Saturday, April 30, 2005
There's a new radio station in the area called The Current. It's public radio that's run by common folk and plays pretty much anything that the DJ's want. It reminds me a lot of my MP3 player that has 30GB of music set to random. On the way home tonight, they played a Stan Getz duo with Joao Gilberto, followed by Beastie Boys' Intergalactic Planetary. Rad.
Friday, April 29, 2005
I feel sorry for those of you who've stumbled across this site. It must be pretty boring reading about my study adventures. Well, I've got a solution. I invite you to hang out with me while I study. If you're anywhere near normal, you'll be screaming to only have to read about and not live through study season. Just bear with me ... Tuesday is the big exam. After that, it'll be nothing but blow and hookers.
But until then, stay tuned for tomorrow's antics: marathon study day.
But until then, stay tuned for tomorrow's antics: marathon study day.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
When I study, I try to think of worse things that could happen so studying doesn't seem so bad. One I thought of was being in a dust storm in Iraq, with your eyes and mouth held open.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
I'm thinking of getting Mountain Dew to be my sponsor. It'll be like NASCAR or professional golf. I'll wear their logo and use their product while I study. When I pass the test, I'll claim it was due in part to the use of Mountain Dew. I would even appear in a commercial if they'd like. All I ask is that they pay me in Mountain Dew. Nothing more, just all the Mountain Dew I need.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
It's really amazing on how much the mind wanders when you're studying insurance law. I have thought of ways to make, save, and steal money, additions to the home network, updating the file server, components of my car PC, not to mention a few theories on world peace and cold fusion.
Monday, April 25, 2005
I use Sage as my RSS reader. It's interesting to see the changes in the sites to which I subscribe. I have anywhere between 15 and 25 feeds. It got pretty crowded on my screen with 40, but then I stumbled across a feed that aggregates feeds. Thankfully, the original feeds are only updated weekly, otherwise I'd be clicking on it constantly.
But what else do you do at work?
But what else do you do at work?
Sunday, April 24, 2005
I tried to teach Pea how to play Tiger Woods, perhaps one of the easier games to learn. After about 10 shots into the water, she gave up and swore off video games. How can I continue to live with someone that hates video games?
Saturday, April 23, 2005
As you can probably guess, when the two week mark hits, I get really cranky to have to study. The spring exams are the roughest, since it's nice outside, I have other projects I want to work on, and friends call me more to do stuff. After tomorrow, only one more weekend.
I tried not drinking brew for a while in an attempt to try to keep my brain focused. I broke down tonight and picked up old standby. After only four, I was falling down the stairs, slurring my speech, and driving off cliffs.
I tried not drinking brew for a while in an attempt to try to keep my brain focused. I broke down tonight and picked up old standby. After only four, I was falling down the stairs, slurring my speech, and driving off cliffs.
Friday, April 22, 2005
I took the evening off from studying and left work around 5:00 pm. I got a little gaming in and watched Spanglish (which I'm still weighing in on). I am supposed to meet Karl online to slay some Covenant, but can't keep my peepers open and have to cash in a bit early tonight.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
If the Kamel Jockey doesn't remind you of Animatrix, I don't know what will. They've built a machine that can control a camel, but I can't figure out a way to bypass my work's internet filter.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Studying sucks. Friends are taunting me to come out and play, but I can't for another two weeks. Crap, two weeks ... I better get studying.
I did get the HD DirecTiVo up and running. It's working as expected, except that they gave me a used receiver. Of course, the box will become a doorstop in a few years anyway.
I did get the HD DirecTiVo up and running. It's working as expected, except that they gave me a used receiver. Of course, the box will become a doorstop in a few years anyway.
Monday, April 18, 2005
As I was driving home late from a wonderful day of studying, someone was driving a radio controlled car down the road. It had headlights, blinkers, and was obeying all traffic laws, including the stoplights. The cool thing was that other drivers didn't freak out, but acted as though it was a real vehicle, yielding to it and everything. It may have been the vast amounts of useless facts in my brain causing weakened blood flow, but I couldn't stop laughing. Out loud. Hard.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
I pretty much studied all day. I did take a break and found my first cache with Knapper.
For Movie Night Sunday, I watched Ocean's Twelve. A true to form thief movie, it was written and directed similar to the first. There are quite a few twists and turns, but you're expecting them. If you don't take this movie seriously and have fun with it, you'll have an entertaining two hour's.
For Movie Night Sunday, I watched Ocean's Twelve. A true to form thief movie, it was written and directed similar to the first. There are quite a few twists and turns, but you're expecting them. If you don't take this movie seriously and have fun with it, you'll have an entertaining two hour's.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
I had a great birthday today. I got to see Sin City, an excellent film. I haven't seen a movie at a movie theater in a long time. Having a decent home theater, and usually bothered by candy wrapper, popcorn eating people, I tend to stay home for my movie experiences. But this time wasn't bad, other than the commercials before the previews.
The replacement DirecTiVo came today as well. Hopefully I'll get this installed tomorrow.
The replacement DirecTiVo came today as well. Hopefully I'll get this installed tomorrow.
Friday, April 15, 2005
I took an opportunity to play a little more Tiger Woods 2005. After maxing out my stats and figuring out the techniques, I can see this game being put away for a while. It is a fun game, but with so many others to try, it's almost time to move on.
Still no HD ...
Still no HD ...
Thursday, April 14, 2005
I'll give you one guess on what I did today. Answer is study.
I did check out carpet prices to redo the entire upstairs, about 1450 sq ft. It's quite spendy. I figure if I just wear slippers, I can go without carpet and just use the wood subfloor.
I did check out carpet prices to redo the entire upstairs, about 1450 sq ft. It's quite spendy. I figure if I just wear slippers, I can go without carpet and just use the wood subfloor.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
After nearly 45 hours for reformatting the hard drive in the Tivo (I forgot to check on it yesterday), I figured it was trashed. I called DirecTV back and they're sending a replacement box. So far it's been painless, other than the fact I lost all my HD recordings and am without HD for another 2 - 5 days. Perhaps I should build a little redundancy into the network.
Monday, April 11, 2005
My cell phone belt clip came today. I don't know if I'll like it, but figured for $0.01 plus shipping, it might be worth a try.
Also, didn't get a chance to geocache. I'm itching to find my first. Maybe this week.
Also, didn't get a chance to geocache. I'm itching to find my first. Maybe this week.
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