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
Rejection I got rejected by Chapman University today. What will I do now? I have no idea. I get calls occasionally about jobs, I even had a few that looked like they might go somewhere (several follow up calls/phone interviews) but they never pan out. 'Don't call us, we'll call you' is all I'm left with. Not only can't I find a job, I can't even go back to school. Fuck, this is depressing. Oh, and I found out that I'm not diabetic yet, but close. What next?
Posted at 13:21 # G
1313 Harbor Blvd. I went to 'The Happiest Place on Earth' yesterday with Vicki. It's funny how different things look when you last saw them as a child (well, an adolescent, anyway). Not only are there a lot of new rides and areas, but it all looks so much smaller than I remember. I remember Main St. USA was huge, everything was! It was almost sad, seeing everything diminished. What was really sad was that there is no submarine ride anymore! The lagoon is there, and you can see all the stuff in the water, but the subs are gone. That sucks. Still, it was fun, though I recomend staying the fuck away from the 'Enchanted Tiki Room'. It is easily the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Ever.
Posted at 22:33 # G
Silky smooth... Satin undies are all well and good, but on a hot night they make your balls sweat. Just FYI...
Posted at 22:15 # G
Feh... I don't care what Lysa says; the Toejam gig was the last MC gig in my mind, and that's what counts. :-P
Posted at 11:45 # G
Richard Stallman can suck my ass! I don't like the GPL. Why? I don't like the fact that it will make my code GPL'd if I incorporate some GPL'd bits into it. I have been working on an app to do some encryption, and I had thought that rather than start from scratch I could 'port' some Java objects that do what I want to Objective-C/Cocoa, which is really easy to do. But the Java source is GPL'd, which would be no big deal for a little freeware app, I have no problem releasing my changes and the source to the freeware app. What bugs me is that I have thought up some really nifty uses for the crypto code that could come in handy in some commercial apps I have in mind, but if I use that code in those apps it would make all the rest of the code GPL'd. Who the fuck is going to by my app when they can just download the source and build it for free? So now, for the commercial use I have in mind, I will have to implement the algorithms from scratch (which isn't all bad, really, as the Java implementation isn't the most efficient). The really silly thing is that my 'home grown' version is going to be something I can see other people wanting to use, so I will release it as Open Source, but under a BSD style license that will allow anyone to do what they will with it, including keep it to themselves. I find it really stupid that a small bit of code can essentially poison the rest of an applications code base with it's license.
Posted at 22:55 # G
Unmentionables So, I never put a lot of thought into buying underwear. But now I think maybe it would be a good thing if I did. Mainly because a girl told me I should, and I care what she thinks, especially with regards to my underwear. Funny how some things can drastically change the way you view the world.
Posted at 22:34 # G
Hmmm Alex thinks my links should be in a new window. He may be right.
Posted at 22:28 # G
Finally...
Posted at 00:02 # G
Only in America... Get this...
Posted at 13:57 # G
Doing things the hard way... I sometimes think that the only way I can learn something is to do it the hard way, really dig into something at the lowest level until I really get it. Like this program I'm working on; it does encryption and decription of messages using a neat encryption system based on a deck of playing cards. I wanted to make a nice little app that I could use to encrypt/decrypt messages with (for no really good reason) and decided to write one. At first I thought I'd just write a wrapper app around a commandline program that does this, but now I'm doing it from scratch, because I want to better control the things the app can do. Is it more work? Yes, but in the long run I'll have learned a lot and be able to do more with the code that I created for it. Sometimes the hard way to do something is the best way to do it.
Posted at 20:42 # G
Go Lare! Lare finally blogged something Lysa and I have been hopng for: His punk rock reality check! Good stuff. It's funny how he can articulate stuff that's been bugging me better than I can, we are both fed up with the same things, but he puts it into perspective better than I can. I think it's because I have been into punk since I was 10 years old, and don't have another frame of reference.
Posted at 11:57 # G
One of those days... Ever have one of those days? Mine has been a doozy. See, I've had the nastiest case of jock itch for a week now, and regardless of the fact that I treated it it hasn't gotten better. So I go to a doctor and he says I might be diabetic. So either I have the worlds worst jock itch, or a debilitating disease, and I won't know for sure until the test results come back. Just lovely, isn't it? The only good thing that happened today is that my doctor gave me 5 dozen condoms for free, in various colors, just because. I guess it's like when they give kids a lollypop. When you grow up they give you condoms. Wheee! This has scared me worse than anything in a long time.
Posted at 20:38 # G
"If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution" - Emma Goldman (1869-1940) I think Emma said it best (although it appears she never said that, as such). When I can't have fun doing something, then I don't want to do it. Think about it; what job have you most enjoyed? It was one that you could have fun doing, right? The band was the same. Way back in the days of Media Children, we thought the 'cause' (whatever that may have been at the time) was more important that the music or our own enjoyment. There was a feeling that we had to be miserable or we were not doing enough. How dare we have fun when so many people/animals/whatever were suffering?! It all came to a head when the singer of MC sent us (me, Rick and Sean) a memo (yes, a memo!) saying that we would have to dip into our beer fund to do something (I forget now what it was. Probably to make fliers about something stupid.), because god forbid we enjoy ourselves at practice too much. I think at that point we realized that we didn't like not having fun (shocker!) and when MC broke up and we immediately formed Litmus Green we all agreed that it was for the sole purpose of having fun playing punk rock, otherwise, why bother, right? So, here we are, 11.5 years later, and it isn't much fun anymore. And I'm not the only one who thinks this, Rick and Mat both feel the same thing. Sean even sees that we aren't happy, as does Lare. Lare is in it for the fun of it, but seeing that we aren't having any takes the fun out of it for him. (Sorry, Lare) It's not like we all hate each other, or anything like that, it's just that we've grown (up or old, I don't know) and now is the time to let it go, before we do start hating each other. The members of Litmus Green are my family, my best friends, and some of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I would rather see LG break up now, before any bitterness can set in, than risk that friendship. When you think about the fact that Litmus Green has had the same lineup for 11 years before we added Lare, you have to be a little bit amazed. After all how many bands can say that they had the exact same line up for 11 years? The thing that made that possible was our friendship. So, does this mean we will no longer be in bands or anything? No. Some of us are talking about doing something new, but if/when we do form something new it will be for the fun of it. Just a bunch of guys goofing off, once again. Back to what we always wanted.
Posted at 12:46 # G
We hold these truths to be self-evident...
Posted at 09:56 # G
Snaked! Alex stole my CSS! It's okay, though. I got it from someplace else...
Posted at 13:20 # G
Fubar Military slang is some of the best in the world. Like SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Fucked Up. Another great one is FUBAR: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. Both apply to the state the band is in. It's what some might call a Cluster Fuck.
Posted at 19:56 # G
SNAFU Why is it that everyone acts like my leaving the band is the end of the world? For fucks sake, people, this doesn't mean the band is dead. Unfortunately it's looking more and more like my leaving is just the excuse that others needed to quit themselves. I feel bad for Lare; I invite him into the band and then it all falls apart because I leave...
Posted at 10:39 # G
Res ipsa loquitur It's funny how once you reach a certain point you just look back and things seem so clear and inevitable. Like my leaving Litmus Green. It just seems like my heart hasn't been in it for a while now. The only thing keeping me going was the prospect of a new album. I love recording, and making up new songs; the whole creative process. Gigs can be fun, but just doing gigs isn't enough for me to be happy, and since there is no way we could put out a new CD ourselves, let alone record one for someone else to put out, I just don't feel the need to go on with the band anymore. It's no fun anymore. And not just because of the fact that we can't put an album out. I'm also tired of the whole 'punk rock' scene, the same old stale whiney Politically Correct shit. The back biting, the lame attitudes. Then there's the problems of some other band members getting in the way and making everyone's lives misserable. Not to mention all my own problems. It all seems to speak for itself: I'm quitting the band. The September gig with the Partisans will be the last gig I do with Litmus Green. It's been a fun ride, but enough is enough.
Posted at 17:23 # G
Hints Why is it that people just don't want to hear what you are telling them? Last night was a washout simply because some people don't want to give up on something regardless of the fact that it is, for all intents and purposes, dead, stale, and no longer fun.
Posted at 11:26 # G
Go girl! Lysa is right on.
Posted at 13:45 # G
Ha! Lare comes up with some of the funniest stuff. The sad thing is that I'm pretty sure he wrote his latest blog entry while pissed off. The truth sometimes comes out best as humor, though. Too bad no one ever seems to get the joke.
Posted at 11:27 # G
Apathy I'm having a real hard time caring even a little bit about things that used to be a big deal for me. It seems like now I can just as easily give up things that I once cared about just because they have become a pain in the ass or too much of a soap opera. I always believed that when something was no longer enjoyable and no longer making me happy, that I'd give it up. It seems that I was right. Now I just have to find out if all the joy is truly gone, or if there is some fun to be had yet. You would think that I'd be somewhat more emotional and distraught by all this, but I'm not. A touch saddened, maybe, but to all things there must be an end. It's just a matter of when... Besides, often from the ashes of one thing comes another.
Posted at 21:16 # G
Christian Porn I had to drive out to Palm Springs today (long story, don't ask) and on the way back I saw a funny billboard advertising a 'Christan Porn' web site. What do you suppose that is? Bland girls in sensible clothing?
Posted at 15:17 # G
Nuke the Middle-East for Buddha You know what? Fuck them all. Religious people (all of them; buddhists, hindus, christians, muslims, pagans, satanists...), atheists, agnostics, vegetarians, carnivores, nihilists, democrats, republicans, monarchists, anarchists, communists (especially them), socialists, hippies, technocrats, luddites. Fuck them all. And that includes Gay Whales for Jesus. I am sick of all of it. Everyone should just shut the fuck up about what they want everyone else to do and stick to their own problems. Just mind their own fucking business. Sheesh.
Posted at 23:08 # G
Locks I got to spend the day changing all the dead bolt locks on my mom's house and replacing the shitty door to the garage. It struck me as funny that if you go to Home Depot to get new locks all you have to do to get all matching keys is look at the number on the back of the lock package and grab locks with the same number. Does that mean that there are a bunch of other people out there somewhere with keys to my house because they just happen to have the same number on the locks to their own homes? Kinda creepy. You know that wouldn't have bothered me nearly as much in Huntley, Illinois as it does here.
Posted at 18:16 # G
Home again... I'm home from my trip. The sad thing is that I don't want to be here; I didn't want to leave. Maybe I'm just getting burnt out on the left coast, and SoCal/OC/LA in general. Maybe it's because the whole time I was there complete strangers were polite and friendly and I never heard a single gunshot (five minutes after I got home I could hear small arms fire coming from a mile or so away). Maybe it's because I found a damn fine reason for wanting to stay. It's nice to have my Mac and DSL line, but there are more important things in life and I guess I prefer being in someone else's world to being in my own. It's funny, usually I can't wait to get home after a vacation. Now I can't wait to go back.
Posted at 21:53 # G
Cheeseheads I went to Wisconsin for party while I was up at my sisters place in Illinois. What the fuck is up with all the Herringbone necklaces? That has to be the second strangest thing I have seen (fireflies being the first). People wear those silly ass necklaces like status rankings or something, sort of like ancient tribal peoples. Apparently the bigger the necklace the higher your status. I kid you not. I felt like an anthropologist, visiting a strange tribe for the first time. It was a very different culture. Nothing to be afraid of unless they start swapping hunting stories, then it's best to get while the getting is good, least you be bored to death, unless you're into that sort of thing... The coolest thing about going to Cheesehead land was that I finally got to see a shit load of fireflies outside. They were all over. It was one of the strangest and most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Posted at 21:39 # G
Firefly I saw a firefly yesterday. I think I saw one a few days earlier, but is was such a brief sighting that I couldn't be sure. I was sitting on my sister's back porch in the evening when a light flew in front of my face. I was quite startled by it at the time, as I had never seen a firefly before. I didn't get a chance to see it again, as it just disappeared. Last night, however, my nephew caught one and brought it inside to show me. I must admit, they are pretty cool. I can't wait to see it when there are more out. My sister says they are everywhere, like a big, glowing cloud. That should be cool...
Posted at 10:30 # G
Happy Birthday to me... At 1:55AM on June 19th, 1971, I was born in Athens, Ohio. Yup, I'm officially thirtysomething...
Posted at 05:18 # G
Ouch... I went to Six Flags Great America yesterday. Whatever you do DON'T go on Shockwave!!! That ride fucked all of our necks up. The harness is hard and it jolts from side to side hard enough to slam your head around in a most unpleasent way. It felt like someone was punching me in the jaw. The worst part is that I wanted to go on a lot of the new rides, but my neck and back were so messed up after Shockwave that I didn't feel up to riding anything else. It put a damper on the rest of the day. We had fun anyway, though.
Posted at 13:18 # G
Animals There are four animals in my sisters house; two dogs, Jack and Brandy, and two cats, Mork and Mindy. The cats are long hairs, and they were getting a bit mangy looking, so my sister got them hair cuts. The style is called the 'lion cut'. I am convinced it's part of an experiment to discover weather or not cats have shame. Until now I had always thought that there was nothing more pathetic looking than a wet cat, but I think this god awful 'lion cut' is worse. I just about bust a gut when I saw the cats after they got home.
Posted at 07:22 # G
Weather Being a So Cal boy, I don't know shit about weather. Most people in So Cal define cold as anything < 60(F) and light drizzle as a torrential downpour. I can now say I have seen real, honest to goodness, weather. There was a thunderstorm the other day. A real thunderstorm. The LOUDEST thing I have ever experienced, and I've been playing in a punk band for 11 years. *FLASH*BOOM!* No delay between the lightning and the thunder. One of the new houses being built across the park from my sister's place caught fire after getting struck. The funny thing was that while there is all this rain and thunder and lightning going on some little girls were running around in the park in their bathing suits, playing in the rain. They didn't even flinch at the deafening thunder claps. Yesterday it was raining in the morning. I mean RAINING. As my sister's husband puts it: Like a cow pissing on a flat rock. I didn't know you could get that much water in the air and still be able to breathe it. The funny thing about all this is that in So Cal, if it's raining, it's "cold", but it's been 80+(F) here the whole time. Weird.
Posted at 06:59 # G
Longitude Something has been bugging the shit out of me every morning and every evening since I got to the Chicago area. Here it is:
My sister's house faces due south. Now, I've been getting up early because her dogs will just decide that I really should get up and pet them, so I see the sky at around 7:00AM from her back porch and notice, in the back of my mind where silly random stuff is noted down for no good reason, that the house doesn't cast a shadow on the porch. Later on while I'm drinking linies and reading I notice that the house is casting a shadow. But at dusk, the shadow is gone again. Now this has been gnawing at the back of my mind for a few days, when it suddenly occurs to me: I am a LOT further north than I am used to. The shadows are longer, as is the amount of daylight. Duh. Yup, I'm the kind of guy that thinks of shit like this on vacation. P.S. Go Chiefs!! Good luck, Lare!
Posted at 19:56 # G
Too nice People in the mid-west are just too damn nice. It's like they are up to something...
Posted at 08:07 # G
The Force will be with you... Go see Star Wars on a digital screen. It is SOOO much better. Amazing, really.
Posted at 20:24 # G
Huh... I didn't know that the weather could be nice out here. The only times I've been to see my sister it was fucking freezing. I grew up in SoCal, so I don't know cold. I thought I was going to die, it was so cold. It's actually really nice out today (yesterday it was rain and lightning). My sister has introduced me to a good beer, brewed in Wisconsin by a family brewery; the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. It's good shit. Make a note Lare. I've never heard of this stuff, but it's good. Too good. I just can't stop drinking it. But you know what? I like it.
Posted at 12:23 # G
I made it to Chicago... I almost didn't make it, though. I flew stand by, which means I get a seat on the plane only if there is one available. Well, O'Hare Airport was shut down for a bit due to really bad thunderstorms, so all flights into Chicago got delayed. People were getting placed on different flights to make up for the delays and as a consequence all the flights were packed. I got the very last seat on my plane. I swear, if our ansestors had knows that they'd be strapping themselves into steel tubes and hurtling through the skys I'm sure they'd have stayed in the trees. Don't get me wrong, I love flying, but being packed like sardines into tiny seats, and in bad weather, can make for a long fucking day. And my sister does this for a living. Blech...
Posted at 12:11 # G
Packing, part 2... I haven't done a lot of traveling since, well, you know... Just a quick weekend trip to Vegas with Mateo to get a tattoo. One thing that pisses me off about the changes since then is the fact that as I'm packing for my trip, I keep thinking about the things I'm packing in terms of how the security people will look at it. For instance; I have a toiletry bag, you know, those funny little bags you put your toothbrush and razor and crap like that in. But, as I'm packing my stuff it strikes me that the person looking at the X-Ray will probably also root through my shit, and if I use the toiletry bag they will have to open it and dig around, then close it and put it back. I don't give a damn about some random jackass digging around in my underwear, or anything, I just hate the hassle, and using the toiletry bag will be a hassle because it adds yet another enclosed space they have to paw through. So rather than be able to use a piece of luggage SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to hold toiletries, I'm packing my shit in a Ziploc baggie. Of course, I didn't pack a razor, least I try and shave the flight crew (shock! horror!), and I didn't bring my electric razor, either, as they would see that on the X-Ray and get curious. Yet another hassle. So I'm going to be scruffy until I buy a disposable razor, no big deal for me as I'm usually sporting a few days worth of beard anyway, it's just annoying. I also won't be packing my little pill box, since that will be yet another hassle. So I have to put all my Melatonin (I have trouble sleeping) and aspirin in another baggie. I might as well just put all my stuff in a transparent plastic bag. All that and the fact that I have to get up at 5:30AM and be at the airport at 6:30AM for a flight that leaves at 8:00AM just bugs the shit out of me. But, then again, I always hated getting up early, so maybe it's just the thought of how incredibly long tomorrow is going to be that is bugging me. I don't know how my sister does it (she's a flight attendant).
Posted at 14:04 # G
Go Chiefs Go! Girls and hockey, two of my three favorite things. I'll leave figuring out the third as an exercise for the reader.
Posted at 12:15 # G
Packing... I have to pack for my trip to Chicago tomorrow. I'm always forgetting something lame, like a toothbrush, when I pack for a trip. Hopefully having written this, I'll remember my toothbrush this time. I'll probably just forget something equally lame. I have to get to the airport at 6:30AM for an 8:00AM flight. And I have to remember not to habitually put on my Victorinox, least I try and take over the plane with some needle-nose pliers. I just hope my iPod doesn't get fucked up going through the X-Ray machine. It should be fine, but I can just see some jackass doing the searches trying to pry it open or something stupid like that.
Posted at 12:11 # G
So far so good... I talked with the Associate Director of Admission for Chapman University for about a half hour this morning. She said I was a 'risk' due to my previous academic record (that's putting it mildly!), but that my professional experience (as evident in my resume) made me a good candidate. She says she will recommend my acceptance, and I should find out what's up in a couple of weeks. Woohoo! I'm looking at 2 to 2.5 years of school. If all goes well I'll have a degree in Computer Science by the time I'm 33 years old.
Posted at 12:11 # G
Chapman, take #2... Once again I have to go plead my case with Chapman University. Hopefully this will work out.
Posted at 07:45 # G
Paaaattriiick!!! I'd talk shit on Lysa's favorite team, but it'd be too easy.
Posted at 02:10 # G
Did you ever.... Have one of those icky headaches that starts with seven pints of beer, and ends up the next morning making you feel really nauseated? I need to get some Berocca.
Posted at 17:07 # G
Ouch! I hate it when I wake up with a kink in my neck. I must have over done it when I was moving that stuff yesterday, now I can't turn my head to the left.
Posted at 09:59 # G
Moving stuff... I got all my shit out of storage, finally. Moving refrigerators and crap like that sucks, especially on a muggy day like this. I'm glad to be done with that. That's one less bill I have to pay. Today would be a good day to sit out in the sun and drink beer. Too bad I can't afford any. Being broke sucks.
Posted at 13:52 # G
Something... People always say I look angry, or upset, about something. I always wonder why nobody ever talks to me at gigs, or anywhere else. Whenever I ask my friends they always say that I intimidate people. If that's true then why do I have friends? They aren't intimidated, are they? Geez, do I scare my friends?! And if so, why?! It's not like I go out of my way to be intimidating... I guess I'm just lonely right now... And wondering why... Fuck, I guess I really am afraid to find out. It seems that I'm doomed to be a pariah of sorts. So, be it... F.T.K. Eh, Lare? ;-) LOL! Sigh...
Posted at 23:44 # G
Flogging Molly Do yourself a favor and get their latest album. Wow.
Posted at 22:47 # G
Grrr... So, I have all this shit in storage (the fridge from my old apt, boxes, a sofa, etc). The storage place is kinda lame, in that they don't send you a bill; it's up to the people renting the units to remember when and how much to pay each month. So, naturally, I forget all the time and owe late fees. So, a couple of weeks back they called and said that I owed $25 more in late fees then I had sent in. Okay, no prob. I send a check, the check clears. All good, right? No. See, I have been clearing space in my Mom's garage for all the crap that's in storage, so I won't have to keep paying those assholes. I went and rented a U-Haul today to get my shit, but guess what? The fuckers have a lock on my unit, which is fully paid up. Seems they are very willing to lock up my stuff, but oh so forgetfull when I've paid. And, being Memorial Day, there's no one in the office. $55 bucks for a rental truck, down the drain. Boy, am I pissed off right now!
Posted at 15:05 # G
My bad... It should be sake, not saki. Chalk it up to the hangover...
Posted at 08:53 # G
Inevitablility Lare's forgotten that he's not required to do anything, and that there is always an alternative choice in everything, if you look for it. He's worried that his action, or inaction, may be wrong. He has forgotten his Zen.
Girls fuck with our heads
The focus of so much grief
Evil stupid girls
Breakfast of champions
"Eat a live toad first thing in the morning
and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day."
-Unknown
Mystery Why is it that when you really want to sleep in people call you first thing in the morning? First it's my cousin from Florida calling to ask that my Mom call my Aunt. I'm in California. Which means that when she thinks it's 11:30AM, it's really 7:30AM, as far as I'm concerned. Next is my sister calling from... somewhere. My sister is a flight attendant, so I'm never quite sure where she is, but she lives outside Chicago (which is why I'm going out there for a couple of weeks). So let's assume she's home and decided to call me at noon, her time, to tell me my flight out there is booked. That's 9:00AM here. Worse yet, if she is at home, couldn't she just have emailed me the flight info?
Posted at 10:34 # G
Spring time...
Posted at 14:28 # G
Two weeks in Chicago... It looks like my planned week in Chicago for my b-day has turned into two (maybe three?) weeks. Looks like I'll be gone for most of June. Mmm, good pizza... The music ain't too bad either, but I don't know if I can stand to be away from my Mac that long. Or my DSL line. At least I'll have my music with me.
Posted at 13:58 # G
Uncommon courtesy The worst part of being unemployed these days is the feeling of total futility you get when you send out your resume. I have been told that once upon a time it was customary for companies to reply to people who sent in resumes, even if only to tell them they received the resume, or the position had been filled. It seems like that custom is only practiced by a few companies now. Recruiters are the worst. Especially when they insist on a meeting/interview with you, and make a big deal about how they are going to work really hard on getting you a great job. Then you never hear from them again. Ever. There are times when I have begun to wonder if my mail server is fucked up. I send all these emails with my resume attached. What happens to them? Are they not getting through? Or is it just that the people getting them aren't nice enough to let me know. Hell, it's not that hard to set up an auto reply to at least let people know that the resume got there and will be looked at. Only a hand full of companies sent replies (of thousands of messages I have sent). One actually sent me a letter, not just an email! I was shocked. Trying to find work these days is like sending a message in a bottle into a black hole and hoping someone will respond.
Posted at 12:12 # G
John Crichton was right...
Posted at 11:43 # G
Mmm, sleep... It's amazing what a good nights sleep can do. Of course, having to hear my nephew's hip-hop shit blaring in the next room is getting old, especially when I'm trying to listen to the new Flogging Molly album (which is excellent, BTW). (Must... control... fist... of... death!!!) Of course, being the BOFH that I am I could just activate the program I have on his iMac that will randomly crash iTunes... But that would be wrong. And besides, he turned it down before I had a chance to do it.
Posted at 11:06 # G
Before I forget... I think I know what set this whole day up as a bummer. I had a fucked up dream last night in which I was chasing after the Holy Grail. Think of a mix between the movie Excalubur and Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail, and add a touch of Looney Tunes. That's what it was like. Throughout the dream really horrible shit is happening to me, all because of my quest. If I wasn't chasing the stupid thing none of the bad things would happen to me, but I keep going. Now, the really fucked up thing is that the whole time I'm chasing this stupid glowing cup, I know it is an illusion; it doesn't exsist. And yet I kept chasing it. I'm not sure what it means but I'm pretty sure it isn't good.
Posted at 19:45 # G
Irony... After making my car payment I will have no money, which means I can't put gas in the car I just made a payment on, which means I can't go anywhere with it, so what's the point? Damn, today sucked. I'm going to sleep.
Posted at 19:21 # G
That's it, now I've seen everything... Just when you thought you've seen it all, this happens. I'm done for the day folks. Millitant Buddhist monks is where I draw the line. I'll be playing FinalFantasy X and ignoring the phone for the rest of the day...
Posted at 12:23 # G
More good news...
Posted at 11:39 # G
And so much for that... It's kind of hard to plead your case when everyone is in a meeting, the person you need to talk to is booked all day, and everyone is going to be at a conference all next week. In fact the best I could get was a meeting for June 3rd, but of course my addmisions fee must be in by the 1st. It's crap like this that makes me not want to go back to school.
Posted at 11:30 # G
Sigh... So, today I have to go plead my case to Chapman University as to why they should admit someone who's academic career was a shitty as mine. I'm hoping that my credit rating counts for something here, especially given what tuition will cost me. Yikes. I'm not really excited about going back to school after so many years, but we'll see...
Posted at 09:49 # G
Silly girl...
I honestly don't care what Lysa posts in here. I wanted to do this for my own amusement and thought I'd sucker, er, ah, see if anyone else felt compelled. Whatever. :-P
BTW, chickens without feathers are the ugliest damn things.
Posted at 22:35 # G
Well, lookie there...
It looks like Lare figured out how to blog.
Posted at 20:02 # G
WTF? Caffinated soap. I shit you not. You can't make this shit up...
Posted at 14:40 # G
Hmmm I need to make the main blog page note when someone's blog had been updated. Then people can just check that page and see if it's changed to know what to look at...
Posted at 14:27 # G
Cash money... I actually made some dough from my shareware app! I'm quite shocked, really. Not that I don't think it's a good app, but that enough people bought it that I got a check from kagi. Pretty nifty. Now I just need to come up with a new idea that will sell better...
Posted at 14:02 # G
D'oh! Alright, I'm lame. I went and put up the links for the band members blogs, adding Rick's wife to the list and then forgetting our new guitarist, Lare. My bad.
Posted at 13:55 # G
This is a test... This is just a test to see if I managed to get the FTP users set up correctly for this blogging stuff...
Posted at 10:02 # G
Ed's first blog post... Well, setting up this blogging stuff was easy. Now to see if anyone bothers to use it. Probably not. My ideas for the web site tend to get ignored or met with hostility by others, so this is probably effort that has gone to waste, at least as far as anyone else is concerned, but I plan to use this blog, so there. I don't know what the problem is, really. It's just that every time I have an idea to make the site more usable and interesting it gets shot down. Like the time I wanted to replace our current, incredibly shitty, guestbook (which I won't even post a link to here) with one hosted locally. That got ignored, even though we lose entries in the current one, as it only saves the past 400 messages (how lame is that?) and since it's performace SUCKS ASS. And it's hosted in SWEDEN for fucks sake! SWEDEN! I've nothing against Sewden, but we have the capacity to do this ourselves, shouldn't we use what we have (and that I pay for, thank you very much)? Or what about the time I wanted to add a message board to the site? Boy did I get flamed for that one! Why? It was too complicated. Sigh. And people wonder that I'm grumpy all the time...
Posted at 09:38 # G
