Coffee drinking geek.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 06:55:40 GMT

Stolen from starsoid

Ok, so you bold what is true for you, italicise what you wish was true, and add one thing that is true of yourself to the list.

I miss somebody right now.
I don't watch much TV these days.
I own lots of books.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I've watched porn movies.
I have been in a threesome. (C'mon I'm just being honest ;-) )
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I'm TOTALLY smart. (Hehe)
I've broken someone's bones.
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
I'm paranoid at times.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I talk really, really fast.
I have fresh breath in the morning.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I like the way that I look. (No point fighting it)
I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
I know how to cornrow.
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I think prostitution should be legalized.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
I have a lot of friends.
I am currently single.
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants. (PJs only)
I love to shop.
I would rather shop than eat.
I would classify myself as ghetto.
I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in (a) God.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I currently like someone.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
I have at least 5 away messages saved.
I have tried alcohol or drugs before.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
I enjoy some country music.
I would die for my best friends. (Tough call, depends alot on circumstance involved)
I watch soap operas whenever I can.
I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I know all the words to Slick Rick's "Children?s Story".
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
I have dated a close friend's ex.
I like surveys/memes.
I am happy at this moment.
Democrat.
Conservative Republican.
I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
I study for tests most of the time.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car. (Well, kinda)
I love my job.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
I believe in prophetic dreams.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I am proficient on a musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I think water rules.
I went to college out of state.
I am a pyro.
I have thrown up from crying too much.
I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people and have been hurt every time.
I adore bright colors.
I love Dear Abby.
I think school is awesome.
I think pigtails serve a purpose.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.!!!!!
I usually like covers better than originals.
I don't like multi-textured ice cream.
I watch Food Network way too much.
I love coaching youth sports.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I love vaginas.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with. (Only 1???)
I am a caffeine junkie.
I know who Santos L. Halper is.
I read trashy romance novels and I am ashamed.
I love wrestling.
I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I'm proud of at least one original work I created more than five years ago.
I am never satisfied with anything i do.
I am an animal lover.
I have a boyfriend.
I am going to see a band tonight. Yay!!!
I think geeks are cool.

The Geek is Back.

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:44:45 GMT

Yes I am returned! TA-DA! Yes everyone can now rejoice and sing merrily for I am back to bestow my blessing and bring good cheer and much merriment to LJ.

Well actually I never really went anywhere, but that doesn't matter. Can you tell it's Friday night and I'm REALLY tired? Well to summarise the last few months since I last posed: works great, works very busy, can I have a holiday yet?

Some random thought, discoveries, and events that from the last few months (in no particular order):

System of a Down kicks ass.
Never ride up 46 levels in an elevator with a head cold.
Lost (the TV series) is really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, ad infinitum... stupid.
I got my name in print (thank you sunlikeblood)! My 15 minutes of fame has now come and gone.
It's really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, ad infinitum... good to see Collingwood nearly get the wooden spoon. LOL, even Richmond beat ya guys... I mean come on! Ahhh, I giggled my little head off over that one.
Bill Hicks is a really funny guy and it's a shame he's dead. Given the current state of the world I think the world could do with someone like him right now. To quote H. Allen Smith: "... we believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be."
It's good to be working again but I just haven't caught up with friends enough lately.
People who make bad coffee for a living should be publically tortured and crucified. Yes, I'm serious!
I love my iPod. Which reminds me, does anyone know of any good Tech/Geek podcasts? Don't say TWiT, they're all bloody twits and I didn't like it - lots of crap and not much in the way of tech.

That's all for now, but I will be back soon. Betcha can't wait huh? You know I'm right.

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:43:04 GMT

You are a MASTER of the English language!

Huzzah. While your English is not exactly
perfect, you are still more grammatically
correct than just about every American. Others
admire the way you speak and could learn a lot
from listening to you. Still, there is always
room for improvement...

How grammatically correct are you? (Revised with answer key)
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Hooray.

Tue, 24 May 2005 10:37:06 GMT

Yay, I finally got my degree. The actual piece of paper that is. Bit of an anti-climax after all this time, but still it's nice to have it and finally close that chapter of my life.

Went away on the weekend to the Grampians and my little boy was sick the whole weekend. Neverless his determination to have a good time in the bush was amazing. He gets up in the morning full up with the flu and coughing his head off. We get in the car a drive for a while to a nice waterfall, he gets out of the car and promptly vomits everywhere. Less than two minutes later he's all fired up and ready to go walking. We made sure he only did a short walk, but then he complained, between coughs, that he wanted to do something longer. He was so sick, but by god he was going to have a good time.

On another note I also bought him an electronic light-sabre. Awesome toy, wish I had one when I was young. Now if I could only get him to put it down for 2 minutes!

Brag time

Fri, 20 May 2005 10:41:39 GMT

Time to brag: I got to hand feed a giraffe a couple of weeks ago. Way cool!

I'm alive

Fri, 20 May 2005 10:18:30 GMT

Whew, this working full time thing can't be good for your health. Well a month into it and I can finally get through the week without being unconscious by Friday. It's hard work when you haven't worked full time for 2.5 years. I am enjoying myself immensely though. It's not only great to be back in the full time workforce, but it's awesome to actually have a job that's putting my degree and education in general to use. It's very rewarding knowing that all of the work over the last few years is actually paying off. I've also now officially graduated, so I have letters after my name now. What I'm ever going to use them for I don't know, but I like them anyway. :-)

On a fun note, I bought an iPod with my first pay packet. WOOHOO! THESE THINGS ARE AWESOME. It's only been a few days since I bought it, but already I'm not sure how I ever survived without one. It's a huge pain in the ass getting all my CDs on to it, very slow. I think I might have to invest in a 1394 port.

One thing I've found really interesting is peoples attitudes to me when dressed for work. That is dressed in a suit, and without trying to sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet, I do wear a suit well so I can look extremely professional when I want to. But anyway people in general, but especially in shops, are so much friendlier and helpful than if I was wearing my normal "street" clothes. People really do judge books by their covers, and on extremely superficial grounds. If I notice this much difference just from my suit, I can only imagine what life is like in some sort of minority group. Very sad, and extremely pathetic, that people behave this way.

Movie sub-titles

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:32:07 GMT

I was watching Hero on DVD last night and I'm wondering if movie sub-title translators get paid by the word? In case you haven't seen it yet (do so), there are quite a few martial art fight scences where there's no dialogue, or at least very little. I got the impression during these that the person doing the sub-titles got bored with having nothing to do. I mean why else would you attempt to translate things like "aagh", or "yaaaaagh"? It was really quite amusing to read these. I don't need to understand Chinese in order to interpret a Chinese person screaming. It was very bizarre.

Shopping

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:57:15 GMT

Well that was an expensive outing! Just got home from suit shopping and now I'm broke! Roll on my first payday. Managed to get a couple of really nice suits, not that two are going to last long, I'm going to have to go back and repeat this whole thing very soon. I was really happy to find a great menswear shop though with a really switched on guy who knew his stuff. Looked me up and down a picked out exactly the right size straight off, no mucking about trying on five things to find the right one.

I must say though, damn I look good in a suit. ;-) Not that you would necessarily think that to look at me normally, but there you go, can't judge a book (or in this case geek) by it's cover.

I got a job!

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:34:02 GMT

Woohoo, I finally got a good job offer today. After many years of study and four months of job hunting it's all going to start paying off. I am so incredibly and totally stoked right now. So I am now officially a Graduate Consultant (in software solutions/development).

It was really a case of accepting the first job offer that was any good, simply so I could get into the industry and get some experience. If the job turned out to be crap I was planning on sticking it out for 12 months and then look at moving. Experience is everything! But thankfully as it turns out this company seems to be really good, with plenty of room for movement and growth. So hopefully I will stick it out with them for some time. If nothing else they are cashed up, I have never worked for a company that actually has surpluss cash.

The building I am working in is in the city and smack on top of the train station, so nice and easy. No need to go outside during winter. Not to mention I have to walk straight past a Borders store each and every day, now that will suck! Not! God my SO used to hate my book budget when I travelled on the train, it's probably a good thing I'll be earning so much more now, I'm going to need it.

Who is it?

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:29:09 GMT

Can whoever it is with the voodoo doll please STOP IT! The pin through the eye is really starting to piss me off. It fucking hurts already OK! Enough!

News scoop!

Sun, 03 Apr 2005 23:29:09 GMT

In a weird new theory, Lars Ulrich, Melallica drummer and all round tosser, is believed to be the love child of Billy Joel. Don't believe me? You decide: Lars Ulrish, and Billy Joel. Huh, spooky isn't it. Not so stupid now am I.

Spooky but true.

MOTD:
When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

Merde! What a great idea!

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:39:49 GMT

This is one of the most intelligent and well thought out things I've read in a long time.

Drama Queen

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:42:39 GMT

I feel so stressed! bruised_heel said they wanted to go to a concert but they changed their mind :-(.

What sucks is that Thursday at school I got in a huge fight with sunlikeblood.

And also I don't know why thatgothgrrl went all psycho over me and beckerbuns having a little fun.

Oh and I gave everybody my wishlist of computer hardware for my birfday, but nobody bought me anything :-(.

Hey and know what? the other day was my birthday and nobody noticed or gave me presents or wished me happy birthday :-(.

Oh yeah. someone at work found out I was into anime and I think that's why I got fired :-(.

This entry automatically generated by the LJ Drama Generator! (Link stolen from beckerbuns)

Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:51:29 GMT

Stolen from bruised_heel

x THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THEN REPOST.

(X) snuck out of the house
(X) gotten lost in your city
(X) saw a shooting star
(X) been to any other countries besides the United States
( ) had a serious surgery
( ) gone out in public in your pajamas
(X) kissed a stranger
( ) hugged a stranger
(X) been in a fist fight
( ) been arrested
(X) done drugs
(X) had alcohol
(X) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
( ) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
( ) made out in an elevator
( ) slept in an elevator
( ) swore at your parents
( ) kicked a guy where it hurts
(X) been in love
(X) been close to love
(X) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
(X) broken a bone
(X) been high
( ) skinny-dipped
(X) skipped school
( ) flashed someone
( ) saw a therapist
( ) done the splits
( ) played spin the bottle
( ) gotten stitches
(X) had an IV
( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
( ) bitten someone
( ) been to Niagara Falls
(X) gotten the chicken pox
(X) kissed a member of the opposite sex
(X) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) crashed into a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
(X) ridden in a taxi
(X) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
(X) been fired
( ) had a crush on someone of the same sex
(X) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
(X) stole something from your job
( ) gone on a blind date
(X) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
( ) been to Europe
(X) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
(X) had children
( ) saw someone die
( ) been to Africa
(X) Driven over 400 miles in one day
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Thrown up in a bar
(X) Purposely set a part of yourself on fire
(X) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been snowboarding
( ) Met someone in person from the internet
(X) Been moshing at a rock show
(X) Cut yourself on purpose
( ) Been to a moto cross show
( ) lost a child
(X) gone to college
(X) graduated college
( ) done hard drugs
( ) tried killing yourself
(X) taken painkillers
(X) love someone or miss someone right now

QOTD:
Save energy: be apathetic.

Bored bored bored...

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 01:08:32 GMT

I just couldn't be bothered today. I'm tired and bored and it's too hot outside to do any of the jobs i was planning. So instead I will sit here infront of my computer, listen to some cool tunes, and bash away at the keyboard and amuse myself.

Lalalalalalala... Bored...

Hey I was watching the world news the other night and I have come to the conclusion that to be a world leader you must fit into one of three standard moulds. These are:

The normal looking dope: This is the leader who looks like a normal everyday guy/girl. The kind of person that you instinctively like and trust. The problem is this category of person is also a complete dope, totally incapable of stringing a coherent sentence together, let alone running a country. How they come to power: similing like the cheshire cat and kissing babies a lot!

The capable throwback: This leader is the one who can and usually does get the job done, and does it regardless of whether the decisions are popular. The drawback of this category is that they look like some kind of genetic throwback. Intelligent and capable? Yes most definitely. Looks like they just crawled out the primordial swamp and learnt to walk upright. Shit yes!

The gun totting thug: Yep there's no stop to what you can acheive with a small well equipped army that are happy to shot and pistol whip even their owns mothers. I hesitate to call this one a world leader, because they really aren't leading anyone. This is just thuggery at is most extreme.

So there you have it. Got dream of world domination? Well unless you fit into one of these categories, forget it. You have no hope of ever coming to power.

OK now a gripe. Why is it that music players for computers that come with preset equalizers all have really shitty settings? Playing around with the preset levels on Windows Media Player and I don't think the people that make these have a clue. I've got Mettalica on so I give the "metal" setting a try. It's so tinny it's awful. At least listen to some metal when you create the levels and make sure it's OK for cryin' out loud.

OK well that passed a few minutes...
I am eclecticgeek...
That is all...
Goodbye...

P.S. Somewhere out there in this big bright world of ours there's a guy called Nigel who is having a </i>really</i> bad day. Spare a thought for poor old Nigel today as you go about you're busy life.

P.P.S. Feel free to post links to stupid timewasting websites. PLEASE.

QOTD:
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. -- Voltaire

OMG what have I done.

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:51:28 GMT

Well after years of resisting, I have finally succumbed to the lure that is eBay. I was in the garage the other day and spied some old board games (RPG type ones) from many years ago, stuff that I was very close to throwing in the bin some time ago. These are all games that you can’t buy anymore, but regardless of that fact I really didn’t think they were worth anything and certainly not worth keeping. I sure as shit won’t be playing them again; God the amount of time we used to spend playing this type of thing. So anyway I thought what the hell, lets give eBay a try on just one of them and see what happens. Well I have it listed and it’s made its way to $26 so far, but there is still 7-8 days left, so plenty of time for bidding to increase yet. There is actually 7 people watching the item, so I do expect it to go up in price more. But, and this is what has me dumbfounded, people spend the most ridiculous amounts of money on crap. I mentioned I have several of these games but I’ve only listed one for now. Well as it happens several other people have listed one of the other titles I have here. One of these auctions finished over the weekend for an astounding $61! Another still has a day or so left, but is up to $81. I didn’t pay that much for the game brand new, and that was about 17 years ago. All I can say is that I will most definitely be cleaning more crap out of the garage, there much money here. I figure with the titles I have here there's several hundred dollars minimum I can make here, and to think I was that close to throwing the whole lot in the bin!

Public Notice

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:38:46 GMT

Notice to all SPAMMERS: No I do not want a fucking Rolex watch. You have been told, now kindly send this shit to someone else. Thank you.

Quote

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:53:11 GMT

I'm currently read "Vernon God Little" and found this passage quite amusing. Now tell me honestly you don't have to deal with several of these "spazzos" on a daily basis. Had to share:

I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge. Look at the way things are. I'm no fucken genius or anything, but these spazzos are in charge of my every twitch. What I'm starting to think is maybe only the dumb are safe in this world, the ones who roam with the herd, without thinking about every little thing. But see me? I have to think about every little fucken thing.

"It's MY head!"

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:51:59 GMT

Stolen from bountifulpots (or BountifulPots for BCers).

You scored as Mindfuck. Congratulations, you scored Mindfuck. You've probably seen a lot of movies, and have grown to hate mainstream shit. You're looking for the movie that will leave you breathless, and with 21 questions to think about. Check out: Donnie Darko, Being John Malkovich, Pulp Fiction, Memento.

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Artistic

70%

Mindfuck

70%

Drama/Suspense

60%

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

30%

Sadistic Humour

30%

Mindless Action Flick

15%

Romantic Comedy

10%

Movie Recommendation.
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My little boy is not so little anymore!

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:25:05 GMT

Scary parent day, my little boy started school today. All of the preps look so small in their school uniforms with their huge school bags. Very cute though. He is so tired at the end of the day though, not sure how is going to make it through an entire week. My god how did we get to this age so quickly.

Another scary thought: No job yet and it only takes a few hours each day to catch up on the job listings, so what the hell am I going to do with my days now he is at school? My thoughts so far include getting the bike out again and starting to get back into shape, or, watching Oprah and doing the bored house wife (husband) thing and getting drunk every afternoon. Hehe, not really. Anyone need any custom software solutions at a very competitive price?

More...

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:51:51 GMT

Not much been happening lately. The job hunt continues and is (finally) starting to look promising. My resume is finally starting to get me some responses, I guess it was just a case of continual fine tuning until the BS sounded "right". Now I just have to get the interview BS the same way and I should be set! I was also reading an encouraging article yesterday that indicates the IT industry (in Oz at least) is looking up for 2005 and a lot of companies will be hiring this year. So long as they don't leave it too long. I'm not waiting all bloody year for a job. I have had some offers of short term contract work, but so far nothing that will actually help in the direction I want to head, so for better or worse I've turned it down. If nothing else, it would just make looking for full time work harder, and I'm not that desperate for work just yet.

Off camping for a few days this weekend. My son starts school next week, which is scary as hell, so one last chance to go away before we get stuck in the school holiday cycle. That is going to shit me no end. I hate going away at those time of the year, and now that's going to pretty much be it. Except of course the normal short weekends away, but that's only ever a couple of days. Can't go too far in that time.

Fortune cookie for today:
To get something clean, one has to get something dirty.
To get something dirty, one does not have to get anything clean.

How weird are you?

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 03:26:53 GMT

Of all the weird test takers:
60% are more weird, (this includes you sunlikeblood)
11% are just as weird, and
29% are more normal than you!

What me worry?
RIP Kelly Freas

Todays fortune cookie:
A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.
Buy the negatives at any price.

Tsunami/Earthquake

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:50:05 GMT

I'm simply amazed and shocked by the events in the Asian region. I have no idea if anyone actually reads this here journal of mine, but if you do I implore you to donate to one of the relief funds. Contact your local Red Cross if you don't know who to give to. They will be able to take money of your hands and put it to good use.

Over 75,000 dead so far and counting. I can't comprehend this at all. Entire communities wiped out. It's bad enough now, but it will only get worse over time when huge chucks of the population is wiped out. Very difficult to rebuild a country after this type of tragedy when you no longer even have the people to rebuild. Entire generations and skillsets gone! Not to mention the disease that will run rampant over the coming months.

So I say again, please give generously. Think of all the crap you just bought for xmas and all the money you spent. Surely you can spare some more for people who really do need it.

Evil mini me.

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:40:34 GMT

Like my new evil, coffee drinking, sword wielding, vampiric, lego mini eclecticgeek picutre? What a great time waster for a Friday. Check them out on this site. Create your own Lego man (or woman) instead of working. Much more fun, and satisfying.

Now, I guess I really should go and do something constructive. The toilet is not going to clean itself, I've tried that before and it doesn't work. Dammit!

Todays fortune:
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Muzac

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:15:16 GMT

So I went to the pub last night to see some guys (sunlikeblood) band play. Not too shabby. If you're in Melbourne next time they play, check 'em out. Of course, the bass playing was a bit so-so. *ducks for cover*

Todays fortune:
Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.