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Just wanted to fill everyone in on something bad happening to me, so no one else falls victim to the same scam.
On July 1, I went to my car inspected at SpeeDee Lube in Cumberland on Mendon Road. I dropped off the car at 9, knowing that it would take a couple of hours. That was fine, considering we were going to Roger Willaims Zoo that day, we just had to get back before 5 when they closed. I asked them to do an oil change as well, and they said that was fine. I called when we were leaving the park around 3. They said the car was still being inspected, but it would be ready by the time I got there. I got there at about 4:00. Then they said they were having a problem calibrating their computer, and the car was still being worked on. So I waited there patiently.
Then, at 4:30, they informed me that my car failed inspection. It needed an inner tie rod, and since my car was rare, it would be a little more expensive then most parts. They were going to charge me $279.99 to order and install it. Thinking that the part itself probably only costs about $50, and that my dad and I could probably fix it ourselves, I told them not to order it. They failing inspection report gave me another 30 days to fix my car before I could get ticketed for not having a current inspection. Driving home, I noticed that the window sticker that they usually put in after an oil change wasn't there, then realized that they hadn't charged me for an oil change, just 43 for the inspection. So after waiting the whole day to get my car back, all I got was a failed inspection and no oil change for $50.
Then I took a couple weeks later to get an oil change there. The wait wasn't too bad, but they tried to get me to do about $500 worth of service to my car. One of the guys took me out into the shop area and said that there were metal buts in one of my fluids. He showed them to me on a piece of paper, but when he tried to take out one of the dipsticks, he could not get the metal bits to come out again. Curious...But I just got the oil change and nothing extra.
If the story had ended there it wouldn't be so bad. But it goes on...
I dropped off the car at my dad's so he could take a look at it. He decided that he couldn't fix it because it needed to go up on a lift. So he brought it down to Western Auto and told them to fix it and then inspect it. They took a look at it and guess what...that's right...NOTHING WRONG WITH IT!!!!! So I spent $42 bucks for a false inspection. Sure enough Western Auto inspected it, and it turned out fine.
So this is my warning to everyone who reads this: Do not use the SpeeDee Lube on Mendon Road in Cumberland. They'll just cheat you and try to convince you you need to get things for your car that you don't, even going so far as to force you to buy something to get your car to pass inspection. So do not go there. I will be writing a letter to the parent company as well as the Better Business Bureau to let them know this has happened.
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| Where was I? |
[29 Jan 2006|11:14pm] |
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Back agin, here I am. A little older, a little wiser, and a little more humble. Well, I'm sure at least one of those is true. Anyway, here's the shortened version of what's been going on in my life. I moved about 2 miles down a couple of roads from where I was living before into a bigger, cheaper apartment closer to the woods. I like it here. It feels a lot less cluttered. Or it will when we finally finish cleaning. I got a new job at Incom in Charlton. We make fiber optics. I am now Earl Davis, Quality Engineer. Now I just need a fan and a good background, and I can be a superhero. I love the job there. I got a raise after 3 weeks, and hopefully I'll be getting another one soon. I just left Wal-Mart today. It was both a sad and a happy leaving. Happy to leave the store, sad to leave the people. But I need time to relax and hang out with people again. Although my boss is already asking me to work on Saturdays. Not that that's a problem. Anything I can do to move forward in this new job is a good thing. I started my undead campaign, and it has run for about three sessions so far. And it's already getting interesting partywise. I think that's all for now. Hopefully I'll try and update more often. And be on AIM more. And come out of the cave and talk to people again instead of just running into them.
And in an Earl-y News Report, a girl discovers what it means to be furry...Furry Fandom!
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| Halloween Time Again |
[31 Oct 2005|08:33pm] |
| My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| Dbm713 goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Prince Alarming. | | azure_phoenix gives you 9 dark green orange-flavoured gummy worms. | | barryr gives you 1 light blue blueberry-flavoured nuggets. | | jadeutopia gives you 18 tan strawberry-flavoured wafers. | | jediwalflower tricks you! You lose 24 pieces of candy! | | kyumito tricks you! You get an eraser. | | nanjokazuya tricks you! You lose 2 pieces of candy! | | onyxguenhwyvar tricks you! You get a toothbrush. | | pinkiestars gives you 1 softly glowing strawberry-flavoured wafers. | | silentinfinity gives you 10 orange root beer-flavoured gummy worms. | | Dbm713 ends up with 13 pieces of candy, an eraser, and a toothbrush. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dbm713's Halloween party:
azure_phoenix dressed as a 1980's yuppie child.
barryr dressed as a elephant, and it suited them disturbingly well.
jadeutopia dressed as a sub-adjunct bastard operator from hell.
jediwalflower dressed as John Quincy Adams.
kyumito dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Pendant of Power.
nanjokazuya dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
onyxguenhwyvar gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as Master Shake.
pinkiestars dressed as one of the Desperate Housewives's mother, and it suited them all too well.
silentinfinity dressed as Lt. Cmdr. Data from "Star Trek".
Throw your own party at the Hallomeme!
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| Come one, come all! |
[12 Jul 2005|09:11pm] |
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Long time no talk everybody. Ah Well. I've fallen out of touch a bit, starting to get busy again. In the midst of a job hunt now and I'm chilling here at home with Kristy. But, to get to the point of this...
Party!!!
Graduation party, that is. Mine to be exact. Set for Saturday the 23rd. Everyone's welcome to come and hang out. It'll start at 4 and go till whenever. Food will be provided. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and such. Plenty of variety for the people who don't like those things. If you can come, let me know or give me a call before around Wednesday of next week. If you need my number or directions to my house, leave me a message here and I'll let you know. Or, you can send me an email at edav1925@postoffice.uri.edu. I wonder how long I'll be able to use that now that I'm gone. Ok, back to cleaning and organizing. Laters all.
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| Phantom |
[13 May 2005|12:06pm] |
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OMG. Phantom of the Opera at The Majestic Theater in NYC last night. Such an awesome show. So many good songs as well. I can't wait to see the movie now. I think my favorite song was "Music of the Night". Anyway, had a great time in NY yesterday, even if I did almost crash a couple of times on the way home. Kristy and I went to Benihana of Tokyo for dinner. And I got a philadelphia roll! Yay for sushi! Then we did a little bit of walking and went to the show. Spamalot was playing right next door to the theater. It looked so cool. I definetely have to go see it while Tim Curry is still in it. Hopefully later this summer if I can. We'll see. By the way, did I ever tell you how awesome my grlfriend is? Not only did she get me the tickets for our anniversary, but she braved the city of NY for me. She's so great.
Finally got my paper for writing done. After Kristy helped me correct it it turned out to be 10 pages. Now I just have to work on a presentation for it on Tuesday. Then I have one exam on Thursday. After that, it's relaxation until Saturday when I graduate and head to NC for two weeks. I can't wait for this year to be over.
Anyway, a small update after a long while, but at least an update. Later all.
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| It's time for this week in God... |
[21 Apr 2005|01:08am] |
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Frey
Indeed, you are 54% erudite, 83% sensual, 41% martial, and 54% saturnine. |
Frey was, just like his twin sister Freya, a member of the Vanir family and thus a God of fertility and love. Along with Odin and Thor he was one of the most popular Norse Gods, and received many offerings. He was said to have control of the weather, both rain and sunshine, thus the fertility of the earth. Prayers were also offered to Frey for a good future, peace and prosperity.
Frey is described as being handsome, powerful, merciful and kind. Fitting considered he was - let’s be frank - the God of sex. His cult included songs and actions which shocked contemporary and later Christians, who condemned them as indecent, which they of course were not to the participants in the cult themselves.
Frey lived in Alfheim, "Elf-home", a name which indicates a possible connection between Vanir and Elves. His servant was the Goddess Beyla, who was all about bees and dairy. Not to far off, I think, as “Milk and Honey” and the things that Frey stands for are equally sweet. |
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| Well, |
[10 Apr 2005|12:15am] |
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Another update after a long while. That seems like a sentence I often use here. Anyway, things are going good. Assuming I pass anthro and writing, I graduate this semester. WHich is definetely a good thing. Work is starting to suck. Normally at this time I'd feel good because there's plenty of work to do, but now there's just too much. We were supposed to get a new assembler today, but no one showed up while I was there. I hope he or she didn't show up later with no one to train them. Oh well, they'd probably just work on CBLs. The other reason that work sucks right now is because they cut the area that I get to work in by half. That means most of the bikes we used for convenient storage are now out in the trailer. Blarg. I want to get a job somewhere else. Well, hopefully I will soon after I graduate.
Finally put my videocard in tonight, although after I installed the downloaded drivers (the cd I got doesn't work) it told me that there wasn't enough power for them to run properly. I went ahead anyway, assuming I just got the wrong drivers, and installed Vampire: Bloodlines. Went in fine, but when I started it up my monitor came up with an "out of frequency" message. Fixing that took until around 9 tonight. Then I watched some eps of Lost that I missed. This week's was very predictable. The next one looks like it'll be really good though.
As for other news, Kristy's been great lately. We had a nice romantic dinner last night. WE fell asleep watching the movie though, we'll have to rewatch it sometime this week. She's almost done unpacking. And our 6 month anniversary is coming up this month. Seems like it's approaching fast. God, I love her. We talk about Dave every once in a while. He's her exboyfriend that's very attatched to her. So much so that he won't even look at me. I hear about how he's a nice guy from Kristy, and I think we'd get along if he got to know me, but he dislikes me just because I'm in the place he wants to be. That's the one thing I really hate about this situation. He hates me without even knowing me. Which I've written about before. I wish we could just talk this all out one day and put it behind us, but for now he's content to avoid me.
Hopefully another entry soon, maybe the new assembler will come in tomorrow and I'll talk about it. But for now I'm tired. Good night all.
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| Survey Time! |
[21 Mar 2005|01:01pm] |
Hey everybody,
This survey is from my girlfriend Kristy. I'd appreciate it if as many of you guys as possible could respond to it. I've already got Rob, Ian, and Corey, but more people would be very helpful. After she gets the results of it all I'll post them here so you can see them. Thanks guys.
survey for the masses
Hey everybody. This is kinda a favor asking lj. I'm working on a project for my anthro class, and for it, I need to survey people. So... I thought that i'd try to grab you guys here who read my lj. It doesn't matter who you are, or what your opinions are, this survey is for everyone and anyone to take. What I'm trying to do here is to get a general idea of the social perception of gamers in todays society. It's really simple to answer, not much to it at all. I'll probably also be petitioining you guys online as well when i see you around. I'm supposed to have this part of the project done by wensday, but... since the project isn't due untill the end of the semester, any time to respond to this would be great. I'd love it if everyone would, it would really help with the diversity of the people involved. Hey, if you guys are interested, I'll even post my findings here at the end of the semester. Thanks guys!
Survey:
Age:
Gender:
Define the term "gamer":
Do you consider yourself a gamer?
Is there such a thing as a female gamer?
Does the term "gamer" have a negative, positive, or neutral connotation to you?
*List a few one or two word adjectives describing a female gamer:
*List a few one or two word adjectives describing a male gamer:
*ex: If the sentence “He is a jock” is applicable, use the word jock, or for the sentence She is a frat girl”, use the words frat girl.
thanks again for any help!
over and out
~onyx
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Carrot Orange | | 100% | Jet Black | | 75% | Turqoise | | 75% | Pure White | | 50% | Gloomy Grey | | 50% | Lime Green | | 38% | Royal Violet | | 38% | Bright Yellow | | 25% | Hot Pink | | 25% | Blood Red | | 13% | </td>
Which Crayon Color Are Youu??
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[14 Mar 2005|08:49am] |
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Yep, that's me. 23. Doesn't feel right for some reason. I feel too old. Even though I know I'm not. Well, my birthday has come and gone, but I still have another party to go to today. Saturday night was cool. Kristy came down to hang out with the family again. We went out to the village haven. It was snowing so bad that Kristy couldn't even get out of the driveway to follow my parents up. So we just all piled in their car. Family style food, not the best of meals, but the one tonight should be a lot better. Towards the end of the meal I kept spacing out. I could see everyone talking around me but couldn't understand any of their conversations. It was weird. When we got outside, I got to unwrap Kristy's gift. She got me a medeivel warhammer. It's so very awsome!! If I can figure out how to put pics up here, I'll show you guys what it looks like. Now I have a total of three weapons. I love this girl sooo much. She got stuck up here, though, because the snow was so bad. I fell asleep quickly after finishing my laundry. Sunday I woke up, then went to church. Came back to help get Kristy out of the driveway. We had to pull her out with the 4wd jeep. But we got her out and she went on her way. Then I headed out for work. Ended up getting followed by Shannon on the way, that was amusing. Work dragged on all day up until after my last break. I don't know why, but time was moving very slowly. Had a lot of people wish me a happy birthday, and I even got a song from Kym. Such a nice person. Then I went home and vegged for the rest of the night. This morning I have to finally order my videocard and get some other stuff sent out. I get to go up with Kristy this afternoon to do some paperwork on the apartment she wants to get. And then later this week, we're going to Canada!! To see Niagra Falls. For our 5 month anniversary. I can't wait. We're going to have so much fun!! Okay, gtg get some breakfast now. Hopefully I'll start updating again at least semi-regularly. Later all.
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| Vacation is coming to a close again |
[13 Jan 2005|07:28pm] |
And I don't want it to end. But then, no one ever does. I had a really good vacation, though. Spent new year's at Rob's house playing board games and generally hanging out. Spent a lot of time with Kristy, although it always seems too short when I'm leaving. Still catching up on stuff I need to do, but I'm always playing catch up. Soon I'll start picking out parts for my computer, then I can start putting it together. Tomorrow I'll probably make a checklist of the parts I need and the kind of stuff I'm looking for.
This week was a blast. I got to hang out with Kristy at the new house for a few days. We did nothing but hang out, watch movies and play video games all day. I think it was the most relaxing part of my vacation thus far. I also got to meet her friend Adam. He got kicked out of his house by his parents and was living in an extended stay facility for vacation, so Kristy invited him up for a few days to give him some company. He knows Chelsea better then anyone else I've talked to, and he asked for my point of view on what happened between us. I told him everything I knew and some things I thought. The two of us started to hit it off well with talking about Chelsea and quoting shows. I also got to hear what happened from CHelsea's point of view. Apparently, she thinks that Leigh stole me from her and that I was going out with Leigh until Kristy stole me from both of them. Well, at least I know what she thought now, even though she's very wrong. Also, I'm sorry Leigh, but I think your shirt is gone. I asked about it, and he said that Chelsea wasn't planning on returning it anytime soon. Oh well, back to work for me. I've seen a few lists around, maybe I'll put one up soon. Later all.
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| Vacation Time |
[30 Dec 2004|04:41pm] |
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Well, it's vacation time, and once again I'm sick. Hopefully it won't require medication like earlier this month. Ah Well. I've been missing Kristy a great deal, and it's something I'm not used to. During Christmas I just kept thinking, "I really wish Kristy was here with me." I really love her. But she's coming back Sunday, and I can wait that long.
Vacation time is really a double edged sword. It gives me a lot of time to get stuff done, and yet I don't really want to do anything because I have all this time to myself. So mostly I've just been playing games. I still need to get some school stuff done, work on my campaign, try to write histories for a few of my dnd characters, clean up my room, clean out my car, get a credit card, and work on getting my new computer planned out. That's really all I have to do, there are a few other things I should do, but those can wait for now.
The other bad part about vacation is it makes me scared about the upcoming semester. I'm always scared about my classes and such, but with the amount of time I have to myself, when someone mentions something about the end of the year it sticks in my mind more and scares me. I try to put stuff like that out of my mind but it always comes back.
So now I'll go back to probably playing video games and trying to cure this illness. Maybe if I beat the video games I'm working on it'll give me a reason to do something else. Later all.
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| Home again, naturally |
[18 Dec 2004|08:03pm] |
Well, I suppose it’s time for another entry. God knows it’s been long enough. Lot’s of stuff has happened. “Let me ‘splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.”
Last week bad stuff happened between Kristy and I. We talked about it a bit this week, will probably talk about it some more soon. This week I went to NJ with her to meet her family. She took me out to dinner a couple of times. I met her father. He’s a nice guy. Met her friend Tommy. He seems really cool. Met her mother. That was a little weird after living with her father all week, but her mother seems nice too. All in all, it was a really good trip. We came back. I had some fun time with Leigh. We picked out Sean’s Christmas presents. Kristy and I went to college Christmas Eve. We were late. A gingerbread house fell apart. There was some uncomfortableness on my part. Went to see Blade Trinity Friday. It was horrible. The guy who played the title character in the show John Doe played Dracula. It had the WWE wrestler Triple H and his Pomeranian. It was very bad. Today I had work. I also had a flat tire. I also had a nice phone call from Kristy. Later I had a delicious dinner a little while ago with my parents at the Italian place nearby. Now I am here writing this.
Whew, that was a lot shortened into a little. Let me talk about one more thing on my mind today:
It’s weird to be a topic of conversation. Before Chelsea 2, I always seemed to stay out of most conversations. At least that’s how it appeared to me. My relationship with Chelsea 1 was so private, even those close to me didn’t know about it. Now it seems that not only does everyone know about me, but people are learning that they have me in common with other people. All these people knowing about me without me knowing them freaks me out a little. I guess I worry sometimes about how other people view me. I don’t want people I haven’t even met to get the wrong impression of me. A lot of this worrying comes from some of the things people have said about me in their personal blogs. Some things are true, others not. Well, here’s a greeting to all those who find out about me from someone else: Come say hi sometime. At campus, I’m usually in hutch somewhere. Or sometimes in the ECC. Or just IM me sometime. My AIM sn is Dbm713, just like my lj. Well, that’s all I can do. I’ll try and stop worrying now. And for those of you who know me, here’s one of those questionnaire things that’s been going around. Feel free to fill it out if you want.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF:
» I committed suicide:
» I said I liked you:
» I kissed you:
» I lived next door to you:
» I started smoking:
» I stole something:
» I was hospitalized:
» I ran away from home:
» I got into a fight and you weren't there:
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MY:
» Personality:
» Eyes:
» Face:
» Hair:
» Clothes:
» Mannerisms:
[1] Who are you?
[2] Are we friends?
[3] When and how did we meet?
[4] How have I affected you?
[5] What do you think of me?
[6] What's the fondest memory you have of me?
[7] How long do you think we will be friends or enemies?
[8] Do you love me?
[9] Have I ever hurt you?
[10] Would you hug me?
[11] Would you kiss me?
[12] Would you fuck me?
[13] Are we close?
[14] Emotionally, what stands out?
[15] Do you wish I was cooler?
[16] On a scale of 1-10, how nice am I?
[17] Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
[18] Am I loveable?
[19] How long have you known me?
[20] Describe me in one word.
[21] What was your first impression?
[22] Do you still think that way about me now?
[23] What do you think my weakness is?
[24] Do you think I'll get married?
[25] What about me makes you happy?
[26] What about me makes you sad?
[27] What reminds you of me?
[28] What's something you would change about me?
[29] How well do you know me?
[30] Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
[31] Do you think I would kill someone?
[32] Are you going to put this on your journal and see what I say about you?
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| Another update from school |
[30 Nov 2004|12:00pm] |
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This one's from the ECC. Just finished my tribology project (whew). Now the only thing left is to grab some 20w-50 motor oil this weeknend and prepare to run the experiment. Now I only have to worry about memorizing my lines for theater. Well, hopefully we'll have the show all bloked out by Thursday, since the play runs a week from Saturday. Oh well, I'm not worried. The weekend went okay until Saturday night. Eberron was fun on Friday. It's fun when my character can actually do something for a change. Oh well, art of it was me roleplaying and making an effort more. I ended up not even getting the least amount of xp. And now I know that Surakhad can beat Hammer in a straight fight (assuming I go first). And Prophecy was a little weird. Besides ponds appearing and disappearing, one of the characters turned into a vampire. And now I've got a 20 page document to read. I should have printed it out here but I did it at home and now I'm running low on ink. We played until around 3 in the morning, which caused me to miss church the next day. Well, I suppose I got some divine punishment because when I left work tired and achy, I found out that my car wouldn't start. So I called my father. He came down and gave me a ride. But I didn't get home until around 9 and didn't get as much sleep as I wanted. So yesterday we went down to fix my car (which of course started right up). I drove it home and then replaced the rotor, distributor cap and wires (with much help from my father). I almost got the wires crossed but caught myself halfway through. So my car's fixed now, and we shall see how well it starts during the next rainstorm. I still have to do more christmas shopping. I always have to kick myself in the behind to get things done unless I work with someone else. Going to see Beauty and the Beast on Thursday and then Godsmack at the PPAC on Saturday. So I'll probably go shopping Friday morning. I still need to buy presents for my mother and father, and something else for Leigh and Kristy. Sarah's all set, I got hers Sunday. I still have to order the first part of Kristy's, but at least I know what to do now (have to do that tomorrow). Well, that's my week. I'm going to do some more reading of other lj's and then go to Tribology. Later all.
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| An update? Huzzah! |
[23 Nov 2004|10:28am] |
Well, since my computer at home seems to be crapping out, I'm here in the Chafee lab. Here I can write about all the fun stuff that happened last week, and be able to actually read what I'm typing. Luckily, my sister should have her old video card around. If not, Kristy said she could score me one. sweet.
Anyway, last week was a blast. Monday was our four week anniversary, and Kristy wanted me to have a special day, because I've never really celebrated that kind of stuff before. She wouldn't tell me what she was planning, but I figured it out basically right before each of them happened. First, she took me out to the Umbrella Factory. It's a fantastic little place out here with animals and a couple of stores. It kind of looks like a hippie hangout. Or the stereotypical hangout of flower children. There's a few emu, some sheep and peacocks and chickens. Then she took me back to the dorm and sent me out to bring back some notebooks to a classmate while she prepared part 2. Part 2 turned out to be a homemade dinner. She made me lemon pepper chicken, broccoli and cheese and cracker casserole (her grandmother's recipe), rice, and then brownies for dessert. She is an excellent cook. Then we got some time to spend alone for the rest of the night, which is rare for us. She gave me a flask, which really surprised me. On the one hand, I don't get random gifts that often. On top of that, I've never really had anyone I go out with be interested in me enough to hear what I say and catch the little things. But she does. In case you've missed it thus far, Kristy=very great therefor Earl=very happy. This weekend Kristy and I went to my cousin Josh's wedding. We had a lot of fun, although we couldn't do much dancing because the dance floor was about a 10 foot square in front of the bar where they held the food. But she seemed to really click with my family. And I learned that my mother and father have already been bragging about her. Well, I want to explain a bit more, so maybe I'll do that later. But right now, I've got stuff to do. Later :)
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The fantastic week I've had with Kristy is what I want to talk about right now, but I'm afraid that my video card, which is already going bad, will get much worse if I leave my computer running. And then I'll completely lose the picture. So if you don't see me online for a little while that's why. Blarg again. Hopefully I'll update on the week tomorrow when I get to school.
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Really. Wow. Today was a really good day for me. All of the day, from when I woke up until I got off of work was great. To start off with this morning I woke up and read Kristy's latest lj entry. I hope she realizes how amazing she is. No one's ever done something like that before, writing mushy stuff about me. She makes me feel really important. And stranger than that, she makes me feel. Now, I'm not usually one for emotion. I usually try to keep my emotions contained because I don't like losing control of myself. But when I'm with Kristy, I find more often that I can let myself go and experience those deeper and stronger emotions without feeling like I'm worried about what's going to happen. This morning was one of those moments I was talking about in my other entry, where everything makes sense. She is just so fantastic, that I don't even have words for it. Anyway, I could talk about her all day, but Leigh will get mad at me for writing a really long entry, so I'll move on.
There wasn't much to do at work today, I put together only four bikes. I hope the christmas rush kicks in a little bit soon. Luckily I had some great company to pass the time with. Susie and Shannon are a couple of the reasons I really like working at Walmart. I spent most of the day today catching up with Shannon on what's going on in my life. It was really cool that I could do that with someone I work with. And it's never a boring day when they're around. From the talks about wardrobe malfunctions, to the creation of a new edible associate, to sharing stories about our first kisses, it was really a blast. I even introduced her to lj. So hi to you Shannon in case you're reading this. Also, Kristy, Shannon says she likes your name.
A busy week this week, I've got a group meeting tomorrow and then two days of classes. Which I guess is not all that busy, it's just different. Anyway, probably no more updates until Friday or so.
Oh yeah, I ran into Eddy last week. I got to talk to him for a while about what he's up to. He's talking about getting the old dnd group back together. I think that'll be fun for a change of pace. This way we also won't be starting to play at midnight. At least I hope not. We'll see. Later all.
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Yeah, a little. I'm sitting in the study room in Hutch writing this entry from Kristy's alienware system. She's working on a german essay now and brought it down for me so I wouldn't get bored. She's so fantastic. :). Anyway, this week, apart from voting, has been really fun. I spent most of Monday through Wednesday in Kingston hanging with Kristy and Leigh. Tuesday I took Kristy home to meet my parents. Things seemed to go over well. I got to give her the tour of the house and have her meet all of our animals. She got to see my greatsword and play with my rock collection. I forgot to mention we had a piano though so she'll have to come up again soon and play it sometime. I can't wait to hear it, even on our old out-of-tune piano. But there's plenty of time for that. After we left there I went to go vote. Even with 23 places in the building to vote it still took me around 75 minutes to get done. Only about 10-15 of those were spent voting, the rest was spent in line. I felt really bad because Kristy was waiting outside. And her knees were hurting her from sitting around so long. Wednesday I got to spend some time at home and chat with my parents. Today was okay, went out shopping with Kristy and Leigh, although apparently Kristy is spoiled because she usually goes to better shops than the one we were at. But right now I think I'm going to search around and see what games she has on here. I see Diablo II (Did I mention how awesome she is?) so there are probably more here. :) More later.
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[31 Oct 2004|09:23pm] |
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But that's why I didn't promise. Seriously, though, I am very tired. And also sore. My back's been killing me all weekend. Oh well, at least there was work for me this weekend. More on that in a bit.
So Thursday I got to meet Kristy's friend Ben. He seems nice, I've seen him around campus before. We hung out for a bit and watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was fantastic. Then we went out to the beach. There was a bit of a yelling, and an awfully long awkward silence. Ben tried to fix it to no avail. Then Leigh tried to fix it, which caused a bit more yelling. And another awkward silence. We got to the beach, and as I was helping Leigh find her way out (she has no night vision whatsoever), Kristy went on ahead. Now I had only been to this place once before and haven't actually gone farther than the cliff. It's basically just many large craggy rocks that are great for climbing. When I got out there, Kristy had disappeared. Obviously I was very worried. I had to jump out and traverse the rocks at night. But I was a little worried and wanted to find out what was going on so that drove most of the fear away. The climbing actually turned out to be very fun. But luckily it didn't take me long to find Kristy, who was hiding in a small break in the rocks. I talked with her for a little while. And I got a sign that made me really want to be with her. For those of you who know me I tend to look for signs in relationships. Signs that tell me that I really want to be with someone. That was the kind of sign I got from her. Anyway we eventually dropped Ben off and he gave me his seal of approval. Which was good, because I was a little nervous.
Friday I went into work. A bit odd for me, but Ron's been out sick so they wanted me to fill in for him. It wasn't really necessary now that Bill is back on assembly, but whatever. Eberron was fun Friday night. Saturday was more work. Not much to do, but the safety team was there and I got to help them with their halloween safety scavenger hunt for the kids that come into the store. It was fun. I love little kids. Many of them were very cute, and only a handful were brats. So after that I left work to head back home. Unfortunately everyone else was doing it at the same time and it took me 50 minutes just to get out of the parking lot. The only time I ever get road rage is in traffic jams, and I was getting it pretty badly then. I ended up having to change into my costume without even taking a shower. Blarg. Anyway Prophecy was more fun than usual. Anytime I can come up with a line that I can't even say without cracking up, I know I'm doing a good job. This morning's church made me think a lot, but I'll get to that towards the end. I worked in toys pretty much all day today. I finally got to meet Danielle's husband. They're both very young so it seems really weird to me. But whatever, they seem happy. Now I'm home and AIM is being all crappy and not letting me sign on. Double blarg. Onto some more serious stuff. So leave now if you don't want to read it.
Well, church this morning and the election on Tuesday has given me a lot to think about. The most important thing that I've been sort of mulling over all day is my belief system. Ever since I've got into college it's been changing. Well, more since I got confirmed. But I disagree with some of the church's teachings. I believe in evolution, first of all, which syncs up with Genesis to some degree. But there are other things, like I believe that not all gay people are going to hell. It would just be stupid. And not all the other religions are wrong either. But today I realized that my opinions on a lot of matters are not really set yet. I don't know who I am entirely. And it made going to church feel like a lie. Like I was supporting something that I didn't entirely believe in. I believe in God and Jesus and the sacraments, but not every detail that the church preaches. So it seems wrong. This election is something else that's really rubbing me the wrong way. It brings to mind a couple of references in some of my favorite books. First from Sock, "If you choose between the lesser of two evils, evil still wins" (It was something like that anyway). And that's what this election feels like. I'm really torn on who to vote for. And voting just on one issue that I am sure I believe in seems stupid if I don't believe in all the issues that that specific candidate supports. The second quote is from one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books, "It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it...anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job." After all the mudslinging in this campaign, I really don't feel great about either candidate. Which brings up the issue of voting: should I vote for someone I don't totally believe in, or should I not vote and let everyone else decide what is best. Not voting seems very stupid, but Kerry or Bush will (almost definitely) win the election. There should be a box on the form for "other", meaning,"please pick better candidates then these, you're confusing me." Anyway, that was long and seemed a bit like rambling, so I'll stop now.
To summarize: I am very confused about some things, and even more convinced on others. More on this after the election probably.
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