lonelygeek.

new blog.

2008-09-24T09:46:00.003-05:00

I made a new blog and site, and registered my own domain. If anyone wants to check it out, it is http://untitled-domain.com
Yay!.

loneliness timer.

2008-08-07T01:18:00.002-05:00

Got bored and decided to throw a timer up on the left there to show just how pathetic I am. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

defeated.

2008-08-05T01:45:00.001-05:00

How does one meet someone? I have been single for what seems forever. The last relationship I had lasted about 2 weeks, and it was years ago. My longest relationship has lasted I think maybe 2 months? I am at a point that I really don't know what to do or where to go from here.

I don't know how to find someone. I have resorted to online sources like match.com, and eharmony, and yahoo personals... and have gotten nothing. I even went as far as trying craigslist recently. The only responses I got were from spambots and such. I don't get any responses to my own attempts, and I don't get messages from girls that are interested in me. I can't go out to a bar by myself or something, I am not that kind of person. I feel totally uncomfortable and wrong in environments like that.

I really don't know what to do to find someone. I accept myself as I am... a geek that likes geek things, but I can't find a girl that wants that. I don't think I should have to change to find someone for me. Isn't there supposed to be someone out there for everyone? I look around at my friends/family and it seems that it is true. What am I missing? I am 29... I have almost lived a third of my estimated lifetime with no girl to share it with.

I just want to find a girl to be geeky with, or at least find a girl that doesn't care that I am geeky. I look around at all these sites and things and it seems there are girls out there that fit this description, but why the hell can't I find one that would like me?

Ah well, I don't know... I have been mulling about all this for awhile now, I just had to get it out somehow.

Netflix Removing Profile Feature

2008-06-21T23:31:00.002-05:00

Okay, I haven't been able to find any mention of this anywhere else, so I thought I would make a post about it. I just found the Netflix Community Blog post about removing the profiles feature, and their lame excuse for why it is going away. I also decided to post my annoyances with this feature being removed. Well anyway, after I posted my comment... I get an email from the person running the blog... Michael Rubin. It read as follows:

I am on a leave of absence and will not be checking email regularly. If this is a netflix community-based issue, please email michael hart at mhart@netflix.com; for more general product management issues, contact gib biddle at gbiddle@netflix.com

If this is a personal matter, feel free to try me at: rubin@droidmaker.com - which i will check periodically.

Sorry for any inconvience.

Does anyone else find this odd? I certainly do.

WHAT THE!

2008-06-07T23:56:00.004-05:00

From the things I am reading right now from the previous post:

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There are NO exceptions to abortion whatsoever. It is God's will that the woman was impregnated, and therefore she must birth the child!

I'm glad to see there were no "abortion is OK if she was raped" replies. If she was in fact raped, she must play the hand that was dealt to her, accept it as God's Will, and raise the interracial baby as her own.

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Abbas: What would you say to the man who says that his thought life is private and doesn't affect anyone else?

Fred: Well, I would say that's crazy. There's nothing in the Bible that would lead us to believe that. Christ would never agree with that. I know that some of the times when I was right in the very act of looking at, not pornography, but lingerie ads or some of those things, my wife would run down the stairs because she had just had a dream where she's being chased by Satan and she couldn't find me in the dream to protect her. I really think that the effects of my sin were causing my protection to be taken off of her.

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I... I... I... I.... I.... I................! What the!? I ........ !!!! I don't even know how to react to these things!!! I can't stop reading but I am having such a hard time believing that people like this can exist! What the hell is going on!?

Wow... Wow... Wow...

2008-06-07T23:29:00.002-05:00

So I was stumbling around the web... and came across this insanity... some of the best REAL quotes from fundamentalist christian forums... WOW is all I can say to these things. Some of the are the most mind bogglingly crazy things I have EVER read. I'm even making a post about them... that should say something!

Enjoy

Portal.

2007-10-15T20:58:00.000-05:00

Well, I've been playing alot of Orange Box lately. I finished Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in about a day and a half, and it is kinda sad. I mean, I wait 3 years for the so-called "quicker" release schedule of episodic games, and then finish it that quickly, even on the hardest difficulty. I'm not really complaining though, the game itself was great... as per all the HL games I have played, it was just over way too quickly. There were quite a few parts of it that were insanely annoying and difficult, but were possible after a few fits of screaming at the computer and calming down.
After I finished it, I decided to start on Portal, another game that came with OB. It is pretty damn fun, and unique. It wasn't all that difficult to finish either though, but I wasn't expecting it to be. It had one of the greatest songs ever for its ending... but to someone who hasn't played it, it probably wouldn't be that impressive. Regardless, here it is:

The problem I am having with it, is that when you finish it, harder versions of some of the puzzles are unlocked. There are only 6 to finish, but my damned computer keeps locking up every time I finish a few, and it doesn't save my progress, thus I can't fully finish them. It's PISS OUT MY ASS annoying. I suppose it could have something to do with the fact that I am currently overclocking my system by 10% rather than the regular 5% I keep it at... but meh. I don't want to admit fault so I won't. :p

One year.

2007-07-21T08:33:00.000-05:00

Well hello there! It has officially been one year since I posted anything here on my blog! Amazing, isn't it? Anyway... not much of worth has happened in this time... at least in my opinion, but that shouldn't be surprising.

I went back to IU for 2 semesters, passed both and then realized that NONE of my computer credits from VU would transfer. This basically left me with the choice of needing 36+ credit hours to replace what didn't transfer. Personally, I was planning on being at IU for 2 years or so to finish up, but this made it more like 3-4 years to finish up. Seeing as how I don't even really want to be a programmer anymore, investing that much time into something I don't even really enjoy doing anymore, seemed like a bad idea to me. I decided instead to not bother with it, and if anything will probably end up doing something along the lines that Ian is doing, and go to Ivy Tech or some such place to get an IT degree or something in the near future. For the moment, I am moving back to Jasper and going to work at Radioshack again.

Also, today the new Harry Potter book was released. I was going to grab a copy last night around midnight, if there wasn't a crazy ass line at Wal-Mart, but of course... people are insane and there were tons of people waiting. I am fairly sure I will be able to walk in there today and pick one up with no trouble. Seriously, I cannot imagine a book being sold out like a game system or something... in Indiana especially. Secondarily, I am going to be heading to Indy in a few minutes to go see the new Harry Potter movie at the Imax 3D with Scott. Hopefully it will be good. I am hoping that it will be fairly empty in the theater, because most of the HP fans will be reading the new book today.

I will be making a post or two in the next few days, most likely, because I have quite a few pictures from my trip out to Maryland to see Jeremiah. We went to Washington D.C. and New York while I was out there, and it was a great time. I'll talk more about that later though.

Anyway, sorry I have been gone so long, those of you that still check this... I can't promise I will be here every day, but who knows?

It's about time.

2006-07-21T00:57:00.000-05:00

I read this somewhere, and damn it... I identify with it so insanely much.

"This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, insane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming."

Fatty McGee

2006-05-08T23:47:00.000-05:00

Okay, today I began my quest to lose the weight I put back on after I lost all the weight about 7 years ago. Holy crap, it HAS been that long. Anyway, I am committing to it for reals this time. I am helping myself toward making that goal by actually stating that I am doing it, thus my brain should make me stick to it since I have pride at stake here. I also shaved off my wannabe goatee, mainly because it was giving me the false image of thinking I was thinner than I really am. It kinda hid from a straight forward perspective some of the ungodly extra neck fat I have going on there, and if the goatee is not there, then I will have to deal with the real image of what I look like, and hopefully drive me even more to stay with my plan. I am attempting (for the nth time) the things that worked in the past, with a few alterations.

Most that know me have heard me tell of my Healthy Choice Soup/turkey sandwich/Pepsi One diet. Well, I am doing it again, mainly because it worked that one time, and the food was tasty enough to handle having pretty much the same thing all the time. I am not doing the Pepsi One part of it however, it will be replaced with water, and possibly every once in awhile a Diet Sunkist (which, by the way is actually pretty darn tasty!) I also am going to be taking Centrum supplement pills to make up for the fact that I don’t think Healthy Choice/turkey sandwiches give me the nutrients I should have in a day. Also, I plan on eating breakfast fairly regularly, although I need to find a good cereal to go with. I tried some Grape Nuts, and it was pretty bland… I was having trouble making it through a 1/2 cup of the stuff. I’ll try some different ones later on.

I will also be doing excercises, starting slowly of course, with some push ups and sit ups every night and morning. I used to be able to get about 50 of each off after I got into the habit, and plan on doing that again if possible. Also, I hope to be able to do my standing on my head push ups again too… those were fun and made me feel good about myself at the same time.

Anyway, I weighed myself today… at the 219lbs mark, at a height of roughly 5’8”. My BMI for that would be 33.3, which according to the scientific scale is 3.3 points over OBESE. Yeah, I am losing this shit, for fucking real, I NEED to. Crazily enough I am shooting for 165–160, about 10–15lbs lighter than I made it last time. I will be updating this fairly regularly, and I wish I could hope for fast results, but I am prepared for the long haul. I am looking at 6+ months to see any significant change, and plan on doing it as long as it takes. I also took pictures of myself today for some before shots, which I will look at to give myself more incentive as well. They will NOT be posted anytime soon, if nothing more than because of the graphic content they contain. WHEN(not if) I hit my goal, I will more than likely post them side by side to compare what I look like now with what I WILL look like then.

Anyway, enough of that… just needed to throw it out there. I know there will be naysayers, and people that think I will not do it. But FUCK IT. It is happening, and it is for good this time.

No one cares but me.

2006-04-20T22:36:00.000-05:00

Okay, seriously… this is good news in my opinion. Sprint bought out craptacular Ubiquitel! That is the shitty affiliate that owned the Sprint network in this area and others… basically what it means though(hopefully) is that I will soon have access to unlimited roaming with my Sprint, instead of the crappy $5/mo for 50 roaming minutes! Woot. Anyway, I am fairly happy with this news, so I had to post about it. Also, I like to have a readily available link somewhere easy to find.

Full Story:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17053.php

Sorry on a video kick...

2006-04-18T04:48:00.000-05:00

Dear lord.

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=1863

Oh yeah, and of course...

2006-04-18T04:01:00.000-05:00

Garbage Day!!!

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=600

Wow.

2006-04-18T03:59:00.000-05:00

If you have broadband, and about 5 minutes to kill, this is one of the best ways to do it.

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=1676

Drunken Bastard.

2006-04-09T00:35:00.000-05:00

Okay, previously I have told most that know me, that I got drunk for the first time a little over a year ago. This first time was when I was at Linton, and was 1 or 2 days after I had stepped down as manager of the Photo Lab there. I was at a little get together with a couple of girls from the lab I had worked with, and some other guy who was one of their friends. Normally, everyone who knows me understands that if it tastes like alcohol, I am not going to enjoy it. I have tried multiple things and it always ends up being fairly nasty. When at this get together though, they had me try some Southern Comfort. As usual, I assumed I would hate it, and that would be the end. However, due to wanting one of the girls to like me, and my normal “try it once” stance on drinks, I gave it a try. I took a shot, having a Sprite handy to wash away the nasty if need be. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t bad, and I kind of liked it. It burnt like all of hell going down, and my eyes watered but all in all it was okay. Fast forward 5 shots later in about 45 minutes to an hour, and I was slightly drunk for the first time in my life. I thought nothing of it, and was fairly surprised that I wasn’t more drunk, seeing as how I should have very little tolerance for alcohol. Since then, Southern Comfort has been my alcohol of choice if I am going to do any drinking, and has only happened on a handful of social occasions since then. I never did get drunk after that first night, until LAST Friday night.

While over at Evan’s house, he and Kade decided they were going to drink a bit that night so we went to Big Red Liquors in Bloomington. Kade bought some vanilla vodka stuff, and a 4–pack of some chocolate beer crap. Out of impulse, I decided since I wouldn’t be driving anywhere, I would get in on the fun so I bought a bottle of Southern Comfort. Later that night, the drinking began… and I kept with the idea that 6 shots generally would get me to the drunk point. So I took my first shot, and the usual warmth began. About 2 minutes later, I went for my second shot and about 2 minutes later I was feeling somewhat like I did after the fourth or fifth shot when in Linton. I got kind of intrigued at that point, but was going to do at least my 6 shot limit just out of principle. By the sixth shot, I was well into drunkeness… but still had my mind about me, but was doing my normal laughing at nothing thing, and so on and so forth. I kept wanting to push it further, however so I went for shot 7. Evan and Kade kept telling me to slow down, and for the most part I listened but kept wanting to do another shot… so I kept bugging them waiting to do more. I did my eighth shot and then my ninth in about a 15 minute span, at which point they decided that should be it for me. I pretty much was good for being done at that point too, since I remember what happened after that, but it was definitely not normal Damien behavior. I know I continued my laughing fits, I helped Kade get a ringtone to his phone, I was on the floor rolling around laughing for a bit, I fell over the couch onto my head and almost flipped over, and I am sure quite a few other funny things as well. After the fact, I believe I drank about 3/4 of the Southern Comfort bottle by myself, in about the span of 2–2 1/2 hours. I did not feel sick in the least, but was getting tired, so I decided to fall asleep on the couch. Evan and Kade suggested I drink some water before sleep, to keep me hydrated, and to sleep on my side in case of sleep-vomiting or some such thing. I did both of those things, and was fairly confident I would be okay in the morning. Yeah.

Fast forward to the morning, after a fairly decent sleep (as decent as I can sleep on a couch with no cover or real pillows.) I wake up at about 8:00am or so, and am feeling pretty good… no headache or anything, or nausea. I do have to go the bathroom pretty bad, so I go in there and do the business, but otherwise am fine. Kade and Amanda get up shortly after I get out of the bathroom, and we stay up for a few hours, but since Evan and his Amanda haven’t gotten up, end up falling back asleep around 10:00am or so. I do notice during the time I am awake that I am feeling somewhat odd, but still nothing really bad. When I lay back down around 10 to fall back asleep, I start getting a slight headache, and when I close my eyes, everything feels like it is spinning. I remember Kade saying something about it the night before, as being a sign that you are going to throw up. I am really hoping it isn’t going to happen, and try to fall asleep. About 1/2 hour later, Evan gets up, and I wake up enough to realize that YES, I am going to throw up. I tell Evan this, and go outside, but he says he would rather have me do it in the bathroom. I rush in there, and sure enough… the little bit of White Castle, and some Diet Coke that I sipped on that morning comes up. The rest of the day, until we ate I was feeling nauseous off and on, and even now as I am writing this, I am still feeling a LITTLE of it.

Moral of THIS story. I don’t think I will EVER drink that much again. The brief bit of fun being that drunk, really doesn’t seem as worth it in comparison for the HORRIBLE day I had afterwards. If I do drink anywhere near that again, I believe I am going to stay at my 6 shot limit, and be done with it. I seriously can’t believe that I drank that much, and had to deal with a hangover like that. The thing that makes me wonder is that some people do this on a daily basis. I don’t know if you just get used to the hangover crap or what, but how can it ever be worth it to get THAT drunk THAT often? Oi. Anyway, I just had to get this down so I can have a record of it… I am going to bed now, in my OWN bed, and I hope that I will have a good night of sleep and wake up feeling actually good in the morning.

Accepted!

2006-03-10T13:59:00.000-05:00

Woot. Well, I know it has been forever since an update, but I really didn’t have anything interesting enough to update with. Anyway, the big news is that I was accepted to Indiana University! It pretty much rules I suppose… although who knows if I can actually go back to book learnin’ again. Kade and Amanda were also accepted, so everything is good on that front, and the move to Bloomington will happen in a few months.

On a secondary note, I built a nice new computer, which I am quite enjoying. It is a P4 3.4ghz, 1gb ram, a HUGE 400gb SATA hard drive, and a NVIDIA GeForce 7800GTX PCI-Express 16x video card. I salvaged the Audigy 2 and DVD +/– RW from the old computer, but it is still running in the other room. I was fairly impressed with myself, it turned on and ran perfectly on the first boot! Anyone who has ever built a computer will understand that everything working great the first time is a fairly rare occurence. I did have to work around it a bit though when installing XP, being as how the pre-Service Pack 2 XP doesn’t support SATA or PCI-Express… so I had to “slipstream” the SP2 onto my XP Home disk. It was actually pretty cool, and surprises me that Microsoft allows something like that to be done, and not force you to purchase a new XP disk or something like that… so I now have a new copy of Home with SP2 already on it. An interesting note, this computer does not have a floppy drive at all. I decided I never use floppies anymore, so I wouldn’t even bother this time. More than likely though, something will come up that will require one and I will have to open my case up and slap one in there eventually.

Well, thats all I really have for now, for those that read me, I hope it tides you over till something else equally boring happens.

Woman Allegedly Tries to Buy Pot From Cops

2006-02-14T01:58:00.000-05:00

WTF... if this is real, there is something MAJORLY wrong with the world. How freaking moronically stupid can you be!?

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Honestly, Opera... WTF

2006-02-09T13:09:00.000-05:00

Okay, I have tried Opera many times in the past... given it so many chances to replace my browsing experience... but it has never stuck. The main reason being, is that no matter what I do, certain pages I go to will NOT work with it. My blog here for example... in Opera, the new technology preview, my flickr badge on the right hand side will not work. It is a simple flash app, and works in Firefox, and IE... but not Opera. That is a small misgiving, but quite a few other pages that I visit have problems with it too... either they display incorrectly, or they give me a message that says "Use a standard browser like Mozilla or IE." I have even tried making Opera identify itself as IE or Mozilla, but still no go. Now honestly, all I want is a browser that can truly replace IE. Firefox comes VERY close, being that it has extensions that allow IE pages to be viewed directly in Firefox if it can't display it correctly. Opera has so many cool features that I like, the full page zoom ability, and the fit to screen width ability, among others... but no matter what I do, there are always pages that can't display correctly inside it, so I have to fall back on Firefox. Why, Opera, why can't you just freaking work!?

The Joy of Free

2006-02-04T22:48:00.000-05:00

Okay, I re-found some things I should have been using for a long while. The first of which is a nice image manipulation program, The Gimp. I haven’t messed with it much, but Ian always raved about it, and I think in time I will grow to love it. I don’t know how much more powerful Photoshop is, but I don’t know if it would ever be worth the price they ask for it. The Gimp seems to be pretty powerful, so I can do some basics at first, and maybe be all spiffy and eventually learn to create interesting things and make my blog look truly my own.

The second program(s) would be OpenOffice. I have had versions of Microsoft Office on my computer for most of my life since college began… and I always hated how I had to have “student” editions or something, because the “real” Office cost 600 bucks or something. OpenOffice seems to be really nice, and it has (from what I can tell) most of the features that Microsoft Office has. It has it’s own versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, among others. One cool thing I noticed, is most of the programs in OOo have the ability to export files to PDF so you can have perfect renditions of your documents. Quite neat, imo.

The point of this post would simply be, if you are looking for nice alternatives to the insanely expensive programs out there, and are not Ian (who already knew of them long ago), then try out these free ones. It is amazing what open source can do. ^_^

Dark Tower Comics

2006-02-02T11:04:00.000-05:00

Apparently Stephen King will be working with Marvel to produce a comic based on his Dark Tower series of books. For those of you that don’t know what it is, Kade got me into them awhile back, and they are a GREAT series of books. I am on the last one right now, and have enjoyed them all the way through… except for Wolves of the Calla… it was boring in parts. Anyway, take a look at the link for more info and some artwork from it.

Stephen King and Marvel Join Forces

BTW, in response for Kade getting me to try the Dark Tower series, I got him to read Harry Potter, and he now knows how awesome THEY are… so it was a fair trade off. ^_^

For all the old schoolers out there.

2006-01-31T00:17:00.000-05:00

Mr. Graves sent me this picture from back in the day... seems he is in the process of making all his slides digital, and thought that I would be interested in this... which I was. Without further ado, I present... Super Scrub!

Observation.

2006-01-26T01:02:00.000-05:00

Why is it all myspace pages look like web pages from the mid 90’s? I mean seriously, flashing text, hard to read dark text on dark backgrounds, or bright text on bright backgrounds. Tables everywhere, and just the UGLIEST crap I have really ever seen… for the most part. I really am surprised there isn’t a black & yellow striped bar across the top, middle, and bottom of the page that says “Under Construction” and a banner that says “GET MOSAIC NOW” or something. I am glad I am not someone who actually designs pages, I can only imagine how pissed off a person could get knowing that a place like that is so insanely popular even though it has to be the WORST example of HTML design ever. BTW, I am purposely NOT linking to myspace in this post, to further show my dislike of it’s ugliness.

Nooooooooo!

2006-01-25T16:48:00.000-05:00

Why is it always the “Nice Guy”? :(

Chris Penn is dead.

Non-useless PSP?

2006-01-25T03:24:00.001-05:00

Holy craptacular crapstack. My PSP might just have to come into use for the first time! They are re-releasing Mega Man X, on it… with new graphics, and story! O_o I don’t even know what to think… my PSP has been nothing but an ugly paperweight/emulator so far!

Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter Preview

Browse the web on almost any mobile phone: Opera Mini released worldwide!

2006-01-24T20:33:00.000-05:00

"Opera Software today announced the worldwide release of Opera Mini, the full Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone, including low- and mid-end handsets. Today's global launch follows the trials of Opera Mini in the Nordics and in Germany during the fall of 2005, which resulted in a user base of over one million people."

Read: Oh hell yes.

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Get Internet Explorer!

2006-01-24T01:29:00.001-05:00

HI-Larious. Check out the link... it is worth it. ^_^

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Garfield!

2006-01-23T20:21:00.000-05:00

This thing is pretty neat. If you are bored and like randomness, take a look.

Garfield Strip Randomizer

For whom the Belle tolls.

2006-01-22T22:07:00.000-05:00

Space is off limits for me for now… not because of what you said, but where I stand. Your Chemical Smile infects me, still. You have found your Brand New Skin, why can’t I?

Cingular to be branded as AT&T

2006-01-19T02:00:00.000-05:00

Well its a damn good thing RadioShack just switched over to Cingular recently, because HAPPY JOY it means all new signing and colors... AGAIN. Wow is all I can say.

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Vatican says 'Intelligent Design' is Not Science and Creates Confusion!

2006-01-19T00:17:00.000-05:00

Bwahahaha. I wonder if the Church of FSM will denounce itself as a science soon too?

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Crazy MS Paint Image

2006-01-18T00:31:00.000-05:00

Wow, some guy made this image using just MS Paint. It's sad, yet amazing at the same time. The guy has to be some sort of insane to waste that much time with just paint.

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Get a FREE iPod Nano from TD Waterhouse

2006-01-12T03:15:00.000-05:00

Just open a new TD Waterhouse brokerage account...

Only requirements are a $50,000 first deposit... no biggie.

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Use a Prius to power your house during a blackout

2006-01-12T03:06:00.000-05:00

The Toyota Prius - Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles can serve as a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for your house. The Prius, unlike the generator, also has a battery that provides instant, UPS-like power, to your house.

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Plasma/ LCD Killer Toshiba's new SED TV's

2006-01-12T03:04:00.000-05:00

Imagine a flat-panel TV that one-ups CRT in all-around quality. SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Displayis) is here and there's no going back.

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New Network Could Compete With Cellular Phone Service

2006-01-11T23:15:00.000-05:00

Looks like cell companies might actually have competition... eventually.

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TiVo Series 3!

2006-01-08T22:38:00.000-05:00

Ahhhh… yes. Time needs to speed up NOW… I need a Series 3!

Look here.

Couple of things.

2006-01-07T22:07:00.000-05:00

Okay, nothing major, but if you look to the right, you will notice there is a nice happy TiVo link and image over there. I felt since I have a TiVo sticker on my window at home, and on the front windshield of my Prius, it was only fitting to have a nice linked one here on my blog. ^^

Secondly, I also have a Flickr account now, and my photos can be found here. Nothing exciting much there yet, nor do I promise there ever will be, BUT if you are interested in seeing ALL the photos I took of Grandma's House, feel free to take a look. I also have a few other random things in there too.

Anyway, till next time, boo yah!

Insane keyboard!

2006-01-07T21:41:00.000-05:00

Good lord, this has got to be the coolest keyboard ever! (Yet.) I wonder if it would actually stand up to regular use well though. Meh, I might actually have to buy a non-logitech keyboard for once!

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How to pronounce GIF

2006-01-05T10:50:00.000-05:00

Page ends the battle about how to pronounce the image format "GIF"

-I just thought this was kind of interesting.

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N o I d e a

2006-01-04T21:26:00.000-05:00

My thoughts continue to Collide with Austin every day. I think I am moving along, but still not to where I need to be. The further away I go, the closer I get … strange, huh? Why are things said in Space there one second, then gone the next? Stranger and stranger.

Download Free CD Covers

2006-01-04T14:49:00.000-05:00

I like to add album art to all my music now, especially since my iPod supports showing it when playing, and this site makes it pretty easy to find what you need. Google images worked pretty good too, but the images are of higher resolution in general on this site i think.

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Dreamcast Lives! Under Defeat Coming 3/23/2006

2006-01-04T12:13:00.000-05:00

Wow... goes to show that the Dreamcast still rules, even after years of being dead... They are releasing another game for it! I just might have to get it just to have it. I knew it was a good idea to keep my DC. :)

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Indiana pushing a gaming law that's failed pretty much everywhere else

2006-01-04T12:10:00.000-05:00

Ars has added their commentary to an Indiana state senator's attempt to push legislation that would keep children from buying violent video games. What's hilarious is that this same law has pretty much failed in every other state it's been proposed in. What's even funnier? Indiana already tried to pass similar laws in 2000 and it failed then.

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Hypocrite.

2005-12-30T09:06:00.000-05:00

Okay, I realize I made a post awhile back about how I didn't want to have to use a piece of Apple software to listen to and watch some of the podcasts I had found, but I admit now... I was wrong. Being the christmas season and all, I got caught up in the moment, and bought a 30GB iPod video, originally with the intention of selling it on eBay. I looked around at prices, and they were only selling for at most 50 bucks more than retail, so I decided not to sell it, but ended up not taking it back because it just felt like it had too much potential. I opened it up, and good lord, it is beautiful. To use it, you have to use iTunes, which I thought at first to be bad... but after using it, it actually isn't too bad a program. The coolest thing thus far about the iPod is the ability to watch videos on it, although you do have to convert them to mp4 files with a third-party program to be able to watch anything not specifically made for itunes/ipod. Watching Diggnation is definitely a plus for it, I love that show. Secondarily, I do not download songs illegally anymore, haven't for about 2-3 years probably, when they started shutting down all the good programs anyway. I downloaded 2 cd's from iTunes, each with about 14-16 songs, for $9.99/ea. Generally this was better than paying $0.99 a song, but still pretty expensive for freaking files. Recently, however, an insanely wonderful site was brought to my attention... that I had heard about before a few months ago, but didn't care about since I didn't have an mp3 player. My manager at RS told me he had been getting songs from it legally for almost a year on only a $50 credit. It is called Allofmp3.com. It is a russian site, but they have an american version that loads automatically anyway. You pay per size of the file, and I don't know the formula they use, but a 192 Kbps encoded file at 4:39 length and 6.54 Mb size costs $0.13! It is insane! You can download an entire album for a little over $1 most of the time. To make a long story short, I put $10 of credit on my account, and have downloaded at least 7 albums now, as well as random songs I wanted by themselves. Woot! If you are looking to stay legal with your songs and want a great place to get em from, definitely check it out. ^_^

The House.

2005-12-19T01:46:00.000-05:00

Today I went to Loogootee to say goodbye to Grandma's house. It probably will be the last time I will see it before the sale is finalized on Tuesday. It was really sad... I wish that I had some reason to keep it... a family, or something... but it was too big for just one single guy. Also, regardless that it currently belongs to me, I never could have thought of it as anything other than Grandma's house. Well anyhoo, I took about 100 pics of it, so I will never have to forget it, or her... and will be keeping them in digital and printed form for years so I can show my kids (eventually) and just remember how great of a home it was. I shall post a few of the more interesting ones for you all to see.

I didn't say they were exciting... but they mean something to me. :)

The glory of podcasts.

2005-12-14T01:30:00.000-05:00

Okay, I know I am somewhat behind the times here, but I just found out how great podcasts are. Using the extreme lazy power of GetRight, I can now get new podcasts downloaded automatically every day. Woot! These are the ones I found as of yet... I just wish I had a way to play .m4v files WITHOUT a piece of Apple software. :/

this WEEK in TECH
The Laporte Report
Infected
Diggnation

I think I am addicted...

Oh yeah.

2005-12-10T23:48:00.000-05:00

Forgot by the way, to mention I am back working at Radioshack for the time being. Last weekend they called me and told me one of the people there just stopped showing up, and wondered if I would come back to help out. I was getting pretty bored from not working, plus since they are all good people, I missed working with them too. I decided to go back, at least temporarily, to help until about a week after new years or so... and I might decide to stay on for awhile after that, I haven't made up my mind yet. The nice thing is that if I do decide to leave this time, I will actually put in my 2 weeks notice, and be rehireable if I want to work there again. It all works out, and I am actually enjoying being back too, so everything seems to be going decently.

New Look.

2005-12-10T23:28:00.000-05:00

Okay, I got bored and decided to change the look of the blog today... been thinking about it for awhile, and kinda like this new one. I am extremely lazy though, because I choose the template ones they have available, rather than doing the work of figuring out the HTML to do one myself... but oh well. ^_^

On a second note, having my blog as my homepage got Jeremiah reading it, and I got him registered on here, so he now has a blog. The link to it is over on the right side in my links section, so everyone needs to go over there and leave comments for him so he will continue blogging.

On a third note, bought a new camera today, a nice 4 megapixel Fuji FinePix S3100. I have only had a cheapo 3MP kodak with no optical zoom up to this point, and I believe I lost that one on the move from Loogootee anyway. This new one has 6x optical, and was originally $350, but it was on insane clearance at Radioshack for just $90. Naturally I bought it, and got my discount, and for some reason it gave me an extra $30 RS gift card too, so basically I paid $60 for a $350 camera. I plan on taking some good pics and posting them on here... I just need to find stuff to take pictures of now... ^_^

I gots tagged, yo.

2005-12-07T19:41:00.000-05:00

Well I was reading Erin's blog... and she had a little thing about listing favorite songs and posted hers, at the end "tagging" me and a few others... so I feel obligated to list mine... plus I am bored so it works out. Here are the instructions she had listed... apparently from a livejournal thing: "List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to."

1. Kirari Seera Doriimu - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon theme song.
2. November Rain - Guns n' Roses
3. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
4. Walk Through The Fire - Buffy The Vampire cast
5. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 - Coheed & Cambria
6. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
7. You Learn - Alanis Morissette

Now I realize my music taste is insane, I am alone in alot of my tastes, and 7 songs don't even begin to show it... but I don't care. I like what I like, so nyah. As for the "tagging" 7 other people... Kade, Amanda, Scott's would definitely be interesting, Jeremiah... uh... dunno who else. I assume Ian has been "tagged" by Puma Rumor, but if not... him too.

Now YOU know how it feels.

2005-12-02T00:05:00.000-05:00

Okay, went to see "Just Friends" tonight, and I have to say... that movie was hilarious. Sadly enough, I identified with it on too many things though. It was above all things a comedy, but it also showed things and situations that I have been in and am still currently in... it was actually pretty eerie. I am definitely always in "The Friend Zone" and never seem to pull myself from it. Dammit but that movie made so much sense to me... but the only thing that detracted from it, from a reality stand point was the ending. Typical Hollywood happy "guy gets the girl" ending. Obviously that never happens in real life, otherwise I would be the happy guy. Oh well, other than that... I loved the movie and will be purchasing it when it becomes available. Damn, I mean honestly... my feelings about something have never been so perfectly portrayed in movie form... it was insane!

Patience.

2005-12-01T02:39:00.000-05:00

What is patience? I believe it to be the ability to wait and bearing the uncertainty of what lies ahead. I recently began the process of getting over something deeply rooted inside myself, that has been choking my happiness for years. I am really nowhere near being completely finished with it, but the process has actually begun to start, and reality finally has begun to sink in. The basic problem with it is, however... that I feel almost like I have ended a 4 year relationship, even though I have been single all that time. All my friends and family think I should just go cold turkey, and cut it all off now... never look back. I don't want to do that though. I just want to get myself to a place where I don't have to not be around this person. I want to laugh and have fun and do things with this person, without that constant hope, or lack of hope always around darkening my mood. I want to be happy enough with myself and my situation that I don't sabotage a great friendship for selfish idiocy. I assume I am not really meant to be alone all my life... there has got to be a girl out there for me, that will look at me with the same love in her eyes that I know is inside of me, just waiting for the opportunity to get out. The thing is, I know I have to be patient, to just go on, continue moving... finding where I belong and what I want, and it will happen. All the actual relationships in my life began out of pure circumstance, so I assume the BIG one will too, if I am just patient. I just wish that the person that I am currently still stuck on, will realize that she needs patience too... that time is hard to deal with, especially when feelings are involved, but time also can heal wounds, and make you a better person. Regardless of what everyone says, I don't really ever plan on dropping this person from my life forever... I just need to get to the point where I can say with full and complete certainty... "You were right, we are better as just friends." Currently though, that is going to take a whole hell of a lot of patience... from both of us. A real friendship can survive anything, in my opinion.

Videophile.

2005-11-28T20:30:00.000-05:00

Okay, as most of you all know, I am quite the videophile and audiophile for that matter. I like to have things I am watching looking and sounding the best they possibly can, no matter what. This started back in the day with my Nintendo I guess, when I was but a wee lad not knowing how to hook a simple RF adapter into a TV with an older hookup. As time progressed, I kept trying to hook things up more and more, trying to get the stereo sound out of my old Super NES, and hooking it up with the AWESOME composite video cables. The one thing back in the day I couldn't do myself though, was have an awesome TV to match my need for awesome picture... but I managed with the old console TV's that were handed down to me when Grandma got a new one. Now, however... being that I am single and spend money pretty much only on myself... except for when I am with friends, and I don't mind paying for meals and such... my limit on an awesome TV was broken. Now I (unfortunately?) sometimes put almost TOO much into my TV experience... TiVo, for example... and the 2 large screen TV's I have had in the past... 4 years? Anyway, I hit a new high today, and got my new TV delivered, after I found a great deal on it on the net. It is an insane 62" a DLP, and it has HDMI support and of course HDTV support. By far, it is the most insane TV I have ever had, and I should really be in the other room watching it, but Jeremiah and Scott are playing XBOX 360 on it at the moment, so I felt like blogging. I don't know for sure if I should be worried when my TV is taller than me diagonally though.

On a second note, I will now add a few pics of my hair going the red it currently is, as promised.

Also on this note, it goes along with the way I seem to be changing who I am, so I will post that as well. Most who know me, know that my look was pretty much lacking as far as clothes go. I basically only wore t-shirts and khakis most of the time, alot of the shirts being Anime Central shirts or plain white shirts. Anyway, while I was at Amanda's parents this past week, Kade, Amanda, and I went shopping and they helped me pick out a few new sets of clothes that seemed to fit me. I personally have to say, I quite like the new ones I bought, and I think I actually look somewhat stylish in them as well. The strangest part of it all was that apparently I am supposed to wear a size large in shirts and such, and I had been wearing size XL which were basically hanging off me. I had no idea clothes were supposed to actually hug your body pretty much. It took a couple days to get used to, but it actually feels better wearing the correct size now.

Well anyway, hope everyone had a good thanksgiving... I think I am going to marvel at my new TV some more. ^_^

Gingervitis

2005-11-16T00:58:00.000-05:00

Okay, the other night at Ian's, I decided to dye my hair red... after Erin had suggested it. I have never had any hair color except my natural color, but at one point I bleached it really blonde, kinda like what I had when I was a kid. Anyhoo, Ian did the dye job, and good god... my hair is REALLY red. As soon as Ian sends me the pics of it, or I get a good digital cam, I will post pics seeing as how my webcam apparently doesn't think that colors are necessary. The only weird part is that I feel like a Ginger Kid... and the red hair really sets off my pasty pale skin... so I look even weirder than usual. Oh well, it was fun, and I like it, and have always wanted to change to an odd (for me) color anyway. I think next time I am going to do a more extreme color though, like bright freaking anime red (which I really have ALWAYS wanted to do) or ice blue or something... in either case, if I do it... of course I will post pics of it too.

My exit.

2005-11-10T13:36:00.000-05:00

Why is it I would have to fall in love with someone that doesn't love me? Why is it that girls want assholes instead of friends? What makes the guy that treats a girl like shit so irresistable to them? I can't be an asshole, nor do I want to be... yet, it seems unless I become one... I am destined to be alone all my life. People say there is someone out there, that I just haven't found her yet... but what if it already feels that I have? What happens when the person that is right for you is there, but you aren't right for her? Is it possible to be too nice? To give too much of yourself and that pushes someone away? Why should it be wrong to do everything you can to help people the people you care about? I feel like I am running in place, watching things go by, but never finding my exit. I can see it coming towards me, but it never reaches me. What do you do when you look and look and look for something to replace the feeling you already have, and nothing comes along, or nothing you try does it? People tell me to move on, that she is just messing with me. But how can I blame someone for how they feel? It is like blaming myself for feeling the way I do, but I know you can't just change how you feel because you want to. Nice guys finish last apparently. That is my best argument for there being no higher power. If there were something that could control how things happened, or could influence things, then I think life would be more fair. Why am I so fucking abhorrent? Why is there no woman out there that wants to be with ME? Why am I always so good as a friend, and nothing more? Maybe if I were a horrible friend, girls would like me? What does "some girl out there is going to be SOOOO lucky to have you one day" mean? Why don't YOU want to be that girl? I see the Austin exit ahead, 1 mile... and I run. I see another sign, Austin exit ahead, 1/2 mile... and I run. Then I see another sign, Austin exit ahead, 1 mile... and I run. I never get there. I keep running, and I don't know why I can't stop looking for my exit.

MySpace

2005-10-31T22:58:00.000-05:00

I generally can't put my thoughts into many words these days, nor do I have alot to say being that I am confused as to my place in life at the moment. I haven't checked this for quite awhile, mainly because I am somewhat obsessed with MySpace at the moment. Until I either choose to continue updating this, or start using the MySpace blog thing, you should probably keep up with my spot on myspace for the time being. If I do decide to use this for blogging, which is more likely, being that it is quite a bit prettier... I will let you all know on here AND on my myspace page. Anyway, here be the link: http://www.myspace.com/saegiru

Thanks for reading folks!

Outsourced Customer Service Blows

2005-09-13T23:43:00.000-05:00

Okay, seriously. Tonight I decided to go ahead and finalize cancelling Netscape Internet Service since my cable is now up and working. Obviously I have no use for a dial-up provider when I have the pure greatness of Insight. Anyway, when I tried to get rid of it, the following (more or less) took place when I got ahold of a cancellation person and got past the useless "Identity" info that anyone who knows any small bit of info about me would know, thus making it pointless.

THEM: Sorry to hear you are cancelling, might I ask why?
ME: Well, I got high-speed cable internet, so I don't need dial-up service anymore.
THEM: Oh, well when you had Netscape, did you enjoy the service?
ME: Yeah, it was okay... for dial-up.
THEM: Well, we are sorry to hear you are cancelling, I will go ahead and give you free access through November 11th.
ME: Uh... I won't need it, but after November 11th, it will cancel, right?
THEM: Well, "I" will go ahead and pay for you to have the access till November 11th, and then you will get a letter from Netscape asking if you want to continue or cancel at that time.
ME: Uh, no I want to cancel it right now.
THEM: Well, now are you sure? Cable internet goes out sometimes, and you can use Netscape dial-up as a back up in that case.
ME: I will not be having a phone line, so I won't have any use for it. I would like to cancel now.
THEM: Well, you would still have access to Netscape Member services THROUGH your cable internet connection at the same FAST speed as the rest of your cable internet, without having to have a phone line!(YAY!)
ME: But I don't care, I just want to cancel.
THEM: Well, I will set you up till November 11th for no charge then.
ME: No, I don't want it anymore, cancel it now.
THEM: Okay, are you sure? You will still be charged the full month even though it goes till October 11th. I could leave it going till November 11th at no charge to you, so you get 1 month free!
ME: No, cancel it now.
THEM: Are you sure? I ca..
ME: No, cancel it now.
THEM: Okay, I will cancel it for you now, then.

Then the woman FINALLY said it was cancelled(I think) and that I would receive a letter in the mail in a few weeks confirming the cancellation. I hope it wasn't yet another attempt to keep it going unless I give blood in person and father a child in their presence though.

Moral of the story:
Customer service for EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE sucks. They will not take no for an answer, and waste their and my time for no reason. Bottom line, interrupt the bastards from the get go and just keep saying no no no no until they cry or something.

Speed v2

2005-09-13T11:38:00.000-05:00

Oh yeah, this is what I am talking about!

The new bed.

2005-09-11T19:06:00.000-05:00

Marvel at its greatness. And look... TWO pillows. *wink wink*

Apparently I WASN'T too lazy to do this for once. GO ME!

SPEED!

2005-09-06T16:26:00.000-05:00

Okay, as most of you know, I am moving to Jasper. I am really freaking excited, and I just can't stop thinking how awesome it is going to be to have broadband again. I originally was going to go for Insight's 6mbps deal, but it was going to cost too much to be worth it, so I am going with the 4mbps deal now WITH cable for just 65 bucks. It is a pretty good deal. Anyway, regardless that I have had dial up... I consider myself to have been without internet for about 4 months now, so it will be nice to have insane speeds again, even if I have to wait till Tuesday, so boo yah.

On a secondary note, I am planning on getting a full-size bed when I move too... I am tired of having just a twin bed, and I don't really know why. I generally don't need more room by myself, so it must be to share with the mad amounts of females I will be getting when I move. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Anyway, it will be nice to feel a bit more "grown up" with a decent size bed anyway, twin beds just scream child/teen to me. PLUS I believe I am actually going to buy sheets and such for my new bed, so for the first time in a long time, I will have a real looking bedroom, rather than an unused guest room for the family member you don't like-looking room.

On a tertiary note, Kade will be helping tomorrow after 2pm hopefully, although I will have to drive to Vincennes to pick him up, and by 2 I think I will have the larger portion of my things moved over there. Anyway, I will probably take pictures of the place, or rather I want to take pictures, but will be too lazy to actually take them. If I happen to take any though, they will go up on here at some point, yet another task hinging on my ability to not be lazy.

Unrelated at all, I was reading through Wally World Life again the other day, and it continues to be hilarious. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend it.

Katrina

2005-09-03T13:09:00.000-05:00

Okay, although I don't like the fact that currently the government is dropping the ball on helping with the relief effort down in the south where the hurricane hit, I think everyone should donate money to help the effort, if they have the means for even a little bit of money. I am going to donate here at the Shack on Monday, since they are going to be accepting donations in store as of Sunday. Anyway, if you feel like it, check out the Red Cross and see what you can do ^_^

Commander Keen!

2005-08-16T15:08:00.000-05:00

Okay, Ian sent me an email with this in it, and I personally want to share it with everyone, plus I would like to have a link outside my email that I can always access it from ^_^ Go play it now!

http://www.glenrhodes.com/flashkeen/

Sorry

2005-08-04T13:57:00.000-05:00

Okay, I don't know what the heck was my deal the other day, but I seem to be fine now. I think nearly killing myself by helping Ian move helped surprisingly. It was so insanely hot and things were heavy, and i was so out of shape... and it was fun to be out doing something too, even being something hard labor related. So boo yah. Got my car serviced, still needs the light fixed... and got the paint removed and got it detailed fully too, so it is looking basically like new, except for the permanent bug splatters that cannot be buffed out or anything short of full repaint on the hood. No biggie though, I am getting a front-end mask for it anyway, so it should be no problem. Also, bought Yuffie a big-ass scratching post, which she seems to love, and even seems to be FAR calmer now that she has it. I am planning on modding it with a top platform for her to sit on and adding a spring ball thing to it too. So woot!

Yeah.

2005-07-30T23:21:00.000-05:00

Well, I am apparently in a depressed mood... I don't really want to do anything, and nothing really seems worth it. Unfortunately for me though, regardless that I feel shitty, I will continue to go about my daily life as if it had a purpose, and even worry about things like money and such, even though I don't have a love life, which is the one thing I want. I really don't know what put me in this mood, but I'm here now. Yuffie seems insane, will not stop attacking/biting/clawing me randomly almost all the time, except for extremely rare instances when she will be nice and purr and lay around like a normal cat. Also, missing grandma a whole lot, keep wishing I had gone to see her more often, random things remind me of her, like tonight when I went to Subway(her favorite food place), and ordered, but felt shitty cause I wanted to get some for her too, and take it to her and talk to her, and I can't. Almost every night I end up thinking how much I want to go see her, and now I never will be able to again... I have her picture of me, elsie and clara up above my desk now, and I can see her smiling( in a picture that's fairly odd) anytime I want, and I can look to the left and see her "God bless america" craft thing she made shortly before she died... but it doesn't help... I keep thinking how I wish she could have lived to see me eventually marry and have kids so she could see them, and they could have met their grandma, and seen how great she was too... Beh... life just pretty much sucks. People keep telling me she lived a long life, and that's great and all and she's with god now, but its not really fair in my opinion... I mean if there was a god, why the fuck would he/she/it pointlessly take good people like her away from the people that love them? I mean, I was pretty much in denial the past few years, grandma being gone was not even a believable thing to me, i just assumed she would always be around. I escaped a good portion of reality for a few days while I read the new Harry Potter book, but now I am stuck back into reality without anything to get me out of it... My car needs service, the foglights have somekind of problem, i ran over a huge amount of spilled white paint, so my paintjob is ruined too... fuck it, im rambling... I guess I will just go try to sleep instead of worrying about this shit, sleep gets me away from things for a few good hours at least.

Holy Freaking Crap!

2005-07-29T10:58:00.000-05:00

Uh... just go here.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7176.html

Nuff said.

The reason.

2005-06-12T00:05:00.000-05:00

Okay, as I said I will explain why Colorado was kinda suck.

Basically, all who know me know that the reason I went to Colorado was to see the girl that I had had a huge crush on for a couple of years. Well, I had told her how I felt a few weeks prior to going out there and was handed back the inevitable "I don't feel the same way" line, so thus I was pretty much heartbroken, but was not really expecting anything different. After this little experience, and the awkwardness I felt that had to be there, I said maybe I shouldn't go out there, but she insisted it wouldn't be weird, and I should go. So I relented, and decided to go anyway... mainly with a false hope in my mind that maybe she would change her mind when I got there. (MISTAKE) so anyway, I went there... and of course things were "fine" at first, but then she started telling me about this other guy she was wanting to date, and all the details... so I took it in stride and tried to have a good time. Long story short though, I was there 4 days, and in those 4 days, she spent maybe a total of 4-5 hours with me, and at least 12-20 hours out with or talking to this new guy. Needless to say I felt pretty much like shit, and the thing that tipped me over the edge was the fact that she had 2 true days off while I was going to be there, and on the first real day off we were possibly going to do something together, she slept all day, then went out with the new guy ALL night, and didn't do anything with me basically. To top it all off though, the next morn when she came back in (at 7am), and I had gotten up at around 5am (my sleep schedule was off because of the time changes), she didn't even say good morning or greet me at all, and went straight to bed. So I decided then that I had to leave, mainly because I was having a HORRIBLE time and was feeling jealous of this new guy, even though I shouldn't be, such that she isn't my girlfriend. So I left her a "Dear Jane" note saying why I couldn't stay, and bolted out as fast as I could go... drove a good 1100 miles in one day, from 7am - 12am pretty much, and had to stop in St. Louis, because I was getting kind of tired :)

I did enjoy the rest of my vacation here in Loogootee surprisingly though, since I basically just sat around and loafed the entire time. Plus, the drive to and from colo. was pretty cool just seeing all the different states. I do not recommend driving through Nebraska though, it pretty much sucks ass.

So anyway, things between her and I now are pretty weird, we talked 2 times since I left I think, and we are supposedly back to being "friends" but I haven't talked to her for about 2 weeks now, and i really kinda don't want to. She tried calling today apparently while I was at work, but I left my phone here at home, so I didn't get it. I will probably try to call her sometime tomorrow, but I really don't know why... I think deep down I am kind of hoping she will end up hating me and eventually not call anymore, because I can't stop feeling the way I do about her, plus avoiding the situation entirely and playing games and watching TiVo seems to make me forget about how much it hurts temporarily(still!)

Also, because of this, I hit possibly a new sadness level... I actually went to eharmony, and filled out the profile thing again(3rd time), and was accepted... unlike the first time... and actually PAID for a 3 month subscription! WTF!? It's insanely expensive, but for the love of god, if this doesn't show how utterly desperate I am to forget about my feelings, I don't know what does! :)

One last thing, sorry about the length of this post... but hey, drama is interesting! ^_^

My new job!

2005-06-07T16:08:00.000-05:00

Well, I am at my new job today... where I have full internet access while working. YAY! Seeing as how it is quite boring at the moment, I thought I would throw a quick post up just to let people know I still exist. Woot.

On a separate note, I am currently playing two MMORPGs off and on now, WoW still being one, and I recently got into City of Heroes. It was only 20 bucks at Wal-Mart, and I had heard quite a bit of good stuff... PLUS the ability to be a superhero is just a damned cool concept by itself anyway. So I quite enjoy CoH right now, it is surprisingly fun, although not that deep. The greatest part of it is the insane amount of things you can do to create your character, and you can actually make a truly unique looking character... unlike most MMORPGs. My favorite character thus far I have created is a Mutation Blaster called Jigowatt with (surprise) electrical powers. I will post a pic eventually of his greatness... but for now I cannot being that I am at work. Well that is it for now, I think I will go stand around and hope for someone to come in so I can sell them a phone. BaWoot.

What is up with MMORPG servers?

2005-04-06T00:39:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I decided to pick up WoW again now that my HL2 phase is finished, as well as my GTA:SA phase. I am still partially in a KOTOR2 phase, but it is only off and on. Wow, is alot of acronyms in two sentences! ANYWAY, so I am playing WoW again as of Sunday night, not for a long time... then Monday I play a little as well, both my days off. I planned on playing all morning Tuesday though, before I had to go to work... but of COURSE I wake up extremely early, depriving myself of 3 or 4 hours of sleep, just to find that the servers are down for maintenance till about 2 or 3 in the afternoon! WTF? Now, certainly this could be just a coincidence, but it seems anytime I plan on playing in the morning... they are down for the majority of it. I don't know if they just WANT to piss off morning players or what, but they should really think about doing maintenance sometime in the WEE morning hours when less people are playing... of course that would make too much sense, so they don't. Seriously though, what freaking kind of maintenance requires 6+ hours anyway? Argh.

Anyway, I did my taxes today too, and all I can say is that I fucking hate dial-up connections. A 13 meg file(the indiana state tax prog that came as a free download with turbotax) took almost an HOUR to download! I seriously cannot stand this slow ass connection much longer, I don't understand why Loogootee can't get DSL or Cable. We have the potential and the hardware for both as far as I know, but none of the companies in town offer it! I am potentially trying to get a satellite connection going, thanks to my dad giving me his hardware... but we keep putting off putting it up, because it will be a bitch to get aimed and set-up, PLUS costs like 70 bucks a month... but since I am desperate I will probably end up paying it if it works even slightly better than this.

Ahhh to be in Sin City

2005-04-04T14:52:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I went to see Sin City yesterday... and WOW. I mean, that movie was so damned stylish and cool, plus the stories in it were so old school and noirish... I mean, WOW. I don't want to give away any spoilers to the movie, but the acting was so bad in parts, it added to the feel of the film... the visuals were amazing, and the whole black and white with bits of color added SO much to it. I swear, all comic book movies need to be done as well as Sin City. ALSO, Jessica Alba and Brittany Murphy being in it AND being extremely hot made for an enjoyable experience as well. I really need to pick up a copy of the graphic novel and see just how well done it was though.

On a related note, I usually wait till the end of movies before walking out of the theater, this includes staying till the credits run... just to see if anything extra happens. In case you were wondering, nothing happened at the end of this one, so feel free to leave after the final scene... unless you are like me and stay anyway ^_^

Customers suck.

2005-04-03T03:44:00.000-05:00

Okay, so today I was on break, and waiting to check out, when a customer that I had helped earlier saw me and said "I need a game out!" Well, being as that i am not an electronics associate anyway, PLUS I was on break I said "Sorry, I am on break." Then the moronic guy got mad and said he wanted a game out now, then some other guy started saying the same thing! I said again sorry, I am on break... I don't know where the electronics associate is, and they said well, get some one over here... to which I said again, I am on break. Then they told me to get my manager over there... and I was like.. no, I am on break. Then finally the elec. associate came up and helped them... but still I mean, do I go to their jobs, wait for them to go to break and say "Come on, get your windex and paper towels... these jerk booths don't clean themselves!"? I mean seriously. Assholes!

On another note, I am going to see Sin City tomorrow at the matinee... so hopefully it will be as good as it looks. If nothing else, a scantily clad Jessica Alba will be worth the $3.50 ^_^

Okay, seriously.

2005-04-01T03:06:00.000-05:00

Okay, had a pretty interesting day today. I was going to lunch and when I got to my car, some old couple were loading some lame-ass concrete lawn statue into their big ass red truck parked next to my car. WHY they weren't putting it into the bed of the truck, I don't know... but whatever. So they are blocking the path to my driver door, so I decide to walk around the front of my car and get in that way... as I get closer, I notice they are having some trouble getting the thing in their truck, so I decide I am going to offer to help. Well, right as I was getting ready to ask if they needed help... the old lady loses control and falls against the open door of the truck and it FREAKING hits my beautiful car door and leaves this big ass scuff mark! WTF!? I mean seriously, why did that have to happen? I love this car so much... and lame ass people or things keep fucking leaving scratch marks and shit all over it! So anyway, I am basically taken over by shock and rage, and the old lady is like... "Oh... is it okay? It didn't hurt it did it?" And I was like, well YEAH... I am going to need your insurance info! So the old guy gets out his card and I try to find a pen or something, but of course can't... so I have to ask the guy for one, which I kind of think is funny... :) So I take his info down and called progressive and that old moron is going to pay for my door to be fixed... I mean WTF. Every car I have had before this, I never had a single problem with things happen to scratch it... but of course the one car I totally love, has to keep getting its ass kicked by dogs, magnets, and old people! ARGH! So hopefully they bodyshop can fix it and make it look like new again... I am hoping.

On an unrelated note, did anyone see the PSP-Terry Schiavo South Park on Wednesday? It was supremely hilarious and I agreed with it for the most part. I don't know why ANYONE would want to be kept alive with a feeding tube... So if I ever am in a persistent vegetative state... my readers, you have my permission to let my sorry ass die! ^_^

New Glasses...

2005-03-29T00:45:00.000-05:00

Well, today I got new glasses... back to wearing them after about a year with contacts. I was getting pretty lazy, so I decided to get a pair again, since some days I didn't feel like poking myself in the eye and leaving things there all day... and having to deal with taking them out at night and such. I am assuming I am going to become more lazy now though, and will probably stop wearing my contacts all together now. Only time will tell. Also, my neck has been killing me for the past 4 days, to the point where I had to leave work early last friday. I don't know what is causing it, but today sucked major ass... aching pain all day. Laying down on the couch all night though seems to have helped, and I don't seem to be having as much pain as usual... with luck, tomorrow it will be nice and pain-free again!

On a scarier note, I recieved a call from my cousin today around 11am but was unable to answer it because I was at work... but when I went on break, I called my voicemail and found out my grandma was at the emergency room for pneumonia! I was more than a little freaked out and tried to find out what was going on, but got the runaround when I called the hospital, so I waited until I was off work and went to see her. Luckily she seemed fine for the most part, except for the oxygen mask and such... but they were saying she was doing pretty good. I really hope she starts getting better... I don't know what I would do if she was gone... She deserves to live for another 30 freaking years... she is just such a good person. Well, I am hoping for the best and am planning on going to see her during my lunch tomorrow... so that will be good.

Half-Life 2 is the lord.

2005-03-28T03:52:00.000-05:00

So I started playing Half-Life 2 yesterday after finally buying it... and all I can say is HOLY SHIT. I mean seriously, this game so far freaking rules so much more than the first... and I have barely begun it. The physics engine in it makes for some fun puzzle solving, and I just got the gravity gun which lets me pick big things up and throw them at enemies... which all I can say is "sawblade + high velocity + zombie thing = FUN!" ^_^ On an unrelated note, I keep reading through my Love Hina mangas in random orders, and still love reading them. PLUS the PSP just plain rules... I just need to get myself a nice 1gig memory stick duo and start converting dvds to the mpeg4 format that the PSP reads so I can take my movies with me and watch them during my lunch.

First Post

2005-03-28T00:32:00.000-05:00

Well, I am posting for the first time... I can assure you ahead of time that most of this blog will be fairly pointless, but I guess if you are bored you might find something interesting to read. I work in a customer service type job, selling cell phones, so I will most likely rant on here about stupid and funny customer stories from time to time. So anyway, prepare yourselves... the bleh has begun!