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I have my phone on me at all times, and it can receive specific audio streams, and I'm alone at least half of the day. I really wish I could listen to streams while working so that I could have Japanese run through my head in the course of the eight hour shifts. I don't think it's possible, though. Managers come around frequently enough, and if it was something that was not forbidden, then I think everyone else would already be doing it.

Draft.

19290117 08:38:15

KF-N-7313

Pulaski slowly waddled through the front living room with his body hunched inward as he wrapped his arms around himself to try to keep some head within the sweater. The lingering waddle became an expedited hobble once his feet touched the cold surface of the kitchen tile. When he made it to the table, he thrust his body down onto the chair with enough force to make it slightly skid backwards. He only allowed the tips of his heels to touch the floor as he clenched his eyes closed and strained to keep himself from shivering. Madeline came into the room behind him and was better clothed to deal with the coldness within the house - her feet had two layers of socks within the thick wool slippers, and she still had her full velvet pajama suit on underneath the outer robe. The routine started as soon as she reached the kitchen sink. Water was poured into the pot for coffee, and a pat of butter was set to melt in the black iron pan to prepare for cooking eggs. After extinguishing the match used to light the stove with a sharp puff of breath, she lazily watched the smoke curl and billow upwards, then turned to face her husband while leaning against the counter.
"Toast?"
"Mngh. Yeah. Two."
Madeline nodded and turned back to the counter to get some wheat bread from the corner shelf, pulled two pieces from the bag, and quickly spun the plastic wrap to close it. She cracked the eggs against the side of the pan, kept the yolks intact, and gave a few moments of lead time in cooking before she put another pat of butter down to prepare the frying of the toast.
"Ugh. Maddy, this year is already shaping up to be some some kind of weird shit, I can tell." After saying this, Pulaski reached for the pack of cigarettes on the table and tapped the bottom of it on the surface until a single stick protruded from the pack, which he eagerly took into his mouth and lit.
"Oh?" She kept her back turned to him and her attention on the food.
"Well I mean, it's like. I don't get what Torrence is thinking. At least as far as making me some kind of goddamned mentor to these new folks. I mean, shit, you know Ridgeland is a strange duck, yeah? Well this guy Kedzie, somehow he's even weirder. And somehow he manages to be a totally different weird. He's like, some kind of Jesus freak in a way. More like a Bible freak. I'm going to go nuts trying to do work with either of these guys."
Before responding, Madeline knelt down to view the gas flame under the pan to ensure that it was as low as possible so that the food would stay warm and not cook longer while waiting for the water to boil. Next came the preparation of the coffee in the strainer so that it could receive the water.
"Maybe it's as simple as the fact that you're the best kind of guy he's got who can handle oddballs like that."
"Phhhhhhhhew. I guess. Fuck I'm still cold. Still, though, how hard is it to get guys to work with who aren't freaks, eh? Just find more guys like me. I manage to do that just fine I think. Why's that so hard?"
"I don't know, honey. I'd guess he's got a plan of some kind worked out in his head, or at least has seen them do things that he thinks are valuable. Maybe that's all there is to it." The water just started to boil at this point. As quickly as she shut the gas off and took the pot away from the stove, she carefully guided the water trickle from the lip and ensured that there wasn't a single drop that splashed or spilled away. Madeline rubbed her hands together sporadically and looked about the room while waiting for the coffee to pour through. He sat in silence. She poured some coffee into a mug and brought it to the table, then left and returned with the food. Rather than sitting with him, she returned to the stove with the pan to prepare her own course.
Pulaski took the coffee mug first, and let a mouthful of the brew swish around in his cheeks before swallowing it down. He let out an exasperated sigh as he felt the warmth trickle over his body. This broke his silence.
"I mean, did I tell you about the other night? All I gotta say is, the guy didn't even want to drop me off in front of his place at the end of it. We're in the middle of night in fucking January and he says to stop somewhere by the prison and says that he'll walk. I mean what the fuck is that about? Isn't that the strangest shit you ever heard?"
"I can't explain that, no." Madeline laughed after saying this.

Songs. Today's session was rather good. I'm still getting a feeling of being more focused and having success on timing now; if that is indeed a trend, I can only hope it continues. One humorous event came with Agnus Dei and then Monkey Dance '09 soon thereafter - with the former song I get an EX increase of 1, and with the latter I miss the EX record by 1. I can't say I recall a time that has happened before. I should have had a record with So Real but for some reason I got really deflated while playing it when it became evnident that I wouldn't be able to get a clear, and this is particularly odd because I haven't cleared it at all before so I'm not sure why it would have affected me so dramatically this time. I think Ascalon might be my favorite song from Tricoro.

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
sunrise @		38.10 D		1746.F	609.528.543.255.905	0039	2291			2013-10-07T00:28:45:021Z
0/7			03.14-		0144-

champ car @		53.05 C		1544.F	568.408.236.81.352	0082	1455	0771	088.71	2013-10-07T00:31:35:733Z
0/9			00.41+		0012+	11-34+9+10+20-		0002-				2012-12-04T23:57:54:949Z

cheerful forest @	35.74 D		2086.F	684.718.828.251.1084	0039	2918			2013-10-07T00:36:07:508Z
0/8			00.25-		0015-

quantum teleportation @	46.04 C		1841.F	666.509.484.141.483	0236	1999			2013-10-07T00:39:04:740Z
0/6			00.25-		0010-

don't wake me dream @	64.79 B		1923.F	755.413.197.45.178	0150	1484	0931	059.39	2013-10-07T00:41:49:269Z
0/7			02.87+		0085+	44+3-21+23-37-		0015-				2013-06-08T00:33:28:667Z

ascalon @		47.22 C		1905.F	681.543.404.161.731	0076	2017	1448	039.29	2013-10-07T00:45:34:301Z
0/4			02.83+		0114+	25+64+26-33-10+		0025+				2013-06-10T00:30:46:535Z

T6 @			33.77 D		1774.F	604.566.682.313.1064	0180	2626	1330	097.44	2013-10-07T00:49:13:628Z
0/8			01.98+		0104+	37+30+48-60+125+	0076+				2012-08-10T00:40:51:430Z

夕焼け～Fading Day～ @	49.58 C		1811.F	643.525.360.100.481	0149	1826	1314	038.96	2013-10-07T00:53:26:685Z
0/10			00.93+		0034+	11+12+37-14+21+		0097+				2012-08-22T22:40:21:981Z

like a wind @		30.16 E		1513.F	500.513.785.309.1026	0035	2508			2013-10-07T00:56:56:997Z
0/8			00.83-		0042-

so real @		58.50 B		1872.F	684.504.288.45.179	0125	1600			2013-10-07T01:01:11:940Z
0/5			00.21-		0007-

sea of lie @		41.86 D		2198.F	789.620.679.198.744	0074	2625	1290	103.48	2013-10-07T01:06:27:212Z
0/5			01.86+		0098+	74+50-5-62-12-		0018+				2013-07-18T00:04:30:520Z

agnus dei @		54.70 B		1604.F	606.392.264.55.293	0078	1466	1051	039.48	2013-10-07T01:11:02:677Z
0/6			00.03+		0001+	4+7-18+7-11-		0031+				2013-07-06T02:51:07:885Z

crossroad left @	71.64 A		1814.F	715.384.99.7.104	0183	1266			2013-10-07T01:16:59:710Z
0/10			01.97-		0050-

monkey dance 09 @	64.21 B		1726.F	632.462.176.18.103	0165	1344			2013-10-07T01:21:06:533Z
0/8			00.03-		0001-

dominion @		61.34 B		2012.F	712.588.247.13.182	0136	1640			2013-10-07T01:26:03:821Z
0/5			08.62-		0293-

make a difference A14 @	57.26 B		1695.F	633.429.246.45.248	0121	1480	1202	023.12	2013-10-07T01:30:37:076Z
0/6			01.83+		0054+	39+24-9+12+4+		0010-				2012-04-09T00:40:08:976Z

一途な恋 @		74.27 A		1224.P	477.270.64.5.19		0289	0824	0824	0	2013-10-07T01:35:38:971Z
4/4			03.40+		0056+	56+56-5+1+6-		0070+				2013-07-18T00:41:20:247Z

super highway A14 @	74.74 A		0722.P	279.164.36.0.7		0305	0483	0483	0	2013-10-07T01:38:22:004Z
5/5			00.94+		0009+	4+1+8-0·4+		0026+				2012-08-29T01:35:44:124Z

pouo @			80.22 AA	1736.P	700.336.27.3.31		0231	1082	0172	529.06	2013-10-07T01:43:06:836Z
3/3			03.01+		0065+	23+19+32-4-0·		0110-				2012-06-02T00:35:51:198Z

catch me @		52.82 C		1532.F	538.456.244.51.296	0047	1450			2013-10-07T01:46:13:324Z
0/11			00.72-		0021-