Aleph Ersatz

Well after two days, I can finally access my blog again. Not sure why, but I couldn’t get past the splash page. I think it was my connection though…
I’ve learned something very important today: organizing stuff is HARD. And time consuming! Why oh why do I do this to myself?
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OH MY GOD IT’S A WHALE!

Ugh, been one hell of a week.

I finally got Left 4 Dead, so I’m playing that a bunch now.

Been reading FMA and so far it’s even better than the anime!  Huge plot diversion from book 5 onwards, so lots of room to expand.  I wonder were the second season of the anime will got.

Finally bought a Tremolo Bar for my guitar.  Let’s hope I don’t damage the bridge before the Thunder Rally! ^_^

Managed to move offices today in under 6 hours.  All told, an amazing success so far.  We get the whole Nth floor of a building to ourselves, plus access to some wicket fast internet!  (80 Mb/s down!)  Too bad the bandwidth is monitored….

Very nice day, office is an A class building, lots of space, lots of room, lots of windows, plenty of nice food places, good view, etc.  Very very happy, was a great day at work, even if we did little work.

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Then I came home to problems with other kid’s parents, arguments with the wife, and a filthy house.  Instant rocket from extremely happy to totally pissed.  I love coming home to nothing but bullshit constantly.

I essentially have two jobs, and one of them I can’t quit.

That’s right, my father-in-law’s cancer rally is back on!  Check out the website!

http://www.fraservalleythunder.org/

Feel free to contact them, or me, with any questions you may have!

It’s amazing how easily conversations with the right people can go awry. From a conversation discussing War Dialing, War Driving and War Games, we got to predicting the future of tech-wars. This somehow combined War Driving with the Internet Tubes to create: War Tubing.
The rest is an actual quote:

Co-worker #1: War tubing?!?

Aleph: Stay out of my tubes!

Co-worker #2: That’s what she said.

The worst part is, CW#2 said it without missing a beat! Such a cruel place for a TWSS joke!

The Grid Mural has picked up rapidly.  Three pieces up in the last two days, and the next few spaces being divided and conqured soon.  Check back tomorrow and I will have the B2 piece added in then.

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As promised, although slightly late, the answers for March below the cut.

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Managed to get out to a cafe last night and see both Distraction and Outspoken Worsmiths.  Wasa great show once the strange newbie poets finished.  Amazing beatboxing from the OW and Distraction was as awesome as always.

Unfortuantely, had to leave due to a family emergency just as distraction started.  So a crappy end to a good night.

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My first contribution to the GF Grid mural is up:

Check out the Mural Page to see how it fist.

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Will have the usual answers for March posted tomorrow.

Got the otaku list updated.  Added a couple of things I tried, and finished the first 9 volumtes of the Trinity Blood manga.  Really damn good.  Not as good as Hellsing, but a somewhat less brutal and more love-story driven plot.

Playing tech support for the in-laws can be so much fun.  NOT.  Nothing like marrying into a family of red necks and hllbillies and being the ONLY computer savvy relative.  Spent the last two days fixing three machines for the same relatives.  Today’s was extra fun because a harddrive decided to die, but the relatives NEEDED the data off of it, and they have no backups.

I’ve also found that a cut on one’s pinky becomes extremely irridating when trying to type as well.  I always manage to damage a hand when opening a computer, so much so that I rarely notice unless it’s bleeding.  If it’s bleeding it’s even worse cause then I have to stop that first, and cover it, before continuing.

I drove a car for the first time in five years today.  It was a very odd experience.

Twilight sucks.  It’s a chick flick, with extremely awkward vampires.  Except for the Christian Bale-like actor.  He was too smooth.  Yeeesh.