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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
4:57 pm	Lazy Lethargic Day of Summer Doldrums I'm sleepy. Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
12:59 pm	This is not an update I just feel like having a time typing and typing. I went to China Wok today and brought it home for lunch. And I will say I didn't really like anything I had, but that's not right. I did like it, it just wasn't great. I tried the fried dumplings, and they're okay, didn't care of the filling in them. So atm, China 88 is my favorite dumplings. And then I tried their crab rangoon. And I did like how they filled the rangoon, but I didn't like the sweetness of the sugar in them. But it was good food, but stuff I probably won't get again. I'm still a bit tired, and might take a nap in the afternoon when done with work, and work looks like it will be busy this afternoon. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
10:31 pm	Uneventful Day Most of the time when nothing really happens, it goes unnoticed. Because it's not newsworthy of it's really nothing. But sometimes one needs to stop and take note of that nothing. Because without the nothing then all the crazy somethings wouldn't have anything to counterbalance them. So here's to all the lazy days where nothing is done! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
7:20 pm	phone home No, I'm not talking about my middle name. Currently I am on the way home from the wedding gig. The first violinist is driving so I thought that I would practice my typing skills and update from my phone. Still no word from Kristy about River. That worries me. I know if things were okay then we'd here about it. So either they don't know how the dialsis is going, there's no improvement, or maybe... Yeah, this is why my mom didn't want me around when Spots was put down. I'm an emotional person and yeah this stuff gets to me. Anyway, hoping that River the cat will pull through. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: cannon in D (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 5th, 2009
11:32 am	New on the way Okay, I finally caved and a new PC will be shipped to me by the end of the month. So time to go through old stuff on my desktop and figure out what to save and then be ready to port the rest over to the new machine. And then have the new machine set up to stream stuff to the PS3/360, and boom, instant entertainment anywhere. (And I'll finally be getting a monitor to match the uber one Richard has that I drool about every time I'm over there.) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
12:46 pm	Maps (not the song) ( States and Countries I've been to ) (Comment on this)
Monday, May 4th, 2009
3:38 pm	Tangerine and Pinwheel That is all. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
12:29 pm	Nostalgia March 28, 2002 (6:06pm) "first update ever...be happy zee kittens, 3 of them, 2 black, 1 black and white very minimalistic, I know..heh..*grin* " That was my first update ever in LJ...wow. I've been using this thing for over 7 years now. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
4:53 pm	Old Mail Day I get home from work today and my mailbox is stuffed with mail. All of it says it was marked to be forwarded from my apartment to my house on 4/9/09. In this batch was 3 bank statements, 2 bills, 1 reward card, 1 notification from the insurance company on my house, 1 new eye care plan card, and more. The thing about this is all of these were from December! So the bills had already been paid (hooray for going online/paperless) and the reward card had already expired. (Thanks US Postal service.) So I'm guessing they'd been letting these pile up, or maybe they were tossed somewhere when the post office couldn't figure out where I moved to and they just now found them over the weekend and thus here I am getting it all at once. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
6:59 pm	Finally joining the masses Okay, I've signed up for facebook finally. In other news Chicken Sink (hold the tomatoes) I think is my favorite pizza. (sooooo goooood) And hopefully tonight I should be picking up the plywood. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 16th, 2009
8:52 am	World Baseball Classic Okay, I have to admit I've gotten caught up in this. To me it's the World Cup of Baseball. It's nice to see a format where teams get to play a few games then advance, just like the World Cup. And it is an international game with lots of different teams playing (well, 16 instead of 32 that are in the World Cup). But the one thing this shows me is that baseball in many countries (including the US) doesn't have the pull that soccer does. For the World Cup the stadiums are sold out for every game. For the World Baseball Classic. They're only about 30% full. You would think that even in the US the games would sell out...but there's just not that much love for the game over here. (And with all the bad press about the game that doesn't surprise me.) But it just makes me think baseball is a lot like soccer in that over here more people like to play the game than watch it. But all in all, I do hope they keep this tournament around. (Comment on this)
Monday, March 9th, 2009
7:08 am	Time for my anual post I hate Daylight Savings Time. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 27th, 2009
8:22 am	Street Fighter IV *grumble* Okay. The strategy guide is wrong. I mean they're never 100% right, but...but...I really like it when I'm given correct information. So...apparently to unlock Seth it's not beat the game with the 16 starting characters, it's beat the game with EVERYBODY. So here's what I've looked up and I hope it's right. Clear the game with everyone, then go through with someone you've already beat the game with (anyone) and get at least 1 perfect and no continues, then you get to fight Akuma. Beat Akuma and you get him. ***COMPLETE*** Beat the game with Akuma, then play the game with anyone. This time get at least 1 perfect, 3 Super or Ultra finishes, and first hit at least 5 times. Oh yeah, and no continues. Then you'll get to Gouken. Beat him and you get him. Beat the game with Gouken to unlock Seth. Okay. Well, I still am lousy at doing Super or Ultra attacks, so there's currently no way for me to do this. (So this is one thing I'll probably ask for help with on Saturday.) But I have learned that the EX attack (which I thought was doing a move twice then hitting the button) is just doing the move once and doing 2 punch or 2 kick, which means those are easy to do now. And I can pull those off. My Haduken is still unreliable, I'm only able to launch one 80% of the time. So need more practice to get that to 100%. Then I'll move to the shroduken move. I still hate charge moves. I know I should just pick a charcter and run with them. It's just sad that all my favorite characters are not that great in this game, which means I have to get better to make up for their shortcomings. (Vega, Cammy and El Fuerte) And I hate to admit it...but Rufus is good. He actually fits my style of play. I just hate him so I don't want to use him. ; ; Of the new characters though, Able is head and shoulders above the other three. And I'm to the point where I hate fighting a computer controled one. But I'm now down to only not having Gouken and Seth. (oh, and my online record is like 1-20...and that 1 win wasn't a ranked match...heh) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
1:18 pm	I-con One of these days I think I'll need to go make icons or something. Since it would be neat to have an Eldar one, and a WoW one (even if I'm not really playing much). Or another one. Just a random thought. (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
8:21 am	Super Bowl Kickoff Okay, so I was wrong. Kickoff for the Super Bowl is 5:20 pm. So if you want to watch the game/commercials, it would be best to show up at 5pm and not 6pm like I said last night. My bad. I'll try to call those who might not see this around lunch-ish time. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 30th, 2009
1:17 pm	Unrelated Note Richard was right on the 3rd boss in Folklore for Ellen. That has to be the hardest thing in the world. I finally figured out how to get attacks to land, but with such poor targeting in the area, it's hard to hit the thing. And you only get 2-3 chances before it goes off screen to drop bombs on you. So it is a really long fight and I will be so glad to be past it. And I'll hope there aren't any more bosses like this. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
11:33 am	Prime Saturday Going to work to make sure to get the other Viper put together and the people on all the jetbikes since this Saturday it's supposed to be in the 60s, and thus a good time to prime them. In other news I met my neighbor last night. She pulled in to get the key from the builder when I was pulling in. She's actually moving in this weekend, Fri/Sat. So the two of us talked for awhile. And I called back at&t and now the game of pass the customer is happening. Fun times. (Comment on this)
10:57 am	How hard is it... /sigh Just got a call from at&t to let me know that they won't be able to transfer my phone server over on Tuesday because the phone number has a freeze on it. I responded, well, at&t is my service provider, can't you unfreeze it, since you're at&t? She responded, no we can't, your service provider has to do it. And the conversation kept going in a circle like that. Finally I got her to say they couldn't do it because at&t Fiber is a different company than at&t copper. So...you're not all at&t, she said yes and no. So clearly at&t doesn't know what type of company they are. And they can't transfer you between departments if one is fiber and one is copper. Which is news to me, since the lady I worked with on Tuesday (who didn't have a forgien accent) was able to do that. The lady today didn't even know the at&t phone number. She just told me to call them back and the number was on my bill. Yeah, like I keep my bill on me at all times. So thus the Fiber people will come to give me internet on Tuesday but not phone, because my phone is with the copper people who have to give it up. And in the meantime I need to continue to use my phone on the line I have...even thought that line IS fiber. Do these people even have a clue? at&t you need help. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
2:34 pm	Thwarted Okay, so the frustrations continue. The at&t modem did come yesterday. I was told not to set it up until after 8pm. So I wait. Then when I get home from Symphony I set it up. Red blinky light. That's bad. So I call their tech support. I already tired different variations of things so I know it is something to do with the line. The tech guy says sometimes it takes time for things to go through and opens up a ticket for it and says to call back tomorrow (today) if it's not fixed. So today, it wasn't fixed so I called back in. And now I'm being told that I can't get DSL because I'm on Fiber. But I can't get U-verse because I don't want to pay for 2 TV connections (I already have Direct TV 'cause at&t didn't get me set up for over a month from when they said they would. And I still don't have full connection with them.) So can't have DSL or U-verse. I was frustrated. I let them know that. Finally after a couple phone transfers I met a very paitent lady who worked with me to figure things out. And apparently I'm the exception to the rule. Because I only have fiber, and thus can't get DSL, I do qualify for U-verse internet. And we went ahead and put my phone to VOIP 'cause it was cheaper than what I'm paying now. The soonest they can get out here to set me up is Feb 3. So one more week, then hopefully, finally I will have internet after 2 months of waiting. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 5th, 2009
1:42 pm	Cons Okay. I really hadn't been thinking about it....but it is Con Talk Time. So, who all is going to Akon? We should probably get our numbers down so I know if we need 1 or 2 rooms. Rooms there are 154/night. So, about $40/night if there's 4 of us...which over the three nights we're there is $120/person (for 4). And is anyone going to Nakakon? (Mar 13-15) It's right around my Dad's b-day, so I'd probably go off and on, but don't think I'd stay at the hotel. Although it is in a nicer area...it's at the Hyatt in Crown Center. So it's nice that it will really be a KC Anime convention. (3 Comments |Comment on this)