Summer has been long and dull so far this year. When I first came home, things were a bit tense between my mother and me, as I hadn’t finished many applications for jobs. We had a few disputes over the conditions of me staying home. Things got better near the end of June when I landed a weeklong job at the Oshkosh Hilton Garden Inn where I was to work as a dishwasher.
After learning that, I went to work at my grandfather’s house doing some maintenance on his driveway, tennis court, and deck, which had grown cluttered with sticks and lichen growth after a few years of neglect. As well, I helped him move a sculpture to the house of a lady friend of his that bought the sculpture, which in my opinion is a nice work. I was there for a week and a half, including my birthday and ending on Independence Day. For my birthday, I got some new rope sandals to replace my old smelly decrepit ones that I got at Sea Base a few years ago as well as some books and a travel Sudoku puzzle board with a Da Vinci Code theme (my family saw it while I was at college and apparently liked it).
Meanwhile, online, ODN has done a bit of updating. We finally have a working automated infraction system, though we will probably be making some modifications as soon as it comes back to the table. As well, Apok installed a wiki, so we can have a little ODN knowledge base known as ODNdium. Because I’ve done a little bit with Wikipedia, which runs on the same software (MediaWiki), I was able to play a large part in getting the wiki to a nice look. As well, all the moderators were promoted to Super Moderator to allow for simplified, quicker moderating. On top of that, our site has started a little alliance on OGame.org.
Of course, working during the EAA at the Hilton has interrupted my ability to participate online. The job had long hours, was fairly dull, and forced me to live most of the experience in a fantasy world to maintain sanity. To add to that, my co-worker mumbled and articulated poorly, making him understandable about 10% of the time he opened his mouth. However, I found the experience somewhat rewarding, as it broke the cycle of boredom and nagging that I had come to know.
