| Monday, October 12th, 2009 |
| 8:09 pm |
Resuming vertical position.
I got really sick this weekend. I'm feeling a lot better now, but on saturday I was drifting in and out of consciousness all day and could barely stand up, among other things. Now I'm all better except for some excessive gas and a recurring pain around my diapraghm. That comes and goes. ANd I'm always feeling really hot or cold. Plus the bleeding from various openings -mouth, nose, anus, penis, ears, etc- plus a few spots that just suddenly opened up on my wrists and little dots in a circle around my head. It's really messy and I'm not sure I'm drinking enough to balance out the water loss from that. And I have to keep my skin wet or I start spontaneously combusting. That does not go well with the temperature problem I'm also having. Has anyone had this before? |
| Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 |
| 10:15 am |
Ant supercolony conquering globe
But that's not important. I have serendipitously stumbled upon a novel online. http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htmI found it well written and engrossing. Its principal themes are tangentially related to the rat in my head. I suddenly notice in retrospect that I tend to like stories with protagonists who are psychologically unusual. Brad, you will find that Davin has the Wasp Factory. It should come as no surprise to residents of California that a supercolony of Argentine ants has spread worldwide. The parallel is not intential. |
| Monday, June 22nd, 2009 |
| 12:31 am |
New machine
My old computer's been getting a little creaky lately so I upgraded. I'm currently in the process of beating the new one into submission, which should take a day or two. The new one's much more powerful than the old one but also much bigger, so I'll still have use for my old machine as a rover. |
| Thursday, February 12th, 2009 |
| 11:25 pm |
memefail
( Valentine's )Amazingly many of those answers actually make sense, though a couple of them might not be accurate. |
| Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 |
| 1:23 pm |
I can't ride my bike with no handlebars
I was riding a bit earlier when the handlebars suddenly fell off my bike. I did not expect this to happen, so I immediately lost control and crashed. Thankfully I was wearing gloves or else I'd have some shiny stigmata on each hand right now. As it is I only skinned an elbow. I shoved the handlebar back on and carefully made my way back home to where my tools were. About halfway there I noticed I no longer had my keys on me. They fell out of my pocket in the accident. I had to go all the way back to the crash site to retrieve them and then go back home again, carefully because the bar kept slipping. I'm pretty sure I fixed the problem that caused it to fall off. However, there was a secondary effect which somehow fixed my loose rear brake and loosened my good front brake. I know how to fix that, but my allen wrench seems to be missing the proper size key. I am running low on potatoes and will have to get more next time I go shopping. |
| Monday, December 8th, 2008 |
| 5:12 am |
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| Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 |
| 7:56 pm |
Even though it's over a month away...
I see people are starting to post their Christmas wish lists. This year, the one thing I really want is a cheese basket. You know the ones, the festive wicker baskets containing an assortment of packaged cheeses that are often given out as gifts to people who you don't know well enough to give a real gift to. I've never gotten one of those. Some socks or a maybe necktie might be nice too. edit: Seriously, I really mean it. This actually isn't sarcasm. |
| Sunday, November 9th, 2008 |
| 2:58 am |
Kill me!
I while back I registered on an online social site catering to certain tastes. As a joke I put down snuff(receiving) as one of my interests. I completely forgot about the whole site for months, but then just yesterday I got a mail telling me I got a personal message. Someone inquired with very many question marks that I was into receiving and went on to speculate that I was just curious. I decided the best response was no response at all. Either I'm just being lazy or I'm roleplaying as someone who really is into receiving snuff and has already done so. Curious, I did a tag search and found there were a total of 18 people on the site (counting myself) who had listed some sort of interest in snuff. Most were just curious, some were into giving, but I was the only one who had listed an interest in receiving. I guess I really shouldn't find it strange that many more people are interested in killing than in being killed. I'm sure some of them are just trolling like me, but some of them might be serious. All I know for sure is I got at least one person to go wtf at me getting off on getting killed. I'm not really into snuff, by the way, in case anyone was wondering. Some of you have probably guessed that not all of my LJ interests are completely serious either. |
| Monday, October 6th, 2008 |
| 7:19 pm |
Adventure
On Saturday I jumped a barbed wire fence because it was faster than going around. Never done that before. |
| Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 |
| 10:01 pm |
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| Sunday, July 27th, 2008 |
| 3:14 am |
Adventure
I went on another of my little excursions today after a hiatus of a few weeks. I could use the exercise and I managed to get some stuff too. I got run over by a paramedic on the way there. I skinned my knee fairly painfully but I didn't need medical assistance. The paramedic seemed even more embarrassed than I was. This incident reminds me of a premonition I once had of my own death, which is supposed to happen ten years from now under similar circumstances. I overate today but partially balanced that out by exerting myself more. Should try harder to lose weight. |
| Saturday, June 21st, 2008 |
| 1:00 am |
I suppose I'm supposed to
Leave your name in my blog comments. Once you do that, this is what I'll do ..... 1. I'll respond with something random about you. 2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of. 3. I'll pick a kind of alcoholic beverage to share with you. 4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. (if possible. if not, I'll say something that only makes sense to me.) 5. I'll tell you my first memory of you. 6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of. 7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you. 8. If you play, you MUST post this on your blog. |
| Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 |
| 9:39 pm |
Mission Accomplished, pt 2
We all went to some bar in celebration. It wasn't my idea, obviously. Everyone got drunk and stayed up till midnight watching the hockey game. Lakers defeated the Celtics, but I can't remember the score. Since I don't drink I ended up driving everyone home. Everyone who knows me in person should know what's wrong with that. Tomorrow we're going to Philadelphia. And here I am without a camera. I came here expecting to work. Silly me. |
| 12:43 pm |
Mission accomplished
The flight landed safely, in case anyone was wondering. I'm currently in New Jersey and I just completed the task I was allotted four days to do this morning. Now it's paid vacation time. |
| Thursday, April 24th, 2008 |
| 8:51 pm |
Gordian network
After days of trying to figure out how to crack the password on the wireless (I know nothing about wardriving), I walked up to the router and plugged a cable in. Worked like a charm. |
| 12:25 pm |
Out of shape
I just got my bike out of storage. My legs aren't used to bike riding anymore, so I'll have to take some time to recondition. I also managed to gain ten pounds in the last year which I'd like to get rid of, and then some. About the only area where I have definitely improved was upper body strength. Seems loading and unloading multiple tons of supplies by hand one 80 pound box at a time will help in that area. |
| Saturday, April 19th, 2008 |
| 11:04 pm |
I only want to say
If there is a way.
When I left the song Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar kept running through my head. Now that I'm coming back it's happening again. I'm not even a christian.
Take this cup away from me, for I don't want to taste its poison.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to leave the war behind and rejoin my friends, but I have a feeling I'm just trading one hell for another. On a tangent, for a while now I've been bothered by a feeling of anxiety brought on by a vague idea that I am failing to meet the expectations of some higher power. On the bright side I'm pretty sure there's a solution. |
| Saturday, April 12th, 2008 |
| 3:32 am |
Breathe
I've been sick the last few days. Coughing, nasal congestion, shortness of breath, and some muscle aches. Really got in the way of moving all that baggage around. Fortunately the weather in New Jersey is really warm and humid, so my lungs are feeling much better now. |
| Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 |
| 6:30 pm |
My boring life
I had two boiled eggs at breakfast this morning after going six months without seeing a real egg. They tasted just like ordinary boiled eggs. It turns out customs doesn't mind if you bring a machete. I was a bit worried about losing it but it turned out not to be a problem. I have some other junk too but nothing I have is really important. |
| Thursday, March 6th, 2008 |
| 12:15 am |
The future is now
This evening I paid in cash for a chicken crisp meal (no cheese) from Burger King, receiving for change two ordinary cardboard quarters and a holographic nickel. A holographic nickel. The face shows what appears to be a B2 bomber flying in front of the Gateway Arch. I have to wonder what possessed them to put so much work into the smallest available denomination, especially after they stopped using metal coinage in order to save money. |
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