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This is a shared journal between any of the California Pierces who might ever wish to post a journal entry. The most likely candidates are Saul Pierce (Sonora Alum), Jose Hernandez (Sonora 4th Year), Joshua Pierce (the senile family patriarch), Maria Pierce (the family matriarch in training), and Regina Pierce (the former family matriarch, now the family ghost).
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Oct. 25th, 2010 @ 01:49 pm Dear Journal
( Private! Stay Out! This means you, Karen! (Jason: There is no mention of cute girls (except Ginger and Yoko), so you'll find it boring.) )
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Jan. 10th, 2010 @ 10:21 pm Home again
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( Home again )
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Sep. 18th, 2009 @ 01:12 pm (no subject)
Thursday, the 19th? of April (something like that)

Just got back from Vegas. Talked to my boss there about this new offer. He'd apparently been working on getting it through management for months. I mean, Dave is a cool guy. We talk after my show sometimes, if he's not too busy with customers or another act or something. Apparently, last January, I mentioned I was working as a janitor in a school for most of my income, and I was coming up on ten years at that 'temporary' job. (Obviously, I didn't mention the Army of Darkness, or tell him about a flourishing garden in the middle of the Arizona desert, since he's a muggle and all, so it probably sounded worse than it actually is.)

Anyway, he was evidently appalled that a magician of my talent - he's been watching my show for five years and still hasn't figured out how I do what I do, go figure - had to live like that. So he set the ball rolling to get me a full time position at the casino.

And now I have the offer in my hand. Told him yes, I'd take it, of course. There was no way I could possibly tell him anything else. The money's better than I get at Sonora, my room in the casino's hotel is included (I apparently also mentioned I really liked having that at Sonora), and it's a performing career, not just a gig or a one night a week engagement. Dude, this is what I've been waiting for for ten years.

So I'll be moving from Arizona to Nevada the day after Saul graduates.
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May. 12th, 2009 @ 01:11 pm (no subject)
With all the staff turnover lately, I just want to know one thing.

Why am I still here?

I was the one who was supposed to be temporary. Just needed the money to pay off my student loans. Well, that's done. (Sent in the last check last month.) It was just a temporary position until I could make it big in my acting career. (Had another audition a week back; still waiting to hear if I got the part - I'm hopeful.) I do have steady work as both a folk musician and a stage magician. That's enough to cover bills, if I had to find my own place.

So the question remains . . .

Why am I still here?


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It's gotta be the elves. I just can't imagine giving up my very own Army of Darkness.


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But is that a good enough reason to stay a groundskeeper for the rest of my life?


This was supposed to be temporary. This is my ninth year. I've seen two classes graduate. And I'm already contracted to see at least one more move out into the world. When am I going to join them? This was never supposed to be my life.
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Nov. 13th, 2008 @ 05:30 pm My Campaign Outline & Key Points
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( By his initial considerations, Saul thought he stood at 9 for, 8 against, and 8 unknown. The first step would be to run a poll to get more accurate numbers. The second would be to target the undecideds and find out how he could increase their confidence in him as a Head Boy. )
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May. 5th, 2008 @ 01:11 pm (no subject)
So, howdy and hello, Journal.

You'll be pleased to hear that I haven't misplaced my wand yet today. I did misplace you for a while, but here you are again, though, you seem a little different. Did I spill pumpkin juice on you at some point?

Anyway. Starting up my seventh year as the groundskeeper at Sonora. How did that happen? God. I'll be turning thirty in December. Neil's graduating at the end of the year. I'm getting old. This isn't fair.

Ooh! Can I have my mid-life crisis now? Or is it still to early yet?
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Sep. 2nd, 2007 @ 01:10 pm (no subject)
Never have I felt more empathy for Alice's white rabbit.

This summer has been insane. I have four jobs, plus I'm jumping in and out on the California Pierce Family Road Trip. Groundskeeping at Sonora does not let up very much over the summer. There aren't any kids around to uproot plants or track mud everywhere, but summer is a growing season and there are always weeds to pull hedges to trim and so forth. Fortunately, the elves have that well in hand and I've promoted a few to Acting Groundskeeper for a few days if I know I'm going to be away for a while.

And of course my show in Las Vegas is still going (Thursdays, now, they switched my night a while back). Got pulled in for questioning again over it, but at this point, it's pretty ridiculous. I've been performing magic in front of muggles for years, key word there being performing. If the audience was going to suspect me of actual magic, they would have by now. I didn't even need to have Regina stop by and throw her wheelchair around to get out of it either. Hopefully, that'll be the last time, but I'm not holding my breath. I suspect I'm a training exercise for rookie aurors in the Las Vegas department.

As for my acting and musical careers . . . musical gigs are down. This is mostly due to lack of time and the fact that I'm performing with the clan in the towns where they've set up concerts. That takes a toll on the time I have for giving solo artist shows, plus even with planes, I don't think muggles can get around fast enough to make it not be suspicious. I still pop into LA/Hollywood for whatever extra shootings I can. In better news, I just found out that I've gotten another arc in Days of our Lives, too. The twin brother of the guy I was last time. I think I'm trying to either find out how I died or avenge my death. Possibly both. They signed me up for six episodes, but I'm not dead at the end this time and I might be asked to come back for another arc later, which would be great.
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Mar. 22nd, 2007 @ 01:10 pm (no subject)
Test. Okay, good, Saul didn't break you last year. I still got him his own Quick Quotes Quill and some paper for Christmas, but don't tell him that. It's a secret. Dang, whispering doesn't come out very well in a journal, does it?

Anyway. Midterms. The snow's falling, the elves are doing their thing - I assume Santa's are a little more organized than mine, but the First Order of Janitors seems to be on top of things. I'm taking a few days now and brought Saul home. Then I'll be back at the school to make sure the elves haven't devolved into hitting themselves over the head repeatedly instead of doing their work. Then, back to California for a few days, and so on until the break's over.

I don't mind the travel. I'm back and forth all the time anyway. Usually to Nevada where my usual gig is, not California, but Apperation is Apperation and I've got loads of practice. Saul's also got me jumping into town to smuggle him pepperoni and other meat and dairy products. Dad'll blow a gasket if he figures out I'm his source.

Not much else to report, though Paul and his brothers are talking about touring this summer and are trying to line up gigs as far away as New York. If they get a good line up and some of the rest of the family can also score gigs along the way, Regina might make it a family expedition. We haven't had a road trip for a while.
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Nov. 12th, 2006 @ 01:09 pm (no subject)
Four years as a groundskeeper now. This is getting dangerously close to a permanent position. On the plus side, I've got a soap opera this summer. I'm the new boyfriend in a six episode story arc. I even get a death scene. Still have the magician thing in Vegas, too, which brings in some extra cash. At this rate, I'll have those student loans paid off in, oh, twenty more years.

I've got two more auditions lined up, too, so hopefully that'll mean another show before the end of summer. We'll see.
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Jun. 9th, 2006 @ 01:08 pm (no subject)
You are now reading the journal of an bona-fide actor. I even had lines. Well, a line. I said "Look out!" then ducked behind a dumpster. It was a beautiful portrayal of Man Seeing Bad Guy With A Gun.
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Jun. 8th, 2006 @ 01:07 pm (no subject)
Well, Journal, this marks the end of my third year as a groundskeeper. I thought this was supposed to be a temporary job until I could land a role in tv or movies? But have I even auditioned anywhere for anything but a few higher profile music gigs? No.

It not like I've even been particularly busy groundskeeping. Not like last year. Last year I barely had time to breath between natural disasters that were heck on the grounds. In at least one case, I hadn't even finished cleaning up the previous mess before a new one fell atop it.

But this year was quiet. Relaxing even, after the year before. Simple maintenence. The elves could have almost handled it by themselves. I spent most nights away, playing folk music around Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado (aparation is a wonderful wonderful thing). Even got a weekly spot on Tuesday evenings up in one of the Las Vegas Casinos which was for a magic act - honestly, folks, I have no idea how muggles do magic when they can't, you know, do magic, but it's fun to show off something that most times I'm not allowed to let anyone know I can do.

Anyway, I've decided. This summer, I'm going to find an acting job. I'll get an agent, audition, and everything. The First Order of Janitors can cover for me for a few hours while I meet with studios and stuff. It's not like we have anybody we're trying to impress with our groundskeeping over the summer. An hour off here, a day off there isn't going to hurt anybody.
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Aug. 25th, 2005 @ 01:05 pm (no subject)
Alright, I know it's been forever since my last entry. I can explain. I fell in love with another journal. No, no, that's not it. I was kidnapped by another journal. Wait, no, that's not true either. I forgot I had this journal. Sorry, love, but that is the truth. Nearly stole Saul's, but you were lucky; I didn't have anything to say, or I would have cheated on you.

[Edit: the mastersimonsays journal has now been destroyed; all previous entries made to that journal are now here, as a part of Saul's.]

Well, anyway. Aunt Gina comes to Sonora tomorrow. That should be entertaining.

I'm pretty dang impressed with myself that we cleaned up all that dust storm damage in time. Just a few things still out of whack, but nobody's gonna see that stuff.

That's about it. Oh, I nearly threw out my wand last week. I dropped it on the paths and we were cleaning up twigs from the storm . . . could have gone very badly. Fortunately, I needed a wand to bundle them all up.

Well. Regina in the morning. Best get my rest now - she might be older than dirt, but she's a bossy one. I ain't stupid enough to try to disobey her, either.
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May. 6th, 2005 @ 01:04 pm (no subject)
I would have posted yesterday or the day before, but I lost my wand. Yeah, yeah, there's such as using your hand to move the quill, but who can be bothered? Anyway, we've been busy cleaning up the school. The air conditioning or spells keeping the temperature level or something is on the fritz because that's much hotter work than it was last year. And the wind's pretty bad sometimes too which means we need to keep fixing and refixing some of the more delicate parts of the garden. That's annoying.

Well, anyway, I found my wand. Somehow - and don't even think of asking me how - it got put away in my toothbrush holder. I went to brush my teeth this morning and came this close to sticking my wand under the faucet. Fortunately wood and rubber plated plastic feel very different even when you're half-asleep.
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