Nimbly

So there’s this guy.
(This guy may or may not be me, and could be both.)
This guy has lots of stuff going on in his life. First, he just got a girlfriend. Her name is Amanda, and she’s a wonderful person. Those with facebook, follow my profile link on the About page, and you will see some of the goodness. Or you can click here to see a picture of alot of us. Like I said, she’s a great girl.
This guy also has a job that is going to kill him. One that isn’t as many hours as the one this summer, but will kill him just the same. He also has classes which may as well be work.
More later. Beer clouding thoughts.

OMFGoogleTalk

Just downloaded this new little piece of software from Google, and I can say that I am extremely impressed. I need to spend some more time with it, but that will come in due course.
Add me as a friend: deezilATgmailDAWTcom

Fare thee well, AVG.

I’m a creature of habit. Even in the technological world. When something new comes along, I’ll play with it, but won’t adopt it until I feel fully comfortable. And that may take quite a while. Recently, I found an exception.
I dived into aVast with cold feet, hoping the water was warm. I had heard reccomendations from my tech buddies about this free alternative to AVG, and decided it was worth a look-see. So, I uninstalled AVG, rebooted, installed aVast, rebooted again, and then I immediately fell in love. The first thing that I noticed was that it was easier on processing and memory resources than AVG was, and that’s always something I like. The second thing came about 10 seconds after everything was up and loaded. I didn’t get a message asking me when I wanted to update, I got a message that told me the database has been updated. And a couple hours later I got it again. This program polls the server almost constantly, seeing if there is an update, and grabbing it for you if there is. No more of waiting for one time each day that the database gets updated. The third reason to love it was the interface. AVG’s could be a little hard to use for the new folk, but aVast’s is nice, clean, and easy to get around.
If I’ve told you to use AVG before, scrap that information, and now head over to aVast. Definitely something you will like.
P.S. On this note, I have to rewrite my tech specs article. That should be forthcoming in another few hours.

So Spolied I’m Sick

So, I’m sitting here watching MTV, and I see this show come on called Super Sweet 16, which from gathering info from my sister and the info that the dish’s program guide gives me, that chronicles a young lady’s 16th birthday party. When I sit down and start the show, I expect to see all the nervousness and excitement that is supposed to tag along with you on this milestone birthday. What I do see drops my jaw, and makes me say words I reserve for enemies. This chronicles everything that is horrible with today’s youth.
1.) This isn’t your regular party: I can see going all out for this party. It’s the start of what many call the “girl’s passage into womanhood”. To me, here in Middle of Nowhere, KY, this may mean dropping anywhere from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand dollars. And that’s ALOT of money, no matter where you go. That amount won’t even cover the dresses that these young brats are wearing. As I watched one show come to a close, the father of the young lady said into the camera that including the RANGE ROVER, he was shelling out almost $200,000 for this party. And that was his half, seeing as the girl’s mother and father were divorced. Again, I had to apply the five second rule to my jaw, and continue watching.
2.) The kid already has EVERYTHING: As you can tell from the horrendous amount of money that was poured into this birthday shin-dig, money is no object to any of these people. In another episode, one young lady pulled up in a Bentley that the family owned to hand out invitations to a gaggle of people assembled in order to see if they could snag one of the illustrious invites. Yes, a Bentley. I guess the people that can afford the $250,000+ car can drop the same on a birthday party and not bat an eye.
3.) If they were my kids, I would slap them: People can’t appreciate anything anymore, especially money. I guess growing up with a household income of less than $25,000 a year can humble you to certain things, one of them being that there are lots of things you want, not necessarily need, and that there’s just not the money to buy most of them. Every episode that I have watched has had some tradgedy that has been associated with the party. The dress isn’t right, the caterers aren’t fixing something the way they were told to prepare it, and someone is coming to the event that isn’t supposed to. AND IT’S RUINING MY DAY! MOMMY/DADDY COME FIX THIS NOW BEFORE I SCREAM AND HATE YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! Listen, dear children:

It’s JUST another birthday.

Sure, I said above that this one is supposed to take a small bit of precedence over the others, but not that much.
4.) Generosity never hurt a soul: In more than one of these shows, there have been big to-do’s over the guest list. This isn’t the Oscars, it’s not even the Billboard Awards, it’s a Freakin’ Birthday Party. Telling people at the door that they aren’t welcome to attend and/or ripping an invitation out of someone’s hand that you got in a fight with that morning is a little rude. It’s a party, it’s supposed to be a fun time, just let it be.
I guess that happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Happy 16th birthday you little bitches.

Hi.

It’s been a few days.
July ended up well. There were a few things that contributed to it’s general success near the end, but those are those nuggets that only I can treasure. You all just wouldn’t understand.
August has started up, and it’s now 1/3 over. In the first 10 and a third days of the month, I have been extremely busy (read: swamped up to my asshole), and haven’t really had time for girls, strip clubs, booze, internet, or any of those other creature comforts that I surround myself with. It’s basically been one workfest after another. Suck.
Last time I used this title, I had so much more to say. Maybe it’s just my state of mind right now, but there’s not much going on upstairs. It’s rather blank. Those usual feelings of “love”, lust and general interest in people have been removed altogether as well. It’s more of an introverted interest in myself that has been fueling me.
I’m still refusing to lose weight, but it keeps peeling off of my like it’s a job. I had one of those slices today. But I biked for two hours last night, and will probably do the same tonight. It feels good to have the sweat drenching me and the wind flowing around me to cool me off. I only seem to get warm whenever I stop.
I’m wanting to either go see RP when he goes on his road trip, or somehow kidnap him / offer oral sex / make him crash to get him to come here and see me. It’ll be during move in for all the newbies here at Murray, and I just want to blow them all off. Nothing would make me happier.
I was going to say that I’ve missed the internet, but that would be a lie. I don’t miss it, I’m happy that I actually have a life outside of everything that goes on here on the interwebnetthingye-mailchatfilesharingIM. It’s going to be fun doing this computer thing for life, but there’s only so many hours you can sit with a keyboard under your fingers every day. And with these 8-9 hour workdays plus private jobs at night, it becomes cumbersome.
I keep on fallin’
In and out
Of love with you
I never loved someone
The way that I loved you
That was love and I until now. I’ve swayed in and out of “love”, lust, and just general interest in people for as long as I can remember. It’s one of those character flaws. But, for right now, love and I are going our separate ways. Sure, I’m not going to deny love if it comes along to me, but I’m done with the fruitless pursuit. There’s only one more date I’m going on, and really, it’s just something fun, not really a “date”. It’s with a girl named Brittany, who happens to be in a position of power at one of the dorms. Met her at a gathering all the people in the same position were having. She’s a cool girl, but I really don’t see anything happening.
I guess this stint against love was actually spurred by all of my grandparents. I talked to my mom’s parents and dad’s mom all one night. They all asked me if I had a girlfriend. I know their lives are all coming to ends (I’m the last grandchild on dad’s side, the first on mom’s), and they want to see this grandchild get married, but I can’t say that I will be able to let them see that. I’ve already had my stint with marraige, and as much as I want to settle down again, that “M” word won’t be around for a long time. Maybe ever.
Tonight, I’m moving out of my house in Murray, back to Gravel Switch for a week, then back here to the dorms. I want to be in GS. But, it’s really just become someplace to vacation to. Murray’s now the home. The only home.

Meekah:

Get down here so I can see that tight end…
“OHSNAP”
Don’t worry about those things over which you have no control. You can’t really stop the progression of school -> job. It’s just one of those things. Don’t feel like it’s you having to go bare your soul to the world and face the brunt of it alone. It’s not like all of us are going to be somehow magically cut off from you and you lose your support and everything that you have known. We’ll all be here, listening to your nervous rambling weeks before that first job starts up, and then we’ll hear the ease of your voice after that first day ends, and all you can say is “It was a piece of cake.”
Finality. There’s nothing final in this world until we die. Sure, you won’t be going to school anymore, but you’ll still be learning. You’ll still have your summer, and it will be much like this one. Vacation time will be the break, and you’ll have to work the rest of it. Believe it or not, you got yourself ready for that this year.
And you want to think you won’t be answering questions and writing papers until you are pushing up daisies? Bullshit. You’ll be writing memos and instruction manuals and all sorts of good business writing. You’ll be answering everything the clients ask.
It’s all like a line out of Shawshank Redemption. When Dufresne is in solitary and the warden comes to him. He tries to get out of running the warden’s dirty money. And the warden says: “Nothing stops. Nothing.” You think everything you know is going to stop, but it won’t, because nothing really stops. It just changes a little.
♥
Deezil
P.S. This was too long for a comment.

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