Alright, well, I'm at work,

Alright, well, I'm at work, so it's time to finally update. See, with no school in session, it's very hard to find time to update, what with all the video game playing, and tv watching, even simply talking on AIM with friends. Because of course during the school year, we had an endless number of opportunities to put off homework and visit the website for an alternative source of entertainment. And I know you're saying, well John, shouldn't work be an alternative to schooling providing plenty of opportunities to update? Not for me, exactly. See, when I have a job I like to work, and I like to work hard. So what actually ends up happening is the opposite. I update from work only when there's nothing to do, and I need to pass some time. This particular morning is somewhat of an extension of last Friday. I finished my work around 1:30 and was surfing the web till four, waiting for the boss to finish analyzing the data I was done with. Now, Monday morning, he still hasn't even looked at it, and I've an excellent window of opportunity for some posting. So on to what's new.

The job is fun, I guess. I spent most of last week programming. The heinous amounts of work Makinde left me (and props to him, I probably would have done the same) is finished now, this is the date I'm wating for my boss to look at. My boss is great, he's something out of office space, simply because he says "touch base" 4 times a minute. Makinde warned me of this when I first came, and the next time I talked to him we were hardly into the conversation and on about the third "touch base" I nearly burst out laughing. I had to bite the inside of my mouth to restrain. Anyway, I have a work phone finally, so if you're looking to call me anytime during the weekdays this summer just ask me for the number.

Anyway, it was tuesday or wednesday night, I'm thinking tuesday, but who knows maybe it was even monday. But this fact is pretty irrelevant. We're on our way home from dinner, and the younger brother suggests that we rent Harry Potter 2: Chamber of Secrets that night. My mom says not that night, she'd watch it the next night, though, and I inform the little one that I was planning on purchasing the dvd anyway. So leaving the restaurant around 8:30, with a quick stop at RiteAid, we leave the house at 8:47 with about 13 minutes till the store closes. I get there in 7 :-P. Heh. On the way over, we had been discussing how we needed a new Xbox game, but Xbox was a little lacking in the game selection lately (but oh man, this christmas, look out!). So I walk into the store, straight up to customer service, fill out a few forms, and I get approved for an 1100 dollar credit line for a best buy credit card. RAWK. Walk over to the video game aisle, and pick up a gamecube (black), extra controller (black), wavebird (wireless controller, gray), extended memory card (black), Zelda: Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, and a product replacement plan (oh, and harry potter 2). The total came to 350, and I was home playing some ZELDA!

So yeah, pretty spontaneous, and pretty surprising. I mean, I know! I'm such an Xbox buff, what gives? Truth is I've alwasy loved Nintendo. I've had every gaming system they've ever put out, except this one. And I didn't want to stop here. Plus, ZELDA!!!!! CELL SHADING!!! SO GORGEOUS! Metroid is great too. Problem is I realized when I'd gotten home that I bought extra controllers when I didn't buy any multiplayer games. oops. (I had forgotten that Metroid wasn't mulitplayer) But wow, Zelda rawks my world. Ok, so why the Best Buy credit card? I mean, I've got a job, and a decent amount of money ($500) I could have paid for all that immediately with the debit card. Well, you see, this way, I build credit! When they send me my first statement, I'm going to pay it off in full immediately. No late payment risks, no interest, just get rid of it right away. This way later in life, although I hope I never need it, I'll have good credit. Personally, I hate credit cards, I think they're a trap. Debit is so brilliant because it forces you to only spend when you have the money.

Well, other than that, things have been semi normal. I saw Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle with Grant, Joanna, and Ashley, and that was pretty funny, possibly even more so than the first, simply because of how absolutely ridiculous it was. But this was Grant's last night out for a long while, he leaves, probably in a few hours (bye grant!) for the naval academy to start training till fall, when his classes will start. CRAZINESS. So that put a semi-damper on things, but this is not the end, but the beginning (or some cheerful crap like that). He will be loved and he will be missed. Alright, sorry, I'm done with the corny crap. JEEZ! I'm bored, I hope they give me some work to do soon, or else I'm leaving early. I know getting paid 11 dollars an hour to sit and surf the web sounds nice ... and ... well ... it is ... but I swear your conscience gets to you.

Well, this is all for now, I think one other thing happened worthy of an update but I've forgotten. Oh well.

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