Archive for November, 2009

recovering from a barrage of batterings

The last week and a half have been beating me down. Most of it was due to coming down with the flu. Hit me last Friday and held me in its awful grip for most of the week. I managed to hold the fort and take some photographs at the nearby creek for an assignment. It was risky as I was running a pretty good fever and burning up while trying to stay warm with the chills. Not something I’m likely to do again. Being sick has caused me to miss some class and work but hopefully by this coming weekend everything will be good. At least that is what my oh-so-not-helpful doctor said.

As far as other things are concerned life has been treating me fairly typical aside from a few things. Life loves to throw me curve balls and all I can to is keep taking them to the face, leaving me dazed and confused as to where to go. Kind of a depressing thought. It also doesn’t help when after hearing news of something not too great that sad music comes on next during a shuffle of your music library. Thanks Zune, that really was oh-so-helpful.

2009
11/19
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cliché everyday

Sunday proved to be another cliché ridden day. In honor of such horror I will list off things that happen at work far too often for their own good.

  • A customer for photo when no one is in the lab yelling “HELLO! IS ANYONE THERE!? HELLO!” *knocks on the office door* “HELLO!” *looks in the lab that is visible without moving your head to show NO ONE IS IN THERE*
  • After such a customer does such a thing and “Service to photo” is called over the intercom, said customer walks up to person who put in the call and says “is there anyone in photo?!” “I just called someone…”
  • Technotards who know nothing of such a thing as a reusable memory card
  • Same group can’t follow the instructions of a touch screen photo kiosk as they are displayed on the screen
  • People who can’t seem to operate pinpads for their cards, touch screen buttons are too complicated so they slam the pen down on the screen to push it and wonder why it doesn’t respond
  • Customers that bring a fuckton of items to the register only to not want them
  • Customers that have a gazillion coupons and then pay with store credit
  • Regular customers who ask when the store closes
  • Teens asking for ping pong balls
  • Frequent baffles about how we don’t sell alcohol and swear that we did just last year when I have worked for over a year and know we’ve never have
  • Those who ask where the drinks and ice are when the cooler is visible from the front of the store
  • Regular customers who come to the store, everyday, at the same time, and buy the same things, with the same expression, and the same mood, as if they didn’t the previous day
  • Old people who write checks
  • Those who wait until EVERYTHING IS RUNG UP WITH A LARGE LINE BEHIND THEM to write their check
  • People who pay for small amounts with $100 bills
  • People who pay for large amounts with change
  • People who whine about a few cents difference in prices

I could go on but I will only get frustrated.

2009
11/10
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the sensor, give it POWAH

Things be the same old routine as of late. Nothing of great importance to report. I put up some more photographs on the Deviantart account I have had since forever. Probably later this week I will get around to updated my actual site to show the photos I took this last week. I am also working on a more professional template for a proper portfolio but plan to keep the regular photo page up. We’ll see how that goes.

Tomorrow I  have to do a last minute shoot for a project for Tuesday. Hopefully things go without a hitch. I also have to great a card for another assignment. Not too hard. Eventually I have to get working on some other assignments. Two of them are final projects and another involves me to go to a city with tall buildings. I really want to get down to San Francisco for that one, but if I do I would like someone to come with me so I at least have company.

That’s about it for today. Work tonight and then my relaxing days tomorrow and (sort of) Tuesday. I need to beat Dragon Age: Origins.

2009
11/08
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when things fall

Halloween is now over with and things are starting to go Christmas. The last two months of the year should be crazy as usual. Although yesterday was pretty crazy. All those last minute people were running in to the store for candy and costume supplies. When I got there it was a madhouse. The rush didn’t let up for a good while until it was close to closing and everyone was out by then. I pretty much was drained from that.

Aside from Halloween stuff, I have been looking for new music like I always am. Got about five new bands worth of music. All are a sub-genre of metal (of course). Lately I have been wanting to get some classical stuff but I need to remember the names of my favorite pieces. With that I can figure out whose music I am looking for. Beethoven and Bach are a given. It is the other people who I am lost on. If you have ideas, feel free to leave them in the comments. I like to vary my playlists up.

Now to eat this candy. Mmmmmm…

2009
11/01
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