Currently Listening
Halo 3 Original Soundtrack (2-CD Set)
Main Title
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Videos On the Screen
Currently Watching
Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)
By Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford
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Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)
By Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Harrison Ford
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
OMGWOWZ
I picked up a 24" screen off craigslist still new in box (it just arrived this afternoon from Dell to the guy that bought it). I got a good price on it considering the size. I still can't get over how big it is. It makes my desk look small. I'll pop some pics up on facebook when I get the camera back out.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
LIES!
The weathermen on 4 different channels said it would be in the 70s all week. It's been snowing since about 1pm this afternoon. I feel lied to.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Update: The Lady Downstairs
Ok, walked over to the office and got a little back story. The lady's name is Pat and she tends to snoop a bit. She's lived here a very long time and the neighbor that used to live above her had actually called an ambulance one time when they heard her fall and wound up saving her life. I owe her a plate of cookies for being so suspicious of her.
The source of the sound now that I know a bit more about it is actually my computer, or rather the cooling fans in my computer oscillating the floor at just the right frequency to cause a buzzing sound that could be construed as an electric guitar I guess.
The lady in the office said to just ignore her, but I feel kinda bad for Pat now. I'll have to find out what sort of cookies she likes.
The source of the sound now that I know a bit more about it is actually my computer, or rather the cooling fans in my computer oscillating the floor at just the right frequency to cause a buzzing sound that could be construed as an electric guitar I guess.
The lady in the office said to just ignore her, but I feel kinda bad for Pat now. I'll have to find out what sort of cookies she likes.
The Lady Downstairs
I'm kinda scared by the lady downstairs. I'm naturally paranoid and suspicious of people thanks to where I grew up. So now, when I answer the door this morning and the lady keeps stepping toward the door as if she wants in, I feel justified that I had propped my foot behind it as a door stop. Here's the part that gets me:
She asked me as soon as I opened the door if I would be practicing guitar till 1AM. This of course confused something in particular out of me because of the following:
She came up later (about three hours later) and said she wanted to test if her radio was too loud as she had received complaints about it in the past. She wanted me to take down her phone number and call her if I could hear it. I again declined, because that would require me giving her what I consider in this situation to be personal info - I don't want her looking at the caller ID and calling me. I'm not here to make buddy with someone that approaches me in this way.
So, welcome to the neighborhood.
She asked me as soon as I opened the door if I would be practicing guitar till 1AM. This of course confused something in particular out of me because of the following:
- My radio is in the living room
- I play classical guitar, it's not amped, so usually people are lucky to hear it in the same room
- I muted the TV when I decided to go to sleep
- I went to sleep at 11PM
She came up later (about three hours later) and said she wanted to test if her radio was too loud as she had received complaints about it in the past. She wanted me to take down her phone number and call her if I could hear it. I again declined, because that would require me giving her what I consider in this situation to be personal info - I don't want her looking at the caller ID and calling me. I'm not here to make buddy with someone that approaches me in this way.
So, welcome to the neighborhood.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Life in the Breakdown Lane
Fun trip. Oh, btw, if you are ever in Kansas, don't fill up at the Shell gas station at Salina. They sell bad gas. It clogged the fuel filter and caused me to spend 3 hours at exit 19 (thank goodness for service stations) while Bill swapped it out (I could have and would have done it myself to save money, but I didn't have the spare part). Same thing that happened last trip three years ago too.
But we finally made it a lot of money later ($47 at KS I-70 exit 19, $80 at a station just inside CO for fuel cleaner, a spare filter just in case, and a fresh tank of gas to try and delude whatever was in my tank). Then the new filter started clogging and choking just as we got into Denver. I have the spare filter I may have to put on, but I'd rather get it to a mechanic, have the tank pulled and cleaned out, and then have the new filter put on. I think I might ask about having the fuel injection system cleaned as well. But I think the tank itself will cost me about $300 in labor (no parts needed, I already have the filter).
But I'm here. Dinner last night with the old/new gang was a lot of fun. We had tacos and played a card game involving farming (it was about beans, planting and harvesting). Luke and Matthew were there who I've worked with before, as well as Josh (who's house we were at) and three brothers who are all transfers/new additions to the Denver office more recently. I think we could have some fun in the next few years.
Well, I need to go look up mechanics, so I'm off for now.
But we finally made it a lot of money later ($47 at KS I-70 exit 19, $80 at a station just inside CO for fuel cleaner, a spare filter just in case, and a fresh tank of gas to try and delude whatever was in my tank). Then the new filter started clogging and choking just as we got into Denver. I have the spare filter I may have to put on, but I'd rather get it to a mechanic, have the tank pulled and cleaned out, and then have the new filter put on. I think I might ask about having the fuel injection system cleaned as well. But I think the tank itself will cost me about $300 in labor (no parts needed, I already have the filter).
But I'm here. Dinner last night with the old/new gang was a lot of fun. We had tacos and played a card game involving farming (it was about beans, planting and harvesting). Luke and Matthew were there who I've worked with before, as well as Josh (who's house we were at) and three brothers who are all transfers/new additions to the Denver office more recently. I think we could have some fun in the next few years.
Well, I need to go look up mechanics, so I'm off for now.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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