Posted by Kevin Carruth on 2003-12-29 @ 00:00:00
Well, Christmas is over, New Year's is upon me, and I have not accomplished anything over this break. My plan was to start watching my diet (which I haven't been TOO bad about), exercising, and begin working on my thesis. So today I think I'll start working on the thesis. Hopefully I can get a good chunk done before break ends.
Found out tuition payment is due in 3 days, which means all the money I have left from Christmas and birthday gifts will have to go towards that =(. My parents had been telling me that they would help with the bill so I could actually keep my gift money, but apparently they were thinking in the $500 or below range, not the $1000+ I'm going to need (and that's AFTER including my gift money). So I won't be getting any new stuff for a while.
Actually I did order a new pair of headphones with a little of the money I got. Got some Sony MDR-V700's. My old V600's have lasted me for over 5 years, but the left speaker is crackling and the ear pads are deteriorating. Amazon had a special on my new ones so I figured I'd grab them when I could.
Last night I went out with some friends from high school. Had dinner at Outback and played a few rounds of bowling, then hung out at one of their houses 'till about 2 am. It was fun.
I'm exhausted right now, as I got home at 2:30 and then I watched an episode of Horatio Hornblower, which means I didn't go to bed till around 4:30. Woke up at 9:30. Bleh.
Luckily it appears most people here at work are still on vacation which means there's not much for me to have to concentrate on, as I'm waiting for others to fix something here or there before I can start my part again.
So that's all that's new here, I'll stop typing right now. I'll have to find something else to keep me awake, I guess. Maybe I'll go grab a small lunch in half an hour or so.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Posted by Kevin Carruth on 2003-12-20 @ 00:00:00
Well Christmas is nearing, as I'm sure everyone is aware. But what seems to be even more important to many of my friends is the new Lord of the Rings movie that just got released. So here's something I found on bash.org that brings the two together:
<Kosh> in LotR all the elves sailed to the "undying lands" to the west. Continental drift caused those lands to move further north and eventually they were left to spend eternity making toys for their new red-suited overlord.
So less than a week till Christmas. Crazy. I remember when I was a little kid I used to count the days from Thanksgiving with a chain made of paper links, ripping one off for each day. Now it's almost like it snuck up on me; can't believe it's so soon! Oh well, all my shopping is done!
Hopefully this year I'll get enough cash to build a new computer. Though first I have to pay my tuition bill for next semester. However, once that's outta the way I can buy whatever the heck I want 'cause I'll have nothing to save for!
Still haven't heard from the NGIC, with whom I interviewed for an internship/job a month or two ago. The guy said mid-December but that's now, and going fast, so I'm thinking I didn't get the job. Ah well, I'll probably wind up working at ITC if they'll keep me on. We'll see.
OK now I'm going to go try and find something to do. I wish I had more party friends, it gets boring fast sitting around here all day. Guess pretty soon I'll have to start working on my thesis; but that can wait till Monday.
Posted by Kevin Carruth on 2003-12-15 @ 00:00:00
Here's a little something I found on 2darkPark that I thought people might find funny.
SOLDIER 1: We have found Saddam. May we burn him?
BATTALION: Burn him! Burn! Burn him! Burn him!
BREMER: How do you know he is Saddam?
SOLDIER 2: He looks like him.
BATTALION: Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BREMER: Bring him forward.
SADDAM: I'm not Saddam. I'm not Saddam.
BREMER: Uh, but you are dressed as him.
SADDAM: They dressed me up like this.
BATTALION: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
SADDAM: And this isn't my beard. It's a false one.
BREMER: Well?
SOLDIER 1: Well, we did do the beard.
BREMER: The nose?
SOLDIER 1: And the hat, but he is Saddam!
SOLDIER 2: Yeah!
BATTALION: We burn him! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BREMER: Did you dress him up like this?
SOLDIER 1: No!
SOLDIER 2 and 3: No. No.
SOLDIER 2: No.
SOLDIER 1: No.
SOLDIERS 2 and 3: No.
SOLDIER 1: Yes.
SOLDIER 2: Yes.
SOLDIER 1: Yes. Yeah, a bit.
SOLDIER 3: A bit.
SOLDIERS 1 and 2: A bit.
SOLDIER 3: A bit.
SOLDIER 1: The DNA matches.
BREMER: What makes you think he is Saddam?
SOLDIER 3: Well, he dropped nerve gas on me.
BREMER: Nerve gas?
SOLDIER 3: I got better.
SOLDIER 2: Burn him anyway!
SOLDIER 1: Burn!
BATTALION: Burn him! Burn! Burn him!...
BREMER: Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is Saddam.
SOLDIER 1: Are there?
SOLDIER 2: Ah?
SOLDIER 1: What are they?
BATTALION: Tell us! Tell us!...
BREMER: Tell me. What do you do with dictators?
SOLDIER 2: Burn!
SOLDIER 1: Burn!
BATTALION: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BREMER: And what do you burn apart from dictators?
SOLDIER 1: More dictators!
SOLDIER 3: Shh!
SOLDIER 2: Wood!
BREMER: So, why do dicators burn?
[pause]
SOLDIER 3: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BREMER: Good! Heh heh.
BATTALION: Oh, yeah. Oh.
BREMER: So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood?
SOLDIER 1: Build a bridge out of her.
BREMER: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
SOLDIER 1: Oh, yeah.
BREMER: Does wood sink in water?
SOLDIER 1: No. No.
SOLDIER 2: No, it floats! It floats!
SOLDIER 1: Throw him into the oasis!
BATTALION: The oasis! Throw him into the oasis!
BREMER: What also floats in water?
SOLDIER 1: Bread!
SOLDIER 2: Apples!
SOLDIER 3: Uh, very small rocks!
SOLDIER 1: Cider!
SOLDIER 2: Uh, gra-- gravy!
SOLDIER 1: Cherries!
SOLDIER 2: Mud!
SOLDIER 3: Uh, churches! Churches!
SOLDIER 2: Lead! Lead!
BUSH: A duck!
BATTALION: Oooh.
BREMER: Exactly. So, logically...
SOLDIER 1: If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood.
BREMER: And therefore?
SOLDIER 2: Saddam!
SOLDIER 1: Saddam!
BATTALION: Saddam! Saddam!...
SOLDIER 4: Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BREMER: Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
BATTALION: Ohh! Ohh! Burn Saddam! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Burn him! Ahh! Ahh...
BREMER: Right. Remove the supports!
[whop]
[clunk]
[creak]
BATTALION: Saddam! Saddam! Saddam!
SADDAM: It's a fair cop.