Ender

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:40:41 GMT

So apparently Sunny Lane, my favorite porn star, is appearing at the Bunny Ranch brothel for a few weeks. My friend, who is also a huge fan of hers, suggested that we make a road trip. Although it could only happen if I won the lottery this week, I have mixed feelings about this. While I feel that prostitution should be legal, I have never really thought of purchasing sex before. But, in the words of my friend:

(1:18:07 AM) Him: thats always the thing
(1:18:21 AM) Him: u never want to pay for sex
(1:18:33 AM) Him: until u see an actually reason too

So many sad/stressed friends...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:02:26 GMT

Taking a quick look at the most recent entries on my friends page indicates that everything simultaniously sucks and blows. I am very sorry and would give you all hugs but the monitor hurts my hands when I try to reach through it. So instead, to make people feel better, I present the greatest thing ever in the history of ever: Slave Leia Pillow Fight.

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:26:18 GMT

So I am currently spending my day being violently ill and cursing the heavens for whatever is happening to my digestive tract. Since I cant do anything productive, I have decided to post on my LJ for the 4 people who would actually see it.

I got offered a temporary job back at ITT, the company that fired me last summer. After three weeks of "urgent" phone calls and paperwork and a drug screening they finally got around to looking in their files and realized that they had fired me once. I was supposed to start this Monday, but instead I got a call on Friday afternoon informing me that my offer of employment was retracted. I was furious at first because it seems that HR couldn't find their own ass with both hands and a fucking map, but what finally got me wondering was why it took so long for them to realize they had fired me before. I mean, I listed the internship with them on my resume and even stated in the application that I had been fired from the internship. Also, they were offering me an entire extra $.50/hr over what I had made as an intern with them, so fuck them.

I got a new computer. It is very shiny. Amazing how much technology changes in the 6 years between desktop computers.

Most of my extended family came to town this weekend, including my Sweet Baby Ava, who now insists that she is a big girl and is the most independent two-year-old I have ever seen. This is the first time since my sister Lisa's wedding that all my siblings have been together under one roof. I maintain that I am the normal one of my family.

In closing, I would like to share with you a quote I just read in an article about the worst ice creams in the world. The author has this to say about astronaut ice cream:
"Developed for astronauts because NASA hates astronauts, freeze-dried ice cream is solely responsible for every failed space mission ever."

EDIT: I should also point out that I have been so bored while job hunting that I have been teaching myself new programming languages just so I can apply for more jobs. I taught myself most of JavaScript the other day and now I'm taking a crack and XML and Perl.

I assure you I am alive...

Mon, 04 May 2009 23:01:52 GMT

In case anyone was wondering I am still among the living. I seem to make an awful lot of these posts on this journal, but that's just me I guess. Today is the first day of final exams in what I sincerely hope and believe will be my last semester of college. For those of you keeping score this is the end of my 6th year in college, meaning that since kindergarten I have spent 79% of my life in public education. I am now looking towards the future, looking for a job and a place to live. I guess that's it for now, I'm sure that at some point I'll make an actual update.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:16:02 GMT

quick update. Forced out of my rut by being fired. Posting this entry on my new iPod touch that I got for free. Moving to Newport News in about two weeks. Going to Philly this weekend.

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:50:35 GMT

I'm stuck in a rut.

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:18:24 GMT

I forgot to post here, but Im back home. Call me if you want to hang out.

there are no words

Sun, 04 May 2008 05:50:25 GMT

Trip?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:38:04 GMT

So I have a pretty big gap in my summer plans. I get out of school on the 10th of may, but I don't start work until the 30th. So I was thinking I would take a trip somewhere, almost certainly north. I am currently planning on hitting Philly and maybe Boston with a vague idea about eventually ending up in Canada. So, is there anyone between Virginia and Canada who would like me to stop and visit them? Or would anyone be interested in coming along with me?

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:37:57 GMT

So my dad called me today. Turns out that he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes this week. This now means that every guy in my family over 45 has diabetes which significantly increases my chances of having or developing diabetes. I spent most of my night reading up on symptoms and how to treat/prevent the disease.

Going down the list of risk factors I ended up checking off about 7 out of 15. The symptoms match up with many of the health problems that I have been having for the last year or two. My diet pretty much consists of the "do not eat" list for preventing diabetes.

Goody, one more thing to worry about. Well, it looks like Im going to be getting up off my ass and exercising more. Nothing like the looming threat of an incurable condition to get me motivated.

There are no words...

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:16:51 GMT

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:53:17 GMT

This comic made me laugh so hard I cried.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:54:22 GMT

I have recently become interested in home brewing beer. Does anyone have any experience they would like to impart on the subject?

Comics...

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:19:57 GMT

So about a week ago I started making photo-comics just for fun. The first few were so well received that I was encouraged to make more and given hosting space on the schools IEEE server. Here is the most recent comic:

This comic is not based on an actual event, but rather on Martins generally poor luck with the ladies. The pick up line is something I came up with back when I hung out at the couch that I have been waiting to use for awhile now. Martin is starting to regret his insistence on being in comic as some of the professors have started reading it. Dr. Game came up to him today and asked how it went with the math major. He was a bit embarrassed.

I sent the comic link (http://ieee.pcs.cnu.edu) to my brother Mullin who works on the school paper and he likes them so much he wants me to submit them to the paper for publication. Im not sure how well they would translate over as they are mostly in-jokes. Im also not sure if I want them published in the paper. Right now they are online, but the only people who know about it are the kind of people who would get the jokes and the people I tell about the comic. So far all the feedback I have gotten has been very positive and Id kinda like to keep it that way. Its good for my ego.

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:57:10 GMT

So the other day I got kinda bored and started messing around with the Comic Life software thats on all the Mac's in the lab. Then I borrowed a digital camera from one of the professors and took some pictures of people in the lab and tossed them into the program. This is the end result....

*Cherokee is the name of one of the Unix boxes in the lab that died about a week ago

The general consensus was that the comic was fucking great and that I needed to make more. We will see....

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:49:43 GMT

Im still alive, I swear! I've been rather anti-social for the last... year or more I guess. I have now lost touch with pretty much everyone who was important to me not all that long ago, and for that I feel like a horses ass. Im under a lot of stress right now with my senior project, a full academic schedule, and a part time job grading physics labs. This stress has been making me even more depressed and anti-social than I used to be.

I've been feeling lost lately. Things that I have been trying to put off thinking about are now forcing themselves into my mind. Im 23 years old. Im still in college after 5 years, and wont be graduating until next winter at the earliest. I have never had a relationship that lasted more than 100 days. I have to move off campus next year and have to find a place and roommates. I am totally at the mercy of my neurochemistry and cant focus without pharmaceutical aide. Im medicated to the point that the only things I seem to feel anymore are boredom and loneliness.

All these stresses and worries are driving me mad. When I get like this I always feel the need to make stuff, and my recent addiction to Steampunk is not helping. Christ I wish I had access to a machine shop. I keep seeing things that I want for sale at two or three times what it would cost for me to make it myself if only I had a mill and a lathe. My doctor tried to get me knitting to help with these urges, but teaching myself out of books and a few online videos didn't work out very well. Once I have my own semi-permanent place Im going to buy some tools and get building.

Anyways, this has started to ramble a bit. I should go.

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:03:22 GMT

Too soon?

also: Happy Birthday to ME!

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:40:18 GMT

Professional Ethics C
Computer Engr Capstone Proj I
Data and File Structures B-
Applied Artificial Intelligenc B
Software Design/Development B
Applied Probability B

FUCK YEAH!

p.s. the capstone project is a two semester class, thats why I have an I right now.

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:34:11 GMT

This band was recommended to me by one of my music websites. At first I was worried by the speedos, but the music is actually kinda catchy.

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:38:48 GMT

Just a quick entry for those who were wondering where I have been:

I have been depressed and busy. And thanks to the ADHD medication putting some fuel into my depression, I have been cranky and a little mad. This scared the hell out of me since I have some pretty bad anger issues and put a lot of effort into staying calm. Now I am on some happy shiny anti-depressants that should clear things up a bit.

Or at least they should once my body gets used to them and the side effects go away. Being dizzy for 3 days in a row gets old real fast. Also in a WTF moment, the most common side effects includes "abnormal ejaculation". I'd like to think that this means Im going to start cumming glitter.

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:28:18 GMT

Rather than boring and depressing you with the details of my life right now, heres one of the hottest women alive.

Kari Byron: Smart, funny, creative, and hot as hell.

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:08:18 GMT

I finally used up my PayPal money and got a kick ass CD. If you drive anywhere in my car for the next month or so you WILL hear at least part of this album.

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:48:16 GMT

So I am having a difficult time resisting the urge to start playing WoW again. If I did pick it back up I would most likely end up starting a new character on a new server, but I like to at least know someone on the server.

So what servers do yall play on and what faction? Also would you be willing to help level me?

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:07:35 GMT

I dont think that anyone actually reads this thing anymore, but just in case...

Im going to be coming home this weekend for fall break. Ill be in town starting either late thursday or noonish friday, depending on if I skip my friday morning class or not, and Ill be heading back to school on tuesday night. My sister and niece are going to be in town over the weekend, so I will be spending time with them as much as I can (I <3 my sweet baby Ava), but I should be free in the evenings and weekdays.

If you want to hang out call the cell friday-ish.

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:21:28 GMT

Well fuck.
Once again, banished to the friend zone.
I am sick of being punished for being awesome.