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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
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1:27 pm - I'm on the intertubes!!
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This is a highlight reel from the night i qualified for the Legendary Karaoke contest. My bit is at around 1:56.
Yeah, i didn't realize there was someone behind me recording the whole thing... 0.o
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Then say it! : 2 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Sunday, July 5th, 2009
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12:37 pm - New Furniture!
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So we have everything situated, so I took a few shots to show off my new stuff. But first, here's a reminder of what it looked like before:
( Out With the Old... )
So, yeah. Decent, but I never chose it. It was moved in a few years ago, and I never really cared too much for it. But everyone seemed to think it belonged there, so I let it go.
When it was moved into my current place (while I was overseas), it got pretty banged up and one of the recliner sections on the sofa leans crooked.
That, and it was uncomfortable to lay across.
So I started on a hunt for a replacement. This is what I decided on, as it sits in my living room now:
( In With the New... )
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Then say it! : 9 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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5:16 pm - Overheard on the phone...
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I walked in on someone a little bit ago, they were on speaker phone. This is what I heard:
"who's this?"
-"it's your baby!"
"hah! I WOULD be you daddy, but yo' mamma didn't have change for a nickel!"
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Then say it! : 1 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Thursday, May 7th, 2009
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7:21 pm - Take the CHILL pill.
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My office is in the midst of applying changes to all of our servers. These changes require a reboot. Pretty common, no big deal. We'll push it down, and reboot the systems.
My immediate supervisor is away at a conference, but has access to email, so i shoot her a quick message to see if there are any special considerations to watch out for as i'm rebooting machines.
Her reply: "Many."
GREAT! That's ALL THE INFORMATION I'LL EVER NEED! I wait for a while to see if she's going to expound on that, but no more contact is forthcoming. $BOSS decides, "Hey, we're going to do this at 1pm so that we have time to fix any issues that come up." Okay, since i'm still the low man on the totem pole, i just nod, despite worries of breaking things mid-day and users calling in a panic.
So i get started, and as I'm plugging away, $SUPERVISOR decides to join the party over VPN. Sends me a list of ones that she's rebooted. To avoid us walking over each other's work, i send her MY list. This is what i got in reply:
"YOU REBOOTED $IMPORTANT_SERVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY?? It took down $service, $otherservice, and more!!"
She apparently didn't pay attention to the fact that $BOSS put me onto it, and that immediately following $IMPORTANT_SERVER on the list were the servers that ran these services that depend on it. Didn't bother to ask if i'd tested to make sure $services were restored. When i pointed this out, and assured her that all services were working correctly, she decided to flame me about doing this in the middle of the day when anything that goes wrong would be visible to users.
As i'm reading this, i hear laughter from $BOSS's office, and he calls me over:
"Dude, you pissed off $SUPERVISOR. Haha...she's having a fit about you rebooting that server! Hey, don't worry about it, if you never break anything, you're never going to learn how to fix it. You did good, don't worry about her."
A little while later, as i'm checking $IMPORTANT_SERVER to make sure everything has stayed kosher, i notice a few data sources that may be needed by $OTHER_DEPT. The SA there is out for the day, so i go to his supervisor, ask, "Hey, do you know what these belong to?"
His reply: "No, but we can always take them offline and see what breaks..."
Why did i have to wind up under the only person in this whole place that is wound so tight?
Besides, where does she have room to complain if i mess something up when she doesn't want to share vital information? Grr.
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Then say it! : 1 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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4:29 pm - Ummm, yum? I think...
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So I decided to try something new today, perhaps you've seen it on the shelf in the supermarket: Naked brand "SuperFood". It's a drink. Called food. Weird. The variety I selected was called "Green Machine". Looking at it, it's a greenish-brown slurry. Morbid curiosity led me to inspect it closer, and I noticed this on the side: "Looks weird." Sip.
"Tastes amazing." Sip.
"Hey, 10 green turbo-nutrients?" Sip.
"Still looks weird." And I have to admire a company willing to poke fun at their own product, so I grabbed the bottle and headed to the checkstand, not really sure what I should expect. I got back to the office, looked at the bottle a little closer, and noted the ingredients: Apples
Banana
Kiwi fruit
Mango
A hint of pineapple Okay, sounds good. A bit of a mix, but it might be okay. But here's where it goes a but strange, as the ingredients continue:
Spirulina
Chlorella
Broccoli
Spinach
Blue green algae
Garlic (Garlic in a drink? Really??)
Barley grass
Wheat grass
Ginger
Parsley At this point it sounds more like a salad than a drink.
And now, having downed most of it, I'm still not sure what to think of this product. Interesting taste, but the aftertaste faintly reminds me of the flavor left behind after you've just had a mouthful of seawater.
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Then say it! : 4 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Friday, May 1st, 2009
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1:54 am
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My apartment is a freaking oven. I've had the thermostat turned down all the way (to include the old ones that supposedly aren't hooked to anything) for over three weeks now, and it's till a sweltering 80 degrees in this place.
So let me get this straight - i have problems GETTING heat all winter, complain to the owner several times about it, finally get that sorted out without hearing from maintenance, and now the danged thing won't cut OFF, now that it's warmed up? I'm about to start cutting random wires to the thermostat, here.
I called the contact number for the landlord 2 days ago, left a voice message. Haven't heard back. If i don't get a reply by tomorrow afternoon, i'm calling again. And again. And again. And again. And again and again and again until the stupid wench lady picks up. And then i'm demanding a direct contact number for whoever they replaced the maintenance guy with, because obviously the owner's method of 'getting someone to look at it' isn't working too well.
I'm sitting here with the window open and shirtless, and i'm SWEATING. It's 42 degrees on the other side of the window, and i'm SWEATING with it wide open.
NOT.
COOL.
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Then say it! : 4 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Monday, April 27th, 2009
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6:41 pm
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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2:48 pm - Busybusy
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Monday: work in Wasilla, spend the evening at Val's.
Tuesday: back out to Wasilla, spend the evening at Brad's
Wednesday: finally looks like I get to go home! But im going to see Spamalot tonight with Val & co.
Thursday: work, then karaoke contest (last week to qualify, wish me luck!)
Friday: work, an evening to myself!!
Saturday: Heart Run @ 10am, b-day party after.
Sunday: ???
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Then say it! : 1 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Sunday, April 19th, 2009
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11:41 pm - Date wrap-up
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| Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
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11:13 am - The Plan
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My date is set for Sunday, since we both work this weekend (me during the day, she at night).
So, here's the plan...
Dinner:
Salad: Romaine, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, ???, PROFIT!
( Chicken with Rosemary and Capers, and Couscous with Yellow Squash: )
Dessert:
Choca-Chino Cakes with Ganache
After Dinner:
Option A: Pool or Bowling. There is a bowling alley right by my place, might even be a nice night to walk there, if the weather goes the way it's been going. The pool hall's not far away, either, now that i remember that there's one over on the corner.
Option B: Movie & Popcorn. Chick-flicks and Stupid-funny movies are out, but movies that make you go "huh?" for a while are okay. I'm thinking Memento (if we're just wanting action and confusion), or The Jacket (which is a really interesting movie, if bizarre). If neither of those sound appealing to her, there's always The Dark Crystal. That's a fun movie, no matter how old you are. Barring that, i sit her down with my Book O' DVD's and say, "Pick."
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Then say it! : 9 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
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8:14 am
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| Sunday, April 12th, 2009
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9:20 pm - Clarification/disclaimer for last post
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3:48 am - Poll: Horrible pickup line?
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| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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1:23 am - What IS that noise?!
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It's amazing to me how difficult it is to tell between the sound of an upset baby and the sound of a very, VERY angry cat, muffled by distance and a closed window.
I'm guessing cat, since Issues' face is pasted against the window trying to figure out where it's coming from.
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Then say it! : 2 Wanna say something, punk?
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| Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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12:17 pm
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