Well today I'm 33 years old, not much going on so far, feeling a bit broke and a bit older... but glad that I don't have to work today.
I'm not sure what I'll do today, but I guess I'll figure out something. I bought more ammo for my gun yesterday, loaded up the magazines and am set, hopefully I'll be able to go shooting on Saturday.
My aim is getting better, the last time I was hitting center mass and now have to work on my grouping.
We had a snowstorm on Monday, got a total of 16 inches of snow by Tuesday.
Well, I guess that's it... maybe more tomorrow...
Thursday, March 11, 1999
Friday, February 19, 1999
Just another day
Got 2 more magazines for my handgun, but unfortunately, because the 10mm never really caught on, it'll be harder to get ammo for it (or at least I hope not) So I guess I'll be getting in the future a .40 Caliber Glock.
Oh yeah, looking forward to when the movie "Wing Commander" comes out next month, based on the video game of the same name! Another movie that looks good is 8mm, guess I'll be keeping busy...
Either way, I'm all set to go to the gun range and shoot of some rounds. Good thing I'm off tomorrow. Well, I guess more tomorrow...
Oh yeah, looking forward to when the movie "Wing Commander" comes out next month, based on the video game of the same name! Another movie that looks good is 8mm, guess I'll be keeping busy...
Either way, I'm all set to go to the gun range and shoot of some rounds. Good thing I'm off tomorrow. Well, I guess more tomorrow...
Wednesday, February 17, 1999
My first ride-a-long
Last night went to visit a friend who is a police officer and got to ride along with him. Was interesting watching him work. First one was a traffic stop for a person going 45 in a 25 mph zone. The guy was pretty dumb, he stopped in the middle of the road, then when my friend commanded him to move off the road, he just sat there. After about 3 times he told him to move off the road, he went over to the car and talked to him.
His wife did all the talking but she wasn't the driver. I guess he felt sorry for the guy with a wife like that, so he let the guy go with a warning. We eventually went to a place that he watched the cars go by with his radar. Eventually a car sped by and we went to do a traffic stop.
After running a check on the driver a call came over that someone drove off without from the gas station without paying for the gas, so it was his lucky day, we turned around and sped off in the other direction looking for the guy. We didn't find him and drove back to the station so my friend could get a report.
Well, the rest of the evening was quiet and eventually came back home at around 2 am, I thought that I would be able to get up for work later, but ended up waking up at about 9:00 when I was supposed to be at work by 6 am.
Well, the rest was usual, but I guess that'll be that for now. More later...
His wife did all the talking but she wasn't the driver. I guess he felt sorry for the guy with a wife like that, so he let the guy go with a warning. We eventually went to a place that he watched the cars go by with his radar. Eventually a car sped by and we went to do a traffic stop.
After running a check on the driver a call came over that someone drove off without from the gas station without paying for the gas, so it was his lucky day, we turned around and sped off in the other direction looking for the guy. We didn't find him and drove back to the station so my friend could get a report.
Well, the rest of the evening was quiet and eventually came back home at around 2 am, I thought that I would be able to get up for work later, but ended up waking up at about 9:00 when I was supposed to be at work by 6 am.
Well, the rest was usual, but I guess that'll be that for now. More later...
Sunday, February 14, 1999
10mm and Off Duty work...
Well, went to the range to fire off some rounds with my 10mm, and I must say, my hand is a bit sore from the recoil of the handgun. The first round that I fired off was a bit of a surprise, I wasn't expecting the recoil to be as much as it did. After the next couple of rounds, I got used to the weapon.
As for today, well, it was an exciting day. I was planning on going to drink my beverage that I had just purchased when 4 young gentlemen walked into the store, I had a feeling that they were going to do something so I told the Store Manager to hold my bottle and I proceeded to watch them. About 15 minutes later, I heard a wrapper of a CD being removed, I had just turned to look because one of them was nervously looking at me, when I saw one of them crushing up a CD wrapper and place it into his pocket.
As they were walking to the entrance of the store, I took a quick look in the area that they were in and found an empty CD security case and then informed the Manager that they had stolen a CD. He then went after them and had another clerk call the Mall security.
After returning he said that he confronted the 4 young men and they threatened him when he asked them to turn out they're pockets. Eventually he had let them go.
Well, I guess that’s it for my exciting day, cleaned and oiled up the Glock, magazines are full and ready for anything that might happen, which I hope that they don't, but it sure gives me a feeling of security with a weapon ready just in case. Oh, and I do make sure that the weapon is unloaded and no round is in the chamber, but do have the magazines close by in case I have to lock and load.
As for today, well, it was an exciting day. I was planning on going to drink my beverage that I had just purchased when 4 young gentlemen walked into the store, I had a feeling that they were going to do something so I told the Store Manager to hold my bottle and I proceeded to watch them. About 15 minutes later, I heard a wrapper of a CD being removed, I had just turned to look because one of them was nervously looking at me, when I saw one of them crushing up a CD wrapper and place it into his pocket.
As they were walking to the entrance of the store, I took a quick look in the area that they were in and found an empty CD security case and then informed the Manager that they had stolen a CD. He then went after them and had another clerk call the Mall security.
After returning he said that he confronted the 4 young men and they threatened him when he asked them to turn out they're pockets. Eventually he had let them go.
Well, I guess that’s it for my exciting day, cleaned and oiled up the Glock, magazines are full and ready for anything that might happen, which I hope that they don't, but it sure gives me a feeling of security with a weapon ready just in case. Oh, and I do make sure that the weapon is unloaded and no round is in the chamber, but do have the magazines close by in case I have to lock and load.
Friday, February 12, 1999
New Toy
Another couple of days has gone by, and no new entries...until today. Thursday I finally bought a Glock - G20, a 10mm handgun and have been anxious to fire off a couple of rounds at the shooting range. Seems like every time I go and buy something major, the weather is kinda bad, when I went to pick it up on my lunch hour from work, it was snowing pretty heavy and the roads were very icy.
That day, I thought I had to get to work by 5:00 pm, but it turned out that I didn't work at all that night. I decided to stay around a bit and see if the person that was supposed to work would be able to make it in, if not, I volunteered to cover for her. Well, she showed up so I went home.
When I got home, I tried to see if the holster that I got for it would fit, but it didn't, and it turns out that the extra clip that I got was the wrong one. I think that the sales person that sold it to me didn't know his firearms.
Well, I had to work today at 10 am, got into work late, but because I do a good job there, I was forgiven. Work was boring, mostly because during the week it's slow at the mall, so nothing major went on. After work I decided to see if I could find a store that carried the holster and magazine that I needed for my handgun, but didn't find it. I ended up getting hearing and eye protection for when I go shooting.
Tomorrow, I'll go return the items and see if they have the correct parts that I need. If not, then I'll just get a refund. I hope that my friend will get up in time so that we can go shooting at the range tomorrow.
Till then...
That day, I thought I had to get to work by 5:00 pm, but it turned out that I didn't work at all that night. I decided to stay around a bit and see if the person that was supposed to work would be able to make it in, if not, I volunteered to cover for her. Well, she showed up so I went home.
When I got home, I tried to see if the holster that I got for it would fit, but it didn't, and it turns out that the extra clip that I got was the wrong one. I think that the sales person that sold it to me didn't know his firearms.
Well, I had to work today at 10 am, got into work late, but because I do a good job there, I was forgiven. Work was boring, mostly because during the week it's slow at the mall, so nothing major went on. After work I decided to see if I could find a store that carried the holster and magazine that I needed for my handgun, but didn't find it. I ended up getting hearing and eye protection for when I go shooting.
Tomorrow, I'll go return the items and see if they have the correct parts that I need. If not, then I'll just get a refund. I hope that my friend will get up in time so that we can go shooting at the range tomorrow.
Till then...
Tuesday, February 09, 1999
A somewhat exciting day
Well, now I know that I've been slacking...but work comes first, then studying for the MCSE in NT, then the website, if they had a MCSE for Frontpage 98, I'd be studying that...
Last night a friend came over, hate to say but he's worse at money matters than I! He seems like he's always in debt, living in a place that's waaaayyyyy beyond his means and working for a company that doesn't pay they're employee's (slaves) enough.
In a way I was glad that I was let go from Micron, but I wished that I wasn't stupid to let them let me go and leave on my own. In a sense, it was for the best, kinda like a cold slap in the face to wake me up from my long slumber...
I keep urging him to move on and find something that would pay more, but I guess when you get comfortable in a job, you just don't want to leave, no matter how bad it really is. I was like that, but I know that he won't listen.
Today was an interesting day, towards the end of my day at Northwest, I kinda saved the day...lol I got a call from a department that needed to have the connection to the alliance airlines up and available, but after checking, it wasn't what it should have been. I checked with the networking people and they checked with the airline mutual database to find out that no one had known that the line was down. I then created a trouble report for them to check on it and had to call the person in charge of the alliance.
That pretty much made my day. After that, I went to the sporting goods store and ordered a Glock, 10 mm in a 4.60 inch barrel (total length: 7.62 inches) I can't wait to get it next week, then I can finally go target shooting or hunting...
Well, I guess I'll call it a day, I'm pretty tired from all the excitement...must be getting old....hahahaha
Last night a friend came over, hate to say but he's worse at money matters than I! He seems like he's always in debt, living in a place that's waaaayyyyy beyond his means and working for a company that doesn't pay they're employee's (slaves) enough.
In a way I was glad that I was let go from Micron, but I wished that I wasn't stupid to let them let me go and leave on my own. In a sense, it was for the best, kinda like a cold slap in the face to wake me up from my long slumber...
I keep urging him to move on and find something that would pay more, but I guess when you get comfortable in a job, you just don't want to leave, no matter how bad it really is. I was like that, but I know that he won't listen.
Today was an interesting day, towards the end of my day at Northwest, I kinda saved the day...lol I got a call from a department that needed to have the connection to the alliance airlines up and available, but after checking, it wasn't what it should have been. I checked with the networking people and they checked with the airline mutual database to find out that no one had known that the line was down. I then created a trouble report for them to check on it and had to call the person in charge of the alliance.
That pretty much made my day. After that, I went to the sporting goods store and ordered a Glock, 10 mm in a 4.60 inch barrel (total length: 7.62 inches) I can't wait to get it next week, then I can finally go target shooting or hunting...
Well, I guess I'll call it a day, I'm pretty tired from all the excitement...must be getting old....hahahaha
Saturday, February 06, 1999
Slackin...
I guess I've been slacking with the updates to this journal, but then again, I could just put, same as yesterday...lol (or same ol' s***, different day...)
Yesterday I just had to have some Ribs, so after picking up my paycheck from Sam Goody, I went to a place called "The Rib Shack", if you should ever come up to Minnesota, and love ribs, then you'll just have to go there. I think the owner is the same person that makes the "Famous Dave's" BBQ sauce.
Paid my rent before I sat down to eat and having to go to work... all that night after that, I was stuffed... had that ol' Polynesian Paralysis creeping over me, but I coped... I also ended up buying the Special edition of Blade Runner so after I got home, I watched it.
I guess not much going on for today, I need to return the Visual Studio 6.0 tonight to my friend, maybe end up going out to do something...but with his new child, don't think so, but if I can, I'll see if he'll let me use his net connection, he's got the cable modem and that way I can download some self study courses from the Company I'm employed by, one of the files was about 12 megs!
Oh well, till tomorrow or later tonight...
Yesterday I just had to have some Ribs, so after picking up my paycheck from Sam Goody, I went to a place called "The Rib Shack", if you should ever come up to Minnesota, and love ribs, then you'll just have to go there. I think the owner is the same person that makes the "Famous Dave's" BBQ sauce.
Paid my rent before I sat down to eat and having to go to work... all that night after that, I was stuffed... had that ol' Polynesian Paralysis creeping over me, but I coped... I also ended up buying the Special edition of Blade Runner so after I got home, I watched it.
I guess not much going on for today, I need to return the Visual Studio 6.0 tonight to my friend, maybe end up going out to do something...but with his new child, don't think so, but if I can, I'll see if he'll let me use his net connection, he's got the cable modem and that way I can download some self study courses from the Company I'm employed by, one of the files was about 12 megs!
Oh well, till tomorrow or later tonight...
Thursday, February 04, 1999
New Movie, Old Car
Gee, has it been that long since I've last updated this page? Doesn't seem like about 3 days has gone by since the last entry, and that was last month!
Well, Tuesday, one of the staff at Sam Goody got sick and since I was there, they asked me to work that night...boy was I tired! I was pretty much draggin at the end of the night, but found out that Blade on DVD is on sale for $19.99... I just might have to get it, also found Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory... but I also want to get Blade Runner, the special edition... oh well... one or the other...
Today was pretty usual and not much happening at Northwest Airlines... but I did get a recall notice on my 86 Mercury Sable, it seems that the engine mount bolts have a tendency to get corroded and eventually the engine will fall out... I'll have to take it in soon and have it corrected. Maybe something that I can do tomorrow....
Well, I guess that's it... maybe more tomorrow...
Well, Tuesday, one of the staff at Sam Goody got sick and since I was there, they asked me to work that night...boy was I tired! I was pretty much draggin at the end of the night, but found out that Blade on DVD is on sale for $19.99... I just might have to get it, also found Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory... but I also want to get Blade Runner, the special edition... oh well... one or the other...
Today was pretty usual and not much happening at Northwest Airlines... but I did get a recall notice on my 86 Mercury Sable, it seems that the engine mount bolts have a tendency to get corroded and eventually the engine will fall out... I'll have to take it in soon and have it corrected. Maybe something that I can do tomorrow....
Well, I guess that's it... maybe more tomorrow...
Sunday, January 31, 1999
Money, money, money...
Well, nothing exciting happened yesterday, just stayed home and did nothing but play on the computer...Wing Commander the DVD version... so I'll just put what happened today which was pretty exciting...
The supervisor at Sam Goody called and asked if I could come in early by an hour... I thought I was off so that was a pretty quick wake up call. After the much of the same thing, organizing things and such, about half way through the day, some idiot decided he was going to run out of the store without removing the security tag...pretty stupid! One of the clerks ran after him, and didn't come back for a bit, was wondering if he was in with the guy or got hurt trying to take him down...
That was about all the excitement for today. Got my taxes done after Micron decided to take they're sweet time in sending me my W-2... Going to get back about $985.00 total from both the state and the gov. Woo Hoo!!
I'm hoping to pay off my bills, but then again, I want a larger monitor, or a bigger TV than the 13" one that I have or get the 10mm that I've wanted for a while... but I think the bills are going to come first before any of the other things... I can always save up and get the other "wants" later...
Well, guess that's it for today... till the next time... Oh, and I had a very bizarre dream that I can only remember bits and pieces of, but because of it, I won't put it down...hopefully the next one will be in more detail and I can remember it...
The supervisor at Sam Goody called and asked if I could come in early by an hour... I thought I was off so that was a pretty quick wake up call. After the much of the same thing, organizing things and such, about half way through the day, some idiot decided he was going to run out of the store without removing the security tag...pretty stupid! One of the clerks ran after him, and didn't come back for a bit, was wondering if he was in with the guy or got hurt trying to take him down...
That was about all the excitement for today. Got my taxes done after Micron decided to take they're sweet time in sending me my W-2... Going to get back about $985.00 total from both the state and the gov. Woo Hoo!!
I'm hoping to pay off my bills, but then again, I want a larger monitor, or a bigger TV than the 13" one that I have or get the 10mm that I've wanted for a while... but I think the bills are going to come first before any of the other things... I can always save up and get the other "wants" later...
Well, guess that's it for today... till the next time... Oh, and I had a very bizarre dream that I can only remember bits and pieces of, but because of it, I won't put it down...hopefully the next one will be in more detail and I can remember it...
Friday, January 29, 1999
Computer DVD!!
Well, skipped a couple of days, nothing much going on with the past couple of days... I've been playing with Asteroids the 90's version, pretty cool! That and the DVD version of Wing Commanders "Price of Freedom"... Last night I ended up buying 3 DVD's and watched them all... Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Top Gun.
I had Top Gun when I used to have a Laser Disc player so I decided to get it, was looking for Pink Floyds Delicate Sound of Thunder but it's not available on DVD or at least yet... But Pulse is supposed to be available soon. Was looking at Blade Runner - The directors cut, Somewhere in Time and Amadeus... I really liked Amadeus, mostly for the music.
Blade is going on Sale at Sam Goody so maybe I might get it, last night I learned that I only get a 15 percent discount on DVD's, so when it goes on sale, it'll be cheaper to get it then...
Now that I have tomorrow and Sunday off, don't know what I'll do with myself, but I guess I'll have to copy those discs before I have to return them so maybe it won't be a wasted day after all... I changed my screen resolution back to 800X600 but up'd the colors to 24 bit, and it seems that the Movies look better, might experiment a little more later...
Well, Taxes are done and submitted...GOD, I like this Telefile thing...quick and easy, but the thing that makes me a small bit nervous is that when I set up the direct deposit...hopefully it goes into the right account...
I have to get my haircut tomorrow, it's begining to give me headaches so I'll be also checking out other places that sell DVD's and seeing what they have... Till tomorrow for sure!
I had Top Gun when I used to have a Laser Disc player so I decided to get it, was looking for Pink Floyds Delicate Sound of Thunder but it's not available on DVD or at least yet... But Pulse is supposed to be available soon. Was looking at Blade Runner - The directors cut, Somewhere in Time and Amadeus... I really liked Amadeus, mostly for the music.
Blade is going on Sale at Sam Goody so maybe I might get it, last night I learned that I only get a 15 percent discount on DVD's, so when it goes on sale, it'll be cheaper to get it then...
Now that I have tomorrow and Sunday off, don't know what I'll do with myself, but I guess I'll have to copy those discs before I have to return them so maybe it won't be a wasted day after all... I changed my screen resolution back to 800X600 but up'd the colors to 24 bit, and it seems that the Movies look better, might experiment a little more later...
Well, Taxes are done and submitted...GOD, I like this Telefile thing...quick and easy, but the thing that makes me a small bit nervous is that when I set up the direct deposit...hopefully it goes into the right account...
I have to get my haircut tomorrow, it's begining to give me headaches so I'll be also checking out other places that sell DVD's and seeing what they have... Till tomorrow for sure!
Tuesday, January 26, 1999
Computer fun...
Work was kind of interesting today, got calls that I'd never thought I would get so soon... good thing I was being shadowed by a vet today. Other than that not much going on...
I didn't want to come home so soon, so I ended up at Rosedale ( a very very large shopping center, bigger than Ala Moana and Pearl Ridge put together...) and took a look around... was tempted to buy a couple of movies, but instead, ended up at Best Buy and picked up a Creative Labs DVD kit for about $266.00, not bad considering that it's a 5X DVD and a 32X CD-ROM drive...
After getting it installed which is always a pain in the butt because of the cats and that I have a tower case under the desk... I didn't have sound and had to disable my MultiSound Classic because I didn't have enough IRQ's, so now I'm down to one sound card, but have 2 CD-ROM drives, one being a DVD player and the other being a CD-RW...oh well, sacrifice one for another....
Well, I guess that's it for now, it's pelting mini ice drops so the drive tomorrow should be exciting, but good thing that I start at 6:00 am so I leave at about 5:00 am...so no traffic...lol Well catch ya all laters...!
I didn't want to come home so soon, so I ended up at Rosedale ( a very very large shopping center, bigger than Ala Moana and Pearl Ridge put together...) and took a look around... was tempted to buy a couple of movies, but instead, ended up at Best Buy and picked up a Creative Labs DVD kit for about $266.00, not bad considering that it's a 5X DVD and a 32X CD-ROM drive...
After getting it installed which is always a pain in the butt because of the cats and that I have a tower case under the desk... I didn't have sound and had to disable my MultiSound Classic because I didn't have enough IRQ's, so now I'm down to one sound card, but have 2 CD-ROM drives, one being a DVD player and the other being a CD-RW...oh well, sacrifice one for another....
Well, I guess that's it for now, it's pelting mini ice drops so the drive tomorrow should be exciting, but good thing that I start at 6:00 am so I leave at about 5:00 am...so no traffic...lol Well catch ya all laters...!
Monday, January 25, 1999
Beating Traffic
Man did I get to work early today... I thought I would see some traffic, but none at all at 5:00 AM, I got to work at about 5:30 and sat around till I had to start, was interesting...
They had me sit by myself, but side saddle of a couple of vets... and when I ran into problems, I would be able to ask them for help. There was one problem I was glad I was thorough, a user had called in and said that her printer wouldn't print, using a system that was going to be phased out.
I kept asking her for a address for the printer, but couldn't find one, so I made sure and asked one of the vets, then wrote up the report to the vendor to go out and fix. I was later approached by a supervisor who was just informing me that this printer is written up as a severity 3 and not as a severity 4, but it wasn't my fault as she said because not everyone would know... I made sure she knew that the user couldn't provide an address but I did get a serial number and tried to enter the model number of the printer, but the report wouldn't let me so I had to put "other".
She later praised me for being thorough and said that I had done a good job... :) Well...the rest of the day went on without a hitch... well, I guess that's it for now...catch ya on the flip side!
They had me sit by myself, but side saddle of a couple of vets... and when I ran into problems, I would be able to ask them for help. There was one problem I was glad I was thorough, a user had called in and said that her printer wouldn't print, using a system that was going to be phased out.
I kept asking her for a address for the printer, but couldn't find one, so I made sure and asked one of the vets, then wrote up the report to the vendor to go out and fix. I was later approached by a supervisor who was just informing me that this printer is written up as a severity 3 and not as a severity 4, but it wasn't my fault as she said because not everyone would know... I made sure she knew that the user couldn't provide an address but I did get a serial number and tried to enter the model number of the printer, but the report wouldn't let me so I had to put "other".
She later praised me for being thorough and said that I had done a good job... :) Well...the rest of the day went on without a hitch... well, I guess that's it for now...catch ya on the flip side!
Sunday, January 24, 1999
As Normal as it gets...
Today started off pretty normal... The usual happenings at Sam Goody, a friend stopped by and dropped off the Visual Studio 6.0 today and I gave him a copy of Asteroids.
About 2 hours before closing, 2 Spanish males entered the store, and I observed one of them looking about as if he was planning something, so I stuck with him, my supervisor informed me that I could go on break, but informed her of what I was doing, she then had someone else watch them while I went off on break.
After I came back, found out that one of them was trying to open the security case but ended up buying the tape because he knew he was being watched. After the store closed, we had a store meeting and they gave away some CD's, I walked away with about 20 or so...
On my way home, stopped off for some grocery shopping and picked up dinner, had a recipe that I wanted to try out, but after getting it started, I should've started the baked potatoes a while before because the filet mignon got done way before the potatoes, so I'll take half of the filet to work with me for lunch... Well, that's about it for today...more tomorrow...Ja nee!
About 2 hours before closing, 2 Spanish males entered the store, and I observed one of them looking about as if he was planning something, so I stuck with him, my supervisor informed me that I could go on break, but informed her of what I was doing, she then had someone else watch them while I went off on break.
After I came back, found out that one of them was trying to open the security case but ended up buying the tape because he knew he was being watched. After the store closed, we had a store meeting and they gave away some CD's, I walked away with about 20 or so...
On my way home, stopped off for some grocery shopping and picked up dinner, had a recipe that I wanted to try out, but after getting it started, I should've started the baked potatoes a while before because the filet mignon got done way before the potatoes, so I'll take half of the filet to work with me for lunch... Well, that's about it for today...more tomorrow...Ja nee!
Saturday, January 23, 1999
Loss Prevention fun...
Well at least it was a bit of an exciting day, at Sam Goody today I caught 2 people about to shoplift from the store.
The first one when I was coming off from break, I had just come out of the back room and was walking to the area that was the most problematic. I had got to within 15 feet of the area when I saw a person pick up a CD, look around rather nervously, then walk around to the other side of the CD rack, as he walked to the other side, he tested the anti theft device as if to open it. He looked around a bit more then spotted me and moved towards his friends and dropped the CD into the rack, then his other friends looked over at me.
I then moved closer and stood in the area, all his friends looked rather nervous and kept looking at me, and eventually they split up and left the store one at a time. The main suspect then sat outside the store and kept looking at me after I followed him all around the store. His other friend had the nerves to actually walk close to me and at times either brush up next to me or stand close by.
The other person I had noticed several times that she and her friend kept coming into the store and she kept looking at me, then walking to the video section and stop at the end of one of the isles, every so often looking around the shelves. After about the 3rd time that she came into the store with her friend, I decided to see what she might have been doing back there, I moved one of the video tapes and found about 7 or 8 CD singles fall to the ground and everyone of them with the security tags removed.
At that point, like the last time, I notified the supervisor on duty and we kept a watch on them, eventually to try and throw me off, she purchased a single or two and then left the store with her friend.
So as you can see, it was a pretty productive day... after I got home, I got my scanner to work and scanned some stuff to give to my friend but he didn't show, got an email from him saying that he went to my work place instead... so missed, I hope that he'll get my reply and bring the stuff to the store... well, till tomorrow....
The first one when I was coming off from break, I had just come out of the back room and was walking to the area that was the most problematic. I had got to within 15 feet of the area when I saw a person pick up a CD, look around rather nervously, then walk around to the other side of the CD rack, as he walked to the other side, he tested the anti theft device as if to open it. He looked around a bit more then spotted me and moved towards his friends and dropped the CD into the rack, then his other friends looked over at me.
I then moved closer and stood in the area, all his friends looked rather nervous and kept looking at me, and eventually they split up and left the store one at a time. The main suspect then sat outside the store and kept looking at me after I followed him all around the store. His other friend had the nerves to actually walk close to me and at times either brush up next to me or stand close by.
The other person I had noticed several times that she and her friend kept coming into the store and she kept looking at me, then walking to the video section and stop at the end of one of the isles, every so often looking around the shelves. After about the 3rd time that she came into the store with her friend, I decided to see what she might have been doing back there, I moved one of the video tapes and found about 7 or 8 CD singles fall to the ground and everyone of them with the security tags removed.
At that point, like the last time, I notified the supervisor on duty and we kept a watch on them, eventually to try and throw me off, she purchased a single or two and then left the store with her friend.
So as you can see, it was a pretty productive day... after I got home, I got my scanner to work and scanned some stuff to give to my friend but he didn't show, got an email from him saying that he went to my work place instead... so missed, I hope that he'll get my reply and bring the stuff to the store... well, till tomorrow....
Friday, January 22, 1999
New job?
Finally woke up at about 1 P.M. and was planning on getting some things done, but ended up just sitting around the apartment till I had to go to work. Was snowing when I left and eventually it stopped sometime later this evening, in the meantime at work, it was pretty slow so the newly promoted Manager had let me and another person go home early.
I decided to hit CompUSA and check out to see what they had... wasn't planning on getting anything except blank CD-R's and ended up buying the new Asteroids, was torn between that and the new Centipide game. They had the Imation blank CD-R's in a 5 pack for $9.99, so I had to get a bunch, ended up picking up a total of 20 blanks. So I'm all set.
I met a friend that I worked with at Micron and found out that they are now just doing Corp. tech support so they don't have to do much, just replace parts...not my idea of tech support, and learned that Gateway opened up a store right across the street, so after CompUSA, I ended up checking out the Gateway store...
Well, I want to tell you all a secret, but I'll hold it until I can get a confirmation and let you know then...check you all laters!!
I decided to hit CompUSA and check out to see what they had... wasn't planning on getting anything except blank CD-R's and ended up buying the new Asteroids, was torn between that and the new Centipide game. They had the Imation blank CD-R's in a 5 pack for $9.99, so I had to get a bunch, ended up picking up a total of 20 blanks. So I'm all set.
I met a friend that I worked with at Micron and found out that they are now just doing Corp. tech support so they don't have to do much, just replace parts...not my idea of tech support, and learned that Gateway opened up a store right across the street, so after CompUSA, I ended up checking out the Gateway store...
Well, I want to tell you all a secret, but I'll hold it until I can get a confirmation and let you know then...check you all laters!!
Thursday, January 21, 1999
Cataclysmic Dream
The device was about to go off, it was a new type of destructive weapon, only organic material would be destroyed, but everything else would be intact. Could it have been a neutron bomb? I wasn't sure, but then someone had come up to me and said " What was the matter" and I replied "no time, we have to leave now!"
As we ran through the building, looking for an exit, I kept looking at the countdown, just seconds remained, then when the timer had reached all zeros, I then yelled "We’re out of time, keep going, we just might make it" all the time while the other person kept asking "What was going on?"
We crashed through the door with the exit sign above it, but there were still 2 floors that we had to get down. I could still hear people in the building, somewhere further down the hall, someone was shuffling papers or things or was it someone crying? I wasn’t sure.
Flying down the stairs, sometimes skipping 2 or 3 steps. Knowing that we just had to get out of there. As we reached our goal, the door leading to the outside, I was waiting to hear an explosion or something to indicate that the device had gone off, but nothing, just a dreaded silence.
Once again crashing through the door to the outside, thinking that we still had a distance to go and not being sure that we were going to be safe. As we walked hurriedly through the area, almost at a panicked run, not wanting to panic people, I was still unconsciously holding the timer or detonation device. I could see the people going about they’re business, not knowing of the danger that existed.
I saw a familiar face, Jessica, as she was attending to a child, wearing her pink sweater, looked at me and smiled, but I couldn't return the smile, knowing what I knew what was about to happen. I saw children playing about, people walking, enjoying what was about to be they’re last day on the face of this earth.
Just then someone that I didn’t recognize, the person that was following me out of the building, had turned to me and said "remember this, and don’t forget us" in his long dark coat, flowing in the wind as he walked he started to smoke or smolder, not a cigarette, but from all over his body.
The children that were playing in the courtyard and the people that were walking had stopped where they stood and crouched down, covering they’re faces and started to smoke rise all over they're bodies as well…
I stumbled backwards while walking and eventually fell to the ground, I started to crawl, trying to get away, watching in horror as the words burned into my mind, repeated itself over and over again, "remember this and don’t forget us, never let this happen again".
I looked at my arms from where I sat, looking for signs of smoke from my arms, knowing that the device had gone off, wondering why there wasn’t an explosion, but knowing that it had gone off.
I could see the desperation and in his and Jessica’s eyes, and the questioning look as if they were asking, why did this have to happen to me?
I sat there frozen in horror seeing the people smolder and hearing the crying from the people.
As we ran through the building, looking for an exit, I kept looking at the countdown, just seconds remained, then when the timer had reached all zeros, I then yelled "We’re out of time, keep going, we just might make it" all the time while the other person kept asking "What was going on?"
We crashed through the door with the exit sign above it, but there were still 2 floors that we had to get down. I could still hear people in the building, somewhere further down the hall, someone was shuffling papers or things or was it someone crying? I wasn’t sure.
Flying down the stairs, sometimes skipping 2 or 3 steps. Knowing that we just had to get out of there. As we reached our goal, the door leading to the outside, I was waiting to hear an explosion or something to indicate that the device had gone off, but nothing, just a dreaded silence.
Once again crashing through the door to the outside, thinking that we still had a distance to go and not being sure that we were going to be safe. As we walked hurriedly through the area, almost at a panicked run, not wanting to panic people, I was still unconsciously holding the timer or detonation device. I could see the people going about they’re business, not knowing of the danger that existed.
I saw a familiar face, Jessica, as she was attending to a child, wearing her pink sweater, looked at me and smiled, but I couldn't return the smile, knowing what I knew what was about to happen. I saw children playing about, people walking, enjoying what was about to be they’re last day on the face of this earth.
Just then someone that I didn’t recognize, the person that was following me out of the building, had turned to me and said "remember this, and don’t forget us" in his long dark coat, flowing in the wind as he walked he started to smoke or smolder, not a cigarette, but from all over his body.
The children that were playing in the courtyard and the people that were walking had stopped where they stood and crouched down, covering they’re faces and started to smoke rise all over they're bodies as well…
I stumbled backwards while walking and eventually fell to the ground, I started to crawl, trying to get away, watching in horror as the words burned into my mind, repeated itself over and over again, "remember this and don’t forget us, never let this happen again".
I looked at my arms from where I sat, looking for signs of smoke from my arms, knowing that the device had gone off, wondering why there wasn’t an explosion, but knowing that it had gone off.
I could see the desperation and in his and Jessica’s eyes, and the questioning look as if they were asking, why did this have to happen to me?
I sat there frozen in horror seeing the people smolder and hearing the crying from the people.
Not much going on...
Well, work was pretty quiet at Northwest Airlines... with an occasional call coming in for a password reset... getting the commands down ok and what ever I can't get, at least there is reference materials available to look up.
Well, it's been a long night...talk you you all laters...going to catch some sleep... more later tonight.
Well, it's been a long night...talk you you all laters...going to catch some sleep... more later tonight.
Wednesday, January 20, 1999
On the way to work
On the way to work today, it started snowing pretty heavy... getting there was not a problem...just that later during the night the mainframe went down where our profiles were for the software that we use... They brought it down so that they could back it up and increase performance...I guess you could call it a preventative measure...
That was really fun...NOT! People calling in and not being able to do much for them at the time until they are able to bring it back up... Things are getting easier, but its just trying to work with the reservation system that gets me... the computer part is ok, just the entries that they have to enter if you want to get information...
I guess I'll just call it a night, don't have to start until 8 PM tomorrow so that should be an interesting night, then trying to make my way home after work at 6 AM and having to fight traffic... but with the 3 days off, that should be nice...
That was really fun...NOT! People calling in and not being able to do much for them at the time until they are able to bring it back up... Things are getting easier, but its just trying to work with the reservation system that gets me... the computer part is ok, just the entries that they have to enter if you want to get information...
I guess I'll just call it a night, don't have to start until 8 PM tomorrow so that should be an interesting night, then trying to make my way home after work at 6 AM and having to fight traffic... but with the 3 days off, that should be nice...
Tuesday, January 19, 1999
My hobby...
Another short one, but late, can't remember what happened yesterday...oh well... Oh, yeah...got some night shots with my camera...(35 mm) using ASA 800, hope they come out so that I can post them...looked really pretty and you'll be able to see it too...if it comes out...
Monday, January 18, 1999
Promotions?
Short one today, pretty tired, but started work at Northwest at 6 AM, but according to the schedule, I was supposed to start at 5 AM... Stay there till 4 AM and went directly to Sam Goody.
Somehow I have a feeling that they want me to do more than just sales... not sure at this point, but last night and tonight, they had me assist with counting the nights totals, then the Manager told me the combo for the safe... I hope not, at this point, I don't want to be a Manager, nor do I want the responsibility of being a supervisor.
Well, anyway, going to try and catch some sleep. Pretty tired... till tomorrow...nite all!
Somehow I have a feeling that they want me to do more than just sales... not sure at this point, but last night and tonight, they had me assist with counting the nights totals, then the Manager told me the combo for the safe... I hope not, at this point, I don't want to be a Manager, nor do I want the responsibility of being a supervisor.
Well, anyway, going to try and catch some sleep. Pretty tired... till tomorrow...nite all!
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