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Ok.

So the job-hunt is heating up, the stress hasn’t come down any and there’s not enough hours in the day to eat, sleep, work, find new employment and breathe.

Something’s gotta give, eventually.

And, I’m trying to make sure that `something’ isn’t my mind. :)

I’m going to post what I can, continue trying to get by, use drawing as a stress reliever, as well as the goalposts, but the content is going to change a bit.

I can’t promise this to remain a daily thing, but I can promise it at least a few times a week.

God, what’s weird is that I’m writing this as though people actually care what content comes, but I know that at least SOME people care, because in that little `subscribed to you’ thing, the number is about 60 or so, last time I checked.

For those 60 or so who are interested, I’m actually working on refining some writing in a better format than just, oh, I dunno, generally poking fun at the world? Thanks to the encouragement of most of my friends on here and other folks, I’ve got this WEIRD notion in my head that, hey.. Other folks might be interested in reading some of it. :) Maybe something in book form, maybe some short stories, (the kat has even lent me two `bibles’ of screenplay writing, which is awesome..)

Anyway.

So, to summarize I guess. I’m gonna post more drawings, maybe even some more short stories, (life in Iraq, life growing up in the south, life in the UK, life everywhere..) as practice, maybe see what people think and less goalposts, etc.

I’m not exactly saying goodbye, but more, `I’m changing focus for a while.’

Sorry to disappoint anybody and thanks in advance for understanding.

(Oh and hey, look at the bright side.. You’ll get to read the stories about how I got fired from working at a porn site in Minneapolis, how my first girlfriend stalked the band-members of REM relentlessly, (and was subsequently arrested for it one day :) and what it was like to suffer through hating Americans… While being one, in the UK. :)

No list tonight either. Got busy at work, and dealing with some stuff at home.

Instead, I leave you my current work playlist, (it’s a short one, but it’s growing.)

The Walkmen – Red Moon
Okkervil River – Blue Tulip
The Walkmen – Donde esta la Playa
The Walkmen – Don’t Forget Me

• I was assigned a “desktop support” ticket, by the helpdesk manager. And it wasn’t a mistake. Apparently, he is under the impression that my job now entails fixing laptops for users. How.. Quaint.

• I learned that one can take NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) courses at Naropa in Boulder, (also clearing up that whole question of what exactly sort of classes they offer there.)

• I was vindicated by a post on the technet active directory services team blog, by them describing the technical process by which a user’s computer selects an authentication server when they log on. I had troubleshot and derived the hard way, the exact sequence by which this occurs and had tried to explain it to my boss and to the helpdesk manager who both refused to believe that was how it worked, at the time. This post was microsoft essentially saying, `Yes, he was right. Spot-on, the old chap was.’ Score!