Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A job?
My life the past few weeks has been sort of a whirlwind.
After applying for over 100 jobs over two+ months, I was called back by the first job I applied for when we got back from tour in November. I am now the stock manager of Diesel on Newbury Street in Boston. Its a great job. I make my own hours, take my breaks whenever I want, listen to whatever music I want, get great benefits, a bunch of free clothes, and best of all I work with (mostly) genuinely nice people. So far I've gotten around $600 in clothes for free, its kind of nice. I work 32-40 hours a week and never work weekends. So instead of commuting from Rhode Island, which would be ridiculous, my friends invited me into their house.
The house we all live at now was built and rebuilt a few times, so in my favor there is a hallway that leads nowhere. I am making the coziest nook ever in my hallway. Its most definitely small, but I feel better about not living in Rhode Island and and its way more gratifying living on my own. Besides I get to chill with Tay pretty much every night.
I only have $26 in my bank account right now. That has to last me until my checks clear from this week. I hope they clear before Jeff's birthday on Thursday. It might get a little wild. I am eating rice and chick peas for days.
Lets go to The Model this weekend and get Makers Manhattans or go to Crazy Dough and get $4 PBR pitchers. Let a friend know.
After applying for over 100 jobs over two+ months, I was called back by the first job I applied for when we got back from tour in November. I am now the stock manager of Diesel on Newbury Street in Boston. Its a great job. I make my own hours, take my breaks whenever I want, listen to whatever music I want, get great benefits, a bunch of free clothes, and best of all I work with (mostly) genuinely nice people. So far I've gotten around $600 in clothes for free, its kind of nice. I work 32-40 hours a week and never work weekends. So instead of commuting from Rhode Island, which would be ridiculous, my friends invited me into their house.
The house we all live at now was built and rebuilt a few times, so in my favor there is a hallway that leads nowhere. I am making the coziest nook ever in my hallway. Its most definitely small, but I feel better about not living in Rhode Island and and its way more gratifying living on my own. Besides I get to chill with Tay pretty much every night.
I only have $26 in my bank account right now. That has to last me until my checks clear from this week. I hope they clear before Jeff's birthday on Thursday. It might get a little wild. I am eating rice and chick peas for days.
Lets go to The Model this weekend and get Makers Manhattans or go to Crazy Dough and get $4 PBR pitchers. Let a friend know.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Bands that start with M that you should know.
Make Do and Mend - Bodies Of Water
The Maple State - Say Scientist
Memorial - Creative Process/Berlin
M83 - M83
Merauder - Master Killer
Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso
Moscow Olympics - Cut The World
Mutyumu - Il y a
The Maple State - Say Scientist
Memorial - Creative Process/Berlin
M83 - M83
Merauder - Master Killer
Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso
Moscow Olympics - Cut The World
Mutyumu - Il y a
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Winning poker tournaments on Christmas Day...
...is a great way to start.
My Dad told me this morning that he wants to celebrate Christmas on January 5th. Its his way of saying he forgot to shop. He's always tried to be a philanthropist.
In related news, I am going to my Mom's now. Two pairs of socks and a Kenny G CD here I come. "He's a great musician, and I know you'd appreciate it!" I do Mom, I really do.
I got the mail yesterday to get my new license, but to my elation I also found another rejection for a credit card, and a nice bill from another medical institute. I am reminded again that I don't have health insurance and should never go to the hospital, and never break a bone.
Did you know freeze-dried coffee has half the caffeine of drip coffee? I started drinking freeze-dried coffee in Australia because it was more convenient. Its nice to know I am not fusing my body with too much of caffeine all day. Maybe I'll calm down one day and use decaf once in a while.
I'm still convinced Karma is on my side from the other night, lets see how things pan out.
My Dad told me this morning that he wants to celebrate Christmas on January 5th. Its his way of saying he forgot to shop. He's always tried to be a philanthropist.
In related news, I am going to my Mom's now. Two pairs of socks and a Kenny G CD here I come. "He's a great musician, and I know you'd appreciate it!" I do Mom, I really do.
I got the mail yesterday to get my new license, but to my elation I also found another rejection for a credit card, and a nice bill from another medical institute. I am reminded again that I don't have health insurance and should never go to the hospital, and never break a bone.
Did you know freeze-dried coffee has half the caffeine of drip coffee? I started drinking freeze-dried coffee in Australia because it was more convenient. Its nice to know I am not fusing my body with too much of caffeine all day. Maybe I'll calm down one day and use decaf once in a while.
I'm still convinced Karma is on my side from the other night, lets see how things pan out.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
I am NOT a PC.
So my Desktop computer crashed a few days ago... and it's been my problem to fix for the last few days. If you know me well, you know I'm always fixing something, even if it's not worth it.
So I had to reinstall Windows XP Home Edition on it. Which I did after I found the right CDs, but not before searching every inch of my room for them. I dusted them off and after like 10 attempts, the status bar just went from 60% to 75% then back to 60%. Too bad MS-DOS doesn't tell you when its rated for finishing a a document so fast it just switches from 60% to 75% and back again huh? So instead of lighting the computer on fire and throwing it out the window, I gave up hope for awhile. I watched some Iron Chef, made some rice and beans, and enjoyed the crazy Moon, Venus, Jupiter setup there was in the sky last night. When I came back the Welcome screen was open with no users entered. I was enthralled.
So I made a new user, signed in and finally got through to the main Windows XP desktop interface. There was a shitty background and a Recycle Bin and thats it. Oof. Everything I've had since 1998 was on this computer and it was wiped clean because it did an Automatic Update. Thanks Microsoft. Coming through in the clutch. Old papers, pictures, programs, music, and anything else, gone. Needless to say I was pumped.
I pretty much gave up on this computer a long time ago, but I did work for my father on it for awhile because there are better free Web Developers for Windows then Mac (although Dreamweaver trumps them all). When it decided to give up, I also decided to give up on it and give it to my Dad as an early Christmas present. He loves doing nothing with computers, but I don't. Although, he would need internet capabilities on it. All the network drivers were obviously erased and I couldn't connect to the internet, right? I went searching through the files to see if they were hidden or corrupt or anything of use. I looked at the data space left on the hard drive for some reason and it said 20.8 of 55.8 gigabytes were used. I thought to myself 'There is no fucking way that my shit is still on here, but how the fuck does an OS take up 20 gigabytes?' Well I was wrong. After some more searching and uncovering hidden folders, there was my entire User Interface, circa 1998. So I start in on finding my network card which I do find. But since I installed another Windows XP on the computer, it won't read the old files, only the new ones. Cue: Mind blown. I have all the necessary drivers, equipment, and files to run my computer exactly the same as before, but the computer itself won't recognize it because it doesn't think it exists. Microsoft makes money on peoples laziness, and producing seemingly insurmountable problems like this. Too bad I don't have a job and don't have the money to give this problem to someone else to fix this. No more money to you from me, Bill.
The PC/Windows era is quickly coming to an end. Microsoft will stop making computers and shitty operating systems as soon as people stop buying them. So please, for my (and your future) peace of mind, buy a Mac.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
What's on my mind?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_superposition
Reading about any part of quantum mechanics is interesting to me. Half of it doesn't make sense, but the other half is mind blowing. I think I might have to re establish my course of studies when I go back to school.
Rhode Island's unemployment rate is the highest in the US, at 10%. Fuck me. I need a job. I might start bidding on small public contracts and just undersell myself and work super long hours. I don't mind at all. I should be working as hard as my father and grandfather did at this point in my life. I feel kind of ashamed not having a full time job, and being able to take care of myself better, and the people around me.
Federal legislature is apparently going to be putting a tax on living animals on production farms. Much like how Massachusetts has a bottle and can fee on alcohol, 5 cents a can or bottle, there will be a nominal fee on every production animal. But I'm not sure if this will affect my fathers farm or not, since we are essentially a non-producing farm (our cows are pets and they just chill till they die). Whether it affects me personally or not, its scary to think about the repercussions of this...
This will be the first Thanksgiving I am not spending on my farm. It ultimately doesn't matter to me, I guess it's just the nostalgia of the past few Thanksgiving dinners there that is getting under my skin. Its better off this way I suppose. I don't know where I'll be for Thanksgiving this year. 'I'm a loner dottie, a rebel.'
I am really glad I finished the Sopranos. It took a while, and wasted some of my time, maybe too much. Phil got it, but so did Chris and Bobby. Sil is in a coma. I had already seen the last episode, but didn't know the ramifications of everything that was implied and not. Great way to end the series even though it did leave me hanging. It wasn't as rushed as The Wire, which I'm glad about. But this is the problem I have with HBO series. They have some of the most magnificent shows ever written, with the most intricate plots and characters, but they end up trying to tie everything up so quickly and waste time on seemingly unimportant issues. Who cares about Vito going to New Hampshire and finding a gay fireman to live with for two weeks? Nobody did, or will. I just hope they don't rush Entourage off the list. I hate that I have such big opinions on Television already, after not watching any for half a year.
But I would love to see The Great Gatsby remade with Vinnie Chase as Nick Carraway.
I have a few books to read tomorrow. Until then its Dean Martin and a glass of red.
Reading about any part of quantum mechanics is interesting to me. Half of it doesn't make sense, but the other half is mind blowing. I think I might have to re establish my course of studies when I go back to school.
Rhode Island's unemployment rate is the highest in the US, at 10%. Fuck me. I need a job. I might start bidding on small public contracts and just undersell myself and work super long hours. I don't mind at all. I should be working as hard as my father and grandfather did at this point in my life. I feel kind of ashamed not having a full time job, and being able to take care of myself better, and the people around me.
Federal legislature is apparently going to be putting a tax on living animals on production farms. Much like how Massachusetts has a bottle and can fee on alcohol, 5 cents a can or bottle, there will be a nominal fee on every production animal. But I'm not sure if this will affect my fathers farm or not, since we are essentially a non-producing farm (our cows are pets and they just chill till they die). Whether it affects me personally or not, its scary to think about the repercussions of this...
This will be the first Thanksgiving I am not spending on my farm. It ultimately doesn't matter to me, I guess it's just the nostalgia of the past few Thanksgiving dinners there that is getting under my skin. Its better off this way I suppose. I don't know where I'll be for Thanksgiving this year. 'I'm a loner dottie, a rebel.'
I am really glad I finished the Sopranos. It took a while, and wasted some of my time, maybe too much. Phil got it, but so did Chris and Bobby. Sil is in a coma. I had already seen the last episode, but didn't know the ramifications of everything that was implied and not. Great way to end the series even though it did leave me hanging. It wasn't as rushed as The Wire, which I'm glad about. But this is the problem I have with HBO series. They have some of the most magnificent shows ever written, with the most intricate plots and characters, but they end up trying to tie everything up so quickly and waste time on seemingly unimportant issues. Who cares about Vito going to New Hampshire and finding a gay fireman to live with for two weeks? Nobody did, or will. I just hope they don't rush Entourage off the list. I hate that I have such big opinions on Television already, after not watching any for half a year.
But I would love to see The Great Gatsby remade with Vinnie Chase as Nick Carraway.
I have a few books to read tomorrow. Until then its Dean Martin and a glass of red.
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