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In about 36 hours, I drive off for Gencon. I have not started packing. I have little cash. I have no idea what I'm doing any given day. I quietly dread the possibility of my ex-bosses trying to con me back into being their stooge, if only because I don't much like having to tell them no again.

OTOH, all the time in the...
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And just like that, a nine-month long labor of love goes down the tubes. Plenty of people claimed they wanted to help, but one person aside, this meant that they would give half-assed advice on the few occasions I'd get them to talk at all. There's something terribly painful about losing out on something like this again in two months' time, to what amounts to...
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So.

Did the certification exam Saturday. No idea how well I did, but a goodly portion of the stuff I'd been told would definitely be on it, was not. So much for $3K and hours of studying. No idea if I passed. Nice, long chain of events suddenly snagged by that, since the next exam is in fucking November. For added fun, I don't find...
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Ever have one of those days where you just can't feel for anything? The internship's going well, I'm liking the work and the people, I'm almost done... and yet... I just couldn't bother to go today. It's not counting against me (they've told me to show up when I can, and I do the work hardcore when I'm there, to the point where the manager's...
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Wednesday. Nearly halfway through the internship with Walgreen's. Next week, the hospital.

So far, everything's pretty cool at Walgreen's. Mind, I'm not allowed to do much, since I'm not certified yet. I've also tripped over early warning signs of other employees - one girl told me to ignore some things that later proved to be a huge hassle for everyone else, and another spent the...
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Week one of the internship, which consisted of CD-ROM pseudo-training and playing phone tag to track down materials I needed to start, is over. People at Walgreen's are fun, and seem to think I'm "one of them" already.

So why is it that week two began with a panic attack as I couldn't tie my necktie worth a damn? Good thing my boss isn't to...
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Small update.

Today was supposed to be the first day of my internship, but someone at either the pharmacy or the university screwed the pooch. I don't have the materials I need to get started, and nobody seems to know how to get them.

In contrast, on the last day of class, the teacher pulled me aside, and suggested I go pharmacist. As if that...
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Been a while. Sorry about that, but things reached a head with the gaming gig.

To be honest, this really was just shy of my dream job. I got to write intricate settings, undermine cliches, set up mysteries, etc., and get paid for it. It was an incredible ego boost to go to conventions and have people swarm around, asking me questions.

Unfortunately, I also...
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There. That's my face. Happy?

So...

Class is going well. The only problems I've had so far involve rote memorization of meds/generics/classifications, and from doing math without a calculator. I think I'm going to do well here.

Meanwhile, at the gaming gig...

June 12, 2006 is the release date of my books. I'm half-expecting one of you to figure out my real name through that tidbit, but eh - if...
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