Random Access

Wednesday : 01 November 2006
The middle of the week has come and gone. Today was pretty busy; if things fall into place as I’m expecting, the next few days will be, as well. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, either. I may also be changing desks, too. One of the rows of cubicles has been converted from four cubes to three. I’d be taking over the largest of the three, giving me plenty of room to be a keyboard jockey and to work on systems… without having to move X, Y and Z to do both at the same time. In fact, it’s pretty much a done deal, except for actually moving my things to the new super-cube. Hyper-cube? Mega-cube? Omni-Cube! *insert maniacal laughter*

After work, I got in some family bonding time with . We went to Cocoa Caffè for cappucino and tea. We sat and talked for a couple of hours. It was a nice way to wind down. While there, I got a call from – according to the caller ID – Adam. Nope, it was Chelsea. Adam had his wisdom teeth removed today; she was letting me know that everything went well. Then Adam got on the phone for a minute; all I heard at first was “Uhr murmph enh urhbah muh umm emnywah.” I had to have him repeat it… and then have Chelsea to translate, when he was done. The translation: “You’re short and you’re bald, but I love you anyway.” Nothing says “love” like having your swollen-cheeked brother call you to share little nuggets of joy like that.

After dropping Nyx at home, I stopped by to say “Hi” to ; she had a long day, so I didn’t stay very long. And then, home.

Stray Toasters

• I want a snack, but can’t decide between popcorn and ice cream.
• , I think that you’ll be able to appreciate (w)rapping paper.
• “Disco inferno,” huh, ? Try this on for size.
• The Outsider, Wired Magazine takes a look at Darren Aronofsky’s movie, The Fountain.
• : This has your name all over it…
• Because this intrigued me…
  

  What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
  Philadelphia
  The Inland North
  The South
  The Northeast
  The West
  Boston
  North Central
  What American accent do you have?

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  AT AT the Playground – (c) Casey Weldon
• Project Rooftop’s Costume Contest (1, 2)
• “You see, I don’t like to hurt people. I’m not a bad man because I want to do these things. I’m a bad man because I’m willing to…”
  
• If owning a red Swingline stapler isn’t enough for you die-hard Office Space fans, you’ll soon be able to buy the movie-related collectibles from Diamond Select.

Namaste.

Tuesday : 31 October 2006
Work was… work. And I was tired, so that didn’t help matters much. But I made it through the day.

Post-work, it was off to visit Kate, Perry and the kids. They had a little Hallowe’en get-together. It was nice to hang out with them. After that, it was off to ‘ place for his annual Hallowe’en horror game. This year’s fare: Teen Age Horror – think of every bad teen slasher flick that you can think of… then make a game of it. You get the idea. , and Uriah, and Chris were the other members of the group. It started off alright, an underaged party at an old dilapidated house on the outskirts of town. Then things took a sharp left: Screams, blood that flowed up stairs, bodies being pulped by invisible “things,” ghosts.  Definitely rated about a 9.8 on the weird shit-o-meter. By the time that all was said and done, everyone in the group – and just about all of the NPCs – had died, except ‘s and my characters. Yeah, this was one horror story where the token black guy lived. Mm-hmm, that’s right!

And now… off to work.

Namaste.