I'm thinking about playing Magic: The Gathering again. Every time I think about it I get a little more excited. I almost can't wait to get some fresh cards in my hand and smell that new card smell once again. I think I'm ready. I've even been watching some of the noob videos to get a brush-up. I kind of forgot some of the smaller details, but it was helpful to watch those.
I might try finding some other noobs/returning players to play on Apprentice. Should be fun. I hope I can get Staci interested in playing with me. That would be really fun.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Masonic Things
Wow, I need to stop waiting until the last moment to start writing. It is now extremely late. And I have to work early tomorrow.
Yeah, the last few days were spent in a tiny box they call the 'gas station' at Sam's. It's the attendants box, and it is strange spending that long in one spot alone during icy, cold, wet, weather. Nobody came in at work for the past few days, so I had to cover for them. The truth is, however, it was kind of nice. I already had five days off before that point, and then it seemed like I had two more, since all I did was stand there listening to Andrew Bird and reading my books. At one point it was so slow in the store that they only had Ron Gibby on the floor and sent everyone else home. There was only one cashier, too.
Anyway, the second day that I went out there to gas station, I talked a little while to the guy who was attending in the morning. His name is Ray, and he's a Mason. I think he maybe a Shriner, too, but I know he's a mason. He told me about the Masonic symbols, and some of the symbolic things embedded in the way the country's monuments and stuff is arranged. It was kind of interesting. I thought it was more interesting, however, what these people do. He said that they look out for eachother in a few different ways. If someone is having trouble (I assumed financially or something), or someone dies - they take care of the widow, that kind of stuff. Looking out for eachother. They also hold breakfasts and other type fundraising things and help people, but make sure not to make it public that they are doing so.
Not sure why I thought that was interesting enough to post, but I did.
Today, however, was a normal day at work. Robert's a bit of a lazy bones. He's my co-worker. He gives me the walky, then talks to people all day while I help the customers. Members, sorry, members. Lots of people needed help today, though.
I did get my W-2 today. Looking at a pretty good return it seems. Might see that PS3 after all. That'd be cool. I want a blu-ray player. I want to play little-big-planet. I also want a new harddrive, a new camera, a good computer chair, and maybe even that cool electronic drum set. It'd be cool to hook up some awesome headphones with that while you practiced. Wouldn't bother anybody or nothing while you were honin' your skills. Or you could hook it up to a big sound system and drive lots of people batty.
Everyone is going to a Brawl tourney tomorrow. It looks like Mason may have cancelled because of a happening tonight, though. Doesn't look like he will go now. Something about stuff bothering him. Sam taunted throughout a teams game. Mason left dramatically. I didn't know how serious it was. But apparently it was serious enough to cancel going to the tourney. Sam came in while I was playing Animal Crossing shortly after all that and said that he probably wasn't going. Hrm, my friends need some happy.
Been having trouble with Steve hurting my dogs. wtf?
I'm excited. Boom Blox 2 got announced today or yesterday. Awesome.
Yeah, the last few days were spent in a tiny box they call the 'gas station' at Sam's. It's the attendants box, and it is strange spending that long in one spot alone during icy, cold, wet, weather. Nobody came in at work for the past few days, so I had to cover for them. The truth is, however, it was kind of nice. I already had five days off before that point, and then it seemed like I had two more, since all I did was stand there listening to Andrew Bird and reading my books. At one point it was so slow in the store that they only had Ron Gibby on the floor and sent everyone else home. There was only one cashier, too.
Anyway, the second day that I went out there to gas station, I talked a little while to the guy who was attending in the morning. His name is Ray, and he's a Mason. I think he maybe a Shriner, too, but I know he's a mason. He told me about the Masonic symbols, and some of the symbolic things embedded in the way the country's monuments and stuff is arranged. It was kind of interesting. I thought it was more interesting, however, what these people do. He said that they look out for eachother in a few different ways. If someone is having trouble (I assumed financially or something), or someone dies - they take care of the widow, that kind of stuff. Looking out for eachother. They also hold breakfasts and other type fundraising things and help people, but make sure not to make it public that they are doing so.
Not sure why I thought that was interesting enough to post, but I did.
Today, however, was a normal day at work. Robert's a bit of a lazy bones. He's my co-worker. He gives me the walky, then talks to people all day while I help the customers. Members, sorry, members. Lots of people needed help today, though.
I did get my W-2 today. Looking at a pretty good return it seems. Might see that PS3 after all. That'd be cool. I want a blu-ray player. I want to play little-big-planet. I also want a new harddrive, a new camera, a good computer chair, and maybe even that cool electronic drum set. It'd be cool to hook up some awesome headphones with that while you practiced. Wouldn't bother anybody or nothing while you were honin' your skills. Or you could hook it up to a big sound system and drive lots of people batty.
Everyone is going to a Brawl tourney tomorrow. It looks like Mason may have cancelled because of a happening tonight, though. Doesn't look like he will go now. Something about stuff bothering him. Sam taunted throughout a teams game. Mason left dramatically. I didn't know how serious it was. But apparently it was serious enough to cancel going to the tourney. Sam came in while I was playing Animal Crossing shortly after all that and said that he probably wasn't going. Hrm, my friends need some happy.
Been having trouble with Steve hurting my dogs. wtf?
I'm excited. Boom Blox 2 got announced today or yesterday. Awesome.
Short Update. Cold Wednesday in a Box.
They did it to me again, with the spending 8 hours in a small box.
Staci went to see a movie when I got home, and I played Smash with the guys. It was pretty fun.
Ah, I don't know. More happened, but I don't have much time to write. I'll update tonight.
Staci went to see a movie when I got home, and I played Smash with the guys. It was pretty fun.
Ah, I don't know. More happened, but I don't have much time to write. I'll update tonight.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Wet Tuesday in a Box
Went to work today, and within the first hour got sent to the gas station... for the entirety of the day. The weather made it insanely slow. Dead. I was stuck in a small box by myself for 8 hours.
It was pretty cool. I read and listened to music.
The weather is getting pretty bad out there right now. Icy. Slick. Rough. Awesome.
It was pretty cool. I read and listened to music.
The weather is getting pretty bad out there right now. Icy. Slick. Rough. Awesome.
Big 'Ol Food-Filled Weekend Update
Well, I missed updating on the weekend because I wasn't really here that much.
Staci's grandma Sue was here to visit, and she bought us a lot of food during that time. We went out to eat for every meal this weekend, and I must have gained 15 pounds. I don't know. Maybe not.
On Saturday night while we were waiting for her to show up, we went to Chile's with all the friends, I think that's where I was updated to.
On Sunday morning Sue took us to Cracker Barrel, where I got a big 'ol chicken fried chicken meal. Cracker Barrel always impresses me with just how good everything, down to the loaded mashed potatoes and grits tastes.
All day, I was obsessing over music, and me having my headphones on constantly was probably making Staci a little annoyed. For some reason The Presidents (PUSA) sounded amazing, though. I really enjoy a lot of songs off of their new album.
We went to Academy Sports, which kind of feels like a bro-filled yawn-fest to me. There are some interesting things in there, and they have a wide selection of work-out stuff and sports stuff, of course, but when you're running on about 3 or 4 hours of sleep and you're walking around a place...
Wait, I think we went to Target before Academy, though. Yeah, we did. (Yeah, that's the kind of day I had. I mean, I enjoyed a good chunk of it, but I guess, in the end, one guy can only take so much shopping. Especially if he's not procuring some awesome stuff.)
Man, I truly am finding it hard to remember in what order we did things. I think after Academy we went grocery and 'the rest of Staci's b-day' shopping. She had gotten some things at Target she liked, but most of the things she really loved at Target had been sold out - which made her very sad. So at Wal-Mart she found the rest of it. Some cool stuff. We got an ass-ton of food. Well, it was an ass-ton to us. We did try to find the best deals on stuff, though.
While I was there, I re-affirmed my resolve to get a new George Foreman Grill.
Staci also got new cellies while we were there. I somehow feel more connected again.
Right now I'm a little confused as to what order we went out and ate. But I know that over the course of the night and the next morning we went to Chile's and ate out at Ihop twice. I had the most delicious rack of ribs ever at Chile's, though. I mean, I haven't had that many ribs, but they were great. Memphis rub, man.
I spent all night trying to figure out how to make the audio files that I put on my Razr be recognized as ringtones. It eventually took some voodoo magic, with a solution that I wasn't finding on the internet. But I got it to work. Even for full-length songs. I never understood the limit anyway. I mean, why the hell? Anyway, my solution eventually involved 4 seperate programs. Lame. But I got it down to an art now. The solution didn't actually come to me until the next morning.
Yesterday turned out to be a nice day of kickin' it. Playing Brawl with Casey on his class-break. Messin with phones. Watching crazy stuff on youtube with Casey and the fam later on. Watched "Inside the Actor's Studio", or something like that, because it had Conan O Brien on. It was pretty amazing.
We watched "Religulous", which turned out to be really good. Most of which I've heard before and agree with, but it is still good to re-affirm all of that hope.
Everybody started freaking out about the ice storm. It never really got that bad here, though they say that it will be getting worse later on. We'll see. I do have to work today, though. 1-close. If anything is going to happen, it is going to happen on my shift, and I'll be up a creek. Or "up a road" as it were.
I stayed up really late playing Brawl against Justin, working on my Samus and Ganon a little more. Had some good games. My character spectrum is widening.
Woke up this morning and both Staci and I were a bit confused about whether or not to call in to work because of the whether. It was mostly just rain right now, but we don't know how bad it is going to get. We decided on going and being really careful, however.
And that's the weekend update. Pretty long, but it covers almost 3 days.
Staci's grandma Sue was here to visit, and she bought us a lot of food during that time. We went out to eat for every meal this weekend, and I must have gained 15 pounds. I don't know. Maybe not.
On Saturday night while we were waiting for her to show up, we went to Chile's with all the friends, I think that's where I was updated to.
On Sunday morning Sue took us to Cracker Barrel, where I got a big 'ol chicken fried chicken meal. Cracker Barrel always impresses me with just how good everything, down to the loaded mashed potatoes and grits tastes.
All day, I was obsessing over music, and me having my headphones on constantly was probably making Staci a little annoyed. For some reason The Presidents (PUSA) sounded amazing, though. I really enjoy a lot of songs off of their new album.
We went to Academy Sports, which kind of feels like a bro-filled yawn-fest to me. There are some interesting things in there, and they have a wide selection of work-out stuff and sports stuff, of course, but when you're running on about 3 or 4 hours of sleep and you're walking around a place...
Wait, I think we went to Target before Academy, though. Yeah, we did. (Yeah, that's the kind of day I had. I mean, I enjoyed a good chunk of it, but I guess, in the end, one guy can only take so much shopping. Especially if he's not procuring some awesome stuff.)
Man, I truly am finding it hard to remember in what order we did things. I think after Academy we went grocery and 'the rest of Staci's b-day' shopping. She had gotten some things at Target she liked, but most of the things she really loved at Target had been sold out - which made her very sad. So at Wal-Mart she found the rest of it. Some cool stuff. We got an ass-ton of food. Well, it was an ass-ton to us. We did try to find the best deals on stuff, though.
While I was there, I re-affirmed my resolve to get a new George Foreman Grill.
Staci also got new cellies while we were there. I somehow feel more connected again.
Right now I'm a little confused as to what order we went out and ate. But I know that over the course of the night and the next morning we went to Chile's and ate out at Ihop twice. I had the most delicious rack of ribs ever at Chile's, though. I mean, I haven't had that many ribs, but they were great. Memphis rub, man.
I spent all night trying to figure out how to make the audio files that I put on my Razr be recognized as ringtones. It eventually took some voodoo magic, with a solution that I wasn't finding on the internet. But I got it to work. Even for full-length songs. I never understood the limit anyway. I mean, why the hell? Anyway, my solution eventually involved 4 seperate programs. Lame. But I got it down to an art now. The solution didn't actually come to me until the next morning.
Yesterday turned out to be a nice day of kickin' it. Playing Brawl with Casey on his class-break. Messin with phones. Watching crazy stuff on youtube with Casey and the fam later on. Watched "Inside the Actor's Studio", or something like that, because it had Conan O Brien on. It was pretty amazing.
We watched "Religulous", which turned out to be really good. Most of which I've heard before and agree with, but it is still good to re-affirm all of that hope.
Everybody started freaking out about the ice storm. It never really got that bad here, though they say that it will be getting worse later on. We'll see. I do have to work today, though. 1-close. If anything is going to happen, it is going to happen on my shift, and I'll be up a creek. Or "up a road" as it were.
I stayed up really late playing Brawl against Justin, working on my Samus and Ganon a little more. Had some good games. My character spectrum is widening.
Woke up this morning and both Staci and I were a bit confused about whether or not to call in to work because of the whether. It was mostly just rain right now, but we don't know how bad it is going to get. We decided on going and being really careful, however.
And that's the weekend update. Pretty long, but it covers almost 3 days.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Scrub, Scrub, Scrub...
Spent almost all day cleaning up. It was kind of a 'two steps forward, one step back' type of thing. I've noticed that I really hate that expression when used in a country song. Except in the country song it would be the negative version (1 step forward, 2 steps back). Negativity is a peeve of mine.
So yes, lots of cleaning. Scrub scrub scrub all the floors in Hyrule. Don't ask.
I did read another chapter in the Golden Compass book. The bear fight one. Almost done with that one. If I dedicated one more hour to it, it would be read.
I was excited to see that my Zen charger and usb connect devices came in. Paid 59 cents for the usb connect and 79 for the wall charger. The only problem is that it was bout 7 bucks after shipping. Oh well, that's pretty cheap for good connectors, I suppose. And I was really missing my music. My brain begins to suffer after a bit.
I think I forgot to mention that Lance came over last night and played some Smash with us before we all left to see Slumdog. That was pretty cool. He played some Beirut on the keyboard. Simple and pretty.
I still really like Modern Guilt.
I want to listen to Noble Beast more.
I want a sound system, a real one, in my car.
Dad is in CA. He must have left in a hurry.
Staci got insanely stressed about her Grandma being quite late to show up. We didn't really know what was happening. All we knew was that she wasn't here and should have been, and wasn't answering her phone. She could have been in a wreck, you know?
We need new cellies.
We all went out to eat at Chiles. I had the southern smokehouse burger or something like that. Quite filling. They asked me how I wanted my burger cooked. Hmph? Maybe I just haven't there enough. I chose medium-well.
Then Staci's grandma showed up and we went to IHOP with her. We ate a hot fudge sunday that wasn't a hot fudge sundae. It was a 'lots of chocolate syrup' sundae. I was actually pretty disappointed at that. But not as much as Staci.
After that, Sue went straight to bed, Staci read some more Twilight, and I played some very, very fun matches of Smash against Mason. I even worked on a future character of mine: Samus. Don't know why I feel so giddy about that.
Messed around with Ocarina codes to show Annette and Justin some of the cool camera stuff.
Why do so many light fixtures look like boobs?
So yes, lots of cleaning. Scrub scrub scrub all the floors in Hyrule. Don't ask.
I did read another chapter in the Golden Compass book. The bear fight one. Almost done with that one. If I dedicated one more hour to it, it would be read.
I was excited to see that my Zen charger and usb connect devices came in. Paid 59 cents for the usb connect and 79 for the wall charger. The only problem is that it was bout 7 bucks after shipping. Oh well, that's pretty cheap for good connectors, I suppose. And I was really missing my music. My brain begins to suffer after a bit.
I think I forgot to mention that Lance came over last night and played some Smash with us before we all left to see Slumdog. That was pretty cool. He played some Beirut on the keyboard. Simple and pretty.
I still really like Modern Guilt.
I want to listen to Noble Beast more.
I want a sound system, a real one, in my car.
Dad is in CA. He must have left in a hurry.
Staci got insanely stressed about her Grandma being quite late to show up. We didn't really know what was happening. All we knew was that she wasn't here and should have been, and wasn't answering her phone. She could have been in a wreck, you know?
We need new cellies.
We all went out to eat at Chiles. I had the southern smokehouse burger or something like that. Quite filling. They asked me how I wanted my burger cooked. Hmph? Maybe I just haven't there enough. I chose medium-well.
Then Staci's grandma showed up and we went to IHOP with her. We ate a hot fudge sunday that wasn't a hot fudge sundae. It was a 'lots of chocolate syrup' sundae. I was actually pretty disappointed at that. But not as much as Staci.
After that, Sue went straight to bed, Staci read some more Twilight, and I played some very, very fun matches of Smash against Mason. I even worked on a future character of mine: Samus. Don't know why I feel so giddy about that.
Messed around with Ocarina codes to show Annette and Justin some of the cool camera stuff.
Why do so many light fixtures look like boobs?
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire
Yesterday started off as a bang, as I scrambled to get some stuff clean in preparation for my Grandmother-in-Law's visit. It was one of those huffin and puffin clean jobs, since I had to bend over about 20,000 times to pick up all the clothes. It wasn't that it was an emergency, but I did want to get done, or at least mostly done, so that I could enjoy the rest of the day.
My Ganon is getting pretty good.
And enjoy the rest of the day, I did. Lots of hangin' and Brawl. And I even got to take care of Staci, since she came home early from work not feeling well. Actually, I'm starting to worry that her stomach-ache is something a little worse, like an ulcer. She is constantly putting stress on herself. I hope it isn't because of me, though.
After much brawlin' and laughin', last night we all went to see "Slumdog Millionaire". And it was very good. Just a well-thought-out movie. Mason and Angel, Casey, Sam and Grace, Staci and I went.
Now we're about to have to get the house even more clean.
My Ganon is getting pretty good.
And enjoy the rest of the day, I did. Lots of hangin' and Brawl. And I even got to take care of Staci, since she came home early from work not feeling well. Actually, I'm starting to worry that her stomach-ache is something a little worse, like an ulcer. She is constantly putting stress on herself. I hope it isn't because of me, though.
After much brawlin' and laughin', last night we all went to see "Slumdog Millionaire". And it was very good. Just a well-thought-out movie. Mason and Angel, Casey, Sam and Grace, Staci and I went.
Now we're about to have to get the house even more clean.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
A Long Day
Was a bit of a long day. It started off with us finding out (somewhat in relief) that Staci's grandma wasn't coming down until Saturday. So that gave us a bit more time to prepare, seeing as our bedroom and a few other things are not in order (horrible).
We went out. We ate at a new Mediterranean restaurant that was very good. I've never had a falafel plate before. It is full of about a thousand flavors. I told Staci that it kind of tasted like what I would expect if I were to eat a cuisine on a different planet sometime in the future.
Stopped at Hastings. Purchased "Christmas on Mars". Got Staci's check At Sams. She went and deposited it while I went home and played Smash with Steve for a little while.
After a while, Staci went to see a movie and I went to eat chinese food with Steve, Casey, Lance, and Morgan. I brought Staci home some food.
Played a bit more Smash. Watched an episode of 'Soul Eater'. Watched Tim and Eric at midnight. Tom Goes to the Mayor. King of the Hill.
It was a long day for different reasons.
We went out. We ate at a new Mediterranean restaurant that was very good. I've never had a falafel plate before. It is full of about a thousand flavors. I told Staci that it kind of tasted like what I would expect if I were to eat a cuisine on a different planet sometime in the future.
Stopped at Hastings. Purchased "Christmas on Mars". Got Staci's check At Sams. She went and deposited it while I went home and played Smash with Steve for a little while.
After a while, Staci went to see a movie and I went to eat chinese food with Steve, Casey, Lance, and Morgan. I brought Staci home some food.
Played a bit more Smash. Watched an episode of 'Soul Eater'. Watched Tim and Eric at midnight. Tom Goes to the Mayor. King of the Hill.
It was a long day for different reasons.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I Hate the Lame Stuff.
I woke up sort of late today. I really hate working shifts that start in the early afternoon. Its not like you can do anything of value before you have to go to work. Those mornings are always the most depressing.
So this morning I just messed around with the latest batch of books I downloaded on my computer. I saw perfect copies of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the other three books of that series. Perfect for my Sony Reader, anyway. Speaking of which, I'm almost done with the first book of "His Dark Materials", and it is very good. Much better than that sad excuse for a movie. Anyway, while I was reading the descriptions to 2001 and the rest, I was getting sucked in. There is nothing else that fits so exclusively to my interests than what I feel like mankind needs to eventually accomplish. We have to find out where we are going. We have to find out what all of this is. And space is... is... just ridiculously curious, strange, and explosively mind blowing.
Went to work at 1. Ate some Taco Bell (again) beforehand. Made me feel crappy for a good chunk of the day. There was somebody always needing help today. I kind of like that, though. It is okay. I like talking about electronics. And now that's my job. I don't like how my back pops and gets kind of uncomfortable after 8 hours of hard, flat surfaces.
Came home, asked Steve and Justin to move the Smash into Justin's room so we could at least think about cleaning. Did the dishes. About to have to do another load. I mean, really. When do these people think I have the time to do these things? While they aren't here? When is that?
Goddamn, I hate money, btw. And the lame stuff.
My grandmother-in-law is coming to visit for the weekend. Should be a nice visit.
So this morning I just messed around with the latest batch of books I downloaded on my computer. I saw perfect copies of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the other three books of that series. Perfect for my Sony Reader, anyway. Speaking of which, I'm almost done with the first book of "His Dark Materials", and it is very good. Much better than that sad excuse for a movie. Anyway, while I was reading the descriptions to 2001 and the rest, I was getting sucked in. There is nothing else that fits so exclusively to my interests than what I feel like mankind needs to eventually accomplish. We have to find out where we are going. We have to find out what all of this is. And space is... is... just ridiculously curious, strange, and explosively mind blowing.
Went to work at 1. Ate some Taco Bell (again) beforehand. Made me feel crappy for a good chunk of the day. There was somebody always needing help today. I kind of like that, though. It is okay. I like talking about electronics. And now that's my job. I don't like how my back pops and gets kind of uncomfortable after 8 hours of hard, flat surfaces.
Came home, asked Steve and Justin to move the Smash into Justin's room so we could at least think about cleaning. Did the dishes. About to have to do another load. I mean, really. When do these people think I have the time to do these things? While they aren't here? When is that?
Goddamn, I hate money, btw. And the lame stuff.
My grandmother-in-law is coming to visit for the weekend. Should be a nice visit.
Growing Up
When you're young, you spend all your time looking forward - working (seemingly) so hard on what you want to become. It seems like as soon as you start looking back you lose something extremely valuable. I think you lessen the importance of the "today" - and I'm still trying to figure out if there's something you can do about it. From all outward appearances it seems you can't. Maybe 'growing up' is just us learning to deal with this.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inaguration Day and My Day Off
Today I woke up and watched the inauguration of Barack Obama. I spent most of my time discussing the little nuances with Grace, and with Staci before she had to leave. Everything seemed pretty straightforward. We all agreed that George W. looked a bit upset. And we all stated our reasons for why this might be. We also all agreed that the prayer was a bit too long and awkward. And that it was more of a speech and not really a prayer. And that you could tell which members of the audience were athiests and which ones weren't. It was as clear as night and day.
And then I played a bit of Animal Crossing. Got lots of presents from Mason.
Fell asleep after reading a few chapters of "The Golden Compass".
Woke up, listened to some more of Andrew Bird's new album "Noble Beast". So far it is very good. I'll probably post more later on this, though. "Like the words of a man whose spent a little too much time alone..."
Found some great copies of Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) novels after getting a registration with Demonoid.com
Most of the day, however, I was supposed to be cleaning the house in preparation for my grandmother-in-law to visit. I just couldn't get motivated. I don't know what's wrong with me lately. I can't feel excited about things I should be. Maybe that's nothing new for me.
Watched some Animal Planet. That "Growing Up" show. It was about a baby walrus.
Payed the water bill. Ate some Taco Bell.
Started cleaning the bedroom. Watched some of the Inagural Ball. There was some horrible entertainment involved, but watching Barack and Michelle dance was actually pretty touching. I think poor Barack is running out of speeches, though. I would be. But his speeches are still good after so many.
Might be using this "list" format a little more. It seems to drag comments out of me, and I've run out of imaginitive power in order to create a more interesting blog format introduction. And I want to remember these days in my own words.
I might watch some more "Skip Beat" here shortly...
And then I played a bit of Animal Crossing. Got lots of presents from Mason.
Fell asleep after reading a few chapters of "The Golden Compass".
Woke up, listened to some more of Andrew Bird's new album "Noble Beast". So far it is very good. I'll probably post more later on this, though. "Like the words of a man whose spent a little too much time alone..."
Found some great copies of Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) novels after getting a registration with Demonoid.com
Most of the day, however, I was supposed to be cleaning the house in preparation for my grandmother-in-law to visit. I just couldn't get motivated. I don't know what's wrong with me lately. I can't feel excited about things I should be. Maybe that's nothing new for me.
Watched some Animal Planet. That "Growing Up" show. It was about a baby walrus.
Payed the water bill. Ate some Taco Bell.
Started cleaning the bedroom. Watched some of the Inagural Ball. There was some horrible entertainment involved, but watching Barack and Michelle dance was actually pretty touching. I think poor Barack is running out of speeches, though. I would be. But his speeches are still good after so many.
Might be using this "list" format a little more. It seems to drag comments out of me, and I've run out of imaginitive power in order to create a more interesting blog format introduction. And I want to remember these days in my own words.
I might watch some more "Skip Beat" here shortly...
Monday, January 19, 2009
I haven't done anything today... yet.
Woke up around 10. Played some TimeSplitters. Told some friends about my hacking of SSBB. Infinite time for replays and whatnot. Un-hindered camera on pause. All this means fun stuff.
Andrew Bird's "Noble Beast" is coming out officially tomorrow, but I've listened to a ton of it already on the free cast of it alone. It sounds great. Just as good or better than previous ones. Of course I loved Armchair Apocrypha. I almost named my last blog after it. Well, I say "almost" because I never actually continued that blog. That happens a lot with me.
Woke up around 10. Played some TimeSplitters. Told some friends about my hacking of SSBB. Infinite time for replays and whatnot. Un-hindered camera on pause. All this means fun stuff.
Andrew Bird's "Noble Beast" is coming out officially tomorrow, but I've listened to a ton of it already on the free cast of it alone. It sounds great. Just as good or better than previous ones. Of course I loved Armchair Apocrypha. I almost named my last blog after it. Well, I say "almost" because I never actually continued that blog. That happens a lot with me.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Janoa and Mulholland Drive
I've been well entrenched into work and house management lately. Working through the bills and finances over and over throughout the day can drain the life right out of you, and everyone around you notices it quite well.
But I do know that it makes me feel better. It makes me feel better to be caught up. And we are on the verge of doing that. On the verge of catching up and finally being able to enjoy our paychecks once again. For the longest time it has been nothing but pay the bank back for our overdraw charges. I wish there was some way to find out how much we wasted on that.
Actually, I'm sure there is, and I'm sure I don't want to know.
Janoa Taylor, a long lost friend from church and church school (from around the 5th and 6th grade, and a few years after) added me on Facebook today. It was fairly strange to see her again, even in social networking form. Although most of her pictures are where I can barely recognize her. I remember a long time ago when I hadn't seen her for probably a few years, and she came back to church to visit a few times. I remember being completely perplexed and uncomfortable around her, because within those two years she went from friend to 'this supermodel person I barely knew'. I remember both Matt K. and I being perplexed. Not him, so much as me, I suppose.
Anyway, while looking at her profile I was hoping to catch a glimpse at what kind of person she was or had become. Nope. Not one inkling of info except her email address and a few photos. No interests. No quotes. No favorite music. Maybe that's what seperated her from Matt K. and me and the rest of us. She was always a clam. Always cut off and loving it. Well, seemed to like it that way at least.
Staci and I watched Mulholland Drive last night. That David Lynch film. And I'm with the rest of the world. I still don't really know what's going on. I wonder if the director had an idea of what was going on. Some of the scenes felt cool. Like the face behind the wall. That feels like the real thing. Like a real bad dream someone might have. And can you imagine going to visit someplay in real life to find that it exists? The movie captures a sense of being alone in your own skin in that way. Terrified, though not sure why except a dream told you to be. Sure it's a scary face, but all it did was come out from behind a wall and look at you. The only reason you're scared is because the dream has you in such a state to feel that way.
I don't know. A lot never seemed to connect in the film. It seemed like it tried, but a lot didn't seem to. There's an entire website about it, I hear from Staci. They help, but I bet you would proabably still feel lost while watching the film after reading their long explanations. But maybe that was the point of the movie. To feel lost. I just wish some parts of the movie didn't feel like a 90's cop show re-enactment scene. I think that was just the film quality, though.
I've really gotta catch up with Matt King. We haven't seen eachother in a while. We were supposed to be brothers!
But I do know that it makes me feel better. It makes me feel better to be caught up. And we are on the verge of doing that. On the verge of catching up and finally being able to enjoy our paychecks once again. For the longest time it has been nothing but pay the bank back for our overdraw charges. I wish there was some way to find out how much we wasted on that.
Actually, I'm sure there is, and I'm sure I don't want to know.
Janoa Taylor, a long lost friend from church and church school (from around the 5th and 6th grade, and a few years after) added me on Facebook today. It was fairly strange to see her again, even in social networking form. Although most of her pictures are where I can barely recognize her. I remember a long time ago when I hadn't seen her for probably a few years, and she came back to church to visit a few times. I remember being completely perplexed and uncomfortable around her, because within those two years she went from friend to 'this supermodel person I barely knew'. I remember both Matt K. and I being perplexed. Not him, so much as me, I suppose.
Anyway, while looking at her profile I was hoping to catch a glimpse at what kind of person she was or had become. Nope. Not one inkling of info except her email address and a few photos. No interests. No quotes. No favorite music. Maybe that's what seperated her from Matt K. and me and the rest of us. She was always a clam. Always cut off and loving it. Well, seemed to like it that way at least.
Staci and I watched Mulholland Drive last night. That David Lynch film. And I'm with the rest of the world. I still don't really know what's going on. I wonder if the director had an idea of what was going on. Some of the scenes felt cool. Like the face behind the wall. That feels like the real thing. Like a real bad dream someone might have. And can you imagine going to visit someplay in real life to find that it exists? The movie captures a sense of being alone in your own skin in that way. Terrified, though not sure why except a dream told you to be. Sure it's a scary face, but all it did was come out from behind a wall and look at you. The only reason you're scared is because the dream has you in such a state to feel that way.
I don't know. A lot never seemed to connect in the film. It seemed like it tried, but a lot didn't seem to. There's an entire website about it, I hear from Staci. They help, but I bet you would proabably still feel lost while watching the film after reading their long explanations. But maybe that was the point of the movie. To feel lost. I just wish some parts of the movie didn't feel like a 90's cop show re-enactment scene. I think that was just the film quality, though.
I've really gotta catch up with Matt King. We haven't seen eachother in a while. We were supposed to be brothers!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Good Morning, Jan 13, 2009
Having lots of days off has been pretty nice.
Staci and I are actually pretty close to getting our money all straightened out. I don't know how, but we are.
It is incredibly late. 3:20am. I don't really know what I'm still doing up, but I felt like writing something.
As I said in the previous post. I've been reading a lot more lately. It helps to have my Sony Reader. I think my mind was always so clustered (strange word) so I would keep losing my place in a dead-tree version of the books I like to read. I spent most of my time before just trying to find my place. I remember at one point trying to read George R.R. Martin's series on my Creative Zen. It was a strange little program that turned your texts and ebooks into images that it could understand. It worked. I say try, but I read at least most of the 3rd book in that series on my little mp3 player.
I digress. The Sony Reader is cool. It's a PRS-505. The PRS stands for "Portable Reader System", but I don't really know what the 505 means, except that it's 505 and not just 500 like the previous version. Apparenlty these devices just go up in 5's.
The rice cooker we got from Steve for christmas is awesome. I've used it the past few nights to make delicious and (compared to our normal fare) somewhat healty meals. I fancy myself a good cook.
My electronics department job at Sam's rocks. Almost zero stress, and I get to talk about stuff I kinda like, you know? It is pretty awesome.
I need a new hard drive.
Staci and I are actually pretty close to getting our money all straightened out. I don't know how, but we are.
It is incredibly late. 3:20am. I don't really know what I'm still doing up, but I felt like writing something.
As I said in the previous post. I've been reading a lot more lately. It helps to have my Sony Reader. I think my mind was always so clustered (strange word) so I would keep losing my place in a dead-tree version of the books I like to read. I spent most of my time before just trying to find my place. I remember at one point trying to read George R.R. Martin's series on my Creative Zen. It was a strange little program that turned your texts and ebooks into images that it could understand. It worked. I say try, but I read at least most of the 3rd book in that series on my little mp3 player.
I digress. The Sony Reader is cool. It's a PRS-505. The PRS stands for "Portable Reader System", but I don't really know what the 505 means, except that it's 505 and not just 500 like the previous version. Apparenlty these devices just go up in 5's.
The rice cooker we got from Steve for christmas is awesome. I've used it the past few nights to make delicious and (compared to our normal fare) somewhat healty meals. I fancy myself a good cook.
My electronics department job at Sam's rocks. Almost zero stress, and I get to talk about stuff I kinda like, you know? It is pretty awesome.
I need a new hard drive.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
It may sound cheesy, and maybe a little bit fake of me, but ever since I got my Sony PRS-505 I've been reading a lot more. I've only had it since shortly after Christmas, and I've read around 4 or 5 books already. Although they've been short stories, I feel fairly proud nonetheless.
What I've finished so far:
Yes, if my list is any indication whatsoever, I love some good sci-fi, and especially some good old-school sci-fi that kind of shows us how much our species has grown in the scope of the future. H.G. Wells has been one of my favorites for a long time for this specific reason. Although there is no intelligent life that we know of on the planet Mars, The War of the Worlds still has sufficiently believable and terrifyingly detailed technology. Technology that is actually quite future proof as far as what we can see as actually being possible.
I also kind of get the idea that if Wells had been writing today, his stories would have been much more gruesome.
What I've finished so far:
- Sandkings by George R.R. Martin
- With Morning Comes Mistfall by George R.R. Martin
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (only a few pages left, actually)
Yes, if my list is any indication whatsoever, I love some good sci-fi, and especially some good old-school sci-fi that kind of shows us how much our species has grown in the scope of the future. H.G. Wells has been one of my favorites for a long time for this specific reason. Although there is no intelligent life that we know of on the planet Mars, The War of the Worlds still has sufficiently believable and terrifyingly detailed technology. Technology that is actually quite future proof as far as what we can see as actually being possible.
I also kind of get the idea that if Wells had been writing today, his stories would have been much more gruesome.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Years and Benjamin Button
Well, we actually had a fairly good turnout for our New Year's party. A little over 20 people showed up. There is a pretty good picture that I want to post that shows almost all of them. Even Cody came down for the party, which was pretty cool. Things seem like they've been getting easier for everyone lately. I'm not sure what I mean by that except exactly how it sounds. People have been seeming less uptight. I hope that doesn't change.
New Year's Day was spent eating at Cracker Barrel (something I haven't done since the last day I ever saw Samantha. I didn't really bother mentioning this to anyone, however) and watching the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The most interesting thing about the Benjamin movie is how the book was completely ignored except for the 'getting younger as you get older' theme. This is perfectly okay, seeing as, after reading it for myself, the book seems to be almost a joke. It was 69 pages long in ebook form, which is probably about half that in real book form. Nothing else was really the same. Comparisons definitely do not need to apply.
I wish I could pay better attention to lots of things. I don't really know how best to explain what I mean. For example, there was a time in my life where making a new friend such as Sam Parker would be at the top of my list of 'one of the most awesome things that happened to me this year'. But within the last few years, I've tended to focus on different things. I still think it is awesome that I've made quite a few new friends and basically a new 'gang' since moving into this house, but I don't tend to notice them quite as much anymore. I just feel so 'busy' even when I'm not. As if I don't have time for the little things anymore. As if I'm going to be in trouble by someone if I take too much time for myself. Is that really all in just marriage? Hard to say, actually. I don't know if that's the way I feel, but I have told Staci on more than one occasion that I was beginning to feel that marriage is mostly a bad institution. This changes nothing about how I feel about Staci, of course, but marriage is just one of those things that I feel needs to be reworked somehow. After a while, it needs to mean more than just financial stability. Somebody somewhere needs to come to an understanding.
I'm still unsure about whether or not to go ahead and get in on some classes this semester. I'm not sure if we'll get help financially. I mean, I'm pretty sure if we ask we can get help from Staci's grandparents, but we hate to do that. They said they would, but we still abhor the idea. And I'm still unsure about the possibility of a pell grant. I hope it's not too late in the game. I still have a chance to register, but do I still want to?
We may get to see Tim and Eric Awesome Tour Live this month. We're looking into it. It would require us going to Kansas City, but that would be fine to see such a thing. Speaking of which, I believe their new season starts this month.
ATM I love MegaMan 9, Smash Bros. Brawl, Beck, Interpol, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Yep, never a shortage of things to fill of your entertainment around here.
Oh yeah and The Mountain Goats "Satanic Messiah" is one of the best things ever. Go check the website. I'm pretty sure its satanicmessiah.com. I'm pretty sure I was amazed at that domain aquisition.
New Year's Day was spent eating at Cracker Barrel (something I haven't done since the last day I ever saw Samantha. I didn't really bother mentioning this to anyone, however) and watching the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The most interesting thing about the Benjamin movie is how the book was completely ignored except for the 'getting younger as you get older' theme. This is perfectly okay, seeing as, after reading it for myself, the book seems to be almost a joke. It was 69 pages long in ebook form, which is probably about half that in real book form. Nothing else was really the same. Comparisons definitely do not need to apply.
I wish I could pay better attention to lots of things. I don't really know how best to explain what I mean. For example, there was a time in my life where making a new friend such as Sam Parker would be at the top of my list of 'one of the most awesome things that happened to me this year'. But within the last few years, I've tended to focus on different things. I still think it is awesome that I've made quite a few new friends and basically a new 'gang' since moving into this house, but I don't tend to notice them quite as much anymore. I just feel so 'busy' even when I'm not. As if I don't have time for the little things anymore. As if I'm going to be in trouble by someone if I take too much time for myself. Is that really all in just marriage? Hard to say, actually. I don't know if that's the way I feel, but I have told Staci on more than one occasion that I was beginning to feel that marriage is mostly a bad institution. This changes nothing about how I feel about Staci, of course, but marriage is just one of those things that I feel needs to be reworked somehow. After a while, it needs to mean more than just financial stability. Somebody somewhere needs to come to an understanding.
I'm still unsure about whether or not to go ahead and get in on some classes this semester. I'm not sure if we'll get help financially. I mean, I'm pretty sure if we ask we can get help from Staci's grandparents, but we hate to do that. They said they would, but we still abhor the idea. And I'm still unsure about the possibility of a pell grant. I hope it's not too late in the game. I still have a chance to register, but do I still want to?
We may get to see Tim and Eric Awesome Tour Live this month. We're looking into it. It would require us going to Kansas City, but that would be fine to see such a thing. Speaking of which, I believe their new season starts this month.
ATM I love MegaMan 9, Smash Bros. Brawl, Beck, Interpol, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Yep, never a shortage of things to fill of your entertainment around here.
Oh yeah and The Mountain Goats "Satanic Messiah" is one of the best things ever. Go check the website. I'm pretty sure its satanicmessiah.com. I'm pretty sure I was amazed at that domain aquisition.
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