Archive for October, 2008

The allergy ninjas are dwindling in their numbers, but still managing to catch me off guard with a good bout of sneezes and an insatiable need to rub my eyes.  No longer do I wake up in the middle of the night running to grab tissues for my nose, but I do still wake up every morning practically unable to breathe.  I bought some Zyrtec and Sudafed a few weeks ago to help me with my congestion and scratchy throat and so forth, and they seemed to work for a little while.  Then I ran out and made a quick trip to the pharmacy to get some more.  Little did I realize that doing so would make me pop up in the system as a potential drug addict.

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There’s never been a point in my life where I felt compelled to enlist in any of the branches of the armed services.  I’ve never been compelled to be part of something greater than myself in that particular manner.  Never wanted the kind of camaraderie that comes with it.  No interest in it whatsoever.  But I have an unlimited amount of respect and admiration for those who do.

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I’ve never really been much into television.  Granted, I’ve watched a lot of it in my years, but the majority of it has been random viewing or a small handful of carefully selected shows I’m willing to dedicate my time to.  When I was in high school the only two shows I cared if I missed were “Friends” and “Star Trek: Voyager“.  As my parents will testify, I wasn’t worth being around if I wasn’t able to watch them.  Then again, while I was in high school I wasn’t worth being around most of the time anyways.

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A meeting was called yesterday by the Vice President that oversees my work location, and it was then that she announced the entire service center would be shut down, and all employees laid off.  Some people cried.  Some made jokes to break the tension.  I stood there trying to soak it all in.  Everyone knew it was coming, and try as we might to pretend it would be a long time from now, there’s no denying it any longer – we’re all out of a job and it’s time to move on.

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The 2008 Vice Presidential debate was on tonight. The “first and only” of such debates as the moderator described it. And after watching the first 30 minutes of it, I can’t tell you how glad I am that it won’t be happening again. I got so frustrated with how the “debate” was proceeding that I actually turned it off and left my apartment to take a walk, and when I came home and turned it back on the first thing I heard was Sarah Palin talking about nuc-u-lar weapons. The word is NUCLEAR. What is it about this word that seems to be difficult for both her and our current grammatically challenged president? If you can’t say it, you shouldn’t have the power to enact it.

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