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	'title' => 'I found the name change forms!',
	'body' => <<<END
<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_4.0/y.st./weblog/2017/05/02.png" alt="A fragment of a name-change petition" class="weblog-header-image" width="456" height="211" />
<section id="general">
	<h2>General news</h2>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve made a breakthrough in my name-changing journey.
		I&apos;ve located sample forms for use in changing one&apos;s legal name in my state.
		The catch?
		They&apos;re all watermarked as being samples.
		My guess is that the watermarks would disqualify them from being admitted in court.
		At the very least, they make bringing them to court very unprofessional.
		I want to do this right.
		I&apos;ll need to retype these forms myself, but that won&apos;t be a problem at all.
		The only hard part will be figuring out how to get the double line between the line numbers and the petition body (for an example of the double line I mean, see the screenshot at the top of the page).
		I&apos;ve checked, and all the required forms seem to be here.
		After retyping them, I&apos;ll upload the forms to this website for others that need them to download.
	</p>
	<p>
		I feel kind of strange today.
		It&apos;s like a lethargy in that I&apos;m not really motivated to do anything, but at the same time, I&apos;m not really motivated to do <strong>*nothing*</strong>, either.
		Normally, when I&apos;m lethargic, I&apos;m strongly against the idea of getting anything done, but today, I can push myself just a little and get moving.
	</p>
	<p>
		My old school got back to me this time, just as I was about to head to work.
		Unlike last time I tried, they had something helpful to say.
		Last time, they kept telling me to contact some other department, then wouldn&apos;t actually provide a way to do so.
		They kept insisting I reach this department via telephone, and when I explained that I don&apos;t have telephone service, they didn&apos;t care and refused to refund my money.
		In other words, they <strong>*stole*</strong> my money.
		At least, they basically <strong>*said*</strong> they were stealing my money.
		This time, they claim to have refunded the money to the servicer of my student loan on my behalf because the cheque was never cashed.
		They gave me the lender&apos;s name (which I knew, but it makes it seem more legitimate because they had the name in their records) and the date in which they did this, which was 2014-11-18.
		In theory, they could be lying, and I should ask the lender to check their own records for confirmation of this.
		However, I&apos;m not going to.
		As far as I&apos;m concerned, this case is closed and the matter is no more.
		I&apos;ve shredded the expired cheque so I don&apos;t find it again and think I&apos;ve found unfinished business to take care of.
		It&apos;s time to work on preparing paperwork for my legal name change.
	</p>
	<p>
		Upon arriving at work, I was told I indeed left my mobile there.
		I didn&apos;t even need to look for it!
		However, the charger cord that I left with it is now missing.
		We have a thief!
		Still though, it&apos;s obviously the mobile that I care about more.
		In addition to the data already stored on it, there&apos;s the much-higher cost of replacement.
	</p>
	<p>
		My coworker with the bad burn came back to work yesterday, but I forgot to mention that.
		It looks bad and the story sounds painful, but their arm is in full working order.
		There might be a bad scar, but no serious permanent damage was done.
		As for the story, a heavy stack of hot pans fell on them.
		They tried to push them off, but their skin was pulled off with the pan that directly touched them.
		They didn&apos;t say it, but I suspect their skin fused to the pan from the heat and that&apos;s why it got pulled off.
		Ouch!
		They&apos;ve got a tattoo on their other arm in that spot.
		Imagine if they damaged their tattoo in that accident!
		That&apos;d be even more frustrating.
		I&apos;ve considered on an off getting my name tattooed on my right shoulder blade.
		Accidents that could damage it though are by far the most convincing reason for my not getting a tattoo that I&apos;ve thought of though.
	</p>
	<p>
		Late tonight, a customer asked for a pizza we don&apos;t keep ready after 20:00.
		I explained that we don&apos;t keep them ready that late, and said it&apos;d be about a fifteen minute wait if they wanted one.
		They instead tried to switch to another pizza that we don&apos;t keep ready that late, so I again said it&apos;d be a fifteen minute wait for that one.
		Without saying a word, they drove away.
		Rude!
		They could&apos;ve at least said they weren&apos;t interested.
		I thought that&apos;d be the end of of it, but I was wrong, and they <strong>*were*</strong> interested.
		They just thought we&apos;d magically know they wanted us to make the first pizza they wanted without having even confirmed they&apos;d wait for it.
		Additionally, if they don&apos;t pay for it, the order isn&apos;t complete and we don&apos;t fill it.
		You tell us what you want, you pay for it, then if we don&apos;t have it ready, we make it.
		It&apos;s not a difficult process.
		Even if it was, they drove off without warning.
		Had they said <strong>*anything*</strong> about what was going on, I could&apos;ve asked them to pay at the window before leaving.
	</p>
	<p>
		I ended up staying at work very late tonight, about an hour past closing time.
		Normally that&apos;d&apos;ve been fine, but I really didn&apos;t want to tonight.
		I have legal paperwork to sort out!
		I also anxiously awaited an email response from my mother, whom I&apos;d written to about an hour before work to see if I could come over tomorrow.
		They didn&apos;t respond before I left though.
		Had my old school written back about half an hour sooner than they did, I wouldn&apos;t&apos;ve asked to come over tomorrow, either.
		I&apos;d&apos;ve postponed it a bit to take care of this paperwork.
		At least going over there gives me more time to think, in case I need that.
		I also need to look into notaries and their process; I need to get some of these documents notarised.
		I was considering doing laundry tonight too, but I guess I&apos;ll put that off a bit.
	</p>
	<p>
		My <a href="/a/canary.txt">canary</a> still sings the tune of freedom and transparency.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="university">
	<h2>University life</h2>
	<p>
		I finished up my discussion assignments for the week. My <span title="Programming 1">CS 1102</span> posts are in the <a href="/en/coursework/CS1102/#Unit4">learning journal</a>; my <span title="Greek and Roman Civilization">HIST 1421</span> posts are below:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Thank you for your informative explanation!
			I didn&apos;t understand how Rome&apos;s unequal treatment of the Latin cities worked strategically.
			I was completely baffled by this.
			It makes sense as a mechanism for keeping the Latin cities divided though.
			The more-privileged Latin cities are less likely to unite with the less-privileged ones if they think they&apos;re better than them.
			By setting up these artificial inequalities, Rome helped keep the Latins divided.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			The Romans certainly proved they wouldn&apos;t yield to the requests of other cities.
			However, they also proved that their own word meant little.
			They frequently broke treaties they themselves had signed.
			Rome wasn&apos;t just a powerhouse.
			It was a force that couldn&apos;t ever truly be bargained with.
			Even if your city and Rome came to an agreement, you&apos;d be holding up your end, but Rome wouldn&apos;t necessarily be holding up theirs.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			According to the readings, it wasn&apos;t the Latins that rejected Rome&apos;s offer to unite; it was the other way around.
			The Latins proposed that they combine with Rome as equals to form a more powerful and stable nation.
			However, Rome rudely rejected the Latin towns&apos; request to be treated as equals and be brought into the fold.
			The Latins wanted representation in the Roman senate, but the Romans were horrified by this idea.
			It was only after the Romans rejected the Latins&apos; offer of union that the Latin towns tried to part ways with Rome.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve finished my grading for the week and the ungraded quiz of <span title="Programming 1">CS 1102</span>.
		I&apos;ve also completed my <a href="/en/coursework/CS1102/#Unit4"><span title="Programming 1">CS 1102</span> learning journal</a> assignment.
		I should&apos;ve completed my proofreading of my <a href="/en/coursework/HIST1421/Inequalities_in_Rome.xhtml"><span title="Greek and Roman Civilization">HIST 1421</span> essay</a> and <a href="/en/coursework/HIST1421/#Unit4"><span title="Greek and Roman Civilization">HIST 1421</span> learning journal</a> assignment, but honestly, I needed some fresh air.
		There will be plenty of time to proofread those two tomorrow.
		And I do mean <strong>*plenty*</strong> of time.
		I have all my other coursework done, it just needs to be submitted.
		I&apos;ll even take much of the night off to visit my mother tomorrow.
	</p>
</section>
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