tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56680362012-01-26T09:54:44.352-08:00• stickin it to ourselves •A.Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230637760337689567noreply@blogger.comBlogger8661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-74574430350928483772012-01-26T09:54:00.001-08:002012-01-26T09:54:44.364-08:00

Dear President Obama,I hope your holidays were enjoyable! I’m writing this too soon to tell you about mine though but I have high hopes that things will be fine.Perhaps you’ve heard of the saying “The good is the enemy of the great”?That’s what I’ve been thinking about, when pondering some of the issues facing our country. Mostly, sad to say, how we as a nation seem to be settling for

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Read this bit and some of the subsequent thread.I have to say: this is why mob justice is frightening-it simply does not know when to quit. Dude was an asshole, dude deserved to be fired from his job. But so many people didn't want to leave it there and so they end up threatening a wife and child. How is that OK? You want the power of making right wrongs, bros, then you have to know when your

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Dear President Obama, This is, admittedly, a little strange: as a public figure-one whom I employ, no less-I have a sense of you but we’ve never met. Yet I’m writing a letter, something that, in this day and era has become, I hope, a bit more personal than it used to be. That you don’t know anything about me is what makes this unusual, at least from my end. Perhaps a few details will help: I’m 39

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Hurt myself on Monday-something weird on my ribcage. Probably going to have to see a doc about it and that is not something that I ever look forward to. Especially with a long drive coming up, and moving after that. A friend of mine who doesn't talk to me anymore has returned to the continent. I still see the circles of the universe she travels in from time to time and...it saddens me that we

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Men want a new sex partner at about the same rate that women want a new puppy/kitty/baby, and for about as long.

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And so it will be that my sister's beloved cat, The Reverend Horton Heat will soon be put down, likely in the next few days. He's been in the family for over fifteen years and seen a lot of road, climbed a few trees, beaten off his fair share of idiot dogs and meowed his way into the house more times than I can remember. He's old and he's very sick and it's the right thing to do. He's not himself

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With the glory of Google+ coming up all the events that haunt me about previous social networking sites come up.There's being made invisible, there's finding myself in splintered communities-one too silly and insular, the other too small, serious and insular and neither of them having people I connect to anymore. I just don't have anything to say to those active and they seem to feel the same way

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I have to get a cover letter written and a resume sent for a job. I can do this.I can. grrrrr

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I'm having trouble living in the now. Part of this just has to do with a general element of gloom that has settled on me for a few days. But part of it is about the future. I have about $120 bucks left-after all the other bills are paid, to enjoy the month with. Assuming, of course, that everything else comes in at or if I'm fortunate, under, budget. Last night at the OBC meeting, there was a

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So, PAX is sold out of tickets. I will, once again, hardly know anyone. Kind of a drag, that./I just look forward to playing Magic a bunch and it hardly ever works outAlso, because my Dad wants to come up and see the family, I am attending the wedding for a cousin I haven't met-or at the least, haven't seen in nearly twenty five years.However, as a result of going to this fucking event where I

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Finished Dead Space 2 last night. I played the game on hard (survivalist in the game language) and it's the first time I've done that in a long time. I'd read the game was a bit too easy on normal though and since I'd bought the game I had no reason to go through it hurriedly so I played on hard.I'm not sure I'm going to play through on hard again. Even with the FAQ guidance (which I was using to

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There was a moment last night when I stood there and realized I didn't have anyone to talk to and didn't feel like I could go up to anyone and talk to them. All I could think at that point was: I'm doing everything right, aren't I? Getting involved, being around people, helping? Instead I just felt really lonely. Sometimes I think this is one of the primary motives behind coupling up; so you

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Genesis Device-Cloudkicker. I listened to a lot of Cloudkicker this year. All the awesome of aggro metal without the frequently irritating vocalists. Lots of people hailed Beacons as a great record and it's certainly a solid effort but I stumbled onto Cloudkicker this year so the entire catalog is open to me.Power-Kanye West.I am as big a sucker for a killer single as anyone else and this one is

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Basic tax information is available to anyone with an internet connection, readable by anyone with sense organs and understandable by anyone with half a lick of common sense.QUIT FUCKING ABOUT AND COMPROMISING ON EVERY GODDAMNED THING. Jesus. I voted for someone to lead the country, not play the violin while the city burns.

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Pretty strong film. The drawbacks; the soundtrack was too loud and overwhelmed dialog multiple times. This is bad. I wanted about 15 more minutes in that movie to offer me some characterization for the players beyond the main one. Almost nobody smiles in this film and while the Inception gets a lot right, it doesn't really capture the whimsy that dreams often bring. Even a few moments of

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Everyone else is in a meeting. Should I be in that meeting? I don't think so...it's not on my calendar...but everyone else is there... rargh brain won't stop worrying!Feels like it's been a downer week. Going to visit friends, Mom, and PAX. This should turn everything around.

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They don't want to talk to you.

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I mean, they resurrected the consu and yay for everyone. I care but I don't. Just like the old community; I care and I don't anymore. I care because it's my nature. I don't because I just want to get away from the silly shit that was there. I'm a little adrift and so...so there it is. A few days and I'm sure I'll be fine. Walking is still good for the soul.

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So, Paul Gray died of an accidental OD. He was the bassist for the heavy metal band Slipknot, and pretty close to my age. What's disheartening for me is the comments to the story-as always. Addiction, by most medical accounts, is classified as a disease and the idea that he just should've been a better person is kinda insane. And is probably why we have a process of imprisonment instead of

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I recently got Left 4 Dead 2. 8 plus months (or so) after the game was released I was able to afford it and because I loved the original I was looking forward to playing the game. I could even afford the occasional DLC now! L4D is noteworthy for me because it's the first game I played online and remains so for the time being. Because the mechanics of the game insist that you help each other out,

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a little is alright...-You Better, You Bet-The WhoOn my way home last night it struck me how little love we seem to need. People can get by on tiny amounts, sustaining themselves over months or years, so long as they get some. This is especially true if all other things in a relationship are 'normal'. That is to say; someone isn't being abused or hurt. The good part of this is that it helps

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I had a dream where it was suggested to me by a pixie redhead that I should be thankful to and for the people in my life. So thank you.But I don't want to post this kind of thing on Facebook. It's getting too...skeezy for me. Not enough privacy valued. Still, I hope that by putting this out there, it will be felt and/or read by those who need to know.

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So I saw the end of Tosh.0 tonight and it had a clip of Tosh getting a new iPad. And then teeing it up and swinging at it with a golf club. That iPad could've been sold to charity. It could've been the centerpiece in a skit mocking people's need for crazy shit. It could've been used to mock Apple + fanboys.Instead it was destroyed in less than five seconds.In a world where so many of us are

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Pretty good post, brought to my attention by Fuz.

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I have come to realize that it doesn't matter how old you get there are days, or nights, or long stretches of minutes where despite the success you may have had, there are times when all the small failures add up and haunt you.

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It's been 100x more difficult than previous classes. I don't know why. I have guesses; new teacher, different style of learning, poor song selection.But it's frustrating. It's like I'm choking, except it's not because I don't know what I'm doing-it's because the new stuff is rebelling against what I learned. I'm fighting gloom these days. Just hit me all of a sudden. I think it's 1.5 gloom - .5

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A really interesting article I wanted to share that I found via Lifehacker.

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Denny's takes orders over the phone.How to make a budget.How to install printer drivers. How to extend patience with people who are not technologically savvy. How to muck around servers. Not quite as fond of that one. Time management. Sorta.That I can be made invisible by someone. A new kind of irony from the days when I was small and wished I could be invisible. That I can resist my completist

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I can suddenly see you in the friends online. You've excised me out of every. other. part. of your life. But there you are. The great taunt of my heart. I get it. The system has changed. You don't know you're supposed to exile me. You are exposed and I now just have to accept it.Yay.

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but I have gotten something I needed and yet feel worse than I ever did. I'm still trying to work out why but a big chunk of it is: from a monetary perspective, it's a step backwards. From an employment perspective, it isn't fulfilling. I have no sense of how this job is going to help me a) make more money b) be a more diverse/useful employee or c) be a better person. It's just a job, and all of

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My former dentist's office called me yesterday, asking if I wanted to schedule an appointment since it had been so long. I explained that I was unemployed and thus could not afford an appointment. The caller identified quickly that this was because I no longer had insurance, which is true.She then told me about a one-time thing they were doing; offering free exams and 50% off X-ray+cleaning

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I was taking my shirt off before getting into the shower and my glasses fell off.Seems like a pretty mundane problem, right?Except I can't see without my glasses. My vision is truly awful. I would probably be declared legally blind. So now I'm afraid, because I need my glasses and I can't afford to fix them if they break. I already can't wear my contacts because I can't pay to a) get my eyes

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Reposted from Facebook, but also given the director's cut and enhancements.1) When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan-Zimmers HoleI said this was going to be one of my favorites, and it is. It's also one of those classic 'opening album' songs. Think 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' but for metal. It's one of those rare songs where; if you like metal, you like this, but even

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because the Fail, it overwhelms.

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I 'got' to tell my nephew that I wouldn't get to see him at Thanksgiving. He was hoping to see me and play videogames.He took it pretty well for a 3yo, and didn't ask a lot of questions about it. Which was nice, because explaining money to a child of that age without puppets and a musical number is beyond me.

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It has been one of those long unhappy weeks.So we start again.

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I saw the Hangover last night and I've come up with the Inappropriate Chicken rule of comedy.If there is a chicken in the scene that shouldn't be in the scene, I am going to find that funny.

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I need someone to give me a chance-that's the only way I'm going to become employed.I am applying for jobs knowing I cannot get them. It's the only way I can apply for work. If I put hope into getting a job and don't hear anything that just feels worse. It's like fail-fail.

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Writing the last check that I know will clear is not a good feeling. I didn't know things were going to be this difficult and I don't like talking about it much. It's weirdly lonely, out there looking for a job, nobody else looking out for you.I hope things change soon.

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where you just know things aren't going to go very well?I'd hide out in the house if I thought that would help me avoid things./has a bad feeling about this...

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Alerted to this by the wonderful Never Slap the Gift Donkey blog.Just lovely.

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Quaker's Baked Cheddar Snack Mix is hideous. Do not buy it again.I'm eating it because I'm poor and hungry. This is the way of things, sometimes.

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From his Onion AV interviewWhereas the first album was, “This is shit that I hate,” now as I get older, it’s more about, “This is the stupid shit that I love, and here’s why.”You'd still hate if you had to do shit that was stupid. You would not know the stupid shit that you love.Just sayin'. /also, not blaming you because my life is a portrait of Dorian Fail.

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"Look, I love you and I don't care what it is you do. Even if you aren't making a lot of money, if you're happy that's what matters.""Dad, I guess now's the time to tell you about my career in pornography.""Whoa, wait a minute, I ain't' OK with that!""Oh, so now there are conditions.""Hell yes. I have some serious moral objections to the way the people who make money off that stuff behave-and

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I was at this party a couple weeks ago and for a variety of reasons I overheard (but did not participate in) a conversation that was about the new media. That is; how Facebook is annoying but not nearly as meaningless as Twitter and Livejournal is really where you want to be if you want to read something meaningful.I'm paraphrasing but I figure you get the idea.And to me, what this conversation

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I've been thinking about the opposition to healthcare by the Republicans, the drive they're making against their own people. And it hit me; I get why Big Pharma and the Insurance industries are opposed to this, but why anyone else? Why the Republican drive to fuck over their own citizens, when study after study says that businesses lose billions every year due to illness, or paying for care for

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I don't quite get this; I'm employed as a temp, but there isn't enough work.Seriously, I'm less busy at this job than I was at my last job, and I have, unfortunately, far fewer diversions. I have a feeling it's going to be awhile before I find employment that makes sense.

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My dream of being a porn star. Huzza!While I'm on the subject, when I first moved to Portland I had a hypothesis that said that within one block of every adult business (strippers, porn, whatever) within one block there would be an asian food restaurant. I think as a theory it's been disproven, but the hypothesis is still very strong. When I started temping in Clackamas, I wondered if the

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In yoga I’ve also learned flexibility — physical and mental. If a muscle seizes up, just wait, it will relax — keep stretching or flexing. If you feel a mental reflex to resist something, just sit with it, the reflex will pass. This is indeed why people sometimes counsel yoga to treat addictions. Wait before you act — or don’t act — as the case may be. You achieve much once you stop telling

A.Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230637760337689567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-30384094344321619752009-07-14T22:14:00.002-07:002009-07-14T22:18:08.461-07:00

Her: "Are you excited at all about the job tomorrow?"Me: "No."I feel like a massive failure.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-46933843785665815572009-07-11T07:20:00.003-07:002009-07-11T08:05:05.807-07:00

Thankfully, while wading through the cesspool of boredom that was Lost Odyssey, I found a very cheap copy of Resistance 2. Resistance 2 is in many ways your standard FPS; you play a sci-fi soldier, the aliens want to take over the earth, kill all of them. Sounds pretty familiar I'm sure. I'm going to hit the high points though.First, the story stays apace of the subject matter. It's an action

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Honestly, I think I finished the game in part so I could write that headline.I knew what I was in for when I got this game; an old-school JRPG, where the good guys line up on one side and the bad guys on another and you throw swords and spells called 'Windus' (that's the 3rd level wind spell!) at each other. Random encounters, raiding people's houses for loot, some levelgrinding tedium; basically

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-80218256063434578612009-07-01T07:34:00.003-07:002009-07-01T08:14:51.484-07:00

Although I haven't seen TF2, I've read enough reviews containing the 'plot' to know what happens. I understand it's not a movie in the sense that there is a story that somehow connects you from point A to D, so I don't feel weird about what I'm going to do next.I'm going to tell you what's up for Transformers 3: Return of the Primes (which I'm making up as a title).Blah blah blah explosions/

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-90566505997937397772009-06-29T11:19:00.002-07:002009-06-29T11:23:39.790-07:00

Interesting article on how these two corporations are trying to make things work in the internet age. Feels weird to post to something like Facebook, though. As a bonus, I think I may've stumbled on a neat tool for a website though. Thanks Google!/google whore.

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Bison Brewing's chocolate stout is not so thrilling.The Peppermint Tribe ought to be the name of one of the villains in the book. I heard Metallica's Unforgiven for the first time in many years, and when this line was sung:"This bitter man he is"I instantly re-imagined it as a Yoda phrase. The song has been vastly improved.Dear Kettle Chips; why are your normal potato chips so much suck, while

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It's time for BACON, yeah BACONGet on out of bed and have some awesome baconHey, you, it's BACONSizzlin' on the stove and smokin'Don't even try to hide it'Cause we're gonna need some BACON tonightAnd you know I'm gonna fry it up rightWe're gonna munch it all when it's crispy and niceBACON, BACON, Gonna have some BACON tonightTowels laid out to absorb the greaseJust waitin' for my treat (It's time

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-10152300287017812922009-06-13T13:38:00.001-07:002009-06-13T13:39:31.104-07:00

Don't. Perpetuate. Drama. Especially when it's coming from fucktards on the internet who just want to start trouble.

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First: Resident Evil 5: It's good. Not stupid amazing good, but a solid game that is trying to do shake up the series by placing it in a hot sun-drenched environment. This works for the most part, but there weren't as many spooky parts, and the vehicle driving sections were generally boring. Sitting at the turret of a gun and blazing down enemies doesn't make for a very fearful experience. That

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-42644404870610828762009-06-01T09:12:00.003-07:002009-06-01T09:12:58.047-07:00

A really good article on the costs of healthcare in America. As with so many things, it seems to come down to greed vs care.

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While building my most recent Magic deck, I realized something. I have run out of basic forests. I didn't think that was possible. And I'm not sure this is a good sign.

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Was called a fatalist last night by Jim, in our discussion about newspapers. This was after I'd called him one. The perspectives divided thusly: He thinks that newspapers are on their way out, and that when they go, we lose something critical to our democracy because there's nothing to replace them. The internet (with bloggers being the definition there) and TV do not have the credibility nor the

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-16517002787847559702009-05-14T15:46:00.003-07:002009-05-14T16:08:19.377-07:00

I got my haircut yesterday. Probably the best $5 haircut I've gotten since the early 80's, but I think I would've ponied up 5 more to not have to listen to shitty, shitty pop music for forty minutes. There was one song with a really catchy riff, wasted in a song that was otherwise drivel. The Foo Fighters could've done something awesome with that riff. But this band wasn't even close. Although

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-43646368816972462312009-05-12T18:00:00.001-07:002009-05-12T18:01:53.478-07:00

Lock yourself out of the house. The cats will not let you back inside.

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Well, I finished the first, handwritten draft of a book I've been writing for 3 years. It's not the most triumphant thing ever, but it is an accomplishment in the process of making a complete thing. So I'll take it.

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Got yelled at by an anarchist tonight for not knowing what anarchy is, apparently.When I asked her what she wanted, and she included, 'democracy' and I said, you can't have democracy and anarchy at the same time, she yelled a me, about how I ought to read x,y,z. But she didn't actually tell me what the difference was, when I asked. Or how I wasn't a liberterian because I thought regulated

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-80260305998954343442009-04-22T11:21:00.002-07:002009-04-22T11:59:56.069-07:00

It's one of those days: Resist Despair. It's not that things are bad, but they do not appear to be hopeful in any interesting manner. I kind of want to use the internet like Twitter today; just leave my short comments and leave. I don't abhor Twitter per se, but there's so much noise out there in the Universe anyway, and nobody cares about what I have to say in comparison. Especially since I am

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I've been encountering the usual internet drama and it was in the shower today that I had a realization; some people are addicted to it. They need to create (or bear witness to) a whole lot of anxious misery in order to feed some weird hunger in themselves. I have the internet trolls to thank for this, but I don't mean that in a congratulatory sort of way. I get that everyone is the asshole

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-13451125241897021432009-03-31T15:17:00.002-07:002009-03-31T15:25:20.704-07:00

I'm doing a podcast now, for people interested in hearing my voice. Linky above.I'm having trouble finding jobs that I think I can work in. I seem to know so little. On the other hand, all the time at home is giving me space to read, write, and listen to music I haven't in a long time. You may not be aware of this, but the Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the blahblahblah is a shitty record.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-79717307732449245632009-03-29T23:53:00.002-07:002009-03-29T23:55:59.926-07:00

And it was good. At this point, it kinda goes: Andrew WK, It's Time To Party = Metallica, Creeping Death = Pelican, Angel Tears. And then there's everything else.I don't care what you've seen live, I'll put those three experiences against anything.(but, I've had booze and so this is not the be all end all.)

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-63309132382850132652009-03-23T15:15:00.003-07:002009-03-23T15:21:24.309-07:00

My sister asked me what I thought of Twitter while I was in Spokane, and the link pretty much sums it up.It does have some uses; A.Ho has told me of how they use it at his job to let people know about shifts they can pick up, and Bailey's Taproom uses it to let people know what's on tap, but these are really narrow applications. Just like the service itself, I think.

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When I went back to Spokane last week, I brought with me a whole slew of old cassette tapes which had songs on them I hadn't listened to in twenty years. I learned a few things along the way. The Pet Shop Boys' 'It's A Sin' is a gay anthem. 'Living in a box' is an incredibly offensive song, when I step back from it for even a moment. (Although to be fair, I was far less aware of the plight of the

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-35084281292510614482009-01-31T21:04:00.002-08:002009-01-31T21:06:38.904-08:00

Gotta say that 2009 has been one where I've had to accept my successes based on the level of personal growth I'm having to endure. It has not been fun, though I've been becoming more aware. I don't envy anyone the path I'm on though.I'd also like the insomnia that's been shooting me in the mind between 2 and 4 a.m. every night for the past month to go away. For a long time.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-41952953414619626322009-01-27T10:29:00.002-08:002009-01-27T10:30:14.229-08:00

When I swear to god I think I could fix the internet by having the 'reply all' email button give you a shock and nosebleed.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-30828070215106112592009-01-22T12:58:00.003-08:002009-01-23T11:43:42.797-08:00

The first song I heard when I touched down in NYC last year was You're A Wolf by Sea Wolf. It's one of my favorite songs from the album, and hearing it at random made sure I wouldn't forget to include this at the end of the year.Once again, I found myself listening to Jesu more than any other band this year. Supple Hope is another one of Jesu's textured songs with a title that misleads; the

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-7481227168830834502009-01-20T10:00:00.002-08:002009-01-20T12:26:29.606-08:00

I kicked this year's tape off with Tales of Girls, Boys, and Marsupials by the Wombats. It was a song that made me smile in a year when smiling was hard for me to come by.Against Me! was a band I was happy to discover this year. I'd heard of them for years, but never gotten around to listening to them until I found a copy of New Wave used. It was a great album, and the nice thing about getting

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-65783396506861091402009-01-05T12:24:00.008-08:002009-01-09T13:27:45.390-08:00

Right now I have to work under conditions where people can walk into my workspace, and just 'hang out' doing things. This makes me not want to work. I want people to go away. Having someone you don't like much around disrupts the workflow. And he's in space I need to use anyway. It's like a megalose. It's weird, realizing I have to quit. It's crazy, since this is the worst time to not already

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-28876344652417751772008-12-03T10:03:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:06:38.378-08:00

I'm realizing that I'm a very bad advocate for myself. It is...not a pleasant realization.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-59234190032406997042008-11-12T08:35:00.000-08:002008-11-12T08:36:23.661-08:00

The next time someone makes a mistake, you might want to ask; did they make a mistake because they fucked up, or did they make a mistake because the instructions provided were unclear?

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-70708759792421085802008-10-23T10:53:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:54:14.765-07:00

I forgot to call my Dad on his birthday yesterday.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-86655814424339553972008-10-13T22:04:00.002-07:002008-10-14T10:03:53.033-07:00

Dear Senator,You lost my vote when you voted for the FISA bill. You said it was a bad bill. Senator Feinstein, who sits on the committee that oversees the wiretapping program and knows more than you about the consequences of this bill, said it was a bad bill. You voted for it anyway.Which brings you into a direct clash with my values; when things are wrong, you don't let go of your principles

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-75396603618686552892008-09-29T14:05:00.002-07:002008-10-01T12:36:22.932-07:00

In part for my friend J, who keeps telling me I should write tihs shit down so he has stuff to read.I've been reading the Shards of Alara spoilerlist, and I'm pretty meh about this set. Blue gets mega awesome stuff, because they've dipped into the artifact pool again. This time WotC isn't even trying to hide it; they're making blue artifacts. I realize that they have taken great pains to make the

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-17636249404085248882008-08-27T08:37:00.000-07:002008-08-27T08:41:50.671-07:00

I know that there is probably no reason at all to be interested in the new AC/DC record. But. Still.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-65906457632055843992008-08-18T10:58:00.001-07:002008-08-20T14:20:17.282-07:00

So I read the article linked, and yeah, I dig on it. Of course, going to the letters section there are a small but extremely viscous group of people-hating creatures who neither understand or empathize with someone who is having trouble. My general feeling towards people who cannot put their objections civilly is summed up thusly: Fuck them. What is less good is the questions it brings up for me.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-3644571852883415212008-08-05T09:14:00.002-07:002008-08-06T13:28:05.481-07:00

Last week was a shit week at work. I can't remember being so angry at work; my frustration levels went through the roof. I need a new job. I am afraid that my skills of mediocrity have left me with few avenues to pursue one. My Dad suggests 'leadership skills', but I honestly have no idea what that means or where I'd go to learn such a thing. I do not recall seeing these kinds of classes taught

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-41219538617009684632008-07-24T12:14:00.001-07:002008-07-28T12:36:58.616-07:00

At this rate, I'll be up there with GamersWithJobs or something. Except tardier. But: Mass Effect: I have completed it. Mass Effect is a story driven game, and I really mean that; a large chunk of the gameplay is a 'Choose your own adventure' game, where the conversations that the player had tend to influence the outcome of the events around you. The major plot points remain the same, but in

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-49282079853100527652008-07-14T15:38:00.000-07:002008-07-14T15:42:18.756-07:00

I don't think Michael Ian Black is funny. It's weird to see people get riled about that.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-75610720735564845862008-07-07T20:19:00.001-07:002008-07-07T20:27:39.148-07:00

Also. Why the fuck do I have to type in some crappy captcha code on my own blog? There's got to be a setting for that. Will investigate, because that's just fucking stupid.

A.Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230637760337689567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-5613893516614779502008-07-07T20:17:00.001-07:002008-07-07T20:19:26.827-07:00

I started a 10 day free-trial of World of Warcraft yesterday. Bye-bye sleep. And boobies.

A.Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230637760337689567noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-34771699698127367012008-07-06T13:55:00.000-07:002008-07-06T14:01:46.704-07:00

A.Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10230637760337689567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-55093594500738072962008-07-02T10:47:00.000-07:002008-07-02T10:50:36.620-07:00

So, my car broke down yesterday. It's alright; nothing really was wrong with it, but I was stuck there for a little while waiting for someone to come jumpstart it. (The linky goes to the post where I talk briefly about that)But I was also lucky that there was a payphone half a block away. It is making me consider getting a cellphone, again. Pros and cons?

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-60090293969018300572008-06-23T09:22:00.000-07:002008-06-23T10:46:53.766-07:00

I finished Assassin's Creed for the PS3 last weekend and while I enjoyed quite a bit of it, the flaws in the game are problematic enough that I understand why it got such mixed reviews. I liked the basics of the game; climbing things and jumping around rooftops, as well as stealth assassinations. But all the other missions seemed to be flawed. Picking someone's pocket feels like an awkward

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-81151339855252303452008-06-19T09:43:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:46:01.545-07:00

Boy do I hate yardwork.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-75392153009756322462008-06-10T09:58:00.001-07:002008-06-10T09:58:55.789-07:00

I'm depressed today. I'm not sure what admitting that publicly will do, aside from just let people know I'm depressed. Maybe that will be enough.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-17780271631507212482008-06-02T09:17:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:19:14.710-07:00

As a place to visit, that is. It's way too goddamn hot for human beings to seriously want to live there in massive numbers. And; there's some good beer there too!But, next time someone insists that Austin > Portland, and says, "Anything you can get up there, you can get down here," just say this:Sidewalks.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-82516190181578464312008-05-29T08:45:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:47:11.266-07:00

Off to Austin TX for the weekend. Never been, so it should be interesting at the very least, and quite likely awesome. Going to end up drinking very shitty beer, though. That's a bit more problematic.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-34400857642451505292008-05-20T08:40:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:45:30.945-07:00

First; 'unscribe' is not a word. It's 'unsubscribe', damnit. Second; Note to self: do not let other people's authority tell you what you like or don't like.Third; walking through Portland right now,they're tearing up the streets for the N/S Max line (the public rail system). As they wrecked 6th Ave SW, I could see the strata of the earth, macadam, cement, wooden rail ties, bricks, dirt. Wait.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-55954307576316494332008-05-13T14:36:00.000-07:002008-05-13T15:17:13.906-07:00

First: http://www.ommatidia.org/That's just neat. I just got back from Las Vegas, where I visited my Dad and a few ex-Consumators. I hate Vegas. It's impossible to get a decent meal for reasonable prices, and finding a beer worth keeping down is impossible. It is utterly devoid of the fun which it insists it is selling you, unless you 1) like to gamble or 2) like to spend a fuckton of money.

DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872704933949924201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668036.post-19104566568743648452008-04-29T13:03:00.000-07:002008-04-29T13:04:15.290-07:00

But totally cool.

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