Manic monday madness

2010-09-02T03:02:00.000-07:00

So I purchased a laptop through The Source. It was an old HP model but will be decent for whom i'm giving it to: My mom. My mom hasn't gotten a brand new computer in a long time. (i'm talking pre-pentium here) so I thought it would be nice if she got something that was all for her and brand new.

Not top of the line, just new. I think one of the reasons why i got a good deal on it is because it comes with vista home premium on it and has a page inside detailing how to upgrade to WIN7. But when I went to the website, that offer had expired. So no free upgrade for me.

The deal also offered the purchase of an acer netbook for $99. it was a pretty sweet deal so I coudn't overlook it. I took advantage of that too, and that is where i'm typing from. I must say that the tiny keyboard is tough to get accustomed to; i'm making typos left and right and I often miss the backspace due to its size.

But this little gadget is great for work. It's not as large as a laptop so the associates don't notice it and complain that I can do something that they can't. I can plug my external hd into it and play my tunes, and I can plug my phone into it and get the net.

I still have to get my mom's computer all ready; set her up with some games and the like, i hope to have that done for friday so she can fiddle with it over the weekend.

2010-09-01T02:43:00.000-07:00

I wonder if anyone even reads this anymore.

Heyo! It has been a long time since I stopped using this service in liew of Livejournal.

And I've stopped using livejournal a LONG time ago opting for things like twitter and facebook.

Well, I both love and hate facebook...I DO hate writing notes on facebook....it's just so hard to find where to publish a note.

Anyways. I stumbled upon this old blog and thought, hey, why not post my thoughts here?

I don't always have too much to say, but when I do, i'll likely say it here.

So lately I've been toying with the idea of making some review videos of old nintendo games. Sorta like the angry video game nerd, or linkara's videos, just with me instead of them. And a lot less angry then the AGVN...his constant swearing gets tiresome after a while.

I doubt it'll ever be really popular(like just about anything I do) but it'll be fun. It's just to get started.

I have the game picked out, I even wrote some script for it.

I guess i'm just lazy.

They'll come in time, i'm sure. I think it's because there are so many reviewers already out there, I don't want to be thought of as a copycat.

Eh, we'll see.

2003-05-04T22:05:00.000-07:00

to all my faithful readers.

you may visit my blog at it's new home...right here

I have less problems updating livejournal than blogger(in fact, i've had both accounts for about the same time, and only had 1 problem with Livejournal, but they quickly repaired it.)

So, please adjust your links appropriatly :)

2003-05-01T01:14:00.000-07:00

"1,2,3,4,5. Everybody in the car so come on let's drive down to the liquor store around the corner" [Lou Bega, Mambo No.5]

Well, if you're a reader of Penny arcade, then you might already be aware of the problems they've had lately.
If not, let me fill you in.
Our story starts with American McGee. He's the guy(or she's the girl, i'm REALLY not sure) who made the dark and twisted adventures of Alice in wonderland. It was an interesting twist on things, but not much was changed other than the look of the characters, which were basically dark..and twisted.(although I LOVED the cheshire cat)
So, recently, American has decided to redo the Wizard of Oz.
This prompted Spawn creator Todd McFarlane to make some awsome looking toys to go along with the new story.
Now, the guys at penny arcade was prompted to poke a little fun, basically saying that they're not really impressed with the story, that it's nothing to take an old story and make it sexy and gory.
So, they put out a one pane comie featuring Strawberry shortcake sitting on Plum pudding(i think), who is knelt over, with a nice red ass, likley from the crop that Ms Shortcake has in her hand.
Very adult, but nothing in the way of graphic. Well, as it turns out, the people at American Greetings hold the copyright to the strawberry shortcake franschise and decides that it was in bad taste, and demanded to have the comic removed or legal action was to ensue.
So, being the smart guys they are, they took the comic down, not wanting to waste time or energy on something so stupid, then they put up a comic poking fun at American Greetings.
So, being the person I am, I decided to find out why the comic was taken down.
I emailed them directly, not in an offensive manner, just asking a simple question. What was the big deal? Comics have been poking fun at things and people for decades now, why change it?
Are they going to sue a standup comedian for making a similar comment? Unlike a picture, the spoken word cannot be taken back.
Well, needless to say, american greetings did not reply to my email. I guess they fear persecution from yours truely.

Hey, it could happen!

Ok, you're right. Anyway.

Now, tonight I decided to treat myself to Burger King...ok not so much a treat rather than i'm effin sick of Subs from SubCity and wanted something different for lunch. =D
I walk in, and the place it packed, at 3am, on a wednesday, in a town that sleeps longer than is awake.
I wait around for 20 minutes and the line hasn't changed at all. So, angrily, I leave, and end up having a few HotPockets(tm)[Dont wanna get sued by schnider's] for lunch. A tasty treat, but it's not poutine...or a burger.
It's all those damn drunks. You figure that these people would be sleeping, or at home studying...
No, out at the bars, and after the bars it's time for food!! The cops were there too, it looked like there was a fight prior to my arrival. I was laughing at a few kids who didn't want to leave cause they were drunk out of their minds and didn't want to risk driving.
Pretty sad that the only reason they didn't want to risk driving was because 3 cruisers sat outside the place.

2003-04-30T02:16:00.000-07:00

A calm breeze dances playfully through a bed of wheat and grain that expands over an entire plain. The mighty sun shines its brilliant rays, illuminating then entire scene for us to behold.
Grasshoppers jump from stem to stem not knowing what awaits them at thier next destination.
In mid jump, while one grasshopper soars through the air, contrasted by the brilliant blue sky, a loud thunderclap resounds through the air. The blue sky quickly transforms to a murky grey, dull and drab. The gentle breeze changes to violent winds. The grasshoppers jump no more, lest be carried off by the powerful forces at work.
Droplets of rain fall from the sky, and slowly begin to cover all of the foliage, making them wet. Grasshoppers seek shelter from the rain, which has increased exponetially in size and volume. A torrential downpour has begun. Will it ever end?

2003-04-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

We try to wrap our minds around a reality that we can only perceive with our five sense, that of sight, smell, sound, taste and touch.
But there is so much more to reality that we cannot see, or hear. Perceptions need to be changed in order to sense the true nature of our universe.
Some have the ability to do this already,but are often dismissed as crackpots or jokers. But what if there was more to what they said? What if the reality we see is only an interpretation of what really goes on in the world?
Reality is only what we make of it...and maybe we could make so much more.
This is poetry in motion without movement of any kind
This is a sight to see with no one to witness
These are the sounds of pure joy, silent and forboding.
Reality is what we make of it...are you ready to make yours?

2003-04-29T00:15:00.000-07:00

"How far to go? I cannot say. How many more will journy this way?" [Enya, Storms in Africa]

You know, if I made money on writing stuff, i'd so be sufferning from writer's block.
I've had ideas for poems for the past little while now, but I'm not around a pen or piece of paper..by the time I get to some, the idea has flitted away from my forever churning mind.

Then, when I sit my ass down to write, I get nothing. Nada, zip.
I spoke to a few people, and they tell me that EVERY writer goes through this in one form or another.
I'm thinking that's why my blog has been suffering as well. Nothing really to talk about....

Well, that's not entirely true.
This weekend was pretty hellish!

Oh yeah, take a seat, put your feet up, grab some popcorn, cause this is entertaining.

So, after work on friday, 8am, I promised to help my friend, we'll call him Boap, move into my appartment.
Long story short, he and his girlfriend broke up and he needed to get out quick...since he just bought a car he needed a cheap place to stay.
Hence, I let him stay with me, dirt cheap.
So, 8am I go home and he's there, waiting for me. We head to the truck rental place, and get the truck. A big truck...but old...old OLD!
It's an old disel truck, with standard transmission. Some genius at the rental place decided it would be a good idea to place a sticker over the gear shift, so you can't see the gear positions...you sort of have to guess. Oddly enough, reverse was all the way to the left and up, when it's normally all the way to the right, and down.

SO, we head to his place, and he doesn't have everything packed yet. We start to move and pack and rest and move and pack.
Oh, did I mention it was only the two of us? Yeah, just the two of us...w00t.
12 hours later. We're done. Weeee!
But, there were headaches in between. It seems the suspension of the truck( called "air ride suspension") didn't work quite as well as we hoped, and two pieces of furniture got destroyed. Fortunatly, one of them seems to be salvagable with some glue and many large spikes.
At about 4, we realized the storage place closed at 7, so we had to hurry up. We got there around 6:45, and managed to unpack everything by 7:30, which is when the guy was going to kick us out. Oh, he was going to be there all night, but i guess opening the gate was a real problem for him after 7:00pm. Must be MS or some serious disease.
Oh yeah, when I hopped into the truck, I was flabberghasted to discover that the seatbelts were only the lap straps...no shoulder straps at all. I thought that was illegal at this point. Just goes to show the age of this vehicle.
So, when all was said and done, we go to raise the ramp to leave my appartment, and return the truck.
The ramp won't raise. It keeps getting stuck on something unseen from our vanatage point.
After 10 minutes of slamming the damn thing around, the neighbours decide to investigate. 2 of them came out to see what was going on, and decided to help us in our plight.
so I end up climbing underneath and discovering the problem...these two hooks were in the way. Apparently part of the track wasn't working right, which was supposed to guide the ramp over these hooks. So Boap climbs underneath as well, and pushes up with his legs as we slide the ramp in.
Sucess. Man I was looking for a way to rip the ramp off the hinges at that point...luckily, my neighbours are good people. I shook their hands and thanked them.
So, by the time all was said and done, we got some food, i took a bath for my aching muscles, I had been up for 32 hours straight. I went to bed, and crashed before touching the bed.
That was a wierd feeling since I normally toss and turn for a few hours before falling asleep.

Saturday and sundays were normal days, and, i think thanks to the bath, I feel no muscle pain. yipeee!!

Ok, so I lied, I did have a lot to talk about. Funny how thoughts creep up on you.
Next installment...the Odd couple...like with Boap....=D

2003-04-25T01:08:00.000-07:00

"Peace, joy. To be loved, to have hope. This is a list of things, my future will bring. [Damhait Doyle, List of things]

'Everything you want.
Instantly'

A slogan from an AOL broadband thing.

I want everything, and I want it know.
*waits*
I don't have it.
Hmm, i wonder if they mean just stuff on the internet.
That means I can get stuff on ebay for free! Cause it's stuff I want...instantly!!
If it worked like that, then i WOULD jump onto the AOL bandwagon, despite it being a cwappy ISP.

Do you laugh at porn?
I used to. when I watched it. I really don't see how watching two or more people having sex gets a couple horney.
Guys, I can see, cause guys like porn...they are the main investors of the market...but women?
Does anyone honestly know a woman that puts in an old porn tape and start to masturbate with a passionate fever?
That's what I thought.

2003-04-25T00:08:00.000-07:00

"She's singing sailor sailor, out on the ocean. Bring your ship in and carry me away." [Gaye Delorme, Sailor Sailor]

You know, undertime really drives me nuts.
I work at a call centre, and right now we're overstaffed. So, to try and alleviate that problem, we allow undertime during a shift, and now, people can call in and request undertime before their shift starts.
Pretty cool huh? I think so too..but the SAME people call every day! I mean, I wonder how the hell they make ends meet? They call in every day and take the day off.
These are the same people that have like 45 sick days in a work year.
Never mind the fact that somone called in at 3am, for undertime at 7:00am. I was tempted to say "no, better get some sleep in before your shift", mainly cause the person was a bit holier than thou attitude. Basically she was under the impression that I HAD to give her undertime.
Well, anyways, that's enough of that. Got that of my chest. Rockin.

I bought some RP books from a friend of mine's sister. I was pleased with what I payed and what I ended up with. My friend DJ just *had* to come with me. He was worried that I would have more books than him.
You see, this started a while back. We both play AD&D, and there are quite a number of boxed sets available. So one day we were going through mine and he noticed that I had more then he did.
This prompted him to buy a few more, to exceed my sets. I, in turn, bought some more, mainly cause I wanted them.
Jokingly, it became a competition, to see who would have the most boxed sets.
For some reason, the competition now includes books, as the first thing he said when I picked him up was "I can't let you have more books than me."

It's silly, but it makes me laugh! So I picked up a few books that I wanted. There were more, but I didn't have the cash to warrent such a big buy.

2003-04-22T03:50:00.000-07:00

"Sunday. Always hard to get to sleep when, wierd noises are implying threats, on cold sheets of sweat" [I, Mother earth -- Sundays]

A weekend of plusses and minuses.
Ok, the weekend was pretty much a plus, then yesterday I got some bad news.
Well, bad news for me, good news for the messenger.
I'm not going to say what it is, but the messenger looks to be very happy with the decision, and I hope it all works out for the best.
Now, I've to deal with my own feelings on the subject. Not that I have any ilk towards what is going on...I'm just sad for quite a number of reasons.
Can't say much else without telling the entire story, and I don't want to take away from the messenger's messege. :)

On the plus side, my weekend went good.
Some would see the events that took place, and see it as a bad weekend, but I still had fun.
Shortly after arriving, a bird, or 12 decided that my coat and school bag would make a good potty, and shit all over the place.
I didn't notice, I have no idea how long I spent with bird shit on myself.
We went to the subway to find a bathroom to clean up. Only we had to go in, up and around to the other side of the place to get to the freakin bathroom.
Then there was the rainforest cafe.
2 words, overpriced, loud.
The animatronics were very basic, but very very loud. The elephants were by far the worse of the bunch. and the little storms that happened were neat, the first time...lame every other time. And the fact that everything was a few dollars more...well, needless to say I didn't enjoy that particular dining experience.

"end of day sale!"

Some chinese guy working his shop shouted that for about an hour, if not more. He was doing it when we went into the cafe, and continued when we left.

"End of day sale!"

Went to a fet night down there. very booring if you know no one around, which I don't. O_o
Can't win.

Man you read the post and it seems like i had a lousy time...well, i honestly didn't. I guess the company more than made up for the problems.

Got to see the inside of a laboratory. that was pretty cool. I wanted to play with chemicals, but they wouldn't let me.

ah well, i still had fun fun, and that's all that matters.. What did I do for fun? Alot of walking around the city, taking in the sights.
Got stopped by a street performer to help him with his act.
he called me 'scary'
"Yeah, the scary guy that just arrived. Yeah, you, the scary guy, can you come up and help me??"
Me, the scary guy, in toronto, where there are strage guys walking around with blue blankets tied to their head with blankets preaching how people can't be totally white cause their blood is red.
o_O Yeah. Praise ye the blood of redness.

4:20 all the way.

And other assorted sayings of note.

2003-04-15T03:28:00.000-07:00

"From the strong darts of cupid I suffered much grief, my heart's torn asunder, I can get no relief" [Jack Haggerty, various folk tune]

Games sure have come along way. Well, video games, not board games.

Notice how board games never really evolved? I mean, you can still buy clue and monopoly. Those games have been around since I was a kid, and, to my surprise they still sell alot.
You figure that every household who wanted one, would have one by now.
Well, you could always tell when sales were dropping. They would jump on the latest fad, and turn it into a theme game.
I, myself, have a D&D version of clue, and a starwars version of electronic battleship.

The really entertaining games, I find, are the older ones.
Monopoly, I must say, isn't one of them. I really don't like that game.
But games like trivial pursuit(which they update every so often, which is good, so the questions aren't about some obscure method actor that my generation never saw or heard of), Balderdash was always one of my favorite games. Clue is another that isn't bad. Trouble is still around. Remember trouble? With the pop-o-matic bubble?
A clever way to add a die to the board game and never beable to lose it.
pop-o-matic bubble...has so many more connotations.
Ok, really one more, but who's counting?
You are?
Oh.
So, one more then. Heh.
The game of life. I think they made a computer version of that game, and called it The Sims.

alot of people lost their lives to The Sims game. Much like everquest. It's amazing how people get addicted to certain things, and begin to give other necessities of life in order to spend more time with this game.
For instance, someone I knew bought Everquest when it first came out with online capability. He had been anticipating the release of this game for some time now.
When he picked it up, he ran downstairs and locked himself in the basement, coming up only to eat and go to the bathroom...but not to bathe.
He ignored phoncalls, and..well..school for that matter.

It was worse when a character of his died. It was like the obscession renewed itself. Very strange indeed.

2003-04-15T03:15:00.000-07:00

"I want you to be free! Don't worry about me. And just like, the movies! We'll play out our last scene. You won't cry, I won't leave!" [Alien Ant Farm, Movies]

I think vgcats said it right. So many people are obscessing over text messeging.
Don't you think it's sort of a step back?
I mean, we started out by being able to yell at loud distances. Then came smoke signals.
The pony express(how express is it?), the telegraph, the telephone, wireless technology.
Now, we're back to sending letters remotly.

I dunno, it just seems strange to get excited over mobile email. I mean, you don't see alot of old ideas being made new again, do you?

Pants...well, yeah, bell bottoms are back in style...
Compact discs...well, there are some that now look like records...why, i'm not sure...I don't think vinyl CDs would work right....
Movies are forever...being....redone....I hear they are redoing casablanca.
You know who they are planning to cast as the characters?
No. Guess again.
No guess again.
NO! not them. Sheesh. It's worse tho. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
...
...
...
Doesn't that just sound...groovy?

I'm sure anyone who's seen and liked the original are surely blarfing in their seats as they read this.
Ok, i'm sure then they paused to puke the contents of their stomach, then continued on.

Too bad there's nothing left....

2003-04-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

"I am I am I said i'm not myself, I'm not dead and i'm not for sale" [Stone temple pilots, Tripping on a hole in a paper heart]

w00000t, great rp session on Sunday. Man, I was so worried that I was gonna die, my fingertips lost all the blood therein. My hands were so cold cause i was nervous, my hands are hardly ever cold. My parters laughed at that fact, cause I told them to touch my hands, and they were shocked at the reduced tempurature.

So, what happened. Hmm, hard to tell in a nutshell...heregoes.
The kingdom that we've been helping, their king died mysteriously. Now they wanted to blame us. They had every idea of our power level, so the high mage and high priest gathered many guards in the throne room, where we happened to stumble upon, since we wanted to let them know what we figured out regarding other events.

So, they lock us in the throne room as the priest tells us the charges. The two characters agree and start to let them take their items. I, on the other hand, using my great strength, bolt. I make my open doors check and break the door right off the hinges as I burst into speed, running for my life to get to our pegasi.

I blast through another 2 doors, not takeing the time to open/close them. When I end up on the terrace, 6 guards stand there, surrounding the pegasi, ooing and ahhing over them. I start to shout, 'FLY FLY!!" and they take off quickly, as the 6 guards turn to face me.

So, the battle starts, and they manage to dogpile me. However, 3 of them critically failed, and fell off the terrace, plumbiting to their doom. The battle ensued, and they managed to cuff one of my hands, leaving the other one free. I try to push them back, but don't do it well enough. Next round I simply crush the dangling cuff,so that they cannot use it.
Their shoulders dropped a little out of despair as they reach for other sets they have on them.
At this point, I manage to break free, jump off the terrace and onto my pegasus.
In the meantime, a high level fighter who was persuing me arrives, sees what I did, and smiles, giving me a quick nod.
I make it out alive, and manage, with alot of help, to rescue my companions from the dungeon.

Yeah, great great game. and the DM...Dramman. what a guy! what a guy!
What a pizza!....ya.
Dramman is very very IKEA.

2003-04-08T00:44:00.000-07:00

Did you cry for the little dairy creamer?

That is because you are crazy.

2003-04-08T00:43:00.000-07:00

"Let's go all the way...haaaaaa let's go all the way. " [Insane Clown possee, Remake of Let's go all the way]

I've just been told that I'm to have a naked nacho night at a friends place. I've yet to find out exactly what that is...

Hmm, seems to involve eating dressed nachos while being naked.

Sounds like fun. =D And yes, the friend I speak of, is female.
w00t!

2003-04-08T00:08:00.000-07:00

"Too heavy too light too black too white too wrong or too right, here tonight, cumbersome" [7 mary 3, cumbersome]

I've been getting alot of ideas for my webcomic with my buddy, and all in all, i think it'll be a fun project, assuming i can get the art down pact.
Fortunalty, since it will be a computer thing, alot of the art can be easily replicated, without having to make drawing after drawing. Which will make things alot easier.
I'm anxious to see how it will turn out on the web, how many hits we get n stuff. maybe even fan mail! O_O

Scott Johnson from Myextralife.com is willing to give us a little ad space, which is great.

If you haven't checked out scott's site yet, go! It's a really great site, and, the guy is good shit, know what I mean?
No?
I mean he's a good guy. I've emailed him a couple of times, and always got a nice reply, which totally rocks.

2003-04-03T23:22:00.000-08:00

"Who would be a poor man? a begger man? a thief? Any man a rich man in disguise. And who would steal a candy from a loving baby's mouth" [Jethro Tull, Cross Eyed Mary]

I was talking to a friend of mine on feelings and relationships...and something was said...

"you meet a girl, and she's great, everything you ever wanted in a woman but she just wants to be friends so you can easily dismiss how great she is and not fall for her simply because she set a friends boundary?"

My reply was that one wouldn't have a choice, especially if you cared for this girl, because you wouldn't want to lose her as a friend.

That's always a tough situation, and I've been there on several occasions. I can't say that it's easy to dismiss feelings like that. In fact, it's tough to dismiss any type of feelings at all. Unless you're Vulcan, then, it simply isn't logical.
I guess you just have to take a grown up approach to things and weigh the options.
On one hand, you could be jealous, always trying to sabotage her relationships, stalking her, and making her life miserable for the sake of your own happiness
-or-
you could have her as a part of your everyday life, as a good friend. Be supportive and kind, listen to her problems and offeer advice. simply put, be a damned good friend.

Which would you choose? Seems too many people don't know how to take a grown up approach to things...even us grownups!
But alas, such is the way of things, and not much else can be done.

On another note, I had a really great RP session today. The party was facing off against this undead creature of my design, and was about to kill it when it begged for mercy. They decided to hear him out, and managed to get some decent information from him. All he wanted was safe passage out of the city at this point. I mean, sure, he was going to plan revenge later..but that was later! :)
So, after a bit of roleplaying, they accidently kill the undead. I make a roll and the undead becomes a spectre, which did some nasty damage to the group. Fortunalty, they had just saved a cleric who had access to a lot of scrolls of restoration, as the negative levels really started to pile on.

So basically, with what they did, the adventure that was planned had grown into something more. Fortunalty, for them, they managed to kill the spectre before it could do any permanent damage. :)

2003-04-01T13:54:00.000-08:00

"wake me up, wake me up inside, can't wake up, wake me up inside, save me, call my name and save me" [Evanescence, Bring me to life]

Well, it's been a few, but that's cause I've been on a bad shift, then a 5 day trip to toronto.

Finally back on graveyards, and I'm a lot happier. Although my manager wants me to work days, we'll see about that. I don't mind a day shift at all, but 4am to 12:30 is not good for me at all.

Toronto was alot of fun. The first 2 days were quiet, as my bordee(i borded at her place...i guess that's the right word...?, let's call her Sahmin) had to work during the afternoon. But saturday we went out to dinner at jack astor's. An interesting place...the tablecloth is a big ol piece of paper and they give you crayons to draw with. The waitor even wrote his name on the cloth for us, upsidedown! Now THAT'S talent!
It was a busy place, as people were streaming in as we were getting ready to leave. They even offered some people pagers, i guess so that they can be paged when a table is nearly ready for them.
The food was good as well, although they had a hard time getting some of the food right. My friend ordered a salad with, ermm, i think it was blue cheese dressing, or something like that. When presented to her, the waitress said that it was italian dressing, so she told him that wasn't what she orders. The waitress came back with another salad, again with italian dressing on it. Both of us were confused as we returned it a second time, the waitress was confused as well.
When she brought it back to us a 3rd time, she got it right, however, when the other waitress presented it the first time it was infact dressed with blue cheese dressing and not italian. Whoops. :)

After jack astor's we picked up some alchool and had a gathering Sahmin's place which went over ok, all in all.

One of the guests was making things a little uncomfortable, but in the end, it was ok.

The next day we went to the playdium. It was ok, although I ran into some of the problems I've often run into in the past...buttons not working on games, some games not working right at all. And it was pretty expensive too. $20 gets you 120 credits. Sounds like a lot, right? Some of the games run 12 credits per play. Which is a little ridiculous, considering when they advertise it, they say the avereage game is 6 credits. Odd, I was spending, on average, 8 credits a play which works out to about 15 games per play.

Even at $1 per play, for $20 I should be getting 20 plays...not 15. Needless to say, it was a tad of a rip off...and most of the games have time limits, so if you're good, you don't get to go on forever, just a bit longer than the less-than-good players.
I was also surprised to see out many old games were still around.
After burner, for one...i played that in the late 80's. It was made by sega, and they produced it on both their master and genesis system.
Old game.
Area 51, the shooter game...still around. House of the dead 2, and a few others I don't remember.
Oh, and I finally got to play dance dance revolution. And I never will again.
I don't like the idea of hoping round on a game, looking like a total idiot, infront of kids that can do way better than me, cause they have rhythm.
I also got real tired real fast, being fat and out of shape.:)

So, after the playdium, Sahmin and I went to see Daredevil.
Woo boy. The easiest way to put this is...it's a bad movie.
Why is it a bad movie? So real storyline. It was more like 'a day in the life of' movie. No real plot, just a few less than cleverly placed fight scenes, and some insane acrobatics that no human could ever preform. Which is odd, cause DD is human, but with super senses...(save eyes)...that's it. No enchanced strength or anything like that. *shrugs*
I still wish I hadn't spent the cash on the flick. I was bored through it all.

Then Monday came around, and we took the train to T.o proper and walked down yonge and queen, stopping in at alot of the stores that dot the area. I picked up a celtic cross with a celtic knot in the center of it, and some lighty diodes for my cell phone..so now it's all like flashy coolness.

And that's about all my trip. I'm sure i left out some details..but i'm forgetfull...it may come to me later. :)

Taaa.

2003-03-17T03:29:00.000-08:00

"Superman never made any money, saveing the world from Solomon Grundy. And sometimes I dispair the world will never see another man, like him" [Crash test dummies, Superman's song]

Ever think back to those times in your life where you just made the wrong choice, and it either ended you up in alot of trouble, or really hurt afterwards?
I have well over a hundred moments like these in my life, and recently they've all been surfacing for an encore presentation.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I think I've led a good enough life...but it seems that when I make a bad decision...it's a doozey, and haunts me for a very very long time.

Alot of them seem to revolve around love and girlfriends.
I think that's coming to surface because most of the women I speak with, after 1 or two emails either don't respond anymore, or let me know they don't want to chat anymore.
One lady told me she had rethought the whole situation, and didn't have time to chat anymore, but wishes they did. Then she sends my friend a smile. o_o No time for chatting there, I guess. :) Ah well....I'll find my freak someday.
Maybe.

I think I need a change in my life. I've been looking for job postings outside of the...well...country. I might just need a complete overhaul on everything, move to a different place in the world, maybe get some culture that I don't have, meet some new people, and maybe find that someone special.

Beeeheheheheh, who am I kidding. I'm nearly 30 years old, my emotion matrix has NEVER been more confused in it's life time. And that's saying alot, cause I've experienced some serious emotions.
They've never been so jump-swingy before. Seems to be what they do, jump and swing around.

And my new shift is making it rather difficult to see any of my friends at all, so I'm beginning to wonder if they are still my friends! Ack! At least it's not permanent..just till the end of the month.

Think positive think positive....

2003-03-13T01:49:00.000-08:00

Oh and a quick side note for the projects I'm trying to accomplish...

The Movie: Heard nothing from them yet. Will email soon to find out what it what.

The Poem Book: I need capital before I can think about publishing a book by myself. We have to wait and see.

The Web Comic: Waiting for my friend to drop off a book on drawing cartoons, so I can hone my skills as an el|73 4r7|5T! w00t!!

Thassaboutit!!

2003-03-13T01:48:00.000-08:00

"What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, Zombie, Zombie!" {Cranberries, Zombie]

Although I can only remember bits and pieces of my dream, I know that I spent most of it crying.

I jumped from age to age. I'd be a young boy, then the age I am now. But through most of it was an older man, who, oddly enough, lived in a hidden attic in my house.
There was a secret panel that was moved, and I could crawl into. He had some old looking furniture, a fireplace to keep warm, and an assortment of paintings on the wall. He smoked an old fashioned pipe, so the sweet smell of pipe tobacco was always present in that room.
I would often go to him to just chat or ask him questions.
He had a wife...or a female partner, to say the least. She was considerably younger than he, by about 25 years, but that didn't seem to bother them at all.
I also got the feeling that this attic place, was somehow a place for travelers. don't ask me why.

But suddenly, one day, when I came home. I saw a coffin being taken out of the house. I knew it was him.

I ran upstairs and opened the secret panel. Sure enough, he was nowhere to be seen. An incredible sadness swelled up inside me and I wept uncontrollably.

I saw the woman briefly, who said that she too must be leaving, but not in the same capacity. And she did.
For the next little while, I would go up to the secret room and gaze upon its furniture, the still roaring fire in the hearth, the newspapers rolled up next to the armchair. I could still smell the pipe tobacco, even though it had been a few days.

All of a sudden, I had a young boy in my charge. I was taking him to school and something, i'm not sure what, went wrong, and he did something he wasn't supposed to.
He was a special needs child. And when we arrived, the teacher berated him infront of the entire class, embarrasing him immensly.
This set me off. I stormed into the class and began yelling at the top of my lungs at this so called teacher. Someone behind me tells me I should stop talking to his son that way. I turn to see an older man whom I yell at to shit the hell up. I had to say it twice before he realized how serious I was.
I left shortly therafter with both of them in tears, and myself as well, feeling that I had failed this boy whom I was to care for.
I returned to the room, hoping that someone was there. Alas, nothing was changed. The woman was gone for good, and the man, I knew he was dead.
I also had the feeling that I should be taking his place. But I felt that I wasn't ready for that.

I guess at that point, my brain was sick of the melodrama, and changed the pace of my dream. I was watching this sort of obstacle course, not unlike the X-men danger room, only less deadly. Competitors had to get from point A to point B within a certain amount of time.
It was rather difficult. The two fighters fought in the same area, fighting each other while dodging all of the traps and stuff. It was pretty neat, and colourful.

Well, that was about when I woke up. Strange strange dream. I have my thought as to what the first part means..the second being sheer entertainment. A sort of dream pick-me-up...or my brain apologizing for being a terd.

2003-03-10T13:27:00.000-08:00

2003-03-07T05:33:00.000-08:00

"And if you want to find me, i'll be out in the sandbox, just wondering where all the love has gone" [BNL, Brian Wilson]

Memories, we all have them.
Some of them you cherish, hoping you'll never forget them.
Others are so embarrasing or belittling, you wish you could place them in the recesses of your mind, never to be uncovered again.

Funny thing about memories, they seem to surface at different times.
For instance, good memories are often brought to light by an event: a scent can trigger a memory of your grandmother, and the fresh pies she always had cooking in the oven, or a sound remind you of your favorite cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, whom was always ready for a cuddle and was in constant purr mode.
A familiar face, even a series of words, a romantic song, will often bring back positive memories.

Negative memories just have a tendancy to creep up on you, just to make you feel crappy. You can be sitting there, watching TV, a comedy for instance, and all of a sudden remember that time you betrayed your good friend.
Your gut wrenches and you close your eyes, trying to drive that memory from your thoughts, but it isn't ready yet. You relive the consequences of that event, and then, you are left with feelings of emptyness and sadness.

Maybe we're only supposed to have a certain amount of happy time in a day/week/month and if we exceed our quota, our mind takes over, maybe in a way to try and balance ceretonin, and just brings you down.

Memories are a funny, fickle thing.

People try to catalogue their memories in the form of a diary. Penning down every waking moment, or summarizing a days events on a single page.
Others work on meditations that allow you to relive past events.

They say before you die, you're life flashes before your eyes. Some believe that this is your soul escaping your mortal body. Or maybe it's just your brains way of going "Hey, see the great life you had? See you in the next..."

Memories. They are also very sparse. I can remember things from when I was 2 years old, then nothing till I'm 8. I can see pictures of events and not really remember them. I can't remember the smells or sensations of the day that the picture holds.

Alas, I should have written a journal, and I often wanted to, but I always forgot to write in it daily. :)

Hold fast to the memories you have, and any that surface with passing events.

2003-03-05T05:51:00.000-08:00

"And in the end we shall achieve in time a thing they call divine." [Spacehog, In the meantime]

Busy busy week.
Update.
Audition - superb. guaranteed a call back. w00t.
New shift - sucks. I get home around 1, then want to sleep, but not past 5. Then I get up only to go back to bed again. NO likey! :)
Web comic - still in slow development. getting a few books on cartoon drawing to help out, and learn some techniques.
Dating - in stagnation. likely due to busy busy schedule.

But, this week was quiet, cause i'm trying to get used to the new schedule. I haven't gone out anywhere the past few days. Got roleplaying today, so we'll see how that goes. They show up around 6pm, and I still have to clean my livingroom. ack.

Going to T.O near the end of the month...actually taking some time off! woohoo!!

2003-02-27T23:23:00.000-08:00

"Do you eat, breath me anymore? Do you sleep do you count sheep anymore, do you sleep anymore?" [Lisa Loeb, do you sleep?]

Mr Rogers passed away. He was a children's television program host.
I remember him as a child. I was never fond of his show, I was more of a cartoon freak.
In the same respect I didn't enjoy Mr Dressup very much, again, preferring cartoons.

He was a good entertainer, he taught kids the differnece between the real world and the world of make belief. He cultivated imagination, and values.

Fare well.

2003-02-27T00:07:00.000-08:00

'All I can say is that my life is pretty plain. I like watching the puddles gather rain' [Blind Melon. Their one good song, er, i mean, No Rain]

As some of you know I read alot of online comix. There are a ton out there, I know, but a select few that I read.
The list so far.(you have to cut and paste, i don't feel like hotlinking)
www.pvponline.com
www.vgcats.com
www.penny-arcade.com
www.megatokyo.com
www.myextralife.com

Most of them have forums, where you can go and post about life, the universe, the comic...just about anything.
Now, some forums are more popular than others. Some of the artists complain about having less posts than before.
I know the reason I don't post/read the forums.
They are too damn slow!! I find it hard to find a forum that acually loads up at a decent speed. Most of them have incredible wait times just to get to some text.
And I wish it was just text. Some of these signature files are, not only ugly as sin, but absolutly retarded in their own right.

So, my suggestion would be to get some faster boards. I'm sure you'd get more people that way...or me, at the very least. and we all want me posting more useless drivel about nothing and something all at the same time. =)

2003-02-25T23:58:00.000-08:00

I've made a few realisations.

There are good people in the world. Then there are people who suck.
Sucky people share the following flaws.
-can't let go of the past
-want to hold power over those who hurt them
-never own up to mistakes they made
-always have an excuse for anything, anytime.
-never have a nice thing to say, except about themselves.
-feels the whole fucking world should revolve around them
-can't take a hint.
-always go on 'oh poor me poor me' powertrips. oh the angst.

2003-02-25T23:52:00.000-08:00

"All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. I went for a walk on a winters day" [The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreaming]

Feeling down again.
I've learned recently that I suffer from mood swings. Fortunatly they are not of the violent variety, but they can sometimes be vast in it's swing-id-ness.
Sitting at work, chatting with some friends while I work, and I really want to do neither.
I just want to stare out into oblivion, watching the dark matter of the univers continually expand.
I'm having alot of self doubt feelings about this audition, to the point of me not wanting to go.
I'm not sure if I want to make a fool of myself infront of a bunch of people, again.

Had a wierd experience the other day. I was asleep and I woke up suddenly, thinking I heard something. Nothing was there, so I went back to sleep.
I felt someone spoon me and nuzzle the back of my neck. I sort of smiled as I thought it was someone I cared for. Such was not the case, as I felt the back of my neck being nibbled.
Also, my backside and what felt like half my head went near numb...well, not really numb, but it's the closest feeling I can relate to it. Sort of like when the hairs on your neck stand on end? That happened on the back of my head, as well as the rest of my body.
So, I tried to pull away, but the wieght was too much, I could barely move. I started to get scared.(what am I talking about, I was past scared at that point)
I finally managed to get up out of bed, by almost rolling off. Everything in my room felt, uneasy, surreal. Fortunatly I was leaving for work, and i did.

*takes a deep breath*
Dramman mentioned something about a site asking if you could write a letter to yourself when you were 12 what would you say? I think i'd say the following.

Dear Draxenn...
Don't blame yourself for what's going to happen in a few days. It's not your fault. They'll tell you that, but it really really isn't.
Don't let the incident force you to grow up too fast. You need to spend time having fun, and being young.

Don't bother with college. The classes they offer at that time are wretched. Go back when the french college is built. They will have improved their programs by then.

Don't stop playing with computers, ever.

Friends who abandon you, fuck them. They will never be worth your time after that, no matter how hard you try.

Don't get a credit card, no matter what your intentions.

Don't give up hope.

Don't be shy around people. sure you come out of your shell later, but in some cases, it's too late.

Be mindful of other peoples feelings, always put them ahead of you. You normally do this as it is, but a moment will come were you don't and you think that putting yourself ahead of the other person is the right thing to do. Well, you're wrong in this case, and you suffer for it. So, just don't do it.

Don't change for anyone. You're a great person the way you are.

Don't throw away your poetry. Keep it all. Hell it might even be worth something someday.

Don't buy that lemon of a Lebaron car.

Don't fall in love with the first person you have sex with. She'll rip your heart out and dance the macarena on it. Then come to you for relationship advice.

Don't worry about this letter. Sure, it sounds negative, but that's cause it's the stuff you want to avoid. The good stuff is yet to come and you'll have plenty of time to enjoy it when it does come.

2003-02-24T04:12:00.000-08:00

"Sell your soul to sign an autograph. Big bang baby is a crash crash crash." [S.T.P, Big bang baby]

So, my weekend was pretty interesting. Had some friends pop by and we chatted for all hours of the night on friday.
Then saturday I went to a chocolat party. Easiest way to explain it, have a party, replace the alchool with chocolat. Simmer for about 3 minuntes then run away screaming, as 20 full grown adults run amok on sugar highs.
All in all it was fun. One guy I met there seems to be on the same wavelength as far as comedy was concerned. We didn't talk much at first, then someone mentionned cartoons, and there was no turning back. We literally had the party in stitches.
Other party members say we're a must have at any social gathering, providing it's a particularly loud one, as both our voices carry very well.
I was called a victim of pop culture. When asked why, the lady simply told me it was because my retention of lines from movies and tv shows astounded her.
Tried to tell her that my mind just works well like that. Song, music, lyrics, lines tend to get stuck in my brain, or I'll create a comical variation.
It's my creative go-juice.

In other news...I got an audition for a movie that is being filmed locally. It's called finders keepers...you can check it out by going to the website, www.finderskeepersthemovie.ca
Thursday is the day I audition. I'm a little nervous, since I have never done anything like this before. The only comforting thing is that the director is expecting no-talents like myself to show up, because they are making the film locally and want to involve a number of local people.
We'll see how well I do with this. Should be fun, even if I'm just an extra.

That's about it for now. I'll keep you all posted about the movie, if i get a part or not, how the audition goes.

2003-02-19T04:14:00.000-08:00

"Its my life, and it's now or never, I ain't gonna live forever. I wanna live while i'm alive." [Bon Jovi, My life]

Well, for those of you who don't know, I've been playing on Lavalife, with little success. :)
I've connected with a few people, but so far none seem to really be...well...anywhere close to dating material.
Well, untrue, there was one, but I just found out that she started seeing someone else about a week ago. Good for her, I'd say, I'm glad she found someone who makes her feel special.
I sometimes question the effectiveness of Lavalife, not so much in theory, but in practise.
And I mean the actual website. I've sent smiles to people(to show ineterest) and theyve sent some back. THe longest took 1 month to process....then it told me I recieved it in September, which, incidently, was WAY before I joined up with LL.
Screwy website things.
Oh, and their security sucks as well. If you copy/paste a link for a friend to see, he now has access to your account. Neat huh?
Sure, the session will expire after a while, but if it's something they look at right away...fubared. especially if you have a bad friend...something i'm sure we've ALL had the pleasure of enjoying.

So I've started my new shifts yesterday. I'm not sure how much I like them, but I believe they are temporary. So, we'll see.
Curious to find out?
Monday 11:30pm-8am(normal shift)
Tuesday 3:00am-11:30am
Wednesday 1am-9:30am(<--I am currenlty here>
Thursday 3:00am-11:30am
Friday(11:30pm-8:00am)

So, I think thursdays shift will hurt the most. I get home around noon, wind down a bit then go to bed. But I have to be up for 5:30 for RP at 6:00. *sigh* we play till 10:30-11, then i'm off to work.

Ah well, I suppose it could be worse....but it could be much much better :)
I won't complain tho, I'm so used to not getting much sleep anyway.

Apparently "graveyard shift" is synonymous with "ass fucking shift" :)

2003-02-18T02:30:00.000-08:00

"Everything changes, even me" [Mathew Sweet]

Syndications often propagate lies. Lies lead to confusion, which, in turn leads to chaos.
The world often lies in chaos, in fact, it's the one thing you can always rely on.
Even death is questionable. Do we go somewhere else? Does it all end? yadda yadda.
Chaos is unquestionable. It will always exist.
Something wierd always has a chance of happening. Without chaos, there would be nothing left to chance. And how booring would life be if there were no chance? No gambling? No risks?
Booring. That's how life would be.

Ah well.

Web comix is coming along nicely. Well, thats not entirely true. I'm still learning how to draw, which is basically me, and a pencil and paper, sitting for a little while drawing and redrawing, different poses and whatnot.
in time, it'll look Ok. not great...but ok.
maybe dylon's manipulations will come in handy :)

2003-02-16T23:27:00.000-08:00

"I'm been crawling in the dark, lookin for the answers" [Hoobastank, Crawling in the dark]

Well, it's here.
Immortality.
Never thought it possible? Well, my friends, we have a website that will tell you otherwise.
Alex Chiu has the answer in ugly, gawdy magnetic rings.

Yes, for all you D&D fans, Rings of the Immortal truely exist!

Go...now, get some...they are free if you put up a banner and get 80 clicks.
If you get 21000 clicks, he sends you some high powered ultra immortal lord rings...
you know, one ring to find them.....

For in the end, there can be only one...
Ah well. What can I say? Hey, it's a kind of magic.

2003-02-14T02:30:00.000-08:00

---------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------
1. Ever been so drunk you blacked out: No, I always remember...always...damn cursed brain

2. Done anything stupid: Define stupid...

3. Missed school because it was raining: No

4. Put a body part on fire for amusement: No

5. Been in jail: Nope

6. Been hurt emotionally: Big time. Many times...

7. Kept a secret from someone: Yes

8. Had an imaginary friend: Yes. His name was sharky.

9. Had a crush on a teacher: Yeah, one

10. Ever thought an animated character was hot?: Hush now. Anime babes that make me think the wrong thing...

11. Been on stage: Yea, but i don't like to think about it.

12. Cut your own hair: Once...never again...never...

13. Regretted anything: See above..oh and alot of other shite too :)

------------------FAVORITES------------------
1. Shampoo: Head and shoulders, cause it keeps the flakes away...

2. Soap: Irish spring

3. Colour: Black

4. Day/Night: Night

5. Summer/Winter: I prefer Fall...but I'd have to pick winter.

6. {Cartoon}Anime Characters: Lupin III, Carott Glasses

7. Food: Chinese

8. Advertisement: There's alot to be said about clarity.

9. Movie: currently Shanghai knights...but that always changes.

10. Ice Cream: hagen daaz triple brownie overload...yumm.

11. Subject: Vidz

12. 'normal' Drink: Pop

13. Persons to talk to online: shi ren, Kusari tMM&tGD

--------------------------------WHAT ARE YOU------------------------------
1.) Wearing: blue jeans and a navy t

2.) Hair: yes.

3.)Eating:noffing.

4.)Thinking about: The next question

5.)Listening to: the stupid ventilation system.

6.)Talking to: No one

-----------------IN THE PAST 24 HRS------------------

1.)Cried: No

2.)Worn a skirt: No

3.)Drank Alcohol: No

4.)Cleaned your room: No

5.)Done laundry: Yes

6.)Drove a car: No

---------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN------------------
1.)True Love: Yes
2.)Yourself: sometimes
3.)Your Friends: Yes.
4.)Santa Claus: no
5.)Tooth Fairy: eh eh.
6.)Destiny/Fate: yap
7.)Angels: faeries
8.)Ghosts: Yes
9.)UFO's: Yes

---------------FRIENDS AND LIFE------------------
1.)Who have you known the longest of your friends? Stef...since grade 3
2.)Who do you go to for advice: No one
3.)Who do you cry to: No one
4.)When do you cry the most: WHen I realize what a stupid moron i am.
5.)What’s the best feeling in the world: Love
6.)Worst Feeling: Love

2003-02-13T02:54:00.000-08:00

Did you know that this site is powered by

BLOGGER?

The most powerful internet weblog publishing tool available to man today!
Yes, it was only mere years ago that if you wanted something published to the web, you either had to do it in a forum, an email or learn the grueling techniques of the dreaded HTML code.
JAVA if you wanted to make pretty animations.
But with technology forever advancing, we now have

BLOGGER!!

Blogger, locacted at this location, is a tool that is offered by the poeple by blogger.
It allows you to type your thoughts, words, poems, essays in a MS-Word style environment, and with one click of a button, PUBLISH it to the WEB!
Yes folks, this amazing, yet simple program was created with you in mind, the end user.
Just read the end user agreement, and you'll see, it's all about you, the end user.

Not like Windows XP end user agreement, which seems to be all about ASS raping the end user...to no end.

Oh well, THere, I did it. This was just my way to thank the folks at blogger for having this wee site on the web up for me. Considering I don't pay for blogpremium! ;)

Now where's my $5??

BLOG!

2003-02-12T21:43:00.000-08:00

And to top it all off...i'm sick as a puppychien...
Can't afford to take a sick day, so I'm at work, in my winter jacket, sitting in front of my computer...sicksicsik.

2003-02-12T21:42:00.000-08:00

Today you get a full song describing my mood. enjoy!

Sick of myself, Mathew Sweet

You don't know how you move me
Deconstruct me
And consume me
I'm all used up
I'm out of luck
I am starstruck
By something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive

But I'm sick of myself when I look at you
Something is beautiful and true
In a world that's ugly and a lie
It's hard to even want to try
And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

I'll take or leave
The room to breathe
The choice to leave you
I'll throw away
A chance at greatness
Just to make this
Dream come into play, I don't know if I'll find a way

'Cause I'm sick of myself when I look at you
Something is beautiful and true
In a world that's ugly and a lie
It's hard to even want to try
And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know
I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

There's something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive
But I'm sick of myself when I look at you
Something is beautiful and true
In a world that's ugly and a lie
It's hard to even want to try
And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know
I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

2003-02-12T01:52:00.000-08:00

"Kitty on my foot and i want to touch it. Kitty on my foot and i want to touch it" [P.U.S.A, Kitty]

My cat is retarded.
Of this, I am sure.

I really should have taken a picture of this, not that it's really a photogenic situation, but it would be alot easier than trying to explain.
Since I have no real digital camera...here goes ;)

I have a small blue mat that I keep my cat's plates on. she has a bowl for water, a small plate for wet food and one of those dispensers for dry food.

I decided to give her some wet food yester-morning, because she was being good.

So I go to bed while she is content eating.

I wake up to the phone ringing and head downstairs..my phone isn't far from the cat's food area.

Be damned if there wasn't water all over the floor, the entire mat was moved over about 5 feet, and the water bowl was covering what little was left of her dry food.

So I had to clean up all the water, because my retrad of a cat decided that redecorating was in order.

I'd have rung her little neck too, if it wasn't for you kids, and that dog...er, I mean, she was really cuddly this morning, and it saved her from a fate worse than onion.
She knew too...I could tell. She had that smug look on her face...

Anyways, that's that. :)

2003-02-10T23:48:00.000-08:00

"I feel the flesh and it's most fresh it's god damn exhilerating" [Korn]

Projects projects projects.

I like em

Starting a new one....all I have to do is learn how to draw...which i'm not so strong at.
Cause! I want to make a webcomic!!
I figure I read enough of them, it's about time I contribute to the webcomic elite society.
Then I can meet cool people and have coffee(pop) or tea(more pop) with them, discuss important issues, like if Brent is really back together with his woman, or will the TV kill the relationship.
Will Gabe ever get that controller package opened with the laser, or will the cat dismantle it before he can complete the opening.
Does strongbad really wear underpants.

Important issues like that.

Oh wait a minute, i was dreaming again...let me get my head back from the ballooned state it's in. ;)

2003-02-04T22:54:00.000-08:00

"We've changed alot and then, some, some. Know that we have always been down, down. If I ever didn't thank you, you, then just let me do it now." [311, Down]

Well, I've made an interesting move in my life.

Locally, there is a film being made called Finders keepers.
I thought it would be fun to try out for a few part,even if its just an extra...i think that would be neat.
There is one part in the whole movie that actually fits me, my age group, etc etc. I'd be a little switchblade totin criminal.
Maybe I'll launch my career as an actor!!
Or, maybe I'll just have a little fun trying. I wrote them, and they said that auditions were to be in march, and they'd contact me with some information.
They seemed pretty excited with what I told them i've done.
No official training, even theatre..but I did alot of improv, and I storytell..i'm used to jumping from character to character in the wink of an eye.

So, should be interesting either way. I sorta hope I get the part. Even if it's a local film, it'll still be something I played a major role in.

2003-02-04T03:19:00.000-08:00

"Limp biskit's in the house! and you ain't shit! Ahahahahah!" [Limp Biskit, Extro]

Blahdy blah blah blah.

Stuff on my mind, but I can't even post it here, cause it speaks of people that might read it and I don't want em to read it.
Mainly because it wouldn't be fair for them to read it, like this. I'm sure they're already aware of what I'm thinking, but again, it isn't fair for them to even have to contemplate things like this. It puts them in an akward position, and I wish I didn't have to put them in said situation.
I'm not sure what to do about it at this point. It's like my brain is stuck in high gear with no chance of letting up.

Ah well, just cope with it and move on I suppose.

It'll get better...it's gotta, right?

2003-02-03T00:25:00.000-08:00

"Let me kiss it, and make it better. After tonight you will forget her" [Traci Lords & Lords of Acid, Control]

It's funny how my surroundings affect my dreams at times.

I took a nap yesterday before coming into work. My cell phone was on and I got an instant mesesge. The phone makes a beep sound not unlike the ring-in sound on Jeopardy!.
I half wake up and decide to go back to sleep, cause i only had 3 hours to get in before work, and i was shit tired.

So then I start to dream about walking downstairs and getting my phone to see who it's from.
To my frustration, the backlight on the phone no longer works, so I go to turn on a light.
Nothing. There is an *ever* so faint glow from the tele, but not nearly enough to see the screen on my phone.
Frustrated, I go back upstairs and try like ALL the lights. Nothing. Every lightbulb is out.
Man, I was pissed.(just yesterday, I found out I ran out of lightbulbs)
So, I go back to bed(still dreaming) and try to go back to sleep. But I end up trying to see the phone a few times.
I head back downstairs and see my sister sleeping on my couch.
Odd, I thought to myself, my sister's never slept here. Hmm, I must be dreaming.
The next little while I'm fighting with my dream, trying to figure out if what I did was real or dreaming.
I was like "well, I went downstairs and none of the lights worked, so if I go down now, they should work!" I'd go downstairs, and none of the lights worked.
"My sister was sleeping on my couch...that's not real..i must be dreaming!" go back downstairs and
she's gone, but none of the lights work....
Oh yeah, and every so often the phone beeps to let me know that I missed a messege. So, of course, everytime it beeps, I went (in my dream) to check it, realize i was dreaming, etc etc...

In the real world, the faint glow came from the fact that a light was on downstairs and let a little light into the room.
All this cause of an the sound my phone makes when an IM is sent.

Funny huh?? =D

2003-01-28T00:20:00.000-08:00

"When it's cold, I'd rather die" [Moby]

So, without complaining too much(heh), You all know that I rp with my good friend Dramman. Yeah, he's an awsome ST. Most of you know that we stopped playing for a while due to some politics in game. Well, being the mature guy he is, he set all that aside and started rping with us recently. The 'instigator'(lets' call him Deejay) proclaimed that he had changed and that there would be no problems this time.

Negatory.

Problems have begun. Fortunatly, Dramman is taking things better, and expressing himself, as to not hold it in and explode at DeeJay at a later time.

It's all about rules lawyering and it drives me nuts sometimes. I've been playing these games for a long time, over a decade...you know what? It's impossible to know all the rules to any game. You can know alot of them but not all of them, even the people who wrote the friggen game I'm sure.
This is how you end up with loopholes. More than one person will work on a project at different times and not beable to coroborate with the person who started it all. He misreads things, misinterprets other things and makes other rules that just don't fit well in.

Bah, regardless, if there were no loopholes, there would be no problems. I strive to eliminate loopholes with houserules, but it's gotten to the point were I need a seperate manual for houserules, and it would likley be rather thick.

Anyways, rant over, I'm just glad we are still rping together. The group is great, and they are all good friends of mine, dispite our subtle differences.

2003-01-27T04:05:00.000-08:00

"As I was going over, the Cork and Carry Mountain. I saw Captain Ferrel, and his money he was countin" [Metallica, Whiskey in the Jar]

Saw a movie
Saw a movie
Saw a movie last night.
Last night I saw a movie, saw a movie last night.
It was called, 'Just married', and it had that guy from "That 70's show" who plays Kelso and some chixor who's name I can't remember, but had a body that wouldn't quit.
All in all the movie was amusing, it had alot of comedy, some sadness, as all humor films seem to require, and even a bit of romance...another item often found in comedies.
The movie was made on a budget of $18 million.
To me, that's alot of cash. If you consider that the Blair Witch Project was filmed on a budget of like $40 thousand, 18 million is WAAAY more.

So, ya think anyone on the production staff was quick enough to see the microphone looming precariously overhead during not one, but 2 scenes?
Betting begins!!
Yes? No? Yes? No??
Only moments left!!

Betting, OVER!!
{that was a little Bozai for you}

If you guessed "no" then you are a winner!
That sure ruins the feel of a movie. I was waiting for someone to come up and give the actor a coffee, see that they are filming and try to incorporate it into the scene...
hmm, maybe they did do that, and I hadn't noticed.

2003-01-27T00:42:00.000-08:00

"Show me, show you, kikkoman! kikkoman!" [Really really strange anime/flash that i refuse to post it's location]

At first I thought I hated computers.
But I figured it out. I hate computers that cease working for no apparent reason.
My buddy Steby and I were going to change the MoBo in my ex's computer, giving her a faster processor and shite like that.
He had an older one he wasn't using. He had used it a few months ago and then disconnected that box, replacing it with a newone one that had a faster mobo n chip already inside.

SOOO,
In storage it sat for a few months until we pulled it out to set it up.
We inserted all the cards...ok, there was like 1 or 2 cause everything is onboard...then put in the RAM, HD and turned it on.

Nothing.

To make a LONG EFFIN story short, we pulled everything off, to hear a beep...no beep...the Mobo was fried.
For no real reason, other than it decided to crap itself out when it was needed.
PAin in the ass.

I can understand if I dropped it, pissed on it, lost a screw in it, spilled ice cream or pop in it...but storing it? I wouldn't have never guessed.

I ain't never (love THAT double negative, don't ya) putting nothing into no storage again!

Now, I drink my no tea, don the no pants and run around the back yard with my no spear.

2003-01-23T23:31:00.000-08:00

"Yeah! oh yeah. yeah yeah yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, oh yeah oh yeah yeah, and i really don't like him at all."[Marzipan, Oh yeah]

Two new players in my D&D campaign, and I think it went pretty good, considering that they are teens and in love.
=D
The girl is new to D&D but a pretty wicked Roleplayer...she's had alot of practise at amtgard, so the acting part she's got down pact.
The other guy, is...a bit of a rules lawyer, I can tell...he also gets frustrated when someone tries to tell him what he (thinks) he already knows.
I put thinks in brackets cause it works both ways. Either he does know it, and he's right, or he thinks he knows it and he's wrong. Either way, he don't like being told from what I've observed.
But that's Ok, I just got to get all the players to pay attention and focus on the game. It really seems that I only have 1 group that does that as well as I'd like, and that's my group that I actually play in on Sundays.
The other games are great, don't get me wrong. However, things are a little more lax, distractions come about easier...and worse of all, people don't always listen when the DM/ST is speaking. I figure that's sort of ultimatly important if you want to know what's going on. :)
Anyways, I had forgot to add this earlier, so here it is now. :)

2003-01-23T23:24:00.000-08:00

"I close my eyes and i despise every second I'm with you." [Korn]

My friend Johnsee sent me an email.
It had pictures, pretty pictures.
Pictures of all sorts of old cartoons and toys that dated back to my youth.
I wrote him back, a big thank you telling him that I was looking for a reason to feel old, and that was pretty much it.
Alot of the stuff was lingering at the back of my mind...like the Barbapapas.
Remember them? They were these play-doh people that could change into anything they wanted, and always said, "clicky-click, barba trick"
Yeah, it was a wierd LSD induced cartoon, i'm sure, but still lingered in my mind.
Other stuff burned holes in the front of my mind, like the Thundercats.
Thundercats rocked. Even though I know that now, they suck. The lines were cheesy and the storylines sometimes even worse. But as a kid I loved them. I was sad when the show was taken on the air.
There was a whole assortment of crap, I'll try to post it here, that would be cool.
So then, for supper tonight, I pulled out a can of chef boyardee Ravioli. you see, I'm a bachelor...and I really don't enjoy cooking for myself. When it was for me and my mate, that was fine..but just myself seems a waste of time.
So, I remember loving this chef boyardee stuff as a child, never able to get enough of it. Even as a teen, i ate alot of the shit.
So I figure,it can't be all that bad right?
Now, I'm barely able to palatte it. It's strange and made me wonder...did it get worse tasting as the years went by? Or was I used to eating shit as a child?
I think that MSGs played an important role in the yumminess of canned goods. I could be wrong tho. Well, it doesn't really matter, as it stands, the beefy ravioli suckors a$$.
Too bad, it's real easy to make. Guess I'll have to travel to M&M meat market and get me some scrup-deli-icious meats.
Yum.

2003-01-21T04:04:00.000-08:00

"Jingle, single, radio, video, satellite...satellite. Transmission, reception, broadcast, website, satellite....satellite. Fashion, passion, submission, position, satellite...satellite"[??, Satellite, Tomb Raider soundtrack]

I don't think I posted this, but a Death Metal band wants to use one of my poems in a song of theirs.
Isn't that just funky?
The band name is Chizzle...I think...I got an email earlier this week regarding the request.
I gladly accepted on two conditions, that 1)I get a thank you or some mention in the credits for the cd and 2) i get to hear the friggen song when it's done! =D
She's agreed to my terms which is cool. And she told me that they're performing soon to see if they can sign a record deal.
Rockin!

I didn't bother to ask for money, cause I really don't care about it.
The way I see it, if I can get a few of my poems out there, maybe afterwards when/if(BIG if) I become popular, I can start charging small fees and whatnot.

But, untill then, I let people enjoy them. The band will probably go through the rest of my poems to see if there's anything else that they like and has a beat, i suppose...as beats are important to a death metal band...well, that and a masochist, which I'm sure go hand in hand at some point.

2003-01-21T03:51:00.000-08:00

"2 trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside...." [Eminem, Without Me]

47/50
what does that mean?
Others see you as someone they should "handle with care" You're seen as vain, self-centered, and extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

My personality is rated 47.What is yours?

Errrr, I'm sorry??

Nah, people don't see me as that...well, if they do, they'd tell me, right?
You'd all tell me....right?? I don't feel so good anymore.... :)

So I was asked an unusual question today. A friend of mine asked if I kept myself balanced.
At first, I thought she was talking about 'regularity', so I asked what she meant. She continued to explain that everything has a balance, physical, mental, spiritual and hapiness.
Well, I answered that I tried, as I'm sure most do.
Then I began to think what it all really meant.
\A physical balance is basically a happy medium in physical health. Not to fat, not to skinny OR muscular. A good balance.
I, on the other hand, am 'pudgy', or..fat. Simply put. So I don't think I've achieved balance in that category. The plus side, my goals are certainly attainable...I don't want to be a body builder, just a little toned and a little less fat.

Mental balance would mean that everything is pretty much in check in my head...a good balance between the sane and insane...well, I think I have a pretty good grip on reality, although more people see me as INsane than plain ol sane.
I think I score balance in this category.

Spiritual? I try to be spiritual...it's been very hard, especially of late. Alot of the rituals I want to do I used to do with my Fiancee..well, ex fiancee. So I get reminded of the good times we had, and begin to miss it, and then get distracted from the rite and end up not doing it at all. I just have to get out of this rut and i'll score my point...till then, bit fat 0.

Hapiness...I'm a pretty happy guy, and on the other hand, I can be pretty sad too. I think, in my case, there is a descent balance...i'm not overly happy were I'm becoming insane...since i'm already there. Nor am I depressed to the point of suicide, although, I can't say I've never thought of it. Oh the angst. =D
So, I think I score a point there.

So out of 4 points, I score two...which, when you think about it, is the middle, or a happy medium...a balance in my life...I guess i'm more balanced than I thought :)

2003-01-17T04:17:00.000-08:00

"Snot is running down his nose. Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes!" [Jethro Tull, Aqualung]

Not much to report.

Ran my D&D3e game for the first time this year, and it went really nice!
We're minus one player right now, and I'll be looking for another to take his place in the near futur. I already have someone in mind, I just have to get ahold of him and his S.O to see if they'd both like to play, and would have the time as well.

Then my game will be rockin.
Rocking. [click-click]
Yeah.
well.
I bet you thought this was going to be a really cool update with all sorts of funny, off the wall gags and items of which you could peruse for hours on end.

Wrong-o

Hey, I do have news! A death-metal band wants to use one of my poems in a song.
Ain't that grand!?!? I think it's cool. so I have the movie deal, my book, and now a song deal.

Oh yeah, it'll be good to be king real soon!!

2003-01-14T04:16:00.000-08:00

"Change, now it's time for change, nothing stays the same, now it's time for change." [The Scorpions(?), Change]

I was talking about this with a friend of mine.
Remember way back when? Well, longer than I was alive, but it was arount that time they introduced the metric system of measurment.
It was intended to be a standard in measurment. One of it's strong points was that you could easily convert from one form of measurement to another since it was all done in 10s.
I.E. 10 millimeters in a centimeter, 10 centimeters in a decimeter, 10 decimeters in a decameter, and 10 decameters in a meter.
It's rival was the imperial system, which was more complex to learn as far as conversions went, but EVERYONE new it.

So, some changed, and many stayed the same.

Now, in Canada, metric is the form of measurment used. But many things remain Imperial.
Like poeples weight. Very rarely do you hear of anyone talking about losing Kilos, or kilograms, they want to lose pounds!
Same thing if they are talking weight period. "How much do you weigh?" "140 pounds"
It's never in kilos.
Same thing as meat. You go to the butcher and by 2 pounds of beef, not half a kilogram.
It doesn't end there, however. Carpenters and other woodworkers mostly use imperial as well. A 2 by 4 is not measured in centimetres, my friend.
Pants, monitors, televisions, all measured in inches, imperial.

Then, go out on the road. WHAO! Everything is in kilometers! Why, that's metric, watson!

You can buy a 2 litre carton of milk, but if you ask for 4 quarts, the grocery store will know what you want.

Even expressions. "That missed by mere inches" It would be more dramatic to say millimeteres as they are a much smaller unit of measurement than inches!
But no one(or very few :) ) people say "That shot only missed him by mere millimeters..."
Maybe if it was a shorter word. Inches is one syllable...maybe if millimeters was one syllable...like Mil. "Ohhh, that shot missed him by a few mils."

Hey, I may be onto something.

You know you were speeding? Yeah but it was only a few klicks over the limit!

You know, 12 inches is equivalent to 30 cemts.
oh yeah, smoothe baby, real smoothe.

Guys could be made happier too. 6 inches is about the same as 15 cemts. "How long are you hung, baby?" "Oh yeah, sugar pie, I'm a whoppin 15." *gasps!*

yeah....but what's in a number, right? Divide it by three while carrying the squareroot of the tangent multiplied by Pie rounded down to it's 15th decimal place factored into the contant of K, which has the same chemical cohesion of Potassium, I'm sure you'd end up with the meaning of life, the univers and everything.

42!

2003-01-14T02:03:00.000-08:00

"We've changed alot and then, some some. Know that we have always been down, down. If I ever didn't that you, you, then just let me do it now." [311, Down]

A few friends of mine had the opportunity of witnessing one of my less than plesant moods.
No, I wasn't foul or evil, I just didn't feel like down anything. I hit an all time down.
Since then, poeple have been asking if I was ok, what was wrong, etc etc.
Well, I'm just writing here to let those who do read know that I am indeed fine. Sure there are aspects of my life that suck right now, and I'm dealing with them. Sometimes, though, it happens were a less than plesant mood will surface and I may become lethargic. That's usually the point were I'll go home, knowning that I'll likely bring others down, or get stuff on their mind they don't need right now.
Truthfully, if I felt I needed help or counsil, I would ask. But as it stands, I'm able to handle this myself, so no worries.

2003-01-13T01:12:00.000-08:00

"Je ne dors plus. Je te desire. Je veus aller au bout de me phantasme." [Enigma, Mea Culpa]

Zing!
Well, I must say that my life in RP has been great!

I've recently started to RP online again, and I've been having a blast. A simple little 'position' I placed my character in, to explain my long absence. Well, the ST is getting a few good ideas from it, and it may further some of his own plot lines.

The other has been D&D where my good friend Dramman has been DM'ing. He continues to amaze me, how he can explain situations, rooms, towns, all so vividly.
His storylines are also well written, and even exceed alot of the modules I've had the opportunity to both play and run.
It's a shame we keep screwing things up for him.
A fine example, lately my character has been suffereing from nightmares, and it's been keeping him up at nights.
We are in very close with the king of the land, and one morning, we dropped by for some extra planning for the war effort. My character was falling asleep in his chair. The king was kind enough to have his priests brew a potion of vitality, which ends the need for sleep and makes one immune to poisons and toxins.
So awoke the character was, but also angry at the king, for this character is a drunkard. He enjoys the state of drunkenness and gets bonuses to combat when drunk.
SOOOooooo, long story short, we leave to go eat at our favorite eatery.
Our host welcomes us as he normally does and gives us our private room.
A new serving lady took our order and brought us food.
We ate, and seconds into the meal, everyone had to make a saving throw, execpt me..(the potion lasts 7 days)
So, the effects of the poison was immediate and visible. Needless to say I trapped the young woman, and got some people to help with the poisons.

All in all, we saved the day, but there was alot of story we missed out on...we were all supposed to be poisoned, trapped, and likely saved by a new character.

Now, i guess all that has to happen another day.

That's just an example of the dumb-ass luck this party of adventurers have.

Well, happy trails! The Grumbleduke beckons.

2003-01-10T03:56:00.000-08:00

"When you slide across the edge of the knife, dreams of suicide...under the influcence." [Sven Gali, Under the Influcence]

And then we shall feast upon the biscuit, the spoils of war, proceed to dance at the disco at the end of the world, and have a pan galactic gargle blaster at the restaurent at the end of the univers. And that, is the way things are.

Which Last Unicorn Character are you?
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Don't quote me on the above song quote either...the 'dreams of suicide' sort of sounds like means your suicide, or other things I don't remember right now though.

Well I was supposed to go to T.O this weekend with a friend to visit other friends,but my ride never got back to me...so it looks like I won't be going, which is a real dissapointment, cause wanderlust has been biting my ass for the past few months now, and I really need a getaway, even if it's for a few days and only a few hours away. I'm down with that.
More and more disappointments grow...when will it be my turn?

2003-01-09T01:20:00.000-08:00

"bow bow, wiggy wiggy, Darkside, bow bow wiggy wiggy, darkside" [ICP, Let's go all the way.]

"A piece of me has died today. Like all things that die, it is gone, never to return. My body will never function the same as it did in the past. My thoughts, my emotions, my choices and decisions will all change. However, like the mighty Phoenix, rising from it's own ashes, shall I rise from this death. Becoming stronger, I shall triumph over obstacles that oppose me. I have strength, courage, and more important, the love of others to see me through these dark times."

A few of you have questioned my new MSN nick, Draxenn MotGruD. Well, if you read the conversation betwenn Kusari and I, you would have come to realize that it means 'Minstrel of the Grumbleduke'
Kusari may yet create some original art for these strange and unusual characters and plaster them on some more T's. Which would be great, I love t-shirts AND the Raspoutine one he made me earlier still rocks!!

2003-01-08T01:28:00.000-08:00

'A gentle rain falls softly on my weary eyes, as if to hide a lonely tear. My life will be forever autumn, now you're not here....'[Guy from Moody blues, War of the Worlds soundtrack]

" I turn my eyes towards the sky to see a small sparrow flying high overhead. I sit down, watching, wondering. I wonder what it would be like to fly as such great distances, using little more effort than merely walking.
To be able to soar above the rooftops and the trees. To see everything from a different perspective. Much different than riding in a plane, encased in steel, or on a hobby plane, much more opened, but the roar of a small engine always at your back.
Similar to a handglider, but if you're not done your flight, you don't have to rely on upcurrents, you merely beat your strong wings a few times, and the journey continues.
The little sparrow continues on it's path, going beyond where I can see...but I close my eyes, and for a moment, ever so brief, I can feel my arms change to wings. I can feel the sensation of the wind whipping though each of my feathers. I can see the world from a new vantage point, giving me a whole new respect for the world we live on, for mother nature and mother earth.
But the moment is fleeting, and in an instant, I find myself where I belong, grounded, with only my imagination to take me places my body cannot."

2003-01-06T23:31:00.000-08:00

"The irridescent eyes of the seahorses rise. Treasures she loves, others dispise" [Switchblade Symphony, Gutter Glitter]

I felt it important to share with you some of the strange conversations me and my friend Kusari have...beware, the following post is long and full of whimsy and strangeness, proceed with caution!!

Start of DRAXENN buffer: Tue Jan 07 01:21:47 2003
DRAXENN: bleep/
Kusari Kahn: blurb?
DRAXENN: bleedolpoop.
Kusari Kahn: mrrrrrrrrpppppppppppeeeeeee
DRAXENN: mmmowNNNNmmmmowNNN
DRAXENN: mr pee?
Kusari Kahn: yes! my latest nickname
Kusari Kahn: you'll never guess how I earned it
DRAXENN: By drinking pee?
Kusari Kahn: ooooooooooooooooo! that's gross!
Kusari Kahn: no
DRAXENN: how then?
Kusari Kahn: why would you even think of such a thing
Kusari Kahn: yuckyuckyuck
DRAXENN: i really didn't but you said i would never guess, so i figure i'd
live up to your expectation.
Kusari Kahn: It's because I am now "Abstruse Profundity, ascendant Master of the
Philosophia Paradoxum"
Kusari Kahn: Mr P. with the A.M.M.P.
Kusari Kahn: well you did a good job then!
DRAXENN: and who gave you this title?
DRAXENN: so this makes you dw:tMM&MrP/AMMP?
Kusari Kahn: yes
DRAXENN: DeedoubleUColonteaememinemslasheh?eminempee
Kusari Kahn: and also
Kusari Kahn: KK the GD
DRAXENN: kusari kahn, the Gundam Driver?
Kusari Kahn: while that would be just too cool for words
DRAXENN: hehehehe
Kusari Kahn: I simply don't have the room for a 75-ton mech in my garage
Kusari Kahn: the Grumbleduke!
DRAXENN: what's a grumbleduke
Kusari Kahn: nay nay
Kusari Kahn: THE Grumbleduke
DRAXENN: and wouldn't that just be KK the G? since G is only one word?
Kusari Kahn: I like GD
Kusari Kahn: so I made it GD
Kusari Kahn: you gots a problem with my GD?
DRAXENN: mendicant.
Kusari Kahn: HEY!
Kusari Kahn: Do I smell Cheesedip?
DRAXENN: ?
DRAXENN: what?
Kusari Kahn:
DRAXENN: i didn't do anything
DRAXENN: ack!
Kusari Kahn: What is mulch?
DRAXENN: *hides in the ninja hedges*
Kusari Kahn: Do I have to get into a fray with you?
DRAXENN: No fray no fray!
Kusari Kahn: good
DRAXENN: bad GD, no buscuit!
DRAXENN: biscuit even.
Kusari Kahn: Hey!
DRAXENN: ah ha!
Kusari Kahn: I get biscuits
DRAXENN: take on me!
DRAXENN: take on no me!
DRAXENN: muah!
Kusari Kahn: I'm the Grumbleduke
Kusari Kahn: I always get biscuits
DRAXENN: only if they are grubleduke's biscuits...these, however, are not
said biscuits, they are Gummyqueen's biscuits.
Kusari Kahn: what the devil is Gummyqueen
Kusari Kahn: ?
Kusari Kahn: and how do I get into a fray with her?
DRAXENN: well, first, you must go to the top of Mount Flume, and cast within
the golden vat of sheep dip. Then the Gummyqueen will arise from her
slumber....but you cannot foray with her yet, nay, you must first eat her
biscuit, THEN you may begin the foray.
Kusari Kahn: foray?
Kusari Kahn: what is foray?
Kusari Kahn: The Grumdleduke desires not these things
DRAXENN: it's like a fray, only badly misspelled.
Kusari Kahn: he desires Fray! Whilst in the donning of the No Pants!
DRAXENN: and then, whether you win or lose, you must dance at the disco at
the end of the world.
Kusari Kahn: Eating of the biscuit? and then the Fray??
DRAXENN: Yess, you learn quickly.
Kusari Kahn: this is not the way of things
DRAXENN: then the dance.
Kusari Kahn: First we Fray!
DRAXENN: at the end of the world.
Kusari Kahn: Then I take the buscuit and in triumph
DRAXENN: Nono, she will not fray until angered.
Kusari Kahn: then I dance upon the disco at the end of the world
Kusari Kahn: and then I eat up the biscuit
Kusari Kahn: this is the way of things
DRAXENN: well, perhaps if you merely steal her biscuit, that may anger her
enough to fray with her.
Kusari Kahn: you speak of dishonor!
Kusari Kahn: the gumbleduke does not biscuits
Kusari Kahn: steal biscuits
Kusari Kahn: the grumbleduke frays
Kusari Kahn: and then he takes the biscuit which he has won during the fray
DRAXENN: yes you would take a biscuit after the fray? the grumbleduke is a
graverobber?
Kusari Kahn: and then he dances upon the disco at the end of the universe
Kusari Kahn: and then he doth feast upon the biscuits which have been won in
righteous fray
Kusari Kahn: this is the way of things
DRAXENN: KK the GD/GR
Kusari Kahn: The Grumbleduke does not seek the biscuits of the dead!
Kusari Kahn: this is blasphemy!
DRAXENN: you said it, not I.
Kusari Kahn: and now I must fray with you
DRAXENN: *hides in the ninja hedge.*
Kusari Kahn: who doth assume that I kill those with whom I fray
Kusari Kahn: when I doth simply fray
DRAXENN: Ninja hedge: move along, we're just a hedge.
Kusari Kahn: and then take the biscuits, which have been won in the righteous
fray
Kusari Kahn: The Grumbleduke does take a closer look upon the ninja hedge, which
doth say to move along, after all, it is just a hedge and not ninjas
DRAXENN: to fray means to stain or chafe...or wear away...
DRAXENN: become worn and tattered...
DRAXENN: oh wait.
DRAXENN: there's a second definition
DRAXENN: a heated distpute.
DRAXENN: to drive away
DRAXENN: to alarm
DRAXENN: a scuffle!
DRAXENN: eureka!
DRAXENN: found it.
Kusari Kahn: this is what the grumbleduke does!
DRAXENN: which?
Kusari Kahn: he doth enter the righteous fray
DRAXENN: all of that which is fray?
Kusari Kahn: he scuffles, he alarms, he drives away!
Kusari Kahn: and then he takes the biscuits which have been won in the righteous
fray
Kusari Kahn: so that he may dance upon the disco at the end of the universe
Kusari Kahn: and then feast upon those biscuits
Kusari Kahn: this is the way of things
DRAXENN: ah ha! strike the GR from the GD's good name, and add RK.
Kusari Kahn: and was is this RK that the grumbleduke hath earned?
Kusari Kahn: is it perhaps biscuits, won in the righterous fray?
DRAXENN: Righteous Knight
Kusari Kahn: and eater of biscuits
DRAXENN: KK t GD/RK & EoB
DRAXENN: because i certainly will not call you EB, that would be vile.
*spits*
Kusari Kahn: and what is this so vile of EB that thou doth spit upon?
DRAXENN: EB has a troll working for them , I hath seen it with mine own
eyes.
Kusari Kahn: nay! nay! say that this is not so! for trolls doth be the worst
kind of scum and stealer of biscuits and who are most deserving of the righteous
fray to the death!
DRAXENN: that is why EB is vile *spits*
Kusari Kahn: This demands the immediate attention of The Grumbleduke, righter of
all wrongs and frayer of all trolls who doth spoil the most sacred of temples!
DRAXENN: Aye. I shall acompany thou, telling tales and singing songs of the
Grumbleduke's bravery, righteousness and other fine thingses.
Kusari Kahn: ahhhhhhhh! this kind of company is most welcome for the grumbleduke
as he doth quest to fray with the most vile of sacred temple defiled trolls!
DRAXENN: Superb! Let us be off! To adventure! spoils of war! Womens! and
such niceties!
Kusari Kahn: http://www.pseudodictionary.com/word.php?id=16177
Kusari Kahn: http://www.pseudodictionary.com/word.php?id=16169----
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This is where my chat program crashed, then I got back online, thinking all was lost...

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DRAXENN: did you close this window at all? is the converstaion still there?
Kusari Kahn: yes, I closed the window, however, I found the conversation amusing enough that I saved a copy of the text.
DRAXENN: sweet! i wanted to post it (with your permission) on my blogger, so that ppl can see what kind of zaniness we live with :-)
Kusari Kahn: A fine idea
DRAXENN: i thought so.
Kusari Kahn: I'll em you a copy
Kusari Kahn: yes, I'm rather Wackigasted over the whole thing
DRAXENN: sweet
Kusari Kahn: Kusari Kahn: dang, I'm clever sometimes
DRAXENN: hehehe. send me those links again? i didn't ge to click them before my aim kaputed on me
Kusari Kahn: http://www.pseudodictionary.com/word.php?id=16177
Kusari Kahn: http://www.pseudodictionary.com/word.php?id=16169
Kusari Kahn: wowee! I'm up to 6.1 somehow managed a 9!
DRAXENN: zounds!!
Kusari Kahn: the lady must be in need of some serious glasses!
DRAXENN: hehehhee
DRAXENN: uh oh, slowly slipping..rating at 5.8
Kusari Kahn: yikes!
DRAXENN: and still no double matches.
Kusari Kahn: jeepers! I was hoping you'd get some double-match experience so I could know if it was worth my $10 or not
DRAXENN: not seemingly. I guess i lose. ;(
Kusari Kahn: well, who knows!
Kusari Kahn: turn that left bracket around!
DRAXENN: ):
Kusari Kahn: and keep your colon to the left of your right bracket!
Kusari Kahn: and we'll all have a happy sunny day!
DRAXENN: oh yeah. sunny days filled with butterflies and lollipops.
Kusari Kahn: dang straight!
Kusari Kahn: and many, many good frays
Kusari Kahn: and after the frays?
Kusari Kahn: yes, we shall go to the disco at the end of the universe
Kusari Kahn: and you shall sing
Kusari Kahn: and I shall feast upon the biscuits so righteously won during fraying
DRAXENN: lol!
DRAXENN: frays, song, dacne and eateries. What a good time!!
Kusari Kahn: and the wenches!
Kusari Kahn: do not foget the wenches
Kusari Kahn: for even the minstrals shall be given wenches when we reach the disco at the end of the universe
DRAXENN: Yes, one shant forget wenches, serving small full chickens, soup, and, of course, traditional 'soda pop'
Kusari Kahn: ahhhhhhhhh
Kusari Kahn: the pop of the soda
Kusari Kahn: such are the fine delights that await the grumbleduke and his minstral, after the butterflies and after the lollipops and after may frays, when we venture to the disco at the end of the universe and dance upon it!
DRAXENN: Yes! So I guess that makes me DD t WM?
DRAXENN: or DD t DM?
Kusari Kahn: You a Minstral to the Grumbleduke and this is what you must become: DD t MofGD!
DRAXENN: DD t MotGD! Motgard! I like it! I can just shorten it to Draxenn Motgard!
Kusari Kahn: well dubbed thee Draxenn Motgard!
DRAXENN: *bows and bows*
DRAXENN: thank ye thank ys
DRAXENN: -s+e
Kusari Kahn: Draxenn Motgard thou doth show amazing skill in thy words in how thou doth manipulate them with the skill of the Three Handed Monkey of The Altarian Wastelands, truly you are a Minstral worthy to walk at the grumbleduke's side as he journeys on the quest of the righteous frays, slaying of trolls and eating of many biscuits!
DRAXENN: AYe, Great Grumbleduke, I humbly accept thy labour and will honour thee in thy adventures by spreading the tales of thy chivalry and courage across these vast lands of evil and despair. May our adventures always hold good humor, light laughter, much mead, wicked wenches and, of course, bunches of biscuits!
Kusari Kahn: with such a fine minstral to spead many fine tales across all lands of evil and despair the name of the grumbleduke shall strike the fear of the fray into all those that oppose the eating of buscuits and many shall the wenches be who will travel to be at our side as we eat those biscuits and drink upon the Soda of Pop and it shall be the name of Draxenn Motgard that is rejoiced upon for bringing all these fine things to the grumbleduke!
DRAXENN: And now? To adventure! Treasure!! Garls!!
Kusari Kahn: GARLS!
Kusari Kahn: DRINK!
Kusari Kahn: FECK!
Kusari Kahn: BISCUITS!
DRAXENN: =D
DRAXENN: thought that might happen. :-)
Kusari Kahn: if nothing else, Minstral Draxenn Motgard, the Grumbleduke is predictable in his needs
DRAXENN: Aye, some things can be forseen, and some come, how sportsmen say it, 'out of left field'
Kusari Kahn: the left fields of the planes of evil and despair are some of the most evil and despairing fields of all the fields of the planes of evil! If we venture into those left fields we must be careful that we do not disturb the great dragons of Non Sequitur, who doth of the amazing power to....
Kusari Kahn: so, pretty boring night huh?
Kusari Kahn:
DRAXENN: lol! yanno, ever think that the adventures of The Grumbleduke and Draxen Motgard would make a great online comic? you know a 3-4 pane PVPonline style comic?
Kusari Kahn: Yes, It would be a darn excellent comic in this grumbleduke's opinion!
DRAXENN: heheheh, i only wish I could draw. :-)
Kusari Kahn:
Kusari Kahn: that sort of stuff is pretty straight forward, just create what you want as vectors
Kusari Kahn: then you cando anything you want with them
DRAXENN: umm, yeah.
Kusari Kahn: makes production pretty darn quick
Kusari Kahn: hehe
DRAXENN: O_O
DRAXENN: *lost*
DRAXENN: wheee
Kusari Kahn: I'm sooooo good at that
DRAXENN: Grumbleduke, I've been afflicted by a confusion spell.
DRAXENN: I feel like walking that way.
Kusari Kahn: nay, 'tis no spell
DRAXENN: but i'm not sure how the vectors will allow me.
Kusari Kahn: this the natural nature of the grumbleduke and all those who surround him
DRAXENN: whee! I sorta like it, it gives me a bubbly feeling in my tum tum
Kusari Kahn: that's the way I feel all the time
Kusari Kahn: except it's in my head
Kusari Kahn: and not really bubbly
Kusari Kahn: hehe
Kusari Kahn: audyaudyaudy
Kusari Kahn: ok, sleep time
Kusari Kahn: need to get somewhat back to normal sleeping
DRAXENN: lol! okitai. sleep well dude, we'll talk to you soon.
Kusari Kahn: Sleep well Minstral Draxenn and know that you are now under the protection of the grumbleduke, whom all fear for the power of his righteous and all might frays!

2003-01-06T03:45:00.000-08:00

"He's the soverign lord of the nation. He's the hippest dude in creation. He's a hepcat in the emperor's new clothes" [Tom Jones, Perfect World]

Happy happy happy...
My good friend Dramman used to run a D&D game for me and two friends about a year ago...things happened and we could no longer play.

Things have recently changed, and we played for the first time today(sunday)
Man, it was magical. This guy is amazing. He describes things I never think to(as a DM, i do that stuff to you know :) ), he has an amazing vocabulary, he creates imagery that I only see in movies...and i guess in books, if I read. :)

This was some good gaming, and some awsome RP. We're blessed with a group of good roleplayers, and doubly so with an awsome DM.

Now, before I get crapped on by others for sort of bashing myself, I realize my strengths and weaknesses. I have a bad memory, and tend to forget to describe everything in a room, or details that should be happening. I have a harder time picking eloquient words to describe stuff. Dramman rocks at all that.
I shine in NPC's. Each and every one of my NPCs tend to have a life of some sort. you can normally tell them apart. I'll do a voice, facial expression and mannerisms for each. I just have to remember who is who.

so again, I had a fantastic time rping tonight....truely a night to remember....

On another tangent. Have you ever wondered, why when you sign up for a free account somewhere, where you get some sort of free homepage, there is always an ~ in front of your username?
I mean, what is the point, besides to annoy the common user who can't type worth shite!!
Maybe some computer geek, whose mojo and 'kung fu' far surpasses mine can explain the need for the ~(which, for some reason, I believe is called a trill, but I could be wrong...that and it's awfully close to the word Tribble...*shudders*

2003-01-03T00:23:00.000-08:00

Strange how some days you really feel the need to write? I mean, think about it. It's a journal. You spend half your life hiding it from your parents or siblings, and now, it's all over the freakin world wide web for anyone to read!
Isn't that wierd?
Leads me to believe that many (not all) are not as truthful as they would be in an private diary, as there is the pressure of someone you know reading it, and then it getting back to you.
I'm not like that.
I've written about my feeling and a variety of other stuff, and I don't care who knows.
It's come back to haunt me a few times, but that's just how it is. People will ask "why did you say that" and I explain that it's my journal, you may read it, but don't question why. Discuss? Sure! I love to talk about senseless prattle!! But to question what I write? No nono, that is bad. I write because there is a keyboard in front of me, and a seed of thought germinating in my so called brain.
Yum, brains.
bwwwains!!

"Sunny days on a misty mountain, i find myself looking down at the earth below. Everthing seems so much smaller from way up here. The trees look like they belong in a Lego(tm) factory, people moving around seem like ants. I want to get closer. A few carefully placed steps bring me to the edge. The air is thinner, but much more fresh, and clean. Deep breaths don't hurt my lungs. I think back to the city life. The cars, the noise, the lights. The sun sets on the horizon. It gets dark fast. There is nothing to see, and the sounds are somewhat eerie. The trees, they talk. Their creeking is almost like a whining, a lament for their fallen bretheren all over the world. I pull myself over the cliff, the ground is racing up to greet me. The wind whistles through my hair and whispers in my ears. It tells me my life story in an instant, all the parts I remember and the memories long forgotten. My speed continually increases untill I hit the held out branch of a tree. In that instant I see the centuries of life the tree has endured.
I feel the letters the lovers insited on carving in it's bark. I feel the tempuratures of a thousand seasons pass over me. I feel it's brothers falling around him, but he's lucky enough to endure. If luck is the right word for it.
I land on the ground. The tree's roots quickly overcome me, and pull me deep into the earth,where I am reborn, never to be seen again."

2003-01-02T02:55:00.000-08:00

"I hear the ticking of the clock, I'm lying here my room's pitch dark. I wonder where you are tonight, no answer on the telephone" [Heart, Alone]

Well ring a bell and dance a jig, it's a new year.
It's 2003 baby, and doom preachers are all over the place doing what they do best, preach doom and make money.

Let's recap my all time favorite, Planet X.
As we know, Planet X goes waaaaay out of our solar system, yet somehow remains in orbit of our sun. Every x amount of years, the monstrous planet gets close to earth, and it's gravitational pull causes all sorts of havoc with our planet.

Nasty business.

You know it's due to arrive THIS may??
You know if that were true, it would be the shinniest star in our sky, cause it would be the closest to us, save the moon.

But alas, look up to the night sky, and you'll see nothing brighter than the northern star.
No Planet X. No impending doom.
But planet x people are still making money by selling their books and preaching that the world will still come to an end. Oh, did I mention that planet X has a huge red X on it? Sort of like a cross that can be seen from space.
Wonder how that got there. Oh well, not for me to know.

Wanna bum yourself out? go to this site. Answer a few questions, and it'll tell you how much you are(or not) worth.

Then again, you could always lie, to get the best resale value.

I need a scooby snack.

2002-12-30T03:45:00.000-08:00

"Cause you're a strange animal, that's what I know. You're a strange animal, I had to follow"[Lawrence Gowan, Strange Animal]

I've come across a few sites that can only be described as wierd.
I mean, I know my own blogger is a little strange, but this goes even further!
I have been to sites like Memento.com, based on the movie, which was strange enough. You can also check out the official site for the ring...which i think is thering.com , or something close.
Those sites are rather bizarre, getting you to click around and search for clues, for no real reason other than exploration.

These other sites don't appear to have any real point to them, other than to make you wonder.

I went through the following wonders.
I wonder --
...why this was put together the way it is?
...who has the kind of hand to put this huge site together, complete with music and flash?
...why am I at this site?
...where do they get the images from?
...who are they trying to impress?
...why am I still here?
...why can I not stop clicking on these strange green balls?

And so on, and so forth.

Anyways, here are the sites, should you wish to explore them for yourself. The first is snarg.net. What a fitting name...
And the other one is redsmoke.com. Both of these should keep you occupied for a while.

Check out this comment I found on one of the sites...

"please I need help - the site is giving me seizers!! I am ver y confused what is with this site? is it the anti-Christ?? It burns, the goggles do nothing! Snafoo asfsr oh fuck îîð hello 23+23-23+23-23+23-0 | no cars on the road / first on the surfboard lil´ you bloody fistfucker oh my god fuck you jacques Fuck Hello wow and so i come alone in need of passionate entropy doodidly looking good looking good help me!!! GKHJKHKHJK jjnnjnjnjnkj yo sex snarg help back again Fick dich ness hello hhhh fome life noone can destroy my hat of meat militaryduckjock nettage is this lucifer? wassup chump? Hello all, and welcome to the land of oz what a;slkd vic login duende minou love loijholj help "

Don't say I didn't warn you!

2002-12-25T21:23:00.000-08:00

"Link, collect your hearts, so you can shoot your sword with power!" [Link's song...unknown...]

Ok geek time, much to Dramman's dismay.

If you ever played the NES, then you'll appreciate this site. They are called the Minibosses.
They recreate old Nintendo game music in a modern rock sort of style.

If you logged many many hours into Megaman 2, or Castlevania, then these songs will almost be second nature to you, as they were to me.

they're a cool band, I really like their gaming stuff, but that's about it. I'm not very fond of their current vocalist...but hey, you can't win them all.

=D

2002-12-25T02:49:00.000-08:00

Hmm strange font things...must try to fix...

2002-12-24T22:41:00.000-08:00

"Somewhere out there he still gazes, as i walk unto these mazes. Death and life, truth or lies, every thought is well disguised."[Trans siberian orchestra, Mephistophilies' Return]

I like pens.
Pens of today sure beat the pens of yesteryear. Imagine everytime you run out of ink, having to fill up a messy inkwell.
Or, if your delicate tip gets damaged, it's off into the wild to find the right type of bird to get a new quill from. Not today! Those suckers are made of steel and plastic! Not even the earth can destroy that!! Nya nya!

They are much more conveniant today than before. And it's really rare that you are out of pens, unless of course you need one in a pinch.
Yes sir, if one is needed right away, they are never to be found. Yet, if you aren't in any immediate need of a writing machine, you'll find pencil cases filled to the brim with the inscribing devices.

Mind you, it's tough to get the same kind of stylus with a normal ball point pen. I mean, compared to yesteryear, quills made some wicked keen Calligraphy. Pens? No, not likely. You'd have to buy an archaic fountain pen(yes, less archaic than the quill, but old none the less), and for some reason, store charge an exhorbitant amount for these little suckers.
I don't quite understand why. They are more difficult to use, and plow through ink(more expensive ink) faster than a regular ball point pen...but they cost more...
The price we pay to be pretty, I suppose.

Quills were generally free, unless you were lazy and bought one at the quill shop.

But the ink back then...zounds, took forever to dry AND you had to use sand or something as well.

I find that now a days, some pens are much better than others. I mean, i guess it depends on the style or make of pen. Some pens simply make it easier to write than others. Then some pens get all dry, and sticks to the page while you write, and makes your handwriting all messy!
That always sucks. I like the felt tip pens too, but the tips wear out pretty quick, especially if you happen to press really hard while you write, as you are used to using crappy pens!! ...but I digress.

My friend the Mad Monk were having a little discussion on creativity. He's big on it, and I really respect him for it. The stuff he comes out with, at times, just amaze me...other times, it's more of a confusion than wonderment, like some of his dreams....oooo....
We were talking about art and poems and expressions. I thought that maybe my creativity would run dry, and I would either not write poems at all, or start to write crap. I also began to wonder how much of my stuff already was crap..
He doesn't think that creativity is crap. Any form of expression, in a creative(and non destructive :) ) way can be seen as good. I guess it all depends on how you look at it.
He also thinks that as time goes by, I'll become a better poet. I'm not too sure about that, since I've been doing it for a while now, almost 3 years(activly) and I haven't seen an improvement on my writings. I can't say that todays poem is any better than something I wrote a year ago. I do tend to like how alot of my stuff turns out, even some of the weaker stuff, like my Ode to Pop. :)

Anyways, if bored, you should check out his site, www.artofchainmail.com. It's a wicked awsome site that had anything you could possibly need to make your own suit of Chainmail, and some of the coolest art I've seen in a while.
I'm also jealous cause he published his book first! ;)

2002-12-23T22:59:00.000-08:00

Lately, I've really felt the need to try and figure out my past lives.

I can admit that I fear death. Not so much what comes afterwards, but more the fact that when I do reincarnate...I won't remember me.
Maybe that sounds egotistical, but no matter how shitty my life gets, I'm pretty fond of me, and I don't want to forget me.
So, I figure, my other incarnations may have had the same ideas.
I thought to myself, as I watched a shadowed reflection of my face, that if I can learn about my past lives, who I was, how i lived and such, that maybe I could be at peace with passing on, and not spend hours upon grueling hours worrying about it.

So, the hard part now is figuring out how to learn about my past lives.
I have to get back into meditation. I've been slacking off lately, and my mind is easily conveluted with thoughts and other noise, whereas before, I could easily clear it at just about any time of day.

Maybe, once I get back on track, I can do some focus meditations, and try to learn about my past lives.

Dreams can help too, but I often forget them. I often seem to have nightmares too, so I wonder if my past lives really sucked...

Many people tell me that I have an old soul. That it's been around for a while, and my incarnations are rather seperated. Meaning it could have been a few centuries, or even a millenia since my last life.

It would be interesting to find out what I was like...I'm pretty sure it's something I have to do. Well, we'll see....

2002-12-23T01:13:00.000-08:00

"What I got you got to give it to your moma. What I got you got to give it to yo' popa" [Red hot chilli peppers, Give it away]

A miserable weekend.
One like this I haven't had in a long time.
Friday, I was expecting a call from a dear and distant friend. So I put off some plans in order to recieve the call, that never connected....my friend never called.
Oh well.
Saturday, by far the worst day, started with me waking up waaaayyy to early for my own good. Not a big deal. Some friends show up and we go and get a turkey. Come home and wait for my mom to show up with her car. I get it, i pick up my friend, and we go to my Ex's to celebrate the Solstice. That was the best part of the day/weekend. It went downhill after that.
I had a staff party to go to. But I also had friends coming in from out of town.
I also had local friends going out, as one of them was leaving the city soon, permanently.
So I decide to hell with the staff party, I want to see my friends I've not seen in many years.
Well, at about midnight, I get a call saying they won't be showing up. *sigh*
Then I thought, well, my other friends are still going out...i'll call them.
They did not go out either...
So i went home and mauped.
Then sunday, i was supposed to rp, but had to cancell as we are changing the game a bit again. The things I do to for my friends.

getting tired, must log off before rambling starts.

2002-12-20T01:34:00.000-08:00

I think if I've learned anything from my life or recent events is to always live life to the fullest.
I don't mean go crazy and do reckless things. I just mean if an opportunity presents itself, take it, no matter what the consequence. If you don't, chance are you'll live to regret it for a long time. It'll burn a hole in your mind and dominate your thoughts every chance it can.
It's happened to me, and it's happened to friends of mine.
Sometimes the fear of what others think overrides what we percieve as happiness, and then that source of happiness is gone, and you are left with a constant reminder of your mistakes, your unwillingness to take a chance, and risk being veiwed askewed by your mates.

Ah but such are the lessons of life, no?

"As I watch last rays of sunshine kiss the earth's surface, I cannot help but wonder why things are they way they are. I shake my head and laugh audiably, as a single tear rolls from my eye, down my cheek and falls to the ground, silently. Where it falls, the ground becomes moist, but nothing more. No surge of plantlife spewing forth in an erruption of greens and reds. No clouds forming overhead to start a torrential downpour. Those things are pure movie magic, and will not happen in reality, as harsh, and biting as it is. Another tear streams down my face, and onto the ground, landing near the first. I raise my hands to the sky, hands balled into fists. I shout towards the sky like a wildman, because, deep down, that is what I truely am. I wish to be wyld, I yearn to be free. To be free from the bondage of society that rules us and binds us to our roles. The shouting stops, but inside, the roar continues..."

2002-12-19T22:30:00.000-08:00

"And slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us." [War of the worlds]

Man oh man am I spent.
The past few days have been quite hectic.
Wednesday, instead of going to work at midnight I was given the night off to instead come in at 6am. Now, i couldn't sleep anyway, so we went to see the Two Towers.
Without spoiling anything, it was a great movie, and I coudn't complain about the CG. Well done!
So anyways, I show up at 6 and work till 2. no problem. When I get home I try to get as much sleep as possible, as I have to be up at 11 to be at work again for 11:30 that night.
So I do...well the night goes by bitterly slow, since i'm extremely tired.
I decied to leave 2 hours early, at 6am. Oh there's a reason.
Cause I had to be back at work for 3 for a meeting. After that meeting, rush to my other job for 5, then back to this job for 11:30.
Wow. Man.
It's fun, no really, i mean it. :)
And x-mas is coming up, and I gotta spend time with the family soon.
*shudders*
No happiness there....it's always a pain getting out there, and getting back home,and they always want me to stay late, or spend the night, and no one seems to understand that I do, like all humans, require a certain amount of sleep to function properly.

*sigh* i'm getting all worked up over it. I really shouldn't tho.

2002-12-18T22:53:00.000-08:00

"And there sits my false sister Ann. Hey ho and me bonny girl. Who drowned me for the sake of a man" [Loreena McKennitt, The Bonny Swans]

I've been up and I've been down.
It's funny how the mind will try and put things into simple terms, I guess to try and deal with things.
Like sometimes, it just seems easier to end it all, just go to sleep and never wake up.
For those of you who grow concerned, fret not, I have no intention of taking my own life. I think it's just a method that my mind easily relates to. It's the simplest way to put an end to this roller coaster.

I see it as needing a cleansing of some sort, I just don't know how to go about doing it.

Maybe I need a vacation. A proper vacation. One were I can get out of the city for a while and be somewhere else with no worries.
I've often thought about picking up and moving to a foreign land. But I realize that could be detrimental, since I would know no one, and be clueless to the culture, the people and the geography.
I've been struck by wanderlust, and have no idea how to cure it.
It's funny though, I do have many things that are plusses in my life. I have a great job, good friends and a fairly stable family! :)
So what have I got to be depressed about?
Meh, I dunno. That's the funny thing about feeling down, half the time you don't know why.

2002-12-17T03:24:00.000-08:00

"Is there something more, than what I've been handed? I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answers." [Hoobastank, Crawling in the Dark]

Some people wonder what I do with my spare time.

Lots. :)

But, today I'm gonna talk about the on-line comics I read. I don't even remember how I got into them. But I've been reading them for a while now, and enjoy them thouroughly.

First is Megatokyo.com This is a little manga comic about 2 kids that go, and get stuck in japan. Their antic ensue. It's more of a funny drama sort of thing, with an ongoing storyline. It's a great read. The artist, Fred Gallager, updates 2-3 times a week, under normal circumstances.

The Penny-arcade is a great source for humour regarding the video game industry. The two guys, Tycho and Gabe seem to have alot of friends in the gaming community, which is just neat. They always have a post ready with some up to the minute facts about the games around us. It features some great art, by Gabe, and alot of wit and wang. They also post new comics, every second or 3rd day RELIGIOUSLY.
In fact, one time Gabe was going to try and take the day off cause he drank like 42 bottles of sprite in one day and Tycho didn't allow him.

Userfriendly.org is a canadian comic, by a canadian artist. They feature the adventures of a small ISP trying to stay afloat in the big game world. There's a wide variety of characters, from a SysAdmin, to a dustbunny. It's really interesting, and funny if you are of the geek persuasion. They update every day as well, which is always a plus.

The Dork Tower is a comic based on gaming of all kinds, and not just video, like penny arcade. The only prob is they don't always update on a regular basis, so you sometimes get left Jonesin for more.

The Nodwick Chronicles is by far my favorite online comic. Although it is only updated weekly, it is done every week, AND is a funny comic. It's based on AD&D and follows the precarious life of a henchmen, who travels with a party of 3, two of which consider him a disposable, and renewable resource(via ressurect and duct tape...don't ask)

Lastly, PVP Online is one that a friend introduced to me recently. I started to read it and was put off. But reading it a second time offered a new appreciation for the comedy style. It's based on a gaming magazine, and the people who work within. (And there's even a mythical Troll that works there as well...) also updated daily, which is a bonus.

That's about it....next time i'll post the sites I go to that have flash animations!

2002-12-15T22:16:00.000-08:00

"And some day we'll look back and then we'll have to laugh. They used to call us names now they want our autograph" [Good Charlotte, Click]

Well, I've been told.
Dramman has certainly put me in my place with his recent post.
I lay here a broken man, a mere shadow of what he once was.
Ah well.

I got to see the new Star Trek film this weekend.
All in all, it wasn't bad, but I was expecting something alot more epic for their last film.
I won't post any spoilers in here, I dont' want to ruin it for anyone. If anything, if you want to enjoy it, don't go in there expecting the end all or be all of the star trek series.
As a stand alone film, it's good. It's got enough action to keep you happy, some interesting plots and some great laughs.
But, since it's branded as the last film of the next generation, alot of ppl will go in there expecting alot, and will be dissapointed.

Well that's all in the field of entertainment for this week. I may go to see the new bond film on tuesday. I'll keep you posted.

Later!

2002-12-12T12:30:00.000-08:00

"So come and talk to me, on my computer screen. The best years of our lives aren't as easy as they seem" [Good Charlotte, Click]

So, I played another strange game today. Although I thought it would be good.

Superman, from I think it was Konami.

I remember playing this game as a youte.(youth for you non my cousin vinny fans)

So...Here's how it went. You start the game transforming from Clark Kent into Superman! Good start.
The level is a sidescroller, were you can walk or fly around the screen.
Generic 'bad guys' in tights come around and punch and kick the man of steel.
Man, they do alot of damage... Anyways, you proceed in the level till you get to a pseudo boss character. Beat him and it's onto part 2 of a 3 part level.

Part II ALWAYS consists of either scrolling up, or down. Bad guys come onto the screen and try and beat you to a pulp. (I guess they all had kryptonite or something)

Then, you proceed to part 3.

Part III is always a side scroller action game, sort of like Gradius...you know, the little spaceship scrollers? You can't stop moving forward, you just get to move around the screen shooting like a madman? Oh yeah, and you now have access to your eyebeams, whereas before you just had fist-i-cuffs and bootsauce.

So, enemies in part 3 were the strangest. In the first level you fought falling rocks.
Yes. Rocks that fell. Then sometimes there would be I-beams you would have to shoot through in order not to die. Funny thing is they were in pieces, meaning you could shoot the bottom part of a beam, and the one resting atop it would simply float there.
Maybe gravity is different for the man of steel's steel i-beams.
Oh wait.
It got worse.
Next level, you fight rocks that fall up.
Not down. Up.
Then there were missles.
So, you'd have down rocks, up rocks and missles. Oh, and the occasional helicopter.
Then there was the dancing sheets of plate metal. Yeah, they would float by, bopping from side to side.
Then there were the mines that were immune to your eyebeam, so you'd have to punch them.
Then there were these things that exploded when you hit it.
So, in all...up rocks, down rocks, missles, helicopters, dancing sheets of plate metal, mines, other mines, i-beams.
And at the end of each part 3, was Lex Luthor in some sort of a bubble surrounded my a machine not unlike big bad guys in games like Graduis...

Not to mention that the pseudo bosses often repeated themselves...I fought braniac about 3 times on this 5 level game...

I wish they would use a full compliment of characters when making a game like this.

And the biggest challenge about games like these, involving such powerful characters, is the fact that Superman shouldn't 'die' from normal punches. Yet he did....OFTEN.
There were characters in there that could hold the man of steel still.
Yes, hold him. Strong guys.
Then there were strange cat like people that would slap him around.
Then there were strange bunny like people that when you when to punch them, they would 'bounce' (in mid air, i might add) out of the way.
Then there were spider like guys that entagled you in a web.
Ugh....
And the best part, here's the quote from the end of the game. (yes I beat it...)

" Their actions saved the earth...there's no time for rest until evil ceases to exist on earth...earth will need them sometime in the futur."

Now, as far as I could tell, there was only 1 superman.
Me.
Who are 'they' and why didn't 'they' help me out! Dammit!

2002-12-11T21:46:00.000-08:00

"Ya gotta keep 'em seperated!" [The Offspring, Come out and play]

My friend Dramman made a few good points in his most recent blog. And there's a few things I want to touch upon.
First, I think I brought it on. Yeah, my posts about video games just sent him over the edge.
I knew it was coming too, I'd often see the twitch in his eye. It normally happened after I owned his ass at a game of Mage Knight.
Then he'd yammer about it being his jobs fault, that's why he lost, and why his concentration was all out of whack.
He went through 3 different coffee tables at my place. Ikea is beginning to love me.
Ikea rep : Another coffee table, Draxenn?
Drax : Yup, do you have one that is made of Titanium? Dramman is really strong.
Ikea Rep: No...everything is pretty much pressed board. And since they don't make metal sheets out of pressed metal shavings, we don't really carry anything made of metal. How about this nice Mahogany end table.
Drax: Yozozo...
Ikea Rep: Quack?!

Unstable.
at best.
Oh yes.
(Disclaimer: for all those who know Dramman, they know that all that isn't true, it's all in good fun, and I know he appreciates a good joke. Well, all except the mage kniht thing. I mean, I really do own at that game :) )

Ok, all fun aside, onto geek-hood.
Yes, there is an invisible force that surrounds all of us, and yes, some of us are able to use that power for good, but some of us decide nay, and use that power for evil. The evil ones, known mostly as 'losers' tend to yack and talk about anything game/sci-fi related to just about anyone.
They'll talk your ear off for a few hours, even if you ignore them. Trust me, I've been there.
They look for excuses to come to your house, and try and score a date.

"Why yes, I can fix your car engine with a pair of pliars and a roll of electrical tape"

The good geeks, known as 'gamers' or 'Trekers', or many other sci-fi names often know where the line is drawn, and are well aware of who to, and who not to speak about the Geekgoods with.
Geekgoods encompass all that is geek.

Geeks know about the ThinkGeek.com website.
Geeks can program your VCR, alarm clock/radio with 12 preset alarms.
Geeks know where to buy computers. Like not Dell. Or Buck-a-day. Or Gateway.
There was a mistranslation about the meek inheriting the earth. Nay my friend. As recent events have shown, it is the geeks who will inherit the earth.

Here's a small list of things Geeks should and should not say to the mundains of the world.

"I can sing the entire national anthem in Klingon. Kaplah, zutak cama!! terak..." (Nay!)

"I like science fiction movies. They are often entertaining." (see? non threatening, and concise. that would be a Yay!)

"Did you know that photon torpedoes accelerate at a rate of 24km/s/s? I think it's fascinating that they did all this re-blah blah blah" (Way too long. Nay!)

"Oh my, you watch Buffy too? Oh yes, it's a good program with interesting plots." (See now this allows your conversation partner an opportunity to continue with this line of thinking, or change to something different. YAY!)

"I carry a towel, babble fish and belly button lint where ever I go" (At least you know you won't need condoms. NAY!)_

Well, you get the general idea. I could come out with more, but then I might be thought of as an evil geek, or 'loser'.

Later days all!

2002-12-11T00:09:00.000-08:00

"Prick your finger, it is done. The moon has now eclipsed the sun. The angel has spread it's wings. The time has come for bitter things." [Marylin Manson, Cryptorchid]

Games have both come a long way, and have fallen behind, all at the same time.

Games now a days look far superior to their predecessors. They have better A.I, rich colour and options of plenty. The sounds outputted today far rivals the tones of yesteryear.
In short, games are alot prettier than they used to be.

Now, I remember buying games for the computer along time ago. You'd buy it, and take it home. You'd open the plastic wrap and open the oversized box to find your 1-2 floppy disks, in both sizes, just in case. You'd install it, and as long as you had no hardware conflicts, the game would work. You'd play it for hours on end, beat it and delete it.

Today, you're lucky if it works right out of the box. You may need a special driver because you have a videoX driver instead of Y-vidia. If the sound is garbled, you need to download patch alpha-centauri-prime, good luck finding it on our 'easy' to use site.

It sort of makes me wonder if they bother to test games anymore? Or maybe they just release it, and leave the playtesting to the gamers of the world. Because, you know, if it's a game they've been waiting for, they will likely wait for a patch to come out as well.

I also find that games lack the depth they did years ago.
Play an adventure game today, and they are all rather linear, almost transparant.
Bloodnet, on the other hand, as a completly non linear game. So much so, that it was very hard to get anywhere.
But, it was a cool game, with a neat idea, and a great storyline.

Some new games even have good opening storylines, but they soon fade into the ZEN of gunfire.

My friends and I have a great idea for some games. I think we could take games back to the level when they were really fun, and we could do it to online games too.

We'll see, if i start making software, i'll let you know.

So many projects! Movies, gaming, books! Where's a guy to start??

2002-12-09T22:00:00.000-08:00

"Each time i make my mother cry and angel dies and falls from heaven" [Marylin Manson, Cryptorchid]

I have a new poem up if you care to view it.

I have to applaud my friend Dramman on his beautiful post. It made me laugh!
He's so funny, he just cracks me up!

So, I started to work at the gameing store today, and it was nice to talk to some of the poeple I used to work with.
And, of course, we started to share a few stories.
The one that make me laugh was a little story involving a game called Ratchet and Clank. IT's for the PS2, and although I've never played it, I've heard many good things about it.
So, one lady was returning the game, and she was so very impressed with the game.
"I really like this game, it's great! I mean, I don't play games very often, but this one is great!! I LOVE Crank!"
A few other customers look at the lady who appears to be professing a love to an illegal substance.
"That's good ma'am. I'm glad you enjoyed your games. Buh bye."

Oh for those who care, seems like blocking the spam guys' IP address worked, as they haven't posted on my guestbook since i did it. Yay.

2002-12-06T01:34:00.000-08:00

"The last hurrah? nah! I'd do it again! The rascal king behind the wall or the one in front of them" [Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The rascal King]

So, it seems my attempt at trivia is a total failure.
Not a single email with a guess.
For those who care, the answer was "Insanitorium"
It was a really cool game released a few years ago. I couldn't play it fully, cause my system would randomly crash while playing it, then I'd have to reinstall the thing, which would take 2+ hours.
But yeah, there was a huge statue of an angel, and she'd wrap her wings around you to take you to 'troubled' eras.

Now, I had another topic to post about, but i've gone and drawn a complete blank. You can blame comedian Chris Rock for poping on my radio and making me laugh. Damn he's funny.

Oh, that spam guy on my dreambook, hit me again. I banned the suckers IP address. Maybe it'll help.

I'm looking forward to this weekend. Not that i'm really doing anything, but i just really wanna sleep some and not worry about work. I'm due for a vacation, but I want to have somewhere to GO before I take one :)

Anyways, keep it real everyone.

Later days

2002-12-05T03:00:00.000-08:00

"I....want..your soul!!! I....will EAT your soul!" [Aphex Twin, Come to daddy, pappy remix]

My friend told me that the song mentioned above, scares him.
I have to admit, it's creepy, but the video is worse. Just scroll down from there and click on the 'Come to daddy' video. Be prepared for some...odd....sights.

On another completely unrelated topic. I am still sick. Yes, I got affected by that nasty virus that is going around and putting ppl down.
Fortunalty for me, I've still been able to work, its just been a slow going process.
I have to remember to eat, even when i'm not hungry, cause fevers feed offa hunger. It also helps my vitamin C to get through my body properly when I eat.

I also bought Lilo and stitch, from Disney. It's freakin hilarious! I laughed my ass off, and I was watching it alone. I could only imaging how hard i'd laugh if there were people around.

And, on a final note today, this goes out to one of my readers.
I know you're hurting, but that is no reason to slander someone else. Please don't do it anymore.

Later days!

2002-12-03T23:37:00.000-08:00

"Well we don't sound like Madonna. Here we are now, we're Nirvana!" [Wierd Al, Smells like Nirvana]

I played the strangest little game on my arcade emulator yesterday.
Strangely enough, it was a Japanese import too. They do some strange things.

The game is called Trio the Punch, Remeber me always.(or forget me not, i don't remember..)
There are 3 playable characters. One, is a shinobi wanna be who has a tiny sword as his main offensive, and shirukens he throws when he jumps. Nifty.
The second has a big ass sword...and that's it.
The third uses a mightly claw. CLAW!!!

Anyways, the game started ok, you run around a side scrolling screen and defeat bad guys.

First impressions seemed good. Then i started to 'watch' the game.

The side scrolling screen constantly repeats itself. So you don't have to run to the end of a level. The way you get through levels is by defeating enemies, and gathering hearts (which, incidently have the word 'help' above them. Why we're helping little yellow falling hearts is beyond me)

Once you collect enough hearts the stage requires, a boss character comes out. Beat the boss, proceed to the next level.

But first, you must play a wheel of fortune game! The thing spins quite randomly and the prizes you get are as follows.
1. Life up (self explanatory)
2. Main Up (your main weapon's power increases. I'll give more detail later)
3. Down. (Something goes down...not sure if its everything, or just your main weapon)
4. Sub Up (Your sub weapon grows in strength...mind you, i only saw one character with a sub weapon. you got it, the shiruken throwin ninja!)
5. Down (yeah, again)
6. Change (Allows you to change your character)

Now, some of the weapon ups were cool. The big sword guy first gets a mace and then a sword that shoots a fireball. The claw guy simply gets the power to slide across the screen till he hits something with his fist. (Note, if you run into someone crouching, you'll take damage and continue your powerslide of death)
And the ninjai didn't seem to get anything special, cept the super shiruken...

Special weapons seemed normal for 2 characters. Big sword guy summoned lightning and the ninja just made the screen flash and eveyone got hit. It was claw boy that was..well, strange. You see, his head would grow to about 5x the normal size and he'd scream something. Then japanese words would emerge from his mouth and follow him around till they hit someone, killing them.

Not strange enough for you? Some of the boss characters were strange. The first was a flying fist. Your normal weapon would do no damage to it, nay, you had to wait till it tried to squish you, which made you a small version of yourself, and able to shoot fireballs (of course!). Only THEN could you damage the flying limb, and send it to it's doom!
There was a big green foot...not sure if it was Akilee's heel or something, but it was sporting the latest (at the time) in Japanese sandals.
You know the kitty that has it's paw up? I think it's a symbol of luck or fortune. I had to toast it.
And strangest of all, Col. Sanders.
Yes. Col. Sanders, the KFC guy. He came out and started jumping all over the places (again, squishing me to make me my mini-fireball launching self) and trying to kill me. Once i beat the 11 herbs and spices king into the ground, his head exploded, and a purple mutated chicken popped out and started flying around while pelting me with drumsticks, the chicken variety.
So, mini-fireball-launching me had to own his ass too.

I played the game for an hour, cause I really wanted to finish it...but it became so monotonous, that I couldn't bare to play anymore.
The music, by the way, NEVER changed throughout the whole game...

Once i got to a metroid type slime level, I gave up...

Some of the standard bad guys were strange too. Like ninjas who would transform into snakes and the like, slimes that would bounce around and drop something that looked like a power up, only it would kill you, zombies that tossed gravestones around, happy looking alligators, and so on, and so forth.

All in all, bad bad game.
badbad.
No play.
No...run.

2002-12-03T03:10:00.000-08:00

"His favorite food is wonder bread and cheez whiz, gimme!!" [Ashley MacIsaac, What an idiot he is]

You get spammed on the net.
You get spammed in your email.
Browser windows open up to give you 'great deals' on 'special merchandise'
Other windows open up trying to send you to 'select' porn site.

And finally, a first for me, my guest book gets spammed.
Some jackass took it upon himself to add 5 entries with websites for a variety of porn. Anything from wild animal club to cheerleader sex.
So now, i'm gonna return the favour. Hey, I have the website right? Hotmail offers free accounts. I'm gonna open a bunch and send stupid emal their way.
Maybe I can generate enough to clog their servers....wouldn't that be nice? hmm, should talk to some hacker friends to see if that is doable....=D

I also realize that I get people hooked on things.
I got some people hooked on weblogs. Turns out I'm the only one who UPDATES on a regular basis.
The lonely gunman has been so since Nov 16. Dana's so called life has been on a so called standstill since remeberance day. The dainty drivel found at Dramman's site is dry.
Alas, the hardcore webloggers are myself and my friend Shi-ren.

Funny thing too, I don't find my own webblog too interesting, but it seems that others do. (waves to Dramman's friends who are reading this)

I woke up this morning to the sorest of throats. Man I haven't had a throat that sore in a long time. Then I started to feel feverish, chilly, warm, achey. All that fun stuff that comes along with the flu. But, I took a few thousand milligrams (ok, 1500) of Vitamin C and took things really slow at work. I'm actually starting to feel alot better. I'll probably do even better when I can get home and well rested.

And in other news, no one has been able to guess my game reference, and that shiney nickel is still up for grabs.

For those who missed it i said "I'll just wait for the wings to close up on me, and take me to another place, another time."
This event happens in a game. Guess the game, get the nickel.
And it's a nice nickel too, worth at least 5 cents. Could be more if it's an old collectible one, yannow. I wouldn't know though, since I don't collect coins.

And once that question is answers, maybe there'll be another strage game trivial question for ya!

Email me @ draxenn@hotmail.com and make sure you put TRIVIA ANSWER in your subject line, that way I'll know who you are and not wait 2 weeks to read your email.

Ok?

In canada alone, someone checks their email every 3 seconds. I am one of those peoples.

Later days. ( :) )

2002-12-01T23:02:00.000-08:00

"Malcom solves his problem with a chainsaw, and he never has the same problems twice" [Arrogant worm, Malcom]

So I should have posted this when it happened, but I never thought of it.

A few weeks ago, I'm leaving work. It's 8:00am.
I hop on my bike and begin to pedal out of the parking lot.
2 cops approach me and ask me to stop.
and I do.
Here's how the conversation went.

Police : So, where are you coming from?
Drax : Work...
P : And where is work?
D : TeleTech (turning and pointing to the door he came out of)
P : So, you work graveyard shift then?
D : Yeah, can I ask what this is about?
P : (As one of them comes around me and pads my large jacket pockets) Well sir, there was a robbery and you match the purp's description.
D : Oh. Well....yeah,I just got off work.

So, at this point, a third officer comes by to see how things are, and he happens to be carrying some sort of a machine gun.
I live in a small town. Cops don't normally carry 'big' weapons...i know this is serious.

So the cop askes for my id and i gladly give it to them. the other one calls it in on the radio as another asks for the description again, and I can hear it over the radio.

"Suspect is 5'8", short dark brown hair, and a goatee. Wearing a green or beige jacket and a backpack was stolen."

And I happen to have my backpack with me.

So I offer to show them the contents. They inform me that I'm not required to, but I told them that I thought cooperation would be best at this point.

So i showed them, and they asked if there was anything in there that had my name on it. Luckily for me, I still had a paystub therein.

So, after all that, they finally let me go, and I head home.

But wait, I'm still not home. I'm a few blocks away, approaching an intersection, when I see an unmarked police jeep on the other side of the road.

Sure enough, they pull infront of me, causing me to stop, and three more cops come out.

D : "Hey guys, I was stopped already today"
P : "Really?" Looking duboius.
D : "Yeah, can I show you my liscence?" (pointing to pocket)
P : "Ok"
And I do.
P: " Ah yeah, I remember the name. Thank you sir"
D : "Wow, stopped twice in one morning, i'm on a roll"
P : "Don't worry, just shave your face, and change your jacket, we won't bother you anymore"

We all laughed and I finally got home, and went to sleep.

Fun huh??? :)

2002-11-26T23:53:00.000-08:00

"Yes I got a bad habit, of blowing you away." [The Offspring]

Why dumb people should not be allowed to travel.
The following are actual stories provided by sales agents.(Or so I'm told....sidenotes by me are in brackets... heh.

1) I had someone ask for an aisle seat so that their hair woudn't get messed up by being near the window.
(maybe someone should worry about air pressure other than what's in her head...)

2) A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost information, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
(No, but if you take 30 paces onto this 29 pace bridge....)

3) I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flihgt and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts" Without trying to make her looks like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa." Her response was "click".
(I'm beginning to think that geography isn't a mandatory course wherever these people live.)

4) A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with teh vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is no possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."
(Oh yeah, and you can walk across it in 2 seconds, just like you can with your fingers. Go on! let your fingers do the walking)

5) I got a call from a man who asked "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" No, I said. He replied "But they looks so close on the map..."
(*shakes his head*)

6) Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay over in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time"
(sscccrreeeee! Honk honk! watch it lady, you're walking on the wrong side of the....ummm, car...place...why am i the only one driving, are you all stupid? I am?? Oh....)

7) I nice lady needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!!
(You could imagine the lady's surprise when she did indeed spend over an hour on the plane in the air, instead of the 13 minutes promised by the customer service rep. Better yet, let's picture the look on the stuardess' face when the lady asks "Why are we still flying, is there a delay?" "no, it is a one hour flight" (laughing)"I thought that as well, young lady, but I know better, and this plane is very fast")

8) A woman called and asked "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know what luggage belongs to you?" I said, "No,why do you ask?" She replied "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that read FAT, and I am overwieght, is there any connection??" After putting her on hold while I researched it (laughing my ass off), I came back and explained that the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
(Like look around lady....do you think you're the only fat person on the plane?? Or maybe they use grades of fatness? Like Fat, sorta fat, not very fat at all, moderatly fat, rather fat, super fat, fat-ass, really fat-ass, super fat-ass, fat fuck, fat fuck face....heh. what about ppl who aren't fat at all? Skinny, real skinny, rake thin, beleemic(sp?), anirextic....ugly? Yeah, not very smart, at all. You're bags should read DUMB instead of FAT, it'd be easier to find you)

9) A man asked "how do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to whch he replied "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them"
(Can you picture some guy with a cart full of luggage running around the runways looking for his plane? You have the watch tower wondering what the hell he's doing, and they radio staff to get him off before the Boeing strikes him down)

10) A businessman called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about the passorts, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, Ive been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double-checked and sure enough, hes stay required a visa. When I told him this he said "Look, I've been to China four times, and every time they have accepted my american express"
(That's cause taking credit from dumb people is easy, AND fun.)

Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I. :)

2002-11-26T01:29:00.000-08:00

"If you're all alone, you pick up the phone, and you call...Ghostbusters!" [Ray Parker Jr, Theme to Ghostbusters]

I sometimes wonder if I should worry about seeing various lights out of the corner of my eyes.
Yellows, reds, often white balls of light, that I *think* i see, but when I turn to look, it's long gone.
Then my cat runs out of the room chasing 'nothing'
I hate when she does that.

Maybe I've finally crossed the 'nuts' barrier.
Maybe it's simpler than that, and i'm just going blind, and this is how my eyes are trying to tell me.
Maybe i have an overactive imagination that is easily set off by, umm, just about anything.
Maybe I should stop typing now.
Maybe I shouldn't.

Maybe i'll stop this maybe thread and move on to something else.

Like walking on the beach.
Like dancing in the rain.
Like playing in the mud
Like, i should stop with the like now, shouldn't I?

Like, Ok.
I think I wil.
Because I'm special, mommy tells me so.
When she brushes my long flaxen hair.
Or wait, was that my sister? Or my dad that had the flax...hmmm. It's way to late to remember now.

I'll just wait for the wings to close up on me, and take me to another place, another time.

(if anyone can guess that reference, they get a nice shiney nickel!)

2002-11-24T23:17:00.000-08:00

"Dreamer, you silly little dreamer. Can you put your hands in your head, oh no!" [Supertramp, Dreamer]

This sunday has been a doggin day.
I've been really s-p-a-c-i-n-g my work out, doing stuff really slowly and long periods of nothing in between.
Just too tired from no sleep, and disapointment from not getting the supervisor position.
Alot of my co-workers feel it should have come to me, and they are not fond of the choice that was made. They feel that there was an outside influence that pursuaded the decision.
Myself, I really don't care. I'm not going to get worked up over politics, cause I normally don't have to deal with them during my shift, since I work alone.
Maybe day shift just wasn't meant for me. :)

I've had time to think. Lately, I've been running some pretty sad RPGs. I think I've lost my touch when it comes to making adventures. Although I can be somewhat enterntaining, I know I can do better than I have. Lately, it's been tough to concentrate on something like that. Creative writing has been lacking, at best, over the past few months. I guess I'm in a sort of creative rut, and I don't know how to climb out of it.
Maybe I should read more...but gah, I have no patience for reading.
I know it would help if I could remember some of the great ideas I have and get a chance to write them down, but that isn't always the case.
Like tonight, i was getting some pretty cool ideas. Forgot to write them down, now they are all gone. Proverbial dust in the wind.
ah well, i gotta get some ginko beloba, maybe to help my memory, as it's fast fading. :)

2002-11-21T22:42:00.000-08:00

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2002-11-21T21:52:00.000-08:00

No sup position for me...

2002-11-21T02:27:00.000-08:00

"I, hurt myself today, to see if I still feel. Try to focus on the pain, the only thing that's real."[Nine inch nails, Dirty(i think, i can't really remember)]

Funny fact, I actually did cut myself today, but not in that purposful way.
I was opening a bottle of ketchup, or catsup, and decided that the big ass knife on my counter would make as good an opener as any, to get that foil thing off the top.
And it really did work too, until I got to the end, and the knife sorta skipped out of the bottle and into my hand, which was holding the bottle at the time. I was surprised to feel no pain, just the sheer annoyance of having cut myself, rather deeply too.
It'll likely scar, but it didn't bleed a whole lot either. It just looks ugly. A reminder of how stupid I can be sometimes ;)

2002-11-18T02:34:00.000-08:00

"Here we are now going to the south side. Weapons in hand as we go for a ride" [Moby, Southside]

Got to see Harry Potter over the weekend.
I was entertained.
It's good to see a sequel not bomb like most other sequels do.
Fortunalty, for the Harry potter chain, it has a strong, solid book to fall back on. I think that makes a big difference.
Hollywood is normally into 'one shot deals' and 'if it succeeds, THEN we'll consider a sequel' mindset.
This way, if a flick bombs, there's no reason to make another movie to 'tie up loose ends'
On the other hand, when they resolve everything in the first movie (I.E Spiderman killing off the Green Goblin) then they have to come up with new ideas/characters to introduce in the film.

I think batman was the worst for it, when they killed off the Joker in the first movie.
I mean, isn't the Joker supposed to be Batman's MAIN ANTAGONIST?
I mean, I could be wrong, I don't read alot of comics. But the ones I did read, and the cartoons I saw, all depicted the Joker in one way shape or form.
But hey, I guess that's how things are.

Did you know that Ben Affleck is playing the hero in the up and coming movie the Daredevil?
Yes, yes he is. :)
Oh, come on, it's not that bad, ben is a cool guy, but the suit they are making him wear....bad.

Something else I noticed. Hollywood, instead of getting built ppl to play the roles of superheroes, often rely on this latex/rubber/foam formed muscle body suit that just doesn't work right at all.
Take Batman(yet again) and his cape and cowl. I'm sure he's supposed to beable to turn his head left to right, without having to move his entire torso.
He also isn't supposed to get shot, but hey, I guess Tim Burton didn't want his Bat senses tingling. :)

The new Hulk movie may be interesting, since the Hulk will be completly CG.
I still have issues with this however, as intergrating CG with live actors doesn't always look good.
I'd rather see a movie done entirely in CG rather than a few CG characters in a live film. It just makes more sense that way.
Harry Potter blended in the CG quite well, but there were still instances were it didn't look right, like when the car falls out of the tree; the bounce it does doesn't seem quite right.

Well, that's enough from me. Ph34r my 5|-|4zzb07!

2002-11-14T02:24:00.000-08:00

Hot stuff, i'm on a roll!! Another poem posted.

Check it out.

No seriously, check it out. :)

Bai bai!!

2002-11-14T01:53:00.000-08:00

"On my way home, I remember, only beauty." [Enya, On my way]

New poem up, check it out if you're interested.

My friend has been into this Livejournal thing for a while, and she got me to join. It's cool and all, very similar to this blogger, only you can add friends and link directly to their pages, yadda yadda.
The only thing I don't like about it is you have to pay, or know a paid member to beable to join.
They give you a code, and only then can you join, unless you want to pay a membership fee of $25/year.
Oh sure, it's only $2 a month but hey, what is it you're paying for? Virtual space that none are too likley to ever see?
Yeah.
I get some hits on my blogger, and that's cool. I also pay nothing, cause the good ppl at blogspot make sure I don't have to.
I like that, and thank them profusely for it.
So, now I have a Livejournal...you can see it if you go here There isn't a whole lot to see, and it will likely be a mirror site to this, or my poem site, whatever I decide to do...and whenever I decide to do it. I may just procrastinate for awhile =D

2002-11-12T23:06:00.000-08:00

"They held me up and they felt me up and left. I miss them" [I Mother Earth, Sundays]

I slept for like 12 hours today.
I could hardly belive it. I woke up for a bathroom break....and that was about it.
5 hours later, i'm still tired and want to curl up in a little ball and go back to sleep.

Guess my body is trying to tell me something. I just wish it was a little more regular with it's sleep patterns. You know, instead of being awake for 3 days and sleeping for one, why not just be awake, then asleep like normal ppl?
I guess I'm far from normal, but i've known that for quite a while now. ;)

So I'm pissed off too. I won an auction on the ever popular Ebay, and the seller hasn't sent me my winnings.
Oh, he's taken my money, but still no goods.
I spoke to the good ppl at ebay and they said I could request the person's phone number. And I did, only the person is not a registered user.
So why do they allow unregistered users to sell autions? Isn't that one of the easiest ways to commit fraud against someone?

Bah, I'll check paypal, see if they can reverse the charges or something. :)

Really fuck them over.

Later

2002-11-11T01:19:00.000-08:00

"Ho ri hi, hi ri ho, ho ri hi, hi ri ho", [Enya, The longboats]

I've noticed a trend on my poem site. Alot of hits from ppl posting german websites in return.
Sorta funny, cause the hits have been pretty recent, and 2 of them come from the same PVK site.
Fun wow.

So I was supposed to post some words a friend of mine made up for the pseudo dictionary, but I forgot the links.
I only now recall that he posted them on his blogger, so I'll refer you to his.
See my sidebar menu? It's to the left....a little more.
Yeah, there.
See the lonely gunman? That's him. Check his blogger out. Not only is it interesting, it's got new words, like Blogzombie.
Which most of you already are, and if you're not, it's cause you are in denial. :)

The weekend was fun, although it lacked sufficient sleep to make it restful.
It does, however, make it feel like a long weekend, as it seems like such a long time since I had been at work.
The really strange thing about it is I don' t feel over tired at all. Even during the weekend, it didn't hit me all that much, till I started to watch a movie.
By the way, if you get a chance to see 8 legged freaks, only see it if you want a comedy, as that's how it's portrayed.
At first, the ambiance of the film is a little dark. Some creepy guy has a whack of spiders and they get bigger and bigger, and soon kill him. Neat-o.
Afterwards, the spiders are roaming the city searching for prey, but they make all sorts of un-spider-like noises, like 'wheee' and 'gurgle' and a variety of other creature-esque sounds, but nothing spider like.
Also, the CG is ok. I think most, if not all the spiders are CG, and for me, that takes away from a movie, cause you can tell.
If you can't tell, all the better, I'm happier like that too. But if I can tell, like, Attack of the Clones....tons of CG features that you know are CG cause you can see it....like the floating fruit and the bite.
Why bother with such an effect if it's gonna look bad? That I never understood.....it would have been just as romantic if she had taken the fruit from the air with her hands....and far more believable too.
Or even turn the camera away for the bite...or something!!
I've heard rumors that star wars III will be completly CG. If that's how lucas goes about it, he'll have my respect, as least with a CG world, ANYTHING is possible, and your production costs will be cut.
It'll also be alot easier to absorb yourself in the film, since nothing will look out of place, as CG does in the real world often does.

Some friends of mine have been writing scripts for a few months now. It started out as a 'for fun' project, but realized they could never get the funding required to make the film, even as an amateur film production.
So, they decided to submit it and try and get it sold.
Out of the 5 ppl they spoke to, 2 were interested, the other three snubbed them, basically.
So, now things are getting reworked, the publishers are very excited about it and totally impressed.
They told my friend that you can write 5-6 good scripts before one gets really considered, and they did it with their first.
Now, the other 3 publishers are ready to accept anything they offer, this is how well they are doing.

I may be working with them soon on a short production based on one of my poems. If that happens, i'll be sure to post it both here and on my darkpoems site, and maybe get a media clip of it, if that's possible
It's still very much in the beginning stages, so I don't know if it'll even involve me at all, but my friend was interested in my poems, and mentionned the amateur film he wants to make.
Something that would be low budget.
Yeah, I have a few poems that would make great short films and be cheap on the budget.

Maybe make some coin doing this, that would be cool.
But I doubt it, it's just the way film is...starving artist and all. Trust me, I know.

2002-11-05T23:39:00.000-08:00

"Hey, what are you looking at. She was a happy girl the day that she left me" [STP, Sour Girl]

So another Samhain(Hallowe'en) has come and gone, it's already a new year.
Well, to the celts anyway, who, for the most part, aren't very much around anymore.
There are many who still practice some of their rituals, and I'm one of them.
But, I think it was a good year for the most part. There were a number of downers, and even a devastation or two. Ok, maybe only one, but I brought it upon myself. Call it the catholic in me. ;)
Just kidding, for all the catholics that may be reading right now.

So, I've been doing some rummaging around on dreams. I've always loved dreams. They are cool, and a neat way to stay entertained while you sleep.
Most people cannot control their dreams, but there are some out there who claim they can. I've done it once, but that was changing a nightmare into a normal dream.
There are those who speak of Lucid dreams, and when you can attain such a dream, you awake with positive energy, feeling refreshed and good.

What you have to do is train yourself to figure out that you are dreaming. It's not a tough thing to do, you just have to remember to do it in day to day life. It's the easiest way to do it.
What you do is ask yourself, while awake, "Am I dreaming?" Yeah it sounds stupid, but when you do it all the time, it'll become habit, even to your dreamself.
Then it's to determin if you are dreaming or not. If you just say "nah, i'm awake", all the time,you'll do that when you dream too. You have to look at things that are different from the real world to the dream world.
My friend Kusari told me about this, and these are the ones I can remember.
Look at a sign or something. Then look at it again and make sure it says the same thing. A sign or letter won't look the same twice in a dream.
Also, find a mirror, and look at yourself, then do it again.
Often your dream self doesn't look like your real self.

Keep on doing that in real life, and eventually,in the dream, you'll do it as well. When you figure out you are dreaming,you'll beable to seize control of your dream, and take it places you never thought possible.

Neatfunwow, huh??

2002-10-30T00:49:00.000-08:00

"We gotta keep the faith!" [Bon Jovi, Keep the faith]

Not to give too much information away, a friend of mine works for a company. They use alot of forms and such, one such forms is used for when people quit or resign.
It's a Termination form.
It's a simple little form, with boxes and lines...you fill it in, with the employee's name and other information, then check off whether he quit or was let go, or what.
There's also an area for reasons why he quit or was let go.
There are a number of good things to put down. Here are some good examples.

Attendance
Behaviour
Not a job match
Went back to school
Moved out of town

And so on.
However, some people feel the need to state the obvious, or become long winded when filling these things out.
Here are a few, but actual, bad examples of filling out the reason portion of the form
When I use the word HE, I mean employee, and in no way mean that only males have been fired or quit. That's my disclaimer :)

He is no longer with the company. (Doesn't that come part and parcel with quitting?)
Working here makes him practically sick. (Not a job match?)
Terminated. (Keep in mind the 'dismissed' box was already checked off....)
He missed 10 days since he was hired 3 weeks ago. 5 were sick days, 5 were unauthorized time off, and the last five were emergencies. (Just attendance would do)
Not returning to work. (I think that's a given when you quit)
Decided to leave. (Don't you mean quit? Oh yeah, the box is checked...i didn't notice..good thing those notes are there.)
He has resigned. (A pretty word for quit....which is already checked)
He called in to quit, but did not leave a reason. (So why are you writing in the reason area, if there is no reason??)
He has been coached many time, but just isn't getting it. He's also disruptive and doesn't reflect our company standards. (Note, this is a shortened version...the other was quite long winded, all that to say, behaviour.)
He met with me to discuss how he was doing, and didn't think he could continue to work. I forwarded him to my superior and they had a meeting. My superior dismissed him. (Wouldn't a simple 'X' in the dismissed box do the trick? Was your meeting a direct cause to his dismissal? Nah, had nothing to do with it, but go ahead, try and feel important.
He came to me and was worried about his performance. Truthfully, so was I. So we sat and talked about it and we both decided that he should quit. (Hmm, no 'mutual' quit box here...i better make it look like i care and fill in this reason area)

Kinda silly, don't you think? Ah well.

2002-10-29T01:07:00.000-08:00

True phone call.

The setting, a call center. An agent is taking a phone call and this is part way in the conversation. The caller lives in the U.S

Caller :"So, where are you located?"
Agent : "Oh, I'm in canada."
Caller : "wow, that's neat. Anything special going on there?"
Agent : "Well, Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to spending some time with my family"
Caller : "Is it November there already?"
---
For those who don't know, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in October, before Hallowe'en, and the U.S rejoices in it's festivities in november.
Pretty silly huh?

Or, someone with an accent trying to spell something out....true story.
Agent : "Could you repeate that ma'am?"
Caller : "R.....like in lead."
Agent : "..."
---
Man, these things kill me.

More to come at a later time.

2002-10-28T23:27:00.000-08:00

"hrmmmrhm..........EEMAAAAIIIILLLLLL!"[Strong Bad. An email song]

=Stats=

Name: Shayne
Nickname: Draxenn
Birthday: Nov 29
Birthplace: Suds

=Now=

Current mood: Bored
Current music: None
Current taste: Chicken with honey garlic sauce
Current hair: Dark brown, short and messy
Current clothes: Pants and a T
Current annoyance: Work work work
Current smell: Stagnent air
Current thing I ought to be doing: More work
Current windows open: Explorer, Notepad, and 3 other IE windows
Current desktop picture: Blue screen
Current favorite band: N/a
Current book: Book? Bwhahahahahah*runs away laughing*
Current cds in stereo: Enya, Eminem,Delerium
Current crush: Too early to say
Current favorite celeb: Jackie Chan
Current hate: LIma Beans

=The last time=

Last book you read: Blood of Heroes
Last movie you saw: The Ring
Last thing you had to drink: Coke
Last time you showered: Yesterday
Last thing you ate: McDonalds
Last person you talked to on the phone: Can;t remember...

=Do I=

Smoke?: Nope
Do drugs?: Fish
Have sex?: Yes
Given oral sex?: Who hasn't?
Received oral sex?: Yes
Have a dream that keeps coming back?: Yes
Play an instrument?: Used to.
Believe there is life on other planets?: Yes
Remember your first love?: Yes
Still love him/her?: No
Read the newspaper?: The Funnies
Have any gay or lesbian friends?: Yes
Believe in miracles?: Yes
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yes
Consider yourself tolerant of others?: Yes
Consider love a mistake?: No
Like the taste of alcohol?: Depends on the drink
Have a favorite candy?: No
Believe in astrology?: Yes
Believe in magic?: Tricks on stage, no. Changing reality, yes.
Believe in god?: God and Goddess
Have any pets: 2 rats, 1 cat
Do well in school?: Wassat???
Go to or plan to go to college: Been to
Wear hats?: occasionally
Have any piercings?: No
Have any tattoos?: Nuh-uh, i can't possibly like an image for the rest of my life.
Hate yourself?: Often enough
Have an obsession?: Yes
Have a secret crush?: No
Do they know yet?: N/A
Collect anything?: MAGE KNIGHT DUNGEONS!! GO THERE!!
Have a best friend?: Yes
Wish on stars?: No
Like your handwriting?: When i'm not too tired.
Care about looks?: Sometimes

=Love life=

First crush: ermmm
First kiss: shiiit. i don't remember
Single or attached?: Single
Ever been in love?: Yes
Do you believe in love at first sight?: Yes
Do you believe in "the one?": Yes
Describe your ideal significant other: Comical, tolerant, patient, RPG'er
=Juicy stuff=

Have you ever played a game that required removal of clothing?: Yes
Have you ever been intoxicated?: Yes
Favorite place to be kissed?: Neck, collarbone
Have you ever been caught "doing something?": Yes
Are you a tease?: Sometimes
Shy to make the first move?: Yes

=Are you a=

Wuss: No
Druggy: No
Daydreamer: Yes
Freak: Fish.
Dork: Fish.
Bitch/Asshole: No
Brat: --- heh...
Sarcastic: Yes
Goody-goody: Not really
Angel: If you mean fallen, then SURE, why the hell not?
Devil: Incarnate, baby.
Shy: Yes
Talkative: To a fault
Adventurous: Yes
Joker: Yes.
Flirty: To a fault

=Word association=

Rubber gloves: Snap!
Rock: And a hard place!
Green: giant!
Wet: slippery when!
Cry: eyes
Peanut: brittle
Hay: bee!
Cold: achoo
Steamy: mirror
Fast: furious
Freaky: sex story!
Rain: all the time
Bite: me!
Suck: it!
Blow: job
Hard: pressed

2002-10-28T03:55:00.000-08:00

"Too heavy too light too black or too white too wrong or to right, here tonight...cumbersome" [7 Mary 3, Cumbersome]

The smell of vanilla is nice. It's also good in coca cola.
Coca Cola is good, but it's bad for your stomach.
Your stomach contains acids which allow you to digest food.
Food is both good and bad.
Bad is like Michel Jackson wants to be in his video.
Video games rock the world.
Which someone travelled around in 88 days.
Days turn to night.
Nights give birth to stars.
Stars are often plagues by reporters and cameras.
Boy, I wish I had one of those in digital format.
I hate doing that to my drive, Stupid windows XP.
Awards of XP are handed out in many role playing games
Of hide and go seek, which was fun when I was a kid.
That's what a baby goat is called, you know.

I could have gone on and on
For those who didn't catch on, the last word in each sentence was used in the following on as a totally new idea or definition.
Fun game huh?
Didn't think so.
It's cause you're not an intellectual...
Don't worry, I was bored too....

2002-10-24T02:17:00.000-07:00

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste" [Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil]

Ok.
You want fun. You get fun.
Here are the details in my ordeal for purchasing a new bike.

First, let me run you through how I saw it in my mind.

1. I walk into the store.
2. I choose the bike.
3. I bring the bike to the counter.
4. I pay for the bike.
5. I ride the bike home.

5 steps. Simple, direct, to the point.

Here it how it worked out. Oh, and I bolded the entries that match how it went in my mind.

Day 1. (forshadowing)

1. I walk into the store.
2. I ask for help with the bikes.
3. I wait for 5 minutes while someone shows up.
4. I choose my bike.
5. He leaves to get the key.
6. He comes back with a key that doesn't work. Leaves again for another key.
7. He returns again, to find that this key doesn't work either. Leaves the scene once more.
8. He returns for a last time, but alas, still no key.
9. He concludes that the supervisor must have the key, and I must therefore return tomorrow, AND I wil recieve a 10% discount for my troubles.
10. I inquire about overstock, or perhaps even another front tire to remove. (The chain holding them together runs through the front tire) No avail.
11. I walk home.

(It should be noted that I had planned some events based on me getting the bike and riding it home. The sudden change in plan threw my timeline out of whack and I had to really hustle to get things done)

Day 2
1. I walk to the store (I didn't bold this entry cause I already did it, I hadn't expected doing it twice.)
2. I speak with a clerk telling her what transpired yesterday.
3. Another clerk comes by and explains that there were indeed bikes in a back room, but the guy that was helping me was new, and obviously didn't know
4. We walk to the back, open the door and voila, the bike I want is there.
5. The tires were flat, so I request a pump. Was told it was stored away for the season, and they weren't sure where it was.
6. I bring the bike to the counter
7. I pay for the bike.
8. I walk the bike past home to a nearby gas station to fill the tired quickly.
9. I discover that the air pump is out of order.
10. I return home, still walking my bike.
11. I arrive home and promptly fill the tires with air.
12. I test the bike out, and discover that the derailer is not set properly, there is a gear I cannot access.
13. I fiddle with the derailer for a few minutes and try again.
14. I discover that the pedal feels awfully strange, when it suddenly pops off.
15. I walk to the store, broken bike in hand.
16. I talk to the ladies, once again, and explain the situation.
17. I decide to choose another bike.
18. We go to the back room, but alas, the only bike of that kind it in the front, locked.
19. She decides to try the keys for herself.
20. She fails.
21. She decides to call hardware and get a set of bolt cutters. (a smart woman indeed!!)
22. A young boy arrives with a pair of tin snips.
23. Despite my (and her) pleading that the tin snips would not work on chain, the lad contines to try and cut them...and fails.
24. An older gent from the same department arrives, but must have gotten his brain from the same gene pool as the young boy, as he tries to cut through the chain with the tin snips, again to no avail.
25. He then tries a hacksaw, which immediatly falls apart. By this time, the woman left.
26. Thankfully, I see her returning with a pair of boltcutters. Seconds later, my bike is free. (the new bike was $20 more)
27. I take the bike to Customer Service to make the exchange.
28. They go to scan the barcode. Wait a minute, what barcode? There should be one? And it's the last bike of this brand in the store. In other words, no barcode.
29. The lady tells me to leave my number, and if the bike is less expensive, she'll call in for a refund.
30. I explain that the bike is $20 more, according to the advertisement.
31. She says I can take the bike for an equal trade.
32. The man with the keys walks in. Turns out he had both sets, and she was not happy with him.
33. I ride my bike home.

All in all, the people at the store were very nice, and they were all trying very hard to help out. As it stands, it was male incompetence that made this ordeal the reality it was for me.
If the young guys hadn't changed the locks (which wasn't needed), nor had they given both keys to one person, instead of mentionning it to, oh, i don't know, anyone who normally sells bikes, then this fiasco would have been avoided.
But, at least I got a more expensive bike at a lesser price with a 10% discount.
And, these pedals appear to be staying on.

2002-10-23T02:01:00.000-07:00

"Come on baby, don't fear the reaper." [Blue Oyster Cult, Don't fear the reaper]

So I saw The Ring yesterday.

It was pretty spooky, in that creep you out sort of way.
Watching is wasn't too bad. I didn't make a mad jump for the ceiling at any time and my heart didn't pound in my chest a whole lot.
That all came afterwards.

You see, in the movie there is this video, and when you watch said 'haunted' video, you die 7 days later. The story line is a little reminiscent of Fear.com, which, in case you didn't read previous posts, sucked beyond all levels that sucking comprehends.
The ring, however does all the things Fear.com wanted to do, only about a million time better.

So, I was talking with a friend about it, she really wants to see it as well. And looking around my room, I hear various noises that make my eyes dart in every direction.
I could have sworn something thumped the outside window, which, by the way, is located on the second floor.
The cat was acting really wierd, like she was chasing something unseen, which isn't anything unusual...but still creepy when you're already creeped out.

The haunted video played back in my mind over and over again, so I decided I wanted to watch it again. I found a site that posts it. I went to it and tried to download.
The computer beeped, froze, and that was the end of it. I thought, 'how bizarre', as not even the 3 finger salute worked. Reset button it was.
So I tried again. Same deal. The computer froze and would do nothing but stare.
One last time.
Nothing.
Ok, creeping factor rising.
So I try another computer (i'm at work, BTW).
Same thing.
I try another, smaller version of the file.
No go. The computer freezes again, and nothing except a hard reset will save it.
So, I'm really creeped out by all this, and to top it all off, I'm practically alone here at work. (sometimes it does suck to work graveyard.)
In fact, the CD burner behind me just finished, and the noise made me jump.

So yeah, all the fright seems to come after the movie, once your imagination has had a chance to run rampant across the mindscape of your brain.

Well, until next time, happy sleeping.....yeah right.

2002-10-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

What Is Your True Aura Colour?
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2002-10-21T23:48:00.000-07:00

"Smoke on the water, Fire in the skies" [Deep Purple, Smoke on the water]

What Color Eyes Should You Have?
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Moi????
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I'm so dead. my brain is completely fried sometimes. I wanted to post something really funny. but nothing came out.
Zip.
So this is my apology.
Cause I suck.
No wit, no comedy.

sheesh

2002-10-18T01:04:00.000-07:00

"Why do you like playing around with my nervous scope of reality?"[Disturbed, Stupify]

What is Your Native American Totem?
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Aaaaooooo!

What Element Are You?
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Damn non tangeble ideas!!