When it contains no actual update. Maybe I’ll update tomorrow.
Maybe.
If I remember.
Wait, here’s some content! No grad school for me come back two years!
Jun24
Mar30
Only 2 more to go!
Got the smackdown from Minnesota today. No school for me, come back next year. Only Roswell Park and New Mexico remain. TWO SCHOOLS ENTER… and probably both will leave with hardly a glance in my direction, the way things are going. And finding a science job with only a BS and no industry experience seems to be a near impossibility. The few that exist pay less than my current job, which is essentially making stacks of paper. You know, I could go places in this company. I could be a service rep and make the big bucks. Guess I better practice my phone voice if I want that. “Thank you for calling Geico, how may I help you today?”
Mar20
Cell phones are pretty unreliable
The sooner people learn to accept that fact, the better my life will be. If you called me and left messages all day (all day in this case being defined as two messages 10 minutes apart) and I didn’t pick up or call you back, guess what that means. Here’s a hint. IT MEANS YOUR CALLS DIDN’T GO THROUGH. It means I was never alerted to the fact that you called me. It means that the little sound it plays when I have a missed call or a voice mail message didn’t play. In short, it means I have no idea you’re trying to contact me. So clearly it must be my fault that you got stuck somewhere. It is definitely completely my fault that my phone didn’t ring. Because I have control over whether I get reception in any given location. You have every right to be mad at me because hey, that’s what I’m here for.
Jan21
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick
Taken from here:
A caller found blood on the sheets in a Wheat Drive motel room and thought it was related to the recent shooting. Officers determined it wasn’t.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
No dude, just no. Just… yikes. I am simultaneously horrified and amused, both of these emotions stirred in nearly epic levels. This totally obliterates any sorrow from receiving my second rejection letter today (from UMass).
Jan18
Now begins the winter of my discontent
I applied to several grad schools over the past year, in an effort to continue my edumacation and get a PhD. You know, for fun. So far, Montana couldn’t take me because they ran out of money and Nebraska delayed my app till June (I applied for a January start date) because they didn’t get enough apps. I have been waiting to hear from several more schools. Today, I got the first of these responses. It was from Rochester. They have, in effect, WTFPWN3D me. No school for me, come back two weeks. In case I haven’t been clear, let me put it in the eloquent words of the announcer from NBA Jam: “REJECTED!”
I’m going to go cry in my Ramen noodles now.
Jan15
Beyond Good & Evil
So I beat Beyond Good & Evil tonight. Absolutely fantastic. Here’s what I wrote in my update to the Gamecube Beatstick:
I finally got around to playing this and now I weep, for there is no sequel. The way it ended… this game is the definition of how to make an interactive entertainment experience. If you ever want to play an excellent movie or novel, play this game. I hear the developers wanted to make a sequel, but sales were pretty low. There’s some vague and ill-defined rumors that they may be going ahead and developing a new one anyway, but only time will tell.
Jan10
Gamecube Beatstick Update
I know you all have been on the edge of your seats to find out what new game I shall trounce next, so it is with no delay that I bring you this update. I updated my Gamecube Beatstick with a few new games that I have purchased and beaten. I believe my next conquest will be one of the following three games: Beyond Good & Evil, Pikmin 2, or Shadow of the Colossus (SotC). Yes, I’m aware that SotC is a PS2 game, but seeing as how I have a PS2 and even games for it, I’m thinking I need to start a beatstick for that. And for my DS as well. Maybe for the PC too. I’m pretty sure I’ve had these thoughts in the past. Maybe one day I’ll even do it!
My DS completion percentage is pretty good. I haven’t played in a while, as I’ve been reviewing books at work instead of video games lately, but I’ve beaten most of what I own for it. It is a good feeling. My PS2 has most of it’s games on the HD Loader thing, which I love because it means no disc swapping and faster load times! I just wish I could use a drive larger than 120 GB. You know, I think I need to play Rez again.
Well, my video game beatings will continue post haste, but first I will continue my search for a bit more in order to find more GC/PS2 games that are going out of print. What I really want right now is We Love Katamari, but the only places that have it for sale are selling it used for ~$65. There’s no way I’m paying that much. I keep hoping I’ll get lucky and find it somewhere obscure, or that Games Quest Direct will reprint it like they have so many other fine games.
Dec12
I hate love these meeses to pieces!
I took advantage of Google Checkout’s $20 off $50 offer at Buy.com and got myself a Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (OF DOOM™) for only $35 w/shipping. While I liked my old Logitech MX700, which had much cordless fun, I got tired of the battery issue. It came with rechargeable batteries, but those are pretty much at the end of their lifespan. I’d been using my Energizer rechargeables, but I can’t use the Logitech base station to charge those, so I’d have to swap em out every 2-3 days, which was just plain annoying. Enter the G5.
This mouse is sweet. I’ve got it set to 800 DPI right now, but it can step down to 400 and 2000 DPI as well. I think it’s got other custom resolutions too. It’s got two less buttons than the MX700, but I don’t really mind as I didn’t really use either of those buttons (and one of them commonly got in the way). The sides are nicely textured and it’s possible to adjust the DPI on the fly from the mouse itself (though I’ve been playing with reassigning those buttons to other functions).
A few oddities: It’s got a strange fabric covered cord. I’m not sure what the point of it is, but I guess it looks/feels nice. The oddest thing has to be the weird ass weight cartridge (or ass-weight cartridge to some). It’s a small orange cartridge that has slots for ~10 circular weights that come in a handsome metal tin. There are 1.7g and 4.5g weights. You’re supposed to put them in the cartridge and slide that into the mouse to give it the heft and balance you like. I find such a thing strange and confusing. The mouse feels fine without any weights. All responsive and shit. But, since it comes with these adorable little weights, and their metal case really is so nice, I feel compelled to use them. So I stuck in four of each of the weights to give it some heft in an even manner.
Now here’s the best part: This mouse works with my SNES mouse pad. I have longed for an excuse to use this thing. LONGED. Alas, for many years, it was not to be. With my MX700, which is an optical mouse, the grey plastic repetitive surface proved too much for it’s little tracking engine to handle. Since I wasn’t about to ditch a mouse over a mouse pad, I sadly put away my grey nostalgic mousing surface. But my salvation is here at last! The tracking abilities of this laser mouse are far superior to its predecessor and I am thusly brought into the land of grey plastic mouse pad majesty!
In other news, picture restoration is going well, but slowly due to my disgusting and chronic laziness. Kitten pictures have returned, with various other pictures to follow! I’m even writing descriptions and grouping them and naming them this time! Amazing!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I must descend into a dark pit of eternal despair I had thought I’d left behind long ago.
Dec10
Gallery > Me
Goddamnit. I fucken broke Gallery2 again. I’m working on it now. You will all be treated like kings and queens. The pictures aren’t gone, they’re merely obfuscated. The backups I had of the pictures are intact, unlike some other backups I know…
Nov30
I am diseased
I am sick. I’d like to say I’m sick of life, and while that’s true, that doesn’t really explain these cold/flu-like symptoms I have. Being diseased sucks. Therefore, I would like to make the following announcement to the world at large:
I want all of your balls to die.
That is all.