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Yep… another post for me to stall finishing the pharmacy blog. Just thought I’d share this bit of amusement… Those of us who are in debt (like myself) might consider giving this a try.

Sorry to those of you who have been looking forward to me finishing the pharmacy blog post, as well as those of you who are looking forward to other posts by me… I promise I will try to finish part 2 as soon as I can, I have just been too busy and tired lately to bother… but I promise I have alot to say! So much so that I might have to split it all into three or more parts.

Keep checking though, I just might surprise you!

So, here’s something about myself I haven’t really posted about yet…

Well, first of all I’ve moved to Ahoskie, NC. A podunk town in rural northeastern North Carolina.

Second thing is, I quit my job at the SEO company and now I”m working in Rite Aid Pharmacy here as a pharmacy clerk (hopefully tech soon…), an interesting little career move for me, which looks like it might be lucrative (maybe not, as much as being governor of Alaska might…)

So the point of this post is to list my experiences and gripes so far with this new job… and I especially would love if pharmacy customers would read this… (note that this is pretty much random ramblings, so it will probably feel somewhat out of order.)
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I like to play chess, so I found this amusing:

Hi, those of you that still read this will be glad to know I am still alive… I just upgreaded to Wordpress 2.6.2 and it’s freakin’ sweet. I have something in store for this site now that I will hopefully have some free time to work on it, among other fun projects I am pursuing. Stay tuned and I will be discussing them here, along with other things that come across my mind.

Well, I had been trying to write a new blog here for a while, but I could never find the time! I can’t believe it’s been OCTOBER since I’ve written anything though! Crazy! Well, here’s a new post, I don’t have much to say but I’d love to try to get around to updating this more often. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy whatever you celebreate, Happy birthday Jesus, and a Happy New Year!

Here’s a link of funny re-enactments of that favorite orange fat cat who eats alot. It’s also a dedication to corporate comic strip god Jim Davis. I’m afraid they are mostly funny under at least one of the following conditions:

• It is late at night
• You are high
• You are contemplating suicide
• You are the dictator of North Korea
• You lack a brainstem

Remember…

Garfield is a big orange cat who doesn’t like eating cat food, but likes eating human food instead.

Now I will return to the meaningless void that is my life until next time.

OK, so that’s not the Uncle Pennybags graphic I wanted to use, but I couldn’t find the one where he’s pulling his pockets inside out, that would better explain my situation. Thanks to jX for finding the right image for me! And no, I’m not broke, I got enough to get me by until my next paycheck, and I had a big argument on the phone with a HSBC rep (For my Best Buy card). I think two of my biggest mistakes in the past couple years was getting a Best Buy card and a Sears Mastercard. I used to be able to pay them off fine, but ever since I moved into a more expensive apartment they’ve had to go to the wayside a bit so I can take care of the more important bills. I used to be able to make $40 or $50 more than the minimum on each card (which for the Sears card would keep my balance low, and they would increase my credit limit, which fell me into the trap of “ooh, I can spend more”). Right now I’m trying to work with these guys to get it paid off as painlessly as possible, but it seems like they give you very few options, and the past couple people I spoke with gave me incorrect information. Oh, and NEVER EVER do checks over the phone. It doesn’t work, even if they waive the fee, don’t do it. Learned that the hard way.

Anyway, the plan is once I pay off the Best Buy card, I’m cancelling it, and once i pay off the Sears card I’ll either cancel it too, or keep it for emergency situation. Although I may cancel it and get a card through my bank instead (Especially since it can be used as an overdraft protection backup). It’s nice to have a backup, but these fees are killing me and I’ve got to worry about other things.

Such as learning to drive. Yeah, I can’t seem to be able to get this done. It seems very few people want to help me with this, but I got a few options, it’s just whether I can depend on them or not… and that’s the hard part.

More to come…

Wordpress upgraded (Manually, since I don’t trust dreamhost’s automatic thingy to keep my plugins intact). I also cleaned up / upgraded many plugins, seems alot faster. Another excuse for me to tinker around with stuff.

UPDATE: For example, it appears I am tinkering with the theme, but it doesn’t seem to be doing what I want! I’m planning on creating a new theme (sorry for those who like the theme I was using, it just wasn’t doing it for me!) from the ground-up, something widget-aware and great-looking that I can make a release out of! Possibly based on my somewhat-popular Windstorm theme. But I am not too worried about it, and am more interested in getting some actual content… including a few of my first reviews…

I’ve been thinking of what to put on the site, and I want to do reviews for one thing (video games, albums primarily) but I will put other random stuff on here too. I just can’t find the time or the interest to do it. See, I work a full-time job doing website development. Which is great, but by the time I get home I’ve kind of lost interest doing it as a hobby. I mean, I can get on it for about an hour or so, but after that I’ll just fire up a game, or a video or something. Well, I’m trying to change that… so we’ll see. I know I’ve promised 767 763 times to put something new on this site, and it hasn’t happened, but I want to change my attitude and I’m trying to change my life. So getting passionate about something will help me do that.

Oh, and when I get a car, I plan on buying it from these guys:

WARNING: Not safe for work, or for children, or for old ladies. Has foul foul language! Will probably make your computer cry! !***NSFW***! You have been warned, so don’t come bitching at me about it.

Hi there. Not much going on. I did make a few screenshots of my linux desktop. I may put them on flickr, who knows? Anyway, I’m trying to add actual content to this site, but it’s slow going and hasn’t exactly been a priority.

Well, here they are:

Running Windows XP under VirtualBox with seamless integration
Desktop
System monitor. I need more RAM :(

Oh, and my system specs:

AMD Athlon X2 2.0GHz
1.0GB DDR2-800 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7300GS
320GB HDD (Ubuntu Linux)
160GB HDD (Windows XP)

For new stuff on this site. If you’re still paying attention. Wha? Why did I say “Also” when there was nothing preceding it. Weird. Anyway, this isn’t a promise that there will be changes but I want to do something with this site instead of throwing my money down the drain on the hosting.

Well, like Corey Hart says, we should Never Surrender. And you have to believe him. He seems to be really passionate about… whatever. I mean, can’t you tell with those overly bombastic processed drum effects and the random sax solo?

Now, it’s been going on for a little while now, but here is th final setlist for the 2007 Genesis European tour, followed by my comments

• Behind the Lines / Duke’s End / Turn It On Again
• No Son Of Mine
• Land of Confusion
• In The Cage / The Cinema Show / Duke’s Travels / Afterglow
• Hold on My Heart
• Home by the Sea / Second Home By The Sea
• Follow You Follow Me
• Firth of Fifth / I Know What I Like
• Mama
• Ripples
• Throwing It All Away
• Domino
• Drum Duet / Los Endos
• Tonight, Tonight, Tonight / Invisible Touch
• I Can’t Dance
• Carpet Crawlers

A good setlist, I suppose. But a little disappointing. I mean, why isn’t “That’s All” on there? Couldn’t they replace that horrid “Hold on My Heart” with that instead? It’s a classic. Well, maybe it’ll show up on the American leg of the tour, because I know “Mama” was alot more popular over there. I am glad to see some of the good choices from the classic era: “In The Cage”, “Carpet Crawlers” (A pretty good song to close the show with), “I Know What I Like” is mandatory. I’m rather intrigued by the “Behind The Lines / Duke’s End / Turn It on Again” medley. What a strange idea, but I haven’t seen it so it might work well, they’re decent pieces of music.

Let’s run through some the other choices: “No Son of Mine” is a favorite, as is “Land of Confusion”. “Duke’s Travels”… okay, I guess the crowds nowadays like the 8 minutes of instrumental bombast. “Afterglow”… more like Aftersnooze. “Home by the Sea” oooh, big deal. The second half is still really boring, I can’t imagine they’ve done anything to improve it. “Follow You Follow Me” GREAT SONG! And they included the whole version instead of a short part in the old medley. And I hear Phil plays drums while singing on this one. What a treat! Anyway, “Firth of Fifth”, “I Know What I Like” classics, of course. “Mama” is always a crowd-pleaser, and I’m sure Phil is still good at those HA-HAs! “Ripples” is an unusual choice. Good song, but I don’t expect too many people to really care for it. “Throwing It All Away” probably still includes that annoying chant shtick (Well, I kinda like it.) “Domino”… ooh, big surprise there. I know the crowds love this performance. “Drum Duet” of course, with Phil and Chester Thompson battling out again… and then into “Los Endos” which I can enjoy. Ahh looks like they shorten “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” again and transition it into “Invisible Touch” again this time. Phooey. “I Can’t Dance” is another great pop song, and underrated by many of those who didn’t like Genesis’ turn to pop. And it closes with the classic “Carpet Crawlers”. So that’s an interesting setlist, but I’m waiting to see the American version and hopefully they’ll get smart and drop “Hold on My Heart” and add “That’s All”.

Well, it’s over. The immigration amnesty bill died in the senate today, thanks to the people who bothered to speak out against it, much to the chagrin to those in Washington… which depresses me, since THEY represent US. Yet, they want to pass something that is not wanted by the majority of the people in this nation. Quite sad to see Bush trying to push this through, and see people like Trent Lott and Lindsay Graham(nesty) trash conservative talk radio. And liberal democrats are looking to reinstate the (un)fairness doctrine. Quite scary, but that’s for another post.

Now that this is DRT it’s time to find a REAL solution to the immigration problem, Mr. President. How about finishing that fence we were promised? How about doubling or tripling the border guard to help stop the illegals from crossing our border? Just a thought.