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This blog is being deprecated
Due to various political issues I have with the current leadership of LiveJournal, Inc., and because I want a more professional front to show off my writing skills and opinions, I have permanently moved to my own web server. You can now find my blog on rivercityrandom.com. I will still maintain my LJ account for my groups and to reply to other ( Read more... ) -
The die is cast
Well, after days of fretting over everything, I have made a decision about where I am going to work this summer. I am going to be a front desk agent at the Stanley Hotel. It pays $9 an hour, which is 75¢ more an hour than I would make if I came back to Yellowstone, and $1.50 an hour more than I would make in Connecticut. Plus, I feel like I would ( Read more... ) -
I'm moving!
Not me personally though, my blog is moving. (The question of where I'm going to go work this summer has yet to be decided yet.) I've bought my own domain name, rivercityrandom.com, I've set up a WordPress blog, and I will be using it as my personal soapbox from now on. This is not because LiveJournal is now owned by the Russians, although that did ( Read more... ) -
a reflection of things
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:11-12)
Those lines, that I had read ( Read more... ) -
"I can't tell you what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself."
Yesterday, I read A New Earth by Eckhard Tolle, at the recommendation of a friend. It is a book on spirituality and I had an experience, what you might call a spiritual awakening of sorts. Last night I spent several hours trying to write a LJ post about that. However, I think I may have missed the point about the whole thing. You can't put a ( Read more... ) -
Random cellphone comment
I've been looking for a pre-paid phone service for my dad, who needs a cheap, basic cellphone for emergencies and whatnot. But I think I found a deal better than the pre-paid services I use now. Page Plus Cellular uses Verizon's network, which is the only one in Yellowstone, and its minutes are way cheaper than Tracfone's. The cheapest cards give ( Read more... ) -
Introversion is neither a disease nor a crime
I was doing so well up until 4:30 this afternoon. It was a fairly slow day at work and I was able to handle all the calls pretty well, but right by the end of the shift, I had a panic attack and got super-anxious for no good reason. Even though I was able to keep my cool over the phone, I was so nervous that I started shaking really bad. It ( Read more... ) -
Third-graders hatch intricate plot to assault teacher
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHILDRENS_PLOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Wow, man, just wow. Well, at least now when someone asks me why I don't want to become a teacher, I'll have another thing to say about that. -
Who am I?
I hate being on the emotional rollercoaster. It's like I don't even know where my emotions will go or take me. One minute, I'll be feeling perfectly fine, and then the next minute I'll be reading a jackass's comment on Slashdot about how women only want men for their money and I'll feel like I'm an misshapen failure of a man who will never get laid ( Read more... ) -
I guess I might as well admit it
I am horribly afraid of angry people. This fear is so bad that I get very anxious, even to the point of tears, if I even hear a twinge of anger or hostility in someone's voice. And if I find out they're angry because of something I did, I get very afraid and feel the urge to shout "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" at the top of my voice and start bowing and ( Read more... )