Quickie Update
Some highlights from today: I bought from the drawer a quarter from 1958 and a Honduran 50 cent piece (which someone mistakenly spent as a quarter). Quarters (and other denominations, to a lesser extent) with silver in them make a very different sound to my ears when dropped than modern copper-zinc ones. It's quite noticeable. An almost musical quality to it.
I really hate dealing with the public. We had some real gems tonight. Some people are so staggeringly ignorant that it makes my head hurt.
Played with some online backup services' free trials tonight. Looks like the one with unlimited storage for $4.95/mo might actually be a pretty decent deal. But uploading is slow. It wouldn't surprise me if backing up this machine's entire drive literally took days.
I think Monday I'm going to try to make home-made fried rice. I've been wanting to try for a few days now, but I've been getting home so late after closing shifts that I'd feel really bad about setting off the smoke alarm if I fuck it up. And it wouldn't take much. The smoke alarm in here is insanely sensitive.
I enjoy picking Bill's brain, trying to learn a little more Spanish as I can. I've learned a lot more just asking him questions (he speaks it fluently) and practicing what I little I do know. I told him, I already have the most important phrase down pat: "Mi espanol es no bueno. Habla engles, por favor?". I know the spelling and punctuation are mangled pretty badly, but I don't feel like spending ten minutes fishing individual characters out from charmap just to make the point. I enjoy learning Spanish by osmosis. It keeps the language center of my brain active, and it's been languishing for quite some time. It also enmeshes me further as a resident of the area. As I've said before... I like living here. In part because of the Hispanic people, so I don't mind being accommodating to some degree. It'll be a while before I can count change back in it (Spanish), but I already know how to ask for ID, if a card is credit or debit, and instruct someone how to use the debit terminal. I'm proud that I have an aptitude for picking it up by ear, as small a usable vocabulary as I have so far.
I really hate dealing with the public. We had some real gems tonight. Some people are so staggeringly ignorant that it makes my head hurt.
Played with some online backup services' free trials tonight. Looks like the one with unlimited storage for $4.95/mo might actually be a pretty decent deal. But uploading is slow. It wouldn't surprise me if backing up this machine's entire drive literally took days.
I think Monday I'm going to try to make home-made fried rice. I've been wanting to try for a few days now, but I've been getting home so late after closing shifts that I'd feel really bad about setting off the smoke alarm if I fuck it up. And it wouldn't take much. The smoke alarm in here is insanely sensitive.
I enjoy picking Bill's brain, trying to learn a little more Spanish as I can. I've learned a lot more just asking him questions (he speaks it fluently) and practicing what I little I do know. I told him, I already have the most important phrase down pat: "Mi espanol es no bueno. Habla engles, por favor?". I know the spelling and punctuation are mangled pretty badly, but I don't feel like spending ten minutes fishing individual characters out from charmap just to make the point. I enjoy learning Spanish by osmosis. It keeps the language center of my brain active, and it's been languishing for quite some time. It also enmeshes me further as a resident of the area. As I've said before... I like living here. In part because of the Hispanic people, so I don't mind being accommodating to some degree. It'll be a while before I can count change back in it (Spanish), but I already know how to ask for ID, if a card is credit or debit, and instruct someone how to use the debit terminal. I'm proud that I have an aptitude for picking it up by ear, as small a usable vocabulary as I have so far.