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[17 Sep 2004|07:13am] http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/222199/4/8596047 <---lookie! Our great prayers have been answered! The Disney Submarines have come out of hiding for the first time in nearly SEVEN YEARS! *angelic chorus sings* WHOOOOOOOOO!!!! Packin' everything up with intent to take off today... headin' back to SLO-town for another year o' school. 8 days till my next coaster fix. Oyah. I'm happy ;) They're gonna make me shut my computer down... but it's been on and running one consistent Windows for 75 days! Boo-hoooo... Alas, the time has come for the shutdown. Until next time, *salutes* ANDY AWAYYYYY! post comment

Holy Shit! [13 Sep 2004|04:52pm] [ mood | restless ] [ music | Crazy Nutty Irish Stuff ] WOW! Damn. I forgot I had this blog! Not that it matters, as I'm not much of a blogger these days... but in any case, oops! Well. Not-quite-two years have gone by since last this sucker was updated. Let's do some housecleaning: Sames: Still at Cal Poly(okay, only during the educational months) Still into the same ol' stuff(DDR never dies! HA!) Differents: New house in SLO(YAY! 5 Peeps, one roof. And as the one who actually did the legwork, I get my own room AND my own bathroom! I rock!) New job at HP for the summer(BESTEST THING EVER!!!) New friends at school(those in the know have heard much of The Jew and The Joe and The Everyoneelse) New DDR CLUB! YEA! GO POLYBEMANI! WOO! And all that jazz! *shows a little leg* Oh yeahhhhh. So if I needed a *REASON* to finally message back, I guess it's a transition time again; finishing up with HP, movin' back to SLO for another fun-filled skool yeer. Can't wait! I dunno what kind of readership this blog gets, but I doubt my SLO peeps read it, so suffice to say that we all have fun down there. The club does...well, not GREAT, but good enough to survive. Sexy sexy T-shirts. Devin: I be gonna buggin' you about swinging by on Friday on my way down. Thou hast birthday presents to be recievin'(this be, of course, medieval ebonics). Also: bug me sometime soon about a Video Game History me and a Brad are writing. And you thought my Trek Script to you was bad... Yes, ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the amazing, astounding, überproductive life of the wild Intern. Bloggin' through my third-to-last day of work before the packing is completed. All my stuff-an-junk is going to SLO! I won't technically live in Auburn anymore! I DUN WANNA CHANGE AIM NAMES! *cries* But, it may be so. Only time shall tell, for although a SLOPoke I may become, An Auburnite I shall always remain in my heart. AHAHA! 5PM Bells toll! Intern, AWAY! 1 comment|post comment

*droooooool* [09 Dec 2002|06:34pm] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Random stand-up ] Okay, performing my sacred duty as the CoasterFan: http://www.virtualmidway.com/popup/mysterypopup6001.asp?image=attraction494.jpg&title=Mystery%20Attraction The focus of this shot is that yellow-orange tower behind the blue coaster. Said blue coaster is Millennium Force, the tallest continuous coaster in the US at 310 feet up. Two comments on the other tower: 1) it's taller and 2) it's not done growing. The ads call this superhuman chunk of coastery goodness a "rocket coaster." It's out at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and this will be their 16th coaster. Long story short, I gotta get my ass to Ohio, FAST. 1 comment|post comment

Oh. Ummm.... hi [12 Nov 2002|06:31pm] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Eagles - Tequila Sunrise ] *Bows left* *bows right* Yes! New world's record for longest DJ absence! Thank you, thank you all. Especially you, college, for turning me into a repetitive learning machine. Perhaps I would have DJed sooner had it been something more than "went to class. DDRed. Came home. Slept." But, alas, that was not to be. So...um... oh. 6 weeks. Yeah. To world: how was your October? Mine was... there. Did...stuff. Mostly classes. Speech, Calculus, and Computers. Any guesses as to my favorite? Socially, college has been meet person, talk to them for the rest of a day, then DDR with them. I've made ...quite a few friends this way. Classes? The quarter system (10 weeks and you've got a class) is bloody fast. Second midterms start at the end of the week, and finals 2 weeks later. By jebus, it's only NOVEMBER! So very fast... Anyhoo, that's kinda my mini-update for now. School is school, but now it's also life. Kinda tough to get used to. Mayhaps I'll start writing here more often again. But, as I said, we're entering the home stretch for the quarter already. Gets crazy from here... 2 comments|post comment

Tales From the 2AM Dorm Room [29 Sep 2002|02:43am] [ mood | confused ] Yeah, for my first college entry, this is what I just heard outside our room: "Hey John, let's play chicken frisbee. First one to get hit in the face with the frisbee loses. I'll throw it, and you can't move when I do." Yes that's right, welcome to college. 2 comments|post comment

Win XP-ey workiness [22 Aug 2002|03:40pm] [ mood | geeky ] [ music | Queen - We Will Rock U-We r the Champs ] Okay, okay. I get the picture. I need to blog. Shut up already(wink wink). I WAS planning to wait for the second monthiversary of my last entries, but... I have time to kill now. So let's see, what's happened in the last... 57 days? Answer: Stuff. June ended, July came. My fourth was spent in Lassen National Park, at a lake, ACROSS the lake from the fireworks. If we even *heard* the pops, it was 5, 6 seconds after the fact. July kinda went downhill from there, as nearly everything in my technological universe decided to break down. When last we spoke, you could have called this a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion, for better or worse(mostly worse). Now, it's FrankenPuter, with only the major drives surviving the July meltdown. But hey, 600 dollars later, I have the best computer I know of. AND MY SPEAKERS WORK! *Does a THX-Certified dance* Which reminds me. Dancing. Of course, I still refer to the DDR thing. I met two people at the arcade doing my oh-so-fun sport (it's a sport now, dammit.) Hi to Brad (he may read this) and Jeff (he won't read this). For the rest of my life, and the majority of August, go to Pitas. Poor thing misses me nearly as much as DJ here. post comment

BWAAA!!! [26 Jun 2002|09:14pm] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | Lilo and Stitch - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride ] Hey hey hey! I've been away! Oh well, back now. For general stuff about my summer-so-far, go to pitas. Here, I'm detailing my average day at home, which about 75% of them have been. I've set a few goals for what I want done this summer, which include cleaning my house(for money), cleaning my room(for looks), and cleaning my computer(for me). Currently, the room is doing the best, and that is most definitely not saying much. The floor fluctuates between clean and unsightly, which is where it is now, due to the emptiness of the closet. This is a good thing, though, as the closet hasn't been cleaned in, oh, ten years. The house. The current step in the housecleaning is the outside decks, patios, and walkways. They're dirty, nasty, and mossy, respectively. All these things are dealt with using our industrial-strength pressure washer. This thing is scary. It wouldn't clean dirt off a pan; it would rip off the teflon. On decks, it acts like a water razor- I get the experience of shaving the deck. Verrrry strange. As for this computer, work will have to get done. Daily crashes, hardware and/or software related, do NOT bode well. Time to wipe the Windows... So, that's pretty much my life as it is now. It'll all get done, I have no doubts about that. But... not there yet. See you next entry. post comment

Hey Ma! Look at me! I'm back! [03 Jun 2002|08:06pm] [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | Destiny's Child - Survivor ] So it's been a few weeks. So what? :) Not that much has happened. Project, project, senior stuff, senior stuff, Star Wars, and Star Wars. I'm up to 5 now! The project( I built a computer, iffn' you didn't know ) is complete, and will be displayed tomorrow night. Tomorrow morning, I take my driver's test. Momma says keep the pedestrian casualties to a minimum, and I'll pass. Sounds good to me! Continuing on in the week, we have graduation practice, then Thursday... The Day. Last day. I'm supposed to be more nervous or something than I am, I think. I just think of it as hey - once more around the block. Only this time, in a suit and tie (ICK TO THE POWER OF INFINITY). But, first things first. Time to practice the presentation of my computer-baby, as my final assignment is due in 23 hours. Tootles! 2 comments|post comment

Are we there yet? [24 May 2002|01:32pm] [ mood | rushed ] [ music | Incubus - Drive ] Blahhhh! It's Friday, and I have to go camping! I don't wanna, but we're going nonetheless. So, we start packing 2 days ahead, camp for 3 days, then unpack for a week. Sounds like fun, yes? Anyone? Didn't think so. This past week has been as follows: Saw Star Wars. Saw Star Wars. Finished Glass Knife. Saw Star Wars. Built a computer. Saw Star Wars. Packed. Camped. "Slept" probably fits in there somewhere, but not sure where. If you've been chatting with me at all this week, you know the details; I'm far too lazy and too short on time to describe it here. Bottom line is, all things are good. Star Wars is good. Glass Knife is good. Computer is good. Camping... remains to be seen. The good news is, we *will* have hookups, so I won't be without my beloved electricity. This computer could use a break anyway, as I don't know if I've restarted it in five days... post comment

I am the Nerd King! [16 May 2002|08:41pm] [ mood | nerdy ] [ music | Creed - With Arms Wide Open ] It's very, VERY rare when I can feel like the geekiest geek I know. But, today I believe I have achieved that. Click me! See the last picture there? The bored-looking guy on the far far left? Oh yes. That's me. I was at the theater at 8:30 AM, 15 and a half hours before the opening at 12:01. First show. So then I slept, went home, and... went to the Auburn theater and saw it again at 12:35. Yep. I saw the movie twice in the first 15 hours it was open. I'd be even prouder if it were my favorite in the series. Ah well, made some new friends(I now *know* the guys with the lightsabers), tried some new soda(Vanilla Coke... came out yesterday... num), and broke more of my records than I care to admit(441 in cell phone snake!). I'll have to wait to see the movie again until the weekend. I couldn't take it again, just because the mush that was my brain has now been through a Cuisinart. That pretty much describes my last few days. Tootles! Peace! post comment

My music is LOUD [09 May 2002|07:52pm] [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | floggin molly - Devils Dance Floor ] APs... over. Brain... mush. Mind... blank. Paper I'm supposed to do for litmag... blank. Ahhh, the glories of near-summer. I had 2 hours of school today, coupled with about 3 hours of hacky sack. Methinks I sprained something, as dancing when I got home hurt like HELL. Ah well, 'twas worth it. Anyhoo, May has been ok, other than APs. Stupid Calculus free-response questions. *Pokes the College Board* so there. I feel better now. One more day of school this week(school being a relative term... one class with real thought, and that's *laugh* Tibor), then monday school, then... nothing. Mmmm.... nothing. For now, though, me bought new game today, as a "I'm done with hard tests.I like me." type of thing. I'm gonna go play it now. Bye! 1 comment|post comment

HAH! [30 Apr 2002|10:06pm] [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | Nirvana ] There! I'm listening to the last song on the last album! Yes! Reason: I joined that Columbia House thing. You know, eighty billion CDs for a penny and all. Well, they came on Thursday. 13 of them. Nirvana's Nevermind got saved for last. And now I'm finished. Good musics all. Quite a little range though, from aforementioned Nirvana to Everlast to Cotton Eye Joe to the Simpsons. Kooky little me. Anyway, if you want to know how the rest of the weekend went, just head on over to pitas and check it out. Tootles for now! post comment

Okay... [23 Apr 2002|10:42pm] [ mood | happy ] [ music | Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles ] Right. So Internet Explorer won't do anything, but DeadJournal satellite opens without a hitch. How long has it been since I updated this? 4 days? OOPS. Well, there was the weekend, then there was today and yesterday. Guess which was more fun. Yep. Today was ...interesting. Latin made it interesting. I went through about 100 M&Ms and approx. a whole bag of extra butter popcorn. Can you say lunch? And I'm being shuffled off to bed already. O E O, To beddd I go. O E O, to beddd I go. post comment

I'm a cucumber! [20 Apr 2002|02:18pm] [ mood | giddy ] [ music | The Verve - Lucky Man ] OK, after this, I *promise* to stop obsessing about this stupid song. But the link's right here: CUCUMBER! Yep. I watched that about 30 times last night. For this, I've been called a freak, a weirdo, easily amused, and a genius. Guess which one I kept. Anyway, it's been most of the week since I posted, it seems. OOPS. The week was... well, it was another week. More or less like any other, although I got sick for a day of it(whee.)! Now, I'm sitting here with sore "why did you dance so hard you freaking moron" legs thinking that there's something I should do, but I don't care. Because it's Saturday. Yep. One more note: My brother has a friend over. They're in the next room. I just discovered that he can scream an awful lot like a girl. post comment

Yep [15 Apr 2002|09:36pm] [ mood | lethargic ] [ music | Three Doors Down - Kryptonite ] "Lethargic" is my mood. I'm not talking about right now. I'm referring to ANY TIME I'M IN THIS GODFORSAKEN TOWN. But, enough about that for a lifetime. Today was pretty good. In fact, it was about as good as you could expect from a Monday. No Calculus! Good times. Did my daycare thing again today... There is no experience quite like being a preschooler's best friend. Just feels good. I just noticed... all my pain is gone. Vanished. All the mistakes that I've made in the last two weeks... they're under the surface again, where they belong. I can finally say, I'm good. Fin for now. 5 comments|post comment

Holicrap... [11 Apr 2002|07:24pm] [ mood | shocked ] [ music | men at work - Down Under (Reggae Remix) ...yeah, that's right. ] I really never thought I'd say this, but... ...be ready for it... THERE ARE TOO MANY FREAKING COMPUTERS IN THIS HOUSE!!! Here's the deal: My dad, as many of you know, helped form a company a while back. They're waiting for some funding, but until they do, they need to leave their building. The computers left with them. Not into storage, no no no... they've got important stuff they need to work on. So, four Linux boxes, each faster than the rest of the machines here, have come home for a while. That ups the computer count in this house to TWELVE. Twelve! It's disgusting. I'm building a thirteenth in the near future too... yah. Also: this ups our disk space in the house to over 430 GB. I don't know how much more. I'm scared of my own study right now. How wrong is that? post comment

What the HELL? [09 Apr 2002|06:46am] [ mood | confused ] [ music | better than ezra - Extraordinary ] I haven't gotten to do this in weeks. My dreams last night were separated by a waking-up, which may explain why they're so far beyond not-related it's scary. The first one is foggier, but I remember the end result was me driving a bunch of hicks and yokels away from some nerd-Jedi. We had to get to REM for some reason(the band), and when we did, they shrunk the nerds down to miniscule size, which I then backed over in the car. This was the first dream I can recall that was accompanied by banjo music. I don't know if that can count as a nightmare... My other dream makes a little more sense, in that the world isn't turned inside out. It has two parts; the first part is in Ashland? and all the people I have fun with were there, in some hotel rooms. For some reason, Evan was really good at Dead or Alive 3... anyway, after we got tired, we went to our individual rooms. I shared mine with a few people, but since it had a side study(WTF??), I slept there. There were a lot of books in it, but since the hotel had suddenly become a college or something, they were all things like "Biology Q&A" and stuff like that. I'd forgotten my pillow, so I slept on my clothes in my suitcase. Part two happened when I "woke up"; somehow, it was Easter Sunday, and the door out of my little study led directly to Easter mass/brunch. I'm not religious, making this even weirder. I take a seat at a table and was instantly handed a salad, which I ate. I *HATE* salad with a passion. Then I settled down and listened to this dream-pastor, who was just weird. I was jolted awake as he was saying "and you and you and you" and pointing around the room at people. Am I on some serious hallucinogenics that I don't know about, or what? 2 comments|post comment

Who plans this stuff? [07 Apr 2002|11:45am] [ mood | annoyed ] [ music | Jet Grind Radio ] My parents, especially my mom, are out to kill me. They're going to do it by healthing me to death. We are a rather healthy family, which, in other words, means that I've never eaten real food in my life. This morning, we feasted on waffles made from whole wheat flour, low fat margarine, a little nonfat milk, and blueberries. Add some more nonfat milk, and voila; breakfast is served. For lunch, I'm considering a lean pocket, or maybe a bowl of healthy choice soup. Snacks are limited to nonfat pretzels. Of course, that may not happen today, as all that fat(!!!) we've built up needs to be hiked off. I've told my parents my opinion on hikes, and the great outdoors in general. They're not so great to me. Last week, we did another hike. I came home from that pollen-loaded trek with a sinus infection. I can't wait to find out about today. post comment

...wow. [06 Apr 2002|09:46am] [ mood | mellow ] [ music | U2 - Walk On ] The primary reason for this is to get that last one off the top of the list. I could delete it, but I won't. Some things need to be remembered. That's one of them. Another is my friends. I put so little faith in you guys, I always feel like I'm hanging on by a thread. Thank you all for giving me another chance. I can't promise that I'll do everything right, but try to believe that I'll be more open. I want to say I'm through with this, but I'm not. I'm healing. I wouldn't be at this point if it weren't for you. You've reminded me why we're all here, and why I keep my optimism. There is a light at the end after all. 1 comment|post comment

And so it ends. [04 Apr 2002|08:55pm] [ mood | guilty ] [ music | none ] I'm evil. I really am. I've just finished destroying a fellow soul. I have just done the thing that I most revile. It hurts. Oh, it hurts. I've never wanted to commit suicide before; a few hours ago, I came damn close. It frightens me. It frightens me like there's no tomorrow. Which, in my case, just might be true. 3 comments|post comment

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