Out with the old... ...and in with the new! I created a new weblog site for the band, so the old one will be going the way of the Dodo soon. It'll take me a while to migrate all the old blogs over to the new site, so these pages will stay up for a while yet. In the mean time I'll be posting new entries into my new weblog. Enjoy!
Posted at 23:35 # G
Week one... Okay, it's not not quite a whole week yet, but still... It's going well, though staying at Mat's is driving me nuts. What a mess! It could be worse I suppose. Anyway, I don't get much time to blog, so my updates will undoubtedly suffer...
Posted at 20:50 # G
Mmmm, Bluetooth... So, I broke down today and bought a SonyEricsson T68m. My old phone had been pissing me off (it sounded terrible, and the speaker was getting flaky; if I didn't hold it just right no one could hear me). I think it was mostly due to Mat dropping it a few times on our last trip to Vegas. Anyway, I must say that the T68 is pretty cool. The bluetooth connectivity to my Mac is great. I'll finally have my phone and Mac address books synced up...
Posted at 19:02 # G
Duh I must have been tired when I got home. Obviously 1.5 + 2.5 = 4. Man, yesterday was just too long. I'm just glad it's over. Of course today I get to take my car in for a break job. That's always fun!
Posted at 09:51 # G
What a day... This morning I fixed the bug my RSS feed parser so it will now lists new entries first and appends older ones. It will be evident tonight at midnight when the cron job runs. This name makes the main blog page useful for seeing what's going on with the different Litmus Green blogs. It's also why there is a strange blog entry from this morning. I had to test my changes. Heh. After that I drove to Woodland Hills for a 2 hour interview at the company where Alex works. I think it went well, but time will tell, as always. The down side is that I spent a total of five and a half hours on the freeway (1.5 to get there and 2.5 to get back). If I get the job I am definitely moving; that drive sucked. I just hope there's a roller hockey rink near by.
Posted at 20:08 # G
Move along... Nothing to see here...
Posted at 10:32 # G
Arg! I can't figure out why the hell my new parser for the XML RSS feeds barfs on Rick's entries. I'm wondering if they are just too big... I dunno. I'll mess with it later. In the mean time everyone else is covered. Check it out!
Posted at 23:52 # G
XML::Simple I like XML::Simple. It does what I need without getting in my way or being overly complex.
Posted at 22:29 # G
Wow After 367 days I'm finally going to have a real job again. It feels weird.
Posted at 21:52 # G
PL/SQL & PLpg/SQL What a god awful language. Still it's functionality is pretty cool. I have been playing with PostgreSQL, and it's PLpg/SQL (I need to hone some skills) and I have to say that I'm finding it very useful.
Posted at 19:50 # G
I am doomed... to never be able to sleep in late. Something or someone always manages to wake me up by 9:00AM. It never fails. Today it was my sister calling at 8:47AM for my mom, who was, of course, at work. My sister knows this, and yet she calls anyway. God forbid she wait until 5:30-6:00PM when my mom is home. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I'll get to sleep in...
Posted at 22:07 # G
Let's try that again... Well, the RSS thingy didn't work like I wanted. So I think I'll roll my own headline grabber to update the main blog page. It'll probably be easier that way.
Posted at 21:49 # G
Ha! I spoke too soon. I did get the RSS feed to work! Cool. Now the main page has the latest entry me, Lare or Lysa post.
Posted at 19:50 # G
Well... The RSS thing ain't working. Damn.
Posted at 19:20 # G
News RSS Aggregate added I added and RSS aggregate feed to the main blog page. This way you only need to check there to see if any new entries are available. Only Lare, Lysa, and I have this enabled so far (since we're the ony people using this...)
Posted at 13:38 # G
Poor Lare... Not only did he play with me and Rick today, but he has a game tonight! That boy's going to be real tired on Monday morning...
Posted at 19:53 # G
Pseudo-Hockey Rick, Lare and I played pseudo-hockey for 2 hours today. It was way too hot, but we had fun. My shoulders are sore, but whether from practicing shots and passes or from falling I don't know. My wrist is sore (I landed on it last week), but it's wrapped up, so it will be fine. Rick put on some goalie pads and other goalie gear and Lare and I took turns taking shots at him, that was fun! Poor Rick was scared shitless but hung in there and did a decent enough job minding the net. Tomorrow I go to the doctor to see how I'm doing with regards to my health. I've lost some weight and have been exercising so hopefully I'm going to be okay.
Posted at 19:48 # G
Litmus Green Songs and Albums Library Finaly! All our songs (albums, comps, and unreleased recordings) are now available on the web. Check out the brand spanking new songs.litmusgreen.com! It's still being worked on, but it's there.
Posted at 21:09 # G
Yawn! Why is that whenever I really want to sleep in the phone rings? Why?! I just want some extra sleep. Is that too much to ask?
Posted at 09:29 # G
Masochist Lare is a sick puppy. He must be hating life right now.
Posted at 09:31 # G
Oh, the hurting! Damn, but I am really sore after yesterdays hockey excursion. I can't wait to do it again. After I've recovered, that is...
Posted at 16:03 # G
Hockey!!!
Lare has introduced me to a wonderful thing called roller hockey. We went to
HockeyGiant.com
and decked me out:
skates,
stick,
girdle
(the padded shorts that go under the pants),
elbow pads,
shin guards,
gloves,
shoulder pads,
pants, helmet, and most important of all: a cup (gotta protect the boys). My feet hurt, and I'm really tired but we had a lot of fun. We played against a gang of little kids at a outdoor rink. I think they beat us 30 to 16, but we weren't really keeping score, just having fun. I even got a hat trick! Woohoo!
Posted at 21:09 # G
Back to SAC Well, since Chapman turned me down I have gone back to my last refuge: Santa Ana College. Maybe I can get my job as a lab aide for the Chemistry Department back... People wonder why I hate washing dishes. I'll tell you why; because having to hand wash hundreds of Erlenmeyer flasks sucks.
Posted at 12:56 # G
So tired... I actually got some exersize today. I have to do this everyday if I want to keep from having a heart attack at an unreasonable age. Damn, I'm out of shape. It's terrible. Why did I let myself go like that? I used to be in good shape... 10 years ago. Funny how time flies by like that. It seems like just a decade ago I was doing Aikido 4 hours a week... Oh, wait... Damn! I really am a lazy fuck! Sigh.
Posted at 20:23 # G
Good boy! Lare has learned. Congrats Lare!
Posted at 10:37 # G