Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
my landlords are fucking cool.
they really are. a part of me will be sad when i have to move out, but i really do like my landlords. LO invited me (and M) to KO's 40th suprise birthday party, and much fun was had by all.
KO figured something was going on, but he didn't know what exactly was going on and that was good. plus it was good that i didn't actually feel like a 3rd wheel. usually, i do, but this time i was able to chat with people which was fun.
so, happy b-day KO. 40. the big 4-0. i have a few years, but you seem to be taking it in stride.
and right now, i have more alcohol in my blood than blood, so i'm pleased that i'm able to actually type. *laugh*
i'm gonna take a quick shower. and then watch farscape.
i just wish they would figure out this concept of airing episodes in order. last week was near the end of season 3 and now they air the near the end of season 2.
what the fuck people....
Friday, July 28, 2006
about fricking time...
i have FINALLY been able to witness a major thunderstorm. my first of the season. i think there may have been a few that passed thru during the night, but pretty much from the time i fall asleep until dawn, i'm absolutely dead to the world so if the end of the world comes while i'm asleep, i'll just pass away in the night.
but it was quite nice to actually be able to enjoy it. it started out a little slow with lotsa rain and then it let up, but then everything started getting heavier again and i was enjoying it. the only thing that would have been more enjoyable was if there was some way i could be in the middle of a field where i don't get electrocuted. but for nearly an hour, we had a nice set of rumbles, flashes, a few fire engines, and a few really good cracks. i even managed to see a few really nice lightning bolts, the nicest was in a shape of a T and Y overlayed. flashed several times, followed by corresponding cracks. it was loverly.
i did see a few other nice bolts, but that was the nicest.
now if only we'd get these more often...and it wouldn't knock out my dsl.
Monday, July 24, 2006
and in unrelated news tom...
pictures of the infamous molius have now surfaced with vacationing members of the of the 501st on their Duck Tour of Boston. these are some of the only known pictures of this elusive and some thought, mythical molius. where will he surface next? we don't know. back to you tom.
thank you diane for that completely pointless story.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
hooray monkey suit!
JJ & i were able to find me a monkey suit at kohls so i'm pleased. the pants need to be tailored, but i think it will do just fine. they were also doing a buy the jacket, get the pants for free, but when i went to pay, it didn't come up as that, so i explained that the sign said so. she had to call, but it gave her a chance to ask several times if i wanted to open a kohl's charge and save 10% on this purchase. i appreciate that they have to ask, but lady, saying 'no thanks, not interested' 5 times might actually mean that i NOT interested. so she then asked as she rang it in whether it was a gift with bonus or a price correction. i'd say it was a price correction. but she seemed inclined to go with the gift w/bonus, but decided that maybe we were right and it was a price correction. nitwit. the other thing that bugged me slightly was she stuffed my newly aquired SUIT pants into a plastic bag, much like a crappy bagger at a supermarket. excuse me, i don't want them wrinkled. well, any more wrinkled than they already are. i know i need to get them tailored and cleaned, but still, sheesh.
so after we left the store, we paused so i could hang my pants on the hanger. (which decided to fall off the hanger when i got home, but that's ok) so i have my monkey suit. the nice thing was i tried it on and JJ and i both decided that if it fit, then you must acquit...err buy it. it was what i was willing to pay and the "free" pants were helpful. so once i had it, we were both like 'ok, now what?'. we didn't think i'd luck out this quickly. so we drove around, visited uncle dunkie for liquid refreshment and then played some putt putt. strangely, i'm a much better putt putt player when i play one handed. go figure. we had fun, so that's all that mattered. there were 2 little kids that were flying thru, not quite understanding that golf (be it regular or putt putt) is meants to be played at its own pace. but we did wonder if there was a speed putt putt. maybe that could be an olympic sport.
hooray beer!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
(the empire!) quack! quack!
members of the 501st, New England Garrison were invited on a Duck Tour by one of the drivers who was a real trip. she was a riot and it was a lot of fun. so TK asked if i was interested and with M overseas in the fine german city of dusseldorf on buisness, i figured it would be fun, and it was.
we had the white duckboat and it was just fun to drive around the city and see people's reactions. it was funny. some people were suprised, some amused, some tried to ignore us (there is nothing to see here, these aren't the droids you are looking for) and a few people snapped their heads. there was one SUV that we drove past and the people in front were staring and as we were driving in the opposite direction, the back window rolled down and a woman stuck her head out to try and see us. it was pretty funny.
it was pretty funny when we were in the river and the question of whether someone wanted to drive, people pointed at the AT-AT driver so she was the pilot of the duckboat. (something about all you ever see is the backs of their heads). there was a funny moment (i thought so cuz i caught the reference) about how cambridge has the largest collection of genetic companies, and they are still working on the long-tailed hamster (bloom country reference).
it was suprising at how quickly time flew. we left around 7pm and we got back around 830, but it didn't seem like it was that long. good time had by all i'd say.
Friday, July 21, 2006
what a pain in the ass
having been someone who takes pains to keep my computers running, i find it more than mildly frustrating when i do manage to get someone.
i'm not going to name it, but it appears to have been installed from a site that loaded when clicked on a link accidentally. but once it got its hooks in, what a pain in the ass to get rid of it.
thankfully, there was a site that had a VERY VERY useful utility that was able to wipe things clean so my laptop is now nasty bug free. yay useful utility and thank you to those responsible for constructing it. it worked beauteously.
thank you kindly.
and yet ANOTHER reason to use firefox
yay firefox!
hmmm...where are TK and i going to be on Friday, September 29th?
(thank you KG for letting TK come out and play)
Monday, July 17, 2006
fuck
it's going to cost me $1700 to fix my fucking white piece of fucking shit.
fuck fuck fuck.
fuck.
f.
.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
frikkin' hot today.
more the humidity than anything. M&i discovered that the loaner white piece of shit has a rather annoying habit when you get towards the empty tank - the fucking thing emits a loud beep which startled both of us. fortunately for me, i was just starting to accelerate and i saw the display inform me that fuel levels were low. it then informed us again a mile or so later. i cleared the alert, but it seemed to think otherwise. talk about annoying. i needed to put gas into it anyways, but it was still rather suprising. didn't like it.
stoopit car.
have some fark sourced links for your viewing entertainment.
it's hard not to be depressed these days...
i'm not clinically depressed, nor am i going to do anything foolish, for the few of you out there who care about me, no worries. (or should you?)
actually, now that i give it a moments more thought, i guess i'm more frustrated than depressed, so you have even less reason to worry. i think the biggest frustration with my white piece of shit stems from the fact that now that i truly own it (title, rusting bolt and fucked up 4x4 control motor), it is harder to accept that i am the one wholly responsible for the repairs of it. but then, there was only 2 things that i had to get fixed prior to paying it off, and both of those were a year (at least) apart. (lower balljoints on the frust suspension, dead relay for the a/c, that $7 bit that cost me $116 to get fixed).
and here i am, dealing with 2 major repairs in less than a month. i suppose i could have dealt with the 4x4 control motor last month, but it was $420 that i could save and use towards the trip next month (which we are going on, tix purchased). the way this thing was explained to me was that it is the motor that puts my car in/out of 4wd. most of the time it runs 2wd, but then will send power up front when needed. or i can turn it on to fulltime 4wd in both high & low gearing. 98% of the time, i leave it in auto and if it goes into 4wd, i never notice. the only times that i do run it in fulltime 4wd is in really shitty weather conditions (mostly snow, occasionally heavy rains and i have to drive thru puddles). fortunately, most of the time it isn't an issue. but for some reason, it died, presumably from normal wear and tear/age. i guess it works a lot harder than i thought.
in any event, i've pretty much sworn off buying a ford in the future, and M has this idea of smacking me if i consider it for more than a moment, but i can't say that i've been overly excited over my white piece of shit. i've never made any bones that there was a part of me that didn't like it (rush decision, circumstances), but it does what i need it to do utlimately which is simply to get from point A to point B. (home/work, work/supermarket/home, etc) but unlike the jeep, this white piece of shit doesn't have a personality. i miss it, even tho the a/c was shot, it was still a fun car to drive and i enjoyed driving it. except when i had to get the slave cylinder in the transmission fixed ($35 part, $400 labor). then it sucked, but that was only twice, and the first time it wasn't the owner, so dad paid for it.
but now i'm dealing with the disturbing reality of car ownership. or is it ownershit? sure i've done repairs, but this is brutal, esp as what i'm paying/paid for the repairs is more than the fucking excise tax valuation on my car. (fucking excise tax)
oh well. not a whole lot i can do about it other than look into what would be a better car to replace this with.
i will say that the 2006 white piece of shit i'm driving as a loaner is nicer than the freestyle i was driving, but there are still things i don't like about it. the seats are firmer, the handles to pull the door closed are in an awkward spot, the door handle is a little odd, i miss the side step up thing (mom likes mine, makes it a lot easier to get in and out of my car for her). don't like the 3rd row seats. hate the gas mileage (makes my look good). i'm not sure about having the brake cables semi-exposed on the frame is a good idea. the steering wheel feels a little smaller in diameter, don't like the location of the turn signal. don't like the shape of the gear shift, but i do like the location of it (between the seats and not on the steering column). don't like the location of the overdrive on/off button.
i do find the ride a little smoother than mine, but with independent suspension, i would hope so. i like how when i turn it off, the radio stays on until i open the door (allowing for those NPR driveway moments to continue). i like that the power steering is a little stronger than mine. i like that ford has figured out how to keep the turn radius reasonably tight. i do miss my sunroof. and having a clicker to lock/unlock the car. having to put a key in the door lock is an odd feeling. not used to that anymore.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
this sucks
well, i don't have my car. in fact, as it's lunchtime as i type this and i know that pizza was ordered, they have 3 hours to tear my car apart and then reassemble it.
ain't gonna happen. the only good news is they gave me a car, a 2006 white piece of shit, so i have the feeling that i get to keep it until they actually fix my car on monday. i have the feeling that whoever moved it put a note on the work order indicating that it was going to take more time than they wanted to put out today as they hadn't even looked at it by the time i got there. i called around 1030 (last time i knew by 10) to see if there was any news and there wasn't at that point, so i walked down there knowing that if they were going to give me a car from enterprise (i have issues with them - they think i owe them money for some reason, working on getting that resolved) it would have to happen before noon when they closed.
but i got a dealer white piece of shit, so for the moment i can transport myself around.
yay.
stoopit white piece of shit.
Friday, July 14, 2006
mother fucker...
I
FUCKING
HATE
MY
FUCKING
WHITE
PIECE
OF
FUCKING
SHIT
i'm getting ready to leave work, put my car in gear, back out of my parking space and go to turn and something doesn't feel right. i pull off to the side and take a look to see if i have a flat tire or something.
nope.
i turn the steering wheel and i feel the wheels strain. i get out to see if something is visually broken, nope. i do a few slow circles and i can feel something binding. i put it in park and there is a very audible *thunk*.
so i figure out if i don't turn the wheels too far, i can drive in a straight line and wide curves w/o a problem (i hope). it feels like it does when i try and try in 4wd and go around a sharp corner, and if felt like i was in 4wd, but i have no way of turning it off. unfortunately, i know that i need to have the 4x4 control motor replaced ($420 for parts/labor) so i'm not worried that there's more wrong with it.
i drive over to the dealer and when i get there, the wheels continue to feel all fucked up, and if i try to do a sharp turn, it feels like it's binding even more. i talk to reggie, but he isn't able to help much. i call M, swearing a blue streak about this mess and decide that it's not safe so i head back and ask reggie if i can leave it.
the service department is open at 7am, but reggie informs me that i had better get there early if i want them to look at it, otherwise monday morning. fortunately, i can leave it so i limp it into the service dept, take stuff out (laptop, pull car key off of house keyring, etc) and it's now sitting there.
fortunatley, they were able to give me a ride home so here i am sitting with the fan blowing on me. it's fucking hot outside. but i managed a trip to the local wine shop to aquire some fermented fizzy juice.
so here i'm sitting w/o a fucking car.
AGAIN.
fucking white piece of fucking shit. Read More......
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
hee hee hee
thank you U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch for having a brain and actually using it.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
that was stupid
i thought the whole concept behind USB is that when you plugged a device in, Windows would recognize it, ask for a driver if needed and then it would be all happy.
well, apparently there is a bit of a loophole as i just discovered. some time ago, i bought an iRiver IFP-795 (512mb) for going to the gym. this morning, i am going to be good and actually GO to the gym, something i have been fairly lax about the last month or so.
so i grab my trusty little OGG player (because i prefer OGG to MP3, which this little device supports) and plug it into my laptop. only, i didn't use the USB port on the side, but the one in the back. XP in its infinite stupidity decided that this was a new device.
excuse me?
i've been using this for quite some time, however, i do seem to recall that i only ever used the side USB port, so while waiting for the iRiver support page to load, i swap ports. turns out that's all i needed to do, but it was mildly irritating to find that a device my laptop (and Windows) are more than happy to support, wouldn't.
i don't get it, esp as i've plugged in many devices into either port and never had a problem, including mice, my Rio Karma (FLAC support!), USB hubs, and even a USB xmas tree and i've NEVER had problems. this is the first time i've seen this so i'm finding it rather odd...
time to mix up some gatorade and get going...
Friday, July 07, 2006
CRandall's three way fucktards
i saw this a while ago, but it's worth sharing. watch out for the moonshots...
oh happy day
today was much like any other day at work UNTIL...CL came over and dropped a WONDERFUL piece of news.
NO MORE SKEEVIE!
*HAPPY DANCE HAPPY DANCE HAPPY DANCE*
and the best part, SHE'S MOVING OUT OF THE STATE!
WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
oh happy happy...
i wonder if it would be appropriate for me to be there as she leaves on her last day. Read More......
Thursday, July 06, 2006
unfuckingbelievable...
fuck you cisco!
i've been "asked" to help install a vpn client on the CIO's Treo 700w, so i was given a link to anthaVPN. i managed to dload it only to discover that there is no way to dload it on the Treo itself, so i gave it back with instructions for him to dload it and use ActiveSync (which took him a multitude of attempts before succeeding) to get it installed on his Treo. he handed it back to me and i started following the instructions from anthaVPN only to have it not work as expected. i sent them an email and afterwards, wondered if cisco (fuck you!) had a native client we could use instead. (we use it on our VPN)
well, i start to navigate thru the maze that is cisco's (fuck you!) site only to discover that a) they don't have a client and b) to verify this i have to register for their site. ok, that's fine so i go thru the process and after a while (last night) i get the 'click here to confirm your registration' email. i complete my registration and in sets my frustration.
- they decide i'm a guess, so i'm not worthy of getting even the most basic (in my mind) info
- i have to continually log in, and each time, the log in doesn't take me to the page i'm wanting to goto, but some idiot page that say i'm logged in. if i press back and try again, it tells me i have to log in again. i find the page again, and i have to log in again.
- i tried this using both firefox and IE, and both browsers exhibit the SAME BEHAVIOR.
- i used to think that cisco (FUCK YOU!) was a good company, but if this is the business model they are using, this fucking sucks.
- i never had a problem accessing basic things like the ability to dload the latest vpn client until now.
so needless to say, i'm pissed at them right now, and i'm hoping that DH has some sort of information i can use to up my 'dog poo on the cisco (FUCK YOU!) shoe' status to something more functional. but at the very least, as our company is a CUSTOMER USING THEIR PRODUCTS IN ALL OF OUR OFFICES, you'd think we'd be treated with a little more respect.
so i end this with my homage to cisco (FUCK YOU!)
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
!!!!!!
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT FUCK THE EVOLUTIONARY PURPOSE MOSQUITOS IS!!!!!!
jesusfuckingchrist...it's bad enuff we have to deal with them on our own, but if this isn't a good enuff reason for the city of athens to BAN CARS within city limits, then i have no fucking clue what is.
so thank you very fucking much athens, you greek skeeter breeders.
here's hoping the big one comes before LA breeds their own...
LEARN YOU SWIM YOU LA FUCKERS!
LEARN TO SWIM!!!!!
not so good
picked this up at the supermarket and it's not so good. not crazy about the cereal and the fro-yo was rather bland and uninspired.
i like the wildberry stuff normally, but this just didn't work.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
ok, i'm starting to get it now, but it's still hard as hell to know how to react to various situations, but fortunately, those tend to be few and far between.
all is better now.
i don't get it
i thought that i, like everyone else in this world (at least those who live under the umbrella of human rights), had the right to be bored.
i also thought i had the right to be restless.
and finally, i thought i had the right to become frustrated.
i guess not.
now that is genuinely frustrating. so if you are going to get mad at me because i am frustrated, please let me know.
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