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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
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9:50 pm - Wow!
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I just got my first invite to a con for the year 2010!!!
Booya!
(I probably have to thank one Mistah Prindiville...)
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| Friday, July 10th, 2009
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11:23 am - On Random Picture...
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| Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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5:43 pm - On Tweeting & Whatnot...
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My LJ list is D.E.D.!
Why? Because Loudtweet isn't working and nobody posts on LJ much anymore.
Fucking strange...
BTW: Go check out Geekerdome.com - IHL is being syndicated there!
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| Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
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10:56 am - On IHL....
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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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7:35 pm - On a shipment...
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7/1/2009 2:40 PM ET EDISON, NJ, US SHIPMENT ACCEPTED BY USPS
7/1/2009 3:27 AM ET RUTHERFORD, NJ, US TENDERED TO USPS
6/30/2009 2:38 AM ET RUTHERFORD, NJ, US PROCESSED
6/30/2009 1:54 AM ET RUTHERFORD, NJ, US ARRIVAL ORIGIN DHL GLOBAL MAIL FACILITY
6/29/2009 4:50 PM ET EDISON, NJ, US PICK UP
I feel as if my package is driving for the sake of driving....
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10:53 am - On IHL
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| Thursday, June 25th, 2009
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7:17 pm - On the inevitable...
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Queue your friendslist being filled with pictures of Michael Jackson in 3... 2...
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| Friday, June 19th, 2009
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5:59 pm - On Smarter Than Google...
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http://www30.wolframalpha.com/
It's google for nerds. Not geeks. Nerds.
Physics. Music. Math. Etc...
I could play with this for HOURS...
I've been making parabolas for the last 20 minutes.
OOOOH! It can convert things into how many 'STONE' it is!
Post more fun here...
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| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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7:32 pm - On Steven Seagal....
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| Monday, June 15th, 2009
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4:38 pm - On Lights & Tunnels...
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| Friday, June 12th, 2009
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12:13 am - On Sad Ironies...
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When I was 18 or so, I was hanging out with some friends at NYU. One of whom might or might not read this... anyway, she told us of this great new coffee chain that is awesome and wonderful and blaseblaseblah.
That was when I had my first cup of *bux. I drank it, said it tasted burnt, and promptly got myself a cup of good ol' even when when it's bad, it's still good enough, Dunkin Donuts.
Over the next batch of years I avoided the ever growing and ever expanding *bux like the plague. Any time I came into contact with their coffee, I either really disliked the taste or just opted to not drink it. I later found out from a 3rd party coffee vendor while working at Sanctuary, that they are known to sear their beans because most people don't understand the difference between burnt coffee and strong coffee.
Hell, look at IHL Pre-100. I do an entire 3 strip joke about how horrible *bux is. Their rapid expansion (which I learned was due to a VERY over eager CEO) choked out small businesses and with the exception of the exceptional, they were known to appear and push out local business in a manner usually regarded as something Walmart would do.
Flash forward to 6 months ago. I'm living on my newly acquired unemployment. It's ample enough to pay bills and afford minor creature comforts, but little else. Until I can find some more data work to get done.. I'll be fine. An old friend from the Sanctuary days calls and tells me that there is a position open at the *bux she works at part time and she would give me a rave review. Recognizing that jobs might become harder to find, (Hell, at that point I had applied to 6 temp agencies and Craigslist had begun to drought) I decide to do the RESPONSIBLE thing and apply. Two interviews later and I'm working for a company that so many years ago I openly despised.
My thought process was utterly naive, but goaded on by my possible bosses. I'd love to start doing entertainment booking again. I'd bring in music or an OMN or poetry or ANYTHING. That shit is EASY for me.
What I've dealt with since then is learning that not only is this company utterly unfriendly, it has a system that is made for you to fail at. I mean that from the lowest barista to the highest manager. It is like some sort of devious bondage device that gives you pleasure when you are standing on your toes... until you relax an inch and then hits you with pain - all the while your toes are getting more sore and more sore.
The people that I work with fall into two categories:
1 - Overeducated or mid-educated types who are here until something better floats their way
2 - People who have drank the Kool-Aid.
Type 1 is the dominant of course, but most are so broken into the system, having worked there longer than I have (some by YEARS) that they are so used to the drudgery of the job that it's hard to break out of it. The others though.. oh for fuck sake.. it's like they don't even notice that they are working for a corporation that veils everything they do in some sort of cute kitchy TLA (Three Letter Acronym) all the while keeping them in line with impossible to reach stocking / sales / cleaning criteria.
It was only yesterday afternoon that I actually let it sink in that I am working for a company I've despised since I was 18...
Now the only thing left to do is change it.. trust me.. I'm fucking working my hardest at that.
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| Thursday, June 4th, 2009
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12:27 pm - On David Carradine...
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| Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
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9:22 pm - On Fridays...
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| Friday, May 29th, 2009
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12:27 pm - On Posting Resumes...
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I hate finding a perfect job on Craigslist. Pouring myself into the cover letter, only to have an IMMEDIATE RESPONSE asking for me to put my resume on some 'postresumeandsubmittowinjobs.com' site that is obviously just an advertising redirect.
Fucking lame.
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| Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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3:48 pm - On Zero Punctuation's Greatest Review EVER...
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I heart Zero Punctuation. His reviews are scathingly fantastic, and he really is the model for a modern major vidblogger...
Here's his review of Duke Nukem Forever - and if you know anything about this game - you'll find his review as surprising as I did.
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| Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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1:43 pm - On Craig...
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| Friday, May 22nd, 2009
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1:25 pm - On Library Science...
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A month or two ago one of the librarians from one of the local libraries came into BarStucks and on a lark I asked whether or not it would be possible for me to get my first trade into the library.
She seemed kind of thrilled at the idea of a local comic guy wanting his book there, and said definitely, but it would take some time. She then offered me the possibility of teaching a course to pre-teens about starting a webcomic. Basics really. What to do. How to start it. What to do when you have no art talent, etc. I lurved the idea, obviously.
So today, when driving around and running some errands I stopped into said library and talked with the young adult librarian. Had a great conversation, and it looks like I'll be teaching a small course in the fall. We'll see - but it's nice to think it'll happen.
The funny happened though when I tried to get myself a library card. You see... I apparently have a fine from 2002 at another library in NJ. I don't remember ever going into that library, but I do remember having those books... no, I don't know where they are now.
So, to get a library in one town, I have to pay another town's fine to the tune of $65.
I actually feel sorta guilty about that. I'll have to pay it off sometime this summer, as the library has so many... BOOKS! I could read for hours with that sorta wealth of information!
HOURS I tell ya!
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| Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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8:38 pm - On Reverend Voice....
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Last week I made a vague missive about returning back to Somerville... well, it's penciled and soon to be penned...
FINALLY... THE REVEREND... HAS COME BACK TO SOMERVILLE, NJ...
Where? Verve Restaurant
When ? Tentatively late August (Details forthcoming)
What ? Host of Cosplay Burlesque
Like I said... penciled and not penned. I'll let you know the minute I have my sharpie out.
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| Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
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7:22 pm - On Braveheart...
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For one sweet moment I tasted freedom and drank it up. I suckled upon it's proverbial teat and wasn't going to let go no matter what.
I loved in that time. Loved like I've never loved.
I have never and will sadly never again feel that feeling of pure bliss as I strap the 'chains of the Man' back on.
Sadly that time of amazingnes is over.
I just had to put pants back on...
I miss 'no pants time'...
I miss it so fucking much...
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| Friday, May 15th, 2009
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9:25 pm - On Lost...
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