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So I get this random phone call from this girl named Rachel who, I think, works for IBM. And she offered me a level 1 position at the new call center in Daleville.

Ding level 1.

Oh wait, you don't ding for level 1...

But she said she'd give me a call back in a few days with more details and such. So that should be fun. I mean, it's not JPL, but it's something. :P

I beat Pokemon Pearl last night. Now it's just a matter of doing all the other stuff in the game. It's similar to WoW in a sense. Once you hit 70, the game just begins. Or whatever. Speaking of, my pally has been sitting at 60 for like 2 weeks now. Poor guy. Someone should level him.

In other video game news. Halo DS will never be released, but it's still cool to know that it exists somewhere.



Like right there.

OK BYE!!!!!

So I haven't really been doing my PotD like I should. It's really no longer "of the day" it's more of "when something funny/interesting is happening."

Remember how I didn't update LJ with any info when we went to New York? That was weird. I just didn't feel like doing it.

We did a lot of awesome stuff. That's the end of that story.

I'm always happy to always be surrounded by awesome people and awesome friends.

At work they hired a new girl named Marva. It's awesome in a sense that I don't have to work as much because, hey, who likes working? But it sucks in a sense that there's that whole "money" thing. She's nice, kinda slow. But nice. I would try to look for a new job but I'll just have to quit in 6 months anyway. Thank God.

Sam and I have been dating for a while now. She's super fun to be around because she actually understands me and I understand her. We've also pretty much decided that Indiana is pretty much a black hole for us and we're going to move to New Jersey at some point in the near future (March). When I told my aunt about that she was pissssssseeedddd off.

I really enjoy vector art.

I really don't have much else so I'll leave you with a song.

( Everything's Magic )

There are some nights where:

A. I haven't gone to bed yet.
B. I haven't stopped drinking yet.
C. I'm up to go to New York.

Today, the answer is C.

At work today, I:

A. Saw my Dad
B. Saw Drew
C. Saw my Dad & Drew at the same time.
D. Had to hold down a 16 foot Burmese Python down while Jon got a tick off of it.
E. Found out that Ed had sold my favorite dog at the shop & it will be gone tomorrow. :(
F. All of the above.



Sadly, the answer is "F".


I had a horrible day.

While I was perusing the intarweb today, after reading about the Livejournal happenings, I found myself on the WoWwiki page. Which is the World of Warcraft page. I then was linked to high end guild's website (Nihilum). There were a couple people on their forums talking about wanting to start playing but they couldn't wrap their head around the fact that it's 15 dollars a month. They were saying how expensive that is. I started thinking about all the money I've spent playing WoW.

15 a month
3.75 a week
.53 a day
.02 an hour
And I get an error for the minutes.

But I think I've gotten my point across. If you go to the movies is roughly $6.58 from the figures I found online. So that means you can go to the moves 2.28 times a month for the cost that it takes to play WoW. You also have to consider the money for gas...which no one has right now. Popcorn and a drink if you happen to like to have something to snack on in the movie theatre. So, easily one trip can cost more than $15.

Sure Blizzard has some strong criticism about the game. I know a bunch of people that hate it. Some just because they don't like RPGs, others because people have let it get the best of them.

Blizzard makes $1440000000 yearly from this game. They have roughly 200 servers for people to choose from. Not to mention the EU servers. There are people out there that make money from Blizzard making money because they pay them to level their character or buy gold.

So many people make this game out to be something that it really isn't. I've heard demonic, evil, stupid, boring, waste of time, waste of your life, waste of any other resource and countless others. But if you're managing your time well and it's not damaging to anyone, who cares? If it becomes a problem and you don't fix it. Then you need to change. Putting guild mates before real life isn't the way to do things. If you get kicked out, big deal. There are tons of guilds on the server. Find a new one.

I figure since I quit playing, I haven't really done anything else. I used to hang out with some old friends that don't seem to want Star and I around. I haven't played guitar in probably three weeks. I get up, do some stuff around the house, go to work, come home, watch tv, go to sleep. Rinse. Repeat.

I love being settled. I do. But there also comes a time when you have a longing and a need for something else. I don't know what that is right now. I'm very happy with Star. I love being around her and being with her. But I seriously cannot watch tv like most people. I enjoy certain programs, but if I can't find anything to watch, I play some kind of video game or guitar or something. I don't complain about the fact that there's nothing on tv. Plus, now that every decent show has had its season finale. It's going to be even more boring and hard to find something.
We spent tonight watching Hogan Knows Best. Three episodes of it. (Ok, that's not the whole night.) Terry (Hulk) would mention something that I found interesting or Star would have a question about him or his family. I would get on Wiki and start reading. Give the answer...not get off of wiki. But I would do what everyone that uses wiki does. Randomly click a link and get to something that had nothing to do with the subject you were reading about first.

But it was fun to learn what's kosher and what isn't.

I don't really have any clue what this entry is about. I guess it's about me being bored a lot of the time now. I really do feel like I'm kind of wasting my time when I could be doing something else. Read a book, go to school, learn a new skill (ding), play WoW or any video game for that matter. It's at least exercising your brain instead of it rotting while watching some stupid reality tv show.

I need to go to sleep. This whole being sick and keeping me awake shit has to end soon.

Let's talk about these X-13D Doritos...


I was in the Rickers here in Pendleton and saw a bag and decided that the sheer temptation of not having a clue as to what it is made me want to try it.

So I get it and pay for my drink and chips. I'm standing there waiting for Jared to get something else. As I'm standing there I open the bag and take a smell.


That was my first mistake...

My second mistake was actually trying one. It sure did taste like an asshole. So if you see these mystery chips, I beg you, please do not buy. Let someone else name these chips. Keep up with what they're going to name it because you don't want to be tricked into buying them once they have a name for these alligator asshole chips.




The end.



Edit: The bag kinda smells like a cheeseburger.

Last night I was in the Marsh parking lot in Pendleton when I realized that I don't really have a home. I have a bunch of places I can stay for however long.

But none of those are "homes" in the sense of the word. I can count three places. Yay7, I can count. I'm sure I have other places I could go if I really needed to. It still kinda sucks, though.

I went to my old house on Romine last night to look around. I didn't go in, but on the porch it seemed that they've ripped up the carpet that was in the living room and put it outside. The two refrigerators that we had were outside. There was a truck in the driveway that I'd never seen before. It sounded like someone flushed a toilet because the sump pump came on and pumped out some water when I was at the side of the house. Then I saw a light come on inside. I'm not sure if it's set on a timer or if someone that my uncle knows is living there. There weren't any blinds open so I couldn't see in. I did look in the garage window, but that just showed that it was a big mess as it always was.

The other day I was at the Pilot station off of exit 14 getting gas and I had that wanting in me to leave again. Maybe this only happens every 4 months or something. I don't know. I don't even know where I would have gone. The only thing I had in my car was this computer with no power supply to charge the battery, one change of clothes and my guitar amp...not even the guitar. I had a quarter of a tank of gas. The one thing that was holding me back was how I feel about one person. I could have left but I didn't have the one thing I need to live - my heart. (Cheesy, I know. But true.) I don't want it back, either. She has it and I'm letting her keep it. I have hers and it wouldn't be fair to her to run off with it. I want to keep it safe. I will keep it safe.

Happy two month anniversary today, honey!

I also visited my mom's grave last night and wrote her a letter. I've done that before, but I've always had it pre-written. I wrote it at the cemetery by her headstone. As soon as I wrote the word "mom" on the paper, I instantly broke down in tears. I guess I just feel like I've been failing a lot lately.

It only takes three doctors to make you disappear.

Well I love getting Star sick...

..not that she just didn't get over being sick about a week ago.

So lately I've been kind of a recluse when it comes to everything. I've tried to stay away from everything and everyone except for the one place I can feel I can escape which is WoW.

Yes, lame, I know. Whatever. Tis the season for me to not talk to anyone. Looking back, this is something I've done every year. Every new year I stop talking to people for a undetermined amount of time and stop doing everything I liked before. I've actually had an awesome opportunity to go to Arizona and stay with Andy, Gwaltney, & Beth which I've seriously been considering. I have this weird feeling that if I don't something in me is just going to keep building up inside and I'm gonna freak out and not talk to anyone ever. I've only talked to Drew about this and she's been really supportive of the choices that I've made. I'm about 89.33333% (repeating, of course) sure that I wanna go.

I hope someone gets that joke there.

I'm trying to save some kind of money so I can go out there. I'm sure that there's a lot of people that wouldn't like this if I did go, and I apologize for that. But I feel that I have to do what's best for myself more than anyone else.

A lot of how I'm feeling can be summed up with the song "Let's Get Out Of This Country" by Camera Obscura.

( lyrics, bitch! )

But yeah, that's all. I need to do something before I go insane.