tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62286102011-04-21T16:26:15.421-06:00Erin's BlogJust what's on my mind today...Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1162841476788342592006-11-06T11:07:00.000-07:002006-11-06T12:31:16.810-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Comedian Mike Merrifield rips into ricers in a hilarious tirade on kids who put "fart pipes" and wings on their cars.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....I know, I know. It's been a long time since I updated. I just got an e-mail reminder from a a reader in Afghanistan (I kid you not!) to update my blog. Apparently, I've been letting my readers down. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1157009775173963372006-08-30T22:38:00.000-06:002006-08-31T01:36:15.256-06:00Link/Tip of the day:"You know what the Easter Bunny is doing the other 364 days of the year? Kicking ass!" I know it's nowhere near Easter, but I thought this was funny.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Wow, I am really getting into shooting these days. It's a fun hobby and it is certainly a stress reliever! I just (read: earlier this evening) took a concealed carry Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1156154292387773112006-08-21T03:22:00.000-06:002006-08-21T03:58:12.406-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Ever wonder what the whole "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." filler text means? Check it out here. The generator will even let you create certain length fillers and even fillers in other languages like Russian!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Yikes, it's been a while, hasn't it?On the way home from Flagstaff, I got a speeding ticket. I was coming down Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1152774129942419312006-07-13T00:46:00.000-06:002006-07-13T01:02:09.966-06:00More boring stuff about my life....Today I went to the Meteor Crater, not far from Flagstaff. I took a hundred and change pictures. Aubs, when you see the pics, then you will see what Arizona looks like!Recently I changed my wig. Since going full-time back in March of 2004, I have had three wigs. The first one I had for quite a while -- I bought it back in 2000 with Melissa. The first wig Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1152690455148265392006-07-12T01:08:00.000-06:002006-07-12T01:47:35.163-06:00Link/Tip of the day:A very funny commercial that will never be seen on TV in America. Sad how prudish most Americans are these days.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....So, I'm in Arizona for work. This whole traveling schtick and getting paid to vacation is kinda cool, I must say. Sadly, my phone doesn't work here, so if you are trying to call me, good luck. :DAnyways, IErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1151940571440511192006-07-03T08:15:00.000-06:002006-07-03T09:30:53.580-06:00Link/Tip of the day:The Rasterbator. If I don't answer my e-mails, I'm off Rasterbating.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Sunburn is bad, mmmkay? Second-degree burns! I went to a dermatologist on Friday and got some antibiotics (the leg wounds are infected!) and some cream. They are doing better now, but I am still limping around. Arghh! (click on pic for larger Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1150252220290239542006-06-13T18:49:00.000-06:002006-06-13T20:30:20.746-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Angry Canadian Guy has a funny list of rants.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, since the last time (more than a month ago!) a couple noteworthy things have happened.The union bid failed. 44 votes against, 24 votes for. Sucks, I was hoping to improve the situation at work. There are still a lot of disgruntled employees. Likely, folks will Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1147239587108936822006-05-09T23:08:00.000-06:002006-05-09T23:39:47.676-06:00Link/Tip of the day:What happens when you get 80 friends from the internet to wear blue polos and khakis, and then you all go into a Best Buy? Hilarity ensues!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Work has been interesting these past few weeks, that is for sure. Tomorrow will be the culmination of all of our company's fears: the vote. Management has been decidedly against Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1144316197989630272006-04-06T03:10:00.000-06:002006-04-06T03:36:38.050-06:00Link/Tip of the day:I found this interesting site about hair styles and face types.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Speaking of hair, I cut my hair off tonight:The pigtails are slightly longer than 12 inches each. I am donating the hair to Locks of Love.Here's a crappy pic of me doing my cheesy look, just after the cut:Don't worry kids, I won't walk down the street Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1143289947332394882006-03-25T05:06:00.000-07:002006-03-25T05:32:27.346-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Fascinating article about viruses. The biological kind, not the computer kind.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Lots of stuff has happened since the last posting...I got a promotion and a 20% pay increase. Sweet. I will be doing a different job, with supervisory powers. In fact, I will basically be in charge of the entire company's operations when IErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1140443492358963832006-02-20T06:41:00.000-07:002006-02-20T06:51:32.376-07:00I'm fucked....I just accidentally deleted over 300GB worth of irreplaceable data. Pictures mostly. From 1999 to present. Some music, too. A lot of projects that I worked on. Some software that I will have to illegally download to replace. Fuck. Fuck. Fuckity-fuck-fuck! Argh. I placed a query on the Macintosh Manager's list, and basically the consensus is "you're fucked." Lesson here: Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1138782664150044912006-02-01T01:27:00.000-07:002006-02-01T01:31:04.160-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Bad drivers suck. Bad drivers piss me off. Here is a lesson on what to do to minimize congestion. Be sure to get your free bumper sticker. I got mine!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....SleepI have trouble getting to sleep, but once there I would need a firetruck right next to my bed to wake me! I had three alarm clocks in college, and all of them Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1137656737104299302006-01-19T00:10:00.000-07:002006-01-19T00:45:37.160-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Cats are funny!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....A couple friends mentioned to me in person that I have been slacking off in updating my blog. You guys are right, I'm a slacker. :DI've been busy with work. This month is better in that I am getting more time off than in the past few months.Tomorrow I will be going down to Amarillo again. Fun stuff. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1136183124959489842006-01-01T23:03:00.000-07:002006-01-01T23:25:25.030-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Pandora is wicked-cool. Feed it names of artists and names of songs you like. It plays them (for free) and plays music it deems similar to your tastes. Sure, it doesn't recognize The Philosopher Kings, but every other artist I plugged in was found and absorbed. It has suggested some bands I have never heard of, but seriously dig.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Champagne, potato Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1132205504278843082005-11-16T21:59:00.000-07:002005-11-16T22:31:44.343-07:00Link/Tip of the day:You can make a South Park character of all of your friends! I made one of me:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Last night I was witness to a high-speed chase near Amarillo, Texas (pop-up warning). I was on southbound US 287 between Dumas and Amarillo when a green Ford pickup flew by me at 90 - 100mph. A co-worker of mine who was driving his own Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1131533399918760152005-11-09T03:25:00.000-07:002005-11-09T03:49:59.976-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Ever wonder what is inside the "Magic 8-ball?" These guys found out. Beware the blue fluid!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....It's been quite a while now. More than a month, in fact.I have been very busy! I have only had three days off since I started working at the new job back in mid-September. Each of these days has been requested. Today will be Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1128943670829828782005-10-10T04:20:00.000-06:002005-10-10T05:27:51.103-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Woohoo! A forum for bus geeks!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, yesterday was my birthday. The "big three-oh." And I had to work. Blah.I enjoyed the 8th, though. I went to a Mike Doughty concert at the Fox Theatre in Boulder. I had a blast! I even got my pic taken with the Doughty-meister himself:Click on pic for larger versionI guess that Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1127902151671914832005-09-27T22:49:00.000-06:002005-09-28T04:09:11.706-06:00Link/Tip of the day:This is a neat place where you can get free help trying to identify fonts.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....The geek girl I met the other night blew me off on our second date. She called in sick. Oh well.The trainer at my new company got fired after only three days of training. Now I am on my own at work and am enjoying it quite immensely.I went backErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1127346001806065262005-09-21T17:17:00.000-06:002005-09-21T17:40:01.843-06:00Link/Tip of the day:This looks like something I could put to good use!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....I went on a date last night. A very fun date, with a very cute geeky girl. I love geek girls! I am definitely going out with her again, too. Hey M! If you're reading this, I think you are totally cute! ::reow::I started working at a new company on Friday of last Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1126692418901836792005-09-14T03:52:00.000-06:002005-09-14T04:06:58.940-06:00Link/Tip of the day:A fascinating look at the disaster in New Orleans from within the city itself. Go back to the beginning and read up until the current day. I read it all the way through and then keep going back every day to read the updates.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....A lot has happened in the past month. I got laid off. I applied for unemployment. I got someErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1124342170534235752005-08-17T22:59:00.000-06:002005-08-17T23:16:10.543-06:00Link/Tip of the day:A very neat pair of eyeglasses.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, I have moved. I had several friends from work help me out. I still have a few things left in the old place, but nothing I really _need_ right now. I still have plenty of time to get them and to clean the apartment up. Thank you Br, Ji, Da, Mi and Je! I really appreciate the helpErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1122607171312691762005-07-28T21:01:00.000-06:002005-07-28T21:19:47.173-06:00Link/Tip of the day:I couldn't help but laugh at this fake TV show.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....My current landlord is kicking me out. Well, not really "kicking me out." He wants to fix up the place and try to get more rent for it. Unfortunately, he can't do that while somebody (read: me) is living in the apartment. August 31st is the last day I may inhabit this Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1121916710057669482005-07-20T21:06:00.000-06:002005-07-20T21:31:50.096-06:00Link/Tip of the day:From the page:The "Big Guy" is Canon's largest EOS prime lens, a ridiculously huge 1200mm monstrosity. There are only about ten of these things in existence. Sports Illustrated owns two of them. Generally speaking you have to be a major corporation to even think about buying one, as they're individually hand milled in Japan to the tune of about USD$80,000 each.Read more...~~~~Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1121834119089783832005-07-19T22:03:00.000-06:002005-07-19T22:35:19.126-06:00Link/Tip of the day:This is an interesting site -- they have setup the Google AdSense advertising and are using the profits to buy Google stock. Genius!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....It's been a while now. Haven't been on any more photography expeditions, though I did take some pictures when I visited a place called Tiny Town with a co-worker and her two daughters. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1120794123935358802005-07-07T21:19:00.000-06:002005-07-07T21:42:03.966-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Interesting site on how to make a ring from a silver US quarter or half dollar.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....I am working days now. Still getting used to the new sleep schedule. Fun.I recently purchased a Canon EF-S 10-22mm wide angle lens. Now that I am awake during the daytime, I figured I could go test out the lens in the light! Here are someErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1120129593546426192005-06-30T04:36:00.000-06:002005-06-30T05:06:33.553-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Remember I wrote about the government using eminent domain to take private property and give it to other private organizations? It looks like someone is wanting to take one of the Supreme Court justice's homes in just such a deal. I hope he succeeds.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, I took 624 pictures at the PrideFest. I had a great time. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1119792708794710922005-06-26T06:29:00.000-06:002005-06-26T07:31:48.833-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Google has a new service: maps.google.com. Of course, someone has already put it to good use.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, it's been a whole month. It's official: I am a slacker.Lots of drama at work. Sexual harassment, racial discrimination, talk of lawsuits.... All on top of the fact that my company just got bought by one of our major Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1117099965952555542005-05-26T03:20:00.000-06:002005-05-26T03:32:45.956-06:00Link/Tip of the day:This is a very interesting site about the "numbers that control your life" -- your SSN, your driver's license number, passport decoder and more! I typed in my name and birthday and it spit out my old Maryland driver's license number! Creepy!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Things have been going well recently! Last week I went on three interviews, Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1115893607141957042005-05-12T04:26:00.000-06:002005-05-12T04:26:47.290-06:00More boring stuff about my life....D'oh! I forgot to talk about the LA trip... Things went well, had a good time. Pictures of the meet are here. We met at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Very neat place if you're ever in the LA area.It was great to meet some of the friends I've known online for a few years now. Rocket, you truly rock!Thanks again to De for letting me stay at her place!_erinErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1115892844444298742005-05-12T04:13:00.001-06:002005-05-12T04:19:03.290-06:00Link/Tip of the day:American Traveler International Apology T-shirts. Funny stuff!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Well, it's been a while now and several of you are asking for updates, so update I will. Remember, you, the dedicated reader, asked for it!I have been working. Work has been typical -- long hours, little pay. Oh well, it pays the bills. And now I have Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1113624351975595442005-04-15T22:06:00.000-06:002005-04-16T04:18:59.250-06:00Link/Tip of the day:If you are an avid crossword puzzler, check out this site which helps you on those incredibly hard clues.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....I am out of town after driving straight through the night. I left home at 5:10pm and arrived in Las Vegas at 4:30am. I stopped in Vegas and blew $50 in Ceasar's Palace, but I really stopped just to stretch. But Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1113401382087135492005-04-13T07:22:00.000-06:002005-04-13T08:09:42.090-06:00Link/Tip of the day:Absolutely hilarious -- a Wal*Mart employee gets fired for something he didn't do, and exacts his revenge.Speaking of lowly retail employees, check out this funny site where employees bitch about their idiotic customers. Many of the stories (written by different employees from all over the world) seem to have the same theme: customer asks for something, employee says no (Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1111145574726547812005-03-18T03:33:00.000-07:002005-03-18T04:32:54.733-07:00Link/Tip of the day:There is a nice online exhibit about Einstein at the American Museum of Natural History.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....Things have been going well. I continue to work and sleep, mostly, with some cleaning thrown in here and there.I have been saving up to replace many of the things that were stolen when I was evicted back in July. I have now Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1109250583083522812005-02-24T05:31:00.000-07:002005-02-24T06:09:43.090-07:00Link/Tip of the day:I was here in the autumn of 1991 at the tender age of 15. I still remember it quite well. I also remember the vendor outside calling us "shits" (in English) because we didn't buy his wares. N, a friend of mine who tagged along, told him off and displayed the proper declension of the verb "to shit" to this fellow.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....WellErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1109130230277492722005-02-22T20:26:00.000-07:002005-02-22T20:43:50.276-07:00Link/Tip of the day:Adios Barbie has some interesting views on fat acceptance....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More boring stuff about my life....I have worked for the past 13 days without a day off. Today and tomorrow I have off. I have already volunteered to work on Thursday, which is one of my scheduled days off. Fun stuff. This paycheck better be good.I traveled to Vail and Eagle, CO as part of Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1108034591784535022005-02-10T04:16:00.000-07:002005-02-10T04:23:11.783-07:00Link/Tip of the day: I know suicide isn't funny. I also know that PowerPoint isn't funny. Putting them together however, is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Wow. Two whole days off in a row. Woohoo! Yesterday I actually stayed home all day. I didn't even shower. I watched TV mostly all day. And, amazingly, I didn't even _touch_ my computers. I think that isErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1107777215243532042005-02-07T04:30:00.000-07:002005-02-07T04:53:35.243-07:00Link/Tip of the day: This is an interesting timeline of the United States' history of warmaking, both public and covert operations are mentioned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Still quite sick. A co-worker recommended Mucinex after hearing my cough. I bought some at the grocery store on my way home from work. I took one tablet, and within an hour I could Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1107525376671965292005-02-04T06:48:00.000-07:002005-02-04T06:56:16.670-07:00Link/Tip of the day: PurPortal is a great site to check out those chain e-mails to see if they are true, or bunk. Remember kids: Don't forward e-mail virus warnings! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... I am nastily sick. I went to work anyways. Stupid me. A coworker suggested I drink heated chicken broth and eat saltines. She said that is what her sister (who is Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1107331684824762072005-02-02T01:45:00.000-07:002005-02-02T01:08:04.826-07:00Link/Tip of the day: LinuxQuestions is a great resource for those of you who want to play with Linux on your computer, but aren't sure how to get started.... Their forums are great for almost instant answers to your questions, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Work goes well. I worked the day shift today, something I am not used to doing. I got up at 5am, Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1106141504721847612005-01-19T06:20:00.000-07:002005-01-19T06:31:44.720-07:00Link/Tip of the day: I posted some pictures that I took of the Pacific Northwest on my website for a friend. She didn't believe me when I was telling her how beautiful Oregon was when I lived there. See, here in Colorado, everything is brown, dead, covered in snow and/or brown. Did I mention that everything here is a shade of brown of some sort? When I told her how green Oregon was, she Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1105279965203479402005-01-09T06:57:00.000-07:002005-01-09T07:12:45.203-07:00Link/Tip of the day: You're not Dave Chapelle, and you're not funny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Dammit. It's been a while now. I am being a slacker recently. Jackie and I broke up. It was coming, I guess. I told her the truth and she got mad at me. What should I have done, lied to her? Work goes. My friends Ci and D called me to hang out on Saturday, Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1103970830787098582004-12-25T03:16:00.000-07:002004-12-25T03:33:50.786-07:00Link/Tip of the day: Brian Clarke, AKA, "Les Toil" is an artist who likes to draw big, beautiful women. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Merry Christmas. I just got home from work. I get to work tomorrow (today, really) as well as the day after Christmas. Yay, me! I guess I really can't complain, though. I volunteered to work the day after Christmas. Too badErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1103498235138015252004-12-19T16:02:00.000-07:002004-12-19T16:17:15.136-07:00More boring stuff about my life.... Life goes. Went to a party last night. Had a good time. Woke up with awful taste in my mouth. I realized I smoked a cigarette last night. Bleh. Bad habit to get into. One thing I realized I need is a stereo for the bedroom (hint, hint). Also, I would like to be a Toil Girl! That would be cool! Went out to get some service done to my car yesterday. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1103147420537215912004-12-15T14:46:00.000-07:002004-12-15T14:50:20.536-07:00Link/Tip of the day: Typorganism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Well, I took it last night. At first, I got a headache, then I got dizzy. Then I got sleepy. I fell asleep on my couch. When I awoke a few hours later, my back was killing me and I was sweating. I went into the bedroom and tried to sleep, but my back was hurting so much that I couldn't sleep hardly Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1103063543422242122004-12-14T14:49:00.000-07:002004-12-14T15:32:23.423-07:00Link/Tip of the day: Sony ridiculousness. And even more.... Be sure to read the customer reviews on both pages. Fucking hilarious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Well, I picked up the new anti-depressant today. I am supposed to take it at bedtime because it will supposedly knock me on my ass. Fun. Just what I need when I am driving fucking buses. Speaking Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1102977506623450892004-12-13T15:34:00.000-07:002004-12-13T15:38:26.623-07:00Link/Tip of the day: Mike Doughty is super special, if you didn't know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... I was e-mailing a friend about my musical tastes, and ran across this page. It would make a super gift (hint, hint). Last night I disappointed someone I love. I'm sorry, if you're reading this, but I _did_ warn you. :-( I've been crying off and on for a whileErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1102617669933729412004-12-09T10:41:00.000-07:002004-12-12T21:34:04.580-07:00Link/Tip of the day: I'm not quite sure why, but I found this link interesting.... For more interesting links, check out my StumbleUpon page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... At the request of friends, I am updating my blog. I have fallen woefully behind. I don't really have an excuse for such behavior, so if you are a friend, give me 50 lashes with a wet noodle.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1100923356657962042004-11-19T20:41:00.000-07:002004-11-19T21:02:36.656-07:00Link/Tip of the day: The United States has carried on foreign intelligence activities since the days of George Washington but only since World War II have they been coordinated on a government-wide basis. Three programs have highlighted the development of coordinated basic intelligence since that time: (1) the Joint Army Navy Intelligence Studies (JANIS), (2) the National Intelligence Survey (Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1100108883910767772004-11-10T10:30:00.000-07:002004-11-10T10:54:39.890-07:00More boring stuff about my life.... Things are going OK. I went to a friend from RTD's house and helped him clean up his PC. He had the Beagle worm and Netsky virus on it, and it had a lot of programs and things he didn't use on it, so I did the full-on cleanup on it. It took over 5 hours because his DSL was sloooow.... He paid me in cash, and then the next day at work he gave me some more Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1099808513799376892004-11-06T23:03:00.000-07:002004-11-06T23:21:53.800-07:00More boring stuff about my life.... It's been a while. Life has been very busy for me recently.... Work goes well. I had an accident a few weeks ago that was my fault (I took a mirror off of my bus by clipping an abandoned tractor trailer on an interstate highway). Mirror + trailer @ 55mph = much glass, everywhere. The mirror was torn off the mirror arm and thrown into the windshield, whichErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1097893857519155072004-10-15T19:28:00.000-06:002004-10-19T10:59:20.723-06:00Link/Tip of the day: Do you write web pages? Are you a digital photographer with images on your site you don't want people to steal? Protecting Webpages is for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Well, since my last entry, "drama" is the word of the day. The next morning, Casey and I awoke at J and V's place, but neither J nor V were home. They said they wouldErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1097563027163207162004-10-12T01:02:00.000-06:002004-10-12T00:37:07.163-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, I am on the east coast. Specifically, here at my friend J and V's house ("predijes" and "have inner lady" on the chat page) in Virginia. My flight to Philadelphia on the 9th was uneventful. I sat in the aisle seat. There was someone in the window seat to my left, but nobody in between us, which was nice. I listened to my iPod most of the way. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1097122976799251302004-10-06T22:14:00.000-06:002004-10-06T22:22:56.800-06:00Link/Tip of the day: Quick lesson on how to protect your computer from spyware, adware and viruses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Today was just wonderful! I got up at the buttcrack of dawn to work -- on my day off. I worked. Came home and slept. Went back to work. Work went fine. Afterwards, I went to Cherry Creek mall, and waited for Jackie (see post Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1097041954326203382004-10-05T23:22:00.000-06:002004-10-05T23:52:34.326-06:00Link/Tip of the day: Do you run anti-virus software on your computer? If not, you should. Check out reviews of the various anti-virus products out there from AV-Test.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... It's been too long. I really need to work on updating this thing. I mean, what's the point of having it if I don't write in it? Therapy progresses. I have Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1096302315195711602004-09-27T09:50:00.000-06:002004-09-27T10:25:15.196-06:00Link/Tip of the day: If you use Mozilla (you should be!) then you will find this link to the "Extension Room" pretty handy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... I've been helping a friend sell stuff on eBay -- she doesn't have a digital camera, so I've been taking all the pics and hosting them for her. Check out her stuff for sale here. I've been in a pretty good moodErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1096002896131698112004-09-23T23:06:00.000-06:002004-09-23T23:14:56.133-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today at therapy was rough. I like my therapist a lot -- she understands me, and is making me think in different ways than I've been used to. I've been finding out that I blame myself for a lot of what's happened, and she's showing me that I shouldn't be doing that. Today when I got home from therapy, this was waiting in my mailbox: This is another step Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1095827025603846582004-09-21T21:01:00.000-06:002004-09-21T22:23:45.603-06:00Link/Tip of the day: I went to New Mexico a few weeks ago (I blogged about it, look for it below) and just now got around to posting the pictures. Enjoy. There is actualy a picture of me I like in there: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Work goes. Life goes. I talked with my manager about my birthday and my floating holiday. She said that the birthday could Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1095097765958517242004-09-13T11:36:00.000-06:002004-09-13T11:49:25.960-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Wow, it's been almost two weeks. Things have been going pretty well for me. Job is still going nicely. It is indeed good to have a regular schedule now, no matter how bizarre that regular schedule is. My apartment is still a mess. I need to unpack things still. I am missing some things, too. :-( Hopefully they will turn up after I'm finished unpacking. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1094148322577446452004-09-02T11:02:00.000-06:002004-09-02T12:05:22.576-06:00Link/Tip of the day: I found this site by accident, and it is effing cool. There is a small download that is a plug-in for your browser (Mozilla, IE, FireFox and Netscape are supported on Mac, Windows and Linux) but it does not install any type of ad-ware or spyware. StumbleUpon. My StumbleUpon page is here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Been working hard. I Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1093408546318748802004-08-24T22:13:00.000-06:002004-08-24T22:35:46.320-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Yikes. I really need to try to update this more often. I caught up with a good friend from DC that I used to work with. I was initially surprised at his reaction to my "news" and have been even more pleasantly surprised with his current actions towards me. If you're out there reading this buddy, thanks! I've been talking with a (different) good friend of Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1092888968930767052004-08-18T21:57:00.000-06:002004-08-18T22:16:08.930-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Just thought I'd share some information about my job. Pretty much every day at work, I am driving one of these: It is an Orion bus. Specifically, it is an Orion model V (Roman numeral 5). As much as I swear up and down that I would never drive a Chrysler product of my own accord, I am forced to at work. Work has been going well. I was almost late for Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1092628219475099292004-08-15T21:37:00.000-06:002004-08-15T21:50:19.476-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... It's been a few days. I went to see my therapist on Friday. I really like her a lot. She and I "click" which I think is great. She gave me my "letter" and said that when she sent copies of the letter to my work, they responded by having an attorney call. She said the attorney was very "bitchy" -- her word, not mine. Funny thing is I haven't heard any of Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1092154966030777962004-08-10T10:13:00.000-06:002004-08-10T10:22:46.030-06:00Link/Tip of the day: For those of you unfortunate enough to use "Micro$loth™ Winblows™ XP," Windows XP Service Pack 2 is out. It came out on August 6th for PC manufacturers to load on their new PCs. It is called the "RTM" (Release To Manufacturers) and you can Download all 266MB of it here. Note: You will need a program to un-RAR it, like WinRAR. Cracks to register WinRAR are available here Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1091992416686194752004-08-08T13:01:00.000-06:002004-08-08T13:13:36.686-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, it's been a while. Work has been keeping me busy. Last week I had the same shift I did the previous week -- 2:30am - 10:30am and then back again around 4:00pm - 6:30pm or so. I slept pretty much all day yesterday, my body's way of catching up on the lack of sleep, I assume. Today I woke up bright and early and did some cleaning and chores. Did the Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1091293791715091722004-07-31T10:56:00.000-06:002004-07-31T11:09:51.716-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... I am thinking about asking my psychotherapist to increase my medication dosage. While not thinking about it incessantly, or not even close to the point of acting upon them, I am having constant suicidal thoughts again. :-( Last week's work was crazy. If I could get used to the schedule, I think I wouldn't mind the run so much. It was just the crazy Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1091071370271879772004-07-28T21:17:00.000-06:002004-07-28T21:22:50.273-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Work has been kicking my butt recently. I got a hold down this week -- a shift that I will be driving all week -- that I have to be at work and ready to drive by 2:30am. That means I get up around 1am. I've been exhausted because of this weird schedule. I am taking naps throughout the day and am constantly tired. I wouldn't mind having this run for a longErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1090865068697627102004-07-26T11:49:00.000-06:002004-07-26T12:04:28.696-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, since my last entry a lot of things have happened. I am in my new place now. I went up to Mel's and got a lot of the stuff with three of my friends. We couldn't get a few more boxes and some things that wouldn't fit in my car. I have cable installed, so now I have internet. E-mail away, and I will probably get back to you later that day or the next Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1089834078806951812004-07-14T13:25:00.000-06:002004-07-14T13:41:18.806-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, I have a place. I sign the papers later today, at 3pm. I move in on Saturday. I already called a mover and confirmed that he can help me out on Saturday. All of you that want to know the new address, e-mail me with the "contact" link above and I will send you the new info. I won't even turn on the phone there -- I have unlimited use on my cell phoneErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1089406527170939972004-07-09T14:29:00.000-06:002004-07-09T14:55:27.170-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, shit. I came home the night of the 6th to find most of our stuff strewn out over the lawn and street in front of our apartment building. My roomie didn't pay her rent.... Dammit. Notice, I said most of our stuff. Yup, there were people digging through our stuff when I got home. My $900 TV is gone, as are my two laptops, my digital cameras..... Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1088892855492598772004-07-03T16:13:00.000-06:002004-07-03T16:14:15.493-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Yesterday in between shifts at work, I met Ci for breakfast (I worked 4am - 8am, and met her after the morning piece). We went around looking at more apartments, and I think I found a place I really like that is a little cheaper than the other place I was seriously considering. After apartment searching, I went to visit my therapist. The session went well.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1088700963719627262004-07-01T10:31:00.000-06:002004-07-01T10:56:03.720-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, things are going well. Went to the clinic yesterday to do a "TG intake" and for a psych appointment. Been working really hard. Had 17 hours of overtime on the check I got on the 30th. Things between C and I are getting better. We talked about the trust issues a bit. I still don't trust her completely and am still hiding my money. My dad and I had Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1088136905477781452004-06-24T21:58:00.000-06:002004-06-24T22:15:05.476-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Yesterday I ran a bunch of errands. I went to get a resident parking permit for my car -- now I can park on my street in the time-restricted zones and not worry about getting a ticket. I went to the Social Security office in Denver. I waited in line for 3 hours to find out I need to get a bunch more paperwork to do what I wanted. Yuck. Then I went to the Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1087967730699045222004-06-22T23:00:00.000-06:002004-06-22T23:15:30.700-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Wow, it's been a while. Been busy with work. Things are going well still. I actually got a hold-down for this week, so I've known what I've been working for a week in advance. Sweet. A 25X and 85X in the mornings, a 48 in the afternoons. I knew it would come up eventually, and it happened yesterday. I talked with Alice, the supervisor of the training Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1087358082699228182004-06-15T21:19:00.000-06:002004-06-15T21:54:42.700-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Well, I spent all day Saturday looking at apartments with my friend Ci. We drove all over town and saw some wonderful Victorian homes that had been split into apartments. I saw several that I really liked. Unfortunately, the one I liked best was $985/month. A little out of my price range. Sunday I went around to several more places that I had found. I Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1087012539476077162004-06-11T21:44:00.000-06:002004-06-11T21:55:39.476-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Yikes. C stole $65 more from me, $60 in bills and half a roll of quarters. I didn't notice the quarters were gone until I got home and saw she took her laundry to the Laundromat. I thought it would be a good time to do the same, but then noticed the half-roll of quarters that was at the bottom of my purse was missing. Argh. This is starting to piss me offErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1086840512735170232004-06-09T21:54:00.000-06:002004-06-09T22:08:32.736-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Morning blood sugar: 119. Woke up, showered. Took my blood sugar reading. They told me to take it once a day, after waking up, but before eating anything. I did this and my level was 119. Got dressed, went to work. We had a short day in the classroom, then went out driving. We drove artics today. DJ drove the route 86X, I drove the 82X. When we got Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1086740756055767782004-06-08T17:34:00.000-06:002004-06-08T18:25:56.056-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Wow, I've been a real slacker when it comes to updating my blog. ::shakes finger at self:: A lot of stuff has been happening recently that's been distracting me from blogging. Last week's training was pretty uneventful. Classroom stuff, mostly. On Friday last, I went on a date with Ci. I like her a lot, and we've been hanging out quite a bit. We went to Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1085939226169948302004-05-29T23:44:00.000-06:002004-05-30T11:47:06.170-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was slow. I didn't go anywhere. Stayed home all day. C wasn't here all day, either. I showered, made some lunch. Got online. Watched TV. That is pretty much it, LOL. Another lazy day. _erinErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1085869608297416792004-05-28T22:57:00.000-06:002004-05-29T16:30:22.070-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was relatively calm. I woke up pretty late. It felt good to sleep in. C wasn't home. I took a shower. Made some lunch. Got online. I had to wash my regular wig, so I wore one of my other ones. I kind of like it, though I'd like it more if it were a bit longer. C came home and yelled at me for not doing the dishes. Whatever, I cleaned up the Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1085710695079621072004-05-27T19:41:00.000-06:002004-05-27T20:18:15.080-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Geesh! See, this work stuff is interfering with my blogging. Getting up at the buttcrack of dawn kinda forces me to go to sleep early. In any case, here's what's happened in the past few days.... THURSDAY: Today I got my license in the mail! Woohoo! I worked with Marchelle again. Today she was nicer, and we actually had a decent shift and good Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1085455983883022612004-05-24T21:14:00.000-06:002004-05-24T21:33:03.883-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Geesh, I can't even remember what I did on Saturday. I seem to remember sleeping in, and calling the picture place in Boulder to see what their hours were.... Obviously I was online as well, because I wrote the previous blog entry on Saturday. Geesh, my short-term memory is going to shit.... SUNDAY: Sunday I went up to Boulder. I took a bunch of picturesErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1085245695346169032004-05-22T10:26:00.000-06:002004-05-22T11:08:15.346-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... I'm getting pretty bad about not updating my blog. I guess I'm just so tired after getting home from work that I just go to bed vs. writing in the blog.... Oh well, I will try to recap the past few days... ~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY: Today was my CDL test day. I woke up at 4:30am and was at work by 6am. I worked with Richard, who was one of the instructors in myErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084851057312314202004-05-17T20:55:00.000-06:002004-05-17T21:30:57.313-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... SUNDAY: Woke up. Took a shower. It was a beautiful day out and I needed to get out of the house. Went downtown and took a bunch of pictures. 260 of them. Ran into a bunch of skateboarders at the gate to the city, and got some awesome pics of them jumping off of a stairwell. In the same plaza were a bunch of drummers, hammering out an African rhythm. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084734632617760582004-05-15T22:47:00.000-06:002004-05-16T13:10:32.616-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Wow, I haven't updated my blog in a while. Doh. FRIDAY: Went to class. Today was the last day of class. We talked about what will happen on our revenue trips, and then drove around in the skills course. After the skills course, we worked on the CDL pre-trip. After work, I went back to the Stout St. Clinic and got the medication that was ordered the Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084504992408885582004-05-13T21:02:00.000-06:002004-05-13T21:25:04.226-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today in class we took another and our final quiz for the first part of training. I got another 100% on it. Today's quiz was a map-reading and route problem-solving quiz. Our instructors posted the average scores, and I am still at the top of my class -- 99.50%. The next closest person has a 98.58%. After the quiz, we went driving in regional buses. The Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084419346967709042004-05-12T21:30:00.000-06:002004-05-12T21:35:46.966-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today we took our quiz on transfers. I got 100%. I am still number one in the class. Yay! Today we went driving on regional routes in intercity buses. We also drove through the airport drop-off areas. I got to drive a MCI DL-3, the same type of bus we had at Raz. After we got back, we all got our name badges -- the ones that pin to our uniforms. Mine Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084334222388131302004-05-11T21:48:00.000-06:002004-05-11T21:57:02.386-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Took another test at RTD today -- I got another 100%. Yay. Today we drove regional routes in InterCity coaches. I got to play around with a Neoplan "2800" as RTD calls them. They're nice -- fast, tight turning radius.... Only bad thing about them is the tail swing. My instructor today showed us just how much tail swing these buses have by putting a brickErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084251144612457962004-05-10T22:44:00.000-06:002004-05-10T22:52:24.613-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Sunday was pretty boring. Stayed home all day. Surfed. Moped. Today was more fun. Woke up at 4:30am, showered, got ready for work. At work we took another three tests. I got 100% on them all, and now I am alone at the top of my class. I have a 99.33% overall. All for missing that one question. Damn. After the tests and our homework review, we hit Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1084078259318568942004-05-08T22:40:00.000-06:002004-05-08T22:55:29.030-06:00Link/Tip of the day: Tip of the day: Don't kill yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More boring stuff about my life.... Well, this morning I went into the free clinic here in Denver (the Stout Street Clinic, for those Denverites out there) to get a refill of my depression medication. Last night I was in a Bad Place(tm) mentally and knew I needed to get the Wellbutrin refilled. Turns out I've Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083998677909264582004-05-07T23:25:00.000-06:002004-05-08T00:49:06.450-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today we did more driving in articulated buses. I got to drive a route 25X and my co-driver, James, got to drive a 46L. We didn't pick up any passengers today -- that will be on Monday for our "limited revenue" training. After work, I went to see Mel. She sent me an e-mail saying I had a package and some mail to pick up. I replied asking her if I could Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083906091067567442004-05-06T22:48:00.000-06:002004-05-06T23:05:58.763-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Yesterday and today we have been driving the articulated buses. The buses are 2001 NABI articulated buses. Articulated buses, or "artics" as we call them, are the buses that bend in the middle. They are a ton of fun to drive and not much harder than a standard 40-foot straight coach. Yesterday we took them around the skills course and played around with Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083722562820879412004-05-04T19:44:00.000-06:002004-05-04T20:07:07.576-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Damn. Today went well. Except for one thing. This morning we took our "general knowledge" quiz. I did well. Very well, in fact. But I missed one question, messing up my possibility of getting a perfect score. Damn. I found out that I am still at the top of the class, though. I am in first place. After the test, we went out driving again. This was Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083721433459617212004-05-03T22:43:00.000-06:002004-05-04T19:48:17.653-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was fun. We took another graded test in class. I got 100% on it again, meaning I am still at the top of my class. I told my instructor that I _will_ be the second person she's seen to get a perfect score on all of the tests. :-) After the test, we went out on our first revenue trip. I drove a route 15 along Colfax Avenue. I did the westbound leg and Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083638138152159282004-05-02T20:30:00.000-06:002004-05-03T20:39:42.420-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was OK. Watched one of the movies we rented -- Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray. It was pretty good. Went out to drive my route for tomorrow to make sure I know where the terminals and stops were. Got some gas while I was out. Went out grocery shopping with C. Picked up some stuff for packed lunches and for dinner at home. We ate dinner, Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083472729301055872004-05-01T22:33:00.000-06:002004-05-01T22:43:09.610-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was good. Woke up, showered, did my RTD homework. C showered, then we went and did our laundry. After laundry, we dropped by the GIC to find out that the group leader hadn't shown up yet. Went to Denny's and had a late lunch, then went back home. C changed her top (she spilled some mustard on it), we called the GIC to see if someone was there. Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083435617371583092004-04-30T23:11:00.000-06:002004-05-01T12:24:37.360-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was fun. I woke up to clear 3" of snow off of my car. I didn't expect to do this, so I was later to work than I wished to be. I always leave early, so I still made it with time to spare, but I wasn't happy about it. Today we learned about how to use the farebox. I figured we would do this today, because on Monday we are driving our first "revenue Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083300201555070292004-04-29T22:31:00.000-06:002004-04-29T22:47:39.216-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was another "weird" day. I woke up at 7:30am to show up for our "late" day at work. They asked us to work from 9:00am until 5:30pm. It was snowing when I left the house this morning. Got to class on time, had a short review of the previous day's work, and went over the homework. Then we went out on the road. We drove all around Downtown Denver to Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083214628804698472004-04-28T22:44:00.000-06:002004-04-28T23:01:25.560-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was good. I woke up at 4:30am, the "usual." I took a shower, got dressed and made my lunch. I forgot to do that last night. I got to work around 5:45am, about 15 minutes late from my usual 5:30am arrival time. I was the third person in the classroom, when usually I am the first. Today we learned about transfers -- you know, the little paper slips Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083108852156743672004-04-27T17:29:00.000-06:002004-04-27T17:38:26.716-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was a much more normal day, LOL. Woke up, went to work. We had class today with Richard, as our main instructor, Loradean, was out sick. I hope she is OK, as she is one of the people who helped us out with food. After the classroom portion, we got to drive on a real route. Today we did route 0, down and back up Broadway. Marie, one of my classmatesErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228610.post-1083108200905984282004-04-26T13:50:00.000-06:002004-04-27T17:27:35.610-06:00More boring stuff about my life.... Today was nice -- I could sleep in. I woke up at 6am instead of 4:30am, which I usually do. I had to run an errand that my instructor knew about the first day of class. She was totally cool with it. I arrived at class around 10am, just as my class was heading out to the buses. I literally was walking by them into the building as they were coming out, LOL.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439825190752850282noreply@blogger.com