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Work: Hey Steve.
Me: Yes work?
Work: Bend over.
Me: ...wait, why?
Work: Well we have this cactus and - just bend over or we'll give you a bad review.
Me: ...Well, alright. I guess.
Work: By the way, we'll stop when we think you deserve it.
That's basically the situation with my work right now. My "promotion" was actually just a "department change". Just with a heavier mental burden to carry and more bullshit to tolerate. I tried appealing to them, but they remain steadfast. So, if my pay won't reflect the work I'm doing, I'll make my work mirror my pay. It's that simple. If someone confronts me, I'll rip them a new asshole for this unjustified treatment. The only good news being excreted by that unholy of establishments, is the fact that I have eight paid vacation days that I have to use before the end of the year. I like how no one told me about this until now. Well, if I divide this correctly, I can take 3 day weekends until january, and still get paid. HA! Take THAT!
Moving on.
I have an important to decision to make, and I have a little less than a year to make it. I'm going to transfer to OU come fall of next year. Problem is, I don't know whether to go back to the full time class thing and live there, or continue my work schedule and commute to the university at nights. Both have pros and cons. If I decide to quit work and go to full time student. I risk the same problem I had at eastern, distraction, procrastination, stress, and being overwhelmed. I probably won't have as much on my plate as I did EMU, I'll won't have AKL, marching band, symphonic band, pushy room mates, and a horrible learning environment. That and I'll probably take it a little slower than I did at EMU too, probably only around 12 or 13 credit hours a semester. The cons to this, money. Plain and simple. My $350 a week paycheck will vanish and the cost of living at any university is enough to send a middle class family into a depression. I can easily find a job around the OU area probably, but my car and cell phone bills will rack up pretty quick.
Commuting, on the other hand, will show different results. My pay will remain intact, and the longer I stay there, the larger my pay will become. Taking around 3 classes a semester will be less stressful, but adding in full time work would most likely cancel that out. And also putting into the budget is keeping my car full of gas. That's not exactly a close drive.
Putting both into consideration, I'm leaning toward just living there. Maybe finding an apartment, or university-run apartment. I really don't want to go through dorm living again.
K, onward again. This is about video games, if you're not interested, skip it.
Smash bros brawl got pushed back. FUCK. I wanted to be playing it by Christmas, dammit. Although some recent announcements about the game have made up for it. For example, the addition of Sonic has got me so happy I'm shitting kittens. This game is going to be legendary.
If you guys didn't know, I decided to break all ties with Shannon. I dunno for how long though. There are a few reasons, but mainly because keeping in daily contact with her will not allow me to get over her. Its just my personality I guess, but hearing her voice everyday while shes in a serious relationship with someone else is just plain torture. That and Mr. Mike, her new significant other, hates the premise that we're even still in contact. So we're not even so much as facebook messaging each other any more, and her boyfriend probably couldn't be happier.
I haven't been on the single scene, (at least permanently), since high school. I'm just a weeeeee bit out of practice. I admit, within the past couple of years, my self-confidence has waned. Especially when it comes to talking to girls I don't know.
Finally, upcoming events. I'll be at Eastern this saturday for an alumni/parent bbq. I also plan to have some people over my house relatively soon for what I call "geek night". You know how girls have "girls night out", well this is the opposite.
If you didn't read this all the way through, then you missed out, didn't you?
Me: Yes work?
Work: Bend over.
Me: ...wait, why?
Work: Well we have this cactus and - just bend over or we'll give you a bad review.
Me: ...Well, alright. I guess.
Work: By the way, we'll stop when we think you deserve it.
That's basically the situation with my work right now. My "promotion" was actually just a "department change". Just with a heavier mental burden to carry and more bullshit to tolerate. I tried appealing to them, but they remain steadfast. So, if my pay won't reflect the work I'm doing, I'll make my work mirror my pay. It's that simple. If someone confronts me, I'll rip them a new asshole for this unjustified treatment. The only good news being excreted by that unholy of establishments, is the fact that I have eight paid vacation days that I have to use before the end of the year. I like how no one told me about this until now. Well, if I divide this correctly, I can take 3 day weekends until january, and still get paid. HA! Take THAT!
Moving on.
I have an important to decision to make, and I have a little less than a year to make it. I'm going to transfer to OU come fall of next year. Problem is, I don't know whether to go back to the full time class thing and live there, or continue my work schedule and commute to the university at nights. Both have pros and cons. If I decide to quit work and go to full time student. I risk the same problem I had at eastern, distraction, procrastination, stress, and being overwhelmed. I probably won't have as much on my plate as I did EMU, I'll won't have AKL, marching band, symphonic band, pushy room mates, and a horrible learning environment. That and I'll probably take it a little slower than I did at EMU too, probably only around 12 or 13 credit hours a semester. The cons to this, money. Plain and simple. My $350 a week paycheck will vanish and the cost of living at any university is enough to send a middle class family into a depression. I can easily find a job around the OU area probably, but my car and cell phone bills will rack up pretty quick.
Commuting, on the other hand, will show different results. My pay will remain intact, and the longer I stay there, the larger my pay will become. Taking around 3 classes a semester will be less stressful, but adding in full time work would most likely cancel that out. And also putting into the budget is keeping my car full of gas. That's not exactly a close drive.
Putting both into consideration, I'm leaning toward just living there. Maybe finding an apartment, or university-run apartment. I really don't want to go through dorm living again.
K, onward again. This is about video games, if you're not interested, skip it.
Smash bros brawl got pushed back. FUCK. I wanted to be playing it by Christmas, dammit. Although some recent announcements about the game have made up for it. For example, the addition of Sonic has got me so happy I'm shitting kittens. This game is going to be legendary.
If you guys didn't know, I decided to break all ties with Shannon. I dunno for how long though. There are a few reasons, but mainly because keeping in daily contact with her will not allow me to get over her. Its just my personality I guess, but hearing her voice everyday while shes in a serious relationship with someone else is just plain torture. That and Mr. Mike, her new significant other, hates the premise that we're even still in contact. So we're not even so much as facebook messaging each other any more, and her boyfriend probably couldn't be happier.
I haven't been on the single scene, (at least permanently), since high school. I'm just a weeeeee bit out of practice. I admit, within the past couple of years, my self-confidence has waned. Especially when it comes to talking to girls I don't know.
Finally, upcoming events. I'll be at Eastern this saturday for an alumni/parent bbq. I also plan to have some people over my house relatively soon for what I call "geek night". You know how girls have "girls night out", well this is the opposite.
If you didn't read this all the way through, then you missed out, didn't you?