I'm back! Finally moved in and everything.
ED: I am planning on using my tax return for an amp/guitar. Webcam coming soon too.
Living on my own is pretty good. no parents yelling at me, and i can do... pretty much anything i damned well please. Nice to have my freedom and independance.
Nute: Does this Canadian Bird want my contact information? I'm highly interested in saying hi.
Wow... busy day around here! Got home and had something like 20 threads notifing me about new posts. Full moon? No. New moon... well, something has got everybody jazzed.
Gun-daddy returns too. Very cool.
Crack - check out some stuff in your price range and let me know what you are thinking about getting. I'll give you some input, and ask all the other guitar players I work with.
I'll have to look into a webcam at that point.
Once I have it I'll just have to remember to shut it off in the mornings... when I'm surfing for and looking at smut.
And also in the evenings and late at night... when I'm surfing for and looking at... er,.. smut, as well.
And in the middle of the afternoon... when I'm surf... well, you get the idea. :dozey:
;)
:joy:
Leemu - Yeah... rent "This Is Spinal Tap" sometime. It's amazing. Great film.
Your last couple of weeks sound pretty much like what I went through after Christmas. Our bodies telling us not to mess with the program, maybe? ;)
Np. I'm waiting for my taxes to afford such a thing, but I'll take a trip down to the local Guitar Center in Henrietta to scope out some starter stuff.
Though I would like to try to get a nice Gibson if i could... ;)
Gibsons have gotten way out of hand lately. Even the "affordable" models are outside of most folks price rages... The Les Paul Studio used to be the starter instrument... but now it's getting astronomical.
But Guitar Player Magazine recently put an Epiphone Les Paul head-to-head up against a top of the line Custom Shop Les Paul... and it held it's own fairly well. The biggest complaint with the Epi was the pickups.
Or a Mexican Fender. Also pretty good.
I guess it all depends on what style of music you want to play, and who's (as in: which famous player) tone you want to base yours on.
Yeah... the Epi's gonna be more "classic", though the other comes with so many more goodies. Tough choice...
I've never been a huge fan of the Ibanezes... until you get to the multi-thou Satch and Vai custom jobbies, that is.
Nitro said in one of these threads that he liked his Epi much better than his cheapo Ibanez, I do believe.
Perhaps he could clarify the situation if he's around...
I doubt he is.
I'm just killin' time until my roomate is ready to go to work.
I gotta take care of administrative stuff and he's gotta run the overnight.
Epiphone Les Paul
Mexican Fender
I own both of these. :p I've never had the pleasure of playing an American Strat, but I *can* vouch for the Epi LP being almost on par with it's Gibson counterpart. The stock pups really are the only easily discernable difference, and most discerning players are going to swap them out anyway.
Yeah,.. I'm cooking pasta, and listening to Yes.
Get to sleep in tomorrow... but then I've got to get my car inspected and buy some more winter clothing. I gave away a lot of my older coats and jackets this summer but never got around to buying replacements.
Now it's cold and I regret my short-sightedness and laziness. Been wearing like 5 or 6 layers just to keep warn the last few days.
EDIT:
Nitrous managed to wedge a post in there whist I was typing, making my post appear incoherent and non-sequitur-ish. Ahhh,.. very well.
Such is the price I pay for typing with one finger.
Not even one finger on each hand for the most part... one finger PERIOD.
It's amazing that I have gotten as many words out as I have.
You also would think I would have chosen a far more simplistic and much less verbose writing style for the majority of my posts... but NOOOOoooo! You would be wrong there too... Excuse me: You would find yourself spectacularly mistaken on that account as well, dear reader. :dozey:
How do you, then, capitalize your letters with one fin.... oh, the caps lock key.
Right..... um... >.>
Anyway, living alone, I have realized a few things....
Food costs alot of money.
I'm largly bored most of the time.
Cooking creates very large messes.
Next place I move too will have a laundry room on the SAME &^$#ING FLOOR.
I cannot live more than 4 days with out the internet.
Well, I do use some of my left hand... mostly for the shift, and just now I hit the "a" and the "s" keys with it.
But 99% of the keys I hit are with the middle finger of my right hand.
Which is the main reason why I have never signed up to an instant messaging service. Waiting for my replies would be painful, and without spell check and my own relentless editing, reading them would make you embarrassed for me.
Never play MMO's then. typing fast is key. :D
Yeah, probably not... but I don't think that will be an issue anyway though. I have no urge to get involved with any game with a monthly fee. Too much pressure to always be playing the damn thing.
Or I could take a typing class or get some training software.
But that probably ain't gonna happen either. I get by with my hunt-and-peck method good enough for what I do.
Hmmm... this is about the closest I've been involved to a "real-time" thread around here for a long time.
Probably. It's been ahwile since we've all been on a massive posting spree like this.
Of Course, I'm bored. So I'm just hitting refresh on the browser every 10 minutes or so.
yeah ed, join me on galaxies...i tried letting it go but....got bored, then i'm just sitting at the game, being bored-virtually.
I hate being bored all the time.
Is galaxies any good r15? I'm looking for a fresh MMO and Galaxies is fairly cheap.
The only thing i don't know about is that it's run by SoE.....
Maybe I'll sign up when I get a new compy.
What the hell am I still doing up?!?? I should be in bed already.
Later, boyos!
lol.
I just installed a crap webcam. I wan wondering if you would like to try it sometime.
i'm one verbose ****er but then again i can type around 120 wpm if i really go at it, but then spelling errors everywhere. plus i was never very good at typing on this keyboard and it really slows me down a lot
eh, galaxies is different for everybody, some people like it, some hate it. the ones that hate it are mainly the ones that played it before SOE performed combat upgrades to it, so that's where most of the bad reviews come from. I played before the 1st combat upgrade through NGE, pre-NGE had more stuff to do and more professions to choose from, different experience points were required to get different skills (use rifles to get rifle man xp, build camps to get survival xp) now the experience points is just based on combat and questing. It's still cool in the fact you can join the Empire, drive swoops and speeders, go into space in various tie fighters as well as upgrade your ship and put parts on it, and have your own house/s in the game.
lol.
I just installed a crap webcam. I wan wondering if you would like to try it sometime.
Uh, sure.
I don't have one yet. I'll have to do a LOT more cleaning around my office before I get one too...
But yeah, let's give it a try to see if we can figure out how we just might make lessons work.
I got one with my new notebook.
What exactly are you trying to say, Ray? That I'm way behind the times?
Well, that's very true... at least technologically. (And in probably every other respect as well...) :dozey:
OK then... You give Crackles guitar lessons. :p
today's been good so far....
woke up at around 10, called my mom and talked for about an hour, then decided to go walk/run 2 miles before going to work at 12...that took 50 minutes, finished by stretching so i don't get a charlie horse later, then changed into work clothing and headed off to work, got there 5 minutes late, swiped my badge, and 'REJECTED TOO EARLY' my dept mgr was there so i was like 'hey am i early??' and she said i was supposed to be in at 5pm, so we double-checked the schedule and sure enough...so now i'm back home, my dad's prolly gonna come over later so we can call the tax collector and get the tax bill (the one that sayeth i owe $100 to some school district...like wtf i didn't get one of these last year!) hopefully we can get that fixed so i don't owe them anything at all1! if i do owe them $100 i'll just pay it and be done w/it. not like i'll get the tax bill next year.
rest of todays plan is:
eat lunch (sloppy joe/baked beans)
play galaxies for 30-60 minutes
work out 30-60 minutes
call about tax bill (5-30 minutes)
clean apartment (30 minutes)
get ready for work
work (4 hours)
watch a few episodes of 24 season one/play galaxies
go to bed
edit:
I called the tax collector...had a nice conversation with her. (unlike last time where i called everything she said 'bull ****'...that's what happens when i get on the phone in the morning ) the tax is a 'Per Capita' tax that is supposedly given to everybody that is over the age of 18 within a school district. That's pretty lame that my sister did not receive one of these. So yeah, i'm buying her lunch at mcdonalds with that $5.25 penalty. Apparantly that's why I don't see any thing like 'berlin twp' tax thing on my paystubs. oh well. guess i'll be paying that next week..along with my rent and cable bill. o well least i'll have enough left over for gas til the next paycheck...which i'll be spending on car insurance and a new pair of glasses. :)
hey 15, i got the 14 day trial of galaxies, what server are you on?
just so we can hook up and jam.
Yo dudes, what's shaken. :)
You probably really want to know, eh? XD
I just took over the XWA Seti@Home team. About 4 months ago, I accidentally clicked something that questioned the leader's activity... Since he didn't respond in those 4 months, it automaticlly transferred ownership to me.
Wheeee!
I'm scared now. The thought of you in charge of anything... ;) :p
Who is still in the team these days anyhow? Just me, you, and Mr. Jones, right?
I do have a few additional comps crunchin' for me these days though... not just my single geriatric main PC. Got a few machines at work too.
Well, got my car inspected. (Passed.) Got a nice winter coat (not crazy about the colors... but it has enough pockets to suit me and should be pretty warm (it's a Columbia.) A couple of nice fleece pull-overs that were on super-clearance sale as well.
Had lunch at Olive Garden ("...but he left his wallet at the grocery store!")
seti@home... i haven't run hat thing in years. I don't even have it on my computer anymore... wow.
Gotta do one more overnight, then i have the weekend off. which will be nice.
That and the manager's outing is sunday, which equates to free food. :D
BBQ potato chips are godly.
Gunner: Not much man, moved out of the 'rents house. On my own finally. :D
i just got a rejection letter from a dental school that i really thought i had a good chance of getting into. this is quite disappointing and a bad omen for my remaining 3 schools.
Ooh... bummer. Sorry to hear that, man.
Good luck. I'm sure it will work out. You've always struck me as being pretty serious about that kind of stuff.
We're all pullin' for you! (Pun clearly intended.) :)
I'm on Starsider, imperial side. contact through mail or /tell Kioet' (with apostrophe)
So I have to work this weekend afterall. Blah.
Life is a bitter pill sometimes...
Well, we still have about a week left in the month, and we are already approaching the 200-post mark. Cool. If this trend continues we will totally kick the ass of the "Redux" thread. We'll break... uhhh... let's see, carry the one... um, 2400 posts for the year, maybe, I think? Well... That would rawk!
So,.. KEEP IT UP BOYS!
And to help you "keep it up": Double doses of Viagra and Cialis for all! Except for you, Ray... you've already had quite enough! Put the goddamn bowl down, man! Those things aren't M&Ms! :p
Remember fellas: If you have an erection that lasts more than 4 hours, call a doctor. Or a phone sex line. And a prostitute, the Guinness Book people, and all your buddies to brag. :dozey:
:joy:
On second thought... if we go that route, you'll all be too busy with... other activities... to post. So ignore all that, and just keep posting.
Ed, you are a twisted individual.
Overnight went well. did 900 in sales, which is fair.
Our labor percent still sucks ass though. >.<
Not alot on the slate today. I don't know what I'm gonna do with my free time.
anybody notice the forum links at the bottom of the threads now? thanks to yours truly, you don't have to scroll up to the top of the page to click the link back to the forum you're in.
Ike, you're so dreamy... :P
Ed, you are a twisted individual.
Yes.
No argument here.
Sara Tavares (
http://www.worldconnection.nl/wclayout/gallery.php?site_id=25&PHPSESSID=ec8f0506f989843b8ad021e341a42e7e) at work tonight. Pretty easy so far.
Work was easy yesterday. Everything went well. A good way to start the year.
Going decaf again today. Haven't slept well the last couple of nights, and could use extra rest.
Still have a ton of chores to get through. We'll see how far I get. Place yer' bets now... :rolleyes:
I might also head out at some point today with the sole intention of buying some CDs or something. I've been kind of bored with my music lately. I hate paying full price for CDs, though... but my favorite used CD place around here went out of business a while ago... which probably has a lot to do with the fact that I haven't really bought any music in a while.
Uhhh... far out?
Who you gonna call? Transformers!
Just woke up. No caffeine = no chores getting done, it appears.
Didn't think I was that deep into my addiction again. Yawn.
caffine is the nectar of the gods. next to alcohol.
Went to my parents, picked up some pots, pans, sheets, and some chips.
Then to the managers dinner, whih was free food on the store. can't argue that!
reinstalling World of Warcraft too. That'll help pass the time. :D
Watched the "Unforgiven" and "Strange Brew" DVDs I picked up last week, back-to-back. Both still great.
Ordered a pizza and a salad.
Didn't watch the playoff game... just wasn't in the mood. I guess they (the Patriots, that is...) lost. Oh well. Haven't been following them all that much this year. So I guess I don't feel all that bad about missing the game, then.
Should get to bed. Back to work in the morning, and I've got to get the trash out early.
Shouldn't have any problem getting back to sleep, though... without stimulants I'm pretty useless.
Well, I had a good birthday.
My parents got me a mini digital video recorder, it can record up to 30 minutes, and it has a USB connection right on it, so it's pretty cool. Chilled out at their place for most of the day, watching tv. Then my dad and I went to go check on my sister's car after she got out of work, the check engine light is coming on again....not cool, so we headed back to parents' house and watched the rest of the chicago and new orleans game then went back home. My sister got me Star Fox Command and 'The Ringer' dvd. SFC is tough. I don't remember star fox on super nintendo being that hard, it's nice that there's a strategic element to the game though.
I'm thinking of walking or running another 2 miler tomorrow morning, but if it's raining I'll probably cancel that.
I think I made a healthy food move the other day by buying a 24 pack of water instead of two 2 liters of soda, and pretzels instead of chips?
I'm glad to see that no matter how hard everyone may try, a part of RL will always remain here at XWA.Net.
Ray... you've already had quite enough! Put the goddamn bowl down, man! Those things aren't M&MsViagra has changed my life. Before Viagra I was a slave to frequent, meaningless, fast and random sex, with women I didn't even knew before. But now, with Viagra, I am able to touch pure freedom. Recently, I could even manage to have no erection for almost 2 hours. Thanks, Viagra!
i wonder if rosie would be upset if I told you people where it is that she vanished off to
I'm glad to see that no matter how hard everyone may try, a part of RL will always remain here at XWA.Net.
You bet!
But you could say the exact same thing about an intestinal parasite, too... :dozey:
:p
:joy:
How've you been?
Viagra has changed my life. Before Viagra I was a slave to frequent, meaningless, fast and random sex, with women I didn't even knew before. But now, with Viagra, I am able to touch pure freedom. Recently, I could even manage to have no erection for almost 2 hours. Thanks, Viagra!
*Looks around*
Are there cameras rolling? :confused:
Quite the endorsement, there Ray. The first thing that I can think of that you and Bob Dole could possibly have in common.
i wonder if rosie would be upset if I told you people where it is that she vanished off to
Most likely... but you are going to go ahead and do it anyway, aren't you? ;)
You could just give hints and we could all try to guess. That way you aren't actually guilty of telling us outright. The winner can get a prize.
as long as you don't give out specifics where people can contact her, directly (email) or indirectly (like a PM through another forum), i'd say talk your head off.