New Music

What the hell is everybody listening to these days? I only get a radio station that plays the top 10 songs over and over. Then they repeat that list and do it once more. You'd be sick of a song by the end of the week.

Right now, I think people should check out Brendan Benson.

Destiny??

This past Friday, I didn't do a darn thing. I did laundry instead. Oh, yeah, nothing more exciting than separating your darks from your whites. Okay, I did talk to this older woman; yes, I like older woman. However, this one was old enough to be my mother. Anyhoo, she gave me some pointers on how much soap to add to those gigantic washers. Hey, how the hell am I suppose to know. The stupid directions just tell me to add soap when the "Add bleach" light goes on. Yeah, don't try to figure it out. Well, I thought simple math would do, the machine is 3X as large as a regular washer, add 3X the soap. This lady was nice enough to warn me that I was about to add too much soap. The weird thing happened on Saturday when I went to Target. She was there. I was like, "Hey! Nice to see you again." Ummm yeah, that's it. That was the excitement here in Southern Indiana. Anyone that wants to visit me feel free. However, I have this odd hunch I'm going to meet the Laundry lady again. Help me! ^^

Opera

Let the browser wars begin again. Sigh. The choices for users are endless. There's Firefox (my baby for the moment), IE 7 (not out yet, but it will be a contender when it does), and now Opera. Opera? Yeah, this past week, the company has brought Opera 8 to users for free. They use to charge people. Is it good? Well, I've played with it for a few days and it hasn't pulled me away from Firefox. I suggest all my friends use Firefox. Make sure you get some of the extensions for adblock, RSS reader, and tab controls. Okay, I'm a dork. Ahhh!!!!

NYC Again

I had a great week/weekend when I traveled to Pittsfield, MA to meet the other people in the OMLP program. The daily talks from the leaders of our business was informative and motivating. I hope I can accomplish the goals General Electric has set upon me.

One of days, we took a bus to New York City, where I took some fun pictures with my cell phone. Don't diss the quality. It's the best it can do!

Of course New Yorkers have some serious money and why not spend it on some sweet cars. I'm not talking about BMWs 7 series and Mercedes S class. I'm talking about some hand made cars. Actually, the Maserati Coupe ($85,000) and the Bentley Continental GT ($150,000) are peanuts compared to this gorgeous 2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom. Yeah, it cost more than the other two cars combines. Yeah, if you have a $330,000 laying around pick up this gem of car. This is the closest I'll ever get to this car. The chauffeur was nice enough to let me sit in the back seat. Oh, yeah, that's another incured cost, the chauffeur.



One of the stranger encounters inf NYC was the promotion by Saks Fifth Avenue. This lady and guy was walking around the city with two goats. Okay, they're not regular goats, but the kind that are used to make cashmere products. The lady was walking the goats; people came up to her to talk about the goats. On the other hand, the guy walked behind the goats picked up their crap - literally. Go figure, look at my picture and see what's important... the goats and the girl. Sorry dude!



Finally, I was able to spot one of my favorite sculptures. It's Joan Miro's Lunar Bird. It's very cool and it makes me smile every time I see it. His paintings are fun too.

What is this?

Can anyone identify this object? Well, those who watch Food network possibly have an advantage, especially if they watch Good Eats with Alton Brown. This is his salt cellar. It's much cooler than average salt pigs and the such. It has a nice lid unlike salt pigs which are open to the air. Anyway, I'm super pumped about seasoning my food. Actually, I used it tonight! Woohoo, I'm a dork! Hell, make that a capital D - Dork!

Robot Chicken

If anyone has time, make sure you check out Robot Chicken on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. It's freakin' hilarious! The low down: funny doll, clay, toy animation from the old school days. The only problem is that it's only 15 minutes long. However, it's worth staying up late to catch this great little ditty.

Remembering 4 years ago

Today, the country remembered the tragedy that occured in our nation 4 years ago. However, I find it somewhat sad that our nation hasn't really changed too much since then. While 9/11 showed the flaws in our government in preventing acts of terror, Hurricane Katrina has shown the flaws the government has in responding to a crisis. The country remains incredibley divided and I think the current federal response has the potential to further polarize the country.

Couchless? I think not.

After a countless number of days, I have received my new couch. I love it. It's been worth the wait. Now, I need to get some extra pillows. However, I realized how much I like the color blue. So, this couch is blue. Okay, no biggie. Then if you look at my bathroom, it's blue as well. Then in the kitchen, I have some blue glasses and other accent pieces. Okay, now I have too much blue. However, I'm going to change the colors in the kitchen. I'm thinking about warm colors - oranges and reds. Alright, I have way too much time.

A Camel What?

I forgot to mention this before. I'm not sure why I didn't write about this before because I was traumatized by the event. I was in the bathroom, doing the duty while sitting on the toilet. I'll be nice leave out the details of the struggle here. For some reason, I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and peered near the waste basket. Then I saw it - it jumped again. When it jumped I jumped off the toilet as well, nearly falling into my bath tub. All I can say is that I'm glad I was doing my duty because it would have gotten messy. So I quickly reached for my toilet brush and with my pants around my ankle I hunted this thing. I was sure it was a cockroach, but then I realized that cockroaches don't jump.

I started poking around the waste basket again and then I got my first clear view of my pest. It was this brown bug with really long antennae. I didn't know what it was so I smooshed it with the toilet brush. Then I finished my duty and washed my hands.

So have you ever heard of a camel cricket? I started doing some research on Google for grasshoppers in Indiana and eventually I found a website that told me that I had a camel cricket in my apartment. I've never seen these insects before, but I'm happy to learn about them now. I'm not sure how it got into my apartment, but I'm relieved they're harmless.

A new era...

It has been reported that Chief Justice Rehnquist has passed away. The impact of his death will reverbrate through Congress as well as the Bush administration tomorrow and the future. While there was debate over the first nomination candidate to replace Justice O'Connor, I truly believe we will see greater scrutiny over the new candidate. The balance of the Supreme Court will be decided by the new candidate. Of course, the core issues will come up - abortion, marriage (sexual orientation), and ethnicity. I'm not sure how the Supreme Court became such a political sphere since its primary function is to be a check on the Executive Branch by interpreting the law based on the Constitution.

I'll be following this one closely.

I'm back!!

My computer is working again. I'm now the proud owner of a new Nvidia 6600 GT graphics card. However, the greatest toy is that my keyboard and mouse that are wireless. I love my new Logitech MX 3100 set. I totally recommend it. The mouse will take some time getting use to though.

I've already stress tested my equipment by kicking some ass on Battlefield 2. Oh, yeah - BRING IT!!!