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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:54 am
Chrysant SoundBlast Chrysant Chocolate skittles must taste like death... confused A very colorfull and semi-sweet death. Welcome back Chrysant, how have you been? smile So so. Uni work's been hectic and my girlfriend is being mighty annoying alot of the time, but ah well. Soon to finish uni work and then a nice long summer break to look forward to. biggrin How's things with you, SB? A summer break's always nice, wish I had something like that. But since I work fulltime now I hardly have the time to go on a major vacation, though I sometimes wish I did. gonk Other then that I can't really complain about anything, the pay's good and I work with a lot of cool people (And the coffee is good). Hopefully you'll be getting better weather then we have in Holland during the time. 3nodding In a few months together with my work I'm going back to school so I can study for a better position at my work, even though I don't have any complaints I have the feeling I can do much more then I can currently do. I'll see how things go from there. smile
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:03 am
SoundBlast hilaroma So today is Hiro's and my 3-year anniversary (of dating). I'm looking forward to what will hopefully be a really nice day. heart Congratulations, I hope you'll enjoy your anniversary (of dating) 3nodding heart domokun Thank you! 4laugh Now I feel silly for putting the "(of dating)" in my post but I didn't want to confuse the people I don't know very well into thinking I'm married or something crazy like that. Or, it is 2am and I can just write it off as lack of sleep. xp TE: Long time no seeeeee! We miss you around these here parts! gonk heart
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:16 am
Chrysant SoundBlast Chrysant Chocolate skittles must taste like death... confused A very colorfull and semi-sweet death. Welcome back Chrysant, how have you been? smile So so. Uni work's been hectic and my girlfriend is being mighty annoying alot of the time, but ah well. Soon to finish uni work and then a nice long summer break to look forward to. biggrin How's things with you, SB?
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:24 am
Twistyd Zero Omega Twistyd I hate unsecured hours, it really ******** up your ability to plan for s**t.
Plus working without breaks ends up doing your head in. D: I worked full time @ Starbucks over the summer holidays and I went crazyyy. Especially when my days off kept getting pushed back. Crazy? Try being Starbucks Manager. domokun gonk
I was a kiosk manager, used to work at a Starbucks inside of a Safeway/Vons. Crazy s**t nonetheless. gonk
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:37 am
Zero Omega Twistyd Zero Omega Twistyd I hate unsecured hours, it really ******** up your ability to plan for s**t.
Plus working without breaks ends up doing your head in. D: I worked full time @ Starbucks over the summer holidays and I went crazyyy. Especially when my days off kept getting pushed back. Crazy? Try being Starbucks Manager. domokun gonk I was a kiosk manager, used to work at a Starbucks inside of a Safeway/Vons. Crazy s**t nonetheless. gonk
But I love the crazy. twisted
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:29 am
Zero Omega Twistyd Zero Omega Twistyd I hate unsecured hours, it really ******** up your ability to plan for s**t.
Plus working without breaks ends up doing your head in. D: I worked full time @ Starbucks over the summer holidays and I went crazyyy. Especially when my days off kept getting pushed back. Crazy? Try being Starbucks Manager. domokun gonk I was a kiosk manager, used to work at a Starbucks inside of a Safeway/Vons. Crazy s**t nonetheless. gonk
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:31 am
@SB - Sounds good; fun job with good pay. And being sent to study to get a better position in the job is always a plus too. Hope that all goes well.
@Hila - heart Yeah, I've been crazy busy with things lately. sweatdrop Bad times.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:13 am
teh CB I interrupt your everyday programming to bring you this: WHAAAAAT?side note: I friggin' love seafood, Streamigator. I'll let you know more details about everything once semester is over. I'm incredibly busy until then gonk There's stretching Scripture ... then there's streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetching Scripture. xp
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:15 am
hilaroma Ashram McDuck Streamjumper Ashram McDuck So ... haven't told a lot of people this ... but I'm in the midst of making a decision concerning where I'm going with life after my current contract ends. After looking over the course of the last few years of my life, I am faced with many options, many directions to go ... but the three that stand at the top are as follows: 1. A position in publishing &/or editting 2. Professorship 3. A position in animation/comic distribution &/or critiquing/reviewing Currently, I am in the middle of writing a Cover Letter that I plan on sending to various companies. If I can get my hands on the names of the presidents/vice presidents of various companies, I plan on sending, snail-mail style, my credentials. The tricky part is wording myself in a way to show most of these companies that, while they don't have any positions available for me to see, that is not going to detour me. So when is your contract up? Beginning of July. 3nodding No more Nipponz? sad At this current point in time, yes.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:52 am
Chrysant Chocolate skittles must taste like death... confused They do. Stream brought some home for us to try, and we both agreed that they sucked.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:53 am
3.14 Chrysant Chocolate skittles must taste like death... confused
I've heard they taste like tootsie rolls.
[...do they have tootsie rolls in teh UK?]Maybe a little bit, but tootsie rolls taste much better. And for the record, I don't like tootsie rolls all that much.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:11 am
iBarty So...we're supposed to be getting that foot of snow today. My mom doesn't think it'll happen, but who knows. I mean, there was a year when we had a really bad ice storm in April and the power was out for days. It's possible, so I guess we'll see. I kind of hope it does because then the buses will stop running and I won't have to go to work. But, on the other hand..if it does snow and it isn't a lot I'll have to go. I'm just..dreading next week. I don't have one day off unless you count the Sunday coming up. The week after though, I only have like 12 hours. It sucks, but the 31 hour work week makes up for that I suppose. But still, why can't she just schedule me more eight hours instead of spreading it out to four or more every day. I'm really getting pissed off with the closing shifts too. I'm getting sick of it all. I want to quit, but I can't... The unemployment rate is really high right now because of all the businesses closing in the area ******** to bed now. I'm still keeping watch out for other jobs but..no one is really hiring here. My mom says to wait another month or so and they probably will. Take a look at temp agencies. Not only do a lot of them have part time but regularly scheduled positions as well as full time ones, but some companies just flat out pay temp agencies to handle their hiring for them. Also, you'll have the chance to try out a few different types of job and build experience/find out what you really want to do/try new things. And even if you just get stuck in some temporary light industrial job, you'll at least be building a good job work history and pulling in better money than you are right now. 35-40 hours a week of 9-10$ an hour has gotta be better than what you're getting now.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:20 am
Zero Omega Twistyd I hate unsecured hours, it really ******** up your ability to plan for s**t.
Plus working without breaks ends up doing your head in. D: I worked full time @ Starbucks over the summer holidays and I went crazyyy. Especially when my days off kept getting pushed back. Crazy? Try being Starbucks Manager. domokun gonk Crazy? You should hear some of the calls that come into the front desk at a Regional office for the Department of Public Heath servicing the Western Half of Massachusetts. The pace is slower, but it totally recalibrated my weirdness scale... and I thought I had seen it all after my days working at Hollywood Video (you would not believe how ******** up people get when dealing with their entertainment... especially when it comes to handling their excessive late fees or when they can't get the particular movie they want). The conspiracy nuts make for some interesting conversations while I try to get them to let me know what division or bureau I need to patch them through to. On the bright side, it is amusing enough not to get boring, and the benefits I'll be getting now that I'm officially hired will be damn good. That's right, bitches; Teh Gator is now a Massachusetts state Bureaucrat.
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:50 am
So, I'm driving home from work this morning, and my Check Engine light comes on. I calll Stream, and he tells me to go to this auto parts store and have them use their diagnostic machine to see what the problem is. I get a little printout and everything. Now, to find a mechanic. The place I want to go to is booked up (they're good, that's why), so I try the Firestone that's nearby.
I hand the guy the slip, and the counter shark tells me that the slip doesn't tell them anything, that they need to run a full diagnostic and it would cost $109.
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WTF!? I smell a scam. So i went home because I worked all night and am very tired.
My poor car... crying
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:52 am
RaeRae Rave Zero Omega Twistyd Zero Omega Twistyd I hate unsecured hours, it really ******** up your ability to plan for s**t.
Plus working without breaks ends up doing your head in. D: I worked full time @ Starbucks over the summer holidays and I went crazyyy. Especially when my days off kept getting pushed back. Crazy? Try being Starbucks Manager. domokun gonk I was a kiosk manager, used to work at a Starbucks inside of a Safeway/Vons. Crazy s**t nonetheless. gonk Try sitting in a chair being bored like crap all day while drinking coffee at city hall, that's horrible and it makes your brain freeze. burning_eyes
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