sivart

well, all my monitor needed was a couple new capacitors. $5 for the pair of them. now, all i gotta do is figure out how to test for and replace them myself so i don't have to pay the other $60 for labour in the future.

my monitor died. i'd been trying to turn it on since yesterday. i would hear a click, the power light would go on, the screen would go on for half a second, then it would go black and the power light would go out. pause one second and repeat.

i know this is going to sound snobbish, but a crt is hard to get used...
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xmas: round 2
got the final present tally now. at my dad's, i got:
- outlaw star box set
- 4.0 megapixel digicam
- trivial pursuit - the 90's edition
- assorted books and nick-nacks... and lots of them...

so, i didn't get a deed to a house, keys to a new car, a REAL check for $1 million...

didn't get a surround sound system...
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xmas: round 1
things weren't nearly as depressing as last year. yes, at xmas supper, i still only got one present (from my grandpa), but it didn't seem to bother me as much this year...

what just confuses the hell out of me is that now that there's a whole bunch of step cousins, they just get loaded with presents. they've been in the family...
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what a day. i don't know what it is, but the closer it get's to christmas, the worse i feel. and the worse i feel, the worse i do in my daily endeavors.

work was miserable. i couldn't seem to get anything to work out right. i basically picked up right where i left off friday. and my boss was just oh, so thrilled with...
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well, no job hunting for me.

i talked to my boss, and while we're in agreement that i need the experience that night shifts will provide me, i explained to him that i just can't manage to work 4 night shifts per week.

it's not just about the money (although that is probably the main reason. i do wanna buy a house in the near...
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this morning was weird... at 7:15, i roll over and start to sit myself up to get my ass out of bed. as soon as i sit up, i get banging on my door and told that it's 5 after 8. i look at the clock, and sure enough, it's now 8:05. 50 mins just disappeared...

hmmm.... maybe if i make a total ass of myself on the boards, i'll get some comments in my journal... sure they'll only be curses, death threats, and otherwise negative remarks, but it would still be more than i got right now... =p

i've reached the point in my life where i'm seriously considering buying a house. it's making me feel old. the thought that i'm going to own something worth that much money is staggering.

on the other hand, it has me very excited. i'm almost done my first forray into home rennovation, and the possibilities with what i could do with my own house are endless....
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oohh.. first journal entry. hello people.

anyway,

i completely rearranged my living room today and yesterday; it looks much better now. i can now bask in the feng shui (or however you spell it) of it all. i'm very excited.

i have some future plans for the room that involve a plasma tv, a suround sound system, some black lights, and those plastic tube light...
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