Just to round out the family

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I had a second phonepost I left last night that Frank the Goat seems to have lost… I will try to remember what I said in that post tomorrow, when I am a little less frazzled. In the time being, it’s nice to be back in Boston. Here is a stupid internet meme that my sisters did, so I feel obligated to participate in.

  • Using band names, spell out your name.

  • S - Skinny Puppy

  • E - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

  • A - Aphex Twin

  • N - Nine Inch Nails

  • Have you ever had a song written about you? Yes, wrote a silly song for me at this year’s Halloween Party

  • What song makes you cry? I’ve cried to Talking Heads’ “Heaven” a few times.

  • What song makes you happy? Talking Heads’ “Don’t Worry About The Government”

  • What do you like to listen to before bed? Aphex Twin’s “Selected Ambient Works Vol. II

  • Appearance

  • Height: 5'10”

  • Hair color: Brown

  • Skin color: Pink

  • Eye color: Blue or Green depending on light, but my license says blue

  • Piercings: None

  • Tattoos: None

  • Right Now

  • What Color Pants are you Wearing? Blue Striped Jammies

  • What Song are you Listening to or Watching? Nothing, but “Right Now” by Van Halen is stuck in my head for obvious reasons

  • What Taste is in Your Mouth? Blood (from flossing my teeth for the first time in forever)

  • What is the Weather Like? Cold and Rainy

  • How Are You? Swell, now that I am not in Texass anymore

  • Do you:

  • Get Motion Sickness? Funny you ask, I got queasy on the last flight today… Probably because I chugged a margarita before getting on the plane. Normally I only get sick in cars with “floaty” suspensions or when reading.

  • Have a Bad Habit? I am addicted to Coke Classic.

  • Get Along With Your Parents? Absolutely

  • Favorites

  • TV Show? Good Eats, of course

  • Magazine? Rolling Stone, I guess, I don’t read many magazines anymore

  • Soda? Coke

  • Thing to do on the Weekend? Lounge, and watch movies with the SNFC

  • Have you

  • Broken the Law? Every time I get in my car.

  • Snuck out of the house? Don’t think so…

  • Made a prank phone call? Absolutely

  • Ever tipped over a porta pottie? Nope.

  • Used your parents’ credit card? Nope

  • Skipped School Before? A few times.

  • Fell asleep in the shower/bath? No.

  • Been in a school play? No.

  • Let a friend cry on your shoulder? Yes.

  • Ever had a major regret? Yes.

  • Love

  • Boyfriend? No.

  • Girlfriend? Yes, the lovely and talented

  • Children? Only a few bastards left behind in Rochester

  • Had a hard time getting over someone? Yes.

  • Your greatest regret? The hidden donkey.

  • Random

  • Do you have a job? Finally.

  • Your cd player has in it right now? My car CD player has the new U2 cd in it, I believe.

  • If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Gay question.

  • What makes you happy? Airline on A&E

  • Who makes you the happiest? Me.

  • What’s the next cd you’re gonna get? Maybe the remastered Nine Inch Nails “The Downward Spiral (Special Edition)?

  • Who do you consider good friends? Admiral Ackbar says this question is a traaaap. I have lots of good friends, but the ones who have been there the longest are , Johnny, and James.

  • When/What was the last?

  • Time you cried? I think I got a little misty at “Kinsey” during Lynn Redgrave’s scene

  • You got a real letter? Probably when I was living in NJ.

  • You got e-mail? I constantly get e-mail.

  • TV Program you watched? Ken Jennings’ Streak-Ender on Jeopardy.

  • Movie you saw at the theater? Kinsey

  • Your thoughts on

  • Abortion? I don’t have a vagina, so I don’t get to make vagina rules. And really, if I were able to make vagina rules, I wouldn’t waste my vagina rule on abortion. I would clearly make a rule having something to do with ready and open access to vaginas by me.

  • Teenage smoking? Smoking is vile.

  • Spice Girls? Sporty.

  • Downloading music illegally? I don’t judge, but I think as much as the record labels blow, at least the artist gets SOMETHING by buying the songs. IMHO, the bigger the artist, the less I worry about people pirating their music. Small, no-name, indie bands? Do the right thing.

Phone Post

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FAFShow 2004

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Met up with everyone at the Coolidge last night for the Future Animators of the Future 2004 extravaganza. Very great show this year, and if memory serves, much tighter than the last show (which was back in 2002). Especially entertaining were FAF’s first foray into the realm of 3D animation… You’ll have to check the videos out on their website once that section is unlocked.

I worked until like 7pm last night, and am going in tomorrow at noon for a few hours… This project is draining my will to live, but hopefully it is almost over. The monday after Thanksgiving I am going to have to head down to Dallas once again for a few days to deliver some new software. Hopefully this trip will be shorter than my previous two.

Now I Say Something!

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I’ve been a journal lurker for the past week…. I’ve been really busy at work, and when not at work, playing Half-Life 2… I think I will probably have to work some this weekend, unless some miracle occurs tomorrow.

Went to see Stella (Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black) tonight with . Just as funny as I expected, and apparently they sold out tonight’s TWO shows at the Paradise…. The State alum can still draw a crowd, which rocks.

Retro

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This fake ad is great, so I am putting it here so I don’t lose it again.

Web HackAR

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I updated my CD List to pull it’s data out of the database backing my OpenDB, so it should always be current now… I will soon do the same thing for my DVDs, which will free me from DVDAf.

Thanks

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Thank you Veterans.

Happy Birthday, Firefox!

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Web-browser extraordinaire Mozilla Firefox v1.0 has been released today! If you’re looking to grab it, you’ll find that mozilla.org is getting hammered, so you might want to visit one of the mirrors:

I picked up Katamari Damacy last night based solely on the recommendation of Penny Arcade. It’s cracked out, but wicked fun!

Day of Upgrading

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I have moved all of my CDs and DVDs, as well as the books I have here in Boston into my OpenDB installation. I haven’t figured out enough MySQL to fully replace my old CD and DVD listings, but that should come soon. I also upgraded to the latest version of Gallery, as they issued a security warning.

Craig Christ

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Last night was awesome… Lynch was co-headlining the show with Mitch Hedburg.. I’m glad Lynch went first, because Hedburg was pretty lame… After like 30 minutes of listening to his mildly chuckle worthy non-sequitur and I got up and left… He just wasn’t funny enough for me to be a headliner, especially after Lynch tore the roof off. I might have tolerated Mitch more if I hadn’t just finished laughing my ass off for 60 minutes straight… The occasional smirk that Hedburg delivered was pretty anti-climatic.

Catching The Incredibles with the SNFC tonight..