Mr. B's Domain – The Log

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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November 29, 2003

The Matrix Revolutions at the IMAX

I spent the evening with some friends who will soon be leaving town to go back to school. With the surprise addition of another person, we ended up changing our plans. After dinner at Piccadilly, we said goodbye to our late addition and finally decided to go see The Matrix Revolutions at the IMAX theater. I was the only one who'd seen it before, and the unique venue justified the 3rd viewing. We were able to get a ride home after taking the ferry.

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November 29, 2003

Thanksgiving Day

This was the gloomiest Thanksgiving Day I can remember, weather wise anyway. It rained most of the day. I spent the day with my immediate family and a grandmother. My parents cooked dinner, which turned out rather well. In the evening I went to the movies with my father and brothers. We saw “Master and Commander.” I must say the movie was rather entertaining, although it did jump around a bit due to unremarkable editing.

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November 25, 2003

Lots of Returns

Things were a bit busy at work today, although I was often grasping at straws to looks busy. Two people from the uptown store came by to help with some book returns. We have many books waiting to be shipped back and this was just another day of chipping away.

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November 25, 2003

Chilly Monday

Today was as cold a day as I can remember this year, today's high was 57F, and it was windy. I'll be brining a jacket to work tomorrow. Work was a bit dull today, there wasn't much doing on. I boxed up some things and put new labels on some books, and then replaced those labels because I was given erroneous instructions… just a remarkable day all around.

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November 24, 2003

Sunday

update to come

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November 23, 2003

Last Tulane Home Game and Dinner with Friends

The day started with breakfast, after which my dad and I gave a friend a ride to the airport. Traffic was heavy, although we were rather lucky, and the entire eastbound interstate was blocked for construction soon after we passed. We went to Tulane’s last home game in the afternoon. Turnout was rather bleak, which is hardly surprising considering they lost so many games, and the big LSU game was on TV. Tulane beat ECU 28-18. A win is a win, but seeing as how ECU is 1-10, it's nothing to be too proud of. Shortly after getting home, I got a phone call asking if I wanted to join some friends for dinner. I accepted and I and six others had dinner at a Chinese buffet. Naturally, I wasn't very hungry and didn't eat too much. After making a scene and leaving, we had to drop off one person. The rest of us decided to go bowling, went to the bowling alley, and then decided they didn’t want to bowl. As an alternative we went to Chevy’s to hang out there for a while.

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November 21, 2003

Friday in the Quarter

I took the day off of work as I was going to spend some time with some friends in town. I spent the first half of the day cleaning up around the house. Me and two friends later went across the river to meet someone else. We made our way from the Riverwalk to the Hard Rock Cafe, where we had dinner. After eating, we wandered down to Bourbon Street, and soon ended up in th Cat's Meow, a karaoke bar. We spend most of the evening there. Seeing my friends on stage was the high point. After leaving, myself and two others stopped at McDonalds before heading home.

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November 20, 2003

Mall After Work

After work, we went to the mall, as my mom wanted to check out a big sale at Mervyn's. I ended up buying a shirt, watch, and a pair on shoes. I didn't especially need a watch, it was an impulse buy I soon regretted and eventually got to like. I've been wearing the same shoes for far too long so that was an overdue purchase.

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November 19, 2003

Soggy Tuesday

This morning was rather lousy, with several small annoyances and lousy weather, windy and rainy. After getting to work, my patience was further tested with some problems with the register. And a rude co-worker was icing on the cake. However, it's hard to complain as there are other people with real problems, and by lunch time I was in a good mood again.

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