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08:55 pm
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Rough couple of days
I went to Portland Maine this last weekend to go skiing. It was tons of fun to hang out with friends and engage in my favorite sport; it even snowed about 8 inches on sunday, making for a really excellent experience. The fun ended pretty quickly when we left though.
We caught a plane leaving a little earlier from the airport in order to avoid missing our connecting flight in New York. Turns out it didn't matter that much because when we landed, we had to wait in the plane for nearly 3 hours before being able to get into the terminal. Aparently it had snowed which delayed things significantly and there was no place for us to park the plane. Eventually we got off, expecting to have missed our connecting flight. We were lucky to find out that it had not left yet, and we rushed to the gate and boarded our plane just in time...
Only to find out there was a huge delay and we had to wait another 4 hours or so before takeoff. I probably wouldn't have minded, if I could have had a drink, but apparently that is against the rules. Finally, we take off and ultimately land in Atlanta at about 4am or so. Our luggage is not there, and we are assured it will be delivered to our homes. We are all eager to get home so we head to Michael's car only to find it won't start. So we have to take a $40 cab ride to my house, only to have to drive Stephen home, then drive to Acworth. I end up sleeping on Michael's couch at about 7am.
I get up to find out my phone is not working, which is a giant pain in the ass since the courier company trying to bring me my stuff has been trying to call me. AT&T is not particularly helpful in this since I just managed to get it turned back on today after hassling with some regularity.
In any case, I got my phone turned back on today and scheduled getting my bag so some things are getting back on track. Unfortunately I woke up this morning fairly sick. I would have called in but at that time my phone wasn't working so I had to go. I got to leave early, but it still sucked working a couple hours sick.
Let hope this weekend will go a little better than this week has.
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01:19 am
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Change
For almost a year and a half now I've worked almost completely on weird night time hours that have forced to me into some kind of strange subhuman existence. Well, I am pleased to announce that shortly I will be moving to a normal schedule and becoming a regular human being again. The paperwork was put in today. I suspect it will take about a month for me to be able to finally transfer, but it will be happening. I am rather excited about this change but I will admit that there are some things I will be losing. Mostly, the pros far outweigh the cons though and I think it will be extremely good for me as a whole.
I can't help but note that this comes right as I have been shifting my attitude from a rather negative defeatist one to a more positive outlook. It seems like I have been drawing good things to myself lately and I think that my mental state has had alot to do with that.
Outside of myself, the weather has been amazing. I love stepping outside and feeling just enough cold to set my skin on edge. The air is so crisp, and I can smell a fire from miles away. Fall is by far my favorite season and I need to make sure I get out and enjoy it before it slips away into the cold.
Current Mood:  pleased
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02:32 am
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Guzoline
I just spent almost an hour looking for gas near my work so I could get home tonight. After no success I finally had to try to get to my mother's house so I would not completely run out. After barely making it I had to borrow her car to continue searching. Finally I found a place that had some and filled up a couple of 1 gallon gas cans to return to my car and put some in. Then directly back to the station to fill up my car for the week. I really wanted to just come home after a long day at work and relax a little, but that went right out the window in a hurry. And now I've got to get to bed just to go straight back to work. Life is a bitch sometimes you know it?
Current Mood:  annoyed
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01:48 am
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Lets keep this one postive for once
I found out today that someone on the day shift has turned in their two weeks notice. This means that after one guy moves from our shift, I will be next in line. Couple that with the fact that another girl is about to head to medical school, it really shouldn't be too long before I am working on daytime hours.
I have my reservations about the whole thing however. I am not eager to be getting up around 6am, and things move pretty slowly at my work so it might still be awhile. Still, I am mighty excited at the prospect of working normal human hours again. Just having the opprotunity to be able to do something on a weeknight is something that most people take for a luxury and that I have missed terribly. The world doesn't revolve around people that work the hours I currently do I'm looking forward to getting back with the rest of humanity.
Outside of work, things have been rather chaotic. I used to think of myself as someone that thrives on chaos, but the truth is that I crave order. In the next couple of weeks (days really) I have to figure out where I am going to live and what my life will entail for the next year or so. I really hate being forced into a corner like this and suddenly having to choose how everything will pan out rather suddenly, but the truth is it is my own fault. I've really been ignoring my whole life for some time now and have got to start waking up to the fact that no one is going to swoop down and fix all my problems unless that person is me.
Whatever the case, I am probably going to be getting rid of quite of bit of stuff. It is odd to think of all the things I have collected over the years and how I have ascribed meaning to it. Even now I look around my room and and consider these things I own. Chair I got when my parents sold their business and we held from the auction. Computer that I built myself. Pile of Legynds costuming, my desert elf character was named Vakier Kessel Issiri. Old warhammer figures and paint. NCA certificate stating I am qualified to be a microbiologist. Pisces wall scroll purchased for me in China. My Guild Wars track pants. Framed essay my friend wrote about me in high school. My silver Fossil watch. Do these things define me and are therefore important? Or do they trap me and therefore should be destroyed? Hard to say.
This post is getting too serious for me to keep positive so I'll end here. Might as well unprivate some old entries while I am about it. Doesn't really matter anyway since I feel completely different than I did when I wrote them.
Current Mood:  contemplative
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02:52 am
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Thought for the day
What exactly is the point of posting a private livejournal entry I wonder? I think it high time I bought a regular ass journal.
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01:21 am
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My life of late
I've purposely been avoiding livejournal for some time now because it tends to lead to pretty serious melodrama, but I suppose that is the nature of all journals particularly one as voyeuristic as an online one (even though I suspect few people even read this anymore). In any case, lots of things have happened since any serious update has gone down so I'll try to sum up without making it too terribly long, but I highly doubt that will happen. Livejournal... away!
( Things )
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01:56 am
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Six flags
A friend of mine at work has a sister that has tickets to nurse's industry night at six flags. It is on Friday sept. 26th from 6pm-midnight and should be fairly empty compared to most days at the park. Tickets are $24.50 and you get a free pass to six flags that can be used later in the year. Anyone interested? If so let me know cause I need to try to get the tickets at some point this week. Would be fun to get out and do something a little different than the usual.
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02:14 am
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Not sure how to describe it all
I just went through several hundred pictures of the last 5-6 years of my life on my computer and I'm pretty blown away. We've had some grand times for sure, and the only thing I can think is that I am incredibly lucky to have had such awesome friends. Lately I feel like I haven't been around much and I miss the people I have been close to in the past terribly. Shame on me for neglecting the amazing people I have been so fortunate to be surrounded by. In the next week or so I will call everyone I have spent important moments in my life with and thank them. Additionally, I would like to gather these people up for some kind of party or event. Perhaps dragoncon will be an adequate venue. In any case, I wish nothing but the best for anyone who might call me a friend.
Current Mood: nostalgic
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11:45 am
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info
I'll try and keep this short. If you haven't heard already, I passed my certification exam so I am now officially a clinical laboratory scientist. This means I can work directly with the microorganisms we find in the human tissue samples. A raise and promotion are also included. Go me!
My special lady friend is moving in with me on Saturday. If you are available to help with this process by all means please do. She doesn't have a ton of stuff, but an extra set of hands or car would be very useful. Assistance will be rewarded with alcohol of course.
My internet is scheduled to be turned off today. It hasn't happened yet, but I am internetting on borrowed time I think. It won't be functional again until monday, so if you don't see me online, that is why.
Things have been hectic lately, but there are lots of good things on the horizon. It will be nice when all this stress is over and I can relax a little bit.
Current Mood: hopeful
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01:16 am
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Busy Busy
Long time since the last update so I won't bother to say everything that has happened, just the more recent events. I just got back from a weekend trip to Las Vegas with some of my oldest and best friends. Despite some traveling difficulties by one of my compatriots I think a good time was had overall. I even managed with win around $300 from the casinos. It is an interesting town and I'm glad I went to visit, but in general it's not my thing. First of all it is really expensive and if you haven't got a ton of money to blow it isn't much different than a mardi gras atmosphere. Mostly we just walked around and looked at various giant casinos/hotels. The opulence is astounding, it truly is Babylon.
Besides that I've got several major events coming up in the next month or so. First off, I am coming up on my year review at my work. I stand to get a decent raise and the results of said review will drastically effect whether I choose to stay there much longer. I've been getting a little weary of working the night shift and the distance to work is certainly a factor. I've also been considering graduate school more and more and I've got to get on that before I get too much older I think.
I've also got a very major certification exam coming up in two weeks. Passing the exam gets me a promotion, a raise, and a clinical laboratory scientist certification (CLS) which allows me to make the final calls on the safety of the tissue we test. I've studied some for it but really need to get down to it quite a bit more in the next few weeks. Don't be surprised if you don't see me much (har har).
The last thing is that soon my friend and roommate of nearly 4 years will be moving out and my girlfriend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sans_fur will be moving in. It will be a big change for me. I've been living with the same guy for a long time now and we work well together, in many ways he is an ideal roommate. But I think it's a good thing for everyone. I greatly look forward to seeing my special lady friend more often because as it is with our shift differences I barely even get to speak to her, which is tough for me. It will be really nice to be able to see her more often if only for short periods of time. But certainly I'll have to change my lifestyle a bit, which oddly I am also looking forward to. Maybe I won't stay up as late and get up early to get things done. I just hope that our different schedules don't get in the way.
So yeah. Lots of stuff coming up. Really depending on how all these things go it will in many ways determine how my life will change over the next several months if not years. I almost hope my job doesn't give me a good enough raise to make me change my job, but I do pass my test. I'm pretty sick of the night shift and it is getting to be about time for a change. Someone needs to open a giant microbiology lab downtown. Or maybe I just need to hang around a little longer to get some experience to move to the CDC.
I realize not many people even read lj these days, but this is about my only form of communication. Cheers to all who read this.
I like water.
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01:49 am
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Birthday Sale-O-Bration
If you are reading this you likely know that I will be turning 27 next week. So in order to celebrate this event I will be at the highlander saturday evening to receive presents, well wishes, and good company. You are invited! I realize that it's not the most creative birthday celebration, but time kind of ran out on me to plan much else and I no longer have a house to host such a gathering in any case. Regardless, you'll find that the bar will provide any food or drink that you could possibly demand. So I encourage you to come and spread the word to anyone that might also enjoy a good time. You certainly wouldn't want to miss what might turn out to be the greatest moment in our lifetimes.
In addition to this if there is significant interest, I was considering a paintball outing the following weekend. This may or may not be birthday related, but paintball is always a good time. Let me know if you can make it to either of these events.
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01:06 am
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Why does anyone do anything?
First of all my phone is restored to it's normal working order. Carry on with your bad text messaging self.
( About myself )
Current Music: 16 Horsepower- Black Soul Choir
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01:07 pm
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Phone
The screen on my phone has broken. This means that it is very tricky for me to call anyone and I am unable to read or send text messages. So for the meantime you have to call me to get information across. I'll post when it is fixed.
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02:54 am
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Ass-haberdashery!
So my former landlord who we thought owed us over $1500 for our security deposit is now trying to charge us almost $2000 for various damages. At this point it is looking like we are not about to get any money back but I will be god damned if I am paying him one dime. I lived in a place where it was regularly freezing everyday during the winter in my room (some of you may recall this and have memory of the space heater I was required to keep by my bed). A large portion of what he is asking from us is in water and sewer costs that we were either not contractually bound by (due to month to month non-lease agreements), or that we paid him already. Also, there are sizable charges for excessive wear and tear and cleaning costs, both of which seem based on very little evidence (for the record we moved into the place pretty trashed without him seeing it in months). We are likely to make him fly down from Washington DC to attend court in order to apply additional expense to him even if we don't get any money back from it all.
If you've got a second please spend it to wish some serious hate on this motherfucker because he is fucking with the wrong people.
Current Mood: enraged
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03:05 am
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Xmas and junk
I had a really excellent weekend/vacation over the holiday. I got to see a bunch of my friends and family and generally had a really great time doing so. To top it off, after tomorrow I've got a five day weekend! Bonus! I received some very cool stuff for xmas including Call of Duty 4 (need 3 people to play with soon), this shirt: http://www.goats.com/store/item/tshirt_science-gildan-1.html, and an 8GB iPod nano. Suddenly, with this mp3 player large portions of work are no longer dull and repetitive, but entertaining. I look forward to listening to lots of music at work and whatever audio books I can get a hold of (Thus Sprach Zarathustra is first on the list). I'd like recommendations of music from you readers out there because I have only a limited selection and am looking to acquire more good stuff. If you like it then there is a fair chance I will and I'm willing to give pretty much anything a shot. This particular evening was made more enjoyable by The Joy Division and Lady Sovereign.
Other aspects of my life are getting much better and though I'm still not sure when or where I am going to land after being changed so rapidly by the chaos storm that has been my life over recent months, I am nonetheless committed to determined self improvement. It seems like the friendships I am involved in are growing stronger, which is of course positive for me and hopefully others. We've finally hired a new guy at work which will relieve some stress on that front. For now we've got only three people working everyday and that is simply not enough; I rarely if ever get to leave on time. I even went to school with the guy at Kennesaw. We never spoke though. Chris maybe?
New years resolutions already on tap include: taking dance and/or martial arts and/or yoga lessons in the near future. Anyone that is interested in these things should of course join up with me. Making better use of my time is also right on that list. It seems like I waste too much, and I'm only given a limited amount.
Hope everyone had a great holiday!
Current Mood: optimistic
Current Music: Richard Thompson- Beeswing
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03:13 am
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Fuck.
I bought a digital camera today and with it I took some of the best pictures of me and my friends ever. But sadly I lost it someplace at trackside. I really don't care that much about the actual object itself, but I really want the pictures I had taken with it. I had the best group picture of my friends I've ever taken. I also had pretty much the cutest picture ever taken of my very good friend. I keep telling myself that it's just an object, but I really want those pictures and I'm pretty upset that I won't be able to distribute them. I'd be glad to trade my camera for them, but I guess I just lose both.
It's just an object.
Current Mood:  depressed
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12:01 am
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The plague
Well, it's finally happened in a bad way. I am most certainly sick. Go ahead and laugh it up since you know I like to brag about not getting sick much. I've been rocking a fever since sunday morning and it's been most unpleasant. Mostly, I am just hoping it's not the flu because then I will really regret passing up that free flu shot at work. Damn you informational poster for suggesting it wasn't necessary for people in my demographic!
Sleeping is the worst by far though. The fairly constant sweating and chills is not much fun. I 'slept' almost eleven hours last night with some of the most vivid and confusing dreams I've had in a long minute. When I woke up I had to sit down and spend almost half an hour dispelling the nightmare/paradise world I had created in my head. On some level I am used to this though. Lately I have been dreaming a great deal and often I wake up with a belief that does not match reality. It takes some time to remind myself that things have changed and the fantasy I created in my sleep is simply not true in the waking world. But change is inherent for all people, and I maintain the hope that we grow into better people because of it.
In other news, I've received some really quality hugs of late! I'm thrilled that people have been so enthusiastic to see me because I've certainly felt the same. Thanks huggers!
Now it's time to fall into a (hopefully) sound and less feverish sleep than the previous night. Curse my sloth for preventing me from going to acquire a 'PM' brand of fever reducer from the store!
Current Mood:  sick
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02:20 pm
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Stuff around town
Saturday I went to go see a production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the 7 stage in little five points. The sound quality wasn't the best so it was difficult to understand what they were saying much of the time, but regardless it was a really excellent show and rather touching at moments. I have never seen the show before and it was comically done and even more modernized that the original. Had quite a fun time joyfully counting out the thirty-nine lashed Jesus received and chanting "Crucify him!" to the song. My favorite characters were Mary because she was certainly the best singer, and Pontius Pilate. He is probably the most metal guy ever and was dressed in drag complete with makeup, silk kimono, stockings, and leather booty shorts. Also, he looked exactly like Nathan Explosion.
After that we headed to corner tavern for a couple drinks, but on the way we ran into about a hundred or so people dressed as Santa Claus who were giving out candy and other gifts. Fred was given a chunk of coal from one the of the better looking Clauses and Meryl received a giant foot long candy cane rod for mentioning that she was naughty. There was one guy dressed as the miner guy from the claymation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie. We got a couple of pretty good pictures that I will post someplace if someone can get them to me. Apparently, it was Santa-con and they were bar hopping around the area. If I can find out when/where it is going down next year I am for sure going.
Eventually we got to the corner tavern and met up some other people for said drinks. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary though I did get to have a really great talk with my brother about all the things that have been going on in our lives of late. It was really good for me to offer and receive some words of advice. Always comforting to know that there is some people that would go any distance for you.
I think I may be getting a little sick though. Not that there is ever a good time to get sick, but this seems like a bad one.
Current Mood: pleased
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10:57 pm
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Mini update
Went to go the frogs exhibit at Fernbank yesterday. Despite the fact that frogs are generally not interesting to me, the exhibit was rather engaging. I got to look at a bunch of very unusual frogs from around the world. I must say, the temptation to smash open the poison dart frog cage was very strong. After wards, went to the blue frog from some cheap tacos and drinks. It turned out to be a very frog oriented day actually.
Some quick notes:
-My workout routine is paying off in spades. I am down to 165 lbs. for the first time in god knows how long and I'm getting quite trim and toned.
-I FUCKING LOST my fantasy football league. After thirteen consecutive weeks of ass beating and going 12-1 for the regular season, I lose out in the first round of the playoffs to someone I had already beat twice. I place the blame squarely on Terrell Owens. His no touchdown catching ass cost me the game and ultimately $150. I guess it doesn't matter too much, but it sure would have been nice to win some cash.
-This is my last irregular week of work. After this week I will be at work M-Th and I will have every friday, saturday, and sunday off unless I badly need another day for some weird reason, but it seems unlikely for the most part.
-I received pretty much the nicest telephone call ever yesterday. It's refreshing to get a call form someone just for the sake of offering encouragement and support. So thanks a bunch for that.
-Also yesterday was my sister's birthday! Happy birthday Mimi! Hopefully, she'll be in town around xmas time and I'll get to see her again. Being in Chicago for a couple days felt really short.
Thats about it for now. Going to make some venison chili with Kevin.
Current Mood: determined
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10:33 pm
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A tiger can't change his stripes, but I am no tiger.
Been doing lots of thinking, and here's what I came up with.
( Long, rambling, self-centered, and self-motivational )
Current Mood:  energetic
Current Music: Tabla Beat Science- Palmistry
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