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::14 Jul 2003|08:55pm:: |
Ok, my friend Renee has this fear that when she dies, her epitaph will read "She was sweet." So, I am trying to come up with other ideas. Since we play a lot of counterstrike together, most ideas are in that realm. Any other ideas?
7. Terrorist Win!
6. She's playing CS with Jesus, now.
5. She's on-line with God
4. She puts the "ether" in ethernet
3. Should have bought a defuse kit
2. "Hey guys look at this!"
1. Where's she goin'?... Nowhere.
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| sorry for not posting any new news |
::05 Jul 2003|02:52am:: |
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but if you also read my LJ you know that I got my Dean's List certificate today. I am stoked. To put in perspective, last year, I had a cumulitive gpa of 1.2. That is the kind of grades I was making when I first came to college & then discovered LSD.Needless to say, I didn't pay much attention to school. I took (quite a) few years off to find myself & just came back to school last fall. This is my first time making deans list & I hope I can do it again. As of today I have pulled my gpa up to a 2.8. It is really strange to go from working a dead end job, to the prospect of finishing college, and then possibly grad school. Perhaps I should put out a self-help book or something... just an idea... you know, one of those - "If I can do it.. So can you." But then again I can continue to help my friends on an individual basis. In just a few short months, my house has gone from 16.6% to 83.4% college students. Everyone is going back this fall (except for JP). Oh well. Enough rambling. I am off to bed
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::17 Jun 2003|02:55pm:: |
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I wonder where everyone has gone to?
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::07 Jun 2003|11:12pm:: |
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My good idea for the week. They shou make a Tv show called CSI-Law & Order. Just combine the two shows into one. That way they could ditch David Caruso, and have the guys from Law & Order helping out with the investigations with the CSI team backing them up. Then it would go into all of the trial tuff too. I dunno.. but like it.
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| Shameless Self Promotion |
::30 May 2003|07:32pm:: |
just wanted to tell everyone about my new community  filmsnob for those of us who enjoy the art of motion pictures.
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| Words of wisdom from the Hagakure |
::27 May 2003|04:37am:: |
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ok, sorry to go off on a quasi-spritual tangent, however I was reading a bit from the Hagakure. I also own a copy of Ghost Dog (btw if you haven't seen it, you need to). Yamamoto stresses in his writings "The end is important in all things." At first I took this to mean that it is important to tie loose ends. But thinking today, especially after talking with Kharma, I think that if things end badly, all good that may have come before it will be erased. Going a step further, it also can mean that you must stay focused on every single moment. And that goes into understanding that life is a series of moments. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing left to pursue.
one passage that caught my eye was:
"People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self-interest at the center.It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness. In confronting a matter, however, if at first you leave it alone, fix the four vows in your heart, exclude self-interest, and make an effort, you will not go far from your mark."
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| So did everyone die or something? |
::25 May 2003|01:16am:: |
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I have seen hardly anyone online recently. I guess perhaps that a lot of people are doing memorial day stuff & are perhaps out of town. Hit me back & let me know what you are doin.
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| I got lots of styles (if you know what I mean) |
::19 May 2003|08:22pm:: |
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Hey! I am getting the hang of this editing syles buisness. I never really did much with editing my LJ or blurty, because it is suh a big pain in the ass, and all of the cool flash & html stuff I bothered learn doesn't work here. But I am getting the hang of it.
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::19 May 2003|02:14am:: |
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So I am really stoked about this week. Nee is setting me up with some web space so I can put my new site up . That also means I will be able to snag a little bandwith to jazz up da site. I have been doing some cool stuff with flash that lj & blurty won't let me do - but I can there. That s pretty rad.
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| feeling better about myself & the world around me |
::13 May 2003|02:42am:: |
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I am now done with all of my exams. wh00t! wh00t! It has been quite an semester. I must now face the task of settling in for the summer. I need a new job & to get some stuff acomplished. Overall it is a good feeling. I know that I can take care everything. It is all too easy to get caught up in all of the day to day stuff. I wil percevere.
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| someone said this about me.. |
::05 May 2003|01:40am:: |
It seems to me that there are three types of occurances:
Expected Occurances
Unexpected Occurances
Things that only happen to Austin.
- thanx to  lyriclizard
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| doesn't my new icon make me seem deep & interesting? |
::05 May 2003|01:27am:: |
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Anyway, i just finished up (with a little help from my friends) my big term paper for the semester - YEA! Now, all I have to do is one more big project, and take a couple of exams -and DONE! - wh00t! wh00t! I really want to have a good summer this year. I decided recently to drop my summer session ad just work & take it easy. I hope everything will work out. Time will tell.
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| I'm going to eat chocolate till I barf! |
::01 May 2003|03:41am:: |
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I really wish I had something cool to post about today. Really all that has been going on is mostly school/mundane things. I can't wait untill I get through finals. Decided to fart around with some new icons & stuff earlier. I really need to finish a paper & go to bed. Further notices as events warrant. Stay tuned
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| Damn, I hate it when that happens. |
::16 Apr 2003|01:30am:: |
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So, I am really excited and counting down the hours until midnight. At that time, I can go to the payphone and call to activate my new cell phone. After a month & a half of no communication, this was a big deal. At ten till, I put on my shoes & get ready to head off. It is such a beautiful night; I decided that I could head towards campus and use a payphone closer to that area. The actual closest one is only 3 blocks away, but it is at the train station (which is a little sketchy after midnight). This path would be a little longer, but give me a chance to look at the moon. Long story short, I am picked up by Alan, who is bringing Genea & Connie back from a fun trip to Wal-Mart. So, I ride with them to campus to use a phone there. After hanging out for a bit, and bumming smokes from Cat & her friends, I walk back to the house. When I finally get back I realize that Beth has come by and left me a note and I had missed her. Evidently she has tried to email me several times today. But the thing about walking two miles just to check your email, is that you don’t want to have to do it too often. It is now pushing 2am. I will just have to catch up tomorrow. Good night.
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| All Scrotum |
::14 Apr 2003|01:13am:: |
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So I am chilling at the crib when I realize that tomorrow is Tuesday (aka Trash day). Seeing as how none of my other housemates have taken the trash out to the street, I decide to be a good little helper & go ahead and do it. I walk downstairs and start to roll the large cans out to the street. Finally I go to the back of the house to collect the last trash can that the back apartment uses. When I turn around I see something that might scar me for the rest of my life. But first, a little background info.
The guy next door is a little odd. And coming from me, that says something. For a few weeks, I thought he was some stalked guy, or some kind of detective. He was always sitting in his car. Ever since being trailed by the Muslim cult in high school, and my parents hiring a private investigator to follow me in college (ask me sometime) – I am a little apprehensive of folks hanging out my apartment (just sitting). So I start watching the guy back. As it turns out, he is just really fat. Therefore, hopping in & out of the car is a lot of effort. He can do lots of business on his cell phone parked out in front of his house. So once I figured this out, I was pretty cool with the whole idea. But anyway, back to my story.
The guy was sprawled out on his bed window up, lights & TV on. Either it was just really hot, or he had just finished masturbating, because he had no pants or underwear on. To make matters worse, he did not appear to have a penis because of the fat. It was 100% scrotum. It was one of those things that you just have to stare at to take it all in & try to comprehend what you are exactly seeing. I turned around & grabbed the last trashcan. The plastic wheels made the same sound against the driveway that my “Big Wheel” did on the sidewalks of my youth. I wondered if it would cause him to wake up and realize that he was naked with the lights on. I didn’t stick around to find out. I put the trashcan in the curb and went back up to my apartment. Perhaps it is going to be an interesting summer. I am seriously considering buying a large amount of liquor to combat strange occurrences like this in the future. I just realized that it is 1:30 and I am out of cigarettes. DAMN!
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| 15fps = 62.5ms |
::05 Apr 2003|09:10pm:: |
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Ok, so I have had this weird bugg upp my ass this past week to get involved with time lapse photography for one of film projects. So after looking & looking, I found a really bitchin' software program that will work on a PC (there are many for MAC, go fig). So when I go to Winston-Salem last night to do my laundry, I bring the laptop & a webcam. After I am done with laundry, I went to the BP to get gas and I start up the program. I ran the webcam up an over the rear-view mirror to shoot what is in front of the car. Turn it on, and away we go! Right now I am piecing together all of the footage and playing around with different codecs to find out which I like the best. It's a lot of fun. It really reminds me of Madonna's ray of light video, where there was some moving time-lapse stuff. I probably will post it when it is all done.
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| I hate the damn "pearl girl" song from the commerical |
::24 Mar 2003|06:51pm:: |
it bothers me today for unknown reasons. I wonder why more people don't realize that Old Navy is controled by alien forces. They are - but not the Gap (even they are Old Navy's parent company - they aren't aliens- just Old Navy) Don't belive me? I can prove it - two words : American Idol. Ever seen it? Who is the primary financial backing agent due to commercial revenue to that program? That's what I thought. And who gave the contestants a free shopping spree in their store> Uh, huh. That's what I thought. You are begining to see now. The eyes of the world will soon be awakened to the tyrrany. I am starting the underground resistance already - before they make the big move. I wonder if it will be when Kelly Clarkson's movie hits theatres in May? Hmmmm. Better get the bomb shelter ready.
Perhaps I shouldn't have stayed up all night watching "The Arrival,"either....
..and while I am at it I should monitor my caffiene intake...
a nap sounds good about now....
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| ihadadreamthatIwantedtolickyourknees |
::17 Mar 2003|08:40pm:: |
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damnthespacebardoesn'tworkonthiscomputer -ok, well if I pound it really hard it does (but only on the left side). Thisiswaytoohard Iamgoingtotryagain later.
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| I am going to have to go with: up the butt, Bob. |
::09 Mar 2003|05:30pm:: |
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Well, I was certainly feeling like ass last night. Too much cough medicine for me. But I am feeling much better today. Kharma J is'nt feeling as chipper. I woker her up singing Karaoke style Dianna Ross songs in the shower. It seemed like a good way to get the excess flegm out of my lugs at the time. Anyway, I am tired of feeling ill so I am going to go and boil the dishes & scrub the house in bleach! I feel like Invader Zim in the "Germs" episode. - he, he. Uploaded some of my new icons today as well.
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