Frosty

From Wendy's

While I was a poor unemployed degenerate I was (obviously) forced to give up eating out.

I had forgotten the sublime chocolatey pleasure of the Wendy's Frosty desert drink. Now I get them a couple times a week.

I get one on my way into work (either by itself or with a Spicy Chicken Sandwich) the ride lets it melt a little, so by the time I am ready to partake it is partially liquified. The spoon is fine, and I do use it, but taking a long slooow drink of still chilled chocolate is mana from heaven. Espesially now that summer has officially begun, the cooling effect of the Frosty along with the perfection that is chocolate fills me with indescribable[sic] bliss...

You should try one.

It all finally shakes out

I forgot how much effort goes into living a real life.

During my six+ months of unemployment I got used to sitting on my duff all day (and all night) screwing around on the internet or watching TV. It is convenient to surf for job oportunities but reinforces a lazy attitude about scheduling...

Now that I am once again employed, I find myself with too few hours in the day. And this is only a part time job, imagine if I were trying to live around a real career!

The good news is that I am now beginning to get back into the swing of things, and manage my time better. No more pointless internet surfing (or at least not as much) ; )

Of course I am still supposedly looking for that 'career' job, but just now I feel there is enough on my plate. I never was one for thinking about the future.


Maybe I should think about that?

Work Sucks

Irony, people! Can you dig it?

What really sucks is that my employer runs on a two week payment cycle, and I was hired at the beginning of the cycle. This means I have been working for two weeks already and we have just come to the end of the pay cycle... and administrative delays result in the actual payday being on the 5th!

That's right - two more weeks (about) before I get my first paycheck!!

Nothing like working for a month without pay...

JoyJob!

I have finally achieved the glory that is Gainful Employment!

I have been out of work for about six months, but that is all over now. My place of employment is actually the very same Library I was working in as a Student Worker. I technically took over the job of my old supervisor, even though the position is now part time...

Well it was part time when she started too, so maybe I'll be able to turn it back to full time.



And meanwhile ANYTHING is better than unemployment.

I am the LAW!!

...and as Shakespeare tells us; the law is an ass.

Last night I stayed up late (until about 11:00am) and therefore was asleep this afternoon when my friends called to see if we were going to game today. Because I was tired (read: sleeping) at the time and in kind of a funk over some recent issues with the game, (I seem to be running a different kind of game than my players want to play...) I wussed out and canceled the game.

I am a jerk.

I don't want to scrap this game as I have so many in the past, but I fear that we are not enjoying it as much as we should. And that is the reason we play these games in the first place; to have fun!

I am currently doing some soul searching about the direction I should be trying for and hopefully I can get myself back on track...

You can't argue with a WebQuiz!

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Superman 75% Spider-Man 60% Supergirl 47% Robin 44% Green Lantern 40% Batman 40% Hulk 35% Catwoman 30% The Flash 30% Iron Man 20% Wonder Woman 17%

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Out of time

I owe my first payment on my student loans near the end of this month. I am, however, still unemployed!

This sucks, as you may imagine. I also have credit card bills which are accruing interest as I sit here applying for one position after another...

In the realm of good news; I am going to have another interview this week. This one is at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. I would be working in their campus library. It sounds like a very similar job to the one I had whilst a student, therefore I am particularly confident. It only pays a little more than what I was recieving then, but it is a full time position, so that's good.

Here's hopping!

Nostalgia

I was playing around on Google Earth the other day and began looking at some of the places I was stationed durring my Navy days. In the areas of highest resolution I can usually pick out the house I lived in as well as a variety of locations around the base and some in the town.

Then I looked at Naval Recruit Training Center, San Diego - My Boot Camp. There seemed to be a lot of construction going on. Then one of those little 'i' messages caught my attention. I was informed by this message that RTC San Diego had been closed.

For some reason this made me very sad.

I don't have very many good memories of the place (it was boot camp after all), but I do remember some of the sailors I trained with and the sense of comradrie we shared. It brought back memories of my whole time in the Navy some of them good, and some of them bad.

I guess everybody feels it from time to time. Something sets you to remembering and even the memories of times you didn't enjoy living through make you a little wistful. Thats what nostalgia is about I guess, looking back and convincing yourself everything was better then.

In the (never was) good ol' days...

Now I have a webpage motherf*cker, Ho Ho Ho

I have recently gotten one of those free webpages...
I am Den... of Earth!

There isn't much by way of content, but there is a little.

I don't know what else I may put up there, as a free webpage there aren't a lot of options. Well, so much for my little self-serving blog entry (hey, aren't they all?)



By the way the title comes from 'Die Hard'

Proprietary Blogging?

A close friend of mine (Richard!) and I were having a conversation recently, and at the conclusion (or thereabouts) he called 'dibs' on it.

This act imparted two related concepts to me. Item number one: that it is possible to call 'dibs' on purely conceptual aspects of existence.

I have always thought of blogging as a fairly referential activity; that is, every blog is about something else. To my mind that 'something else' included other blogs. Everything was fair game and (with proper references) nobody could get too upset and go all 'territorial'.

That, obviously, is not the case.

Which brings us to item number two: I need to be more aggressive in claiming my blogging territory!

Therefore; from this day forward I place a claim on any and all aspects of my life, regardless of the presence or absence of other parties, which may be interpreted by those participating, observing, or learning of it by other means, as 'cool' 'keen', 'neat' or any reasonable derivitive thereof as the sole and continuing provenance of ME! Any violation of this claim, by any means whether intentional or otherwise shall be dealt with via bitch-slapping, legal action or both as deemed appropriate on a case by case basis.

Do you think that would stand up in 'Guy Court'?




(by the way, what's the expiration period on 'dibs'?)

Countries I have visited.

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A Map of the Countries I have visited.



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And a close up of Europe...