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I'm Shen. Nice to meet you.

Occupation: Computer and Electrical Engineering Student
Work: IEOP teacher (I teach foreigners how to speak english...not good)
I don't know what else you want to know?

If you need help at all, I'd be happy to help. I know a lot about programming and overall how this works, considering I've been here for years and I'm going to school for computer engineering. So, I hope you enjoy your stay and that I don't offend you.

I was weak. Thats why I needed you...needed someone to punish me for my sins...but thats all over now...I know the truth.
-James Sunderland: Silent Hill 2

Cat woman be crazy

First, don't eat reheated chicken pot pie right when you take it out. The outside is really really hot...even if the middle is still a little cold. It hurts, and you lose your sense of taste. Even if your hungry, WAIT! That is all. Except bat man is on! YAY BATMAN! I've always had a special relationship with the DC universe! I never truly enjoyed the Marvel comics like I did the DC ones.

So, if you hadn't guessed, I hurt myself eating lunch. Exciting isn't it? Other than that, I have been watching the house. My parents went to a wedding reception in Le Mars, and my brother has been in trouble recently. So basically I was the enforcer of grounding. Plus we have had a string of Vandalism and Car Robberies in the neighborhood. Thats what majorly freaked me out last night. I was worrying a lot about whether or not the cars were locked. I think I checked three times before I was satisfied. I'm a little paranoid and worried all the time.

I realized, from mint, that what I was saying yesterday could have been a little confusing. I am ambidextrous, which means I can use both of my hands for things. I like to write notes, throw, and eat with my right hand, but I like to draw, brush my teeth, and use the mouse on my computer with my left. I can do any of those (except for drawing on my right, and throwing with my left) with either of my hands, I just have a huge preference. And when it comes to my signature for legal documents, I tend to use my right hand because my left handed signature is too illegible. This creates problems when I accidentally use my left hand for it because they think that someone else signed it. This means that I have to go in and tell them exactly why it looks different and give a common signature for both hands for them to compare to for documents in the future so they know if its someone else or myself.

I have the biggest urge to draw a ninja. I have no idea why. Sorry for the random info. What I really wanted to say was my mothers cat is the craziest thing I have ever met. He just jumped from the top of a bar stool to the top of our sliding door and all the way down just to catch a fly. Not to mention he plays fetch and we taught him how to sit. He is definitely more of a dog than a cat. That was about all I wanted to say though. Oh, and thank you Mint for the ice cream!

Rock You Like a Hurricane

...didn't I name my last post as a song? Oh well. I am going to destroy cisco phones. Not because they are bad phones. And not because they aren't easy to use. They are actually quite easy to explain and use. Really, they are. No, I want to destroy them because of the monotony of doing the same thing four hundred times. So. Much. Repetition. Going. To. Lose. Fingers. RAWR! And don't even get me started on teaching people how to use the computer for faxes. The sad part? I've only had this job for a week. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy helping the people with the phones and their email and computers. I'm just complaining about the little tiny bit of the job I don't like.

This brings me to the next subject I want to talk about. I realized today that I never really get bored. I get anxious...or I get tired. But never bored. I always seem to find something to do or to think about. Its really nice at my new job because there are times where I just sit there waiting for things to load. I say I'm bored purely because I have no other word to describe it. I mean, "I'm sitting here daydreaming and knew that I was going to text you after work so I might as well do it now since I have some time" or "I want you to talk to me because its silent and I really don't like what we are doing so I'm trying to distract you from it so we can do something else" just doesn't get the conversation started like "I'm bored." Plus, I don't have that many characters on my phone for texting...

Other than that I haven't had any time to myself other than during lunch break. And there is no way I can get from downtown Omaha to my house in a decent amount of time so I mainly go and do chores that I was planning on doing this weekend instead. That means I get a lot of time to myself this weekend! YAY! I haven't gotten to use the right side of my brain all week! My left hand must be sad that it hasn't gotten to draw for a while. My right hand has been writing everything all week because I always right my signature with my right hand. They think its fraud if I do it with my left hand. How sad.

Alright, I've talked enough for today.

You take the high road

I have two jobs now. Did I say that recently? I got the IT job from the bank. My first day is tomorrow which is very bad because I have to work at my other job on wednesdays. Its just messed up right now. I hope I can figure out what exactly is going on with my work schedules. Its all such a hassle. But the money is worth it. I hope.

Anyway, I'm off my meds early, but it was funny getting the call for my interview because I was still on them at that time. I felt really weird at the time too, and I couldn't remember most of it. I must have said the right things though, because I got the interview and the job. Woo hoo!

I really didn't do anything at all for the fourth other than go on a date. And even then all we did was go eat dinner at Olive Garden. We were going to go watch the fireworks downtown but I ended up wanting to finish watching the zomedy that I can't remember the name of. Seriously? Even after sitting here for a good hour I still can't remember what its called? I am losing my memory...oh wait! Thats right! I never had a memory!

Wondering the wasteland

I am officially working two jobs now. I'm an IT intern and I mow lawns. I'm nice and help people in one, and I yell at my coworkers and get very dirty in another. Woo hoo. I really need to practice my "Is the computer plugged in" voice. Really its two very different jobs and I have two very different views on them. The funniest part was I had to take a drug test before I could get hired for this IT job. I had never done that before so I have been making many jokes about it. They really take it seriously too. Its a good idea to, because people will try to beat the system, but its just funny for someone like me who hasn't done any drugs or alcohol for YEARS.

Oh well, and now I have a lot of old friends from high school that want to catch up with me too. Where were they when I was bored out of my mind a month ago? Who knows. But at least I don't have too take those pills in a week. Maybe I can finally get back on to a regular schedule of updating. If I ever had one...which I probably didn't huh? Nothing I can do about that.

I'm really hoping to finish some projects I started this weekend. Like taking apart our old grill and writing a bit. Plus I really need to experiment with a DVD player and see if I can get it working again. So much to do, so little motivation to actually do it. Dear me. Oh, and I need to do something about the silverware on my bedroom floor. Any ideas? And they are in a box, not strewn everywhere. I just don't know where I can store them.

MIA

Ya...so...I'm a little...unable to do much at this time...For the last week the college world series has been going on and that always adds more work to the already painfully large work that I have because of the floods. People are everywhere, and they all need something to do.

So, I was working on friday, and since the college world series ends this week, I was excited that I could get back on here and find out what you all had been up to. Unfortunately, my body had other plans.

On friday, I was outside working when I hurt my knee, my back, and my right shoulder. I was rushed to the hospital and given some very nice drugs and told to relax for a few days. I am way too loopie on those drugs so I avoided getting on here not knowing what I would possibly say or do. So, I'm just basically here to say that I may be gone for a few more days. But I promise that I'll eventually get back on. Hope you guys have been having a good week.