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Yep, another week off for me. I don’t really have anything planned at all. Should be enjoyable just to have the time off at least. Especially after maybe… 105+ hours of work in the last two weeks.

The poker chips I’ve been babbling about in various places finally got here a few days ago, they’re really nice!

And now I’ll subject you all to pictures! Muhahah!

My camera has been annoying lately. And/or my batteries. Plus, the battery cover on my camera broke a while back, so it doesn’t really stay in place without holding onto it, or taping it in place. Which sucks.

The new job is going pretty good so far, I’m enjoying it much more than I expected. I was really nervous before I started, and even while thinking about applying (and before my interview). But there’s not much to it, really. And I guess I’m a bit more vocal/whatever now, should get better at that eventually, too.

Long hours though, at least I’m kept busy the whole time. There’s never enough time to finish everything you’d like to get done. Last week I think I had almost 44 hours, and about the same this week. That’s a ton of overtime. I’m afraid of the taxes…

Off tonight and tomorrow though, which is cool. I’ll get to play some poker tonight with the guys (need to have a regular Thursday night game, since I’ll always be off!). Too bad my clay poker chips from ASM won’t be here, I ordered them last Friday and mailed my payment on Monday. I doubt I’ll have them before next Thursday, but should have them before my vacation at least. I’ll be sure to post pictures and an update when I do get them.

Just to let everyone know, I did get the support manager position! Still getting used to it, but I think I’ll enjoy it.

At least I’ll have regular days off now, every Wednesday and Thursday. No weekends, but if I ever need a weekend off for something, that can easily be arranged now that we have two support managers on nights.

Well, today marks the third year of working nights at Wal-Mart. And to celebrate, I get a raise and an interview for a support manager position on nights. We have one now, plus an assistant manager. It was mentioned months and months ago that a second would be added at some point, and they finally posted the job listing a couple of weeks ago. It would involve another raise, plus somewhat different job responsibilities (I’m already often doing a lot of what that position is meant to do). Plus, it would also go well with the Business degree I’m trying to work on – be it experience in management type stuff, or education stuff helping at work.

And regarding the topic, I’m on vacation! Started Saturday, after a couple of weeks of having extra time off due to Canada Day and a personal day (a paid day off each year). I haven’t done much so far, but I don’t have to go back to work until the 18th. And then another week off sometime in August. If the weather and my camera cooperates, I really should get out to take some pictures. It’s been far too long since I’ve done that.

I’ve hardly played EQ2 at all since my last entry, near a month I guess. Computer troubles plus some slight boredom in the game is the cause, I guess. I’m not abandoning it, just taking a bit of a break. I (finally) picked up Civilization 3 Complete last week, that’s such a fun game. So addictive. I can’t wait until Civilization 4 is out, the changes in that game sound so nice.

I’m still on a night-time schedule, so it’s time to do some reading before getting some sleep. Hopefully some BBQ and poker tonight, with my job interview in between (and many beer after that)!

It sure has been a while since my last entry here. Even on LJ, I haven’t been posting very much. And that’s pretty strange for me.

Not a lot has really been going on, though. I’ll have been working at Wal-Mart for three years in a few weeks. Doesn’t seem like that long at all. Even the time spent playing EverQuest II since November doesn’t seem like such a long time. I’m currently not playing it as much now though, partly because of being exhausted from work quite often, and partly from my video card starting to be flaky. More and more often I’m getting weird graphics glitches (but only on 3D games), I guess it’s time to pick up a new video card.

What I have been playing more often lately is poker. Mainly Texas Hold ‘Em. In actual games with friends, local small tournaments, and online (though only for play money or freerolls there for now). Nothing high stakes, just $5-10 a game with friends.

As for internet poker, there seem to be billions of online poker sites around. I’ve tried a few different ones, a few of which seemed to be ok. First, JetSetPoker. They have simple software, plenty of action, and games with blinds as low as 1c/2c in case I ever decide to throw a few bucks that way.

Not satisfied, I checked out PokerRoom. Their software is more impressive, and also has a variety of free gaming options, but they seem to be more geared towards higher-stake games. $5/10 blinds aren’t to my liking at all.

Somehow lately, I stumbled across PokerChamps, probably from browsing around various poker sites online. Their software isn’t just a clone of every other online place, and is quite impressive. They also have games with blinds as low as 2c/4c, which I like. And a Freeroll tournament every hour, all day. With a $35 prize pool, top 28 positions paid. Worth a shot, for free. Even more impressive is that some well-known people in the poker world are running it – Gus Hansen and Tony G. That gives me a little more confidence for playing for money there, if I ever do that. Some affiliate program as well, but I’d recommend it just from using the software and the various options they have.

I have some vacation time coming up, maybe I’ll actually have something worthwhile to post about then.

Niv was telling me the other day I should update my weblog or die, or delete the whole thing, or something to that effect. So, here it is!

I basically just have very little free time at the moment. Still working full time on nights, and I’m at school for an extra four hours three days a week (only two hours of class, the rest is the time between work and class, and the bus ride home). The other few hours I have before going to bed is usually spent playing Everquest II.

Upgrades! Wonderful computer upgrades! Since my last update, so many months ago, I’ve bought more stuff. A nice set of Logitech Z3e speakers, upgraded to a full 2 GB of PC3200 DDR400 RAM, and a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz CPU. Fun stuff. I also finally have a decent headset mic, so I’m able to use voice chat while playing a game with Roger Wilco, or in general with Skype or something similar.

But for now, I’m off to get ready for work again. Can’t wait for my next weekend off (next weekend). I hope my half-assed entry was enjoyable :)

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