Alright, here goes nothing. I've seen these all over the place, have become addicted to reading about the adventures of many of my friends (and some people I've never heard of) so I figure it's time for me to start my own little publication.
No, my new iBook has not arrived yet. I'm becoming quite anxious. Working night shift over here becomes rather boring after the first 5 minutes or so. There is only so much web surfing to be done in one night until your brain starts to dribble out your ear. So hopefully my new iBook will arive within the next few days and it will a good distraction to keep me occupied for a week or two. Life over here has become so mundane and repetitive, I feel like I am living inside the move Groundhog Day. Staring at the same stacks of servers and routers day in and day out. Only managing to get back to the trailer to catch a few hours of sleep and maybe a shower. I almost completed a full shower today! Not 3 minutes into my shower, my face was covered in soap, and the next thing I hear is the generator shutting off. Not a good sound by any means. So there I am, alone, naked, the soap now starting to run down my face and into my eyes and all the water pressure is gone. So I stand there for about five minutes hoping that someone will just turn the damn generator back on. But no, I think they decided to rebuild the whole thing right there! So needless to say I did not get to have my shower. To make things even better once I dried off, got dressed and back to my trailer, I laid down and picked up my book and started to read. Next thing I hear is the generator for MY trailer shut off. (I was already pretty peeved at this point) So within 5 minutes that little tin can heats up pretty darn good. As usual, it took them a good 30-45 minutes to turn the damn thing back on. So obviously I was more than a little pissed at that point and no sense in me even trying to get to sleep when I'm that angry. So my roommate and I took it upon ourselves to apply fresh cardboard to the door, and re-tape all the cardboard over the windows. Its so much nicer in there now that its dark during the day, it allows me to get a "few" good hours of sleep every now and then.
So I woke up and came back to work... Staring at the same blinking servers as always. Midnight chow was a joke. More un-identifiable meat chunks and rice. But I'm sure breakfast will be here soon enough and now that they're no longer serving that damned "camel-bacon" and we have real turkey-bacon, breakfast is the highlight of my day (sad huh?)
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
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