accomplishment of the day: i finished Metroid : Zero Mission on my GBA…
favorite song of the week: Ave Maria by The Cruxshadows
favorite new movie of the week: The Chronicles of Riddick
accomplishment of the day: i finished Metroid : Zero Mission on my GBA…
favorite song of the week: Ave Maria by The Cruxshadows
favorite new movie of the week: The Chronicles of Riddick
Hell, it has been a long time since i posted; and a few things have happened…
The most memorable was that one of my friends passed away about a month ago; Rob was a guy that I worked with and learned from- he showed me the wonders of Happy Tree Friends, Homestar Runner and Aqau Teen Hunger Force [strange, those are all cartoons, but that is what I remember him for]. He was injured in a motorcycle accident about 2 months ago; he was doing a lot better, in spite of having two broken legs, arms and a fractured pelvis; then my boss came up to me one day and told me ‘I some bad news for you; Rob passed away’. His passing affected almost everyone at work as he had a very memorable personality.
I haven’t been to a funeral in years- the last one was my step father’s passing; and the one before that was my mother’s… His service was the 2nd time I have ever worn a tie in my life [the other time was for a wedding]; hopefully i won’t need to wear one of those again until one is hang-noose around my corpse…
His passing aside, I have been fairly busy w/ work; three people have quit in the past two months and as each one does I get more tasks assigned to me; at least i am learning a lot. the director of operations keeps making sure that I am happy and not looking for another job; i guess it is kind of weird that I am the ‘senior’ person in the network operations department and I have only been there about 2 1/2 years- i guess it is good for job security. Hell, now I am interviewing people for some of the positions around me- it is kind of a weird feeling…
I have been trying he ‘Body for Life’ program- well not for the past week or so- and I have lost about 15lbs and gained some good muscle; i hope to get some more definition before Dragon*Con this year so I can dress up as Conan… [yea, right!]
The roommies are Montreal for a Gay Pride weekend; hopefully they will have fun- i will have fun because they won’t be home and I can do what-ever i want. However, i think this weekend is also Gay Pride in Atlanta- so I will probably be staying out of Mid-town as the traffic will suck!
I bought a 2nd xBox and modded it for the front room; T likes to play Centipede on the MAMEoX emulator, so I need to see if they make a full-sized track ball for the xBox. I guess that will be her birthday present from me… that and a used laptop…
Speaking of T… she had to ‘borrow’ and extra $300 from me to pay this last mortgage payment- in addition to the $75 she needed a few days earlier. I think it was a combination of the $500 she had to pay for the body work on her new Honda and the $300 for the crappy painting she bought on e-bay; that, plus she now owes another $350 to the Valdosta sheriff’s office for the extra fine she got for losing her speeding ticket hearing [that is in addition to the ticket and the $750 she paid a lawyer to get out of it]… That girl needs to learn how to manage her money a little better- and not spend mine… that had me pissed off for a few days, but I think i am getting better now… ahh, venting…
I need to save some $$ to invest in upgrading the A/C system in this house; i want to zone it so I can keep my room at about 70 while the girls keep the rest of the house at 80… friggin no-blood circulation women…
Ok, back to downloads and movies about Ancient Egypt…