Feb. 11th, 2011

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Arithmetic reasoning/reading etc. exam today for the refinery. I'm in for a world of hurt. Have been looking over some more advanced algebra stuff and by the looks of it I need to pirate myself a 10th grade textbook. Rofl. Simply too long without using it for anything...on the other hand, it's not exactly useful to me currently, nor has it been. While you gain strength in some areas, you atrophy in others. That's just the way the world works.

I guess we'll see what happens. Worst case scenario, I find something else. I'm not letting it get to me.

I only managed about four hours of sleep and woke up two hours ago. Shitty, but that's what I get for living the night shift life for so long.
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The test went o-kay. Barry was pretty adamant about the fact nobody would finish any given section in time. He also noted that "unless you completely destroy these tests, you're almost certain to get a call." Well, I did alright. The first one I almost finished in the 12 minutes allotted...I had about four questions left. I think I was the only one who managed to get to the last page. It was mostly spatial reasoning (counting blocks including ones you can't see...pretty simple, except some of the higher difficulty problems, but really it reminded me of IQ tests) some word association/meaning questions and some basic arithmetic.

The second was straight up story problems. Fucking story problems. Some of which could've easily taken 2-5 minutes by themselves (there were 30 questions) and only 15 minutes. So I skipped quite a number of them. I knew after I read a number of them that they were a waste of time. Better to move on to something simpler. Still, I only answered about half.

The third one was mechanical reasoning. Gears, levers, pulleys, that sort of thing. I almost finished this one - I was about to answer the first question on the last page when he called time up. 30 minutes for this one...only one guy finished as far as I could tell (or he got frustrated and/or started throwing random answers in.) I couldn't see anyone accurately finishing these tests in the allotted time unless they could do some pretty extensive basic math (lots and lots of steps) in their heads.

I came home for about an hour, then went to the doctor and did some errands with my mother. Yeah, I hate being a 23 year old guy hanging out with his mother. But you know, you never know how much time you have left with them either. Anyone who thinks it's weird can suck a tail pipe. I'd rather be independent but that will come soon enough.

Dr. went well. He put me on a different form of anti-fungal for a longer period of time. I also managed to get him to give me 30 days of tetracycline for my acne, and I have three refills on some topical stuff for it. Also some special shampoo for my head. It only cost $14 total. Compared to the $120 for just an antibiotic and anti-fungal pills a few months ago, without insurance. They really do rape people for everything they're worth. The visit will cost because it's my first since I've been on insurance. But I have another appointment in six weeks...that will be covered besides the co-pay.

Unfortunately I came home the second time to find the Refinery had called already...at about 10:10am. Hopefully someone got ahold of my dad and let him know the scoop, or else I'll have to wait until monday for a call. I hope they didn't end up scratching me off the list because I wasn't waiting by the phone, but their loss if so...I had a lot of shit to do today.
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http://pol.moveon.org/nprpbs/?r_by=26078-18388797-yHuqkMx&rc=confemail

Looks like the republicans are at it again...trying to get rid of one of the only sources of journalistic integrity left in the United States. Now why on earth would they want to do that?

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