Daniel E. Renfer’s Blog

Pretty much the first thing I did today, once I got around to doing things was, I went over to Christin’s. She was napping because the baby was napping. You have to take the sleep you can get when you have a little baby. We were out in her yard for a little bit. Cindel kept looking at me and smiling. Christin was joking that it looks like I have a new girlfriend. I think she’s just a tad too young for me though. Seeing as I’m 22 and she’s not even 1/2.

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I had to set the snooze alarm this morning because I was so tired. The past few days, I hadn’t been getting all the sleep I needed. I had to stop and get some gas, but I didn’t have all that much money. I grabbed some pop tarts and chocolate milk.

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Okay, fuck the past. I took some time off from making LJ posts a while back, and then I found myself over a week behind. I tried my hardest to try to catch up, but I’ve found that since I don’t have all that much time to write anymore, and I really didn’t feel like trying to write a post from a week and a half ago, that it was really short. I give up. I’m just going to do last night. If you want to know what happened to me in the missing days, you’ll just have to ask me.

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Work. Day 3. I got my ftp server up and running again. For some reason I can’t control my Winamp from here. Very disappointing.

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Work… Okay, class. It’s not really work. I’m just learning all the stuff that we need to know to do this job, and since I already know a good deal of it already, I tend to get quite bored. So I worked on my AliceBot.

Came home. Watched part of Boondock saints with my family. Kali called, talked to her for quite a bit. Talked to my brother. Went to bed.

The downside of having a job again, is it is so easy to just waste a day. I didn’t feel like going out and doing anything. Since I only have a few hours of usable time after work, it’s really easy to let that time pass.

Today was my first day at my new job. I woke up with plenty of time to spare. I guess all those days of getting to bed really early paid off. I was surprised at how many people are in my class. I didn’t think they would be hiring that many people.

The first day was just orientation. This means that we didn’t even turn on the computers. We just went over the details of the benefits and what-not. Comcast has a whole bunch of benefits. I’m going to have to buy some stock.

The office where I work is really cool. It’s huge, full of modern conveniences, air conditioned (oh so important) has a gym, a game room, a half basketball court, and a huge lunch room with full kitchen. Lunch was provided to us the first day, but I’ll have to handle lunches from here on out

I went to Ken and Christin’s after work. Kali was there. I brought my

magic deck to play a game. Turns out, I had grabbed the wrong deck. I still beat Ken, but that deck takes longer to go off. Kali fed Cindel, but she waited to go back to her

mommy before she threw up. Later, I went to Brian’s. I got a copy of the Laziboy CD off of Mike. It’s pretty good. I was listening to it all this week because I had left my CD’s at my dad’s by mistake. I went home as soon as Wrestling was over. I have to start getting up early now.

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I just beat my all time high score in Snake 2 on my phone… My new score is 1207. That’s going to be nearly impossible to beat

I woke up so incredibly early today. Like 5:30 early. My

house can be really boring if there is nothing to do. I got some laundry done, and then I worked out a little bit. I really need to start working out more often. Everytime I try to work out, i end up so completely sore the next day. And I’m not even pushing myself all that hard.

I went to breakfast with my

mom and Jeff. We wanted to go to the new Bob Evens in Canton, but they were way too busy, so we went to the one by the airport instead. I tried the Farmer’s Omelet. I’m usually not much of a vegetable eater, but I’ve been trying to eat more veggies lately. My

mom got a chicken cordon bleu thing. I would have gotten it too, had I known it was a breakfast thing, but by that time it was a little too late.

After breakfast, i headed off to Jackson. I was getting the weird feeling like my

car was going to break down. (more premonitions coming through) I got to just outside of Jackson, when I started to smell something burning. Next thing I knew, my power steering goes out. I’m also worried whether or not I would make it on the amount of gas I had. I’m pulling off the highway, totally afraid that I’m going to stall out, and trying to figure out what happened to my power steering, when i notice that it’s now overheating. Great! What else could go wrong?

I show up at my

Dad’s house. He’s stringing up my “Brother’s” new guitar. My

dad picked up a Squire Stratocaster with whammy bar and everything for Andy’s birthday. The only thing is… My

dad really likes it too. So they will be trading off whenever possible. I’m happy, because you could now say that I have a guitar. It’s not mine or anything, but it will always be sitting in the loft, right next to where I sit, so I can use it just about any time I want. Now I just need to learn how to play. That was one of my goals for myself. i was going to try to learn the guitar. Too bad I don’t have one lick of musical talent.

My

dad got a new grill / cooler for fathers day. He was very happy with it. I have to say… It’s pretty cool. You can grill, then reach down below and grab a beer. We also looked at my

car. Turns out that my Idler had seized up, and it burned through my belt. I had flashbacks to when they were fixing my water pump. They guy told me that I had a crack in my hose that would need to be replaced, and that my idler was going, and that I would need to get that fixed. I declined to have them do the work at the time, so I guess it just took until now for it to hit me.

We left to take Nicky to work, and get the parts for my

car. My

dad paid for the part. (how nice of him) Next, we went to Jeff’s. (The guy that my

dad

works with) I have known Jeff

my entire life, and never knew that he smoked, let alone that his wife was my

Dad’s hook-up. I guess you learn something new all the time. They had two girls about my age. (one a little younger) I knew that I knew them from somewhere, but couldn’t quite place it. It turns out I had met them years before, at their wedding reception. It’s funny, last time I saw them, they had to be about 9 or so. A lot has changed since then.

We went back. My

dad made some of the best roast you have ever tasted. Andy was playing around on his new guitar. We fixed my

car. Why do they make the space under the hood so tight? It’s a good thing, had we not gotten my

car fixed, I wouldn’t have made it to work.

Andy and I head back to Garden City. I went over to Melissa’s house. It was the one year anniversary of our break up. (I know, it’s not really something that is celebrated) She had either forgotten, or thought it was a different day. A lot has happened in this past year. I’ve changed a whole lot from that person I used to be. I miss her, but some of the things that have happened to me, some of the things I’ve realized about myself, I wouldn’t give up for the world.

And that’s about all I did this day…

Today was pretty much of a waste for me. I was sick the night before, and I pretty much just felt like being alone at home. My headache was coming and going. That’s the problem with headaches like that. You may think you’ve found some relief, but next thing you know, it’s back in full force.

I went to Ken and Christin’s for a little bit. It was a very nice day out. We sat out in the yard and played a couple games of Magic. I was having a good time, but then my head started to hurt to bad, so I went home to lie down.

I watched a few movies and some TV. (exciting huh?)

I started to get bored so I went out to look for something to do. I decided to go check out the carnival at the GC park. The only person I saw that I knew was Brad. (My

brother’s friend) I saw a ride that took four tickets. Seeing as tickets were being sold for a dollar a piece, (or 20 for $20) I figure that it would cost me $4 to ride that ride. I was alone, I was sick, and I was broke. So the carnival didn’t seem all that fun to me.

I went home and spent the rest of the night at home. I ended up falling asleep really early

I went out to see Kali for lunch for the last time. I can’t even remember how I got started going out to see her. I used to go to Southgate all the time to see her when she worked at Homestead, and when she went to Shore, I just changed the way I turned to get on the highway. I’m going to miss our times together those afternoons. It was pretty much the only time I knew we would have together. After work, was always somewhat of a crap shoot. I have all these things to do on different given nights, and she has a boyfriend that takes up a good deal of her time. So I never know when I will be able to see her outside of work, but those lunch breaks were our time.

We went back to the park. It was such a great day. We sat on the dock and watched the fish jumping in the river. Okay, I saw the fish, she always missed them. It seems kinda ironic that I’ve driven that way so many times, and right before I could actually make use of that driving time, she quits her job.

The next thing I really did was I picked up John. We went over to Ryan’s house. I had him listen to the new Weird Al CD. They handed me a book on the fourth dimension. I tried reading it a little bit, but it was a little too off for me. (And I’m considered somewhat of an authority on the fourth dimension) I started getting this horrendous headache. I could feel the blood vessels on the side of my head throbbing.

We went over to Schnyder’s house for the jam. My headache was getting really bad. They started playing and it just got so much worse. I made it through only two songs before I just had to go. I couldn’t handle it anymore.

I went home and just laid in bed. I know that I was kinda wasting my Friday night, but I was in so much pain and I just really didn’t care. I watched the season premiere of Stargate. One thing I’ve noticed about that show… It’s really good, but by the end, I have no idea what’s going on anymore. I was trying to talk to Candice, and my IM window was over my TV window, and I’m not very good at moving windows using only a keyboard. I suppose I could have just gotten up, went to the other room and used the mouse, but I was just too lazy. Did I mention I had a really bad headache? After all that, I just went to bed.

Since Melissa was quitting her job, we decided that we would make the best of the time we had left, and I would go out there her last few days. I waited for her to call, but she never did. Christin called me, and wanted me to come over. I figured that I would have a little bit of time free, so I went over there. I hung out with her for a bit, and talked her into coming with me. We called and said that we would be there in a little bit.

A little bit turned out to be a little more than a little bit. I had broken my watch a few days before and it was really bothering me. I am obsessive about checking the time. I don’t really need to know what time it is, but I feel comfort in knowing the time. So I keep looking at my arm, expecting to see my watch, finding it’s not there, feeling stupid, and having to find another clock.

We fixed my watch. We took some twisty ties. I poked 2 holes through my watch band, and tied the part that broke to it. Not a very pretty solution, but until I can afford to buy a new watch, or at least get a new watch band, it’ll have to do. Of course, I also found out that I had lost the little ring that holds the excess band down. Looks like I’ll need another tie for that. God, I feel so ghetto.

We packed up the baby, and headed out to Ann Arbor. I realized that, for as long as she has been working there, I’ve been trying to make a left turn in the middle of the busiest part of Washtenaw Ave, instead of at the protected left turn light. I feel so stupid, and to think that I only discovered this 2 days before she quits.

When it’s just me and her, it’s okay to just sit in my car and talk in front of her work, but we had the baby as well, so we went to Denny’s. The Denny’s is right there in the Parking Lot/Street, but we had never gone there because Kali doesn’t like Denny’s. I don’t really like Denny’s either, but I’ve found myself at the Westland one enough to be considered a semi-regular.

I didn’t have all that much money. I was down to my last $20. I should be able to pay for Melissa though. We ordered a side of cheese fries to split. All Christin wanted was the apple crisp. Our waitress wasn’t very good. I’ve had enough waitresses in enough restaurants to consider myself a pretty good judge of customer service talent. (And then I over-tip regardless) She brought our fries out, and then told Christin that they were all out of apple crisp. You don’t think they could have told her that a little earlier? The cheeses fries weren’t that good. They used normal cheese and just melted it. We ate it anyway, so I guess it wasn’t all that much of a loss. Christin had to order something else.

Christin had to pay using her debit card. Now I know how other people must feel when they are behind me and I use my card. When I was getting direct deposit, I almost never had all that much cash on me. If I’m carrying cash, I’m more liable to spend it. This woman was just slow though. I didn’t really mind, but there was another woman that was getting a little impatient.

We went back to Garden City, I left to go home. Driving home, I started to get this really weird feeling. I was thinking about the time I got into my accident. I had this really bad feeling like I was going to get hit, on the right side, pretty soon.

I went home, Jacob came over, and we played a couple games of Magic. He had been trying to get a hold of John all day, but John hadn’t called him back yet. That’s one of the complaints a lot of people have had about him lately. He will call incessantly. We finally got a hold of him. Jacob went to pick him up, and I was to meet them over at Ryan’s. We go over there, and we all take off to go over to Andy’s house to play Shadowrun.

I’m trying to turn left onto Inkster rd. The street is really busy. We’re really close to the light. So close that the traffic is backed up past the street that I’m on. Thankfully the cars give me a space to pull out. I see my chance, and go to pull out into the left turn lane. I get my nose out into the lane and realize… There is no left turn lane here. Furthermore, there is a car coming my way, and I’m halfway into the lane. I have two options at this point. I can try to throw my car in reverse, and back into Jacob, or I can try to gun it, and hope that I can make it. I gunned it, I didn’t make it. The other car hits me right behind the back door.

I pull off onto the next side street. She pulls in behind me, followed by her daughter, who was following her, and Jacob, who was following me. My car isn’t very badly damaged, worse than hers is. The lady (an older lady) was okay, but her daughter had to be one of the biggest bitches I’ve ever met. She right off the bat insisted on calling the cops. This is not turning out to be a very good day for me.

The daughter was being very combative. I tried to explain what happened, and she responded. “So you’re trying to tell me you had no idea there was no left turn lane on Inkster. What are you not from around here? I’m not even from around here and I knew that.” She made me so angry that I had to walk away from her lest I lose my temper. (Anyone that knows me, knows that’s not very easy to do) The cop showed up, wrote me a ticket for not changing my address on my driver’s license (I still have the apartment), for having the wrong proof of insurance, and for the accident.

I went to Shadowrun. This week ran much better than the previous. We didn’t have any of the problems of character creation slowing us down. We have a pretty big group. (5) And a big group like that can sometimes cause problems. No real problems so far. I don’t know what’s going to happen with the group due to my new job. (at the time of this writing, it’s later on tonight)

Afterwards, I took Jeff home, John came with me. Jacob took Ryan home, and was going to hang out there with him. I think we were supposed to go back over there, but we didn’t. We went over to Dave’s. Dave and Jacob have been fighting a little bit. (see complaint above) I stayed there for a little bit, but I needed to try to get to sleep early, because I need to try to adjust my sleeping schedule so I can handle having a semi-morning job.

I went out to Ann Arbor. Turns out that Kali quit her

job. She’s been getting progressively more unhappy with that place all the time. Her last day will be Friday. We went to a park that she knew about. Neither of us had any money, so we just sat on the bank of the Huron river and talked instead of getting anything to eat. It was such a nice day out, and the park was so cool. There was an Amtrak train that went by. This reminded me of something…

When we were engaged, our plan for our honeymoon was, we were going to take a train to Toronto and catch a play, stay in a hotel, what not. Well I found out last weekend that that was pretty much what my parents did for their honeymoon. I just thought that that was kinda interesting. It’s a remarkable coincidence.

I went over to Jeff’s house. His little brother was playing Enter The Matrix. That’s a pretty cool game. I don’t play video games myself, but I enjoy watching them. He has more brother’s than I knew about. His “Dad” is kinda a dick. I’m not really sure if he’s his real father or not. We went to Game Spot. I played the new Hulk game. Surprisingly, I found it quite enjoyable. It was one of those games where you go around and fight guard after guard. I got to the first boss, when he killed me. I’m sure that if I were to play it more often, I could have beaten him. I got close, but it took me a bit to figure out how to kill him. Jeff bought some new Dreamcast games.

We went back to his

house to play the games he had just gotten. He got two racing games and a flying game. I hate games with too much locked at the beginning of the game. Having something to unlock is fine, it gives you something to play for, but if you’re only given one plane, or can only afford one car, it kinda hampers the enjoyability of the game. We were flying around trying to land on the plateau in the game. Too bad neither of us had figured out how to apply actual brakes. I guess he later figured it out.

I went home (saw Raychel as I was leaving), and was there for a while. I was supposed to hang out with Kali later on. (We’ve been hanging out on Wednesdays) but she called me up to tell me that she wasn’t feeling very good, so would just be staying home. So what to do now? I called Andy back, but he had something else to do… so that was out. I have other options, but I wasn’t really in the mood to go and do any of them.

I was filled with that horrible uneasiness. It’s this feeling I get in the pit of my chest, like I need something, but don’t know what. I drove around for a bit, but driving around by myself just doesn’t hold the same appeal that it used to. I went to the park and rollerbladed. It was getting late and was kinda cool. They were setting up the carnival. I did my few laps, felt tired afterwards, but that uneasiness had somewhat abated. I went home. There was some Arby’s waiting for me. I talked to my

brother for a bit, and then went to bed.

The lady from Comcast called me back. She had found Superior Communication. It turns out it is in Oak Park, not Southfield. Who knew? Now she had another problem. FedEx had no record of me working there. I told her that I didn’t work for FedEx, but for Addecco. A temp agency. She should now have enough info to do my background check.

Christin called me up. Every time I answer the phone she says something like “Wow, you picked up” Now I know that it’s somewhat unlikely to catch me at home, and I usually don’t answer the phone here, because most of the time it’s not for me anyway, but you don’t have to be surprised every single time. I went over to Christin’s for a little bit. She had just bought some candle holders and needed help putting them up. We were arguing about where exactly to put them. I still think the one may be a little too low. I left because I had other things to do, and she wanted to go to Michael’s to pick up some shelves. She has so many nick-knacks. She’s a bigger pack rat than even I am.

Next, I went to Michelle’s. She was having some problems with her computer, and needed me to help her work on it. Candice was there. She was babysitting Cindel for Christin. I had to re-install Windows ME on her computer. God, that operating system is such a piece of crap. I just can’t wait till I have to deal with it’s problems on an everyday basis. I really hate bundled software. It’s bad enough that I have to muck about with a sub-standard OS, but to have to sit there and watch it install a bunch of crap and free offers. That’s just too much.

I installed a shoutcast server and some software to control it the night before. That meant that I was able to listen to my Mp3’s over at her house. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do anything with it at work, but it will be cool if I can. I went for such a long time without using Winamp. I used to use it for everything, but lately, I’ve just been relying on Windows Media Player.

I called Comcast back to check that everything was going well. She was still having problems with Superior, but she said that I would be okay to start work. I have to go in at 9 on Monday. and then 10 every day after that. Now, I normally don’t wake up till about 11 on a normal day. I’m going to have to adjust my sleep schedule. I’ll have a day job again. at least I won’t be starting incredibly early. I think I should be able to handle this. I’ll be getting off work at 7, meaning that I will still have plenty of time to do what ever I want afterwards.

Next, I went to Candice’s. Things went somewhat well, I guess. They had a double episode of Smallville. No Gilmore Girls today. I wasn’t feeling very well. I never am feeling well. I really need to go see a doctor. That will be my first priority as soon as I get health insurance. I stayed till about midnight, and then I had to go home. I need to start getting to bed earlier anyway.