11/30/05: $$$$$$$$$

Payday!

For some reason, Jay Leno just doesn't crack me up anymore. I don't know if he ever did, but he can't seem to compare to Conan O'Brien or Jimmy Kimmel. Although I must admit this video made me chuckle a few times.

11/29/05: Ahh relief!  

I had class tonight, and of course work, but the only part that mattered was that short but sweet amount of time I got to see my girl again. Sadly i will fly out of town again in 2 weeks, but it's nice to know soon enough all the mumbo jumbo will be out of the way.

Jay showed me this video where someone synchronized christmas lights to music... pretty sweet huh? I just came across another version of the concept, with the same house though. Don't know which I like better but the neighbors must love them...

11/28/05: Back in NY.. for now

Just got back today from Jay and Sara's house in Minneapolis, and I have to say it was one hell of a great time. I certainly couldn't have asked for better hosts, and I will be booking another vacation to that resort sometime next year. Here are some of the pictures from the week... not all, just some.

Speaking of next year, I finalized the decision after getting a set offer from the company... Dana and I will be moving to Houston!!!! Well not Houston, 30 minutes outside of the city. Us country folk wouldn't deal well with living downtown. We are so excited about it, and once all the paperwork and moving is out of the way, we will be even more excited! I gotta thank my boss for his help and time put into this whole ordeal. I know it meant more work and deadlines for him and he helped make it possible in the long run. Below is a pic of the skyline for those who have never seen it. I'm sure we will be posting many many pictures of it once we get there.

Being that I had the week off, I have a BUNCH of stuff to catch up on. I'll keep "Y'all" posted on our journey as it evolves.

The clip below is a hilarious skit from the Conan Obrien show where one of the writers brings his PC to India, where the helpdesk is located. Watch and enjoy.

11/21/05: Anti-Turkey Day!

Off to Minnisota tomorrow to visit Jay and Sara! Can't wait to get together ane eat tons of stuff while not worrying about work. Of course one of my teachers scheduled a takehome test over the break, but what the hell... it is just a takehome.

Plans for moving are ongoing, between meetings with managers and Dana checking out apartments things are going fairly smooth. The decision will be made soon, at this point the proof will be on the paper. I am trying to not stress over it all because in the end everything always finds a way of working out. More details to come.

P.S. People from Reston Virginia are sneaky, but not sneaky enough...

11/18/05: Texas or bust?

That subject will come up in further posts, because it is "Under Construction" to say the least. For now I will just post a few recent pictures from life as I know it. Dad warshin' the Jaguar, my car in a sunset, Dana Cookin', and my new glock model 36. (Finally!!)

Have a splendid weekend "y'all"

11/17/05: Humbuggers

So the time has come, and the question arises again this year. Is it, or is it not too early to play Christmas music and put up decorations. Some people (Dana's neighbors) don't believe it is, yet many seem to disagree. The crossover date for these scrooges seems to be after Thanksgiving. Well, I just purchased a Sinatra Christmas CD the other day, and I'll blast it like it was 50 cent and I was black. It seems while driving down I95 at 70mph (give or take 15mph), and some porky business man in a Yukon starts to cut me off... it's tough to get pissed when Frank is singing "Silent Night" or "Winter Wonderland". I may throw the fella a festive finger but not without a smile of course. So I say play the holiday tunes with pride friends.

I was reminded of a decent hoilday prank, some know of it from last year, some don't. Click here to view this devious deed.

Ebay: Psycho trading Spouses Bobblehead doll

News: Hurricane Katrina may be named Time's "Person of the year"??

News: The only domestic abuse case I have found to be funny

11/15/05: %@#%$@

With minutes left in the game, the Eagles decide they don't feel like playing football anymore and decide grabass is a better way to go. Dana warned me about McNabb, but now it is set in stone. He cost me $50, by playing worse then a leper drummer. I don't know if this makes any sense, but I could honestly care less. He's off my Christmas list.

Other then that, I spent another lovely evening in class, learning about Spanning tree Protocol, which of course, being that they acronym everything to death in IT, is referred to as STP.The confusing part, is they use it for Shielded Twisted Pair, and Straight Through Processing as well. Gotta love them geeks. Either way, I stopped and got Coffee with Dana before work, which always makes anything better.

Video: And I thought Dana and I looked funny flying a kite...

Video: Why McNabb should box.

Furthermore... I have had a few random people contact me asking for a "pic". Regardless if there are billions on that menu in the lower left, I'll post one here. I was a little sick that day, but it is my best portrait as of yet.

11/14/05: Homeworking out

In the interest of future programs written in C, I have found a simple error that I make way too often. When writing a statement like "if(num1%2=1)", meaning if the remainder after deviding by 2 is equal to 1 (or the # is odd), remember to use ==, not = for comparisons. I don't know why I make this mistake, but when I write 50 lines of code and come down to this one problem for 15 minutes or so... it is frustrating when you figure out how simple it was to fix all along...C'est la vie, and "duh".

Link: Now THIS is a potato gun

Link: Bruce Willis' reward for finding Osama

Video: Cops + Fireworks == Reno911

Game: Eat the smaller fish..simple

11/11/05: Happy 1111

Aaron pointed this video out to me. It is hilarious, if your sense of humor is properly suited. Don't watch if you are easily offended, or have a weak stomach...hell I'm password protecting it. If you reeeally want to watch it convert 1979 to binary for a password.

Another run to RJ and another run to Wal-Mart along with it tonight. Going at 3am, you can run into the strangest people, so we do our best to fit in. The newest thing is to ask one another "If we needed to pickup any more anti-rash cream" casually while passing other customers or employees. You should try it sometime, the reactions are priceless if you can keep a straight face.

Dana and I had a wonderful dinner with her wonderful parents tonight. Her Dad has quite a few jokes up his sleeve, so it was a good time as always. Now all we need is Tracy there to complete the comic routine we all have going. As of yet, my smile has not gone away with this relationship... and I don't see it happening to be honest. Off to the comedy show tonight, lets hope we don't become the comedy show ;)

11/09/05: *Edit*

For those of you who asked, that is not an actual picture of the birthday girl from yesterday... photoshop struck again.

11/08/05:Where's my midget

First things first, we should all remember to wish lil miss Rau a happy birthday. Even if you don't know her, you should contact her and wish her a happy birthday... Instant message me and I will give you her address. For her b-day I got her picture taken with Dane Cook as seen below:

So I have talked about getting a day planner for a while, because it seems to be getting more and more busy daily. Of course, even easier then that is having a midget follow you around like a human PDA, and pay him with shelter and small portioned meals. Between the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, trips to the city/Premium outlets, fancy dinners, and the possibility of a Florida vacation now that midget would be put to good use. Christmas is coming folks, so keep your eyes on Ebay for me.

11/07/05: Jar Heads

Joe and I went to see the newly released movie based on the 1st Iraq war called "Jar Head". I'm not going to spoil it for any of you who have not seen it yet and want to, but we won. The movie itself was pretty good... not what I expected but cinematographically well put together... and well roboticated. It gets my vote for a well spent $9.75, especially compared to most of the other movies I have seen as of late.

Momma Sheehan gave Dana and I a few of her pictures from the hike up Buck Mountain, and hers were much better then mine. She has quite the talent when it comes to lighting and cropping. So here are a couple:

    

Jay sent me this image yesterday. Apparently they have a radioactive leak in Wisconsin. Sara claims it looks like Pickles... all I know is the longer I look at it, the more likely I will have a nightmare tonight. So here ya go!

I'm not sure if this symptom is related, but these dogs have quite the resemblance to that llama.

Game: Kickoff Football (My high score is 512, although I'm sure someone will beat it.)

11/04/05: The doctor is somewhere

My girl is sick, and being that I am no medical professional I resorted to good ole soup and grilled cheese tonight. It always seemed to work well for me in the past, but I honestly can't remember the last time I was actually sick beyond a slight cold. Inaccurate conclusion: Third shift boost your immune system.

I never did post a picture of Jay's new Audi A6. He put a bunch up on his site, but I wanted to put a special touch on it and post one here.

This image is completely unrelated, but I had to post it. I get the feeling that the store owners might be consuming a bit too much of their merchandise.

Video: Will this preacher ever get old?

11/03/05: New month, clean site

If you ran out of Halloween candy this year, and decided the rest of the kids wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Milk Duds and Poop Duds, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would like have a word with you.

Yes, that is right... not only do children have to worry about psychos putting razor blades in their milky way, but now simply defecating in a bag and handing it out. Simply put, there is a difference between a funny prank, and this one. I'm not quite sure what drives someone to do something like that, what traumatic occurrence in your life makes you think one day, "You know... this year for Halloween I think I'll give the kids a turd." I don't remember worrying about anything like this when I was a kid, hell the worst thing we had was Pee-Wee's Playhouse

Video: This is how I hurt my knee

Video: The only guy alive who could get chicks with a yo-yo

Kids letters to God