I've Got Mortgages On Homes And Stiffness In The Bones

There are days where I wonder if it is unusual that I actually use the MySpace-based extension of the blog-o-sphere.  I know that next to no one actually reads this dang ol' thing, but that is, for me anyway, something I take pride in.

I have another one that people actually read on a more regular basis and I am aware of.  I know this thing gets read a couple of times now and again, but I don't know who you are. 

Also, I figured out how to do this listening to, watching, or reading thingy...

Ahh...Mr. Paul Rodgers.  Damn that man can sing...

I've seen every blue-eyed floozy on the way.

Damn floozies.  Anyway!

My train of thought seems to have derailed.  Let's see if we can get back onto the track of logic.  I apologize for the railroad puns (they were intentional, and lousy(also intentional)).

Okay.  The oddness of the MySpace-based extension of the blog-o-sphere.  As I flip through the profiles of others I see no use of this section (grr...that song is irritating!), on the other hand, I have met some of these people, and they are really not interesting enough (myself included) to write about things.  I tend to write about my observations of the small portion of the human race that I actually interact with on a regular basis in my little corner of this world.

It always freaks me out nowadays when I see people from the school that I recognize.  Or more rare, recognize me.  I have seen like five people in the last 3 days from the school.  It was kind of a surprise to see how some of these people paired off in their post-high school lives.

The part that freaks me out is the whole "not used to seeing people I know" thing,  I got a job at a store that was nowhere close to where I lived originally so as to not see the peoples from the school.  After a couple of years of that, I got frustrated, joined the Army, then got booted out for tearing up my leg.  Then I went back to that there job.

Store exploded a year later, so I went to work at the store run by my former manager who was good to me.  That store happens to be right in the center of where from I grew up.  This is slightly unnerving now and again.  That is all.

Lately I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everybody has a private world
Where they can call their own

Are you calling me?
Are you trying to get through?
Are you reaching out for me?
Like I'm reaching out for you!


-Gale

• Current Music:Return Of The Champions ~ Queen + Paul Rodgers

I’ve Got A Black Magic Woman

Original Title: Soul Magic

It would seem that Final Fantasy XII is indeed going to devour my soul.  Slowly.

What Do You Do When You Get Lonely

So.  I am sitting here at 3.15 in the am trying to eat pickle "spears" with a spoon.
It is not going well...

Like Harrison Ford I’m Getting Frantic

Music: Remember (Walking In The Sand) ~ Aerosmith

Which do you prefer?
Harrison Ford or Chuck Norris?
"There is no God.  There is only Harrison Ford and his chiseled jawline."

Always On The Run

Music: One Burbon, One Scotch, One Beer ~ George Thorogood
Whoo!  I can buy food tonight!
Much excitement is involved!
I got a check for the birthday from the step-father's mother.  The one I was figuring on showing up about a 3 weeks ago because she is usually on the ball with that stuff.  Ah well.  It was not a big deal if it did not happen, I have enough mac & cheese and popcorn to get me by when I am not working.  And when I do work?  Good for me.  Plus I could always go to one of the stores around here where no one really knows me.  Then I could use one of my Free Combo cards should I need.  But now I can buy some food.  Milk.  Milk for coffee...mmmcoffee!
Anyway, I am marginally impressed to discover more than no one reads this thing.
Also, for anyone who uses Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 (The best Windows ever!), you might find this one useful
And now to make good with my Vista Installations.
Bye kids.  Also, anyone who reads this LJ, feel free to comment,  I don't bite.

Hey Hey Baby

Music: Black Dog ~ Heart
I did not realize just how resigned i was to the $2.70+ per gallon of gas.  It has been dropping steadily for the last month.  When it hit $2.08 about 4 days ago i thought to myself "Wow!  that is great.  Too bad it won't go any lower."
I was driving to work yesterday and did not believe my eyes.  It had gone lower.  $1.99 per gallon.  Sweet Zombie Jesus.  I thought I would never see that one again.  Sad isn't it?  It has been about a year and a half since it has been that low.
Anyway, I am looking to get active in the tape trader thingy again, so I plan to mess with that for the next few days getting it updated.  Hopefully all will go well there.

There's Something Happening Here, What it Is Ain't Exactly Clear...

I once posted a short thing about the Windows Vista Beta with the promise of more to come.  The more was not what you would call forthcoming.  This I realize.

The story behind that goes something like this:

I got to the point where the memory and performance issues were so bad that I gave up on it.  Totally and wholly.  About six hours after my inital post.  I went back to Windows 2000 Professional and have thought nothing of it.

Then I got my copy of Windows Server 2003 doing it's thing.  As of tomorrow, I will have a dual boot 2003/Vista going on so as to write about the Improvements to the Vista and also my views upon the Server.  I have a little bit more work to do to get the main PC ready for Vista once again, but that won't take but a moment.

So, come tomorrow, I shall have, in theory, something relevant to post in this space about something or other.

Really...

• Current Mood: exhausted
• Current Music:For What It's Worth ~ Led Zeppelin

Living, Loving, She’s Just A Woman

Music: Heartbreaker ~ Led Zeppelin (July 17, 1973 Seattle, WA USA)
So.  A few things:
1 Birthdays be the devil.  At least where I am concerned.  I can not remember when last I had one that was what do you call it-good.
This year I got to watch my five year old brother whilst the father was in the hospital.  Ten minutes after he returned home the hospital called and said he needed to go back.  Right then.  He explained to them that he was icing a cake that he had made for the aforementioned reason and that he would be along shortly thereafter.  He showed up about three hours later.  That was Friday, he is still there.  Maybe he can go on Friday or Saturday.  Which is good because they originally told him he could go in two to six weeks.
Also, my favorite lesbian in all the world lost her job that day too.  Made me sad.  I really liked going to that Starbucks too.  Now I am disinclined to go around there at any time that is not two in the morning because the only people I still like work the third shift.  Whoo.
2 I had something useful, but I forgot.  That is how I roll.
3
4 I am aware that number three is blank.
5 The time has come for me to do something useful, but now I am listening to "Sweet Home Alabama" from 3/4 of the way across the country via cell phone.  That is some crazy high quality junk!
6 I am looking for a particular song's lyrics to post at the end of this, but every dang site seems to have them wrong so far (including the Electric Magic site).  Grr..
Then I just discovered that Mr. Plant actually performed the song in '90.  Amazering.  Zeppelin did not play the bloody song because Mr. Page hated, loathed, and detested it..
7 Do I track down Nirvana doing my favorite song in all the universe (Heartbreaker) or do I not out of fear? Fear that it would scare me.  Much to fear...
8 With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
She's going around town in her aged Cadillac.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
*Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.
Alimony, alimony payin' your bills,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
* Chorus
Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
With the butler and the maid and the servants three.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
Nobody hears a single word you say.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
But you keep on talkin' till your dyin' day.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
* Chorus
Livin', Lovin', She's just a woman.
9 I am now going to ditch the Windows Vista.  Nero does not work, WinMX is giving me grief.
10 Windows Vista, you truly are a coy mistress.  You had so much promise...Thus so far you have done nothing but let me down.  I understand that you are still in the testing phase, and I have, I feel, done my share.  But, I think it is time to switch back to something I feel is stable and more fun to use.  Windows Server 2003 here I come!
Whoo!  I will probably set up a dual boot system for 2k3 and Vista, But that is only assuming I get motivated enough to burn these iso files, which I can not do with the simplicity, due to the lack of the Nero,  Grr...I guess I can use my Suse 10.1 box...Lord knows, that is how I did the first one...Hmmm...
Anyway
Goodnight sweet readers, and flights of angels to sing thee to thy rest...

Lump Lingered Last In Line For Brains

Original Title: Reading

I have decided to read 100 books in 365 days
Current:
Reading: Wicked ~ Gregory Maguire

Ladies And Gentleman

Music: Houses Of The Holy ~ Led Zeppelin
And I have the Inter-Webs at my command once again...
Yes, I am aware that this message is four days late...

It’s A Graveyard Smash!

BOO!
and now i die

Company, Always On The Run 1–To Run Or Not To Run

Original Title: Yet More Beta Surprises

Music: All Right Now ~ Bad Company

I downloaded the Office 2007 beta.  Trick is, I have to either up my computer to Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.  Seeing as how XP would only be to cut out a few of the things I would need to patch into 2003, it is not exactly going to be there long.  Trick is, I am happy with what I have, but I do want to play with the Office 2007.
Oh mythic goddess of the Internets, guide me...GUIDE ME!

Up Ahead In The Distance I Saw A Shimmering Light Part 3: Flipping The Board

Original Title: Vista - Revisited

Music: The Man's Too Stong ~ Dire Straits
Windows Vista irritated me to no end. 
An AMD Sempron 1.61 ghz processor, 512 MB RAM, 80 gb of hard disk space, and a 128 MB ATI Video Card were not enough.  You truly do consume resouces much in the same manner that a famine - stricken African child would consume the food at an all you can eat chinese buffet.
Needless to say, Windows 2000 Professional is once again running in all of it's smooth crash - free glory on my pretty.
Now, as soon as I can figure out how to port the stuff I actually liked to Win2K, I will be ecstatic.

Up Ahead In The Distance I Saw A Shimmering Light Part 2 - Brief Thoughts

Original Title: Windows Vista Screen Caps And Thoughts

Music: The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking ~ Roger Waters

I went and downloaded the open Windows Vista Beta last night. Here are my opinions from the first 24 hours with the Vista.

Personalization Main
The main page from the Personalization Page. It looks like an HTMLesque Linux inspired page.

Start Menu – At first glance it looks like something vaguely familiar.

Start Menu Screen 2
Clicking the "All Programs" takes you off to something truly bizzare. Instead of the menu style of Windows' past, it is more of a "Drop Down" style. Clicking on a category causes it to expand in a downward manner.

Personalization Screen Part 2
A Windows Vista Personalize Screen Tab Page. This was formerly the "Settings" tab-a-jigger, now just one tab on one page. Very stupid, very pointless.

Personalization Screen Part 3
Formerly the Appearance Manager, now just one tab on a page. Again, the pointless, single tab. Why? I know not. I prefer all of the tabs grouped on one page. Seems smarter, but that is just me

Make Firefox Default Browser? Yes!
Every time I open Mozilla Firefox, I get this Dialogue box. No IE open at all in between. Note the times…

Make Firefox Default Browser? Yes! Again!
One minute later, Firefox is still not the Default Browser!

Make iTunes the default media player? OOH! Bad Luck!
When attempting to set iTunes as the default player, I get an error. Error -50 no less. Did they have so many error messages that they had to start using the negative numbers?

Sidebar?
The sidebar is kind of cool, but it eats resources like an African kid who has not eaten for like a month.

Computer
The updated My Computer page. I kind of like the little bars that tell how full the drives are. Also it gives smallish amounts of computer information along the bottom of the screen.

Renaming a drive
Try to rename the drive, or do really anything of the sort, and you get a "You don't have permission to do such and such" dialogue box. Trick is, you click continue and it lets you go along with it anyway.




Go with it?
It is asking if I want to go through with the renaming of the drive, even though I don't have permission to do it. It let me do it, despite the lack of permissions. There's security if I ever heard it!

System Properties
The Main page of System Properties. It gives you basic system info. Processor, Networking, Ram, and of course, Windows related stuff.

Freecell
All of the Basic Windows games have gotten a serious face - lift. Different decks, backgrounds, and, get this, sound! Also, it gives you the option to save and restore games at exit, or anytime.

Solitaire
Also, a facelift from the classic Solitaire. The games look like they are updated versions from the Plus! Games pack that Microsoft released in about '99. I honestly expected for it to have been integrated into XP, but you know, whatever.

Minesweeper
It has sounds and colors that are not grey. Very nifty. I am impressed. Should have been done a long time ago.
After I have gotten more familiar with it, and used more of the things, I will write more stuffs about it.  Mostly in the next few days.

Another One’s Down

and another one is gone

I Am The Eye In The Sky

for some reason, i think me and the lj may be done for awhile...

The Game Never Ends When Your Whole World Depends On The Turn Of A Friendly Card

this is me still being alive

All Right Now, Baby It’s All Right Now

Music: Feel Like Makin' Love ~ Queen + Paul Rodgers
I want this
yesyesyes
That people still make the vinyl is simply amazering nowadays.

Love Hurts

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.
You will have your heart
broken probably more than once and it's
harder every time.
You'll break hearts too, so remember how
it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast,
and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much,
and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Repost this in 1 min with the title Love Hurts and something amazing will happen to you tomorrow...at 11:11 am

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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.
You will have your heart
broken probably more than once and it's
harder every time.
You'll break hearts too, so remember how
it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast,
and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much,
and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Repost this in 1 min with the title Love Hurts and something amazing will happen to you tomorrow...at 11:11 am
<i am curious as to what good could happen at 11:11 am whilst at work on the morrow. probably nothing.>

Hey Mickey

Original Title: Raptors

Look at the street, I have a new userpic!

Fritter And Waste The Hours In An Offhand Way

Original Title: Time is an illusion

Daylight savings time can go suck a chicken.
Or rather an entire plane filled with them.
Chicken sucking time change...It's killing me slowly, and for that I blame society. So, logically, society is killing me slowly.
Damn.

Had A Friend, She Once Told Me, You Got A Friend, You Ain’t Lonely

It just occured to me just how pathetic the myspace friends thing is. "username wants to be your friend!"
Wow.
Just wow.
Granted, considering the request in question, it seems fitting.

I’d Like A Cat Please

Subject: Figure it out, if you dare!

Igloo lima igloo kite egg shiny penguin egg lovely lovely igloo new groovy things heavy igloo new groovy shiny penguin heavy ostrich new egg things igloo cat anger lovely lovely yucatan

Where Were You

Original Title “BOO!”

have you had a violent moodswing today?exhausted

I bet I scared all of you!
This is me posting after how many months?
What is the best part?
The fact that no one seems to care!

Where Oh Werewolf

Original Title: Hi

As for yesterday...
I didn't. I couldn't. I died.

Lay Down The Boogie And Play That Funky Music Until You Die

Original Title: More of the things and such-ness...

I am having a great day today. Only had to work until 1.
Number of people dealt with: 0
Put the truck away, this chick who looks almost exactly like my crazy friend who moved to Colorado a while back came in. She's a nice kid. It was overall, a good day at work.
Before work I did indeed get to see my favorite Katie in the entire universe. That made me happy. The crazy vaguely stalkerish girl who is getting married was also working. that made marginally less happy. Ah well, can't control the schedule of a place I do not work.
Anyway, I took it upon myself to mow the grass after work, and now I am eating doughnuts and screwing about on the comp-U-tor. I just installed the drivers for my keyboard so I can use the scroll wheel again!
Whee!

Play That Funky Music Loud

Original Title: Things and such...

Look at me, it is 5:30 in the am and I am updating this. Very soon I shall go to the place and see the favorite Katie in all the universe and then go to work. Maybe this won't be like last week when she was not there. That threw my whole day out of whack. Ah well.
Work on Tuesday is the devil.
Nay. Work BE the devil!

Here I Go Again

Oh yeah.
I forgot I started on this hours (six to be marginally accurate) ago. I had something important to write about here abouts, but I have, in this haze of sleep and reading, forgotten completely about it.
I started reading the Birds of Prey comics, but I always stop when I hit the first missed issue (8) in this
case. So I am about to embark on the Nightwing which is at least 42 issues before a hole.
Contrary to the timestamp, it is 10:50 now

Take Me Out To The Black

Original Title: Shiny

Look at the street, it's all shiny, clean, and new!

He Was Willing To Make A Deal

Original Title: Look at the street it's time for you to shut your face!

It would appear that the store manager at the place wants to do an interview of sorts with me when she gets back from Ohio on Wednesday. I do not know if this is a good thing or a bad thing because the cat I did the interview with last week is the one in charge of the hiring. In theory.

He Was In A Bind Because He Was Way Behind

Original Title: Friends are the devil

It occurs to me that I should probably get some friends.
It occurs to me that I am okay with the above statement.
It occurs to me that I will probably do nothing about the above statement.
It occurs to me that I am okay with the above statement.
It occurs to me that I am repeating myself.
It occurs to me that I am okay with the above statement.
It occurs to me that I really need to shut up now.
It occurs to me that I am okay with the above statement.

MMMMBop

Original Title: Chicken, it's what's for dinner

I am crazy...
Crazy like a chicken!

Money…It’s A Gas

So I took it upon myself to actually give these Live Journal Cats some monies tonight. You know. Good stuff. Might actually make this thing look all strange and odd like now that I can.

We’re All Alright

It would appear that I have a job interview on the day of
the moon.  Good stuff.
We shall see what comes of this one...

Also, once again, posting from Excel.

Surely Make You Loose Your Mind

Original Title: Mad craziness right here

I am posting this via Microsoft Excel.  Why? Because
I can!

La La La La CRAP La La

This one cat at work accidentally told me something he was not supposed to tonight.
That was basically I had no future in my current job. This I have long suspected, but the look I gave him made him realize that I was unaware of the fact that it was an executive decision made by people who I do not actually see more than once in any given month. He looked at me, saw my reaction and said "...but I realize now that you did not actually know that, and it occurs to me that I was told not to tell you."
Thanks. It is entirely possible that the things were misunderstood, but I doubt it. The manager that the area supervisor told this to told the guy who told me not to tell me becuase he was afraid I would quit. Honestly, I am surprised I got where I am now.
Would I like to go further?
Kind of.
Translation: Yes, because I am good at what I do, and I could do the job better than any of the other Shift Managers at my store. No because of all of the people just above the store manager are always plotting and scheming and lying about this or that to their subordinates.
Ah the drama of working for a major corporation.

I Want You To Want Me

Led Zeppelin
October 15, 1968 - Live At Surrey, U.K.
April 01, 1971 - London - Heartbreaker
September 24, 1971 - Budokan - Light And Shade
1971 - Headley Grange
May 27, 1972 - Amsterdam - Zeppelin Digital 6
June 25, 1972 - Los Angeles - Burn That Candle
July 06, 1973 - Chicago - Second City Showdown
July 17, 1973 - Seattle - Dr. Zepp
July 28, 1973 - New York - Electric Magic
April 27, 1977 - Cleaveland - Destroyer
June 23, 1977 - Los Angeles - For Badgeholders Only
June 27, 1977 - Los Angeles - The Legendary End
June 29, 1980 - Zurich - Tour Over Europe
June 30, 1980 - Frankfurt - Hotter Than The Hindenburg
Jimmy Page
October 21, 1988 - Dayton - For Zeppelin Fans Only
Jimmy Page And Robert Plant
May 22, 1998 - Miami - Down By The Seaside
October 01, 1998 - New Orleans - Hurricane Rocks Cajun
Good shows. All. This list will be updated as I hear more stuff.

Custom Kitchen Deliveries

Original Title: pAsswOrds

"Your password must contain at least one number or symbol. Your password is too easy to guess. It's recommended that you change it, otherwise you risk having your journal hijacked."
I would do that, if I could remember the password in question when I need to. My logic is I can not remember the password, so I can't care that much.

When I Was Burned And Broken

Original Title: Jesus H.

This is me being still alive.
How is that for surprising?

Do The Walk

"You may have noticed that Jack is not with us tonight.
We had to get a stand-in, and I am very sorry about this. Last minute stand-in.
He's never played at Wembley before.
He's the best we could do. You know.
But, he has played before.
Eric Clapton!"
Mark Knopfler makes me laugh sometimes.

It's A Great Day

Let's see.
Discovered that there was a new C&C collection out. Normally those do not interest me, but seeing as how it included every game, I had to buy it. On account that the first two were more or less DOS-specific. Went to Starbucks. Bought the game.

Then the tax check came. Went to the bank. Dealt with that. Went to the Starbucks.

Discovered that the crazy friend who moved to Colorado about 6 months back was back in town for a few days. Worked that one out when she ran up behind me and scared the hell out of me by grabbing on to me and holding on and being very excited(?) or just crazy for a few moments. Then she had to leave to go back to Colorado.

Went to the Target to buy the iPod. Discovered that cost more than I could spend on the card for any given day. Going to the bank to get cash monies to buy that mug early on in the morning.

Went home for awhile.

Went back out to the Starbucks. The favorite Katie in the whole universe (yes, she got promoted again) was not working. That, I assume, is because she has to work early in the morning (yay! get to see the Katie in the morning), so I was not too put out.

Went to the Meijer way far away from the home. Discovered that the ignition switch in the Jeep that I just had replaced went out. Sucketh. Got the ride from the brother.

It's a great day.

-Watch out for snakes!

Good Times…

Hah!
I have my LJ back.
I have my font back. It looks like I want it to look again.
Go world!

MM, I Get High With A Little Help From My Friends

I need a drug habit.
That way I will have some excuse when I say or write or do something and someone just looks at me and says "Dude? What the fuck? Where did that even come from?"
As it is, I just blame it on society, or further proof of how far my mind has escaped me these last few years (if you are someone I have had dealings with during the last couple of years). Some people say I am freakishly creative, some people hand me a drug test form.
If only I had the drug habit.
Also, despite being what appears to be the crack-cocaine of the Interwebs, Myspace is not considered a drug. Which is fine. Myspace is, as was previously mentioned, THE DEVIL. Or so I am told.
Where I am concerned, it looks more like a Livejournal clone that very few people acutally know how to use properly. They seem to have turned it into a web-based instant messenger. Got news for you cats, it is called AIM express (http://www.aimexpress.aol.com).
I mean cripes, what is the deal cats?
So, goodnight cats.

We’re Just Two Lost Souls Swimming In A Fish Bowl Year After Year

So this friend of mine who allegedly wants nothing to do with me, but I found this out through her sister who hates loathes and detests me and had issues with our relationship has been spending the time on the AIM.
I am half tempted to actually IM her to find out what is the deal, but after two and half years of silence from her, I really don't care.
Mostly for closure.
Ah well. Time to be done.
*Look at the street, this is me correcting a misspelling!*

I Read The News Today

Original Title: Enough Said

I’m Fixing A Hole

I have just created the worst product ever.
Tobaccoroni 'N Cheese.
Enough said.

He’ll Try To Keep His Sanity

Original Title: Dear Japan

Dear Japan,
Bite me!
Love
Prince Of Space
I am in the midst of aquiring every episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
At present I have 31 out of 197 which puts me just shy of 6.5% of the way there.
Good luck me.
But I should have 6 more coming in the next couple of days.

We Opened The Window, Played Some Nintendo

Original Title: Tops of Desks…

So, yeah
Just decided to completely change the look and feel of the desktop on the computer.

Still the Windows 2000

Sittin' On This Bar Stool Talkin' Like A Damn Fool

Original Title: Much fun to be had

Whoo
I am painting my room. It was formerly white with water and smoke damage. It will soon be white with white. This makes me glad.

I am also attempting to download every epsiode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and burn them onto DVDs. My only regret so far is that I only got one spindle when the Target had them on sale for $15.98 per 50 pack.

Ah well. Time to go and eat something now because the paint fumes are making me high.

Also, the Jeep has a gas leak. Getting that fixed now. Fun stuff indeed.