Binary

what idiot made it start from the back? you read binary right to left... that is retarded.

Happiness

I think that the trick to being happy is to make others happy.

Send you mother a text message saying, “Just wanted to say I love you”. It will make her day.
Make sure that you are actually friends with your coworkers: that means doing something with them outside of work. It will strengthen your relationship and you will feel happier at work.
If you listen to your ipod while you walk across campus, hum along. If you are alone, lip-sync the words. You might look silly, but who cares? Music makes people happy, unless they are sad, so listen o happy music, and hum along. If you feel like singing, do it quietly. If someone insults your music choices, they are a jerk who is just unhappy.
Buy a T-shirt with a silly statement on it. It will make you smile and make people that read it smile. Win-Win situation.
Take public transportation at least once this winter. It will show you reality. Plus, you can get on for free because of your BuckID.
Eat more proteins and less carbs.
Get one type of cosmetic treatment done. Like getting your eyebrows waxed, or getting a new hairstyle, or your teeth whitened. These things will make you feel more attractive. That is a good feeling.
Bake a cake and give it to someone. Just give it to a friend. Don’t eat any of it. If someone thinks you are really strange for giving them a cake, then you gave it to the wrong person.
Commit a random act of kindness. This isn’t a big thing, but it I s more than holding open the door.
Watch a comedy, not a drama. And avoid the Lifetime channel at all costs.
Make sure you have family photos on your phone.
Create something artistic. This will impress yourself, and you actually have something to hold and touch: it is real.
Send someone a letter in the mail… and sign your name in pen.
Wear your favorite outfit out someplace.
Buy a flower and give it to a girl who you are not sexually interested in, likely it will make your friendship better. And for $1.25 you have made her so much happier than you can imagine.
You have a nice place: host a dinner party. Even if it isn’t a “dinner” party it still gives you the chance ot host and you won’t be pressured to drink because of the context of the party.
Learn a party trick, like palm reading or card tricks. These are nice little skills and you would be surprised at how great it makes you feel to have people watching you like that.
Next time someone is moving or painting a room, offer to help them.
Cuteoverload.com or icanhazcheezburger.com (these websites were suggested by another person)
Jog, it gets you out of the house and exercising. Plus you get to see shit rather than being on a treadmill.
Try a new hobby that creates something. Even if it comes out like shit, at least you tried. I build kites, some people reupholster furniture.
Keep busy, you will feel a sense of accomplishment and boredom won’t get you depressed.
Buy a new pair of socks, and make them a little weird. Something like lime green or light blue. Show them to someone, you’ll get some good reactions. Anyone who insults you for wearing colored socks is a jerk and just is unhappy about their own lives.
Pay attention to details. This helps you strive for a higher quality, and makes you feel better about things as they will be improving in front of your eyes.
Look around your apartment, notice if you have stuff. Or if your stuff has a story behind it, or if you even like the things you have. I lived with a tan candle on my coffee table for 5 months that I didn’t like. It didn’t even match the rest of the stuff on the table. Replace these things with stuff that reflects who you are or things that have back-story.
Wear sexy underwear. This makes you feel more confident. Don’t show it off, do it for yourself. Don’t be a tool by letting the waistband show.
Do something a little bit dangerous, you will feel more alive.

These are my suggestions, I hope you try some of them.

once and only once.

I promise to never post porn on this blog. Now, this is not porn... well it is- but it is not here because it is porn. It is because it was lost and now it is not. I am not sure where this went to, but i found it again online. I had this picture before, I know i did, and now I have it again. Just throwing that out there.

Omit Needless Words

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason a drawling should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

Repo! Genetic Opera II

I have been watching this movie over and over... I can't get it out of my head. The music is really something, the acting is more for a stage actor, but whatever. It is a possessing and conviluded story line. And it wasn't until I watched it a third time that I realized that Shilo is not Nathan's daughter.

May you all Have Vincents

I received this not at work a long time ago. It made me smile, and he sounded like a real catch. Or at least read like he was a real catch. Of course it was Kate and Stan's idea of a joke, but it kind hurt a bit.
That is not the point. The real idea of my putting this up is that i hope everyone has a Vincent. Someone to make them feel that butterfly feeling. It felt good to be wanted by a stranger; a little mystery, a little danger, a little rush. And all of it was the perfect blend secured with a little bit of timidness. The Vincent that writes you a letter rather than just showing up again.

I hope that all my readers get that every once in a while. Even if it a joke, it will make you feel great for a little while.

test

4. In order to get 3dB additional output from a speaker, the amplifier input power must be:

a) Doubled
b) Tripled
c) Quadrupled
d) Bi-Amped

I wondered why i blew my speaker amp a few years back, and now I know why. Although the amp will go all the way to 80, that is 115dB if a 60dB signal is provided at some base level (or something like that...i have no idea how it works...). But it is not meant to go all the way up to 80. It takes twice the power to raise the system 3dB. That means twice the heat and twice the stress on the parts. Bam.

the things we share

and the things we hide. I make a mean martini. That is undeniable. And I make a gentle Terracotta martini. A concoction all my own. This recipe has been perfected over the year that I have been making it, and finally is good enough to put up against anyone else's martini. But now i find myself guarding the secret... very heavily.

vacuming

I vacuumed my Apartment today... 5 times.
And on the fifth time i still got a lot of dirty up. I am not using a cheap vacuum, actually a Dyson. Now, the point that I am trying to illustrate here is not that I dwell in dirty quarters. I am making a point that no matter how hard you try, there is always more that can be done by repetition. I know that sounds easily defeated, however, I think I make a valid point. Don't give up.

Silly how I turned vacuuming my nasty apartment into something moral.

but seriously, the moral of the story is that a good deed and good intention is only as valuable as your willingness to repeat it.

Repo Gentic OPera

http://www.zydrate.com/index.php

Drug addicts.
But on another note, this movie kinda sucks.

Dammit!

It is important to not be lazy. A mandatory guest lecture was made optional, and I didn't bother to read what it was about. I decided not to go. You know what i missed?!?!?! A guy from ASUS Technology! Dammit!
Moral: don't be a lazy bitch! go out and do things.

on the OS

Darrell McGuire wrote:
There was a time when Ian and I could have "foed" each other. But we didn't, and I am quite happy that we didn't; I consider him a friend now - a demented and virtually always wrong in his opinions friend, but...

funny... I "foed" both of them...

in response

in response to a recent internet Public service announcement. There has been a recent inspirational flash presentation called The Girl Effect. It is a great message about improving the world one person at a time. That is a great idea. But we must be careful who we choose to help. The girl spoken of in the video is driven to succeed. She has perseverance, and energy to achieve her aspirations. We must be sure that we are investing in those who will deliver, and cutting our losses with those who are failing with more basic tasks because of their laziness or self pity.

Moral: we can only do so much for people who are not willing to help themselves. If you find yourself putting so much effort into someone and they are not trying or not pushing them self; cut them off. You don't need to be dragged down and they might make it on their own better.

on a personal note:

I don't want to go to class today.

On hipsters

This is my blog, so I can bitch about whatever i want. Today's rant is about hipsters. Reasons Hipsters suck ass. But, if you want to be a non-conformist, here is a handy book to make sure you are non-conformist in the same way as the other non-conformists--> http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/

1. Male hipsters are femmie without being at all attractive. Don't believe me? I have never seen guy-liner look so bad, nor have man-metics looked so terrible before. Tight Jeans are simply skinny jeans hidden behind another word, and are still just as displeasing to look at. Nobody wants to see your nasty cock lump.

2. Female hipsters look a lot lie 12 year old boys, short hair, funny colors, and they seem to be outgrowing every article of clothing they own. And they look awkward in those outfits, not sexy.

3. They think they are the only ones that make real art. Radiohead is no more art than Puccini. Many argue otherwise, but I am not going to tell people what to listen to. Also, Pablo Picasso kicks that ass of anyone with black thick rimmed glasses.

4. Hipsters have ruined coffee and cafes. The only safe place is Panera Bread, and it is filled with lesbians now... I guess I will have to crawl back to my techno dance club...

5. Ever noticed how they all claim they are from New York? Some are, I am sure, but others have visited twice and act like they grew up there.

6. Hipsters pretend to be poor. Nothing is worse than having no money. Money gets you a lot of nice stuff. Hipsters always seem to have a lot of nice stuff but will always claim that they are “broke” or “strapped for cash.” Hipsters put on this act of being pseudo poor even though their parents are always willing to “help them out” should they need a little extra for rent or groceries. Being poor means you’re willing to take cans of food from someone, it isn’t not being able to buy that nice sweater from your favorite designer. The only designer poor people can afford are those with the tag “Sale” written on them. Poor people sometimes go hungry, hipsters will always have enough money to afford Chinese food from the corner by simply looking through their couches. This poor act isn’t moving anyone to tears. We don’t need to be fooled with this bullshit because it’s already an insult to the poor people hipsters already threw out by moving into apartments formerly rented by the poor. That “old style wood framing” wasn’t designed for hipsters to appreciate. It was there for the poor families who couldn’t afford to have the asbestos removed.

7. They are all lazy. Many people have to be up early in the morning. Them; not so much. They prefer to stay up late and then bitch about how tired they are while they answer the phones at the gallery.

I have saved the best for last
8. They are all dirty hypocrites. Hipsters are all about health. They will eat healthy as a two fold measure. One to protest against big business, and two, to piss off people. And when they engage in unhealthy activities, they claim to be at least healthy about it. For example: smoking. They all smoke American Spirit. The brand that claims to be “100% Chemical Free” contain more free-base nicotine than any other cigarette. Free base nicotine is basically a more potent but chemical free form of nicotine. You would have to be an idiot to fall for this type of douche-bag marketing. Just because the box comes in funky colors with a Native American doesn’t automatically make it any less dangerous. Most Hipsters wouldn’t even know that their precious American Spirits are owned by R.J. Reynolds (Big Tobacco). Suck down that bit of reality.

Hipsters. You make me sick

cleaned up

http://www.pastfoundation.org/

This a website. Welcome to the internet. Go buy something.
http://www.pastfoundation.org/Amazon.htm

all of it.

And if I could, I think I would trade it all.
All the pain and suffering. But then I'd miss the beauty of the light upon this earth and the sweetness in the leaving.

Moral: everything has a price. forgetting pain does not help us grow, it is in the learning from out difficulties that we better ourselves..

something sad

DDR2 RAM requiring 2.0 volts all put up in a row of three pulls really hard on a system's north bridge. So hard that you can only have a total of 4 banks of memory; that means only one DIMM can be double sided. This one, however, is able to handle twice the memory of the other two DIMM sockets. So, totalling 3 sticks hold 4 units of memory. This is why 2.0 volts can be handled on a unit like that. Now, if the north bridge is bumped up in voltage, it has enough force to make it through more than 4 banks, but risks burning out. I have my computer with 8 banks on four DIMMs, but the North bridge is set to 1.7 volts and the RAM is running at 1.9 Volts. That is not a mistake.
The point is, I have that ability to monitor and understand this. If it burns, or breaks i can fix it. For a computer built for someone else,I follow the rules.

On Tony

There is no question: Tony is back on my good side. There was an obvious reason that I disliked him. But as the old mongers say, "An enemy of my enemy is my friend". He and I have a common enemy. Given the current situation, I feel a great swell of pity for Page, given that her brother is now a missing person. Usually the ransom call comes in within 24 hours. Seeing as her father has a large amount of money, it makes sense. or he might have just run away. I personally feel it is the second one.
However, That is not the point of this post.
Tony is on my good side. Tony used to grate on my nerves, but now that, after the smoke has cleared, and all the chips have fallen. Page is not speaking to me, Sam is not speaking to me, but Tony is. I feel that it is ironic. Sam never cared for him either, but she lacked the spine to tell page. I understand, her friendship with page was not deep enough at that point to where she could say such a thing. Tony might have been one reason that Sam and I grew closer, the enemy of an enemy thing.
That is also not the point of this post.
Tony has returned on the scene, and I have been invited to his private climbing gym. This is a good thing. Guys are very different than girls, when two guys duke it out, they are friends afterwards. Girls are nasty...
The moral of this story: An enemy of my enemy is my friend.

movie

the long kiss goodnight

JackAss

Has anyone out there ever seen this movie? be honest. It is kinda funny. The idea of a bunch of guys doing stupid shit. that is enough to entertain me a little bit...
I like the tidal wave stunt.

road kill

The concept of dressing up road kill (I mean putting little hats and coats on it.) is nothing new. Some have done it for years, and no disease has come to them. I will leave it to the professionals... Dead things are not my forte.

Childhood

The best thing about my childhood is that I will never have to return to it. I have put a lot behind me. There are reasons why I grew up quickly.
But, now in retrospect, I am extremely happy to be done with my younger years. Nobody understood me ages 9 to 16. It wasn't till Chanel that i feel like people understood me. My parents thought they knew me, my friends were just extras in my life. and the psychologists! ha, what a joke...
Nope, I much prefer being a grown up.


Moral: Every teen feels like nobody understands them. I agree. You are a freak for at least 4 years of your life. Deal with it, and move on.

War on Drugs

Weil is open about his past use of illegal substances, claiming, "I think I've tried about every drug," in his book From Chocolate to Morphine. He is equally open with his views on ending the War on Drugs, citing the benefits of many banned plants. In fact, the opening paragraph of From Chocolate to Morphine reads: "Drugs are here to stay. History teaches that it is vain to hope that drugs will ever disappear and that any effort to eliminate them from society is doomed to failure." Weil claims that humans have an innate need to alter their consciousness, and that there is no such thing as good or bad drugs, merely that some individuals have good or bad relationships with certain substances.

interesting isn't it? there is a question about how much drugs hurt people. Caffeine, sleep aids, nicotine. There are tons of drugs out there. Every drug has been used and abused by somebody, and every drug has been responsibly used by someone. I am sure that even heroine has been responsibly used... probably. So what is so terrible about altering consciousness? It can make things prettier, or scarier, or god only knows what. But, I maintain that it is not bad if it is not hurting people.
Now when a drug does hurt people, then action needs to be taken. Family and friends need to help people who can't help themselves. Sometimes interventions are best.

thinking TOO far ahead

you know you're thinking too far into the future when you say to yourself, "but, if the rapture comes before I have the chance to--"
yep, I need to calm down.