>”They’re coming of age, those blogs.” ~ CNN reporter regarding millionaire host of Apprentice-like show publicly criticizing Donald Trump for “plastering his walls with posters of himself, and constantly reminding everyone else around him what an obscene amount of money he has.” on his web log. His retort was in response to Donald Trump saying “copy cat” shows would have a hard time matching the quality of The Apprentice.
>Lunch @ UNOs
>Today proved to be more interesting then usual: I was working 9-6:30 today, backroom stuff @ GAP — unloading shipment & prepping the new summer line for the floor. It was lunch that was interesting. I had walked over to UNOs to get a beer and a steak and watch the game on the bigscreen. I sat down, ordered my beer to a decidedly slow bartender. I mean: she was horrible. I struck up a conversation along the way about my T-Mobile service with a guy at the bar. A large Slavic fellow with a rough accent, he mismatched words…
>Every once and a while someone breaks the blog mold. Anyone care to try and break into this FTP? I ran brutus and the UN: Creepy works, but I was unable to sucessfully find a password via dictionary. It’s possible that it’s a mix of letters and numbers, but it wasn’t in the default word list. Here have fun!
>In keeping with the meniacal laughter themed posts: Like Jerry Seinfeld? -> Soups On! ~ his complete .tv media directory is wiiiiiiiiiide open, take a look! …or you can just download the only complete episode (right click, choose save as) just look at the quality, smooth effects, and classic Seinfeld: Superman humor with the voice of “Kronk” from Emperor’s New Groove. Another point of interest: water that doesn’t get things wet. codename: sapphire Bud Light goes down way too easy. I bought a 24 pack on Friday to help with the party. I was the only one drinking it, everyone…
>Mu-ha-ha, mu-ha… ha ha. I’ve had the power to reduce DVDs all along… I just didn’t know it. I’d been working with DVDDecrypter from Doom9.org for a while to make DivX, but never got the hang of re-authoring them. I had used DVD Shrink before (also @ Doom9) but never figured how to make an ISO. DVD Decrypter had the ability all along, it was simply a different menu option. Imagine that. So I’m currently watching “House of Sand and Fog” and it’s quite the drama. It’s a great movie, horribly depressing, but incredibly well done. I tend to use…
>FinishLineGFX.com is coming along well. I did the site submissions to various search engines, so once it gets out there, Google should accept it. This whole popularity index thing is a bigger pain then it used to be. Infoseek is virtually impossible to get into without paying. I say virtually because I did manage to get to a “free URL submission page” but that resulted in a broken CGI… should try and hijack it, show ’em whats what, free URL submissions for all! I noticed it’s already listed on the Verizon: Superpages, email needs to be updated, but that’s not…
>It’s 2:58 and I don’t have any pants on. I’m r3evelling in a night well spent. I’m satisfied, energized, and amor-a-zized. I counted on tonight as such: work till 10:00 got out 9:42 called Laura (planning party) discussed “party” went to “party” “drank” @ party party moved to Geraldines “drove” to Mingles “drank” “did kareoke” “met girls who originally were supposed to meet Laura’s room-mate Jessie @ Geraldines” “danced with girl(s)” “had a laugh @ Ken’s” “drove” home “wrote” blog
>Nostalgic webmaster + old toys = Optimus Prime gives love advice. chip + new HD + xbox-scene.com = super functional media center. Network Adapter + Fantasy Star Online + “Secret Files” = Streaming GameCube ISOs ~ load ’em up over the network and play… granted, after a bit of waiting, but not much fuss and certainly no muss.
>Looking to sparkle up your site? Here’s some javascript stars I swiped. I was going to change the “onmousedown” to “onmouseover” for an annoying effect that would require simply moving the mouse over vs clicking — give that a shot! note: the only required tag is the < script > referencing the onclick in the head of the document, and the javascript at the bottom. The rest is inconsequential.
>I went to go see Scooby Doo 2 with Rachel this eve. Full of fart jokes, drug references of various types (smoke, whippits, etc), peeks down the girls shirts and up their skirts, and quite a few jokes that would certainly go over the young ones heads. I was entertained, the effects were good, the story was as good as it needed to be, and there were even some positive messages for the young ones (Be Yourself). I’d give it a good 3 1/2 stars, an extra 1/2 star for content and effort. 😉
>Just got back from a bit o dancin. I was hoping for a night of release, some physical exercise, and maybe a little bit of flirting fun. Not so — I tried, but felt bad the whole time. Whether I actually was or not, I felt like I was getting glares from all over – from the people I knew, from guys who I thought might be attached to the girl who was dancing near me, from the girl who looked like she wanted to dance but who I passed up because I’d already started dancing with someone else… I’ve…
>Endless string of dreams last night — – futuristic video game show hosted by my JHS gym teacher: Ms. Dodge * ankle crushers * contestents 1 & 2 were androids * very tron – party at my dads * supposed to be gone for the weekend * limo with a baby seat in the back * loitering on the front porch – etc * * * – etc * * off to my birthday-day @ Dad’s.
>When we left the theater, Laura & I were recalling various memories of our own. High School, childhood, and then that lead into her showing me her HS photos, the little book she’d just found in her car. She could see my face drop when she showed me a picture of her ex, and Holly’s current (changed as of typing this – April 30th) boyfriend. “I could beat that spud.” is all that crossed my min. She went into a story about how whacked Holly was, maybe to make me feel better. A story from when they were little. She…
>Parasites — fix up houses just enough, do repairs required by building inspectors poorly. Ventilation from shower into eves. Putting a pipe down, to send moisture out, even out the bottom of the eve would be better then simply filling it with moisture. “They’ve always passed building inspection before when my friend’s done it.” Buy, invest, fix up, sell. Sell at full price with repairs done hastily with shortcuts taken, and cheap materials. Everyone has to save $ but at least do it right. No shortcuts, you owe it to the people who will own it next. No wonder Springfield…
>God damn it. I forgot about this: They’re always pushing for oil drilling in Alaska — they were just trying to come up with a good excuse. People are more apt to say yes to drilling if they think there’s no other choice. What happened to the initial agreement of our handling of Iraq oil, huh? Didn’t we agree that in order to “maintain current market prices” we’d put any overflow, or “our cut” in other words, into a “federal oil reserve”? They have influence over these prices, too – over Opec. One of the selling points of the Bush…
>I went to go see “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” on Monday night. It was fantabulous! I was extremely impressed with the actors abilities. Charley Kaufman has again written a fine piece of cinema. If you’ve seen Adaptation and enjoyed it, you probably know what I mean when I say it follows the same dynamic, circular (read: non-linear) story telling style as Adaptation, and some of the same thought-provoking mind-fucks as both Adaptation and Being John Malkovitch. You don’t necessarily need to bring your brain with you (but it couldn’t hurt), just a few emotions, and maybe even that…