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Number 109

Poll, Weekend, Erica, School, Comics, Blogs, and Count.

Well, to begin with I would like to point out the new poll. I was supposed to change it last time, but no, I was lazy. For more info on this poll, see FoodTVs Iron Chef America page.

Since the last update was so tiny, here are some details that were skipped from the weekend. Uhm, I didn’t really do anything last weekend. Oh, I went to Todd’s bon fire Saturday night? I think so. Yeah, my brother and I went, then drove around for a bit. The Beatles sound weird with a loud system. Also, last night I installed our new dishwasher and tonight or tomorrow our new over-the-range microwave.

Erica still has no bike, and is sick now. When she agreed to go riding with me I got all excited not realizing that the weather would still be crummy for another 2 months afterward. So now, I am being tortured by evil mother nature and her lack of cargo area.

School is still going, and going, and going, and never ends. What is this, week 11 now? 12, this is 12 we started yesterday, only 3 more then. Yeay!

I have been reading the Devil’s Panties and Something Positive , as recommended by Erica. I started from the beginning and am working forward. I have the Devil’s Panties done, and am in like August 2003 of Something Positive.

Blogging is hard, because sometimes I want to say something, thinking this is a journal or such, but then remember other people read. It’s hard to remember who reads this and that in theory, anybody could. Too many people forget that if it goes online, anybody could read it, and to watch what you say. I have been pretty good though, and have only had 2 embarrassing moments where I talked about someone and they later read it.

I am at 989 visitors right now, we will see who becomes lucky 1000. Granted thats not really 1000, since people like Scott and Suchyta and Jason probably have 200+ each, but still. Heck, even the 2 months between me starting the blog and getting a counter. Anyway, I figure 1000 by Friday.

So, I think that’s it.

See you all on Friday, hopefully with the name of my 1000th (better not be some googler).

nick

You, cut my water!
I can’t sir, it’s liquid.
Well then go freeze it, cut it up, and bring it back to me cut, damn it!

Is it Spring Yet?

Biking, Cassie, Site, Weirdness, Apple, itunes, and Misc. updates.

Well hello to you all. It is 57˚ out there right now. That would be nice, except there is a 15 mph wind that is making it feel a good bit cooler. I want to get some good bike riding in, bad. My friend Erica, whom I have never met, is supposed to be getting a new bike this week. It is waiting at Wal*Mart for her to pick up. She said she would ride with me sometime, so I am kinda excited. Is always better to bike with someone.

I went to see “Taking Lives” with Cassie on Friday night, then we went out to eat. It was nice to see her again after a week. You people need to learn not to get sick, because it is no fun. Stupid germs.

Anyway, you will notice I have 2 counters now, and they have different numbers. I figured out why SiteMeter was acting up, and it is now under control. So, for a short period, I will have two counters. After that though, the Bravenet counter and poll will go away, I will get a new poll, and will get a search page. I figure a new poll every 3rd blog, that will give all plenty of time to vote.

For some reason some of you are having weirdnesses occur with the blog’s sidebar. If you have it, no matter who you are, please comment to me about the problem. I want to know who is seeing it so I can figure out what the cause is. Scott and Sarah, you don’t need to since I know you both have it.

Apple is planning something, but in true Apple fashion they are being very quiet. It has been suggested that anything from no updates until Septemberish, to a full product line replacement in a few weeks. The rumor sites are befuddled and I don’t know whats going on either. (yes, befuddled is a word, and that is the correct spelling).

I am up to 6 free itunes songs. I was at like 0 of 9, the got 1 on a 1 liter, another loser, then a second from 1 or 2 more 1 liters for 2 in 13. Then though, we went to 7-11 and one 3 out of 3. Night before last I got another on a 20 oz, so am suddenly at 6 of 17, which simplifies to BETTER than the estimated 1 in 3. The bad news though: Wednesday is supposed to be the end. I’m sure they will remain in circulation for a few weeks though, and winners can be redeemed until 4-30.

What else…

That might be it.

Hmmm…

Ooh, here are some updates on stuff I mentioned in the past, but never updated on:

Book: No, I actually haven’t read since Christmas break.
Room: Yes, I did clean it, but it’s dirty again.
eBay: Nick listed some, but has been busy lately. Should be more up soon.
LOTR: No, I never did see it. Will be on DVD mid may.
Bike: No, I did not take it in for a tune-up. Unless something really funkinizes, I probably wont.

I think thats most of it.

Funkinizes, thats funny.

Ok, see you all Wednesday then.

nick

Actual error from a message board:

“Sorry, this member has deleted their profile. You can only reply to members who have non-deleted profiles.”

Hmmmmm…..

Cassie, Sarah, Job, School, Moods, and thats about it.

I haven’t seen Cassie in a week, because she has been sick. She is mostly better now though, so I get to go to a movie with her tomorrow.

I would like to apologize again to Sarah, for saying she was upset when she wasn’t. Hopefully she wasn’t upset by it, but I won’t say if she was or not, as that may upset her, so uhm, I am going to leave it at that. (Hah, I just proof read through and realized I didn’t capitalize her name. That would have made me look dumb.)

I still have no job, and I don’t like it. I need $$, and the one thing jobs are good for is getting $$.

School is, uhm, going. I have an A in all 3 classes, and just 5 more weeks.

What else…

Uhm, this was interesting:

No, wait, I will save that as my quote, since I have nothing else.

La la la.

I am in a very “fast” mood right now. I am IMing Cassie and I think I am scarring her. I just keep typing stuff and it doesnt even all make sense. And, I will type like “keep” but I am so into it, I will type “keeping” because I want to keep going or something, I don’t know.

Anyway, I could write a story here, since I have the energy. I think I will say good bye first though, and come back up if I still want to.

Ok, yes, I will try.

hmm, story…

Uhm, I decided no actually, I was typing it and ran out of energy, so I deleted it. it was kinda screwy anyway. Oh well, another time.

Good bye,
nick

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux Kernel, was visiting his friend Andrew Tridgell, the creator of the Samba suite. They were walking through the Zoo in Canberra when, without warning, a huge flock of vampire attack penguins dove out of the sky and tried to carry Linus away. Fortunately, Andrew had an umbrella. Still, one of the birds was able to nip Linus’ hand with its fanged beak. Rumor has it that on moonlit nights Linus still runs out into the darkness and jumps, stark naked, into icy water. Of course, he’s Finnish and may always have done this. In any case, this is why the Penguin is the Linux Mascot.

Stupid Counter

Counter, Cassie, School, itunes, and Genji.

My visitor counter is being gay. For some reason it decided not to count last week. I mean, it did count during last week, it just went back again at the end of the week. Also, I noticed it hadn’t been counting a few weeks ago either. By my best estimate, I am 25 down right now. I will get them back next week if it doesn’t fix on own. And if it does it again, I am switching to one that works.

Cassie was over last night, we watched a re-run of er, I made her some scrambled eggs, and then we watched more TV. It was a lot more fun than it sounds though.

I had to go to school today, because school is an evil life sucking doodoo head. My networking class meets twice over the semester, and yesterday was the first. I got to install DOS, install NetWare 5.5 Server, then on a different computer install Windows XP and NetWare Client. Wow, so freaking difficult. It took 2 hours because installing is gay. I definitely could have done without it.

I finally won a free song. That means the actual odds of me winning are 1 in 17. Of course the advertised odds are 1 in 3, but thats just not true. If you remember your statistics, you really shouldn’t reduce odds, so the official odds are 100,000,000 in 300,000,000. So I guess I lucked out.

What else…

I know where Genji is now. Is on Bay, just past some other street (the second one after Titti, is Shust, then the one I dont remember, and thats it), on left (if coming from Bay City). They finally show up on MapQuest now, I didn’t go looking around bay and Tittabawassee or anything.

OK, I think I am done now, since I can’t think of anything else to write about.

See you Monday.

nick

“Computers crash and they all fall down…”
– megadeth

Dohh!

100th, Website, and Movie

I can’t freaking believe I missed the 100th post. I only mentioned it once a week for the last 3 months. I am a moron or something, I don’t know. I will not miss my 1 year though, or the 100th visitor, I promise that.

I have removed the old website, and now the V3B4 is up as main. There is a little more work to do, but is almost where I want it. Again, if you have any suggestions or additions, please let me know.

I watched “The Breakfast Club” at the State Theater sunday night. You may have seen Suchyta’s pic in the Bay City Times today about it. Was for a guy that was proposing to GF and was her favorite movie.

Ok, sorry to leave it short but I have homework, so I will see you all on Friday.

nick

It’s like they say, “When in Rome, do as the romans do.”
Actually, they used to say that, they got lazy though and only say “When in Rome” now.
Stupid they.

Mmmm, Blog… <drool>

Headache, Happenings, Apple, Vacation, and Website.

Hi.

I have a headache.

I hurt.

Damn wisdom teeth.

Anyway, I went to lunch with Scott and Sarah today. Golden Dragon has egg rolls the size of a burrito, it’s cool. Tomorrow morning I need to be at state park at 9:30 for an interview. I do not look forward to being up so early. Then, at like 6:10, Jason, Nick, and I are going to BC8 to see LOTR:ROTK.

Apple has been real shitty with updates. We haven’t seen shit since MacWorld. And, I’m like 0 for 9 on itunes caps. One in Three my ass.

Hmmmm….

Spring break has been boring. Although it officially started Sunday, it really didn’t start for me until today, since today was the first day I would have had a class. I guess vacations can only be truly appreciated when you have something to vacate.

No, I haven’t done any work on the website. I have a list of things to do here, but haven’t been up for it lately. Perhaps soon, perhaps not.

Ok, thats all for now. I need to take a DVD back and get some stuff from Meijer’s.

bye
nick

“Don’t nobody wanna go ta Mexican prison. They shove all kinds a burritos in you there.”

Spring Break

Break, Stuff I did, Stuff I will do, Website, and Weather.

Yes, it is now spring break (for me anyway). I actually have plans on almost every day this week, which is odd for me. At least none of them include school though.

Lets see, Cassie came over Thursday and we watched Office Space, Friday I didn’t really do much, Saturday night I went with Cassie to meet her friend Chris and his gf Kara. Today I went to K-Mart for this entertainment center that was a) sold out and b) a piece of shit anyway. I ended up buying some stuff at Staples, but am still looking for a better TV stand/entertainment center.

Tomorrow Cassie is coming over after class to finish a movie we started yesterday, Tuesday I have lunch with Scott and Sarah, and Thursday morning I will have interview at state park.

Not much work on the website. Oddly I gave myself until May 27th to do it, but I am pretty much done. Maybe I should make more changes and such. I’m sure there is something that isn’t working right if I looked. Right now though the v.3 B4 is right where the current site is. Only real work I still have planned is finding more pics, figuring out the RSS feed, and adding more links. I am also trying to decide of the JS pop-up page should be left as-is, updated with new massages, or should just go away.

The weather sure has been weird, huh? I liked it being warm out though. I want it to come back. I am suffering from bicycling withdrawal at this point. I don’t like the cold. There is nothing to do.

Hmmm…

I guess thats it. I can’t think of anything else to say, and don’t want to bore you with more details on the above, so I will see you all Wednesday.

nick

“Hey, I’ve been god, and I’ve met god, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you can’t count on god to do squat.”

I Did Stuff Again

Oops, 2000th view, Huge site update, Genji, and Cassie.

I goofed on my timeline last time. It was Thursday I went to friends for movie, Friday I went to the BC mall for a bit and BLOGGED, I have so little sense of time.

I finally figured out who had the 2000th page view. It was Sarah, Scott’s gf. That was back on February 24th by the way, around 1:15 am.

I have been doing more on website again. I enlarged the sidebar font size under Scott’s advice and added a lot more stuff. All the stories are now up, as well as most of the “about” section and the blog stuff, and I added links to the blog quotes by month to find them easier. Also, the headings for each side category are now links to the categories main page. AND, I added links at the bottom of almost every page to go back to its main category, or to the main homepage. If you want to see something changed, please let me know. The site is for you to read, so I want you to like it. Also, if you want a pic of anything posted on it (of you, or your pet, or just something cool) send it to me and I would be glad to add it. I need more pics now due to the different layout.

Since I complained about Genji not being open in Saginaw yet, they finally opened. I saw the commercial displaying “Saginaw location Now Open” the day after I complained, but kept forgetting to mention it.

Cassie came over again Tuesday night. We watched Pirates of the Caribbean. She’s so much fun. How did I live 21 and a half years without her?

So, Cassie will be here in a few minutes for Ferris Bueler, so I’ve got to go.

nick

“This is totally non non, non non, NON, non heinous!”

:-)

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday happenings, and a little school and website.

Let’s see.

I always think of stuff after a blog that should have gone in, but by the next time I forget it. And I know I forgot something.

So anyway, after the last blog I watched some TV and then went to see a friend at SVSU. We watched Scary Movie 2, which was good, but not great.

Saturday I sat around most of the day, then went with Cassie to see Eurotrip. It was good. Funny, a lot more nudity than expected, and not always the right kind <shiver>.

Sunday I cleaned my room. Not like last time when I just tried. No, thins was an all-day don’t stop till its done thing. It is really nice now. I can’t wait till these cloths racks can go in the attic though, even more room, yeah! So after that, Cassie came over and we watched the Academy Awards. As much as the oscar ceremony sucks, she made them fun. So we hung out for a while afterward and then went home (well, she did, I was home).

So that was my weekend. I thought of posting yesterday, because how often do I get to blog on leap-day, but decided against it. It would throw whole schedule off or something.

I guess thats it then. No real work on the website. I need to do some homework tonight and tomorrow, but nothing big. Will try watching Ferris Bueler’s Day Off tonight, since SOMEBODY interrupted me (kidding).

Spring break next week, woohoo, 2 days less school!

Ok, it’s nice out, go do something fun.

nick

Bill: Dude, I’ve got a full on robot chubby.
Ted: Later Bill, later.

Me Getting Sappy

The reason for my “Happiness” and other drivel.

Ok, all three accounts at once, in order.

The first one, on February 3rd, was a girl I met online. She was great, and everything was going well. On Wednesday the 11th though, I asked if I could meet her, and she told me she had a boyfriend. Well thats nice, lead me on for 2 weeks and let me down just before Valentine’s day. Thank you.

So, I was talking to a friend online, and she really helped. Hence, the following happiness (that I actually didn’t report to you).

And then the third happiness, that you think was the second. Again, a girl online. I talked to her last Saturday and Sunday, and she seemed cool too. So I tried to set up something but she was busy all week, so I figured I would just see her online. A week later, on Sunday evening, she was online again. Sadly, only for about 10 minutes then she disappeared. So, I don’t know about this one yet.

So, thats the reason for the happiness.

So, I don’t know. I guess first, why do people post on personals sites if they’re not looking for anyone? And why do people send “icebreaker” messages and then not respond to replies? Do they get a kick out of screwing me into paying $20 for a subscription? (Jokes on them, it was a free trial.)

Anyway, enough of that.

I have watched UHF and Bogus Journey so far. I want the soundtracks to the Bill & Ted movies, but can’t find them anywhere. Most places just redirect you to Amazon who only has used versions. Suck.

Also, I got a haircut, and I went shopping.

Ok, that is all, return to your business now.

nick

1950s view of nuclear war: if a bomb falls, hide under the table
2000s view of nuclear war: were screwed
What a difference 50 years makes