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Words were put into action today as I have taken the time to send out emails to various small businesses in the immediate proximity of where I live to make them aware of my services as an Enrolled Agent. I don't imagine much panning out right off the bat, but as long as I have addresses typed in, it'll make it easier to bug people later, and I can continue to spread out and target places further away in the future. Just a few minutes ago, I received a second rejection email from my Dad's workplace for an opening that he came across, so any kind of prospect at moving on from my present work is yet again at zero.

Another item that consumed some time today was me making a trip to the bank to deposit some money that my wife took out from her account, and it was good for her to do this as there's a few utilities which are paid directly from that account and would be a greater pain to pay by other means (such as directly mailing a check in).

Draft.

18680711 14:55:31

MK-S-4798

Gloria opened the door to her son's bedroom and turned her head around its edge to look in before entering. He saw him silently sitting on the edge of his bed, with his hands folded into his lap.
"Rodney?"
"Hi Mama." He looked up to her when he responded, but his face bore no change in reaction to her walking into his room.
"Oh, honey, are you OK?" She walked briskly over to him and suddenly wrapped her arms around him and pressed his body against hers. "Your father told me about the incident you were just in. I'm just relieved to see you back safe. That's the most important thing."
"I know, I know. I'm OK Mama, really."
Gloria placed her hands on his shoulders to pull herself away from him and kept her hands there as she knelt down. She has no reason to disbelieve that he was telling the truth, that he really was fundamentally unshaken by the incident - and this realization made her feel proud, yet worried. Neither she nor Jesse were the type to be overtly emotional, and to this point she had seen no difference in this regard with her son, and she was impressed by his stoic demeanor at this point. But a question began to form in the back of her mind as she realized this, and she wondered if it was normal for a child at the age of nine to have witnessed something horrible such as that and not show signs of distress? She looked Rodney over silently, turning her head from one angle to the next to look him over for any signs of cracking in his facade, and was unable to find any such fissure points.
"Y'know I'd understand if you were scared or disturbed, I would understand if you were. You can talk to your Mama about it."
"I know." Rodney said this with a nod that could have been otherwise interpreted as cheerful. "Daddy explained it, though. It's like he said - it was them or him. They were gonna kill him, or he was gonna kill them. He had no choice. That's the only way he could have done that to stay alive. That's the only way he keep me alive. It was the only way."
"That may be so, this time. But don't forget, it's not like that every time. Most every time there's always a way where-"
"But Mama, they had guns on him and they shot the guns. They tried to kill him first. I saw it."
"Rodney, listen to me. We're talking about death, here. Death. Those folks were killed. You watched your Daddy kill a man. There's no coming back from that. Deciding to kill a man isn't something you do the same way you choose what clothes to wear in the morning. It isn't like throwing away a bent nail. We can't just go killin everyone we have a problem with. That's what I mean."
"I know, Mama, I know."
"I hope you do. I mean it. This isn't some regular thing here. Oh and that's another thing - don't go talkin about this in the wide open to anyone else. Not at school, not away from school, not here, not anywhere else. Your Daddy may have saved you, and he may have done that to save you, but that doesn't mean it's something you go around and tell everyone about, and brag to everyone about. Death isn't something to celebrate, you hear?"
"Yes'm."
"Tell me again." Gloria suddenly cupped her hand under Rodney's chin and raised his head up to compel him to look into her eyes. "Who else are you gonna talk to about what happened today?"
"N, nobody."
"That's right." She stepped away and stood upright. "Well, I believe we have some supper to eat soon. As long as you say you're feeling good, I guess that's all there is to say, and you ought to wash up and get ready then."
She bent over at the waist to kiss her son on the forehead, then turned around to leave the room. Gloria closed the door partially shut behind her, and stood at the other side of the doorway in anticipation of hearing his footsteps on the ground. After a prolonged period of silence, she stomped her foot on the wooden floor and yelled out one word.
"Now!"
Finally, she heard his footsteps creak upon the wooden floor. As Gloria walked away from the bedroom, she still ruminated over whether Rodney was acting appropriately.

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Today's song session was dedicated to getting the baseline Extra Mode scores for the BOF13 songs which I had played the previous two days. No big surprises here, other than that I was able to maintain a good pace and get it all done in a single day.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
First line, by column; song title, EX score percentage and letter grade rank, EX score value and pass/fail, judgment readout (just great, great, good, bad poor), highest combo reached, note count of chart under Extra Mode, original note count of chart, percentage increase of Extra Mode notes over original note count, timestamp.
Second line, by column; pass count / play count, EX score percentage difference from record, EX score value difference from record, judgment readout difference from record (if current play is new record), highest combo reached difference from record (if current play is new record), timestamp of old record (if current play is new record).

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
akasha			30.26 E		1877.F	629.619.900.355.1341	0063	3101	2220	039.68	2013-10-03T23:22:06:484Z
0/1

beat cannon		72.20 A		1902.P	739.424.118.9.54	0371	1317	0844	056.04	2013-10-03T23:25:52:632Z
1/1

blue comet		43.98 D		1653.F	581.491.453.158.543	0032	1879	0876	114.49	2013-10-03T23:29:13:536Z
0/1

bof2013 後夜祭		70.70 A		1086.F	408.270.74.4.33		0142	0768	0575	033.56	2013-10-03T23:31:36:968Z
0/1

challenge the final	32.50 E		1538.F	521.496.710.268.961	0029	2366	1580	049.74	2013-10-03T23:34:59:617Z
0/1

cyber space carnival	33.00 E		1991.F	668.655.900.256.1093	0050	3016	1947	054.90	2013-10-03T23:38:34:584Z
0/1

dawn system		57.40 B		1511.F	584.343.224.54.241	0176	1316	1277	003.05	2013-10-03T23:41:52:486Z
0/1

defeated wings		33.01 E		2118.F	707.704.893.362.1394	0051	3208	1834	074.91	2013-10-03T23:45:16:240Z
0/1

deskwork		52.87 C		1527.F	571.385.273.87.346	0209	1444	1247	015.79	2013-10-03T23:48:15:831Z
0/1

flows grow		35.76 D		1163.F	415.333.316.155.707	0079	1626	0957	069.90	2013-10-03T23:51:40:000Z
0/1

genealogy of lives	49.31 C		2359.F	840.679.423.167.569	0066	2392	1544	054.92	2013-10-03T23:55:31:639Z
0/1

gin tonic flavor	50.23 C		2775.F	977.821.574.148.561	0141	2762	1881	046.83	2013-10-03T23:59:14:928Z
0/1

green rock festival	39.72 D		1609.F	558.493.458.175.754	0094	2025	1194	069.59	2013-10-04T00:04:58:351Z
0/1

icycave			37.51 D		1553.F	529.495.534.197.683	0055	2070	1239	067.07	2013-10-04T00:09:33:040Z
0/1

little wizard		28.08 E		1642.F	526.590.876.437.1341	0198	2923	1707	071.23	2013-10-04T00:14:37:104Z
0/1

meteor lights		31.73 E		1737.F	560.617.740.316.1284	0035	2737	1147	138.62	2013-10-04T00:19:42:079Z
0/1

nightshade		43.48 D		1870.F	662.546.498.184.615	0035	2150	0941	128.48	2013-10-04T00:22:59:175Z
0/1

onigashima英雄譚		64.26 B		2658.F	977.704.271.32.178	0140	2068	1065	094.17	2013-10-04T00:27:27:399Z
0/1

segeralah		39.42 D		1539.F	541.457.478.229.628	0055	1952	0531	267.60	2013-10-04T00:30:45:296Z
0/1

shiratsuyu		40.11 D		1858.F	641.576.500.200.760	0090	2316	1227	088.75	2013-10-04T00:35:45:063Z
0/1

soda ocean		72.51 A		2126.P	824.478.124.17.57	0223	1466	1383	006.00	2013-10-04T00:39:45:055Z
1/1

uraja B14		37.94 D		1731.F	622.487.594.272.852	0153	2281	1004	127.19	2013-10-04T00:46:26:911Z
0/1

のきさらむ 虫の音		39.98 D		2008.F	715.578.581.233.881	0043	2511	1687	048.84	2013-10-04T00:50:07:568Z
0/1

愛と煩悩と輪廻		24.71 E		1926.F	630.666.1199.450.1855	0026	3896	2278	071.02	2013-10-04T00:54:23:167Z
0/1

心壊のアガルマ		33.92 D		2009.F	676.657.816.352.1139	0032	2961	1647	079.78	2013-10-04T00:58:36:695Z
0/1

入浴タイムズ		42.21 D		1568.F	525.518.339.118.642	0133	1857	1198	055.00	2013-10-04T01:03:42:511Z
0/1