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September 3rd, 2009

12:25 am - Motorcycle Battery Died I planned to bring my motorcycle to my stepdad's shop to clean the carburetor but it turns out the battery is dead and is not starting the engine. After a few hours of dissecting and reassembling the damn thing, I just said screw trying to charge the old battery and bought a new one off eBay. Current Mood: sad

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July 9th, 2009

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July 7th, 2009

12:31 am - Home Refinance I refinanced my loan on my house recently. This was a big step but I am glad it's taken care of finally. Now just to pay it off for the next 30 years... Current Mood: relieved

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May 28th, 2009

04:29 pm - Expensive New Kitty As it turns out, my new kitty had a respiratory infection. I had to take him to the vet yesterday and they gave him a shot and a bunch of medicine for him to take daily until this thing heals up. I am to give him an antibiotic orally twice a day, eye drops to help his eye get better, and ear drops to help his ear. This 'free' cat I got for Mother's Day has so far cost me $100 bucks. Whew. Current Mood: optimistic

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May 10th, 2009

02:54 pm - New Kitty Acquired! My mom saw an article in the paper today. The humane society is giving away free cats and kittens for Mother's Day if I brought my mother to the shelter. About 30 minutes later we both walked out with an adorable baby kitty! I haven't figured out what to call him but I'm working on that... and I will get some pictures up later. Current Mood: excited

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April 5th, 2009

11:14 pm - Home Improvement Update My friend and I did a ton of work to the house this weekend. Val came over and trimmed all the hedges in the back yard. He did one hell of a job and the cleared area gives enough area to work with so I can begin placing the outdoor ambient lighting. While he was working on the hedges, I was busy painting the last segment of the fence and the mailbox. I was lucky to finish both before the sun set and I must say I am really impressed with how it turned out. I used a black enamel that looks very nice when dry. I saved a few hundred bucks buying new equipment and everything so I'm very happy. For the less modern lighting outside, I bought small tiki torches that are going to be used for pool parties to add a nice touch at night. I also bought 8 bags of rubber mulch. Supposedly, the coloring in this stuff lasts longer than real mulch, up to 15 years. Now I just need to find out the best place to lay it out. Current Mood: accomplished

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April 1st, 2009

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March 2nd, 2009

09:12 pm - Water Softener Clock Timer Broke My water softener stopped working a few weeks ago. It took me a while to figure out it wasn't working because I never really understood how they work. After dissecting the water softener clock timer assembly, I've found that one of the tiny gears broke its teeth and prevented the timer from going into regenerate mode. I am in the process of ordering it now so hopefully I will get it soon. It's pretty cool that within a couple of days I now understand completely how home water system work. Current Mood: accomplished

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January 21st, 2009

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December 31st, 2008

12:50 am - Up in the attic, wirin' my ethernet Well, this year I was a very good boy and decided to buy a early Christmas present: 2 rackmount servers off a company on craigslist. That's right, for around 300 bucks I bought some awesome servers, each with at least a gig of memory, RAID 5 on one and RAID 10 on the other. Do want. I just spent the last 3 hours in the attic fishing shielded twisted pair ethernet across one part of the house to the other. Jesus christ that kind of job is hard on the joints! Anyway, I finally got most of the cabling installed so I reorganized the office area to drop down cable to where a rack cabinet will be located. *coughs pink asbestos* Current Mood: optimistic

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December 1st, 2008

09:58 pm - Feeling Better After The Flu Well, all last week I had the flu. I was sick as a dog freezing my tail off one minute and then burning up the next. Thankfully, I can eat food again and I am slowly regaining my appetite. I am glad that I am feeling better now. Current Mood: relieved

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November 22nd, 2008

02:01 pm - Witnessed a Hit-and-Run Near My Parents' House After the incident with my friend, I was on my way driving to my parents' house when I was a witness to another traffic collision. I was about to turn to go to the street to get to my parents' house when a truck pulled out in front of me and started weaving on each side of the street. There was a stop light with multiple cars parked in front of him but I could tell he wasn't doing anything to stop his vehicle. The white truck hit a minivan with kids in it at the light going around 45 mph and slammed it into the middle of the intersection. After crashing, the truck sped off trying to escape. Shortly afterwards, I turned on my exit and did a u-turn and gave the woman in the minivan my contact information to let her know that I was a witness. Thankfully, another citizen followed him just enough to get his license plate and he was arrested shortly afterward. He sounds like a pretty lowlife to hit a minivan with kids in it and run off trying to save his sorry ass. Current Mood: contemplative

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01:54 pm - My Friend Got Hit By A Truck! I got a phone call from my friend at work and I found out he got hit by a truck in a parking lot! The truck driver is completely at fault and my friend clearly had the right-of-way. Needless to say, I was a bit concerned. As soon as I flew over to see him, I took him to the local hospital emergency room. They took multiple x-rays and gave him a tetanus shot. Thankfully after everything was said and done, nothing was broken and he was diagnosed only with 'deep tissue compression'. I am feeling relieved that he is okay.. now the only thing is to demand payment from the driver of that truck.. Current Mood: relieved

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November 13th, 2008

12:14 am - Floating Shelves After 2 hours boring holes into concrete with my power drill, I finally got the floating shelves installed. Sorry, my cell phone camera sucks. I bought these because I like the floating look.. but I think my cat is stupid enough to try to jump on the shelf causing everything to come crashing down. If he does that.. dead kitty. Current Mood: accomplished

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November 3rd, 2008

10:00 pm - Property Taxes Today I got the bill in the mail for the property taxes assessed on my house and went to the tax collector to pay 'em. Quick and easy, I suppose.. all for living in a house. I am glad that is over though. Current Mood: blank

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09:58 pm - Work Surprise and Relaxation Well, as it turns out my bosses surprised me Sunday. They announced that we did a great job and let us have Monday off with another day of our own choosing. In addition, they gave us each a certificate for a 55-minute massage at a local spa and massage parlor! This was completely unexpected and definitely helps with the death march we had at work last weekend. Current Mood: happy

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October 30th, 2008

12:27 pm - Work Is Getting To Me I have been really stressed out recently due to working so much. A few weeks back I almost had a nervous breakdown and that prompted me to take part of my vacation for this year the following week. I relaxed and enjoyed myself although I didn't really travel anywhere. I had me-time and that made me happy. Now, it seems weekends where I get the entire weekend off is few and far between. I am a salary position and just got a raise however it seems as though that was to buy the right for me to work the weekends. I don't know.. I feel as though work is really getting to my morale. I talked to one of my co-workers about work and it seems that competing software companies in Naples pay their developers 20k more than us, supposedly starting out. I wouldn't feel as bad if I get some part out of what I am working on.. maybe stock options /ownership in the company.. just to feel like I own what I put my soul into. Current Mood: depressed

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October 25th, 2008

12:43 am - Two Year Anniversary at Work Yesterday marks the 2nd year anniversary of me working at my company. The bosses took me out to lunch and gave me a nice raise so I'm now happy fox! Current Mood: happy

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October 11th, 2008

11:18 pm - Interested Roommate? I am just throwing the idea out there, but I wanted to see if anyone was interested in being my roommate at my house. I own a 3 bedroom 2 bath house + den, pool deck, volleyball court, outdoor BBQ deck with wet bar, and outdoor toolshed. I was thinking of renting out one/two of the guest bedrooms out for around $450 bucks with power/internet/water/oxygen supplied. The house is located in Naples in the Golden Gate Estates. Anyone interested? Current Mood: curious

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