Apechow

01:40 pm: Dreams
Do I still have readers? Well... here's a dream I'm in the mood to relate. Also of interest would be that I saw MI:2 just before bed.

( The Dream )

06:57 pm: Why bother posting here...
Facebook gets much more exposure. But here goes...

Drunk History on youtube. Pretty funny. Be warned the narrators can't hold all their liquor (especially Vol 2).

12:27 am: Found poetry
So I've found some poetry I haven't seen in a while. Figured I'd throw it out to you wolves to gnaw on for a while. I don't even remember why I wrote some of this stuff.


Looking for a night of seduction,
I instead romance my own thoughts.
Trying to find direction,
I head the way I know best.
The familiar circle of my footprints
leads me onward.

As the moon rises in the sky,
My feelings slide away.
The thoughts that tumbled all day,
Float off unspoken on the evening breeze.
The lightest plea for attention
Catches an eddy, lingers a moment longer,
And vanishes, meeting its fate as surely
As if it had been truly spoken.


Next to softly playing stereo
The unlit candles
Wait for a new occasion.
Mostly melted,
They beg for replacement.
I hesitate, examining the char
On the tired wicks.

04:39 pm: A hypothetical question
So this came up in a conversation today at work. I'm asking anyone who still reads this to chime in with their 2cents.

If someone you knew could... produce, say from their nose or regurgitation, perfect orange juice or tea or something you really enjoy drinking. And the only thing different between it and something from a jug is that it came out of your friend, could you and would you drink it?

Discuss.

05:04 pm: Disturbing and FUN!
So for all that might possibly still read this, and those that will see on their friends page.

www.cracked.com/article_16554_5-most-baffling-sex-scenes-in-history-fanfiction.html

and

www.instantrimshot.com

Have fun annoying your officemates with bad humor.

12:23 pm: And now for something completely different...
Here's a story I have coerced a friend into writing...


aaroncbader: once there was a drifter named oswald
aaroncbader: poor oswalt had absolutely no money
( The Story )

11:43 am: Shock and Awe
So I'm thinking of getting a cell phone. There have been enough times when I wasn't on travel that it might have been handy to have it. Then again its mostly for everyone else and i care about y'all. So the question then is who do I go with. Who do I not? Do any companies not have the horrendously long answer message that I can't skip through that really pisses me off? I'd rather not subject my callers to that. What's wrong with a damn beep? Who hasn't left a message on a phone these days? Do I need more options? Do you need to tell me about them and not let me skip past? Gaarar!

As a side note I've also been thinking of buying pants for like a year now. Maybe I'll have a phone by 2010.

12:03 pm: Freegans
So I've been introduced to a new concept. The freegan. Specifically this idea was presented to me by dumpster diving for bagels. Bakeries are required to toss out the old food at the end of the day. If you happen to know where they toss out the food in a double wrapped plastic bag you can go and git you some. Or go scavenge the food left on the plates by other people at a restaurant. You are actually improving the society by reducing waste and getting a free meal out of it. My friend is currently enjoying a jalepeno dumpster bagel. Freegans. Heh.

11:38 am: Weeeeeee
So it turns out I'm a fool. It is said if your car/bike isn't running it's because it's missing fuel, air, or fire. When my bike died on me a week or so ago, I assumed it was air, which has been a common problem on my bike. It was so sunny today I just had to try the motorcycle again, but it wouldn't even start this time, though there was more than enough power from the battery. So I guess the engine is dry of fuel and set the knobby to prime the engine. After a moment it starts right up and I drop the knobby to the resivoir tank. Now the thing is, on that day a week ago, I opened the tank and looked and there was gas. I thought there was gas at least, so i'm not a complete tool. I was just wrong. Put 3 gallons in there this morning after starting up. So, yay! I'm a fool! The bike runs! Feels like the chain loosened a little and that clatter from the exhaust is still there. But I'm here at work and didn't die. YAY!

01:04 pm: LOLcatz rule
So if you've never been to

www.icanhascheezburger.com you should probably start there.

Today I found out about LOLcode, which is a new programming language in the works.

I include my concert band email here as an example.

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
IM IN YR LOOP UPPIN YR VAR TIL BOTHSAEM VAR AN 10
VISIBLE "come to rehearsal!"
IM OUTTA YR LOOP
I HAS A ANSWR
VISIBLE "Can come to rehearsal? [0/1]"
GIMMAH ANSWR BTW UR HOTT
IZ ANSWR 1?
YARLY
VISIBLE "Awsum thx"
NOWAI
VISIBLE "plz email someone"
KTHX
KTHXBYE

Awesome. Now for the coup de gras. The LOLBible!

www.lolcatbible.com

The whole old testament is translated. Or...mangled. Whatever. Too awesome not to post. Ceiling cat FTW.

03:48 pm: Hmmm
Today i learned a passing friend of mine has become engaged. We barely talk ever since she left the concert band. Is it bad that I had the thought to remove her from my friends list at this point?

11:50 am: OMG a meme I'll do.
1. Race Car Mechanic
2. Optical / Ophthalmic Lab Technician
3. Vending Machine Servicer
4. Electronics Engineering Tech
5. Electrical Engineering Tech
6. Automotive Painter
7. Electrician
8. Auto Detailer
9. Autobody Repairer
10. Dental Lab Tech
11. Actor
Others of note:
Lots of mechanics...
18. Physicist
22. Motorcycle Mechanic
27. Magician
36. Ship's Crew

01:22 pm: Things are looking up
Actually Aaron was looking up. Into the poloidal periscope for me. Turns out my little reliance on my memory proved correct and we weren't screwing ourselves repeatedly throughout the last run campaign at work. I hadn't indicated at the time which was open and which was closed so we were relying on my recollection for it. Being open when we were supposed to be closed wouldn't have been that bad, but it is nice to know I was right.

I've started volleyball again. I'm out of shape. Sigh. Concert Band is starting too. Percussion needs me, but I don't really need percussion. Three tubas is awesome too. Been a while since Mat and I jammed though. We'll have to set up the set in the diningroom again now that the Adv. Civ has been played.

Too bad trenchcoats aren't more in style these days. At least 3 inch heels are.

Oh, and some computer is sending porn links to my advisor via email. Grrrreat.

09:41 am: Abetting an Ass
So I was party to being an ass yesterday. I went into my favorite local sub/pizza shop jonesing for a slice. As I get there I hear two guys order the rest of the pizza slices on the tray. I pop up to the counter and ask if that was the last they had ready to nip off somewhere else for my fix. The guy behind the counter however takes a slice from the other guys and gives it to me. Then the two guys have to wait for him to make another pizza for their last slice when they were obviously in a little bit of a rush. (They had a car full of move-in stuff and a friend falling asleep in the front seat.) I felt like such an ass even though it was his maneuver. I was hungry enough I allowed him to do it.

Later in the evening we were entertaining the freshmen with a 'Concert Band version' of Set. There were two gals that seemed interested in band and in playing the game. After the game they got up to go stroll the rest of the T-party and they said "We'll probably be back." I said in reply, "Bring me some candy when you do." Lo and behold I got a few Starburst and some Sun Chips as they strolled back by. Does ASA say its too early to abuse the freshmen? Should I have waited until Friday?

Fun night all around. I even got up on time today to get all the things at work set up like they needed to be. Unfortunately the run is held up due to cryopump being low on helium I think. I had a nice little dream too. I was on some sort of road race or road trip with Mat and some other folks. We ended up going through some tunnel (to the cape?) and then getting out on foot and cutting through a school yard. Then we got into the subway system where I started singing and dancing to Mika's "Grace Kelly." I actually grabbed some fat man and spun him around and he started singing too. Then everyone started dancing the same way like a music video and everyone became jolly. Random dream, I know, but I woke up happy, still singing the song, even though Rage Against the Machine was playing on my laptop.

05:32 pm: Random Clarification
So I asked my friend what the hell the teacher meant with that whole sandwich thought problem. I think he was going for the following:

Here are two statements:
"A sandwich is better than nothing."
"Nothing is better than religious enlightenment."

Therefore we can conclude:
"A sandwich is better than religious enlightenment"

Explain how this is faulty logic.

However the teacher was talking to some guy from the debate team and wrote "Show how this is debatable."
So he threw out the question because it confused everyone. And the real answer is that the two "nothing"s are not the same, therefore you cannot say A > C. This makes marginally more sense.

01:51 pm: Random...
Today's random thoughts come from Mary Chung's fortune cookies.

"When the moment comes, take the last one from the left" - Mine
"When the moment comes, take the first one from the right" - Deke's
"If the cookie is in three parts, the answer is no." - My 2nd one.

Yesterday's randomness is from a friend's logic class. He was told as it was relayed to me that:

A > B and B > C, but A > C. What does this tell us?

Okay... then he continues:

If A = a sandwich, B = nothing, C = religious enlightenment, how is the previous statement debatable?

And there's something about it pertaining to a guy stranded on an island. I dunno.
I decided that we needed more definition. If A is a PB & J sandwich, then B > A because nothing is better than a PB&J. And if the guy were an atheist then C = B. Therefore C > A. Debate won.

09:26 am: Fun with the theater
Not bad for a Thursday evening. Quite enjoyable. I saw 42nd street done by the Reagle players. There was good songs, nice lighting, and lovely ladies in garters. Game night tonight. Movies and parties tomorrow. Busy busy. Work is gonna have to wait. Rob gave me a WoW booty call last night (any call after midnight is a booty call), but I wasn't in the mood to be a gnome. I'll catch up with him later. Viva la vacacion!

11:57 am: Family Abounds!
I have recently returned from my vacation in Maine. Its nice not having to fly 6 hours to take a vacation. I was informed that several of my cousins and their families would be up in Searsport, ME for us to meet. Turns out they weren't really aware of our coming too. So let me give you the run down of the family members I met.

( My Family )

So there they are in all their Marr family glory. Turns out I still like my family and kids. Time to get back to work.

11:26 am: Life is Good
Just wanted to throw out a few updates for those of you still reading this.

My new watch / money clip arrived the other day. Yay Ebay! The watch I wanted from Sears which retails for $40 ended up costing $25 including shipping.

I have finished HP7 so y'all can discuss it in my presence. I will continue a code of silence for all those still reading. Now Stephanie has me reading this fantasy series with some pro-feminist undertones. Or perhaps they are over tones. Items such as the 'Rings of Obedience' for men which go ... well... you can guess. It's turning out to be just this side of soft core fantasy porn too. Not that I've really seen/read much of anything on that side. Unless you count "Lord of the G-String" which I'm pretty sure wasn't all that soft-core.

They've begun ringing the bells to announce the next expansion to World of Warcraft and I'm thinking I might be hearing those as a death knell for my time in that world. I've struggled my way to 70 and spent hours earning each epic piece of gear I have. I've pretty much gotten as far as I can without being a raider spending potentially fruitless hours with 10 or 25 man parties doing end game content. Now the level cap will be 80 and my hard earned epic maces will pale again in comparison to the crap they'll throw at you at level 71. [Green] once again will be the new [Purple].

Even though I finished HP7 a few days ago, I guess its still on my mind. Last night in my dreams I was wandering around this town with people and suddenly the people were all grad students from my office. And we were gathering to fight off the engineers and senior scientists. We were in some ampitheater and I had taken post at one of the mounted guns on the stage but the people in the seats were in the way of where I expected the attacks to come from. So as we were moving people behind the guns, Larry let me know that his parents were being held elsewhere and I went off in search of them and the rest of the parents. Apparently my spell casting isn't all that good cause I was caught by a couple of guys and hit with an Imperious Curse. Fortunately I wasn't turned, but pretended to be. I found the parents and tried to release them when I was caught by Jim Irby (a senior engineer) and tried to Stupify him. I don't think it worked and I woke up soon after.

Now I'm back at work wondering if I have enough time to whip something up for the presentations today. I'm thinking no, but I'll give it a go. The data is there but the flesh is weak.

07:47 pm: For Andrea
The chromatin dragon slowly cracked an eye open. It had been years since he had seen the light of day and the piercing rays made him wince in pain. Someone had opened a hole in his mountain and he was not pleased with the result. His multi-hued scales sparkled in the sun as he shook off decades of dust. He bent his neck skyward. How long had passed no longer mattered. It was Chromatin time.