| Today's observation. |
[03 Nov 2009|04:20pm] |
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The breakroom fridge at work is truly American. It contains nothing but mayonnaise and six-packs of Budweiser.
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| Grah. |
[20 Aug 2009|10:54am] |
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I really need to learn to not care when customers insist on doing stupid things that are going to hurt someone. Maybe I could manage it if I knew they were only going to set themselves on fire.
-Adam
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| *yawns* |
[09 Aug 2009|08:25pm] |
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Home from work, exhausted, and in need of some company. Anyone feel like calling me, or coming over?
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| Annoyed. |
[02 Aug 2009|07:59pm] |
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Is it allowed to be annoyed when served inedibly cold and burnt tempura in a Japanese restaurant, then be irritated enough to not leave a tip when they attempt to charge you for it anyway?
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| Half Blood Prince: The Film of the Book |
[15 Jul 2009|08:07pm] |
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Just got back from seeing it. Overall, I enjoyed it, though some of the things they left out are going to make the next two movies even more lengthy and complex. Evanna Lynch is utterly wonderful as Luna, as always. Gambon still is off somehow as Dumbledore, but he always has been, and at least we're done with him now. They cut Luna doing Quidditch commentary, which makes me kind of sad. More thoughts later.
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| Argh. |
[08 Jul 2009|07:43am] |
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Note to self: Never watch Bloodhound Gang music videos before work. You will get 'The Bad Touch' and 'Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo' stuck in your head, and start singing them out loud.
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| Rollercoaster Tour |
[23 Jun 2009|08:18pm] |
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My dad and I are planning a trip for 2012, involving riding as many rollercoasters as possible. If anyone's curious, here's the preliminary route and stops.
Part 1 is here.
Part 2 is here.
Apologies for the lack of embedded maps. The way Google Maps presents them, they're not possible to have in Livejournal entries.
-Adam
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| Tired |
[23 Jun 2009|08:11pm] |
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Yet another long, boring, and pointless day. At least I got some work done, for once.
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Stolen from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gridlore |
[18 Jun 2009|01:49pm] |
Two rules:
1: You are only allowed to answer 'yes' or 'no'.
2: You are not allowed to explain your answers unless someone messages you and asks for an explanation.
Kissed any one of your LiveJournal friends? — yes
Been arrested? — no
Kissed someone you didn't like? — no
Slept in until 5 PM? — yes
Fallen asleep at work/school? — yes
Held a snake? — yes
Ran a red light? — no
Been suspended from school? — no
Experienced love at first sight? — yes
Totaled your car in an accident? — no
Been fired from a job? — yes
Fired somebody? — no
Sung karaoke? — yes
Pointed a gun at someone? — no
Did something you told yourself you wouldn't? — yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? — yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? — yes
Kissed in the rain? — yes
Had a close brush with death (your own)? — yes
Saw someone die? — no
Played Spin-the-Bottle? — yes
Smoked a cigar? — no
Sat on a rooftop? — yes
Smuggled something into another country? — no
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? — yes
Broken a bone? — no
Skipped school? — yes
Eaten a bug? — no
Sleepwalked? — yes
Walked on a moonlit beach? — yes
Ridden a motorcycle? — yes
Dumped someone? — yes
Forgotten your anniversary? — yes
Lied to avoid a ticket? — no
Ridden in a helicopter? — no
Shaved your head? — no
Blacked out from drinking? — no
Played a prank on someone? — yes
Hit a home run? — yes
Felt like killing someone? — yes
Cross-dressed? — yes
Been falling-down drunk? — no
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? — no
Eaten snake? — no
Marched/protested? — yes
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? — no
Puked on an amusement ride? — no
Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? — no
Been in a band? — no
Knitted? — yes
Been on TV? — yes
Shot a gun? — no
Skinny-dipped? — no
Given someone stitches? — no
Eaten a whole habenero pepper? — no
Ridden a surfboard? — no
Drunk straight from a liquor bottle? — yes
Had surgery? — no
Streaked? — no
Been taken by ambulance to a hospital? — no
Tripped on mushrooms? — no
Passed out when NOT drinking? — yes
Peed on a bush? — yes
Donated Blood? — no
Grabbed electric fence? — no
Eaten alligator meat? -- no
Eaten cheesecake? — yes
Killed an animal when not hunting? — yes
Peed your pants in public? — no
Snuck into a movie without paying? -- no
Written graffiti? — no
Still love someone you shouldn't? — yes
Think about the future? — yes
Been in handcuffs? — no
Believe in love? — yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? — yes
Wow, I'm boring.
-Adam
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| Followup to the previous post |
[03 Jun 2009|08:48pm] |
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I did some more research, and this machine has a decidedly odd RAM configuration. Apparently half of each DIMM bank is on the riser card, and half is on the system board. It won't boot without at least one full bank of DIMMs. Hopefully it'll work once I get the riser card, and can actually fully populate at least one DIMM bank.
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| Today's fiasco. |
[03 Jun 2009|07:17pm] |
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So I buy a server off eBay, listed as having 4 CPUS and 4GB RAM. It gets here, and no CPUs or RAM are installed. I email the seller, and they ship me off the CPUs and RAM. I download the service manual, and it turns out that there's a riser card with 8 RAM sockets on it, which I also don't have. Email again, and they ship that. I got the CPUs and RAM today, and they've just been thrown loose into a box full of styrofoam packing peanuts, meaning that at least some of the DIMMs are probably dead from static electricity. If it doesn't work when the other card gets here, I'm shipping the whole damned thing back at the seller's expense, and asking in the firmest possible terms for my money back.
Ugh. Next time I mention wanting to buy something on eBay, please shoot me.
-Adam
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| Notes for a Werewolf: The Forsaken chronicle. |
[17 Apr 2009|08:47pm] |
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Just posting some notes here on a chronicle I'm designing. Feel free to comment or make suggestions.
The chronicle is set around a small college, in a relatively rural area. There's a small town nearby, but mostly it's there to support the college.
A few weeks before the chronicle starts, the werewolf pack whose territory included the campus vanished without a trace. They went to patrol one night, and they never came home. They were fairly powerful, so whatever caused them to vanish is something to be feared.
The dean of the college is being ridden by a spirit, and it's gradually taking more and more control of him. In a few months, he's likely to become completely possessed by it.
The spirits around the campus are agitated and afraid, but they're unable to explain why, or what's scared them.
There's a locus here (or maybe several), and something is causing their resonance to change, though it's not clear yet what it's changing to.
There's something going on in the library. New books keep appearing, and often written in languages that have been dead for hundreds or thousands of years.
The science department is up to something, but so far, nobody's figured out what it is.
The PCs have been given a chance to have this area as their territory, if they can defend it. The first thing they should do is to find out what made the previous pack vanish, and make sure it doesn't take them as well...
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| *yawns* |
[03 Mar 2009|05:24am] |
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I should still be sleeping, but I guess I'll get ready for work instead.
I'm bored with my life. Anyone have suggestions for fun stuff I should do?
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| My phone is back. |
[14 Nov 2008|06:35pm] |
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Okay, I still don't have working internet, but I have a working phone. Call me if you need me - 510-749-0717.
-Adam
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| Whew. |
[10 Nov 2008|08:31pm] |
My dad bailed me out again. I hope I can keep my end of the bargain.
-Adam
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[07 Nov 2008|08:01pm] |
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I may or may not have a place to live next week. If you don't see me for a while, don't panic, I'll probably be back eventually.
-Adam
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| Stolen from ladychi |
[26 Oct 2008|11:40am] |
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Leave me a comment and I will reply with why I like you. If I don't know you, I'll either make something up or tell you why I like your livejournal. You must pay for the privilege by posting a message like this one on your livejournal.
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[25 Oct 2008|09:50pm] |
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I lost my storage unit because I couldn't pay the bill. I can't take any more, but I need some sort of human contact. Can someone please call me? 510-749-0717
-Adam
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