Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
(Refuge Blog) Mind Pong 2
Wow. Two blog entries in one day. SHOCKING!
Caught some of Jay and Michelle today.
Now, I'll say this; it wasn't necessarily BAD radio. It held my attention for the time I listened to it. It just wasn't good radio either. It was the vanilla pudding of radio. Just kinda there if you want it, but who wants vanilla when there's a nice bowl of chocolate sitting near by? I don't miss Gregg Henson as much as I thought I was going to. Yeah, I miss the relationship he had with Michelle, the on-air chemistry and all that, but when it comes right down to it, Henson was just a bitter balding bastard. Entertaining enough when he was on but not so integral to the show that he's needed now.
The middays slot on KRK seems to be filled with hatred. Not on the hosts's part, but on the fans'. See, every time a new show comes on, the fans of the show that was on before instantly bash the new show. Then, when the show builds an audience and leaves, all of the fans of the show, plus the ones from the show before, bash the next new show. Fans of K+T bashed S+C. Fans of S+C bashed G+M. Fans of G+M bash J+M. It's just how it goes. I'm not one of any of these levels of fans; I missed out on K+T. Didn't like S+C. Enjoyed G+M but not enough to bash J when G was fired by the heads at CBS. And when K, J, H, and S got captured by the O and M+W got sent home on a B I was really riveted to the edge of my seat, even after E, D, and L almost got killed by the EMP or whatever it was.
'K?
Where was I?
Ah, yes. The vanilla pudding of radio. Like I said, I can listen to MCM (again with the acroynyms!) now if it's on, but it's not the best. Nor am I going to start bashing it like...well, everyone who's been a long time middays listener of WKRK. I suppose because when I lose interest in MCM, I can always switch over to Sirius and catch the Stern show.
Hey, if MCM is vanilla pudding, Stern is a stripper covered in whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
And we all LOVE that mental image, don't we?
Caught some of Jay and Michelle today.
Now, I'll say this; it wasn't necessarily BAD radio. It held my attention for the time I listened to it. It just wasn't good radio either. It was the vanilla pudding of radio. Just kinda there if you want it, but who wants vanilla when there's a nice bowl of chocolate sitting near by? I don't miss Gregg Henson as much as I thought I was going to. Yeah, I miss the relationship he had with Michelle, the on-air chemistry and all that, but when it comes right down to it, Henson was just a bitter balding bastard. Entertaining enough when he was on but not so integral to the show that he's needed now.
The middays slot on KRK seems to be filled with hatred. Not on the hosts's part, but on the fans'. See, every time a new show comes on, the fans of the show that was on before instantly bash the new show. Then, when the show builds an audience and leaves, all of the fans of the show, plus the ones from the show before, bash the next new show. Fans of K+T bashed S+C. Fans of S+C bashed G+M. Fans of G+M bash J+M. It's just how it goes. I'm not one of any of these levels of fans; I missed out on K+T. Didn't like S+C. Enjoyed G+M but not enough to bash J when G was fired by the heads at CBS. And when K, J, H, and S got captured by the O and M+W got sent home on a B I was really riveted to the edge of my seat, even after E, D, and L almost got killed by the EMP or whatever it was.
'K?
Where was I?
Ah, yes. The vanilla pudding of radio. Like I said, I can listen to MCM (again with the acroynyms!) now if it's on, but it's not the best. Nor am I going to start bashing it like...well, everyone who's been a long time middays listener of WKRK. I suppose because when I lose interest in MCM, I can always switch over to Sirius and catch the Stern show.
Hey, if MCM is vanilla pudding, Stern is a stripper covered in whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
And we all LOVE that mental image, don't we?
(Refuge Blog) Mind Pong
Huh. I seem to be yelling in a void here, based on the results of last entry. I guess that means that I can say whatever I want about everyone on this board and no one will react, since they're not reading it. FUN!
Kidding. I would never do that. I wouldn't talk about anyone on this board behind their back. To their face, sure (I think my Tom fight in the old King Kong thread kinda proved that...), but not behind their back...
I wish I could say something interesting right now, but my brain's kinda fried. Doing the work of two people this week, because the other person is out on vacation. I have to cover for her. Kinda sucks, but at least no one's gonna bother me, since I'm so busy *roll eyes*.
As you can see, I'm all over the place now. On my second can of Red Bull for the morning....I can feel the energy just rushing through my veins.
You ever wonder why, in a bank of flourescent lights, there's ALWAYS one light that's off-color from the rest? It's always a little darker than the others. It's like it's embarrassed to be there or something.
Kidding. I would never do that. I wouldn't talk about anyone on this board behind their back. To their face, sure (I think my Tom fight in the old King Kong thread kinda proved that...), but not behind their back...
I wish I could say something interesting right now, but my brain's kinda fried. Doing the work of two people this week, because the other person is out on vacation. I have to cover for her. Kinda sucks, but at least no one's gonna bother me, since I'm so busy *roll eyes*.
As you can see, I'm all over the place now. On my second can of Red Bull for the morning....I can feel the energy just rushing through my veins.
You ever wonder why, in a bank of flourescent lights, there's ALWAYS one light that's off-color from the rest? It's always a little darker than the others. It's like it's embarrassed to be there or something.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
(Refuge Blog) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Saw DMC a little over a week ago and it rocked. I finally went and re-watched Curse of the Black Pearl. Something I noticed:
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BOTH PEARL AND DMC....TURN BACK NOW.
LAST CHANCE....
OKAY, FUCK YOU IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE SPOILER WARNING....
Alright--at the end of DMC, in one of the coolest twist endings ever, Barbossa returns. This ending ranks in my top ten film endings...
BUT....
He DIED at the end of the first movie!
"I feel....COLD."
Remember?
When At World's End comes out next summer, I hope they explain how the dead Captain is alive to walk down the stairs there.....
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BOTH PEARL AND DMC....TURN BACK NOW.
LAST CHANCE....
OKAY, FUCK YOU IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE SPOILER WARNING....
Alright--at the end of DMC, in one of the coolest twist endings ever, Barbossa returns. This ending ranks in my top ten film endings...
BUT....
He DIED at the end of the first movie!
"I feel....COLD."
Remember?
When At World's End comes out next summer, I hope they explain how the dead Captain is alive to walk down the stairs there.....
Monday, July 17, 2006
(Refuge Blog) Life, business and other shit (Part 3)
"Welcome to your new job. You start Wednesday."
With that, I had less than two days to pack up my stuff in the branch and get moved on into the main location of the library. It didn't even sink in with me. I figured I'd be back at the branch within a week, maybe two.
I figured wrong.
I was brought in for the purpose of working on the library website. Of course, they didn't have the equipment ready for me, so I was put in the odd position of being an assistant in the Marketing Department. I wasn't a complete part of the department, but I wasn't part of the website, either. Either way, with the new job, I knew I had to leave the board. I just had to.
Over the course of the next two months (ish), I worked on getting acclamated to the new position. It was wildly different than anything I'd ever experienced in the branch. Finally, little contact with the public (anyone who spends any amount of time with me usually comes to the realization that I can't stand people), a desk job with a computer. Very cool. So I survived. I finished 24AU, published it *cough*shamelessplug*cough*, and moved on to another long term project I had never finished.
But by the end of June, I found myself yearning for this site. I just wanted to come back. I missed everyone (including Tom and Brodie). After conferring with a few friends, I made the decision.
I was coming home.
Now, I'm still working in my semi-new position, getting used to life at the main location. I'm still waiting to get plugged in to the website, and I'm working on learning the new programs. I had to learn Microsoft Access from scratch (a bitch and a half), and I'm starting in on DreamWeaver. I'm now working at my desk at work, switching between this site and my work in Access while listening to Howard Stern's Sirius show on my earphones.
Oh, and did I mention that I got a raise?
Life is good.
Yeah, life is good.
With that, I had less than two days to pack up my stuff in the branch and get moved on into the main location of the library. It didn't even sink in with me. I figured I'd be back at the branch within a week, maybe two.
I figured wrong.
I was brought in for the purpose of working on the library website. Of course, they didn't have the equipment ready for me, so I was put in the odd position of being an assistant in the Marketing Department. I wasn't a complete part of the department, but I wasn't part of the website, either. Either way, with the new job, I knew I had to leave the board. I just had to.
Over the course of the next two months (ish), I worked on getting acclamated to the new position. It was wildly different than anything I'd ever experienced in the branch. Finally, little contact with the public (anyone who spends any amount of time with me usually comes to the realization that I can't stand people), a desk job with a computer. Very cool. So I survived. I finished 24AU, published it *cough*shamelessplug*cough*, and moved on to another long term project I had never finished.
But by the end of June, I found myself yearning for this site. I just wanted to come back. I missed everyone (including Tom and Brodie). After conferring with a few friends, I made the decision.
I was coming home.
Now, I'm still working in my semi-new position, getting used to life at the main location. I'm still waiting to get plugged in to the website, and I'm working on learning the new programs. I had to learn Microsoft Access from scratch (a bitch and a half), and I'm starting in on DreamWeaver. I'm now working at my desk at work, switching between this site and my work in Access while listening to Howard Stern's Sirius show on my earphones.
Oh, and did I mention that I got a raise?
Life is good.
Yeah, life is good.
Friday, July 14, 2006
(Refuge Blog) Life, business and other shit (Part 2)
With 24: Altered Universe coming to a close and the necessity of increasing my writing time coming up quick, I was coming toward the decision to leave the board. My work life was about to cement that decision.
Before I can tell that tale, though, I need to tell a little background. At my job, one of my diversions was to create...things...that would help improve the library (and kept me entertained). Some of these things were flyers advertising the library's events, others were signs pointing to sections of the library. One big one was a revolutionary new system of signing patrons onto our computers. With our Computer Tech, I created a whole new process for the computer sign-ins. And it worked! Three months into using this system (March-ish), at the advice of our staff association, we sent a letter to the bigwigs of the system talking about the new program.
We heard nothing back.
As time went on, after years of bitching about the lack of updates to our branch's page of the website, I finally sat down and created a blog for the branch. Simple, but a nice way to connect to the community. More...things.
In April, I attended an awards ceremony for someone at work. While I was there, my aunt (also a library employee) introduced me to the second highest-ranked person in the library system. One of the people we sent the letters to. Unable to resist, I asked her about it. She said she saw it, but as the system works, things weren't going to come out of it for a while. So, while I was there, I mentioned the blog. She told me she wanted to see it, but I couldn't write anything down at the time, so I couldn't give it to her.
About a week later, I e-mailed her the link to the blog. I thought nothing of it. Time went on, I began to make the decision to leave the Refuge. THEN.....it happened.
One late Thursday night, just minutes before we closed, I got a phone call from the woman. She told me to call the next day to make an appointment to come in to meet her on the following Monday. Stammering, flabbergasted and downright hornswaggled, I could only say sure. The next day, I made the appointment.
Monday I went in to meet with her. From what she had said over the phone, it sounded like I was going in for a job interview.
It wasn't an interview.
It was "Welcome to your new job. You start Wednesday."
TO BE CONTINUED....
Before I can tell that tale, though, I need to tell a little background. At my job, one of my diversions was to create...things...that would help improve the library (and kept me entertained). Some of these things were flyers advertising the library's events, others were signs pointing to sections of the library. One big one was a revolutionary new system of signing patrons onto our computers. With our Computer Tech, I created a whole new process for the computer sign-ins. And it worked! Three months into using this system (March-ish), at the advice of our staff association, we sent a letter to the bigwigs of the system talking about the new program.
We heard nothing back.
As time went on, after years of bitching about the lack of updates to our branch's page of the website, I finally sat down and created a blog for the branch. Simple, but a nice way to connect to the community. More...things.
In April, I attended an awards ceremony for someone at work. While I was there, my aunt (also a library employee) introduced me to the second highest-ranked person in the library system. One of the people we sent the letters to. Unable to resist, I asked her about it. She said she saw it, but as the system works, things weren't going to come out of it for a while. So, while I was there, I mentioned the blog. She told me she wanted to see it, but I couldn't write anything down at the time, so I couldn't give it to her.
About a week later, I e-mailed her the link to the blog. I thought nothing of it. Time went on, I began to make the decision to leave the Refuge. THEN.....it happened.
One late Thursday night, just minutes before we closed, I got a phone call from the woman. She told me to call the next day to make an appointment to come in to meet her on the following Monday. Stammering, flabbergasted and downright hornswaggled, I could only say sure. The next day, I made the appointment.
Monday I went in to meet with her. From what she had said over the phone, it sounded like I was going in for a job interview.
It wasn't an interview.
It was "Welcome to your new job. You start Wednesday."
TO BE CONTINUED....
Thursday, July 13, 2006
(Refuge Blog) Life, business and other shit (Part 1)
It's been about two months since I left and now I'm back. Why? Why'd I leave, why am I back, and why should you care?
Well, I can't answer that last question, but I can start in on the first two.
Okay, two months ago. Early May. My life was changing big time. Over the course of the previous 6-8 months, I'd been trying to get healthier. Changed my eating habits, started exercizing more--I was losing weight and finally feeling good again. By May I was down about 20 pounds.
At the same time, it became crunch time for 24: Altered Universe. The single largest project I've ever undertaken was coming to its end and I had to finish it. I had to be done by a certain date or it would go on forever. Couldn't let that happen. So I decided to start working on it more and more. If I wasn't at work, I was working on 24:AU. That's it. My deadline was the last Monday in May, one week after the season finale of the show. With a couple episodes to go and time growing short, I had to kick things into high gear.
In the meantime, my working life was about to get a massive shakeup...
TO BE CONTINUED....
Well, I can't answer that last question, but I can start in on the first two.
Okay, two months ago. Early May. My life was changing big time. Over the course of the previous 6-8 months, I'd been trying to get healthier. Changed my eating habits, started exercizing more--I was losing weight and finally feeling good again. By May I was down about 20 pounds.
At the same time, it became crunch time for 24: Altered Universe. The single largest project I've ever undertaken was coming to its end and I had to finish it. I had to be done by a certain date or it would go on forever. Couldn't let that happen. So I decided to start working on it more and more. If I wasn't at work, I was working on 24:AU. That's it. My deadline was the last Monday in May, one week after the season finale of the show. With a couple episodes to go and time growing short, I had to kick things into high gear.
In the meantime, my working life was about to get a massive shakeup...
TO BE CONTINUED....
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