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I started my new job today, which entailed:

a.) receiving a badge on a zippy-wire thing,
b.) receiving a nice leather binder,
c.) receiving a portable mini-optical mouse replete with PS/2 adapter on a zippy-wire thing,
d.) receiving a portable four port USB 2.0 hub,
e.) drinking free juice,
f.) receiving a free lunch,
g.) eating free ice cream,
h.) drinking free juice,
i.) sitting...
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Skydiving wasn't the thrill I was making it out to be. It's fun, and somewhat exciting, but I didn't get the much-touted rush of adrenaline. Neither frightening nor truly exciting, jumping out of an airplane would be much more fulfilling alone rather than strapped to someone else.

The view, however, is movingly spectacular, and man, lemmetellya: being poised in that door, looking at the earth...
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I just walked out of my job on the last day I was supposed to be there due to my boss snooping on private conversations I was having.

Fuck this company. Never buy their products, and realize that if you do, you're contributing to three or four assholes who have no concept of how to run a business or treat their employees well.

I feel...
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Saturday should be exhilirating. Details to come.

My foray into the digital church can be found here.

*ahem*

Yes, so I have very little to say. The highlights of my day were:

a.) Telling my boss I smoked dope. I also added in the ambiguous "and other things" just to keep him on his toes, since there's not a goddamned thing he could do right now except tell me to not come back to work. Oh, boo-hoo. What a shame THAT would...
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I have discovered:

a.) Cosmoline is a disgusting, vile substance.
b.) Yugoslavians coat their weapons with mass amount of the substance mentioned above.
c.) My hands feel like rancid raw meat after removing mass amounts of Cosmoline from a Yugoslavian SKS.
d.) I now know how to disassemble and reassemble said weapon. Hooray for me.

I was on the threshold of purchasing a new Powerbook G4 when my primary mousing digit revolted against me.

This is both a good and bad thing.

Stupid digits.

NEW.
FUCKING.
JOB.

Praise McChrist.

And now... McChrist!

This disturbs me. Note: original Library of Congress link does not function due to session timeouts; you may search for Public Law 102-14 for the 102nd Congress at the Library of Congress website for the government-sponsored text.

In order to get a context of what the joint resolution above is talking about, please read this.

Unfortunately, I could not find an English translation of...
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The fry-off continues at the Smith manor.

Foods fried with Fry Daddy(tm) thus far:

Jack in the Box Ultimate Cheeseburger (one half breaded / one half unbreaded)
Jack in the Box cheeseburger (breaded)
Shoe-string french fries
Tater tots

Foods to be fried with Fry Daddy(tm):

Kit Kats
Generic sushi
Twinkies
Jack in the Box cheesecake
Oscar Meyer hot dogs
Fig Newtons

w00t. I zink ze vinterview vent fairlee vell.