For some reason I can’t get to this system sometimes from work, but then when I get home all is well. I hate that. I’ll ping ping ping it but nothing, wait a bit and it’s back.
Tres Weird.
I’d move this site off this box and onto the UFies server, but that would mean that arcterex.net wouldn’t be my home ya know?
Well, DC was again a turmoil. It truely showed how men are stupid creatures who do and say the wrong things at all the right times. And by right I mean in the sarcastic way, not the ironic way. Ah well. Looks like there are get backtogeathers in store though…. Dawson’s mom and dad are lookin’ pretty good, Joey is over at Dawson’s place watching cheesy old movies, and whatsherfacethecrazychick is forgiving Pacey.
Ah, some time for contemplation. You know, sometimes I’m caught in this sort of, helix of thoughts. I’m either a God or a Loser, and at times I’m not sure which. On one hand, I know firwalls, networking, programming and other computer-stuff better than a lot of the people around. That of course includes the tech support people I call on the off chance that they know more than me, the random idiots at matress stores who are looking for a computer (fat chance bucko! you gave me bad vibes), and the people who can’t figure out how to make the McDonalds cash machine work (speaking of which, they now have machines to give out change, to remove the responsibility of the intense math required to figure out the change for a $5.00 bill on a $4.70 meal… let me take a tangent for a second….
is it just me or are the machines that are out there these days not allowing us to do more, learn more, realize more of our potential as human beings, but instead allow, no, encourage people to become MORE STUPID THAN THEY ALREADY ARE? If you have people who can’t get their change right, don’t require they have grade 3 math skills, no get a machine that can figure out the change for them! Don’t have the skills to buy a book and learn to play the guitar yourself? Buy a computer program/video that tells you how to do it all in 4 easy hours! Don’t have the brains to eat properly? There’s machine out there that’ll take the fattiest steak out there and turn it (through use of some revolutionary drip technology) to be actually good for you!
… but I digress…..)
where was I? Oh yea, I like, know some stuff with computers.
On the other hand, I’m also surrounded by some very smart people. Smart enough to make me feel like an idiot sometimes. Computer and life wise. There was someone I met a while ago who made me realize I didn’t know a thing about life, love and such not. It gets pretty intimidating sometime. Oh I’ll survive. Hell, I might even learn something one of these days.
Shopping! Whohoo! Fresh lunchmeat! I happened to see an old friend from University in town too. A girl named Shawna that I used to give a ride to school occasionally. She was in our (our being the other people in my program) for a couple of years and then she sort of dissapeared. I sort of notice this group of three girls as I entered the shopping mall (with a huge neon “Enter the Excitement” sign over the door… I’ll bitch about that some other day) but didn’t really take any notice of them (other than any male would take notice of a group of three young and attractive females). Later on, while heading down the meat isle I passed by them and heard the name “Shawna” mentioned, which clicked that I recognized the one in the black shirt. Looking back I found I even recognized the face! This is a huge victory for me and my memory.
I continued shopping and left mind you. I thought about stopping and saying hi, remember me from way back in the dark ages? but decided not to. Maybe next time, but tonight I didn’t have the energy I don’t think. ‘sides, I had to fix a webserver (or try to anyway).
Aside: Wiiiiiiiiim!!!!!
Funny link of the day: godisdead.com [archive.org link]
In particular:
- http://www.fadetoblack.com/asksusan/ [archive.org link]
– the link from Hollee that started it all! - http://www.fadetoblack.com/ourfuture/ [archive.org link]
– the children are our future… a move to ban the violent images
presented by the picture of the crucifixion - http://www.fadetoblack.com/publicity/ [archive.org link] – the effort to
obtain right wing religous web site’s awards - http://www.fadetoblack.com/christ [archive.org link] – Where’s Jesus (in the spirit of Where’s Waldo)
- http://www.godisdead.com/stories/ [archive.org link]
– much much more on their stories page. - http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/librealm/rampant.htm
– aside…. an amusing rant on homophobia. Interesting links as well….
So here I sit, about to get back to work to fix some weirdass virtual host
problem with apache and listen to Blue Rodeo’s 5 Day’s in July [archive.org link] and
contemplate and write. Funnily enough it doesn’t matter that the smegging
website is down (or so it appears) until I lay my hands on it… just
yammering on and on (and on and on) is good.