Learning to adjust to the new store. I'm about to head on in for my second day. First day yesterday went great. Not many complaints about the work, just some worries. But I think I can do it.

The boss seems fantastic. Very patient. Laid back. Still a bit intimidated by her for some reason.

Other members of the crew are pretty cool, too. Not very talkative, though. As it is, they don't seem to speak english very well.

Wish me luck.

As a little toy to play around with when I'm not doing something else, I've been experimenting with Paint Shop Pro 7. Since I've never actually had an advanced image editing tool like this on my own computer, it's been an interesting learning experience. I get the impression that I haven't even scratched the surface, but it's not my first time to the rodeo. I've played around with these things before, but that was back in high school when I dabbled with Photoshop.

I've made a few LJ icons, stylized around Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei's wall-of-text blatherings. The concept I had was to take the wall-of-text gag and have it poke fun at some of the shortcomings of LJ, it's users, and the internet in general. Have a look.







This last one was a collaboration between myself and Kamitra. I did the images, she did the animation.

I don't know how to feel right now.

Well, technically, it's not my FIRST DAY, per se, but it's much like that. After having been away from work for over a month, I'm returning to my job for the first time today, and it couldn't have come at a worse time. *downcast face* I spoke with one of my old mentors at Banana, and he informed me that one of the company head honchos will be visiting the store today, which will keep us busy. I'm not sure if I'm *sad face* over the news, given that it'll keep me busy.

Pros: It'll keep me busy.

Cons: It'll keep me busy.

I'd rather have an active day at work than a slow, lazy one, but I'm not sure what my energy levels will be like today.

Also, ever since earlier yesterday morning, my mind has been swimming with thoughts, but I won't talk about it right here.

Other stuff has happened, too. Tuesday I went drinking with two korean girls I met on Craigslist. Had a great time, but they haven't called me back since then, which is kinda *sad face*. They were pretty hot for their age. (they were older women)

My ex called my house, as well. Said she 'remembered my number', which is either a horseshit excuse or a backhanded comment, but given what else she said it's likely the former. She also said that she wanted to 'apologize to me'. I ended up rushing her off the phone, stating that I was leaving the house (true) and that I'm not ready for this conversation (true), and that I'll unblock her from MSN (half-true). I haven't unblocked her yet, hence 'half-true', and I'm not sure when I will. Presumably when I'm ready.

Wish me luck.

My stomach pain won't stop.

I think I should go to the emergency room.

Prilosec isn't helping anymore...

Neither is Tagamet or Tums.

I'll be going in for an EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) procedure sometime soon. The procedure will consist of sedating me, and then having me lay on my side while the endoscopy, a thin tube with a camera and a light source, is passed through my mouth and my throat to examine my esophagus, stomach and duodenum (first portion of the small intestine). According to this paper, this procedure has reduced the need of transfusions and surgery in many patients. They will be taking samples (each of which I, apparently, will be charged) to be tested for cancer.

Yeah. I'm so excited.

There are a number of complications involved with this procedure that I may need outside help with.

1) I have no idea if I'll be able to afford this on my own. I've been told that the procedure MAY be covered and that most of the drugs they will use on me MAY be covered as well. In hospital talk, this always is a no. Even with my tax return coming in sometime, I don't know if I'll be able to afford it all on my own.

2) They're gonna drug the shit out of me during the procedure, and I'm being told that there will have to be someone arranged to accompany me home after the examination. Essentially, I'll need a ride since they're not going to let me ride the bus home. If worse comes to worse, they suggest having a taxi pick me up, but it would be best if someone could pick me up and drop me off at home.

3) I have no idea where this place is. It's the Moanalua Kaiser Hospital, and I don't recall how to get there by bus or how long it takes to get there.

My stomach constantly hurts nowadays, and it doesn't look like it's going to get any better without a procedure.

I'm scared. I don't know if I can handle it all on my own, and anytime that happens I start to feel overwhelmed..

My birthday is on Thursday, October 18th. For those of you who wish to celebrate, there will be a parade in Waikiki consisting of all the women in the world who want me. They'll be carrying balloon floats of various anime and video game chicks that are hawt, in desperate attempts to capture my attention, the fools.

It should be noted that the women, as well as the floats, will be invisible and amongst traffic.

For those of you unable to attend the parade, there will be a party/get-together over the weekend. Here's the details:

SEAN BROWN THE MAGNIFIENT WELL HUNG BASTARD'S BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT THE CANDLES OLOLOL C WUT I DID THURR 2007! Championship Edition +α X

Who: Sean Brown, your lord and savior
What: Dude, don't make me type that out again, please, I beg you..
When: Saturday, October 20th, 6PM
Where: Dave & Busters at Ward
Why: 21st birthday, celebration of 21 years of not destroying the Earth with his radiant awesomeness
Goose: WTF?

Be there, or be a jew.

Got a Wii, niggaz.

I want to fucking go..

http://lulzcon.com/

Well, as you may have known, I had gone to the hospital on Saturday. Doc took a look and listened to my description of what's been happening the past few days or so, and came to the conclusion that it was a boil of sorts.

You know, lemme kinda talk about doctors for a second here.

Why do they seem so relaxed and sure about things? I mean, here I am experiencing something that I have never seen before, and it makes me kinda scared but mostly grosses me out that such a thing happened on MY body. I mean, I shower enough, I brush my teeth enough, how does it happen? Then here comes this doctor who sits down, cracks jokes while he's listening to you, and gives you a diagnosis after a rather short meeting, with a rather simple solution (for me, it was warm rag compression daily and some meds) and a wave as he heads into the next room to tend to another patient.

Am I just too tense about things, or was he actually just kinda laid back about the whole thing?

Eh. I dunno...

Anyway, it's being taken care of, and it wasn't anything much serious in the end. Thanks to everyone who sent me comments. ^_^

I'll be in the hospital this Saturday, and hopefully, they can get rid of this godforsaken thing under my arm.

There's been a lump growing under my arm for the past few days or so, and it kind of looks like it might get bigger if something isn't done soon. It's also really, really painful. I've had to call in sick to work.

For those of you who don't remember, the 'incident' I mention is the one where V dumped me for shipping HarryxDraco. It's been a whole year since then.

Those stomach aches are coming back again. It's not like I HAVE a choice of whether or not I can drink soda, that's all they have in the vending machine at work! And my water bottles ALWAYS go missing, for some godforsaken reason. Gah.

After discovering that Usagi's clan would not have much free time to train me in the Arts of Tennis, I decided to sign myself up for classes elsewhere. Starting Jan. 29th, I'll be attending tennis classes hosted by the USTA. They are once a week classes for Mondays, and run about six weeks. It fits well into my schedule, since the hour long classes take place in the evening long after my limited availability.

This coming week is my 'cut week', which means I have godly amounts of time off from work. Here is my upcoming schedule:

01/14/07 - 01/20/07
Sun: Unavailable (I always get Sunday off for MangaBento.)
Mon: 6:00AM - 12:00PM (Noon)
Tue: 7:00AM - 4:00PM
Wed: 7:00AM - 12:00PM (Noon)
Thu: OFF
Fri: OFF
Sat: OFF

Since I always get Sundays off, that means I've got a four day weekend coming.

Remember, always, this kiwi, and think on how long he worked to achieve his lifelong dream.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Perhaps we can learn something from this kiwi, of what we should accomplish with our own lives.

One motherfucking question.

Kirk/Spock

Why the fuck does THIS exist as a Wikipedia article?

12/17/06 - Off (MangaBento, send-away party for a coworker)
12/18/06 - 6:00AM - 3:00PM
12/19/06 - 8:00AM - 4:00PM
12/20/06 - 8:00AM - 4:00PM
12/21/06 - 6:00AM - 3:00PM
12/22/06 - 6:00AM - 3:00PM
12/23/06 - Off

Sorry, Hippie-chan...