Another day at the grindstone

Okay, so this hasn't turned out to be a daily thing. What do you want from me? Work has been tough the last few days, and if it weren't for the fun drama-drama that I rustle up now and again, I'd be totally frazzled. As it is I'm hanging on okay, but next week promises to be even worse.
There are fun things about watching kids get their books, though. So far, my favorite would have to be seeing kids with their parents and marvelling at the odd similarities between them. It's best when the kid comes with both folks, because then you can really see who gave 'em their eyes, nose, hair, etc. Otherwise, you can play the mental game where you see the mom and the daughter and try to extrapolate dad's face. That one makes me chuckle now and again. Some girl that came into the store today had eyes that were positively protruding from her skull. I was so wishing her parents were around so I could see if it was genetic. Then there was the kid that was a younger, skinnier copy of his father, and I felt bad knowing that such a nice boy would be so hairy when he was older. C'est la vie.
The one thing that is gnawing at me is that I haven't heard from Mr. Regional Manager about whether they're going to salary me. I want more money for this nonsense or I'm getting the fuck out. Because I love my job and all, but I can't live on the college lifestyle forever. Man, if it keeps up like this, I may even be a responsible adult some day. Wouldn't that suck? Well, maybe not. Maybe I'll be able to get a real house soon, so that I can get the dog I've always wanted. My hamster's cute and all, but Kibi is not someone who runs to the door to greet me. Well, maybe she would if she weren't in her cage, but I kind of doubt it.
Now that I have all of that out of my system, I'm going to read my book. It's getting really good, so I'm gonna try to burn though a chapter or two tonight. If anyone needs a book recommendation, I wouldn't hesitate to offer up Storm Constantine's Crown of Silence. (Don't fantasy authors have the best names? Where's the fun in Faye Kellerman? Give me Michael Swanwick any day.) So, good evening to you all and I try to be more frequent with my babblings.

Happy New Year!

Way to go, y'all. We made it to 2005. Thank god for that, because 2004 was starting to reek. That was not a good year for me. What with being ousted from one house, crowded with animals at another, and having to move to a third place right before finishing up college, I was starting to wonder if I'd settle at all. The only cool thing about the whole year was my trip in March to visit Kim in Connecticut. That was a lot of fun, and it was so nice to see the east coast again. That, and the fact that I learned how to build web pages are the only plusses for 2004. So this year doesn't have very high standards to beat. Really, all lazy-assed 2005 has to do is get me a salaried job and a driver's liscence and its job is done. Y'hear that 2005? Get to work now and you could be done by early March. I'd say I'm cutting you a pretty good deal here, so stay in touch and we'll talk.

Either way, Happy 2005 to all my nearest and dearest. I'm always thinking of you.

Playing on computers, late into the night

I thought for a time that I was done with this. That I had had all my fun screwing around online until odd hours of the morning. But it turns out, it's still as much fun as when I was 13. Who knew? Well, I guess I do, now. Much thanks to Kimmie for turning me to LimeWire over kazaa, and also much thanks to Terry for putting me onto Firefox over the old IE. Much fewer pop-ups, and that's a blessing.
I am currently trying to beef up my anime collection through the kindness of file-sharing. I am hoping to eventually have all of Furi Kuri and Hellsing. Then I can move on to more extensive series. The most daunting task: finding every episode of Ranma 1/2. Yeah, as if that would ever happen. Here would be the proper time to engender a deep philosophical discussion over the right and wrong of file-sharing programs and how sad it is that artists are not seeing payment for their hard work. But I don't really feel like going into the whininess of Metallica right now. I think now is more the time for brewing up another pot of coffee and watching funny shit on atomfilms.com. So that's wher I'll be. Much love y'all.