THE PEOPLE vs. Darrel Brower

Well, my time is constricted again. So I'll have to keep this short. On top of that, I have to note that my writing today sucks. Please bear with my badly phrased, garbled chunks of information. As if you had a choice!

Today is payday! Now I can go to the bank to play Ca$h Ca$h Revolution! Though, I know that the money will probably just roll out again. I have to buy a rather large kanji dictionary, infinite pairs of pants (Infinite Pants Project), 4 dance pads (I don't want crap quality pads, so this is going to be a rather slow venture. On a side note, I noticed that the cheapo xbox pads are made of foam), karate...

Speaking of karate, I discovered that the bulk foods people at WinCo are heavily into karate! They do it at the teen center at 6:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It's 40$ a month for the class but, hey, if anyone's up for it, come join me in the training! This class also takes on other dojos in Eureka, so don't think this is one of those "learn-moves-that-have-no-practicality" type classes.

On a side note, I should say that karate is going to be replacing planet health. I have been struggling to just get to PH on the four days that are offered, averaging just 1 or 2 successful visits a week (I'm a night owl), so I think that a new solution must be found. I also favor exercise that's practical (although I'll take what I can get) and I want to not look tired to people (getting up early in the morning has this effect on my eyes where they look a tad bit redder than usual. I get to bed on time, but my eyes just don't seem to like the morning and they let me know (indirectly) throughout the day, especially when i correspond with people). The downside of karate is that it's set up at a prime time spot in my day, but I can learn to live with that.

On a side note, Planet health is good for your abs and legs, but little else. PM wants to reform it and have 4 sets of 50 pushups (and 4 sets of 50 crunches), which i think is a good idea, but ultimately I want something different.

In other news, I think i've topped out with the rope pulling at WinCo. I can now pull in 17 carts with just my biceps throughout the day and not feel the burn the next day. What a drag. I guess i'll have to buy more rope so I can up the cart amount...
I'm also going to back off on the construction of the cleaver. I have aggravated my boss enough with Japanese lessons on Sundays (scheduled at a really bad time!), school on Mondays and Wednesdays, and karate in the evening on Tuesdays and Thursdays (so I can only open on Tues, thurs), and so i'm going to have to back off on forging until the summer. Speaking of pissing people off...

Meghanraye's seriously pissing me off. She flakes out on me too much whenever i set plans up with her, and tells me that she just "didn't want to do anything at that time". Argh. Subsequently, Rocky Horror & me has been CANCELLED. A whole bunch of other things that i had planned to do with her have been cancelled as well. Rocky Horror does take place on her birthday, so it's understandable that maybe she'd rather do something else on that day, but when she tells me she will go to court with me, talk to Zack at Gonsea with me so i can help her get a different job, and go for a long drive (a drive that's so long that I have to get the day off) and then tells me, Just a little bit before the moment when we're going to leave to do one of these tasks, that she doesn't want to do it... ARGH! I guess that's a pet peeve of mine. She derails my scheduling. I guess I'll respond by not inviting her to things that I think she'll flake out on. Oh well... life goes on.

Speaking of court, I defeated the judge again! I watched a guy who was so old, you KNEW he didn't speed, lose to judge Morrison on charges that he was doing 64 mph on the corridor (which has double fines and is set at 50 mph). Mainly, i won because my officer was relocated to fairfield, but because the judge is so prosecutive (he tries to find ways to find people guilty, i've noticed), I probably should've lost (I know that I didn't do anything wrong). When it was my turn for taking the stand, and the judge found out about my officer, the judge got so angry that he gave a big verbal chewing about the funding of civil stuff and then told me to get out of his court room.

Thus, Darrel Brower defeated THE PEOPLE. (next time, I'll read the book "Fight your ticket... and win!")

Oh, if you ever take on judge morrison, be prepared to lose. When you lose, and you have to go pay your fine, ask the ladies to give you an appeals form, and appeal the ticket! That's how Erin Wiedner beats his tickets (because the appeals judge is impartial)

Speaking of Erin, he met sensei yesterday. My god, those two mesh perfectly! We watched movies last night but those two spent so much time talking... it was interesting. We'll see what happens in the future.

Different different aspects of my life are merging together once again. Guess it's time to find some new aspects to fill up the free space.

I should leave for work, so i have time to do my taxes in the break room. I'm finding my accounting class is very useful for doing taxes, as well as keeping track of personal expenses and financial planning for the future. I didn't think i'd be one of those people that keeps track of this stuff, but it's so useful! (I can project when I'm going to buy what, how long it'll take, etc.)

Now listen you! -from the movie Laura


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