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the apathetic 2007-05-18 14:45:54 Today is Friday. Tonight is Bustaburger night. Tomorrow is Saturday followed by Sunday. I will be relaxing, and everything will be grand.
I have no plans set in stone, but I would like to arrange my...
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the price of fuel 2007-05-18 14:30:48 I’ve been wanting to write this post for days now but haven’t had the opportunity to assemble it until now.
Gasoline makes our cars go and our wallets thin. The price
of oil has escalated...
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the statue drowning 2007-05-18 13:47:06 A couple days ago, the cover to the new Smashing Pumpkins album, Zeitgeist, debuted on their official website as well as their MySpace page. The release was also pushed to the 10th of July instead of...
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the catch-22 2007-05-25 06:16:25 I consider myself a diligent worker. I have a hard time picking up other people’s slack to save my own ass when it saves theirs as well.
I’m pointing out those who take too long to get...
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the second job & the legal ride 2007-05-25 06:00:03 Watching The Sopranos is like having a part-time job late at night alongside the full-time job I already have. We completed the third disc tonight with one more to go before we get to Part 2. K$ had...
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the nothing new 2007-05-25 01:30:50 We’re in Season 6 Part 1 of the Sopranos right now. We will be caught up by the time the series ends.
We have decided that we are going to the Crown this upcoming Monday.
This weekend is a...
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the T-bone 2007-05-27 23:00:11 The past few hours have been quite productive for me. I backed up a few discs for my archive. In a previous post, I mentioned the Pro Gold CD-Rs last up to 100 years. The package actually says 300...
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the mess 2007-05-26 06:59:17 I spent quite a while cleaning up my computer desktop. My hard drives are a total mess. My sense of organization is chaotic. I need to implement a better system, although I do realize that I go...
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the telephone automaton 2007-05-30 08:00:42 Yes, I haven’t gone to bed yet. I am taking care of a couple last things, then I will float away into the dreamworld followed by being violently woken by the chastise of reality and the Monday...
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the taxpayer 2007-05-30 06:33:49 After passing through the gates into my apartment complex, I routinely check the mail on my way home from work. I received a notice from Uncle Sam saying that I haven’t paid my taxes yet.
I...
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the aquarium 2007-05-28 19:20:10 The Hex 5 was set up today. Mare & I added black gravel, a Roman column decoration, three live plants, two albino corys, two dalmatian mollies, and a rubber lip pleco. I transported our...
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the coincidence 2007-06-03 20:21:23 I never finished viewing I Shot Andy Warhol when I first got it but watched the rest of it today. Coincidentally, she shot Andy on 39 years ago on this date.
The movie is a fun watch. Valerie is...
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the living 2007-06-02 21:13:16 I stayed up extra late this morning. I think I finally fell asleep around 8:30 or so. I was shopping for my future upgrade. My Thunderbird is just getting too outdated. I have my eyes on a Brisbane...
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the short week 2007-06-02 05:35:14 Since I was off on Memorial Day, the work week was decreased by one. Still, it seemed like a full week. The days seem to have went by extra slow.
Friday finally arrived, the first of June. The first...
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the nail-clipping ghost 2007-06-06 04:57:07 When I’m home alone and on the computer in my room, I hear the sound of nails being clipped in the living room. I’ve heard the sound a few times already, and I only hear it when the...
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the outage and the receipt 2007-06-06 04:48:18 A couple nights ago, the thunder rocked hard and the power in the apartment went out. This summer has been slightly different with all of the rain that’s been falling. The electric came back on...
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the tarantula 2007-06-07 23:59:55 Before work today, I noticed that the new Smashing Pumpkins single, Tarantula, had been sitting in my ‘neo downlodes’ folder unlistened. I hadn’t been in a hurry to listen to it, but I had to once I knew I had the song in its entirety.
I had heard a short clip of it when it first [...]
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the last of the nine 2007-06-07 04:11:34 The torrents scored us the previous four episodes before the big Sopranos finale airing this Sunday. Michael & Kim hooked us up with the first four (thanks guys!).
We’re all caught up and will be patiently waiting to see the final episode. We will most likely be visiting K$’s parents’ house to utilize their HBO for [...]
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the upgrade 2007-06-13 01:41:31 Last night about this time, I ordered my PC upgrade
. The parts should be arriving by the end of the week. I am excited as any computer nerd should be.
This is what the current setup is:
Black Alienware Area-51 desktop case with Alienware power supply
ABIT NF7-M Socket A motherboard
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz OC‘ed to 1.6GHz processor
Kingston [...]
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the daytime celebrity 2007-06-13 01:01:37 Today was my first day off of work in six days, eight shifts, and forty hours. Some of those hours could have been prevented had a certain coworker of mine had not ended up in a certain correctional facility. It was relieving not to be filling drinks, making salads, and slicing pies all day [...]
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the cardinal rule of urinals 2007-06-10 18:52:42 American men should understand the main rule of using a urinal in a public restroom: If possible, choose a urinal one apart from the other guy. In other words, do not use a urinal next to someone already using a urinal if another urinal one or more apart is open for use.
I encountered someone on [...]
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the episode, the pillow, and the lyretail 2007-06-10 17:16:28 Tonight airs the final episode of The Sopranos. Once Kent gets out of Home Depot, we will meet up at his parents’ house for the showing at 11pm. The ones who watch the airing at 8 will know what’s gonna happen, but none of them will be able to spoil it for me for the [...]
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the patiently waiting 2007-06-15 03:00:37 My computer parts should be coming in today. If the package doesn’t arrive before I have to be at work, then I’ll have to pick it up on Saturday.
Today is Friday which means the weekend is less than 24 hours away. Timesheets will be submitted which means payday the following Friday.
The president of the company [...]
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the ergonomic & the new minimum 2007-06-14 04:55:01 It’s time for my own personal product plug: computer wrist rests with beads in them. The inventor has a great ploy going on. The wrist rests stay nice and cool which is a nice feature. It’s also kind of heavy and ideal for a secret weapon during a pillow fight.
I read that Congress passed [...]
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the release date 2007-06-14 03:19:55 Yesterday, June 12, was the release date of albums from two different bands that I enjoy listening to. The most important one was released by a pop-punk group called Strung Out. The album, titled Black Hawks Over Los Angeles, is good but significantly more political than their previous release. Some of the themes prevalent [...]
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the day ahead 2007-06-14 03:06:21 Do you ever get that feeling of being a day head once you complete a couple more tasks on your to-do list? The early turd gets the squirm.
I know today is technically Thursday, but it feels like it should be Friday. My upgrade is in transit and has already entered the scorching hot state of [...]
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the miles 2007-06-13 14:25:59 Recently, my family moved back to North Carolina, a place where my younger siblings and I consider “home.” Despite the fact they only moved away two weeks ago, I miss them like crazy. Someone has been calling someone else almost every single day. My mom hasn’t figured out yet that if she calls in the [...]
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the wolf has been terminated 2007-06-22 03:47:41 The postmark was made on the 4th of this month, but I guess TWC didn’t get the letter I sent them when I moved near the beginning of the year. I received this letter about a week ago which had been forward from my previous mailing address. I guess I’ll have to send them another [...]
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the wee hours 2007-06-22 03:06:19 This feels like a late Friday night/early Saturday morning leading into the weekend, but I know it’s the wee hours of Friday morning. I still have one more eight-hour shift to get through which begins in less than twelve hours.
My mother’s dog likes to pose for photographs when she brings out the digital camera my [...]
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the chores 2007-06-22 02:43:45 I have a full plate this weekend.
I have to get the new operating system installed. Once I do that, I’ll be looking at getting all the software I need for multiple-format media-editing. I am aware of a free piece of software compatible with Linux called Wine. This program gives the ability to run Windows programs [...]
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