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Ate dinner twice. Wasn't originally going to but multidining came up in another thread and I just had to.
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:This is gonna be me Friday night. Less than a week, I can feel it! SO drat CLOSE. For now, I will live vicariously through you. Stick with it! Can't even begin to tell you how much relief I've felt since turning it in. Got taken to a Michelin ranked restaurant for a 5 course meal just now as a reward, which made suffering through the entire thing completely worth it. 
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Apr 24, 2012 21:59
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This is the best thread  I just got a job offer from a really awesome company, doing what I love. I've been in a bad situation for nearly a year now, and I hope I can put all that behind me now!
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Apr 24, 2012 23:47
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Got my exam results for a test done on Saturday, no less. Got 23 out of 30, which is a distinction (76%). Honestly, I was really surprised at that. I studied hard, of course, but my route of attack during the exam was different to what I usually do, and not in a good way. I had my notes effectively written out, yet I lacked focus, and did not use my little habits that I usually do. Also, got my blue card in the mail. I can now start volunteer work with the refugees! Further, I got all my work done with the Australian Taxation Offices "Tax Help" program. I am now ready to do my other volunteer work helping to do tax returns for this end of financial year. On top of that, I landed an interview tomorrow. It's for work placement done through my uni, in between semester 1 and semester 2. If it all works out, I hope to get work placement in a small accounting firm nearby, which will allow me to do 3 units instead of 4 next semester. Finally, I became an uncle. Happy birthday, little Eva!
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Apr 25, 2012 00:00
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Today I got a paper back from my hardest class that I was sure was a C paper, B- at best. I got an A-.
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Apr 25, 2012 00:21
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Merou posted:Today was awesome. I got an offer from a different place in Denver, my base pay will be approximately 25% higher than my base pay now. When I finish training and go onto night shifts the differential will put my pay at 30% higher than my current pay with differential now. Though both offers pay around the same hourly, the one I chose to accept was 80 hours per 2 weeks instead of 70 hours. So 8 weeks from today I will begin my new job in Denver, CO. I'll be there in 6 weeks to handle some job business and look for an apartment, planning to move a week before my start date. Also since the job I took is not within the company I work for, its not a transfer, which means I'll get paid out for my PTO, of which I have about a month.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:03
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I get to go see Arctic Monkey and The Black Keys play on Friday. I even got someone to cover my shift at work during the show. I just picked up some stanky herb, and it's going to make the concert even better. I'm ready to rock all the way to Friday night.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:11
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Beastie posted:I get to go see Arctic Monkey and The Black Keys play on Friday. I even got someone to cover my shift at work during the show. I just picked up some stanky herb, and it's going to make the concert even better.
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Apr 25, 2012 05:34
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I've had a lovely week at work, but when I got home tonight my girlfriend had made blueberry pancakes, which may be my favorite thing in the world to eat, and we watched Futurama while we ate. Now I'm looking at awesome posters to decorate our apartment with and listening to Bad Religion really loud on my headphones, like I'm in high school all over again.
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Apr 25, 2012 06:15
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Just saw the set list for Music Midtown in Atlanta and immediately bought tickets. Pearl Jam Foo Fighters Florence and the Machine The Avett Brothers Joan Jett Girl Talk T.I. Ludacris Blackhearts Civil Twilight Two days of awesome music in Piedmont Park for $100. loving sold.
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Apr 25, 2012 17:27
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I'm being flown out to Texas for a job interview! They're spending $2000 on my flight and hotel and car for me already and sent me a whole packet about cost of living and finding housing in the area, so I'm hoping this is a good sign.
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Apr 25, 2012 17:52
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It's the first time since Saturday I feel like I have energy and I'm not dragging my feet. I was actually on time to work today because the freeway was decent. The same company I'm trying to leave gave us nice little gifts for Administrative Professional's Day. And the offer letter to jump ship should come any minute now.
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Apr 25, 2012 20:01
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Got results back for presentations we did on physics topics. Our group was the smallest and we got the highest mark 
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Apr 25, 2012 20:07
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Just checked my RBC Reward point balance (from my credit card) and, if I were to redeem them all right now on Esso gift cards my gas is paid for for the next year. Yeah, I haven't checked in a while. God drat does it feel good to cut something out of the budget
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Apr 26, 2012 06:43
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Finally recovered enough to hit the gym! Ran for and hour and fifteen minutes before doing some weighs and going home (since the gym closed). Good to know I didn't regress too badly.
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Apr 26, 2012 06:54
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While driving home, I saw some of these legends hanging out in a tree on the side of the road: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-tailed_Black_Cockatoo
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Apr 26, 2012 07:53
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bee posted:While driving home, I saw some of these legends hanging out in a tree on the side of the road: Wow, seems to be pretty rare. That's pretty awesome.
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Apr 26, 2012 07:56
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I finally got the job offer. The offer paperwork can wait until I get home tonight. My future boss approved my summer vacations. I didn't have to interview for another position out of obligation because the Big Boss there (an old friend) basically told me it didn't pay enough for it to be worth my time. I got to listen to Garrison Keillor and poetry discussions on the radio on the way to and from that meeting. My current staff threw a potluck in my honor and gave me $50 worth of iTunes gift cards. It's not even 11:30. It's the day I hoped for and it's been better than I could have possibly imagined. u: smooth sailing for the rest of the day, no rain, homemade enchiladas + booze. Firefox updated itself and rendered itself unusable on my OS but Safari is not as bad as I remembered. It's Cloud Nine, baby. Christe Eleison has a new favorite as of 04:36 on Apr 27, 2012 |
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Apr 26, 2012 19:21
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I got the highest first in my Propaganda in the 20th century module, I was 4percent higher than the nearest person to me
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Apr 26, 2012 19:44
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My day was awesome today because I got $2,366 USD worth of bills in the mail. But I have the money to pay them.
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Apr 26, 2012 19:48
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I woke up late and my printer didn't work, but I still got to my first class in time and had enough time to print my paper in the library between class.  EDIT: Also Flixster is having a thing where you get three free movies, but what you get is random. I got the first Austin Powers, Blow and Michael Clayton. Good haul. A Fancy 400 lbs has a new favorite as of 07:56 on Apr 27, 2012 |
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Apr 26, 2012 19:51
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I quit my job in auto sales almost one month ago to the day. I had no other job lined up. Today, I got a job offer with the American Association for Justice. For the first time in 3.5 years, I'll have weekends and holidays off, and have a steady, consistent paycheck. Life could not be better.
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Apr 27, 2012 20:55
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An older, Polish colleague of mine just sent me an email that ended with this : "Me, old man, I learned to make faces with punctuation marks, you see :o)" It's cute because he's an intelligent, PhD-wielding researcher
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Apr 27, 2012 21:10
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today is my birthday. My horiscope said my day would be terrible, however: 1) at work I beat the sales record, of all time 2) I still went home early 3) the most gorgeous woman I have ever made out with is coming, and she has already asked me if she could stay over 4) my insurance premiums are dropping 5) I was given a gram of blow day is, and will continue to be awesome
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Apr 27, 2012 22:20
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Me - "This beef jerky is spicy, spicier than I'd normally eat" *eats piece* Coworker - "Give me a piece." *eats piece* "Not really that hot...oh wait, it's hot once it hits the back of your throat and you swallow it." Me - after some deliberation...I went for it, "That's what she said." Coworker #2 - with the drive-by "'She' must be dating a negro." PerMar Security Dude - *has kiniption laughing fuckfit, gets careless and attempts to add to the joke, loses balance, falls off ladder and breaks ankle* Me - *silence* *posts on SA* (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 27, 2012 22:21
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Bloody Mayhem posted:"Me, old man, I learned to make faces with punctuation marks, you see :o)" That reminded me of a string of SMS messages I got from my mother-in-law a few months after she got her first cellphone. "HI CROWLEY MY PHONE CAN SEND MESSAGES" *1 minute later* "I can type in lower letters too now" *1 minute later* "I can do punctuation too!" *1 minute later* "How can I see when you reply?" ..and then I wrote her a message back.
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Apr 27, 2012 23:15
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I got the paperwork for my approval letter to sell my house today in email. This means I don't have to pay 1100 a month for a place I no longer live in! 
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Apr 29, 2012 03:52
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Done with my thesis! Didn't get out of bed till noon today, then went to a wine festival, then partied with my neighbors I haven't seen in weeks due to aforementioned thesis, then went to a fun cocktail party.
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Apr 29, 2012 06:50
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I had a pretty good yesterday and today. Yesterday, somebody was nice enough to take my shift for me, and so me and my two friends decided to take the chance to go drive out to another city and watch a roller derby. It was the first one we'd ever been to, and it was great. I had forgotten how easily I could get into sports. After that, we were starving, so we went to Ihop, which is always a treat. Then, one of my friends was on leave from the Navy, so we met up with him and another guy and sat around hanging out and drinking late into the night. Then today I drove back to my hometown to go out to my mom and sister's birthday dinner (they were born on the same day). Despite the issues that my mom and I have been having, I wrote her a long note in her card saying that I really appreciated all the sacrifices she had made for me throughout my life and she deserved to have a good birthday. She teared up a lot when she read it and she said she'd keep it. My sister also loved the present I gave her, which was an Adventure Time DVD with a little Jake plush doll, with his long arms wrapped around it. And now I'm about to make a nice dinner.
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Apr 30, 2012 03:11
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I slept until noon, rolled out of bed and walked out on my front porch for a smoke and no one was in sight (which is highly unusual). Screwed around on the comp, watched some TV, made dinner for wifey. Made a couple phone calls, took a shower and went to the store. Now here I am sated and happy after eating a Marie Callendars' frozen dinner. (chicken and broccoli alfredo) Wifey is gone to sleep so I got about 3 more hours of peace and quiet with nothing to do but troll the web.
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Apr 30, 2012 03:21
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It's my birthday! My boss installed a new toilet in the shop bathroom in honor of the occasion and he also gave me a copy of the front door key and the password for the alarm system. How lucky I am--I almost cried. Then I went to see my grandma and she gave me chinese food and birthday cake. It tasted good.
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May 2, 2012 00:00
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I got a job! A full time one! With benefits! That will (hopefully) pay me without threats of legal action!
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May 2, 2012 05:21
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My softball team had its first game yesterday and even though I can't even remember the last time I played, I hit the ball every time I was at bat and my team even won!
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May 2, 2012 15:42
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I still have my job. Yeah, boring post or what, right? Seeing a lot of my mates lose theirs in the last few weeks has made me grateful for my current circumstances though. Got Monday off (bank holiday in the UK), so the prospect of a longer weekend is making me feel better.
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Lackadaisical posted:My softball team had its first game yesterday and even though I can't even remember the last time I played, I hit the ball every time I was at bat and my team even won! Hit the ball or got on base?
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May 2, 2012 17:00
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MindlessHavok posted:Hit the ball or got on base? Hit the ball. It didn't exactly go far so I got tagged out before I made it to first. But considering I've never really played, I didn't even expect to hit the ball!
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May 2, 2012 19:54
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Today is awesome because I met H. Jon Benjamin after his show last night in Chicago and I came into work today to a tiny pretty box of chocolates on my desk from my coworker!
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May 3, 2012 19:39
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I work for the red bulls eye and my district Assets Protection boss made me Top contributor for the first quarter and I got a letter signed by all the higher ups in in my group out of the blue, not bad for my store being in the middle of nowhere.
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May 3, 2012 20:02
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I'm going on holiday to Amsterdam with my friends next Friday until next Monday. Today I found out that I won't be coming back to the UK with them - I'll be staying an extra 2 days for some work and having a colleague come out to join me!
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Today is Intergalactic Star Wars Day, The Avengers comes out today, and I am a year older. I also have dinner plans with my brother and girlfriend later today, so this is going to be the best birthday ever (until I am 21 at least).
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