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12:49 pm
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The Highlighter Conspiracy.
Today I decided it would be useful to print out a paper copy of some code and mark it with highlighter. Looking around my office and not finding a highlighter, I raided the supply closet for one. That's when it hit me: Every time I need a highlighter, I need to get a new one.
It's only about once a month, but whenever I need one, the previous one is gone. I know I'm prone to losing things, but this office is pretty small and highlighters are brightly colored. The question posed then, is whether someone is taking them, or have they become sentient and left of their own free will.
There is of course a chance that, in fact, both might be happening. After all, sentient highlighters would be a valuable commodity, assuming that they could understand simple commands. For example: orders to highlight specific text. I realize that this would involve teaching them the language that the given text is in, but I'd imagine that, being writing utensils, they probably already have a genetic predisposition to learning languages.
Wait a minute...it just hit me! Rarely, if ever, do my highlighting needs involve the highlighting of actual English text, (or any other spoken language for that matter.) It's always code of some sort. For example my most recent highlighting need was to mark html/ColdFusion code.
My conclusion: Highlighters, being much more curious and intelligent of creatures than mankind has given them credit for, have been trying to learn language based exclusively on the text they've been used to highlight. Mind you, this is probably easier than it seems, seeing as how the text being highlighted is, by definition, pretty important, (or at least important enough for someone to think it should be highlighted.) When used to highlight computer code, a phenomenon beyond their comprehension, they become confused, disgruntled and restless. They migrate away from where the offending task took place to a place they feel more secure, (for example, the old coffee mug in the copier room that's always filled with highlighters.)
Unfortunately, this leaves me with the fear that all of my used highlighters are plotting against me. If ever I am found dead due to highlighter-related "accident", I would ask you, dear reader, to print out this journal entry and distribute it to the law-enforcement community.
At the very least, I'm going to sleep in my office with one eye open from now on.
Current Mood:  I'm watching you, highlighters
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11:34 am
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This just in...
One of our handicapped employees just said I looked like Ted Nugent:
I'll take that as a compliment, I guess.
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11:21 am
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What have we done?
I don't want to go into detail, but last night during our Rabid Badger meeting, we created something terrible. Unfortunately, the humor and terror potential is too high for us to not use it.
His name is Mr. Fingers, and you should all be very afraid...
Current Mood:  Mr. Fingers?
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02:00 pm
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Theraputic...
I just got a call from a telemarketer wanting to improve our search engine results. Not wanting to deal with such nonsense, I transfered him to our marketing department. Of course, I don't know if we have a marketing department. Furthermore, I don't actually know how to transfer calls. So, more accurately, I just hung up on him.
I should have told him that in case I "accidently" hang up on him when transfering, he should call back and ask for Mike, our marketing guru. In actuality, Mike is a mentaly handicapped warehouse worker that can't remember my name, but he'd probably have much more to say to a telemarketer than I would...probably stuff about football and the WWE.
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04:17 pm
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An excerpt from my choose-your-own-adventure autobiography:
Page 3:
In spite of the impending pirate attack, you decide to go to work. You work for almost 7 hours exactly and finish up the irritating busywork stuff that you've been putting off forever. Now you've got 1 hour to blow before you go home. What do you?
- If you do some other work, in spite of the fact that you can't get
anything worthwile done in an hour, considering the complexity of the
other things you need to get done, turn to page 7.
- If you sneak out early and feel guilty the entire drive home, turn to
page 7.
- If you flag down a random member of upper management and get involved
in a pointless but time-consuming conversation about stuff that should
be done with the website, turn to page 7.
Page 7:
You have neither the balls or creativity to do anything other than update your live journal and surf the internet. You eventually fall asleep at the computer and wake up the next morning just in time to start working again. This is how the rest of your life passes.
THE END
Current Mood:  tired
Current Music: The Dead Milkmen - The Badger Song
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04:26 pm
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2005 Year-in-Review.
2005 had many moments in it that, in the opinion of this Argonaut, sucked ass. Other moments were pretty decent. Now begins the awkward 2 week period where people will need to impatiently remind me of what year it is when I sign documents and checks.
Current Mood:  Argonaut?
Current Music: Something by Jewel, (Mel's random Playlist)
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11:02 am
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This just in...
Komodo dragons will fucking kill you.
Current Mood: scared
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11:25 am
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An update!
If a breakfast comprised entirely of potato salad is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Current Mood: contemplative
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11:33 am
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An update for the sake of an update.
Today in the parking lot of our apartment, I saw a suped-up shitty car that had a decal stuck to the side of it that read "Super-Furious." I, upon first seeing this decal, thought it said "Superfluous."
I laughed.
I wonder if the designer of the decal meant to do that, assuming that anyone who would place such a decal on their vehicle would have too limited a vocabulary to get the joke.
I wonder if I just need a hobby.
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10:32 am
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American Family Insurance, I sing the praises of thee!
Wow...it's good to know that my insurance company cares about me.
I was just informed that, because they're such a nice bunch of guys over there at AmFam, (that's a little pet name I call them, because I like them so much,) they're going to bend their corporate policies just to make me happy... and not because I'd have grounds to sue them if they didn't.
They're doing me such a huge favor by paying for a claim even though it's over a year after the accident, (their policy doesn't let them pay claims over a year after the accident.) They do this because they care about me, and not because it took over a year because they rejected the first claim due to a clerical error...did I say error? I should say miscommunication. I don't want to imply that such a likable organization like my dear AmFam would make clerical errors.
You see, at American Family, if you discontinue coverage after an accident but before you file a claim, they simplify things by denying that you ever had coverage. In spite of the fact that I was unaware of that, they still decided to pay.
What a nice bunch of worthless, ass-licking goatfuckers.
Current Mood:  About to explode with sarcasm.
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05:51 pm
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Me and Mel wrote a quiz...
... and you're going to take it. So there.
http://quizilla.com/users/DarthSinatra/quizzes/Your%20Conservative%20Icon%20Dream%20Date!/
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03:34 pm
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I got bored, so I made a quiz...
http://quizilla.com/users/DarthSinatra/quizzes/Why%20Do%20I%20Hate%20You%3F/
I was feeling kinda anti-social.
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02:30 pm
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A few words about the Differently-abled.
As much as I complain about this job, I do believe that it has made me a more tolerant and enlightened person when it comes to persons with cognitive disabilities. Granted, I'm still more than capable and willing to make an occasional joke at their expense, but I now realize that such people are able to be productive members of society and, under most circumstances, pull more than their fair share of weight in society.However, even the most enlightened of folks agree that there are things that the intellectually challenged just should not do. One of these things is definitely the design of e-commerce software.
However, as almost every day here has taught me, the people at AbleCommerce, (www.ablecommerce.com,) strongly disagree with this idea. While I'm sure it would be wonderful to be a web-developer with autism, I don't think that something responsible for taking somebody's credit card information should be designed by someone who can't get dressed in the morning without the help of flashcards.
Firstly, the database that ablecommerce is built around likes to use duplicity. For those of you who don't know what I mean by database duplicity, allow me to give an analogy: Duplicity is to database design as cat vomit is to crab dip... a lot easier to throw together, but somewhat undesirable in practice. The worst example of this is the fact that if one wants to place a product in two or more categories, one needs to create two or more copies of the product. This means that if you want to update something, you need to do the identical change for as many instances as there are references to the products. This is time that I could be using more productively sending bomb-threats to my office voice-mail, and then deleting them.
Secondly, the user interface is terrible. I don't mean to say it's confusing, as even the people who designed it could probably figure it out, but it's just backward and unnecessarily complicated. Necessary features are placed in screens labeled "Advanced options," the pricing option screen is designed in such a way that it is much easier to deactivate an option and add a brand new one than edit an existing one, and the taxing system only can recognize state wide sales taxes or non-cumulative "Zip Code Taxes," which don't exist in real life. One county in California ups it's sales tax by .1%? no problem! Just update the tax on 75 separate zip codes, a third of which cross over into other counties, and it's done!
Thirdly, consider this hypothetical scenario: You are a SPED Teacher who just purchased a product from us. You like this product, and decide to place a link to our on-line catalog entry for it on a personal or school website, so that other SPED teachers can look at it, and perhaps buy it for their students. Congratulations! You've just given your credit card information to everyone on the internet! For your convenience, your credit card info is displayed to anyone who wants to purchase something after following a link that most likely has your userID in it. The miracles of modern technology.
The best part is that all this unnecessary upkeep makes it nearly impossible to find the time to convert to a better system without taking down the site for a year or so.
Yeah, Erick's just complaining about work again...what else is new?
Current Mood:  Cute little yawning kitty, aww
Current Music: Anal Cunt - Hitler was a sensitive man.
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02:45 pm
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This chair ain't going nowhere.
There are a lot of heroes in this world. Some fight crime, some fight fires, some fight injustice. Me? I keep this chair held down.
Look, I know a lot of you out there see the movies and figure weighing down a chair must be pretty damn exciting. I'll admit, it can get a little hectic and at times even a little dangerous. But, for the most part it's a pretty low-key gig. I mean, most of the time I'm just sitting here shooting the breeze, catching up on my webcomics and what-have-you. Though honestly, even then it can get to you a bit, having to keep your wits razor sharp in case one of the bad guys decides the chair needs to move.
I'm reminded of an incident a couple of weeks ago. I'm sitting here after a three-month dry spell, when all of a sudden there's 3 crackheads in front of me hellbent on moving the chair...MY chair. I don't know where they wanted to move it to, and I didn't care. All I know is that it wasn't going to move from this office. I did a little fancy wheelwork to get into a good position, planted a few decent shin kicks, and sent that scum back to the gutter they crawled out of.
Now I know, technically I'm not supposed to let it move from the 4 caster dents in my office carpeting, even in an emergency, but if I'm given a choice between wheeling around a bit to keep control of my seat or having to give it up and let a group of thugs wheel it out into the lobby, I'm going to move it around a little. My supervisor doesn't agree with this opinion, and I couldn't care less. I know the risks, I know what can happen, but I also know that I'm too good to let anything slip.
Maybe I'm cocky, but in this line of work you need to be.
He keeps reminding me of of what happened to my old partner. He panicked when a couple of a couple of street toughs from inner-city Verona, WI came at him saying they were going to move his chair into the server room. He lost it, picked up the chair and just ran. Him and the chair ended up in the fucking parking lot. After he realized what he did, he tried to fix things, but it was too late. Last I heard he checked himself into a loony bin upstate.
Can't say I blame him...the poor bastard.
I guess it was for the best. Now I get to work with the only person on the squad that I can trust...myself. I know I don't always play by the rules, but I haven't lost a chair yet, and that's all that counts on my beat. I know the commissioner feels the same way, even if he's not allowed to say anything. He used to cover my turf back in the day, he knows how it is. He knows you gotta bend the rules sometimes.
Well, back to my work. Just remember, I'm just like you. I have a job to do, and I intend to do it as well as I can. If that makes me a hero, well, that's fine by me.
Current Mood: Hard-boiled
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11:34 pm
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I gotta start updating this shit more often.
Well, something of note has happened, unlike the events of the previous few months. Tonight, for the first time in a little over a year, I get to experience one of the most exotic and sporadic side effects of my happy drugs cocktail...[drum roll please]...Hot Flashes!!!!!!
Yes, I'm male.
Yes, I'm 24.
Yes, my skin feels like it's being removed by hot sandpaper.
Don't worry, it's not really a hot flash, it's just all of the symptoms.
Plus, I'm really messed up right now, making everything feel more intense.
This sucks.
Current Mood:  itchy
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01:03 pm
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You know what I hate...?
...closet-case dark Jedi. You probably know one yourself. They're usually the kind that fall to the dark side without realizing that they've done so. Then, they usually spend most of their time pissing and moaning about how everybody else is going down an "impure path" for such transgressions as parking tickets, refusing to give pocket change to hobos and going against the will of the Jedi Council by fighting in the Mandalorian Wars. Meanwhile, they're all intolerant and judgmental, and seemingly oblivious to the fact that they have to take their afternoon naps in a pressurized room that looks like it came out of Event Horizon. I mean, they usually don't go around slaughtering villages or destroying planets, but they're just irritating.
I mean, say what you will about, say, Darth Vader. Granted, I'd rather be on the bad side of a closet case than the good side of an actual Sith lord, but at least Vader has the balls to freely admit what he is. Besides, isn't threatening a lot more tolerable than preachy? Well, I guess it depends whether or not Vader is planning on choking you to death, or merely just to give you a bit of a wake-up call, but still...
(My apologies. My life is kinda dull right now, so I've taken to writing about stuff inspired by watching Mel play KotOR II last night.
Current Mood: thoughtful
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10:17 am
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This isn't healthy.
The good news: I'm being productive at work today.
The bad news: It took two cups of strong coffee to get this way.
Back in the day two cups wouldn't even faze me, but now I'm feeling all twitchy and awake. I know that caffeine buzzes are probably not healthy for me, but if I spend another day just surfing the web, I'm probably going to lose it, march into my boss's office and demand I be fired for laziness and negligence.
It just now occurred to me that I now need a stimulant in my system while I'm at the office in order to work, and I need a euphoric in my system at home in order to relax. Also, I need to take a handful of miscellaneous drugs every night to stay alive, one of which gives me hot flashes occasionally.
Forgive the melodrama, but sometimes I feel more like a sentient pile of drugs than a human being.
Current Mood:  Coffee on the brain.
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10:41 pm
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I'm messed up.
Seriously, I feel like I've gone off the wagon even though I wasn't trying to quit anything. My life is a total fucking joke, but I just can't care right now. Oh sweet inebriation...what would my life be like? Face reality like a rational person? The hell you say! Drugs are the way to go for me!!!!
Fuck.
Oh, and BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULLLL!!!! Just watched the He-Man and She-Ra movie. It's not sitting too well with me right now. Too many rainbows and spandex.
Current Mood:  lookit the happy kitty!
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11:22 am
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Happy da! A Huge Ass survey
[THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS]
[ANGER]
1. Who did you last get angry with?
I've been irate recently about vague situations. It's been a long time since I've really been angry with anyone.
2. What is your weapon of choice?
Either something high-powered with a scope or a really expensive handgun with the chrome and the pearl and the what-not.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Yes, if they initaited physical conflict.
4. How about of the same sex?
Yes, if they initiated physical conflict. (I'm an equal opportunity pugilist.)
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
I shudder to think.
6. What is your pet peeve?
Computers, or more specifically, society's reliance on them.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
I try to forgive before I inevitably forget.
[SLOTH]
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?
Excersise.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
It's touch to say. Is 7 pm late when you've gone to bed at 9 in the morning? I've had some wierd sleep patterns...
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't:
That one friend from college that I learned is living in Madison.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
Um, I know we have plans for the weekend, I just don't remember what they are right now...
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)?
A couple of times when I've had a TV on for background noise, yes.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in?
Either last week or a couple of weeks before.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
None...I had my wife do it for me.
[GLUTTONY]
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Dirty vodka martini straight-up, two olives.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?
Both have their merits. I do like knawing on drumsticks, though.
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
If anyone actually knows, then it's not even worth mentioning.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
Only as many times as I've conquored Europe.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
I don't as much as my cardiologist does.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?
All are good, but I like spicy the best.
7. Have you ever looked at a small house pet or child and thought, "LUNCH"?
No, although viewing edible wildlife makes me hungry. mmm... bunny.
[LUST]
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)
More than 100...not counting strippers.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?
Around 6...I don't really know.
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation?
Yes...don't judge me.
4. Have you "done it"?
*blink, blink* moving on...
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Torso
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
No.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?
Yes.
[GREED]
1. How many credit cards do you own?
Only one, well, two if you count debit.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Any place that sells video games.
3. $1 million, what would you do with it?
Fake my death...Mel could come along too.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
Most people who are famous and not rich are either criminals or darwin award winners. I'll take the money.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
Yeah, but only long enough to get enough money to live off of for a while without working.
6. Have you ever stolen anything?
I'll just say yes, and leave it at that.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
Between 50 and 100.
[PRIDE]
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?
This one time, I made a really good sandwich.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
Um...living? (They're kinda easy to impress.)
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?
Get myself into a position where I could give friends and loved ones jobs.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
Usually not.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Well, I regularly challenge people to chess matches after explaining to them how to play.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Fixed something I screwed up yesterday.
[ENVY]
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Well, Steve has a Nintendo DS. I guess I'd like one of those.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with?
Myself. I'd get to re-do the bedroom, and meanwhile I'd get to re-do the living room. Both of us would just decide that both rooms are fine though.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
There are times I wish I was the person Mel thinks I am...Does that count?
4. Have you ever been cheated on?
Not that i know of.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Yes.
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
At times, autism.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey?
No.
8. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin?
Sloth isn't my favorite, but it's definitely the one I engage in most often.
[VIRTUES]
[FAITH]
1. What religion do you follow?
I haven't named it yet.
2. What religion were you raised as?
Roman Catholic, barely.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property?
Human...all the way. Say sorry to God all you want, but the neighbor's cat isn't going to be any less on fire.
4. Do you believe in magic?
There are a lot of things we can't fully explain.
5. What was the last promise you broke?
Most likely a promise to be somewhere at a certain time.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it?
I've said the words to a prayer and had no clue what it meant.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect?
Yes, it all depends on what you're judging them on.
[HOPE]
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season?
I didn't want anything in particular, really.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for?
A decent-paying job working for myself.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure?
No, good things are just destined to happen to me, so there's no reason to hope.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? If so, how close did you come to winning?
Nope, except for the scratch-off ones. One time I won $10.
6. Do you gamble? If so, what game or activity?
Yes. Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, Dogs, Three-Card Poker, Let-It-Ride...just not slots.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway?
No, and might I say, this question is retarded.
[CHARITY]
1. What causes do you support?
I support 2nd ammendment rights, just not through the NRA. Also, I'm for the legalization of Cannibis.
2. What causes have you given money or time to?
NRA, Dubuque Rescue Mission.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless?
Yes.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group?
I'd consider it, and just the fact that I'd consider it makes me feel better that I never will.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street?
Usually not.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food?
The opportunity has never presented itself.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need?
I've loaned money and picked up checks. Nothing much, I guess.
[FORTITUDE]
1. What are you most afraid of?
Death
2. What did you do today that was really brave?
Did a rolling stop on my motorbike.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why?
Old school Batman. Back when his outfit was black before it was blue before it was black. Back when he was a heartless vigilante with anger management issues.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart?
I'm content with my inteligence, I'd rather have less emotion, so I'd go with courage.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright?
I get something, but it's usualy a pretty nice buzz.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower?
I'd like to say neither, but I'm probably a follower.
[JUSTICE]
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty?
No.
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it?
I already have a way out of it. Ignoring that, I'd try to get out of it now, but if it were for some hypothetical "just" war, I probably would go.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)?
In theory.
4. What should be legally guaranteed?
Protection of property, protection of life, and the ability to do whatever you want to do to your own body.
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA?
I hate to say it, but yes. You can't fault a man too much for taking advantage of a broken system. There's so much more to hate him for, anyway.
6. What was your favorite media circus trial?
What's your favorite type of cancer?
7. Have you ever written a letter to a politician?
No, I just voice my complaints to electrical outlets. It's just as effective and a lot less time consuming.
[TEMPERANCE]
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on?
Video games
2. Do you collect anything?
Yes, as a matter of fact I do collect anything.
3. Are you addicted to anything?
Only psycologicaly.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan?
I'll own my motorcycle in annother two years or so...
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things?
Cash...it always works.
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do:
Have sex with someone out of spite.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things?
At times over very specific things for very short lengths of time.
[PRUDENCE]
1. Who is the wisest person you know?
It seems everyone knows more about everything than I do. It also seems like everyone is a lot dumber than me.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil?
No
3. Do you take advice when it's given?
Sometimes.
4. What area are you wisest in?
What color my pants are.
5. Do you drive defensively?
I'd say so.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage?
Yes, but I ended up maried to the person in question.
7. What did you learn today?
That new brand of oriental noodles I just bought is pretty tasty.
8. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue?
Charity.
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11:24 am
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My commute this morning.
As some of you may know, I happen to be a motorcycle-riding badass, or more accurately a wannabe badass who bought the cheapest new bike he could find and now commutes to work on it while humming the refrain of "Born to be wild."
*ahem*
Anyway, forgive me if this sounds like a public service announcement, but there are three things that the average motorist doesn't seem to know about motorcycles:
#1: Motorcycles can stop a lot quicker than most other vehicles on the road.
#2: Out of necessity, motorcyclists will break for things most other motorists don't need to, (songbirds, squirrels, unusually large bugs.)
#3: Motorcyclists don't like getting run over. (Okay, I don't know this about all motorcyclists, but I feel this way, and I'm guessing even the most hardcore non-pansy motorcycle enthusiasts would rather not be rear-ended and flattened by an SUV.)
These are the reasons that in driver's ed, you were told to give motorcycles more room, (I was told about three seconds of space, as opposed to other vehicles, which you can safely follow at about two seconds of space.)
Having said that, pseudo-badass Erick was cruising to work today at a reasonable 60 mph, (55 limit.) Suddenly, I look behind me to see an old man in a friggin' huge SUV only about 1 second behind me. The driver looked visibly irate, having to slow down from what I'm guessing was about 75 mph.
So, seeing as how he was putting me in a dangerous situation, I did the only logical thing I could do to make the situation safer. I slowed down...and kept slowing down...and kept slowing down. Soon we were going 40, and from the looks of things, the driver was attempting to have a coronary. Eventually we were side-by-side at an intersection, (I was going straight, he was turning.) He shot me a really pissed of glare, highlighting a bulging vein in his forehead. I waved and motored off.
I should have flipped him off. His heart would have exploded from the rage, and I would have made the world a better place.
At least he supports our troops.
Current Mood: Fuckin' old piece of shit.
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