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Super Belated Edition

2010-04-01T12:27:00.001-07:00

Work/Comics/FFXIII/TV/workout/Sleep

That pretty much covers it...

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Awesomeness Compulsive Disorder - Belated

2010-03-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

Was a fighting fire day at work. Never fun but makes the day fly by.

Started the process of getting a re-fi. Hopefully it will go smooth.

Stopped in and said hey to Friday and spawn at the Stop.

Finished Chapter 3 of FFXIII (about 5.5 hours in). Still kind of annoyed at the lack of explanation of what the fuck is going on. Most of understanding of what is going on is from reading the DataLog not from the story.

Started reading Enemies and Allies again. Still digging. The book is set in the 50s and the setting really helps the story. It brings to mind Matt Wagner's rant about Superman and Batman not working in the modern era. I am not sure if I agree but while reading this book I can defiantly see his point of view.

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Extreme Monday

2010-03-29T21:31:00.000-07:00

Work. First time in a month or so that I have had no afterwork commitments. It is kind of strange.

Played a couple of more hours of FFXIII.

Tried out Wasabi Factory 2. The sushi was OK but kind of expensive. Yet another strip mall restaurant that is much nicer in the inside then expected. I had a Marinier's roll which was voted there best roll in 2007.

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post-ECCC day 2

2010-03-28T23:10:00.000-07:00

Went to see How to train a Dragon in 3D. Did not know I was going to a 3D showing but it was. The 3D was pretty good and the story was a fun adventure. It was definitely a PG story as there were a couple of kids that were traumatized. Kind of pissed that the increased the glasses rental to $4. I think I am just going to buy a different ticket and bring my own glasses from now on. I am also disappointed that the Lowes AMC theater now has at least one faux-max theaters and no longer allows me to bring in a Jamba Juice. It is making me not want to go to the theater anymore again it was only their (at the time) $5 pre-noon showings that brought me back to the big screen.

Started Final Fantasy XIII. About 2 hours into it and I have no real understanding of what is going on...

Had the department head meeting for ECCC, lots of stuff was talked about. And there was steak. George stole my Prime Rib but the Peppercorn New York was still good.

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Double B-day - belated

2010-03-28T10:28:00.001-07:00

Hung out with B all day. Went to the Lego store. Played a game of MLB 10 The Show. B kicked my ass and the commentators mocked me like crazy.

Went to the joint birthday party for G and T. I got G a crap load of Iron Man stuff. And T the Home One Lego set. Just a conversation evening.

Overall a good day.

Zombies taken care of

2010-03-26T23:01:00.000-07:00

Went to work. Had a meeting about WaF. Had to go to TCA. Got home and played Borderlands with JB then with MD. That was pretty much it...

No * today :(

Excellent day

2010-03-25T22:41:00.000-07:00

Took a vacation day.

Got my contacts back into my phone. Was not easy but they are there and can be updated. Not sure it was worth the hassle.

Finished Assassin's Creed II. Even got the full 1000. I guess this could be a spoiler but I keep expecting to find out that my side is the "real" bad guys. In both games I felt that my side was as bad or worse then the Templars. They want more power, I go around killing the guys hired to watch over the city...

Cleaned out my closet looking for some skinny pants that are in good shape and found a stack of fat pants. I have no recollection of ever needing fat pants. I wish there was a manufactured date on clothes so that I would know when I bought something.

Another 11 miles on the exercise bike. I wish I knew where this endurance has been for the last 10+ years.

I guess I am starting to get used to the touch keyboard on my phone. I do need to see if I can turn off the autocorrect.

Tried to watch Repo: the Genetic Opera. Gave up after about an hour. Story was boring and made worse by the horrible songs. Not my cup of tea I guess. Glad I am not planning on seeing Report Men anytime soon, because I would probably be disappointed when Jude Law did not break out in song.

Android Crisis

2010-03-24T22:08:00.000-07:00

Suddenly finding myself without much work to do at the office. Decided to clock out early and flash the ROM on my new phone so that I could have Exchange Calendar support and native tethering. While the flashing went smooth, for some reason I can no longer sync my Exchange contacts. So in a nut shell I my Calendar is now syncing but my contacts are not. Spent most of the day working on this with really only a band aid on the problem at the moment. I even put aside reading this weeks comics to work on this issue.

While working on my issue, I watched last weeks Flash Forward and was surprised to see the ex-boyfriend from Ally McBeal. He looks like shit now.

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2010-03-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

Looks like I may have actually finished the TCA main project. I am so pleased not to make that drive any more. Then again they keep hiring me for other projects so I guess I will be back.

Tried my first solo Thai food experience. Ate at Zab Thai in Everett. It is located in a strip mall but the inside is very high class. They even have a piano!! The food was good, with large quantities, and a good price. I would recommenced it but I am not the best judge of Thai food, since I did have any I liked until a few months ago.

Played some more AC II. Rinse. Repeat.

Another 45 on the X-bike.

Watched Chuck (still not diggin' this season) and Lost (Awesome!)

Did a quick read through of the DC and Marvel previews for June. I really am hating how both companies but Marvel especially keeps putting out comics that are important to an ongoing but they don't collect them with the ongoing but instead collect them in a different trade with shit I don't care about. It is making me not care at all...

Trial run

2010-03-22T22:44:00.001-07:00

This my first blog post using the Nexus One. I am still having issues using the keyboard.

Got my document done for WaF. I hate doing documentation.

Went to the Stop and played the new Magic two pack with G. He cheated.

Played some more AC II. Getting closer to the end.

Worked out on the exercise bike for 45 minutes then did 55 pushups without stopping. Kind of surprised considering I still live my nerdcore life.

Falling behind on my reading again. Need to step it up.

2010-03-21T23:07:00.000-07:00

Instead of finishing up my work, I decided to process the last 3 years of personal photos. I really should go through and tag/comment all of them, but I don't see that happening. At least the new photo album is much easier to do if I decide to. Plus I can hide personal photos. :)

Played some more AC II. I really want to finish this game so I can start FF XIII. I am starting to feel like a broken record. Plus I would like to play some more Borderlands.

Went to the ECCC Volunteer debrief meeting.

Had the final conversation. Glad that is done.

Got 3 of the 5 things I wanted to accomplish done this weekend done. Overall a good weekend.

Doing a little self debate on whether I should do something about staying at my current weight and buy some new pants or just stay with the status quo and assume they will fit again. I like the weight I am right now but I am hating the belt... The silly thing is that I have been back on a normal (for me) eating schedule for almost a month and I have still lost a little more weight.

MyLifeIsAverage of the day: Today, I was wondering if people in china got english words tattooed on themselves

Lazy Saturday

2010-03-20T22:30:00.000-07:00

Was tempted to try for a sock-less Saturday but the lack of food made it kind of difficult. Plus it was kind of a nice day.

Played some AC II.

Went to Famous Daves for lunch. I got a smiley face this time instead of a STD.

Watched a bunch of random TV while I worked on some ECCC stuff and getting my new online photo site up (www.osentowski.net/Photos). I still need to re-add all of the descriptions and add tags to the old photos and add all of the photos from the last 3 years.

Watched the new Astro Boy movie. I really liked it. It was surprisingly non-anime.

Heelys' are Dangerous

2010-03-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

Was not nearly as productive as I wanted to be at work. Will need to finish up over the weekend. Sad me :(

Ever since I read Secret Wars some 25+ years ago when I say the James Rhodes Iron Man pop out roller skates, I have craved the hidden roller skates. Today that dream is a reality when my adult sized Heelys arrived. After just about an hour of practice I must say that those freakin' kids make it look much easier then it is!!

Played some more AC II.

Caught up on Caprica.

Favorite thing I saw today: 9x - 7i > 3 (3x-7u) Solve for i

I have three projects that I want to get done this weekend plus at least 10 more pages of my SoO for WaF. I am going to guess that I will get none of them done.

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FKA: Nexus One Day

2010-03-18T22:05:00.000-07:00

Got my new phone. It is a Nexus One from Google. I like it but I (of course) have a few issues:

- No native Exchange calendar synch. I have bypassed by having my Outlook synch with Gcal.
- Contacts sorted by first name with no way to change.
- Changing a contact in the phone changes the sort order of the contact in Exchange to First name. This is really unacceptable!!!
- Having difficulty getting used to the touch screen keyboard.

Went to the Stop again and talked with George for a bit.

Came home and played some ACII again. I would really like to finish this weekend so I can start FFXIII with a clear conscience.

Watched Damages and Justified. Both were good. I did not love Justified as much as tweeters did, but I liked it a lot. I think my biggest problem is my disliking of Olyphant. He tends to be the worst thing in everything he is in.

I here by declare that tomorrow will be slackless Friday!! I must get some actual work done!!!

Trying to decide what my new overly repeated saying will be. Current contenders are:

- Catch Phrase!
- 'Tis what the maiden proclaimed!

Off to read some trades. I still have some from last week to read.

St Paddy's Day - Belated

2010-03-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

Made the long trek to TCA. Got back in time to enjoy a little bit of Comic Wednesday.

Watched The Invention of Lying out of Netflix queue. I really liked the premise but felt the execution was lacking. My biggest problem was that this alternate earth not only could not lie, they had no impulse control. I guess walking up to someone and not saying "Wow you are a fat ugly man" could be considered a lie of omission but that is just pressing it in my opinion.

Decided to forgo an offer to go out drinking in an effort to get over my brain mushy-ness. An effort that since I am writing this belatedly is know to be a failure.

Today was a good day

2010-03-16T22:56:00.000-07:00

Slept in. Had Teriyaki. Costco was in to push memberships so free cookies and muffins. Left Early.

Hit Best Buy and picked up Princess and the Frog and Astro Boy. Two movies I really want to watch.

Hit Toys R Us. They were out of the Chrome Lego Stormtroppers. They were giving them out free with Lego Star Wars purchase, but they gave them all away on Sunday. I could not have gotten one anyway because of ECCC.

Stopped at the Stop and had a good discussion with MB which continued when NB showed up. Then when they left talked to Friday until I realized that I had been there for 3 hours. Totally not a waste of time.

Drove to the Everett TRU only to find that they two were out of the Chrometroppers. But as I was checking out the latest action figures, one of the employees found one and presented to me. I then went and picked up the latest TRU exclusive set instead of the cheap battle pack I planned on purchasing.

Spent a ton of money online today. Ordered an AT&T compatible Nexus One and a new pair of shoes.

When I got home I watched a little TV (Chuck, House, Lost) while I worked on sorting my photos. I was planning on moving my photos to ZenPhoto that my hosting company provides until I discovered that you can not rotate your photos. At this point my options are to pre-rotate, self install zen photo, switch to a no me hosted solutions or stick with Gallery. I am leaning towards the self install of ZenPhoto since I really liked the interface.

It has now been a week since I bought FFXIII and I have not removed the plastic yet. I wish I was not so busy a work so that I could take a "sick" day and catch up on stuff.

Ides of March - belated

2010-03-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Slept in (for me). Dropped B off at his house. Dropped stuff at home and watched Amazing Race. Went to work on my day off for a 2.5 hour meeting on my next project (codenamed WaF). Dealt with some of the aftermath from last weeks layoffs. (3 people on Friday) Went home and managed 3 years of digital pictures on my various devices while watching unremarkable TV. Early bed time...

Avoided lunch with Brutus.

ECCC day 2 - Belated (Lets see any of you jokers do better)

2010-03-15T08:42:00.001-07:00

Last day of the con. Slower but still busy. If all the 2 day-ers showed up, then Sunday was close to Last years Saturday. Actually had to make time for me to hit the floor since it was pretty steady all day.

Picked up the Evil Inc. Trades. My only purchase of the Con.

Slightly pathetic I have nothing personally exciting from the show today. :)

Went to Gameworks after the show with the staff.

Went to Dragonfish after Gameworks with the gang and Froggy. Actually drank quite a bit. Was ahead of B, until I pulled the plug. Who by the way does snore (at least while drunk), but it is so little compare to the brother D (and probably me) that it could be considered background noise.

ECCC Day 1 - only slighly belated

2010-03-14T06:37:00.001-07:00

First day of ECCC. Went pretty smooth on my part Got my picture taken with Stan Lee. Actually got to talk with him for a couple of mintues. It was Awesome.

Me and my team admited the Hell out of the show. I will leave the official anouncement to the official website but I will say our daily attendance broke 5 figures for the first time.

After the show went to the Tap House with 8.5. Later went to the Dragonfish where B and K talked about the Tron Legacy trailer for way too long.

On the way back to the hotel had the conversation with B. Only one to go. BTW never a good idea to start a big topic conversation at 1 AM on daylight savings switchover night.

Overall a good day. Hopefully I will get some time to actually explore the floor on Sunday...

Pre-ECCC day 2

2010-03-12T22:51:00.001-08:00

Got up and played some Toy Soldiers.

Left for the airport for my first pickup and got stuck in traffic. If I had not made an early exit off of the freeway I would have been late. So glad I was not trying to catch a plane or I would have been screwed.

Did a total of three airport runs. Played some GTA: CW and HoMaM while I waited in the Cell Phone Lot. Picked up Awesome Steve, who is still awesome, on the last run.

Realized that I forgot to clean my camera of pictures before taking it. I went to Office Despot to by a memory card but misremember that it took SD and not MemoryStick. Probably won't have time to take many pictures anyway.

Hung out at the convention center and started setting up admissions for tomorrow.

Went to dinner with a large group of people. Everyone was calling it an early night. My theory is because I got a hotel room. :)

Started reading Enemies and Allies.

pre-ECCC day 1

2010-03-11T22:17:00.000-08:00

Today was the first day of the new Online game closed beta. It was kind of fun but there was no teamwork at all. Hopefully that comes later.

Made a pickup at the airport.

Came home and played some Toy Soldiers. I kind of hate the boss fights but dig the rest of the game.

Went to the Stop and help G. sort and palletize the boxes for ECCC.

Back home to pack and watch a little TV.

Comic Wednesday

2010-03-10T23:06:00.000-08:00

More work shitty-ness

Got my comics. Too many trades.

Came home and played some The Show. I really need to practice if I am going to have any fun, but that game looks Amazing.

Went back to the Stop to get packets for tomorrows ECCC pickups and ran in to 1.0. Told him about The Revelation. Only 2 more to go.

Returned home and played Toy Soldiers on XBL. Very fun. Apparently the developers are based in Bothell and damned proud of it.

Watched some random TV as I preformed some around the house stuff.

Was accepted in the closed beta for the Legendarily Entertaining Game Online. I am under a NDA so should not mention more. My first play session is tomorrow so I will get a chance to play for a bit before my ECCC work starts.

Got the rest of the baseball tickets for opening day!!! I am so excited for the season to start. Please don't suck!!! Believe Big!

Another quickie

2010-03-09T22:44:00.000-08:00

Super Duper Crappy Day at Work.

I did not do the Midnight FF XIII launch. Decided instead to get the better deal at TRU. Plus picked up MW2 for a good price.

My Grand Emporium arrived today so instead of being productive, I spent my after work time building this awesome Lego set and catching up on TV. Actually no where near caught up but I put a noticeable dent in the back log.

That is all!

Quick Update

2010-03-08T21:42:00.000-08:00

Made it home...

Had to share my seat between SLC and SeaTac with a fat dude.

Watch Amazing Race and Inbetweeners.

Played a couple of hours of GTA: CW

Hung with Beyers and talked ECCC. I feel so out of the loop.

Returned the Tilt 2.

Debated on if it should go to the FF XIII Launch Event at Best Buy. Will let you know later what I decided.

Going to head upstairs and watch HIMYM and Big Bang.

I am in the process of formulating a major post but it will probably have to wait until after ECCC.

Something Pithy

2010-03-07T22:36:00.001-08:00

Made an effort to see Alice today but was scared away by the crowd and our late arrival. Picked up a couple of movies to rent. Both of which I had seen already but the 'rents had not. Time Travelers Wife was better the second time without being distracted by the lack of aging of Bana. 2012 was just as hoaky and awesome as the first time.

Strange Arizona fact: Thier left turn lights work quite awesomly. Through traffic get a green light first with the left turn lanes having a green as well, then the light turns yellow, and finally the left green arrow light comes on. It seams to work really well.

I am going to be returning this phone. While I like the larger screen, I can't stand WinMo 6.5. The final straw is that they removed the ability to mark all messages as read in the mail program. They had this ability in WinMo 6.0.

Finished Ring of Fire II. Not sure which book I will start next.

Disapointed I did not hear from The Pabber.

It has been raining off and on all day. Almost feels like home... Well at least sounds like it.

I have been eating too much here. Typical I guess.

I think it is this medicine that the doc gave me that has been giving me the weirdest dreams.

Still quite please to not be insane.

Sent from my HTC Tilt 2, a Windows® phone from AT&T

Green Valley not so much green - now belated

2010-03-07T06:51:00.001-08:00

Went to Tucson proper for today. Went shoping and found the two new JLU singles. Then me and the 'rents went to Hi Corbett field to watch the Rockies play the Brewers in a spring training game (Rockies 8, Brewers 6). It was a lot of fun.

My old phone has been acting strange since I dropped it in North Dakota and I forgot to bring a charger. So after check to see if a Arizona phone could be returned in Washington, I picked up an HTC Tilt 2. It is nice to have a phone that is not freaking out but I miss the benifits of my ROM-upgraded Fuze. Plus Windows 6.5 removed a couple of features I liked. And the keyboard has the shift and backspace keys in different places then the Fuze and it is driving me batty. I am predicting that this phone will be returned shortly after the con.

Played so more GTA: CW.

Watched the Mariner's 2010 Season Ticket Holder DVD. I am having difficulty keeping my excitment in check for this season.

Only 3 more stories and I am done with Ring of Fire II. Of course one of those stories is over 120 pages long...

As I write this the rain is just beating down on the stucko roof. It is extreamly noisy. I think I may have found Seattle's missing rain. Hopefully I can bring it home with me.

Went to a new Best Buy competitor today named Ultimate Electronics. They had an display truck out front that showed a demo of Panasonic's 3DHD TV. And in the controled setting of the demo truck it was Awesome!! Ultimate Electronics not so much. I can't comment on the electronic prices because I don't keep up on that but video games and DVDs were disapointing. Nothing appeared to be on sale. One strange thing was they had a large portion of the store floor dedicated to pool tables. Kind of strange in an ELECTRONIC store. They were nice looking tables though.

For the baseball game we parked at the El Con Mall and after the game we decided to run in and let the game traffic clear. The inside of the mall was so depressing. Basically only the anchor stores were still open. Some of the store fronts were boarded up but some of them looked like they had just been abandoned. It was kind of strange because it appeared that the anchor stores were doing good business but that may have been an illusion created by the baseball fans.

The rain has finally let up so I am going to try and get some sleep.

Update: Tried to send this last night but it failed. Removed the not exciting pictures and will try again.

Sent from my HTC Tilt 2, a Windows® phone from AT&T

Leaving on a Jetplane - Belated

2010-03-06T09:50:00.001-08:00

Flew to Arizona to visit the 'rents. Unevental flight, but only made it to the airport with 7 minutes to spare. Word to the wise never give out pickup times in both PST and GST. :)

Went to the doctor to get my ear infection checked out. He gave me some new stuff that will hopefully clear it up.

Started playing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the plane again. I decieded to play the storyline instead of just making money in the drug trade and am enjoying it much more.

Read a bunch of Ring of Fire II. I hope to read a bunch on this trip.

2010-03-04T22:17:00.000-08:00

Long day at TCA. I hate that commute.

Had a late dinner with Q.

Watched Survivor (I hate the All Star Seasons) and Grey's Anatomy(I don't like Chandler Leigh's new hair color plus I did not know that Lungs look just like a Prime Rib steak). I did manage to read over 600 Google Reader post while this crap was on.

Update:

2010-03-03T23:46:00.000-08:00

Now 5 hours until I should be getting up. Stupid ComiCon keeping me up late. I now have a small window into 1.0's "life".

Time traveling Wednesday

2010-03-03T23:08:00.000-08:00

Oh Yeah Comic Wednesday. Too bad it was a super lame week.

Managed to complete the crap that my newest customer dumped on my lap. But TCA is starting to have issues. That displeases me. Trip to Fredrickson for me tomorrow.

Went to see a screening of Hot Tub Time Machine. Was occasionally funny but poorly edited. It felt quite obvious that there were a couple of character setups that were cut out of the movie only leaving the punchline. A joke with out the setup is not as funny.

Put MLB 10 The Show in my PS3 and 23 minutes later I was actually able to play. It looks amazing. My first impression after only 2 innings is that it is a lot of fun.

Watched the latest White Collar. I find a guilty pleasure in the USA Network's formula of their programs. Plus I read that they are thinking about a Burn Notice/White Collar crossover next season. That could be very cool.

Still to busy to read as much as I would like. I am sensing a trend.

Only 6 hours until I need to get up to get ready for my South End trip.

Not a Super Tuesday but not bad

2010-03-02T22:58:00.000-08:00

Current project has some unrealistic expectations that are making my life annoying.

Picked up MLB: The Show 2010 today because I have had a hankering to play a latest gen baseball game. Hopefully I won't lose interest after one game like the last one I picked up a decade ago.

Stopped by to touch base with Friday.

Watched Chuck and Lost.

Played The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned expansion on Borderlands with JB. We killed a crap load of zombies.

Went to the dentist today to have a filling replaced. Was very uneventful.

My desire to read more is being interrupted by life to much. Currently reading Ring of Fire II and Captain Britain Omnibus.

Let's try this again - belated edition

2010-03-02T08:57:00.000-08:00

Good news everybody, I have been official certified as NOT Insane. It was touch and go there for a bit but a large white guy named Michael Jackson really helped me out.

Played some Assassin's Creed 2 - Still not loving it. I really hate all the Italian thrown in with the English. It is like hanging out with the Demons' Nachos, except not Greek.

Watched last nights Amazing Race and checked out the website. Not only is CBS finally showing complete episodes online, they are also showing a lot of "deleted" scenes for each episode including the complete carpet interview with the different teams. They also still have the Elimination Station, so that you can keep up with the eliminated teams. I love this show!!!

Watched Whiteout. I was interrupted by work and had to go into the office for a couple of hours. Overall the movie was not good. In fact I would even go as far as saying it was bad. That Netflix account is paying for itself because I was so going to buy this movie.

Watched HIMYM and Big Bang. Missed the ECCC commercial that was apparently before the Big Bang. I did find humor in the fact that Sheldon could not attend this years ECCC because of his restraining orders by both Stan Lee and Leonard Nimoy.

2010-02-23T19:32:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the Stimulus Package Mr. O! I think this may be a ray of hope I see ahead not a train!!!

Still not ready to talk about it.

On hold for now

2010-02-03T20:59:00.000-08:00

I am going to stop this for now.

It is not that there is not stuff going down, I just would just prefer not to be reminded of all the crap...

I may return once I have relearn not to give a fuck again.

Two days in one

2010-01-26T20:42:00.000-08:00

Monday:

Back at TCA. Not a very good day. Found out that there was a major portion of the project missed (NMF) and I ended up scrabbling all day.

Played some Borderlands and watched Chuck. Lana had better not turn out to be a spy... Early to bed.

Tuesday:

Back to TCA but a very long productive day.

My best health day in a while.

Watched Castle and Damages. Going to hit the bed early again.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

2010-01-24T21:22:00.000-08:00

Made some good progress on work today. Not enough to not be screwed but a lot none the less.

Whatever plague I have contracted is strange. My nose will not stop running no matter what medicine I take. I have never had this happen before. I have gone through at least 2 boxes of tissue in the last week.

Watched my first Netflix Instant Queue. Looks ok. Somewhere between DVD and VHS but very convenient. I choose Sunshine Cleaning as my first streaming video. Was entertained and that is all I could ask for.

Multi-day Update

2010-01-23T19:12:00.000-08:00

Wednesday:

Very sick. Little sleep that night. Just watched TV, played games, and napped all day. I also stopped at the Stop while I was getting some non-expired Nyquil.

Watched Life Unexpected. It was really good.

Thursday:

Slightly less sick. Very sick. Little sleep that night. Just watched TV, played games, and napped all day.

Watched The Deep End. It was OK but there are some great actors so I will give at least 2 more.

Friday:

Sore Throat finally gone but still not great. Forced myself out of the house all the way down to Fredricksen for startup at TCA. Stopped by Stop to see George but Nick was there so I kept going home. Was exhausted when I got home. Played a little Borderlands with JB. Early Bed.

Saturday:

Strange sleep night. I kept walking up but was still dreaming. Kind of freaky.

More napping, tv-ing, and Borderlands with JB.

Finally got a Netflix account. Let's see how this goes.

Watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on Blu-Ray. It held up very well. Unlike Monsters vs Aliens. I have actually been thinking about my top 10 list of movies (I am behind on my podcasts which are currently doing their top 10 lists.)

Here is a not finished in progress list (in no order save the one I typed in):

- Cloudy with a Chance
- District 9
- 9
- Watchmen
- Star Trek
- Up
- (500) Days of Summer
- Drag Me to Hell

UPDATE: Can't believe I forgot Zombieland. My Top of movie of 2009.

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2010-01-19T21:05:00.000-08:00

Still have a sore throat. Not feeling 100% on top of that. Did not get enough work done. Fell asleep listening too my book, then when I woke off and turned it off I was no longer sleepy.

Finished Under the Dome. Kind of disappointed with the climax but overall enjoyable.

Watched the first night of 24. Not enjoying.

Watched the first episode of White Collar. Kind of disappointed with resolution of Peter's betrayal.

Made some an Orange Julius to make sure I was staying hydrated. It was very good.

Holy Cow. Gary Larson guest starring on The Simpsons.

Manic Monday

2010-01-18T20:45:00.000-08:00

Went in to the office. Got stuff down. Discovered that my vba code needs to be redone.

Went to the doctor. My continuing sore throat is not strep. If I get more symptoms I am supposed to call them.

Played some Borderlands with Bogath.

Watched Human Target. Kind of lame. Batman: TB&B had Detective Chimp in the teaser. I LOVE the Super Hero Squad theme. Wait a sec, instead of falling for an android Scarlet Witch falls for Falcon. Android <> Black Guy

Blah - Belated

2010-01-18T08:19:00.000-08:00

After many hours of sleep, woke up feeling better but still had a sore throat.

Worked for a while then went and saw Daybreakers with B,MA,JH, and Q. Was pretty good but not great. Only real comment is that they may have found a cure but anyone that survives is going to have a serious need for therapy.

Went home worked some more.

At about 4 called it quits and started listening to Under The Dome again. Went to bed early again.

Did not turn on the TV at all.

I know what was harder than I thought it would be.

Sick Day? - Belated

2010-01-17T13:03:00.000-08:00

To try and recover my motivation I went in to what I hoped would be an empty office to try and get some work done. Not quite as empty as I hoped but not bad. Overall got quite a bit done, until..

At about 2 PM, I got sore throat and my energy just vanished. I stuck it out until 4 when I took a roundabout way home to grab some Ezell's Chicken. Ate my dinner bundled up and watched The Final Destination. An OK movie with the same awesome Rube Goldberg death's but I felt the effects were not as good looking because of the 3D-ing. I did not watch in 3D.

Went to bed a bit after 9 and thanks to modern medicine slept pretty good.

Missing Motivation (If found please return. There is a reward)

2010-01-15T22:16:00.000-08:00

I have a crap load of work to do. My startup has been pushed from Monday to Wednesday, but that really does not help if I can't concentrate. Maybe I should go into the office and work tomorrow since no one will be there...

Did laundry while trying to work. Always a blast.

Tom's pirate themed 40th birthday party at the Stop. Lots of awesome people showed up. Left early so I could watch the 2nd to last Dollhouse before hitting the hay.

I am so screwed if I don't find the motivation that was last seen in North Dakota. I hope I did not leave it in the hotel room.

Got my x-mas gift from Jason B. I am looking forward to playing Borderlands with him when I get caught up.

I have really been sucked into Under The Dome. Even though I have a lot of podcasts to listen too, I am spending all my car time listening to this book. Plus I tend to have it on as I just walk from room to room.

Not the day I planned to have

2010-01-14T22:16:00.000-08:00

Had my Nexus appointment. They accepted me. Should make the trip to Vancouver easier.

Was supposed to get a bunch of work done but I could not get any traction. That means that I will have to work even harder over the next three days in order to be ready for Monday. Kind of embarrassed at my lack of work ethic today as a matter of fact. Still feeling burned out from North Dakota.

Watched some random TV.

Listened to more of Under the Dome.

One of my co-workers has H1N1, hopefully I did not get it when I saw him yesterday.

Found out that one of my friends got married last year without telling anyone.

Getting back in the swing of things

2010-01-13T22:19:00.000-08:00

Forgot to mention that I started to listen to Under the Dome by Stephen King. So far it is going the complete opposite direction of the 1632 series, because King has civilization far apart hours after being separated for the outside and Flint and David have Grantville rise above and lead the world to greatness.

Got caught up on admin at work and managed to have a Teryaki Wednesday before the constant flow of people chased me out of the office. Went to the Stop to pick up comics. Got to meet @shadowmaat. Ended up seeing The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus with her. The movie was quite good. Probably the strongest narrative I can recall in a Gillium film.

Had dinner with Jim and Elise. They had my x-mas gift which was awesome. I am beginning to doubt that I will be getting any of the video games on my list. Which is probably good since I really shouldn't play any games for at least a couple of weeks.

Came home and read some more comics, watched the new Leverage and a pair of Better Off Ted. I also built the Build-a-Zurg set. Not as cool as the Build-a-Buzz, but I have another Martian which is super cool.

I miss stability...

Cheated Death Again - Belated Edition

2010-01-13T07:49:00.000-08:00

Woke up and could not get back to sleep at about 4 AM CST. Watched the Daily Show and Colbert Report on my laptop as I passed time for my alarm to go off at 6.

Packed up and made the drive to Fargo to catch my 1st plane. Our trip to Carrington took about 3 hours, but it turns out that if it is not shitty you can make the trip in 2. So I ended up spending over 3 hours in the Fargo airport, which is pretty small and boring.

Made it to Minneapolis, which has a much better airport. They even have small little arcades in each terminal. I stop by the one by my gate and they had the Spider-man pinball game. What was even better is that the game had 2 credits on it and 2 balls remaining on the current game. IMMD. In my play I won 2 more credits so when I left I left one on it to make someone else's day.

Made it back to Seattle. Got home where I discovered I forgot to leave a not for the cleaning person to water the plants. I think they will recover... Went to Qdoba (real food!!!) and the Stop to pick up last weeks comics and talk with Friday.

Went home read some comics, watched HIMYM and Big Bang (a waste of Winnie Cooper. She had better be back.) Went to bed at about 9:30 and slept tell 6:30. Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight.

The sheer tiredness is why I did not post this last night.

Startup Day Last

2010-01-11T19:27:00.000-08:00

Last Night in Carrington...

Another Development Day in our special development room. Caught up on Colbert while waiting for Dan. I don't like the new HD set as much as the old one. Plus why doesn't Hulu show the widescreen version?

Was hoping to catch Big Bang Theory as I packed but the 7 - 10 prime time screwed me.

I have a neighbor for only the second time on this trip and he is very noisy. Hopefully he will be going to sleep in the next hour.

The plot has started to come together in JC: War Lord. I don't think I like it as a John Constantine book, but it is OK as a supernatural book.

Went in to Jamestown for dinner and I had the Bison Burger. Was just OK. Kind of dry. I am looking forward getting one in Bamff latter this year.

Off to pack then sleep...

I'm not even supposed to be here today

2010-01-10T19:19:00.000-08:00

Today was the day I was scheduled to fly home. Best laid plans and such...

Today was another development session. Not as much progress as yesterday mainly because we hit most of the easy things yesterday.

Here are the promised pictures

Before:

After:

Watched more some more Duck Tales and the Season Premier of Chuck. Awesome Honda commercial with some of the case of Chuck that I would have missed had I watched with a Tivo.

Talked to the Nieces. They loved their Toy Story Lego. I can't wait to get home and put together my Build-a-Zerg that is waiting for me at the office.

Not sure how much longer I can keep this up when I return home. It is weird not be able to type about things that are really on my mind because others read this. Plus it is annoying that nothing seem to happen day to day.

Craig sent me a picture of me "actually" working.

That is a Huge Ass Steak

2010-01-09T20:10:00.000-08:00

Today was development day. With I/O check largely complete and our potion of the plant shut down for painting, I spent the day with Dan working on tying together all of the loose ends. We got a new room at the hotel so that we could work in relative comfort. Plus added bonus of internet connection.

Not sure what I think of JC: War Lord yet. I am close to half done and the story still seams to be setting things up. I hate it when the story is all setup and no real meat.

Went to dinner in Jamestown at the Buffalo City Grille. Had an Awesome 32 Ounce Prime Rib with Baked Potato and salad. Photographic proof of my completion will be provided later. My phone cable is in the development hotel room...

After a short absence started playing M&M: CoH again. Still Awesome but once you figure out the strengths of your avatar it is quite easy.

Really hoping I can avoid getting sick. Dan is seriously dragging with a cold right now. I can't afford to be sick since I go from here to my next start-up without a break.

According to the lady at the front desk it was -14 F at 5 AM, but when we left for the plant it was 2 above zero. The warming trend continued through the day and actually reached 13 F at lunch. Much better then the -29 F from earlier in the week.

Three more night on the road, until I sleep in my own bed...

Forcast calls for 6 -7 inches of Rotini

2010-01-08T18:49:00.000-08:00

Picture time:

My "office" at the plant

Hard to tell but this the start of the blizzard/deep freeze.

The next morning:

The pasta machine pushing vines:

Spitting out Rotini

More pasta spitting

As can be seen above, we actually made so pasta today. It was kind of cool. It just kind of flys out. When we were done the boxes where filled to the brim with pasta with about 6 inches on the floor.

Watched some The Middle with the Slingbox and some more Daily Show.

Beyond that this day was much like yesterday but a little bit warming.

Officially Fuckin' Cold

2010-01-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

Currently outside temperature -23 F!!! And that is Fuckin' Cold. Not fucking cold because that would be very dangerous. It is supposed to be warming starting tomorrow. It is even supposed to be 32 F on Sunday.

Finally finished Dreamsongs I. Starting Hellblazer: War Lord later tonight.

Caught up on this years Daily Show on Hulu.

Work has been frustrating. A lot of work still to be done and time is running out.

Observation of the day: I wonder if Middle America is primarily Republican because there prime time TV runs from 7 - 10 PM instead of the 8 - 11 PM found on the coasts. I really liked growing up with PTTV from 7 - 10 PM.

The Convenience Store located near the plant has a cash register that when it successfully scans a product it makes the Sonic the Hedgehog Ring sound. I wonder if I buy a 100 things I will get an extra life?

Thought I might be getting a cold this morning but I have felt fine all day except the fact that my neck feels stiff and sore. I think I am just not sleeping on it well.

I am getting excited for Lost to start. I hope ABCDisney does not try and do a spin-off/prequel/sequel.

This blog post has the feel of a series of Twitter Tweets.

I will eventually post more pictures but I am too lazy to walk across the room to get the cable...

I wanted an M&M Blizzard not a snow blizzard

2010-01-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

Lots of snow today.

Found out that I am going to be staying longer. :(

Found out that my next job is not expecting to have a finished system when I show up on the 18th.

Had a good internet connection, so I was able to watch Better Off Ted (I will miss) and Scrubs (I won't miss) with the Sling Box.

Did not finish DreamSongs I last night so I will give it a shot again. I am kind of tired so I will probably fail.

Witnessed someone getting a case of their own medicine. It was Awesome.

Did some research and it turns out I am 2 hr and 45 minutes from the nearest Comic Book store on New Comic Book Day. I think this is the farthest I have ever been from new comics. :(

SBB#8482: Throwback Edition

2010-01-05T19:49:00.000-08:00

Found a bottle of Pepsi Throwback today. It was amazing. I really hope that this does not become a non-limited thing because I will have a tough time staying on the wagon.

Dan arrived in Carrigton late last night and the electricians started to get there shit togethor, so we had a busy day at the plant today. Actually made some progress which was nice.

I came to a realization at dinner tonight of another group of people that I can not / will not be Friends with. And that is people that I work with on startups. I have been burned over and over again by these startup friendships that I just don't have it in me anymore. Nothing personal I just have it in me to give a shit any longer. Which is surprising because I am full of shit.

Watched last nights Heroes with my Slingbox. I had to let it queue for a bit and not skip commercials but it was entertaining.

Going to make a push to finish Dreamsongs I tonight. I don't think I will but I will make a solid effort.

Watched an AWESOME Onion News Network report about an accident involving a VH1 bus that spilled a bunch of sluts onto a highway.

On a side note when given the choice between a Prime Rib sandwich and an Endless Taco Bar. Choose the sandwich.

We have decided that Apache Chief's cousin is named Sioux Chef.

Startup resumes... Sort Of

2010-01-04T20:39:00.000-08:00

Back at the plant today. But it only turned into a half day since the electricians wanted access to the panel to get there work done. Spent the rest of the day trying to make progress on my other work without much success. I also did laundry. I am not a big fan of communal washer and dryers. Plus I could not find any Tide Free, so I will probably end up getting a rash from the detergent.

Finished off Friends today and moved on to Volume 2 of Duck Tales. Still like the show but find the synthesizer music annoying.

Spent the evening calling people to see how the gift exchange went for them. Sounds like I missed a good time. Not sure it was how it could have been better than the Bronze Boot or a room in hotel that is hosting a wedding reception for a twenty something couple (turns out they want to party in the hallway all night).

Wanted to mention that I love that the Chieftain does not have low flow showers. I miss having gallons of water running through my hair every few seconds.

It is very common here to see people leave there cars running when they go into a store or eat. Not very good for the environment obviously, so I found it quite funny when we went out to dinner Saturday night and one of the running vehicles when we arrived and left was a hybrid. Not sure they understand how they work.

Back in Carrington

2010-01-03T20:11:00.000-08:00

Got back today only to discover Carrington is even more boring on a Sunday. Apparently everything is closed on Sundays in God's Country.

Since I have so much free time, I took sometime to upload some photos from my trip:

This is a picture from Saturday morning where the cold was trying to get me.

The giant out in front of the Chieftain.

A Rest Area that looks like a Steamboat. Not sure why. But is cool looking.

I finished SoA last night. I am looking forward to the release of the next season.

While sitting around surfing the web, I started watching Season 10 of Friends. I am surprised how much I don't remember for this season.

Really enjoying Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. I also picked up Marvel Super Hero Squad for the DS. I am very disappointed it does not have the theme song :(

Still reading Dreamsongs I. I really have a hard time getting into short story collections.

Happy Palindrome Day

2010-01-02T20:49:00.000-08:00

Today is 01-02-2010. I heart palindromes.

Technically still on start-up, but they are painting the floors this weekend so Craig and I went to the Medium City (Grand Forks) to get some better food.

Grand Forks is a strange town. They seem to have a bunch of "chains" that I have never heard of before. We ate lunch at Green Mill that was like an Applebees with really good food. Then there is Home of Economy that appears to be a K-Mart like store. I feel like I have slipped into a parallel universe.

Watched a bunch more SoA. Also watched the Doctor Who End of Time Part II. Overall a lot of fun but got kind of silly at times.

I am having a hard time getting into GTA: CW. It's fun but is not a good pickup and play game. So based on the many positive reviews, I picked up Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and so far I am enjoying it.

One weird thing about North Dakota is that every place seems to sell Beer Cheese soup. I will never try it but it seems to be popular.

Startup Day 3

2010-01-01T19:56:00.000-08:00

Temperature did not get above -10 F today.

Nothing really happened today. Just work and Sons of Anarchy. The show is good but it is no The Shield.

Startup Day 2

2009-12-31T19:28:00.000-08:00

Still on startup... Really fuckin' cold here. Supposed to be colder tomorrow.

A couple of pictures.

A North Dakota construction port-a-potty:

My cold winter gear, including my new hat:

Watched some more Sons of Anarchy. Pretty intense viewing.

Watched Better Off Ted. Still awesome.

Had a New Year's Eve dinner buffet for dinner. Was surprisingly good. I was kind of surprise at the quality of the ladies in the bar. Much higher percentage then I would expect. Some of them were even big city hot :)

Startup Day 1

2009-12-30T20:23:00.000-08:00

In Carrington.

Could not find my hat yesterday, so I had to pickup a new one today. Got a knit hat with ear flaps. Totally not me but keeps me warmer because it is chilly here.

Not much going on except work.

Watched the first episode of Sons of Anarchy while catching up with the internet...

Not a woodchipper in sight

2009-12-29T20:47:00.000-08:00

Made it to Fargo.

Watched Jennifer's Body on the plane. First half board me second half was kind of awesome...

Played a couple of hours of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the DS. Turns out I may have a career in drug trafficing... I did not realize it was as simple as driving to one side of town, buying something, drive to the other side and sell for huge profit.

Kind of sad that my joy of sitting next to a hottie on the plane was topped by her moving elsewhere allowing me to take her aisle seat. In my defense she was very very bitchy on the phone to whoever is picking her up.

A Vacation from my Vacation

2009-12-28T22:09:00.000-08:00

Took the day off to recover from my vacation :)

Tried to find a copy of Drew's X-mas present after Amazon canceled on me. Talked to Chris for a bit. Ate at Famous Dave's where the waitress gave me an STD. Went to the Lego store. Which was a mistake since BellSquare traffic sucked. Went to the Stop and hung out with Brian until George showed up. Opened up X-mas gifts from Jim D., George, Beau and Mary Anne. Watched Van Wilder: Freshman Year while prepping for my work trip. (Horrible movie). All in all an OK day.

Kind of looking forward to my trip, not sure why.

Started reading Dreamsongs I again. Still not a fan of short story collections.

I tend to bring way more entertainment on trips then I could ever consume.

Cheated Death Again

2009-12-27T21:27:00.000-08:00

Made it home.

Left Gillette with no seat on the plane from Salt Lake City. Got there just in time to get the last non-standby seat. Too bad there was no plane for that seat. It was an hour + late which meant that I was an hour + late leaving SLC. Had a nice conversation with a barista from Lynnwood. Made me glad that I have a real college degree and a real job.

Watched 500 Days of Summer during my various plane rides. I enjoyed it. Enough said.

Had breakfast at a restaurant that still allows smoking. I did not realize they still exist.

I really need to figure out how to turn off all these stupid HP "Make Your Computer Easier" process that keep popping up on this laptop since the Windows 7 Upgrade.

I don't miss the snow

2009-12-26T21:48:00.000-08:00

Woke this morning to much snow outside.

Luckily Dad has someone come by and plow the driveway so all I had to shovel where the deck and little bit of the sidewalk. After the drive was plowed we were able to escape for a pretty damn good lunch.

Later we went to the Prime Rib for some prime rib. Was not that good but not complaining.

Watched the first part of Doctor Who: The End of Time. Was not really digging it until the end with the Master Race and the return of the Time Lords.

Finished Suicide Kings. It was really fun but it still disappoints me when my favorite characters keep dying.

Read the first volume of The Mighty. It was very good but it got me thinking that there are a lot of "evil" Superman books out now.

Flying home tomorrow. Will miss Dad but will be very nice to be in own bed for a couple of nights. That is assuming weather and or heighten security does not stop my return home.

A return?

2009-12-25T21:39:00.000-08:00

For the second time in the last month I had a reason to return to the Super Boring Blog and I have found pleasure in reading the messages of the past. So as I set here in the middle of a blizzard in Wyoming, I think I may start this up again. I will be going into this knowing that I am my target audience so maybe this time I won't get burned out... I give me a week tops. :)

Went to see Sherlock Holmes with Jan. The movie was pretty good, but a little long. The weather was such that we should not have been out and about.

Had a good dinner with Dad, Joyce, Jan, Rick, and Chris. Plus their kid is super cute.

Currently I am reading the latest Wild Cards book, Suicide Kings. Before I left I was able to pick up my comics for the week. My haul included a bunch of trades which I have been enjoying. Just finished the Dark Reign: The Hood trade before I decided to come down and post this.

Even though I am sleeping on an uncomfortable bed, I have been sleeping pretty well here. I think I may have righted my self emotionally again, with the constant bitch slaps finally taking a break from knocking me on my ass. Almost made it a year without a train wreck. Slightly disappointed but also kind of pleased that I made it so long. Maybe I am finally reaching the end of the tunnel.

I am sure Future Me is laughing at the naivete of Present Me. Well Future Me can bite it.

Pasta Snake

2008-11-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

No Super Boring Blog is not back. I just saw something awesome yesterday and wanted to share.

The picture is the output of a pasta press while it is running in prep mode

Clean Sweep

2008-10-13T23:05:00.001-07:00

It is actually really nice to have the main floor picked up and clean. Hopefully I can make it a couple of weeks.

Watched True Blood(Still 40 minutes of spinning with 5 minutes of acceleration), Entourage(was good), Big Bang(everyone felt like forced) and HIMYM(liked the Hockey bit a bunch but not digging overall storyarc)

Finished main game of Incredible Hulk still working on some achievments. Played some Halo 3 with Duece.

Actually got a refreshing nights sleep last night... Hopefully I have put my ghost to bed for a while... That would be damn convenient.

Wasted

2008-10-12T22:49:00.000-07:00

Had great plans for the day. Instead I spent some time with the Jasons and wallowed. Did get the main room picked up at least...

Only played Disgaea 3 today but I did end up picking up some new games at the BTGOF sale at TRU.

Watched Smallville(this show is like a wreck on the side of the road just can't stop watching), Clone Wars(really good again), Supernatural(still entertaining), Night Rider(ummm cheese flavored plus KITT is a submarine), Santuary(not really digging plus Tapping sounds weird with the accent), Skins(2nd season not as good as 1st), Amazing Race(Stray Bullets T-shirt), and Dexter(screw the code).

Finished the latest Blue Beetle Trade and it was really good.

2 birthdays in one

2008-10-12T10:12:00.001-07:00

Beau and Jim 2.0's combined birthday party. Lots of Rock Band and Scales.

Played Incredible Hulk and Disgaea 3.

Watched Privileged(last episode for me. Did not live up to pilot), Survivor (why do I keep watching this?), and The Office (awkward).

Just saw a new AT&T commercial and I want a T-Rex at my next birthday party

Good TV day...

2008-10-11T00:12:00.001-07:00

Because of the late night left work early.

Went to Target and found the last of the first wave of JLU figures... Just before the second wave is supposed to hit...

I think I found the entertainment center set that I want. Seems to meet all of my requirements except it is a bigger than I want but I think it will work.

Watched My Own Worst Enemy(Tivo preview very good. Kind of worried if they can pull off a story engine), Grey's Anatomy(better than premire but still not very good), Life on Mars(not bad but not as good as BBC), Eleventh Hour(interesting), and Stargate Atlantis(Shanks and Asgardian could not ask for more).

Played Disgaea 3 and Incredible Hulk(locked up on me again. Should just change games but I like destroying things). Started Halo 3 on Legendary with Duece.

Came to the realization that I need to get home in order. Cleaning person will be here on Monday and I have the same stuff stacked on stairs as I did 8 weeks ago!!!

Online Gaming Thursday... Not!

2008-10-09T22:51:00.001-07:00

Today was supposed to be the first Online Gaming Night but I got called to deal with a bad network in the dirty plant.

On a completely different sucky thing I discovered that the big training document that I did for PRCS was on the memory stick I lost in Spokane and the only version that I can find is only 75% done... Only thing worse than documentation is re-documentation.

Before heading out I got the opertunity to play Disgaea 3 and Incredible Hulk. The Hulk did lock up on me again though...

Watched half of Kath and Kim(unwatchable) and the premire of CSI(no way they would let them investigate Warrick's death).

Word of the day: Flater

2008-10-08T22:34:00.001-07:00

Road day at work...

Comic Wednesday... George's beard is bushy...

Played Incredible Hulk. Watched The Shield (double double cross), Pushing Daisies(still amazing) and Criminal Minds(on the chopping block needs a good serial kiler).

Only slightly delayed

2008-10-08T08:14:00.001-07:00

Worked from home again. Was just as productive but felt less fufilling since instead of competing items on the mythical list I kept adding them.

Played Incredible Hulk and Disgaea 3. Watched Simpsons(same old same old), Chuck(still not sure why CIA wants Chuck to work retail), Heroes(I really dug this episode) and Sara Conner(this post brought to Dodge Ram).

Why not?

2008-10-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

Landed a big project at work... Will need to work on balancing IT and fun work...

Finished Lego Batman achievements and made some progress on The Incredible Hulk. Also played some Disgaea 3.

Watched Mad Men (only last three minutes have been interesting the last three weeks), True Blood (loosing interest rapidly), Entourage(fastest 25 minutes on TV), Big Bang Theory(love this show), How I Met Your Mother(feels like they are preparing for shark jump), Californication (not as good with Hank in a relationship), and Robot Chicken(horrible episode, so bad that I take back laughter from previous episodes).

Started reading the Ronin Absolute...

Look at me being on the correct day and everything.

2008-10-05T23:11:00.001-07:00

I think someone just got dumped. They are listening to Country Music at a very loud volume. Normally I can't hear my neighbors but today is an exception.

Another no sock day!!

Spent the day doing Laundry, playing Disgaea 3, watching TV, and deconstructing Lego sets.

Saturday re-belated

2008-10-05T23:05:00.001-07:00

Went to Brickcon with Jason B. Was too crowded. Aparently over 3,200 people.

Went a hunt for Real Soda. A buisness that sells Soda in bottles. Was tougher than it should be since they just moved to a new location.

Then we went to Grinders for lunch. Was very good but I choose poorly. I went with the first thing that caught my eye and have been craving a couple of the other sandwiches ever since.

Then it was back to my place where Jason built Lego sets and I deconstructed them. Death Star II is now in pieces.

Watched some movies while we Lego-ed. Nothing very good though. Also watched the first two episodes of Star Wars Clone Wars. Was actually entertaining. Makes me wish I had gone to see the movie.

Friday re-belated

2008-10-05T22:57:00.001-07:00

You would think I could do this on time more than a day in a row...

I bought a new clock radio... I don't think I will be keeping it. Philips really needs to hire me to design their clock radios.

Got a haircut... Hopefully I won't put them out of buisnes like the last two salons.

Finished Lego Batman...

Watched some TV and read some comics...

Back on track? - day 1

2008-10-02T22:44:00.001-07:00

Stupid alarm clock is fucking up again. I did find a new alarm clock with the gentle wake feature but it is so designer that I think it looks unusable...

Went to the dirty plant again...

Had a playtest at Microsoft in the early evening so I went straight there instead of heading home for a very short time. Stoped at Comic Stop 3 and looked for a new winter coat. I am having a hell of a time with this. I want a coat that is comfortable from 30 - 60 degrees, that looks professional, does not look super bulky, has no or limited logo (not paying for their advertising), and has an inside pocket big enough for a book. The trend for this year is for all the coats to have the layered look. Which makes them all look super bulky...

The playtest blew. I hate playtesting games that have been out for a month

Belated Wednesday

2008-10-02T16:23:00.001-07:00

Last Belated Day...

Comic Wednesday but kind of shitty only 3 comics and three trades.

Watched The Shield and Pushing Daisies. I was disapointed in Chuck for being the same show week after week but with PD I like it because it is the same.

More Lego Batman. Only 6 more red bricks/mini kits to go.

Belated Tuesday

2008-10-02T16:19:00.001-07:00

More of the same...

Belated Monday

2008-10-02T16:18:00.001-07:00

Magic with George...

More TV...

More Lego Batman...

More Wolverine Lifeblood...

Belated Sunday

2008-10-02T16:15:00.001-07:00

No sock day!!!

Decided to not do anything productive today. Just watched TV built more Lego sets and played Lego Batman.

Restarted Wolverine Lifeblood...

Belated Lego Saturday

2008-10-02T16:11:00.001-07:00

Got up early to setup for a Lego Building Part-a. Only Jason B and (eventualy) Geoge were able to make it. We mainly watched movies that I had Tivoed in HD. Including Balls of Fury(better than expected), Employee of the Month(so-so), and Bee Movie (Fun).

Played Lego Batman and watched lots of random TV. Still reading comics from Wednesday.

Belated Friday

2008-10-02T16:06:00.001-07:00

Not sure what I am going to do with SBB. I have enjoyed doing this for the last few months but with the start of the new TV season I have found that I am being stretched pretty thin between the video games, comics, condo projects... I ended up staying up really late on this night (and the next) and just did not have the energy to fill out a report of the days activities. Then I got behind and until today (Thursday) did not have the free time to catch up. Since these next 6 posts were not done the day of they will tend to have a lot of generalizations... Deal with it!

Went to the doctor today to see about my cough which has been getting worse the last week. May have figured out why before I arrived since I got the first cold symptoms... We deside to wait two weeks to before checking for lungs...

Left work early. Still tired from lack of sleep on Tuesday night and I had finished goals for the week.

Went home and watched a ton of TV and played more Lego Batman.

Went to get my hair cut and the salon was empty! I really liked my last cut too.

Back to Work

2008-09-26T08:44:00.001-07:00

Back in the office today. Not very productive. Lots of things happening at once but personal goals not being met.

Watched Fringe and The Mentalist. Mentalist has potential. More House than Psych but I was entertained and that is all I can ask...

Played more Lego Batman. Finished Story Mode. No going through and doing Free Play.

Sick Comic Day

2008-09-26T08:40:00.001-07:00

Spent the day sitting on the couch trying to keep food inside me. Finally better in the afternoon.

Played Lego Batman.

Watched Eureka, Primeval, Entourage and other things that did not leave a mark.

Lego Dark Night

2008-09-26T08:30:00.001-07:00

This post and the next two were done in the future for reasons that will come clear...

Worked from home. Got a ton done. Very productive.

Picked up Lego Batman at lunch. Either my second or third favorite Lego game depending if you call the complete saga a new game. Original Trillogy is still my favorite.

Cooked some burgers on the grill. One of them was under done but not very much so. But it aparently was enough to make sick starting at about 2 AM.

Watched Heroes and maybe other things. Kind of running togethor.

Stupid Street Date

2008-09-22T23:18:00.001-07:00

Work was productive. Stinky did not stink today. Figures that he did not after I brought it to the attention of the Comtroller...

Finished Spider man Friend or Foe.

Crap forgot to mention the scary thing from yesterday. Heading home from George's, my passenger windshield wiper flew off. These were not new wipers so I have no idea why it happened but it did scare the crap out of me. Picked up a new blade today, so no repeat of this mornings driving in the mist with no wiper.

While I was at a fine retail establishment I noticed the tag for Lego Batman. I asked the clerk if they had any more. He went to the back and found one, but when he went to ring it up the computer would not let him...

I did end up picking up a larger 360 harddrive. Awesome side effect of the new drive is that the system is faster...

Watched True Blood, Entourage, Skins, HIMYM, and Big Bang Theory.

It's Jim Party and I won't blog if I don't want to

2008-09-22T23:06:00.001-07:00

It was Jim 31st Birthday. Went to a bowling alley and George's. Did really well my first game but really crappy the second. Managed to unnaturally twist my elbow not bowling but standing in the lobby after bowling. Mrs. D makes good cake.

Played Disgaea 3 and Spider man Friend or Foe.

Watched a crap load of TV while deconstructing Lego sets. It has all kind of run together but I mostly got caught up on weekly series as of Saturday..

Pre Lego Part-a

2008-09-21T00:57:00.000-07:00

Lazy day.

Played Spider-man Friend or Foe and Disgaea 3.

Watched Fringe, Burn Notice(2), Psych, Primeval, Best Week Ever, and a Code Monkey while deconstructing a bunch of Lego sets.

Jim brought Kendrix over and since they won't be here for the Lego Building Part-a, we built a bunch of sets. George came over after closing the Stop and joined us. There was one more set built but I parted it before I had the idea for the photo op.

That stinks...

2008-09-20T13:12:00.001-07:00

I have a new co-worker that perfumes themselves... It is giving me a headache and I think I am alergic to it...

Went home early. I don't know how people with migranes get anything done. Felt better after leaving so played Incredible Hulk got pissed when it locked up again. I had recently saved at least. Started Spider-man Friend or Foe. Started out fun but is now kind of repetitive. Also Spider-man is not very spider like. Would be better as say a Daredevil game or least engine.

Watched Stargate Atlantis and True Blood. I am interested in True Blood. It starts slow but seems to be picking up nicely.

Paul Smash!

2008-09-18T22:50:00.001-07:00

Played Incredible Hulk when I got home. My goal was to smash as much stuff as I could. I was very close to unlocking the achievement for destroying all the building in a section of New York when the game locked up... Almost two hours down the drain. I am actually not playing the game for achievments but there are a bunch of feats in the game that unlock special move and powers and almost every achievment is also a feat so if I want super ground pound I need to destroy a section of new york...

Watched Eureka (2 eps) and House while doing stuff on the pc. I really don't know why I like House as much as I do. The cases are so predictable every week and the lead is a jerk but it always seems to be the first of the watch while doing stuff programs...

Started on cleaning the spare room when I got the call that my guest cancelled. More Hulk for me...

Got Toys 3 and 4 in the Lego Batman Happy Meal toys. Looks like I missed 1 and 2...

Yummy Ice Cream

2008-09-17T23:35:00.001-07:00

Went on a sales call in Bellevue. Stopped in Whole Foods for lunch and found Ben and Jerry's Cininum Bun Ice Cream. Still really tasty.

Hit the Stop for Comic Wednesday.

Went to Applebee's with Q. Went home and watched the final Wipeout of the Season, The Shield and Do Not Disturb. DND is my first cut of the year. The quality of the writers did not show through that pile of poo. I was also cheated by Wipeout... The synopsis on Tivo said the hosts were going to run the course. That was BS since the runs that were supposed to be the host were stunt people...And it was anouther clip show!!!!

Today was the 5 sesion of the 100 pushup challenge. It was the first day where I felt like I had nothing left in the tank at the end. I only managed 75 in five sets. That is a long way to go to get to 100 in one set...

Go Spritle Racer Go

2008-09-16T22:24:00.001-07:00

Still feels weird going to get lunch by self...

Got my Google Reader to zero for the first time since before DragonCon durring lunch. Not all were read because I did some feed trimming.

Dropped off some blankets and pillows to Goodwill.

Picked up the Speed Racer BluRay. Still amazing but if you missed it in the theater you missed out. I also really liked the special features.

Played some Disgaea 3 and Incredible Hulk. Got a remote sensor bar so I can now Wii again. I predict some Boom Blox in my future.

Going to read some Wolverine Lifeblood and then hopefully get some sleep.

Operation Monday

2008-09-15T23:32:00.001-07:00

Scott was back for a couple of hours... We had some Teriyaki...

Went to the stopp and played some Magic with George.

Came home and finished Mass Effect. Then started cleaning for when the cleaning lady comes tomorrow.

Watched Entourage, Skins, Primeval, and Weeds.

Week two of the pushup challenge is underway. Seems to be working...

11:30 and I am not tired in the least. Will start reading Wolverine Lifeblood again now that I am caught up on comics again.

Squish

2008-09-14T22:58:00.001-07:00

Got up way early to take Drew to the airport.

Came home and started laundry.

Headed into the office for a few hours to work on the busted server. Thankfully had Scott's help or I would still be there.

Played Mass Effect and Disgaea 3. Watched Stargate Atlantis, BWE and Privleged. I enjoyed Privleged. I am definatly leaning toward the keeper for this one.

Paulapaloza - day 2

2008-09-14T22:53:00.000-07:00

Drew and I are both early risers so we were both up and around much too early. We headed out and stoped at the office to see Beau. I got stuck looking at a server issue while they caught up. Drew and I then headed to the Lego Store to pick up the new key chains. I then took Drew to Qdoba before heading to my place to get picked up by 1.0.

Our first stop was the Freemont Troll. Drew is going to send me a picture of me picking the Troll's nose...

Next we met up with the Posse and hit the SciFi Museum. Not as cool as the Museum of my minds eye but much cooler then I had been lead to believe by others...

We then all headed over to the Melting Pot for a three hour meal that was quite yummy.

We then all rallied to George's where we had Rock Band and Ice Cream Cake. I got three talking cards two of which were the same Homer Simpsons phrase I was quite fun to open them at the same time.

No gaming today but I did manage to rip the tongue of my relativly new shoes. Just as I had managed to break them.

Paulapaloza - day 1

2008-09-14T22:39:00.001-07:00

This post and the next have been time delayed for reasons that will become clear.

I have good friends...

Today my friends started a two day celebration of my birthday. The theme was doing things on my 101 list.

I left work early so that I could get some cleaning and gaming done before 2.0 picked me up for my secret celebration. Played Mass Effect and Disgaea 3 and watched Do Not Destirb and Wipeout while straighting up around the place. I finally got the kitchen table back together.

2.0 arrived with E and 1.0 and the four of us headed down south to Key Arena where Todd had scored us some tickets to the Storm final home game of the season. After that we headed to a pub resteraunt where I had some really good Prime Rib. George took me home where I was shocked to find Drew waiting in front of my place. MA George Drew and I went inside and chatted for a couple of hours before heading to bed.

Best Birthday in Two Decades

2008-09-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

Great day!!!

Had Steak and Prawns for lunch. Toured a pasta plant in preperation for my next project. They gave me 20 pounds of pasta that was made yesterday.

Talk to the nieces for a while.

Played some Mass Effect until I joined 1.0 for dinner at Qdoba. Later had Ice Cream with 1.0 and Q.

Talked to lots of people and got lots of text message.

Cheated Death Again

2008-09-10T23:02:00.001-07:00

Aparently today was just a startup test for the Large Hardron Collider, so no mini black holes were even possible today... Guess I should not have goofed off so much yesterday.

Made some progress on a work project. That must mean that I won't get to touch it again for at least a week.

Played more Mass Effect.

Watched The Shield, Entourage and Weeds.

Enjoyed my comic Wednesday. Discovered something with George that I will talk about when I have time to do it. All I have to save is Damn You George!!! Stop dragging me in.

I should mention that I hate Steve Jobs. Just as my return window closes he anounces a new iPod Touch. Don't get me wrong I love my Touch I would just like to have saved 100 dollars and had an external volume control.

Last Day On Earth?

2008-09-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

If those pesky science geeks end up making a mini black hole tomorrow then today was my last one. Not surprisingly it was a lot like most of my days..

Played some Mass Effect and Disgaea 3. Cleaned the spare room while watching Mad Men and a Code Monkey. I really need to get my shit organized and make some where shit goes plans...

Nine Months Later...

2008-09-08T23:11:00.000-07:00

And I finally have a game I want for the PS3. Picked up Disgaea 3 today. I really enjoyed the first two on the PS2 and had been looking forward to this release but had not been paying attention to the release date. So when I found one copy at Best Buy today I could not resist. I did save the reciept if it is needed... I am only about 20 minutes in to the game but I am slightly disapointed in the look of the game. I have not found anything in the game that could not have been done on the PS2. That being said the humor and gameplay seem to be intact so I really have nothing to complain about.

Played some Mass Effect. Hit a wall and was able to get around it. The combat has been very easy for the last couple of hours so I was kind of surprised when the difficulty jumped up. It took me a couple attempts but I was able to get past the trap and had fun doing it.

Watched Psych and Terminator: SCC. Also watched an episode of Exo Squad from the DVD set I picked up in Atlanta. The first episode is kind of disjointed but it still stands up better then a lot of my old favorites.

Started the 100 pushup challenge again. My previous attemt was interupted by cons, sars and work...