| Hey everyone! |
[09 Sep 2008|04:23pm] |
Work is over! I am up out this piece!
More to come later.
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| yo |
[27 Jan 2007|10:13pm] |
I JUST LOVE ME SOME MAN COCK!!
have fun in jax...uh..me.
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| Outta here. |
[11 May 2006|03:17am] |
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I'll be going on vacation for the next few days. Should be back on or before the 20th. I'll be online every so often, but for the most part I'm just gonna get away from everything for a while. I shall see you guys when I get back. Laters all!
-Mike out.
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| Another old rant I found and graduation. |
[03 May 2006|04:45am] |
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In cleaning up some of the files on my computer, I seem to have stumbled upon an old rant I wrote after my first semester at MDC. I actually don't know how the hell I feel about it. I just keep saying to myself, "Did I actually write this?" I don't think it's particularly funny, nor insightful, and I have no fucking clue what made me write it, but I figure since I did, I'd put it on here for everyone. You guys be the judge, because honestly, I really have no fucking clue how I feel about this one. Here we go!
( The rant in question )
Also, I have graduated Miami-Dade College. I now have an AA in English Literature and Education. Go me!
-Mike out.
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| Christ almighty, it's late |
[13 Mar 2006|04:47am] |
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Earlier today (or yesterday, considering It's been Monday for five hours now) I was shooting pool by myself. It was a particularly lonesome experience, but it led to something of an inspiration for me to write, which is something I haven't done in a long time. So I wrote a story about someone shooting pool alone every day, why they would do it, and what the eventual outcome would be. It's just a story, and in no way an accurate reflection of my own life. It's just the idea of taking that lonely feeling you get when you play pool on your own to a whole new extreme, which I think I explored fairly well.
I would love some feedback on this one. It's one of the only stories I've actually been able to sit down and write from beginning to end, and it's the first thing I've written in months. I'm pretty proud of it, but I know it could be better. Anyways, here it is.
( The Pool Hall )
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| I know. I'm an asshole. Forgive me. |
[19 Feb 2006|12:30pm] |
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Completely forgot about those stories I told people I would write for them, and considering all the bullshit that's gone on in my life over the past few months, I don't think I can really blame myself for that.
Consider this a formal announcement of me putting those on indefinite suspension. Should I find myself with enough free time to be able to pick the project back up, I'll try to remember to do so. In the meantime, I apologize to everyone I said I'd write a story for. I just have way too much going on right now. I hope you understand.
-Mike out.
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| I just shaved. |
[18 Feb 2006|07:55am] |
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Sexy. |
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Polaris - Coronado II |
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Damn, I feel sexy.
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| Stream of Consciousness Post |
[02 Jan 2006|01:06pm] |
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Bored, as per my usual MO. |
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So many songs, so little space to write them all. |
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Happy New Year, everyone. I'm going to take this opportunity to document my thoughts while I'm at work and then share them with the rest of you on this, my small corner of the Internet. This is mostly done in the hopes that it kills time. Here we go!
I cut coffee, soda, cigarettes, and tea out of my diet. I drink water and juice now. I started last Monday, and I had a killer headache for a couple days, but by late Thursday night I felt fine. I wonder if anyone has ever suffered neurological damage by going from three or four cups of coffee at work and another two or three cups of soda/tea at home everyday to absolutely no caffeine whatsoever. Hmmm. Should be better for me in the long run. I just want to be able to enjoy it in moderation, which probably won't be for another few months, but oh well. Such is the price one pays for good health (which I do not possess yet, but I'm trying).
I really enjoy that part at the end of Gary Numan - Cars where the synths take over and they have a couple seconds of good synth and even better drumming. Makes my day.
Work is boring the ever living piss out of me and I am trying to get out of here and start something that can make me money that I actually enjoy doing. I was thinking of starting a comedic editorials site, but I'm more than a tad bit unclear on how that works. I know ad placement has something to do with it, but how much money does that actually bring in? I don't know. If someone would be willing to explain it to me, or if someone could point me in the direction of where I could find this information out, I'd greatly appreciate it.
REM - Everybody Hurts just came on my iPod. I'm going to take this time to admit that the first time I saw the music video, I cried my eyes out. I can listen to the song perfectly fine, but the video still chokes me up a little. I'm a pussy like that. While we're on the topic, Ben Folds Five - Brick and Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto make me cry sometimes. Again, pussy comment applies.
I love when everyone else in the office is in the weekly metting and I have the whole fuckin' place to myself, especially when the phones aren't busy at all. I can take the time to fuck off and not work with even more comfort and assurance that I won't get caught.
I try not to beat myself up about the fact that I've tried to move out of this god damn city for the past two years, yet I've gone absolutely nowhere. It's just hard trying to do so when I can't catch a break in terms of funds, and even moreso when I have no financial backing to support me if I need it. My job barely pays for the bills that I have now, and I had to request a paycheck in advance so I could apply for a short term loan and pay the tuition for half of my classes. The financial aid department at MDC needs my mom's W2's, which she doesn't have, so I'm frantically looking for a way to get some kind of documentation that would get me the financial aid I need. After classes and books are paid for, there's a couple hundred extra dollars that I could really use right now. And just when I feel like I have a hold on things financially, something happens like my car shitting out on me that requires me to rethink my whole strategy. Like I said, it's just hard. I'm trying to set a moving goal for the middle/end of the summer so I can get my AA and have a semester off in the winter to move and find a job and get situated, but if things keep up the way they're going, I'm not going to be able to. Man, I am not happy with the way things are going.
And yes, I'm aware of the irony in me bitching about my job when I just finished saying that I don't actually do any work while I'm here. Well, I used to. I used to work pretty fucking hard at my job, and I was pretty happy with it. When I started taking on more of the bills in the house and I asked for my pay to be raised from $7/hour to something decent, considering the average national payrate for Executive Assistants is $13/hour, and it became increasingly apparent to me that they weren't going to pay me a decent wage for no real reason (I came to this conclusion after several sit-downs with my boss), I said, "Fuck it." If they're not going to be there for me when I fucking need them, then asses to them. Let this whole fucking place crumble around me while I chat on AIM. Fuckers.
I'm gonna stop here because the meeting is over and everyone is coming back to their desks. *sigh*
EDIT #1: I'm still working on those stories. I've decided to work on several at a time, because I often get ideas for one while writing another. Fun stuff! I don't know if you can expect them soon, but you can expect them, if that makes any sense. Yeeaaaah...
-Mike out.
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| Flexing my creativity for a change. |
[11 Dec 2005|07:59pm] |
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Comment and ask me to write a story about you and I'll do it. I'll post the stories on my journal. If I've written a story about you before, then I'll write another one. I need to write something and it'd be nice to have something to motivate me to do so. The first story I write goes to the first person who comments.
If, by chance, I happen to piss anyone off with the story I write, then I'm sorry. That's not the intention. I'll try and match personality and mannerisms to the best of my ability, but keep in mind that a lot of you I've never even met before, so it could be hard, which is fine by me. I like a challenge. Also keep in mind that I'm really just bored and need to put my imagination to work a little more than I have been lately.
So yeah. Comment for a story about you.
-Mike out.
UPDATE: These may take a while to get posted because I'll only be working on them at home. Can't afford to get fired for posting on LJ at work, even though I got problems on the Internet.)
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| Haven't done one of these in a while. |
[13 Nov 2005|06:40pm] |
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 | You scored as Batman, the Dark Knight. As the Dark Knight of Gotham, Batman is a vigilante who deals out his own brand of justice to the criminals and corrupt of the city. He follows his own code and is often misunderstood. He has few friends or allies, but finds comfort in his cause.
Captain Jack Sparrow | | 79% | Batman, the Dark Knight | | 79% | Indiana Jones | | 71% | Neo, the "One" | | 71% | Maximus | | 71% | Lara Croft | | 63% | The Terminator | | 58% | James Bond, Agent 007 | | 58% | The Amazing Spider-Man | | 54% | El Zorro | | 50% | William Wallace | | 50% | </td>
Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0
created with QuizFarm.com |
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| My source replenished. |
[06 Nov 2005|05:43pm] |
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Content. |
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Whatever awful shit my brother is listening to in his room. |
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For those of you who did not know, my internet connection, the very source of my being, was down for the past month and a half. Having worked out my debt with BellSouth, I am reconnected and once again, everything is well. Upon reconnection, however, I recieved a new email address: mikepapadopoulos@bellsouth.net. If I regularly communicate with you via email, update your contact lists. I won't be checking my Hotmail account anymore.
That's about it. This post was really just to let everyone know that my primary method of communication has been restored and my contact information has changed. Until I have something interesting to say, laters all.
-Mike out.
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| Arbitrary, yet fun! |
[04 Nov 2005|10:59am] |
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Hopped up on free coffee. |
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Inter-office communication, when taken seriously, is perhaps the most boring thing on the fucking planet. "Hey. I need your statistics. Thanks. -LM" I get emails like this all the time from my boss. I understand that the office environment can be a busy one, but that doesn't necessarilly have to constitute for a lack of interesting email content. I think in the past 7 months or so that I've been here, I've recieved two comedic email forwards: one was all just a bunch of drawings about old people and Viagra (lol), and the other was Weird Al's eBay song from the Poodle Hat album. No real original content.
It is for this reason that I've been adding strange, arbitrary signatures to all of my emails. Because I am in an extremely bored state, I'll post a few of my favorites for all to enjoy.
No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be,
Mike Papadopoulos
Publications Officer/WWII Flying Ace
Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit,
Michael Papadopoulos
Publications Officer/reciffO snoitacilbuP
Everybody dance now,
Mike Papadopoulos
Publications Officer/Self-Proclaimed Slayer of Argonauts
Foghat rules,
Mike Papadopoulos
Publications Officer/Hero of Time
In constant fear of hamsters,
Michael Papadopoulos
Executive Assistant/Discount Quilt Retailer
I live among the creatures of the night,
Michael Papadopoulos
Executive Assistant/Kick Ass Baritone for a Barber Shop Quartet
MUCHAS EMAIL ESTRAVAGANZA!!!!!
Miguel Sanchez de la Portilla Papadopoulos III, Esquire
Executive Assistant/Ayudante Ejecutiva
Wishing I knew how to play the Theremin,
Michael Papadopoulos
Executive Assistant/Freelance Shaman
If you guys have any suggestions for signatures I can use to torture my coworkers with, then drop me a comment. In the meantime, I'll be sitting here, bored off my ass at work. Wheeeeeeee.
-Mike out.
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| Dispatches from the office. |
[07 Oct 2005|01:04pm] |
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The boredom has overcome me to the point where I have a headache. I've practically finished all my work today and putzfucking around on the Internet is practically the only way to pass time around here. It almost makes me want to ask for a harder, more time consuming and challenging position in the company. Almost.
Also, anyone in Orlando have a spare room? I might be leaving earlier than end of the year and I'd need a place to crash while I get on my feet. Anyone who has a spare room up there that they'd be willing to let me crash at for a bit, that would be groovy.
That's about it.
-Mike out.
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| This hardly seems like something I should be getting paid to write. |
[03 Oct 2005|01:19pm] |
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It's hard to imagine that in the past three and a half months I haven't been bored enough to update this thing until now. In any case, let's recap the past few months:
1) First and foremost, I am in a wonderful relationship with an amazing woman by the name of Jenny. We're very happy together.
2) On the way to see Jenny a few weeks ago, the fucking transmission on my car practically fucking exploded, so I have no car. I had to pay $250 to have it towed home from Melbourne as well, so that cleaned me out of a good chunk of funds.
3) My credit got fucked by the fact that my mother has bills in my name and hasn't paid them, so I can't get an auto loan (at least not with anyone besides Bank of America, and they charge 13% APR, which is fucking horrid).
4) I am currently remodeling my room, for my awesome girlfriend is coming to visit me and for the first time in my life, I actually give a flying fuck about how my room looks. That and I sleep on a fucking futon mattress on the ground. Come on, already. That shit has to stop.
5) I have to settle my debt with BellSouth that my mom accumulated for me by not paying the bill for three months. $373. Jesus fuck. Because of this, I have no landline phone or internet access at my house. It's fucking killing me. I also have to pay my car insurance payment, which is a pain in the ass considering I'm basically paying insurance on a car I can't drive. I'll see who I can talk to about that.
6) I get paid Wednesday, and hopefully it's a decent amount. I've worked it out to about $480. That should help, but I still need more, especially if I plan on moving anytime soon. Which is why I'm wondering if anyone wants a year and a half old Toshiba Satellite laptop for $350. Specs available on request. Figure'd I'd post it here before I post it on eBay or something in case anyone I actually give a flying fuck about wanted it.
7) I'm probably going to get fired for fucking off on LiveJournal during work. Bahahaha.
8) Still moving to Orlando by the end of the year. I don't plan on staying here any longer than I have to. I can't wait to leave this fucking city.
That's all for now. I'm running on no sleep and my superiors at work have begun to notice a lack in my productivity. Time to make it look like I'm doing something. Laters all.
-Mike out.
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| Jenny tagged me. I have no choice in this. |
[18 Jun 2005|03:47pm] |
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I'm whipped. *wha-kish* <3 Jenny.
List five songs that you are currently digging. It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the five songs in your blog.
1. Alanis Morissette - Perfect
2. Bush - Alien
3. Primus - Bob
4. Heart - Magic Man
5. Ben Folds - Bastard
I'm not tagging anyone. I'm killing this thing before it consumes more whipped little pansies like me.
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| Free iPod |
[12 May 2005|11:14pm] |
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Free iPod
Register, charge $7 on whatever card you have for shipping and handling on some stupid shit you'll never need, and then get 5 other people to do the same so you can maybe get a free iPod. Dunno if it works, but worth a damn shot.
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| Catty gave me a survey and she's awesome for doing so. |
[06 Apr 2005|10:13pm] |
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1. Total Volume of Music on My Hard Drive :
One sec while I transfer all my stuff from my downloads folder to my mp3 folder... and since I'm not counting Lou's "music," the grand total is... 5.816 gigs! Yay!
2. The last CD I bought was :
It was either that Razorblade Suitcase/Sixteen Stone combo thing I bought on Amazon or... yeah. I think it was that.
3. The song playing right now :
Ween - Don't Laugh (I Love You). Anyone who doesn't have it should go out and snag or download GodWeenSatan: The Oneness. Next to Primus, it's some of the best 90's alternative rock you can get.
4. Ten albums that mean a lot to me :
In no particular order...
1) Green Day - Dookie. First album I ever bought. Fuck yes.
2) Bob Marley - Legends. It's the album I most closely associate with my dad. He absolutely loved this album.
3) Nirvana - Nevermind. When I first got into grunge, this was the album that was out. Smells Like Teen Spirit was being played damn near everywhere and I was the only one who thought In Bloom was a much better song. About a month after I got into grunge, Kurt killed himself (or Courtney did it, whichever you prefer). I joined at a shaky time for grunge, but it always stayed with me.
4) Soundgarden - Down On The Upside. Best Soundgarden album, in my opinion. Has my favorite song from them, which hardly anyone has heard of, Never Named.
5) Polaris - Music From the Adventures Of Pete And Pete. All the music I grew up listening to on one of my favorite shows of all time packed onto this one little CD. It doesn't get any better.
6) Journey - Greatest Hits. It's fuckin' Journey, man. Journey kicks ass. That and it reminds me of Liv.
7) Led Zeppelin (any album). They all fuckin' rock hardcore. Except for In Through The Out Door. Zep sold out on that one.
8) Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction. In the early 90's I took a trip to Greece with my family. My uncle brought along his copy of Appetite For Destruction and it was listened to most heavily. Then when we got back to miami we met Guns N' Roses at the airport. It was awesome.
9) Alice In Chains - Best Of The Box. My dad's favorite band and one of the best CD's and music DVD's I own.
10) Clerks Soundtrack. Music has rarely accompanied such an extraordinary film this well.
5. Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?
Whoever wants it can come get it. I'm sure everyone will have at least one thing in their response that'll be of some interest to me.
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| The most accurate online quiz I've ever taken. |
[25 Mar 2005|08:11pm] |
I'm not one for online quizzes. I'll do them occassionally when I get bored and wonder what Inuyasha/Boondock Saints/Aqua Teen/etc. character I am for shits and giggles. Online quizzes about personality, on the other hand, have always been too vague to me and I don't feel that a site with a picture of the sky opening up that says "You are an... Angel!" or some shit like that qualifies it as a credible source for what my personality is like. This one, however, I found to be very accurate. Well worth the time it takes to answer everything. Here are my results. I'll let you be the judge of the quiz's accuracy.
Advanced Global Personality Test Results | Extraversion | |||||||||| | 33% | | Stability | |||||| | 30% | | Orderliness | |||||||||| | 33% | | Empathy | |||||| | 23% | | Interdependence | |||| | 16% | | Intellectual | |||||||||||||||| | 63% | | Mystical | |||||||||||||| | 56% | | Artistic | |||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Religious | |||||| | 30% | | Hedonism | |||||||||||||| | 56% | | Materialism | |||||||||| | 36% | | Narcissism | |||||||||| | 36% | | Adventurousness | |||||||||| | 36% | | Work ethic | |||| | 16% | | Self absorbed | |||||||||||||||| | 63% | | Conflict seeking | |||||||||| | 36% | | Need to dominate | |||||||||||| | 43% | | | Romantic | |||||||||||||| | 56% | | Avoidant | |||||||||||| | 43% | | Anti-authority | |||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Wealth | |||| | 16% | | Dependency | |||||||||||| | 43% | | Change averse | |||||||||||| | 43% | | Cautiousness | |||||||||||||||||| | 76% | | Individuality | |||||||||||||| | 56% | | Sexuality | |||||| | 23% | | Peter pan complex | |||||||||||| | 50% | | Physical security | |||||||||||| | 43% | | Food indulgent | |||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Histrionic | |||||||||| | 36% | | Paranoia | |||||||||||||||| | 63% | | Vanity | |||||| | 30% | | Hypersensitivity | |||||||||||||| | 56% | | Female cliche | |||||| | 30% | |
| Take Free Advanced Global Personality Testpersonality tests by similarminds.comStability results were low which suggests you are very worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious. Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive. trait snapshot: messy, depressed, introverted, feels invisible, does not make friends easily, nihilistic, reveals little about self, fragile, dark, bizarre, feels undesirable, dislikes leadership, reclusive, weird, irritable, frequently second guesses self, unassertive, unsympathetic, low self control, observer, worrying, phobic, suspicious, unproductive, avoidant, negative, bad at saving money, emotionally sensitive, does not like to stand out, dislikes large parties, submissive, daydreamer
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| Survey time! w00t! |
[21 Mar 2005|03:08pm] |
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