the white man has entered Baba-Zuie

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[ You know what? I can’t refer to the Oaf as “the Oaf” anymore. I gave him that nickname years ago when i didn’t like him, but we’ve been through a lot of stuff since then and now i kinda love the guy. So i’m going to start referring to him as R. Kelly, because that’s his real name. ]

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Raah. The reign of terror at my job continues unabated. I even got called to the Central Office to give “testimony” about Miss Hastings, and it sure looks like she won’t be back ever. On the way out, i saw Miss Wylie in the waiting room — it turns out that our boss was trying to fire her for “being insubordinate” over a minor matter…

…but i later found out that she held on to her job, which makes her one of the first to survive the purge. Miss Wylie is by no means a flawless employee, but she’s been there for four years and knows the place. Why fire her and replace her with some lazy, bored new kid who will quit in a month anyway?

I can’t figure it out. Because of all the needless terminations, they’re running out of people to fill every spot, and no one wants to stick their neck out because they’re scared of being fired. They keep calling me and offering me overtime shifts that i won’t take and no one else wants them, either. Hell no, i’m not going to go work the weird, complicated roving shift at Central when one mistake means instant termination. Hell no, i’m not going to some far-off place that i’ve only been to once before, to work all day with people i don’t know, especially when it’s 105 degrees out, after getting no sleep. No thanks. Fuck yourself. If you assholes wanted people to work these jobs, you should NOT HAVE FUCKING FIRED EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO WORK THEM.

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Man, this weather. It’s brutal. We had nearly two weeks of absolute scorching sun with a few short, nasty thunderstorms mixed in. This is the one summer that feels more like a winter, because the weather is so extreme that it can actually fuck up your plans and shut things down.

Ah well.

But you know, if not for the purge, my job is actually kind of fun these days. I’ve been hanging out with Dahir, Marable, and R. Kelly [formerly the Oaf], and having some pretty decent times. This is the first time at my job that somewhat resembles the golden age of 2009. The other night, i took one deep hit off of Dahir’s blunt, and i got unbelievably stoned for the first time in years…

…which is risky, because you never really know when a supervisor is going to show up. But damn, it made music sound amazing. Every single song that came on the radio sounded like the voice of God. And Dahir was playing Tupac Shakur songs, and i’ve never liked Tupac, but even Tupac sounds phenomenal when you’re stoned. It’s crazy how weed does that. Music just leaps out of the air at you.

I should not make this a habit, though. No telling if they’re going to drug test us all before October.

Dahir is cool. He just needs to quit being late so they don’t fire him. I think his family is taking over that place — in the month since he started, three of his sisters have also gotten hired there, all on third shift. I think my old spot at KRH now belongs to Fatima or Asha? And after tomorrow, the blank space at the Ring that’s been filled by random people will be taken by one of his sisters’ friends. They say her name is “Moona”[sic] and that she’s really hot. Yay. If this keeps up, all of night shift will be dominated by the Dahir network.

Wait, they didn’t say she was hot, they said she was “right.” That’s a fun new slang term for hotness. That new girl, she looks right, Dook.

Personally, i think we should bring foxy back.

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Hmmm, my DeviantArt stats make me happy. Let’s see, i have 256,238 pageviews, while my individual pieces have 1,525,146 combined views. 1,108 people watch me, and i’ve received 26,649 comments.

Onward and upward.

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For the first time ever i’m patronizing an online backup company, so i can finally stop worrying that my hard drive will crash and my laptop will be stolen on the same day and all my drawings will be gone…

…so far, i’m baffled. After uploading “all files,” i learned that the only files that were NOT uploaded were the large versions of my drawings, all the gargantuan JPEG and PING files. You know, the things i have to protect. I guess it skips over anything that large? It looks like i’m going to have to do them manually.

But when i’m done, they will be forever. I hope.

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It’s my brother’s birthday. The plan is to get fried mushrooms and go see The Amazing Spider-Man, and next week get a meal somewhere and see The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t mind telling you that i really, really, really want to see that movie. You ever see the first six minutes online? Fucking cool shit.

I’m done. It’s still too hot. Or too right. Whatever. You’re foxy, such a total fox. Yeah.

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