The End of an Era But hardly the end.

If you have been reading this from the beginning (Which I doubt many of you have) you will know this is not the first place this blog resided. It has moved before and it will now move again.

This will be the last post here on blogspot, I will continue blogging at http://quest4pi.livejournal.com. This move is due to a couple things, including the fact that I prefer the custimizability of livejournal versus blogger.

It should also be noted that there will be both public and private posts at the new site (Something I might should have had here). To see the private ones you will have to add me as a friend by creating an account at livejournal. I'm not forcing you to, but if you enjoy the deeper depths of my mind, it is recommended. (there will be two of these such posts to read in the near future.)

They Say it's new and improved but I don't believe they know what I'm thinking of.  ¶ 1/11/2008 01:59:00 PM (0) comments

  So I Can't Ride a Bike At least not right after a semester break.

At the beginning of the fall semester I Took my bike in to the shop to have it's tire repaired. Fifty dollars later I ride it back to my dorm room. That afternoon I have to go to the Theatre to work in the shop. I hop on my bike and on my way to the shop I turn on a patch of loose gravel and SPLAT! I hit the ground. The damage was minimal, lust a bleeding elbow and some bruising on my thigh where I landed.

Monday I take my poke in to have the seat repaired. Today I ride to class and back with no problems. This afternoon I get on my bike to ride to my evening class. I make it about a hundred yards before something very mysterious happens and the next thing I know I am laying face down on the sidewalk, my glasses, pen and hat all thrown a different distance away and some serious pain in my elbow and knees. I remove my brand new sports coat (the sleeve is now ripped beyond repair, grr) and find what amounts to a serious case of rug burn on my elbow. inspection of my legs shows a similar situation on my knees and shins. I curse the fact that I'm going to be late to class because I decide to walk my bike back to the stand and hoof it instead.

If there is a moral to this story I don't know what it is.  ¶ 1/09/2008 10:07:00 PM (0) comments

  Bloggity Blog Don't Blog Back.

Blogs are weird. If I were to die, there would be no notice of it here and the last thing I posted would be a list of what I got for Christmas. (No Madre, I am not thinking suicidal thoughts, nor do I wish to die, it's an intellectual idea.) I don't talk about my beliefs much in real life and even less here. Beliefs are very personal things and my just as much. If you ask I'll probably talk about it, but I'm not looking to witness. Even though I'm quiet about religion, it is something that is very powerful to me. The reason I try not to preach to people is that I know my beliefs are too strong to be changed so I exercise the tyranny of the commonplace (thanks Dr. Chansky) and assume that the beliefs of those around me couldn't be swayed by me anymore than I could be swayed by theirs.

This was going to be a longer post, but then I went to dinner.

I'm still alive

Labels: belief, interruption, religion

  ¶ 1/04/2008 08:56:00 PM (0) comments

  Greed Watch 2007 John McClane is not John McCain.

Since I've seen it elsewhere, here's a rundown of what I got for Christmas:

The Batman Movie Anthology (not including Batman Begins)
Mallrats 10th anniversary edition
The Sting 2-disc special edition
Animal House Double Secret edition
Wonderfalls the entire series
Mars Attacks
The Muppet Show Season one (There's an episode with Joel Grey!)
a Lightsaber!
A top hat!
New glasses
Two new funny t-shirts (one about theatre and one about pirates)
A book
cash
Demetri Martin's CD/DVD "These Are Jokes"
Steven Wright's CD "I Have A Pony"
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Super Mario Galaxy
and a giant candy necklace

In other news, I staffed Twin Arrows Course 167, and my cat Twinkie moved from my mother's closet to my bed room.

I was once walking through the forest alone.

Labels: cat, DVD, gifts, greed

  ¶ 1/01/2008 10:33:00 PM (0) comments

  Umlat It has those two dots over it.

I've mentioned The Nelsons and their blog in the past, and now the second oldest son, Mitchell, has just started his own blog(located here) While reading through the first few posts, I said to myself "This guy wants to be a writer?" Then i had to tell myself he's only 16 years old. Then I realized that I wasn't much older when I started this very blog. That scares me. I've been doing this for almost four years (albeit with a 7 month break at one point.) So I decided to cut him some slack. My writing style certainly wasn't very good four years ago, and who's to say it is now? Anyway I'll be adding it to my list of blogs that I read and I wish him the best of luck.

clap clap

Labels: blogging, The Nelsons

  ¶ 12/21/2007 03:45:00 PM (0) comments

  I Do Not Condone This It is merely an intellectual exercise.

Rules for breaking in:

1. Don't change anything. This is the most important rule. Unless you are an idiot you don;t want to get caught. The easiest way to not get caught is for them to not suspect anything is wrong. As soon as they notice something is amiss you have problems.

2. Get in and get out. Don't dawdle. The longer you are in the higher your chance of getting caught becomes. Yes, it is exciting and that's why you do it. But you'll have to get your adrenaline thrill in short bursts. You can always come back for more.

3. Get a key. This goes back to rule one. If you have to forcibly enter chances are they'll notice when they get back. Sometimes a key isn't necessary as people leave their doors unlocked all the time, but having one means you can go whenever you want.

4. Don't be seen. If you can see somebody, then they can see you. But you have to remember that just because you can't see anybody doesn't mean you can't be seen. If possible, wait until the neighbors leave for extra security.

I'll probably come up with more later.

Labels: break-in, illeagal

  ¶ 12/20/2007 04:07:00 PM (0) comments

  More of the same. Let's see where this one goes.

Awesome is a small country many miles off the edge of the map. It is divided into two halves named North Awesome and South Awesome despite being split East and West. North Awesome (on the East side) is ruled by an iron fisted dictator, while South Awesome (on the West) is run on an anarcho-capitalist system with no centralized government. Every day in Awesome is Pizza Day. The chief export of Awesome is the little houses and hotels used in the board game Monopoly. The irony of the Awesome National Anthem is that the Eastern province (North Awesome) is forced to sing of the freedoms that only the Western province (South Awesome) gets to enjoy.

Have I changed? I suppose I have, I just can't notice it. I guess that's the problem with being stuck in my own observation created world; I can't see changes in the observerator. It's like an eyeball, it can see everything but itself. Don't bring up mirrors, because a reflection of something is not the thing itself, but rather a distorted image of it.

It's hard being an Evil Genius in the making. I mean world domination is such a serious goal that any villain worth his salt can't expect to achieve it without years of planning and subtle machinations. But when you're young you have all this ambition, you want to hurry up and get to the end. Sure, I could start torturing people in the basement but without an infrastructure to protect me from the repercussions what would be the use? And nobody's going to really believe that the doomsday device in the garage will work. Of course it will work, but to prove it you have to destroy everything, and then what's the point? It isn't the destruction that gives you power, it's the threat of destruction. But without a credible threat you can't get any power. I guess this is why most evil geniuses execute their plan in stages; first kill a few hundred innocents, take some hostages, keep your finger on the button, that sort of thing. Oh and kill that frakking John McClane. Don't tie him up, don't set an elaborate trap, just shoot him in the face again and again.

I think I want to write a novel. I like the double meaning of the word novel. On the one hand it's a book long story, on the other hand it's an adjective meaning quaint. you could always have a novel novel. I'm probably not the first person to think of that.

I may be crazy but I'm happy. I'd much rather be a little weird and a lot content than really normal and tired. Or stressed and confused.

You can't hide form the jinjabread man!

Be content with your lot. One cannot be first in everything.
You create your own stage. The audience is waiting.
Know the right moment and go for it.

I'm feeling purple today.

One of my favorite things to do is dance in public. Especially if it embarrasses somebody else.

Why are you still reading this? After all that, do you hope it will get better?

Sweeney Todd comes out the day after tomorrow. The Day After Tomorrow was not a very good movie. J-Depp will rock your face off.

My legs are really hot. Read that however you will.

My blue bunny loves My Beige Bear.

Keen observation skills have their benefits.

I like being up in the middle of the night and seeing who else is being an insomniac with me.

Sad girl.

Labels: Awesome, change, dance, dictator, evil genius, insomnia, mirror, novel, observation, random, thoughts, weird

  ¶ 12/20/2007 02:33:00 AM (0) comments