>I had no need to fear… fun came to me. I got home Halloween night to find a kegger already in progress. I called a few friends and we hung out till the wee hours of the morning. A few of them weren’t all that well for the morning, but… comes with the territory. I was surprised at the number of people that came… many left early, but it was a Thursday – after all. Friday was a good night at home, hung out with the house-mates, got Unreal 2003 going… nothing too exciting, but a good night none-the-less. Saturday…

>Halloween:: Trick/Treat? Funny… aren’t I supposed to have something to go to tonight? I got all dressed up for work. I am a spontanious hunch-back. I didn’t really have any masks or anything, I just seem to have lost them in my travels. Walgreens had a few choice items that I picked up along with some food for the office party. I got a really cool voice changing talking skull — it’s cool. A couple people got pictures of my Halloween get-up, so I’ll post ’em when I get ’em. I’ve eaten so much candy, cupcakes, and caffeine in true…

>There’s not much goin on as of late. Me and Phil have been working on the network at the house, getting the PII 400 up and running as the internet server. Having my computer be the router just didn’t work well, I would get priority over anyone else so it was already a fractional stream going to everyone else. At least this way it’s equal. Spaceghost action figures!

>A few interesting Stupid Crooks. XBox is for the drinkers! Hopefully my review will appear by tomorrow morning…

>Well, Phil says I’m on a virus kick. I just know that viruses have destroyed a good amount of data over the years. It’s better to be safe then looking for your data again. I think everything’s clean now. I found someone to buy my old Laptop, so I picked up another Satellite – 5205-S503. A major upgrade other then the RCA video output. I have to see how it looks to judge for certain. It should be good enough, everything else is great – digital audio out, 16 inch screen, GeForce 4, 40GB HD, P4 2.0ghz, 512mb DDR Ram,…

>There’s some Trojan Horse on my house mate’s computer. It’s the same one I had, I’m sure. It goes right to the c:\system volume information\ which is unable to be modified, viewed, or deleted. I’m not sure if I can go in with a DOS disk, but that’s the next step. .:sigh:. So with his computer disconnected from the network, I grabbed his ethernet wire and gave XBox Live a shot with the satellite. It worked well, not superb with no issues, but quite well enough — I was disconnected once or twice due to network issues, ran a couple…

>.: tubleweed :. ……..** whooooosh ** ………..:.:.:… :. …k, so the barren landscape might be considered good? It’s calm, no catastrophe’s… no one crashing into fences. I’ve had internet at home, and it’s nice — downloading music, getting news, streaming video. I also fall back into the rut of not cooking and not needing to leave the house or do much of anything. My laptop contracted a virus? It might have been the result of too much tweaking… I saw a suspicious “rundll.exe blahblah.dll, gorunmecq.cvd” (but it’s there again after a fresh install so it might not have really been…

>I wonder if anything happened this week. I’m thinking back as I realize there’s been nothing added since the 14th. No… really nothing of much consequence. We went out for another night on the town on Thursday, dinner and some pool, then video games and movies at home. I had a good time but there’s always something that happens that creates complications, such as: not remembering that you have a Hoku CD, and then betting a shot of 100 proof SoCo that you don’t. If I was teetering before, that sent me to the bottom of the well. I’m sure…

>I had a nice quiet evening last night – it was all rainy and cold so we curled up on the couch and watched Swimming With Sharks (Kevin Spacey), Sopranos, and caught the end of Comedy Central’s movie: Porn ‘n Chicken. Swimming With Sharks was rather… extreme, but it sure got the point across. I was watching Sopranos with someone who’d never seen it before so I imagine it was kind of hard to follow… I’m still somewhat lost and I’ve been watching since this season’s premier. Porn ‘n Chicken was just amusing, a decent movie overall – Comedy Central…

>There’s a bunch of stuff about terrorists in Bali, snipers in DC… not a very happy time from the looks of it. There’s a gang war escalating in Springfield (Mason Square area) with more and more stabbings, drive-bys, and general shootings. The economy is down, Al Queda supposedly have another attack ‘approved’ but that’s all the information they have. We’re about to go to war, and though it will “rally the troops” I don’t believe it’s what we need to bring the nation out of it’s slump. It’s kind of a sad time globally, locally… but things are going well…

>Yay, the week’s over for me. I get tomorrow off for all that overtime I put in. I’d rather have 3 days in a row then the money. My sanity is worth more to me. I’m currently in limbo at work because the one database that we merged everything into… is down for about an hour. =] I suppose that’s the downside to having everything in one place. I have plans to go see Red Dragon this evening. I had read the book waaaaay back and it absolutely fascinated me, I hope I can say the same for the movie.…

>I’ll put the links up pre-rambling today:: Heard the Official World’s Funniest Joke yet? Flirts… they’re only getting worse. There’s been quite a few good ideas and advances in Bluetooth. Floating around… it just takes more and more caffeine to get me going. I still have yet to catch up sufficiently on my sleep. I had a pleasant evening last night. I met up with someone after I finally got out of work, grabbed a pizza and went home to relax. We watched movies, video clips… it was nice. I realized why I don’t usually “hit it off” with people…

>Wow, talk about irony. I’m in the cable industry, work with people who have missed the techs or have other issues that come up. I got a voicemail from the satelite installer about 1… I heard *scratch* *crackle* … my way… *crackle* very important that… call me. There was no number because it was a cellphone and the number was indestinguishable when he asked me to call. Granted… I left someone else at the house. I didn’t leave the sign on the door as I intended. I wasn’t there, and because of that I didn’t really expect it to go…

>[ yesterday ] What a day for nothing to pull through. I ended up volunteering for another long weekend at work. I didn’t get the satellite install due to the weather, it probably won’t be much better tomorrow – but if it is I’ll be all set. I am also missing out on having an evening with Angela because I’m working these hours. As soon as I’m out of here I’m heading to a party. I knew of it quite some time in advance so I’m obligated to go. I want to go, who knows… might run into someone there.…

>I just realized it’s the 1 year aniversary of this site. We’ve come a long way, baby… :]~ Things are looking good, I cleaned the house a little last night – mopped the kitchen floor, dishes, swept the downstairs… floor feels good now, it hadn’t been cleaned since well before we moved in and it certainly needed it. Phil called me “mr mom”, I wish I didn’t have to be, but no one else seems to feel like cleaning up after themselves. I also helped the landlord put in a phone jack in the living room so we don’t have…

>Well I tried out XBox Live for the first time last night. I had gotten the beta kit a while back, but with no broadband access at the house currently, I haven’t been able to try it. I went over my friend’s house and tried it with his cable modem. The voice interaction is quite good, garbled in places, but overall it was like talking to someone over the phone. It has filters too, so if you’re paranoid about someone knowing your real voice, you can change it. The two games available for testing are ReVolt and NFL Fever 2003,…

>Is NY really the cause of today’s sexual freedom? Taste the Real Ultimate Power! …and a site that falls under the category of: “sounds dirty, but isn’t” Here’s a story that falls under the category of: “studies that sound dirty, and are” Some interesting info on how Google can be fooled. Ever think of marking the existance of wireless networks in public places? Apparently this whole Anthrax/West Nile thing is our (the US) fault, check out the news bubble for the full scoop.

>Here for the cellphone haikus? submit – [email] [im] Well I had a great weekend =] Friday night was a very eventful evening, I went to an older friend Dan’s birthday party. It was at the local American Legion, which may not sound like much… but there were a lot of people, all different ages. They had food, drinks at the bar… and all different kinds of music. After a few drinks I was able to get some people up and dancing. I had started the evening with plans on swooning a young lady that I had my eye on…

>I updated the phone page, it now fits the theme. I’d like to coin the phrase – “cellphone zen” just let it be known =] …and speaking of text messaging. Warner Brothers is now allowing people to download (for a fee) MP3s of previously unreleased material. New to the site? Confused? – [content map]

>Sha*ZAM! I would like to start a WAP (wireless web) section on the site:: I was writing someone a quick little note via SMS when I got an idea: cellphone poetry. It’s short, sweet, truncated for quick entry… and something to do when snake just don’t cut it. I’d like submissions to start things out, they’ll be posted in a special low bandwidth (text-only, to start) section. e-mail or im them to me Send anything you get via cell that you’d like to share, for example – I get quotes sent to my phone every day: “The best way to…

>Some might consider my zealousity for technology a downside… who am I to judge another’s? Maybe they… really like horses. That’s not a bad thing. Variety is the lice of spite… wait.. scratch that. We need to appreciate the things that make us individuals… Do you have worms crawling around inside you? Arcata Eye Police log Nintendo e-Reader

>I’m so hyper. I had one coffee… my feet will not stay still… I can’t concentrate, can’t even surf. Sad, really. I want to type and type and there’s nothing to type. So frustrating. …work, work… back to work — sing a song of * WORK * ! Astronomy Picture of the Day When Porn Gets Personal Daily Affirmation

> Keeping up with continuing coverage of the Keiko saga… Ever seen the movie The Beach? Yay! Micro fuel cells!

>Well I had a damn fun weekend =] I spent Friday at the mall after doing errands and whatnot. I picked up a few things for the house and some clothes for myself. I caught the clearance racks at most places, accidentally hit a few sales… it was a good day to go. Later that evening we went hoppin in downtown Springfield. I finally saw what the big deal was with the ‘Gra, caught a shower show… interesting, though almost surreal. Since we were with my buddy, we just waltzed into most places. They knew him and didn’t even bother…