canutethegreat

Got my pickup back today. Runs soooo much better! I didn't even realize how bad had been running because it was a slow/progressive change.

Still not happy about the $800 that I didn't really have, but I have to have something to drive to work to make more money to spend on shit...

Arg so I took my pickup in to get the drivers window fixed, an oil change, and get them to figure out why it's been running so shitty. Come to find out the fuel pump is bad and has to be replaced. Going to cost $800! I looked up the pump online and it's some stupid GM part and is really expensive and hard to...
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So glad today is my Friday!

This week felt longer then normal for some reason. I only work four 10s but it feels like more. Probably because it's dark when I leave for work and just starting to be daylight when I get off. Or maybe it's just because my job sucks...

Tomorrow will be busy though. On the way home I have to drop...
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Well I'm halfway through this work week and exhausted. They expect way too damn much for this little, pathetic, amount of pay. I need to get back into a tech job of some sort...

On a different note: has anyone found a way to "pass through" an optical drive (CD, DVD, or BD) to a Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) so that it can be...
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The wifey and I went to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle and did the Pharaoh Tutankhamun (aka "King Tut") exhibit. We did the exhibit with audio guide and the 40 minute IMAX movie. Oh, and the audio guide was narrated by Harrison Ford which made it more fun IMO.

The artifacts that they had were pretty cool, although I wish more was allowed to...
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Well the swelling in my next is completely gone. I feel almost back to normal with the exception of the medication giving me an upset stomach/diarrhea.

Luckily I only have one more day's worth of meds so hopefully I'll be 100% back to normal by Thursday.

Last night's shift was crazy! We had twice the people we would have on a good Saturday night. I'm...
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Ok so the wife forced me to go to the emergency room at 4am this morning because my sore throat wasn't getting any better.

Turned out to be a good move. I have an infected saliva gland. Never heard of such a thing!

Anyway I have to take this horse pill sized antibiotic twice a day for a week. I feel worse today than I...
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I still feel like shit, but at least I can swallow now without feeling like I'm ripping my throat open.

It will be interesting (not) to see how much trouble I am in for being sent home after only 1 hour of work last night. I'll probably get another exception report. I already got one exception report for signing out keys without putting my badge...
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This job sucks! Although at least I have a job, I guess, but it still sucks. After all the b.s. I could have taken a lower paying job and still came out ahead. Oh well, live and learn.

It blows that I have to stay there for 6 months or they'll make me pay back like $500 worth of licenses and training.

Oh and I...
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I started my second week of work last night. It was a little less hectic than last week, but only slightly. I guess I'll see how the next three nights go.

They hired a new guy two days ago at the place I work so at least I'm not the lowest man on the totem pole. I also heard that there is a new person...
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Life has been very busy lately!

I got hired, full-time, doing security for a local business. They are very strict about certain things so I won't name the place. Let's just say it is an entertainment business with a hotel.

Anyway, the pay sucks, but after 6 months medical is completely paid by them (which is worth it for the pay difference) and dental is...
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm back!

That was a shitty 2 months with no money! There was a HUGE fuck up with my financial aid because 1) I attended two schools in the same calendar year, 2) One school's year started summer and the other ended Summer and I attended one of them during the Summer, 3) I already have a bachelor's degree which is confusing for them...
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