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But, it is true. A college professor with some time on his hands has found a way to help people out little by little, and he is gaining the attention of people willing to help him to help people.

What do my roommate and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have in common? Here’s your first hint… the mayor was approached about the fact after a “joint (ahem) press conference.”

The New York Post must really love those ironic puns.

It’s beautiful outside today. I think I deserve a long lunch break. On top of that, the next couple of weeks look good for some fun events in the city. Woohoo! Getting out of the apartment once in a while is a good thing.

Comcast Online is really starting to piss me off. I call up their customer support number, and I get a message that I should stay on the line and someone will be with me shortly. After that, sometimes I get the familiar “hold music” and other times I get silence. When I get the silence, who knows whether they line is connected. In the rare occasion I get the hold music, I’m on for a pretty long time, and if I’m lucky, I’ll eventually get a recorded voice that tells me to continue holding. And then the message is looped, so I keep hearing it until eventually the phone connection just drops. It’s really starting to get ridiculous.

On top of that, the storage facility, whose services I no longer need and would like to stop being charged for, does not pick up their phone.

Why does the world always want to get in my way when I’m trying to get things done?

I am now officially sans auto. Over the weekend, I sold my car for $1 to my father, who wanted the fun of putting an ad in the papers and selling it for some price better than $1. Hopefully, we’ll get enough money for the car to pay for the remaining payments. Now I can cancel my car insurance and save thousands of dollars this year. On the other hand, being without a car makes it almost impossible for me to visit people unless they’re willing to put in some effort (such as meeting me at a train station or coming up to visit me).

It’s a good thing I get along with my roommate.

I always seem to miss the Tartan Day festivities. On the other hand, I’m not sure if I’d be so interested in seeing Sean Connery lift up his kilt. I guess I’m glad I missed it this year.

1. I still have to call Comcast and work out this cable modem-sharing thing so I can have internet access at home.
2. Though my father and his girlfriend were helpful while moving large pieces of furniture, my dad is definitely getting too old for it, and he refused to ever help me move again.
3. That’s about it. Slow weekend.

I am not leaving the office tonight until my boss has time to talk with me. He’s is contantly in meetings, on the phone, etc., and he needs to know that I need to be doing something other than browsing the web for my own edification all day.

Now, to quote some Paul McCartney and John Lennon, What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?… I’ll get by with a little help from my friends.

Well, this seems to be a trend, and I guess for today, it’s okay if I do it, too. So without further ado, here is my Friday Five:

1. What are the first things that you do in the morning to start your day?
Here’s what happens in the morning. My alarm clock goes off. I wake up anywhere from -5 to 60 minutes after it goes off… luckilly the clock is set early enough so that I can still make it to work on time. After waking up, I get out of bed, take a shower, brush my teeth and hair, skip breakfast, and hussle out the door. I walk about three blocks to the PATH station, go through the turnstile, hop on the train and sit there amongst the smelly people. At the second stop, I get off in Newark and walk through the Gateway building, to the street, and then down a block to my workplace. I show my ID badge, go upstairs, and fill my bottle with water for the day.

2. What are the last things that you do at night before going to bed?
Normally one of the things I would do before bed is check my email, but at the moment that’s impossible without going into my roommate’s room while she’s sleeping. Probably a bad idea. So without checking my email, I change into Sleep Dress, which for me these days is usually a tee-shirt and sweat pants. Sometimes to help me fall asleep quicker (I’m notorious for staying awake for hours trying to fall asleep), I do some relaxing techniques. That’s about it.

3. What daily routine have you recently added to your day?
Since I just moved a few days ago, most of the specifics of my daily routine have changed, such as taking the PATH train.

4. What routine do you wish you get rid of?
I would like to change the part before I fall asleep where I feel like I’ve been stupid for years and years, thinking I knew what friendship was and that it was something I had with people. Oh, I forgot to mention that in the “before going to bed” part.

5. What’s the one thing that makes you feel like something is missing if you don’t do it some point within your day?
Well, something is missing. And I don’t feel like choosing one thing. So there you go.

First of all, I would like to start today’s entry with the following announcement. There is no Lisa Simpson Porn here. I’m not sure why This Is Not A Website comes up in the search results.

Well, I’ve been living in my new apartment for a few days now. Let me say that my roommate is very nice. The apartment on the other hand is not so great. I don’t know how I missed the big hookah in the living room when I was first checking out the place.

I think there’s something wrong with the ethernet hub I have. I don’t seem to be able to split the cable modem connection between my computer and my roommate’s, so looks like I will continue to remain offline in the evening. Of course, Comcast does not support networking and will not assist me with my hub. I might need to get a router. Ugh.

Thus I continue to search for inner happiness… and for jobs in other parts of the country. Looking around, there doesn’t seem to be anything keeping me tied to Jersey except for my father and this job. As for my father, he would still help me as much as he could if I needed him to no matter where I live, and as for the job, since I’m starting at the bottom anyway I could probably just start at the bottom somewhere else.

Addendum: And wouldn’t you know it, here’s today’s horoscope:

You need to start giving yourself more credit, dear Pisces. You have tremendous talents, many of them untapped. If you would just begin to harness the talent and power that is already within you, then you would begin to see a dramatic arc to your career path. Something is holding you back. Could it be fear of failure or, more likely, fear of success? You need to spend some time meditating about what you really want out of life. Once your heart’s desire is clear, it will be that much easier to claim it.