American Accents

As I was walking around the projection booth last night, many thoughts ran through my head. I wanted to post about them, but I forgot most of everything.
I did not have my pen with me, so I did not get to write any of them down.
I found a marker, so I wound up writing ONE down before totally forgetting about it.
The thought was...
"Where did the American Accent come from?"
Shouldn't we sound much more like the British people?
I suppose after mixing with French, Spanish, and Native American languages and multiple dialects, our accents were bound to evolve.
My only problem is...I do not know exactly WHAT.
I hate uncertainty. Except in comedy.

Oh well.

Quick "I-Mac" Post

Well, "iMac" is taken, so I coined the I-Mac.
I guess you could also call them MacINToshes. Or Macintelshes.
I do not know.
Still....
I saw a commercial this morning for the Intel Mac...that totally TOTALLY dissed PCs.
It basically said that "something new is happening to the Intel chip".
"It has been stuck inside PCs for years."
"Boring, uniteresting, PCs."
"Starting today, the Intel chip gets to have some fun....
inside a Mac."

Heh.
I thought that commercial rocked.
Go, Mac!

Hellywood

Work sucked.
When I got to the theatre, it was busy. So I immediately headed to the concession stand to help out. I was informed by the other managers that we were out of CO2. This was bad. They had tried to turn on the backup tank, but for some reason it was not working.
After fiddling with it for a bit, I thought I had it working, then suddenly the pressure shot down to zero.
This is bad. There is also no good explanation for it either.
Anyway, after a while I came back and fiddled with it some more....just to make sure I had not overlooked anything. Well, as it turned out...the release valve on the backup tank was a little messed up. Turned to maximum level, it shut off the flow. If I turned it down slightly, it maxed out. Pressure was still a little low, but it was enough to get the drinks all fizzy again.
Well...a few minutes letter, Miranda noticed that the line was freezing over on the tank. As it turns out, there was a small leak in the line from the tank. The tank is new (we recently had it replaced). It has never been used, so we have never had a chance to make sure it works. Well, for safety and monetary concerns, we decided to just go ahead and shut down the CO2 system for the building.
Basically, this means that all the drinks people would normally by were unavailable.
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Pibb Extra, Root Beer, Fanta Orange, Coke Icee, and Cherry Icee.
What DID we have available?
Hi-C Fruit Punch, Bottled Waters, and 20oz Minute Maid drinks.
This pissed a lot of people off. Despite the fact that I had signs posted EVERYWHERE, people still managed to wait in line and order a Coke. Of course, I would tell them it was not available. They would complain that we should tell people that before they wait in line. .... I hate Alabama. Why cannot people READ?
I had someone order a Coke while staring STRAIGHT AT THE SIGN.

Well....if that were not enough, we ran out of hot cheese. We could NOT keep heating it up fast enough to meet the demands of the customers ordering Nachos....so ....we just stopped selling those.
This pissed people off even more.
These signs were posted too. Still...people kept ordering them. I hate illiterate people.

I got complaints all night.

If that were not bad enough...people kept trashing the theatre.
Without sounding racist or anything...the theatres housing Big Momma's House 2 were trashed completely. Just those two. The others were totally tolerable. Those two theatres looked as if people had intentionally thrown stuff around. I say this due to the layers of popcorn found on every section of the floor. Think about the demographic of that movie. .......makes you think. The theatres were like that all weekend.
I hate stupid and inconsiderate people too.

Oh well...
I have work I should probably do, and maybe some sleep would be good.
I do not know.
I just need to go, I guess.
So long, blog.

Bad Luck + Rejection

It's official.
CTS does not want me.
The rejection letter came in the mail today.

On another note, tonight at work was extremely busy.
I only made a few enemies, though.
One woman got pissed when I asked her for her ID when she attempted to pay with her Visa.
One woman got pissed when I would not take extra time out of my schedule to go look for someone for her. I guess I should explain that my reasons for this were simply that she had no clue where the person was. I cannot take the time to check 18 friggen auditoriums.
Oh, and one woman got pissed when I told her off.
Basically, she had formed her own line at a closed register, then got mad after she sat there for a "while" and no one was helping her. She said the girl running the register had just walked off. I know this was a lie. The reason? I had personally shut down those registers over half an hour earlier. She got all uppity with me. She got even more pissed when she said "Oh, so I guess I am wrong then? So the customer is not right?"......and my response was "Apparently not in THIS case!". I then walked away.
She was not happy with me. I came back a moment later to get something, and she yelled at me again. She pointed to all the people STILL standing in the line and said "I guess all of THEM are wrong too, huh?" To which I replied, "Ma'am, they all lined up because YOU were there."
I then walked to the line and told the people there that it was NOT a line. The first person totally ignored me and started to place an order. So then, I got more assertive and said the same thing again while making "NO" motions with my arms.
I basically had to do the same thing with each person in the line.
They were not happy with me, but I was not the one stupid enough to stand behind two registers that clearly stated "STATION CLOSED" and HAD stated that for at least 30 minutes. I am actually pretty sure it was closer to 45 minutes.

ANYWAY...
It started to rain by the time we were completely closed down.
I wound up leaving work around 1:30 I think. I am not exactly sure. My friend's car would not crank, so I offered to drive him to the gas station (cause he thought he MIGHT be out of gas). We drove to a gas station and came back to the theatre. His car still would not crank. He wanted to try a second gallon, so we drove back to the gas station.
While we were there, my truck failed to recrank. (This is the bad luck part).
I called my father to ask if he had been having any problems with the truck. Of course, any time I have even the slightest bit of car trouble, my father likes to hightail it to whatever location I might be occupying at the time to help fix the vehicle. Keep in mind, this was past 2am.
Anyway, we wound up getting in cranked by opening the choke some. I called my father to let him know. He had not left the house yet, but he still wanted to check out the car, so he said he would meet me back at the theatre.

We start to drive back to the theatre, and we hit a bum while turning out of the gas station. Oddly enough, the guy was wearing clown makeup on half his face.
Heh...I'm just kidding.
...
There was no makeup.
That reminds me, though. You cannot have Vehicular Manslaughter without laughter.

Anyway, we get back to the theatre and try to get his car cranking. Luckily, by this point, the rain had decreased to a slight drizzle.

The car still would not crank.
We decided to move it into one of the handicapped spots, just because.
When we got it over there, we fiddled with the battery cables. After that, it cranked just fine.
This boggles my mind, though I know it is possible....even though the car did not SEEM to have any problems trying to crank...I guess it just did not have quite enough juice to get the car totally cranked. The cables were very corroded.
Still...it was cranked. I followed him back to the gas station to make sure it was full of gas. (I suppose I should explain that his gas gauge does not work.)
His car re-cranks, and we begin our trek home (parents and I).

That is pretty much it for the evening.
Since I got my W2 from The Vanguard today as well (it came at the same time the rejection letter from CTS did)...I think I may actually do my taxes now in hopes of getting my refund soon.

Oh yeah, and the bum is fine. It turns out he doesn't exist, so he didn't really feel any pain or anything. Yay!

A Day Wasted

I got very sleepy very quickly last night. I think I fell asleep sometime between 2:30 and 3:00am. I am not exactly sure. It was at the beginning of Futurama. Unfortunately, the show schedule does not follow a normal schedule during "Too Funny To Sleep". They just start the shows whenever the previous one ends. No extra time for commercials and what not. It is very poorly organized. Still, I enjoy it.
Anyway, I zonked out. I woke up around 7:45am. I watched a bit of TV then decided to get something to eat. I got a bowl of "Smart Start" cereal. It was actually pretty tasty. Unfortunately, it made me a little sleepy. Probably about 9:15, I zonked out again. I woke up around 11:30 and was too groggy to get out of bed.
I woke up several times throughout the day, but just kept going back to sleep. Around 1:30ish I woke up again and decided to set my alarm for 4, just in case I slept long enough to be late for work.
Gibbet kept bugging me. I eventually woke up about 7 seconds before my alarm was due to go off. I got out of bed to grab Gibbet and put her in her cage as a form of punishment for rummaging through the trash can. I do not understand her. She will not eat her fresh food in the cage. She instead enjoys eating the stuff I threw away days ago.
Anyway.
I shut off the alarm and went to grab a shower. I was a little lightheaded. I still kindof am. I do not understand it. I think my milk must have been spiked or something. I definitely do not feel like working, but I need to be leaving shortly.
It just seems weird.
When I first woke up, I was full of energy.
Then, after a very unsmart decision to eat a bowl of Smart Start Cereal....I was unable to function for the rest of the day.

Very strange.

Sweet Home Alalawsuit

I got a chance to glance at the paper earlier.
After checking to see which advertisement was on the back of the Sports section (...to my surprise...there were two)...I glanced through the rest of the sections.
I saw a small article about Disney. Disney's lawyers are asking a court in Alabama to throw out a lawsuit filed against them by a couple from Gulf Shores.
The couple is suing because they claim Disney violated a copyright they had on the screenplay for Sweet Home Alabama. Apparently, they had written the screenplay back in the mid 90s. Of course, their title was "Southern Comfort".
Quick sidebar.... Should you italicize the name of a movie if it has not yet become a movie?
Anyway.
This lawsuit makes no sense...which is probably why Disney is asking the court to throw out the case. Disney does no significant business in this state and the court actually has no jurisdiction on the issue, so Disney claims.
Regardless, the reason this lawsuit makes no sense is simply this.
If the couple writes screenplays, you would think they would have noticed the issue before last week. Sweet Home Alabama came out in 2002. That is nearly 4 years now. This couple has sat around this whole time doing diddly squat. How are they even going to prove anything? Did they PUBLISH the screenplay? If they did not actually get it copyrighted, I do not see how they even have a case.
I hate stupidity. I hate it worse when it is Stupidity mixed with a Get Rich Quick scheme that involves screwing over a third party.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on this issue.

Animated Innuendo

Work was pretty busy. Overall, it was not a very busy day. However, between 6 and 10 we brought in roughly 2300 people. That is pretty busy for what should normally be a slow Friday at this time of the year.
Anyway, after work, Miranda and I decided to get something to eat at Steak & Shake.
After that, I rushed home to catch TBS's "Too Funny To Sleep".
I turned on the TV in time to find "Mr. Show". I watch it on occasion, but I am not a big fan. I was not in the mood to watch it, so I decided to surf around.
I hit Cartoon Networking hoping to find some Animé or something, but it was their stupid Cartoon Cartoon Friday thing.
I was just in time for an episode of "I. M. Weasel".
I have not seen that show in forever, so I decided to leave it while I wait for Mr. Show to go off.
I sat down and ate my leftovers from S&S.
Then...I heard something very strange.
In this particular episode, Weasel and Baboon were working in a grocery store. Weasel had just been declared employee of the month....again. Baboon was coming in from outside where he had been riding the little kiddie ride. Weasel said something that made Baboon angry. Weasel, at the time, was "dusting the bananas"....then this is the thing I heard that I thought was rather odd (yet funny).
Baboon said "Why don't you go wax your zucchinis?"
Is it just me, or is this basically "Why don't you go f*** yourself?"
Anyway, Weasel replied that he had already done it.
He then announced when he was done "dusting his bananas", then he was off to "massage his melons" or something similar to that. I cannot remember the third phrase very well.
I just thought that was very interesting.
Oh well, I just thought I would share that quick little story.

Archimedes Death Ray

On a recent episode of Mythbusters aired January 25th, 2006, the team decided to revisit the myth about the Archimedes Death Ray.
If you are familiar with the show, then you know that at least twice per episode, the two main Mythbusters Jamie and Adam come on camera to tell everyone NOT to do what they are doing.
Well, this recent "fan mail" episode exists solely because other people DID do what the Mythbusters were doing. In fact, the Mythbusters themselves ASKED them to.
This seems very strange to me.
Though, I do not personally care.
I love the Mythbusters.
Had I known there was a competition,
and had I had the resources to enter the competition...
I so would have entered the competition.
...Anything to meet the Mythbusters.
Those guys rock.

Grief Counselors

Why do these people exist?
What is wrong with our society?
Whenever there is a death of a student at some high-school somewhere, they bring in "grief counselors" to help the children deal with the death.
Why?
Why do these children need time off to deal with this?
I do not remember having grief counselors when we had deaths and such at our school. Kids got killed in drive-by shootings, they got killed while drunk driving, they overdosed on drugs, and they sometimes committed suicide. I never heard one word about "grief counselors".
Has society become so pussified that it cannot deal with a death now?
Maybe I am just different simply because I have been to countless funerals in my lifetime, but it seems to me that all of these people should have dealt with death before.
It is not like death is something NEW. It has been happening since the beginning of time.
Death happens.
Deal with it, you stupid kids.

That reminds me of another rant.
The other night I had G4 playing in the background. I guess they just play clips from video games. I was waiting on a group on WoW when I heard voices. It was a video clip some guy had recorded. It looked like it was SOCOM 2 or something similar. The guy he was playing with was screaming and yelling. His parents had walked into the room to tell him to turn down the TV because they were going to bed. He lashed back at them saying that it was "bull$hit", and that he did not need to turn it down.
Much yelling ensued. Somehow, at some point, the mother offered to get the kid a drink. He said he wanted a Mountain Dew. As she was on her way to get it, he changed his mind and said he wanted Chocolate Milk. I am not exactly sure what the reason for her not getting the Chocolate Milk was, but I think they were out. The kid got pissed again and started cussing out his mom, again. He called her a liar several times and just kept yelling about the situation.
Kids like this should be slapped.
Parents like this should be shot.
Parents should NOT tolerate should disobedience, otherwise it spoils the child.
Parents are too scared to raise their children properly.
Maybe this is why they need grief counselors!?? These kids have never faced reality! Wow...I think I just answered my question.
Sweet.
I love how life works sometimes.

Vocabulary Lesson

As per the request of a recent Picklefish attendee...here is a listing of some new vocabulary.

Main Entry: spit hand
Pronunciation: 'spit 'hand
Function: verb
Etymology: The Horst c. Brokeback Mountain
1 : the collective act of covering one's hand with saliva then massaging a partner's anal region with the saliva-covered hand to lubricate it in preparation for an act of anal sodomy and penetration

other forms include
spit hand
Function: noun
this may be used to describe the hand used in the act of spit handing

spit handed
Function: past tense verb

spit handing
Function: present tense verb

spit hander
Function: noun
this describes the person performing the act of spit handing

spit handee
Function: noun
this describes the person receiving the act of spit handing


This is quite possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever posted.
I hope you are happy, Horst.

Questions and More Questions

I tried to log into my blog earlier to make a posting. I was told the site was down for scheduled maintenance. The maintenance period was to run from 4:00-4:30pm PST. The strange thing is that at that particular time it was 10:36AM PST.
I did not understand that.

Ok...
Random question inspired by Gallagher.
You've all seen cop shows and movies with cops in them. You have probably seen them in a locker room or similar. You have seen them put things in their lockers. You probably never questioned it when they closed the locker and locked it.
WHY?
Why did they lock the locker?
If the police cannot trust the police, how the HECK are we supposed to trust them?

Ok...on to Christy's questionnaire.
I hate these things. I was going to send it back to Christy just to annoy her.
However, I noticed Jarred posted his on his blog. I figured...I am a sheep, so I will do the same thing...
so...
HERE...

1. Name: Matt

2. If there are 3 wells (love, beauty, and creativity) and you could only drink from one of them, which would you choose?:
Ignorance is bliss, since I have never really loved anyone, I could probably live without it. I think I will choose creativity. All choices subject to change.

3. Do you wish on stars?:
I used to.

4. Which finger is your favorite?:
The one that most often clicks the left mouse button.

5. What is the most disgusting food you have ever eaten?
Do drinks count? I had a sip of a fruit beverage from Saudi Arabia. It was served at an old

Middle Eastern cafe in Mobile. The beverage itself was out of date, but my friend thought it tasted good. He is a sick person.

6. Would you kill someone?
again?

7. When did you last cry?
I do not remember. It has been a while. ...Does it count if it is just teary eyes? During one of my hallucinations while taking those anti-depressants that were supposed to be sleeping pills, I was scared out of my mind and began to pray. I do not remember how long ago that was, though.

8. If you were making a movie about yourself, who would play the lead?
Weird Al with a much shorter and lighter hair do.

9. What TV show or movie TITLE best describes your life?
I cannot currently retrieve that information from my database.

10. Do you like your handwriting?
No.

11. Who are you jealous of?
My dream self.

12. What is your #1 priority in life?
Stay alive as long as possible, but take risks occasionally to make it an exciting time.

13. What is your favorite lunch meat?
roast beef

14. Do you have any bad habits?
yes

16. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
Heck NO! I don't even understand how the people with whom I am friends now can even stomach me. Good Lord. I would shun the living daylights out of me. unless I had alcohol, then I would love me. I get more friendly (I think) when I have alcohol. Gotta love Thursdays.

17. Are you a daredevil?
sometimes

18. How big was the biggest mango you ever had?
Normal size, I guess. 10cm diameter roughly?

19. Have you ever told a secret that you swore you wouldn't repeat?
One, simply because I never really considered it a secret in the first place. I must state, though, that telling the secret in no way affected another person, the opinions of those around me. In fact, I will tell you now. "Terror Toons".....don't bother watching that movie. I promised never to mention that I had seen it. Quite possibly the worst movie, ever.

20. What do you think is the most attractive animated character?
Ariel.

21. Do looks matter?
Somewhat. Simply because they can sometimes give more information about a person. A person that is a healthy wait has a good enough mindset to take care of themselves. A person that is underweight typically has psychological issues. There are many other things to be shared with that.

22. Do you pray?
Yes, at times. I am not a big believer in prayer, but I do use it on occasion. I simply use it as a means to make some attempt to communicate with God. He never talks back, but I often try. I pray for guidance and forgiveness mostly. I do not pray for material possessions. I do not ask for favors. I believe that "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves". There is a divine plan in progress, and I am not one to ask Him to alter that plan. If He wishes for something to happen, it will happen. If He does not wish for something to happen, it won't. Praying is not going to effect it. Though, it never hurts to try. It can help give Peace of Mind. Wow...I did not mean to go off on a tangent there. Sorry.

23. Have you ever met anyone famous:
Sinbad was at the theatre last week!
Also, Bob Grip. He is pretty cool.
A member of Frankie Goes To Hollywood used to frequent Racer.
Lisa Poole was in a movie once, does she count? I went to high school with her.
Arielle is a producer...soon to be famous.

24. Do you think there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
Nah. After years of searching as a child, I have come to the conclusion that I was an idiot.

26. What do you do to vent anger?
Video games. Walks. A couple of times a year I like to set off fireworks...those are great.

27. Are you passive or aggressive?
Passive.

28. Who is your idol?
I have no idol.

29. Who is your second family?
Officially? The Mais. Though, I do not spend any time with them really.
I tend to keep to myself. Unless you count the PF-ers as family.

30. Do you trust others easily?
Heck NO! I lost a girlfriend once because I would not give her my password to AOL.

31. What was your favorite toy as a child?
My remote control firetruck!

32. What class in school do you think is totally useless?
CIS 110

33. What is the punch-line to your favorite joke?
"...and that's not my gold plated 25-pin connector!"

34. Do you like sappy love songs?
On occasion.

35. Do you think your life so far has been good?
s'ok

36. Which was your best Halloween costume?
female. I think I pulled it off nicely. When friends do not recognize you, and they hit on you...I think the illusion is complete.

37. Have you ever been on radio or television?
Yes and Yes.
I even hosted a show once. Cyber Time.
Memories.

38. Do you keep a diary?
Blog, yes. Diary, not regularly. I think my last journal entry was 3 years ago.

39. Have you ever intentionally hurt another person?
Not intentionally.

40. Do you like sarcasm?
Is the Pope Catholic? Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle? Does a one-legged man lose an ass-kicking competition? Do frogs eat flies? Do ferrets kills kittens?

41. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
No

43. Do you feel understood most of the time?
No

44. Do you drink milk?
Yes. Though, I am becoming less and less tolerant to dairy.

45. Would you rather have a sore throat or an upset stomach?
I have upset stomachs all the time. I cannot stand sore throats. I would prefer the stomach.

46. Have you ever thought seriously about committing suicide?
Not about personally committing suicide. However, I have thought about the physiological processes and psychological issues that would be involved in such a situation. This series of thoughts came about as I was pondering random thoughts and noticed the knife I had been holding in my hand was laying on my stomach. Then, the thought "Wow, I am glad I did not stab myself" popped into my head. Then I started to think about how painful it would have been if I had actually stabbed myself. Then I thought, "Gee...I wonder how screwed up a person would have to be to intentionally stab themselves with a knife." Then I thought, "Why the hell am I thinking about this. I should put this knife away."
The funny thing is...I cannot currently remember why I had the knife in the first place.

47. What is the new saying that you've been using a lot?
"flibbertigibber"

48. What time is it?
1:06pm

49. Do you keep your underwear and socks in the same drawer or in separate ones?
Depends on the color and texture of the socks/underwear. I have two drawers devoted to socks, underwear, and ties.

50. Did you pay money to see Underworld 2?
No. I've not seen the movie.

51. Would you rather be hot or cold?
I like to be warm. However, if you are asking about the weather,...cold is good, because you can always put on more clothes. In hot weather, you cannot always take more off.

53. What was the best Christmas present you received?
Other than my remote-control firetruck?
I think my first computer was pretty cool.

54. Could you be a vegetarian?
You should be shot for asking such an absurd question.

55. What word do you use when you think something is good?
I fluctuate among "nice", "sweet", and "awesome".
Sometimes I just say "heh".

56. What band has the funniest name?
Puffy Ami Yumi

57. Would you ever bungee jump?
Maybe.

58. Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?
Yes. Though, I have had days where I half-untied them and did not realize it.

59. Who are your favorite white rappers?
I do not listen to [white] rappers.

60. Would you rather wear uniforms to school?
I did not mind them so much. Though, they are pointless. There were too many loopholes. Everyone got away with wearing stuff that was not part of the uniform policy.

61. Have you ever given money to a needy person?
Yep.

62. What are you worried about right now?
Is Gibbet EVER going to stop using the carpet!!!???!

63. Do you ever wear overalls?
No.

64. Do you think you are strong(emotionally)?
I do not really understand the question.

66. Do you hate anyone?
not that I know of.

67. Do you regret anything?
Sometimes, but I try not to reflect upon things...lest I get depressed.

68. Have you ever been in love?
I do not really know what true love is.

69. Who do you love?
If I had to list someone, I would say Gibbet.
She is the only 'woman' in my life.

There....now you know most of everything you would want to know about me.
Any questions?

Questionable Things

Though, I had not intended to post about this at all, I think I will add it to the top...
How the HELL did Hamas win elections in Palestine?
Are those people just.....stupid or something?
So long, Palestine. It was nice knowing you. You just screwed yourselves over, though.

Ok, something else I question...
"Reggaeton Kids".
It is an album I have seen for sale in commercials every day for the last few weeks. I guess that's what I get for leaving the TV on over night after watching [Adult Swim].
Anyway, it advertises itself as being a "cool, new album" with "12 tracks featuring the best of reggaeton beats". Every song in the commercial sounds exactly the same. Even more so than an Ace of Base album. I feel sorry for any kids whose parents buy that stupid album for them. I can actually stand Ace of Base. I like their music. I have never heard of Reggaeton, and... If I had to judge by this album, I'd have to say it is very stupid.

Next: Children's Pepto Bismol.
Don't get me wrong. I have no problems with the product itself. I love Pepto. I have not taken it since I was a kid, though. I even love the pink Chicklets because they taste like Pepto. Apparently, they have made a new version that is designed specifically for kids. What I question is their slogan. I saw the commercial during an episode of The Price is Right. At the end of the commercial, the slogan was posted on the screen as the announcer (narrator) read it aloud. The slogan was:
"Children's Pink. It does more than you think."
I do not know how that slogan made it by all the members of their marketing team.
Maybe I am just perverted or something, but one of the first things I thought of was the episode of South Park where they kick Big Gay Al out of the Scouts. They wind up replacing him with a child molester. The molester makes a comment about the kids saying that they are "all pink on the inside".
They should seriously rethink that slogan.

Next: Trojan condoms stated in an advertisement that "50,000 people a day get STDs in the United States".
For a split second, I did not question this statistic. Then I thought about it and realized it does not make sense unless most of those 50,000 people are repeats. If 50,000 new people a day got STDs, then in only about 1.6 decades, the entire population of this country would have STDs. Now, it may be true that 50,000 people a day contract STDs in this country, but it seems like they should mention the fact that the majority of those people have had an STD before. It seems to me they are trying to scare people into buying condoms. I have no problem with that, really, I just think it is a little weird.

Finally:
Profanity. It is very common in this society. Each day, we become more and more tolerant of such words. For the longest time, absolutely no profanity has been allowed in a "G-Rated" film. This included G-Rated trailers too. Yes, trailers have ratings. This is how they determine on what films a trailer may be played. Basically, you cannot play a trailer on a film with a lower rating. Adversely, you would not want to play a G-Rated trailer on an R-Rated film, it just might not make sense....unless it is a commercial or something. However, more and more objectionable content is allowed on commercials designed specifically to run on R-Rated films.
ANYWAY...back to the profanity.
It seems that in recent years, Disney has been pushing the envelope greatly.
I guess it "paid off", because now it is seemingly acceptable to have the words "ass" and "damn" in a G-Rated trailer. It is only a matter of time before these words make it into G-Rated films. Then, more words will make it.
Now...what I question is why this is happening. This is demoralizing society slightly. Eventually we will reach a point where it won't matter any more. Profanity won't exist. People will simply have a limited vocabulary. Carlin's list of 7 dirty words won't have any humor any more because every word will be acceptable.
Oh well...I do not know if I am making any sense, so I suppose I should just shut up.

Deep Thoughts, Not by Jack Handy

I was walking around projection tonight when my thoughts began to wander.
I started thinking about the Universe.
I know the Earth revolves around the Sun, and Sun is twisting around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy..... But where is that going? The whole galaxy is bound to be moving too.
Scientist often examine the light rays from stars really far away to determine whether they are moving toward us or away from us.
I have never questioned this, until tonight.
How could some be moving toward us and others away from us?

If the Big Bang caused everything to travel away from a central location, then everything we could possibly see at this time should be traveling at pretty much the same speed as us. It is possible that the differing distances are based on radial expansion, but something just does not add up.

Someone asked me once a question that has stuck with me.
Imagine you are there, at the Big Bang. You survive the blast and are traveling through space in this new ever-expanding Universe. You are on the edge of this blast, on the edge of this universe, looking out. What do you see?

Whenever I think about things like this, I just have to assume that this is just another way for Science to try to confuse society. To me, it is much easier to believe a Supreme Being placed all this stuff as He or She saw fit. The science just does not make sense.

Does any of this make sense?

Turner Classic Mo......Animé?

Maybe someone can explain this to me...
I was flipping through the channels, and TCM (Turner Classic Movies) was playing Animé.

Don't get me wrong. I like the idea...
but WHY?

The Breakers: Revisited

Remember those breakers? I just noticed this little thing.

Gibbet the Guardian Ferret

I have often joked that Gibbet is my guardian ferret. Many times in the past I have stated that she protects my bedroom.
I found out today..... I was right.

I decided to try to get Gibbet and Rusty to play again. It did not work out so well. Gibbet hopped on Rusty's back. At first, I was thinking back to what Kacey said about this being her way of playing, so I let it slide. Then she sunk her teeth into his back. Rusty yelped and ran off. I reprimanded Gibbet.

Then, I just let them go their separate ways. I put Gibbet in the room for a bit, she went into the cage to get some water and a bite to eat. She relaxed. She knew she was safe. The door was protecting her. Then I opened the door some. Typically...she would bolt out and go play, but I guess she was still in "guard mode". She took position at the opening of the door and just stayed there....waiting. Eventually, Rusty came exploring. She held her ground. She just stood there.....waiting. Then...Rusty got a little "too" close to her territory. She lunged at his leg and bit right into it. It was actually kindof funny until I noticed it was actually physically damaging.
Rusty was slightly injured.
I am guessing, had I not pulled Gibbet away, he would be much worse.

Oh well.
Gibbet, the cute, yet vicious guardian ferret.

Annual Arithmetic

Two-thousand six minus one-thousand nine-hundred eighty-two equals twenty-four.

Family Guy Abomination

Several nights ago, Cartoon Network [Adult Swim] was playing the lost episode of Family Guy again. You know, the one called "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein". If you download it from the Internet, it is most often listed as being Season 3 Episode 22.
Anyway, I have seen the episode many many times.
Something caught my attention during this particular airing.
They EDITED IT!!
During Peter's song in which he states his desperate need for a Jew, there is a line at the end of the song that has been edited.
In the original, the final stanza went as such:
"Though, by many they're abhorred.
Hebrew people, I've adored.
Even though they killed my Lord,
I need a Jew."

Well, in the recently aired version, they changed that third line.
Instead of "Even though they killed my Lord",
Peter sings "I don't think they killed my Lord."

This...Is a COMPLETE abomination.
The people that have done this should be shot...
"out of a canon...
into the sun." -Futurama reference.

Is anyone else out there as outraged as I am?
I bet it was a Jewish person that edited it too. Either that or had some say-so in the matter....
Or influence the decision in some way.
FACE IT, JEWS.....
You Killed JESUS. There is no denying that.
FACE IT, CHRISTIANS....
Jesus was JEWISH.
FACE IT, EVERYONE....
He died for everyone, so everyone is responsible.
Still...the Jews physically performed the act, yet they seem to think they are not responsible.
Just because you do not THINK it happened does not mean it didn't.

....

On a related note. I recently heard that Futurama might have something in common with Jesus.
It is going to be resurrected. Perhaps.
I will be a very Joyous MATT when that happens.
I hope the rumor is true.

....

Still no word from CTS.
I should be getting a call from them in the next couple of days. They told me they would inform me of whether or not I move on to the next part of the hiring process. They are not just going to leave me hanging.
I just want them to call and give me a "YES" or a "NO" so that I can get it off my mind.
Maybe Monday?
Here's hoping.

"How Would the US Know if it Killed Qaeda Chief?"

That was the title of a news article I tried to read.
It was listed on Time Online.
The link to the article is here.
Now....the only reason I am saying anything is this...
If you follow that link, you will find that the page has been removed.
I find this highly suspicious.
It almost looks as if they might have had some interesting information and
the government just.... Made sure the rest of the world could not read that information.

Then again, maybe I am just paranoid.

Annual New Year's Tradition

Ok, so Thursday I drove around town a lot.
In the morning, I drove North to CTS to take a technical exam. I came home for a bit then headed downtown to Pelican360. Well...While I was driving downtown, my car died.
I was pulling up to a red light when the engine started sputtering and eventually just shut off.
I put the car in Neutral and tried to crank it. It cranked fine. So, I figured this was a fluke.
I put the car in Drive and it died again.
Meanwhile....the light turns green...and the people behind me start to get pissed.
I turn on my hazard lights. (Flashers, as I call them).
I continue to try getting my car to crank, but every time I put it into gear it shuts off.
Eventually...I get it to stay running, and I drive off.
At the next red light...it died again.
I am trying to figure out why.
This time, it took a lot longer to get it to stay running again.
After finally getting it running, I decided to pull off the road.
I turn into a neighborhood...and suddenly, my car seems to be working fine.
I sit there for a while...just to make sure it is fine.
After a few minutes, I move on to see if it will work fine.
It does. I make it to Pelican.
An hour later, I leave and start my trek home.
I am worried the car will die again.
I reach the home stretch and start to think I am safe.
Then...out of the blue...the car died at the intersection of Azalea and Michael Blvd.
It took a few tries to get it working again.

SO....
I guess I shall take the car to get some work done.

THIS is my annual tradition.
Without fail, each year I am forced to spend or pre-spend my tax refund on my car.

I really hope I get a nice job so I can afford to just get a new car.

Oh well.

Scary Breakers

... The scariest breakers ever. It takes all of my strength to turn one of this on. There is so much energy running though there breakers that they do not want to be on. There are the main power breakers. Each controls one quarter of the building. We turned these off once to test our emergency lighting. Never again. These things are friggen scary.

Test Post

... A quick test post. My two from Monday did not reach the blog.

Film Cleaning

Here you can see the setup necessary to clean a film while it is playing for the public. This is seemingly dangerous, but it is also often necessary. This particular film has a large buildup of grime. This is bad for the analog sound reader which is also malfunctioning. We must do everything necessary to ensure the film runs in digital sound, because if the digital fails, the stereo sound will not work. Keeping the film (and soundtrack) as clean as possible greatly helps in this situation. This particular film is Chronicles of Narnia, so you can see how important this procedure is. The film has a weak soundtrack too, so even brand new it was hard for our readers to pick up the sound. I really hate having to give out lots of passes, which is necessary if the movie runs with no sound for any longer than a few seconds. Next on my agenda is to try to figure out how to make a title for a mobile blog entry. I wonder if it is even possible. We shall see. Oh well... Back to work.

Harry Goblet

I was inspired to post this since everyone seemed to think it was funny.

eBay Name Change

I was trying to see if it would be feasibly possible to change my eBay user name. The reason for this is because my old user name is...well...old. I do not really like it any more.
Well, I tried to see if Flibbertigibbet was available.
It wasn't. I decided to see if Phlibbertigibbet was available.
I figured it would take me to a confirmation page before actually changing the name I have had for 5 years.
It didn't.
What I got...was an error page with lots of gibberish on it. Well, it was not really gibberish. It was just bad script.
It told me I should try going to the Home Page or at least not use bookmarks in the future.
I thought this was odd.
So...I went to the home page.
I logged in, again. I logged in using my old name.
When I clicked on "My eBay", I got my normal listing...
except that this time...my new name was listed.
So, apparently, the name change went through without any kind of verification.
Now...I guess I am kindof happy. Though, I was hoping for a confirmation, because that would have given me one last chance to stop myself.
I want to change it to something else now. ... Now I have to wait a month to do so.

Still...hopefully things are looking up for me.
I am confident my plan to raise money for charity (and some for myself) will work.
I just have to get on with the plan.
I shall begin working on the websites tonight. I hope to finish them up either Tuesday or Thursday (my days off). Then I can start trying to generate revenue with them.
I intend to raise lots of money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and maybe St. Jude's Medical Center. .... As well as many others.

My plan to generate an army of Google Loyalists may be altered. I was planning to charge for membership....which could get me into a lot of trouble. I think I will just have the site and try to get donations to keep it running. I need to work on my programming skills so I can have the pages automatically update.

I shall list more details once they become available.

Forgotten Details

Well, my previous post was called "Money for Charity", but I forgot to actually mention the charity part.
Sure, I will be collecting some revenue, but the majority of all the money passing through these websites will go to charity or otherwise good causes.
I shall allow the people paying me to choose the charity to which they wish me to give money. Depending on exactly how much money I have generated for myself, I shall give 80-100% of the money to charity. If I have made quite a lot myself, the number will be closer to 100%. If I get to a point where I know I am financially secure for the rest of my life, then 100% of the revenues will go to charity.

Once I get the sites set up, I shall post more information.

Money for Charity

Ok,
I have promised myself that by the end of this year, I will be rich.
So, by December 31, 2006, I must have over $250,000 in my account.
I hope to have over $1,000,000.

How?
Well...let's just say I have taken some initiative to start a few new websites that may generate some revenue. Hopefully, anyway.
We shall see.
I will spend the next few days (and possibly weeks) working on the pages.
As I get them going, I will give more details.

...
On a different note, I decided to take Doug's advice and sign up for Stat Counter.
It's actually pretty interesting. I have learned a lot about what people are looking for when they reach my blog.

For instance, I decided to check and see what the main "keywords" were that people used to reach my blog. So far, there are only two different ones.
The first "keyword" is "Jewel Staite". This led people to this post.
The second "keyword", which I find to be kindof funny, was "Alabama Whore".
This led people to my post about the Aruba Girl.

I just think it is funny that people have reached my blog using the phrase "alabama whore".
Oh well...

Time for work.

New Site

Ok,
I am in the middle of developing a new web page.
I am still new to flash.
I posted just a place-holder for right now,
but I did try to create a sweet little jukebox.
I set it up so that the songs stream from my server instead of load all at once. For right now, I think that is a better idea.
If, by chance, my site ever becomes popular...it might be better to have the songs download once and stay in the person's cache.

The coolest thing...
is the 404 Error page.
I used the 404 error greeting from Strong Bad and made a stupid little flash thing.
It just sounds cool to have Strong Bad yelling "404d!"

Oh well.
When I get off work tonight, I shall either work on the site some more, or I might actually try to level up on WoW.
I'll just have to see in what mood I am.
Time for work!!

AdSense

OK,
So I am thinking about using AdSense.
I do not know if I should.
There are at least 2 reasons why not.
1) It probably won't generate any revenue.
2) It will be an eyesore.
maybe 3) I do not want to seem like a COMPLETE sell out.
Though,
when Google takes over the world, I WILL want to seem like I have been loyal to them.
I already tried to get a job with them.
If I HAD the job with them, I probably would not even need to consider the ads because I would be making plenty of money and would not need to care.
Right now, I make crap.
You hear that, Mr. Scott Wallace? I need a raise. At LEAST 300%, if not more.
Get out of your lounge chair and take care of your employees. Many of us actually deserve better treatment. Especially those of us that help get RID of the ones that DON'T deserve better treatment.

...
On a different note,
my server is now up and running for matthewdavis.org,
I just need to find some stuff to publish there now.
I shall see what I can figure out.
This will be fun.

White Trash Black Belt

Ok,
so recently I have been seeing commercials on Comedy Central featuring a clip from a comedian mentioning that because his parents' divorce settlement involved a bar tab, that grants him an automatic White Trash Black Belt.
Well...
the reason for this post is this...
This phrase bounced around in my head a few times.
I thought to myself that it would sound cooler to say that you have a Black Belt in White Trash.

Now...at one point the words got mixed in my head and I thought "Black Trash White Belt".
Then I realized....we do not use the phrase "Black Trash".
Why? Because it is racist!!
Why is it OK to say White Trash, but not okay to say Black Trash?
We sugar coat "Black Trash" by using the somewhat euphemistic phrase "Ghetto".
Which means that the word "Ghetto" can be used both as the term describing the area in which Black (and some White) Trash live, as well as a black person living in the ghetto.

You've heard the term. "He's so ghetto."
Just like you have heard "She's so white trash."

Why do we not just call them all Garbage?
Oh, is that going too far?
We can call them Trash, but not Garbage?

I kindof like the phrase "Ghetto Garbage". It has a nice ring to it. It has the alliteration effect going for it too.

Isn't American English fun?

More Web Space

I used to host a website using a service called Powweb. Then I just let my site be hosted for free by the company that registered the name. This gave me only 5 megs of space.
Today, at random, I decided to purchase some web space on GoDaddy. They were the first people I found that did not charge for an entire year in advance. Plus, they also had a cheap plan (only $4/month). I figured I would try them out for a couple of months. After all, I can always change it.
I got the space. I pointed the DNS in the right direction.
Now, when I try to access matthewdavis.org, it just tells me the website cannot be found.
I am just assuming it will eventually work itself out.
I want to post stuff on my site.
Last night I attempted to post an old video from one of BJD's parties, but Google won't let me post such things on this blog. So....space is needed.
For the $4, I get roughly 5GB. I think that is not so bad.
When I can afford it, I may go back to Powweb. It is "$7.77/month" annually, but it is roughly 12GB of space. The only drawback with Powweb is that I do not know PHP yet.
Godaddy uses Windows servers, so ASP is possible.
I really need to learn PHP.

Regardless...now I can start creating some cool pages and content without being limited to that 5MB.
I hope to create a small jukebox on one page. That should be pretty cool.

::::
Apparently, my corruption is not even corruption.
The PF crew seems to think that it is healthy to be corrupted.
This sounds like more corruption to me! :-)
Maybe I should go to church more.
Oh well.

On another PF note. Jan was very touchy-feely tonight. She brushed my shoulder and tickled my back. That was pretty interesting.
On a sad note, many of the guys sitting across from us brushed up against me as well as they were passing by me.
On a happy note, I got a nice hug from Onya.
Thanks, Kenny.

On a disturbing note...
I left a candle burning in my room while I was at Picklefish.
Thankfully it did not burn down my house.
I must be more careful.

On a happy note...
My father got a promotion and a raise today.
Things are looking up.

On a pathetic note...
I still do not yet have a good job.

Next week at Picklefish, I think I will start my birthday celebration early and have much to drink. I wonder if I should even bother trying to get that night off work. I doubt I will. So, I guess I might as well celebrate Thursday.

I still need to finish up my room.
I am also a little tired.
I am glad my sleeping patterns have gotten back to normal.
Well...close to normal.
I keep managing to wake up at 8am despite the fact that I do not set my alarm. I want to sleep longer. I guess it is good that I can wake up early. I guess the fact that I stay awake for so long helps me get to sleep the next day.
Also...DDR has helped me too.
It gives me mucho exercise, I tire myself out, eat lots of food to compensate. The food makes me sleepy, and I fall asleep.
The time I go to sleep seems to be relative to the time I get home.
If I get home at 7, I fall asleep by 9.
If I get home at 1, I fall asleep by 3.
Things are looking up! :-)

Anomalies

A while back, I though about something.
Language is very interesting.
For example, think about the letter N.
It can be used to mean "And", despite the fact that it sound like "in".
So, it would be perfectly fine to release a mainstream movie entitled Fun with Dick and Jane.
You could also say Fun With Dick -n- Jane.
However, you could NOT say Fun with Dick in Jane.
In fact, you might even get hit with a hefty fine.

On another note,
Monday night, this 'woman' came up to me and quietly informed me that one of the restrooms was "atrocious". So, I turned to the nearest female employee and told her that she needed to check the restroom.
Her question to me was, "Am I supposed to be checking the men's or the women's?"
I said "Women's."
Her response was "Are you sure?"
This made me think for a moment. Apparently Miranda had noticed something I didn't.
I looked at the 'woman' as 'she' was walking away.
I thought for a moment, and I said, "ummm....70%."
Miranda went to check the women's restroom and came back saying it was fine.
She said she KNEW there had to be some reason why 'it' walked up to me despite the fact that Miranda was standing right next to me.
So...reluctantly, I went to check the men's restroom.
To my horror, the restroom was in bad shape. This meant that the thing that reported the problem was male. I was sickened by that thought.
Now, I say that the bathroom was in bad shape, but in actuality, it was just in weird shape. There was a little bit of toilet paper on the floor in a few different places.
The main problem with the bathroom was that the floor was heavily littered with Skittles. Many of them were crushed. Several had their candy shells melting and flowing away from the candies.
It was definitely very odd.
However, I did not find anything on the seats of the toilets, as the thing told me there was. Apparently, it could not sit on the seat because it was covered in urine.
I could not confirm this issue.
I am more horrified at the fact that that THING was a guy.


::::CORRUPTION NOTICE::::
As most of the people that know me already know, I tend not to use profane language very often at all. Most of the people that know me have never heard me use profane language at all.
Well, tonight, I got off work a little early to play DDR with one of the employees.
He was taking a break between games, so I stepped to the side and acted like I was playing the paintball game using both guns. Now, I have never actually played a game using two guns. In acting like it, I thought for a moment how awesome it would be. I stated, out loud: "You know, I have never used two guns on a game before. I bet I could whoop ass."
I immediately froze as I realized I had just uttered a profane statement.
Usually alcohol is required before such a word would flow from my mouth.
I think I am being corrupted.
::::END NOTICE::::

I had a random memory tonight.
There are many points in my life upon which I can reflect and realize how much of a friggen dork I am. I remember back in 6th grade when this girl asked me a question. I had a crush on her at the time. She asked me "Have you heard of REM?" Me, being completely oblivious to the mainstream world, and not realizing this girl was trying to start up a flirtatious conversation with me, I responded with the first thing that popped into my head. "You mean, like, Rapid Eye Movement?"
Of course, she was referring to some band called R.E.M.
I had not heard of them at that time. Needless to say, she was not interested in me for very long.

Another random though...
in thinking about that, another extremely dorky moment popped into my head.
I was dating this girl. It was the summer of 2002. I was to visit her house to watch a film. We watched Star Wars, as was the agreement in our relationship. (She told me I HAD to watch all the Star Wars movies, and in return she agreed to watch all the Austin Powers films).
Well, after the movies, we were a little bored. Her sister was preparing to go to a swim meet. (Keep in mind, at this point, it is mid afternoon.)
I mentioned that we could always go swimming.
She asked if I had a swimsuit.
I cannot remember WHY I had a swimsuit in my car, but I did. So....we decided to head up to the public pool where her brother worked as a life guard. This was Fairhope, so these are clean people. The pool was large and very clean.
We swam around for a bit. We raced. We played. We romped. We cavorted. Then I devised some strange game. I cannot remember all the details, but basically, we placed a pool toy on one side of the pool. We then met in the middle. The object of the game was for her to try to get the toy from the first side and !!place!! it on the other side. She actually had to place it there, not throw it. We swapped turns on this too, so that I had to transfer the object.
The other person's job was to do anything to keep the first person from succeeding in transferring the object.
I do not know how I came up with this little game....but it is very good for heavy physical flirtatious contact. The wrestling got violent (in a fun way).
At one point, we were both under water.
She emerged from the water while I was still submerged. I popped up out of the water. My face was probably no more than 2 to 3 inches from her's. I would be willing to say just one inch.
Now....for the dorky part....
Instead of KISSING her, like I should have.
I just looked her dead in the eye and said, "Hello."
...
No wonder she dumped me.
She was the most amazing girl ever, but I had no relationship experience. I think girls kindof want a guy that knows what he is doing.
I think I am getting better, though. I seem to be slowly gaining confidence in myself and becoming more and more able to speak to girls.
I cannot explain why. I do not know from where the confidence comes. I have still not been on a date for a very long time. So it is not like I have had some recent practice.

Oh well, that's my most for now.
Goodnight, blog.

The Mine

Ok, I suppose I should post something about the mine situation in West Virginia.

I knew there was little hope to find those guys alive.
I was awake last night when news was released that 12 miners were alive and 1 had perished.
All the news agencies were reporting it. Even major international news organizations posted articles online about it.

Later, some time between 2 and 3 (I cannot quite remember exactly when), I was flipping through the channels on TV and saw on Fox News the headline: "12 Miners Found Dead, 1 Survivor".
I thought this was a misprint. Then, the headline changed to "What We Were Told Earlier Was Wrong". So, instead of 12 being alive and 1 dead, it was actually true that 12 were dead and 1 was alive.

Now, I admit that I think it was wrong to let these people think this and celebrate it was true that 12 were alive. Now these people are all angry that they were lied to. I can understand that.
They are all blaming either the governor, the CEO of the mining company, or some random guy in the church. So none of them know exactly who was responsible for spreading the "good news".
Now....WHY on Earth would you go on celebrating something that was not confirmed?
Oh, I know...because the NEWS agencies were reporting it.
NOW...THIS is what pissed me off. WHY on EARTH did these various media outlets report news that was not confirmed!??!? NONE of them had a viable source for what they were reporting...except each other. This was the stupidest thing I have seen in a while.

Now...what pissed me off the most....
Was that at about 3:15...CNN put some angry hicks on TV LIVE to ask them questions about how they felt about the situation.
I do not know what they were thinking when they did this, but I blame them for their own stupidity when the hicks started arguing with the interviewer and blaming the media for their mistake. These people could not even use proper ENGLISH. Ok, I can understand maybe that a couple of mistakes should be allowed considering that they are in mourning.... But not one single sentence they spoke belonged to the English language. It hurt my ears and made me lose respect for CNN. I lost even more respect for West Virginia. I thought they had a better school system.

Do NOT put angry rednecks on TV live. You are just asking for trouble. Wait until they are calmed down. I live in the Deep South. I know how stupid some of these people are and how much stupider they get when a camera is running.

Shame on you, CNN. Shame on you.

Also, one of the hicks said she was going to sue.
Who? ...and for What?
Who are you going to sue? for What are you going to sue?
You do not know who started the false news.
You DO NOT know what caused the explosion.
YOU are responsible for believing false information.
You stupid, stupid person you.
You should not say "I'm suin'" if you do not even know what a lawyer is.
You remind me of all the pathetic little kids at the theatre that tell me they are going to sue me for kicking them out of the theatre.

I am just pissed at the whole situation.

Stupid mine.

Scare Tactics

OK, so I have spent the day cleaning and organizing my room.
Apparently Gibbet has been using the corners a whole heck of a lot more than the little box. I knew she was occasionally using the corners...but gee wiz. I have scrubbed the carpet many times, and I still keep getting up part of the "stains".
Anyway, this morning, around 11ish, (right after the Price is Right), I was flipping through the channels. Nothing was on. Then I passed over Sci-Fi. There was this show on called Scare Tactics. I had never seen it before.
It was actually pretty interesting.
It was like Candid Camera, but all the pranks involved scaring the living bejesus out of people.
They played the show all day until 5pm. I left it playing in the background as I was cleaning up some.

On a different note.
Arielle called me today. She came home for a couple of days during the Holiday season. She surprised me at the theatre by running up behind me and giving me a hug. I had no clue who it was. I turned around was literally surprised speechless. I had no clue she was coming into town.
The great thing is, she is at least 3 or 4 times more attractive as she was the last time I saw her. I did not think it was physically possible.
She was back in California already.
Things to be going relatively well for her.
She is awesome.
Now I kind of wish I would not have told her she would not have to worry about me trying to ask her out. However, without that rule in the friendship....we probably would not even be friends....and that would be bad. So.... it shall stand.
But MAN.... she looks great.

I have a few new outfits I must try out. My sisters bought me new clothes for Christmas. This was very good because I never go buy clothes for myself.... Except shoes and works clothes. All the T-Shirts I own were purchased from places that do not typically sell clothing, or they were free. Anyway, one of the shirts they got me, I like very much. It is from some company called "Faded Glory". It actually looks like the shirt is faded too, so it is an appropriate name, I think. Combine the shirt with a pair of the new jeans, and I might pick up a whole new look! We shall just have to see.

I suppose I should get back to cleaning. I still have a long way to go.

matthewdavis.org/blog

Well,
Just for kicks, I was looking through some of the publishing features of blogspot and found that I can actually set it up to post on my own website if I wish.
I decided to try this.
It worked pretty well....at first.
Then I noticed it was taking forever to publish.

Now...the problem is.
If you choose this option, it takes away your regular blogspot setup.......even if you are only trying it out.
As soon as I chose the option, I lost claim on "phlibbertigibbet.blogspot.com".
I did not know this would happen.

I tried several times to switch back.
Hopefully it is just a temporary thing.
Technically, I guess....if you are reading this...then I finally got the name back.

Next time I will be more vigilant when pressing buttons.

Problems With My Blog

OK,
this morning I attempted to post on my blog.
It was about 10am. The Price is Right had just come on.
I had been typing for a while during a replay of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central.
Of course, I was typing slowly, and mostly during the commercials.

Much to my surprise, when I finally attempted to post it, I was hit with an interesting error.
The error?
Big red text displaying the following words:
"There were errors"

There was a button to get details.
Apparently, my archives had run out of space.
I do not know how that could have possibly happened.

Well, the good news is, it eventually worked....just a couple of minutes ago.

The funny thing is, in the time I tried to PUBLISH my blog, it actually saved my posting about 12 times. I deleted most of them already. I still have a few more to delete.
By the time you read this, there should only be one previously-published entry entitled "A Question of Etiquette".

I shall do that now.

A Question of Etiquette

Ok, random question about etiquette involving a very specific type of hug.
Yesterday I had a random memory from a few weeks ago...

I was out with some friends. I was a little intoxicated. This girl, a friend, was also intoxicated.
She came up to me and gave me a hug.
The problem?
I was sitting down, and she was standing up.
...so...what's the problem?
Well...think about the anatomy placement there.

She was pulling my face into her chest.
Now...being intoxicated, I very much enjoyed this hug.
If you continue to thing about the anatomy placement, you can easily figure out where my arms are placed.

So, the question is this.
What is the etiquette in a hug like this?
Should I just leave my face buried? Should I push back and remove my face from the chest?
Should I push it a step further in some way?

Keep in mind, this hug lasted like...a minute. .... and I was ditzy from alcohol.
Also keep in mind, this girl is rather attractive.
The correct actions might feasible change depending on the relative attractiveness of the female performing the hug.

Oh well.

That was my random memory question.

Phantom Computer

There is a computer in my attic.
I found it today when I was looking for some of my old portable storage drawers. I need some more space for the new jeans I have been getting recently.
I really needed some. I have not purchased new jeans in many many years. They are all too small.
Anyway...I do not know where this computer came from.
I want to hook it up and see what the deal is.

I looked at the back of it, it has some of the spare parts in it I had just sitting around the house in various places. I guess my cousin must have put it up there. But why? Does it not work?
I know it is old..probably only a couple hundred megaHertz. Though, if it works, it should make a perfect unit for me to test out Linux.
Plus, it has my old TV Tuner card in it. I wonder if I would be able to find some drivers for Linux, then perhaps a program that would let me record stuff.
MAN...
too many thoughts.

First step, though, is to hook it up and see how it works.
That shall require a few items.
Power cord, keyboard, perhaps a mouse, and definitely a monitor.
I may have to temporarily borrow some of that stuff from my mom's computer.
Whatever the case may be, I have a project to which to look forward.
If it works well, I may head over to goodwill to see if I can find a cheap monitor, then see if I can get it set up permanently.

...It takes very little to excite me sometimes.

I work tonight and tomorrow night, but I think I am off Tuesday. That should give me plenty of time to get something done.

Also, I need to go ahead and hit 60 on WoW. I should be completely rested all the way there by now. It should not take too long.

I've rekindled my love for Age of Empires.
I started playing AOE2 the other day (AOK). I do not have the Conqueror's expansion. After playing for a bit, I decided to see if I could find AOE3. I found ran across the demo for it and downloaded it. It was like, 400+Megs.
My computer is technically not capable of playing the game as per the minimum system requirements.
It let me know that when I first started the game.
Something along the lines of "You need a 64MB card to play this game. You have a 32MB card. Do you want to try it anyway?"
I chose yes.
The game is actually pretty cool
I cannot wait to try it on a machine that can run it well with all the graphics options turned up.
MUST...GET...BETTER...PAYING...JOB....
SO...I...CAN....GET....BETTER....COMPUTER.
I played AOE3 all day yesterday. From 8:15am to 4:41pm, then I went to work.
It is an addicting game.

Anyway, I should probably end this post now.
Thanks for reading!