Daily Archives: February 12, 2002

Two major social events for me coming up is the Punchline this Friday and Mew’s going away party next Saturday. I’m already getting worked up over both and at one point, was trying to figure out ways to get out the both of them. **sigh** I just worry about what kind of mood I will be in before these events. And then there’s the matter of Suzanne. I love Suzanne (God, what a set-up), but she always has to put me down in front of my friends, or her friends for that matter. I don’t know, just not a very good track record with us and social event, I guess. Sometimes I can take it and other times I can’t. I just worry what time it will be.
The Punchline will be about 10-15 people that I know and don’t know. There will be some people from work that I know in varying degrees, and my old roommates might show up also. And then Suzanne is also bringing Jason, who I haven’t talked to or apologized too since the disastrous New Years Eve Party.
And then there is Mew’s going away party. The last party that I went to with Suzanne and my friends, I got roaring drunk and passed out. I still don’t remember everything that went on.
I wonder if I am turning into my dad? He’s kinda antisocial too.
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Lottery dreams are in the air in California with a $125+ million pot. **sigh** No offense to the elderly, but I am tired of 90+ people winning huge lottery prizes. What the hell are they going to do with all of that money. They aren’t even going to live long enough to collect it all. I think that there should be an age cap on the lottery. **sigh** I’m not bitter or anything. But another reason why I am on the fast track to Hell. It would make it a lot easier if I won the lottery though.
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I had so many grandiose ideas and thoughts that I wanted to spew onto live journal, but tonight they have seen to hidden themselves into the recesses of my mind. I guess they are shy.
Justin is outside my room waiting for a “guest” to come over. He lets me know when guests are coming over. I think that he doesn’t want to the “straight person” to scare them off or something. Or maybe his drug supplier is coming over? Je ne sai pas, I guess.
Anyway, something profound. Hmm. **yawn** I guess we will talk about school and graduating. It still hasn’t really hit me that I am graduating yet. I’m sure part of it has to do with the hoops that I am being forced to jump through just to apply. But half of the people that I know have not graduated or didn’t graduate from a traditional 4yr college. And they seem to be doing better than I am. Granted that the ones who did graduate from college are also doing better than I am also. But they say that with a degree, you make X amount more than someone without one. But O. K. I am out of college working for the bookstore. At the most, I’ll be making $35-37K at my job (I think. It’s probably less than that.) Suzanne doesn’t have a degree and is an apprentice in training and she is already making as much has I am. and in the end, she will be making way more than I will. I’m not jealous or bitter or anything of Suzanne, but I just wonder if all of these years were worth it. I’m sure I will be echoing that thought in the upcoming months when I start repaying the loans.
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A quote from Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
Anyhow, Buffy was an O.K. episode, I guess. Kinda afterschoolly special, like some of them have been.

I am in a converted living room, which means that I have plenty of space; 17 x 17 I think. There are three windows, unfortunately they are not bay windows. There is a ceiling fan/light that has it’s own remote control that cost $300 (Justin WON’T let me forget that it’s $300 and that he installed it himself.) There is also a fireplace, which I have yet to use. The room comes with a mirrored closet, phone jack, cable, and the floors are hardwood. The biggest problem with the room is that there is only one electrical outlet in the room. So there are extension cords running around the room, and I still might need more. So in one corner of the room is my computer on the new desk that I bought at IKEA. The piss off thing about it is that about a week later, the Office Depot went out of business and there is a desk there about twice the size of this desk for only $20 more. But it was here that Suzanne got me a nice and comfy exec chair. **sigh** I wish I could have a chair like this at work too. Anyway next to the computer is half of the wooden bookshelf that I have had for awhile now. For the longest time, it was the only piece of furniture that I owned. Since my books are still at the warehouse in storage, I’ve been using half of the bookshelf to hold misc stuff. The other half is in the opposite corner of the room where I have my radio and the small T. V. that Justin is letting me use. On the wall across from the window is my new bed. It is a queen size firm mattress with a comfort pillow layer on top. I love it! The only way it could be better if it was a king size. On the floor in front of the bed is my tiger rug that has been used for everything from a blanket to a wall rug but never has an actual rug. Over the fireplace I have a mantle. Call me crazy, but I am excited about having a mantle. I put my full length mirror horizontal on it and I have some pictures and kick knacks on it (I think that is the first time that I have ever used kick knack in a sentence). I also have the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon statue that my brother got me for Xmas. That is about it for the room. One thing that I am desperately missing is a dresser for my clothes. I have been kinda picky about what I want (5-6 deep drawers around $300-$400), but I might have to settle for something soon. Besides, I need to get rid of a lot of my clothes, so I should have plenty of space with something smaller. Suzanne mom is letting me have their old futon (which is the same basic futon that I took from Shawn/Marie and gave to Randy when I moved out from Park Merced to The Village.) and so I won’t be so far away from the small T. V. I really want to get a big screen T. V., but I’m torn over what to get. I could settle for a decent 25-27″ T. V. But then I really want a HDTV, but the cheapest one that I have seen is $1000. I also have this dream of an ultimate entertainment center by placing a nice television with a good surround system and my computer. It’s a dream that I should really let go of. The only other problem with the room is with the heater. Suzanne thinks that it is noisy, but I think it is kinda soothing. The problem is with Justin and his pot smoking and his incense use. He is all the way in the back of the house and he has no windows. So all the smoke from his room goes into the vents and comes out in my room, esp when the heat is turned on. I think that is the reason why my chest has been hurting for the last two weeks. So the last couple of days, when I have gotten home I have opened all of my windows and turned the fan on to air out my room. It seems to be working cause my chest feels much better. I have a feeling that Justin might say something about it one day. **sigh** I hope not, I really don’t want to move again, but if I have too. Anyway that was a very long and confusing description of my new place. It will make a lot more sense with pictures, which I will probably take tomorrow afternoon when there is some sunlight in the room.
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Current music: Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy

I live on the first floor of a brown ,3 story house in the Outer Mission in San Francisco. The house is split into two residences, with 3 rooms on the first floor and 3-4 rooms on the 2-3 floors. I live with two other people, David who is a teacher at the high school next door, and Justin, who is the house manager. David is rarely home, so usually it’s just Justin and I. Justin is a unique person. He is 23-24 (I think), and his only jobs are collecting the rent and he clean houses. He is stereotypical gay, which sounds bad, but means that he has the gay lisp. He also has a tooth that is annoyingly crooked. He is very anally clean, which is a good thing, cause I am assured that the house is clean. It’s bad cause it’s like living at home with my mom again. He is very cautious about his stuff, so I’m sure it’s hard for him to live with somebody else in the house and to share stuff, like the fridge. Not doing a very good describing Justin…
Anyway, Buffy is on; descriptions will have to wait
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I am also being naughty by looking at new computer parts and pieces. NOT that I would be interested in buying a new computer, esp since I haven’t even had this computer for even a year now. But it is fun to go window shopping. And there are some things that I do need for this computer. I quieter fan for starters. Not sure if it is the case fan of the power supply fan, but I do need something that runs quieter than what I have. I also might need a new Sound blaster Audegy sound card. Either that or buy a fire wire card so when Suzanne gets her laptop, then we can link up and play Diablo II together and stuff. What else? A new graphics card might be nice, one that I could connect to a T. V. but that is more of a dream item than anything else. A web cam might be nice also. Oh, I know a remote control. So I don’t have a stereo system, just the computer which I copied all of my CD’s on to. I hate the fact that I am I’m my bed and if I want to change songs, then I have to get up and go to the computer, change the song, and then go back to the bed. Life would be much easier with this. I know, I am so lazy.
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I know, where are all of the major revelations that I’m suppose to be writing down. Well, I’ve been busy at the web site of my motherboard mfg., ASUS, trying to fix something. My computer wont start up. What I usually have to do is reach behind it and flip the switch on the power supply, wait about 10 sec, and then turn it on again. This was annoying before, but with my new desk, it is really annoying. So I am scanning the forums trying to see if anybody else has had the problems that I had.
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So tonight, I plan on doing what I wanted last night, which is to mostly just put in thoughts and ideas that are/were in my head. Last night would have been better to do it, but oh well. I will have to take a break between 8-9pm for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Hopefully, tonight LJ will behave and I wont have to resort to playing Diablo II again.
But oh did I kick ass. Well, actually I got my ass kicked. I was playing with my assasin and just have been cruising through the level. I mean, I think that I only died once in the first three acts. But then I got to Act IV and got my ass handed to me time and time again. I started the level with 1600000 in my stash and about 2500000 on me. I wiped it all out while trying to pass the act and beating Diablo. That sucked, but now I am on Act V which is cool since I’ve never played the level before.
Diablo II rules!!!
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