Another Day, Another Blog

Work, Movies, Dad, WWDC, Anniversary, and Weekend update.

Well, I decided I should update before going to Jenn’s tonight, so I don’t end up late again.

I kinda worked today. We mostly drove around to Dixie Cut Stone and to do a few bids. It’s something. Even if I worked for two minutes, it would be 2 more minutes than last week.

I’m watching “A Beautiful Mind”. I’ve wanted to see it for quite a while, but forgot it when at the video store. By the way, LOTR:ROTK comes out tomorrow, and I will be renting it as soon as I can get to a video store.

Yesterday was my dad’s birthday. He is now 50. There was no big hoopla though, at least not while I was there. Generally they wait and celebrate my dad and uncle’s birthday together, around Memorial Day.

I am really excited for WWDC at the end of next month. Preview of OS X 10.4 Tiger, probably a new G5 with fun specs like double sided DVD writer and dual 2.5Ghz or faster 970s, and more.

Today is the 24th, which means next update will be the anniversary. That means I need to do a shitload of work on the site in the next 3 days.

So what have I been up to…

Yesterday I went to Jenn’s, shopped at Meijer, and ate at the Texan. Saturday was Meijer also, along with taking the dogs for a walk. The dogs being our Molly and Brittany, a Collie/German Shepherd my grandma is watching. And on Friday was, uhm… Oh, an update, so I already told you. Haha!

I really couldn’t remember for a minute there.

OK, so that’s all then.

I WILL do a nice, big update on Thursday, for my anniversary. And vote, you scardy pants. I only got 2 on last poll and 1 on this.

nick

Suspect is down.
Suspect is down… permanently.

Ok, So here's the story…

You caught me, 3 day update, and work.

Has come to our attention you are posting late?
Hopefully you have a valid excuse

Well, yes, I do. I have a girlfriend. I have been spending pretty much every minute she has available with her, and loving it. I still however hold that so long as the post is made by 4am, it is considered to be on the previous day, as was the rule with blogger and KungLog. Yes, I have been much more timely with iblog, but it doesn’t mean the old rule no longer applies.

I can’t even remember all we have done over the last 3 days. Today we went to see if my paycheck was available, and it wasn’t. We then went to the Texan for dinner, Meijer, then watched Bad Boys 2 at her appt. Yesterday we went to Staples to get her check stub and see her boss about work stuff, shopping at the BC Mall, tennis at Carrol Park, and then dinner at her house. And Wednesday we went to Ridge Rd. park for tennis in the dark, which is why we had to attempt again Thursday.

I probably wont get a paycheck next week, unless the weather changes overnight. I haven’t gotten in 1 hour yet this week, and it’s supposed rain again tomorrow. I though it was supposed to be April showers?

Ok, I am very tired, so am going to bed. I promise a pre-midnight update on Monday.

nick

You may be a King or a little street sweeper,
but sooner or later you’ll dance with the Reaper.

Humm Dee Dum

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Website.

Lets see…

Sunday I mowed the lawn, and then went over to Jenn’s for a while. We went to the flea market and she got an end table, then we went to a few rummage sales. Then her roommate Sarah’s brother and his gf came over for dinner. Sarah makes a very good meatloaf, I must say.

Monday I got a haircut. Jenn had a bad day at work, and took Sarah and Sarah’s dog to the vet. Her dog Lucy has a tumor in her shoulder. Hopefully not the nasty C word. So I stayed home while Jenn tried to comfort Sarah some.

Today I went with mom to Redi-Med for an ear infection. I took Jenn to Catholic Federal to open an account, since TCF sucks, then to Grandpa Tony’s with Jenn and Sarah. After dinner Jenn and I went to State Park to play on the “Come Play by the Bay” thing. Not very good slides, but was still plenty to goof off on.

That brings me to now then.

I was playing with the website a bit yesterday, so it may have been down, sorry about that.

A few new pics may make their way up soon, we will see.

Ok, I am tired, and may or may not work tomorrow, so am heading to bed.

ttfn

nick

When it seems like nothing is going your way, and everything seems to be just wrong, just remember one thing:
It was like that when you got there.

Whoopsie

Late, Work, Biking, and Jenn.

OK, I admit it. I am late on this post. It is 2:24am on Sunday, and I was supposed to post on Saturday. Oh well. By old standards, this would be fine, so I deem it still so.

So lets see…

Only 1 vote on poll so far. That’s a bit disappointing. You people need to get it together.

My past few days activities…

Thursday and Friday we did not work, since it was supposed to rain., It did some, so that was a nice break. Saturday we did work though, so I will have an at least decent paycheck.

Thursday I went on a 16.2 mile bike ride, as a follow up to the 10 I did Wednesday night. A note for you all: Don’t do 10 miles, then 15 a mere 14 hours later. After you pass 5 miles, it’s not so bad, but until you get that far there is some pain.

I have been spending the past several evenings wit Jenn. We went to the Driving range on earlier in the week, went to Carrol and Maplewood park on Thursday, and Maplewood again on Friday. Roller slides are awesome, I forgot that. Especially when they’re wet, its much better. Today we went to Dutch Village for putt putt, Texan for dinner, and then to the end of Finn Rd. to watch the sunset.

That would be about it. I highly suggest you all go find a roller slide, or go play at a park you haven’t been to in several years. It is a lot of fun. Wet slides and swings with puddles below are too much fun to leave behind.

See you all Tuesday,

nick

Pedestrians always have the right of way,
Except when their in the way.

It's May Damn It, What the Hell?

Hot, Stupids, Past 3 days, Tomorrow, and Notes

It was way to freaking hot out today. Not just hot, but freaking humid too. We only worked till 2ish, then gave up. I probably could have gone longer, but Mom and Phil couldn’t. Not that I mind going home early.

How you know you’re in the south end: Neighbors wait till 10:30 to mow lawn.

So, what have I been up to…

Monday we didn’t work, and I basically sat around all day. No, it didn’t rain, but it was supposed to. Tuesday we were at Hughes’ on Center, just East of Green. Were at same place today, and will be tomorrow (unless rain). You should drive by, it is looking really nice now, all new mulch.

Also, I went to the driving range again with Jenn yesterday. No, not the one with the car. I did pretty well. We then drove around for a bit. We went to the end of Jones Rd. to show her the bay, but we couldn’t see it. The water level is so low that there is nothing but reeds for about a mile out.

So, tomorrow I probably will work. They are calling for rain, but have been horribly wrong for the past, well, forever.

A few notes:
Yes Scott, I know his name is Bruce Campbell.
Very awesome on DVD, will need to borrow it. (if you have no idea what I’m talking about, read last 2 comments)

Ok, I think thats it. See you Saturday.

Oh, new poll up too.

nick

If you act too stupid to know somethings wrong, it wont be.

I was in Wyoming!

Road trip, Movie, Grades, Work, Biking, Thunderstorms, and House.

Really, Scott asked me yesterday to go with him to take a couch from his apartment in Mt. Pleasant to his sister’s house in Grand Rapids, so we went through Wyoming, MI. We also had the privilege of seeing “The Eat Place” in St. Louis. Then we got the tickets for Bubba Ho-tep and I got to sit home for a whopping 2 hours.

Bubba Ho-tep was extremely funny. I’m not totally sure, but it should be available for rental, and I highly recommend it.

I got my grades from Delta, A, A, and B in HTML, JS, and Networking respectively, as I predicted.

Friday I worked, shoveling mulch. I didn’t get a pay check this past week, because I didn’t work the previous week. Oh well, will get one this friday. Worked Thursday also, but you know that from the last update.

Been riding bike more too. Trying to do at least 7 miles a day. I should be doing more, but the only days its not raining, I work and am a bit too tired to do more.

There is a thunderstorm right now, and there was just a big thunderclap that even set off some car alarms. There has been quite a bit of thunderstorms lately. According to Delta’s weather page we’re at 2.3″ of rain the last I checked, and its only the 9th.

Speaking of dates, the 7th was 1 year since we moved, and since I let Ludwig go. I miss the house, I miss my turtle. But they are gone, and I have moved on (kinda).

Ok, that’s it for today. Will see you all on Wednesday with a new poll too.

nick

If you drank all the kool-aid from the big pitcher guy, would he die?
(he did in Homer’s daydream anyway)

It's warm again, yeay!

Broadway closed, who is AOL for XP, Erica, Poll, Site, and Movie.

Broadway closed late Monday night, or Tuesday morning. It is beginning to suck. It’s not so bad that I can’t go down broadway, but that it’s really hard to pull onto Lafayette from Wilson.

Somebody using AOL for XP has been frequenting the blog. There is no referral, and it’s a recurring visitor. Whoever you are, show yourself. Please?

Erica has disappeared. I see her view blog now and then, but doesn’t read posts, just comes to index page. I presume looking to see if mentioned. Well here you go, you are being mentioned. ;-P

Three votes on poll. You guys can do better than that, come on. I should have put up UHF, I didn’t think about it at the time though. BTW Sarah, you need to put the “other” movie in a comment!

I did more work on the website, but didn’t post the changes. I am in a bit of a dilemma over it. I just don’t know what I should be doing with it. Oh well, I will decide eventually.

Hmmm…

Saturday at 11 is Bubba Ho-tep. Should be fun.

Ok, I’m all out. Will talk at you all Sunday.

nick

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

I Hit the Car!

I hit the car!, and Movies (yes, that’s about it).

I hit the car, haha.

Ok, an explanation. On Freeland Rd., just off Bay, there is this driving range. Out about 150 yards, there is this 89ish Grand Am sitting out there. When I first saw it, I said “I have to hit the car.” Once we had our balls and were out there, I noticed a sign saying if you hit the car, you could win a club. So, I tried and tried, and eventually, I did it. Bounced right off the hood. As we left, I let the guy know and he signed me up for the drawing, so come September, I might win a golf club.

BTW, golf is a weird sport, with the shafts and the balls and all.

What else…

Monty Python was awesome. Was great to see on big screen for once. Scott and I are going this coming Saturday for Bubba Hotep, starring the dude from Army of Darkness.

Also, note the new poll.
PLEASE VOTE!!!!!!!

Hmm….

I think that’s about it.

Sorry so short, but I haven’t really done alot.

Till Thursday,
nick

If I had a nickle for every e-mail I get,
I would throw them at people.

Ehh, Kinda Tired

itunes, IC America, Movie, School and Weather, and Scott’s suggestion.

Oh, what to say, what to say…

Well, there are only about 2 hours remaining in the itunes giveaway. Apparently only like 5 million of the 100 million free songs had been redeemed as of Wednesday morning. BTW, Wednesday was the 1 yr anniversary of the itunes music store, and also brought the release of a new version of itunes, now at 4.5. I have redeemed all 11 of my songs.

I forgot to point out that throughout IC America, it was very noticeable (to me anyway) that Alton Brown was using a 15″ AlBook (a mac). He was in MacWorld a year or 2 ago for his mac use.

Tomorrow I am going with Scott to Chen’s (new chinese place in mall) for lunch, then to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Fashion Square. I suggest you all go as well, only $3.

School is all over. As far as I know, I have an A in Java, a B- in Networking Essentials, and an A in Adv. HTML. Not bad overall. I do have one problem though, ITS NOT WARM YET! Well, sometimes it is, but its generally railing at those times. Stupid weather.

Scott has suggested that I post the results for the past polls. They are all saved by bravenet, but only visible to me. I will need to set up a page on the website with them all I guess. I should anyway, because I think it only remembers the last 10, and I don’t want to lose them.

I think thats it for now. I’ sure I am forgetting something, but it will need to wait til Monday. Also, a new poll Monday.

bye,
nick

NyQuill – the nighttime -sniffling, -sneezing, -what-the-hell-am-I-doing-on-the-kitchen-floor medicine.

I went WarDriving!

WarDriving, Poll, IC America, Exams, and Holy Grail.

I drove around for like an hour today WarDriving. For those who don’t know, it means I was driving around with my laptop looking for WiFi networks that I can connect to. I found a whole heaping load of them, especially along 4th and 5th streets, where the older buildings prevent easily pulling wire. Now i really want a GPS though, so I can record the networks and their location, for future reference. I can build a WiFi coverage map of the city for all you to use. I just need $89 for the GPS though.

Evil Sarah says I can’t vote in my own polls I see. The very nice Scott says I can though. Hopefully a few more of you will vote too.

Iron Chef America is all over now, though it is replaying all week. Results are as follows:

Flay over Sakai – Trout
Batali over Morimoto – Spiny Lobster
Puck over Morimoto – Eggs
Flay and Morimoto over Batali and Sakai – Sea Urchin, Scallops, and Langoustine

All 4 were against my judgment, except the Batali Morimoto. All in all though, I guess Flay was winningiest with 2 wins, followed by Batali, Puck, and Morimoto in a tie with 1 each, then followed by Sakai with 0. So the winners of the poll contest are Erica and Stacey, who both voted Morimoto. I would have voted probably Sakai (who should have been 2-0, not 0-2) or Batali. I still can’t freaking believe that Sakai lost a fish battle, or even lost at all. And that Sakai and Batali lost the Tag team is bull.

Anyway…

Tomorrow I have HTML, Thursday will be JS and Networking, then I am free! Yeay, 2 days off. Ok, not so impressive. Will give me more hours to work so I can afford a GPS though.

Hmmm, what else…

Oh, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, this Saturday at 11pm at Fashion Square. I know Scott is going, and hope more of you can too. Let me know, ok?

I guess that is all.

Will see you all Friday to let you know how last week of school went.

bye,
nick

You don’t need to be right all the time, just enough of the majority that people THINK you are.