The Crystal Bastard

manly!

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:43:50 GMT

When it comes to home improvment, building, or anything that general area of expertise, I fall way way WAAAY behind.
Sure, a lot of it is confidence. I don't have much when it comes to handling a power tool because I'm afraid to chop bits off.
I also almost failed my grade 9 wood shop class.
This tends to mean that I have little skill in the trade either.
However, with all that said, some friends of mine needed help with some house renovations. So, I of course offered some help. I told them of my...talents...and fully expected to be the 'nurse' to the carpenter, or the labourer; general lifting, moving and the like.

But that did not happen.

Instead I was given tools to cut wood with. Tools like jigsaws and skill saws.
The drilling and screwing I was far more comfortable with; I can't see myself drilling a hole in my hand.

The cutty tools were a little more nerve wracking but once I got the hang of it I started to enjoy it a bit. I guess it's how a kid would feel working in the garage with his father.(not something I ever got to do)

But I felt all manly man about it and had an all around good time...despite sweating like a pig. Yish.

But we managed to build a door frame and hang a door within it, and it turned out pretty good.
/proud

So i'll probably be going back every week or so to help out. I'm looking forward to the finished product.

Unfortunately, it has to happen sometime

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:43:28 GMT

I found out that on January 2nd we lost a good man and I a good friend. Jerry Anthony O'Brien was my first long time employer. My time at Microplay/GameXperts/MovieXperts was always cherished(ok, except when I was working there at times :) )
You very rarely saw Jerry without a smile on his face and he was often giving people deals, much to his wife's chagrin.
He was only 48 when he had a heart attack. The ambulance wasn't able to get him in time. I think the worst of it is that he was alone when it happened; something I fear will happen to me.

I only found out the day before yesterday that he passed away, and 5 minutes ago as to what actually happened.

I'm pretty upset about it; yeah I know it HAS to happen at some time, but it doesn't mean that I have to like it. Jerry was a man that I looked up to. He had strong values and was virtually everyone's friend.

He already is truly missed.

Every one and a while doing good pays off

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:51:52 GMT

I was driving home after a long day at work and noticed a car with it's four way flashers on the side of the road. Not knowing anything about cars and I wasn't being flagged down, I started to pass it.
As I did I saw a pedestrian who spun around and stuck out his thumb. I was almost home and most definitely not going his way. But I stopped anyway. Turns out his car was out of gas. So I took him to the nearest gas station so he could get a gas can and some fuel for his car.
We got there and they had no gas can. He was frustrated so I said happily that I would take him to the next gas station and failing that, to the nearest hardware store so he could be on his way.
He was taken a little aback as I said this because he responded in diebelief "really?"
I laughed and we pulled into the next gas station. To our luck they had some gas cans. He filled it and jumped in. I drove him back to his car(which was really about a 5 min drive but would have been a much much longer walk). As i dropped him off he offered me $10. I told him that five was plenty but he insisted, saying that a cab would have cost him almost double.
So I thanked him and headed home to sleep.

Yay for team good! =D

Sour wet potatoe dough....

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:55:51 GMT

Ye gads. I've somehow stumbled across this Livejournal thing and should probably start posting again. I doubt that people are really that interested in my life because it's mainly booring. but hey. Here comes an update.

Summer: Summer was good till I got struck by fire. A fire broke out on the outside of my apartment. I was sleeping at the time and the fire alarm woke me up. Lucky me I got to run around in my underwear outside making sure no one else was in the building. The good:no one was hurt, the fire didn't spread into the house or on my stuff and no one was hurt(yeah, i said it twice)
The bad: had to replace the major applicances(fridge, stove, couch set, bed) and was put of of a place to live for almost 4 months.
Talking about it still brings about a slight panic. i don't fear fire any more than I did before(I don't really fear fire) but thinking about that day sucks. Glad its over.

The winter: Well up to now it's been uneventful. I'm still working on the night shift and i'm happy with that. x-mas has come and gone. One more day and I can put the holiday behind me. Compared to x-mases of the past this one has been really good. I didn't have that sense of being pulled everywhere. And despite getting the rest of my x-mas shopping done on the 24th, i didn't feel rushed at all.
Speaking of presents I got some cool swag. My girlfriend bought me a new deck for the van(the old one didn't play mp3 discs) How cool is that?
My other girlfriend is buying me an external Hd because mine appears to have been swiped from my home(I love my friends...) But how cool is that? Two tech gifts.

So yeah...life, she'sa goood. I'm gettin fat though...gonna try and join the gym in the new year and see how that works. I hate wasting money so...yeah. I'll try.

wish my fat ass luck...

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:12:04 GMT

So I went to see the 300 today, which i'm sure just about everyone in the world has seen by now.
It was a pretty good flick. Not fantastic, not mind boggling, but the action was fun and the movie was good.

It's really easy to devise a drinking game for the movie though. Take a drink everytime you hear the word "Sparta" or "spartan" because DAMN, i think they overuse the word a bit too much.
Near the start of the film i was already sick of hearing the word. Well, i guess they were an arrogant bunch.
Who wouldn't be? I think with what happened during the peloponysian war and the battle at thermopales(sp?) I think that they should be entitled to a few bragging rights.

Switch.
I went to amtgard this weekend for the first time in months. I had a great time but i left very very sore. In fact, my foot still hurts from it all. It so happens that I hurt my foot about a hear ago, and for some reason, that wound has begun to act up again. It sucks cause it forces me to limp around. And a fat guy limping around just looks silly.

Switch.
Well, i should be off to work now. Today is my last day for the week. I decided to take the rest of the week off just for me. Whee!

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:34:03 GMT

Someone: Hey drax, you aren't big on plays.

Drax: no, not really.

Someone: How come? Plays are really good and promote culture and ...stuff.

Drax: Hmm. I don't know. Here check this link.
http://thesuperficial.com/2007/01/daniel_radcliffe_to_show_off_h.html

Aaaand...now you know why i don't go to plays. That's a sort of culture that I can live without.
honest.

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:16:07 GMT

Wow...anyone else notice that the lj main site is becoming very..umm, populated? With crap.
Ads all over the place and a muck of useless information. Thanks for selling out..but hey, everything is about money now a days.
If it wasn't things globally wouldn't be in the mess they are in.

Anyways. I hope you all is doing well, i'm doing good. Might be changing my shift from graveyards to days. I'll be finding out within the next few weeks. A change in shift and duties.
Damn, i want sushi right now. I should get food soon.
Gotta go into work early. our department has been stricken down with flus and what not.and except for the norwalk virus i caught a few weeks ago, i've remained pretty healthy.

wierd..

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:58:44 GMT

Ok, so my microwave just beeped like I had put something inside to cook...and there was nothing in there.

Anyways...it's time for the Week at a glance!

Work: Work is a place that doesn't do much changing for me anyway. I'm still very content about what I do. And this is good because that means I dont' have to look for another job. There's a chance that I may be getting a different position in my department. Won't mean an increase in pay but a change in duties, but not an increase in duties either. We shall see what happens and if I take it when the opportunity arises.

Home: I've begun to tackle some small home improvement projects. First is to fix some of the damaged walls in the house. My first time using grout of any kind. First coat went on ok, now it's to sand it down a bit and add a second coat. I've started the project of clearing some of the shed out so I can move some old stuff from the storage closet to the shed. Now it's a matter of moving stuff out of the storage closet that doens't need to be in the house.

Gaming: I've recently started a new AD&D campaign with a few friends and so far it's going really well. The rp itself is pretty good as we manage to do a lot of it, even if it doesnt' continue to storyline. The character development, i think, well be excellent in time. The story is great as well, insofar, but there is still a lot we don't know.(go figure :P )
My tuesday game is strong as ever. The players don't rp as much as we do in the friday game, but they are all enjoying the story(at least, that's what they've told me.)
And lastly, this coming saturday my techocracy game starts up. This will be the first time i storytell a Technocratic game and for many of the players who will be playing. It's also a big game, with i think 7 players. I only hope I can keep their attention!

Comic: My comic is updating every week, so that means I still have ideas! Actually a few weeks ago I thought I might have to take a break because I had NO ideas for any comics. Then like magic, ideas for about 6 different comics just sorta showed up. No idea what muse inspired me, but thanks!
I'm also part of something called Fightsplosion!, where you take a comic character and combat it against other characters. It gives people a chance to draw other characters, meet new people and get their comic known in the community. I also was a backup artist for one of the finalists from the first round and ended up being used! Poor guy stepped on his scanner and destroyed the glass. So he told me his ideas and I put them to digital canvass.

I think that wraps things up. Oh..managed to get over 13 hours of sleep today...although it felt really good I know i'm going to pay for it tomorrow when I try to go to sleep at a normal hour.

Wow. Livejournal

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:14:10 GMT

It had been some time since I had brought up that URL. http://www.livejournal.com
I was a little nervous. Would everything be the same? Would I still understand, and be able to navigate through the pages with the same ease I did previously?
There was only one way to find out. All I had to do was press one key; the enter key.
I swallowed some spit that was swashing around in my mouth. I stared at that key for nigh on five minutes. Then, with new resolve, I hit it!
"Welcome to Livejournal! Seasons greeting!", it said warmly. How I missed that welcome. I looked at the navigation menu; it was still the same.
"Excellent!", I thought to myself, "I'll have no problem navigating these pages!" Without any further delay, I clicked straight on the "Update Journal" link and started writing a post.
But I wasn't the only one who felt alone during these past months.
As I was updating, she started to speak to me.
"Oh, so your back again. Are you sticking around this time? Or will it be just one quick update before you forget about me again." It was Lj. She was pissed.
"I didn't forget about you Lj. My access to you was restricted at work. And you KNOW I do all my writing at work."
She sneered at me and said "Well, you aren't at work NOW, are you?"
I looked around the room, knowing full well where I was. I was almost looking for an answer to give her, something that might calm her down but I found nothing.
"No, no I'm not at work right now. But I never think to..", she cut me off there.
"That's the problem, Drax, you never THINK. You always go on a whim leaving those who care about you behind. I don't want to be left behind Draxenn. But for some reason you often discard me like yesterdays trash."
She knew that wasn't true, she was just trying to hurt me. And you know what? It worked.
I was taken aback for a moment, I couldn't speak.
"So, i'll ask again. Are you sticking around this time?"
"Yes", I replied. "I have no intention of forgetting about you again.
"Fine", she retorted, "But you sleep on the couch tonight.
I nodded in agreement. At least the couch was comfortable. We had a nice couch.
Now Lj and I are working on patching things up. Hopefully soon you'll start to see regular updates.
Chow for now.

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:56:21 GMT

All i want in life is to be happy, happy
All i want in life is to be happy, happy

It seems funny to me
How fucked things can be
Everytime I get ahead
I feel more dead.

--Korn

Devoid of any meaningful thoughts and i'm not sure why.
I DO however want to thank those that did post about the pictures i drew. Gave me a bit more confidance in what i'm doing.
Talking with a good friend of mine helped too. He's always good with the no nonsense stuff, so I know what he says, he means.

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:17:05 GMT

I'm starting to wonder if maybe my expectations of myself are too low, or maybe i'm too easily impressed or something.

I recently did some art for a book for amtgard...a few fantasy pics.

I thought they turned out really great for the level of art that I can do.
Which is to say, i'm not that great an artist.

Now, both images were traces of other images that I manipulated afterwards.
I showed them to some friends. A few thought they were really great, but most either didn't comment or gave me a 'meh'.

This isn't the first time this has happened. I posted a guest comic for someone in the drunkduck community, worked really hard on it and was estatic with the way it turned out. When it was posted online it got a bunch of negative comments...the worst being "i'm just sorry that the awesome art wasn't even attempted. Oh well, it IS a guest comic afterall"

I mean...wow. There's nothing constructive in there. So I just wonder, am I too sensitive? Should I bother to continue with this stuff? Should I just sluff off what people say and continue doing what makes me happy?
I don't expect answers to these questions, they are mainly rhetorical.

Gee, all that sounds sorta angsty, don't it? glee, i'm 15 again!! =D

Damn, my sister can draw like 10..but she barely draws anymore. I've always loved drawing but until recently, i REALLY sucked at it.

Anyway, if you want to see the images, they are here

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:08:05 GMT

I think one of the reasons that I don't post in here very often is I find that I want to keep my personal life, well, personal.
And the mundane things is rather repetitious. Work, game, comic, work. It's really all i do.
It's not a bad thing, I mean, I quite enjoy gaming. I also enjoy the comics I've done over the past while...I think I started in april.
I've made a few new netfriends who share a similar sense of humour, which is great.

I honestly think the newest, strangest thing(besides all the WIERD dreams i've been having) is the addition to my mp3 collection.
1200 video game remix.
Lurrrv.

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:04:24 GMT

I live

People are disgusting

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:05:26 GMT

So i hear on the news today that someone left their dog on the beach, bound with electrical tape with a plastic bag over it's head.
Fortunatly, someone found the poor guy in time and they were able to save him, but they have to amputate part of the leg due to lost circulation from the tape.
This boggles my mind.
There are plenty of services to give pets away. Even if you can't afford them, you can always just give it to a friend, or hell, let it roam free. It'll have a much better chance surviving by getting picked up as a stray then being bagged and bound on the beach.
I hope someone saw who did it.
I hope they call the cops about these fucks.
It's just...stupid.

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:34:19 GMT

I'm sure some of my more sadistic friends will get a chuckle out of this.
http://www.glumbert.com/media/tonguetwister.html

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:08:06 GMT

No...fuck no..

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24232

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:56:54 GMT

Yes. Fucking yes.

http://video.movies.go.com/thetick/

Long time gone...

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:54:36 GMT

Battle of the Dens X: A Return to hardcore came and went this passing weekend.

The highlight of this amtgard event is, of course, the large game of capture the flag. This is the event that the entire weekend is based around, what it builds up to.

How was the weekend for me? Glad you asked! no one else has yet bothered.

When there were things going on, the CTF...well, actually the CTF was the only thing i was able to participate in...so, in the CTF, I had a lot of fun.
But otherwise, in between events, during the nighttime fires and stuff, I don't think I've felt more disconnected from the game and the people in my life.
It always seemed like I arrived at the wrong time, like those I spoke to was just paying me lip service and didn't want me around.
It was strange. I just wonder what I did wrong...
Maybe it was me...I wasn't looking forward to this event...there was no hype for me, despite it being a big event...our 10th battle of the dens.

Oh well. I managed to have some fun, so i guess it wasn't all bad. Got to wear my new mask(pics will be up soon, i promise)

Unfortunatly there was even a bit of drama. You see, our company(a group of friends who hang around and fight under one name) have a joke/fun rivalry with another company.
We've often pranked each other, so this year, our company(against my council I might add) decided to use washable markers on the rival company's windows, displaying propaganda for our company.
Some of them took it real well...Got a good laugh and chuckle...our company washed off the residue(which i'm told took all of 5 minutes) and all was good.
Well, two of them did not take it so well.
One took it upon themself to hoof one of our guys in the nuts(yes, it was a lady)
Funny thing, it wasn't even her car.
*shrugs*
Fortunatly, the guy that got hoofed handled it rather well and just walked away.
The other person didn't even witness the occurance. Our group found out that he would freak, so they wiped it off(again leaving no residue, i'm told) and went on their merry way. He found out and freaked on them, saying they have to wash his vehicle now, and that he couldn't believe that they would damage his property, and disrespect it.

Now, again, i wasn't there, so i'm getting a bias form of the event that took place, but i'm told that the markers totally come off.
That means there is no damage.
That means there is no reason to wash the vehicle.
there was no disrespect, it was all in fun.

I mean, this is a group of guys who would often steal our property(our flag) and keep it for months on end.
Should we brings the cops in for that??

No, I didn't think so.
Just..bleh to the drama. There was no reason for it. And we've met and there will no longer be a rivalry. most of the people from that company have retired from the game anyway.

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:47:18 GMT

And god shuffled he feet and glanced around at them.
The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him.
---

So I averted a minor family crisis today.
Sometimes I wonder if family is all that it's chalked up to be.
On the one hand I have my sister who doesn't call anyone, is virtually impossible to get ahold of by her family and friends, and doesn't always check her email
On the other hand, my mom can be over sensitive sometime.
I get a call from my mom's bf saying that she's in tears cause she was supposed to pick my niece up at my sisters place, but no one was ansering the door. Also claiming that she could hear my sister in the appartment not answering the door.
I've heard this story before from my mom and my grandmother. I don't discount it, but I don't believe it either. My sister lives in a shitty appartment, and it could very well have been the neighbours they heard.

So, I head over to my sisters. I was already mad at her for not answering my email and not phoning my mother to thank her for the rather pricey b-day gift she sent her.

So as I get there, I see her, her bf and my niece walking down the street.
Perfect!
So I pull up behind them and call out to her.
Now, i'm not stupid. I KNOW that if she was avoiding mom, she'd realize that mom would talk to me. my sister was surprised and happy to see me. So I tell her the situation and ask her to call mom, right there on the road with my cell phone.
She does, and everything ends up great in the end.

I get a messege from my mom, still teary eyed, just letting me know that she'll be leaving for the island with my niece and that she's very happy.

My only wish is that they would talk to each other instead of through me.

One message to a friend who knows who they are: I was trying to cheer you up. I'm sorry if it seemed otherwise or if I made things worse.

...

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:45:31 GMT

Trevor McDavid

Trevor was an old friend of mine from when I first moved to capreol.
I hadn't spoken to him since high school, but often wondered what he was up to.
He had 2 girls and a 3rd one on the way...

A case of the funks?

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:03:07 GMT

Been in a funk lately. It sort of comes and goes. Nothing extreme, just a general blah when i'm at work.
So I figure that i'm due for a vacation of somekind. I'm looking to see if I can take some soon, like in the next week or two and maybe get some relaxation done. There are a few things that I'd like to do to the appartment, like add some shelves, possibly paint at some point.
Our place is a little too small for the two of us, there's a fair bit in storage that she would like to have out, but we currently don't have room.
I managed to get rid of some stuff with the yard sale, which really was giving stuff away to the jarett centre. :P
I'll never bother with a yard sale again. Too many people just driving by, not getting nearly close enough to look at what's at the table.
I think people just look for old stuff, hoping they can bring it to the antique road show or something and find out that something they spent $.50 on is worth a few thousand bucks.
Then they won't sell it because the value will continue to appreciate; within a few years they'll be sitting on a retirement fund.
But then some sort of natural disaster will occur; flood, earthquake or what have you and thier little item they purchased for fifty cents will fall to its doom, the value will be nil and they will be penniless because the natural disaster took their house too somehonw.
Maybe a tornado.
Anyway, their insurance won't pay out because they don't cover acts of god; which proves that insurance companies work for the devil since they acknowledge acts of god as a type of insurancable item.
Our couple will find themselves destitute; living in a fridge box on the corner of 4th and main. The local vagrants there will take them in and offer them canned beans and boxed wine; possibly aquavelva too.
The local glue sniffer will offer them a hit, but everyone shys away from that guy; he's just creepy.
They will continue to live their lives in their fridge box until a manufactured plague wipes them all out; the government's new way of handling the over-population problem and cleaning the streets at the same time.
A clean up crew will arrive and while picking up one of the bodies, the trinket will fall to the ground.
The cleaner will see it, look around and when no one is observing him, he'll swipe it and put it in his pocket.
He'll take it to the antique road show and get it appraised. He'll find out that the item could have been worth a few million dollars if it wasn't for the small dent in the upper part of it. He won't be too put out by it thought, it was just something he found while cleaning up an alley.
He'll take the item, and put it on his mantle, calling it the item that almost made him a million bucks.
His kids will come in and ask "Daddy, what's that?" He'll laugh and tell them that it's just a reminder that not everything we keep needs to have a high cash value placed upon it.

The moral of the story?
It's lesson #41 as per the Wheel of Morality.

Heh, this put me in a good mood. =D

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:07:10 GMT

- Bold all of the following TV shows which you've ever seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime.
- Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode of it.
- If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).
After doing this....DAMN, i've watched a lot of TV in my youth....
Cutted for your pleasure.

24
7th Heaven
Adam-12
Aeon Flux
ALF
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alias
America Gothic
American Idol/Pop Idol/Canadian Idol/Australian Idol/etc.
America's Next Top Model/Germany's Next Top Model
Angel
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are you being Served?
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Babylon 5: Crusade
Banacek
Battle of the Planets
Battlestar Galactica (the old one)
Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
Baywatch
Beavis & Butthead
Beverly Hills 90210
Bonanza
Bones
Bosom Buddies
Boston Public
Boy Meets World
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bug Juice
Chappelle's Show
Charlie's Angels
Charmed
Cheers
Chef!
CHiPs
Clarissa Explains It All
Columbo
Commander in Chief
Coupling
Cowboy Bebop
Crossing Jordan
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dancing with the Stars
Danny Phantom
Dark Angel
Dark Skies
Davinci's Inquest
Dawson's Creek
Dead Like Me
Deadwood
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Designing Women
Desperate Housewives
Dharma & Greg
Different Strokes
Doctor Who
Dragnet
Due South
Earth 2
Emergency!
Entourage
ER
Even Stevens
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond
Facts of Life
Family Guy
Family Ties
Farscape
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
Felicity
Firefly
Flash Forward
Frasier
Friends
Futurama
Get Smart
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Good Eats
Green Wing
Grey's Anatomy
Growing Pains
Gunsmoke
Hannah Montana
Happy Days
Hogan's Heroes
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
House
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Instant Star
Inuyasha
Invader Zim
Invasion
Iron Chef
Hell's Kitchen
JAG
Jackass
Joey
John Doe
LA Law
Laverne and Shirley
Little House on the Prairie
Lizzie McGuire
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lost
Lost in Space
Love, American Style
M*A*S*H
MacGyver
Malcolm in the Middle
Married... With Children
Matlock
Melrose Place
Miami Ink
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible
Monk
Mork & Mindy
Murphy Brown
My Life as a Dog
My Super Sweet 16
My Three Sons
My Two Dads
NCIS
Nip/Tuck
Numb3rs
One Tree Hill
Oz
Perry Mason
Phil of the Future
Pokemon
Power Rangers
Prison Break
Profiler
Project Runway
Quantum Leap
Queer As Folk (US)
Queer as Folk (British)
ReGenesis
Remington Steele
Rescue Me
Road Rules
ROME
Roseanne
Roswell
Salute Your Shorts
Saved by the Bell
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Silk Stalkings
Six Feet Under
Sliders
Slings and Arrows
Smallville
So Weird
South Park
Spaced
Spider-Man (The old-school one where he swung from nothing)
Spongebob Squarepants
Sports Night
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1
Superman
Supernatural
Surface
Survivor
Taxi
Teen Titans
That 70's Show
That's So Raven
The 4400
The Addams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
The A-Team
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Brady Bunch
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
The Dead Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Famous Jett Jackson
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
The Honeymooners
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The L Word
The Love Boat
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mighty Boosh
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Mythbusters
The O.C.
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Pretender
The Real World
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Sopranos
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Twilight Zone
The Waltons
The West Wing
The Wonder Years
The X-Files
Third Watch
Three's Company
Top Gear
Twin Peaks
Twitch City
Two and A Half Men
Undeclared
Veronica Mars
Whose Line is it Anyway? (US)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
Will and Grace
Wings
WKRP in Cincinnati

Why do I post?

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:44:09 GMT

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I know that once upon a time, i really needed an out. I needed a place to put my thoughts down and to bounce some ideas off of other people.
Now, it doesn't seem so important. I think it's because my life is somewhat at a slow pace right now.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes a slow pace is nice.
but it makes for a booring livejournal, no?

I have friends who are starting new endeavours, going on trips across the world.
Me, I rp, hang with friends and...yeah.

There is one thing that has changed. Some people are already aware of this, some are not.

I've been polyamourous for quite some time now. Seearra was, and still is involved with a woman in toronto. This was fact when we first started dating. So, the tables have turned and now I have a new girlfriend in my life, along with Seearra.

I realize that polyamoury isn't for everyone. Their is bacon. But you don't hate someone for eating bacon, right? :)
Her name is <lj-user=alilen> and she is a very awesome person. With her and seearra in my life, I feel more complete than I ever have. I can only thank them both for what they've given me.

So that is the major change in my life. It's fairly recent...I didn't post about it earlier because I wasn't really sure how. I've told a few people, including my mom, and now it's time to inform the rest.

Life, although fairly stagnant, is GOOD.

I STILL haven't heard anything about the job i applied for within my company. HaX. I'm starting to believe that the position no longer exists. Maybe it didn't get corporate approuval or something.
Figures though..it would be the first time I've ever seen a position get denied at the corporate level. :/
But that would be on par with job luck.
Oh, I know my luck is good with *having* a job. But moving up anywhere? Doesn't happen. No luck there. :)

bah, i don't complain about it too much. I'm fond of where I am now. Moving could cause cardiac distress, you know.

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:19:34 GMT

Because I like to share t3h funny.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1107718846402135656&q=mentos+fountain

It's a long weekend!

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:10:30 GMT

Well, for most. For me it's quite a normal weekend as I don't normally get holidays off. :/
Saturday was nice. I had invites to a few parties, but due to the van being in the shop, i didn't go. Something about having to rely on someone else for a ride bothers me.
So i stay home and played warcraft and dammit, it was fun!
It's all about fun...and French Freedom fries.(that's an alliteration)

So while walking to work today, I saw a man, and the man had a cane. I approached the man, as he had a nice demeanor and apparently high charisma and asked him, "Good sir, where did you find such a marvellous cane?"
The man smiled and said "On the road". Blinking, I proceeded to ask him "On the road? So someone lost it?"
And he says "Yeah, probably. But that's neither here nor there as it's mine and i'm quite happy with it."
I figured he would be, because dammit that cane was snazzy. He proceeded to give me the cane as he really didn't need it anymore...having the high charisma and all.
Filled with glee, I continued to walk to work with my cane. Somewhere along the way I lost it. When I looked at my watch I realized it was 30 minutes earlier than it was when I spoke to the man. I look back to see the man picking up the cane off the road...the cane which he found and had just given to me.
See? This is why time travel sucks.