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| Sunday, October 8th, 2006 | | 5:33 pm |
I woke up at 3 pm on Saturday after sleeping 16 hours. I am not sure what I have been doing lately, just that I have been keeping busy, but it is taking its toll on me. The last few weeks I have managed to work about 40 hours a week and then be in Valpo and Indy during the weekend. I am glad to not have to go anywhere. Work has been rough lately. We are very, very short on people and we have a lot of projects lined up. I bought a Chevy Avalanche last month and sold my car a few weeks after. It is a Flex Fuel Vehicle meaning it can burn gasoline or E85. I haven't bought E85 yet and I kind of feel bad about it. Current Mood:  blank | | Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 | | 10:57 pm |
Today was my one year anniversary at Repete. I remember thinking last year when I started, "I wonder how different things will be later." I know a ton more now, and what to expect day to day. But there is still a lot of frustration when things don't go as expected. Projects really drag on far too long. I am _still_ working on the project I was hired to do. It was supposed to be done in June 2005. I need more patience or more energy. I bought an hdtv. A big one. It's supposed to be in on Friday and my parents are gonna drive up here and help me get it into my apartment. I still need to get a DVD player. Current Mood:  drained | | Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 | | 6:13 pm |
I'm going to Indiana for the weekend and tomorrow too.
| | Monday, October 17th, 2005 | | 7:17 pm |
| | Sunday, October 9th, 2005 | | 11:01 pm |
I was in bed a minute ago. I was lying there and all of a sudden I got this powerful urge to get up and code. It struck the same part of me that bought all these game programming books that I have used so little. I was so stunned at the power and freedom of the feeling that I got right up and walked over to the computer. By the time I got to the computer the feeling was gone and I can't even summon it back to even remember what it felt like.
The level of motivation (a feeling I am so vaguely familiar with) in that moment was so potent that it felt like success was certain and that with its company nothing could stop me.
That feeling alone was noteworthy enough. However, for a moment, the game programmer flame was relit. Sure, I have always wanted to do it, but that passion I haven't had in a long time.
Gahh! *Shakes head* So weird...
If I ever get a political talk show, it's going to be called "Late Night Coffee".
Consider: Scientologist Pharmacist
Current Mood: nah? | | Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 | | 9:02 pm |
Today was a terrible day, the likes I haven't seen in two months. I don't know what I did to sour my luck, but I certianly did _something_. Tomorrow I will have to try fixing some things that we can't seem to break in testing. Utter misery.
Right now, 1/2 the internet is unavailable to me. And everything I want to look at / waste my time on is in that 1/2 of the internet.
*Goes to bed*
Current Mood:  angry | | Monday, October 3rd, 2005 | | 9:37 pm |
| | Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 | | 7:44 pm |
I am an Uncle.
My nephew, Zachary Kevin Courtney, was born at 3:36 am, Friday morning. "Kevin" is a shared honor of mine and my sister's husband's brother, Kevin.
Unfortunately, Friday I caught a cold, and have been sickly/medicated since then. Right now, my vision is a bit fuzzy, which kind of sucks.
I left here on Friday at 1:30 pm, getting into Valpo after 5:30 (normally a 3 hour drive). We went down to Indianapolis on Saturday to see Kelley and Zachary. It didn't seem like such a big event at the time, I think I was too sick to notice. Zack is really cute (what baby isn't, I suppose) and really quiet. We spent quite awhile there before we had to leave.
At around 12:15 we went to my Grandma's for her 80th birthday surprise party. I have never been around that many old people before. It was really fun. We went back to the hospital afterwards and stayed until about 5:30. We drove to Arni's in Lafayette for dinner, and back to V-town.
My mom and I went shopping on Sunday and I got a bunch of new clothes and shoes.
I have been home a few times since moving here. Each time I had a different impression and feeling. The first time I went back, Valpo looked "run-down" to me. One time I went back and was annoyed at my parents and couldn't wait to leave. Another I dreaded returning here. This time, while I was there, I had that feeling that my job here, and my life up here in Wisconsin was temporary. It was a very strange feeling, and I can't stop thinking about it.
It was also pretty weird being in the four little places in the world that I actually knew my way around, and had different experiences in. My adventure this weekend was fun and nostalgic, and a bit odd, viewed through the eyes of a sick man.
Current Mood:  sick | | Wednesday, September 14th, 2005 | | 10:24 pm |
iPod haveth arrived!
Got my iPod!
A couple of things I discovered.
1. I am gonna have to clean it often, due to the massive amount of fingerprints.
2. Walking around can cause the volume to go up and down.
3. The screen is awesome and incredibly bright.
4. I need to organize my music.
5. I wish the cords were black.
I love it, though. I have some mad coding to do. I hope this and some granola bars will help me increase productivity, and get this mini project done before the weekend.
Current Mood:  happy | | Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 | | 8:53 pm |
It's in Alaska, scheduled for delivery on Thursday (a day late.) It's 8:50 and I am off to bed. I get way too exhausted doing not much. :(
| | Monday, September 12th, 2005 | | 6:04 pm |
My iPod is "At local Fedex Facility" in SHENZHEN CHINA! DAMNIT!
| | Thursday, September 8th, 2005 | | 11:08 pm |
iPod Nano!
I bought an iPod shuffle after seeing it cast a deep desire for the awesomeness of modern technology. 4GB of flash memory! Whoa! And it's small, has the color screen, and the clicky wheel! *drools* I even paid extra for quicker shipping. It took me a while to decide whether to get the nano or the full iPod, since I have more than 4 GB's of songs and stuff to put on there. But, I do know for sure that I will drop the damn thing, and a tiny mechanical harddrive would meet its doom someday on the asphalt outside my car door.
I played through the demo of Age of Empires III today. It's pretty fun. The graphics are impressive, but, for some reason, these new pixel shader games seem noisy and foggy. And it makes my eyes hurt. It's weird, but trust me on that.
I had my 6 month review yesterday and got a raise! *Dance*
Day of Defeat Source is coming out and I may have to break down and get Half-Life 2 so I can play all these fun games. Man, a new counter-strike too. I have done much to resist it, I have been clean for a few years now. Will that be enough to pry me away from World of Warcraft?
Probably not. Also: Why do I have the feeling that Day of Defeat source will be way, way more fun than Battlefield 2?
I got the black iPod Nano. (Someone was gonna ask.)
Current Mood: cheerfulCurrent Music: Soon there will be from my iPod! | | Monday, September 5th, 2005 | | 10:05 pm |
Ed and Ein and Kirika, Tasty Treats, Blueberries, Sleepiness, and what Fruit Bats Hate
I went to Valpo for the weekend. Sean's Dad took Sean, Urania, and I to a White Sox game. It's the first time I have been to that park, and it is rather nice, for being in the ghetto. There were some homeruns and one of the Detroit squadsmen ran face-first into the wall. The Sox won and I got to eat a Japanese chewy kiwi candy!
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) baagaa drew me a picture of Ed and Ein. It says "Cheer up Kirika!" I got a frame for it (which I managed to break the stand off of) and it now sits in the dungeon computer room.
I went to the Blueberry festival on Sunday with my family. The weather was really nice; it got a little cloudy as the day grew warmer. Hatted men cooked kettle corn in steaming cauldrons with oars from monkey-sized row boats. They put sugar and cinnamon and salt (the secret ingredient) on it for a very awesome taste. Seriously, any sort of corn without salt is awful.
I got a headache by the end of the day and decided to leave for Wisconsin. I felt awful. And I felt awful for leaving early, but I had work on my mind and other things were bugging me that I had no control over while I was away from here.
I have been nothing but sleepy the past couple of weeks. Something about Wisconsin makes me not want to be awake.
I laughed a good 1/2 hour over this shirt. A bit of googling may be necessary for those who haven't followed some of the lawsuits in the past over GTA and other violent games.
Current Mood:  tired | | Monday, August 1st, 2005 | | 11:02 pm |
The Intertron Knows All
I did some research on Hereditary Spherocytosis, which I have.
Symptoms:
Jaundice - In my case, the yellowing of the eyes.
Pallor - Which is paleness. This I don't really see.
Shortness of breath - This is mild at worst, most any shortness of breath is due to my being out of shape.
Fatigue - This is pretty much a mainstay, and has been for a long time. I tend to sleep extra to compensate. During college I would sleep at least 10 hours a day, with weekends being more like 12. Here, I don't sleep as much, and by the end of the week, even if I don't do a lot, I notice it. Typically then my motivation drops. Yay for anime and video games.
Weakness - When I did landscaping and worked at Target (unloading trucks) my strength increased after time, but it sort of tanked after awhile. Lifting 75 pounds more than a couple of times a day was suicide. But unloading 1800 boxes ranging between 10 and 50 pounds then stocking my share of it was tiring, but nothing more.
Scrolling down, I noticed this:
Complications
* Development of gallstones from the pigment derived from the destroyed red blood cells
Whoa! Maybe it wasn't just the stress and Coca-Cola that landed me in the hospital.
| | Monday, July 11th, 2005 | | 10:16 pm |
| | Sunday, March 20th, 2005 | | 10:27 pm |
Grillering
Yesterday I knocked the tray that collects the grease of my George Foreman Grill clear off the counter spilling it all over my hand, my clothes, the dishwasher, cabinets, and ultimately the floor. What a fuckin' mess. The floor is still kinda slick, despite my best effort at cleaning it
I watched all of season one of Arrested Development last week. Wow, so much funny.
Otherwise, I've been pretty much playing World of Warcraft and not doing much else. At least I don't remember doing much else.
I'll be in Valpo for the first time since I've moved to the Arctic next weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing the dog.
But I'm really looking forward to finishing my first project (please let it work right) at work. Off to sleep, tomorrow could be a big day.
Current Mood: Dissatisfaction at doing exactly what I set out to do. | | Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 | | 10:36 pm |
I am generally upset, I had been assuming that tomrrow would be the bad day of the week because of some stuff I've got to do at work, but today I got assigned my very own project upgrading a moderately old system that doesn't use PCs as we know them. It really doesn't sound all that awful, but for some reason this new assignment has me all worked up.
I didn't sleep well last night because I felt like I was way too warm. I definitely feel that way right now too. Sweaty, icky.
Current Mood: annoyed | | Monday, March 14th, 2005 | | 9:15 pm |
Plates and License
I got my driver's license and license plates. The whole thing along with an emergency trip to an atm and lunch took 2.5 hours. And $113 bucks.
I'm going to be taking my first business trip, uh, soon. It'll be a drive to Minneapolis (where as my Mom had to point out, it's even colder) which will probably take most of two days. I'll get to see the dirtiness that our food and our food's food is processed.
For some reason, working and living on my own has made me kinda un-lazy. I do things that could be put off almost as soon as I can. I don't sleep anywhere near as much as I used to, and sleeping in is a fight, even when I really need the rest. The extra free time is being put to good use watching anime, playing video games and chatting on Aim.
I hate Aim. I got the updated client. I can't get the fucker to beep when I'm playing a game, so I have no idea if someone messages me. And for added fun, it'll occasionally crash WoW to the ground. I've had to reset this new computer more than I ever had to the old machine. Commercialized software sucks.
Today is White Day in Japan, where guys give candy (chocolate) to girls who bought them chocolate on Valentine's Day. That's a fun fact. Here's another: I had Burger King for lunch, and it was awful.
I got a George Foreman grill--one of the Next Grilleration (TM) models complete with timer, temperature buttons, and a power button. It was expensive, but the smell of Winter Grillercue is divine.
It's cold up here, and I will not cease my complaining about it.
I keep forgetting to shave in the morning. Is that some sort of sign?
Current Mood: A very familiar feeling these days. | | Thursday, March 10th, 2005 | | 8:52 pm |
Frustrating Week
This is one of the coolest things ever to be done with modern computation. http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~yweiss/Colorization/
I have to write my own 9-pin printer driver tomorrow for this project I've been working on. It's such an incredible time waster. I hate old technology so much. In fact, I have a new found hate for Windows 2000.
I thought I was getting a cold, but I won't be sure until tomorrow.
I was going to get my license plates and driver's license tonight, but I ended up working too late.
Nothing really went right today, except that I brought donuts to work like I was in fucking kindergarten. I completely forgot to see if any were left on my way out.
Thank God tomorrow is Friday. This week has gone by quickly, but it's been very frustrating. Yarg.
Current Mood: I need to chill for awhile. | | Tuesday, March 8th, 2005 | | 10:00 pm |
Blecch
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-03-07 This comic cracked me up as much as the one starring the punctuation marks.
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I'm in a real shitty mood today and I don't really know why. I am tired, but I really hope it's not causing it, as I have gotten plenty of sleep. My mood reminds me of the worst times of my job search saga, and that is making me very uneasy.
Natural Selection 3.0 is out. I played it for a few minutes a couple of days ago, and it's much improved.
The changes for the new World of Warcraft Content Patch have been listed on the WoW homepage. It'll be a couple weeks probably before it's deployed. I've pretty much stopped playing my main character until the game is patched.
Current Mood: crappy |
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