So far, so good
Using the Mac has been great. However with anything good, there is some bad and the Mac is no exception. Microsoft Word 2004 is DOG slow compared to the Windows counterpart yet its a requirement in today’s world as everyone and their mom uses Word. I prefer Nisus Writer Express but the DOC format is king. Too bad as Mac OS X is fundamentally based off of the PDF format and its the ONLY OS I know of that actually has the PDF driver inside the kernel instead of it just being a separate application on the computer (like with Windows) it is part of the OS. Once I find that replacement, life will be easier.
Quirk #2 is that I have 1GB of memory installed in my Mac. One would think this is enough. While I can have 12-13 applications open at once on a Windows, I can only really use two and then the computer just slows down. On a Mac I don’t but it sucks up my memory. My IM client for example uses 90MB realtime memory opposed to say 14-16MB on a Windows box. Also each widget with Tiger holds up memory. I have a feeling that me purchasing 1GB sticks isn’t too far away in the future. Wow a computer with 2GB of memory… what will the world come to next.
Enough about computers. It seems my work found out that I have a new job (starting June 6th) with Speakeasy as an IT guy. Speakeasy is a nationwide provider of DSL and its HQ is in Seattle, WA. So what does EDI do… they fire me. Yup thats right… I’m gone. Kind of annoying to say the least but what can I do… nothing really. So I signed up for unemployment for the next few weeks so that I have some moolah. I should be able to get it without any problems because of the reason that I was fired. Attendance is a non issue here as every single time I called in sick I can get a doctor’s note for it. The guy who fired me didn’t even do it in person. I emailed him and he normally responds within in a hour, well it has been 4 hours and no response. He probably didn’t know that I had doctor’s notes for each occasion and that EDI has to pay for unemployment. He really wasn’t planning that. Serves him right.
Anywho.. I felt horrible at first because being fired just plainly sucks but Cam was there over the phone to make me feel better. I am really a lucky guy for having a girl like that. She really is always there for me. I came close to blowing it last Friday with the way I acted. She thankfully understood and she didn’t even get super angry at me. Gosh if I were in her position I would have just thrown everything down and gone into a separate room. She really loves me a lot and I really love her a lot. Were slowly approaching our 8 month anniversary. Gosh and to me they have flown by. I have experienced a lot with this girl and I will continue to experience a lot. She is going through troubles of her own right now with her work and I hope she can work that out, as long as she realizes that I will be there for her along the way.
Apartment wise, I need to look for a new dining set or get in contact (somehow) with that guy from Boeing. Unfortunately everything was on my workstation at work which is probably being reformatted very soon. So who knows at what I can do about that at this point. We shall see. We still have plenty of time. Too bad Alice had to bail out on us like that because she has faith that her dad is coming back. But then again Cam has told me some stories that kind of made me glad that it happened.
I shall continue the ramblings some other time…
Yvo
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