Why is it when I have things I want to blog, I have no time to blog them? And when I have time to blog, there's nothing to write about?
No, I don't have an answer either question. But here's the latest updates and major changes in the Life of Paul or Paul 2.0:
Helpdesk, I'm sorry I don't want to help anyone anymore:
In the bigger news departments, I've gotten the position I've pursued for about a year. Okay, not all at once. The job posting came up and I gave up on trying for Script Frenzy for the month of June. (See more broken promises or as I ike to call it, my to do list.) So I prepared resumes, researched software development, and practiced interviewing. This time I was successful. I'm now working for the same company with more responsibility, much more money, and a different job title. Now I get to help setup systems in our company and make sure they play nice with our computer network system. I get to work on really big expensive medical equipment in the labs across the country. I get to have business cards and a company credit card again! I've got a desk with a window in an office (okay there are three other cubicles are in the office, but you get the picture.) The theme song for the Jeffersons keeps playing in my head. In short, I get to help finish really cool projects.
How To Test All My Friendships Based On PC Gaming:
That's easy, buy a Mac. Or in my case, a MacBook Pro. Suddenly I find myself an outcast among my friends for letting Steve Jobs into my life. It's the computer equivalent of telling a conservative family, you're gay. This is what it's been like:
Friends:" Did you get a new Toshiba? A Dell? Not another Alienware?!"
Me: "No, I got a MacBook Pro."
Friends: "I knew we should have never let you near the Apple store. What's the matter didn't you like right clicking?"
Me: "You can right click with a mac."
Friends: "It's just...not...natural. It doesn't feel right. All those silver colors. Everything is too shiny. Well, fanboy, you can kiss gaming goodbye."
Me: "Not since the Intel processors. Look not to sound like a commercial but I can still game on a mac with a Windows partition. I just played Half Life 2 on it."
Friends: "That's so wrong! What happened to you and the Alienware you've been with these last few years? "
Me: "That laptop. I had to spend half a day fixing it to sell on eBay. That computer broke my heart so many times. It was such a bad relationship. I spent more time re-installing windows than anything else. Heck, my blog has been a desert since I bought it."
Friends: "But what did it matter to you. You always fixed it!"
Me: "She used me."
Friends:"You're too weird man...Listen maybe I'll call you later."
Me: "On an iPhone?" (smirks)
Friends: "Arrrggh!!!! I don't know you anymore! I'l never leave comments on your blog anymore!"
Money, What Money?:
I thought I was in the clear to drop my pound of flesh at the Apple store thanks to my raise and the illusion my laptop was dying. I was wrong on both accounts as fate dealt me a few heavy bills. Because within one week the price for airfares to Long Island went up, my dentist hugged me in our last appointment and said I would have to come in for more. Oh, so .much more. And the Check Engine light on Bren's car landed on Broadway and Park Place on the same turn. Both are still owned by Frisco Automotive Services with hotels. Still I've got a great laptop, one less kidney, and Jade might have to do a few life Insurance commercials. I'm just going to be eating tuna fish sandwiches for a while. Even after the air conditioning unit needed repairs too.
Dell Axim...precious....Bilbo maximum bidder
Yes, anyone who knows me, knows I always carry a PDA. Until now.
Well, like my falling out with Microsoft and watching things not work I decided to say goodbye to my PDA. You can see it on eBay over here. This was hard to let go. I like having a tiny computer doing my bidding where ever I go, but like my laptop, Windows Mobile PC's ate more than helped me produce. I tried to get it to sync with my mac, but it was more trouble than it was saving me in time. So for now, it' a bunch of 3x5 cards that never crashes and loses my work. And I carry my laptop with me where ever I go. My older laptop was 14 pounds. Now when I carry around my MacBook, it's like carrying a PDA.
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