Wai halo! Didun see ya thar!

Excuse my horrible abuse of the English language in the title, but I guess I just love that phrase due to various webcomics I'm addicted to. Anyways, it's been forever since I last blogged, eh? A month today, actually. Jeez.

And, ye know, it's sad to say much has really happened in the past month. It makes a person feel pathetic to realize that, but then again, that's what happens when you got no job, no school...no real responsibilities beyond the lazy "Oh, here's my rent" sorta thing.

So, anyways, I think I've basically thrown out the idea of movin' up to Oklahoma temporarily. I mean, sure, I'd so love to just go live close enough to Kitiy to date her in person, but then, we're both reclusive people anyways. Of course, then I'd have to deal with transporting myself and stuff, and uh...Tulsa's bus system sucks ass.

So, I've spent the last month technically just bumming around my apartment. I did stop back in San Antonio to live with my folks for a week, for various things I dun even remember I guess, but mostly because my parents don't want to drive to Austin on a work night and I fell asleep mega-early on Sunday. But, eh, it was nice to chill in a real house again and to see the pets and such and to get to play the Wii again (though my brother needs to get some real games dammit..he also doesn't have a Wii Classic Controller. Course...they have a sucky macro GC controller still...ewww...least I played me some Ocarina of Time while I was there). Jake also went off to Germany while I was there. Actually, he should be getting back by this week or next. I wonder how his trip went. *shrugs*

Well, though I would like to say I went out to apply for at least one job every day, I really didn't. I didn't even try. I'd tell myself that I need to, but never actually do it. To tell ya the truth, I guess I'd already given up and decided to head back home to live with my family again. *sigh*
Not that I was looking forward to it or anything. Sure, they have a Wii and a real house and I wouldn't have to pay for food or rent, but that's not enough compensation for having to put up with them.

So...let's see...basically I've been playing my various PS2 games, the ones I haven't beat, and touching at some of my PC games. It seems I've lost interest in DotA ever since the clan basically died. Well...not so much lost interest, but that I've not been playing it lately and had a hard time getting back into it. Maybe I won't ever, who knows? I still haven't been able to play CoH, either, since Windows Vista officially sucks ass in my book. GalCiv 2....I just can't get into cause of the constant crashes. C&C3...I'm not really in the mood for RTS lately. Diablo 2 is too old to enjoy. Defcon is too predictable. And Supreme Commander...I just outright suck at.

Am I losing interest in gaming? It's probably something deeper than that somewhere. Probably related to why I fucked up my last three semesters so bad.

On a related note, I've started playing Flyff. It's a neat RO-reminiscent MMORPG, in full 3D, and you get to Fly For Fun (Flyff is sorta an abbreviation). I managed to get Kitiy hooked onto it, which is not something easy to do when it comes to things involving lots of people.
Well...not so much hooked on it in the way a gamer would normally get hooked on a game, but she plays it with me. I'm usually playing it with her, actually, rather than alone or with random people. It's really been a lot of fun, because we've kinda been lacking a way to do fun stuff together, that we both enjoy. I think there may be other MMOs that would be more fun for her, though, so I should try looking.

Actually, it seems to me like Flyff doesn't actually have much in the way of community. I mean, yeah, there's a friends list thing, there's guilds, you form parties. There's forums and fan-made forums. But I don't think I've really seen networks of close-knit friends. It seems like everybody's out to be able to gloat about how their character is godly and wants to be able to solo the whole game. It seems like everybody just cares about getting their level the best of the best of the best. While that's understandable...can't they do that without just focusing on grinding constantly? Flyff is a beautiful enough world that you can relax when you play it and just enjoy talking to people after all. I really really really want to find a graphical MMO that is roleplay-enforced. Or...at least encouraged. ORPGs are really much more fun that way, seriously. Just try it.

Also, the people behind the game don't seem to care much for fixing bugs but releasing new features that aren't smart. Like their PK system which is coming out next version. I'd prefer not to horrify you with the details, but it's bad enough that almost everybody complains about it and is trying to get them to change it back to what the current version is.

Anyways, in very recent news, I recently applied for a customer support job. I'm doing it through this company called Volt, though, because that's where the job posting was. So Monday I need to go see some Volt people.
Basically, it'll be a 90-day contract where I'm paid $9 per hour to deal with customer questions, to deal with technical issues and other questions and concerns. If they like me after that they'll hire me full-time. Even better, the place is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. So, basically, though I've gotta work 40 hours a week, I can work it around my schedule (when I actually manage to be busy with something anyways). Though I may sometimes gotta work on holidays. Maybe. I wonder if they draw straws for that?

The only problem with the job is that, if I land it, it's an hour-long bus ride from where I currently live. Imagine if I move down to Riverside after August? It's over where 290 meets 183. So yeah, a bit out of my way. But hey, other than that, the job is perfect for me. After all, I might work my way up from the grunt position to something...not so grunt-like? Now if I just had my own car to drive it wouldn't be so bad.

Of course, it's only going to get worse if I move to Riverside to room with Keith and Brett. It'd be cool to room with buds, though, instead of people I just know. Will's all right, but...you know. Keith and Brett and I hang out with each other because we can have fun hanging out doing just about anything, especially if you add Scott to the group. If I room with people I get along very well with, I think it may be better for me than if I went to room with a random person for less hassle with work. Emotionally speaking. Ya know, good for the morale and all.
Actually, going through the bus schedule I'd have to take for, say, clocking in at 10am, it would take a full two hours to get there from Riverside. I don't think I can find a bigger reason to say "ow" that doesn't involve physical injury or damage to my laptop. But I seriously doubt I could find a place to stay near that area anyways... =\
Of course...if I had work right after classes...there's an hour-long ride still. It would just mean two hours to get home, and a necessity of not missing the last Crossing Place bus.

Oh, wait, there is an apartment complex RIGHT next to that location, and several more in the area. It's very likely the pricing won't be agreeable enough to go for it, though. Also, from reviews I've found online, that's a bad neighborhood to live in, so I'll stick with Riverside and my peers.

All in all, the distance is the only problem I have with the job, and it's only because I don't have my own car. If I (finally) get my license, my parents still have the Intrepid back home...sure, that means then I have to pay for gas and insurance, but hey...that would be about a 20 minute drive to work (from Riverside...yay for country roads?). Of course...then it's kinda like...I stay up here because I could make more money...only I have to spend more money to stay up here. Meh. This particular company would look MUCH better on my resume than saying I worked for Walgreen's, wouldn't you say? That much at least would be worth the hassle of long bus rides.

Well, first I gotta get the job. Naturally. Things will smooth themselves out. The universe supposedly works like that...right?