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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:03:43 GMT

It's over......

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:13:15 GMT

I have no excuse for my absence, except for the fact that other more important things were demanding my time...

*sigh* Vacation time. It's a dreaded thing. A time filled with yelling and family tension. It's this 3 week period in the summer when my dad has off from work, and we engage in all sorts of home improvement projects.

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Let me be very clear about something. I hate negative, condescending people. When you are around these people, it literally feels like bad energy just radiates from them. Perhaps you've noticed this? People that suck the goodness and cheer out of anything. People who's voice perpetually have aggravated tone. My dad, my brothers, I'm not so subtly referring to you.

Now that I've finished explaining how and why I ended up back in the corner of my bedroom with the door locked and the voices drowned out, let us concentrate on other things.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! My car is almost done. I say almost, because it hasn't had the final labor intensive polishing and buffing yet. BUT, it's still a small red shiny sports car. What's more, it's finally running reliably. Gas milage is half decent, at about 22.

Emily has been gone for 3 weeks and I miss her terribly. She's been the light of my life for these last few months, and it's lonely without her.

I would like to just take notice of the fact that even though I have never met ya'll in real life, your comments are most appreciated. Tearskeepafalling and Jcee_girl, thumbs up

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:25:07 GMT

I don't want to write anything of substance, so here is something that amused me.

THE MAN CODE

If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever! Unless you actually marry her.

When questioned by a friend's girlfriend, you need not and should not provide any information as to his whereabouts. You are even permitted to deny his very existence.

Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 24 hours.

Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another man is 5 minutes. The maximum is 6 minutes. For a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1-10 scale.

A friend must be permitted to borrow anything you own - grill, car, firstborn child - within 12 hr notice.

On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to pick a Buffalo wing clean.

If a mans zipper is down, that’s his problem, you didn’t see anything!

No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (in fact, even remembering your best friends birthday is optional)

You must offer heartfelt condolences over the death of a girlfriends cat, even if it was you who secretly set it on fire and threw it into a ceiling fan.

While your girlfriend must bond with your buddies girlfriends with in 30 minutes of meeting them, you are not required to make nice with her gal pal's boyfriends- low level sports bonding is all the law requires.

Unless you have a lucrative endorsement contract, do not appear in public wearing more than one Nike swoosh.

When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.

Friends don’t let friends wear speedos. Ever. Case closed.

Fives must be called at all times when getting out of your seat. If not, your seat is up for grabs. However, "house rules" may come into effect, in which case it is left up to the owner of the seat.

Shotgun can be called on anything where a shotgun applies., as long as you are in eyesight of the object, or it is at a reasonable time.

Never hesitate to reach for the last beverage or pizza, but not both. That’s just mean.

Never talk to another man in the bathroom unless you are on equal footing: both urinating, both waiting in line for all other situations an "I recognize you" nod will do just fine.

If a buddy has lint, an eyelash, or any other foreign object on his hair or face, under no circumstances are you permitted to remove it. However an appropriate hand gesture may be made to make him aware of it.

An anniversary is recognized on a yearly basis, under no circumstances will anything be celebrated in an interval other than a year

When using a urinal in a public restroom, a buffer zone of at least one urinal will exist at all times. If the only empty urinal is directly next to an occupied on, then you are still required to wait. (Exception: at a sporting event where a line has formed)

No man shall ever watch any of the following programs on TV:
Figure skating
Men's gymnastics

No man shall spend more than 2 minutes in front of a mirror. If more time is required, a three minute waiting period must be allowed before returning to the mirror.

Any dispute lasting any longer than 3 minutes will and must be settled by rock, paper, scissors. There is no argument too important for this determining method.

No man will ever willingly watch a movie in which the main theme is dancing, and if a man shall happen to view such a movie it is only acceptable if its with a girlfriend.

If a bet is made, and the challenge is completed, then the bettor may recoup his money by immediately completing a more daring challenge. If he refuses the challenge or chooses not to propose one, then and only then, must the money be paid.

A man's shoes may not intentionally match any other article of clothing on his body.

No comment shall ever be made to a man about how much he is sweating. In fact, there is no need bring notice to any body part which he may be sweating from.

No man shall ever allow anyone to speak ill of The Simpsons or any Rocky movie. (Exception: Rocky V)

You have not made any mistake if you find that there are extra pieces after reassembling or assembling an object. In fact, you have just found a way to make that object more efficient.

There are is never an occasion in which any shirt without buttons may be tucked in. (Exception: when you are participating in a organized sporting event)

Any object thrown with reasonable speed and accuracy, MUST be caught.

In an empty room, car, ect., a man can not ask another man if he is mad because he isn’t talking.

The guy who wants something the most is responsible for getting it.

When calling shotgun, all riders of the car must be outside, and shotgun can only be called when the car is in view. Riders in the car are not allowed to run to shotgun and steal it before the person who called and deserves it arrives there. The driver of the car has no authority to decide on who gets shotgun. If a legitimate confrontation comes up where the rightful owner of the shotgun can not be determined then it will be decided by one round of paper rock scissors (with no shoot). If the two contenders tie 5 times in a row then the rightful owner of the shotgun is to be decided by a UFC cage match in which the first blood drawn decides the rightful owner of shotgun.

The head nod is an acceptable way to greet another guy when simply walking past. No words are needed to be said. An upward nod is for friends, a downward nod is for fellow men.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Thu, 24 May 2007 19:55:30 GMT

Need I say more?

http://www.ccir.ed.ac.uk/~jad/ringtone/CTU24.wav

Monday, April 30, 2007

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:48:35 GMT

I'm still alive!

Lots to say...Give me time to type it all out.

In the meantime, enjoy something I found quite funny. (depending on who you are).

1. DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching
flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the
chest and flings your drink across the room, splattering it against that
freshly painted part you were drying.

2. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere
under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint
whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to
say, "SH**!!!"

3. ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
holes until you die of old age

4. PLIERS: Used to round off hexagonal bolt heads.

5. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
principle: It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more
dismal your future becomes.

6. VISE GRIP PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is
available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the
palm of your hand.

7. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for setting various
flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the
grease inside a wheel hub you're trying to get the bearing race out of.

8. WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and
motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2
socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.

9. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground
after you have installed your new disk brake pads, trapping the jack
handle firmly under the bumper.

10. EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 4X4: Used to attempt to lever an
automobile upward off a hydraulic jack handle.

11. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing splinters of wood, especially
Douglas fir.

12. TELEPHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another
hydraulic floor jack.

13. SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for
spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for removing dog feces from your
boots.

14. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes
and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

15. TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile
strength of bolts and fuel lines you forgot to disconnect.

16. CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool
that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end
without the handle.

17. AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

18. TROUBLE LIGHT: The home builder's own tanning booth. Sometimes
called drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine
vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health
benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at
about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during,
say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark
than light, its name is somewhat misleading.

19. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style
paper-and-tin oil cans and squirt oil on your shirt; can also be used,
as the name implies, to round off the interiors of Phillips screw heads.

20. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a
coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into
compressed air that travels by hose to an Pneumatic impact wrench that
grips rusty bolts last tightened 70 years ago by someone at Ford, and
rounds them off.

21. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

22. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.

23. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer
now-a-days is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts
not far from the object we are trying to hit.

24. MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of
cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well
on boxes containing upholstered items, chrome-plated metal, plastic
parts and the other hand not holding the knife.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:06:12 GMT

I need a better camera! It sucks to have a Nikon D70 in your family and not be allowed to use it/not be able to convince the owner to photograph for you.

Installed my billet grill today

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:30:15 GMT

I swear, if the washing machine puts one more hole in my nice jeans, I'm going to sell it for scrap metal!

Monday, March 05, 2007

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:43:04 GMT

$1800 to spray a two stage base/clear paintjob. That's no primer, no bodywork! *sigh*

Some people come and go....

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:24:09 GMT

Well I just didn't feel like writing at the time last night.

So, how's life? Doing fine actually. It's nice to be able to say that. I feel like sharing my happiness with someone else.

Since getting my license life has gotten a lot easier. Whether it's driving myself to school or work, it's all so convinient. Although I've been turned into an errand boy for my parents, it's still great.

My car is still unpainted, sigh. The trip to Colorado was a little more expensive then planned and I sorta blew my paint budget getting home. So now I'm waiting on my tax return from the evil government, which should be about $300. That will go a long way torwards getting some color on my baby. The left brake light is not working, but the stereo has been repaired! The chrome side mirror is on, and my power door locks don't want to work. It's like I fix one thing and another decides to stop working

I'm hoping to go to the Appalachian Mountains over spring break! If you're the backpacking type and aren't busy, let me know if you're interested in going.

I'm probably going to drop my calculus class. Either that or audit the class. It's too freaking hard and the teacher is definitely lacking. Oh well, I'll retake it at A&M anyway. No biggie.

*evil laugh* Someone blew a basketball sized hole in the golfcourse late last week All of you Y&G people should remember our still that we brought one day. It finally functions!

Peace,
Ender

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:05:01 GMT

"Valentine's Day was made to commemorate the hanging of St. Valentine." I didn't know this, but it's a cool fact.

I asked for the date today at the post office. The girl at the counter was shocked that I wouldn't know the day, of ALL days. I know it's Valentines, and it's Wednesday, cut me some slack! As it turns out, today is the 14th.

This holiday is kind of blown out of proportion, by both sides. People love it, and people love to hate it. Relax ya'll. I think that a lot more can be said about how a person acts on any other day of the year.

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. ~Margaret Mead