canutethegreat

So I didn't get that computer manager/technician job (I was second choice.) However, the owner was impressed with my Linux skill set and is hoping to hire me as the secondary technician in a few months after the new manager gets settled in.

This is just the latest (out of probably 30 or more) example of how I never seem to be able to get...
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I have several relatives that work in law enforcement (city, state, and federal). I also attended a community college (before I went to a university) as a criminal justice student. So while I do not work in law enforcement I think I have at least an understanding of it and some insights to certain things as seen through my relatives' eyes.

I think it's great...
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I haven't played Star Trek Online for over a month. I plan on getting back into the game tonight. I think I'm going to create a new character (Romulan tactical) is start playing it for a while since I'm kind of bored with my Fed Eng character...

Anyone tried the new Legacy of Romulus expansion? Anything I should know?

Now that I have all of my Linux machines running Gentoo I decided to setup my own in-house Gentoo mirror on my main server. The server now provides rsync and http services of the entire Gentoo distribution (portage, distfiles, ISOs... everything). I figured comcast doesn't seem to put the 250GB limit on connections anymore so who cares about a little wasted bandwidth to have the...
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I am only a few days away from my six month mark at work. Unfortunately there does not appear to be any upcoming openings in IT on the horizon. In the nearly-six months that I have worked here there was only one opening in IT (right after I got hired, unfortunately) so I do not have high expectations at this point.

I did see an...
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I am looking for thoughts and opinions regarding applying to a graduate school with a low GPA.

I keep going back and forth between a few options, but I feel like going to grad school would be worth the effort and money in the long run. I haven't quite convinced the wifey of this, but I think I can win her over eventually.

The one...
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Yes I'm still alive.. been a while since I posted on here.

I'm only ~5 weeks away from my 6 month mark at work. Hopefully I can make it without incident! Also hoping that there will be an opening in IT in the next 5 weeks so I can put in my application!

Not much else going on. Haven't been going to the gun range...
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I had a moment of weakness and agreed to work an extra shift. Unfortunately they don't let us work the whole shift because it's overtime. We have to clock out about an hour after closing. Oh well, I need the money as I'm about $2k behind right now.

After a lot of discussion with the wifey I think moving to Alaska is actually an option...
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Well I didn't get the cable installer job. That's okay. It might be better to stick out the 6 months at my job just so that I don't have to repay my tribal gaming license. Although it would have been really helpful to make a little more per hour so I could pay down some debt, but whatever.

At least I'm not the fucking new...
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