Double shifts have started back up at work. I did one yesterday and was asked to come in today. I said "no" thanks to the weekly side job I took cleaning for one of my mom's clients. Working three hours of the side job yields more pay than three hours on one shift with almost none of the stress. But sitting at home and thinking about it I changed ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday john_pullinger! I hope you're having a good one ( Read more... )

Following the various E3 '09 coverage has been preoccupying most of my free time. Thankfully the expo is over today, but I still have some stuff to watch on DVR. I completely fell asleep through the Nintendo press conference (watching it at home after work), and simply missed the Microsoft one. I did see the entire Sony one (skipping through what ( Read more... )

I suppose this would amount to the almost obligatory "I'm still alive" post. I'm not sure what exactly happened between April and now, but the last month or so was extremely busy. This month looks a little better, but I really need to manage my time so I can actually update. Contrary to my lack of posts, I've not grown tired of LJ in order to move ( Read more... )

Normally, I may or may not take part in the new (as in what is currently airing in Japan) anime lineups for Fall, Winter and Spring. In the past it was usually because I was busy with school and only watched what I could. It would normally have to be a show that caught my eye sometime in advance. If I were still in school I probably would have just ( Read more... )

Despite my best intentions my LJ has fallen into long periods with no updates. The time and enthusiasm I used to have when I updated nearly everyday are pretty much gone. The increasingly mudane aspects of my life are killing my interest in updating everyday and my work on Damage Control is taking up my free time. I could always cross post geeky ( Read more... )

In the end, Juan did end up coming last Thursday. So far the week has gone smoothly, although he speaks very little English, less than my mom was lead to believe, actually. Still everything is going well at this point, and I just hope things continue to go well. Other than that, my mom came across a house for sale that she really likes. She wants ( Read more... )

It seems the foster agency enjoys wasting the time of others. Juan was supposed to arrive yesterday, but they called and said they didn't know when he'd be in. Then out of the blue, they call again and announce that he'll be arriving today. Unfortunately, I had already made plans to head into the internship after having to miss Wednesday. So I had ( Read more... )

We finally have a date for Juan, the new foster boy. He should be arriving tomorrow sometime afternoon, which means I won't be heading in to the internship until Thursday. I'm honestly not sure what to expect, but we're already working hard on trying to get him into school. My mom had me call the high school to see if I could register him in her ( Read more... )

Friday night already? Time sure does fly when you spend a good chunk of the week writing and working. Unfortunately, the two don't necessarily go together just yet. Other than doing the laundry for the week and writing a detailed Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (season one) review for Damage Control (it was a pain to write at times), e-filing my taxes was ( Read more... )