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December 2003

December 07, 2003

This morning my dad and I fixed a problem with my car. The alternater belt broke and the battery died so we replaced the belt and let the engine idle for a while to charge the battery. Later in the day my parents went shopping. I've spent the evening between the computer and the TV. I played Halo for a while and watched “Catch Me if you Can,” a rather amusing movie.

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December 06, 2003

Buyback Training

The store was pretty dead today and I had trouble keeping busy. At two in the afternoon I went with a coworker to the uptown bookstore to participate in a buyback training meeting. Buyback is the process in which the store purchases textbooks from students who no longer want them. The process was portrayed in a rather optimistic fashion, perhaps rightfully so. We only got a basic understanding, buyback is a rather complex process.

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December 03, 2003

No Longer a Paperweight

Work afforded some unique opportunities to keep busy today. I assembled a plastic wrap dispenser used along with a glorified hair dryer to shrink wrap books and things. When I got home I found the wireless router and PCI card came in the mail. My computer has been without internet access since July after lightning fried our cable modem and wired router. Only now have I gotten around to swallowing the expense and purchasing this setup. The typical roller-coaster of emotions accompanied getting the thing to work, but I finally got it working pretty well. That being the case, this is the first post from my computer in five months. No longer will I be relegated to my parent's piece of crap and my computer is no longer a paperweight.

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December 02, 2003

Insert Witty Title Here

Work passed without any trouble today. I brought a camera so I could take some shots of the storeand the surrounding area. I was rather unimpressed with the results but they will serve the purpose. Those pics are now in the gallery. My brothers replacment MP3 player came in mail today, a Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX (30 GB). It's a decent player, although the need for software is a severe turnoff for me. The hardware is decent, but the 'quick scroller' is far too small. I often need my fingernail to operate the unit. I started watching Band of Brothers this evening. I saw Part 1, the only part I had seen previously. I was on the phone afterward until about one.

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December 01, 2003

And So It Begins…

After church, my grandma came by the house for a while. She helped decorate our Christmas tree, which we put up today. This is as early as I can remember us doing this. Later in the evening I watched the season finale of Carnivale, one of my favorite shows. I have to believe this is coming back for another season because I wasn't seeing any 'closure' in this episode.

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