Spinsylvania Town Square

LIberty ship

2007-08-23T21:17:00.001-06:00

IMG_8486
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin

This, as you can see, is the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien. It is the only operating Liberty ship left today. Considering the average construction times for these guys was a rediculous 30 days its pretty sad this is the last one. Its based in San Francisco. You can tour it daily and it makes half a dozen or so cruises each year. Including one on the forth of July, and one during the yearly air show.

This was actually one of the highlights of our trip. It was like stepping to a part of history. I hope to be participate on one of its cruises sometime in the future

Golden Gate Bridge

2007-08-01T16:19:00.001-06:00

IMG_8505
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin

In San Francisco of course. This picture was actually taken on the last day of our trip. I like the way the light fog gives the bridge an almost ghostly look.

Sadly enough we where in Frisco for 6 days an did not get a chance to go over the Golden Gate. We had planned to ride bikes across but it didn't work out. About 2 miles down the road the wind kicked up something fierce. So we stopped took a few pictures (including this one) and went back. We did sail under the bridge on a harbor cruise for what its worth. Next time we will make the treck across.

Vacationing in the fast lane

2007-07-29T21:19:00.001-06:00

IMG_8389
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin

Here we are. Tearin' up the track. We had a great time on our racing vacation........ Umm, Actually it was just a part of our vacation. We spent two weeks in california. Half in San Diego the Other half in San Francisco. This is a picture from one fo the more entertaining activities we did.

Mirimar Speed Circuit. This is an indoor go-cart track, and these carts are fast. Definatly more exciting that your Putt-Putt variety. Hopefully this will only be the first post in my return to blogging. More comming soon.

Married

2006-10-27T12:55:00.000-06:00

Microsoft XNA

2006-08-14T22:05:00.000-06:00

Gamespot has a sweet article on Microsofts new "XNA Technology" It basicly is a free development kit for small/student developers. Read Microsoft unveils 'anybody' XNA - News at GameSpot for more info.

New project

2006-07-31T23:24:00.000-06:00

Xbox Live spam

2006-07-28T22:38:00.000-06:00

Is no messaging medium sacred? I remember a time when e-mail was young. I was wondrous, simple, and fun. Then a shadow came upon e-mail. This shadow, it was known as, advertising. But it was not any kind of advertising, advertisement for things you never new, or wanted to know existed. Loose weight fast, get rich in 3 months, make _____ bigger...Click to read more.

Soon we all came to see e-mail as a sort of Pandora's Box. We had been curious we all used it, evil came forth. Even with the evil there was good. Instantaneous communication. No stamps. Online shopping. But just as we started to except e-mail with all its woes, new digital communication experiences would emerge.

Soon, the internet became common place in all our houses, and cell phones where in all our pockets. As we should have expected the evils of advertising would follow. Text messages "Loose weight fast". Instant messages "Seee hot t girlz fre". Even in the most sacred of places the comments of our blogs "Make 300,000 in 2 months".

Now it has mad a more disturbing jump. It is now on Xbox Live. I pure world, corrupted with nothing more than gratuitous fictional sex, violence, language, and product placement has been violated by span. As i find my self solicited to "visit my website, it will be worth it"

Xion does not exist.

Super Mario Live Level 1

2006-07-21T23:48:00.000-06:00


This is just too funny.

D1 Drifting Grand Prix Video

2006-07-19T21:16:00.000-06:00


Check out this pretty sweet video of some real life drift racing.

All most there

2006-06-22T09:49:00.001-06:00

IMG_0985
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

We have the old girl running now. All the lights are hooked up and working properly. Most importantly its starting to look like a viable truck.
All we have left. Get glass for the front and rear winshield. Finish bleading the breaks. Install the interior. Finish calibrating the choke.

First Race First Negative Feedback

2006-06-22T09:49:00.000-06:00

I love online gamming. Everyonce in a while I get this urge. I need to hear random profanitly and vulgarity directed at me in a nonstop stream of creative derogitory exclamations simply by joining in a chat room. I'm in luck, apparently there is are a huge number of people who feel the same way.

Welcome to Xbox Live where you can have all your customized inflamatory commentry directed and customized specificly for you. Oh Yeah, You can play some games also. I personly recomend Need for Speed Most Wanted as a specific strong source of this service.

Roses!

2006-04-22T10:53:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

It comming back!

2006-04-20T16:10:00.000-06:00

IMG_0968
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

We are finnaly getting it back together. Its starting to look pretty good. Check out flickr for my other pictures. I think we will have it driving again by the middle of next month.

Nook

2005-12-26T01:24:00.000-07:00

Once again I find my self in debt to this guy. What kind of ring is he running. He ships people with no home out to small towns in the middle of nowhere. He then expects you to pay for this house he puts you in. Worse yet you have to thank him for the privilage by running some errands for him. Like Mailing out sale fliers and such. Man, even in the small towns you can't get away from the mob.

P.S. This guy seams to have an agent in every town.

Look in the background.

2005-11-07T02:13:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by Cosmic Kitty.

Aw, its a picture of Felicia and I when we first danced the day we met. Now how sappy is that.

The start of the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Halloween

2005-11-02T03:32:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

A pretty typical halloween this year. Found out many hallween motion sensor devices don't work in the dark.?.

Here is a picture of my jakolantern.

Sulu gay?

2005-10-30T02:37:00.000-07:00

In a revelation that I most definatly did not see comming George Takei comes out. Guess this just goes to show you that to much time away from a starbase has the same effect as too much time on a submarine.

In other news, I am stuck working the time change night. I have to say seeing the clock go from 1:59 to 1:00 was pretty depressing. Kinda like the worst kind of dejavu.

PC stretch

2005-10-26T03:03:00.000-06:00

Firestorm Power Tools
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin

.So, I have come to an interesting new delima. I seam less able to keep my PC up to par in performance. This has realy happened for good and bad reasons. The bad: There just isn't anything to play on the PC these days. The Good: Other, more physical hobies, like motorcycles, bikes, and a certain special lady have taken more of my time/money.

So, in this realization I have tried to stretch my PCs usefull life. Step 1, add DVD burner. Step 2, add USB 2.0 card. Now combine those with the new Video camera my Dad just bought and I have now added video editing to the uses for my computer. It can still just barley pull off any game and with the addition of these new media and interfaces I can use all the new toys with it.

Picked up some new power tools today. Its a pretty sweet 4 piece 18v Black and Decker set. Came with a circular saw, drill, sander, reciprocating saw, 2 batteries and charger. Then lucky for me, they happened to have a promotional box that added another battery and a stud finder (always lights up when I hold it for some reason). Then when we payed for it we got 2 rebates. One for another free battery, and a second for a free 18v tool. So, for $191 after taxes I will eventualy end up with 5 tools (6 with the stud finder), 4 batteries, and a double battery charger.

Rhythm and sand

2005-10-25T02:07:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Adam and I found copies of Taiko Drum Master for $20 at Best Buy. Nicley including the drum controler. I have to say its a really fun game. More complex than you would expect and a great selection of songs. Sadly I do not think it did anywhere near well enough to bring a sequel to the US.

Went to White Sands this weekend after the car show. It was alot of fun. Aparently they rerouted thier roads since the last time I was there. Made things a bit disorienting. The picture is of me sledding down the dune.

On a finnal note. Eye Toy Anti-grav. This is a surprisingly well done game. It actually uses the Eye Toy in a maner that does not involve you looking at yourself. You basicly control a hoverboard rider by moving your body side, up and down, and waving your arms. IT works suprisingly well after a short bit of aclimiation time. Maybe we will see that dragon Eye Toy game I saw at E3 actually make it to market sometime.

200th post and a Shelby Cobra

2005-10-24T01:29:00.000-06:00

Car Show 05_11
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Here we are one of those mile markers. Almost a year and a half after starting I have reached the 200 Post mark. To commemorate this even I present you a picture of one of the most awsome cars of all time. The original Shelby Cobra. No ponies mixed with this snake.

Finnaly Pokemon

2005-10-20T03:25:00.000-06:00

As promised, here is the afore mentioned Pokemon Posts. Seams this preiview meathod realy keeps people comming back. No wonder TV uses it so much.

I have always liked the Pokemon games. A guilty pleasure? Probably. Anyways, Felicia's son, like all 9 year old boys, likes Pokemon. So after seeing him play so much I could no loner resist the lure. So I picked up Leafgreen and we both started the game from the begining. The real interesting thing is the how different we play. The first time we battled I had a dozen pokemon, with the strongest at level 17. He had 4 Pokemon, but his stronges was level 27. On top of that he had only about half my play time.

Sadly thats not all that came of the Pokemon hunger. I also ended up buying Pokemon XD for the gamecube. So to say the least I have had my extra time filled with Pokemon recently.

Comming up: A commemorative post, rhythm games, and stretching the life of my PC.

In the pickup bed

2005-10-19T02:41:00.000-06:00

IMG_5950
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

One of the more major pieces of body work our old Willies needs is in the bed. After some investigation my Dad and I decided that the bed would not be useful in its current state. Someone brought up the fact that things would fall through onto the road.

We are making good progress on the truck now. We finished removing the bed yesterday. Now that just leaves remove the cab, remove all glass and gauges from the cab, take bed to body shop, take cab to body shop, buy new front fenders, sand and clean the frame,......

Well its a nice start. With a little luck we should have her together, drivable, and registered by the end of the year.

Dinner party!

2005-10-18T13:47:00.000-06:00

Felicia and have been talking and we want to put on a dinner party. Of course most of you the read this blog are invited. The question we are working on now is the date. We are currently planning for Friday December 9. So does this work for most of you? or ot work? Let me know in some for or another. We want to get as many people as we can involved.

Killbourne Hole

2005-10-17T01:59:00.000-06:00

Panorama 2
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Friday my Dad and I decided we would wonder around the desert out on the West Mesa looking for "Killbourne Hole". 4 ranches, 2 mud holes, and 2 hours of wondering we found our way there. Its a pretty neet sight. Din't think there was anything this significant within an hour of LC. Well, uess I was wrong. Check out the other pictures on my flicker page. I for some reason did not feel like uploading the full size (5-6MB) panoramas onto flickr.

Later posts on Pokemon, Willy's Jeeps, and Dinner Parties.

X-prize cup

2005-10-12T03:34:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

I went to X-prize thing here in good old LC. It was kind of neet. I didn't have much time there unfortunatly. Did find out about some cool stuff. The Southern New Mexico Spaceport will have its first comercial launch next year and In 2007 they will have the first Rocket plane races in the spaceport. I will definatly have to try to go see the rocket plane races when that comes around. Something different at least.

Enjoy this picture of the Canadian Arrow.

Tearin up the dirt

2005-10-03T04:04:00.000-06:00

Took the dirt bike out with Brad Saturday. For one of the first times I was really starting to feel how to handle the bike. Where in the past I was staying in second gear almost the whole time, this time it was all about 3rd. I even jumped into 4th a few times. I also found that I have pretty good instincts when I ride. Now I just need to learn to trust them. Of course going 35mph into a tight turn thats full of sand can be more intimidating then your willing to let your instincts handle. I will try to get some pictures of me ridding sometime soon. Kinda hard to take photos. For one I am ridding the bike, and I really don't want to take my expensive camera out on the impact prone ride.

Foggy

2005-09-27T02:26:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

A picture I took from highway 70 one morning. A bit of fog in the air. I like the way the thicker fog low along the ground completly obscured the base of A-Mountain. I really wished I had a telephoto lense when I took this shot.

Vegetarians

2005-09-26T03:53:00.000-06:00

A church in the UK was forced to cancel a planned hog roast after an animal rights group complained that its members were offended by the event, according to the Cambridge Evening News.

The event planned at St Matthew's Church was cancelled after the activists called and said they were shocked by an ad for the event that featured a cartoon pig being roasted over a fire.

"We decided it would be simpler to cancel it and serve cream teas instead," rather than argue with the militant vegetarians, the organizer of the event said.

Thought this little post story was mostly funny becuase of the phrase "militant vegetarians".

44.2 Miles

2005-09-25T13:22:00.000-06:00

Made my first extended length road bike ride yesterday. Rode for a total of 44.2 miles in 3 hours. Interestingly enough I still don't think it was as hard as the 18 on my mountain bike, but I was still pretty worn out. Feeling it still today. So as the milestones go. Thats proof that I can pull off 44 with out to much trouble. Now I just need to work it a little more so I can complete the 108 in november.

Near sunset

2005-09-21T21:40:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

This picture came out better than I expected it would. I really like the way the clouds came out. Most of all I love the the mountains and the trees where outlined.

Our place

2005-09-21T21:37:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

This is the house we stayed in for the weekend. Its acutally a good little ways outside of cloudcroft. Seven miles past Weed (yes, laugh now). Its nice, absolutly no cell phone reception.

Deer

2005-09-21T21:32:00.000-06:00

CloudCroft Sep05 021
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

This picture was actually taken by Felicia, as I was driving and on the wrong side of the truck. Unfortunatly the sun was not working with us. This picture still came out pretty well though.

Mexican Canyon Trestle

2005-09-21T21:29:00.000-06:00

CloudCroft Sep05 038
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

This is a picture for the hiking trail down to the trestle you can see from the highway going up to cloudcroft. Its a very nice little hike. Easily done in an hour or less. Very nice thats its a mostly shaded walk.

Humming Bird

2005-09-21T21:26:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

This was a great shot that I just go lucky with. The house we stayed at had a Humming Bird feeder on its porch. I am always amazed how bold these birds are. I could not of been more than 6 feet away for this picture.

Sunspot

2005-09-21T21:25:00.000-06:00

CloudCroft Sep05 012
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

One of the places we visited this weekend was Sunspot. this is a picture of the Tower Telescope. Interestingly enough, more of this instrument is below ground than what you see above ground. If I remember correctly it almost 400ft long.

Any one read this?

2005-09-15T01:39:00.000-06:00

IMG_5690
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

So whats up with the no comments thing? Anyone reading? My counter says I average 7 hits a day. Anyways, here is a picture of a windmill.

Musings

2005-09-14T02:30:00.000-06:00

Had a funny conversation a while back. What will the pop culture from our generation look like when we are all in our 70s?

Will be turning our radio dial to the golden oldies to hear eminem and 50 cent? Will we be buying rusted out 92 Honda CRX civics? Then "restore" them to like new condition?

Imagine this "Blast from the past weekend" Starts with a car show featuring the best of the imports from the 90s. The totally tricked out Del Sol takes best of show. Then after it gets dark we will be treated to a laser light show followed by a concert hosted by Britney Spears.

Just some food for thought.

18 miles, last place, and a bunch of flowers.

2005-09-05T04:23:00.000-06:00

So had a pretty good weekend, even though I don't get to enjoy the holiday with the rest of you. So, without further adieu. Here are the details.

Entered in the Horny Toad Hustle mountain Bike race in the Dona Annas near town here. Having never raced before I figured I would be pretty good in the "Sport class". I was very wrong. In racing, beginner class means you are just barley able to race. You better already be a capable rider. Even facing these steep odds I still decided to make the run. To make a long story short, 3 litters of water, 1 pack of goo, 1 trip over the handle bars, and 18 miles of rough trial and I finished in last place. Ah well I did it.

Saturday I joined Felicia at one of her friends weddings. Lots of fun, doing the normal dance things. Felicia also managed to catch the flowers. It was kinda funny because she was kinda trying to hide from it. But not only did it come here way, it almost hit her in the face. What's this mean for me? I guess we will have to wait and see.

On another note, guys, you are not supposed to knock each other over trying to catch the garter. Your supposed to leave that behavior for the ladies. How else are going to maintain the pretense that we prefer to be single.

Internet fixed?

2005-09-03T16:50:00.000-06:00

So, I think we finnaly have our cable internet in a what we could consider a reliable state. Nice to be able to use the internet when you want to.

Had some fun earlier this week. Rode my road bike 17.6 miles,..... in the rain. It was kinda neet actually. Sad thing about my cycling state. I am in good enough shape that distance is no longer the problem. I just don't have enough time to go as far as it takes to truely tier me out. I am hoping I will be ready for the 108 mile run at WSMR in November.

Other than that I entered my self in the Horny Toad Hustle mountain bike race in the Dona anna's tommarow. I guess we will see how I stack up to some of the other people from the area that ride.

Alcohol

2005-08-27T22:16:00.000-06:00

Alcohol
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Alas, some of us just cant hold our alcohol.

Chocolate Fountain

2005-08-23T12:57:00.000-06:00

Mayors Ball and Rio Grand 009
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Yes, these mythical items do indeed exist. they had a couple of these at the Mayor's Ball thing. Just incase you are blind, the chocolate fountain is the white thing in the middle, and it is indeed a fountain of liquid chocolate.

Rio Grande

2005-08-22T16:37:00.000-06:00

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Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

Here is another picture for your enjoyment. Picacho Peak from the east side of the Rio Grande. Thanks to Felicia for telling me to look right. Probably the best pictures of the set. There is a cool one of a bird but I was not that close unfortunatly.

Mayors Ball

2005-08-22T16:34:00.000-06:00

Mayors Ball and Rio Grand 006
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

I was able to go to the Mayor's Ball compliments of Felicia this weekend. It was a realy fun outing. Getting to spend a few hours seeing how the "influential" people of good old LC party it up. And I do have to say they party hard. I got to see a fair number of the well knows of town quite toasty. They don't waste any time either, most of them were gone by 10:00.

It was pretty crazy. Here is a picture of Felicia and I looking good for the event. If you want to see some others, check out the rest of the flickr group.

Phone bloggin again

2005-08-19T16:41:00.000-06:00

Phone bloggin again
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

As you can see I have been trying out this flickr thig. So what does this mean for you? A test podt with a picture of my truck!

Blog Comment Spam

2005-08-17T21:09:00.000-06:00

A new low for spamers. My previos post was spammed. Just take a look at the comments you will see. Geez, will it never stop?

Comcast if finnaly working.

2005-08-15T18:09:00.000-06:00

IMG_5698
Originally uploaded by SG-Spin.

So, its been a while since I managed to make a post. Sorry about that. Have to blame it on wonderful comcast. So whats been up? A lot actually. I find myself wanting to spend more and more time with Felicia. She is a pretty wonderful girl.

Lets see though. The highlights of the past couple weeks. Went to Santa Fe the weekend before last. Went to Erin's (former ASNMSU president) party. We then sent the next day doing the tourist thing. The picture on the right is from that trip. Its the staircase from the Chapel at Loretto. Its impresive, it was built by hand, with no center support, no side supports and no nails. Its all carefully fitted together wood.

I aslo am finnaly ready to pay Brad the full amount I owe him for the Dirtbike I am buying from him. Nice to know I have it payed for.

This last weekend I picked up a Road Bicycle. I have to say the difference between them and mountain bikes on the street is amazing.

Well thats probably enough for this post. I will be playing with this flikr thing for a bit so there should be some more posts soon.

FYI

2005-07-25T22:49:00.000-06:00

Was talking with shane today and realized I left out one important detail. Felicia is officialy my girlfriend now. Probably would of remembered, but I find myself looking forward to the next time I will be with her. With things so great and getting better, looking back only seams to be something that gets in the way.

Falling?

2005-07-22T20:19:00.000-06:00

SAP ALERT!---------------------SAP ALERT!
Spent a wonderful eavening with Felicia yesterday. I find my self wanting to be with her more and more. She is definatly filling a hole that I had forgot was there.

I wonder if she is reading this site yet?....... yes I have told her about it.

Finally done

2005-07-20T17:52:00.000-06:00

Finished decorating my room finally. The ugly curtains and chair are now gone. In the place is a double set of curtains, one thick heavy black that keeps out the light the other set made from a sheer red fabric. Replacing the chair is a small table and two chairs. They actually take up less space than the chair, and create a nice comfortable area to sit and use my laptop or relax and talk.

This post brought to you by very high school like behavior

2005-07-18T15:22:00.000-06:00

Arrrrrrrrgggh, Comcast has been sucking so bad lately they are making me type like a pirate. Well, at least I am able to get online again. No I will hopefully be back to a more regular posting pattern. Read More for the update!

So what's been up with me? Well not much. It may better said as spending a whole lot of time with one person. I have to say she has me hooked. Don't really spend much time at home anymore. Hence why the internet problem has not really been a problem.

So, I have known Felicia for 1 month now. I have to say, I only like her more with every moment I spend in her company. Hmmm, 2 sentences, not much to say. Well not much that I want you all to know anyways. So that all you get 2 sentences fluffed up into 5 sentences giving the impression of actual content.

Ah well here we go. The weekend, actual substance, imagine that. Saturday, Joined Felicia and her son to go out to trinity site. For those of you who don't know that's where the first A-bomb was detonated. This past July 16 also happens to be the 60th anniversary of the bomb. We stopped for a bit of lunch at the famous Owl Bar and grill before heading back home. Once home I joined up with Luis and Dan Foesch. Played some games watched some TV, ate some food. Called it early at 11PM.

Sunday. Pretty lazy day, a substantial portion of it spent in bed. Its been a while since I have had one of those days. That afternoon went 4-wheelin in my truck. Put a dent in the tube sides. SWEET! Well the damage is not to the body so I figure its all good.

So this is what its like.

2005-07-11T18:14:00.000-06:00

........ sigh ...........

Felicia :), Comcast :(

2005-07-10T09:08:00.000-06:00

So, lets see here, been a few days since the last post. I have a good excuse for this one though. The cable internet at my house has been down for 3 days. Ah well, was not home much anyways.

So, what have I been up to this week? Well it can pretty much be summed up with one person. Not sure exactly where that puts us in the relationship status. Are we a couple now, or still just dating? Well, I have to say I don't really care. What I do know is that I am always enjoying myself when I am with her.

If your board hit read more for a bit more detail on how my week has been.

Tuesday - that day, hmmm, lets skip that one.
Wednesday - Went with Felicia to see the free outdoor movie at Corbett Center. It was a very pleasant way to spend the evening.
Thursday - Spent the evening with Felicia watching a movie at her apartment. Got home way to late.
Friday - Went to work really tired. At least Fridays are always slow days. Took Susana out for dinner for her birthday. Tried to watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. We all wimped out and called it a night before the end of the movie.
Saturday - Had a short date with Felicia, She had some other family obligations that cut things short. Got home, did some cleaning, caught a nap and the went out to the shooting range and get the .45 a try. I have to say, its a bad ass gun. Shoots well and is hell of a lot of fun.
Saturday -

Ooooooh, Aahhhhhh!

2005-07-05T20:08:00.000-06:00

The rest of my weekend finished up pretty nicely. Sunday cooked up some steaks and fresh corn on the grill while having a few beers. After that we went to the parade. This was a funny little trip. We got in the truck, headed out, then noticed that the paraded passes right along the streep a block from my house. Seeing this as the case we circled the block, pulled back in the driveway and walked down to the parade. I have some picks, but is was so disapointing that they are not worth posting.

Monday started with,...., work. Ick. Ah well thats the bad side of shift work. I was off by 3pm though so its not like I missed anything. Called Felicia, started getting set up for going out this saturday, I think I will take her to Ruidoso for dinner at the Inn of the Mountain gods. There is only one potential hang up for this plan, she has a 9 year old son. So in order for us to go out she has to make sure she has someone to watch him. Since going to Ruidoso would have us out late that makes things a bit less sure. If dinner does not work I will just move it to lunch, that should not cause a problem, although it will have less atmosphere.

Back on to Monday's activities. Got home, Luis came over. We ended up kicking around a soccer ball for about 45 min to kill some time, darn those mexicans and thier soccer. Turns out Felicia was roaming around the city sponsered stuff going on near by. So we went back to my house, I ended up doing some quick last minute spot cleaning in case Felicia came over. We then went down and met here while her son played at the citizen built park. To go ahead and finish the post up I will make the last bit short. We grabed some food a bit later then met her at her place, lite some fireworks, watched the city show, then went to my house to finish the fireworks. On a sort of dissapointing note she never actually came in my house so she didn't get to see it nice and clean.

Well thats all of that rambling post.

QUADRA 3

2005-07-03T15:38:00.000-06:00

Hey, the hit counter grows, hitting 3333.

This post brought to you by the number 9,...., and clouds

2005-07-03T10:58:00.000-06:00

Spent just about all of Saturday on my second date with Felicia. And unfortunately I am at a loss for words. I was very nice. We spent more than 3 hours on a hike that usually takes my about 2. If that gives you any idea how much we time we spent talking and just enjoying each others company. After, we went to Calichies and had a bit of ice cream. Then finished off the day at her house.

Now to get to the more details (not to much though, this is the internet). We talked about everything from movies, and TV shows, to people and even a bit of social/political discussion (nothing to heavy though). And I have to say that the time we spent talking made me only like her more. It was sometimes spooky how many little likes and dislikes we had in common. Yet in our chosen professions we could not be more different, HRTM and CS not don't exactly have all that much in common.

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING SECTION CONTAINS EXTREME SAPPINESS, IF YOU WISH TO AVOID THIS JUST READ THE FOLLOWING LINE. The data has taken a step up, things are clearly romantic now.

Ok, I'm sure some of you are tired about me keeping it to the strictly ambiguous and mostly generic descriptions. So we will move on a bit. There is a good thing and a bad thing about the Dripping springs trail. Its wide, so you can walk side by side, on the other had it is full of loose gravel. This makes it hard to walk to close together since you sometimes need space to recover from slipping. Because of this fact the walk up was pretty uneventful. Near the top, on rests there was small gestures made by me, but I was not sure how they were going over. This had me a bit worried.

Before we headed back down, we decided to take a bit of a closer look at some of the ruins. Down one of these little trails there is a really beautiful view of the back of the canyon. The mountains rise steeply form the tree filled base. A haze had been blown in from the south, masking the mountains in such a way as to only add to the grandeur, and add an element of mystery to the landscape. About this time Felicia mentioned how small the mountains make you feel. I then put my hands around her side, a moment later she wove her fingers between mine as she took my hand. It was at this moment when I knew things where going well.

Calichies was pretty uneventful, we were both pretty tired. When we got back to her house she invited me in. It was pretty simple stuff at first, checking out her pictures of the wedding where we met. I will wrap it up here though. The rest of the details are mine.

On a closing note, I realy think I am falling for her.

Post weekend update

2005-06-28T18:32:00.000-06:00

So, had my date on sturday. Went pretty well. It was pretty nice, over a casual lunch we got to know eachother a bit better. Kinda sad that it was just lunch. It doesn't completly end there. I asked her if she would like to do some thing the following saturday. She said she would check her schedual.

Two days later on Monday she calls me up. She is free on saturday. So this saturday its hiking. Looks like this has a pretty decent chance of going somewhere.

10 things every single man must own.

2005-06-22T23:02:00.000-06:00

An interesting article linked to on (to lazy to change my homepage) MSN. 10 things Every single man must own. It basicly lists of 10 things you need to have in your house to help your dating life. So read the article then click read more for my opinion

1. Nice super coffe product maker.This is actually an item I can understand. Makes alot of sense. Like in golf the follow through is esential. Almost makes me wish I liked fancy coffee stuff.

2. Lamps. Booh yeah, Got this one covered. Got one on each side of the bed in fact. Lamps are also needed if you plan to do any reading in bed. Not to mention that when your getting sleepy/comfortable/close it sucks to have to get up to turn out the light.

3. Swiffer. I need to consider one of these swiffer things. Mopping with dogs around can be quite the circular task.

4. Comfortable Couch. Sweet, got this one covererd. My couches are so comfy that I have problems with friends falling asleep. They also look pretty pimp.

5. Nice underwear. Lost lots of weight had to buy all new. You lucky ladies will have to pay me a personal visit if you want more detials. Oh, yeah, sounds like sound reasoning in the article.

6. Fix everything key ring. Those key rings also earn you serious man points with the guys. I really do need to start carying a pocket knife again.

7. $150 Jeans. Hmm, now this is where I start to call things into question. I am all about the nice fitting clothes, but if all she is looking for is designer clothes, then I am not interested. Hmm, if it makes for a one night stand with a hot ladie? hmmm.

8. $200 dress shoes, this I do agree with. Dress shoes are also something you only need one pair of for almost your entire life. So the high price makes for a good value. Also nice dress shoes are one of the few things that have not been mimiked well at a lower price.

9. 300 thread count sheets. Got this one covered also. Any one who wants to have a decently comfortable bed needs these.

10. Cooking. Bam got this one covered. I am actually getting to be pretty good at cooking. Of course most of my cooking involves some sort of power appliance, but would a man do it any other way?

by ther way there is a companion article to this one 10 things every single woman should own. Interestingly it is much more risque and significantly less classy. In fact the way they read makes the guy article sound kinda gay. Oh well.

Updates, updates, updates

2005-06-21T18:10:00.000-06:00

So my particuarly exceptional week continues. The TV is finnaly fixed, its all hooked up. Now I just need to finish cleaning the carpet and get the furniture back in its proper place.

Also, I now officialy have a date this saturday. Talked to Felicia and we set it up for 1:00 on saturday at Carino's. I look forward to seeing where this goes, lord knows I am going to be nervous. I have not been on a real date in quite a while. This is also the first time since I have been single where things have clearly been a date, none of this annoying friends garbage.

Pretty sweet weekend

2005-06-19T20:15:00.000-06:00

So it was a pretty sweet Friday, saturday, and sunday. Most definatly the relaxing and positive weekend I needed after two weekends out of town, doing things like moving.

Its a duzie of a post so click read more for the real meat.

Friday was pretty simple. Spent the evening over with Shane and Sara. Played some party games. Found out I should not every even try to compete in movie trivia. It was a nice easy way to spend the evening.

Saturday managed to be pretty filled. Started by cleaning the house and doing some laundry in the morning. The after noon was a payed gig for the NMSU dance sport team. The little show went pretty well, considering how little time we had to get ready. After words I headed over to William and Christina's wedding. It was pretty cool to see thier reaction to how different I look. I also ended up running thier music. This included ever difficult duties of hitting play then stop. Afer the ceremony was of course your standard reception. This is where the high point of the weekend comes in. Spend the evening hanging out chatting doing a little dancing. and then as things where wrapping up, I asked on of the girls that I met if she would like to get together and do something sometime. BAM! got the phone number baby. If your expecting any more excitement, you might as well stop reading now. For fomalities sake I will finish up the weekend though. Headed home that night, met up with Paul and Luis, we cruized on down to Grahm's. Danced a good number of dances with half a dozen ladies or so, including a very pretty hugarian girl. Finnaly headed home and watched office space to close out the night.

Sunday finnaly comes around. This day was spent......sleeping. Nice to do that from time to time. It was not an entirly wasted day though. Went hiking at Aguarie Springs in the late afternoon. Getting a bit of exercise felt good and made me feel a little less guilty about sleeping most of the morning. Well of to hooters of some beers and such.

Fewh! Life finnaly slowing down.

2005-06-14T22:18:00.000-06:00

Sorry about the long delay between posts again. I realy tried this time. I have been pretty busy though. For example. I have had to help my Mom move to Ft. worth. Had to get a bunch of stuff set up so I could pay all the bills before my dad left. I had a friends wedding in Albuquerque. On top of that I have had a couple 10+ mile bike rides, went motorcycle ridding, and have been playing catch-up in the house cleaning. To night was the first night in almost 3 weeks that I got to play some video games. Things look to be slowing back to normal though.

So, what else is new?

I will be buying a dirt bike next month. I enjoyed ridding so much when I went with Brad that I will definatly take up his offer and buy his old bike from him. This should be a lot of fun.

I also picked up a new cell phone. Its the Audiovox PPC-6600. Its one of those sweet smartphone/PDA things. It can do pretty much anything a computer can. Including play MP3's and surf the internet. I tried to post from the PDA, but blogger is not so compatible with the browser I currently have. I then tried to email a post, but alas, that was not working either. I will get this fixed though and hopefully alieviate long absences between posts.

My broken TV. Still broken, that makes 4 weeks. Best buy does not know what the delay is, I should "hear from them thursday". We will see, I am not so happy abou this. I will be working to procure a new TV when I find out what kind of shit they have been pulling on me. having a broken 52" DLP TV has to be one of the saddest things possible.

Well that its it. Sorry you had to go through all that.

Dude, brought his bitch,...., to the Wafle House!

2005-05-31T23:48:00.000-06:00

Finnaly picked up a copy of "The Lady Killers" (staring that forest gump guy). I have to say its one of the funniest movies I have seen, yet it remains unknown. Looking for something different to watch, check out The Lady Killers.

Yes I did have to work on memorial day, but it worked out. Everyone else was gone, so I pretty much got payed double time for sitting on my ass. Since I would of done this at home had I not had work, there is some benefit to the situation.

So, this buddy of mine Brad. He is looking at getting a new dirt bike. The nice thing about this is that he is going to make me a really good on his old bike. So, in very little time I can check another toy off my wish list. Now all thats left is a super car, and airplane, oh and a trip to space or something like that.

Monday

2005-05-30T19:53:00.000-06:00

So, its a monday. Had to work. It was a slow day, that was nice. But now I find myself at home with not much to do. Even this blog post is depresingly short.

????? An other one? Might want to head to your bunker

2005-05-27T00:08:00.000-06:00

A pretty cool potential fusion between two devices here.Sirius satelite radio built into an Ipod.Brought to all of you who have already read it by slashdot.

Holly shit, its a post.

2005-05-26T23:14:00.000-06:00

So, these buttons, they feel so forign, what are they. They seam to cause letters to apear on my screen. Its amazing they have a use outside of games. I wish I had known this.

Well anyways. What going on, E3, summer, work, more or less mundane stuff. If you want more on the E3 thing you have probably already read about it.

So, so real news. Got a maybe date. I asked one of the girls from the dance team if she would like to go to the Wine festival down here. She countered by inviting me along with her family to a vinyard on saturday and excepting my invite for later that weekend. I guess the weekend will tell where it goes.

Long time, no post.

2005-02-08T18:26:00.000-07:00

So its finnaly here. The long awaited update.

So lets see here. What have I not covered. That has happened latly.

Finnaly started my job. Thats right I am no longer a college student/unemployed person. I now get to do the good old 40 hour work week. Its not so bad so far. Keeps me busy. The guys a work with are pretty good guys. Looks to be lots of potential.

Moved. Yep, I am now in a new place. Kind of a side effect when your parents split up and have to sell the old house. The new place is not to bad though. Definatly enjoying it. It also helps that it really feels like its my place in a lot of ways.

This post would of been earlier except I was had by blogger problems. Ah well, I will try to keep some sort of regular posting going now, even though it will probably not be daily.

Breaking christmas dreams

2004-12-22T01:14:00.000-07:00

So, gota love the last minute shoppers at Toys R us. Always asking if we have the years hot toys it. I get to say no and see the light in thier eyes fade. If I was a cruel person I would get some sort of satisfaction. All I can realy do is feel pity for thier foolish lack of planning.

3 kinds

2004-12-18T01:46:00.000-07:00

I have found 3 kinds of customers thats are the most irritating.

Tunnel Vision
The ones that are so determined to have someone else find thier gift they will walk past it to ask you to find it for them. Come on people your only making yourself look silly. Especialy since its a giant Barbie Airplane in a 4ft. stack on the floor of the isle you had your purse setting on.

My son has a GameBox
People are always complaining about thier kids playing violent bloody video games. Well I think I have traced the problem back to thier source. Of course most parents don't know what the ESRB rating is. Worse most of them give you the "huh?" face when you try to explain it. Later on after much frustration you ask them what system they have and they say something like, "we have a nintendo". So you show them some gamecube games. They inevitably say something like, isn't this supposed to be for the games you can take on car trips with you? Or worse, Is X game like X PS2 or X Xbox exclusive game. And we wonder why our kids are not doing well, our parents don't know what the heck they are doing.

I'll take it all, but this and this and ....
These are the people that put everything they slightly like in thier cart. They then wait till checkout time to decide what they want. They also often want everything price checked. They cause a triple simultaneous problem. They delay the checkout of other customers. They tie up 3+ employees on thier price checks. Finnaly they leave use with 13 FREAKING CARTS OF TOYS WE HAVE TO PUT BACK ON THE FREAKING SHELVES.

Retail is great.

Dark age of Camelot: Catacombs

2004-12-17T01:39:00.000-07:00

So a week ago the newest expansion for Dark age of Camelot came out. I have to say I am pretty impressed. They really addressed the most irritating issues of the game. Most notably that you had to spend a few hours in the game for it to be worth while. With the new expansion it is now possible to jump in for 30 min and feel like you got somewhere.

On the more obvious note, the really improved the graphics engine. The old are mostly stayed the same, but they added a really nice lighting engine. The new zones added with the expansion look really nice also.

Unfortunately, since I have my character has hit level 40 the game has become a lot more interesting. I have spent way to much time playing recently. There really is a ton of stuff for high level characters to do. Its a shame it is pretty slow between level 20 and 40.

Why the posts are all screwed

2004-12-15T01:41:00.000-07:00

So the end of November my job at the university expired. This left me without any work. More importantly, with reguards to my blog, it left my schedual screwed. NOt to mention, sometimes updating the blog was the most worthwhile thing to do. Now I have a new job and I hope to get a regular schedual of posts going again.

The new job, wait for it, its at Toys R Us. Oh yeah, I can feel your envey already. Well it works. Its a job, not as bad as it looks. I also applied with some company here in town that is hiring programers, we will see. Of course I am still waiting on clearance, but its getting to the point that I really need to get something going now.

Also, just so everyone knows now, my parents are getting divorced. This does not have to many direct repercusions on me. Of course it kinda saddens me, but it would be wrong if it didn't it. The most direct way its effecting me is that we now have to move. Our current house now has to bee sold so the value can be split between my parents. We already found a pretty neat place though. I expect you all to find time for a house warming party once I am fully moved in.

So there you go, your all caught up. I will try not to fall behind again.

Graduation, Celebration, Beer

2004-12-12T01:42:00.000-07:00

Matt official gratuated with an undergraduate degree he never intends to use. Way to go for the middle of your school career mile marker dude. Best of luck on getting the grad school you want.

As for this pick. This is our other friend Matt correcting a party foul.

Yes, its shuffle board

2004-12-07T23:47:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Stan for not only figuring out the game but the location. Its farleys, was just hanging out with some friends. looked like a nice photo op.

Noche de los luminaria

2004-12-03T01:39:00.000-07:00

So, as many of you know I am into this whole ball room dance thing. This Sunday the team has one our larger performances of the year. Its during the universities annual Noche de los Luminarias. A night when hundreds of luminarias are set up all over the university in that o so authentic southwestern tradition. Its what we do without trees. We put candles in paper bags. Although it always provokes a storm of controversy from the Paper Bag Protection Agency.

Anyways the show is from 6-8:00pm Sunday. Come for some, all, none. Its your choice.

I also now have a flash based MP3 player that has SD card support and an FM tuner. I will let you know how it works.

So many good games

2004-11-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

I find myself in a Dylan. There is no way I could have enough time to play all the games I want to play. Right now I am working rapidly through Half-life 2 and GTA:San Andreas. Both of witch I am loving every minute. On the side I occasionally go through a level of Halo 2 or Ace Combat 5.

Even with all that I find myself yearning for Need for Speed Underground 2, Sid Meyers Pirates, Kotor 2, Prince of Persia 2, Batten Kaitos, and now even World of Warcraft. I have to say that I think this has been a pretty dang good year for games. I have a good years worth of games to play in just this holiday season.

Lets not even get started on the new Nintendo DS.

Snow

2004-11-26T22:28:00.000-07:00

So, yep been in Pendleton Oregon for this week. Currently just north of Denver. Thank god the hotel has free wireless internet. So here it is finally a post. Although I don't feel to bad since most you over on that link bar have not been all that post active either. Read more if you want the synopsis.

Tuesday 4:00am: We hit the road. Its dark.
Tuesday 8:00am: North of Santa Fe. Snow, lots of f***ing snow.
Tuesday 4:30am: Pick up Daniels girl Ashley from Boulder.
Wednesday 9:00am: finally arrive in Oregon. 29 hours after we started.
Thursday all day: Thanksgiving.
Friday 5:00am: Head back to Denver.
Friday 10:00pm: arrive in our current hotel.

It was good to see my dads family again. We don't see them often. So different than my immediate family or friends. Found out that Ashley, Daniels girl, is really smart, a physics major, and is pleasant to talk to. This could be a problem as Daniel has a history of not liking me talking to girls that are in his company, much less his girlfriend. Don't worry bro, I don't think you have any threat from your fat balding older brother that hasn't had a date in 6 years.

Currently we plan to enjoy Denver. This will involve going to the zoo and other geek attractions the town has to offer.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH!

2004-11-23T01:10:00.000-07:00

We apologize for this interruption of your Spinsylvania Town Square news.

This has been a test of the emergency opinionated, unthought out, and aggravated rant system. Had this been an actual rant. This heading would of been followed by an overly long post full of unsubstantiated claims, strong opinions, and possibly foul language.

This has been a test of the emergency opinionated, unthought out, and aggravated rant system.

Thanks

2004-11-22T01:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks for all the dating advise everyone. I do appreciate it. I think I have decided on a course.

So ladies, the ball is in your court.

Dancing, geeking, shooting

2004-11-22T01:13:00.000-07:00

I had a pretty entertaining and varied weekend.

Dancing
Went out to Ghrams Saturday. Danced and had a generally good time. Had to drink a an extra beer that one of my friends bought. Even a not much of a beer fan, I still cannot sit by as good alcohol goes to waste. Sadly, I am starting to .... not dislike beer.

Geeking
Streamed video over the wireless network to my laptop to be played on my TV being used as a second monitor. BooYah!

Shooting
Sunday rednecked it up. Took out the 12 gauge and 410 shotguns out to shoot some skeet, not that kind of skeet. I can't hit anything with the 12 gauge. Hit all the time with the 410. Strange since the 12 gauge has more pellets and a bigger spread.

Relationship forecast: Mostly single with little chance for romance

2004-11-18T15:41:00.000-07:00

So, I think my latest(only) chance at maybe getting a relationship going is slipping. Talked to her yesterday, defiantly seams to be a lack of enthusiasm. Canceled for this weekend, still wants to do something, but I think she is just being nice. She is very sweet. Ah well, I had nothing to loose anyways.

Zero point energy manipulator

2004-11-18T14:14:00.000-07:00

Also known as the gravity gun. Quite possibly one of the most entertaining weapon in any FPS ever. I smashed a zombie by launching an old fashioned steam heater at it at and extreme velocity. How awesome is that. Also he game has taken a turn for the creepy.

Its so great, it just keeps getting better.

Mach 10 baby

2004-11-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

NASA finished their HyperX program yesterday after hitting Mach 10 with a scram jet engine. Some pretty awesome stuff. Sadly there is not follow up project. It would nice to see this technology 100% validated with manned plane that takes off under its own power.

Oh crowbar how I have missed thee

2004-11-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

So, the HL2, its good. So those of you with any half decent PC need to go out and get it. Its is the best game released this winter as of yet. Halo 2, blah. GTA:SA your good, but you have been beat. Burnout 3, I'm so sorry but your just a racing game.

I have to say I love the homage that HL2 pays to its predecessor. Gives you that nice warm fuzzy feeling.

A most awaited day is upon us.

2004-11-15T13:18:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, a long awaited day will finally be here. We have all waited many years for this day. Including a last year that never should of happened.

tomorrow Half-Life 2 will be in our hands. Many of you have already experienced a small taste of this game in the form of the immortal Counter-Strike. SO make sure your steam is preloaded and watch the clock tick down. And in less than 12 hours the game will be yours.

Lesson 1: How to play capture the flag

2004-11-12T10:24:00.000-07:00

This lesson is for those of you new to these games where you run around shooting things.

The main objective is to run into the enemy base, grab their flag, then escape to return it to your own base. The other team will of course be doing the same thing. This means shooting your teem mates, looking at walls, and other kinds of tom foolery are not the best tactics.

Read more to learn the basic strategies for CTF.

Strategy 1
In a game of CTF(Capture The Flag) it is usually a good idea to designate one person to defend the flag. The number 1 is the smallest number above zero. Its also the number that directly proceeds 2. After that the rest of the team should try to capture the enemy flag. In Halo 2 multiple people assaulting(approaching with intent to steal) the flag is exceptionaly important because you cannot shoot a gun while carrying the flag.

Strategy 2
Now, what should you do should you find your team in the worst possible of situations? The situation that involves the enemy having stolen your flag. In this case all players(even you base camper) need to try to get it back. Getting back once again does not involve the afore mentioned activities of looking at walls and shooting of team mates. Once you recover your teams flag you may return to your previous activities.

finally there is another situation that seams to baffle the nestling CTF player. This is the case in which both flags are stolen at the same time. If this happens you need to revert to strategy 2 with on exception. The player with the flag should hide. The rest of you go recover it. Standing around a base with no flag is the worst possible decision you could make in this situation. If this happens to extreme on both team you often find yourselves in the embarrassing situation of flag carriers beating each other. A truly low moment in any CTF game.

I thank you for reading the Halo 2 public service announcement

Flowers away

2004-11-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

Well after visiting on florist and calling 3 in El Paso I finally found one that was decent. The minimums some florist have for having flowers delivered is crazy at some places. For example Flowerama in LC required a minimum of $55. That's a lot of flowers.

Any ways she should of received them at her work a an hour and a half ago. Now I just get to wait for when she calls.

Pictures

2004-11-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

Us with a couple of the people in costume.

The Ren Fair thrones.

Halo 2, oh my god

2004-11-09T14:10:00.000-07:00

So yesterday/this morning we waited in line to get the highly anticipated Halo 2. Big big mistake. There where easily 400+ in line at the mall at midnight. It took us 2 hours after the doors opened to finnaly buy the game. I realy should of stayed home and played some GTA then picked up Halo this morning.

There was some excitement though. The new Gamestop in town, having not been around long enough to get many pre orders sent over some one to capture customers without pre-orders. There was a showdown betweet an EB employee and Gamestop employee that was all to civilized and then it was back to waiting in line.

So about 6 or 7 missions in this is my review. Its Halo. The dual gun thing is sweet, especially how each trigger fires each gun independantly. The music has taken a very possitive turn and they have made the story much more cinimatic with some well done voice acting. On the bad, most of the missions are totaly brainless. YOu run around shooting all the aliens untill the room and waiting for the next door to open. Wouldn't be so bad except that when you clear a room quickly you occasionly have to wait for the scripted door opening to come around. Its fun, no Call of Duty, but a fun FPS none the less.

Weekend over

2004-11-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

So finally finished this weekend. It was long, exhausting, fun, and busy. I find myself on Monday morning feeling pretty good and more than a little bit sunburned (thank you NM weather). Read more for the summary.

Saturday.
Keep Las Cruces beautiful. Went pretty well. Pretty cool that morning, jackets were needed. Then Ren Fair. This is where the sun burn comes in. When I left my house I was prepared for a cool day. We get to the fair and clouds go away, sun comes out, and it gets warm. Bam my white ass is sunburned. Also ended up going to Old Messia to show one of Matt's visiting friends around. Then returned and watched Dawn of the Dead.

Sunday.
Got up, Cleaned out the inside of my car. Went to church to play in the orchestra. Back up to hastings to meet Marilyn to go to the Ren Fair. Another performance, went well (really great pic also). Walked around the fair with Marilyn. She really seamed to enjoy it. We watched the Royal procession, the Rat Catcher Robert Display, some really bad jousting training exercises, and the crazy violin guy that's there every year. I bought her one of these really neat wax dipped roses they where selling, in which she responded by buying me one. And you can all rest happier now I have some pictures of her from the fair. Although they fail to capture how cute she is.

After seeing her off I went headed home and changed clothes for the NMSU Dancesport Society dance. Things went pretty well and we made a good bit of money for the team. Headed home after that. Ended up having some drinks and playing Street Fighter III with Luis until about 11:30.

Operation Phantom Fury

2004-11-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

So the Assault on Falluja started this morning. I ask everyone to keep our troops and the many civilians in the city in their thoughts while the fighting continues. Its going to be some dirty house to house fighting.

Where did my election controversy go?

2004-11-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

So, I find myself without much to blog about. I expected a good week of election controversy. This was way to clean of an election. So read more for the other things I feel like babbling about.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Lots of fun. The game is great from the beginning, but when you finally get out of the "hood" the characters get much more diversified. My character, CJ, is currently hanging with a hippie, two Vietnam vets, his sister, and the leader of the Mexican gang. Lots of fun to be had here. GTA fans need to pick this one up.

Ace Combat 5.
The fifth game in what I consider the greatest arcade flight simulator. Crimson skies is really an action game where you are not stuck to the ground. This series mixes great fast passed arcade dog fighting with very well told cut scenes. The missions keep you moving and the story keeps you coming back for more. Its even better when you have the Ace Combat flight stick.

Saturday.
Keep Las Cruces beautiful, Ren fair, then white sands with some New Englander(hehe) friend of Matt's.

Sunday.
Play instrument at church, Ren fair performance, browse Ren fair with Marilyn, Dancesport Booster dance.

Prepping for the weekend.
That leaves me with a few things to do. I need to work on a routine for the Ren fair, should happen later today. That leaves getting things cleaned up at my house and ordering some flowers for Marilyn.

Sometimes my life is pretty boring :)

The future in photos

2004-11-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

The already known

2004-11-03T10:12:00.000-07:00

So Kerry gave in about 9:00 this morning. Bush for 4 more years. There we go that's it. All I have to say.

Premature pessimism, I hope

2004-11-02T22:57:00.000-07:00

I sit here playing DAoC, watching CNN, and chatting with my friends. Bush has Florida, and looks to take Ohio. One more state and its his. Pending any legal cases we get bush for 4 more years. Thank god they can only get 2 terms.

Big city voting

2004-11-02T11:29:00.000-07:00

CNN does have some interesting pictures sometimes.

Election day

2004-11-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

Election Day today! Results at The Electoral Vote Predictor, or CNN.

So get out and vote. Of course this is a bit like preaching to the choir since I know pretty much all of readers have been tracking the candidates this year. Other than that participate in the Spinsylvania 2k4 election exit poll by posting any and all of your vote choices in the comments if you wish.

I will start it off.

1 for Kerry.

2nd Date

2004-11-02T10:29:00.000-07:00

So Marilyn called me yesterday. I have to say I was happier than a freshman with a homecoming date. Last time we talked she used the dreaded I will call you. I though things where done. But no, she was honest, how great is that.

We talked for a bit. Turns out she was a bit late calling because she hurt her eye. Andy ways we are on for cruising the Ren fair on Sunday a few hours. Unfortunately that's all that we have time fore because I have tons of obligations that weekend. I will probably post about that later on.

I also have this cheesy idea for Sunday. She has to wear an eye patch because of her injury. I figured maybe I should do the same while we are out. Maybe at least get a laugh. Of course the traditional flowers will probably also be involved.

Guild Wars

2004-11-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

Played some Guild Wars this weekend for the first time. I think I disappointed most everyone by not being blown away by the game. It was still a great game though. I do have to say that I now really have more questions than I had before. The good kind though, the kind that will have me anticipating every preview weekend before release. I really can't wait until we get to see how they do PVP and Guild housing and such like that.

I do have to say the best feature about the game is the ability go jump in for 10 min and still have fun playing. Defiantly the first MMORPG to be able to pull that off. I look forward to playing GW and DAoC in Feb, sorry AO I think you will be going.

Taxi and Lost In Translation

2004-11-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

So watched a couple movies over the past few days. Read more for my short, totally worthless review/opinion on them.

Taxi.
really fun popcorn movie. Pretty much predictable plot, Average acting, and preposterous events. But its a fun movie to watch. Doesn't take much thought. You just watch and go along. I might mention that after they go through the silly car transformation the chase scenes where really well done. Great camera work and some skilled driving.

Lost In Translation.
Brad and I picked this one up because there seams to have been a lot of hype about it. We where not impressed. We ended up talking politics for half the movie. Its basically about a guy in his 50s in Japan making advertisments who meets a young not so happily married girl. They, both being married try to keep things friends and basically go through 2 90 min of awkward non dates before their goodbye kiss. Blah, so much for giving dramas another chance.

Why we want bush out.

2004-10-28T13:42:00.000-06:00

So those of you who read this little blog ring may have noticed they we all have quite differing opinions on why we want Kerry in/Bush out. So comment with your top 3 reasons, or more if you there are more than 3 that you are passionate about.

Here are my 3. (for bush out of course)

1) USA PATRIOT act
2) Refusal to admit mistakes and continuing a course proved incorrect.
3) Personal religious beliefs being pushed into law. (attempted at least)

Some Einstein quotes for your enjoyment

2004-10-27T13:59:00.000-06:00

This guy is quite possibly the coolest jew ever to live. Good thing we got him out of Germany. Well here are a few of his quotes.

What I think about people

2004-10-26T11:19:00.000-06:00

What I think about people is pretty strong in what I believe politically. So I figured I would put some of it down here.

A person: They are more or less honest, altruistic, compassionate, and smart.
People in a group: They are deceitful, selfish, cruel, and stupid.
[Edit: Please do not try to point out exceptions to these, I know there are exceptions. Now if you belive contrary, then speak all you will.]

I believe alot of these tendencies in a crowd come from the relative anonymity that you get being in a group. When one person is face to face with another person they want to be at thier best. When someone is in a group they don't worry about appearances since most will not remember an individual in a group. Most people are also lazy. I am one of them. If we are in a group we tend to let others do the work and thinking. Sometimes we let others do to much of the thinking.

Becuase of this I often think that if things are to socialized they become fat and sluggish and even have more potential for corruption. If they are done in a more capitalistic fashion there is one person (or small group) responsible for what happens. And if one thing is true about people, its that we like to hold someone accountable for all thier problems.

This does not mean that the capitalistic system is with out fault. In my previous post I mentioned I think the government should protect its citizens. One case I am really divided on is health care. Is our current system of health care starting to hurt americans? If it is it may be time for it to be socialized. I am consistent on one thing. If something is not working I like to see some kind of new attempt to make it work right.

I can apply this line of thinking to many other political and social ideas but that will be for possible later posts.