, or to include the white copy of the bill sheet, or something like that. But I got everything done and assembled without taking *too* long. Shelley and Lilie called while I was taking care of stuff, and they told me to come over when I was done. Lilie was spending the night at Shelley's, and they were going to be up for a while.

That's when the fun began. When I finished the normal closing stuff, I mean, not when I went over to Shelley and Lilie's. Well, that was fun too, but we're not there yet.

So I call Order-Matic. It takes a while (10 minutes?), but I finally get through. The guy was really nice, and he told me that they were just swamped with people having problems with the time change. So he walks me through fixing the time in the console, which is supposed to fix everything.

But it doesn't. It pulls some data from the 31st onto the first (duplicating it, as far as I can tell), resulting in three bands already being assigned. So I call them back, and it takes a while to get through again, though not quite as long as last time. I get through, and get a new guy this time. He grabs the guy who talked to me last time, and they're talking about all kinds of things. They finally tell me to pull up pcAnywhere, and have me looking for certain things. They're not there.

There should be two different tech support lines. One for people who know what they're talking about, and one for complete idiots. Because the current setup forces the tech support people to treat everyone like idiots. I can't really blame them - most people are, in fact, idiots. Especially about computers. It's just frustrating to have a tech support person walk me through eight different things to solve a problem, all of which I've already tried. But I can't really just say "I've already tried that". They don't believe you.

While I'm on the phone with this guy, Shelley and Lilie start calling me. I mean, they made a thourough attempt to get in touch with me. They called my phone repeatedly, from both Shelley's apartment and Lilie's cell, and they also called the store phone a few times. I couldn't really do anything, though, since I was talking to the tech support guy. I wasn't going to ask him to hold for a bit so I could answer the phone, and I couldn't really say anything to them. So they tell me they can finally get into it, and they're going to go in and delete the data, and they'll call back in like five minutes if there's any problems. I called the girls back as soon as I was off the phone and explained what was going on, and that I should be over in a bit.

Half an hour later, it starts raining. I notice this from my seat at the computer at the store. It's after 1 am at this point; we close at 11.

I call them back, hoping to find out what's going on. I'm on hold for like 40 minutes. Lilie calls again and starts talking about how they have no right to make me stay this long, and how by now, everyone else would have given up and gone home. So I finally did as well. I left a big long note about what was going on, and left. I don't know how long I would have stayed, had she not called, or if I didn't feel the way I do for her.

It's a combination of a few things. I'm very stubborn. I mean, very stubborn. I'm not talking about when you playfully refuse something, then you finally give in. That's something completely different. I mean, when it comes down to it, I'm stubborn as the rock. Even if... especially if it's something I want to do, and I'm being pushed into it. I can still remember back in 6th grade, at Hernandez, when we were having that little 50's day dance thing in Mrs. Hilburn's class. Chelsea had dressed up for the occasion, and was so adorable in a little poodle skirt and a ribbon in her hair. This was back during the awkward phase, when everyone knew I liked her, and she got teased about it a fair deal, so I couldn't really talk to her at all. I wanted nothing more in the world then to go ask her to dance, except for a few things. First, I don't know how to dance. At all. Never have. I have rythm, but no style. I've learned a few things, and can generally fake it when absolutely necessary, especially slow stuff, but generally, no. A few guys came up to me (I think David and/or Josh may have been involved) and tried to get me to go dance with her. If I remember correctly, they even tried to physically get me over there. Right. Or when Daniel tried to get me to ask Nov if I could take over B5. I was thinking about it, but because he tried to get me to do it, and even offered to ask himself, I refused. Because I'm just that stubborn. I also don't like to walk away from problems - I tend to confront them and if necessary, brute-force through them. Even after admitting defeat and walking away, I usualy keep thinking about it for a few weeks, unless it gets solved in the interim.

So yeah. I did leave, though, and headed on over to Shelley's.

I can't say how glad I am Lilie was able to drag me away from Sonic. Her attitude on the matter is "Fuck Dave." In fact, that's her response to most Sonic issues. Which I can't say I don't disagree with.

Anyway.

They were watching 'The Perfect Score', a movie about people stressing about the SAT, which is ridiculous. Anyhoo, Shelley fell asleep and went to bed, leaving Lilie and I alone on the couch. At 2:30 in the morning.

(The remainder of that evening is indeed written below, in a personal cypher. Nothing terribly complicated, but it makes me feel better.)

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And now, back to normal.

We hung out again Monday night at Shelley's. Things were normal; we had fun. They both attacked me, and I only hurt Shelley a little defending myself.