AcrossFiveJulys

Something that happened today reminded me of the first two jobs I worked at, thought I'd share:

My first job was working at Subway as a "sandwich artist." Up to that point, I'd always wanted to work at Subway because I loved their sandwiches (they used to be better 10 years ago). It was Summer between my Junior and Senior year of high school, and I felt that I should get a job. I strolled into Subway and told the manager I'd like to work there, and she basically shrugged her shoulders and said "sure!" I started the next day, worked about 12 hours a week, then the store closed a month later and everyone got laid off. I was like "cool, I don't have to quit when school starts!"

During Senior year of high school, I again was in need of a job. A buddy of mine hooked me up with a job at Togos, another sandwich shop, which he warned was a terrible job and the manager was a retard (my friend had been working there for half a year). He was right... the job did suck. About four months later, we were all told that the store would be closing (LOL AGAIN) within a month. I didn't care very much, since I'd be leaving for college soon. I got sick one day on the job and had to go home and subsequently take off a week of work. The day before I was going to come back, the manager called me and said I didn't need to come in to work the next day because I was fired for "not being good with customers" which was bullshit. I was like wtf...

When I went back a week later to return my uniform and grab my last check, the manager asked if I'd be able to come back and work for the last couple weeks the store was open. I told my dad and he convinced me to go back to earn a little more cash before I go away to college. So I spent an awkward two weeks working at that dump. Still makes me laugh.

I just bought a laptop through a company deal. I think it's a pretty sick deal (999$)

IDS HP compaq 8510p PENRYN - Performance

The specs:

Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5-GHz, 800-MHz, 6-MB L2 cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Business Edition 32/64
Memory: 4096MB 667MHZ DDR2 2, 2GB DIMMs
Hard Drive: 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Display: 15.4-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, anti-glare (1680 x 1050 resolution and 16M colors)
Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL Drive
Graphics: ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 2600 with 256MB of GDDR III video memory and 512 MB HyperMemory
Wireless: Integrated Intel 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Adapter with HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
modem: NIC Intel Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000) Modem MDC V92
Battery: 90 watt AC adapter Battery 8-cell (73 WHr) Lithium-Ion battery

Dualpoint Touchpad and Pointstick Security Fingerprint Reader
Software: Media OS DVD Vista Business 32 presinstalled, 64 bit vista business comes as well if I want to upgrade
Warranty: 3 years

The question is: should I boot it when it comes, or should I take it apart? I prefer the latter :D

After reading the PURGE 2008 thread and meeting a TL staff in person, I decided that I should let you all in on my history here at TL.

Most of you guys probably don't know me, even though I've been lurking/posting on TL for four years or so. I love this site and everything about it. The SC coverage, the replays, the TLPD, and all of the people here. But, I've been banned... three times.

Once was four years ago where I made a topic that was intended to be funny, but turned out to be extremely stupid and only funny to me and the other person involved. An admin banned me for the topic (rekrul I think?

), but I got unbanned by an admin I knew through a slight hookup. Then another admin banned me again for the same thing and that was it for that account! I won't reveal the thread or my account name, because I don't want to embarass the guy who was involved (an active member here still).

At this point I thought TL was a bunch of assholes. Then a couple months later I made a new account, ArseniC-2. This one is painful to post because what ensued is pretty embarassing to look back on.

I bet everyone remembers Fakesteve's "Tonight I will write or MsPaint anything you want" thread. Great thread and one of the best in TL's archives, imo. Yep, I was the newb trolling the thread who got banned as a result. Here's a summary of what happened.

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The premise of the thread:

Fakesteve:
"Draw a kangaroo driving an H2 over the pyramids"

"Tell me what would happen if I came face-to-face with Morgan Freeman"

this should be pretty fun as long as terrible suggestions are kept to a minimum

feel free to add your own take on suggestions

An admittedly bad idea:

Me:
Draw Bush telling Kayne just how much he cares about black people.

Favesteve:
politics get out

A better idea I guess...

Me:
Draw TheMarine doing his mandatory army service

Fakesteve:
that can only end in a terrible terrible joke wherein themarine is running back and forth out of formation yelling about marine micro to his CO

not gonna happen

Me:
haha you dont like my ideas much =O I'll try to think of better ones

The best I could come up with (not THAT bad I guess

Me:
Well here's some ideas, use the ones you like.

-Testie tries out for the circus
-SC2 came out, and theres only 10 copies to sell in a store in korea
-HovZ goes to a nightclub in korea and thinks hes gonna get some serious ass for being "gosu"
-HovZ has a booksigning for his autobiography
-Team KTF and SKT1 clash in a street battle showdown

Fakesteve:
here's hovz slapping you for having terrible ideas

Ouch #1

Me:
I can think of alot of funny ideas you could do with those, I dont know what your problem is. Whatever.

Ouch #2

Fakesteve:
here's you taking stuff personally

Ok time to get some revenge

Me:
FakeSteve tries out for a metal band.

Favesteve:
(quoted my pic)
that was a fucking disgrace

Yea... fail.

Although looking at it makes me laugh a little.
Rekrul joins the party:

Rekrul:
(quoted my pic)
first you make shitty suggestions then you make a shitty picture, get the fuck out monkey

I slip in another insult at fakesteve, which ends in...

Me:
FakeSteve has an idea

Me:
opps didnt see what u wrote rek, ill stop now...

Rekrul:
lol, thanks

steve has too much talent u disrespect him by drawing in his thread

epic fail.

Mavi:
draw Rekrul kicking Arsenic's ass for making terrible suggestions

Now I'm starting to get out of line

Me:
Oh hi im maVi, and I like kissing admins asses! (no offense to you, rekrul)

Did you make any suggestions maVi? No? Then shut up.

Ouch #3:

Fakesteve:
(quoted my last post)

My pics just keep getting worse:

Me:

Fakesteve:
i'm not an admin and my hair isnt fucking yellow

As per a friend's suggestion, I get back on track with an idea that could turn into a funny pic. But I'm knee deep in shit with Rek and Fakesteve at this point.

Me:
To keep the spirit of the thread going, here's an idea that I'm sure will get thrown back at me again.

Draw me a burrito eating Slog4

Inc:
he's "only" a forum mod i think..

so what would happen if it started raining cocks every day at 14:32

Ouch #... starting to lose count:

Fakesteve:
(quoted inc's post)

About the worst comeback possible: (just for the record FS's pic made me laugh)

Me:
OMG WHO SAW THAT COMING? I SURE DIDNT! (sarcasm)

Ouch # final:

Rekrul:
(quoted above post)

I've been listening to alot of Dark Tranquility lately. Their friggin awesome melodic death metal + symphonic piano sound captivates me every time. Here are a few of my favorites:

Who else out there is a fan?

Cascade by Hyper. Makes me want to program or do something else that's engineering or science related!

Black Metal cover of Iron Maiden's classic Hallowed be thy name, by Cradle of Filth. Makes me want to run around the room. And I follow along with the screaming.