OMG guys! I’m a scenester now! LOLZ

Live music is good.
Free live music is gooder.
Free live music that doesn’t suck is most goodest.
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Late afternoon Friday 7/27/07:
On the hottest day ever in the history of the world, a mob gathered on a cobblestone plaza in the shadow of Bank of America. A cool, merciful ocean breeze made its way through the canyons [...]

Out with the new, in with the old

Out with the new, in with the old.
Employers, that is.
I quit my new job with the Bad Employer on Tuesday afternoon. I should have listened to Sarah, who worked for them once before.
As of Tuesday morning, I’d worked a total of 96 hours for them, and had not received a penny. They gave a lot [...]

My favorite source of caffeine on a budget

Sure, I can always risk getting dysentery from the free coffee at work. But sometimes, I just need my Dr. Pepper.
Now, conventional wisdom states that soda is generally not a wise buy for people on a limited budget.
But check this out: At Wal*Mart, you can get a six-pack of 24-ounce Dr. Peppers for only $2.98 [...]

Thinking about Back-to-School

Registered for fall classes (15 credits)
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Creative Writing, Developmental Psychology, Maine History, Critical Thinking, and College Algebra
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Accepted a very generous financial aid package
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Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Grant, Maine State Grant, Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, Federal Work-Study, Subsidized Stafford Loan

Scheduled for new student orientation on August 17th
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Getting my student ID photo taken, meeting with department faculty [...]

Make mine a double

No vending machine in the history of vending machines has ever produced a drinkable cup of coffee.
This I know.
However, my new employers have rigged the coffee vending machine for our benefit so that it spurts out free disgusting coffee in a variety of bitter, dirt-like flavors, as well as hot chocolate and steaming chicken broth.
When [...]

Dawn of Day 11 at the New Job

I now work for the local branch of huge, unwieldy corporation which hires itself out to do the grunt work for even more huge and unwieldy corporations.
My position is that of a “Level 2 Customer Care Agent”, servicing our Major Retailer client. An eighty-hour new-hire program of intense training in Policy and [...]

The ratio of people to cake is too big.

WORKPLACE TIP #49593
Don’t get too overly-dependent on Spell-check when documenting things. Otherwise, your co-workers may end up seeing messages like this:
PLEASE CONTRACT CUSTARD IN 3-5 BUNNIES DAYS
WORKPLACE TIP #49594
While certain abbreviations are very common and I know what they are meant to convey, believe me, I will chuckle when this shows up in my inbox:
7/21 [...]