Ok, I’m probably not the first to touch on this, but I have to say that I derive extreme amusement that the title of R. Kelly’s new album is “Chocolate Factory”… Perhaps he should title his subsequent albums “Rusted Chevy Van”, “Would You Like A Balloon”, and “Hey, Teen Girls… Wanna Fuck??”… What the hell is wrong with this guy (you know, other than the pedophilia)?

Finished “Count Zero” last night, and it was so great… I am ashamed to have taken this long to finish it.. Gonna start re-reading “Mona Lisa Overdrive” now, and copies of “Idoru” and “All Tomorrow’s Parties” are on their way.

OS X is acting up again, same problem, which leads me to believe that the prior “solution” was a red herring as well.. I am going to try yanking memory tomorrow to see if there is a flaky DIMM (which I really doubt… I would expect instability, not slowness) and also create a new user and see if there is some other badness in that department (which would really cause me doubt in Apple, as I have already had to do that once already).

I am hoping to travel up to Rochester around March 8th for “FUMN: The Redemption”.. I definately need to redeem the glory of FUMN after the abysmal screenings last time around… Fortunately, the list of films I haven’t shown is still longer than the list I have.. I am also planning on giving myself more time and less to do on this trip, so hopefully all the people I neglected last time around will get to see my fine ass.

yeah, yeah

Update: What? You’ve never seen the video for “Everything’s Ruined”? Look here for Faith No More’s funniest video..

According to my magic digital thermometer of love, when I went to bed last night the temp was somewhere around 4-5 degrees… When I woke up this morning I looked at it and it read 20… When I pressed the “Low” button to check out how cold it got last night, it said it dipped down to 1.6! That’s pretty cold.. =)

Is William Gibson visiting your town?

I ran into someone I know through a friend tonight while I was out on the town… He works in a coffee shop I frequent and I bump into him every once in awhile… I hadn’t seen him in awhile, and hadn’t hung out with our mutual friend in months, save for last weekend when we bumped into her when out for Karen’s birthday…

After the usual “hey, how’ya doin?” type conversation, he asks me:

Guy: When was the last time you ran into [friend]?

Me: Well, I ran into her last weekend for two minutes, but haven’t seen her beyond that in months

Guy: Did you know that we aren’t together anymore?

Me: <sociallyNecessaryAmbiguity>Well, she sorta mentioned it offhand…</sociallyNecessaryAmbiguity> Is that a good or bad thing for you?

Guy: Well, I pretty much got fucked… She is back with [her old boyfriend]

Me: Man… That sucks, I’m Sorry…

While this guy probably did get fucked over by [friend], I really don’t know him at all, so I can’t really conjure anything beyond general sympathy… It was a pretty socially awkward situation, but I amazingly handled it pretty well… He always seemed like a good guy, and it sucks that he got screwed over..

…he fills out one of these surveys:

1. What time do you wake up in the morning?

Lately? Around 1pm.

1. If you could have lunch with someone famous, who would it be?

David Bowie or David Byrne

1. Gold or Silver?

Don’t care for either.

1. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

The Two Towers or Adaptation… not sure which..

1. Favorite TV Shows?

Sopranos, Good Eats, Six Feet Under, CSI

1. What do you have for breakfast?

Today? Three peanut butter and toffee cookies; Usually? Nothing.

1. What would you hate to be left in a room with?

Sally Struthers

1. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

No.

1. Who/What inspires you?

Fear, Music, Happiness

1. What’s your middle name?

Michael

1. Beach or City?

Live in the city, visit the beach.

1. Summer or winter?

Winter assuming the skiing is good.

1. Favorite Ice Cream?

Vanilla or Butter Pecan

1. Buttered, plain or salted Popcorn?

Movie Theater with butter and salt.

1. Favorite Color?

Blue.

1. Favorite Car?

Realistic? Impreza WRX STi; Dream: Lamborghini Diablo

1. Favorite Sandwich filling/s?

Ham, American, DiBella’s Dressing, Spicy Mustard, Lettuce

1. Ever been in love?

Yep.

1. What Characteristics do you despise?

Concealment of true feelings, dishonesty

1. Favorite Flower?

I like flowers, but no preference.

1. If you had a big win on the lottery, what would you do with it?

Help my family, pay my debts, buy a house, and travel for awhile

1. How many keys on your key ring?

3. Where would you retire?

No idea.

1. Can you juggle, if yes how many?

3 (no less, no more, no pins)

1. Favorite Day of the week?

Every day is good.

1. Red or white Wine?

Haven’t gotten into wine yet.

1. What did you do for your last birthday?

Worked, I think.

1. Do you carry a donor card?

Mass Drivers Licenses are also apparently official donor cards, and I have also discussed my intent to donate everything with my family (which is MUCH more important than the donor card).

1. Say one thing about the person who sent this to you?

Cool-ass person I need to keep in better touch with.

1. Who do you least expect to send this back to you?

Nobody.

1. Who is the person you expect to send this back to you first?

Nobody.

I woke up this morning at 9:45 ish after going to bed at 5am. I sat thinking for awhile trying to figure out why the hell I was awake. Then I noticed that my eyeballs were really dry and my nostrils were as well… I looked around the room trying to find something that woke me up, and I also listen carefully to hear for movement downstairs… I finally (after a few minutes go by and my intelligence returns) realize that it is REALLY hot in my room. I punch the indoor/outdoor button on my magic digital thermometer and it tells me it is 85 Degrees in my bedroom. I run downstairs and turn the heat off, and magically it is only 70 degrees on the 2nd floor. Whoever designed the heating in this house is retarded.

…how much I hate Macy Gray?

If not? Alot.

From the hiptop.com forums:

I took my SK out of my backpack and it had blue ink on the INSIDE of it and had 2 big cracks. I don’t think I dropped it, but that’s not the point really. I thought the SK was all digital and like didn’t have ink in it. I know it’s not from any of my pens because it was inside of the screen and I checked the back totally clean you wouldn’t be able to tell. Just a curious question.

BTW does anyone know the email for Amazon to get an item replaced?

That OSX problem was really starting to turn me off of the Mac, I am glad I got it fixed… Even after a few minutes of using this machine now that it has been un-fucked, I am enjoying myself more than I have all along in OSX.

Here is an illustration of how much this problem was causing my user experience to suck:

1. Open a gzipped .dmg file you just downloaded off the internet
2. Wait 30-60 seconds for StuffIt to start and decompress the file
3. Wait 30-60 seconds for Disk Copy to start and mount the disk image
4. Copy the application inside the disk image to your drive and open it, wait another 30-60 seconds

Now, don’t get me wrong, occasionally (2 out of 10 times) there would be no delay, but it was definately in the minority of times… I was at the point where I would just leave all the applications I use running at all times so I didn’t have to deal with this bull.

Another time this was frustratingly annoying? Visit a web page in Chimera that has a username/password box. The browser loads the Keychain Management framework, which locks up the browser for 30-60 seconds while it waits so it can fetch the username and password you had it manage.

Perhaps some of you will understand why I haven’t been beaming about OSX all this time… ;)