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[Stars]

Our old house never had a fully closed off fence. There was eventually a fence along one side that our neighbors built, and my dad built a low section of fence for plants to grow around, but that was easily circumvented.

- Classes started on Monday already.
- Less time for important stuff like sewing ponies.
+ Still making good progress on those.

[Kamau]

Yay progress!

We have a fenced in yard, but only because we and the neighbors all worked together to put it up.

- Work called at 9:24 asking if I could start my shift at 11
+/- That's a new record!
- 2 and a half hour commute. Aka not happening.
+ So they offered first-hour lunch, shift start at 1
- I didn't feel right turning them down after all that effort
+ So I said yes
+/- And I secretly wanted to go to work today anyway
- Though by now I feel guilty about that
++/- Missing my cousin's 1st birthday party (at a restaurant)
- Missing hanging out with Grandma ):

I just hope they keep the shift ending at 7... I'm all for giving me the required 8-hour day (seriously. It marks me as an "unexplained absence" if it's any less), but I'm pretty much doing you guys a favor at this point... Cut me some slack. ): Guess we'll see when I get there.

Update: + Only scheduled till 7
- Only getting paid till 7

XD Guess it was too much to hope that they'd "appreciate what I was doing" and pay me for the 8th hour anyway. Oh wellllll.

[kspr]

+moved into a totally sweet house that's easily the best house on the block
-girlfriend's crazy cat lady mom moved in
--and brought 12 cats
---and her stupid bitch sister
----and all her bullshit first world mental problems that would get her stoned to death in ANY other country

[Puffin]

++ Started my painting class today! :D I am super excited, since I have actually had little to no formal training in painting and I cannot wait to actually learn something in one of these art classes.

- Ordinary oil paints aren't allowed in my painting class because they're too difficult to clean without using solvent, which is apparently bad for the school's drainage system (I guess it makes sense, I never knew that myself and never had any issue with plumbing as a result, but that's one person occasionally, rather than tons everyday).

----- Just had to pay way too much money to have water miscible oil paints shipped to my house in time for my painting class because there is not a single actual art store within reasonable distance, only shitty craft stores that only carry the most basic of art supplies and over charge you for them. >:(

------- Cannot stop being paranoid that someplace just might have carried them anyway and I just didn't look well enough and wasted all of that money.

[Glaciermage]

That sucks Puffin. I'm sure it is money well spent, though. Your painting looked incredible to me already. I can only imagine after you've had the class. I highly doubt a local store would have those paints.

I assume you tried amazon? http://www.amazon.co...aw/d/B003H2MS8K

[Puffin]

Oh I got the paints already. It just was kind of a stab to my wallet. >.> Though looking at amazon the paints themselves appear to be a bit more expensive than where I ordered them from, so glad I didn't try that first. XD

[kspr]

------ "oh hey, it's 9 degrees outside, i should rush out the door and hide under the thorn bush because i'm a stupid" said my idiot cat at 10pm.....

+got a cheap bottle of rum and that's the only redeeming factor of the day.

[Stars]

--- I have been standing all day, and my feet hate me right now.

[Xteven Xavier]

++ I went to Karaoke tonight

--I only got to sing 6 songs between 9pm-2am

+I kick ass at "No Rest for the Wicked"

----- There was virtually no crowd to bounce my energy off of, so I was feeling pretty Lathargic

+++I felt better after singing "Tears in heaven"

++ Much better, it seemed to open up the night.

[lazlo falconi]

+Got the day off yesterday
-Because I worked a 31 hour shift the day(s?) before.

[lazlo falconi]

+Finally got my orders to get out of this hellhole


-Get out by Monday...

[Monkeydog]

/>+Finally got my orders to get out of this hellhole


-Get out by Monday...

I saw. That's stupid and terrible. I'm sorry.

[Stars]

--- Stuck on a highway shoulder with a flat tire while it's snowing.
- Missed a quiz in the class I was driving to.
+ AAA is being faster than usual. They called me back as I was typing this post. :p

[Monkeydog]

-------- I've been slowly dying for like a week.
++ But today I feel better!
----- But dying got me behind on a lot of things I wanted to get done.

but oh well, meh.

++++ With the combination of my new job + tax returns + other things. I am going to have a lot of money this month. I'm excited. I hope I don't blow it like I probably will oh god don't let me.

[toysintheattic]

/>-------- I've been slowly dying for like a week.
++ But today I feel better!
----- But dying got me behind on a lot of things I wanted to get done.

but oh well, meh.

++++ With the combination of my new job + tax returns + other things. I am going to have a lot of money this month. I'm excited. I hope I don't blow it like I probably will oh god don't let me.

What's your new job? Also, don't die.

[Monkeydog]

/>

++++++++++++++++ I GOT A NEW JOB!


It's a commute (it's in Fresno, I live near Merced, for anyone who knows stuff about California). But it's also a bit more money than Starbucks and it's programming. I'm excited.

Congrats! What specifically will you be required to do?

I work here now (or will be):
http://www.decipherinc.com/n/

They specialize in making web surveys and getting market data for companies. My job would basically just to do the overflow work of the more senior programmers. They specialize in Python, which I'll need to learn, but it doesn't sound too hard. And either way, first three weeks is training so it won't be bad.

^
That one.

[Monkeydog]

+++ New job is going pretty good! I think!

---------- 9 hour work day + 2 hour commute both ways = very little time to do anything and no sleep. It's basically half my time devoted to work (driving, working, getting ready). And yeah. blargh.

++ Getting to listen to a lot of This American Life

[kspr]

+pretty snow
++not so cold
-----power is out

[Monkeydog]

+++ Work is going pretty well!
----------------------------------- Bee's car died. I really don't have a way to get there now.
--- Luckily (?) it broke down right next to her house and not on my commute.
----------- I already have to take a day off because of this.
- Sigh

[Puffin]

++ I'm posting this from my new netbook, which came today! :D