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Okay, the regular entry. I got my federal tax refund today. This was the first year I e-filed. Received my state refund within a week of filing, and the federal refund two weeks later. As much as I might disagree with Bush’s social politics, I sure like his tax cuts. And yes, I’m aware that we just got a tax cut in a time of record federal deficits. Nice work!
Been playing SOCOM all week, but work’s getting interesting too. I’m getting some fun stuff to do again. Need to be careful about burning out quickly, but that’s what Vegas is for in a couple of weeks, right?
I stayed at work until 1 A.M. today. I haven’t done that in about six months. There was a period of time - back when we thought we could actually get a piece of the dot-com rush - where I used to do that a lot. Nie wieder. This place is now corporatized and lifeless. Maybe that’s why they’re firing a bunch of people and bringing in new blood.
Still, I feel pretty good - the satisfaction you get when you bust something out that’s pretty decent. That feeling’s been pretty infrequent over the past year or so. At least as far as work is concerned.
Everyone go and download the new Jealous Sound MP3 (”The Gift Horse”) from the Better Looking Records website. There are only a few bands out there that I’d buy records from without hearing them or reading reviews of them first. The Jealous Sound is one of them. They can do no wrong. Others: Kepler, the Magnetic Fields, and Early Day Miners. Actually, EDM’s last album wasn’t so hot compared to their first one, but I haven’t given up on them yet.
They started the rain machine across the street. I hear “ACTION!” and then the patter of raindrops. I should go look, but I’m tired and I want to go to sleep.