Saturday, September 20, 2003

well, if u put it that way! maybe ill just bite the sausage and get a dell. DUDE!
I like cleaning my bathroom... Or not

Building one from the ground up is fun but in the sub-$1000 area, it is tough to get it together cheaper than the big manufactures. They have such large economies of scales @ that price range and their purchasing power that enables them to buy hardware for low ass margins is hard to compete with. However you do avoid getting caught off guard with crappy hardware. No warranty though. Pick your poison.

Bortz
wish list

enron, or whoever else has some free time, u can make a "wish list" on newegg.com, and maybe show me the shit i need to get. i know i've always been the "needy" one of the group (since back in the day when i'd call Oon 5 times a day for Police QUest hints- sorry bro!) but yeah - im still like that. Me want save money on computar! RAaR!

thanks1!

weather = good

at least where im at. It was a little chilly last night (60s i guess) and overcast this morning, but now the sun is out and it looks like its gonna be a nice day. Thanks for the tips Bortz. I'd love to put together a rig myself, and i bet I could do it for a lot cheaper, but im not too confident on it all. Like shit with fans and this and that. Scares me a wittle bit. So, might have to be a beeatch and dude get a dell! We'll see. Or a car. 2000 pounds seems kinda pricey Mikeovitch - that include shipping?

Is it hot down there?

Rude, looks pretty reasonable. Personally I am not a big supporter of pre-configured machines, but if you have to go with one, Dell probably is one of the more reliable of the large manufactures. Stay far away from HP/Compaq PCs. I have not been in the market for pre-configured systems in a while but I did some quick searching and the price seems pretty competitve. You may want to run it by Elrock too. I am not sure if they use pre-cofigs at his work or not so he may have a thing or two to say about it. You may want to consider upgrading the monitor up one step. I think it was only 40 more on the web site to go to a .25 dot pitch 17". Just a thought. Higher DP monitors tend to bug a bit. Then again I am a monitor snob. Late.

Ohhh sorry about the double post earlier. Every once in a while when I log in at work the interface is strange where I can only look at the post I am typing, or the past posts, not both. Last time it returned errors while I was posting and I re-posted it. Neither time did it post it on my actionteam window. D'oh.

Bortz

Friday, September 19, 2003

computer advice

now that i have some dough, im thinking about getting a new computer. I'm looking at Dell right now, and what I'm leaning towards is:

Dimension 4600
Pentium® 4 Processor at 2.40GHz with 533MHz front side bus
512MB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 333MHz (2x256M)
40GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
17 in (16 in viewable,.27dp) E773c CRT Monitor
128MB DDR GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
cd burner and reg cd drive, keyboard, mouse, winxp, and some microsift sfot2are.


about $800 bucks. What do u guys think? is that too much? I also looked at compaqs, but they seemed like lesser quality. Dell also sells refurbished ones, but cost would almost turn out to be the same.

HEL!!P

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Cold Heart of Stone

Amazon now offers some free MP3s to some of the shit they sell, and I just downloaded this cool Frank Black song, Cold heart of stone. Awesome song! This probably only applies to Oon, but if you haven't check it out, c heck it out!

-HATE U ALL!

Man if I had my ring…

Ever have one of those days where you just can not seem to get motivated to do what you are supposed to be doing. Today is ADHD day for me. Everytime I sit down to analyze data I find some excuse to look at something of much less importance. Like: Look, I need to balance my check book, or reading Dan Savage’s column. Yar… Lo Mo to Vation. Back to work.

Blah
Man if I had my ring…

Ever have one of those days where you just can not seem to get motivated to do what you are supposed to be doing. Today is ADHD day for me. Everytime I sit down to analyze data I find some excuse to look at something of much less importance. Like: Look, I need to balance my check book, or reading Dan Savage’s column. Yar… Lo Mo to Vation. Back to work.

Blah
All I see ...


Wow, to be the source and cause of so much hatred! Excellent. S'ok Johnny, I love you too, and we can have more Cosmic encounters in the future, where I might even not tell you how to play the game or show you how to roll the dice!


Man, I hate the person that doesn't hate anyone!

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

You guys hate me? I don't hate you....
where's the hate?

Hate is such a strong word, but here are some of my fond hate memories:

Erick/Enron: Hockey. Ugh. Even when it would be getting Tivo'd, you'd guys would have to check and see what was going on. Sorry - omg, hockey. I don't know why I can't stand it, but I can't. :)

JOon/JP: The Peace Punks episode in Westwood. I think I was successful in my counter-attack with: "my friends addicted to COOOOCAAIIINNEE!!!"

That's enough hate for one post.

Hmmm..

I also hate that guy who keeps talking about breast enlargement. What's his name? Fucker. Anyway, ahh Johnny, sounds like a good theory. Well maybe not. Beer + woman does not make a bigger teet proportionally to the rest of her body fat content. Beer + woman = bigger hips/thighs @ a higher fat %. Men + Beer = Gut @ a higher fat %. Look somewhere else. Johnny, may I introduce you to Milk? Milk, this is Johnny. Johnny, Milk. This is why younger generations of Asians are taller, stronger, faster, more silver than the older gen. Especially here in the US. That and more Meat @ a young age. Check out the French and Italians. Beer... Not much at all.. Wine is the guzzle of choice, but they can have some large protrusions.

BooBs alot, bOObs alot. Gotta like BooBs a lot.
damn... everyone hates me

cuz i chose to blog about my theory of Breast enlargement, instead of talking about how much you guys suck ass. Great.

By the way, I finished painting my PBI minis! Yay! Now I have 2 full squads. Next step is to make buildings, hills, paint the trees, and make hedgerows.

Jael
Yes! Aaron has never hated me. Conversely, if Eric hates me for making him go to the gym every day, then he hates me every day. Lame.

I hate all of you all of the time. Why do you think I never blog? Kidding.
Ahh yes and one other fine moment.

Rudy + Jon: "Deeznutzacleeze" and "Batman The Ride". Aggrivating to no end at the time because it signified that the RPG of choice was going to be deep sixed at the hands of disinterested members.

Yo Joe
Nice Enron...

I couldn't help but laugh all the way through that email. I must have looked like a crazy man laughing at the computer screen I didn't know Eric Scored/not scored that much with the ladies...! What an asshole! I also didn't know i was so hated from playing cosmic encounters with Mike. Mike... no sweat. I still love you, man and we can play more cosmic encounters.

I also have a new theory on big boobs. I've changed my conclusion. The new thesis is that it's not Water that causes the natural enlargement of boobs but a condition caused by the overconsumption of fermented Hops or as we know the substantious liquid "beer". This is because Beer is hardly digestable and therefore stores in fat cells. These fat cells causes the unusual pattern of obesity in men in the Guttous regions of the body, or what we call beer gut. In women however, fat is stored differently and is stored mainly in their mammorous regions. Perfect scientific example would be the Anglican and Germanic women, who are raised in cultures where the consumption of alchohol is in vast overdosage quantity. Over the years, this genetic enlargement is passed on through generations and generations of large breasted women. Another example would be African nations where, homebrew beer is a common celebratory practice and is made in large quantities as well. On the counter side, Asian countries, consumes less quantity of beer. The reasons are physical as well as preferential. Physically asians have a condition known as asian disease, where any mild consumption of alcohol results in immediate inflamation of the face and neck regions and causes immediate inebriation. The physical tolerance level of asians are generally lower. Second, asians have a history of preferring wine and other fine alcohol substance over the more common and quantitatious "beer".

That gentleman is my admendment to my theory. Mike, you are welcome to indulge yourself using this as a topic for your PHD thesis.

Jael
Moto-Byke, What up Fucko’!

Just before I cut my Metal hair I kept feeling this weird sensation in my rectum while I was showering one morning. After a few minutes I found the culprit: A foot and a half long hair almost completely in my asshole. Just a few inches were dangling out. It was the grossest sensation ever pulling it out. That, and Ben “One Eyed Jack” Winter were major factors in deciding to chopping my hair off.

Elrock: I would have thought that the time you hated me the most would have been the time I told you that your mom was on the phone and handed it to you. Allison was on the phone. You were absolutely livid with me. Or maybe the time I spilled toothpaste down the side of your Explorer during a road trip and let it dry. Besides I don’t think I made the rule about the fine coffee/gummy worms. I seem to recollect a certain Jonathan pushing that one. If you are going to hate me for as rule, hate me for the "Really Fucking Hot" setting while in 95 San DIego weather plus hot Cokes. Or the Time I gave you a "Glass Bottom Boat" while you were sleeping. Oh wait I dont think you ever knew about that one. Oh well.

Top I hate you at the moments, but damn hilarious in retrospect:

Elrock: Phone rings at Dorchester apartment. Eric blurts out, “Tell her I am at Lacrosse practice.” I retort, “She’ll never believe that. It’s 11:30pm”. Me, “Ill look like an ass.” Elrock, “Well then you come up with something better.” Me, under my breath, “Fuck this…” Next day, same Bat Time, same Bat channel. Phone rings. “Tell her I am at Lacrosse.” Me, “Grrrr…” Or maybe the time @ El Conq… Knock on the door, just after I came in the room. I look in the key hole and the turn to Elrock and mouth: ‘Suzie’. Eric is lying on the bed by the swing side of the door, shaking his head “NO” so vigorously that I hear ball bearings ricocheting off of cogs. Well she saw me enter so I had to open the door. I position myself in such a manner as to hide him from her view and proceed to bold face lie to her that I have no idea where Eric is. THEN, several days later she approaches me and asks, “Does Eric not like me?” and then, “Is Eric Gay?” Never did I ever want to say yes more than right there.

Jon, Drunk: Entering my room shitfaced with two open beers @ 12midnight in the middle of a work week. Torturing me for 30 minutes and then not leaving my room without leaving your little “present”. Said present: opening the door to the bathroom connected to both our rooms and pinning the door open while you let loose the worst garlic-beer vomit ever into the toilet for my olfactory delight. Topper: The crosswind from your room into mine was such that I was provided a continuous current of fresh scent of your gastronomical creation.

Mike + Johnny while playing Cosmic eNcounter w/ Carrie and Aimey in the game: Mike, “I am not going to let you do that Johnny, you will die.” Johnny, “Who says I am going to die? Besides I can choose for myself.” Mike, “I can choose who I want to invite into an invasion and I don’t want your help” Johnny, “You can not tell me what I can do, let me make my own decisions.” Mike, “I am not going to let you kill yourself and ruin the game.” Johnny, “I don’t need you to protect me; I know what I am doing.” Etc, etc, etc… For Ten minutes. I wanted to crawl away after about two minutes, but it just kept going and going and going. I think we cut the game off at that point. The two of you were stubborn to stratospheric levels. Classic.

Johnny @ 7am, Overcrowded Con: “Security”… JP, “Quick everyone pretend like you are playing a game.” Brilliant! What an asshole, but SWEET in retrospect.

Mike + Jon: Arguing over re-rolling a character with moderate stats for Jon’s D&D Adventure. Classic moment: Eric, Rudy, and I slipping downstairs and listening in on the intercom.

Mike+Jon again: Mike, “Silencer” Vomit in the convention trash can. Proceed with sleep and not washing out said trash. Go go gadget Aaron trashcan cleanout. One hour later while preparing for bed. Jon, “Death Groan” Puke in the same trash can. Repeat go go Gadget Aaron. Three cheers to who ever brought the oranges to mask the vomit smell on my hands that would not wash off.

Rudy: Incredible persistence to getting under Mike’s skin at so many D&D games, both in character and out of character. Particularly while sipping the beers. Yet it was at times quite entertaining. Love/hate I guess.

Rich: “This is at least a 5 dollar wrench” and “Taco, no sewer crumbs. Coke, no lettuce. Etc, etc, etc…” I hated that drive thru yet they were some classic moments in retrospect.

JP: Reading those god damn game descriptions with that ridiculous voice at a snail’s pace. “B…”, “O…”, “R…”, “S…”, “T…”, “Ughhhh…..”Boooorrrrrrsssttt!”

Ben: BBQ Chicken, Baked potatoes, and French toast in Mammoth. Can you say crispy?

I am sure there are more fine moments, but I have to go…
Byortz

PS Elrock I agree with the I hate Jon you had. The WHFRP. I wanted to play that so bad and as fate would have it, he would roll a Rat-catcher. Son of a bitch!

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

Ever have a piece of string come out your ass?

Apparently Cleo can now say, "yes." Somewhere along the line she decided to eat a piece of string it seems and now it is coming out the poop shoot. So, it is just sort of hanging there, probably a good 5 inches before Leslie tried to pull it out (using gloves!) and Cleo cried so she stopped and cut it, and now a good inch and a half. Just hanging there. Maybe she is doing some sort of cleansing ritual, who knows.

Gross.

Wow, laugh out loud funny

I laughed out loud at work today reading the previous post. My boss asked what was so funny and I said "Nothing. Just something I read." He came over to see what it was, and didn't find it as funny. Such subtle humor is lost on the older generations I guess. Bottom line, I thought it was HIGH-larious! Really, on the oh shit... now he's MAD part. Reading that, particulary from Mike, harkens back to a time of such high levels of asshole from JP, Rudy and others that it made me long for the old days when we all hung out (probably too much) and got on each others nerves and occasionally didn't like each other very much. Well, at least I know I hated each and every one of you at some point in time. Seriously hated. And here are the times:

Mike: When you tried to make me play Vampire, as a computer nerd no less, rather than letting me go to Big Ed's.
Rudy: When you were in my class video for UCI and you ran around that corner and slipped and fell and RUINED my shot.
Enron: When you made me drink gummi-worm-coffee after throwing the gummi worms at my back.
Jon: When you said you would play Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, then made fun of your character, then said you would TOTALLY play.
Johnny: When you gave me the wrong code to enter into your complex in Fremont and then had to come and get me wearing nothing but sweats and work boots.
Ryan: When you make me go to the gym every day.

So there. Those were the only times that I have TRULY hated any of you.
Car 4 Sale


I think there's this guy down the street selling a car for about 2000 pounds, you want me to get his number for you?


M
oh shit...now he's MAD!

Monday, September 15, 2003

Do it!!!!

Also, if anyone knows anyone selling a car, LEMME KNOW!
Picture Changes

I'm gonna change the pictures a little bit I think. I'd like to see them larger so that we can enjoy all our pictures in all their glory, and even enjoy new pictures! I think the time is right... thoughts?

I bring this up becuase the mini-blog I set up so that we can schedule our D&D games uses larger pictures and they are more enjoyable than these teeny-tiny pictures. Of course I am running 1024x768 at work (and smaller at home), maybe all you dorks running 800x600 thing they look okay, but not this dork, I mean, not me.