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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
11:55 pm	:\ So...Boredom is a bitch. I've been bored before, but srsly...WOW. Cabin Fever + Boredom + No Job + Nothing on Television + Joe being gone for a week = Yeah...insane me. I wish there was at least something interesting to do other than sending out my millionth resume, or watching the same re-run program for the hundredth time, or playing video games that frustrate me because I can't get past a certain part. *grumble mumble grumble* On the plus side, we did have a kick ass storm come through. I know, I'm crazy. What's so great about a storm? Well, first of all, it means that spring is on its way. Second, the lightning and thunder were awesome! Hey, I take my entertainment where I can get it. Well, I'm getting peckish. Yes, yes..I know it's 12:04 in the morning. But, I slept a lot today. And, I only ate a bowl of ramen noodles and a bowl of new england clam chowder. "Sayyy Chowdah" :) Sorry. So, I'm off to see what cheap, insignificant, filler snack I can come up with. Tah! Current Mood: hungry (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 7th, 2008
3:40 am	Well, in review of my last entry, unfortunately, I did not get that job. They said they wanted someone who didn't come from a Corporate environment. Which leads me to say..."WTF?". The ONLY corporate environment experience that I have is Hewitt. EVERY OTHER job I've had was from a family owned, small business. They said that they had some "personality issues" with the last person who came from a corporate environment. What I THINK they meant to say was "He's a guy. We don't want a guy". *shrugs his shoulders and moves on with his life* Not much new going on since then. Had a couple a nibbles here and there regarding a job, but they were only teases. A couple of temp agencies saying they need me, but then really not. It's all frustrating really. I'm getting cabin fever like nothing else, and the wallet is getting thin. It's too bad I can't wish a job into existence, or fold my arms and blink with a nod of the head and have one magically appear. It's been a sleepless night again. One of what seem like thousands I've had since being unemployed. You get an interesting perspective on television that way. Did you know that most networks show the same show twice in one day; at LEAST twice? It gets quite annoying, actually. I don't know how many times I can watch re-run after re-run of the same stupid shows. I've been playing The Godfather video game on XBox360. Interestingly, it's highly entertaining. It really grabs you and makes you feel like you're really doing something for "the family". *grin* Of course, I don't know how good it is to actually feel satisfaction in killing your mark, or bullying store owners into paying you for protection. All the same, I am enjoying it. I just have to remember to keep the cops and FBI agents paid up or else I'm in BIG trouble. LOL. Currently, I'm half ass watching Advent Children, only because it's the only thing I could find that I feel is half way entertaining at 3am. No one is on Second Life at this hour, so that gets boring just poofing around sims and window shopping. I spent most of today playing Godfather, so I really need a break. Don't need to be dreaming about it. LOL. So, of course, I decided to come here. It has been awhile, and lassarina told me I should be on LJ more. LOL. But, there's not much more to tell at the moment. Which is kind of sad in a way, as I then won't know what to do with myself once I stop writing. Maybe I WILL jump back on Godfather...or not...who knows. At this point, I might as well not even try to sleep. I have to move the car before 8am or it will be towed. So, I'll go out around 5:30 or 6am when people start leaving for work. That way, I'll find a good close spot that it can remain for the duration. Well, TTFN. Current Mood: apathetic (Comment on this)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
2:07 pm	The Train Keeps on a Chuggin' Well, after 3 months of unemployment...going on 4, but who's counting...I seem to be nearing the end. Well, one can certainly hope. I've been interviewing with a company called Stonepeak Ceramics. They have an office right down on Superior so it's just a train ride away. I love the idea of it. It's still customer service, however, I would be working with a specific list of clients/showrooms that I would be speaking with on a regular basis. I would not have to deal with Joe-Shmo off the street calling to buy tile. It sounds like an interesting job. It pays about the same that I was making when I left Hewitt. Plus, being right downtown, I should have the opportunity to go to night school and finish up a degree! Wouldn't that be awesome! Not much else going on. Spending WAY too much time in Second Life. But, I have developed a rather lucrative business selling outfits in there. Hahaha. It maintains my account anyway. And, I've been trying to keep myself busy with the domestics. Cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, it sure makes me feel like a housewife sometimes. hahaha. Dad came up to visit me a couple weeks ago. It was a comedy of errors to say the least. We had a really fun time together, but it just seemed that everything was working against us. We had started out the weekend at the Signature Room for brunch. Which was a wonderful time. I don't remember the last time I saw Dad laugh like that. Then we decided to go to Water Tower Plaza to do some window shopping. I, of course, wanted to take a peak into Ambercrombie just to see what the fall styles were. So we were looking around in there, and I happened to glance a very cool fall coat that was really nice. Dad said, "Why don't you try it on?". So, I took off my blazer that I was wearing and set it on the chair next to the display, and walked over to the mirror to see how the coat looked on me. Dad sidled up along side me with my blazer in his hand and said "Why don't you let me get that for you as a 'Bad Boy Gift'". I laughed and agreed. When we had finished going through the checkout line, I reached into my blazer pocket to realize that my phone and card holder were missing. So, I ran back to the chair where I had placed my blazer and there was nothing there. A gentleman addressed us saying "Was that your IPhone and Case?" We told him yes, and he told us the story of how he found it and thought it was someone else's, but they said it wasn't their's and they had turned it into the cashiers. I ran up to the cashiers to ask them about the objects and the replied that someone had just come up there to claim those very items! I was astounded! Someone had been watching the entire scene and took the opportunity to steal my phone and my cards. Of course, nothing ever came of finding them. Dad said that he didn't want this to ruin our weekend, so we took action right away. We got the phone shut off, and I had canceled my cards right away using Dad's cell phone. I must give thanks to the Concierge at Dad's hotel for helping us retrieve the numbers we needed to get all this done. Then Dad was gracious enough to immediately buy me a new phone. Which, was incredibly awesome of him. The day continued with us only occasionally bringing up the recent misfortune to talk about what nerve that person had in doing that. We parted company for the evening knowing that the next day we would be going down to the Museum of Science and Industry. Well, the next day when we had met, we decided to find a place to eat. We first thought of down by Dad's hotel which turned up nothing available. Then we thought their might be something down by the museum, however there was NOTHING within walking distance. Actually, there wasn't anything for miles! We started driving through some of the dodgiest neighborhoods Chicago has to offer. We kept driving north trying to find a safe harbor to eat. We ended up clear back north by where my apartment is. So, after 2 hours of driving we decided maybe we'll just eat and call it a weekend. And, we had made a pact over breakfast to always start our weekends from now on at that very same restaurant so as not to run into a problem like that again. All in all, like I said, it was an enjoyable weekend. However, with nothing turning out as planned, it seemed to take a lot out of us both. Well, I'm off. I have some errands to run today and it's already getting late. I'm going to make my promise again that I will write more very soon, but as you can see, I'm not very good at keeping that promise. TTFN! Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
3:24 pm	A lot can happen in 3 months Well, it's been awhile since I posted anything here. But, it looks like I'm going to have some time on my hands now. I was fired from Hewitt yesterday. Not the way I imagined my grand exit from hell. The thing is, I had been doing better lately. Which is why it seems to annoy me more now than usual. But, what can I do? Not a whole hell of a lot. They said I had quality issues. They had put me on what they call an "Improvement Plan" a few months back. It was because they felt my "tone" lacked a helpful sound. This was all corrected for awhile until they started griping at me about my attendance, which annoyed me to no end, because they would never let me have the time off when I needed it! So, inevitably my tone probably went south due to my annoyance. However, I snapped out of it well enough. Until last week, evidently, when this woman called in who wanted a Hardship Withdrawal for a hearing aid. Well, I couldn't even see what she had available because she didn't have her password. I tried to explain to her the situation and even went through alternate security to try and change her password that day. All of which failed. Well, evidently, I didn't help her ENOUGH. I COULD have offered to overnight her a password; I COULD have offered more empathy. Forget the fact that it takes an act of God usually to get a PIN overnighted to someone, so I wasn't immediately thinking along those lines. Well, as it turns out, this person went to their employer and told them that I was completely unhelpful and rude. I listened to the call. It wasn't NEARLY as bad as they made it seem. However the damage was done, she went to the client. And, they counted that as continued bad counseling on my part and decided to let me go. What the fuck ever. I can have 1000 great calls to every 1 that would be considered bad, and they focus on the bad. I'm sorry. I AM human..at least that's what I'm told. Evidently they figured they were hiring a robot. Some automaton that knows exactly what to do and say for every situation. Granted, I didn't like the job. I found it to be completely wrong for me. I was starting to find my groove in the job though. I was starting to find ways I can be helpful to the team and to teach areas that weren't very well known. But, that's all done now. I hope that I will be able to find a job quickly. However, today (the first day of my unemployed life), I am not very motivated to look. I did file for unemployment today. Hopefully that will help. I'm not even actually sure how the whole thing works...but, I'm sure I'll learn fast if I want some sort of income. Luckily, Joe's job is going gang-busters and is in absolutely no danger of losing his job. They love him like he is nontarnishable. So, I'm sure it will stay that way for a good long time. At least we have his income. We just won't have as many amenities as we used to for awhile. So, on that note, I'll bid a fond farewell for now. I'll definitely have time on my hands to keep track of my silly life here. So TTFN! Current Mood: annoyed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 7th, 2007
3:50 pm	Simply Annoyed *Sigh* So...I'm bummed. My "prospects" that would be my salvation from the hellish damnation that is Hewitt all fell through. So, I have no prospects on the horizon anymore, and things are looking bleak. Probably a little more bleak than they actually are. But, then, when you're bummed not much seems optimistic about anything. Optimism was never my strong suit anyway. Fun stuff...I've been getting really bad headaches frequently. I would call them migraines simply from the fact that they make me nauseous, light sensitive, and sound sensitive. I've never really had them in any sort of frequency in my life, so I can't give an experts diagnosis. So, I'll just call them really bad headaches for now. We'll see what comes of them after this week. Stress makes the world-go-round. Actually, I think it's strictly a United States/American thing to work this damn hard. But, who am I? So, feeling quite annoyed and miffed at life right now. Manager is giving me grief left and right because she likes to micro-manage the blessed life out of me. I can't fart in the wind without her making some sort of remark asking me to provide her with reasons why I did it and what I'm going to put into place so that it doesn't happen again. God, I hate that shit. Well, it's ALMOST time to go home. Not quite, but close enough to be inching towards the door to see if I can beat my latest record on sprinting out of here. 2.2 MINUTES BABY! I wonder if I can shave some time off if I don't wait for the elevator and just leap down flights of stairs? I'll have to see. Well, TTFN! Current Mood: irritated (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
10:31 am	Simply Bored... So work wasn't terribly busy to today. It wasn't comfortably slow either. Then the people who called were usually grumpy and stupid. But, what else is new. :P Is it possible to get bored with the routine of the same types of questions asked of you every day? I suppose so. Even when the fact that none of them are appreciative of your help, and some of them down right insist that you don't know what you're talking about. But, it was more of a rhetorical question as the answer is obviously yes. Well, why else would I be bored if the answer were no? Logical, nes pa? So, Not much new going on around here. Need to figure out how to keep silly kitty off of me when I'm trying to sleep. Might as well try and keep Mars from moving another inch around the sun. That, of course, is assuming that martians use the American Standard of measurement. And, I'm sure they do. But, the cat can't just lie down. He FLOPS down. Standing...BOOM...lying down. That tends to wake me up when he's trying to get comfy on my bed. (Have I mentioned that we got a new cat on LJ yet?) I don't remember. Anyway, we got rid of the Spawn of Satan cat that once terrorized our household. We ended up purchasing a new cat that LOVES to be loved. And I love the fact that he loves to be loved. No more trying to figure out if the cat is under the furniture waiting to attack our legs as we walk by. But, yes, to come full circle, our new lovable cat keeps waking me up at night which means that I'm becoming Zombie Asoniel! :D So, I'm finally starting to make a name for myself in Second Life, or so it would seem. Took long enough, but I think people are starting actually understand that "oh! Asoniel DOES have talent". But, I've been working on some clothes, and making some new buildings. It seems like people like what I can do. They just aren't in a hurry to give me many chances. Wow...When Second Life matches Real Life! Great title. Anyway, I'm just babbling here because I'm bored and don't feel like doing anything actually productive. Productivity sucks when you hate your job. Oh..and reading back a few entries ago..."yeah yeah..I know..". I said that I was going to be more positive. Well, I tried it and didn't like it. I'm a much better person when I'm cynical. Being positive too long only makes me feel diabetic from the sweetness and makes my face hurt from the muscles that aren't used very often. So...Up Yers. I think I'm going to try this approach for awhile. At least it's easier to lean back and just laugh about how stupid life is a lot of the time. People take this crap WAY too seriously. Sometimes I wonder how hard God is laughing at us right now. Anyway, I'm off. Gotta run. I'll be on Second Life working on some fun stuff for tomorrow's big Springboard to Summer event! Tah! Current Mood: lethargic (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
1:55 pm	Random Updates from my life Ok...so it has been, well, let's just say a long time since I update. Not that I know many, if any people actually read this. LOL. Plus, my updates will take all of 2 minutes to type as nothing really happens. New Games Playing: Final Fantasy VI Advance Puzzle Quest SingStar Pop Guitar Hero So, fun stuff in the department of games. Working earnestly on getting the hell out of Hewitt as the only bright side of my days is talking and having fun with Meglet. The rest of my days are spent talking with people who obviously should not invest in 401k plans. Well, if you don't know what it is or how it works, why would you put your money in it? "Well, duh...because everyone else does and they all tell me I should". One word...Baaaaaahhhh. We sure are like sheep aren't we? But, it does sound like there are a couple prospects on the horizon that will help out in regards to my loathing of Hewitt. Not sure exactly where they are as I haven't heard from them. But, am anxious and excited at the possibilities. Otherwise, not much new going on. I've still been bopping around Second Life as Asoniel Komachi, the now Hottie Beach Bum / Neko. LOL. Traci Su and I have been building a new place we've dubbed "Break of Dawn-Where Bright Lights and Angels Meet". Loosely based on lyrics by Paolo Nutini's song "New Shoes". Well, Traci bought the land and just had me build her, Ross and me houses of our own. I also took the liberty of building a pool, Dance club and a Shop to sell my clothing designs. It's been a lot of fun, and we'll definitely have a lot of fun there. So, that's all the updates I can think of right now. I'm sure I'll be bored or frustrated enough to keep writing for awhile. Tah! Current Mood: cynical (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
3:34 pm	So...I'm working on having a more positive outlook on my situation. Ok...I'm POSITIVE I hate my job. LOL...nah..I only said that because that's what most people would expect me to say. I've decided that instead of looking at this job negatively, I'm going to focus my energy on the positive aspects of a new job. I figure by doing this a couple things will be accomplished. The first, being that I stop thinking about thiw wretched job. And two, I will be motivated to take action in changing my situation by thinking on the positives of leaving. So, no more talking about how annoyed and jaded I have become. I'm all about the positive outlook Baby! Heck..If I can quit smoking (almost), then this should be a piece of cake. One would hope anyway. *sigh*...on a side note, Sometimes tracking down one person at an entire Bank is darn near impossible. But, then when you find the right branch, they are out on PTO until Monday. Loverly. On that note...my brain all fried and I'm going to go hide. Current Mood: drained (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
4:02 pm	The More You Know.. I feel like a walking Public Service Announcement for Anti-Smoking. "This is your body....This is your body going through Nicotine withdrawal". I hate it. I'm going to quit smoking now just to spite the money grubbing, nicotine inducing, lying cigarette companies. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that it would have been this hard. I still want a cigarette, even though this Smoke Away stuff is making the cigarettes taste like Shit! I think it was pretty smart of the Smoke Away people to have this stuff do that. I mean..it isn't enjoyable anymore to smoke..just doing it out of habit....and addiction. So..I've also had a couple new years revelations. One being that I really hate my job. No no no...I know, I've said it before. What I'm saying is that never in my life has there ever been a more vial, retched thing to do than to get up in the morning and come here to listen to people whine and complain about how they over contributed to their 401k plan and how it's OUR responsibility to make sure that the money is taken back out so they don't have penalties to pay. UM....I'm sorry. No sympathy...good bye. Do you know how much money you have to make to OVER contribute to a 401k plan? Awwww..Poor me! I make MILLIONS of dollars. Grrr. I used to care...I did. I used to be able to come to work and genuinely want to help these people with there problems. Make them go away and be their hero for 15 minutes at a time. Thousands of complaints, Millions of Mistakes made by the plan, and Hundreds of Thousands of lack of support from the team later, I'm done. Stick a fork in me. Who cares. I'm helping them now to get them to STFU. I'm such a chipper little guy, aren't I? I know. I don't want to sound down all the time. And I'm sure people get sick of hearing it. Hehe. I should learn to get inspired to write by my Happy moods instead of my darker ones. Yay! Life's peachy! Everything is going so well! Maybe I buy into Mass Media mentality. Tragedy sells. Well...I've gotten more wonderful news from the home front while I've been typing this. (i.e. more work for me) So..I have to go. I'm going to go hide in the bathroom or something for the last half hour of my day. Buh bye. Current Mood: bitchy (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
4:17 pm	I Picked a FINE TIME To QUIT.... Smoking that is. Oy! My brain is all squishy and not exactly cohesive by any stretch of the imagination so bare with me. So, we're thinking what a marvelous idea to be able to quit smoking for our #1 New Years resolution. We buy 3 packs of Smoke Away (aid to quit smoking...duh) and decide that January second is the cut off date. Weeeeeelllllllllll....perhaps not. Ok..I HAVE gone down from 20+ Cigs a day to having only 2 today. Which is good and bad and good and bad. LOL. Kind of like my mood swings when I want a cigarette. But, they've got this homeopathic supliment that you're supposed to take when the withdrawls get too bad. How much is too much of this stuff? LOL...I mean...seriously..it ain't candy. So, the lesson for today boys and girls is....DON'T SMOKE! Don't start...don't take one puff. The tobacco companies are EVIL! Ok..I understand the whole idea that I did this to myself with the full knowledge that Nicotine is addictive. Duh..everyone knows that. Weellll...almost. The problem with addictions and the problem with drugs is that you WANT THEM! You want to have one, and another, and it helps you get over the excuses to quit. "One more couldn't hurt". ADDICTION-The act of not being able to quit something despite overwhelming evidence that it's not good for you. :P Ok..I'm done ranting and raving....for now.....it's good therapy. :D (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
4:30 pm	Meh. So, I'm sitting at work and wishing and praying that I could just go home. It's raining, and it's going to get cold, and it just makes me want to curl up under a fluffy blanket on the couch. But, alas, I am here counting down the minutes until I have a meeting with the client about their introduction of the Roth401(k) option. I'm trying to figure out my strategy of attack so that I don't fall asleep during the meeting and make a complete fool of myself. TWO HOURS! *sigh and grumble* So...update more later..gotta run. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
10:47 pm	My my my... so many things have torn me away from my muses, both in art and in word. One thing in particular...Second Life. I should have heeded lassarina's warning about MMORPs, but I'm a Second Life Addict now. I've been spending my creativity in making clothes, houses, and furniture in Second Life. Yes...sad and pathetic really. But, what can I say? Yes...I've been neglecting my on-line friends too...the ones not in Second Life anyway. hehehe. So, there is too much to get caught up on. I'll try and sum up all things since last I wrote in a list by months. 1. September-Not a whole lot happened...nothing noteworthy anyway (Dad turned 60, but that's his life, not mine) 2. October-Had a pretty smashing good Halloween Party, but also brought about the start of Annual Enrollment at work. Yuck 3. November-Joe had a birthday, we got our ears pierced, and bought a Wii (loads of fun, btw). I shall try and expound upon my life thus far at a later date. As I was on line strictly to read some pretty good smut and it's late, I'll save that for another day. I will return shortly. Promise. :D Night everyone. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 20th, 2006
12:39 am	Well... Okay. So, I thought I should be better at updating my journal. How else am I going to keep track of my life? And how else am I going to entertain my readers by my drivel? So the past couple of weekends have been very active. We were able to go to Lollapalooza thanks to our friend Sarah, who generously gave us the tickets she couldn't use. The weekend following we went to the Renaissance Faire again so that Rachael and Sarah could see it and enjoy. They were both fast paced, whirl-wind weekends that blur in my memory. This weekend is a little more laid back and relaxing. We did go out window shopping today. We're in the market for a new digital camera, but are having difficulty in spending the $150 to $250 it would require to get one that is worthy of having. Our current camera, although still operational, is very old and is very poor at color balance. Taking pictures outside, pictures tend to be blue in hue. Not to mention its a whole 2.0 mega pixels. I did end up buying a tarot card set on an impulse. Not exactly sure why I did, which would explain the use of the word "impulse". But, I've been talking about them from time to time and am interested in the idea of them. I also have this compulsion to draw my own cards. A daunting task to say the least. Just getting through all 22 major arcana is going to be wacky enough, but then to get different imagery for each of the minor arcana is going to take patience and deep concentration into the details of the symbolism. Final Fantasy update. I've narrowed my playing field now to one, FFVIII. Playing all at once was confusing to say the least. But, I've finally defeated Odin, and am attempting to defeat the Tonberry King. HOWEVER, defeating 18 to 20 tonberries to get to him? Well, I may just come back to him a little later. That's a bit tedious. But, next I'm off to fight the Galbadian Garden and Seifer and Edea. Fun stuff. Well, that's about all for now. I'll try and be a good boy and update more often. Until then, stay safe and have fun! Current Mood: calm (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
2:23 pm	RPG's Abound! Okay...so, since I was sick a couple days this week, I decided to do what any normal person would do in this situation. I went on-line and downloaded a boat load of emulators and RPG games. So, currently and concurrently I am playing Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII (Played via PSX disk through an emulator on my computer), Final Fantasy IX, and am currently downloading the ROMs for Xenogears (just to see what that's all about). Joe is playing Final Fantasy X-2 on the PS2 that we finally got working again, thanks to some fix guides on the internet. However, it's still acting glitchy so we may need to still go and get a new one. He had also bought Xenosaga, but that doesn't seem to be working, hence the aforementioned glitchiness. Soooo...WEEEEEE. Lots of shiny Final Fantasy all at once. Joe laughs at me saying, "You do realize you are currently playing at least four games with at LEAST forty hours of game play each? So, even if you played them for eight hours a day you would be playing for a month and a half straight!" Well, I certainly have my work cut out for me then! LOL...maybe I should have waited until winter. But, anyway, *trots off to play* Tootles! Current Mood: hyper (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 15th, 2006
8:39 pm	Renaissance Faire is Shiny! We went up to Bristol Renaissance Faire today. It was very much fun. Unfortunately, our cell phones aren't working right now. Every time I dial anyone's number it automatically sends me to AT&T Customer Service. It is ticking me off. I don't know what they're doing, but it makes me mad. So, sorry lassarina. I tried and tried to call you to find out where you were, but unfortunately I couldn't. But, I was very impressed with the fair. Everyone working there was really nice, and we picked up a couple shinies while there. We got to see the first Joust session of the day which was really fun. We were sitting in the section routing for the notorious Sir Phillip. He was the dirty Frenchman that cheated hitting the Englishman off his horse when he wasn't looking. The dirty scoundrel, but it was fun routing for him. We also watched an acrobat show with fire juggling with these hot shirtless guys. We were contemplating taking one home as a pet. Only a couple things would have made today more fun. First would have been to have more people with us to enjoy the day. The other would have been if it hadn't been about 98 degrees outside. It was HOT! We kept trying to find the shade. It still was a lot of fun though and will be going back before the season is over. Joe wants to get a costume and go with Faerie wings. That would be fun! There were so many people there dressed up like that. I can't imagine how much it would cost for one of those classic costumes they sell there, though. A fun day all in all. Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
10:26 pm	Up and Running So, like happens to way too many of us, I caught a computer cold. Yeah, a nice little virus grabbed hold of my computer and wouldn't let go. And, of course, when all else fails (virus protection software doesn't do squat, btw) then it's time to restore the computer. I backed up what I could and set to work. About four days later, I have a computer again. Fun times. There's nothing quite like wasting your weekend fixing a computer. Well, it wasn't a complete waste. We did get to go out to see Superman on Saturday. Now, I've heard mixed reviews on this one. Some people say that it was boring. Others say that they thought the story was just a recap of the original Superman. I've even heard that they thought Superman was too young. What did I think, you ask? I absolutely loved it. I thought it was a well planned story. I'm not going to give away it's secrets here in case you haven't seen it. But, there are secrets. The special effects were way impressive, and actually made you think, "I didn't think Superman was THAT strong!". Oh, and the fact that Brandon Routh is REALLY, REALLY HOT in that Superman outfit, sure helps a lot. All that aside, (no not just the outfit...stop! You're making my thoughts trail off) seriously, there were serious props to the old school Superman movies. There were scenes where you could have replaced Brandon with Christopher Reeves and would have sworn you were watching the classics. It almost brought a tear to my eye. It was a great tip of the hat to the old school. Oh...and did I mention I got a new shiny? Yes, I broke down and bought an IPod. It's totally ironic. I had sworn of IPod as a fad that I wasn't going to buy into. I thought that I would get by with a little 512Mb MP3 player. After one too many times having to replace my music with the latest music I was listening to, I decided something had to change. So, I started looking. I hate to say it, but I don't know what took me so long. This IPod is so made of awesome. (LOL...okay...I've been talking to Meglet to much. LOL) Anyway, though, I am very happy with the results of the IPod and will be listening blissfully to my 1120 songs I finally was able to upload after my computer was all better. Well, anyway, that's about it for now. Chao! Current Mood: nerdy (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
11:12 am	Update Thought I'd make sure to oppose all the negativity from the last posting. So, as work isn't getting much better, and doesn't look to anywhere in the near future, let's just let it stand that my job is not good for stress levels and leave it at that unless something particularly bad (or good) happens. Now, as far as Dad making his surprise visit to Chicago last Friday. LOL...well, it turned out to be a non-issue. Okay, so Mom calls this a Freudian slip of action, and my brother calls it awfully convenient. But, on Friday, I was leaving work and could not find my keys to my car. Okay, HONESTLY..yes, I have witnesses. So, I literally spent two hours looking for the damned things. Turns out they were sitting on the toilet paper dispenser in a stall in the bathroom in the basement (basically on the way to the parking garage). I had inadvertently set them there on a stop to my car before taking the long ride home. Why I didn't think of going there right away, is beyond my comprehension at this point. But, I looked everywhere (my desk, under my desk, in my desk drawers, in the 5th floor bathroom, in the car-which had to be opened by security, in my bag, at the pond that I usually spend my lunch time at); everywhere EXCEPT the last place I was before going to the car. So...in the mean-time Dad had called me wondering what time I was going to meet him. I expressed my concern about meeting him as it was already getting late. He tried to help me think of places to look, but wasn't very successful. And we decided to just wait to see each other until the next time. Well, enough of that for now. I've got to head home now. Nice hour drive I have ahead of me. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
7:59 pm	Generally, Simply Annoyed Okay, if dealing with whiny people who don't understand their retirement benefits isn't bad enough. With as many people who have either been fired, quit, or are on some project in the nether reaches of Hewitt for weeks on end, our call volume has exploded. This, of course means even MORE whiny people who don't understand their retirement benefits. More whiny people make Jason a grumpy boy. And, it sure as hell doesn't make it exactly easy to get up in the morning and go back to work. Anyone have a job opening somewhere they know about? I get home, and it's time to relax, right? Ha! Well, Dad calls me. He's telling me that he's going to be up in Chicago (St. Charles to be exact) on Friday and wants to know if I can take off work to hang out with him all day. He's coming up here for a day of fun and sun at the Pheasent Run Resort in St. Charles for a DeLorean convention. Okay, so I try and explain to him the situation at work; how it's nearly impossible to get time off with this short of notice, especially with all the people gone. I'm then asked if I could just call in sick. Ummmm...no? I think I'd like to keep my job, thank you. Even if I don't like it, this job is still keeping me fed. So, he has this brilliant idea that he would pick me up after work here at the apartment and we would run out to St. Charles to catch whatever was going on at that particular time. Now, anyone around here would know just how LONG that ride is going to be. Not to mention at rush hour. Oh, and the fact that he wants to go out with me without Joe, nor does he ever hardly acknowledge Joe, doesn't help me much. So, I'm supposed to call Dad tomorrow to let him know what I decided. Being Father's Day weekend doesn't help my decision much either. So, I'm left here, like the title says, Generally and Simply Annoyed. I want the world to go away just for a little while so I can catch my breath. But, it just seems to want to poke at me. *Poke* Stop it *Poke* Stop it *Poke* Stop it *Poke* Stop it. Well, I'm going to go and try and think on happier things...hopefully. Current Mood: irritated (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
7:34 pm	More Randomness Well, I feel like writing, but my creativity is feeling hindered. So, I figured that I would just start writing and see what happens. Been thinking a lot about role playing games lately. Thank you lassarina. :D Okay, Joe helped, as I was talking about Exalted on the way home which got him talking about his D&D and Advanced D&D days. He used to be the game master with his friends. What I've been thinking about is how involved these worlds are. It amazes me. Between Solars and Lunars, Gnomes, Fairs, Dragons, Kenders, Gods, Spirits, and how they all have this grandiose history of the creation of their respective worlds and ages, it boggles my mind! I learned all about the history of the Exalted world as well as D&D today, and I'm a bit overwhelmed. Not to mention there are other role playing games in different times, spaces, and worlds. I guess it all got me thinking, "I want to be this creative!". When it comes to visualizing things and putting them on paper as visual art, I excel. If someone told me to describe a scenario in which a world was created, regimes were overthrown, new forces come into power, and how these new creatures behave, I would be as lost as a squirrel swimming in the ocean. My jaw drops at the enormity of the prospect. Of course, this then brings into question should I be happy with having the talents I have in drawing, or do I stretch myself out into different forms of creativity with the possibility of being absolutely horrid at it? Then, there is the fact that one never knows what one can do until one does it, now can one? :D I think I should start small. The greatest journeys start with a single step, I've heard. Baby steps. But, I think it would be worth while to have a map. How does someone begin to reach out to other areas that are unknown to them? It's an interesting quandary. I think I'll just ponder on this for awhile and see if anything emerges. Current Mood: contemplative (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
10:43 pm	Okay...so try this. Comments are screened. 1. name: 2. birthday: 3. place of residence: 4. what makes you happy: 5. what are you listening to now/have listened to last: 6. do you read my lj: 7. if you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: 8. an interesting fact about you: 9. are you in love/have a crush at the moment: 10. favourite place to be: 11. favourite lyric: 12. best time of the year: 13. Do you remember when we met? 14. Have I been a good friend to you? 15. Tell me something you've never told me before. PLUS 1. one thing you like about me: 2. two things you like about yourself: 3. put this in your lj so i can tell you what i think of you. 4. post a picture of you (if possible): (Comment on this)