Calling All Geeks!

So, I’m going to be having a lot of extra free time coming up. Unfortunately, I won’t have any money.

Hours are being cut back at work. I knew we were dropping the fourth set because that’s what we’ve always done during the school year. But I guess money is really tight right now, so they’re really scaling back everyone’s hours. How bad is it, you ask? Well, I’m one of the people they’re “going to take care of”, and I’ll be doing about 20 hours a week. I’m supposed to be full time, for crying out loud. I did the math and, by the time you factor in taxes and such, I’ll probably just barely break $100 a week. And on top of the money issue, the time I do spend at work will now mostly be spent as a connectionist/usher. This just isn’t fucking worth it anymore.

Before, I was looking for a new job because of issues I was having with a coworker. Now, I literally can’t afford to work here any more. I’ll be posting my resume online in a couple of places probably tomorrow and I’m planning on going out next chance I get to beg for job applications. And if any of you fine folks out there in the Columbus Ohio area have any hot tips, I’d much appreciate it.

I am able to take some solace, however. I’m lucky in that I don’t have any real expenses. I can still afford my comics, thank you God. My mando armor might slow down a little bit, but it’ll by no means stop entirely. (Anyway, I’ve already bought my helmet, which should keep me busy for a while anyway.) Still, it sucks to feel so helpless.

Jon mentioned a site on his blog called SpeedTest.net that allows you to see the speed of your Internets tubes. Just thought I’d share how sad mine is…

I thought I’d take a stab at doing a web comic. I think it’s basically going to be about whatever comes to mind and, at least for now, it will update whenever I feel like updating. But, anyway, here is #1. Hope you enjoy.

A MySpace Page is not a website, damn it! Well, I guess it
technically is, but you know what I mean! When I’m clicking on a link that says
“official site” I do not expect to wind up on MySpace! Any jackass can
(and has) set up a MySpace page.

Read about an interesting group that collected comic art/related pics, but when I tried to go to their page, it was just a pic heavy MySpace page. /sigh/ Bastards.

I don’t think I’ve officially announced it here, but I’ve decided to start learning how to play the guitar. I’m going the self taught rout and instead of starting low and working up (i.e. Scales, Old McDonald, ect.), I’m diving right in on songs I like and learning how to play them. I’m actually quite satisfied with my progress so far. I’m not perfect by any stretch, but I think I’m doing pretty well for someone who’s been playing for all of a week. Some of the songs I’m currently working on include:

Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash version)

Suicide is Painless (the theme song to M*A*S*H)

Part of “Other side” by the Red Hot Chilly Peppers

The first line of “Dueling Banjos”

The Simpsons Theme

The Transformers Theme (Though, I’m not sure the tabs I have on this are right.)

GRITS and SIP are my two best songs so far. The other ones are really just for fun in between working on the first two. But, like I said before, I’m picking up on it a lot faster then I expected.

So, I finally found a Deluxe Jazz today. (at Meijer, no less.) Unfortunately, I didn’t notice that it was apparently used or that the packaging was damaged at some point because it wasn’t until I went to open it that I saw the tape around the bubble. It was okay, though, as all of the pieces seemed to be there. Or, so I thought until I went looking for the directions. They’re gone. Now I’m too paranoid to try transforming it. I don’t want to get it to some ass backwards position where I won’t be able to fix it later on like a Rubik’s Cube. I guess I’ll have to see if I can find the directions somewhere online.