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Moovie Night VII: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It finally happened, after all those failures to launch. It’s MOOvie night.

Work was incredibly slow, with most of the schools having activity days celebrating the end of the year. The real work started once I got home.

Jesica came over after work to help prepare her dishes, and then picked up Will after he finished closing the store. Mayra came over as soon as she got out of her store. All the food turned out pretty awesome.

I made a mix of differently seasoned  chicken breasts, some pre-pattied beef/pork burgers from Walmart that were both time-saving and delicious, and the always-loved jalapeño cheddar smoked sausages. The cheese dip was on point with a touch of chili and cream cheese with jalapeños.

I saved Jesica’s twice-baked potato casserole from being a once-baked potato casserole after refusing to let her microwave the potatoes for the first step of cooking. I also baked a cake. Check out my diverse-ass repertoire.

I hated that Jonell couldn’t make it since she seemed to be genuinely excited, but apparently she’s repping the store in San Fran. I’m a little jealous.

Otherwise, I think everything turned out pretty well. Maybe we can finish the series with a low-key double feature. I love doing it big, but it’s always bittersweet when more people don’t show up.

But that’s life I suppose. You go along and then suddenly…Poof!

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End of the Year Review: Year 1

We had a big assembly today to sort of celebrate the end of the year. It was discouraging to hear some of my team fuss over it beforehand, because it seemed like a decent enough event to me. There wasn’t a huge amount of fanfare, but those that were retiring were paraded across the stage as their superiors said words. Employees of the year were recognized, and received some small tokens as well. It’s tough for small departments like ours where we basically have to rotate each other through the process for employee of the month awards, but even in my first year here, I could tell Gary was deserving of the recognition of overall employee of the year. He may put on a grumpy hat most days, but he’s truly one of the greatest guys I’ve ever known, and I’m happy to get to work with him after all these years after graduating together. I never even knew he was that much of a tech guy, but he’s about as sysadmin as you can get.

We got to go home a bit early after the assembly, but I didn’t bother to use any of that time to actually clean the house like I intended. Jesica came over after work, and we went to Walmart to pick up some food for MOOvie Night tomorrow. We ran into Kevin and Brandi, but he has other plans tomorrow. Hopefully I get at least a couple newcomers though.

What’s the difference between a technology tech in this district and a large, deep dish, pepperoni pizza from Domino’s Pizza?

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What’s in a Title?

I kind of hate how slow it’s gotten as it’s coming up toward the end of the year. I feel relatively worthless, and it’s making me less motivated everywhere else.

I finally went to pick up the computer chair I ordered at Walmart. Nothing fancy, but it was 16 bucks. It’d be stupid to pass on that. I guess.

I spent the afternoon playing learning how to use Minecraft: Education Edition so I could teach the teachers. I was supposed to meet with them at the computer lab, but they backed out.

I didn’t do anything else at home aside from watch Google I/O. Nothing too thrilling, but I couldn’t look away. I’m just surprised they didn’t launch another communication app.

Okay Google. Make me better.

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Days of Mediocrity

Not much to remember about today. Stale tacos for lunch? Bleh.

Another kid in trouble for marijuana at school. Kids are dumb.

My dad made a corned beef for dinner, which is one of my favorite things.

I’ll try harder tomorrow.

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Carnival Time!

Today was a long day at work for no particular reason. Oakland had their field day, which kept the staff there super busy. The weather started out super nice all morning, which was awesome on the bike, but then got hot really fast in the afternoon. I’m not ready for full-on summer heat. I need to arrange a good ride and sail before that happens.

After work, I spent some time on the phone being told to call my health insurance company with my questions. I tried calling them admittedly close to closing time, but still early enough that I wouldn’t have expected a “call during business hours” message. Health care is fine, though.

I went to visit my parents for a spaghetti dinner, and they made some garlic bread for me the way we used to when I was growing up, using a loaf of french bread instead of frozen slices they’ve started using in recent years. I think it’s way better that way, so I don’t know why they switched after we moved out.

After dinner, I ran to Shoe Carnival for some new sneakies and a pair of dress shoes since my others were worn from working at Apex. I tried getting the Fort Russellwood guys to help, but was markedly unsuccessful. I happened to finish up right as the guys from AT&T got out, so Mayra and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to get her something to eat, then to Walmart for a couple items.

Mayra seems to be a lot like me when she shops, and it was really nice to have someone similar along for the ride. We went in to pick up a computer chair I ordered the other day and some toothpaste for her, and ended up covering most of the store. She really made it a lot more fun, and I enjoyed having her along for the company. Maybe I can convince her to go again before MOOvie night.

You guys are the opposite of friends. :(

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Mama Mia!

When you’re feeling unmotivated and nothing makes sense, do laundry.
You’re guaranteed at least some minor feeling of accomplishment for the basic task, and it’s a good way to kickstart your mood.

I went to my parents’ house for dinner for Mother’s Day, but Mom wasn’t feeling up to going out, so she cooked for Dad and me.

Allora.

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Congratulations Jesica! You did the thing!

Rough morning after last night. Mom called and wanted to go out to eat. She, Bác Vân, and I went to New China for lunch.

I stopped by Apex and talked to Eric on my way to Jesica’s graduation. I’m proud of her for finishing what she started when I know so many that didn’t. I still feel like university is a joke and unnecessary for most people, but I’ve got to hand it to her for her perseverance.

I’ve been rewatching the first season of Master of None in preparation for the second season that was just released, but also because it has a great soundtrack, and because it just hits me deep down inside somewhere.

We can be shitty to people now, and it’s accepted. It’s one of the great things about being alive today.

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Please don’t let April come

I don’t understand this lull.

Tried to play some games after work. Nobody wanted to play with me.

Jesica invited me over for a movie, but I was too tired to finish.

Wish I was sailing.

I can’t bear the way she looks like she’s in love with everyone.

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Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’…

It’s been hard waking up this week.

I stayed at work late to try and help someone that ended up leaving without me anyway. I guess I thought I was being more helpful than I really was.

After work, Jesica came over and we went to Dairy Queen for a couple Blizzards. I had the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix. Cheese curds were also great. Then it was YouTube for a little while, then bed.

You have sadness living in places sadness shouldn’t live.