I'm losing my mind. I could've sworn I blogged already. [crazy3]
[doh]
I so meant to type [crazy2] up there.
The car mileage thing is as current as it can be. I'll update it again when I get home. (That way you'll know exactly how many miles are between home and work!)
[it's currently at 110358.0 as of 10:18pm on whatever day today is. Oh! The 30th. Of June.]
edit-- Home now. New mileage is 110367.4
Did I mention the whole mind-losing thing?
Monday, June 30, 2003
Sunday, June 29, 2003
I finished listening to Chandler's mixed tape today. So it's back to the radio for me. The radio sucks.
I suppose I could just turn off the radio and listen to nothing while I drive, but being the culture victim that I am, my brain desires media input on a near-constant basis. Grr.
All of our books have now been shipped from Amazon.com. Yay!
Next week I go back to my stupid schedule of having to work Thursday mornings. Which means UTP@ will be showing up again. [frown] (UTP@, for our new viewers, stands for Ultra Tired P@)
However! I've got the 4th off! Woo!! We'll go out to the Red, White and Boom celebration out at Desert Breeze Park. The show is always great, but the traffic is usually pretty horrendous afterwards. We'll probably do like we did last year and let the girls play at the park for a while after the fireworks are over and let the crowd disperse. [up]
I'm also all set for the 7th, which is when Stephanie has potential Jury Duty service.
The 2nd, of course, is Harper's birthday. Her presents this year are pretty good ones. The "city" in particular, I think she'll enjoy a great deal. And we're going to Applebee's for dinner! Yay!
Something I discovered while surfing the net today: You know that scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day when the T-1000 "walks" through the metal bars? That sound effect was accomplished by having dog food come out of a can. Neat.
I suppose I could just turn off the radio and listen to nothing while I drive, but being the culture victim that I am, my brain desires media input on a near-constant basis. Grr.
All of our books have now been shipped from Amazon.com. Yay!
Next week I go back to my stupid schedule of having to work Thursday mornings. Which means UTP@ will be showing up again. [frown] (UTP@, for our new viewers, stands for Ultra Tired P@)
However! I've got the 4th off! Woo!! We'll go out to the Red, White and Boom celebration out at Desert Breeze Park. The show is always great, but the traffic is usually pretty horrendous afterwards. We'll probably do like we did last year and let the girls play at the park for a while after the fireworks are over and let the crowd disperse. [up]
I'm also all set for the 7th, which is when Stephanie has potential Jury Duty service.
The 2nd, of course, is Harper's birthday. Her presents this year are pretty good ones. The "city" in particular, I think she'll enjoy a great deal. And we're going to Applebee's for dinner! Yay!
Something I discovered while surfing the net today: You know that scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day when the T-1000 "walks" through the metal bars? That sound effect was accomplished by having dog food come out of a can. Neat.
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Talk about Tabula Rasa.
Man, my mind is blank.
I do want to plug my "guest map" down in the "clutter" section (scroll down and look to the left). That's a pretty nifty little thing.
The Internet is full of stuff like that. Although if people ever start colonizing the moon (or any other planets), it'll be outdated. [shrug]
Speaking of clutter, I was going to add a "weatherpixie" (I still might) but I don't know if I want to have my sidebar REALLY cluttered. We'll see. In the meantime, if you find (or already know of) something fun for me to add to my blog, feel free to let me know.
I leave you all with a Saren joke:
Saren: "How many Sarens does it take to change a lightbulb?"
Me & Stephanie: "How many?"
Saren: "Zero. Because the lightbulb is already screwed in!"
Man, my mind is blank.
I do want to plug my "guest map" down in the "clutter" section (scroll down and look to the left). That's a pretty nifty little thing.
The Internet is full of stuff like that. Although if people ever start colonizing the moon (or any other planets), it'll be outdated. [shrug]
Speaking of clutter, I was going to add a "weatherpixie" (I still might) but I don't know if I want to have my sidebar REALLY cluttered. We'll see. In the meantime, if you find (or already know of) something fun for me to add to my blog, feel free to let me know.
I leave you all with a Saren joke:
Saren: "How many Sarens does it take to change a lightbulb?"
Me & Stephanie: "How many?"
Saren: "Zero. Because the lightbulb is already screwed in!"
Friday, June 27, 2003
Wow, do I have a headache.
Okay, what with the whole "do not call" list for telemarketers that's now out, and with my getting tickets to Terminator 3 (Roeper gave it thumbs up, Ebert thumbs down, but only marginally), I figured I'd combine the two.
I present:
The Telemarketinater
*ring*
"Hello?"
"Are you Sarah Connor?"
"Um..no."
"Good. Do you wish to save money on your mortgage rates?"
*click*
*ring*
"Hello?"
"Are you Sarah Connor?"
"No...didn't you just call me?"
"Would you like to save mon-" *click*
*ring*
"Grrr! I'll just let the machine get it."
*ring* *ring*
[mechanical voice]Leave a message after the beep. Low Battery.
*beeeep*
"Are you Sarah Connor? (pause) I'll call back."
fin
Okay, what with the whole "do not call" list for telemarketers that's now out, and with my getting tickets to Terminator 3 (Roeper gave it thumbs up, Ebert thumbs down, but only marginally), I figured I'd combine the two.
I present:
*ring*
"Hello?"
"Are you Sarah Connor?"
"Um..no."
"Good. Do you wish to save money on your mortgage rates?"
*click*
*ring*
"Hello?"
"Are you Sarah Connor?"
"No...didn't you just call me?"
"Would you like to save mon-" *click*
*ring*
"Grrr! I'll just let the machine get it."
*ring* *ring*
[mechanical voice]Leave a message after the beep. Low Battery.
*beeeep*
"Are you Sarah Connor? (pause) I'll call back."
So, I decided to actually watch my movie tonight - The In Crowd.
Man, that was crappy. And!! It contained the Lesbian Cliche! Um...yay?
Also in the "yay?" category: Strom Thurmond died. He was 100 years young. The forces of evil lost a beloved bigot today. *sheds tear*
I know I had more "deep" things to post about, but I'm not really in the mood. Um...I'm getting free tix to T3, so yay for that. (That way I can see it without paying for it, even if the movie sucks)
I'm on the penultimate cassette tape. It's Everclear's Sparkle and Fade. The last tape will be the one Chandler sent to me for my birthday last year. [heart]
The car's mileage is currently 110252.6
Still time to get in that contest. (Or change your vote, if you'd like.)
Man, that was crappy. And!! It contained the Lesbian Cliche! Um...yay?
Also in the "yay?" category: Strom Thurmond died. He was 100 years young. The forces of evil lost a beloved bigot today. *sheds tear*
I know I had more "deep" things to post about, but I'm not really in the mood. Um...I'm getting free tix to T3, so yay for that. (That way I can see it without paying for it, even if the movie sucks)
I'm on the penultimate cassette tape. It's Everclear's Sparkle and Fade. The last tape will be the one Chandler sent to me for my birthday last year. [heart]
The car's mileage is currently 110252.6
Still time to get in that contest. (Or change your vote, if you'd like.)
Thursday, June 26, 2003
I'm totally spoiler-free in regard to the movie (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), but I'm hoping they address this.
If the Resistance ends up truly defeating Skynet in the present, John Connor should disappear.
I don't mean disappear from society, like the Connor's did when he was growing up, I mean he should actually be wiped out of existence. He should never happen.
Because if Skynet never gets built (or never obtains conciousness), then there will be no Human/Machine war. And John Connor will not become the leader of the Human Resistance in the Future, and therefore will not send his dad back in time to make sure he gets born.
I'm just sayin'.
(Let's see how much debate this entry causes. [wink])
If the Resistance ends up truly defeating Skynet in the present, John Connor should disappear.
I don't mean disappear from society, like the Connor's did when he was growing up, I mean he should actually be wiped out of existence. He should never happen.
Because if Skynet never gets built (or never obtains conciousness), then there will be no Human/Machine war. And John Connor will not become the leader of the Human Resistance in the Future, and therefore will not send his dad back in time to make sure he gets born.
I'm just sayin'.
(Let's see how much debate this entry causes. [wink])
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A four letter word.
(The following "rant" was partly inspired by Daniel Quinn - in particular Beyond Civilization - and partly by real life events. I'm sure other things have contributed as well (I am a sum of my being...or something) but those are the most recent ingredients into the mix that is me. [what the hell am I talking about?])
Who likes their job?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, probably none of you. Early in Beyond Civilization Quinn states that people of our culture are easy to recognize. Here's the test: If you live in an area where the food is under lock and key, you belong to our culture.
And having the food stored away like that is cornerstone to our society, because if it were readily available, who would work?
Yes, this is a broad generalization, and yes, if food were free for all, of course people would still work, but I've been thinking more and more lately that I would most likely not be one of them. Maybe this is because I'm a lazy bastard. Or maybe it's because working for other people is not something I really enjoy doing. I think most people don't. In fact, that concept is really kinda counter intuitive. Working for other people is slavery. The fact that you're given money and may recieve some pleasure from doing a job well done are simply happy coincidences - side effects. The bottom line is that you are still doing work for someone else.
[note: I often feel like I'm not explaining myself clearly enough. That I'm failing at getting my point across. It's a frustrating feeling. I long for telepathy]
A few personal examples may highlight what I'm trying to get at.
Saturday night my 8pm movie was From Dusk til Dawn (great movie, btw. Even edited.) It was a 3 reel movie. The first two reels were fine. As I was running the 2nd reel, I began to cue up the 3rd, only to discover that the tape did not contain the movie at all.Instead, the tape had a recording of the program Showtime at the Apollo.
Well, this was just bad. Angry, I ejected reel 3 to see who had signed off on the tape okaying it for airing.
PW. Uh-oh.
I made several panicked phone calls to the Powers That Be (and got answering machines on all accounts. It was Saturday night, after all, and the upper management people have lives).
Doing some quick figuring, I realized I'd have about 30 minutes to fill. I mean, something had to go on the air. Making a judgement call (after all, I'd not heard back from the Officials) I decided to run an old episode of Cheers. The commercials that would have run during the movie would instead run in the local breaks of that episode, and then normal programming would resume at 10pm.
Right before I was going to my backup plan, (literally. I was in the last break of reel 2, getting ready to start the Cheers) the phone rang, it was the Programming Director. She informed me that Cheers couldn't run and to get a copy of either Roseanne or Fresh Prince of Bel-Air instead. Somehow, I managed to run into the tape library, locate an ep. of Roseanne, and get it cued up in the last 45 seconds of that break. (I still don't know how that happened. Time is a mysterious bitch)
Having gotten that on the air, the PD and I talked about what had happened. I told her that it was me who had signed off on the tape and she was surprised (I've got a reputation around there as being one of the better employees. My old email wasn't "bestswitcher" for nothing. [wink]) and kinda upset that it had to happen to me. (because she knew that since I was the one who was responsible, I'd be taking the heat for it)
A few other things that took place over the weekend:
Friday night the promotion department gave us 104 promos to dub. There was an employee there Friday night who had 8 hours to do them. He dubbed 24.
Saturday there were some missing spots (long, boring story). I wound up being the one who contacted the Traffic Manager and discovering a solution to the problem, so that the station did not lose any money on those particular commercials. (Followed by the movie screw up, which may have upset the balance [doh])
Sunday I worked 11 hours, and dubbed and loaded 80 promos. I also discovered a problem with the satellite dishes, and brought it to the attention of my supervisor (who came down and got it fixed before any sat. feeds were missed).
Those 24 promos that the other guy did on Friday night? All done incorrectly. This was discovered by me on Monday when I went to air one of them. I should say Monday after 3pm. They had been running wrong all day long, and the previous operator either did not notice, or did not care.
Monday I did recieve a written warning (one of I believe two that I've recieved in my 7 years of being there), because of the From Dusk til Dawn incident. (Or, as I like to think of it, From Dusk til)
Today - There were more promos that were incorrect. These were because promotions had given us the wrong ones. I also caught a commercial that had been loaded into the server missing the final half second of audio, and helped my coworker figure out a way to air a tape that would not run in any of her other machines. I also discovered two different timing discrepancies that Traffic had failed to catch.
None of which will be acknowledged.
And of course, there's the time factor. We were in the middle of having a relatively peaceful day (we were hunting for Harry Potter #5), and it has to go and be interrupted because work demands that I have to be there at 3pm. And that I have to stay there for 8 hours.
Of course, the rest of us are doing it too. Which makes it so much better. Misery loves company, right?
Why are we working, though?
Because it's what Mother Culture tells us to. "Society must go on, no matter how miserable it makes the masses."
This is drilled into us from birth - or at least from school age. Because school, no matter what they say, is really about preparing you for mind-numbing work. And work, no matter what they say, is really about keeping "civilization" going.
In the past few days, I've come close to just saying, "Fuck it." and walking off the job. I won't, of course, because I have the girls to think about. I need to insure that they eat something, and having a job (that I don't particularly enjoy most of the time) is the best way (isn't it? [/rhetorical]) to get food.
Now is the time when most people would say, "If you're so unhappy with your job, you should find a new line of work."
Because, hey, trading one prison for another is the best solution. Right?
If it didn't work last year, let's do MORE of it this year.
I'm sounding really bitter right now, and I apologize for my tone. After all, today at work was not all bad. Nope, not all bad at all. [heart]
Oh yeah! While she was there, I was cueing up my next program. When I was setting the levels with the bars and tone, she said, "Hey! That's the picture from your blog!"
Man, I love my daughter.
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Am I in the right mind-set to do this extremely lengthy blog entry? I have no idea, but we'll find out, won't we?
I suppose I should start off by answering my bloq (and thanking everyone who did already).
What book(s) are you currently reading?
I just started John Holt's Teach Your Own. Tomorrow, if we wake up before I have to go to work, we'll take a jaunt down to the library. I plan on checking out Mosquito Coast for a reread, and possibly some other stuff that catches my fancy.
Before Teach Your Own, I read Daniel Quinn's Beyond Civilization (excellent book) and before that it was Stephen King's From a Buick 8 (meh) and before that was Daniel Quinn's The Story of B (awesome. Simply awesome.)
What's it about?
Teach Your Own is about homeschooling.
Beyond Civilization is about how tribal life is better for humans than any other type of lifestyle that we've attempted so far. (as are all of his books) It also gives some suggestions on how to walk away from civilization. (More on all of this later)
From a Buick 8 was about some sort of transdimensional "car" that some small town police found and kept secret. Certainly not one of King's best. Or maybe it was just hard to concentrate on it after reading Daniel Quinn. My whole perception of the world has pretty much been shaken up.
"Who wants that honey?"
Damn it. Everyone already took the answer I was going to give (Pooh Bear). I'll instead say that !Xabbu does. Heh.
("Cherub Rock" by the Smashing Pumpkins)
If you're reading a book, and it's not enjoyable, do you finish it anyway?
I have. I don't know why, but there's some part of me that just has to know how things end. (Actually, that's touched upon in The Story of B Needing to know the future is what makes us human.[/nutshell])
What's the worst book you've ever read?
The Phone Book.
har har.
I'd say The Devil's Advocate. The movie wound up being pretty decent, but the book is just horribly written.
What book would you most like to see turned into a movie (but probably never will)?
Otherland. For them to make all four volumes into a film, it would have to be like 36 hours long. !!!
and finally...
Book 'em, Dano!
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Two days back, Saren had her first (attempted) sleepover. It ended up not working, unfortunately. I think she's still too young. But she so wants to be ready for it. In many ways Saren is very advanced for her age, this just isn't one of them. And it may be selfish of me (may be?!?!), but I'm relieved that she's not ready. She's growing up so fast as it is. It is truly difficult for me to believe that in just 7 weeks Saren will be six years old. Six years ago, she was just a tiny little infant, completely dependant upon me and her mother for life. Now, in what is really the blink of an eye, she's become a little girl who expresses her own thoughts and feelings. She makes her own jokes (weird as they are) and has her own personality. She oftentimes (very often) wants to do things without help. (And each day she's able to accomplish more that way)
It's an odd feeling. I'm excited to see her growing up, and proud of her for all that she's accomplished/accomlishing.
And yet.
And yet...
God, I feel like I'm just typing trite cliches, and maybe I am. I guess my point was that my little girl is growing up, and it hurts.
If you haven't already, you can read a more detailed account of the sleepover at my wife's blog.
Work. Sucks. Ass.
If any of you are really interested in hearing my woes of the working world (heh. "w"), let me know, and i'll indulge (read: bore the crap out of) you.
OH! The caterpillars!! One of them has emerged from it's cocoon!! Saren has named it "Climber". The other four are still attatched to the wall. ALthough one of them shook for about five minutes around 2:30, it hasn't done anything sense.
Steph put some orange slices into the butterfly cage, since she read that they eat those (she also discovered that some butteflies eat urine. And eye-juice. We've opted to not put those things in the cage.)
It's a little disheartening to think that in a few more days, all of the caterpillars will be butterflies, and then they'll all be let go, and never be in our lives again. [sigh]
The past couple of days, after reading the Daniel Quinn works, I've been wanting to tell everyone about them. To wake people up to this way of thinking. To make them realize that our society is sick. (They know this part, of course. Nobody doubts that there is something very truly wrong with the way we're living now. But most people don't think beyond that.)
The funny (not funny ha-ha) thing is people will defend our sickness. The one phrase that comes to mind when discussing any number of aspects of our culture is "It's flawed, but it's the best we've got." (or some variation along those lines)
You hear this said of our judicial system, our schools, our hospitals, our political system. Anytime anyone criticizes any of those programs (or anything else in our society), that is one of the arguments that gets brought back up. And really, how are you going to argue with that line of reasoning?
Something that Daniel Quinn says in Beyond Civilization that stuck with me was:
Old minds say "This didn't work last year, so let's do MORE of it this year"
New minds say "This didn't work last year, let's try something DIFFERENT this year."
Every year, we build more prisons. We pass more laws. We "fight" more drugs (and terror). We build more schools. And every year, nothing changes. We still have prisoners. We still have criminals. We still have drug users and sellers. We still have terrorist organizations. We still have students "failing" the school systems.
Well, to fix this, we need to build more prisons, pass more laws, fight terror harder, make the schools tougher.
Mm-hmm.
Quinn never says it, but it's been said that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Which is exactly what our culture is doing.
The thing is, our culture's way of doing things is not the only way that people live. There are "primitive" cultures (granted, extremely few of them remain) who live tribally, who do not have their people doing things like flying airplanes into skyscrapers, or spend their time sitting in front of television sets, or escaping with drugs. (Yes, I know that they don't have airplanes and tv and all the "wonderful" things that our culture has. That's kinda the point.)
The Americas had plenty of tribes living in them before they were "discovered". And not a single one of them ever took over the entire continent. Was this because they didn't have the technology to do so? I admit, I'm not an expert on the field so I can't answer that question as thoroughly as I'd like to, but I would wager a guess that if some tribe of Native Americans had really wanted to conquer the rest of the continent, they most likely could have.
But that's the thing. Tribe-life doesn't breed that mentality. This is not to say that there weren't tribes who fought with other tribes, and that all of them are peaceful and noble, because I know that's not the case.The difference between our culture and tribal life is that we conquer and assimilate.
I've gone on for much longer than I intended to, and of course, haven't even scratched the surface. I hope to spark some discussion with what I'm talking about, and if there's an interest out there I will be happy to blog about more of this later. [smile]
I suppose I should start off by answering my bloq (and thanking everyone who did already).
What book(s) are you currently reading?
I just started John Holt's Teach Your Own. Tomorrow, if we wake up before I have to go to work, we'll take a jaunt down to the library. I plan on checking out Mosquito Coast for a reread, and possibly some other stuff that catches my fancy.
Before Teach Your Own, I read Daniel Quinn's Beyond Civilization (excellent book) and before that it was Stephen King's From a Buick 8 (meh) and before that was Daniel Quinn's The Story of B (awesome. Simply awesome.)
What's it about?
Teach Your Own is about homeschooling.
Beyond Civilization is about how tribal life is better for humans than any other type of lifestyle that we've attempted so far. (as are all of his books) It also gives some suggestions on how to walk away from civilization. (More on all of this later)
From a Buick 8 was about some sort of transdimensional "car" that some small town police found and kept secret. Certainly not one of King's best. Or maybe it was just hard to concentrate on it after reading Daniel Quinn. My whole perception of the world has pretty much been shaken up.
"Who wants that honey?"
Damn it. Everyone already took the answer I was going to give (Pooh Bear). I'll instead say that !Xabbu does. Heh.
("Cherub Rock" by the Smashing Pumpkins)
If you're reading a book, and it's not enjoyable, do you finish it anyway?
I have. I don't know why, but there's some part of me that just has to know how things end. (Actually, that's touched upon in The Story of B Needing to know the future is what makes us human.[/nutshell])
What's the worst book you've ever read?
The Phone Book.
har har.
I'd say The Devil's Advocate. The movie wound up being pretty decent, but the book is just horribly written.
What book would you most like to see turned into a movie (but probably never will)?
Otherland. For them to make all four volumes into a film, it would have to be like 36 hours long. !!!
and finally...
Book 'em, Dano!
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Two days back, Saren had her first (attempted) sleepover. It ended up not working, unfortunately. I think she's still too young. But she so wants to be ready for it. In many ways Saren is very advanced for her age, this just isn't one of them. And it may be selfish of me (may be?!?!), but I'm relieved that she's not ready. She's growing up so fast as it is. It is truly difficult for me to believe that in just 7 weeks Saren will be six years old. Six years ago, she was just a tiny little infant, completely dependant upon me and her mother for life. Now, in what is really the blink of an eye, she's become a little girl who expresses her own thoughts and feelings. She makes her own jokes (weird as they are) and has her own personality. She oftentimes (very often) wants to do things without help. (And each day she's able to accomplish more that way)
It's an odd feeling. I'm excited to see her growing up, and proud of her for all that she's accomplished/accomlishing.
And yet.
And yet...
God, I feel like I'm just typing trite cliches, and maybe I am. I guess my point was that my little girl is growing up, and it hurts.
If you haven't already, you can read a more detailed account of the sleepover at my wife's blog.
Work. Sucks. Ass.
If any of you are really interested in hearing my woes of the working world (heh. "w"), let me know, and i'll indulge (read: bore the crap out of) you.
OH! The caterpillars!! One of them has emerged from it's cocoon!! Saren has named it "Climber". The other four are still attatched to the wall. ALthough one of them shook for about five minutes around 2:30, it hasn't done anything sense.
Steph put some orange slices into the butterfly cage, since she read that they eat those (she also discovered that some butteflies eat urine. And eye-juice. We've opted to not put those things in the cage.)
It's a little disheartening to think that in a few more days, all of the caterpillars will be butterflies, and then they'll all be let go, and never be in our lives again. [sigh]
The past couple of days, after reading the Daniel Quinn works, I've been wanting to tell everyone about them. To wake people up to this way of thinking. To make them realize that our society is sick. (They know this part, of course. Nobody doubts that there is something very truly wrong with the way we're living now. But most people don't think beyond that.)
The funny (not funny ha-ha) thing is people will defend our sickness. The one phrase that comes to mind when discussing any number of aspects of our culture is "It's flawed, but it's the best we've got." (or some variation along those lines)
You hear this said of our judicial system, our schools, our hospitals, our political system. Anytime anyone criticizes any of those programs (or anything else in our society), that is one of the arguments that gets brought back up. And really, how are you going to argue with that line of reasoning?
Something that Daniel Quinn says in Beyond Civilization that stuck with me was:
Old minds say "This didn't work last year, so let's do MORE of it this year"
New minds say "This didn't work last year, let's try something DIFFERENT this year."
Every year, we build more prisons. We pass more laws. We "fight" more drugs (and terror). We build more schools. And every year, nothing changes. We still have prisoners. We still have criminals. We still have drug users and sellers. We still have terrorist organizations. We still have students "failing" the school systems.
Well, to fix this, we need to build more prisons, pass more laws, fight terror harder, make the schools tougher.
Mm-hmm.
Quinn never says it, but it's been said that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Which is exactly what our culture is doing.
The thing is, our culture's way of doing things is not the only way that people live. There are "primitive" cultures (granted, extremely few of them remain) who live tribally, who do not have their people doing things like flying airplanes into skyscrapers, or spend their time sitting in front of television sets, or escaping with drugs. (Yes, I know that they don't have airplanes and tv and all the "wonderful" things that our culture has. That's kinda the point.)
The Americas had plenty of tribes living in them before they were "discovered". And not a single one of them ever took over the entire continent. Was this because they didn't have the technology to do so? I admit, I'm not an expert on the field so I can't answer that question as thoroughly as I'd like to, but I would wager a guess that if some tribe of Native Americans had really wanted to conquer the rest of the continent, they most likely could have.
But that's the thing. Tribe-life doesn't breed that mentality. This is not to say that there weren't tribes who fought with other tribes, and that all of them are peaceful and noble, because I know that's not the case.The difference between our culture and tribal life is that we conquer and assimilate.
I've gone on for much longer than I intended to, and of course, haven't even scratched the surface. I hope to spark some discussion with what I'm talking about, and if there's an interest out there I will be happy to blog about more of this later. [smile]
Monday, June 23, 2003
I'm having the strongest sensation of deja vu. The whole aspect of being exhausted, the things I was going to blog about on my blog, the show that is currently on TV...all of it feels so familiar.
I chalk it up to being beyond tired. THe past two days have just been draining in a way that should be illegal.
Hold on
I chalk it up to being beyond tired. THe past two days have just been draining in a way that should be illegal.
Hold on
Saturday, June 21, 2003
Because I've been all bookish lately, and because I like making the haloscan servers sweat...
Another bloq! This one's 'bout books.
<b>What book(s) are you currently reading?</b>
<b>What's it about?</b>
<b>"Who wants that honey?"</b>
<b>If you're reading a book, and it's not enjoyable, do you finish it anyway?</b>
<b>What's the worst book you've ever read?</b>
<b>What book would you most like to see turned into a movie (but probably never will)?</b>
and finally...
<b>Book 'em, Dano!</b>
Note that the song lyric has nothing to do with books. I felt like going all random. [grin] And, yeah, the final "question" isn't, but I couldn't think of a good ending. Just like so many books I read...
Another bloq! This one's 'bout books.
<b>What book(s) are you currently reading?</b>
<b>What's it about?</b>
<b>"Who wants that honey?"</b>
<b>If you're reading a book, and it's not enjoyable, do you finish it anyway?</b>
<b>What's the worst book you've ever read?</b>
<b>What book would you most like to see turned into a movie (but probably never will)?</b>
and finally...
<b>Book 'em, Dano!</b>
Note that the song lyric has nothing to do with books. I felt like going all random. [grin] And, yeah, the final "question" isn't, but I couldn't think of a good ending. Just like so many books I read...
Friday, June 20, 2003
From my "To Do Before I Die" list:
Change the world
Shake hands with a president
Call Soupytwist
That's right! Yesterday I actually worked up the noive [/cowardly lion] and phoned one of my WD idols.
Granted, I was shaking like a leaf during the entire conversation, but the fact remains that I actually did it! Woo! I'd been wanting to do this for a while, but yesterday was the day. Why that day? Because I was concerned about her after reading an entry in her blog. Aww.
The funniest thing about the phone call was the beginning. When Chainsaw answered, and I told her who I was, there was a 2 second pause, and then she bellowed: REALLY!?!?! heee. It was totally an Elaine (Get out!!) type of moment. Hee.
Soupy had candy for dinner. And it was German candy!! I'm envious. I guess that's a benefit of living in the Pacific Northwest. You get to have imported sweets for dinner.
In other (much less exciting) news, yesterday I had the air in the tires refilled. And isn't it kinda neat that 2000 pounds of metal can move around on stone roadways carried along on nothing but four pieces of rubber filled with air? Man, even though we humans are really great at fucking the planet up, we do acomplish some amazing things.
In work related news, I'm totally going to go ballistic if people don't start carrying their weight around here. I don't mind doing other people's jobs for them, but if I'm going to have to, I should get their paychecks too. Freakin' bums.
Tomorrow is the b-day party for my step-sister's step-daughter. [eyebrow] That would be my...step-step-niece? Bah. Families. Anywhat, it's Chuck E. Cheese, so I'm sure by the time I get to work I'll be emotionally and physically drained. That place is a vampire, I swear.
Let's see...what else? OH! I'll be linking to blogs on the side, so if you'd like to be included in the link-fest, just let me know.
I'm wondering which is more wild - my hair, or the backyard. I'm thinking the yard, but not by much.
I finished reading From a Buick 8 today. Feh. It was not one of Stephen King's better works. Which reminds me of something I need to post...but it'll have to wait until later. I'm at work and dont' have the time to do it right now.
That's right! Yesterday I actually worked up the noive [/cowardly lion] and phoned one of my WD idols.
Granted, I was shaking like a leaf during the entire conversation, but the fact remains that I actually did it! Woo! I'd been wanting to do this for a while, but yesterday was the day. Why that day? Because I was concerned about her after reading an entry in her blog. Aww.
The funniest thing about the phone call was the beginning. When Chainsaw answered, and I told her who I was, there was a 2 second pause, and then she bellowed: REALLY!?!?! heee. It was totally an Elaine (Get out!!) type of moment. Hee.
Soupy had candy for dinner. And it was German candy!! I'm envious. I guess that's a benefit of living in the Pacific Northwest. You get to have imported sweets for dinner.
In other (much less exciting) news, yesterday I had the air in the tires refilled. And isn't it kinda neat that 2000 pounds of metal can move around on stone roadways carried along on nothing but four pieces of rubber filled with air? Man, even though we humans are really great at fucking the planet up, we do acomplish some amazing things.
In work related news, I'm totally going to go ballistic if people don't start carrying their weight around here. I don't mind doing other people's jobs for them, but if I'm going to have to, I should get their paychecks too. Freakin' bums.
Tomorrow is the b-day party for my step-sister's step-daughter. [eyebrow] That would be my...step-step-niece? Bah. Families. Anywhat, it's Chuck E. Cheese, so I'm sure by the time I get to work I'll be emotionally and physically drained. That place is a vampire, I swear.
Let's see...what else? OH! I'll be linking to blogs on the side, so if you'd like to be included in the link-fest, just let me know.
I'm wondering which is more wild - my hair, or the backyard. I'm thinking the yard, but not by much.
I finished reading From a Buick 8 today. Feh. It was not one of Stephen King's better works. Which reminds me of something I need to post...but it'll have to wait until later. I'm at work and dont' have the time to do it right now.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Back when I answered May's PMQ (on Memorial Day, as it turns out), I was going to put a comment next to all the names (or most of the names) in my WD address book. I didn't then, because I was tired and too lazy. Jupe voiced that she would be interested in reading those comments. Thus, this is an entry for Jupe.
If I skip over anyone, it's probably due to time constraint and/or pure laziness.
This is going to be a long entry, folks.
Here we go...
Adam - Ahh, season four.
Aexia - I get the impression he doesn't like me very much.
Angelus_2002 - Was a troll. I simply put him on my address book to keep tabs on him. I really don't think he's around anymore.
Angie - I get the impression she doesn't like me very much. Although we do talk periodically, I just get the feeling that she could really care less about me. [shrug]
Annie - Remember when she was a mod? [sigh]
Artemis - I miss Artemis. We weren't close-close, but she always had something nice to say when we talked.
Avery - I was probably too harsh on this prick. Oh well, live and learn.
Bally - Bally is amazing. His posts are intelligent, funny, and entertaining. If I lived in London, or he lived in the States, I think we'd hit it off pretty well. He reminds me of me at that age ..except that he's much more motivated than I ever was. It is indeed a great privilege to call him a friend.
Ben
Ben_Varkentine
bettie - I [heart] bettie. Smart, pretty, and insightful, bettie is the embodiment of cool. Monkey!! Plus, she's one of the only WDers I've ever met in person. More than once, even!!
Boo - I want to get to know Boo better. He makes on topic posts worth reading. Even if I don't always agree with them, he's always able to back up his viewpoints. Plus, he always gives feedback to fanfic, which is an admirable trait.
BugaBoo - That wench? We've not talked much, but any friend of Chandler's can't be all that bad. I wish she were around more, though.
Calia Winters - Calia always sends me Xmas presents/cards. I know she's lost her drive for the board, but she does always make the time to come on to answer my PMQs.
CassyLee - I've met CassyLee!! She's very funny, and incredibly bright, too. Plus, she's hosting this WD party in October... I ought to buy her some coffee.
cathart
CdnGirlEh - Still one of the cutest usernames.
Chandler - A great person, whom everyone should get to know better. (myself included) It's a damn shame that the weekends aren't longer, so that she'd be able to get online more. Chandler is what makes the internet worthwhile. She's funny, and clever, and the way she handles pop culture is amazing. Yay for geekiness!!
Cherry
CoiledSoul
Crystal
cub
Del - "What Del said". I don't know anyone who hasn't read something she's written and instantly had that thought. Well thought-out and intelligent posts are always forthcoming from Del. Plus, she's just got the most adorable accent.
duskfire
elizzz - Um...who?
Fishboot
Fuchsia - Yay for Jess! She's another one of those British women that is able to convey her thoughts in an amazing way. Also, she nine times out of ten will take the time to leave a comment on my blog. Got to love that. ;)
geswho
Ghost
gilibeanz - Heeeee! The beanz never fails to make me laugh. Or at least smile. I should stalk her blog more...
GoldenEye - This was Throaty.
grace - Grace is on vacation right about now. I envy her. Grace is one of those folks who likes me for me. (Yeah, I don't know why either.) I should let her know how much I appreciate her being there. She's good people.
Great Attractor - [sigh] I miss him. And he never updates his blog, either. [frown]
guitarist
Hades - Um...who?
Hi there - He intimdates me (smartness!!!) but I've always found his posts to be kick-assingly funny as well as blow your mind wise.
HyperOnion - Yay Onion!! The King of Surreal. The Master of Hilariousness. Onion isn't meant to be understood. Onion just is.
imissoz - Lisa is probably my newest friend on the WD, and she's really a great person. She's a good PM-buddy.
Jamie Marie - Jamie rocks. Jamie rules. Jamie is funny. Jamie should leave a comment. ;)
Jason
jawanza
Jennifer
jessemock
Jewels
Jim_Classe
joetexx
Julia - Woohoolia!!
Jupe - Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! [/abuse of mod power]
JupiterAmy - Basically, I'm growing my hair just fro her. I got her b-day card today. That was great. I still owe her a quarter. She was the model user. Many other people have left the board and I've lost touch with them. I'm happy that she's not one of them. I can easily see her being a life-long friend. Yay for Amy!!!!
karma - I don't know her ultra well, but I like what I've seen.
Khayman
Kingman
Kinitawowi - I owe him major props (Did I just say "props"??!?!) for predicting the "all potentials get activated" thing several months before it happened. Dave reminds me of me when I still cared about music.
Kojiro
Lab - Remember when Lab killed me? Good times. Good times.
laser_doc - The first WDer I ever met.
Lauren - I've known Lauren since she was like, 5 or something.
lionssmile
Loki - Loki makes me want to move to Canada. Or Australia. Or wherever it is he's living now.
Lucretia - Why'd she leave? [frown]
Lunasea - Oy.
mahoney - Why'd she leave? [frown]
Mary
mauki
Maximum_Mike - Mike needs to be more active on the board. That way I can sing the Welcome Back song to him. =)
mayhem - I've met this guy, and he didn't even have any hooker blood on his hands. What a let down. His camera is pretty darn awesome, though.
Merope - So...it's Me-row-pay? What kind of bizarre username is that? [heart]
Mister_T - The best security money can buy.
mUrt - It's really upsetting that mUrt's never around. I had a great time with him when I met him, and would like to continue our friendship online.
Nos402 - Yay Heath!! I so need to meet him (and Jess).
NosGirl
oslowe - Quick question for ya, os. Should I see a movie about robots or a movie about zombies? (Assuming that I can only see one. And no, there is no movie about robot zombies. Although there should be....) Grumpy ol' os is a pleasure to be around, and a pleasure to read whatever he writes.
OwlSilverFeather
racharoni
Rob
Runtley
RussellCrowe
Rutger
Salty
Sandy_Claws - I am in awe of this man.
sarennharpersmom - Excellent.
Sasami - She's Sassy. I like that about her.
Scooter
Smada
smartchickie
SmOkE
Soupytwist - Does the Soupster even come here anymore? I've not seen her in forever. I'm pretty sure Soupy knows how much I admire and respect her. If not, it's because she's stupid.
starshine - If I ever meet Cindy (and I hope to, someday or other), I'm so buying her a Pepsi. [grin]
Steven
Strigoi
talula
The_Avenger
The_Witch - The epitome of What The Fuck?
thorsdad - Kirk is a pretty darn cool guy. I'm very happy for him and Mary-Jane. The sad thing (and this is all me) is that I never seem to get around to sending him emails when I should.
Throaty - *shakes head slowly*
tinkcat
tkf - Yay for Tina! It seems like she's certainly lived a very interesting life. I should get to know her better, and get some of her wisdom from her.
Troll
Umeeksk - I have Joe in my AIM buddy list, but I don't think we've ever chatted. Is that weird?
Valerie
vamphile
Victor - My first friend on the WD ever. We've fallen out of contact lately, and that sucks, because he really is very cool.
WilBot - Um..who?
Whew!
If I skip over anyone, it's probably due to time constraint and/or pure laziness.
This is going to be a long entry, folks.
Here we go...
Adam - Ahh, season four.
Aexia - I get the impression he doesn't like me very much.
Angelus_2002 - Was a troll. I simply put him on my address book to keep tabs on him. I really don't think he's around anymore.
Angie - I get the impression she doesn't like me very much. Although we do talk periodically, I just get the feeling that she could really care less about me. [shrug]
Annie - Remember when she was a mod? [sigh]
Artemis - I miss Artemis. We weren't close-close, but she always had something nice to say when we talked.
Avery - I was probably too harsh on this prick. Oh well, live and learn.
Bally - Bally is amazing. His posts are intelligent, funny, and entertaining. If I lived in London, or he lived in the States, I think we'd hit it off pretty well. He reminds me of me at that age ..except that he's much more motivated than I ever was. It is indeed a great privilege to call him a friend.
Ben
Ben_Varkentine
bettie - I [heart] bettie. Smart, pretty, and insightful, bettie is the embodiment of cool. Monkey!! Plus, she's one of the only WDers I've ever met in person. More than once, even!!
Boo - I want to get to know Boo better. He makes on topic posts worth reading. Even if I don't always agree with them, he's always able to back up his viewpoints. Plus, he always gives feedback to fanfic, which is an admirable trait.
BugaBoo - That wench? We've not talked much, but any friend of Chandler's can't be all that bad. I wish she were around more, though.
Calia Winters - Calia always sends me Xmas presents/cards. I know she's lost her drive for the board, but she does always make the time to come on to answer my PMQs.
CassyLee - I've met CassyLee!! She's very funny, and incredibly bright, too. Plus, she's hosting this WD party in October... I ought to buy her some coffee.
cathart
CdnGirlEh - Still one of the cutest usernames.
Chandler - A great person, whom everyone should get to know better. (myself included) It's a damn shame that the weekends aren't longer, so that she'd be able to get online more. Chandler is what makes the internet worthwhile. She's funny, and clever, and the way she handles pop culture is amazing. Yay for geekiness!!
Cherry
CoiledSoul
Crystal
cub
Del - "What Del said". I don't know anyone who hasn't read something she's written and instantly had that thought. Well thought-out and intelligent posts are always forthcoming from Del. Plus, she's just got the most adorable accent.
duskfire
elizzz - Um...who?
Fishboot
Fuchsia - Yay for Jess! She's another one of those British women that is able to convey her thoughts in an amazing way. Also, she nine times out of ten will take the time to leave a comment on my blog. Got to love that. ;)
geswho
Ghost
gilibeanz - Heeeee! The beanz never fails to make me laugh. Or at least smile. I should stalk her blog more...
GoldenEye - This was Throaty.
grace - Grace is on vacation right about now. I envy her. Grace is one of those folks who likes me for me. (Yeah, I don't know why either.) I should let her know how much I appreciate her being there. She's good people.
Great Attractor - [sigh] I miss him. And he never updates his blog, either. [frown]
guitarist
Hades - Um...who?
Hi there - He intimdates me (smartness!!!) but I've always found his posts to be kick-assingly funny as well as blow your mind wise.
HyperOnion - Yay Onion!! The King of Surreal. The Master of Hilariousness. Onion isn't meant to be understood. Onion just is.
imissoz - Lisa is probably my newest friend on the WD, and she's really a great person. She's a good PM-buddy.
Jamie Marie - Jamie rocks. Jamie rules. Jamie is funny. Jamie should leave a comment. ;)
Jason
jawanza
Jennifer
jessemock
Jewels
Jim_Classe
joetexx
Julia - Woohoolia!!
Jupe - Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! [/abuse of mod power]
JupiterAmy - Basically, I'm growing my hair just fro her. I got her b-day card today. That was great. I still owe her a quarter. She was the model user. Many other people have left the board and I've lost touch with them. I'm happy that she's not one of them. I can easily see her being a life-long friend. Yay for Amy!!!!
karma - I don't know her ultra well, but I like what I've seen.
Khayman
Kingman
Kinitawowi - I owe him major props (Did I just say "props"??!?!) for predicting the "all potentials get activated" thing several months before it happened. Dave reminds me of me when I still cared about music.
Kojiro
Lab - Remember when Lab killed me? Good times. Good times.
laser_doc - The first WDer I ever met.
Lauren - I've known Lauren since she was like, 5 or something.
lionssmile
Loki - Loki makes me want to move to Canada. Or Australia. Or wherever it is he's living now.
Lucretia - Why'd she leave? [frown]
Lunasea - Oy.
mahoney - Why'd she leave? [frown]
Mary
mauki
Maximum_Mike - Mike needs to be more active on the board. That way I can sing the Welcome Back song to him. =)
mayhem - I've met this guy, and he didn't even have any hooker blood on his hands. What a let down. His camera is pretty darn awesome, though.
Merope - So...it's Me-row-pay? What kind of bizarre username is that? [heart]
Mister_T - The best security money can buy.
mUrt - It's really upsetting that mUrt's never around. I had a great time with him when I met him, and would like to continue our friendship online.
Nos402 - Yay Heath!! I so need to meet him (and Jess).
NosGirl
oslowe - Quick question for ya, os. Should I see a movie about robots or a movie about zombies? (Assuming that I can only see one. And no, there is no movie about robot zombies. Although there should be....) Grumpy ol' os is a pleasure to be around, and a pleasure to read whatever he writes.
OwlSilverFeather
racharoni
Rob
Runtley
RussellCrowe
Rutger
Salty
Sandy_Claws - I am in awe of this man.
sarennharpersmom - Excellent.
Sasami - She's Sassy. I like that about her.
Scooter
Smada
smartchickie
SmOkE
Soupytwist - Does the Soupster even come here anymore? I've not seen her in forever. I'm pretty sure Soupy knows how much I admire and respect her. If not, it's because she's stupid.
starshine - If I ever meet Cindy (and I hope to, someday or other), I'm so buying her a Pepsi. [grin]
Steven
Strigoi
talula
The_Avenger
The_Witch - The epitome of What The Fuck?
thorsdad - Kirk is a pretty darn cool guy. I'm very happy for him and Mary-Jane. The sad thing (and this is all me) is that I never seem to get around to sending him emails when I should.
Throaty - *shakes head slowly*
tinkcat
tkf - Yay for Tina! It seems like she's certainly lived a very interesting life. I should get to know her better, and get some of her wisdom from her.
Troll
Umeeksk - I have Joe in my AIM buddy list, but I don't think we've ever chatted. Is that weird?
Valerie
vamphile
Victor - My first friend on the WD ever. We've fallen out of contact lately, and that sucks, because he really is very cool.
WilBot - Um..who?
Whew!
Monday, June 16, 2003
So I'm reading The Story of B (by Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael) and it's thoroughly depressing and interesting and just ...
So far it's better written than Ishmael was.
In other news, I'm hating being at work right now. And I've got to be here tomorrow too. [frown] Also, the computer here is making weird Click noises everytime I ...well...click on something. I suppose it's just much louder than normal. Maybe someone turned up the volume. (Heh. Maybe someone pumped up the volume.)
I wanted to take this opportunity to say how glad I am that I've met my wife. She's amazing. The fact that I've got her in my life has saved me from being like 99.9999% of the rest of the world. And that's a very good thing.
Stephanie is, pure and simple, excellent.
Later, an entry for Jupe. [up]
So far it's better written than Ishmael was.
In other news, I'm hating being at work right now. And I've got to be here tomorrow too. [frown] Also, the computer here is making weird Click noises everytime I ...well...click on something. I suppose it's just much louder than normal. Maybe someone turned up the volume. (Heh. Maybe someone pumped up the volume.)
I wanted to take this opportunity to say how glad I am that I've met my wife. She's amazing. The fact that I've got her in my life has saved me from being like 99.9999% of the rest of the world. And that's a very good thing.
Stephanie is, pure and simple, excellent.
Later, an entry for Jupe. [up]
Sunday, June 15, 2003
My last two entries have contained the phrase "world domination". (this makes #3) I'm wondering how long before I start getting ads at the top of my blog that instruct me how to Become the Next Hitler.
I've got to add links to the side of my blog. And a clock. But I have to wait until I get home to do that, because I'm having Stephanie help me (read: she'll most likely do it all).
Oh! But I can change the Haloscan comment names. Yay!
I'm very tired. Waking up four hours before you're used to is harsh on someone my age.
I've got to add links to the side of my blog. And a clock. But I have to wait until I get home to do that, because I'm having Stephanie help me (read: she'll most likely do it all).
Oh! But I can change the Haloscan comment names. Yay!
I'm very tired. Waking up four hours before you're used to is harsh on someone my age.
Saturday, June 14, 2003
Today was pretty darn good.
Woke up a little earlier than normal (11am, rather than noon or 1). Had breakfast (pop-tarts. Yum!!). Logged on the computer long enough to see that I had email ("eee-mail" [/homestar]) from Jupe and Beth. (Thanks guys!!)
Showered, and then I set up Buffy. I was Evil. Steph was Oz and Xander. Saren (I nearly typed "Buffy" [hmmm]) was Willow and Buffy. The storyline we chose was The Judge.
I started off with Dru getting the Judge's arm right away. All I had to do was get her to the spot where he'd be "built" and all would be well. Except the male aspect of the Scoobies came along and blocked the entrance. Grr!
A few more turns went by, and with the combo of sunlight and Xander's (girly) punches, Dru ended up dust. The artifact went back into the corner, while Buffy and Xander teamed up on Darla.
Soon enough, Spike was the sole survivor. The only one to carry on the forces of darkness. Talk about a burden.
At about this time, Steph went to take her shower and didn't finish the game. [frown] But Saren happily took over. [yay]
Spike cornered Xander, and exacted revenge for his having killed the female half of the Foursome. Meanwhile, Willow got the Judge's arm, but died when it attacked her. Only (a pretty wounded) Buffy and Oz remained.
I attempted to summon Kathy, but she must've been busy, and cancelled her world domination appearance. Looked like Spike would have to go it alone.
But then! Buffy allowed herself to be sired! Huzzah! A vamped Buffy took on Oz, who fought back valiantly, but didn't stand a chance as a human.
The Judge never even showed up. And yet Evil won.
Mwahahahahahuh?
Anywhat, after that was cake. The girls and Stephanie all helped put on the frosting and M&M toppings. And then they sang "Happy Birthday to You", and followed it up with "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." [major grin]
The cake was yummy, and we listened to the Birthday CD while we ate.
Then Saren took pictures of me with her camera, and then I had to go to work.
I stopped for a Pepsi on the way in.
When I got here, Kris gave me a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi and said "Happy Birthday." Heh.
Work was pretty uneventful at first. There was a little hiccup with the server around 5pm, but no loss of revenue. Didn't even have to call anybody, as I handled the problem all by my lonesome. Yay me.
Around 6-ish, Beth called me! At first I was like, "Beth who?" and then I was like, "OH!!!" and then I was like, "Whoa!!" and then we talked for about an hour. Yay!
After that, I popped some popcorn and watched (the edited!!) version of Once More, With Feeling. The final tape of Buffy I've got here at work. And it still produced goosebumps. [smile]
Once that was done, I posted my "Aducation" post, and got a really nice PM from Bettie.
Then, it was onto blogger to blog about the days events.
Pretty soon I'll go home and have some pizza, and that will end the day. All in all, a rather enjoyable one. Tomorrow we wake up early to go out to breakfast with my family. Waking up early sucks. But yay for breakfast!!
Oh! As for the ranting, it's not worth the time. Jennifer is beneath me.
And she knows it.
Hope everyone had a wonderful day!
Woke up a little earlier than normal (11am, rather than noon or 1). Had breakfast (pop-tarts. Yum!!). Logged on the computer long enough to see that I had email ("eee-mail" [/homestar]) from Jupe and Beth. (Thanks guys!!)
Showered, and then I set up Buffy. I was Evil. Steph was Oz and Xander. Saren (I nearly typed "Buffy" [hmmm]) was Willow and Buffy. The storyline we chose was The Judge.
I started off with Dru getting the Judge's arm right away. All I had to do was get her to the spot where he'd be "built" and all would be well. Except the male aspect of the Scoobies came along and blocked the entrance. Grr!
A few more turns went by, and with the combo of sunlight and Xander's (girly) punches, Dru ended up dust. The artifact went back into the corner, while Buffy and Xander teamed up on Darla.
Soon enough, Spike was the sole survivor. The only one to carry on the forces of darkness. Talk about a burden.
At about this time, Steph went to take her shower and didn't finish the game. [frown] But Saren happily took over. [yay]
Spike cornered Xander, and exacted revenge for his having killed the female half of the Foursome. Meanwhile, Willow got the Judge's arm, but died when it attacked her. Only (a pretty wounded) Buffy and Oz remained.
I attempted to summon Kathy, but she must've been busy, and cancelled her world domination appearance. Looked like Spike would have to go it alone.
But then! Buffy allowed herself to be sired! Huzzah! A vamped Buffy took on Oz, who fought back valiantly, but didn't stand a chance as a human.
The Judge never even showed up. And yet Evil won.
Mwahahahahahuh?
Anywhat, after that was cake. The girls and Stephanie all helped put on the frosting and M&M toppings. And then they sang "Happy Birthday to You", and followed it up with "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." [major grin]
The cake was yummy, and we listened to the Birthday CD while we ate.
Then Saren took pictures of me with her camera, and then I had to go to work.
I stopped for a Pepsi on the way in.
When I got here, Kris gave me a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi and said "Happy Birthday." Heh.
Work was pretty uneventful at first. There was a little hiccup with the server around 5pm, but no loss of revenue. Didn't even have to call anybody, as I handled the problem all by my lonesome. Yay me.
Around 6-ish, Beth called me! At first I was like, "Beth who?" and then I was like, "OH!!!" and then I was like, "Whoa!!" and then we talked for about an hour. Yay!
After that, I popped some popcorn and watched (the edited!!) version of Once More, With Feeling. The final tape of Buffy I've got here at work. And it still produced goosebumps. [smile]
Once that was done, I posted my "Aducation" post, and got a really nice PM from Bettie.
Then, it was onto blogger to blog about the days events.
Pretty soon I'll go home and have some pizza, and that will end the day. All in all, a rather enjoyable one. Tomorrow we wake up early to go out to breakfast with my family. Waking up early sucks. But yay for breakfast!!
Oh! As for the ranting, it's not worth the time. Jennifer is beneath me.
And she knows it.
Hope everyone had a wonderful day!
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