Excessive

So I haven't really written anything substantial in a long time, and I have a somewhat valid excuse of not having the time, since I get about 5 hours a day to do whatever I want, and sitting and wasting a half an hour or however long it takes to just tell three people about what I've been doing isn't as attractive as something like World of Warcraft or falling asleep. I guess I see now why pretty much everyone I know except Mark stopped writing in their journal a few years ago.

Work is going well, in that I enjoy each day and have fun and feel comfortable. I don't ever get nervous and I always leave feeling satisfied and like I worked hard. I do about four peoples jobs, I do the dishes and put away the dishes in two different kitchens, I'm in charge of receiving any and all orders (like meat, veggies and dry goods), making sure they're all there, signing for them and then putting it all away, all while dishes are piling up. I'm also responsible for keeping the shelves in dry storage organized, responsible for breaking down all boxes outside and making sure they're in the recycling boxes. I'm responsible for helping the chefs by getting stuff they need from the other kitchen and bringing it back quickly, and finally, I'm responsible for random things the chefs ask me to do, like cleaning something outside, or fixing a hose, or moving stuff around.

Anyway, I never complain and I'm always eager to help, so they really like me there, and Andrew already told me he's going to talk to the bosses to change my shift to an 8 hour shift instead of 7, so I'll have 10 more hours on my paycheque, and Jeff said they're going to get me a raise, and today Melissa confirmed that I'm the only one who works in the kitchen that is getting one. No idea how much, but more money is more money, and I'm okay with that.

My days are pretty much all the same really... I wake up at 6am, and I crawl out of bed and turn on the Simpsons in the living room, and I eat breakfast (usually a bowl of Frosted Flakes, sometimes bacon and eggs, but not lately). I watch 3 episodes of the Simpsons, and put clothes on after the first is over, get my hair and teeth brushed after the third, and make sure my phone, bus pass and iPod are all in the correct pockets, and then leave at 7:15, and the Wellington comes and picks me up around 7:25.

I get to work at 8:00am and start doing the dishes, and an GFS or Sysco order comes within the first hour, and so does produce, so I have to put all that away. The rest of the day is managing my time between both kitchens. I don't really get a break or a chance to sit down until around 2pm when I have something to eat (usually whatever I ask for at the Cafe). I then leave at 3pm when Kristina gets there to take over.

I usually call my Mom when I'm done work to just say hey and ask if anything was shipped to her office, and then catch a Wellington at the University hospital entrance on Windermere, and I either get of at Oxford and Richmond to go to the grocery store, or I stay on and get off at Grey st. I get home at around 4pm or so.

I then usually turn the computer on and relax and unwind until 5pm (check boards, 1up) and then play Word of Warcraft for some time during the night, or watch the Simpsons, basically one of those two things, or more recently maybe play Persona 3, which is a new game I bought on the weekend. I then try to go to sleep around 11pm and repeat the day again every weekday. It's simple, dependable and I like that.

I guess I've got a few things recently that I didn't mention... Let's see. I got a new cell phone. For a while there, ever since I was looking for a job, I was using my Mom's less then spectacular cellphone (a really bad one) but I obviously needed a new one, and as you probably know, when I buy something, I try to buy the best version possible (realistically), since that's just how I roll (like buying a 20" iMac instead of a 17", or the bigger iPod instead of a smaller one, or a bigger external). I just figure if I'm going to have to pay money out of each paycheque for the next little while, I might as well do it right and get something worth owning. So I bought the nicest one offered by Virgin Mobile, a Motorola RAZR V3c, as pictured below. It's really nice, has a big screen with a nice resolution, a 1.8 megapixel camera, and it's nice and thin, so it fits into my small pants really easily. So I'm happy with it... On the plan I'm on right now (no contract, can end whenever) it's $20 for 200 minutes, and $5 for 100 texts a month, so I think I'm going to stick with that, since I doubt I'll go over. It's free to receive texts, so people can text me all they want, and I have free voice mail, free call display and free three way calling.

I also got new ram for my computer (my iMac). It always ran slow and shitty, and I was always unhappy with that aspect of the performance. I finally had the opprotunity to get some new ram, so I installed it and removed the factory default, so now instead of 512mb of ram, I have 2GB of ram, and jesus christ does that make a difference. Everything runs silky smooth, all my games, especially WoW at max settings, never stutter, and everything is fast and responsive. It's made using the computer really enjoyable now, and even if I have torrents going, the computer doesn't slow down (although I checked and with Azureus open, there is only 300mb of ram free, holy crap!).

I think I mentioned it on here a couple weeks ago, but so far I've bought a package of games with each pay cheque. My first pay it was Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, Pikmin 2 and Baten Kaitos, and this last pay was Persona 3 (omg amazing) and Jak 3 (needed it for the collection).

Persona 3 is an RPG in the Shin Megami Tensei series of games. If you don't know about Shin Megami Tensei, think of it like Final Fantasy, where all the games with that title contain a lot of the same themes, monsters, items, spell names and art direction, but most of the games aren't connected in anyway, and are all independent of each other (unless it's a direct sequel obviously). So Persona 3 shares a lot of commonalities with Digital Devil Saga and Nocturne, and that makes me happy. It's (much like all SMT games) a very dark, creepy and disturbing story, about high school students discovering a lost hour at 12am, when all normal people become trapped in coffins and sleep, and shadow monsters come out and kill anyone who isn't in a coffin, and they want to stop the shadow monsters, while still attending school. Since it's created and published by Atlas, they had the freedom to do whatever they wanted when it came time to localize it, and they kept it as Japanese as you could imagine. It takes place in Tokyo, and they use Japanese lingo, the money is Yen, and almost all of it is filled with Japanese cultural references. Half of the game is a dungeon crawl with a fairly traditional battle system, the other half takes place in high school, and you power up your battle abilties by doing well in school, making friends, and doing various things at school. It's a pretty original aspect to a real RPG. It's a great game and I'm having fun with it.

I also ordered Digital Devil Saga 2 off of Ebay, and in about an hour I'm going to win Katamari Damacy (buying it for the third time because people keep stealing it). I also got a PS2 to USB converter so I can plug in my guitar hero guitars and play Frets of Fire (free songs!).

Oh yeah, and I eat a ton of strawberries! Suck on that!

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