Well then, from what I remember of last night I had a blast! The hallowe'en party / Dave's belated birthday party was lots of fun. Tonnes of awesome people showed up, and almost everyone ended up smashed. It was a good time, except at my drunkest I did a few too many after that point, and became drunkest...er....est. Thanks Dennie for giving me a ride home! For the first time in ages (like 6 years) I threw up because of drinking. Thankfully it was only a little bit and I didn't get hung over at all!
I was once again Weird Al, however this time around I was his character from the video White and Nerdy. *the gangsta version. It worked out well, most people identified with what I was going for.
I'm uuber uuber super duper uuber in the hole, but not worried about it. Car repairs suck. After I get all these done it'll be safe for the winter, I'll hold on to it until the spring at which time I think I'll get the most for a convertible. Then...my plans really fade off to nothingness.
Work, I've finished with the census long ago, and started working with Dave at the Varscona hotel. I'm the maintenance guy who fixes stuff. it is good. The people make it worthy of me being around. My only problem in the world is I really need more cash. THEREFORE, I must find something that pays more, and quickly.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Oops
Notice to anyone doing what I'm doing...
Do not attempt to operate motor vehicles or heavy machinery when under the influence of tired.
Is it just me, or since when is there a traffic circle with yields to LEAVE???
Anyhoo, Almost got t-boned by running a yield sign.
Do not attempt to operate motor vehicles or heavy machinery when under the influence of tired.
Is it just me, or since when is there a traffic circle with yields to LEAVE???
Anyhoo, Almost got t-boned by running a yield sign.
Monday, September 18, 2006
A new journey
Today I embark on a journey. I journey from the land where I am familliar. A journey to the unknown. It's kinda scary.
Fact of the matter is, I have this amazing ability to stay up later than nessecary. I have a similar ability to sleep in afterwards.
These facts cause me to do something silly - become noctournal. This is bad. If I dont sleep proper hours, I'm doomed for a 9-5 job, let alone being doomed in general. As much as I dont like it, society runs on a 9-5, and its not gonna stop for me. Therefore, I've begun. As of yesterday, where I didnt WAKE UP until 7pm, I started, and now, 16 hours later, I'm almost there. I just have to stay awake for another 8ish or more hours. Then my cycle will be reset where I'll be incredibly tired, when I should be tired, and I will sleep in, till early the next morning. This skipping a day thing is a double edged sword. It will solve all the worlds problems (in my little world). It will also be incredibly hard to stay up much longer.
11:32 am. This is pushin it. The bed is calling me. I need something to take my time up. If only I could program, or build lego, or something. I need meaning for the next little while.
Fact of the matter is, I have this amazing ability to stay up later than nessecary. I have a similar ability to sleep in afterwards.
These facts cause me to do something silly - become noctournal. This is bad. If I dont sleep proper hours, I'm doomed for a 9-5 job, let alone being doomed in general. As much as I dont like it, society runs on a 9-5, and its not gonna stop for me. Therefore, I've begun. As of yesterday, where I didnt WAKE UP until 7pm, I started, and now, 16 hours later, I'm almost there. I just have to stay awake for another 8ish or more hours. Then my cycle will be reset where I'll be incredibly tired, when I should be tired, and I will sleep in, till early the next morning. This skipping a day thing is a double edged sword. It will solve all the worlds problems (in my little world). It will also be incredibly hard to stay up much longer.
11:32 am. This is pushin it. The bed is calling me. I need something to take my time up. If only I could program, or build lego, or something. I need meaning for the next little while.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
ParkTag
Holy shit batman - I posted!
Where to begin? forget the last few months...as in...I forgot everything about them, so just imagine they never happened.
Hmmmm
Where to begin? Tonight (last night) we played park tag, of the fishy in the water variety. This may not sound astounding, because well...it isn't. It's AMAZINGLY ASTOUNDING. It was fun enough to overpower the 5 degree (*c) raining wet cold metal on deadly broken fingers cold. The fish aspect is that the person whom is "it" for tag, cant use their vision. Only sound and touch. The park equipment we were on was insanely slippery, and the metal was too cold to touch (most people's gloves were soaked through pretty quickly). It became even more interesting when we involved 2 'it' people in one game. There was little collaboration between the it's, but thats okay, better for us to escape. *the other 10 people who were not it ;)
Then 9ish rolled around, and we headed back. everybody was cold, and tired. A small group of us went to BP's for some grub. That was pretty terrible service, but hey, it was late.
After that andy and I played some uuber Civilization 4 multiplayer style. That game absorbs souls faster than the sum total of souls quantifiably sucked into Blizzard's servers in a decade, hourly. Holy crap, great game. We did on average poorly, but the difficulty was kinda hard. That said, the difficulty was 4/10. 10/10 the game laughs at you before you start. 1/10 you can destroy continents with your weakest units.
What else...
Andys birthday was a few days ago. I got him juggling clubs so I can coerce him into learning to juggle then we can partner juggle 6 clubs. That'll be a blast to do on the LRT or other public places.
Where to begin? forget the last few months...as in...I forgot everything about them, so just imagine they never happened.
Hmmmm
Where to begin? Tonight (last night) we played park tag, of the fishy in the water variety. This may not sound astounding, because well...it isn't. It's AMAZINGLY ASTOUNDING. It was fun enough to overpower the 5 degree (*c) raining wet cold metal on deadly broken fingers cold. The fish aspect is that the person whom is "it" for tag, cant use their vision. Only sound and touch. The park equipment we were on was insanely slippery, and the metal was too cold to touch (most people's gloves were soaked through pretty quickly). It became even more interesting when we involved 2 'it' people in one game. There was little collaboration between the it's, but thats okay, better for us to escape. *the other 10 people who were not it ;)
Then 9ish rolled around, and we headed back. everybody was cold, and tired. A small group of us went to BP's for some grub. That was pretty terrible service, but hey, it was late.
After that andy and I played some uuber Civilization 4 multiplayer style. That game absorbs souls faster than the sum total of souls quantifiably sucked into Blizzard's servers in a decade, hourly. Holy crap, great game. We did on average poorly, but the difficulty was kinda hard. That said, the difficulty was 4/10. 10/10 the game laughs at you before you start. 1/10 you can destroy continents with your weakest units.
What else...
Andys birthday was a few days ago. I got him juggling clubs so I can coerce him into learning to juggle then we can partner juggle 6 clubs. That'll be a blast to do on the LRT or other public places.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
@#&*#*($
Well, the cd player jammed again. As it turns out those deflated thingamers were really the cause of the problem, and well...caused it again.
FM tuner time!
Sidenote - ITG2 related, I finally finally beat all the 10's!!!
woot!
Sidenote number two: Andy loaned me the book Snow Crash. I've had it for months now, having only ready 5 pages. Just yesterday I picked it up again and I'm loving it. Read that book.
FM tuner time!
Sidenote - ITG2 related, I finally finally beat all the 10's!!!
woot!
Sidenote number two: Andy loaned me the book Snow Crash. I've had it for months now, having only ready 5 pages. Just yesterday I picked it up again and I'm loving it. Read that book.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Week++
Hrm. Not really sure what even to bring up.
I had to jank the cd player out of the trunk of my car. It has 2 problems
1) It is mainly a steel box, mounted inside, on little airbags is the cd changer itself. One of these airbags has gone flat, so it no longer provides nice cushy support for the player. = skippy skippy. I think it also caused problem number 2...
2) The cd cartridge (6 disk holder thing) ejected, not by the changer's choice, but rather by a bump, leaving a CD in the player, and a cartridge sans one disk. This turns out to be a problem in that the player refuses to try to eject a cd back into a cartridge that its not 100% sure doesnt have a disk in that slot. THUS, it wouldnt turn on. just read "Err" on the screen. Not good.
ANYWAY, took the bastard apart tonight and through careful manipulation of the integral bits of the workings and such, I pulled the cd out from its deadly clutches. I only cut myself twice. Fingers bleed lots. Putting it back together was a chore x3, and getting it remounted in the car was less than fun...silly Germans. That said - it works now. I burned the Pendulum album I got from andy, who got it from Kevin. It's a D&B Mix, with a promenant melody over a vastly changing bassline. Wow, is it ever mixed for my car's stereo. Wow.
Car stereo aside...I need a life.
I had to jank the cd player out of the trunk of my car. It has 2 problems
1) It is mainly a steel box, mounted inside, on little airbags is the cd changer itself. One of these airbags has gone flat, so it no longer provides nice cushy support for the player. = skippy skippy. I think it also caused problem number 2...
2) The cd cartridge (6 disk holder thing) ejected, not by the changer's choice, but rather by a bump, leaving a CD in the player, and a cartridge sans one disk. This turns out to be a problem in that the player refuses to try to eject a cd back into a cartridge that its not 100% sure doesnt have a disk in that slot. THUS, it wouldnt turn on. just read "Err" on the screen. Not good.
ANYWAY, took the bastard apart tonight and through careful manipulation of the integral bits of the workings and such, I pulled the cd out from its deadly clutches. I only cut myself twice. Fingers bleed lots. Putting it back together was a chore x3, and getting it remounted in the car was less than fun...silly Germans. That said - it works now. I burned the Pendulum album I got from andy, who got it from Kevin. It's a D&B Mix, with a promenant melody over a vastly changing bassline. Wow, is it ever mixed for my car's stereo. Wow.
Car stereo aside...I need a life.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Worky Work work...then work
Well, its almost the end of July, and the work contract is almost up with the Federal government. Or is it?!
My boss suggested to me theres ONE position available at the regional office as 'computer gopher'...basically all the awesomeness I do for the census, but with a raise and a cushier 25'th floor office. They're holding out on actually telling me whether I get the job or not, when I start, job specifics, wage etc... driving me crazy, because I still dont know how to plan my August if I can or can't get it.
Time to get ready for work, I guess :)
The Conference formerly referred to as Canadian DDR Conference, formerly known as the
Western Canadian DDR Conference...now "Rhythm Games Canada Conference 06" falls early August, I'll be going along to supervise and of course take part. It looks to be a lot of fun, ~6 hours of driving to Saskatoon, in a rented van full of friends. Details to come.
My boss suggested to me theres ONE position available at the regional office as 'computer gopher'...basically all the awesomeness I do for the census, but with a raise and a cushier 25'th floor office. They're holding out on actually telling me whether I get the job or not, when I start, job specifics, wage etc... driving me crazy, because I still dont know how to plan my August if I can or can't get it.
Time to get ready for work, I guess :)
The Conference formerly referred to as Canadian DDR Conference, formerly known as the
Western Canadian DDR Conference...now "Rhythm Games Canada Conference 06" falls early August, I'll be going along to supervise and of course take part. It looks to be a lot of fun, ~6 hours of driving to Saskatoon, in a rented van full of friends. Details to come.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Oh yeah
I got a *** on In The Groove. It's not that special, but its pretty cool, first one.
I would have preferred to have gotten 9 or less Excellents, but hey, that would just be greed.
On the left hand side is andy's score. We are SO close on all of our scores recently. It's sick.
I would have preferred to have gotten 9 or less Excellents, but hey, that would just be greed.On the left hand side is andy's score. We are SO close on all of our scores recently. It's sick.
2 Days
off...
I worked for 9 straight, and got 2 days in a row off. WHAT did I do with them?
well... I'll tell you. Yesterday, the 17th of July, I slept essentially in till 6pm.
Today, I slept till 1pm.
I need to make more friends around here (self-realisation at this point that I'm slowly becoming a sap.) The friends I do have are awesome to the n-th degree, but everybodys gotta work, so I never see any of them.
Back in time - a few days
At the Edmonton International (I love how there's international stuff here) Street performers festival, I talked with a gentleman about his act after he was done, the logistics of running a show, having fun, showing off, and making money. He was managing his show from New Zealand, where he works half the year, then busks the other half while globetrotting. I'd love to do that.
Had a lan party at andys the other night, Starcraft over network is the bomb. Then, carrying my computer back into my building a drunk guy came up and INSISTED I was gonna drop something (I was carrying the tower under one arm, the lcd in the other, and the keyboard etc in a bag with the monitor arm) he kept trying to grab the monitor from me, and he could barely stand up. I understand he was trying to help, but he nearly made me drop the screen. I had to compromise and let him carry the keyboard bag, so that he felt helpful. Then we got to my apartment (he lives in my building), and he just walks in the door before me. What if I had a dead cat hung as an ornament in the entrance? Not that I would, thats a terrible thought, but you dont just walk into peoples houses...in my opionion. He put my keyboard on the stove, and left, closing the door behind him. I reopened as I'd left the computer outside the door to free a hand to unlock. He was a little hissy that I immediately reopened the door. Drunk strangers...
I worked for 9 straight, and got 2 days in a row off. WHAT did I do with them?
well... I'll tell you. Yesterday, the 17th of July, I slept essentially in till 6pm.
Today, I slept till 1pm.
I need to make more friends around here (self-realisation at this point that I'm slowly becoming a sap.) The friends I do have are awesome to the n-th degree, but everybodys gotta work, so I never see any of them.
Back in time - a few days
At the Edmonton International (I love how there's international stuff here) Street performers festival, I talked with a gentleman about his act after he was done, the logistics of running a show, having fun, showing off, and making money. He was managing his show from New Zealand, where he works half the year, then busks the other half while globetrotting. I'd love to do that.
Had a lan party at andys the other night, Starcraft over network is the bomb. Then, carrying my computer back into my building a drunk guy came up and INSISTED I was gonna drop something (I was carrying the tower under one arm, the lcd in the other, and the keyboard etc in a bag with the monitor arm) he kept trying to grab the monitor from me, and he could barely stand up. I understand he was trying to help, but he nearly made me drop the screen. I had to compromise and let him carry the keyboard bag, so that he felt helpful. Then we got to my apartment (he lives in my building), and he just walks in the door before me. What if I had a dead cat hung as an ornament in the entrance? Not that I would, thats a terrible thought, but you dont just walk into peoples houses...in my opionion. He put my keyboard on the stove, and left, closing the door behind him. I reopened as I'd left the computer outside the door to free a hand to unlock. He was a little hissy that I immediately reopened the door. Drunk strangers...
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