Oh, the humanity!

So I always feel like I'm being taken advantage of at work. I don't know... I think that's worse than actually being taken advantage of. Because I mean, you can be taken advantage of and not know it, right? So then ignorance is bliss. But if you FEEL like you're being taken advantage of, even if you're not, then that's pretty horrible. Or just annoying.

I don't know, I might be more upset about it if I didn't like my job, which I do very much.

Anyway. After finally reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I had been a fan of the movie since it came out), I decided I needed to read the rest of Douglas Adams' books concerning Arthur Dent. However, being short on money due to a slow, confused, and heartless loan company, I really couldn't afford to buy them. I only borrowed the first one from a friend, and I need some things to read. Well, not really. I have plenty of books I haven't read yet, but I'm on a Douglas Adams kick right now.

So after work, I went to the book exchange, which is a WONDERFUL place my mother introduced me to a couple months ago. My mom and dad have accumulated a massive amount of books over their years, so we have quite a credit at the book exchange because of all the old and rarely read books they brought in. Also, my mom got a gift certificate to the book exchange for like $25. So the store credit, combined with the gift certificate, has gotten me probably around 20 books for around $7. (You can only use store credit on old/used books, not new ones, and I think a couple of the ones I bought were new, hence the reason I have actually paid that store money at all.)

It's pretty much my favorite place to go. Pretty much.

But I feel like I'm neglecting CoH (City of Heroes, my "home" MMO). But I mean... none of my old friends play it anymore. Not even Scott, he quit just a few days ago. I'm still paying for the game, technically. But I haven't played it for a few weeks now. I logged on just the other day, because I had a new veteran reward. See, on CoH, for every three months that your account is active (meaning the monthly subscription has been paid), you get a veteran reward. These rewards give you some, but not all, of these things:

-a badge (which has no purpose in the game, except bragging rights)
-a respec (short for "respecification", which is a token you would otherwise have to earn ingame; it allows you to re-choose your character's powers within their powersets)
-new tailor options
-a bonus power
-a summon pet power
-a summon pet power, and the pet actually has usefulness
-a mission teleport power (and this is incredibly useful. Just imagine that you're a superhero, and you have to constantly travel ALL around the world to save people and whatnot. Now imagine that you're in California, and they need your help in Zimbabwe. And now imagine that, instead of having to Super Jump or slowly Fly your whole way there, you can just use that power, and *pop*, you're not only in Zimbabwe, but EXACTLY the right place in Zimbabwe that you need to be. REALLY useful.)
-a base teleporter power (This power allows you to teleport to your base, no matter where you are in the game world. Your base is like.... well, it's like Batman's batcave. Except you share it with people, and it doesn't have a butler and a superawesome car inside.)

I might be forgetting something... well, I probably am, because I'm quite forgetful. But my point was, I knew I had earned the 48 month veteran reward, which means I got the second "summon pet power" in the list. And I was pretty psyched about that. There's a small list of pets you can choose from, and whichever pet you choose, it gives you a certain buff. It's really not all THAT outstanding... I was just excited about it because it meant that I got my 48 month veteran reward, and not a whole lot of people have that.

Well. One of the other teachers at work broke her arm. So I've been lucky enough to be my boss's go-to girl when a time slot needs to be filled in. Which is cool, because like I said, I'm fairly short on money. And by fairly, I mean seriously. The only bad thing is that I'm REALLY not a morning person, and I'm seriously bad at waking up in the morning. Notice I said, "waking up in the morning" not "waking up early", meaning I just have a general problem waking up because I really love to sleep.

All right, readers that I don't have. Douglas Adams is calling my name.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.