Pretty good.

I'm doing well at work, making fairly good money. I'm moving into my own place with a buddy May 1st which I'm pretty excited for. It'll be weird at first having to pay my own bills, buy my own food, ext but the freedom will be nice.

Ah. I'm making pretty shitty money at the moment. Closing on my place soon, but I've already been paying my own bills and whatnot. It'll just be really nice to OWN where I live.

What are you doing now-a-days in terms of money making?

[QUOTE=DaveSavesTheDay;17145324]What are you doing now-a-days in terms of money making?[/QUOTE]

I've had the same job for 18 months. I work at a call-center telling people what to do. Our call center just doesn't pay crap.

Really? I thought call centers paid well because you have to deal with people's ****.

Most do. The median STARTING pay for a call center is $12.00 an hour. I'm making $10.35 after 4 raises. Started our at $8.00 an hour.

I've been there. I started at $5.45 an hour and worked my way up over the course of 2 years to $10.32 an hour.

Thin I started my new job at $12.50 an hour. The rest was history.

Only 2 more essays left to write in my undergraduate degree.

man its like a blizzard outside. at least its covering up the ash from the volcano.

10 days off. yesssss

[QUOTE=burtonbassist_101;17146661]man its like a blizzard outside. at least its covering up the ash from the volcano.[/QUOTE]

Oh, **** eh. You live in Alaska.

Do you live anywhere near it?

yeah, its about 50 miles away from me.

haven't really gotten that much ash though, just a really fine coating yesterday.

Were there any fatalities?

Also, on a completely different subject..

I applied for a promotion today. It would see me getting a 260% pay raise, plus the added benefit of being in an inbound-sales position. I'd essentially answer a phone when people wanted to buy stuff. Not to mention, I'd have [I]way[/I] more control over what I could offer in terms of promotions or discounts.

I really hope I get it.

not that i know of. the mountain itself is actually kind of isolated. all of the big cities that are closest to it are at least across the inlet away.

and that would be awesome if you got that promotion.

[QUOTE=burtonbassist_101;17147157]not that i know of. the mountain itself is actually kind of isolated. all of the big cities that are closest to it are at least across the inlet away.[/QUOTE]

that's good. when was the last time it erupted?

[QUOTE]and that would be awesome if you got that promotion.[/QUOTE]

tell me about it. I mean, I make pretty good money right now but it's hard. I have absolutley no power in terms of changing prices or overiding system pricing errors or even offering promotions to life-long customers. Plus, since we're in a busy mall we get all the people who want to complain and bitch about stuff that I have no power over.

I've got nothing wrong with trying to help you, but again my power is so limited that 90% of the time I can't even help them. It makes for a very long day sometimes.

Not to mention they lowered our commission by as much as 50% in some cases. Figure, last year our sales were up 30% from the previous so they decide to cut our commission :lol:

Hello lod.

[QUOTE=DaveSavesTheDay]that's good. when was the last time it erupted?[/QUOTE]

actually it erupted just this last evening. nothing really big, but its erupting pretty frequently.

the last time this volcano went through an eruptive phase (just about 20 years ago) it was for a period of about four months. so it's definitely not over yet.

http://avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcimage.php?volcname=Redoubt

cool pics, check it out

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lol.

[QUOTE=trumpeter;17148738](_(_)============D


lol.[/QUOTE]

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All aboard the gravy train.

O_o

[QUOTE=katana_manatee;17149677](_(_)======D(_(_)======D(_(_)======D(_(_)======D :eek:

All aboard the gravy train.[/QUOTE]

Wait a second... this doesn't taste like gravy!

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;17149701]Wait a second... this doesn't taste like gravy![/QUOTE]

When "I can't believe it's not butter" decided to conquer the gravy world they made a mistake on their choice of a marketing ploy.

[quote=katana_manatee;17149720]When "I can't believe it's not butter" decided to conquer the gravy world they made a mistake on their choice of a marketing ploy.[/quote]

Epic Lulz

:lol:

+1

:thumb:

How are you, Steve?

[QUOTE=Sablate McNuff;17149883]Epic Lulz

:lol:

+1

:thumb:

How are you, Steve?[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty good, Joe, having money again is nice. :)

How about yourself? Been up to much this weekend?

Go listen to my song, bitches. >_<

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17149951]Go listen to my song, bitches. >_<[/QUOTE]

Gimme about 40 minutes and I'll listen to it, got a Japanese lesson on right now and don't wanna break my flow too much. It is bad enough with me making this post. I shall stop being anti-social soon enough. :p

Sumimasen. ^_^

[quote=katana_manatee;17149946]I'm pretty good, Joe, having money again is nice. :)

How about yourself? Been up to much this weekend?[/quote]

Went to the Music as a Weapon IV show last night. Lacuna Coil, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage, Disturbed.

It was fun. Very lively crowd and some of the best pits I've ever been in. During the Killswitch set, I was involuntarily crowd surfed about 8 feet and then dropped straight to the floor. 6 feet, flat on my back....not fun.

I'm in awesome amounts of pain right now with a terribly sore and mildly swollen lower back, a black eye, and a kinked neck (± all of the bruises on arms and legs).



GREAT show.

Girlicious was at the nightclub I was at yesterday.

They were **** :lol:

Two of them were attractive and two looked like men.

[QUOTE=DaveSavesTheDay;17150072]Girlicious was at the nightclub I was at yesterday.

They were **** :lol:

Two of them were attractive and two looked like men.[/QUOTE]

F[size=2]uck[/size], they played here a while back. Absolutely laughable. I didn't see them, but a friend of mine did because she works at the venue, and said it was ridiculous.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17150086]F[size=2]uck[/size], they played here a while back. Absolutely laughable. I didn't see them, but a friend of mine did because she works at the venue, and said it was ridiculous.[/QUOTE]

They literally played for 45 minutes. Worst part of it all is that I was DD so it was even more unbearable :angry:

That blows, dude. I hope you got some bow-chicka-wow-wow out of it.

So, I'm selling my bass to a buddy, and I don't really want to make a thread, so I'll ask here.

I'm not looking for some godly awesome bass, I want something classic and cheap that I won't be afraid to beat up.

http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-BB415-5String-Bass?sku=519167

y or n?
check one.

It's a good bass. Friend of mine has the same thing, but a lower grade model. Plays good and sounds decent.

good to know.

is it heavy?

I can't remember. It's been a while since I played it. It weighs less than a Peavey T-40, if that helps. :p

Anyone here renting their own place?

Rather, is anyone familiar with the process of subletting your lease? I'm trying to help my friend do it so he can move into a place with me but I'm not to educated on the subject.

[QUOTE=Sablate McNuff;17150020]Went to the Music as a Weapon IV show last night. Lacuna Coil, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage, Disturbed.

It was fun. Very lively crowd and some of the best pits I've ever been in. During the Killswitch set, I was involuntarily crowd surfed about 8 feet and then dropped straight to the floor. 6 feet, flat on my back....not fun.

I'm in awesome amounts of pain right now with a terribly sore and mildly swollen lower back, a black eye, and a kinked neck (± all of the bruises on arms and legs).



GREAT show.[/QUOTE]

Dude, that sounds like it must have been epic! The 6 foot drop on your back sounds a bit nasty though. Be thankful you never broke anything though. A friend of mine saw Mastodon a while back and some crazy guy did a stage dive and people were just like, "Eh, naw mate.", and he got dropped to the ground and his collar bone broke and started protruding. :eek:

Hope it was a still a fun night despite the battle damage!

[quote=DaveSavesTheDay;17150343]Anyone here renting their own place?

Rather, is anyone familiar with the process of subletting your lease? I'm trying to help my friend do it so he can move into a place with me but I'm not to educated on the subject.[/quote]

It depends on the contract you have with your place. If you're on a lease already, you'll have to read the lease about subletting as most places wont allow it.

You can get him added to the lease if it doesn't break the max occupancy per lease.

[quote=katana_manatee;17150383]Dude, that sounds like it must have been epic! The 6 foot drop on your back sounds a bit nasty though. Be thankful you never broke anything though. A friend of mine saw Mastodon a while back and some crazy guy did a stage dive and people were just like, "Eh, naw mate.", and he got dropped to the ground and his collar bone broke and started protruding. :eek:

Hope it was a still a fun night despite the battle damage![/quote]

It was still a fun night for sure. I'm going to hold off on the crowd surfing for a bit though.