I got the call… er IM

So I have been asking around for folks to goto Pirates today, but no one wanted to go, and some folks I kept missing (ie. Jake) but today Jake caught me before he logged off to go home and said “Same group as Spidey 3, you game?” (or something to that affect) - and of course, I 100% am.

The cool thing about now having “mega plexes” here in bako, is that the one near our larger mall does big openings on ALL SCREENS - so tonight at 8pm - I will be going to the theater at the little mall, which isn’t huge, isn’t fancy seating, but:

1. I have a gift card there.
2. Closer to Home.
3. Empty when the other theater does ALL screens.

So at 8pm tonight, I’ll be seeing what happens to witty jack, I missed pirates 1 in theaters but I saw 2 and now am definitely going to see 3, so pretty excited to say the least, just hope I can get everything I want to get done today done before 8pm, which I don’t think will be a major problem, but I do hope to swing out early (3pm or so) snag my ticket, so I can just go right in and find the crew, hopefully we don’t bother anyone too much this time and I think I am going to snag some snacks and find someone with a purse to smuggle them in, and just get the essentials (ie. popcorn + drink).

Today was an okay day, taste buds are all out of wack, so ate some food, and went “ACK!” spit it out, just didn’t taste right, so I then of course went back to working, and forgot to find something else to eat, which led to woozy chuck, not too fun, but I found some cheese, so I made some quesadilla’s in the pan - has held me over and heck its 2am!

I am also working on some pricing for my services, I have some folks I help out, but more and more I feel like I am becoming a full-time employee - or at the best “on-call” where when I get a call, it’s priority sounds like “DROP EVERYTHING AND DO THIS!” - granted in most cases, I know the person does not mean literally drop everything, but at the same time they are nervous and anxious, but still had one call (of 3) in which the person wanted me to “get to a terminal and fix this” - of course I had my hands full, keyboard was covered with papers - so really irritating, but the thing is, while I love to help these folks, my time anymore is becoming scarce and in the end I have nothing to show for it, not a step closer to the lenses I’d like for my camera, that 80gb iPod, or that 52inch LCD TV I want for my wall… (okay so not really 52, but a TV would be nice in general here in my room) - so I am going to write up some support plans, 2 by ticket, 2 by phone, 3 by the hour - just lay it out, various support levels, and see if I can’t get myself a few extra hundred a month in being on-call during business hours.

Have some stuff to pick up at the ol office #2 today, a chair, a filing cabinet, and a server - other things I need to get too - but all in due time - today should be mild at best, so I hope to either get the stuff before noon, or shortly after 2 (at the latest), and I may actually at this rate have a place to put it the chair I actually “need” as both my chairs here are old, and have literally fell apart, for instance no back on this chair, and the other has no arms or back - so a new chair will be handy, also going to pick up a AC unit for my window I think, and then re-arrange my wires/power/network a bit, to be better positioned.

Lastly on the docket today, is the re-tasking of 2 servers - I have 2 servers, they handle backups (one for servers, one for local) however the one for servers is old, clunky, and needs to be retired - so I am going to take the new 200GB drive and drop it in the BfP linux box, mount it in fstab and have myself a big beefy server - might re-task the older machine as a windows workstation for a family member, not sure yet.

But thats the status of things - so I say, have a good Thursday!