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After seeing The Matrix 2, The Animatrix, and beating Enter The Matrix, I just had to talk about a few things. But first, be warned. *POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!* Now, anybody that’s read my site, knows that I’ve talked about Matrix 2 and Enter The Matris already, so well jump straight the the first thing I haven’t already talked about, The Animatrix. It’s pretty much 9 short animated segments that deal with the whole Matrix storyline. Two of them show how the machines and humans got into this whole mess, one of them totally explains why that little kid keeps following Neo around Zion, and the rest address various other things. However, the last episode, which is called Matriculated, was by far the strangest and, once you disect it, the best - for in my opinion, it shows what will happen in the 3rd movie, The Matrix Revolutions. Ok, here is where I am coming from. In Matriculated, a small group of humans, who are in the actual real world, are capturing machines and “freeing” them. For once you actually think about it, the machines are also controled by a central mind, and therefore, have just as little free will as the humans have. Once the humans “free” the minds of the captured machines, they simply let them do as they please. Most of the time, the machines decide to show their thanks by sticking with the humans and helping them.

But this isn’t what I am getting at. In the end of Matriculated, a group of machines hunt down and attack the humans. Seeing the humans under attack, the freed machines attempt to help them by fighting along side them. And then it just clicked in my head. We already know that Agent Smith is the real bad guy. We’ve seen he is able to kick any Human and any Agent’s ass at will. Which leads back to the age old saying “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” The only way the humans and machines will be able to beat Smith will be to join sides. Remember the scene in The Matrix Reloaded where the old guy and Neo are talking? And the old guy is going on and on about the humans needing the machines and the machines needing the humans? Come on, you know you agree with me now =) So that’s my prediction. That’s what I think the ultimate story of The Matrix Revolutions will be. It just makes too much sense, which is why of course it could easily be wrong. We’ll find out how far off I was in November =) *END SPOILER ALERT!*

So, in other news, I’m liking work a hell of a lot better. They have me working totally alone, which is great since I make the “cashier” pay while still getting all the tips. Plus, that means I have more things to do each day, which gives me 10 hour days every day! AND, since I already have too much overtime, they gave me Thursday, Friday, and Saturday off! THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!! The people in the kitchen and offices are pretty cool too. There are a few folks my age that I talk to whenever there is a dead period and the old ladies up front like me, so they gave me a key card that will let me in any room. So yeah, I love the job.

On the flip side though, my family is moving soon. They are supposed to be out of the house by the second week of July, meaning I have to find a place to stay. =) My mom said I could come up to Virginia with her….but that means leaving my job and hunting a new one up there…which would TOTALLY screw over my current job. They are planning on me working until August. My dad is living with friends, so basically, it’s time to start hunting for a place to stay for a month =)

And this past weekend, my boys played the hated Atlanta Braves for the first time ever and took the series 2-1! Ever since I’ve been a baseball fan, I’ve been waiting and waiting for the Braves and Mariners to finally play so that I could show for once and all that the M’s would prevail…which of course, they did! PLUS, I got to see a GREAT game on ESPN Sunday night, where we won 2-1. What a hell of a game…what a hell of a team =)

Even though I have a lot more things I could sit here and talk about, I’ll save them for tomorrow so that this post isn’t too long. I have work again in the morning, so I’m off to get a few things done and then head to bed. I’m updating a few pages on my site (finally) and changing a few things on my boards….very minor things, but things I’ve been meaning to do none-the-less. I’ll post again tomorrow night with more ramblings!

Happy Father’s Day, old man =)

Note to anybody who wants to make a homemade milkshake….DO NOT put chocolate chips in the blender. And when the blender starts to smoke, it’s usually a sign that it needs a rest =)

There are some things I promised myself I would start and stop doing this summer. Some I have stuck with…many I have not. But tonight I finally overcame a few of them and it honestly feels great. I just had to force myself to start doing it and so far, it seems to be working well. It’s all a matter or tricking yourself into believing certain things =) I know these are things that can only help me in the longrun and frankly, I need to focus on myself for a while.

My boss called me tonight around 9 and asked me to come in to work. I asked her what she wanted me to do and she said bartend and I just started laughing. Then I told her I wasn’t 21, I don’t know how to make drinks, and I hate drunks. She then laughed and said “who cares, I need somebody to take their money!” I didn’t feel like going in though. I was already in just my boxers and didn’t want to dress back up and go back up there. She then asked me when I was working until since she realized that Emma was quiting and that I might be leaving within a month or two. She was under the impression that I would be driving home every weekend to work. I told her I could come back for a weekend or two each month possibly, but that I would have to see what my hours were once I finally get a job in Columbia. I swear, that place is in total disarray.

It looks like I’m going to the Flea Market tomorrow after all. I need the money and it’s worth a shot, so I loaded all my junk up and I’m heading over there tomorrow morning bright and early. Well, I am off to work on my site and wait for the Mariners game to finish =) GO MARINERS!!!!!!

I need a program that will allow me to pinpoint somebody’s IP address….I want to block them from reading my site. Anybody have any ideas? I know my host will let me block any IPs, but I need someway to find them out. If anybody has any ideas, please leave me a comment =)

I have half of a post typed up, but I’ll wait until tomorrow after I get home from work to finish it. Peace.

Oh, and go watch the Animatrix. Un-fucking-believable.

Do you know what the coolest thing in the world is? It’s is EASILY the highlight of my day. I’m talking about when I get to open the safe to get the money out. See, in order to open them, you have to have two keys from different people and they have to be turned at the same time….just like a missle. So whenever I get the money, I always start talking in “army” talk and then get the old lady who is the accountant to do a T-minus 10 seconds count for me. Then as I turn both keys, I make this big explosion noise as if the missles were fired. So far, I’ve gotten Rudy (The head of the hotel), Heather (my manager), and Tina (my super) to do it with me. I’m telling you folks, nothing beats pretending you are launching a missle with the safe keys. Just talking about it makes me want to go do it.

Amazing! Mind blowing! Orgasmic? Ok, maybe not orgasmic, but it does carry on the “Matrix” storyline during and after the 2nd movie. I’m talking about the new video game called Enter The Matrix, which is one of the best games I have played in a long time. Now only is the game amazing (especially the fighting in “bullet time”) but throughout the game, it will cut to actually movie sceenes that were filmed just for the game. You find out how they address the Oracle plotline (since the actress who played her died in reallife), you see what happened to Niobi and Ghost at the end of the movie, and of course a few other things that I won’t ruin for you =) There are more philosophical questions thrown at you and there are some BAD ASS fighting scenes. Trust me folks, this is a game well worth your money.

Today I was in charge of the restaurant…after only working there a week. Plenty of things went wrong and I ended up a few bucks short, but hell, it could have gone worse. Emma (read last post) is actually quiting too! I started to scream out in joy when I heard that, but figured it might be a little unprofessional. I did make $3 in tips today!!! Ok fuck you if you think that is small….it’s a lot to me. I mean honestly, who the hell actually tips at a CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST!? None of you. Exactly.

I have tomorrow off and I was planning on going to the flea market, but it’s raining so I get to…….*drumroll*……..SLEEP IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I no longer “hate” work so much. I still don’t really like it, but I don’t dread going. I need more money in tips though. Look, I don’t mind bad tippers, but I DO mind NO tippers. Cheap ass people. They better watch out or I might do this. I’ll be working alone behind the counter tomorrow for the first time, so we’ll see how that turns out. Tine (the girl who’s been training me) has a day off, so I’ve got nobody to turn to. Emma (this ungodly annoying old hag) is waitressing, so hopefully we will be busy so I don’t have to listen to her bitch and moan about how the salt shakers are too small or the pool looks too blue, or DHEC might surprise us…she just goes on and on. I think I might have accidentally gotten a few people fired today =) Oh well, they weren’t doing their jobs. It also turns out that Heather (the restraunt manager) might ask me to start working in the nights, because me and Tina are the only people who can work the cash register. Now, I understand that it’s hard to learn the register. It’s easily 20 years old and doing some “simple” transactions take literally about 10 or 15 steps. But dear god, some of these people have been working there for a year and they still can’t understand it. I think they’re just trying to get out of cashiering =)

One thing I’ve noticed while working there is that they have the most fucked up chain of command possible. In MOST places, you have maybe 3, 4, or 5 levels. The head guy is on the top, and then gradually as you go down, there are more and more people on each level until you get to the bottom, where 80% of the people are. But not here. Everybody has their own level…and I mean EVERYBODY! It all goes according to job title and then seniority and it’s pretty damn confussing. I technically will be MOD tomorrow since Tina won’t be there and Emma (who has been there for a year and a half) is already below me….this place is damn weird.

Wow…I just totally broke my vow never to talk about work. Eh, oh well. I’m off to find some dinner. Peace.

My hands smell. It’s one of those permanent smells that no matter how many times you wash your hands, it won’t go away. So what do they smell like? Bleach. Whenever I clean out the coffee or tea gallons, I have to throw bleach into it and I always spill it everywhere - including my hands. Now I can’t get the damn smell out =) You know what else I realized? Bleach smells like horrible BO. I had never thought thtat before, but I guess it’s the cheap ass knockoff brand we have, because whenever I pour it, the foulest smelling odor you have ever come across fills the air around me. Needless to say, I try and avoid cleaning out those damn things.

I didn’t wake up until 11 this morning. I don’t think I’ve ever loved slwwping in as much as I did this morning. It was sad though. Last night, I couldn’t have stayed up past 1 to save my life. Damn work and it’s evil methods of changing my body habits.

Ok, somebody answer this for me. When you hire somebody to come fix your window, you kinda expect them to do it the day they come, right? Or is that just me? My mom broke one of our windows last Christmas and we finalyl got around to calling somebody to come fix it. They came yesterday and promptly removed the old glass. And then left. I walked into my room last night with bugs flying around everywhere since I had left my computer monitor and TV on. Quite annoying my friends. I had fun with it though. I’d see how many bugs I could capture and then put them in my brother’s room. They finally came and fixed it today though. So no more bugs.

Ok, I am off to work on a new page I’m gonna post tonight and then clean a little bit. I’ll post again tonight.

No work tomorrow =) Hellz yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m working on my site all night tonight. I can sleep in tomorrow!!!!!!!

[EDIT] I got the songs up. Enjoy [/EDIT]

Today I spent an hour or two working on my site after I got home from work. Well actually, that’s a lie. After I got home from work, I passed out, then started working on my site. I’ve got a few new features I’m about to put on it and I’m just working out the kinks before I put them up. Actually, the smallest one will be up tonight. I’ve added a lot of songs to my music page and I’ve got all the new ones in red so it’s easier to tell which ones I added. I’ve found some damn good songs with some awesome beats and solosl ately. A few are old school too =)

I would love to quit my job is it weren’t for this little sheet of paper sitting next to me. I added up all the money I owe to people and companies….it’s quite a heafty sum =) So I need to work this all off and then get a little space to breath. Summer will be over by then anyways, so I’ll have to quit to go back to school then. But I don’t feel like bitching about my work. I probably won’t even talk about it anymore.

I watched the Cubs come back against Clemens today, denying him his 300th career win again =) I just love seeing that. Clemens is one of those guys in sports that I just hate. I still ahve no clue why he was lifted after only 6 1/3 innings though. If Torre had left him in there, the Cubs would never have come back. Clemens waspissed as hell when he was benched and it was hilarious. Hell, I would have been too if I was him. He had only thrown 84 damn pitches! What the hell was Torre thinking, especially with how horrible his pen has been lately.

Well I gotta run up to Office Depot to get some more folders. I ran out a month or so ago and my journal is about to bust open since I’ve crammed way too many pages into it. Good God, this was a pointless entry…sorry for wasting your time =) I promise I’ll something better to talk about next time I post.

Smithers: Uh, sir, we found the problem. Some idiot threw this in the reactor core.
Homer: [sees charred doughnut] Success!
Burns: You did this? How could you be so irresponsible?
Homer: Eh… it’s my first day!
Burns: Since I’ve never seen you before, maybe it is your first day. Very well, carry on!
[Mr. Burns begins to walk off, when Smithers catches up with him.]
Smithers: Sir, that’s Homer Simpson. He’s been working here for ten years!
Burns: Ohh, really? Why did you think you could lie to me?
Homer: Uh…It’s my first day??!
Burns: Well, why didn’t you say that befor…[realizes] Wait! You’re fired!

I love that quote. And is describes my first day of work pretty well. I honestly don’t know how I can start getting up at 4:45 AM every morning. I guess by going to bed at 10 like I am tonight will be a good start. My job is…well….I don’t know. The pay is far below minimum wage. (Even after tips.) I’m pretty much staying with it because it’s still some source of income and after this, I’ll finally be able to say I have experience.

In other news…um, no other news really =) I think I might have another job lined up for late afternoons, so starting next week, I’ll be working 14 hour days. Oh yippe! Also, I’m trying to best prepare myself for some bad news that I know will be coming sometime soon. I don’t know from where or when, but trust me, it will be here soon enough. I’ll post again tomorrow after work.