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What is up with my color scheme?

Good Afternoon.

Again, no King, no writing.

I'm beginning to think that I may need to rework the layout for this blog, because it's becoming more of a personal blog than a King themed blog. Oh well.

So, first off, let us have a moment of silence for Phil A. Fish (geddit?). He was a noble beast, undaunted by any threats of feline intervention, and was always willing to do some elementary marine acrobatics (aquabatics?) in return for some Fish Crisps. He passed away this afternoon, due to undisclosed reasons (WikiLeaks purports to have a Police File stating that the cause of death was Spontaneous Dental Hydroplosion). He had a rich, full life, and was at least two to three weeks old. We will all remember Frank fondly, never forgetting him.

On to other news, one of our wonderful shift supervisors are Starbucks has put in his notice. He's one of my closest friends at work, and it's really going to suck not having him there. But, he doesn't really have time to feel up naked people and make coffee at the same time (not to mention how unhygienic that sounds), and so Massage Therapy has come first. He'll be here a little longer than two weeks, but for how long exactly I'm not sure; he's staying a little longer than two weeks because another of our shifts is going on a cruise sometime in November and he doesn't want to leave us high and dry.

That leaves the object of his position (I realize, you probably don't care, but, I don't wanna actually bring it up for work so there you go). I really, truly think I'd like to be a shift supervisor. I mean, I realize that it's a lot of extra work, and I realize that there's so much more responsibility and time involved and all, but I really think I'd want to. I was a supervisor at the coffee shop I used to work at, and I really liked that. It's not as much the pay increase (although I'd certainly not turn that down), it's more the fact that I'd feel like I was more involved in the store, like more depended on me, that I was more important to the store (needing to feel important seems to be a running theme in my life). Also, I guess I'm really looking for the recognition, you know? It would be like a "Hey, Matt, we think you're doing a great job and we really value you here!" I just have always had a problem with self confidence and all that jazz, and so, were they to offer me the position, that would just be wonderful. Unfortunately, I really don't think I will be, and it was probably foolish on my part to even think that they would. Assuming that the manager will even be trying to fill the position, there are other people that are there that would probably be interested in the job, that have been there longer than I have and are probably considered better employees than me. I just kinda needed to vent about it and such. But it's not a big deal.

So, sorry for the personal-ness/weird-ness.

Hey, Whomever.

Hello there.

It's been a good while since I've posted anything on here. Well, nearly 5 months, to be exact.

I'm sorry.

I just got really busy, what with school, and work, and...well, you don't want to hear any of this.

The point is that I had been posting and then I hadn't. Not there are any people out there that ever really did read this regularly, to whom my seeming disappearance would mean a great deal, but still. I feel like I owe the blog, and myself, an explanation. Or at least an apology.

I haven't read much (read: any) Stephen King since that post. Nor have I done much writing. I seem to be in the habit of living in waves. I'll go through periods of intense interest for a while, and then get completely super-interested in something entirely different. I'm only Human (so they've told me). I don't know that it's necessarily a problem; I do truly like Stephen King, and I did have fun writing those short bits of fiction, but there's really no reason for me to expect myself to be constantly involved with them. Plus, I really don't think I have commitment issues or anything like that; I tend to be in things for the long haul.

On the topic of it, I have got another idea for a short story floating around in my brain (don't worry, you don't need your popcorn ready or anything, it is simply an idea). Well, it's more of an idea for a short film (short, like tops three minutes). It's an idea I've had for a while. It's (it's NOT music video) a movie set to a Frank Sinatra song, I believe the title is something like "The Way You Wear Your Hat" or something of the sort. For years, every time I hear that song, this idea starts playing in my head. I'm not a film-er, though, so I don't know that the idea will ever realize it's true purpose. But I suppose I could try my hand at penning it out, either in straight prose or as more of the 'screenplay' for this ridiculously short film. So, perhaps at some point in the future that'll show up here. And don't worry, it's not cheesy.

Finally, in case any of you are wondering, the thing that's been consuming my time lately (aside from school an work, of course) has been the Rubik's cube. I've known how to do it for a good while now, but have recently really gotten in to it. Today I just got to the point where I can solve the more advanced 4x4x4 Cube completely independently, without having to reference algorithms. Even with any case (or cases) of parity. It's pretty sweet, yo. Next on the agenda is a 5x5x5. Who knows, perhaps I'll upload a video on here of me doing the Cubes, and perhaps even an instructional tutorial (I've always had an affinity for doing stuff like that).

Well, it's rather late, and I'm rather tired. I just wanted to update.

Thanks, again, to whomever is out there.