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January 2006

Well, I’ve switched…

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…to Verizon Wireless, that is. And you know, for a company with a corporate logo like the horns of Satan, they are actually really nice. I spoke with five reps tonight about various things and every single one of them was polite beyond reason. And they knew their shit, as opposed to the “Uh, well…I don’t know…let me check…and transfer you…to someone else.” that I got with Cingular. While my new phone isn’t as sexy as the Nokia 7610 I had with Cingular, I am very happy with just how competent this Motorola E815 seems. Plus, now I have a GSM phone for trips to Europe and a really solid US phone for home. The best of both worlds, I’d say.

Hehehehe…

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I laughed so hard when I saw this on television while watching Will & Grace. Ready?

Children!

Run over…by their own parents!

The danger of backing out of your own driveway on Fact Finders, tonight.

Yeah, I’m seriously waiting on the edge of my seat for an exposé on the perils of putting my car in reverse. Maybe if we got little Felicity or Tucker out of the fucking driveway and paid like, oh, four seconds-worth of attention to what’s going on, this wouldn’t be a problem.

People are idiots.

Another shining example is this wonderful new trend of getting charged for things I don’t owe money for and then being told I have to wait to be credited for 7-10 business days. Clearly, I should be punished by having money I didn’t want to spend and need taken from me when a company makes a mistake. It’s total bullshit how these assholes charge first and then figure out if they were supposed to or not later. You know they only do it because there is a large enough proportion of society that doesn’t even bother to contest it. Just like how a lot of corporations give out rebates because they know people will buy things they don’t need and never get around to filling out the form. Jerks.

That’s all. Three days until Philly.

Do you see what I see?

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Here are some photos of things I stared at all day while I sat in my apartment all by myself. Enjoy ‘living’ vicariously:

This is the throw that my mom made for me, otherwise known as my favourite Xmas gift.

My newest painting, completed two nights ago.

These live on my coffee table where they obstructed my view of Serenity from half of the couch.

On the eve of things…

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In the time it took to pack and leave
he could have come to terms with his disease
But he filled his house with gasoline
and held the match for everyone to see
He cried out to the gathered crowd
“Look at what you’ve done, I hope you’re proud”
You have made a fool of me
When all I’ve ever tried to do is please
all of you, and never me

Time, it moves so slow, we’re growing old
But are we really growing up?
Things we can’t let go wrap around our throats
Until there’s nothing left to do but choke
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Well, I’m back…

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Sometimes I wonder why I need to actually go into the office. Can’t I post comments on MySpace and read the interweb from home just as well if not better? *sigh* In other words, it was a slow day at work, but that should be expected for the first week back from Xmas break.

My time at home was actually pretty good. There were a few days where my father’s PMS almost sent me packing, but he apologized for being a ridiculous ogre and things ended smoothly. I got to hang out with Angela for a brief, albeit incredibly sexy in a non-incestual kind of way, few days. We experienced the most intense passing maneuver ever executed while driving Klaus up the river hill. Thank you so much, Fifth Element soundtrack. I fucked Maggie’s brains out on a few occasions while Gail watched. It was a little weird, but what can you do? She should be giving birth to our love creature in a matter of days. Dusty introduced me to some of his Clarion cohorts at a New Year’s Eve party. I drank only the finest of Clarion tap waters and had conversation about OCD/HGTV and chinchillas with Sonya and Nick, respectively. Mainly, though, I spent time with my best friend (apparently) Ebbie while she followed my visiting around the house and neighbourhood.

Now I’m here in Bellefonte. I got an espresso maker from my lovely mother and it is fantastic. With a cappucino in hand and a belly full of spiral wheat pasta with basil pesto and mozarella, I’ve been reading Wired on the couch. I went to Wegman’s tonight since I had absolutely zero foodstuffs – which always puts me in a good mood. Also adding to my general like of life was a call from Apple today. The recruiter confirmed my 13:30 final interview on 13 January in Philadelphia. He also took the opportunity to complement me on my “fantastic presentation” and said that he’s very excited to have me be part of the team. I was still coming down off of the laughter from forgetting that tomorrow is my own birthday, so I was kinda like “Are you sure you don’t think I’m a big ‘tard?” but it felt great.

So, my favourite Xmas gift was defo my van Gogh throw that my mom made for me. What about y’all? Please comment.

*shameless*