| Ankle Surgery, and the aftermath |
[Mar. 30th, 2009|02:11 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Computer softly wirring in the background. | ] |
Well Feb 5th 2009 I went under the knife to have 2 bones in my ankle cut back apart.
I had a condition called a Tarsal Coalition. My version I had is an onset injury type not a genetic born with.
Well here we are many weeks later and off and on it still hurts and I am still not able to walk full speed on it yet. But everyday that goes by I am healing and getting around a little better.
The first 2 weeks sucked. No weight on the ankle, had to be on crutches and in a walking cast if I wanted to outside. During that time any amount of time I had my foot down was nothing but extreme pain due to the swelling and my foot being down.
So I had 2 weeks of laying on my couch with my cats curled up on me.
I was lucky to have a friend over helping me with food, and what not. Other wise I would have been in sorry shape.
Other then that I am happy to say I am no longer being the graphics designer for marketing at my work. That was some what fun but it was also super annoying same time.
I have been back to my normal duties of building and repairing computers.
Well I must get to bed. I have to work in the morning. Maybe I will install the mobile version of LJ on my new phone. I got me the sprint HTC Touch Pro back in Nov 1st 2008.
Last time I posted to LJ from a mobile device is from my Sprint HTC Mogul.
Not a bad phone but it had issues with speed. My Touch Pro is way faster then my old one.
I might even upgrade again this fall to the HTC HD Pro. Supposed to be same size as an iPhone (Crappy phone by the way)
The HD Pro has almost 3x the resolution over the iPhone though.
iPhone has 480x320 resolution screen. HTC HD Pro 800x480 resolution.
Hell even my Touch Pro beats the iPhone in Picture quality at 640x480 resolution.
Plus AT&T can kiss my ass. For my exact plan I have on sprint with AT&T they want to charge me 270.00 a month for a single phone, 318.00 for 2 phones.
While my sprint plan is 120.00 for 2 phones.
My mom needed a phone so she could call me since she divorced my step dad, finally.
The guy has a major drinking problem and was drinking my mom into the poor house.
That and after he had his Right leg amputated he was being an asshole wanting everyone to do everything for him. Loosing his right foot was his excuse.
Well if he didn't drink and smoke so much even when the doctors to told him to knock it off or he would loose his feet.
He has a genetic disorder called PAD Peripheral Artery Disorder.
Basically his blood flow to his feet sucked and was extremely prone to being blocked up.
After 17 bypass surgery's on his legs he didn't get a clue and kept on smoking and not listening to the doctor. Well he stubbed his right foot one day on the door and broke his middle toe. That toe got badly infected where it turned Gangrenous.
Well a few days later the doctors chopped off that leg below the knee.
So that's a nutshell version of what has been going on around me. I will try to post more later after I get to work and what not. |
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| Sleepless nightsof sitting here. |
[Aug. 31st, 2008|03:02 am] |
Gah, after spending over 70% of my time at work up in marketing as there interm graphic designer. The actuall companys graphic designer is out on medical leave, so I have been filling in for him to a point.
Well with all that has been going on with me doing the graphic stuff for my work. It placed a giant stress load on me. Now I am sitting here finding it hard to unwind from all of the garbage.
That and this last Sat was 2nd week of me doing 6 day shifts with hours that go from 9 hours - 12 hours a shift. Granted my overtime pay is super nice and what not. "Pays for my toys."
It just wears on the body a little too much. Now I am sitting here in my super comfy microfiber chair waiting for my painkillers to set in so I can go fall asleep.
Up side of all of this is it gets me away from the I.T. Help Desk for a few days.
Man does that get old really fast. *Ring* "IT Help Desk, This is John, how can I help you?"
do that 200 times per day, and make it 2 years. Yeah it's a no wonder I want to get into school again to work on relearning computer programming.
Only good thing about working help desk is I get to play with Microsoft sharepoint all day long. That or photoshop my photography. "Making Animated Avatars for my sharepoint profile has been filling my free time at my desk." Damn Websense don't allow me to view so many websites I end up almost dieing of boredom.
If it wasn't for my 250 Gb HDD I installed in my PC at my desk, that is full of Mp3's I would have lost my marbles a long time ago.
It sometimes bugs my manager to walk in and hear some odd music coming out of my PC at work.
Primarly bands like Gothminister, Anders Manga, and Zombie Girl, sorta bug him.
But hey, he drives me loony with his Gangsta Crap Music. Which is easy for me to deal with. Close the door to his office and I don't hear it. :) |
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| Pictures I have taken recently. |
[Aug. 15th, 2008|03:34 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  horny | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Final Fantasy Soundtracks | ] |
Well really fast before I head out to go home.
Here are a few pictures I took. (Mind you no editing or modifications have been done to the pictures via Photoshop or any other photo editing software.)
These are directly out of my camera as is.
Freemont Troll (Under Hwy 99 Bridge N Seattle) "w/ Me in my cloak"
Salmon Statues at a Native Casino near Seattle.
Random Picture for use as a desktop.
Seattle Skyline at X-mas time
Hope you enjoy the short number of pictures. I will try to post more as I have time. |
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| Work work work... |
[Aug. 15th, 2008|01:53 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | horny | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Final Fantasy Soundtracks | ] |
Jez that is all I do now days is work, sleep, shower, work, sleep...
Once in a while I will eat some food.
Other then all of that I got me a digital SLR Camera back in DEC 2007. Since then I have shot over 13000 pictures.
I will have to post up links to some of the pictures I have taken some time.
Other then that I have made it to IT Tech III at my work so I am now making some insane $$$ which is nice.
Tech III at my work is the Subject Matter Expert of 70% of the systems in building.
So needless to say if I go out on vacation my team suffers with the lack of my presence.
So I have been keeping my time off to short little bursts of 3-5 days at a run so I am not away too long.
Other then all of that I have developed a semi major problem. Due to the amount of walking / running around my work I have worn out the ankle joint in my left foot. It now requires surgery. At this moment I am waiting on the MRI to be done before we find out what needs to be done to repair or reduce the amount of pain I am in from day to day.
It's been a fight for me to wait for the doctors to make up there mind on what to do with my ankle.
The only other medical problem I have at the moment is low vitamin D levels.
a few weeks back I went in for some blood work and tests to make sure I am healthy and what not.
Well everything came back great besides my vitamin D level. Normal levels for people is 50-100, low is 35-50. Mine was at 12.7
The doctors put me on a 12 week Vitamin D pill (once a week) Ergocalciferol 50,000 Unit liquid pill. So far it has been interesting to take along with all of the pain medications for my injured ankle.
Well I must finish up my end of day tasks so I can go home for the day. |
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| Working my ass off. |
[Apr. 27th, 2007|12:57 am] |
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Well I didn't take the new job. I stayed with the old one. Well we got a major pay bump.
I went up almost 6.00 an hour. Which is nice. I now make around the $50,000.00 a year mark before taxes.
Been out looking to buy a house. Found a few really nice 3 bedroom houses that I like.
I have not decided on which one I really want to buy yet.
Sorta tossed up between moving out to North Bend area, or staying closer to work by moving to Kent, Algona, Pacific area.
Great thing about my current place is I am like seconds away from highway 167, and highway 18.
Take any of them and I am just a few min from I-405, I-5 and I-90.
Which makes it really fast for going any direction I want. 20 min drive to downtown Seattle for Clam Chowder.
Or 20 min drive South to my fav Butcher shop for beef jerky.
Or even 20-40 min drive out to the mountains to my meditation spots.
Add on the fact that I am only around 30 min drive from Crystal Mt Ski area.
Or take Hwy-18 to I-90, drive I-90 for 10 min and I am at the Summit Ski Area. :)
Got some good time in on the slopes this year. Can't wait to get up there again next season.
Well I should get to bed. Work work work.
I feel like one of the little Peons from the warcraft games. Always working non stop.
This june for example. From June 18th - Oct 31. We are expecting to have 10-16 Hour Shifts 6 days a week - 3 week solid chunks. Depending on the staffing level we have on hand.
So I am prolly going to go back to not posting for a long while but hey. I do drop updates every so often and keep all of you in the loop of whats going on.
Till then. |
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| Crazy Day at Help Desk |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|10:38 am] |
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| |  busy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Keys Jingling, and A/C system working hard | ] |
Well this week I have 3 days solid at the help desk.
Then I have my appointment with my tribe about a new position for IT. :)
Making $20.205 an hour. :) That will be great if I can get that.
The Training program with my current job will max out at 25.00 an hour.
Where the new one I am looking at will max out at over 100.00 an hour.
So I am looking at that as an option. |
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| Again with the Help Desk |
[Jul. 12th, 2006|09:29 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | busy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Overhead A/C unit whirring away | ] |
Well here I am again at I.T. Help Desk answering the phones, radios and E-mails from our users that couldn't find there way out of a wet paper bag.
Makes me wonder some times how some of these people made it through school. Expecially some one that is 23 years old and can not operate some thing as simple as Microsoft Office.
Let alone type a simple document.
Well my attention is required at the help desk. So I will post later. |
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| Waiting for Training |
[Jul. 10th, 2006|11:29 am] |
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| | Server Fans, and Help Desk Telephone Ringing | ] |
Well 07/12/2006 at 10:00 AM PST. I will be going to a meeting for a Training program for my work.
The Training Track program is only for Muckleshoot Tribal members.
Well the training program is going to be advancing me postions from a lowly little tech to system admin.
So if all goes well I should be a SA by this time next year. :)
If not I will be transferring jobs from the Casino to the Tribal admin as PC Tech. If I transfer to
Tribal admin as PC tech I will gain 6.00 more an hour up there doing the same thing I do at the casino.
but with 1/4 of the workload I have. The casino push's the techs so hard we just burn out.
So we have a very very high turn around rate. Unless the tech just can't leave due to the a problem with
certifications and finances. (We have a few that have 0 certifications and if they leave the casino IT department.)
The would only be able to get jobs that pay 8.00 an hour less then what they make now.
Me as of late you can normaly find me chained to a desk as the Help Desk Agent.
When I am not Help Desk I am always running around the Casino like a chicken with his head cut off fixing every thing that is broken, and trust me there is a ton of equipment to be repaired.
If I am not repairing stuff they always send me out to audit stuff.
Needless to say I am always very busy. What sucks I need to get better pay for my job or find a newer better paying job.
The Current price of Rent and Fuel and things like that are just killing me. I can not afford to pay rent, car, insurance, fuel, food, and basic utilities with my current pay.
That and finish paying off my college class's that I have to pay for my self. Sure the tribe will pay for my college to a degree. But for Certifications like the MCSE certifications. I have to pay for the test. The Tribe will pay for the training class. Well each certification test costs $175.00
and there is a whole pile of tests that you have to take for them.
Example of a few tests: 70-270, 70-271, 70-272, 70-290, 70-291, 70-292. And the list goes on and on and on.
Well my duty as IT Help Desk calls. I will try to post again after the meeting |
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| New Car for me. :) |
[Dec. 3rd, 2005|02:12 pm] |
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Well after working my ass off for the past 7 months I have earned up enough cash to go buy a brand
new car for my self. :) YAY!
So here in a few days once the snow clears off the ground I am going to go pick up my 2005
Toyota Camry SE. :)
MuAhahahahahahaha. I took it out for a spin already man is it a nice car to drive.
When I go pick it up I am taking my digital camera with me. I am going to have my sales agent take a few pics of me receiving my car. Also sign'n all the paperwork and that crap.
I want to record all of it. Since this is going to be the first offical (less then 1 year old car)
that I have bought on my own, totaly solo.
So I guess I am doing some thing right with my credit.
Plus to top it off. I will be buy'n a house soon. I already have 30,000 for a down payment. :) |
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| @work. :) |
[Oct. 7th, 2005|09:31 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  anxious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Server fans whirring | ] |
Well here I am waiting on my trip to hawaii. :) I have all of my flight info and tickets are paid etc.
Now I just have to sit back and survive the next few weeks of work till I ship out. :)
I can't wait till I go. I am going to be staying at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel on the island of Uahu
Honolulu Hawaii. :)
My flight leaves Seattle Oct 23rd 2005 at 0900 hours. I arrive in hawaii around 1400 hours PST.
It will be around 1200 hours Hawaiian time.
I will be down there till Thursday Oct 27th 2005 @ around 1400 Hours is when my flight home leaves.
Landing in Sea-tac Airport at around 0000 hours PST.
My plan is to take my laptop and have my cell phone with me. :)
Since my cellphone is also a wireless DSL system. I plan on being able to post to the internet
via my Phone and laptop. So do expect some digital pictures from me. :) Or I will save them till I get
home from the trip then I will upload them to my image server. |
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| Free Trip for me... |
[Sep. 28th, 2005|12:11 am] |
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Yup you read that right. This OCT. Some time late in OCT. I will be getting a paid training trip.
3 Days away from work. (Not counting against my vacation hours or sick.) But getting paid my normal
hourly wage. :) Then to top it off the entire trip is FREE! I don't have to pay a penny for anything.
Flight, hotel, rental car, Food, and the Training conference are fully paid.
So I will be say'n Aloha to all of you from Honolulu Hawaii this OCT. :)
All I really have to say is I love being a Tribal member of a Native american indian tribe. :)
Here are a few things I get for being a tribal member:
Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx, School, Training, Housing, (Even Car loans with a 2% APR)
The Car loan for example is $19,000.00 I still get the 2% APR. No matter what car I get.
Then my monthly cost for the car is like 100.00 a paycheck, so avg of around 200.00 a month.
For lets say a 2006 Toyota Camry XLE Fully loaded. :)
Well back on subject. My work wants me to goto a Leadership training conference that is designed
for tribal members from all over the nation. I am one of the select few that get to go this year
from my tribe. I can't wait to get going down there. It's going to be one long ass flight.
But hey I am going to love it. :) Just to be able to spend 3 days in Hawaii again would be
great. It's been since like 1993 since I have been in Hawaii last.
Well I must drag my ugly ass off to bed to get some sleep. We are launching a new system at work in a few hours.
There are days I love working in the IT department. Then there are days like this which makes
me hate my job. But hey. This is some thing new and every thing has it's bugs.
So we shall see if it screws up or if it goes as planned and runs great. :)
Also next week or the week after we get new uniforms for work. Once I get my new uniform I will try to get a pic
and post it for all of you to see. (Yup me in all of my geeky ugliness.)
If I get the chance I will post again from work between jobs. Since this next shift I am 2nd PC Tech.
::: A little run down of how it works :::
Radio Tech - Handles radio calls from attendants.
Primary PC - Exactly that. Primary PC tech that handles any and all PC calls that come in.
2nd PC - Back up PC Tech.
Sr Tech - Basicly Superviser, also a floor tech that handles many calls.
Support - Support team that don't go out on the floor but stay in IT doing server side work for the floor techs.
Floaters - Floating is a tech that is free to do any job that is open for doing. So lets say we have a monitor
to repair. The floater can do it. (I get stuck as a floater alot.)
The weeks I get placed as 2nd pc or Primary PC are great also. I have tons of fun doing the PC side work. |
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| Since I started LJ |
[Jun. 18th, 2005|12:54 pm] |
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which was way back in 7-22-2000
I have never needed to use the ban features of LJ. Now since that one jerk off moron punk 18 year old that has 0 parental supervision.
I have now had the need and the use of the LJ Ban Systems.
Well needless to say Fuxxing_n00bs and his moron buddys are now officaly
banned from my journal. I suggest to you my friends you do the same.
If you don't know how to do it you log into the admin console for your journal and input ban_set fuxxing_n00bs
Problem solved. |
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| Losers like fuxxing_n00bs |
[Jun. 13th, 2005|07:17 am] |
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| |  irritated | ] |
Ya know what posting the "Your a Homo" As a comment to my journal when you know nothing about me. Let alone don't even know me.
These actions show how ignorant and stupid you are.
Do the rest of us Real Live Journal people a favor and keep posting on your own journal do not go out and try to start internet fights.
Starting crap like this really shows how little respect you have for not only your self but for others.
Due to these jerkoff's attempting to start an internet fight I am now locking my journal for friends only. Only my friends may reply.
Soon only friends can view. |
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| Le Ouch |
[May. 30th, 2005|07:14 am] |
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| |  sore | ] |
Well Friday I had off from work so I got a 3 day weekend.
Reason I got friday off is due to a dentist appointment. This Dentist is pretty good and all of that stuff. But come to find out
the previous damage from my dentist before this one has done some serious damage to my teeth.
So now I have to turn around and get yet another root canal. I am so not looking forward to having it done but hey.
Once it's all done and over with I will have a perfect smile again. :) Then I just need to cut back on my coffee intake
so I can get my teeth white again. LoL.
Bah who cares, I love my coffee. :) Well I am off to finish getting dressed for shift. Long day at work coming right up.
Other then finding out I needed a root canal, I had 4 teeth drilled and filled. I really hate my old dentist.
Screwed up my teeth really bad. But hey they are getting fixed now. :) |
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| Another week starts at work. |
[May. 22nd, 2005|06:30 pm] |
Well I have my first week down. Now for week #2.
It's a great job I love it but damn I have allot of walking and stuff like that to do around the workplace.
I love my job it's allot of fun working on the machines and all of that stuff.
Well I am going to go curl up and get some rest. My weekend was so damn long it's not funny.
Plus I have a work shift tomorrow at 0800 hours. |
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| Whew survived my first day of work. |
[May. 18th, 2005|10:14 pm] |
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Orientation day went great. :) 5-18-2005 is now marked in the books as my first day of work.
05-19-2005 is the day I get my keys to the building and codes to all the alarms and rooms etc. :)
This is going to be very very interesting. I gotta be at work at 0800 hours. Going to work a full 8 Hour shift.
I hope the boss will allow me to work an actual 10 hour shift, since I do have some projects he wants me to work on.
that way friday I can come in and do an 8 hour shift, go home and get ready for my trip down south for a train fan event.
(Friend of mine can't drive so he wants me to drive his van down to the train fan even for him.)
"Of course it's going to be him, and his girlfriend riding along."
Much with the hugs and snuggles for you friends that still read my journal. LoL I know I don't post on it much but hey.
I really have lost allot of interest in the LJ community due to some royal jerks that are always post natzi'n around LJ.
The new BLOG site that I post on has better moderation and control features. Plus it has an unlimited Photo space if you buy a
premium account. :) Which I take full advantage of. LoL.
I randomly pop in here to the LJ to keep all of you that are still here up to date on what's going on in my life and what not.
One of the things you might want to do is if your on my special friends network look back to the private post I left for some of you
Get the contact info out of the post and drop me a line.
I will give you the URL to my new BLOG system and profiles etc. |
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| First day of work today. :) |
[May. 18th, 2005|08:02 am] |
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Well today is my official first day of work.
Even though this day of work is just an Orientation day. (Get a tour of the building, get my keys for the building, also get my uniforms, id badges, and fill out the insurance benefit stuff.).
Including the 50,000.00 life insurance policy I get at the door. So my friends and family that I hold dear and close have some thing to use in my untimely death.
Today should be fun. I get my work schedule and all of that crap. :) That and find out my official amount of pay per hour.
I was supposed to be hired on for $15.05 an hour. But it might be higher, I don't know yet. Since I did get a instant promotion inside of the company during my interview.
I am so going to enjoy working at this place. :) Being a manager of the department and all of that. :) |
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| Ohhh also I forgot to post in my last post. |
[May. 5th, 2005|03:06 am] |
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I really wish That I had an outlet for some of this pent up energy I have. LoL.
Ohhh well. :) Guess once the job starts I won't have time to be energetic like this any more. |
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| La la la |
[May. 5th, 2005|03:04 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  indescribable | ] |
Well today I am going to call the office I need to call to turn in my paperwork. So Friday morning I will go in and drop it all off on them.
point out yes this is filled out this I had a question about etc. Once it's all said and done. :) They will ship out the parts they
need to send out, then I go under the microscope for background checks etc.
I hate the idea of all of this but it's some thing that has to be done for this license. I have a good feeling that it will come back fine and etc.
since in my lifetime I have only gotten 3 speeding tickets and got picked up for riding a dirt bike in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(Minor fines and community service for that.)
Once all of that all clears and gets looked at. I will be given my appointment date for my official first day of work.
So here is to this whole background check crap. I hope all goes well with it. |
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| Good morning. |
[May. 3rd, 2005|07:58 am] |
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| |  awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Faith and the Muse - Iago's Demise | ] |
Well I got a 0900 hour appointment to get my Gaming license.
Once this clears I start work. :) Yay!
I just had to say it. :) Well time for me to jump in the shower.
Plus I had to say good morning all you normal day people. This is one of them rare events to behold.
Me up at 0730 hours like clock work and ready to fight the day. LoL.
(I beat my alarm clock at getting up.) It's still on my nightstand snoozing. |
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| Yay. Part 2 starting |
[May. 2nd, 2005|11:21 am] |
Well I just got the phone call. Moving forward into the Background check phase of this job thing.
If and when this clears and finishes I start my job. :)
So here goes nothing. :) |
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| Blah. Going crazy waiting for the HR department to call me. |
[May. 2nd, 2005|08:48 am] |
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| | anxious | ] |
The Human Resources department is supposed to call me after they get my drug screen results back.
Then I get to fill out all the stupid paperwork for the background check.
I am just sick of waiting. Of course this gives me some time to settle down and review the job
stuff I gotta do. It's now just hitting me that I am going to be the guy that every one calls
when there damn PC breaks.
300 Machines 40 servers, That is a whole lot of machines to keep track of and keep them operating.
Oh, well I always wanted more challenge in my life. I guess this works very well for that. LoL.
I am off to get a shower and get dressed for my day. In case I get called to come in etc. |
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| Wooohooo. I GOT THE JOB!!! |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|05:03 pm] |
YAY I got the job. :) MuAhahahahahahaha... $15.05 US Dollars an hour starting pay.
Only thing I have to do right now is get my Class IIIa Gaming license. Which is basicly
a background check. Which will go over super easy.
After that I have the job. :) |
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| Now that I am all ready for this interview. :) |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|11:47 am] |
This is me all spiffy and neat for a job interview. :)
Pardon the quality this is from my old webcam that is pushing 6 years old now.
I will post later after the interview. :) |
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| Eeeeeekkkk! Run away it's ugly me! |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|09:58 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | excited | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Miranda Sex Garden - Fear | ] |
Rofl. Okie since you asked for it. Here are the pics of me in my glasses.
This is me and Bear. ( aka Pesh Pesh - Pronounced Peesh Peesh )
Pesh Pesh, is cat in my native language. :)
Me with my new glasses with out the clips.
This is me with the clips put on. The clips are really cool. They are magnetic.
So there is no springs to screw with or trying to make it line up or even taking my
glasses off to fit my clips on them. I just get the clips near my frames and "SNAP!"
clips are in place. :)
Well time to get dressed for this interview. I have to do my hair and all that crap.
Bleh I hate having hair that is super long now. It's a total pain to braid and all that crap.
But hey when I am done doing all of that it looks good.
But ya, my hair is over 2 1/2 feet long now. It about falls into the toilet now. LoL. |
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| Insomnia! |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|05:15 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Die Form - The Hidden Cage | ] |
Well here I am at 5:00 am PST. Can't sleep... I am just so wired about doing this interview for a new job today at 1300 hours.
If I get this job. ( Which I don't doubt I won't get ) I will be getting a job that starts at $15.05 an hour. With a $0.25 raise every month (Depending on performance.) Paid Vacations, 401k and all that neat stuff. :)
This job I am thinking of keeping for a short time till the other wishes to start a bidding war against this one. :)
The Other place I got interviewed for flat out told me that they will bid against this one if I get it.
So now it's time for the bidding to start once I get settled into this job.
Any way you look at it I come out on top with all the bidding and raises. Which would be good for me.
Making around or over $3,000 a month before taxes would be very nice. Considering right now I am making $1,100 a month after taxes.
The only other thing I have going right now is getting used to my new glasses. Bleh. I have to wear them 24 hours a day.
(Only time they are to come off is when I sleep.) Other wise if I am up and awake they are to be on my face.
I should upload a few of the pics of me wearing them to my web page and post them for all of ya to see. |
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| Finished with all of that testing. Now for round 3 after some prep work. |
[Apr. 24th, 2005|06:17 pm] |
Well I am now officaly CompTIA Acredited. So now it's time to get the next part of my CompTIA credits.
I am thinking server+ and security+ certifications. If I get them under me. Then I just about have all
of the CompTIA Certifications. Only ones I would have to do from there would be I-Net+ and a few
other little certs that are highly specialized for that field.
One of the things I am going to do shortly is design out a buissness card and take it to kinkos and
have them print up say 250 - 500 of them for me on a special paper print. That way I can give out cards
to people for computer repair.
Well I am off to catch a movie. :) |
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| Computer Certification testing |
[Apr. 21st, 2005|05:21 pm] |
Well round 1 of 2 finished. :) Passed with fly'n colors.
Tomarrow I get to do round 2. Which should be fun. Once I finish with
all of this testing and get my certification. I have a job waiting for
me doing computer repair. Which is cool. I am going to be starting at
$15.05 an hour. YAY. Some decent money for me each paycheck.
Well I am off to goof off and play some video games. |
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| New Glasses Ordered Etc. |
[Apr. 13th, 2005|02:32 pm] |
Well I have 3 Jobs lined up. Got interviewed for 2. Just waiting for the call back say'n your hired.
My new glasses will be in this monday to wensday. Once they come in it's time to get some pictures.
I am now also waiting for the 19th of this month. 3 hours with my dentist to remove my old fillings
which are starting to fail and rot out. Once they are gone I am going to have all the damage from
my previous dentist repaired. So I have alot of work in front of me. But hey it's worth it.
Well I got a few things to do I might post later some time. |
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| Still alive and kicking. |
[Mar. 21st, 2005|05:08 am] |
I am tired, worn out, etc. But still here.
This college credit ratio is just out there. I am about to take a long
needed break from school once I finish 1 more certification.
(2 weeks break) Then it's right back into the mix. LoL.
I have so little time to do any thing while doing all this school.
Everything around my house is nice and settled. Which is nice.
It's just now time to start filling the house with little nicknacks.
Well Apartment for now. With in 2 mabe 3 years I will be owning my
own actuall house. After 7 years or if I get 50% of it paid.
I get to register my house as federal protected land.
(Aka make it reservation land) So it will be protected by my tribe.
I had a root canal done a little while ago. So on 22nd I get the
perm crown put in. I got my physical done recently. Doc says
I am at a super healthy weight etc. Physicly fine in all deparments
other then my previous problems, that I was born with.
Going to get new glass's soon. YAY new photo-transition lenses,
and all the niffy stuff that my glasses need to have so I don't
get blinded by bright light.
Only downfall to my new glasses is I am now to wear them 24 hours
a day. (20/10 vision at range) 20/20 farsighted depth close up.
"Put it simply it takes alot of mental work to read stuff close up."
So the glasses will make my day to day activitys easier.
Only time I won't need them is when I am driving, and doing any thing
outside. But even then I have the magnetic clip-on sunglass's.
Once I get them fitted and all that I will get some photos and post
them for all of you to see the ugly geek.
Ohhh, new job starting soon. YAY! Going to be making around 30.00
an hour starting pay! WOOOHOOO!
Time for that new car I have been drooling over.
*I looked at a 1999 Toyota Camry XLE, that is loaded to the gills*
It has every thing I could want in the car right down to the simulated
wood panels. "Gives it a warm touch."
Great thing is. It's still under warranty. |
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| So much learning to go. But enjoy'n it. |
[Jan. 9th, 2005|02:35 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | dorky | ] |
Well as I have posted befor I have been doing school etc. Now that the holidays are over, and I have
more time for my self again. I desided to finaly post here.
So many things to say. So little space. Let me start with what I am doing.
I am currently in college for my Degree in Computer sciences and programing.
(Both hardware and software.) What I find totaly funny is my teacher does not expect me to do much
homework with almost every class I have. (Since I know 95% of the stuff he's teaching)
So majority of the time I am sitting around the class room assisting in teaching others.
Well other then going to school I just apply'd for a new job. The job is going to be 43k per year starting.
With everything added out of the gate. (Retirement, medical, dental, etc.) Ohh and 2 week paid vacation.
All from the moment I get hired. I have been talking with alot of the people that work there. All of them
want me there. So they are talking to the HR Boss say'n hire me.
I might even get a company car till I can buy my own. Which would be cool. :) My current car needs a new
transaxle. (It drives but I don't push it long distance. I just don't trust it.)
That would be really smart get 50 miles out from home and poof car breaks down. Yuck!
Toe truck bill would be outragous. Even if I have road side assistance.
That and I am loving my 1000 Square foot Apartment. Lots and lots of elbow room.
Well so all of you can see it. Here is my desk in all of it's glory.
The Center mointor is my desktop. The one to the left is my laptop.
The Desktop is in a brand new Prefab casee that I just slap'd together.
Here are some pics of the beast of a machine.
Yes that's my kitty's. Now turning 5 months old now. There names are Elizabeth, and Bear.
Liz giving her stamp of aproval for my new system setup.
Well I had a broken key on my laptop. So I called and yelled alot with the idiot techs at dell.
Finaly I got some support from them. Once I did they sent me a new keyboard. Well while
I had the machine torn apart I desided to clean and change out the thermal interface material
under the heatsink of my laptop.
(Which made my laptop run way better then it used to)
Here are Pics of the machine rip'd to shreads.
Mabe later some time I will get more pictures of them and post them. |
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| Hob Knob'n with big wigs of IT |
[Aug. 20th, 2004|08:32 am] |
I got invited to a Seminar about server distrobutions, load settings and power backup systems etc.
It was quite the fun event.
The whole thing was hosted by APC. Through a company that has purchased alot of equipment from apc.
Walking into there server room seeing all the equipment was pretty cool. Just to check out other companys
servers and setup. The office we was at for the seminar had over 1.6 Terabytes of storage space on there
servers. Full evironmental controled room, battery backup for 4 hours.
Large backbone internet connection, fiber optic network between servers.
Then going to the rest of the network was full on Twisted pair ethernet network. 10/100/1000 BaseT
I think the best part of all this was the dinner afterwards. El Gaucho's in downtown Seattle.
If you ever have some spare money that you can burn, try it out. El Gaucho menu has prices around
$20-$30 a plate. It is worth every penny. |
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| School and more school. Ohh and many people telling me I should run for office. |
[Aug. 12th, 2004|10:35 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Seraphim Shock - Kitty's Dead | ] |
Yes you read that right
Run for an office.
Not for president or any thing like that.
Fellow students and teachers have been telling me, I should run for tribal council.
The whole reason they tell me to do so is my knowledge of Computers and modern tech stuff.
I would be a great voice for making sure that we don't spend the money of the tribe unwisely.
Then we can get some school stuff that will be used and usefull.
I am actually actively considering running when we have another opening.
Not only would it be good for my tribe, it would be good for me.
My Tribe is still try'n to claw it's way out of the stone age when it comes to modern technoligy.
So having someone like me in the higher ranks would do us some good.
Well, I gotta run.
Talking to the finance people at my tribe about this upcoming semester at the Community college.
That and showing them a bill I should have never gotten.
Since my Tribe is pay'n full ride on my college. |
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| So much stuff to do. So little time. |
[Jul. 21st, 2004|01:41 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Seraphim Shock - Prey | ] |
Try'n to do all of my college work etc. It's a royal pain in the butt. But hey. It's alot of fun to be learning all this
stuff.
Zoo trips. Visiting more family etc. Doing homework. Getting a new car. Picking up a partime job.
(More money is good.) I make so much money being in school. But I wanna be able to do more stuff.
then I can right now. Things like setup a fully loaded state of the art 64 Bit Webserver.
School is going to be setting me up with a state of the art 64 bit workstation for my programing class's.
Since I will be doing full 32 and 64 bit programing class's. I am prolly going to have a computer shop
build me a AMD FX Series 64 bit Comp with a high end video card etc.
Then there is having dinners with family. Making time for them. Setting every thing up. Gah.
I hate being this busy some times. But hey. It pay's off over time.
Gotta pay some more rent. (Even though I am currently paid through OCT.) LoL.
All of my bills are paid. Cellphone. 5Mbps Internet, my 35 a month Power bill. Running all of my
comptuters going full bore 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
(And my cooling for my place.) |
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| ohhh BY THE WAY |
[Jul. 16th, 2004|07:10 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Seraphim Shock - Little Gothic | ] |
RUN AWAY It's yet another UGLY Photo of me! LoL
This was taken at Pike Place market in Seattle WA. The little chinese stop. Some good food there.
I had a friend over from PA that never seen Seattle so I showed my friend most the sites of Seattle.
I hope to have that friend back over soon to do more. We didn't get to finish every thing we wanted
to do. But hey it happens. |
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| So many things so little time. |
[Jul. 16th, 2004|06:30 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Seraphim Shock - Kitty's Dead | ] |
Well it seems my life is looking up and up. I am now in a giant 1000 Square foot APT. That is paid for till
This OCT. I have all my other bills paid and current. I have massive internet connection.
My computer has been majorly Overhauled. Soon to get a new car, and I am Pulling a 3.5 GPA in college!
Horay for me! I am loving the fact that all is now feeling some what stable and I have things going the
right way right now.
I get random phonecalls from my buddy once in a while. (Since he knows my phone number) He loves calling
me at 2 am to play some new song he has been writing on his music studio.
I got Recertified with my A+ Cert. I compeated in a A+ Competition (Regional to Pierce and king county colleges
and high schools.) I took 1st place by storm for the college level students.
I am currently actually taking 2 degree's in college right now. I am in a 2 year tech degree for computer programing
and computer sciences. I am also take'n a Transferable undergraduate degree. ( Transferable AA Degree )
My goal is to become a masters degree in computer programing and computer sciences and teach computers
to my tribe. Not only in Adult class's. But I wanna teach at the tribal school. Which means I will be teaching
5th grade through college level class's.
I have had lots of time to sit and refect who I am, and what I should do iwth my life and my talents. Being so good
with electronics, computers and networking. I figured I would be best fitted to be a teacher in my tribe.
If I don't become that. I wanna be the top level IT director of my tribe. Which it seems I might be shoe horned
into soon. With all the stuff I have done for the tribal college and all of the tribal admin ppl I have impressed
with my skills at computers.
I feel deeply proud of not only my self. But in my people. We just held a honoring dinner a little while back.
I got reconized for not only taking 1st place in the A+ Competition. But I was also reconized for taking on
the load of learning and how fast I am finishing it. I have already compleated 20 credits toward my AA Degree.
They gave me some nice gifts for doing every thing I have done. Alot of the tribal council and tribal elders
told the younger kids and adults alike in the tribe to look up at me as a role model of what a tribal member
can do when they put there mind too it.
Gah there is so much to write. So much to tell on what has happened to me. But I will save more for later
I will be posting more. I have some work to do on my 4th computer here at my house.
My new webserver should be online soon. I hope. I need to replace my current Router for a new one, that
works with my DNS host I am going through.
Linksys makes some good routers. But it lacks some features I need. So I am going to upgrade to a diffrent
one that gives me 802.11g Wireless access and also has full DNS host resolve features etc.
(Ohh did I forget to mention I am now becoming a Full on NW+ Tech.) AKA A+ and Net+ Tech.
My summer class's are a refresher class on a Certified CompTIA Net+ |
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| And another Quizzy |
[Nov. 28th, 2003|07:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
Dark- you tend to have an unquenchable anger. You
are somewhat of an outcast, however, you are
NOT exactly evil. You control the psychic
forces of the world.
What element are you?
brought to you by Quizilla |
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| LoL. Quizzy again |
[Nov. 28th, 2003|07:22 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
You are Mitsurugi -
Both mysterious and attractive, you captivate people with the fact that you seem to be
good at everything! Spending quiet moments with a friend and talking about what life means to you is your ideal situation. You don't like to stand out very much and you seem to be more old-fashioned
than modern, but when you do take the spotlight -- you command the floor!
Which Soul Calibur character are you?
this quiz was made by david park |
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| Getting things done. |
[Nov. 12th, 2003|08:05 pm] |
Well. I got the houses gutters cleaned and the roof swept off.
After I finished that. There was a large pile of dishs in the kitchen.
So I did 2 loads, Swept and mop'd the kitchen also.
Gah I wish some of the places I applied for would call me back.
I still can't get through to the Home Depot about a job with them.
Tomarrow it's a bright and early day for me so I can go hit some
more places. I don't care what I get as long as I can get a job.
I really should drop in on LEE at the 76 station and talk to him.
About my application for a job there. |
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| Love Quizy things some times. |
[Nov. 9th, 2003|02:00 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | awake | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tapping The Vein - bleed | ] |
Well done yet another. I need to compile my Quiz results to a Webpage and
post them there. :) Or some thing.
Your soul is bound to the Glass Rose: The
Fragile.
"My heart lies somewhere between perfection
and dust. And while my soul is a sight to
behold, I shatter at the blink of an
eye."
The Glass Rose is associated with perfection,
beauty, and frailty. It is governed by the
goddess Aphrodite and its sign is the Looking
Glass, or Tenuous Love.
As a Glass Rose, you have a beautiful soul and
naturally attract people to you. Love comes
naturally to you, but it hardly ever lasts.
Though you embody the perfect form of love,
your own faults are your own undoing.
What Rose Is Your Soul Bound To?
brought to you by Quizilla |
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| GAH. Freezing cold. |
[Nov. 3rd, 2003|01:19 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tapping The Vein - Beautiful | ] |
My Toes are frozen. This sucks. I need coffee....
I think I am going to try and find some thing to nibble on downstairs. |
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| Matrix Party tonight and tomarrow. |
[Nov. 3rd, 2003|01:18 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | hungry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tapping The Vein - Beautiful | ] |
This should honestly be very intresting to see... :D
Since it's so cold I am so taking my cloak and my trench coat.
I am going to wrap up in so many layers I doubt I will be able to move very well.
LoL. At least till I get inside the location then I will lose half of the layers I am wearing.
It's been way too damn cold as of late. |
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| Tired |
[Nov. 2nd, 2003|04:42 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | cheerful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Dj- J.D. Elliott - Live Goa Mix | ] |
Ohh I am so not looking forward to this monday and tuesday.
Reminder ppl. Be at the www.bodaciousclassics.com
For out Matrix Revolutions Party. Starting at about 9:00 PM each night.
Lots of good prizes for the ppl that come dressed as a matrix charater.
Drinks are fair priced and are NOT Watered down.
I do beleve the cook will be on hand up till 11:00pm so there will be
full Dinner dish's up till the cook leaves.
The Food at Bodacious Classics is great. The Basic burger is 4:00
and it comes out as this monster sitting on a plate. Frys to go with it
are just awesome. As is all the rest of the food. So plz come.
Enjoy some music. Gets some free prizes (If you dress up)
Drink some great drinks. (Beer and hard drinks served)
That and watch me make an ass out of my self working on the
video graphics... Possibly I might even be DJ'N... |
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| My Chinese Sign Info. Is the Fire Dragon |
[Oct. 28th, 2003|12:16 pm] |
Chinese Astrology Info Page
The powerful Dragon is the physically healthy, sentimental visionary of
the Chinese zodiac. Outspoken, lucky and financially fortunate, Dragons
show boundless energy and vitality. These proud souls do not like to be
challenged, and their nature is that of "unpredictability." Egotistic, and
always high-profile, Dragons are assertive, boisterous, and extroverted
personalities. Successful and popular, this 5th sign of the zodiac produces
excellent actors and performers, and are born to be in the public eye.
Lucky, original, enthusiastic, and healthy, the ardent Dragon needs a strong
and intriguing partner, or else they may opt to live a solitary life. The
Dragon gathers strength during its own morning hours of 7:00am - 9:00am.
The
nature of Fire is to spread, and to urge outcome, to resolve. Fire manifests
and expresses in the natural rhythm of the heart, which pulsates the blood.
The Fire element will multiply the individual signs energies. Those born
into a year ruled by the Fire element, will display above average qualities
of leadership, passion and dynamic aggression. Fire element people are doers,
and attract others with their fervor and radiance.
The Fire element arouses,
changes, and converts. For those of the Fire element, their brand of flame
may be a mystical spark. The Fire element imparts much energy and can cause
each sign to be impatient in pursuit of goals. Fire is rapid, and can also
consume the persons energies, to relax and respect your body's natural rhythms.
Fire element persons, no matter what their calling, will always remain
fiercely individualistic. Fire's physical organs are the Heart and Small
intestine; it's flavor is Bitter. Fires color is Red and corresponds to
the season of Summer and heat. |
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