>I got going a little later then I expected, today… but got my oil changed, went to go pick up my Dad, and we were on our way. I actually got him talking a little bit, few snippets here and there. We would feed off of external stimulus to find topics of discussion – a car that I’d see, would maybe lead to a story that he had. At one point I even asked him what he had to do in his younger days – “well, just hang out with my friends – go swimming, that was about it” (always…
>Tomorrow I don’t have to work — going on a sort of follow-up jaunt with my father to NY. I’m hoping that driving around his old stomping grounds will bring out some stories that I know he’s got in there… he just can’t recall very well unless he sees it, needs something to jar the memories loose. My main objective in this endeavor is to be able to talk to my father in a 1 on 1 setting, maybe learn more about his past, and hopefully get some lessons from it without letting him know. He never really wanted to…
>Check out these lesser known state mottos. Even god enjoys diggin on this guy. A handy list for purchasing music. Biography: Krang. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the mega-super-fighting-chicken-gigantica list of links that I accumulated last week. I never got time to post them so I have a very long list of semi-old stuff, maybe I’ll just sort through it again and put the best of the best.
>Today’s theme: mini-thoughts I’ve been making ice coffee @ work as of late. A movie cup (glow in the dark “Hulk” cup in this case) filled with ice plus a regular cup of coffee (with fake cream and sugar already mixed in hot) out of my trusty company mug. Now that’s d e l i c i o u s! It’s really hot lately too — I have yet to grab a brand new window fan (planned on buying several for the house). I’m thinking that now that it’s 90+ they’ll be sold out again if the demand is anywhere…
>Yesterday I went to Providence — the original plan was to go to Worcester, check out the hustle and bustle that pops up for summer. I was hanging out with Laura, couldn’t find anyone to go with us so she called some friends in Providence to meet us there. They’d already done a ton of driving over the weekend, so they weren’t really up for the trek. Almost to Worcester, and having nothing to really -do- in Worcester, we decided to drive on to Providence. We went to her sorority sister’s apt, where they’re staying for the summer. Hung out…
>I have to think of a new music page format, might just put up a list of the few “song blogs” that I have. One for rock, one for techno, and I’ll eventually have one for hiphop – though hard coding it has worked so far. I have to be able to listen to a song a lot without it losing its novelty for it to make the list(s), and hiphop can lose it quite quickly. There are a few from 1999-2001 that remain my staples, still others that I’m absolutely sick of but haven’t made it out of my…
>We’re almost ready for the new design, it’s updated… so check out the link from a few days ago. The week’s winding up again, it’s Friday. My friend just picked up her first real car – 2003 Ford Focus. No doubt a reasonable 4 cyl, but not bad for a first car =] The good news is there’ll be hopefully not as much running around when I want to hang out with her — the bad news… I doubt I’ll be chillin with her as much because she’ll be busy running around seeing all the friends she hasn’t been able…
>Ok — weird. As I’m coming in to work today I think I fell into a bit of a wormhole. I get out of my car and am walking towards the building, notice the very fine mist raining down… I hear a girl screaming – “Noooooooooo! Noooo!” I get closer and there she is coming around the corner of the building. She had an empty leash in her hand, clad all in red vinyl with plastic “jelly shoes” heals. She had wild brown curly hair, and her face was covered in blotches of blush? eyeshadow? it was so haphazard, it…
>Ok – things have quieted down since… I’m a little bit more at ease. Everything seems to come up all at once, a nice little wave that comes in every couple weeks or so. I’ll learn my little lesson from Finding Nemo – “…well, you can’t never let anything happen to him. Then… nothing would ever happen to him.” so with those words of wisdom I know that life is difficult when it’s interesting. It can’t really be interesting without being difficult – that’s the challenge, right?
>Nice little whirlwind — wish = null/void, and had to try and express my feelings to boot. I like dealing with emotional issues while attempting to do every day tasks, helps with the challenge. …and then there’s a call from my landlord about how they don’t want the ex-housemate there: “we don’t trust him”. Well I can guarantee there won’t be any issues – the people you ought to be worried about is little-miss-troublesome’s little friends. Sketchy sketchy sketchy… and you’re worried about people that I chose to live with? Why? We’re just trying to live our lives, same as…
>Cold Play – “In My Place” In my place, in my place The lines I couldn’t change I was lost, oh yeah I was lost… I was lost… Crossed lines I shouldn’t have crossed I was lost… oh yeah. Yeaaaaaaah, how long must you wait for… yeaaaaaah how long must you pay for… wait… wait for it. ~that about sums up my head right now
>Here’s an interesting fact for the guys regarding the ladies. Damn Mormon Crickets, always ruinin the fun! What’s the big deal about Friday the 13th? I hate this new trend of having to sign up for getting files via proprietary downloading applications, even HTTP… I miss the days of FTP – but Fileshack.com is at least set up nicely. Someone please tell them not to. Can you decipher the beeps? Some tricks of the carnival game trade… Weird mutant baby born… they say it can see with all 4 eyes, and it nurses with both mouths. New X-Ray Technology A…
>Waiting
>Waiiiiiiiiting… a mere one way or another will prove to be complete realization, or utter failure of ‘said plan’. (*melodrama-meter*) So you know those things that you totally know what you want, and it would be perfectly possible… but it’s probably best left alone? That’s me… same tiff – one… way… or… another… but it’s not up to me. I don’t get to choose. I’m powerless, uniformed, until a kind soul enlightens me. I’ve also had complications rise of a situation in the past – worked through said complications, and it turned out very nice. Eventually it ended up going…
>Whew, mucho ponderation. I’m awake early on a Saturday – how’d that happen? =] Got home a little while ago, drove around for a bit. I ended up being back near home, called a few people – one dissapeared, haven’t heard from Carissa in a long time. At least since Tom’s funeral… her phone was disconnected, and her dad’s house no longer had their name on the mailbox. I tried to see if they were at least in the same town/area via 411 – but none in the local area, or even MA in general with said name. She had…
>Check out the student created replacement statues in Baghdad. Icons, wallpaper OSX, WinXP, etc more icons OSX, WinXP, etc Do Not Call List:: how to hang up on telemarketers Do you… pastiche?? XBox: Wallace and Gromit Mazdaworld.org Forums – for everything mazda, driving experiences – racing, women 😉 Feature on the Mazdaspeed Protege Issues with Amsterdam cops getting a little to close to the action Cool car mods. Here’s an example of life imitating art, particularly the Anime series “Lain” Leading cause for humans’ lack of hair? Everything you ever wanted to know about becoming but were afraid to ask…
>Overheard:: major drama – “…my 3rd floor neighbor came over and said ‘one of the other girls in your house is always over my house with my husband. I’m not sure which one actually lives there cause they’re both there an equal ammount of time, but they’re both over there all the time’” – not mine, thank bejizzles. I also had an idea for a evolved mission statement, a theme… if you will. Synthetic-X as a planet, the horizon of which is the current page. Zooming out you would see an entire planet… and zoom out I shall — now,…
>Grrrrrrrrr, so my car has a big ol scrape on the front bumper. It looks like I tried to turn to close to something white — but I didn’t. It wasn’t like that when I came in, just went out to the parking lot here at work and there it was. I called to see if they could review the tape — not until tomorrow. .:sigh:. I can’t keep the damn thing clean, or un-scathed, it seems. It’s inevitable with any car, you get the 1 ding that starts it all. I had a dent on my old car from…
>It pays to jump on tech opportunity – As I was enjoying my MSN account today, going through the calendar and such; I realized that all the cool stuff is what they charge for. I’ve been receiving it free since about 3 years ago when they had a 6 month free initiative. You’d give your credit card info, it wouldn’t be charged for 6 months… then at the end of that time they’d charge you for the remaining 6 months and you’d have a year’s worth of internet access. Having no money at the time, I signed up. Wallet was…
>Small people in high places is funny.
>Small People in High Places are Funny S.P.I.H.P I’m not short, which makes it all the more unusual when small people are at an elevated position. Their eyes are level, if not slightly higher then mine, usually. I chuckle because they’re so much higher then normal. I wonder if they’re scared, because small people could fall and get hurt from those higher hights. If you’re a small person, be careful. If you’re a tall person who sees a small person in a tall place — keep alert, those little suckers could tumble at any moment. ~ Thank You
>A Theory of Shape – physical and emotional, and how they go together
>So I’ve been thinking up a theory here – just figured I’d throw it out there: Shape. Physical and emotional (if you want to get all metaphorical). You know how there are some people you just fit with? Be it laying down and cuddled – tangled in each other, or being able to sit together on the couch all snuggled up and watching a movie… or even something on a more intimate level. There are arms and ribs and bones and whatnot that need to fit into/around the other person to pull off a sucessful cuddle position. The ultimate test…