Motherload of Artificial

The most epic cab ride from SJC $63.07.

The most epic cab ride from SJC $63.07.

The new Star Trek was very entertaining! The casting was excellent and the opening night vibe really made the movie. See it at IMAX if you can!

Fade, fade away. Mothers day rapidly approaches. Andy's wedding party was this last weekend and overall it was a great event. Many people and few happenings worth mentioning. Dave carpooled with me and ended up having a great time.

I've gone through some photos recently. It's amazing how time flies by - enjoy it while you can.

You know things are awesome when:

200 resumes come in for a $15/hr job in two days and the majority of them have a BA or BS.

I'm going to joyfully return to getting a page to look right in IE6.

"I can't tell you how good it is to see you again."

A dream with a familiar person and a lighter that was empty.

I haven't been in the mood to write much recently - believe me I tried and didn't get farther than a few words.

Last night an accident happened on Barranca and Culver by Mimi's Cafe which involved a car that was making a right turn and a pedestrian bicycle was going the opposite way of traffic (quickly) and the two hit (the car wasn't going very fast) but the sound was so bad. The guy on the bicycle wasn't wearing a helmet. We called 911 and I crossed the street and ran over and let them know help was one the way. I wasn't even all the way across the street and an officer could be seen down the street.

The guy riding the bike was on his side face down and not moving but he was awake. No helmet. No light. All dark clothes. Oddly enough the guy driving the car and his girlfriend were med students and so was another person who stopped. The police came and so did the fire department.

"McCain-Palin 2008 Campaign Manager Rick Davis: 'This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them. We will have no further comment'..."

When someone does this sort of hacking/eavesdropping/snooping to a government official, it's called "a shocking invasion of...privacy and a violation of law."

When the government does it to you, it's called the "Patriot Act."

This was shamelessly ripped from a genius on Slashdot.

A pirate walks into a bar wearing a paper towel on his head. He sits down at the bar and orders some dirty rum.
The bartender asks, "Why are you wearing a paper towel?"
"Arrrrrrr I've got a bounty on me head!"

While buying gas today I purchased a car wash. The station I usually do this at allows you to make the purchase directly from the pump and the car wash machine code is printed on the reciept. After the pump clicked letting me know my car was full I dutifully waited for the receipt to print and zoned out at the TV atop the pump. I pulled the receipt out and the part where the code appears was cut off. Great.

I walked inside to talk to the clerk about the receipt and there was a line. An old man was talking down to the clerk in a senile manner. Apparently he wasn't happy that the clerk greeted him. I guess he comes to this location because it has a subway in it. He kept going on and on "Don't talk to me unless I'm doing something wrong." the store manager was behind the clerk and was saying something along the lines of "We love you, we're just full of love." this seemed to make the old guy angrier.

He eventually walked off and the clerk helped the guy in front of me and they started joking about it with the old guy still in ear shot and he quickly replied "...oh you think this is funny?!". When it was my turn the clerk asked me if I would get upset if I was told to have a nice day. I said "I think you should go to hell." with a big grin on my face and we both laughed.

Ahhh people.

I finally watched Supersize me this weekend. I always joked that I loved fast food too much and that ignorance is bliss. I still stand by the ignorance being bliss but once your eyes are opened you cant help but think about it.

This weekend (besides having to work both days) involved a long Friday that was spent in Anaheim and Garden Grove. I completely understand why it is referred to as Garbage Grove. There were at least two streets that were normal enough that smelled like you were next to a dumpster on a hot day. I think it topped the baked garbage smell that you're treated to when you're down wind of one of the trash bins at the beach.

I don't really find asians attractive especially Vietnamese women. I just thought they were devoid of attractive people or something. I went to a Vietnamese Cafe (Coffee House?) and it was staffed with absolutely stunning girls working in lingere. I had asked for a beer but they don't serve any alcohol - only juices and coffees. FYI Orange Juice + lots of beer in stomach = not the best mix. Apparently having half naked women with alcohol around is a bad idea... but the plus side is you could gamble and smoke inside and it was roudy.

I had a crazy vivid dream last night. The plus side is we were able to laugh and reflect on the good times. Oh and I watched Casino Royale German dub - seriously the voice actors did a good job.

Meh... 5 more days of work...

So lets see last tuesday I got a girls number who looks crazy wild. She has a tattoo of a heart muscle on her upper arm/shoulder and some dragon on the other. A large tattoo on her lower back and the word 'True' inside her lip. She's actually really pretty and went to Fullerton. I heard this once referred to as 'Marla' hot (from Fight Club) but this girl is bleach blond 5'6" with blue eyes. Trouble!

I installed Windows Vista and I am ashamed to say that I like it. The gadgets are slick and subtle touches like when renaming a file with the extension visible only the file name portion is highlighted by default. I have been using it for about a month and I really enjoy Aero. Besides that I have taken an interest in Motion Graphics (mainly in Cinema 4D) and this is where a lot of my free time has been spent.

One of my first projects was playing with a light source to replicate fire. Another project was to model an icecube. So far I haven't gotten the noise correct.

Work. One of our DNS servers hasn't been replicating correctly. One of the new admins wants to have everything inside of Active Directory - since the servers have been online for awhile some of the zones are in AD and others have been entered another way. My goal has been to export all zones with attributes and read them (so that they replicate).

Random Slashdotter's comments on George Lucas' plans for the next Indiana Jones Movie:

The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea

We're fucked.

Speaking of movies I've seen The Dark Knight multiple times and can easily say it was one of the best movies in the series. Heith Ledger didn't play the Joker he was lost in the character. Very gritty dark humor. If you have the option try and catch an IMAX version of the film as there are clips shot specifically for the large format that look incredible.

For several weeks I had wanted to see the film but IMAX required a day or two in advance when purchasing tickets due to the demand. I've seen the movie for the past two weekends. The IMAX theatre at the Irvine Spectrum (click for pictures etc) which seats 600 was sold out daily. Finally I made the plunge to use Fandango. I never used the service because I hate their ads.

How about a magic trick?

An earthquake hit the southern California area today. It registered a 5.8 out in Chino Hills. The earthquake was rolling and smooth on the second floor of our Office building. Coworkers were either under desks or in doorways. The expression on peoples faces was priceless. People looked like rabbits poking out of their holes - looking around wide eyed.

Our CFO was calm and during the rolling went into the conference room and held the wall mounted plasma saying "Relax, it's just an earthquake. Everyone back to work."

At the beginning of the earthquake people were going down the stairs. The stomping of feet down the metal stairs as panic set in and girlish shrieks from male office workers fleeing in terror.

Liz was outside near a grass field that is in the lot next to our building. She had me go into the office to grab her purse and cellphone (since she wanted to go to lunch). One of our designers from Arizona experienced his first earthquake today.

The best quote from lunch is "It's not like Jesus just came back 15 minutes ago."

Has left the building.

A coworker of mine was put into a hard position regarding an email. I'm not exactly sure where I stand on this one. But it's not my call.

Horrible news today...

We have arrived at yet another week. Welcome to reality. A new week full of emails, phone calls, questions, and answers. Every Friday I vainly will to never end. All that I manage to end is my fragile sleep cycle. Well something is better than nothing, right? I must need more practice...

Weekends. Hours of entertainment, rest, and eating when I feel like it. I wonder if retirement is like on long weekend? The thought of doing nothing more than I have to is foreign but I can't help but tune out thinking about it at times. I should make Saturday a religious holiday that must be celibrated with only shorts on with the AC on high.

A dual personality
A strange but true reality
They keep calling me

One of each. Spins are no fun.

The best thing after a night like that is blowing your nose. A quote from yesterday "The week flys by when you get loaded every night."

Buying paint at ACE hardware an older man in his late fifties or early sixties helped us. While looking at the paint swatches I hear a fart behind me. The old man totally ripped one, and then quickly said: "It must've been a mouse on a motorcycle!" I had to move the cart forward so he wouldn't see me laughing like a maniac. He also told us about how he had a place painted all black with the trim red. Wow.

Apparently Andy thought it was me the whole time and shrugged it off. When I told him about it in the car he was completely blown away.

One more room to go... I want sleep.

Dave: "These people are insane. Give me a gun and let me shoot myself. They said they had a few suggestions and that they would itemize them. I get a 3 page document with items A-V and paragraphs mixed in between.

"You've heard of 5 star people? Where they want 5 star everything and still complain? These people are it. They could be fed grapes and have a person fanning them and they still would say 'This isn't what I had in mind.'"

Internet is Serious Business.

Liz was hit with one of the doors in the stair well when we were walking outside on a break. The expression on her face was priceless. I laughed so hard.

I am so evil.

It is always surprising to see how people come and go in one's life. I am so thankful for the friends that I have.

"Doesn't he look cute sleeping" Regarding me Falling asleep on the sofa with glass in hand.

Today was nothing out of the ordinary except that I was restless. I didn't know exactly what I wanted but I needed to get out and I ended up driving around for about an hour. It feels good when you make nearly every light. It was a really nice day while driving around it made me glad to be where I am.

I would like to go up to Yosimite and Sequoia National Parks and really enjoy it this time around. I think I need to go camping or out of town in the mountains.

This weekend was full of vivid dreams. The one that stands out the most was a dream that I knew how my dream would end and I was able to redo it with a different outcome. I have never had a dream that I could control - I seem to always be at the mercy of my thoughts. Do you ever think about why you want some things? I think far too much some times. The things that creep into your mind before drifting off to sleep.

I wonder how I ended up liking sarcasm as a quality? I like people for the strangest reasons. Why am I interested? Oh well, dream time...

I did some last minute Father's day shopping. I figured I would kill two birds with one stone and take out some boxes left over from packages that I have received in the mail. I didn't think twice as I grabbed the boxes and locked the door. After I walked back from the dumpster to my car I realized I didn't have my keys OR my phone on me. Great. I walked to the office and to my delight there was a little clock with the arms pointing to 2:30 when the office people would be back.

I had no idea what time it was and there were no clocks anywhere. I walked back and loitered in the parking area. Well at least I had my cigarettes. No lighter. I had another one but it was in my car. Hmm, well there is a convenience store around the corner, I thought "I can buy a lighter and at least get something to drink" the gates were all locked out of the complex and no cars came or went so I couldn't get in or out.

45 minutes (I have no idea how long it was) later I walked back and waited until the Office people came back.

Ugh. Well at least I got my gift and a card. I was stressing over it earlier. Ian wanted to meet up and introduce me to Sandra and catch a show. I'm over it.

Last night wasn't very exciting. I ended up falling asleep watching a show with some friends and decided to go home and rest. I made it a point to wash my car today - it was really dirty - it had been about a month since I last washed it. It cleans up nice ^_^

Time to relax...

I shared my thoughts with one of my friends over some drinks while trying to be vague. A beer or ten later I think his story was more intertaining. It was a female WOW player from Alaska that continues to make hints that might appeal to his libido. I wonder what will happen?

Hurray for hot potato phones. Food for thought in the afternoon. Speaking of other good things: I tried ketchup on eggs today. It works! I feel as if I should feel dirty but it tastes so good. Fatkins fans rejoice.

More details this evening. Ashley brought up similarities with what I said or things that I found funny. Do I remember what they were? I just remember "annointed". Lots to think about - I got lost a few times writing this. I must be tired... hurry up Friday...