I’m alive, I swear. Just been hideously ridiculously busy since my last post. Vacations, work, placing fraud alerts, maybe working on a possible relationship… busy busy.

I’ll update details when I have the time. Should be Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, but we’ll see what happens.

I did update some of the website while on vacation though. Added pages (affiliates, link), updated bio info (dustin), added disclosure notice to site info (domain), added uptime tracker and a spam poison in the site-wide footer (bottom of the page, yo).

REPINEdotNET is also validated under the W3C XHTML 4.0 Transitional standard, EXCEPT for MovableType’s auto-generated code output. In other words: if I coded it, it’s compliant. If MT generated it, it’s not. Damn bitches.

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Which day of the week do you least look forward to? And which one do you most anticipate?

In general, I have least looked forward to Thursdays lately - for the simple fact that they're my Monday in regards to my work schedule. That fact wasn't such a big deal back in the days when I only worked one job. When you work two jobs though, even if you only work five day weeks, 55-60 hour weeks prove to be very, very long and tiring. Thursdays may lose their status as least looked forward to soon, though, but they may also remain there. I recently got a pseudo-promotion so I work an easy sub-department at Fred Meyer (Frozen Food) two days a week - which will commonly be Thursday/Friday. We'll see if that has a changing affect on those sentiments once I work it a bit more and get into the groove of things.

Alternatively, Tuesdays have been the most anticipated for that same thought process - Tuesdays mark my first (and potentially only, though commonly just first) solid day off during the work week. This is also usually the day that, for that reason, gets used to get out and do things - even though I usually end up sitting on my ass anyways because my friends' and family's schedules often don't jive too well with mine. All is well, though... I'm always chill just relaxin at home and chatting it up with Ashlynn for most of the day while I peruse the interwebs or tv/movie entertainment while sending random txts to random people. Though it would also be cool if I were a bit more social and had more friends to get out more often at the same time... or even just to have that option.

As for this week, my most anticipated day has come and, unfortunately, already past - even though I'm not sure if that'd be Sunday or Monday. Sunday I finally got to meet Ashlynn. After meeting online nearly seven years ago, we never really had a decent opportunity to actually meet in person. That sucks though, cause while she's awesome talking with over long distances, she's even more awesome and amazing in person. I will always remember seeing her get up and run at me when she came into view after clearing the ceiling on the way down the escalator at the airport.

Monday, however, we actually got to hang out and spend more time together - and not running off the fumes of 23 hours of work and 1 hour of sleep, as I was on Sunday. Plus, this time was spent mostly just the two of us, which was also most pleasant. It's a lot easier to give all your attention to one person when you're with them and them alone, versus when you're with them playing games with two other people (one of which also a friend, and one having just met). We also weren't spending so much time in mutual indecisiveness of trying to figure out what the hell to do. We more or less had a plan for the day, and other things to do just fell into place as needed for the most part.

I am not looking forward to tomorrow (Wednesday - though I guess that would technically be today) though - other than getting to see her and spend a little more time with her again. I head back to Oregon today. This trip has been to short, and I unfortunately can't pack her up and take her with me, as Jer and I discussed this morning. Nor can I stay, though I think I could definitely adapt to Phoenix. That just wouldn't be a good idea to just stay here, nor would it be possible at all at this point of time anyways - financially or logistically.

My mini-vacation this week has been an amazing experience, nonetheless. A little awkward at times, simply due to timing with things going on in both our lives and having just met after knowing eachother nearly seven years in an online/long-distance capacity. In spite of those facts though, it's just an amazing feeling to finally be with or around her in a physical capacity. I'm going to miss her, oh so very frickin' much, even though I don't doubt we'll still talk on a daily basis as we have been. In fact, I've honestly missed her every time we've been seperated during this trip.

Well, I had something else to write, too, but I forgot it as I put this on writing on pause once Ashlynn came over after work so I could hang with her and Seth and Keir. If I remember, I'll add it later. But as for now, I bid you all good night as I think of seeing her again tomorrow (bittersweet thoughts, as I definitely don't want to stop seeing her).

So wow... as of [yesterday], April will be one hell of a busy month for me.

I'll be leaving this Sunday (April 5, my birthday) to Phoenix to visit the ever-so-loverly Ashlynn and the mythical Stacemonster from the land of art. From conversations today, my plate will be pretty full - at least while Ashlynn is not at work during this visit.

I shall return from Phoenix on Wednesday in the evening, only to (and this is assumption now, since schedules for that time aren't posted yet) go straight to work a couple hours later, followed by work every night thereafter through Monday (the 13th). Sunday and Monday will be bitches at work, cause of Easter.

Get out of work Monday only to head to the airport a couple hours later to spend 7 hours traveling to New Orleans, where I will get to see my brother, who I would further explain to be the future world leader, but that is now his son's place in life. It will be awesome to get to see them, as well as Krista. I have no idea on details DURING this trip, other than a party for Alexander on the 18th, as I have not yet called him today. But I'm sure things will be done, nonetheless.

I return from New Orleans on the 22nd, at 11:59pm... which I'm sure will be followed with me walking in the door at work not 24 hours later. The last week of April will likely only be filled with work, though.

So, once this month gets rolling, I may (or may not) be scarce. I'll have my phone to update MySpace and Facebook enough to verify my status amongst the living though. And I'll have my cell.. but don't try calling, cause I hardly ever answer. Just txt or IM me on AIM (amity discord - AIM forwards to my cell, which i can reply to). Get a hold of me if you want/need my number.

April 01-05: Work and Sleep
April 05-08: Phoenix, AZ (Ashlynn/Stace)
April 09-13: Work and Sleep
April 13-22: New Orleans, LA (Daniel/Krista/Alexander)
April 23-27: Work and Sleep
April 28-29: Weekend!

After tweaking around with a bunch of stuff today, I think this site is finally ready for release. Unfortunately though, comments are still being a bitch. This means that, at least for now, comments will be disabled site-wide. The problem is roughly half design integration and half technical mishap (which I just don't want to deal with looking into atm).

For those of you that are curious, Repine is currently being powered by MovableType. What can I say? It's what I know and what I like - with the exception of their retarded licensing restrictions nowadays. Due to those licenses, as well as my complete inexperience with WordPress, Repine will remain a single-user blog for now. Yes, that means me, and only me, will be posting to this blog - at least until I can learn WordPress. Trust me, I'll eventually learn that one (or a similar program)... I just don't have the time or focus at this moment.

Feel free to poke around a bit. There have been some major changes to the way some information was presented in the past versus how it's presented now. For example, the "domain" link above takes you to the about page, which contains both: the technical details behind the site, as well as a general written history of repine.net. The "dustin" link, on the other hand, will take you to a page about me, where you can actually learn more about me than just simply my last name or age. Basically, I just took the styles of a few personal blog sites around, then smashed them into one. As with all violent explosions, some things got fused together and stuck around, while others got completely obliterated and are nowhere to be found.

Well, I guess that'll be all for now. I still gotta change a couple settings to get the site published to the actual domain (instead of a super secret testing subdirectory), so I'll first take care of those. Then I'll poke around myself a bit to see if anything broke in the transition out of the testing directory. If it did, I'll either fix it or temporarily lock those mishaps out. If you run across anything that seems broken, take a gander to the Contact page and let me know!

I'll post a blog about my adventures in that place called life later. For now, I just want to get this show on the road!

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