For those of us who missed out on carving a pumpkin:
So I don't know how things went up in Duanesburg being that I was at class all night, but I do know that a busy neighborhood in Clifton Park wasn't quite so busy this Halloween and I think I have the answer. One of the houses in the "hood" if you will, was the scene of a 23 year old girl answering the door holding candy and wearing a hula-girl outfit. Now, being that I am grown up, I would quite possibly go up to this house two, three, ten times... but as a former 8 year old, if I remember correctly, I may be a bit too shy to confront this pretty tropical princess. This is just a theory of mine, but needless to say the streets were bare.
Isn't it scary that this sorta stuff happens so close to home?
Image: He has it all wrong.
10/31/05: Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween everybody :) in honor of the day, we went to the Double M Haunted Hayrides, and went to see "Saw II" this weekend and it wasn't all too bad. the company was great, and if anybody can make a scary movie or ride more intense it is Dana. I always notice about these Liongates scary films, that the film quality is always a bit grainy. I don't know if it is for effect, but for me it takes a bit away from the movie. Either way it was a good time.
When we got back Saturday night we started up a fire and cooked up a kick ass stir-fry dinner (OK So Dana did most of the cooking) Total cost of all ingredients was $6 and some change. beat that McDonalds... I never have quite that much fun at McDonalds either, especially since they have been preventing me from playing in the ball gym.
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We went hiking up Buck mountain Sunday, taking advantage of the beautiful day. Of course I had to ruin the trip 15 minutes from the summit with a injured knee. My attempts to cover it up were foiled by my ever so perceptive parents and girlfriend. We still had a great time though, and took a bunch of pictures.
News: Fall-O-Ween... c'mon
Greed: Auctioning off the popes ford
Site: Rate Halloween costumes
10/28/05: It's a complete success
A friend from work gave me a CD by "The Postal Service" and I do like it I must say. The one song I have heard before is playing in the background now, but they have a buttload of other good songs on the CD. And we all know that is a lot.
Removed wma file
This one weird girl told me that song gives her seizures. I guess it is possible. Here is another by them that reminds me of playing super mario bros. back in the day.
Back from New Jersey and couldn't be happier. Although I must admit it was a great learning experience and I had a good time with the fella's. The hotel we stayed in was by the medowlands stadium and had a great view of NYC outside my window. I actually had to close the shades just because the lights were so bright from the city. The Disaster Recovery Test went great, and we celebrated with one hell of a good meal. My boss has some good taste in food so we ate like kings both nights. Either way it's nice to be back home, and see my parents and Dana again.
Brett sent me this video, and quite appropriately around Halloween time.
Dressing your dog for Halloween can be taken too far sometimes...
10/24/05: Back for a minute
So we made it back from Kentucky alive, now it's off to New Jersey for a few days for a business trip. We had a blast and it was so nice to see everyone again. The pictures are not organized too well, but I am a bit too busy to do so at this point, they can all be found in the following links:
So that is that, until next time we all get together, we will miss "y'all".
Dana went out to the corn maze and ran into a few of my friends on Friday night. Wish I coulda been there guys! Maybe next year... I was told there wasn't much disappearing into the stalks/scaring the crap outta the girls going on, so I am a bit disappointed in you fellas'...Oh well, I'm off to get some more work done for now.
10/21/05:Louisville Sluggers
Us, and our cabbie @ 4am...What..the... hell?
10/19/05: Cram it
Being that I leave for Kentucky in a day, I have been cramming this weeks homework and finishing up some work-work so it is all off my mind during the trip. I also just come to the realization that if I were you, I wouldn't really care what I was doing... so moving forward.
I just recieved an email from CNN stating: "Forecasters say Hurricane Wilma is now an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, with top sustained winds of 150 mph." I'll tell ya what, I don't need my ass kicked too many times before I get the hell out of dodge. I can see the newspaper cartoonists already drawing the Flintstone metaphors.
News: Just go put the ball thru the friggin hoop and collect your millions of dollars
Image: Incredible monitor
Link: The classic ninja site
News: Guy who dresses like poop running for mayor? he's got my vote
10/18/05: Sausage Links
Video: Another Kimmel Masterpiece
Halloween: Carve a Pumpkin (w/sound)
Gifts: Christmas is coming!
Vid/Song: Stephen Lynch Halloween
10/17/05: Travel Time
Another weekend down, and back to this lovely place we call work. To Recap:
Item1: Krystal called to let me know our old apartment building burned down. I drove past it tonight and they weren't kidding when they said "40 foot flames". Needless to say, I'm glad everyone made it out safe, and I got the hell out a few months ago. I did take a few pictures but they were too dark to make out... Kinda like the guy in the background of this picture.
Item2: So this kid we know apparently has a blog dedicated to ridding the world of Vampires. I wasn't sure if I should laugh, or inform him he was already successful. The group is called "NOFANG" which stands for "National Organization For Annihilating Nocturnal Gangrel" Somehow I thought a "national" organization would consist of more than one member, but at the same time I'm not too amazed at this. I will soon be unleashing "PROFANG"... or "People Running Over Freaks And Nerdy Groups". I would apologize for his language, but it is his innermost badass showing under his skirt. He swears like a drunken sailor driving a truck, but a lack of proper vocab is most likely the cause.
Item3: This is more of a tip then anything. When in a nice restaurant, keep your voice down when asking someone if "they want to try any of your sausage". Especially when they will reply a few decibels louder "ALREADY HAVE!" The tables next to you will appreciate it.
Item4: When the power goes out, my Mom and I become the myth busters. Today we captured a 40 lb bumble bee (slight exaggeration) and put it in the freezer for 15 minutes or so. Once it was safe, and it was rock solid we took it out and tied a string to it. Waiting for it to thaw took about 2 hours, but again we didn't have power so what else were we going to do? Read a book? Pfft, what is this the 1800's? Anyway, it came back to life and never did fly around... just kinda looked at us like "why the hell did you freeze me and tie this crap to my leg... ya jerk". I think we froze it for too long. Either way it was fun, and we released it back to the wild so it could go home and eat dinner. End of story. This guy was more successful.
10/14/05: Mr.Nicehands
As odd as that subject may sound, below is a flash called Mr.Nicehands. It seems fairly calming, guitar music and all, until you pull his finger.
Removed SWF due to guitar music..
Once again, flatulent humor amuses me. As does this crazy ass lady from the show "Trading Spouses". I get the feeling her hubby was happy to trade.
Below is an image Jay sent, apparently he outwitted his PC, or it is making a poorly stated insult.
Videos: For the madTV Stewart fans ;^)
Link: Looty is popular
10/13/05: While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. -- John Taylor
Sadly, Dave Hughes, a fellow SII employee was lost yesterday in a on the job accident. While this isn't a forum to relay details, we can at least keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.
In an attempt to lighten the mood now, check out this site. My favorite Vin Diesel fact so far is "Vin Diesel can listen to an audio CD by twirling it on his finger and licking the surface." or "Vin Diesel is rubber and you are glue. Anything you say bounces off of Vin at the speed of sound and kills someone."He's so badass.
News: I think the divorce may have had something to do with lack of communication?
News: Harry Potter dreading his nude scene... no crap!
Game: IceBreakout
10/12/05: Thanks guys
So I recieved a couple calls from our IT guys visiting Texas right now. Needless to say, (being that it was 1am) they were out on the town and as usual handing the phone to girls working at the bar to talk to me. In attempts to make my night seem as interesting, I mentioned how I was working on programming flowcharts, and that they were jerks for rubbing in their fun. The business trip to NJ is in 2 weeks, and they mentioned taking me to Texas next month a time or two for some Sharepoint work. I just hope I can keep up!
Ted B sent me this, I doubt the accuracy of it... It's basis on time and resulting right brain development certainly isn't going to win any Nobel Prizes.
Video: Family Guy- "Fanny Bandits"
Odd moment of the night: When calling our South Africa affiliate tonight, I was put on hold only to hear the most unexpected hold music ever. Apparently the Mario Brothers theme song is popular while waiting over there... and I must say, it got me swaying in my chair.
10/11/05: Go..umm...White Sox?
So the Yankees are out, yes you don't have to rub it in. Although I know a few who will. It was tough for them to hit the ball with their hands firmly squeezed upon their necks. You can put the blame on players like A Rod, or Matsui, but in the grand scheme of things they wouldn't have even been there if it wasn't for them to begin with. Personally, I'm blaming Katrina.
I was introduced to this site, which can be fun... as well as mischievous. (As seen below)
only because we love you Ryan!
Is the end of the world upon us? Science says no! Admittedly we have had our share of natural disasters around the world lately, and people are a bit on edge. As the article says "in the latter days before the [apocalypse] that the Earth would be caught up in what he [Paul] called the birth pangs of a new order" I really have little humor I can find in this topic, except for the mention of "El Nino"... It just makes me think of Horatio Sanz' skit as El Nino on SNL.
Odd: Men better shoppers then women
10/10/05: Cano for president
So I just finished working on this program for class. I went a bit overboard with checks and balances but it works better that way. The only problem is, I HATE C CODE. It just seems so primative after working in ADSI visual basic... what the.. who cares!
Here is a "silly name" generation game. My name ended up being Sneezy Wafflehump, which describes me to perfection... I guess?
Kelly celebrated her birthday this weekend, so I certainly didn't want to miss out on the lil lady turning 13. She is as pretty as ever and the whole family is doing great! Kinda scary to think that in 3 years I could see her face in front of the wheel in oncoming traffic. *shiver*
News: Betcha he gets made fun of at work
News: I wish I saw this
Site: Don't know why, but StuffOnCats makes me laugh
Edit: For those of you forwarding on the email about "DON'T EVER DIAL AREA CODE 809, 284 AND 876" Please read this website..
10/07/05: Craption
Jay sent me a image in my email with the subject line : Subtitle Needed. It's a tough one to come up with anything but I guess I will go with my first idea. The image is below.
I have another image captioned from a ealier post, during the Katrina aftermath. I'm thinking about making it into a bumper sticker of some sort.
Thank God for Red Bull and all it's chemical pseudo-fruity goodness tonight. I drank it about 15 minutes ago and I can already hear the ringing in my ears. (That's how you know it's working) I'm anticipating the invention of a energy drink that makes your eyes glow and gives the ability to pee fire. Talk about a top notch party trick. Something tells me that 10 years from now we will have breaking news saying long term effects of energy drinks include leprosy and/or violent bowel movements. (along with a big "oops" from the FDA) Until then, keep pourin' me a tall glass of taurine and pantothenate. I don't know what the second one is, but they squeezed it into my can.
Video: How is Steve Irwin still alive?
Video: Surveillance cameras are fun
Soundboard: Dane Cook goodness
10/05/05: Back fat must suck
So the Red Sox got romped, and the Yankees won... Nuff said?
Random unnecessarily vindictive pirate girl of the day: *wink*
10/04/05: Fall cleaning
So I took the majority of the posts off the site, but still have them in a seperate html file. The scroll was getting too long for my liking. Tonight has been one hell of a night of nonstop userdir moving, homework doing, and backup job AOFO fixing. So now some fun :)
I was playing with photoshop, and practicing some photo restoration. I picked a subject I didn't mind staring at for a while... Click the following links for the pics: Image1 Image2 Image3
I'm hoping I don't get killed for the last one... if anyone I know can take a joke it's her. Nothin' but love baby!
News: Soon to be on Jerry Springer
Ironic: This means you
Kickass: I'm signing up as a test dummy
10/03/05: Feel sick..
Lake George made national news with the capsizing of a local tour boat the "Ethan Allen". Apparently the boat tipped in the wake of a larger passing boat, leaving around 21 passengers dead. Another tragedy, another media frenzy to get the best picture... journalism has lost not only its credibility, but its basic dignity.
Speaking of which (That makes no sense), Dana, her parents, sister and I had a blast in Cortland this weekend. We got to see "Dance Works", Tracy's dance team in action, and they did one hell of a good job! After the dancing was over, Dana and I headed off to Ithaca for some waterfalls, and dinner. Here are some pictures from the day. This coming weekend is our hiking trip up Buck mountain, so the waterfalls were a nice warm-up.
No mas, I feel like crap so I'm off.
9/30/05: Cortland or bust!
I introduced myself to The White Stripes' music tonight and I do enjoy. Press play below to check out a pretty kick ass version of the song "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself".
In other news, had another great night with Dana... which has become par for the course it seems. We are off to Cortland, and Ithaca this weekend video camera in hand. Hilarity shall ensue.
I have never been too into the Harry Potter series, but Aaron showed me the trailer for the newest one coming out in November, and it looks damn good. Check it out here.
News?: Did we need scientists to figure this one out?
News:Dad could shoot better blindfolded