tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48098545119291423182012-02-16T13:06:12.491-05:00A 'webcomic without the pictures,' WIYP is a story written blog-style from the point of view of a person experiencing the shift of his country into Orwellian dystopia. WIYP updates almost daily, as if the entries were being upped by the character. Part writing experiment, part creative outlet, all for fun and entertainment. So what is YOUR pizza? (note: pizza is actually not the main focus here. The story is. Pizza's just kinda...there. Trust me.)4th Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15894587457894308244noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809854511929142318.post-14673912737785192362009-07-27T19:10:00.002-04:002009-07-27T19:14:32.541-04:00

FirstPreviousNextOkay, I hate to do this, but seeing as how I haven't updated in a while, I guess it's already been done?No no no, I haven't given up on this. Not by a long shot. But it needs work. The story. The voice. The characters. The everything. I'm not happy with the way it's going currently and I need to take some time to fix it.Life has a large part to do with this. Major changes

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FirstPreviousNext'We thank you for your patience,' Leethen says.'Still working out the kinks,' he says.'Man the weather's hot today,' he says.Wait that's not what he said that's what Cam said.'Can't be too careful with this,' the-actual-he says.I gotta talk about the Independence Day speech!, I say.'Oh we definitely can't be too careful with this then,' he says.'Sometime this week, our network

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FirstPreviousNextBeen lost in my own little world lately. Work's still going, but we're all kinda focused on smaller, local projects. Remember Trash Wednesday. Casual Friday is not Clothesless Friday. Cam's favorite, The Homeless are not Helpless. Little things.Elle's been on a bit of a green kick, both in terms of hair and projects. Chris has been hiding off in the audio recording room,

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FirstPreviousNextTest, test.Hello world.Is this thing on? -tap tap-What was I supposed to type oh right."If you are reading this then you either have successfully signed up for SubNet, or you have been granted viewing privileges of protected SubNet material."wow so formalFirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextWhat follows is the important parts of today's talk with Andy. There...there was a lot that falls into the important category, I am thinking, possibly."So, still writing?" he asked, plugging in our competitive video game of choice."No thanks. Yeah, I am, on the off-chance it's just a temporary thing.""Yeah, about that. Any forced software updates on your computer lately? And

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FirstPreviousNext(Going to go ahead and toss the next couple of entries up while I'm checking e-mail. Hopefully should know soon enough if this is working. --6/28/09)More proof e-mail works. More proof the Internet is a strange place, even post-5/6."To Whom it May Concern:I am Matt D. Leethen, owner and founder of SubNet Ltd., a privately-owned ISP and website hosting service. Since May 6, we

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FirstPreviousNextSo for whatever reason, my blog's been down. I'm e-mailing this post in on the off-chance it's still showing somewhere. Got no clue myself if it'll show or not. Hoping the site'll get back up soon and I can continue writing. It's become a bit of a routine; nice way to wind down after dealing with the absurdities waiting outside my apartment door.Not that the writing's stopped

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FirstPreviousNextDammit. If you're reading this then at least e-mail updating still works. Can't access the blog online any more.The hell's going on here...?FirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextBananas!The grocery store had bananas today! Crazy expensive though. $2.50/lb. Didn't keep me from picking up a couple of bunches, earning a slight raised eyebrow from the checkout operator girl. The guys are already faded beyond green into a solid yellow, but I figure I'll be able to down then before the browns dominate.Payday's coming up, and after the success of our +'s

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FirstPreviousNextOne oft-overlooked benefit that came about as a result of this whole mess is the death of spam.Look, you take the small victories where you can.Only, it seems those days are over. I present to you, The First Spam of The Post-5/6 Era!Some things never change. Except the world, apparently.THE WORLD HAS CHANGEDAND YOU HAVE NO IDEA JUST HOW MUCHForget Sept. 11. Forget JFK. Area

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FirstPreviousNextSo if you had told me that you could get my Internet access back, I'd have been thrilled, would have hugged you, may have even promised you my firstborn. Secondborn too if I were feeling generous.But now, after spending literally all day poking and prodding at the edges of cyberspace, instead of utterly delighted I'm more confused than anything.Instead of the

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FirstPreviousNextIs it just me, or do a whole bunch of websites that were down seem to be back up?FirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextChris threw out the idea today that we should all have a celebratory "ring in the curfew" party. Elle and I agreed with lukewarm enthusiasm it wasn't a bad idea (hardly something worth celebrating, but people and drink do occasionally make Things better). Cam nonchalantly pointed out that many places, including The After, would be closing at 11 so that the workers would be able

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FirstPreviousNextMaybe you've heard the saying before, 'Idle hands are the devil's plaything.' Or something like that. Grew up down south, buckle of the Bible Belt, where if you listen to the wrong (right?) people, there were few things that WEREN'T the devil's plaything. This one stuck in memory though, because it actually makes sense.Maybe you grew up with one of those hippie uncles, the one

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FirstPreviousNextPicking up where I left off: the downside of sleep-deprivation-induced loopiness. Namely, seeing boogeymen in all the dark corners. Ghosts in your peripheral vision. Figuratively speaking, however. It's a bit different now that I've gotten some rest, but these phantasmic thoughts won't stop spooking me occasionally.So we know now first-hand the deportations are real. And we

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FirstPreviousNextThe similarities between coffee and oil are non-insignificant. Both are black liquids that, with varying amounts of refinery, become fuels. Both are largely imported, and the loss of either would lead to social instability and dramatic downturns in production and efficiency.Conspiracy theorists need to look closer into this relationship. Notice how despite these obvious

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FirstPreviousNextSo, don't know why yet, but they're trying to hurry us up with the curfew materials. A bit of urgency that seems beyond the usual government (lack of?) efficiency.Working way too many hours to come up with something good with everybody. All a bit stressed. Only thing I have is the facts: Goes into effect Friday at midnight (Saturday if you wanna be technical). Mandatory

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FirstPreviousNextStill here? Yeah hey so am I. Awesome.Thought police didn't raid my apartment I guess.Knew I was just being a dummy.Tomorrow, work on finishing up the curfew ads.FirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNexttoday's statswake-up: 2 pm (10 hours non-continuous sleep)breakfast: dry off-brand cheerios (honey-nut)set daily goal: do not die (thusfar successful, relatively)Kinda hesitant to go out today. I think I'm afraid of running into John and Linda. Which is silly and dumb. But I've learned my gut usually knows what it's talking about. My instincts may be ridiculous,

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FirstPreviousNextSo I realized something today. These deportations. Where, exactly, do those unlucky enough to not have randomly important friends end up? I mean, are they just kinda being kicked out, shown the door, and told to have a good life, don't come back? Who would take them? And how many ended up being deported?And why aren't we hearing more about this? I mean, it seems a pretty

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FirstPreviousNextYeah. Today.Lunch couldn't come too soon to interrupt a horribly inefficient, unproductive morning. The +mates kept to their parts of the project after I explained what had happened the night before, respecting the fact that I'd be pretty much useless for a while.So I snuck away a few minutes early to find a nice quiet corner in the cafeteria. But about halfway into the turkey

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FirstPreviousNextI think they came for John.I can't sleep for Linda's wailing.She won't answer her door.I'm gonna be a wreck at work tomorrow.Not that I'm in any position to complain.FirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextHey you remember when bananas were 69 cents/lb.?Hey you remember when you could still BUY bananas?Man I miss me some bananas.One could say I'm going......hungry every morning. Because I eat...ate them for breakfast. You know. Back then.See bet you thought I was going to make a bad joke. But I didn't. And yet...is that in itself a bad joke?Deep thoughts.So guess whose job it

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FirstPreviousNextWith the State of the Nation speech out of the way, let's turn to the State of the City.Vitals: Gas around the $6/gal mark. Milk similar. Bread remains cheap, though non-regional produce is literally impossible to find now.National chain restaurants are menu crapshoots. Every day items available for order change. With no way to communicate inventory needs, it's impossible

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FirstPreviousNext"There you are!""hu--OOF! Hey Chris."Dude can give a backpound with the best of 'em.Cramped wooden tables between wall and stools. Green hooded lights hang from the ceiling. Dark bar atmosphere, minus the smoke. City outlawed smoking in public buildings a few months before the attacks. Personally thankful for that, though it does take a bit away from the otherwise noir

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FirstPreviousNext--ringtone, my favorite song as of 2 months ago----cussing, fumbling around my room, shock--"Uh, h-hello?""You saw that, didn't ya?""W..what? Cam? Yeah, yeah I did but how--""Local lines are back up, didn't you hear?""Yeah, but no, no I didn't, and this is my ce--""Callin' from my landline. You're fine.""I...I guess? But that's ridi--""Did ya catch ANYTHING after the spot

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FirstPreviousNextState of the Nation speech: The CliffsNotes versionWell not really CliffsNotes. I mean, I'm not explaining what he said. It's pretty self-explanatory. I just...listen, look, bear with me here, I'm a mess."Our country, our very lives, changed forever.""Sleeper cells awakened simultaneously.""Unprecedented coordination.""Frankly, we were caught not just with our pants down. We

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FirstPreviousNextOrange-brown legal-sized envelope lying opened on the desk. Papers scattered, final drafts under scrutiny. Flourescent overheads buzz. Three pairs of lungs frozen. One pair operates slowly, their owner lost in study."Man, that's awesome stuff and you know it. Let's go home." Chris shatters the lung-ice and the silence.Cam slowly places the papers down. Scratches his beard;

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FirstPreviousNextChecked my e-mail today, for the hell of it more than anything really. I mean, with half the internet inaccessible, nationwide communication slowed to a snail's pace, and my luck being what it is it'd be an exercise in futility. But the need for information sometimes overrides reason.So imagine my surprise to find an e-mail from Andy, dated a couple of days ago.Basically, he

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FirstPreviousNextHad to do a quick press release today announcing a special 'State of the Nation' prepared video to be broadcast on all stations on the one-month anniversary of the attack, June 5th/6th. The wording was interesting. My instructions were to make it sound like required viewing if at all possible, which strikes me as funny simply because anyone and everyone capable of doing so,

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FirstPreviousNextStarted on my first project today. We'll get to that in a sec. First...concerning the future of my blog. I've done a lotta thinking after how surrprisingly...detailed...the background check on me was. It's obvious that they were checking up on my internet activity somehow, but they never mentioned specifics. Never quoted me on anything I said.I suspect they tracked me via

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FirstPreviousNextAnd on the Sabbath day, he rested.Where rest is defined as got in a round of disc golf. A very unsatisfying round. A very wet round.Watching a disc fly off and make an unexpected slow arc towards the stream is a less-than-life-affirming feeling. Knowing the water is knee-deep while not knowing where extra discs can be purchased, or if they're still being produced, combine into

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FirstPreviousNextToday I ran into Linda, the person whose apartment was broken into earlier. Happened to run across each other at the complex. I've always been acquaintances with her and John, they met me back when I was first moving in. Like I said, I don't do much in the way of socialization, but we always speak when we bump into each other, occasionally meet up when we're feeling like a

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FirstPreviousNextSo. Yesterday.Oh god yesterday.Let's...if you...okay...Man, I don't even know where to start. Let's start like this. I now know why they give you a 3-day weekend after orientation.They're not TOTAL cold-hearted bastards.Take some steel wool. Stretch it, roll it out, get it into a nice, long, comparatively thin strip. Okay so you probably can't do that with steel wool but

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FirstPreviousNextwe'll \talk tomorrowr honehy. ijust wanna forget about todayFirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextNope, I wasn't the only one. Chris, Cam, and Elle, my three companions from the night before, were just as ragged. And once my hangover subsided, my initial assessment of this job still held.So cubicle jobs get a bad rap. Fair enough. But when 1) your survival depends on holding down a source of regular income and 2) the only other job you've had before is behind a register,

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FirstPreviousNextugh...my only consolation this morning is that I can't be the only one feeling this horrible.didn't know steamrollers could fit inside my apartment. without waking me. nor that they could run me over multiple times without busting the air mattress.wonders never cease.FirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextI think...I think I love my job.I think I love my job and I think I love my coworkers and especially Elle.Think that's how it's spelled god I can't remember can youNo you can't you can't hear me you weren't there and you're not here and that is ok!I bettre sleep the screen won't hold still why wont you hold still screen i did not tell yo uto spin!SPIIIIIIN!Ok no more spin

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FirstPreviousNextSo a little more about the job.I start tomorrow, 9 am, for orientation.And that's all I know at this point.President Lee released another video today. I'm sure the man is busy trying to hold together a nation fragmented by the devastating attacks a month ago, but I wish he'd do these more often. We could use some optimism as a nation. A reminder we ARE a nation.Seriously, this

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FirstPreviousNextStomach woke me up, which is ironic 'cause I was still asleep in the first place trying to escape it. Lounged on my air mattress, blankets a jumbled chaos. Never was much of a still sleeper. Probably talk in my sleep too. Not sure though, haven't had anyone around to inform me of such in a while.Formerly navy blue, now threadbare-blue curtains give a half-assed attempt to

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FirstPreviousNext8:57 am. Dabbing at my forehead with a tissue, praying my application and resume aren't stuck together with sweat."Mr. Wall." It wasn't a question. "Uhm, yes, that's me, how did--""Your papers, please. ID, please. Second? Very good. Have a seat; we will be with you shortly."Black rimmed glasses, crisp black two-piece suit. Brown hair tightly, perfectly arranged. May have

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FirstPreviousNextOH JESUS GOD IN HEAVEN IT'S 8:30 I GOTTA TAKE THE CAR WHY AM I BOTHERING TO TYPE THISWell ok half an hour is easily doable but still I didn't mean to sleep this late oh man oh man oh manFirstPreviousNext

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FirstPreviousNextWas scared absolutely witless this morning.Scared stupid by the last sound I expected to hear, by a sound I hadn't heard in weeks.Shrieking-schoolgirl-scared by the sound of my cellphone ringing.Now, see, I keep it plugged in. Used to be I did so for when the network would inevitably return. As that started looking less certain, I still did so because that phone still serves as

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FirstPreviousNextA tease. A close, warm kiss on the corner of the mouth before pulling away, winking, and walking off. Matching all the lottery numbers the one week you forget to buy a ticket. Catching a whiff of the filet mignon being savored by a neighbor.The Internet still exists. I now know this. The complete Internet still exists though many places haven't updated in a while. Okay so

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FirstPreviousNextDid the two-birds-one-stone thing, and tossed in a little more for good measure.Woke up noonish and actually bothered with breakfast for once: raw toast. What is raw toast, you ask? Raw toast is one of the easiest-to-prepare delicacies of the modern era, a specialty of mine. One might argue it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.Mostly because that's all it is. Slice of

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FirstPreviousNextBUT!Today was a bit of an aberration. Updated the journal a bit earlier than usual in an effort to spark some productivity. And it worked! Go figure.Took a closer look at the jobs listed in the pamphlet. The descriptions were somewhat vague, but I figure that is largely due to stereotypical governmental thickspeak. Still, a few stood out, ones dealing with public

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FirstPreviousNextMy current daily schedule, adjusted for the following recent developments: unemployment, recent national chaos.Wake up naturally around one-ish. PM. Amazing how much better your day starts out when it's not begun with a loud buzzer slamming you into consciousness. Check TV, web sites, cell phone to see what, if anything, is updating (still next to nothing). Listen to local

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FirstPreviousNextBackdated from the 19th.Power was out for most of the day today. Punctuation mark-less note posted on the door by the building supervisor warned that such was possible while crews installed a new security system. Apparently all in response to the earlier robbery.Police talked with me the day before for a few, though they seemed to be going through the motions more than anything

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FirstPreviousNextAn apartment in our complex got broken into last night.Nobody was hurt; seems the people living there, John and Linda, were away at the time.I sorta know them, we talk whenever we run into each other by the mailbox. Haven't seen them in a week or so though. Guess that's for the best.Looks like the police are making rounds, seeing who noticed what.Maybe I should look into

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FirstPreviousNextI've gotten into the habit of sleeping with my TV on lately. The feeling that more of the story will slowly trickle out hasn't left yet. The feeling that there IS more to the story is very strong as well. But local news has returned to its usual schedule, though programming remains recycled on the broadcast channels; nonexistent on national networks.Was just clawed awake by

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FirstPreviousNextBeen getting a little stir-crazy lately. No surprise, really. Better than watching reruns on TV or refreshing broken webpages or munching dry ramen or half-focusing on a book or looking for a job or....wait no it's not better than that last one that last one's pretty important I should really look into that more.But what's done is done, and this day is done. And it was done

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FirstPreviousNextToday was a little different. I know it's silly, but I kept waking up in the middle of the night, refreshing some of my favorite websites that have been down in the hopes that they'd be back up.It's way too early. Way way WAY too early for things to be fixed. I know that. I'm aware. But I have to admit to a little more energy, more motivation today thanks to yesterday's

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FirstPreviousNextSlept in today. Not that it matters really, I mean, what do I have to wake up for right now? If I'm going to be unemployed, might as well make the most of it. Plus, I think the 'realness' of the world kinda crashed in on me yesterday.Is there anything that sleeping a little more WON'T fix?Okay, I'll give you sleeping sickness. Moving on.In another reassuring move, it was

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FirstPreviousNextLet's recap here. I think I'm losing it. Maybe I've lost it, maybe that's what's happened, just in my head, haha, funny joke on me, self. Good job, now lemme off this ride, time to go, park's closing, had enough, WANT OFF.Okay. Lost my job, almost won the tournament. Lee won. That was the last sensible thing I can think of. Terror alert got raised, and for once it was for

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FirstPreviousNextI grew up outside of a small town in a more rural, agricultural part of the nation. My ride to school took me past cow pastures, corn and cotton fields, and tabacco farms. Nights were so dark and clear that meteor showers were truly special vents. My main source of entertainment was the county library.We had four tv stations, ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS. Two ABC affiliates

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FirstPreviousNextWoke up today to the sound of the TV."...major targeted damage to the nation's major telecommunications hubs. The nation's data infrastructure, while not destroyed, had been badly damaged. Unprecedented destruction has essentially severed the country into numerous isolated regions. All interstate and international mass transit has been forced to temporarily shut down...."So

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FirstPreviousNextNational news networks still out. Internet still sparse. Cell network still dead.Ventured out today to make sure I could at least still access my money and that food was available for purchase without the need to be armed.Both endeavors were only half-successes, and who knows if it'll get better or worse from here.So first off, you might be saying, wait a sec. Untold amounts

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FirstPreviousNextNews finally had something to report today. Almost like all the information which had been accumulating over the past couple of days arrived in a delivery at their doorstep and they finally had the opportunity to disseminate it today.And, uhm, there's a lot to sift through. I'm still trying to take it all in myself. In fact, let's hold off on that a bit. Things around here

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FirstPreviousNextEven more is down. All national news channels. Three out of four sites I frequent on the internet; the more popular, the more likely it's down. Cell network is still out and I don't have a landline.Local TV stations are all on live news reports, but they spend hours saying how they have nothing to say nationally, while reporting on the downtown rushes on grocery stores and

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FirstPreviousNextWoke up this morning to find that the cable was out, half the internet sites I frequent were down, and what few I could access had no new news to report...other than the inability to find new news.Tried to call my friends. Cell phone was dead.Uhm.At least this blog still seems to be up, but it's slow...it's taking forever for changes to post.This isolation...after years of using

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FirstPreviousNextSo, uhm, what I said yesterday about the quiet after the storm? Maybe I was wrong. Maybe it WAS the calm before yet another storm. Still, I hesitate to react too strongly too soon.Unprecedentedly, the Terror Threat Alarm Alert Code jumped up to the highest level. This leaves me with mixed feelings. My first reaction is annoyed bemusement -- I mean, come on. This Terror

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FirstPreviousNextYou always hear about the calm before the storm, but there's an equivalent quiet afterwards as well, even if there's less tension involved.Basically what I'm trying to say here is that today was a slow day. News channels spent all day talking about the historical election. I spent all day writing up cover letters, fine-tuning resumes, and searching job postings online.You want

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FirstPreviousNextIt's election night, and a fresh start is near!As expected, Sen. Lee won in a landslide. Try as they might, the newscasters were unable to create any legitimate form of drama or uncertainty in the leadup to the various poll closings. Some of the impressive conclusions they drew while killing time were 1) 'GodlessGate' sure did hurt Rep. Johnson, and 2) Sen. Lee sure did avoid

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FirstPreviousNextGonna put the earlier excitement to the side for now. Plenty of other fireworks to prepare for!The newscasters continue to call the election a non-event without saying as much, trying to keep some semblance of fairness, not wanting to call the obvious and potentially dissuade some voters. The candidates themselves are on late-night multi-state rallies, though I doubt they're

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FirstPreviousNextTOURNAMENT REPORT.Let's just start off by saying...I'll need to keep practicing. Lemme explain.So I started on hole 2, which meant I got to finish on hole 1, the one I aced recently. GOOD OMEN. Anyway, the guy I'm paired with isn't bad, but he's obviously in it for the fun and exercise. I knew I'd have to keep myself motivated by keeping an eye on the leaderboard.So I'm

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FirstPreviousNextTournament day! OHGODSONERVOUS. So let's talk about something else this morning.Election Eve!(If I ramble, I'm sorry, I've got to get rid of these jitters somehow...maybe I can type them out.)Some polls of note:Avg. Poll of Polls nationally of likely voters:Sen. Lee - 57%Rep. Johnson - 30%Undecided - 10%Also of note: a poll on how likely the polled are to vote.Already voted:

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FirstPreviousNextT-minus two days until, if the polls are any indication, the largest landslide in recent election history.My take? It just keeps getting stranger.On the campaign trail today in South Carolina, Senator Lee spoke up about GodlessGate (yes, I hate that phrase too, though I have some respect for the catchy alliteration).It was an amazing speech, say that while our pasts were a part

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FirstPreviousNextThree days before the election, and everything's gone haywire. I'm assuming most of you've heard the news, so here's my take on it all.Representative Johnson spoke out earlier today on the rumors, and to everyone's surprise confirmed them. He freely admitted to associating with the athiest group during a period of time he referred to as "a lost, confused, and frustrated part of

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FirstPreviousNextUhm, wow.Yesterday, the disc hit the tree. Today, the excrement hit the fan. And spread EVERYWHERE. Now, see, that's usually just an expression. A figure of speech, A non-literal descriptor.If only.What is it about public restrooms that makes it okay for your inner crazy to come out? And what is the fascination with feces as an artistic medium?At work, I'm at the end of my

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FirstPreviousNextDamn tree. Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn tree. I knew this would happen, I just knew it. I was so worried, but with the tournament so close, I thought, it'll be fine.I was wrong.So, the discs you use. They change with age. Develop a few dings and chips that can change the disc, both in the way it feels in-hand and in its flight characteristics. You get used to discs as they age though.

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FirstPreviousNextWork was work. Won't bother boring you with that. Manager seemed a little more on edge than usual...then again, hard to tell the difference sometimes.You know what's a good omen? I know what's a good omen. This is a good omen:Immediately drove to the course where the tournament will be held for some practice, as I said I would. I did some warm-up on the practice basket;

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FirstPreviousNextOkay, I got a plan now. But today? Damn.Soul-sucking does not begin to describe it. Hi, Ms. Grumpylady! Why yes you may treat me as subhuman. Are you a member of our RewardaClub? No? Would you like to sign up it's fre--okay, maybe next time! Oh yes here sign up for our credit card and also this item is eligible for our Buyer's Warranty and would you like a drink with that

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FirstPreviousNext(Edit, May 2010: What you're about to read in this first week isn't what I really want this blog to be about, assuming you can read this still. Assuming widespread internet access still exists. Some...big changes have happened. Heh, damn...understatement. I can't come to grips with it all even now. Life itself has flipflopped into some negative, inverse image of its former

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FirstPreviousNextReally, when it came right down to it, it was the pizza that reminded you that something was outta place.Cold winter day, the kind where it seems the sky can't decide if it wants to let off a little snow or not. Every now and then it hesitantly drops a few flakes, testing the situation before deciding no, not yet. Greys dominate; everything hashed out in charcoal, with the

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