ok I'm talking to liz and sam wanted me to write in my journal and so I am and I know this won't be interesting because its stream of consciousness so it's just the feed from my head but I promise that I'll put interesting shit in here as it happens I just had to put up this one in order to satisfy sam that she might come back and read the (future) interesting shit.

Here in oregon, it rains alot, as you may have heard.

It hadn't rained all summer, and even with what few remaining forms of life there were dropping in scores due to the parching heat, I couldn't have been happier. It was lovely.

Until yesterday.

That's when the sky found where it had misplaced the rainclouds, and kindly put them back where they so obviously belong - hovering over our once-fair state.

I hate how slashdot has the journal system set up, ultimately, I have to blame losing my journal entries, on user error, but a better UI couldn't hurt.....

Anyway, I wrote a long and clever entry as to why I didn't write anything this week. It amounted to:

-I'm lazy.
-I had better things to do.
-My tire went flat, and I lost my hood ornament.
-Robin's visiting, I'm glad.
-Sun is weak.

Not as entralling as the original, but I'm tired, it's time to go home......

Ahh, friday.....

Last night, while I skipped out on doing server maintainance to play Dynasty Warriors with Nathan, all the other IS guys were here, breaking one of the servers. Sounds like they had a long night fixing it. So I'm pretty much alone here today. Which is fine, things have been quiet.....but it's boring.

Well, now I'm one of those people. I filed my first-ever PayPal dispute form. But, unlike sweetabbyscloset, I've got a real reason to. It's been two weeks since my video card was supposed to arrive, and more than three since I paid for it. Now, it was one of those "factory pull - may not work for shit" kind of auctions, but I figured, for $7 plus shipping, it's a deal.

But not if it never shows up.

What is your problem SPARCstation? Did I offend you when I opened you up. I gave you more RAM, I gave you a hard drive that was twice as big, I gave you a new CD drive. I gave my all, and yet you sit there and taunt me. I've done all I could. I've gone through the laborious process of a text prompt install, I cleaned your media, I even made sure the fan on your heat sink was in good shape.

So why won't you just install Solaris?

I really did try.....

I tried to be productive. I accomplished things, I finished projects, I researched. But somehow I don't feel the fufillment of having dome anything. Mondays are like that, I guess. Especially this one.

The W32/Nachi.worm was discovered today, using the same RPC DCOM exploit as the W32Blaster (covered on today's Slashdot front page). Hilarious that someone uses the same exploit, but this worm ends up fixing the damage inflicted by its predecessor. I think this is awesome, and encourage all 1337 #4@x0rz to think about uses like this for their skills.

You can continue to make fun of Bill Gates, though.

Twice now has Slashdot lost my journal entries.....I'm seriously considering asking for a full refund. *L*

DJ Rap - Bad Girl (hybrid remix)

A silent conversation passes through the world
A million voices who are never really heard
A thousand reasons why our self-esteem can't stand
A million women let it slip right through their hands
Don't show me anger 'cos your anitudes could change
That glass ceiling should be radically erased
I'm trying to show you that as friends we'd get along
Respect my body 'cos that's where you came from

I don't mean to presume that I am actually old relative to other people, but I can defintely say that I've been feeling old recently. I mean, just a few years ago, I could stay up for the better part of the week without any detrimental effects--I'd even be productive. Now I'm sitting here at my desk job, exhausted because I slept 6 and a half hours last night. All because I stayed up to watch Charlie Rose on pbs-- WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING WATCHING CHARLIE ROSE?????? I swear, add the heartb

I'm calling dibs on this.....

My Cousin Rico is probably one of my favorite "people" to hang out with. Unfortunately, every time we do kick it, I get insatiable munchies. It's the only drawback, really (I don't even want to hear about learning problems, memory, or lung cancer).

Well, they say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well, I -need- to stop snacking so much. I'm liable to get way fat.

Enter Munchie Shake.

Nothing huge, though I'm so uninspired I's be half-tempted to buzz it off. But I'm definetly not down with the way it is, which sucks because for only two days after I cut it last did it look awesome. I mean really awesome. Now it looks like crap. So, maybe tonight, I'll get it done. And dye it black.