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December 29, 2004

I hope Verizon™ gets taken over by Satan himself and run into the ground.... oh wait, demons already run it.

Yep, the title pretty much sums it up. I had DSL in my place which was fine and all. Except the 27 or so odd times it went down or they screwed up my billing and was offline for at least a day at a time. >:C This time, it was personal. Weird outage in PA and after 4 phone calls and finally speaking to a manager... I was told they couldn't get anyone out to look at my line until Friday.

DICK: Ok. I want you to look at the back of the modem. There is a black wire plugged into it. Unplug it and wait 15 seconds then plug it back in.
ME: I did that twice before calling you. The magical unplug trick isn't going to cut it this time. I take computers apart and put them back together... I know a thing or two and this is a line issue.
DICK: (obviously reading their little 'this is what you say to the idiots that call' paragraph on his screen) I want you to try to unplug the router, wait 15 seconds and plug it back in. That solves 99% of the problems like this.
ME: I am speaking english right? Hello, hello. Yes, still on english. I did reboot it twice already. Can't you check to see what's going on? Test the line or something?
DICK: Yeah, let me do that.

(long pause while he goes to get a soda and make fun of me while I'm on hold)

DICK: Yep, looks like there's an outage. Nothing I can do to help you byebyetheanksforcallingverizonsuckah
*click.... dead air*

Do you know what naku does when she's toyed with in such a way? Well, I get my ass to the Comcast office and sign up for *shiver* cable again and get my shiny new cable modem. Fsck Verizon DSL... fsck them in the ass and then slap them around a bit and call them fat. Bastard, clown-shoe company. /new jersey

I posted some nice musical things on little gamers So here I will post some other fun findings.

Comedy! I've been addicted to getting stand up albums and listening to them in the morning since Howard Stern isn't on this week? Not sure if he's on vacation or he's done? I like to hear people talking in the morning. Preferably funny people that make the dread morning not seem quite so bad. Makes it seem less lonely and the cat just stares at me in the morning with sleepy, cute eyes.

Dane Cook - Harmful if Swallowed
He is the best thing on stage since Mitch Hedberg (who is another one of my all time favorites). I think I'm going to get his DVDs with christmas gift card thingies. He makes me smile so very much. He's got some seriously funny clips on his website as well so you should check it out. He talked about Tekken :') He's one dude I'd like to like.. go bowling with someday. Even though I do not bowl, I'd try.

Eugene Mirnam
A friend just told me about this dude. He tours with indie rock bands so I guess that automatically makes him cool right?

David Cross - The Pride is Back & Shut Up you Fucking Baby
I'm a big fan of Mr. Show more because of David than Bob (sorry Bob... wait he won't read this). He's just an all around funny dude. His religious material is enough to bring tears to your eyes. Both those shows are fantastic.

That's all I have.. take care y0!
~naku

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December 27, 2004

I hear music. As if there is any other way of taking it in. I tried to taste it, but it did not work.

All the orcs are on vacation this week... so in all actuality, I am on vacation as well. Granted clients come in so I can't wear jammies to work, but believe me I thought about doing it anyway.

Santa was good to me.. iPod, Napoleon Dynamite DVD (yessssss), gift cards and other assorted cool stuff. Ate a ton of good foods, hung out with the family, drank good wine, etc. Nice Christmas indeed. I don't have to eat for a week either which is pretty neat.

"That would be cool if you could eat good food with a bad food and the good would cover for the bad food when it got to your stomach. Like you eat a carrot with an onion ring and they would travel down to your stomach, then they would get there, and the carrot would say, 'It's cool, he's with me.'" ~Mitch Hedburg

I got to snag some great nostalgic albums from my bro-in-law like: All the White Zombie albums, all the Beastie Boys albums, The Goats - Tricks of the Shade, a bunch of David Cross stand up (who is funny as hell), old U2 albums, the Ben Folds albums I don't have, and a bunch more. I forgot how good NIN - Pretty Hate Machine is. It makes you get that pissed off look on your face and drive like an asshole. It's great.

2 gigs down.... 58 to go :D *dances* I never thought I'd have an iPod. I fought back tears when I opened it. :')

All that nice stuff but today isn't a great day. Won't go into details but gorramnit. *yells 'come home safe' as loud as I can* ;_;
fsck.

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December 23, 2004

christmas bling.....

Meh. Meh, meh, meh! I've done some last minute shit before... but this year I'm even shocking myself. Today is Thursday. Christmas is Saturday. I am not done buying crap. I'll get it done though since some of my best work is done last minute. *hopes*

So I leave tomorrow for all the family bjebe and don't return until Sunday. Other night I'm chattin' with teh snow:

naku: I got my SAM to lvl 10! Now we can no0b party with your BLM!
snow: zo/
naku: fsck.. can't play at all this weekend though
snow: why not??
naku: dude, it's christmas.. I'll be away
snow: >_<
naku: stupid jesus *shakes fists*
snow: lol! *puts that as iChat status*
naku: hehehe

I will probably get struck by lightning and all my presents turned to coal inside their respective packages.

Okay, back to work now. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas eve/day/day after. Especially madsen who made me laugh out loud with his xmas special today. Thank you dude ^^;
/naku

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December 21, 2004

Tina! Come get the FOOD!

Napoleon Dynamite was released on DVD today. That makes the world just a little bit easier to live in don't you think? Here, if you missed it.. there is a funny commentary thingie on Amazon which you can get here! Although it's sucky .wmv >_<; Enjoy!

ps.. snagged this dancing icon somewhere... who ever did it, thanks!

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December 20, 2004

In Tune and always Late ^_^

DJ Shadow - 'In tune and on time' is really good. I suggest you all go out and fetch it. Well, you can wait until you're done reading this I guess.

Today is a good day. Not letting things bother me like, workorcs™, drama, xmas, and my personal favorite.... it's fscking 10 degrees F outside o_O;

The weekend was like a reunion. Well, a FFXI old-skewler one. Mrmadsen & Garkin actually played which makes me :D :D! I got scared once when I hear Anaka announce that her WoW character had just out-leveled Garkin's. I was certain he was going to /logout right then and leave my dumb ass in Tahrongi Canyon as a lvl 9 SAM {death} {can I have it?} hehehe. He didn't even though I'm sure he went right into WoW as soon as I went to sleep ;)

Back to work! Mew!

Oh yeah.. If you'd like to get in touch with me and don't want to leave a comment, please feel free to mail me ^_^

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December 17, 2004

It's only a Paper Moon ^_^

I was up working until 5am.... awake again at 7:30. Huge presentation due at 3:00 today. I just finished. Now I listen to my Happy Place Song™ ^_^;

It's Only A Paper Moon - Rufus Wainwright

I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away from you
Out of your embrace
The world's a temporary parking place

Mmm, mmm
A bubble for a minute
Mmm, mmm
You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it

Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Without your love
It's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played on a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
*******

Some nice albums I've been listening to lately are:
Kashmir - Zitilites
Zoot woman - Zoot woman
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
Macha - Forget Tomorrow
Lali Puna - Faking the Books

Happy Friday All ^_^

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December 16, 2004

The dread pirate curse: naku tale one

The dread pirate curse: naku tale one

I'm going to delve into uncharted territory now and discuss the inner workings of teh naku. I find myself thinking a lot about why people are the way they are. Some say it's how you grew up, your parents influence, your surroundings etc. I'm not really sure I agree with this entirely. To a degree yes. But take for instance the example of siblings. My sister is nothing like me. There are similarities in our views of some things but for the most part we have always been different even at a young age. She wanted make up, I wanted to send away for Mossman and Stink0r the He Man figures that well.... stank! (any people that collected these should be laughing their asses off now)

I wonder if the interests you take up as a kid mold you into the adult you walk around as years later? I was the kind of kid that would mark off the days on the calendar until my favorite comic would show up in the local store. That was my big day. I was quiet and observant. My issues of Heathcliff were treated as precious commodities not to be touched by any human being other than myself. I still have all of those comics and smile every time I look at them all yellowed and frail now.

My sister was more outgoing. Always talking even when she had nothing to say. I didn't have much air time so to speak so I just listened. Even from the time as a toddler I was incredibly passive and generous so my Mom tells me. My sister would take all my money I had saved saying she'd pay me back and never did. If a friend liked one of my toys or stickers I would simply give it to them. I was attracted to the good toys like Thundercats, Transformers, Voltron, He-Man etc. and not the crappy ones in the terrifying "pink aisle" which still gives me the shivers to this day. And thus begins the story of the dread pirate cool chick.

The cool chick. What exactly does that mean? Well, I've been called that quite a bit over the years. Each time I get that label I get a crooked smile and a vulcan eyebrow raise. I take it as a compliment but there is a lot of angst associated with this title. Allow me to explain.

The cool chick is interested in sitting around with her buddies and talking about kung fu and old toys from way back when. She reads PSM, Game Informer, Mac Addict... not Glamour, [insert other girlie trash magazines here]. If at a party and there are dudes playing Tekken or some other fighting game... when handed a controller she cracks her knuckles, grabs it and gives a good run for the adversary's money and without button mashing. She finds a night holding hands through the arcade, playing silly 2 player shooting games the most romantic thing ever. She wants to go to the comic shop more than you do. This all sounds great right? So why the angst?

I can sum it up by saying that in most cases of romance... when the cool chick admits there are feelings other than that buddy feeling the result is 99.8% this: "Man, you're like the coolest chick ever. I wouldn't want to date you because you're ehm.. too cool. I could end up being a dick and then we couldn't hang out anymore. You're like... one of the guys to me which is more important than just some girl. I just don't want to fsck up our friendship."

And so I nod and smile and act like it's no big thaang because no one knows she goes to bed clutching a stuffed rabbit trying not to cry. Yeah fine I admit it.. fsck off suckahs I AM a girl ffs >_

It's funny because I'm sure if any guy actually reads this they'll be shaking their head saying NUUUUU that's horseshit Wang! Well, I hate to break it to ya guys but this has happened to me so many times after a while you just laugh and smile that crooked smile. The same guys end up going out and dating these beautiful model type, bubble-head grrls that think Metal Gear refers to the jewelry they're wearing. I know there are guys out there that care about more than just pretty... but, I apparently just had horrible luck in who I decided to dig on. That's on me I suppose.

Anyway, it causes you to do silly things like play FFXI for 6 months and never leave your house other than work, grocery store, game store. I just didn't care anymore. For the first time in my life I was pissed I was born into this cool chick persona. I was tired of guys falling for girls that were ridiculously annoying or half the time fscking psycho bitches on wheels. Girls I couldn't stand to be in the same room with for more than 2.5 minutes with out wanting to claw my ears off and smash them into the carpet. The only joy I got was hanging out with my buddies and these said girls would eye me up and burn with jealousy that I could 'hang' and they didn't know what the hell we were talking about half the time. If those girls only knew they had nothing to worry about. I wasn't going to tell them since that was the only pleasure I took in the whole sorted situation. Hehe. HIdden girl-gamer-angst-drama.... how ridiculous! :D

The end of this story though is that there is hope for the cool chick though. After 2+ years of this kind of lonely nonsense I've decided to take off the pikachu slipper-FFXI-recluse ways and try to find true love. Recent events have made me aware that there are people that appreciate and can truly love a girl who is like a dude but not a dude. Funny how someone you meet and fall in love with can completely change your life. So all I can say to wrap this winded, boring-ass story up is a nice, dreamy quote: "I am hope"

I love you snow and I don't care who knows.
~the end~

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December 14, 2004

Happy birthday snow

Happy birthday snowchyld. I hope you have a fantastic day! Check his site.. Hawk built him a cake too!

Here's the cake I built for 'em ^_^

In other news.... I need a nap.
peace our y0

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December 10, 2004

Anybody that shows up is gonna join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces

Today is shaping up to be a pretty darn dope day. The chrimpus present I was terribly worried about arrived and is like.. cooler than I thought it would be *takes a moment to bounce around the room* Weeeeeee!

Garkin sent me this: http://www.rkhayes.org/simmons.wmv
I laughed... a lot. ^_^;

I'm listening to Cimematic Orchestra.

I downloaded a classic FF skin for Adium which makes me smile. Not sure I will keep it on but I'm enjoying the novelty of it for today.

A lady that is a freelance proofreader for us built a cake and brought it in. Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

All in all, it's a fine Friday. Tonight is a FFXI marathon. I wonder if I can get my cooking skill from 11-45 in one night? I want to make piiiiiieeeee!

Here.... an inspirational quote to start your weekend off right:

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

peace out y0

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December 9, 2004

it's getting pretty zo/

Added some cats to spruce up the joint and some colors and stuff. I may rebuild the header because I'm not quite loving it yet. snow is really l33t with teh css o_o hmmm impressive you are yeeees /yoda hehehe.

I've really been slacking off work to do this kinda stuff so I better actually do something productive. Like go make some tea and read the internet.
Rawr

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December 8, 2004

beep beep love

Ok.. it's Wednesday and that bleh sheet wore off thankfully. ^_^ I should probably add some graphics to this sucker eh? I'm thinking some postIT cats™ would be nice sprawled across the top. Yeeesss I can see it now *makes a frame in front of monitor with hands* It will be perfect.

I think it's funny that I get paid to do things like:

• rearrange the ninjas on my desk and hide them so their missions aren't compromised.
• type silly things for rants
• chat on iChat... all day long (ey, least I don't have IRC going anymore.. that was borderline ridiculous)
• wrestle the office dog
• look at neat things online when people send me links.. not to mention comics and forum crapola
• spend an hour researching cooking crafting for FFXI o_O

Look the list just goes on and on. I do manage to get some work done here and there but I wonder if I should feel guilty for having this type of work ethic? It does keep me sane and happy so I suppose it's a fair trade off for zee orc oppressors. *shrug*

It's cold. Time for soup!
Peace 0ut

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December 6, 2004

Monday meh -_-

/weekend bleh.. I'm not exactly sure why I will bother writing in here since it's not viewed by anyone'ish. I'll do it anyway since it's a nice thing to waste a few of the long work minutes.

I watched Casino yesterday which was a pleasant Sunday adventure. Laying around in jammies, sketching and watching mafia dudes beat each other up is a nice way to wrap up the orc-free 2 day vacation. I debated watching Scarface right after but I think my head would have exploded watching two films that long in a row.

Today is a strange day. Something weird in the air other than the candle my boss is burning that smells like cookies. Walking into a room that smells like cookies and yet there are no cookies is kinda like a kick in the pants to be honest. At least it covers up the wet dog smell since it's raining and the damp office dawg is next to my chair sleeping.

Everyone is getting their christmas trees. I miss putting one up. Pretty silly to get a tree that no one will see. ^_^ I dug out Athena's stocking my Mum made for her that is shaped like a kitty paw and has little stuffed mice and balls of string on it. That's about the extent of my xmas decorations. I kinda hate this time of year. mew -_-;

The orc oppressors will be returning soon with their watchful eyes so gonna wrap this up. Here, have some lyrics with your cawfee.....

If I Ever Feel Better
~Phoenix

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control

They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all
I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that's fading away

You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away
Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times
But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can't try, I can't try, I can't try...

No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost
Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after all
Someday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't ewait, I can't wait, I can't wait...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know
If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

It's like somebody took my place
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away

Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how
They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive

I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Great song :)
/wave

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December 1, 2004

canadian dream....

The Canadian Dream
by Sam Roberts

I Went out on the street today
The Canadian Dream was as far away as it’s ever been
As it’s ever been

S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is here to stay
S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is the only way

Frozen land, frozen minds
Frozen hands and frozen time

‘Cause everything moves real slow when it’s forty below
Everything moves real slow when it’s forty below
Yeah, everything moves real slow when it’s forty below
When it’s forty below

S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is here to stay
S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is the only way

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