December 2010
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She probably still used AOL.
Customer: I tried placing an order on your site but it wouldn't let me.
Me: Was there any particular problem that you were having?
Customer: My dial-up kept cutting out.
Me: Say what?
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Magic the Gathering makes me angry sometimes.
I was looking at cards that would make my deck better, I realized that it would take me at least fifty bucks to have all the ideal cards in my deck. That’s not too bad considering it could take someone up to $300 to make a decent deck, but still. Also, the tournament locator is pretty lame. I got mixed up earlier this week and thought that there was a tournament today but it ended up...
Anonymous asked: What did you like to drink in Korea? Are you a soju or beer man? Or something else?
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The holidays are over and I'm back at work.
It would have been nice if I could have sat at home playing Magic the Gathering for a little while longer, but unfortunately, I need money. I know that I won’t be working here much longer and now that Christmas has gone by, I’m only working three days a week. It won’t be too busy though. From here on out I’ll be probably dealing with customers that are angry about how...
Anonymous asked: What kind of digital camera do u use?
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I went to a Magic the Gathering tournament.
I just got back home actually. It’s good news though, because I finished the tournament in third place. The one guy that bet me went on to win the tournament, so there’s no real shame in losing this one. The tournament is a weekly event down at Jimmy’s USA, which is a collectible toy place down in Whittier. There were a lot more Yu-gi-oh players there than anything else, but...
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My 2011 Christmas Wish List
Someone asked me this question earlier and I felt that it deserved its own post. I would say that all I wish for is that everyone I know has a merry Christmas, but fuck that. I want tons of shit.
Enough money to pay back my student loans
Magic the Gathering cards, especially Sorin Markov and Bloodghasts
A Canon 5D
New camera lenses
An English Bulldog
A date with...
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5 Reasons Why I Hate Banksy
I’m know I’m not the only person to say that I dislike the guy and I definitely won’t be the last. However, it turns out that I might be the only one in my office that has these views. Anyway, here’s the top five reasons that I hate Banksy:
He’s a dick.
He’s a dick.
He’s a dick.
He’s a dick.
He’s a dick.
Anonymous asked: Who is your favorite 2NE1 girl and why?
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Korean food is comforting.
I’ve been feeling a bit sick for the past few days, a pretty bad cough and nasal congestion. I just got some 순두부 though, and I feel better. It’s nice having Korean restaurants so close to my house. Whenever I was in Korea and felt sick I would just walk down the street and pick up some soup and be good to go. I never really noticed how many Korean places there are in my...
There's been a lot of cholos in my neighborhood...
It’s not like I live in South Central or anything, but my neighborhood isn’t a model suburban location. It’s cleaned up a whole lot in my lifetime but I’ve been noticing more gangsters the past few weeks. Someone tagged up my fence two weeks ago and kids have been walking down the streets with shaved heads and only their collars buttoned like it’s 1990. It’s...
Anonymous asked: Topokki....fuck yea!
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I called in sick today.
Yesterday, I left work two hours early because I wasn’t feeling well and today I just took the whole day off. The urge to vomit hasn’t been too strong today, but I figured a day of rest wouldn’t hurt. Usually I wouldn’t take the day off and just struggle through it, but since I have been working so much and the commute is such a pain, I decided I might as well. ...
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Welcome to the Multiverse.
Here’s where it all starts for me.
So I purchased the “Reign of Vampirism” intro deck and the 2011 Magic Fat Pack. I only picked the vampire themed deck since it’s a black themed deck and black’s my favorite color. It’s probably not the smartest way to pick the foundation of my deck, but from what I gathered in my limited research, a black deck would fit my...
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My life is boring right now.
I haven’t really been blogging as of late, but it’s really just because my life has been so dull lately. There really hasn’t been much to talk about. Work has been taking up a lot of my time and so has the commute. Today, I spent about two hours driving in my car and that’s an accomplishment. When I get home, I’m usually too tired to do anything else. Most of my...
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Some people are ridiculous.
I just spent half an hour on the phone with an old lady from Texas placing a $400 order for Paula Deen cooking supplies. Part of the reason that the order took so long was that she kept pausing to talk to her cats. I’m not even joking about this.
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I just went to the sickest arcade.
While I was looking for arcades in my area that had Tekken, I stumbled across Round 1 in the Puente Hills Mall. I have to say that it is the coolest arcade in the greater Los Angeles area. First of all, Round 1 is a Japanese arcade company and we all know that the arcade scene in Japan is light years ahead of America. That alone is nearly enough to make this place legit. It has some cool...
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I'm thinking about playing Magic: The Gathering.
Like all expressions of geek culture, the thought has always lingered in the back of my head. It has now become a real possibility though. My brother currently works for an online toy distributor and they sell cards, so I would get a pretty sweet deal on them. There are also a few guys at my brother’s job that play competitively so they could even help me setup a solid deck. The only...
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I'm accepting the offer with Chungdahm Learning.
I’m a few minutes away from sending in my signed letter accepting the position. I have been thinking it through over the weekend since they are unable to tell me where I will be located until I get there, but I think I will take my chances. I do have my preference down for Seoul and I know that I won’t be placed in a rural location since I said that I will not work in one. I think...
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The first legitimate job offer I got
The Chungdahm Learning Institute has offered me a position with a solid pay rate that starts in February. Now the only thing left to do is make sure that the job is in Seoul and then I’m all set to go back.
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Working as a customer service representative at...
I figure I should explain what it is I actually do at work nowadays. Cooking.com is one of the largest online retailers of cooking supplies. The site also powers the online stores of other brands, such as the Food Network, Starbucks, Betty Crocker, Kraft, and Pilsbury. There are a few others, but that’s what I can list off the top of my head. There’s a lot of information that goes...
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We get emails in customer service for Food Network...
Employee A: A customer just e-mailed Paula Deen saying that she broke her leg but is doing her best to keep up with the show.
Employee B: Just write her back an email that says, ""LOL!!
November 2010
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How to lock your iPad screen with iOS 4.2
Apple changing the screen lock switch to a muting switch was a pretty weird decision. I turned off my iPad twice thinking something was just wrong with it. After an irritating few minutes struggling with a screen that kept rotating while I was laying in bed, it turned out to be pretty simple. 1. Double tap the home button to pull up the multitask bar 2. Swipe your finger to the right on the bar...