Hey everyone what's up? Haven't heard from you in awhile. I got a job! it's only temporary but it's a lot of fun so far, I'm working for Harte-Hanks, They do the Customer service and Tech support for Microsoft. Currently I'm on a side project for the Xbox and it's going well, If I continue to do well I'll be able to move on to the Xbox Live account, it's not a fancy job or really difficult to do, but it's work and I'm working nights from about 3:30 p.m. to 12 midnight with Thurs and Saturday off. I'm also looking at going back to the City and working at the pools as well, that way I can have two incomes coming in. I've applied for some jobs that might bring me back to Houston, but I don't want to jinx them by talking about them too much.

I'm working on getting back into school soon, perhaps for the summer, at the earliest, but I'm not sure whats going to happen with my Army unit, whether they're going to activate me or not when I pass my next physical fitness test which is coming up on the 12-13th of March I think, I should be in Houston that weekend. I know I've got a mission coming up thats going to send me to Nebraska, though I'm not sure I want to go to Nebraska during this time of year, I know it's about 65 degrees here and up there its going to be a lot colder and we both know that I don't deal well with cold weather. So if I get activated then I'll have a job and I won't have to worry about much of anything.

I'm still kicking ass at Halo2 on xbox live, though I'm getting tired of all the cheaters/standby users. I don't know why kids just can't play an honest game. Though Bungie, the game developer, is working on the problem. Who knows when that will be resolved. Though I still enjoy playing the game. I think a lot of people are getting away from playing Halo2 on live because of cheaters and while that may be good for me and my chances to gain levels and move up the leader boards, It's still a sad occurrence.

I'm still single, though I have interests, but I'm unwilling to pursue them while I'm still on the verge of being unemployed and uneducated. I'm just taking it easy and letting life flow as it should. I'm trying not to stress about anything. least of all not having someone in my life that I can come home to or hold or even talk to, but blah I'm not going to get into that.

So that's it for now, let me know what's going on with you.

Author Hunter S. Thompson kills self

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DENVER - Hunter S. Thompson, who pioneered "gonzo" journalism and became a counterculture celebrity with works such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself at his Colorado home on Sunday night, police said. He was 67. Thompson was found dead at his home outside the ski resort of Aspen, police said.
"We do have confirmation that Hunter Thompson was found dead this evening of an apparent self-inflicted wound," said Tricia Louthis, spokeswoman for the Pitkin County Sheriff's Thompson made his drug and alcohol-fueled antics and clashes with authority the central theme of his work, challenging the conventions of traditional journalism and creating a larger-than-life outlaw persona for himself along the way.
He dubbed his style of writing, which threw out any attempt at objectivity, "gonzo" journalism. His 1971 book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," adapted from an article written for Rolling Stone magazine, chronicled Thompson's drug-hazed misadventures in Las Vegas while covering a motorcycle race. The book established Hunter as a cult celebrity and became the basis for a 1998 Hollywood adaptation, starring Johnny Depp as Thompson's alter-ego, Raoul Duke.

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straightforward with others, and you expect the
same from them. People would consider you a
good listener, and one who is calm and mostly
serious.

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I may have a job soon, I'll keep you posted. hope everything is going well with you. Have a great one!

- Hugh
Currently this is my gamertag:
ZeroskillZ

I've been out of work since October, my funds are extremely limited. I was working a seasonal job and then a temporary job, they both ended and Austins a small town, hard to find work in the winter, then my cel phone was shut off, my truck broke down and I've had to scrounge money to drive to Houston for Duty with my Army Reserve unit, It's all I've been able to do to just make my rent and buy a little food. I've got some money now and I was going to use that to build on for rent for next month, but I have to go to Houston in a week for another duty weekend with the Army Reserves, now you might think this is great and wonderful and that I'll get paid, but you're wrong. You see while I was Deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom Uncle Sam overpaid me by the sum of $3,000 plus and being the redundant gov't entity that he is, he wouldn't take it back when I had it to offer, now after it is spent they are deducting 75% of my paycheck to pay it back, what does this mean? It means that for a very long time I will be going to Drill for free since it costs me almost $100 in gas to get there and back and I only make about $75 a drill. So technically I pay to serve my country, I'm such an awesome citizen aren't I?

Currently, I have about $200 cash in my pocket, let's say $100 of that is already spent to get me to Houston next weekend. I now have $100 to put towards rent. I have to pay my utility bill soon and that's going take about $39 from me for my portion, even though I know I use far less than any of the other people in this house. I'll have $61 left towards rent. So I go from there.

I don't go out to eat or party anymore, XboxLive was my only form of entertainment, but my account/gamertag was cancelled for non-payment and so now I'm reading more which is awesome, I always love a good read. Unfortunately I'm also not in school right now, but I will be soon.

I have a job starting in March, but that doesn't help me now. I can go back to the city, work again at Barton Springs, I loved it there. I've applied all over town, The Alamo Drafthouse is hiring for their new location, Also the people who do the call center for xbox live here in Austin are also hiring and I can do that job as well. I'm just waiting to hear back from them, hopefully I'll get the job and soon.

In the meantime I'm looking at pawning a bunch of my stuff and selling off all my cd's and possibly my books to half-price,so that I can at least get close to rent for next month.I've got friends that owe me money, hopefully they'll be able to pay me back soon. I've got plenty of stuff, I could probably be able to get rid of it and not be bothered, I spent three days ripping all my cd's to my laptop, I've got 13 gigs of music and I'll be able to burn them to cd anytime now I've got nothing to lose there.

I also have several types of electronics and a paintball gun, that will hopefully help me get closer to my goal. I've never pawned stuff before and am not sure of how it works or what I might get for it.

My books? I have a ton of books that I know I can get rid of and not worry about, I'm just used to having a lot of books. I've grown up reading these stories and several are hard to find, I'm not going to read them again I don't think. I don't know if I'm going to miss them. books to me are a treasure really. I never could understand why many people aren't interested in them. They must be used to the mind numbing process of tv I guess. I have some early 50's fiction some older, tech manuals, law books, graphic novels and from there mostly sci-fi/fantasy books I have been getting a core of fiction lately, I use if for escapism, it's nice to get away from reality once or twice.

So this is the basic truth of the moment, fascinating I know. What else you might ask? Well I'm still single if you're interested. Is there someone in my life I'm interested in? Why are you asking? Are you interested in knowing? The answer? Yes, there is someone in my life who I am interested in. This time of year or any time of year is hard to be single. Do I lament the fact? well that fact is going to remain a mystery until a later date. I need to get some sleep. Goodnight all.