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I stick stickers on slabs of cardboard ten hours per day, working the mexican shift. Twelve to ten. College students saving up to pay for their credentials work the morning shift, but they all leave as my shift starts.
I like it. Nobody bothers me. Back at Rose Wreath, people hated me because I read books during break. They crowded around me once, the entire warehouse full of them, and stared when they discovered I was reading. "What the fuck are you, some kinda college boy?" asked one old man. The rest muttered something in agreement to his feelings. I just closed the book and stared back at them. "Who do you think YOU are?" I asked, "Don't you know EVERYONE hangs onions from their belt?" Nobody answered. I went back to reading. As break ended, and everyone returned to their stations, I heard a woman far in back say, "I used to bring books to work, but I didn't READ them." What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Anyway, at my current temporary warehouse job, nobody speaks English except the supervisor, who is always far too busy yelling at the girl who doesn't speak any english except for numbers to pay attention to me. It's a real Han Solo-Chewbacca relationship they have going. Ms Supervisor stands there, yelling her frustrations. "You're miscounting! You're miscounting!" And her employee defensively states "fourteen and twoteen! Fourteen and twoteen!" until the supervisor just puts her face into her palm and mutters, "I quit."
But like clockwork, she's back thirty minutes later, shouting again.
It's like I'm a cog in some old cuckoo clock.
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« Reply #121 on: January 09, 2009, 11:37:45 PM » |
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I'll take that as a compliment.
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« Reply #122 on: January 10, 2009, 01:32:21 AM » |
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it was a compliment.
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« Reply #123 on: January 10, 2009, 10:09:22 AM » |
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« Reply #125 on: January 10, 2009, 10:34:51 AM » |
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It would be so awesome if Bob turned out to be haowan.
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« Reply #126 on: January 10, 2009, 10:44:59 PM » |
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It would be so awesome if Bob turned out to be haowan.
More creepy than awesome... No, it'd be awesome. |
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« Reply #127 on: January 11, 2009, 12:53:51 AM » |
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He's preparing for the second B-games compo, months or, more likely, years in advance.  |
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real art looks like the mona lisa or a halo poster and is about being old or having your wife die and sometimes the level goes in reverse
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« Reply #128 on: January 11, 2009, 08:05:13 AM » |
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So he's making a Uwe Boll B-Game?
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« Reply #129 on: January 16, 2009, 01:23:02 PM » |
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woot, this thread rules. this is where we used to work (joe and mike left to right):  and this is our new office we moved into a few months ago (i'm in the middle on the ball thing [don't call it the Ball Thing call it Pure Being])  More pics of both places here, documenting the move. |
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« Reply #132 on: March 24, 2009, 07:12:44 AM » |
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Hey, what kind of keyboard is that?
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« Reply #133 on: March 24, 2009, 12:16:11 PM » |
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Hey, what kind of keyboard is that?
Standard Mac aluminium keyboard, and a Edirol PCR-M1 music keyboard. |
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« Reply #134 on: March 25, 2009, 04:26:16 PM » |
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There are a lot of very clean desks here  Mine isn't looking too bad at the moment, as i had a throwing away session a week ago, so the floor is fairly tidy. Are there any other 'throw it behind the monitor so it isn't in the way' type people on here, or is it just me?  Cheers Charlie |
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« Reply #135 on: March 26, 2009, 04:11:48 AM » |
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« Reply #136 on: March 26, 2009, 06:11:58 AM » |
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It looks like you have the same model of folding stand as I do.
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« Reply #137 on: March 26, 2009, 12:47:04 PM » |
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Why not? Here is Story Fort HQ in all its basement glory  Here you can see my desk setup, Viking SpongeBob, a wedding photo, and my awesome marble President plaque:  My portable heater, tiki mugs, leather couch, and view to the driveway:  |
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« Reply #138 on: March 26, 2009, 11:57:31 PM » |
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I'm sure Apple will be on the phone soon, they'll be wanting to use this photo to promote their brand lifestyle! XD The crisp packets on the floor are a nice touch. My desk gets a few papers on it now and again, and right now there are two glasses and a mug, but I can't work if its too messy. A very retro looking game setup there! Nice big music keyboard too! Your portable heater is smiling at me! o_o |
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« Reply #139 on: March 27, 2009, 01:38:15 AM » |
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A very retro looking game setup there! Nice big music keyboard too! Not only are the TV and consoles semi-vintage, the amount of things connected to the power-plugs (computer, scanner, speakers, keyboard, amp, vcr, nintendo, playstation and a couple of lamps) means the lights blow way too often unless I turn off things by the power whenever I'm not going to be using them for a while. The cost of lightbulbs has probably offset the free-ness of the ps2 and tv. |
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