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Wierd Times At The Krell Institute

So this morning has a been a bit wierd and exciting all at the same time!

I got into work at 8 this mornig, like I do every morning and was catching up on what had happened over night, you know, news, tech stuff, logs etc. When Rachel comes into my office with some guy behind her.

She said something about this guy talked to someone yesterday about a computer problem and that they had told him to bring it on in. So I was like, well it must have been one of the other guys that work here, and they must know him or something. So I had him bring the computer into the other PT’s office and he told me all about the problem and then left his contact info and stuff.

Then he left, and I went into Rachel and and I was like, “Who the hell was that?” and she said she had no clue. So then we were talking about it and she was like, “Do you think he meant to take it over to that computer repair place across the street?” And I was like, “That has to be it.” So I called them up and explained the situtation to them and they were like, ‘Yep, we’re expecting an e-machine.”

So then they came over and picked it up. But I just thought it reall random and wierd. What a freaking crazy. I’m just REALLY glad that I didn’t have to call the guy and be like, “Yeah, so you’re in an idiot and we don’t fix computers.” lol

Also I got my paycheck today and I made about $200 more then I was expecting this month. So that’s REALLY exciting. It means that I won’t be as strapped for money as I thought I would be when I go out to Cali this week. Way exciting times.

I also have to remember to call Radio Tradio next Saturday morning on my way home, because I really want to get a few things sold. Then the week after I get back from Cali is going to be a HUGE e-baying week along with a HUGE decision making week.

As Andrew eluded to on his journal, I think I’ve made up my mind about where I’m going to live along with how I’m moving out there. But I don’t want to go into to much detail before I find out more information next week.

Also, As Andrew said, I’m really pulling for this one job that I have an interview for. Basically the story is that there was a job for a COBOL programmer on Monster.com…

I sat there for like a day debating with myself if I should apply for it or not. I mean, it’d be HORRIBLE if that were the only job offer I got, then I’d essentially have to take it and then do something that I EXTREMELY REALLY HORRIBLY HATE! Because I HATE programming, but I EXTREMELY REALLY HORRIBLY HATE COBOL programming…. Well the guy e-mailed me back and was like… “Well you’re not good enough for the COBOL job, but how about interviewing for a job we’re not advertising, and that I was just thinking about adding…. A Systems Administrator job”

So I was like, Sweet! And told him sure. So I REALLY hope that I can get that job, it’s super close to Andrew, and close to the potential apartment that I’ll be living in, and it’d be what I want to do! Well, it’d REALLY be what I want to do if you added, UNIX or LINUX infront of the title. But I doubt that’ll happen.

It does however seem that they use a lot of Unix/Linux systems at the place, and they guy that I’m interviewing with seems very smart, at least from what I got from the group postings that I’ve found about him on google. So that’s a little intimidating. But I’m sure I can handle it.

Wish me luck everyone and send me good vibes on Tuesday at 11am Cali time!

Laters all.

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Also my mother just sent me an e-mail with potential people to invite to Graduation. In which she said:
“Sibbel side (yes, including the witch)”
And I’m like, “WHO THE HELL is the witch????” Because if anything there’s a witch on the black side, not the sibbel side. Crazyness…

But on this topic… If you have any ideas of people that I can invite to my graduation and will give me money… Leave me comments!!!

Woot!

“I’m Stupid, What About Group Marriges”

God, so last night I watched Larry King Live, and it was the funniest thing I’ve EVER seen. They had on there, The mayor of SF, a stupid republican who introduced the amendment, some idiot pastor and a hot hot gay boy, named Chad.

Anyways, it was very funny and everytime the rep would talk to the mayor, she’d be like, “What about group marriges, why aren’t you allowing those” and that was like the ONLY thing she said the whole time… Well that and saying that she was “Following the law”. She also said that the courts were stupid. Only in like 100 times more words!

The pastor was an idiot and everyone kept getting on him about seperation of church and state, and he just didn’t seem to get that idea, because everytime they talked to him he was like, “The bible says” or “God did this” or “Thye’re sinners, theywon’t get into heaven” To which Larry King said, “What if they don’t want into heaven, shouldn’t we let them get married while they are here on earth”.. That was a really good come back I thought.

The homo was kinda quiet, but really cute. And when he did speak he had really good points. No one could really rebut him…

I think this little snipit is REALLY good:

KING: All right, John, let me — let me move to other members of the panel. We have four members of the panel. I want to get everyone in. John, what do you say to those who say, What about Chad and the love of his life being together? Isn’t that better than, say, the heterosexual marriage where one of the partners cheats? Who is contributing more to the moral decay of the society, the adulterous husband with the female wife or the loving gay couple who don’t do that?

MACARTHUR: Yes, well, you’re asking me to do something I really can’t do, and make a judgment on which sin is better or worse than the other. We’ve suffered in this country from adultery, divorce, the abuse of children, pedophilia, you name it. I’m not going to classify those in rank. They’re sins, and they destroy the family. KING: And homosexuality is…

MACARTHUR: And homosexuality…

KING: … a sin to you.

MACARTHUR: Yes. And…

KING: Therefore, it’s a choice.

MACARTHUR: It’s a choice you make. It’s a sinful choice.

KING: Did you make a choice to be heterosexual?

MACARTHUR: I don’t think I had to make a choice to be heterosexual. I think that’s a natural thing.

KING: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. In other words, one is a choice and one is not?

MACARTHUR: Yes.

KING: So he was unlucky and you’re…

MACARTHUR: Because — because you’re not talking about — because it’s natural to be heterosexual. That’s built…

KING: What do you mean by natural?

MACARTHUR: Well, I mean, that’s the way God made us. That’s the normal…

KING: But if he doesn’t feel that way, what is he, then? He’s not a sinner. It wasn’t his decision.

MACARTHUR: Yes, I think it was his decision.

ALLEN: I would love, absolutely love for the pastor to point out for me when in my life I made that decision because I have to tell you, it caused a lot of pain in my family. It caused a lot of pain to me. It’s a very, very tough thing that I had to go through. I don’t remember making that decision. If I did, maybe can you point it out, but that wasn’t the case for me.

(CROSSTALK)

ALLEN: It’s who I am. You also said that it was in the fabric of the human being that — to understand that marriage was between a man and a woman and that’s what family was. It must not be because it’s not in the fabric of what who I am. It’s not the way I see it. I think families come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

MACARTHUR: Well, let me respond this way, Chad, and say it had to be in the fabric of humanity or you wouldn’t be here.

ALLEN: I believe that reproduction is. I’ll give you that. I absolutely believe that reproduction is. However, I think family, the definition of family and the definition of reproduction are very, very different things.

You can go read the whole transcript here.

It really was a good debate. And I was switching between that and the debate over exporting jobs in congress, which was also a good job. Apparently Bush wants to make McDonald type jobs a “manufacturing” job so that he can inflate the number of “manyfacturing” jobs in the US, since we have had the greatest loss during his presidency. The two democrats that were talking about it called it, “Traditional Manufacturing” and “McManufacturing”.

Speaking of McDonalds, did you all know that they also own Fazolis and Boston Market. Crazyness I do say! So now we can’t eat there anymore either. 🙁 Oh well. Not like I ate there alot anyways.

Anyways, before I did all of that, I wrote the first half of my second 1600 word paper. It’s going much better then the first paper, and I should be able to easily finish it tonight. Hopefully I’ll do as good on this one as I did on the last one. I’d like to get an A in that class… So far I’m on track to do that… I’ve got 22 out of the possible 25 points in there.

Umm, I didn’t do much else yesterday. My life is pretty boring as of late, same old stuff going on.

Though, I AM going to Cali in less then 9 days! Woot!

Anyways. I should go work now.
Laters all.

My Day In An IM!

(18:25:51) Me: Umm, i didn’t sleep worth shit, like I was up all night just tossing and turning and shit. It was horrible. Got up, went to work. Broke the postage machine… Which we found out was just a water problem… Who knew they needed water.
(18:26:18) Andrew: why didnt you sleep?
(18:26:21) Me: Mailed out those 55 cold letters, worked worked worked. I wrote this cute little script that counted when things happened. It was cute.
(18:26:27) Me: I dunnu, I just didn’t sleep.
(18:26:45) Andrew: im sorry babums
(18:26:49) Andrew: if only i was there to sleep with you!
(18:26:50) Me: Left there, went to class. WE had some woman come in and talk about safe sex and the like.
(18:26:56) Me: Then it would have been better!
(18:27:15) Me: The woman wanted a volunteer and some guy came up and she made him put on a condom…
(18:27:18) Andrew: yeah there was a sorority giving out free condoms and le today
(18:27:21) Andrew: *lube
(18:27:22) Andrew: lol
(18:27:26) Andrew: on like a wooden penis
(18:27:28) Andrew: ?
(18:27:29) Me: Not on him, but on a dildo.
(18:27:36) Me: Yeah, I’m typing slow, sorry.
(18:27:54) Andrew: lol a dildo???
(18:27:54) Me: But when he went to do it, he just instinctivly held it down there, and it was really funny.
(18:27:57) Andrew: thats crazyness
(18:27:57) Me: Yeah.
(18:28:00) Me: It was hiliarious.
(18:28:09) Andrew: sounds like it!
(18:28:29) Me: And Julian answered a questions right and he got a safe sex pack. Which we’d both already seen cause they’re the same ones that the GLRC hands out.
(18:28:53) Me: And then the woman asked who had seen a female condom and only me, julian and a few other randoms raised their hands… It was really funny.
(18:29:18) Andrew: lol
(18:29:25) Me: I tell you , we know EVERYTHING!
(18:29:25) Andrew: how could you not know what that is??
(18:29:30) Andrew: you are so smart at sex honey
(18:29:39) Me: Well, people apparently don’t know you should use one for oral sex.
(18:30:00) Me: The one Julian got today was bannana, and I wanted to try it, but he wouldn’t let me. 🙁
(18:30:27) Me: Anyways, it was a laugh riot today in that class.
(18:30:36) Me: I wish you were here taking it, cause it’d be like 100 times more fun!
(18:30:38) Me: 😛
(18:30:49) Andrew: sorry dear!
(18:30:55) Andrew: he wouldnt let you try it? you wanted to lick it?
(18:31:13) Me: Yeah, to see if it tasted like banana… Cause the strawberry one didn’t taste like strawberry.
(18:32:05) Me: Anyways… After that class I went to crazy other class and we just talked about computers the whole time. it was so funny watching non-tech people try and talk about technical things. Like the professor kept pronouncing GUI wrong, and EVERYONE pronounced Linux wrong. It was very frustrating.
(18:32:11) Andrew: did it taste better or worse than actual penis?
(18:32:21) Me: I would say worse.
(18:32:25) Andrew: lol
(18:32:32) Andrew: is it that hard to say linux?
(18:32:47) Me: And it REALLY doesn’t give much pleasure… Like the latex is so thick that you can’t feel the tounge through it.
(18:32:50) Me: Apparently it is.
(18:33:07) Me: OH! I also had another phone interview this morning.
(18:33:30) Me: But it was with someone here in DM. They called me randomly and were like. We saw your resume online and thought you’d be a perfect fit for this job we have.
(18:33:33) Me: And I was like, alright.
(18:33:37) Andrew: have you actually used one before?
(18:33:40) Andrew: was it a good one?
(18:33:41) Me: xYes.
(18:34:27) Andrew: to question 1 or 2?
(18:34:29) Me: So I did the interview and then told them that I wanted to move to Cali, but that if I got a good offer I’d stay, and they were like that’s cool… But we also have offices in Irvine, and such. So they’re going to get back to me. Cause she said that they might have something open out there that’s the same.
(18:34:32) Me: Yes to both.
(18:35:00) Andrew: did she say when theyd get back?
(18:35:04) Andrew: what job was it? how much money?
(18:35:08) Me: No, just that they’d get back.
(18:35:11) Me: She didn’t say how much.
(18:35:21) Me: And it was pretty much the same as what I do at Krell.
(18:35:54) Andrew: so are you gonna call them?
(18:35:57) Andrew: in a bit
(18:36:03) Me: Yeah, if they don’t get back to me I will.
(18:36:16) Me: I looked up the office in Irvine, and I’ll probably just cold send them a resume.
(18:36:46) Andrew: well thats cool
(18:36:54) Me: Yeah.
(18:37:08) Me: And then after MGMT I had my international class.
(18:37:15) Me: And we learned the salsa… it was VERY confusing!
(18:37:39) Me: And they kept making us switch partners, and there’s this one REALLY creepy guy in class, and the girls were just really scared of him.
(18:37:50) Me: And you could just tell that they were WAY unhappy about dancing with him.
(18:37:52) Me: It was funny.
(18:38:22) Andrew: lol
(18:38:27) Andrew: did you have fun dancing?
(18:38:30) Me: And this one girl somehow kept getting stuck with him and one time she just walked up to someone else and said, “You’re out” and made her go dance with creepy.
(18:38:36) Me: Not really. it was VERy confusing.
(18:38:53) Me: I don’t have the motor skills to move my legs and arms to the beat at the same time like they were making us do.
(18:39:04) Me: I just sent you a really funny pic.
(18:39:38) Andrew: oh thats mean
(18:39:39) Andrew: poor guy
(18:39:47) Me: He’s REALLY creepy though.
(18:39:49) Me: You should see him.
(18:39:57) Andrew: but still thats mean
(18:40:01) Me: And he was wearing this REALLY dirty shirt today, and he’s got haid that goes down to his ass.
(18:40:09) Me: I REALLY hope that I don’t get a room with him!
(18:40:17) Me: I’ll be like, screw this. I’m sleeping in the streets!
(18:40:24) Andrew: grossness
(18:40:34) Andrew: is that pic form hotornot?
(18:40:49) Me: And today he was asking REALLY stupid questions about if they’d have problems with how long his hair was.
(18:40:50) Me: Yeah.
(18:41:13) Me: And the profs were like, “No.” And I just wanted to scream… “BUT WE ALL DO” cause he’s got dandruff and it’s just gross.
(18:41:44) Andrew: grossness
(18:41:51) Andrew: he was asking if the mexican people would have problems w/ his hair?
(18:41:56) Me: It is, it’s REALLY gross.
(18:41:58) Me: Yeah.
(18:42:51) Andrew: why would they?
(18:43:02) Me: I have no clue… He’s asked some REALLY stupid questions.
(18:43:32) Andrew: he seems stupid
(18:43:40) Me: I think he is.
(18:44:01) Me: But him and Dr Mary Winter are going to DIE down there. Because they both get on my nerves SOOOO MUCH!
(18:44:09) Me: I have a feeling I’ll be popping advil alot.
(18:44:11) Andrew: whos dr mary winter?
(18:44:17) Me: She’s one of the three profs.
(18:44:52) Me: She practically LIVES in mexico, so she’s always like, “I’m queen of the world, I know EVERYTHING, and I should correct you with the most mean and sarcastic tone I can find”
(18:45:20) Andrew: lol
(18:45:23) Andrew: sounds like my kind of girl
(18:45:24) Andrew: just kidding..
(18:45:34) Me: lol. She’s a whoorid old bitch.
(18:45:47) Me: And she’s REALLy old and walks with a cane, so I have a feeling she’s going to REALLY slow the group down.
(18:46:01) Andrew: im sure itll be fine honey
(18:46:12) Me: I don’t think so.
(18:46:35) Me: But if you get a call saying that I’m in prision for Murder, can you say that I always talked of how much I LOVE those too???
(18:46:36) Me: lol
(18:47:19) Andrew: lol i sure will
(18:47:23) Andrew: anything to save that booty
(18:47:25) Me: lol
(18:47:33) Me: OH!
(18:47:38) Me: That’s the other things I wanted to tell you.
(18:47:42) Andrew: what??
(18:48:28) Me: Today while we were dancing I was joking around with the girls, and being like, “I’m usually drunk when I dance” and stuff like that, and like 2 or 3 of them were like… Well you better learn to dance so when you see a hot girl down there you can be like, “Hey, wanna dance.”
(18:48:36) Me: And I wanted to be like… “More like when I see a hot BOY”
(18:48:38) Me: But I didn’t. 🙁

TXT Messaging

So, after the first txt message from Justin last night, we corrosponded for a couple hours and he convinced me to go to the Redlight. I left home about 11:30 or so, and was going to go to JJ’s and sit and have a coffee and read tell 1:30, when I was supposed to meet him. But Apparently JJ’s closes at midnight, so I got there just in time to get a drink and then they made me leave. So that was sad.

I didn’t have any underwear on, because it was all in the washing machine. So I drove back to Ankeny to put buy some and put it on. Spent some time wondering though Wal-Mart and bought a pair of cute ass underwear. Went to the bathroom and while I was putting it on, Justin called me. It was very amusing because there I was naked in the bathroom trying to put on underwear and talking on my cell phone. lol. Good thing no one came in!! We talked for a bit and then I headed back downtown. I got there about 1:15 or so, and just waited infront of Redlight tell Justin and some other Ankeny boy came… I think his name was Ethan, or something. He was really cute too. Apparently an Art Major at DMACC, or something like that.

Once we got there, everyone else started getting beers and the like from other people that had brought some stuff. Then Justin and some other hot boy took their shirts off. It was kinda nasty there because there were some REALLY nasty guys with out any shirts on and shit and we saw this leather guy that was at the Saddle the other night there too. lol. Jackson was there too, and he was funny. Pretty much the whole night was spent standing around making fun of the drunk people, getting hit on, and watching hot boys dance. There was porn playing on the TV’s, thankfully no one had sex, at least not untell after I left… lol.

I left there about 3:30 cause I was dead tired, but I had a really great time there. I think it would have been TONS of fun for Andrew and I to go while he was here. I really wish he were coming back before Summer so that we could go sooner.

I deffinitaily thing that I’ll go back sometime, though probably not for a while, I really can’t afford to go there too often, considering it costs $10 each time to get in… Perhaps I’ll resort to bj’s or something. lol.

I also didn’t get the lapdance that I was promised. 🙁

After I left there I drove home and went to bed. I didn’t sleep too well, but I did sleep tell like 11 or something when I heard my phone ringing. It was Andrew and we talked for a while, like an hour or so. Then I had to break because it was really starting to snow pretty bad and I wanted to get back to Ames, before I was stuck in PC. So I drove back here and have been here since like 1:20 or so. I’ve been trying to read this book about Water and Land conservation from the 1880’s-1920’s, but it’s so BORING and dry and horrible. And I REALLY don’t know how I’m going to write a 1600 word paper about it. Grrr at that. I’ve been trying to find some notes on the book online, but pretty much all I can find are assignments to READ the book.

It’s snowing right now, and it’s really pretty out. I wish I had a fire place and some milk, so I can make hot chocolate and sit infront of a warm fire. It’s SO cold in here!

Anyways… I’ve had a REALLY good weekend, I’m glad that I’ve gone out both nights. Perhaps I’ll have to do it again next weekend. But I do have to go to the G&G’s house next saturday, so we’ll have to see what’s happening.

I can’t wait tell V-day weekend though. It’s the Big gay Conference here at ISU, and I get to help out at it! 🙂

Well, I’m out to write a private update.

Laters all.

Death!

Well, the last couple days have been fairly exciting. Monday night I had a great time with everyone at Chili’s that was good times. Though Andrew stole and blarged down all of Courtney’s desert… Blargy pants!

After that we came home and on the way Dustin called, we set up times to hang out this weekend, so that will be excitingness.

Tuesday I came to work and did a lot of random stuff. Talked to the new guy for a long time, and got him rolling on things. This was the first time I’d had a chance to sit down with him and just get him caught up on what’s going on. I was a bit annoyed with the timing though because it was right in the middle of the MacExpo, so I missed all the new shit. Though I did catch the release of the new iPod mini. Good times. (See previous post)

I’ve also now applied to 37 jobs.

After work I went home to the Drew Bear. We changed and then went a bought books. I was a bit surprised because one of them litterly has 8 books! It was insanity. Though my other classes don’t really have much it looks like, so that’s good. The Human Sex book is very interesting. Andrew and I flipped through it last night, good times there.

After buying books we went and worked out, came home and then Andrew made dinner. He did a wonderful job. I wish that I had some to eat now though. I’m starving!

Today I came into work and have been fairly busy. The tape drive on Midas was acting up, so I called Dell and got that taken care of, then we got a bounced e-mail and had to take care of that.

After all that, I came into my office and started working on some other stuff. I finally got a responce from lire about a problem I’ve been having with the software, and worked on that some, along with a way to backup vermont, since it doesn’t ahve a built in tape drive. For some reason vermont-old won’t nfs mount vermont. But harmony and ednt can both do it without any problems. Very strange if you ask me.

I’d really like to just start re-doing vermont-old. But things are very stressful for Nazanin and group around here, so we mostly aren’t bothering them.

Also installed Xgrid on the macs. We now have a 6 Node cluster of Macs, three of which are Dual G5’s. Very nice. lol. What we’re going to do with it though is beyond me!

Oh, also last night after supper Andrew and I just sat aroundall night and had a good time playing video games with against each other. I got a bit upset because he kept killing me in Mortal Kombat… Not my fault that I don’t know how to play or what the buttons do. After that I played some other game, which was fairly amusing. I think I may go home and do that again tonight.

I still haven’t written the cover letter yet.. I just can’t get anything good on it going. Very annoying. Hopefully I’ll have something written here soon though. I really want to get those jobs at Chapman Applied for.

Anyways, that’s about it.
Laters all.!