So now what? Twitter slowly dying?

Twitter it seems is getting to be more of a bother than anything else. And trust me, I've got all the time in the world being unemployed as of writing this. So why don't I see the use of it anymore.

Well...

I can't write slightly lengthy to ridiculously long blogs about nothing and about what I am doing like I am here. 160 characters sometimes is a drawl, I can do under 200 more easily, but apparently we must follow the SMS standards placed forth by the cell phone monopolies!

Also almost everyone on Twitter has a Facebook account. (OK, I only have 1 person that I actually do know who doesn't have Facebook) And if you have a data service with your phone (you can send emails outside of WiFi zones!) which you use for Twitter then you also have access to Facebook Mobile (if that's what its demon offspring is called?)

The Iran situation with all the blood and Ahmedimejhad and the council rejecting him. Recounts, Obama sayign something about it and then a huge army of civilian reporters streaming almost instantaneous text news. That all happened. It all made Twitter seem a whole lot more important for important events.

But guess what?

MJ died.
And from there I haven't heard shit on Iran. Its hard to find stuff that is recent too through google news. I last heard something about a recount, and then...

Exactly!
And sorry if I don't feel like "twatting" all over the place about Harry Potter or Transformers in 160 characters or less. I'd rather just take a dump. Or eat a delicious bag of sour patch kids till my mouth was numb from the sour chemicals and the razor sharp crystals that contain them!
That sounds lots better.

I wondering if I should or not....

It would be a lot of fun. I've been thinking for the past month or two of making a YouTube show that offers sorta an outside look into how we operate here on Earth. You know investigating mysteries like why don't we have hair all over, why do we sign laws for banning all nukes while still not realistically actually destroying said nukes. Its gonna be called Welcome to Earth. I was thinking about putting a population note as a subtitle but I think that the title by itself is pretty good.

Other items I intend to cover on the show.
Politics: What color is the liberal agenda?
Drugs: Legal vs not so legal
80's TV: Man that hockey hair was awesome
Sex: Is it beneficial for everyone?
Candy: Drugs that make you fat
Insects: They're hard on the outside?
Aliens: God doesn't like you
Gays: The other people God doesn't like
TVs: God obviously invented them for us
Medicine: They're drugs too, but different
Food: We eat it because its cheap

Anyways, my head is running out of ideas for the meanwhile but tell me what you guys think. I'm going to try to base the narrations from a stupid and ignorant viewpoint about most of the world, but also one that still points out very simple yet truthful arguments. I'm shooting for a comedy both in apparent ignorance but also in satirizing day to day life. I think I'll try to make the narrator be a fan of Frank Chu and his 12 Galaxies TV Show theory! Its in the works for now, in the works of my brain to be more precise. Hopefully though soon I will have something physical. And please offer any insight if you got any.

I found a funny lil' tidbit from myself

Its from 3 years and 1 month ago and was destined to be put onto my MySpace page at the time. Its now deceased, thank god seeing as I killed it, I'm just saying don't go looking for it! Anyways, it was quite the compliation of everything from then, til now and beyond. Have a look at my mind in June of 2006...


Things to look forward to in the Future:

The Draft
The Extensive War Of BullShit:
The Iran War
Episode II of the Korean War
The Syrian War
World War 3 (fun with Nukes!)
George Dubya Bush winning the 2008 election (ummm,perhaps by Cheating?)
These wars then being made into movies!

Super AIDS
Super Flu
Super Fever
Super Gingivitis
Almost the end of Oil which will F' Up Almost Everything
The end of Humanity
The rise of Apes?

A Planet where Apes EVOLVE from Men!?

Grabbing life by the horns (sans a Dodge Ram!)

Being without a job from my last til the week after next or never at all; I felt that a list would let me gather my thoughts a little clearer. First, I was OK where I was working they almost always seem to pay more the less you do. I'm not being a douche here, 80% of the other employees (there's was only about 14) would agree. Not only that it has become the gauntlet of time for me to make it or break it for my very late raise. Or should I say lack of equal pay. I was getting a damn good amount where I had worked previously til they had to shut their doors, but making $11 here is not beneficial for me at all, (and just a little higher than half of what I was making!) especially when I still have health stuff that should finally be coming to a close. But the bills still have to be paid. I had previously had not ask for a raise due to a bunch of emotional stuff I had put myself through. Now, I'd say that life's timing is even worse this time around, but now I'm grabbing it by the bull horns! Kind of a weird turnaround for lots of other stuff too.

Things to accomplish this week (7.2.2009-7.8.2009)

• Clean up and organize a lot of my junk so that my mind may think
  
• Fix my bike's braking system so that I may fully increase my time exercising and its frequency. Bike fixed July 4th
  
• Clear out everything out of the basement of my parents, first starting at ground zero: my room. (Moth problems that aren't fought vigilantly enough result in "peace" keeping)
  
• Reformat and clean install XP on the downstairs computer at my mom's Done July 3rd
  
• Try to get some sort of time line for my new temporary home on what work will be/needs to be done
  
• Take pictures on The Fourth and also begin building up my SketchUp texture library for modeling Bellingham in Google Earth
  
• Do more art, writing included. When is that sci-fi story of mine coming out? (Whether or not it's a comic or novel!)
  
• File for unemploymentDone July 11th
  

Things to accomplish this summer (Now to October)

• Unlock my online stock trading account
  
• Study the market and spot the next big thing (while it is still out of the limelight!)
  
• Buy or sell stock
  
• Look into creating a portfolio or getting certified for anything
  
• Study up on web design, databases, CSS, Flash and both C++ and Basic
  
• Find a direction I want to go and stick to it career and personal wise
  
• Study up on Tax law and Corporations. This is both for possibly professional and personal reasons. Damn rich people telling us to do OUR BEST!
  
• Get a Dev. Kit of Anything
  
• Dress and act closer to what I am as a person
  
• Find a girl that is generally smart, beautiful and strong in both will and self-esteem so that she doesn't hop around. I don't have to date her, it would just be nice to know that she exists! I mean when a coworker says you're gonna get a big-breasted physicist as a girl doesn't that mean something? (Did I already find her?)
  
• Hopefully either be employed or am somewhat self-employed in my dealings with business and personal/professional growth over the summer

The ups and downs of clown school. Part II

So to continue my last post in a different direction, in a rather forced manner of an alternate ending, not one of those direct to Laser Disc of whatever sort films that provide such a technological choice. Mine will not provide any choice. Mine instead will ramble on about my work and other matters at the 'Pex.

Its been 2 weeks so far that we have been sitting somewhat idle cleaning the hell out of things. There is no table, bench or seat that hasn't been cleaned. I've gotten some return to fix, known as RMAs, out of the way. So have others.

Greatest of all we have the person that possibly got us into this mess and her human dog bringing in one of the most highest paying clients' new product manager and COO to have a look at our fine place of barely working for the past 2 weeks. Does this mean that D-Day is tomorrow or at least far behind? The suspense is killing me. And for the freaking second time this month I must act for all senses willing.
It meant exactly that Decision Day was not far behind! I'm sitting here at home waiting for work to call back so that we may go all or nothing for this client

But on a more greater in happiness note, I've had quite the fanciful discussion on Time Cube and the famous insane racist Dr. Gene Ray, Cubic. We've then gone after a few other conspiracies about the whole big thing about free energy. Were not talking about solar, wind or antything that is provided by the sun, energy from the sun or dinosaurs buried. No we are discussing in the hilarious manner that overcomes us, Brown's gas. That's right Brown's Gas. Well more specifically HHO which you pull from water (using energy) from your alternator (using energy from the engine, in essence more Gasoline!) then supply in gaseous form into your injection system to provide "more bang for the buck" and supposedly then giving you "more miles per gallon" of course all in quotes is what the internet says. Greatest of all is the fact the energy is lost in every aspect of this transition. But don't worry maybe that's the big 3 Oil Companies in my head telling me to use science for good. Because tearing Water apart uses energy and putting it back together obviously is like some sort of nuclear bomb going off in your piston chambers. When the hell did High School drop outs start claiming a majority on the internet. Oh yeah, MySpace and EBaum's. Once the most ridiculous place on the net (still is) and the most stupid video site for stupid people that don't understand that people actually put work into making flash animations, or anything that has any creative aspects for that matter. Maybe, we the internet should have a talk with Eric Bauman about our fairshare of income. I mean after all, it is his website that watermarks anything that makes it on his site that's yours. Does it seem fair that a man makes millions of dollars off of your work. So then why the fuck is it legal?

The ups and down of clown school

Quite possibly the greatest title I could think of at the top of my head. I mean could you do any better?

Its been an odd roller coaster so far, but greatest of all I'm having a great time enjoying the sun and trying to exercise. Even better is that I can finally just go up to people and tell the story of my relationship with my former GF exactly how it was, and be pretty void of any emotional weight. She cheated on me and people wanting to know what happened will get that answer without me crying in their arms or I angrily replying. But that wears off to apparently, as right now I feel lonely and no longer look towards her being out of the house. I'm not lonely from her of course but damn I want someone honest and truthful. I mean of all things, I devoted myself to some cheater and so hopefully I'll get used to opening up to people again. Which is where I am now on the home front for everything. I see that no matter what has happened in this past month's time. Even if I lose my job because some bastard rich people just love being rich and getting Vineyards (ahem!) The world will right itself!
I will be able to see that nothing gets as bad as it has. You can only go up. And my sights for up are fairly high. I just now gotta figure out how to get there. But didn't someone, somewhere say that getting there is half the journey. SO I guess maybe preparing is the other half, so I mean look where I am. A complete and utter learning situation where I can see that soon the world is gonna have it's way with rich people that take advantage. Rich people that are heirlooms to a family that had to put up to 80% of their earnings in taxes back in 60's.
Yet now, anytime you say a thing, communism is the term.
Good thing that the bed has been lifted. We know that truly all that they want is money. And the more money you had, the richer you stay.
And even if I never get to reach their status of wealth to tempt myself with power. To see how far I go, how far I go from no longer being me.
I can always just of course relax myself listening to Tears for Fears, continue watching the market, work my arse off wherever I am and keep on pursuing getting some sort of certification in either the form of a diploma or a certification. Will this then prove my worth to others and provide me with a life full of happiness. "Maybe I should start getting along with myself, I never did get along with anybody else" AKA a inserted quote from This River Runs Wild by The Killers but maybe that is too emo of me. However, when my trust of people for relationships returns, well, I'm pretty sure I'll do alright.

Its odd how different it is now

It seems like even though everything right now is going sour in some way or another. And for all the things that I could total up to have happened on the negative side of things over a months time. I am somewhat happy

Its odd even to me, and yet it makes a good point. If I can get through a tough time like this then do the math. It just means everything should get better. And having gone through some of the surprises so far means I am a much stronger person now than I was, and will be even stronger by the time something like this happens again.

-I had a lengthy and costly road trip to California that taught me the limits of my car. That trip also taught me why I didn't want to be with who had partaken the journey with me.
-After I got back, news that my grandmother had died in Jersey came in through a cell call from my mom. I had meant to go see her for 4 years and now what? Back to Jersey.
-I get back a week later and return to work on Monday only to find the whole place had been flipped upside down. The banks wanted their money that our owner and COO had failed valiantly to make profit from. Maybe that's because they like money enough to stuff our income tax deductions into their own pockets.
-2 days before my former "GF" moves out, while fixing her computer due to a hard drive crash I stumble upon saved IM conversations between her and her best friend. It goes on describing how they were gonna "F" each other 2 days prior to me reading it. I knew something like this may have been happening but not to that extent almost a month prior. And why'd the truth have to stick its ugly head in? I was gonna be away from her forever in 2 days!
-This week my job may still be intact or there will be mass layoffs. Who knows? I'm never going to get my raise in these conditions.

But the greatest thing of all, is that it can only get better! Maybe it will bring greater motivation to me so that 20 years from now I could be like a Steve Jobs or at least a Paul Allen. I've got enough liquid assets that I could possibly dedicate to something that still lets me be a generalist and lo and behold. Capitalism.

So here it is, the amazing and wonderful…

Story describing America's "trickle down" BS

So I decided to flip this to see what the hell the damned outcome could be. Might I remind you all that we all have lives. That we all at one time in this shitty economy where the rich are raping us more than Social Security will in our generations future. Luckily I still have a job. Ironically enough, I'm perhaps in some news making sense part of the movement of the people in charge committing white collar crimes. I'm only a lonely ol' technician there. But depending on where, why and when the banks that are in debt and the gov't that hasn't been paid its income taxes on our behalf, despite it being deducted from our paychecks decide to do something drastic about it. Then America is going to continue to be raped and pillaged like some Roman town where the soldiers storm in and demand protection through pillaging.

But to look on the bright side, I have no remorse for those being charged. I wish it was possible that the bank could both repossess their crap that they've obviously been using our "deducted income taxes" for and I can keep my job. I don't love my job but I am damn happy to have work to do and that the customers there are pleased with my work. The only part I am confused about is how does running a company into the ground slowly bring any profit to anyone? I've got customers on my back wanting their products produced.

Sort of like the rest of America holding the weight of the banks, the rich and greedy, and the car companies who feel that 60% shareholdings for us should go over to China. We've all got weights on our back right now. So let's see those sin taxes bring in some income; Everybody wants a crutch. I believe I'll have rum when I get the chance. But then again, I usually refuse to use crutches.

This life is full of garbage

Ughh, why is it that the truth hurts so much when it all comes crashing down?

Finding out what you had already suspected. And what you suspected was felt so truly that it was reason enough to instantly get her out of your life. Then you learn after trying to help her, that all of your suspicion is only just beginning of it.

Then the detailed facts and the hard hitting emotions come with it.

Why?

Jesus, I knew this girl was a damn emotionally unstable piece of humanity. Is she that screwed up in the head?

Then I have an irk of some remorse that she is that damn emotionally unstable that she has to keep her one and only best friend as a fuck buddy while I am dating her.

Worse is when she is typing all the talk about this into MSN messenger when I am right there opposite of her. I am unable to see the computer screen, but when I do time after time its enough to question why the hell do I do the stuff I do for her. And that’s when I decided that I’d treat her like a friend and never kiss her ever again. As long as I distance myself while still staying friendly the bitch will be under some surprise when I say my last words something like I know way too much about you. And your “best friend” Have a great life being the most emotionally disconnected liar you are.

Best of all I never have to take a shortcut and call her a bitch. This much information is twisting my mind, the anger fueling my determination to come out of it on top and the greatest thing is she still has no idea of how I am going to deliver this knowledge.

Comcast torrent work around: Bad Intro

So dear and loyal Comcast customer. You may have noticed your internet speed has both doubled bu that you torrent software doesn't work as it can't communicate shit to any other clients. Sound like your in that situation? Well don't despair, unless you don't have DD-WRT installed on your router.

I have done a fair amount of research but sadly none have said exactly how to do it if you have a MS Windows PC or any machine for that matter that isn't linux. Well, if you haven't done it already I'd first suggest you put a UNIX/Linux firmware onto your router known as DD-WRT. Its only about an hour process at the very most if you run into the slightest bit of problems and include studying up for it. It works quite well and lets you use routers as repeaters or receivers over WiFi.

But anyways back to what I was saying even though it is way to late for me to spell it all out for you. Several forums regarding this issue talk about placing a scripting line through SSH into the DD-WRT firmware'd router through a linux terminal (command line) Good thing there is a command prompt inside the DD-WRT GUI. Just cut and paste the code that prevents any Reset signals from reaching you PCs and then your good. I am sorry about the rambling and then the inconsistency of almost all of the sunject matter. If I want people to pay attention to my blog I need to stop making it the last thing I do in a day. I'll give a much more detailed report, but I wanted you Comcast subscribers to know. There is a way to fight the Great Firewall of Comcast (and Sandvine)

July 12th. The newest versions of uTorrent (1.8.3) provide the necessary code to get past such filters. Albeit it doesn't seem to run as fast as it has but I don't see any proof so far that it is transferring torrents any slower. You don't have to worry about touching any firmware upgrades and potentially "bricking" your router. Just get the newest version of uTorrent and you'll be OK!

its hard to know what you want

"I'm here at this point in time.
And I see myself how I want to be in the future.
I want to get there.
So in being here how do I arrive there?" asked the student to his more experienced fellow.

"But there in lies the question," is his response.

"So then should I just go out and try everything that should get me in that direction?"

A simple, "No" comes from the elder.
"You should make sure that what you want to achieve is what you want to achieve!"

"But I am sure that this is what I see myself doing", the student replies.

"Ahh, but can you see yourself doing something else as well? The generalist cannot go out and achieve a hundred things at once you see!", says the elder. "You must first improve what you see as your weak point and then forever on focus on your strong points!"

"Is this why it seems is so few generalists out there?", the student inquires.

"It depends on how you define it because everyone can do more than one thing well, but only generalists strive to do so many things well. It is truly not bad to be well rounded, but it is a shame to allow yourself to be lost in a sea of competition."

So exporting from word is…

Too say the least at least mildly difficult. The set-up of the account to export directly to blogger goes very well and is as easy as signing into the account on the blogger website. However, I had written out a mildly quick but long bit of information dump from my 2 week hiatus of writing anything on this blog. So to clear up anything and to make sure that this useful service works well I will try to upload this blog. The service working well in the sense that not having to open up a browser and navigate to the blogger website is only mildly useful. But add on the fact that I'm a generalist who just likes to get stuff working and you'll see my desire to see such a service up and running!

Anyways last time I tried this Word 2007 just refused to do it and then minutes later crashed! Losing all of my goodies! So I guess I will have to keep trying. And at least copy-and-paste my work before I try sending.

But it looks like now it was just a glitch in the large truck known as the Internets. For exporting went seamlessly this time around. Now to see if I can edit and re-post from Word 2007. And yes it seems like I can!

So that was just a little odd then. My only difference in the approach is how I first wrote up the majority of the text. On the failed attempt I had exported it from a word file to a Blog template. This time around, I had begun writing in the blog template, which obviously has proven to be a beneficial fruit in providing knowledge.

So this is what love feels like

After just pushing myself to get stuff out of the way which was quite easy with this girl as I feel really natural with her. Maybe that's because of our constant email messages back and forth.

I had asked her that we keep it casual. I already saw how I failed when trying to dress all fancy schmantzy.

For the first date I finally got her up to Blanchard, I didn't want to kiss her then and there. I wanted to, but I didn't want to have to worry about the ride home. Heading down the hill, I had to refuel the car. While refueling I noticed she was putting lip-gloss on. I knew what she wanted. But always skirted around it til we got home. Then I went for 'em. I went big and her mouth wasn't that big so its definitely funny. But it summed up the night somewhat more, when I did a more conceded but makeout-esque kiss on her porch. And that's as nostalgic and traditional as those things have been going for me.

I've gone past the 2nd date now its time for the third! Looks like I'll be doing this for awhile.

Win some, lose some, but that's life!

She said she would like to do this again. I took it with a grain of salt.
I thought to myself, hell maybe I still have a chance.
I decided to go with what I forgot to say at the very beginning.
"You look great"
I concentrated too much on the words. I didn't even look her in the eyes as I said it.
I did good otherwise except for these things: pay attention guys!

Always go and try to flatter, don't go too far, you want her to be comfortable so you can too.
Just say she looks great at the beginning and you'll be good if you're good at talking and having fun.

Follow your manners. Don't scourge down on too much food. Or take you time. If she orders something light. Try to follow suit.

It may seem easy to say that you've been paying attention but, when she gives ques saying she wants to do dinner again. Follow suit. Look into her eyes and acknowledge that she may mean it. Respond as needed. Think of something to do next time, or just say you'll call her. You'll get farther than me.


And that about wraps up everything I didn't do tonight. Thought I had it down, and had little nerves; but for me being a Gentleman I was not.

Good luck. And I'm gonna need it too.

Whoah! So which way does everything fall?

My beautiful prospect couldn't make it out Thursday although I kept in touch with her through the day through TXTs. Had too much work and is doing 3 people's jobs right now. Totally talks like me too saying peeps and all. This economy sucks! And now she's gone this weekend too to see her dad for Easter : (
Anyways probably just jumping to conclusions but I really, really like the potential of where this could be going. As she removed the craigslist post for her the morning after her and I had our phone conversation. Definitely something may be going on. Yeah for me and us!
I just need to talk to her in person and we'll see where we wanna go with it. I'm too much of a romantic and she's sorta a bad ass but that's what I want. I want it bad. And maybe she wants it good.
After our rescheduled date on Monday, I'm gonna have to jump on the honest confession wagon and drop or at least owe the other girl who I had set up a date with first that dinner or lunch I had promised. I feel really bad about it, but I guess I'm not playing her. Its just a date! I don't want to be a player and I don't want to break hearts! She just lucked out and above all she needs to know to look elsewhere.
Ughh, to be a morally grounded virgin stuck between a war of different suitors that only I can stop.
*Now there's a cute Russian chick that's interested. Since when the hell did I become so good at this? Wait, that's where these problems are coming from. Too much of it. I can't do that!

Well, I'm definitely learning

Got in touch with a girl who later revealed she had gotten outta High School when she was 15, so I was a little unsure, but since she writes totally normal and sounds random like me so why not? She shouldn't be some meth-head right?

Guess what?!?

Total hottie (from her pics) and smart and quirky too. (Had a lengthy phone conversation!) My type of bad girl?
We'll see after tomorrow. ; ) Dinner with her, right near my apt. so you know where that could lead! ; )
I am glad I still don't have neighbors underneath me and that my roommates are never around.

But I am probably just getting ahead of myself!

UPDATE: May I play the 'Price is Right' Losing Theme. The date was fun but I was too nervous and sometimes found myself utterly silent. Never worry about yourself, they're are either gonna like you or not, but having it hidden under 'the fear' will never let yourself shine through. For my first official date, I'd rate myself at about a C maybe a B-. Let's just say it was far from exemplary.

I don't really know what made me do it

Love is harsh. It is a gamble always.
Especially in dating over the net or through a friends quick suggestion.
I just wanted to be a part of the game that allows life to continue on this planet.
I got the number of somebody too young for me, have talked to an awesome girl in La Conner, trying to set up a date with a girl that shares my interests and one that wants to explore my hometown of Fairhaven, part of Bellingham.
I don't know where this roulette wheel will land, but I guess that's the journey of it.