howdy mr. corporate! i will kick your butt now. good day. and God bless.
i got the job @ UT in the GIAC, my old office, the job that was created for me nearly 2.5 months ago. see the archives for more info. so i start there on the 11th at 800am. i'll be back on the university of texas campus and this time i'll be old. howdy mr. corporate, my name is d@ve rupert.

so i'm not sure now how to quit apple. i've never done this before. so if you have any ideas on how to go out in style give me a call.

here's what stinks about working the old noon to nine pm shift - its late. all the fun stuff that make office work bearable, like work and email stop. especially email. no one uses it after five and you've written everyone you possibly know 10 emails and you just wait around for responses. that's what stinks. and then its a mixture of busy and slow, slow because its late and no one calls, and busy because there's no one here to take calls so when two people call guess who gets 'em, me & me. i'm not the only one here. there's a fleet of us lateworking suckers. i bet we all go out and get smashed after work...not really, i bet everyone goes home to their families and says "sorry i'm late, i need to get a new job" but they never do get a new job. that's a tragedy. extremely hard working people with an obviously amazing work ethic, that would make any pansy college boy or girl (like me) whine and fit because we have to work days and hours other than normal america.

to be honest, i've had an amazing day. work is work, but before work i got so much done. i talked with jesus, i cleaned the shower, i did laundry, i rode my bike to the statefarm office and back, i showered, i put on some of my clean clothes (my new clean underwear, that is) and then i went to the store!! then i cooked food and ate that food that i went to the store for! then i came to work and was early by 10 minutes. and people say "that sucks" when i work late. sure not having 7-9 open sucks because you can't do "something", but its not that bad.
all that said, i have an interview on wednesday for a new job. i know that's absolutely contradictory to what i've just said, but i don't mind.

}-{ello my future girlfriend - props to trent for this.

explodingdog is always good.
this weekend a lot of people told me i look like a beatle, specifically ringo. i don't mind it that much (there's more to that story), but its weird to have it happen so much. also, its been happening a lot that whenever i walk into a room people laugh, not so much at me directly but about something and i feel like i was involved...sort of strange.
i hate political "mud-slinging" ads. i think in situations, like the texas election process, both candidates should be ejected from the race.
i'm tired, i've been going nonstop today. my work schedule is getting all messed up this week. noon to nine pm. messed up. but it will make the morning nice and lazy. that feels good. plus, no traffic (i hope).
i'm going to bed, hopefully i'll have time where i can write some nice interesting things. i hope someday soon. goodbye.

Mates of State is an excellent band. i emailed them today because i like them. one time when i had a huge crush on cyndi lauper i went to her website and was going to email her and tell her i liked her music, but i weenied out because i was too shy. i liked cyndi that much. speaking of cyndi, guess who's a stalker? at work, and i shouldn't be saying this, but let's just say someone did a search to see if somebody ever bought from "business x" and that proved true. someone was excited.

i've been reading the catcher in the rye. its a great book and i truly love holden caufield. i identify with him a lot, more than i think most people would understand. recently i've been enjoying music that refers to him (if you have songs email the name to me, or else!).

saying all that i realized that a lot of my mild depression was in due to the weather, because its rainy and cold, reading that book, and then also real emotions i'm dealing with. i kinda wrote a song about it. its a whiny emo song. but it makes me feel better for some reason. once i found out the reasons for my sadness, it was easier to find my joy. thanks to canadians too. but mostly i just had to clear away the crap covering the joyful heart that the Lord has given me. a little active thinking on my part and praying through those for freedom from depression. its still kinda heavy but i'm in motion.

at my haus meeting we talked about how the apostles didn't take steps, they went from denying the Lord to seeing thousands of converts in little over a month. i want to be like that. i don't want to piddle my way back to normal. amen.