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Happy Independence Day!
July 4, 2010July 4th. Read the title. And American history. Be safe and have fun!
Vacation Talk
April 13, 2010If there’s one thing that just sucks about vacation, it’s that point where you realize it’s over and you’re awake before 5 AM to go to work. >.>
We took a week vacation to head back to visit my family in Georgia. We’ve been in Houston for about 6 – 7 months now, so it was nice to go back and visit. It was also nice to get some much needed time off of work, and just relax. With days off accounted for too, I had more than a week of time off, but now we’re back and adjusting to life as usual again.
I might have had more to write, but I’m pretty sure I forgot it all. Until the next time I remember to post again, I’ll be doing the whole work, sleep, and eat thing.
The internet never sleeps, but I’d like to.
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The questions nobody actually asked
March 25, 2010So what have I been up to lately? Work, listening to and collecting music, scouring the internet for entertainment, meeting new people, trying new things, grilling burgers, life in general…
Where’ve I been? Work. FOR REAL. Also all around living, with the ups and downs of life. I haven’t spent near as much time online as I used to at home.
Am I still on social network sites? Nah, well, ish. I’ve been on Facebook, where most of the people I actually know seem to hang out. Twitter got to be dull after a while, though once in a while I throw a post in. That could always change again, but as humans we tend to move around like that. At least, the part of me that is human.
Wait, what? Don’t worry about that last bit. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
What would I do right now if I didn’t have other things to do? I’d probably optimize my blog, clean things up, and possibly work on testing some new scripts. Geeky internet things.
Why are you even making this post? Procrastination. Why else?
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Twenty Ten
January 1, 2010Twenty Ten sounds cooler than Two Thousand (and) Nine.
Happy New Year.
His Name is Robert Paulson
December 17, 2009What is the world at 4 AM?
A void.
I’m not convinced that there really is a 4 AM. Sure, the clock reaches that hour. The hand continues to reach and reach until it finally hits 5 AM, when the flow of time and space are restored.
Nothing really happens at 4. Cold, fog, rain, heat, whatever is there, but the world is still. Sometimes I push it to 4:30 just because I have no reason to wake up at 4. I found a way to work that was a little quicker and I tend to skip my computer until I get home. It’s dark and the world exists, but there’s nothing there. At 5 I walk out the door and head to my car, where I sling my messenger bag and keyboard and energy drink into the passenger seat of the car and head off to the land of technical support.
Suddenly I’m transported to work. There isn’t much traffic at 5 AM on the path I take, even in this large city.
There is no spoon.
The world seems slow until the sun rises. I wake up around 4 each morning for 5 days out of the week, but I definitely enjoy the two days where I am allowed to wake up after the sun.
I listen to my iPod a lot at work. It just depends on what I’m doing that day, or what I’m in the mood to listen to. Sometimes I just listen to the activity around me, and sometimes I block it out with my iPod and escape into my work. I always work as hard as I can. After being without work for over a year, I wouldn’t know how to be lazy at work.
I like working early in the day and getting off mid-afternoon. It gives me some time during the day to exist. Middle of the day shifts just seem to stick you with this life where you have no time to yourself for 5 days out of the week.
I’m in the mood to do two things: Play SNES and watch Fight Club. Must achieve these things ASAP.
I have discovered Skull Candy earbuds. Half price on Black Friday at RadioShack, and their quality fits their name. Candy for your skull, indeed.
Life is not boring.
Busy Busy Busy Bee
November 20, 2009Just a quick update… work is going good; now that I’m out of training I’m working a pretty early shift that leaves me the rest of the day to do whatever I need, which is cool.
LIFE IS BUSY.
Operating Systems Oh My
October 26, 2009Windows 7 was released on the 22nd and so far I can say this: I hate their commercials.
However, on the 22nd Apple dropped out a hilarious (and surprisingly accurate) commercial about it. It’s called Broken Promises and you can watch it here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
My excitement lies with the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). Three days to go and I’m making my checklist for things to back up. I’ll probably run a fresh install and try the ext4 filesystem. This pretty much means that the weekend before I start my new job will be spent geeking out on my laptop on and off.
Car Troubles and Repairs
October 19, 2009Our car has been a lot of “fun” since we moved to Houston (it was a lot of “fun” before, too). Right before the move my car died out and I had to have my alternator replaced (yay $300 + oil change while I was there) on a Saturday morning. There was a lot of fun with that… and a lot of tweeting from my phone.
After getting here I had to run some diagnostics on it at a local shop to find out why the car was dying while running, and why the battery kept needing a jump. It turns out that a previous owner had a problem “fixed” by working around it. The CCRM was bad (controls the A/C compressor, fuel pump, and some other things) and instead of replacing it, a wire was put in place to allow the A/C compressor to bypass the CCRM. The problem with this? The A/C compressor never turned off.
The shop gave me a huge quote for the repairs but it turns out that they were definitely going the most expensive way possible. The wire was removed and I was able to replace the CCRM myself for right around $100 for the part (and a lot of frustration with the car). Another part was the PCV assembly, but I found that one for about $38 and popped it in.
There are still a few kinks to work out but fixing it myself was nice (and cheap). When people ask me where I learned what I do know about cars, I tell them I learned from all of my car problems. =P
Mechanical Toast
October 9, 2009Car’s toast. Job interview next week. Applying to places like crazy. Stressed. Irritated. Calm. Relaxed.
I paid $120 to be told that my car needs about $1500 worth of repairs. Note that this is AFTER the first mechanic never showed up (twice), and the second mechanic turned out to be joke just looking for a sucker.
I don’t know, it’s a mess and it’s pretty stressful, but stuff happens. One way or another we’re going to make things work out. I have an interview coming up this week and I have been applying to other places as well, and this isn’t going to stop me. Not that I have a choice…
Knowing that we’re going to make it work out is what keeps me calm.
Quick Update From Houston
October 3, 2009We’re in Houston now!
We’ve been here since September 25th and we’ve been crazy busy. You know, all of that fun after-moving stuff.
Check back later for some more updates. I’d like to get out and go crazy with the camera at some point.
