fear the closed-minded

so it's time again for another (or maybe the first) update.

in work news: i forgot to say that i'm working in a pseudo microsoft base camp. all .NET, all the time. i've concluded that i like neither C languages nor visual basic, and that visually (no pun intended) i wish VB would just die. replacing brackets with END IF is just wrong on so many levels. on that note, it seems that i'm slightly learning how to program in VB. and by slightly i mean not really programming, just converting C# into VB. personally, i'm still sticking with java.

on that note for the past couple weeks i've been intending on updating my original informational website with my past couple years experience. i've needed to go through that code (and god damn is there a lot of code, just because i didn't want to use frames), put the template css into it's own file like it should be, and streamlining some of the standards there (ha. ha. ha. the sad thing is, as super organized as i like to be, i actually like standards.). that and i haven't updated the "updates" file in two years, and programmatically i've learned a lot since then. on that note maybe i'll start adding java based pages on there.

i ordered tiger (finally) the other night. should be in by wednesday, unless the freaking fedex guy can't find my house again. this means i'll finally be able to use some of my hardware and other things to their fullest potential. that and i'll be able to play bejeweled again and actually see those handy mouse-over tips that i love. i think my battery is almost to the end of its life cycle, so i may have to start actually turning my comp off every day instead of sleeping it. but tiger does have a greatly improved loading time, so maybe it won't be that much of an issue anymore. i still feel gypped about the whole not really new thing with my computer, would have much rather payed $100 more to get it new from sacramento than already in cruces for 9+ months before we bought it. and that it didn't have panther on it. ugh. all soon to be remedied.

speaking of mac software, i've found an alternative to ichat. with bryan moving to linux, he found a lot of good open source software (linux being an almost totally open source community), including gaim for his online chatting. so now i'm going to probably be downloading adium and using that for all my chatting needs. but i really like the whole speech-bubble thing with ichat...

mmm. open source. mmm.

ugh. someone PLEASE tell me to stop eating ice cream sandwiches. i swear if i wasn't borderline diabetic before, i sure as hell will be soon.

i'm not one for a 40 hour work week, but here i am doing it all summer. due to this fact i'm usually really unmotivated when i get home to do anything, let alone code for my sites. but i'm exercising two days a week (maybe i'll start making it three), which is a hell of a lot more than i've been doing since i stopped playing sports four, five years ago. i have to get in major shape for my flamenco class this next semester. and it really helps with the whole endorphins making me feel like i can actually live and do things. i should probably start jogging next semester just to keep the big black cloud from taking me under so much.

so eventually i should be rehauling this page, i need to delete some blogs off the blogroll as it seems some people have dropped off the face of the earth. i have to add shannon's page (off of zentastic, not his direct iam page) since i've been reading it daily for a year or so, probably more. and he does a lot more research on headlines than i have energy to do, so that's always a plus. also i feel kind of obligated to put the infamous lanl blog link on here as well. haven't really kept up with it, i'm a student so i'm pretty much invisible over there. the tommy hook thing: personally i believe the government has him almost killed scenario, but i'm also really, really, really jaded about anything having to do with the government. that said, i now work for the government, and they pretty much know/can find out whatever the hell they want about me, including drug tests, searches, and all the other information finding things they use. scary stuff. if i didn't need a job i definitely wouldn't try to be caught up in a government facility. but enough on that.

wanting more mods in the immediate future, still have to do some convincing though... but as long as i can find a good black work artist and my back looks good, i'm planning to go through on the tattoo at the end of the summer.

we need to start following through on the whole neo-hippie lifestyle thing. and i'm not kidding about the peace corps.

ok, now it's my bedtime, must try and sleep now. more to come after tiger gets in.