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Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What do you mean?
Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.
Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just shite.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: So who else?
Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?
Sick Boy: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy: I don't rate that at all.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy: That means fuck all. Its a sympathy vote.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy: Yeah.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: That's your theory? 
Sick Boy: Yeah. Beautifully fucking illustrated.
- Trainspotting

Anyone here who has subscribed to Gamefly or Netflix's disc-based service has experienced this issue. A movie/game that you had at the top of the queue (and possibly positioned it there around the time you returned the previous rental) is unavailable at the last minute and the next title in your queue is shipped to you. 

So the first 2 weeks of the school year are through and thanks to the Labor Day Weekend, I've been granted a reprieve. It's brief but its a reprieve nonetheless. As I'm typing this, I'm at my parents' house visiting them for the holiday. I always visit my parents during this holiday because 1) its an extended weekend, 2) it's the last chance I usually get to visit them due to the high frequency of football game nights between now and mid-November, 3) I get to celebrate my birthday a little early (the actual day is almost 2 weeks from now, and I'll be working on that day anyway).

Last Friday, one of the worst (yet most productive) summer work sessions concluded at my school district just in time for the next school year (which should start Aug. 18). Somehow against the odds - less help than previous summers, a shorter summer due to the snow days, and numerous construction jobs getting in our way - we finished all the floor work, carpet cleaning and detail work. I hope we're in better shape next year. I liked the day shift hours (not so much the extra money I had to shell out for breakfast or lunch; I only need two meals during the school year) although I rarely took advantage of it to go anywhere aside from gaming or watching movies.

This guy.

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Hello everyone!

Once again I slack off on my blogging responsiblity. I'm so worthless. 

About a month ago, I purchased Diablo 3 for the PS3. I believe this was the first time the title went down to $40 at Walmart (and I assume, most retail outlets). While I wasn't going to get to it for a while, I felt better with it in my collection. Now that I recently beat Assassin's Creed IV (more on that later), I was able to start up a game with a Barbarian Friday night. I played for 4 hours. Last night, I played for 5 hours. I'm no stranger to the series (I own Diablo II for PC) but this is such a damn good game. I worked late last night and most of the time I just wanted to finish so I could go back home and play some more. 

The school where I work observed spring break all last week and on Saturday, I drove out of town and arrived at my parents' home in under 4 hours. I haven't seen them since Christmas vacation. I also needed a much-needed break from a surprisingly punishing work week. I buffed school building floors, did detail cleaning in all 3 gyms and ended each night cleaning some offices for a local gas company (the employee in charge of this is still recovering from a bad fall she had back during one of February's icestorms).