I Am Jacks Wasted Life

Hmm….Well, I certainly do not have a disco, so I guess it’s the truth! (link unceremoniously ganked from picklejuice)

Hey everybody! I am a busy busy guy. I’m almost done with my first quarter and I have 3 finals and 2 final projects due next week for 4 different classes! And, of course, I’ll be going out of town this weekend…just in case that was all too easy.

Hey, while on the subject of links, check out Lost in Translation for more wacky fun. It translates English to French and then back into English and then into German and then back into English and then into …. well… just go try it!

The morning of the ice-slides is tired and underneath ugliness it
changes it in the skin, the one that thought about a type I, inside
like of this mine of the reason 1 week, that I sleep!

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Right. So. Umm. I think I need a nap. I think I need a long nap. In fact, I think a coma is in order at this point. I’d like to point out that I’m just not a kid anymore. Of course, I was a kid when this sign must have been posted. According to 911dispatch, it was apparently December of 1982 when 911 was introduced in Minneapolis/St.Paul. This sign has been conspicuously left above the drinking fountain of the company I am contracted to for the rest of the month. Gotta love the cutting edge…

And hey, while you’re here…the link and text are from MoveOn.org:

Recall No! Democracy Yes!
This pledge is a national effort to mobilize one million California voters in the recall election. Please sign the pledge no matter where you live and please ask friends and family in California to sign the pledge and to remember to vote October 7.

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Raven & I (along with miscellaneous family members from out-of-town) ate at Mickey’s Diner last night. We live ridiculously close (Yahoo says it’s 1.0 miles), it’s open 24 hours, and is reasonably priced, which makes me wonder why we hardly go there. Of course, it’s very small, and at the times when we would tend to go there, there are other people there. Now don’t get me wrong. People-watching is all well and good, but People-Interacting can be, well, unnerving.

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As you might be able to guess, Raven & I went to the Great Minnesota Get-Together Friday. Did I mention that while I am working for Western National my Friday’s end a Noon? Did I mention that, while this means I have more time for the weekend, it also means that, being paid hourly, I have less money too?! I’m really only a casual Fair-goer. I have been a Fest junkie (I think the term “Festie” for most of us is held with about the same high regard that Trek fans have for the term “Trekkie”) for years, and usually you have to choose one or the other if you have a day job. We had a pretty good day. We started off looking at some livestock, (Bunnies are cute) and then we went for Malts in the Empire Commons. After that, we stopped at the Agriculture Building. Realizing it was getting dark, we high tailed it over to the Space Tower. We then stopped by the DFL booth and got a Kucinich button for me and a “Friends don’t let friends vote republican” button for Raven. We wandered through the Creative Arts building until it closed and then it was time for more food! I, of course, found the nearest Pronto Pup stand and Raven went for the Roasted Corn. Our Dessert was provided by Sweet Martha. Finally, we wound our way down to the Midway and rode a couple o’ rides. P.S. Contrary to popular belief: A pronto-pup and a corn-dog are entirely different things!!! A corn-dog is made with cornbread batter, and a pronto-pup is made with pancake batter!! I mean come on, it’s like night and….ummm….later that night!!

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I just found a disk with these photos, that I have edited together. Yes, Raven & I are that geeky. We got dressed up for the Opening Night. We did not get dressed up to go and see it in Imax however. Speaking of, the MN engagement ends on Sept 4, and even though it is a little on the expensive side ($12!!!) it is definitely worth it.

Well, it is Friday, and once again, I feel like the weekend is over before it began. I have to setup my tent for Renaissance Festival, which starts on Saturday, I then need to go to a Doctor appointment, and then I need to assist a friend w/his computer. (Yeah, sure, he’s feeding me and we’re probably gonna watch a movie or play some Quake…..But it’s still a full schedule!)

Finally, just because I feel like it, the Friday Five:

1. How much time do you spend online each day?

I guess it depends. If I am at work, I am online nearly all the time in one way or another. At home however, I think I am online for like an hour or so every day….sometimes more….but not as often as I would like!!

2. What is your browser homepage set to?

http://my.yahoo.com

I have been hooked on Yahoo’s portal since the beginning. They integrate everything together so well, and now, I can access Email/Address Book/Calendar via my synchronized Handspring Visor or my Sprint PCS phone!

3. Do you use any instant messaging programs? If so, which one(s)?

I’ve started actually using Yahoo Messenger a little bit at work. I have used/tried ICQ, AIM, and MSN Messenger at one point or another….but now I think they’re icky. <grin>

4. Where was your first webpage located?

Man, I wish I still had the HTML somewhere….it was pa-the-tic. It was somewhere on Geocities (http://www.geocities.com/Paris/9717 to be exact), back when they were their own company, instead of belonging to Yahoo. You can see what my original web page became, at Zoo Station.

5. How long have you had your current website?

I registered my domain in December of 2002. I consider my first post to be 12.16.1999. It wasn’t really a “blog” at that time, but it was the same kind of dated-entry, life observational site, that we have come to call a blog, so that’s my Final Answer.

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