Weekly Log - 13 through 19

Monday Oct 13

The day couldn't be more appropriate for the event at hand. Monday, thirteen, blam this piece of crow. I went out to dinner with the Pops. Feeling like a condemned inmate all the way from the minute I started getting ready, to the point where I finally walked back inside the house. From commenting on the waitress having a great ass to making jokes with the waiters you only do if you know them well enough (and by "well-enough" I mean, years), which wasn't the case, Pops somehow found a way to combine an old man's ramblings with teenage douchebaggery to mortify me to greater lengths. And what's with speaking in a Brazilian accent every time he addresses a Brazilian waiter? Come on...

This was also, apparently, his time to bug me about a driver's license. All dinner long. Five times the issue was approached, I counted. Then the final blow dealt at the end of the dinner, was Pops saying my birthday present would be paying for my license. This is like saying if I ever need a kidney transplant, he'll pay for it. It doesn't help me with what I need right now.

It's not even the fact he didn't give me anything, I don't care for that. Some money to finish paying the last installment of college or keeping the bills in order would have been nice, but from Pops I don't even expect that anymore. It's the fact he wants to force me to do something I don't want to do, nor see any sense in doing. I can't support a car. I can't pay for it, I can't pay for the insurances, and maintenance and fuel. I can barely keep from getting evicted. I can't pay for driving lessons either. Most jobs I apply for don't demand a license. How many people do you know, who live through their lives without cars or the ability to drive?! And if I don't have a car, why am I gonna learn how to drive? Isn't it worse if I invest my cash into it and then hardly do it? It's a waste of money and time. When I need a driver's license, I'll get it. But I don't need it now. Again: I don't even own a car! And frankly the more I think about it, the more I think it's not worth it and I don't want to own one.

Tuesday Oct 14

Called the net provider again... they're coming to deliver the router on Thursday. They better do.

Wednesday Oct 15

Bored, bored, bored, bored. Absolutely nothing happened. Complete flat-line of a day.

Thursday Oct 16

The time came for the router to be delivered and it wasn't here. That does it. Called the provider and left my manners in the fridge. I didn't yell at the girl who answered (since I know what she's going through, been there done that) but I asked her to get me the complaint line and whoever was responsible for these issues.

About fifteen minutes later I had a guy at my place who not only delivered the router, he also configured it and encrypted it. Without a "but". See, it's stuff like this that teaches you. You can't get anything done in this country, anything at all, without a lot of yelling and bitching. It's only after you get upset people begin to do their work right. If this had been solved up first, on the 29th of last month, I wouldn't have had to get pissed. As it is, next time, I'll probably be quicker to get pissed so I can get my shit working sooner.

Friday Oct 17

Kid's PC fried. Took me a heck of a long time to fix it. I still don't know what the trouble was, but I managed to restore it to another point and left it at that. Hopefully, if the same thing happens again tonight, I'll be able to find out what's wrong.

Also pleased to announce I did a good burning of Silent Hill: 0rigins and it's now playable and already fucking up with my brother and myself. The router is also working at top notch, only one thing bothers me: the fact I need to place it next to the speakers. So when I'm listening, I hear background noise from it. Which is a kind of a drag when watching horror movies, since I keep wondering if the noise's from the router or the movie itself. Frankly, it's distracting at times. But I guess I'll get used to it, like the ticking of a clock.

Speaking of horror movies: Dark Tales of Japan 5? Not worth your time.

Saturday Oct 18

So, the kid's computer re-fried. I had to crawl up that piece of crap's ass to try and figure what's wrong again. Managed to solve the issue but have my doubts as to how permanent the solution is.

Sunday Oct 19

Silent Hill: 0rigins completed. Pretty short, but sweet. Not as good as Silent Hill 2 but they can't be all masterpieces. This was a nice game. Cult-wise, rivals greatly with Silent Hill 3. Now to finish it two more times for all the endings, and a shitload of other attempts to unlock all the extra stuff. My favorite part? Solid Snake-ing your way through the monsters. Awesome feature.