Went to the union meeting today, where we held nominations for officers and other such elected positions. Currently, I've been nominated and am running unopposed for the office of treasurer. Guess it's a job no one wants... except maybe... ME. Muahahahaha!

My bud also got nominated for vice-president, but he has an opponent who could beat him. The nomination that surprised me was for president. The guy who has it now obviously received and accepted a nomination, but his opponent will be a guy I worked under at my first real job after my injuries. He's a no nonsense type of fellow, and I believe he might stand a good chance at being elected.

Anyway - wish me luck. Barring something I missed, I'm running unopposed, so I'll probably be treasurer after the election. Once I'm sworn in, of course.

I know I haven't posted in ages, but I got a MySpace message from Albert asking about Cindy R o s i a k. Heard anything? You need to bounce me your email too, but not here so you don't get more spam. Or email me at: n e x u s 2 3 @ n e x u s - 2 3 . n e t

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Well, one of the social sites I'm registered with has told that today is tskirvin's birthday. Happy birthday Tim!

I suggest hitting Deja Vu in Springfield for the free on stage birthday lap dance.

Well, worker's comp cut me loose, and i finally won a bid for a job out of the union hall. Went to orientation today. Start Monday. Street light work. Done it before, hoping it's not too rough.

Hey Greg - don't know if you still read this, but I think we would have had a lot more fun at Water Tower Place back in the day if Duck Hunt had been like this...

Been quiet or a bit. But, have been busy lately.

I've been pricing systems as I'd like to get a new computer. Sadly, it's taking a while. I tend to like AMD more than Intel, but right now Intel is supposed to be better than AMD on performance. So, trying to research Intel when I've not been following it is driving me nuts. If I do get an Intel processor, it'll probably be the Q6600. Prices are going down, and it's being described as a solid performer. Then, comes the mobos. Headaches galore.

Oh... did I mention, I'm still torn between laptop and desktop. The Asus G1S and G2S are both looking pretty nice when it comes to laptops. However, desktops offer more options for future upgrades. Sadly, to get one custom made costs. Building it is a headache. Bleah. :p

That's about it for now.

Yes, that was actually a line from the book I'm reading. Well, something like it. In a few of the zombie novels I've been reading, there have been a few cross species cases of infection. But that particular one stuck with me. The lead in Dead Sea read about it in a newspaper or saw it on the news when the shit hit the fan. Some poor Amish farmer apparently got attacked by his zombie cow. Old Bessie just wanted some fresh brains is all.

In other news, I'm still sick. This cold is kicking my ass. Been that way since last Friday. With therapy, and the busy week I've had, I've pretty much been exhausted. Well mainly from the inability to sleep due to coughing. I may see a doctor this week if it doesn't slack off. Which probably means the usual slight case of bronchitis, take some antibiotics, and the usual plethora of specific OTC meds. Warm fluids are helping a lot. Especially egg drop soup. MMMM. Good for the soul.

Oh yes... according to my friends list reminders, today is nimrodiel's birthday. Happy birthday. :D Now the question is will she catch the birthday wishes. Hehe. People really should get to know her if they don't. Not too many people I know send glitter with letters when they write. Or flower seeds. Lol.

I actually got a MySpace account. Some of you got friended. I'll hunt down the rest you eventually. The reason I did so was because apparently some guy on the Onyxia realm of WoW is offering up a free guild. Apparently, his wife put a lot of effort into building the guild up into what it is. While doing so, she also got real "friendly" on Ventrilo with some of its members. So, while she's out of town, the guild is up for grabs. And, like the girl who offered to mount whoever bought her an epic flying mount, another WoW legendary saga was born. Total anarchy is going on, and I missed most of it. Thank god. But to access some of the info, I had to create a MySpace account. Too bad, as I wasn't all that impressed.

That's about all for today. ThermaFlu is my new best friend. At least until I'm over this damn cold. It's kind of funny though... the bottles are like the pocket bottles you can get at the liquor store. Amazing.

While I was looking up the directions to get back to the dealership so they can fix a blemish, I decided to browse their Ebay site for the hell of it.

Well, I found my old car listed. I find it amusing (annoying?) that they gave way less in trade than their advertised price. *Way* less. Think I may ask them about it when I'm there. Though this may just be one of those life lessons to keep asking for better trade value when purchasing a new vehicle while having one to trade.

Some days, I feel like I'm too complacent with things.

Oh yes... if any of you are considering bidding on it, don't offer more than $2500.

Well, I've been a bit quiet again. Been a busy week. Had therapy three days this week, and a doctor's appointment. Also, had to get up way early (~2:30AM) to get my mom to the airport today. Good thing too. After sending her on her way on the shuttle to the terminal, I wandered by the ticketing area, and there must have been at least a few hundred people attempting to get boarding passes and check luggage. Yow!

The doctor is being an ass. Seems like he's listening to the insurance people instead of me, and as such is looking to discharge me from therapy in about 3 weeks. Asshole. They take all these measurements when I haven't done anything, and tell me I'm showing great improvement. The reality of it is after doing anything remotely strenuous, I'm all sorts of fucked up. I have no idea what these people are thinking, but I swear I want to get violent.

My phone has been a pain in the ass. I wanted to get the Motorola ic902. It's the latest version of Sprint/Nextel hybrid phones. Unfortunately, with my old number, I couldn't get it. And so began the great fiasco. Since my account was a Sprint accound, and an old one at that, they also had to close out that account, and open a new one. So, now, I can't have my old number and I need a new account. I ask for a local number, and they ask if they should base it off the data card's number. I say sure, as the data card is supposed to be a local number. Note, I said supposed to be. My new number is in an area code that's not 352, but is apparently in the same place as the data card, which is a 352 number. This bit took 4 hours to pull off at the Sprint store. The person who set it up said the person they dealt with at the Sprint support/customer service line gave me the TeleNav GPS software instead of Sprint Navigation. Three days of trying to get in touch with TeleNav yielded that they don't support my phone. This resulted in another trip to the Sprint store that lasted an hour this time, but now I should have the navigation software on my phone that works. But wait! The fun isn't over yet. Apparently, my number belonged to someone named Jorje (hor-hey), who gave said number to creditors, and they're calling me up looking for him. My old number was with me for 6+ years, and in all that time I maybe got 8 wrong numbers. I'm not kidding.

Did I mention how rude Allied International was when I called them about the calls I was receiving for this Jorje? Extremely. I may file a complaint against them with the state of Florida.

Oh yes... I'll post more pictures of my car soon. My DVD-ROM is acting up and scratching disks right now. So, I'm probably going to have fire up my desktop. Bleah. :p

Ok. It's time to ask the age old question: desktop or laptop? I'm contemplating purchasing a new computer, and eyeballing both laptops and desktops. Each has its pros and cons. Desktops offer overall better performance and capabilities, but lack in the portability department. Laptops now pack quite a punch in a portable unit, but are not as easily upgradeable in terms of hardware.

Now, I currently use a gaming laptop. It's quite a little powerhouse for when I purchased it over 2 years ago. However, I've had some minor issues with it that weren't so easily fixed by myself. I've also got a desktop that's around 4 or 5 years old now, and was pretty decent for when I built it. Yes, I built it, and in doing so, any problems that arose were remedied fairly easily (fixed or upgraded).

Now, if I did go with a desktop, there's the dilemma of purchasing a pre-built or building it myself. My previous building experience was about 3 hours of actual building and 24 hours of installation and debugging. Computers were a bit simpler when I built it. Now, you can have two video cards, liquid cooling, and myriad of other things that can drive an amateur nuts (and result in fried components during configuration). With a pre-built, I get few of the headaches, can purchase long term on-site support, but customization costs... a lot. Then, you have all the different companies. Some machines offered go as low as $3000 for a bundle, where as a top end system from a high end specialty builder can run upwards of $11000 (no monitor). Yes, there is a a company out there that offers high end gaming systems for $11000. Now, if I were to shell out that much, damn thing should not only fetch my slippers, but give good head to boot.

So, if anyone wants to offer up some input, feel free to comment.

After having not used my Canon for a few years, the batteries were dead. Silly me, knowing I needed batteries, headed off to the mall Saturday and forget to check what I needed. The ladies at Ritz were quite nice, and hunted down the type(s) used by the Rebel series. Needless to say, I managed to pick the wrong kind out of a possible two choices. Oops. Well, I wanded back in to exchange the wrong batteries for the correct ones.

In then busted out the old camera bag... and a discovery! Two old rolls of film I've taken pictures with, and a third in the camera. Now, I don't quite remember what I took pictures of last, so developing should be interesting. They'll either not process, process into pictures of me on hurricane work, or (and this is usually my luck) probably be something embarassing involving nudity. Now, I can neither confirm nor deny being involved in any deeds involving nudity while my camera was around... but then again, things get pretty wild while on hurricane restoration work.

So, I'll just lay my chips on the table, and let the dealer spin the wheel.

But, once I get the rolls developed that I used today, there'll be some more pictures of my car. Taken with a film camera. Kickin' it old sk00l, baby. *gnome booty smack dance* Seriously though, I don't have a digital camera yet, save the one in my phone, and it's seemingly fixed focus at 2 megapixels. But, better pictures will be posted shortly, included some with incredibly rare photos of myself. Yes kiddies, pictures with me in them posted to the internet. You can see recent photos of your ogreish hero with his new vehicle. Sorry, any smiling was strictly unintentional.

So... if you missed the first set of pics, check the previous post. Otherwise, keep an eye out for the new ones.

Well, therapy is progressing. I think they finally hit my limit as Monday's session left me sore all the way up to and including Wednesday's session. So, my knee aches, and my leg muscles are all sorts of cramped up. Yow!

I got a picture message on my cell the other day. Thanks for the pic. You know who you are. :D Lol. Looking nice as always.... but what? No smurfiness? Hehe. Just kidding.

Paid my mom back the money I owe her. She was pretty happy about that. Now I just need to get some new glasses after visiting an eye doctor for a new prescription. Then, convince Sprint that I should be able to upgrade my phone to one of their hybrid network phones instead of those stupid MP3 player phones they keep tryng to pimp on me.

Been car browsing, too. The local dealerships don't have the model and trim I want, which means a road trip into Tampa tomorrow. Emailed them, but they were spitting out bits on allocation and 45 days, and I'm like... umm... no. So, figure I'll stop in for some face to face. If they can't get what I want within 7 days, I'll just go see what's on another dealer's lot (that has the model and trim I want), and pick from one of them. Hopefully, there'll be some lovely deals going on with the new model year coming in.

Today was a Monday. Got a late start. The mail came late. Didn't get what I was waiting for in the mail. The rain was a torrential down pour. Had therapy, where they increased the quantity of what I do.

So... how was everyone else's Monday?

Oh, wait. That was the last book.

I did read the latest Potter book. Not a bad read. Few things I didn't like, but I'll not go into details... just yet.

Anybody else done reading? No spoilers in the comments. I'll do a locked post for that later.

Now this is funny.

That is all.

Anyone else find it interesting that Lunsford is asking for Couey's death and lobbying for harsher penalties and more enforcement for sexual offenders, yet his son only gets 10 days for fondling a girl? Well, it was 180 days, with 170 suspended, and he won't have to register.

Amazing how the system works.

My friend iko and I were chatting on AIM, and she directed me to Violet Blue, and the first thing I zoomed in on (besides the the sexy girl) was the bit on the Rammstein video for Sonne. Now, for those of you keeping track, I've mentioned this video before.

Though, I forget when.

The reason I mentioned this video was it took something that is seeming good and pure (Snow White), and turned it dark and sinister. Someone mentions Snow White, you think nice girl running from the wicked step-mother, that sings and has animal friends. The Sonne video present her as a chain smoking, gold dust snorting, dwarf-ass beating dominatrix type.

Sonne did to Snow White what A Clockwork Orange did to Singing in the Rain. We all remember good old Malcolm doing his rendition of Singing in the Rain while brutally raping some poor gal, while her husband is forced to helplessly look on. Anyone who's ever seen it now probably has a cold shiver run up and down their spine when they hear Singing in the Rain. Then again, maybe you laugh quietly to yourself, knowing that something meant to be a happy thing can so easily be warped into something wicked.

So, when I mentioned the Sonne video, it wasn't just because I liked the music. It was to let people in on the fresh, darker view of the status quo.

Feel free to go YouTubing for Rammstein's Sonne video. Maybe while you're off doing that, I'll go hunt down the punk version of "You Are My Sunshine"...

Put "I've seen ____ of these 168 movies" in the subject line and repost. If you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 168 movies on this list

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
(x) Braveheart

Total: 8


(x) The Princess Bride
( ) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
(x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total: 9

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
(x) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total: 10

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30 (Suddenly Thirty)
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots

Total: 16

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG

Total: 12

( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
( ) Flubber

Total: 9

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards

Total: 5

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
( ) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total: 10

(x) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
( ) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator
(x) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total: 7

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss's Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total: 11

(x) My Best Friend's Wedding
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total: 11

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) X-Men 3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
( ) Shrek 2

Total: 17

(x) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
(x) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old-virgin

Total: 5


Holy cow. I've seen 130 of the 168 movies listed. Not listed, but probably should be: Spider-Man 3, Crash, Secetary, Return to Oz, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Superman, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV, Superman Returns, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Revfenge of the Sith, Natural Born Killers, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Kill!, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Gleaming the Cube, Staying Alive, Convoy, Moonrunners (this is the movie the Dukes of Hazzard was based on), Titicut Follies, Alone in the Dark, Mindhunters, Interview with the Vampire, Untamed Heart, Pump Up the Volume, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Starship Troopers, UHF, Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, Barbershop, Barbershop II, Beauty Shop, Night of the Living Dead (original and remake), Dawn of the Dead (original and remake), Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead II, House of the Dead....


Well, you get the idea. Lol. I guess I have no life.

So... who wants to be my movie buddy? Applications now being accepted. Must like movies, popcorn, and nachos. Must dislike talking during the movie. Etc etc.

Or, so I'm told.

I've been quiet lately, yes. More than lately. In fact... we'll just pretend I wasn't absent at all for all that time. I do admit to reading everyone's journals. But usually late at night, when I was half asleep. Hehe.

In other news, I finally got sent to an orthopedic doctor, who prescribed therapy. So, I got sent to a place locally, and get to splash around the pool. I swear, the day Green Peace shows up and starts chucking buckets of water on me, I'm out the door. Walk forward. Walk backwards. Walk sideways (they still haven't noticed my Dr. Zoidberg impersonation during this one). Leg lifts with back strecthes. Sideways leg lifts. A leg swing I can only compare to something I would see the Rockettes performing. Squats. Bicycle kicks. Treadmill (yes, it's an underwater treadmill, and if you don't hang on like your life depended on it, you will drown). Some sort of skate machine that you spread your legs on, and then bring them back together (no comments, pervs). Finally, a cross country skier (again, hang on for dear life or drown). It seems to be helping some, but damn I'm sore after. Especially in the upper body with all the hanging on for dear life.

I keep telling the therapist I'm going to stop saying, "Yes, ma'am." and start saying, "Yes, mistress." My first week was Tuesday and Thursday, and from then on, I'm Monday-Wednesday-Friday. Which means I'll only see her on Wednesdays (different guy on Mondays and Fridays, but I'll still give him shit). I also am debating procuring a remote control Nemo and taking it in just for purposes of entertainment. The sign says no food, water, or cell phones. There's nothing up there about Nemo. Rules mongering whore that I am, given time, I'll find a loophole.

In the World of Warcraft, I've prenty much abandoned my mains on Proudmoore (pissing off the guild they're in) and taken up playing my shaman on Runetotem. I guess I just like a grind that shows definate progress. As an added bonus, I keep meeting new people who are like minded, and as one toon on the server peep, I don't have to worry about stupid crap. Like banking those drops for later.

I went out and got a vacuum today. One of those bagless cannister jobbers. It really sucks. Lol. Seriously, it does a nice job on the carpet compared to the old one, and with easily accessible filters, it should maintain its power for bit. Emptying the cannister each use will probably help too. I already told the landlord no squirrel shit. Long story short, he used the old one ot clean his squirrel cage out, and ever since then, I've outright refused to use the tube and acessories. Anyone who lives in Florida knows how many damn bugs we got down here, and how quick spiderwebs can form. Not to mention the dust. My fan will probably get a good cleaning sometime this week. Think I'll clean my room up and make it livable again.

My sister turned something Saturday. Her kids were being brats as always. Sadly, I wasn't allowed to issue any justice, and even if I did, it wouldn't matter. Those kids are a handful. You get one quieted down, and another starts up. Not just the usual kid behavior either. They've been spoiled rotten, and know that by screaming, they'll eventually get what they want. Back on track... mom made a Jello cake. Bake a cake, poke holes in it, pour on your favorite Jello while still a liquid (as opposed to a colloidal suspension - JIGGLY!), and frost with some whipped topping. Tada! Jello cake. I told mom next time slap some rum if she's going to use pina colada and strawberry daiquiri flavored Jello. At least then, the kids would quiet down.

I acquired some new socks today, too. I actually have socks, but they're all calf socks. I needed some ankle socks. Not as hot, and good to wander around in. *wiggles toes*

Next major purchase will probably be a pair of glasses. I need some new ones. I may go to the local place here in town my bud goes to. Mainly because when I was working, I went there and the good doctor didn't look too bad. Kind of pretty in fact. Good way to check if the lenses she's playing with are in focus. Hehe. :D

Ok... time to wander off. Wall of text FTW!

Guilds that try to dictate your behavior outside of WoW, like ToG, need to get bent.

After a rather poor showing by the Alliance in a battleground, I said on guild chat that I need to go into the battlegroup forums, and start a flame war. Basicly, blowing off steam like I always do after Alliance does a no brainer, like not grabbing the Horde flag while I'm fighting the Horde flag carrier in the Horde flag room. One of the officers told me to remember that I "represent TOG". I point blank replied I represent myself, and did the try to play nice thing, which got me a knife in the back and shown the door. I further added that if what I say elsewhere gets me tossed, oh well. I'm not going around skating like I'm on thin ice.

I really wanted to let the guild officer who spoke to me know what a bunch of hypocrites she was enforcing the rules for. Oh well... she'll learn in due time. Things happen for a reason. Like on the main server I play on, one of the most respected members of the ToG guild leaving because he was tired of the crap that was going on. This alone should be a huge wake up call. Or, the recent guild split that just happened on my alt server where I got spoken to.

The only reson I'm in that guild for the time being on that server is I haven't found a better one. I did 33 levels solo without the guild, and 2 so far in the guild without much help from the guild. I have no problems with soloing the next 35. Their loss, not mine.

Grrr.