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Ginko
07-29-2002, 03:50 AM
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No use dwelling in the past or on things better left forgotten so I won't bring it up. Rather I'll bring you up to date on my most recent events.

This Summer has had its' downs for me, but I feel they are all for the better. What started as a good year in real estate turned out to be short lived. I found myself getting annoyed with my clients, loathing the sales meetings, and avoiding my office and co-workers as the mere thought of it all gave me a headache. The money was nice but not worth the stress I was putting on myself. I've put R.E. on the backburner for now.

I've enrolled in ITT Technical Institute and start Sept. 9th. I originally went in wanting to pursue an Associates' Degree in Network Administration but found myself more excited by the Multimedia Design path. My classes will be Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 12:30-5:30.

I need a steady part time job so I went back to my old job at a grocery store that I worked in High School. I was there for three years so I created some pretty good ties with management. I became an assisstant manager, then stepped down and worked in the service center, then found myself as a bookkeeper. I just started again 2 weeks ago, they've been throwing me in all different departments for help...it makes me feel special.

That's the work related side, now on to fun. Well, I must say this Summer has been the most fun I've ever had with my friends. Back in May, some friends and I went to see my two favorite artists ever, Alanis Morissette and Garbage, in concert. They didn't disappoint, in fact I know have an even greater appreciation for them as artists and performers. I recently went to see Sheryl Crow in concert as she has also been one of my favorites for a while...it was also cool to see Gwyneth Paltrow come out on a few duets.

We all went camping in June, got so wasted...there is nothing worse than greeting the sun all fukked up.

Just last week, me and 6 friends went up to Six Flags over Texas. Got to ride the Titan<------Best. Roller Coaster. Ever. and catch up on some classics like the Giant and Mr. Freeze. I hadn't been there in 3 years so I was hyped up for what turned out to be an awesome day...apart from the 3 & 1/2 hrs to get there, and then the same to get back.

This weekend was pretty uneventful. All my friends had to work all weekend so we just met up late Sat. night at Chili's, got to catch up with a friend I hadn't seen in a while.

I also secured a domain site and will soon be purchasing vbulletin...just a side project still in the planning stages.

That's all I can think of for now...

Ginko
07-30-2002, 02:48 PM
Yesterday was pretty fun.

I worked out right after I woke up, I'm sore today...that's always a good sign. Then I got on the internet and got my website underway...I'd say it's about 50% complete if not a little more:) I've been running into a few complications, but nothing that can't be fixed.

Then around noon I met some of my family for lunch, came back home and wasted time until 4:30.

I then met up with two of my friends and we all decided to go to the mall. After hours of looking through my favorite stores (Gap, Amercian Eagle, Abercrombie, and Structure) I didn't find anything I liked. We went and ate at the food court, I now wish we hadn't. When I was getting up to throw my trash away, a girl approached me asking me for the time...I didn't have a watch so I lifted up my wrist and said sorry as I walked off. She then said "oh, well anyway, you're really hot". Then a group of her friends start giggling, then they ended up following me and my friends around the mall. These girls couldn't have been any older than 16, so it pissed me off. Finally I ended up in Foley's and found my new obsession in clothing...Nautica. I must say they really bumped up their line as I wanted just about everything in there...140$ and 4 shirts later we left mall.

Next we headed for the movies...none of us ever look up times so we just drive up there and see what's playing next. It finally bit us in the ass...we get there around 8:45 and planned on seeing Austin Powers 3. The 8:30 show just started and the next wasn't until 10:10...not wanting to wait around for over an hour we just went to the 8:30. I figure we missed about the first 10-15 of the movie by the time we got in...didn't ruin it though. It's been a while since I laughed so hard at a movie. We liked it so much were going to go back and see it when the crowds die down a little.

We went back to Daphney's house and tried planning another camping trip for this week. Everyone's schedule is conflicting so I don't know what's going to happen there:(

That was it for yesterday...today, well it's 9:30 am and I haven't done jack. I did skip the tuesday sales meeting:)

Ginko
07-31-2002, 11:40 PM
I went to visit my school today and get my schedule, dates for orientation, etc.

Then I came home and continued work on my website. The main page and such are still under construction (and will be for at least another week or two), but the forums are about 90% complete. Just got through putting the finishing touches on the rules and FAQs...I'm also considering adding a few more sections to the forums.

Additionally, I made a mistake. I signed up with my webhost a few days ago...yesterday I found out I had a XMB Forum for download. It came free with the webhosting!! It's extremely similar to vbulletin.

Well, the day before I found this out, I bought a vbulletin forum. So now I have two forums...the XMB is much further along. I'm in the process of seeing if I can get a refund (it was 295$!!!!!!). I'm still waiting to see what happens with the vbulletin but the XMB forums should be open shortly.

I might give the url out at a later date.

Ginko
08-09-2002, 04:15 AM
Not much going on with me. One of my friends I haven't talked to in 8 years called me up...we are getting together on Sunday to catch up. That's going to be weird as I have no idea what he looks like or what he's been doing...but I guess that's why we're catching up.

I'm headed to Fiesta Texas (Six Flags) in the morning...I haven't been there in 4 years so it should be fun to see what they have added.

And on the last note...The forums for my site are ready to be open. I haven't gotten all the hacks I want on it yet, but I'm working on it...the essentials are there. Now we are going to focus on getting the main site up and running which should be in a couple of weeks hopefully.

I hope this isn't considered advertising or spamming... but here is the link to my forums. I'm sure you'll see more than a few familar faces.

Go ahead and sign up if you would like...Click here. (http://www.gametrigger.net/message)

Ginko
08-13-2002, 06:31 PM
Well, I met two of my friends I haven't seen in quite a while. Matt is going to Washington D.C. for an internship, he leaves on the 20th...and James is going back to Arizona where he is going to school to become a pilot.

We didn't have much time to hang out, so we just saw a movie then went out to eat. Triple X was okay...I wish I hadn't spent 8$ to go see it, but what am I gonna do?

In other news, I have started talking with a website consultant to effectively create, maintain, and market the site. Work on the main site is progressing, but it will probably be another week or two...hopefully in time for PS2 online launch.

If you are interested, I am looking for another Online Arena mod. Either PM me here or visit the link in the previous post, sign up, then U2U me.