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This has been one of those days where I should never have gotten out of bed in the first place.. Aside from spending six hours I can't even bill for on troubleshooting a piece of gear so new that NO ONE seems to know anything about it, I have been subjected to all sorts of phone calls from people who want me to hire them. This wouldn't be bad except for the fact that it seems like they didn't even read the fucking ad I posted! I know I wrote that 5 years of field experience was REQUIRED, yet I'm getting calls from people who are either still in school or just out of school. Sure they have the book smarts, but that's no substitute for real experience. Is it just me or does it seem like the idiots are multiplying at alarming rates? I guess I just don't have any tolerance for people who can't even read the ad for the job they're applying for..

I'd really like to go out tonight and get stupid drunk, but I have to be up at the ungodly hour of 5:30 tomorrow morning, so that kinda fucks up that whole idea.. I suppose I'll stay home and look at porn on the interweb instead..

I took a couple of new pics today now that my little office is finished. As you can see from the new pics, I'm looking less and less like myself these days.. Working for certain clients has made it necessary for me to start looking like a professional. *rolls eyes* I hate this.. It's not me.. I miss NYC and getting paid $100 an hour even when I went to work in jeans and a t-shirt with hair down to my shoulders. I really don't see what the hell my appearance has to do with my skills.. I remember back in the day when the worse you looked, the more money they paid you! I remember going to work in black jeans, combat boots, and some sort of offensive t-shirt. I didn't have to remove my piercings, and nobody cared what length or color my hair was.. They hired me because I knew what the fuck I was doing and I had a reputation for being a miracle worker with computers and electronics. I taught myself more than any class I ever took could teach me. I've been building computers and other electronic equipment since I was a little kid. When my friends were asking for transformers or GI-Joe for Christmas, I was asking for an oscilloscope and computer books. I was building media center PC's before they even knew what to call them! So yeah... I have a problem with some corporate jackass telling me I have to dress a certain way to work in his office. Go call geek squad motherfucker!

Ok.. I'll stop ranting now.. It's time to cook dinner and finish reading my new book.