Maxine MagicFox's Ramblings

Hrrm, I dunno why I don't keep up with this thing a lot more than I use to. ^_^; I think it's just that I've gotten so busy lately. I called out of work today so that freed up some of my time. I might need to watch this and I guess I am doing it more and more frequently. I wonder if I'm getting tired or something? I had Wednesday off, but I just feel "dead" this week and feel like the repetition is starting to get to me. I need something NEW to break the monotony.

Despite saying things seem monotonous nothing could be farther from the truth. I found out a few days ago that Tracy, our General Manager, is quitting. 16 years and she's moving on. While I'm sorry to see her go and fear who we are going to get replaced with (well, I've worked with nearly all the managers now from all of Patty's chains) I'm happy to see her move on. This place is like a cesspool and Tracy is much too intelligent for it. When I first started working there, she was happy and my favorite person to work with. However, the least two years have really been killing her spirit. Ever since she put in her resignation the change in her is INCREDIBLE. She's just so uplifted. She's getting a new job doing clerical work at some medical facility (she mentioned her sister worked as a pharmasist there once, but I'm not entirely sure what else the place is or if it's a hospital even).

Tia mentioned that because of the switching around of management, I better watch it, I might not be able to call out as much as I have been and could stand the risk of being fired. True, but, I doubt it. If I get fired, I can collect unemployment and Patty does not approve of that fact. Besides, I am much more careful in my job than to be that irresponsible. If I thought there would be serious reprecutions, without a doubt I would not do it.

I am getting a little pissed at how I am being treated. Normally the shift change is at 4pm. I get in at 3. WHY?! Are people going home at 3? I can understand Meagan who has transportation issues - but the other two Sam and Amy... They are working 7-3 instead of the normal 8-4. I don't blame THEM as much as the idiot doing the scheduling. 'Cause when they go home that leaves Cheryl doing counter and me doing drive - ALONE - during one of our more unpredictable hours. The next issue I have is Meagan can be irresponsible sometimes and is prone to getting caught up in conversations and not doing her work. Sam is pregnant. Amy is a fuggin' retard. WHAT THE HELL are they doing all standing around talking instead of doing their job. I go in at 3 and NOTHING is stocked. 2-4 is re-stocking time. Nothing like not only getting stuck on drive alone but in addition to taking and getting orders - I'm turning around to discover I have no ice, no lids, no cups, no ice coffee made, no sweat tea (we go through this like coffee on a cold winter day so I'm not going to blame them TOO much), no syrups, no bags, no fries in the hopper - NOTHING.

Maybe things are becoming monotonous and annoying. I really hate my job.

School isn't much better. My classes are boring as hell. All they do is read from the book and all Ackerman does is give us an idea to write a story on and he either disappears from the room, won't shut up, or never comes over to look at my work - not that I need it. And the sheer fact is that that's all the class is comprised of - his "story" ideas. I get them done within the class period when others are working on them for days at a time. -_-; I spend my time surfing the net at this point.

I wonder if my depression is recurring a little. I need to find a project in my life to do to keep my mind on things and get my energy back. That's why the site isn't even updated that much lately. I've got nothing to keep me excited that will leak into my other projects and get them finished to the point that I can get excited from those and my energy replenishes. :\ Wonder how I lost it.

Gaming-wise, nothing could be more fun in my life. I've attached myself to a new community. I'm not that active in this one and I'm a little off-center of how I should act but I'm slowly and they often go off on these wild conversations that I can not follow, but I'm slowly adhering to it and becoming more and more familiar. It's centered around the Touhou games. I'm really enjoying these. And now, one of the friends that I have made there sent me something priceless. I can't even remember how the conversation got started, but we were discussing Tsukihime anime and then doujin games and I mentioned I had never played one of those. ^_^ I now have Tsukihime hentai game and am playing it and loving every second of it. Not only was it fixed with an english patch, but even a better music choice (since the original tracks, I've heard, totally suck), and also includes a "walkthrough" to get the endings. I've been playing on my own and having fun - earlier today I started a game and followed the walkthrough. o_O; Wow! One choice really does change how the entire game goes. Even if it seems like the same scene, there are subtle differences.

I've mentioned watching the anime Tsukihime before, and I'm sure you could find it if you check through my first months' entries on here, but it was totally BORING to me, and Fate/Stay Night felt like it was on the same boring track. The h-game is anything but (and the main character which you are acting out but can't see can still NEVER be perceived as whimpy as the anime). Even better for October it has the whole vampire theme down to a perfect "T" and I swear, with the lights out, reading some of the stories, I've been quite spooked XD. It's like nothing more than reading a good novel with music playing to match the tone and then some pretty character art. It's very VERY fascinating. If you guys want, I can give you the link that I downloaded it from. However, Tsukihime is an h-game and there's one sex-scene per girl. If you call it that. The images aren't that terrible and the descriptions *shrugs* if you can get through a basic romance novel, the scenes aren't that bad. I've read/seen worse. o_O I think I was even a little let down. XD *cough* But it focuses on the girls so I guess that's to be expected - tch. Ok, ok, I'll stop now. ~_^

I've even met the person that is working on the patch for Kanon. :3 I told him to tell me when it's finished and I'll be sure to purchase the game so I can play it! XD They're kinda stringent with the "no-frea-eats" policy (aka no pirating), but I might be able to friend the right person who will happen to have a copy they won't mind sending me. LOL

Meh... still... why does everything seem so monotonous and unexciting. -_-;