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Great Day in the Morning

November 7th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Election day.
Democrats take control of the House! Whoopeeee! The Senate is still a dead heat as I type this, but at least half of Congress is out of the hands of those hatemongers from the GOP. Happy, happy, joy, joy!
I woke up early today, intending to vote before I went to work. [...]

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Hallelujah!

November 1st, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Yesterday, my roommate told me that he was planning on moving out by the end of November. When he told me that, I wanted to jump up and down with glee! But I played it cool and just said it was okay with me. Yippe!
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
Work was okay today. [...]

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Valrhona Purloined

October 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorized

While I was at work yesterday, I received a text message from Bill, telling me that I will have a package waiting for me at home. He had gotten me something in advance of my birthday. Wouldn’t tell me what it was, of course. He just said I could open it as [...]

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Wednesday

October 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Another stultifyingly boring day of training at the new job. This morning’s session was conducted by a Project Manager. He kinda looked like the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. Needless to say, though, he doesn’t have flowing white hair. He spoke with a curious accent… a [...]

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New day, new job

October 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Today was my first day at the new job. It was pretty uneventful. There were three other guys who started today, and all of us spent the entire day in orientation. We got our laptops, sat through presentation after boring presentation, had lunch at the company cafeteria, and sat through more presentations.
The [...]

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Free at last! Free at last!

September 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Thank Xena almighty, I’m free at last!
Yesterday was my last day at my old job. I came in late and left early. In between, I was taken out to lunch by about 15 of my coworkers. We ate at Yan Can. Celebchef Martin Yan (he with the fake Chinese accent) owns [...]

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