Category: General
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Work Update
So, we’ve launched a new lottery in Chicago. I’m really excited about it and I think it will do really well. It has been a hugely stressful experience for me. I’ve only been working on campaigns that were put together before I started at the company, so this was a…
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Tardis – My New Computer
So, I’ve had my new computer for a little while now, and as you can see, I named it Tardis (a Doctor Who reference for those not in the know). The machine is not without its issues, but I’m trying to squash bugs, and crossing my fingers that there are…
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Working Weekend
So this weekend has been more eventful than I originally thought it was going to be. I ended up spending a fair bit of time with a friend, helping her deal with a relationship issue, and getting some work done. We are launching a new product today at work, and…
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Protected: How Readers Should Identify with James
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Relationships Sometimes Crumble
I’m at the point in my life where people around me are going through relationship failures. When it happened to me, two years ago, I felt like I was the only one in the world that it had ever happened to. I was struggling with depression and isolation, and I…
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Protected: James Xavier
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Weekend in Kingston
So this past weekend, I was in Kingston visiting my cousin, Mark. We had a great time going to Chilifest, seeing my cousin, Kyle, play football, walking around, watching movies and television shows, and taking pictures. The weather was frosty, the wind was bitter cold, but all-in-all, it was a…
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Missed My Class
So last night, I was just too exhausted and feeling under the weather from a wet and cold weekend in Kingston, that I missed my class. Thankfully, I was smart enough to e-mail my teacher before I hit the sack to try to recover. I found out though that I…
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Fifth Challenge in Writing Course
This challenge was one where we had to use the following elements in our scenes: a ringing phone, a sealed envelope, a unidentifiable sound, two men in orange sneakers, a rare bird, a broken clock.
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Fourth Challenge in Writing Course
Our latest prompt is the first line of dialog below. We had to continue the scene from there. I found this the hardest so far.
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Warhammer with Barry, Jo and Friends
So recently, Barry had a Warhammer 40k tournament at his place, and I was in attendance. I, unfortunately, had to play Space Marines, as it was an Imperium vs Chaos game. I am more comfortable with Tyranids. It was a great event though, with three large tables set up and…
Malcolm Peralty 