I swear I had something meaningful to say when I hit 'update,' but it seems to have run off and left me while I was reading kaff's entry. Dammit!
Oh yeah! Apparently I was drunkerer (yes, that IS a word) than I thought on Friday night, cus apparently the drummer in the band offered to show me his tool. He emailed me this and asked...
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Oh yeah! Apparently I was drunkerer (yes, that IS a word) than I thought on Friday night, cus apparently the drummer in the band offered to show me his tool. He emailed me this and asked...
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Heh, oops. I hate the Canadian banking system, if I haven't mentioned it before. I deposited a money order on Saturday and figured I would be able to access that cash by Monday, Tuesday at the latest.
WRONG! In Canada, anything you put in the ABM is held for 5 business days, regardless. Why they can't install a button that says 'cash? cheque? money order?'...
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WRONG! In Canada, anything you put in the ABM is held for 5 business days, regardless. Why they can't install a button that says 'cash? cheque? money order?'...
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digipunk:
An over draft protects you from bouncing checks and taking out money before it's deposited. Some banks offer this.
here's a better example:
overdraft protection
A checking account feature in which a person has a line of credit to write checks for more than the actual account balance. Instead of getting charged about $25 for bouncing a check, overdraft protection will in effect provide the account holder with an instant loan. The interest rate will be extremely high, but if it is paid off quickly it is usually much less expensive than the bounced check fee. Some banks do charge a fee when an account balance falls below zero even if the account holder has overdraft protection, but it's still significantly less than the bounced check fee.
[Edited on Jul 13, 2005 4:37PM]
here's a better example:
overdraft protection
A checking account feature in which a person has a line of credit to write checks for more than the actual account balance. Instead of getting charged about $25 for bouncing a check, overdraft protection will in effect provide the account holder with an instant loan. The interest rate will be extremely high, but if it is paid off quickly it is usually much less expensive than the bounced check fee. Some banks do charge a fee when an account balance falls below zero even if the account holder has overdraft protection, but it's still significantly less than the bounced check fee.
[Edited on Jul 13, 2005 4:37PM]
s_eldorado:
Do what I've been meaning to do for ages. Switch to a credit union for your day to day banking and switch to ING Direct for your savings etc.
Credit Unions are WAY nicer to their customers and have lower fees.
ING has the highest savings interest rate in the country and you can do all sorts of banking via ABM and phone and online.
Check them out and tell HSBC to go fuck themselves. You'll thank yourself.
Credit Unions are WAY nicer to their customers and have lower fees.
ING has the highest savings interest rate in the country and you can do all sorts of banking via ABM and phone and online.
Check them out and tell HSBC to go fuck themselves. You'll thank yourself.
Today, work was actually fun. Yeah, it was still data entry, but it involved compiling a list of victims from a certain crime show. Which is kind of morbid, if you think about it (especially when I had to email my boss to ask, 'Hey, do you want just the murder victims or all victims? Like... some of them are just kidnapped, whereas most are...
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killypop:
was just a weird clone of me... 
[Edited on Jul 11, 2005 4:17PM]
[Edited on Jul 11, 2005 4:17PM]
A friend invited me to join her tonight at 10 at the Cock and Bull. Apparently her friend's band is playing. I have no idea whether they're any good, but I was promised free beer. She's also been trying to get me to go for weeks, so I guess I should go. I mean, if you don't support other people, then they won't support you,...
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cinemabrat:
The subject of embarrassing sex stories reminded me of one that a friend of mine once told me:
Many moons ago, this friend was working as a dispatcher for a security firm when a call came in to replace two guards who were the only people guarding a somewhat important suite of offices. One of the guards was injured and his cohort joined him at the hospital.
Panic! Calls like this dont come in often and they usually mean BAD news. Did someone break into the building and tussle with one of the guards? Did one of their weapons go off by accident?
After a few hours, the dispatcher learned the full story from the replacement guards that were sent to the scene:
While doing their rounds, one of the guards discovered a box of discarded fluorescent tubing.
So, after spending about 45 minutes playing Star Wars, and using the tubes as light sabers, these guards decided to come up with other uses for these lights.
Thats when one of the guards suggested: I wonder how far up my ass you can stick one of these things?
His partner obliged.
But unfortunately rectal muscles are quite powerful and the tube was very fragile. The fluorescent light shattered in his colon, exploding glass everywhere, and requiring him to be rushed to hospital.
[Edited on Jul 10, 2005 5:58AM]
[Edited on Jul 10, 2005 5:58AM]
Many moons ago, this friend was working as a dispatcher for a security firm when a call came in to replace two guards who were the only people guarding a somewhat important suite of offices. One of the guards was injured and his cohort joined him at the hospital.
Panic! Calls like this dont come in often and they usually mean BAD news. Did someone break into the building and tussle with one of the guards? Did one of their weapons go off by accident?
After a few hours, the dispatcher learned the full story from the replacement guards that were sent to the scene:
While doing their rounds, one of the guards discovered a box of discarded fluorescent tubing.
So, after spending about 45 minutes playing Star Wars, and using the tubes as light sabers, these guards decided to come up with other uses for these lights.
Thats when one of the guards suggested: I wonder how far up my ass you can stick one of these things?
His partner obliged.
But unfortunately rectal muscles are quite powerful and the tube was very fragile. The fluorescent light shattered in his colon, exploding glass everywhere, and requiring him to be rushed to hospital.
[Edited on Jul 10, 2005 5:58AM]
[Edited on Jul 10, 2005 5:58AM]
kaffeine:
What are you talking about? I've never been caught having sex! I've been walked in on by people who knew perfectly well that I was having sex and should have had better manners, is all....
Well, I promised not to change a word of this, so here goes:
Writers have personas. This journal is, in some respects, very honestly me. But I filter things, because I have an ego that is easily bruised, because I have a specific story that I want to tell, because I don't want to give everything away. Is the writer essentially an actor, with just...
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Writers have personas. This journal is, in some respects, very honestly me. But I filter things, because I have an ego that is easily bruised, because I have a specific story that I want to tell, because I don't want to give everything away. Is the writer essentially an actor, with just...
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Well, kaff and I didn't make it to the open mic this week, but maybe next time. Instead, we had a strangely productive meeting. We usually go off on tangents that involve ogling Suicide Girls, talking about boys, or both. We still did that (mmm, Fractal), but also got some work accomplished as well. I think.
SA called to ask what I was doing after...
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SA called to ask what I was doing after...
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digipunk:
Music always helps with boring stuff. It makes answering and posting other websites news on my site less boring. Especially when i've got like 60 or 70 to code into html.
Weird. My left hand has been peeling also but on the back of the hand mostly. Maybe my left hand is getting sunburnt while i drive.
Weird. My left hand has been peeling also but on the back of the hand mostly. Maybe my left hand is getting sunburnt while i drive.
Hi, Sullen Actor. What *would* Bon do?
Today's to-do list includes:
1. data entry (the money-making and necessary item)
2. lunch with Steven (a Tuesday ritual)
3. caffeine with kaffeine at Kafein (for maximum surreality)
4. possibly venturing down to a skeevy bar that allegedly has open-mic nights every Tuesday, where kaff and I will shill our smutty mag and possible read our dirty poems...
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Today's to-do list includes:
1. data entry (the money-making and necessary item)
2. lunch with Steven (a Tuesday ritual)
3. caffeine with kaffeine at Kafein (for maximum surreality)
4. possibly venturing down to a skeevy bar that allegedly has open-mic nights every Tuesday, where kaff and I will shill our smutty mag and possible read our dirty poems...
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digipunk:
Ha! "Cunning Linguist" that's awesome!
Kafein? Never been there any good?
I've been playing around with using stencils on T-shirts. I hate cutting out the design. I'm not to skilled with the exacto knife.
[Edited on Jul 05, 2005 3:14PM]
Kafein? Never been there any good?
I've been playing around with using stencils on T-shirts. I hate cutting out the design. I'm not to skilled with the exacto knife.
[Edited on Jul 05, 2005 3:14PM]
thelibra:
great username!
Wow, that took less time than I thought it would. I just did my first assignment for this company, and it only took me an hour of cutting and pasting. I'm not sure whether they want the thing in alphabetical order (presumably yes, as that's sort of the point of a spreadsheet, no?), and it seemed to me that some of the email address domains...
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Josey Vogels requested people's best and worst sex stories ever. I probably should've sent her my best sex story to balance out the worst sex story that I sent, but ah well. The worst sex of my young life was with Sullen Actor, and the entire DCB troupe knows about it, so I felt it was already in the public domain and therefore entitled to...
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digipunk:
Congrats on the job. What kind of job is it?
digipunk:
Cool working at home rocks!
That sounds like the Dainty brand rice. That stuff is pretty good, especially the rice pilaf.
[Edited on Jul 03, 2005 10:59PM]
That sounds like the Dainty brand rice. That stuff is pretty good, especially the rice pilaf.
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Wow. The show was way better than I thought it would be, and we made quite fistfull of money. I think the DCBs should definitely put on more shows this summer, and although I dunno if I will ever see any of that cash in my pocket (well, aside from paying for the props I bought), I like working with them. And now that I...
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Well, kids, tonight's the night. The Dancing Cock Brothers are on at 9pm at Club One, so if you haven't been personally invited yet, consider this your invitation. Be there with ten bucks and some drinking money and any friends you might have and pack the house!
I hope the show goes well. I will be the one taking your money at the door, so...
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I hope the show goes well. I will be the one taking your money at the door, so...
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I'm always wondering if there's no such thing as coincidence, if every time I hear a song on the radio that seems appropriate, the universe is trying to tell me something. For example, last night as Actor Boy drove me home we were listening to a radio station that normally plays no chick music whatsoever. Garbage came on with a song called 'Bad Boyfriend.' The...
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s_eldorado:
Lose him, he's clueless.
He needs to wake up and realize that you can get exactly what you want just by being honest. Honesty is a great filter. If someone doesn't like what you're looking for, they'll tell you! You don't waste their time and they don't waste yours. What a concept.
Sorry, I'm just still slightly mad because a guy just completely dicked around one of my best friends recently.
Hope things work out for you either way.
/random journal stalk
He needs to wake up and realize that you can get exactly what you want just by being honest. Honesty is a great filter. If someone doesn't like what you're looking for, they'll tell you! You don't waste their time and they don't waste yours. What a concept.
Sorry, I'm just still slightly mad because a guy just completely dicked around one of my best friends recently.
Hope things work out for you either way.
/random journal stalk
kaffeine:
I remember everyone sucking at Booklover's Trivial Pursuit.....