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Monthly Archives: October 2003
Calling Narelle
After over a month of wondering if I’d somehow irreparably damaged my relationship with my dear friend, I finally got in touch with her this afternoon. Narelle’s down in Melbourne, so the time zone what separates us accounts for one day and five hours. As if this isn’t confusing enough, she works as a dealer at the Crown Casino where she regularly changes her work shifts. Yeah, I woke her up with my call.
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Happy Halloween!
It’s the end of another month already. I’ve been trying to take some stock in this month’s activities. Being injured has temporarily put my weightlifting goals on hold (and has really fucked with my head). I’m glad I went to my nephew’s birthday party. I need to do more to support Mary’s efforts. It sucks that the assignment with HL2 got cut short, but beyond that I don’t regret the opportunity in the slightest. I feel my recent computer acquisitions reflect progress towards my multimedia goals. I have a lot of work to do.
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Waiting For FedEx
Mary was feeling sick yesterday. Knowing that she’s very rarely under the weather, I really tried to encourage her to take it easy. I got her on the couch in PJ’s with a blanket, pillows and the remote, and fed her chicken noodle soup and hot tea. She dozed and played with Willy as I started grappling with Maya’s learning curve. She’s feeling altogether better today, and it’s easy to see her improvement.
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Piecing It Together
I finally bought myself an Intuos 2 Platinum Wacom tablet. I did exhaustive shopping online, finally deciding on a place in California that would ship the tablet to me 2nd day air. The total price I paid was comparable to the best deals I’ve found over the last month. The company sent me notice that it did ship today, so I’m planning on it arriving on Thursday or Friday.
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Feeling Better
Considering that today has marked the end of a drug-induced stupor, today has been a very good day. I’m still a bit off from recent events (including yesterday’s clock change for daylight savings). Sure, I’ve “experimented” with more than my fare share of drugs over the years, but it’s an entirely different thing to pop Vicoden out of perceived necessity. Having spent the last two days bumbling around, sprawling out on my couch or just napping my time away, I’m glad to be returning to clarity. (I’m still in some pain, but not in the same degree as Saturday morning.)
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Vicoden & Tryptophane
I checked into the Emergency Room over at Ballard’s Swedish Hospital at around three-o’clock this morning. The increasing difficulties I’ve been experiencing for the last week and a half, since injuring my back while weightlifting, had culminated into sleepless nights and excruciating muscle spasms. Although I’ve been working on this issue metaphysically, I found myself so desperate for relief that I would gladly make a deal with the devil for relief.
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Creative Complications
I really don’t have big news to share for today. I’ve just spent most of the day at home, laying low. I haven’t been feeling one hundred percent lately, so sticking to home base suits me fine.
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Planning & Scheming
That job sure was cutting into my sitting-around time. Sure am glad that’s over with. Now I have more free time to work on the really important things…
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Stopped Short
After a number of phone calls and spending most of the day in the dark, I learned that my assignment with Horton, Lantz and Low is now completed. I learned this from Jason while visiting their agency. My agent had said that they did not need me for this week, and that they understood that I needed to look for work, as opposed to just being on call until next week. I stopped by HL2 to pick up a few items I’d left and to get a sign-off on my time sheet. It was then that I learned that HL2′s client had OK’d their presentation and “signed off” on the project. With no mention of future work, Jason thanked me and endorsed my time sheet, indicating that I would no longer be needed.
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Dealing With It
Jason stopped by the cube at about 4:15 yesterday, bearing bad news. The recent turn of events has left the E-Pro department with a shortage of work, and he felt it necessary to send me home for the day. He said that he wanted me to call in today at 9:00a.m. to see if they’d want me to come in today, while half-jokingly adding, “if at all.”
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