There we go, cleared out some of those comments and adjusted the settings.

This reminded me why I really don't devote any more time to NetBattle. It's pretty much dead, people. I don't care anymore. I haven't touched a Pokemon game in over a year, I have a full-time job, and I'm planning on getting a place with my girl. And aside from a handful of cool people I've dealt with, the community isn't really something I want to be a part of. Masa is apparently also tied up with real life concerns, as I haven't heard from him in just as long. College will do that to you.

Might release the source, might not. Dunno yet.

At any rate, quit bugging me about updating, it's not gonna happen.

Now if you don't mind, I'll be off. I'm currently covered with kittens and need to relocate them before they shred my clothes.

Current Mood: tired

Judging from the incoherent comments people keep leaving, I guess somebody's reading this, so I might as well post an update.

Things are going quite well with my girl. We're sickeningly in love, seeing each other at every opportunity, and we just bought our first shared pet (a cockatiel, who lives at my house). I'm not gonna go into more detail on that one, since I don't know who's reading this thing. Anyone I'd care about has already heard the stories, I'm sure.

Looking to transfer to a store up by her, because this whole 2 hour drive each wa to see her sucks. Plus we'd more than likely move in together if I did.

She did recently break her ankle. Odd, because a mutual friend broke the same ankle a couple of months ago. And we were supposed to see her this past weekend, but it was called off due to the break. I made a surprise visit to cheer her up when she was feeling particularly down, so that went over well.

Haven't had much game time recently. Gave up on WoW because the endgame was horrible and boring. A couple of nights a week, I'll play CoV/CoH, but not nearly as much as I used to. Mostly I'll play random DS games for a little while, then go do something else. I think the last game I actually finished (not unlocking everything mind you, just beating) was DDR: Mario Mix.

I did get asked to do I-CON (all caps for added DRAMA) again this year. So I'll probably do my little presentation again. Need to get the girl along this time.

I think that's about all for now. Life seems to be treating me decently at the moment.

Current Mood: optimistic

This may have been the best day I've had in a long time. Maybe ever.

For the past, oh, month and a half, I've been talking to a girl I met via OkCupid. The conversation has kind of been all over the map, but the gist of it is that we kind of fell for each other. We arranged to meet at her house. That fell through due to scheduling issues with her family. We tried again next week, same. The next two weeks, I couldn't make it due to work. Last week, we tried again but she got sick. Just when all seemed lost - this week ACTUALLY WORKED.

I went up there, and well, holy crap. It was a bit late, but I officially turned in my v-card. And from what I've been told, I made out pretty well for my first time, much of the reason being her. I seriously love this woman. And it's not just the hormones talking, we decided that before we even met. I can still smell her a bit on my clothes and on myself, and it makes me miss her.

Hopefully next week, things will work out for us to be together again. I really want to be with her for a very long time.

The only snag is my planned move to Austin. I still want to go through with it, and she still wants me to through with it. If things go as well as I'm hoping, I may ask her to come with me. Maybe not right away, but at some point I'd love for her to join me down there.

I've just never felt so... contented. It's the only word I can use to describe how I'm feeling. Just this feeling that absolutely everything is right with the world.

Well, almost everything. She's still a two hour drive away from me. Need to work on that one.

Current Mood: content

Well, this will be my last night in Texas for a while. Turned out to be a fun weekend. We didn't really DO anything, but it was nice to hang out with people for a change. My usual routine is pretty lonely.

There's the possibility that I may move down there earlier than planned, it all depends on finding work in Austin. Worst case, I can transfer to another Cingular store, but the finances would be a bit tight at that point. Doable, but not comfortable. Either way, I'll probably be back here for another visit in October, and do some figuring before or after that one.

There are really only two things that could possibly tie me down to Long Island at this point - a spectacular job offer or a girlfriend. As neither one looks likely to happen any time soon, my days in NY are probably numbered.

Current Mood: satisfied

Well, the party went fairly well. Most of the keg went undrank thanks to the hard liquor. We had a lot more of that this time. One or two puking accidents, one guy kicked out for going after my brother's wife, and some people getting laid.

Sadly, I was not one of them, and it's quite probably my own fault. I have zero ability to hit on women outside the Internet.

But it's over now, and I need to move on. But for the moment, I have no idea how to do that.

I tried asking my brother for advice, since he's married and has friends and all. But nothing useful there, he met his wife by asking her out after meeting her at the mall. I just don't have it in me to hit on random people like that, and while I'd most likely accept if a customer asked me, it hasn't yet happened. It's theoretically possible I've had someone (customer or otherwise) interested in me, but never picked up on it. That's kind of how I blew my shot yesterday. Live and learn.

I'm not quite desperate enough to place an ad or use one of those online things. Especially since I still want to move, and a year would be a short time to date and decide to move halfway across the country with somebody.

Actually, I'm tying a lot to the move. It seems like there's a social life just waiting for me. No girlfriend, but if I'm hanging out with people that actually DO stuff, it has a chance in hell of happening. Unlike now, where I either sit alone at home, only flirting with girls I know I have no chance with (and really, would be perfectly happy being friends with) over the Internet, or out with my brother and his friends, where every one of them is already in a relationship, and I'm left feeling like a 3rd (or 5th, or 7th, depending on how many people are there) wheel.

Oh well, no sense dwelling on it. Heading down to Texas next month to meet the people I'll eventually be living with (if all goes as planned), so we'll have to see what happens then.

Current Mood: disappointed

There are three bulging veins on the back of my hand that look like I have mealworms, or possibly beetles, stuck underneath my skin.

I really hope that clears up by the morning, it's pretty icky.

Current Mood: sick

Well, got my ear pierced for the first time yesterday. Been an idea I've been tossing around for a while (my brother got his done years ago), and the opportunity just kinda showed up yesterday.

So far, I've discovered I need to be careful with my headset, and not to forget it's there and go scratch my ear.

Between holiday pay, Sunday differential (which nobody knew I was supposed to get), night differential (same), and lots of good old fashioned overtime, my last check had an extra $500 or so in it.

Flight to Texas, here I come. Also a new phone.

Current Mood: happy

Been a while since my last update. Aside from a goon pool party at my house (which proved to be so successful we're doing it again next month), life's been pretty uneventful.

Weight is holding steady at 216, which probably means I need to do situps until my midsection vanishes. Still been eating light, and I've been getting out and walking more (a 2-mile or so power walk daily), I think I just kind of plateaued.

The girl I've mentioned previously? Not happening. Guess I always knew that, but I'm finally over it. More or less. Still talk to her sometimes, but on a friend basis.

But life got a bit interesting recently. Another old friend I used to play games with (who is also a girl) returned. And we've been in touch like, constantly. The more I talk to her, the more I'm convinced she's about the coolest person ever (from my POV anyway).

Dunno if there's any potential for anything more than friends, but I'm cool with friends. Plus she made me about the best offer I've ever had, involving a new job and a room to rent. Not right away, but I'm looking forward to it.

And on the minutae of my life, work lost a paycheck, which absolutely screwed me over for the past week or so. But the replacement showed up today, my account has money in it, and I'm once again happy. Yay.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Ringtones slowly making me insane

What an odd day at work.

It was pretty much dead slow. We're all a little on edge, as we're expecting a Mystery Shopper any second now, and there's a lot of pressure to get a perfect score. I know I've been blowing the scripted crap on every customer, but I'm pretty sure none of them were the shopper.

So anyway, late in the afternoon, about 2 hours before I was scheduled to go home, the computers die. Sorta. The server that's out there somewhere loaded with account information and our ability to activate phones just crapped out. Right in the middle of a transaction. I wound up giving the guy one of his two phones, and letting him know we'd activate the next one and give him a call when it was ready. Others fared worse, one guy was doing a four phone conversion at the time.

Then about half an hour before I was supposed to leave, an older woman with two hyperactive little girls in tow walked in. I got her to migrate her two lines over, since she was looking for upgrades anyway. So we spent the next 45 minutes or so chatting and doing the conversion (the system came up right that second), while she tried to keep the kids under control. Finally we're done, she's thankful, and wants info to tell the manager about me being really nice and stuff. I relay my name, and she says she'll remember it because it's unusual. Then she mentions that the last guy who helped her had an unusual name. "Devin." "He's my brother." So we wound up talking again, apparently Devin went through pretty much the same thing a year ago when she bought the phones she just replaced, and they had a whole conversation about my dog and stuff. I got out much later than planned today as a result.

Another oddity from a couple of days ago, Devin invited me out to a local club, it was his wife's birthday (sorta) and there were free drinks as a result. So I headed down there (my first time to a club), drank too much, and hung out with him, his wife, and a bunch of other people, and got deafened by the cover band inside and generally tried to stay out of the way. Out of nowhere, one of the guys I work with showed up. Small world, I guess. He spent today giving me shit for not hitting on the girls there, but that's not really my thing.

God, I hope I didn't blow this thing with the girl I play games with. Not that I was seriously expecting anything to happen, but it feels like she's kind of ignoring me lately. I'm sure I'm just being paranoid about it. But I missed hanging out with her the last couple of days. And I miss hearing her voice and laugh too. That never fails to cheer me up.

I'm either a horrible loser or a hopeless romantic. Possibly both.

Now I need to get some sleep, as I'm totally tired and running on empty. Two days off in a row starting tomorrow, going to see Star Wars with goons at midnight in the city. I wasn't planning to see the movie at all originally, but I figured it's a chance to get out of the house and hang out with goons. Sometimes I just have to force myself.

As one final note, thanks to the wonders of 802.11, I wrote this update while on the can. Now my right leg is asleep.

Current Mood: numb