I attended a seminar in Vienna this morning and, being the naive fool that I am, took I66 to get there.

At eight in the morning.

I have never been in traffic like that in my life; it took me nearly an hour to go ten miles. Another interesting thing is that as you get closer to DC every lane becomes a HOV lane. So you can't take 66 into DC (on ( Read more... )

Well, I promised I would update this thing so I wouldn't have to tell everyone the same stuff over and over again on the phone. Turns out I've been too busy to post, partially because I've been telling the same stories over and over again.Since I started work last Monday, we've discussed at least four projects that I can think of off the top of my ( Read more... )

Ok, I guess it was technically Fall for most of the semester, but the important thing is that it's over. I just submitted my last final and I can finally put this whole mess behind me, barring any faculty shenanigans. Hmm... better not get my hopes up for a few days ( Read more... )

No, I don't have a gay cowboy lover; I just can't seem to quit GameStop. I got a call today letting me know that my replacement had to quit due to transportation issues and the store was in a tight spot because of the managers' conference putting all the stores down to two managers. So, it looks like I'm going to be working a few more days. This ( Read more... )

A lady came to the store the other day with a copy of Star Wars Galaxies that her 11 year old son had purchased with his birthday money back in July. She was upset that the game had a monthly fee and the her son had (allegedly) not been informed of this at the time of purchase. After an explanation of our policy and the obligatory squeaky-wheel- ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a couple of days since my surgery and I gotta say it's pretty odd to have to depend on someone else to pour a glass of milk for me. I'm glad that I'm just working closing shift this week, because I'd be boned if someone traded in an XBox and I was the only one working. Also, as someone who can only go to sleep on his back if he ( Read more... )

Just got done watching some Firefly because I have an awesome friend who sent me the entire series and Serenity on DVD. That is some good stuff right there, the pilot episode alone made me all kinds of happy. Speaking of pilots, I decided to take a Firefly quiz now that I know who the hell these people are and look what I got:

Which ( Read more... )

Just got back from my first meeting with the surgeon. I'll kinda sum things up with a quote from him: "You're 'project boy,' we're going to get to know each other pretty well before this is over." So it's 70% eardrum loss in my left ear and about 25% in my right. We're going to fix the left first and first surgery is on the 11th. According to my ( Read more... )

So a friend sent me this today. It's so bad that I actually had a hard time watching it all the way though. Leave the psuedo-ironic posing to the professionals, people. Also, tell that sales chick not to wear so much goddamn eye makeup ( Read more... )

So, taking my first break from Chromehounds to eat. Getting familiar with coordinating a squad mission took some practice, and we had to overcome some technical difficulties, but it's definitely a blast when you deploy to a battlefield with five other mechs and unleash hell on the enemy. I'm playing a scout right now and enjoying it, though I seem ( Read more... )