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It was a weird day at work. I had a lot on my mind that seemed to weigh be down. I’m waiting for a phone call or e-mail about something, and I don’t want it to come. I guess I kind of just want it to come so that I can know it’s no longer coming. I’m also behind on newsstand tasks. But in the end the day turned out okay. A friend came back after being away, another friend came in even though she wasn’t supposed to work but thought she did, my manager had a nice chat with me, and the cafe had hummus.

Visit from Alex

I don’t write journal entries very often, but I enjoy writing and want the excuse right now. Alex Hurst came over to hang out today! He’s actually been in the area for months now. It was great to see him! It’s probably been about two years since I’d seen him, and we haven’t talked regularly since high school. It’s sure weird how things change. I can’t believe he’s getting married soon!
Anyways, we caught up over lunch at Del Taco and then just hung out at my place. I actually cleaned my room a bit so I can have people over (not that anyone really comes over anyways). So! He brought a six-pack of beer and we caught up more before going on a walk to climb a hill near my house. I’ve been near it many times but never thought to visit it. It offered a great view, and I took a bunch of lousy iPhone-quality photos! Then we went off to Costco with gem and Antonio. It seemed like a fail mission to me. We got ibuprofen, spinach, Dr. Pepper, and mushrooms. I’m sure the mushrooms and spinach will end in something good, but it seems boring right now. Afterwards we ate at Chick-fil-A before returning home where Alex spend the remainder of the night playing Portal. I read Daredevil thanks to Kyle.
It was great reconnecting with someone to whom I was very close at one time. Hopefully I’ll see more of him and Darnell in the future.

iPhone Alarms Fail 1/1 and 1/2

iPhone alarm not working leads Apple fans to oversleep post-New Year’s

Apple fans started the New Year with a bit of a hangover after a software glitch caused the iPhone’s alarm function to stop working.

Now I know why my alarm didn’t go off this morning at all. Apparently after the New Year, alarms stopped working on the iPhone. Apple claims they’ll work starting on the 3rd, and that it was a problem only with the 1st and 2nd. Weird. Too bad I didn’t read this last night, because I was about 20 minutes late to work today after oversleeping by an hour and a half.

My 2010 in Review

After reading Scalzi’s post of the same name as this one, I decided it would be interesting to summarize my accomplishments and activities in 2010 as well.

  • Game Boyz
    • Wrote for Game Boyz for one year, contributing 45 reviews, 19 previews, 8 editorials, 1 guide, and 15 blog entries this year.
    • Covered The Art of God of War III at the Gnomon Gallery for Game Boyz
    • Attended 1C Company’s Another Night in Moscow 2010 press party in San Francisco (and flew for the first time)
    • Got really drunk at the 4th Annual First Ever Bethesda Softworks E3 Party at the Saddle Ranch Chop House
    • Attended THQ’s Homefront party
    • Covered THQ’s SmachDown vs. Raw 2010 event and watched Hell in the Cell in box seats in Dallas, Texas
    • Fulfilled my dream of attending E3
  • Celebrated 6 years of being happy
  • Went to Anime Expo with gem, Antonio, and Edward; Comic-Con with gem, Antonio, and Pat; and BlizzCon with gem, Antonio, and Shaun
  • World of Warcraft
    • Defeated the Lich King and got 12/12 10, 11/12 H10 (8/12 H10 during Wrath), 12/12 25, and 1/12 H25
    • Completed Ruby Sanctum 10/25
    • Earned the Battlemaster title
    • Earned the 50k HKs achievement and am currently at 76k+ HKs
    • Earned What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
    • Completed Ulduar 10 and Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10)
    • Finished Naxx 10/25, Maly 10, OS (and 3D) 10/25, Ony 25, ToC 25 and VoA 10/25 for the first time (Ony 10 and ToC 10 finished at the end of ’09)
  • Barnes & Noble
    • Got a job as a bookseller at Barnes & Noble
    • Got promoted to a full-time position as Newsstand Lead at Barnes & Noble
    • Met cool, new people at work
  • Read a bunch of books, mostly low quality ones, such as Animorphs, Gears of War, The Host, Eragon series, and Hyperion
  • Beat inFamous, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, The Club, and assorted iPhone games
  • School
    • Earned my Tau Beta Pi stole
    • Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
  • Watched the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade

It was a fun year! Strangely, I think work (and the people there) has the been the most fun part of it.

Christmas Eve and Day

Christmas Eve was busy at work, but it wasn’t anywhere near as busy to me as it was on the 23rd. That’s good and bad though. For some reason, I was more into it the previous day. After work, I found that my friend was also doing nothing that night, so I invited him over to hang out with my roommate and me. We drank some beers, played Donkey Kong Jenga, and watched Star Wars and Harold & Kumar 2. It’s good to hang out once in a while, and I had a lot of time. It was a much more fun way to spend Christmas Eve and the start of Christmas Day than usual.

 
On the 25th I went to my mom’s house. For Christmas my family gave me some money to pay some bills. That’s good, because I have a lot of bills. I also got some hand sanitizer, a pen, some candy, and some gum. Yay! It was super noisy all day with loud movies and some family yelling (along with the kids), so I escaped into Pete’s office to work quietly. I managed to write my review of ProtoGalaxy, a pretty cool arcade shooter.
There was a lot of terrific food! We had a buffet set up for most of the day. Look, food:

  • Lox, bagel crisps, cream cheese, capers
  • Minestrone
  • Crackers and cheese
  • Three types of cookies
  • Salami, cheese, and bread
  • Popcorn
  • Marshmallows (I guess? I didn’t see them)
  • Other tasty stuff

And then for dinner we had filet mignon and vegies! I was pretty damn full by the end of the day. Now today I’m looking forward to removing all the Christmas magazines, taking care of the newspapers, and zoning. I’m looking forward to it.

Busy Day

I haven’t really written here in a while. I might link to something or post a photograph, but it’s been a while for actual writing. I don’t think I even posted about getting newsstand lead position. Anyways, today was an exciting day at work. We had a very, very good night from a store standpoint. I expected that to be bad for me personally, but it was pretty exciting. I also enjoy being treated like I matter by the “higher ups,” which I have been lately. It’s a nice place to work. It’s also interesting to socialize with a large group of people who all know each other. It’s almost like high school or the dorms. I’ve been used to having disjoint groups of friends – not a “group.”
Christmas is almost here! I’m not seeing family Christmas Eve like I usually do because I work that day. It’ll be nice to go home and relax rather than feel the stress though. On Christmas day I’ll go to my mom’s. I already got my gift from them – money, which went straight to bills. You know, I owe $35k? At my current rate of pay, I’d have to work over 150 days straight (and I’m not calculating overtime here), 24 hours per day to make that much money.
I’ve been feeling pensive lately. I’m not really sure what about. Or rather, the ideas aren’t fully formed, and I wouldn’t want to talk about them in an open environment like a blog. Still, I suppose I wanted to share the fact that I don’t want to share!
So! Back on track, even though I clearly was never on a track at all. I’m not a damn train. Work was exciting. In just a couple days I’ll be able to actually zone the newsstand and get rid of all those damn Christmas magazines. I dream about magazines. Evil. Pure evil. But I’m pretty thankful, not that it’s Thanksgiving, for the people at work that especially make my day better. Not that I’m naming names. And not that they read this, because WebPageless usually gets 2-3 hits per day, and they’re usually me from my computer and phone.
Oh, and today I found two women standing in front of men’s and lifestyles magazines, holding up an open Playboy in front of their faces while reading in plain of sight of anyone who happened to be near, including children. Odd.
G’night.

Bank Activity

12/14/10 CHECK CRD PURCHASE 12/13 HICKORY POINT #18 CALHOUN FALLS SC $74.85

Where the hell is Hickory Point #18, Calhoun Falls, SC? Why was I buying gas when I don’t own a car? How did I get so far away from Barnes & Noble during my break?

Cataclysm U.S. Launch Party

Cataclysm U.S. Launch Party | Blog | Game Boyz

One-hundred thirty-three days. That’s how long I’ve spent actually logged in to my main character in the World of Warcraft. Four hours. That’s how long I had to wait for the release of the newest expansion, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm after getting off work last night. I was definitely excited. Many of the game changes had already occurred in the last patch. I knew I probably wouldn’t see any new content that night because I’d likely go to sleep after purchasing it. But I couldn’t help it. As a World of Warcraft player, the excitement was there in me. It should have been a holiday.

I wrote a piece about the Cataclysm launch over at Gameboyz!