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The Highway I Take to Work

Michael — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:45:36 +0000

Here’s a sweet panorama of highway 36 heading into Boulder, CO. As you scroll to the right, you will notice how sloppy I am when it comes to iPhone photography and half-assed image stitching. But the mountains should make up for it.

Art, Music, and Work

Michael — Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:24:37 +0000

I was just reading some journal entries from people on the livejournal, and it inspired me to write another entry. Usually, I think of good things to write whenever my computer is off. Then I forget about them.

So here’s today’s entry of importance:

I’m trying to get some of my paintings back from a local tax business/art gallery here in Iowa City, and I have found that is difficult to do when operating on this damned night-work sleeping schedule, which I will hopefully not be talking about much longer. I overslept about a half hour on my day off and missed the (kind of) appointment I had with the owner dude, so I will see him on a weekday, I imagine.

Furthermore, my good friend from the Kansas City Art Institute sent me a good CD of mp3s for Christmas, and I would be listening to those. Iron Maiden, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and Grob are always good for a quality listen.

The other day I was having trouble falling asleep, so I thought of all the shitty short-term manual labor jobs I’ve had in the past and present. It was a good technique to get me tired, and I do recommend it.

Christmas and New Year’s Eve

Michael — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 17:41:58 +0000

I see it has been a while since I’d have writtened in here. And I guess now the while is over for a while.

Since the holiday season has just gone by, I suppose I could mention Christmas- and New Year’s-related topics. The clever would write "holidaze" and that is alright with me. I will write a list in a businesslike manner:

Christmas:

7 days in Topeka, KS
Completely flipped my sleeping schedule to be awake during the day
"Lucky," the family cat, put to sleep
Some grieving
Many card games
Met my mom’s boyfriend
Got some good Boogie Down Productions CDs
Turned 25 years old
Got the digital camera I’d been saving for
Sat around
Nightly walks with the dog

New Year’s:

Midnight, New Year’s Eve passed without incident
Because I was stocking ice cream toppings at the grocery store
Wrote ‘2003′ for first time on my rent check
Long lost friends visit unexpectedly on New Year’s
We go to a nearly empty bar
Drink a beer
Go to work

And that was my holiday season, boring or not. The 7 days off work did much good, though.

Request for Time Off

Michael — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:42:26 +0000

Here’s something I do not like about shit jobs—I ask for 4 days off to catch up on freelance projects, and coworkers get angry because they have to work faster those 4 days, since I won’t be there. Nevermind the fact that if I didn’t take this time off, I’d probably quit. What the hell did they do before I was hired?

/selfish ass

Looking for a Different Shitty Job

Michael — Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:39:16 +0000

This morning I walked around downtown Iowa City looking for a different job. But nothing I found is going to pay as much or give me 40hrs/week like the one I’ve got now. And I’ve got boat payments! I may have to stay with the night job a little longer, until I come up with a plan.