3-30-03
I have such interesting days sometimes. Lets see, today I have put 200 miles on my car, been pulled over by a state trooper, eaten enough Krispy Kreme donuts to make me sick, and had my last table of the evening at work leave me a note on the table that says the following (all typos were originally in this handwritten note): "You first umpression is your best. God all ways looking." Now, just to clarify, I added both the periods in there to seperate that into what I assume are two seperate thoughts. I must say, I'm impressed. For two sentence fragments, thats a fuckload of grammatical errors. And apparently impression begins with a "U" now. I must have missed that memo. Anyway, that was left for me this evening by my final table of the night, a table of three single black women, each with a child. All night, I had numerous compliments on my service, and this table sent for the manager to tell him I was "rude" before I even had the drinks out to the table. Now, for those of you who dont know the order of things, the FIRST thing you do when you greet a table is get their drinks. I was rather impressed with myself, I don't think I've ever managed to piss off a table so quickly without doing anything. Oh yeah, that note was left with a total of $1.40 in tip for two of the womens tabs (which came to about $40, total). For those of you keeping score at home, thats approximately a %4 tip. FOUR PERCENT. The tip for "average" service is supposed to be 15% of your meal. Yeah, I'm not bitter. Not at all. What a day.
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3-27-03
So, I bought the new Linkin Park cd, and its the way CD's should be. Came with a 40 page booklet with lyrics to every song and a story behind each one, the video for "Somewhere I belong" and a 20 minute video on the art of the CD. PLUS a bonus DVD with a 40 minute "making of" video. Its just the shit. Its not as good as their first cd, but its still the shit. Anyway, I'm healthy now, which is GREAT. Its been like 10 days since I've felt good and I'm really happy about it. I actually have tons to talk about, but I'm far too lazy to do it, so I'm going to leave you with me talking out of my ass to a friend of mine's away message. Night.
Z019815 (12:44:48 AM): can I be "Vinny", the rought hit man with a heart of gold?
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Z019815 (12:48:03 AM): we can have a great show, it will run on the wb
Z019815 (12:48:30 AM): "Vinny & the Don: Jersey Rangers"
Z019815 (12:49:00 AM): (of course I get first billing, I'm the one the ladies love)
Z019815 (12:49:51 AM): we journey from town to town on a motorcycle, righting wrongs and setting up illegal gambling rings
Z019815 (12:50:25 AM): and I attempt to go straight and not kill people
Z019815 (12:50:40 AM): but continually kill people in humorous and unintentional ways
Z019815 (12:50:51 AM): until the day I accidentally blow up a schollbus of nuns
Z019815 (12:50:57 AM): and you're forced to put me down
Z019815 (12:51:05 AM): (thats when you get your own spinoff)
Z019815 (12:51:25 AM): sadly, without the attractive male lead it gets cancelled after three episodes
Z019815 (12:51:31 AM): but hey, what a hell of a run, eh?
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3-22-03
My birthday is officially concluded. Sorry its been a while since I wrote, I've been sick for six days now. SIX. DAYS. This is just not right. Anyhoo, had a much better birthday this year than last year. Last year I spent the night studying for the three tests I had the next morning and my birthday dinner consisted of helping my mom cook. This year was definately the shit. Kat took me out this afternoon and helped me resolve my lack of clothing issues. I've had a total of four pairs of jeans that are wearable for about six months now, and all four have holes that are growing. So we picked up some jeans and a couple shirts, and apparently I look "super-fly."
Who am I to argue with that? :)
Felt like ass, so we just had Arby's and cookies for dinner, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. It was nice to have a day to do whatever. Been a while since I could do that. She gave me the first season of Angel and even watched a few episodes with me tonight. I've gotta say, I can't complain.
So, I haven't worked since last Saturday night, called in for all three shifts I've had since then. Been running a fever and a few other things on and off, and I think I might now have Bronchitis and Pink-eye. Fun, eh? I'm supposed to work today at 3pm, but I dunno about that. I still have some NACHOS and some AI to do, and only two days left in break. I dunno how much longer I can continue to call into work though, I need to have SOME money coming in.
New Linkin Park is quite badass, although it feels a bit rushed, and the songs sound a bit similar. Don't let that bother you though, its still one the best CD's I've heard in a long time, and mad thanks to little Zach for the hookup a week before it hits stores.
I'm coming out against the war. My feeling is this: If I am willing to fight and/or die for whatever the cause is, then I will support war. This is my "credo." I, however, am NOT willing to be chemically gassed in the sand just so we can have lower oil prices. I understand the reasoning behind disarming this guy, I honestly do, but if we aren't going to do anything about North Korea, and the rest of the world doesn't seem to care about Saddam, then why should the US? I would really appreciate it if someone could answer that for me.
I feel like I have a lot more to say, but none of it is hollering to get out at the moment, but I'll try to write again soon.
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3-14-03
One more day. Classes tomorrow, then I'm out. Spring break. Sleep. More sleep. Possibly even more sleep. Plus projects in AI and OS, heh.
So, I'm typing this update on my shiny new Microsft Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse. I approve. The keyboard is extremely quiet and doesn't stick like my old one, and its nice to have an optical mouse again to replace the one my cat chewed through. This time, I came prepared: no cord=nothing for cat to chew through.
Pretty sharp, eh?
Lets see, I built thistoday. I think its not too shabby. Ok, its a piece of shit, but at least it fits the requirements. I also burned my first hardware instructions onto a chip in my Electrical Engineering lab. That class just keeps getting cooler. I don't think I ever mentioned that I soldered together a PC board last week, complete with diodes and a microprocessor. Its cool to build stuff. Yup, I'm a nerd.
My birthday is a week from today. I'm kind of bumming, since I won't be able to use my "but I'm just a horny teenager" excuse anymore. I'll be 20. No teenager excuses, but still can't drink (legally). Oh well, another year.
My mom wants me to get tested for diabetes. More on that one later.
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3-12-03
Angel=best show on TV. I swear it gets better every week, and always leaves me wanting more. Check it out sometime.
Psychic flash game
Brianna's artwork. She's a friend of Kat's, does some great artwork.
It was nice to take the night off tonight. My OS project was pushed off until after spring break, so I can relax a bit. Washed my car today, built some shelves, cleaned my room. Yeah, its time for me to go do Electrical Engineering homework.
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3-11-03
This is fucking asinine. Do you think everyone in France is renaming everything with "American" in front of it? Calling it "Douchebag cheese"? Is McDonald's banned? What a fucking joke. I love the hypocrites in this country, they make life so entertaining, in a frustrating, brain tumor sort of way.
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3-10-03
I desperately need to archive this stuff. Not only for February, but if you scroll down, you can see January. Yeah, I'm a bum. But hey, I'm a happy bum. You know, I'm enjoying today. I don't especially want to go to work, but its ok. Made a B on my OS exam I took Friday, which RULES. I've downloaded a shitload of Family Guy episodes recently, and I'll get to watch a lot of them over spring break (although I have snuck in a few while studying). Sarah made Matt and I brownies today! I believe the phrase would be "the shit." Thanks again yo.
I did something that may be a bit stupid, but I finally donated to club PA. I only gave ten bucks, and considering all the entertainment they've given me over the years, I think it was money well spent.
So much interesting and strange stuff has happened recently. I went to a party on Saturday night (briefly) with a bunch of old Uno's people there. It was good to see them, but I still felt so young. They were all over 21, heh. Plus they all disappeared to go get stoned, which was mad boring for me. Still though, I've missed a lot of them. I had some good times back when I worked there.
It was good to see Kat this past weekend. I can totally just relax around her, which is VERY nice, especially as hectic as its been recently. Its going to be so strange seeing her for a whole week over spring break, the last time we saw each other for more than a couple days in a row was Thanksgiving.
Oh yeah, my little sister is going to go live with my dad in his new apartment in Missouri at least through the end of the semester. More on that later, I've got to go to work.
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3-05-03
I feel tons better. Just took a four hour nap, and I just watched a brand new episode of Angel. These are good things. Granted, I'm going to be up the majority of the rest of tonight studying for the OS test on Friday and working on the AI project that was due this morning, but that's ok :)
Sarah is a real sweetie, and has joined the ranks of the people who have told me recently that my blog is too depressing. So, um, monkey.
Everyone reading this should be watching 2 TV Shows: Angel and Chappelle's show. I think Angel might be the TV show that I anticipate the most, EVER. Its good enough that I never want it to end. Check it out sometime, if you enjoy sci-fi at all you'll dig it. Chappelle's show is just plain funny as hell, I'm watching it right now. They just did a bit about sexual scandal in the world of Star Wars. Yoda's press conference=priceless.
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3-03-03
I really despise those moments when all you feel is worried, and it makes everything else hard to focus on. I'm gonna flunk AI. I can feel it. I can't afford to lose my scholarship, I'm playing all my bills and even my PARENTS bills now.
I miss my dad. He's getting an apartment in Missouri, supposedly he's going to be there another six months. I haven't seen him in about a month, and the only times he will come home will be the weekends. He'll drive back on a Friday night, which is my one night a week with Kat, stay here on Saturday, when I work 3-11pm, and leave while I'm at work Sunday morning. Its funny how you can miss someone in strange ways.
I'm really just looking for reasons to bitch. I want to bitch, I want to whine, I want to moan, and I want everything to be alright. I want to not worry about finances, I want to not worry about school, I want to not worry about my family, I want to just kick back and do what I want. I want to throw myself a pity party and let someone else fix all my problems.
Be glad I didn't talk about work and the fact that I didn't get out of there until 1am last night, among numerous other things.
This is the part where I say something witty and entertaining, and try to keep y'all from thinking that I'm tired and depressed, right? Well, too damn bad, I AM tired and depressed. The only time I've felt genuinely happy in quite a while was curling up with Kat in my arms Friday night. I'm going to just apologize in advance to anyone and everyone that I'm curt with, cause I'm in a bad mood, have been for days. Sorry.
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