Caught In The Whirlwind
Archive for April, 2007
An Envelope On The Door
01847 days
by Jason
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7 page essay on the foundation of society done! Only took 2,018 words and 3 hours at the library in the afternoon to write. After that I went over to my parents house for a bit and then came home after dinner to an envelope hanging on the outside door to my apartment.
From the car, I saw that it had some writing on it and at first I thought it had said something about "Jesus" since I was a little far away so I couldn't make it out clearly. I figured (as has happened in the past) some group was going door to door dropping off religious literature or something.
As soon as I got out of the car though, I realized that it actually said "Second-Favorite Jason", which is what Wassy has been calling me recently (Her husband, obviously, being the #1 Favorite Jason). I ran into the house to grab some scissors to cut it down (after which realizing there was a quick release string on the knot…but…oh well), then I opened it up….
Wheeee! New artwork! If you're wondering that's one of the characters (Probably my favorite one) that I played in City of Heroes (when I have enough time to play these days anyway).
I think this is probably the best piece of work that I've seen her do so far. I love the comic-booky with a hint of anime style. And the face. Oh, and the hair…and…uh…everything else. My gushing abilities are a bit sore from my reaction yesterday, but it boils down to: I love it.
And it was a complete and total surprise too. It seems her secret keeping skills are improving right along with her artwork. There were only a couple minor hints to this one, unlike the last one, and those needed to be pointed out after the fact. I should have picked up on something when she asked how long I had planned to be out doing my laundry this morning…
I need to go buy a frame now. Good thing I only have to go to class tonight to hand in my paper. I can swing by the store and grab something.
QotD: What Blogging Means
01849 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
What are the positive and negative associations that you and those around you have with blogging? Have attitudes changed over time?
When I first heard about blogging, I was…dismissive I guess. I didn't see the appeal of an online diary as I thought it was back when I first heard about it. Then I got pulled more and more into the web 2.0 world through podcasts (specifically Inside The Net), heard about Vox and something clicked. I think it was the whole Question of the Day thing. I think it was the first time I realized that a blog didn't have to be just about what I had for breakfast or whatever. So I jumped on board, and wow…I'm still doing it 9 months later.
When I first started doing this though, I worried about telling other people I knew about it. I wasn't sure what they'd think to be honest. Yes, that's right…my negative association of a social medium is in a social context. Figure that one out! I dare you. Eventually though, they found out and they don't think I'm a weird psychopath or anything. Well…at least if they do they haven't mentioned it to me… Heck, I even got my sister onto Vox.
QotD: Danger Is My Middle Name
01850 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
When was the last time you did something dangerous?
Submitted by Ross.
Easy…got in a car with my friend Jay driving it a couple weeks ago. Scary!
Seriously, I'm not exactly the danger loving type. The term "coward" might be applied possibly.
I mean, the most remotely dangerous thing that I can think of doing was taking a stroll through the streets of Washington DC at 8-9PM to go see the capitol building at night. That and taking the metro during rush hour. And honstely, both of those have the danger level of a possible stubbed toe or tripping on the sidewalk.
Oooh…I live on the edge!
Quit laughing!
Peggle Master!
01850 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
Ok, this isn't good. I just got myself completley hooked on a little puzzle game from PopCap called Peggle.
It's so simple and yet…I can't stop playing this stupid thing. Stay away if you value your sanity!! The point is to shoot this little ball into a field of pegs in an attempt to remove all the orange pegs from the playing field. Every peg your ball hits gets removed after the ball goes off the bottom of the screen, and if you get it into the little moving bucket thing at the bottom, you get a free ball (you start out with 10)
I spent an awful lot of time last night playing this thing. I'm glad I decided not to check it out right away after hearing about it on the PC Gamer Podcast otherwise I'm not sure if I'd have gotten my final project for my graphic design course finished and handed in last night.
Hopefully I can break the addiction long enough to finish my 7 page minimum paper for my Western Civilization course on what school of thought should the foundation of society be based (Like science, religion, economics, etc) Fun.
QotD: See You Later, Decorator
01851 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
What is your home decorating style, and how has it changed over time? Do you have plans to redecorate?
Submitted by enSue.
My home decoration style is of the classic "bunch of stuff in a room"-ism school of thought. (As I've learned there's an -ism word for everything, especially in design.)
While I'd like things to look nice, not having everything matching or in a certain style doesn't bug me as long as it doesn't look completly horrible. I'm more concerned about costs at the moment. I'm usually a function over form kind of person.
Rough Drafts Are For Wimps
01851 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
Just a quick update since I haven't really had much time to post anything recently due to schoolwork. I've been working on a lot of my Graphic Design homework this week. I need to make a process notebook, which is basically a binder containing everything I ever produced for the class. The teacher wants to see different options and versions of stuff which I don't have…I'm not a big rough draft guy. So I have to come up with all the drafts after doing the final version.
Rough drafts are for wimps anyway.
QotD: A Dream Come True
01854 days
by Jason
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I have lots of wierd dreams that thankfully have not come true. For example, I dreamed that I was in a motorcycle race however my bike wouldn't pass inspection due to the fact that I couldn't produce a valid license key for my bikes copy of windows xp.
Yeah…I know…
I honestly can't think of an actual dream that I've had that came true. Now if we're talking about dreams as far as the concept of desires goes…then of course. My dreams tend to be smaller and short term though. No big "i wanna be an astronaut!" (apologizing for my bad spelling here…typing this on my treo) although…I did want to go into space for a while until I learned about the whole concept of g-forces…but that's another story.
Usually, my dreams are small scale. Fish ownership, finding a job that's decent, getting out of college alive…
Those last two are, I admit, large goals for some…but they're both fairly immediate and small as far as effort on my part at this point in time.
The Weekend Update
01854 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
This weekend started off with some Final Fantasy 7 and a little bit of City of Heroes because I'm starting to feel the desire to play it again and I had a little bit of time.
My friends and I went out to the local (really local) Zoo and wandered around for an hour and a half. We saw all of the exotic animals. The wolf/dog hybrid…the porcupine… Ok, so it's not a world class zoo, but it was a really, really nice day out and it was a nice walk. One of the best parts about a smaller zoo like that is that you don't have to rush everywhere to make sure you see everything. You can hang out and watch for extended periods of time. Although it would have been a lot better had we not just come back from the National Zoo in Washington DC last month.
It was at the zoo I discovered that the LCD screen for my camera is busted. I'm not sure what happened to it..probably got some pressure put on it at one point. I wanted to take a picture of the dog 
Anyway, the camera still works, just the LCD is busted and I'm not sure how successful trying to get a repair done on it would be. Heck, I'd even be willing to pay for the cost of replacement, but I don't want to buy a new camera. It still works though, so it's not entirely unusable. Sigh. Just another thing on the pile.
After the zoo, Jay had to take off to meet with a project group at his school, so Wassy and myself hung out for a bit. The plan was to meet up later and go to Riggiefest…but I'll get to that later.
We joke a lot that we do "stuff" on the weekends usually. That stuff generally is planned out ahead of time, but someday, we'll get to the mythical place of "stuff", no planning…just…"stuff". And if "Stuff" is attainable, then we certainly got close to it there. We wandered around a bit, attempted to bug my sister at her job while buying some tabs for a binder, browsed through a pet store…
Then we met back up with Jay and off we went. Unfortunately, we missed Riggiefest by a couple hours (who has a festival that last 3 hours anyway??) so instead we went to one of the participating restaurants as the next best thing. Riggies, for those who don't live in upstate new york, are kinda a local favorite. They're basically rigatoni in a marinara sauce with chicken and spices and you get tossed out of the area if you've never had them.
After dinner we rented SSX Blur for the Wii which wasn't quite as fun as anticipated. It's not a real good rental game…it's got a bit of a learning curve. So instead we did other stuff until finally settling Karaoke Revolution Party, which I'd rather not talk too much about…
Sunday was mostly boring chores and homework.
Vox Hunt: It's Been With Me Forever
01856 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
Show us something you've had for a really long time.
Submitted by dee.
Anybody remember this thing? The Sega Game Gear, portable gaming which lasted about 6 hours if you were lucky on 6 AA batteries, incuding a wall-wart power adapter the size of a house which caused the lights to visibily dim as it sucked in enough power. The screen was so-so, but it was in color which was wayy cooler than the Game Boy's. Surprisingly, it still works.
I've had this thing for years. At least 1994, but probably since 1992. I used to take this on all of the vacations that we went on as a family and play The Majors Pro Baseball the whole way down. It wasn't a very good game…but it was a good timekiller. And it had voices! The umpire actually yelled Strike and Safe! Well…actually it came out something like "IKE!!" and "TAFE!" but…this was the early 90s here. We weren't very picky.
This was my only portable game console until I went out and purchased my Gameboy Advance SP and now I'm using my DS Lite, which is half the size, runs twice as long and has much, much better graphics.
Technology is wonderful, isn't it?
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QotD: Ms. President
01857 days
by Jason
in Uncategorized
Is it likely that the U.S. will have a female president in the near future? In your lifetime? Why?
I'd say that yeah, the US will have a female president in my lifetime. I sure as heck hope it's not in the near future because then that means Hillary Clinton will be president and that's not something I'm prepared to think about right now.
Nothing against woman being president, just…as long as it's not HER.
As to the "why", there's going to (hopefully) be many presidential elections left to come in my lifetime, and I'm pretty sure that eventually a woman will be elected. The odds are pretty good at this point. The only thing I'm worried about is people voting (or not voting) for a candidate because they are a woman and only for that reason. If a woman, or anybody for that matter, is going to get elected president it should be based on merit.
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