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    Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
    11:10 pm
    I'm a lifeguard!
    (This was in a draft for the last week or so, I dunno why it never got posted.)

    I finally finished lifeguard training. The final test was a bit scary, since they just randomly give you a rescue buoy and have you watch the water, and see how you react to a 'real situation'. It's all good though, I passed and can work just about anywhere lifeguards do stuff. Anyway...

    Now, the lifeguard class was held at a local business school, and on the wall to class i'd pass a most intriuging poster. Take a look for yourself:

    Fail?

    Another reminder that you're better off at a 4 year college

    I'm not sure about you, but doesn't this poster just make you want to drop everything, and sign up for this UBER Office Technology Degree?

    Didn't think so.
    Monday, May 5th, 2008
    5:16 pm
    Lost art
    I found this photo on my drive a little bit ago. This sign was above a urinal in Osmond around January, take a look:

    Sunday, May 4th, 2008
    5:30 am
    Coolness is dying?
    Being bored last night, I went and looked at a few websites I used to really like when I was a lot younger. Almost all of them are still around in some form, but the content on them is no where near what it used to be. Here's a few of them, and what's changed.

    Neopets
    Birth: 1998
    Heyday: 1999-2005
    Decline: 2007-Present

    I used to really like this site when I was in middle school, but it's current incarnation is just a shade of what made it liked by so many people. Although the original site code remains, it's covered by this weird facade of Flash, Java, and PHP adds that makes the site almost unusable. They also removed most of the original UI; site navigation is now a total pain in the ass and almost impossible.

    A bit of research revealed that Neopets had been bought out by MTV in 2007 for 160 million. It's not surprising then that they're turning it into an advertising farm.

    World of Warcraft
    Birth: 2004
    Golden Age: 2004-2006
    Decline: Isn't really in decline, but slowly is losing why I liked it.

    When this game came out, it was freaking amazing. I played myself for almost 3 years, but unlike neopets it's still mostly easy to use. What happened here was, the constant influx of people eventually replaced the social group that played the game. Gone were the nice variety of people from all walks of life you'd run into, but instead WoW became a mainstream thing that everyone and their grandma played. This actually enriched the game, but what's killing it is the consistant 'dumbing down' that's happening from Blizzard's attempt to please everyone at the same time. The result is a game that, although still fun; (I can still play a Paladin to this day!) just doesn't have what it used to in gameplay and feels kinda mindless.

    There's also some level of commercialization, not unlike neopets. Trading Cards, Figurines, Pins, etc.


    YTMND
    2004-2006 or so

    This site went from being pretty awesome and entertaining on a consistent basis, and then literally overnight with a format change started going downhill. Granted, I LOVE orange, but the site pretty much has been losing users ever since then. That and the lack of original user generated content has pretty much meant this site is kinda dead.

    Oh, and fyrestorm stopped making YTMND soundtracks.

    Other sites that have gone downhill:
    - The general OEC community. Save for a few sites like Veritas that thrive due to other reasons, most are shades of what they used to be.
    - Limewire. What used to be a great p2p tool is now just a good way for the RIAA to find you. Bittorrent is your friend.
    -4chan. Not much to say here, but take a look at it. It's REALLY not what it used to be.


    I think it was in Pirates of the Caribbean they said "The world isn't getting smaller, there's just less in it". The passing of time sucks =(

    Current Mood: meh
    Current Music: Clavicula Nox - Therion
    Sunday, April 27th, 2008
    3:11 am
    Stupid
    Stuff that happened today:

    - Got totally owned due to pad issues at the ITG/DDR tournament. Basically, I practiced beforehand, and got a 94.8 on one pad. Then, during the competition, they had me use a different one, which didn't register half the time. So, I failed the song.

    *shrug*

    And yeah, Jason placed 1st place. He actually got a Trophy for it, cool shiznet.

    - Played WarCrack (read- WoW) during the tournament, Since Jared had to play. I guess Paladins can stand in for other Paladins 100% of the time, even if they haven't played in 6 months (like in my case).

    - Went to the Diner at 2:30 AM, in an attempt to clear my head a bit. This didn't go so well...


    I've had a lot on my mind lately. Most of it's school related, with my grades this semester being beyond horrible to the point where I might have to repeat a few courses over the summer. It's not fun, since I entered college almost a year later then everyone I know, and it seem to be a perpetual game of 'catch up' with the rest of my peer group.

    That said, most of what's on my mind is not knowing what's going to happen in regards to my future. I still haven't defined a major, and don't really see anything that I'm "destined" to do, so much as a lot of things I could merely tolerate doing, but never truly enjoy.

    Save for a few extremely specific things, I really don't know what I want in life in terms of a Job. I can't see the future, even though that'd probably be the most helpful thing right now.

    So... yeah.

    Current Mood: Stupid Emo Bitch
    Saturday, April 26th, 2008
    2:40 am
    Huh?
    I was walking down the hall to get some water about 30 minutes ago, and this random guy notices my presence, and bows at me from across the hall.

    *shrug*

    Current Mood: confused
    Monday, March 17th, 2008
    4:59 am
    Scottish Mist
    To start off this new chapter of crazed, long, and many posts, I'll start it off with an example of modern entertainment:

    I turn on the TV at 4:30 in the morning (Math Homework means no sleep for the wicked), only to see a man getting attacked by a haunted bagpipe, and then some sort of Scottish magic stole his trousers.

    It's probably just lack of sleep, or maybe the result of the recent writers strike shaking up well, everything that's on television now; but it was one of the more entertaining things I've witnessed in awhile.
    Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
    6:15 pm
    1337% effort
    If I can keep up the number above, the next 3 weeks should be somewhat epic. I'll say what was going on after this is over.
    Friday, February 8th, 2008
    10:17 am
    WTF?
    I slept through Math for the 3rd time this week. This is bad; for a variety of reasons.

    - Alarm was set for 9:00 AM. It's loud as fuck. I wake up a few minutes before It goes off most of the time.

    - I went to bed earlyish (1:30-2)

    So lets run some calculations here;

    1 Week for being so sick that I don't remember 3/4 of it
    1 Week of class that somehow, I don't make it there, even with an active effort to wake myself on time.

    1 + 1 = OH SHIT LOL

    To make this even better (As if it can't get any MOAR fucking awesome), I can't drop the course and take it over the summer, because I need it to take shit I'm signed up for next semester. So, yeah.

    Great.

    Current Mood: !?!!?
    Current Music: THEY CALL HIM BOSSS
    1:20 am
    Mmm...
    So, me being sick for the past week and a half has hurt my entire grades this semester, I think:

    Math - I've got 2 quizzes tomorrow. I don't know what the fuck we're doing. GG?
    Psych - Missed a Quiz
    Econs - Missed a Quiz

    I think I can get my econ and psych grades back a bit (Thank god for doctor notes), but it looks like this might end up a "B" semester if i'm lucky. even better is how apathetic I am towards everything, I don't even care if I get good grades or not.

    Shit.

    Current Mood: Epic Fail?
    Thursday, February 7th, 2008
    2:16 am
    I pwn
    Today went something like this

    - Wake up at 11 AM. Discover you slept through two classes.
    - Skip Economics because econ sucks and I know all the shit already.
    - Bomb a Trig test. (LOL FURST DAY BACK AFTER BEING SICK FOR A WEEK)

    Yeah I know, Piss your pants AWESOME day. I'm over a week behind in both my math classes, and getting caught up is going to freaking suck balls. So I decide to go swimming later and try to take my mind off all of this stupid work, and in the middle of doing laps, this realization hits me;

    I didn't have to stop. Once. I'd gone at least 30 laps nonstop.

    25m x 30 = 750 m = 820y = HOLY SHIT MY STAMINA WENT UP!?!

    I went from having to stop after 6 laps just 2 weeks ago, to being sick as FUCK for an entire week, to doing like 10x better then I normally do at swimming.

    It's probably like running and just a mental thing, but its made me happy. :D

    Current Mood: ^_^
    Friday, February 1st, 2008
    2:58 am
    A Shitty Week
    Alright, so last Saturday was scheduled to be the coolest fucking day EVER. Why? Because I was going to the first Anime con I've ever been to Setsucon. Adding even more to the ++Awesomeness that is a convention I was actually working there in the game room, helping run tournaments and keeping things running smoothly. The only thing not working right turned out to be me, as my body decides that NOW is a good time to get sick, after going almost 3 years without illness.

    let me give you a list of things that happened:

    Friday / Saturday:

    Things went REALLY well. I thought running a tournament would be hard as fuck but it's pretty cool once you get past that initial awkward phase of doing something new.

    Sunday:

    I wake up, only to discover;

    - I'm stuffed up
    - I''ve got a FUCKING SORE throat, and almost lost my voice entirely
    - My neck is swollen
    - And that my left ear has decided to hurt too (just because it can?)

    I end up chugging cold meds, but don't make it to the con until about 5:30. Take down went okay, and going to Denny's with the entire staff made up for me being sick a bit, but I wasn't feeling better.

    Monday - Thur:

    I'm not getting better (Does my immune system suck that much?), and still feel like shit. The Doctor looked at me on Monday, just to steal my bloods ( D: ) and tell me I have some viral thing, but couldn't give me anything for it. So I'm stuck at home, missing classes (Which is cool, like I give a fuck about econ).

    SOO, Basically;

    - I'm 2 (3?) days behind in Maths
    - I need 2 days of notes for CMPSC 121. I'm also two chapters behind.
    - Econ and Psych I'm ahead on still.

    This weekend might fuck me, I'm estimating at LEAST 8 hours of work to get caught up.

    *On a completely unrelated note, I now weigh ~173 lbs. 16 more pounds and I'll have reached my 'ideal' weight! =O. the only problem then is reducing body fat to <5%

    Current Mood: WTF
    Friday, January 25th, 2008
    12:45 am
    Snowboarding is ftw
    Thursday is by far my favorite day. I've only got one class (With Mad Max / Jumba, the coolest programming professor EV4R). Which makes the day awesome, but I also get to snowboard.

    Epic Win.

    Today was the first up on Tussey, apparently i've got some level of natural ability at it, so I ended up instead of level 2, in the level 3 group (There's 5 levels, 1 is "I cant stand on my board" and 5 is "I can grind a rail 50ft long")

    It was pretty sweet, I've gone snowboarding like 3 times and already doing intermediate level stuff. I'm kinda hoping we get more into tricking soon, since it looks like we've already done a lot of what Sean (cool instructor) was going to go over.

    This semester might pwn my face though... I need mah A's and B's.
    Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
    7:27 pm
    Omg College
    Here's my Classes this semester:

    MWF it's 22/psych, a break, then econs/26
    TR it's just CMPSC 121, with the seminair thrown in on Tuesday

    - Math 22:

    I might actually get an A in here with some effort, it's not that difficult. The TA is from Scandinavian descent (Van Cyr!), and kinda short too, so are Dwarves teaching me math?

    - Math 26:

    Two Words. UTTER HELL.
    The TA is from Ukraine (sic: Soviet Russia), so not only can you not understand him 50% of the time, but he doesn't explain what we're doing worth SHIT. I also like how the book suggests you spend TWO HOURS studying outside of class for every hour in class. What the fuck. =(

    - CMPSC 121:

    Some weird things have happened in here, but it's going to be the best class of this semester I think. We're doing a Tetris game as a final project. Let me list what's going on in here.

    - I got the Professor to change the C++ book.
    - I ended up as a "Team Leader", and get to coordinate 5 people on this Tetris project.
    - There's this girl in there who looks a little like Angelina Jolie, and she ended up in my group of people. What's a girl like that doing in programming?

    - Psych 100:

    savior_dark is in this one with me. This Professor is like a fatter version of Sarah Silverman ( quoting him on this), almost down to the weird sense of humor. we have to do these weird surveys for 8 hours of credit as well, last nights had questions like;

    "If you have ever beat your partner in a relationship, how many times have you done this?"

    Do they really expect accurate results with this?

    - Macro Econs:
    Work has a difficulty level of 0. I should get a B without trying, and trying would snag an A =O

    - Seminar Class:

    No real work here. More of a logic training course then anything.

    - Snowboarding

    Snowboarding for gym is ftw.

    And that's about it.

    Current Mood: lol
    6:45 pm
    ITG Machine Update
    Along with the Star, the machine's had some "upgrades" performed on it.

    - Re-taped, and re-tightened bars

    - UBER upgraded P2 pad. Along with being raised, sensitivity is up as well (and doing stuff like BSing hands should be a lot easier.)

    Also check out the new softer "thump" sound when you stop an arrow.

    Current Mood: accomplished
    6:40 pm
    OMG FIRST STAR
    I GOT MY FIRST STAR IN ITG


    Friday, January 4th, 2008
    1:28 am
    Random Adventure
    I drove to Altoona...

    Alright, so basically I was driving home after getting the rest of my snowboarding gear, but missed my exit on the way home (It was dark). So, I'm driving, and looking for somewhere to turn around, but there's construction everywhere, so I was stuck going one way.

    So I end up driving straight for 30 minutes, and end up in Altoona. Because I know there used to be an ITG machine in the mall there, I checked it out, but the mall fags took out the arcade a loong time ago. =\

    Edit: It turns out Slinky Action Zone (With ITG) was 5 minutes from the mall (where I was). GG =(

    So, then I realize "Oh shii it's late!" and end up doing like 90 on the way home, with people still going past me on the road O_o.

    Anyway I've gotta get up around 7 tomorrow so gonna cut this off here.
    Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
    5:25 pm
    I finally finished getting Ubuntu/Kubuntu installed. They (Family) seem to like it, basically so long as Firefox works and you can check email.
    8:20 am
    In progress to upgrading from 6.06 LTS to Ubuntu 7.10, I apparently killed the wireless at 6.1.... This would be easy to fix, save for the fact, I need to get packages from the internet to enable internet access on the computer having it's OS switched. So the easiest way to fix this is actually just download a full 7.1 ISO onto a live CD and go from there. So now as I write this another 700 Mb is getting downloaded of ISO goodness (25% as I write this, fucking awesome), just for me to burn to a disc, wipe the computer clean again, and install 7.10.

    Theory: The computer wasn't meant to work well (It's a Celeron, after all), and some type of compressed store of troubleshooting pain was unleashed by my installation of Linux... the Linux installer triggered this "trap" and and years of pain were unleashed by said cache of unholy energy. =O

    Current Mood: Shitty
    4:36 am
    A step in the right direction
    The computer downstairs now runs Kubuntu 7.1! This pleases me, since with the change from Windows to XP to Linux (AND the fact it's a Celeron) the performance difference is noticeable.

    So, now two computers here run Linux. This refurbished one, and the file server. =D

    Current Mood: accomplished
    Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
    10:56 pm
    No Life
    I know I haven't posted much, so I plan to make that a New Year's resolution of sorts - to post in here at least once a week with whats not (or what is) happening to me. :P

    I've only got 2 weeks left in break, so I don't want to waste the little time off I have. This means Drawing / Hanging Out / Doing Stuff like a mofo. So, here's "The List"

    - Draw, finish, and fully color with Photoshop at least 2 more images
    - Get my Linux server online, fully
    - Go Snowboarding, a lot
    - Generally have fun
    - Hang out with mah niggaz
    - Get Better at Dancing Games: AAA something on a DDR machine and Get a Star or better on any song in ITG.*
    - Find out how much it would cost to setup a small website.**


    *   I really hate sucking at this, so it's going to get worked on. A lot.
    ** This costs money every month, about the cost of a WoW subscription. I'm not sure if I want to carry that yet.
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