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All righty then

Thursday, 22 September 2005

Okay… migration successful. Wow this was a pain in the ass to do. Right now I’m writing just to myself because I haven’t given out this site address to hardly anyone yet.

Now then, on to business. All my friends are going to ask “Why the fuck did you move your site again?” Good question, here are my answers.

As part of my process of moving to Maine, I made the decision to move this site to avoid certain people who like to keep tabs on me. I’m sure that sooner or later they will eventually find their way here, but, it won’t be as easy.

It was a dumb idea to register a domain name using part of my name for the world to see. Some people took it upon themselves to do some really mean shit to me with some personal attacks. I learned my lesson. More on that in a sec.

By having this domain I am allowed to write more freely without being tagged personally. I mean yeah, some people will figure out this site belongs to me, but not as many as before.

I said I had learned my lesson. Yeah, I did. Here’s what I’ve learned.

The internet is full of stupid fucking people. I remember when only smart people used computers. Now the internet is full of retards, mostly comprised of 10-year-old kids who like to call people “fag” all the time for no reason other than to say it.

The internet is full of rude assholes. Common courtesy seems to take a backseat and no one understands proper “netiquette” any longer, nor do they care.

You’ll also notice some stuff has been removed. Here’s what’s gone:

Fishcam (it kept crashing and wasn’t reliable - if I find better software i’ll put it back up)

Dictionary

100 things and 100 more things

“Your info” page

Posts that had personal info in it

All pre-phpBB comments

Some newer comments

Comic strip (had my name in it, I will rename and put it back eventually)

I apologize in advance to friends who enjoyed the other stuff I had here that I had to remove. The fact of the matter is that placing my name on the ‘net simply wasn’t smart and I paid the price for it. I didn’t have the patience to deal with it. Stamina yes, patience no.

I can now write more freely as I said above. I like that freedom.

Dr. Klahn says “You have our.. gratitude! This is a web site of extraordinary magnitude…”

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No tv? Maybe not…

Friday, 23 September 2005

Being that I opted for fast internet but not cable television I thought I would have no means of visual entertainment.

Not so.

There are quite a few internet tv stations out there, including music channels. I’ve been watching TuneSpoon, a German music channel for a little while now. Stateside there’s TVU. There are plenty of other internet tv stations besides that, too.

Anyway, the point is that I don’t have to have cable television. I do have other means of visual entertainment. Cool.

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80 miles per gallon - at the cost of your neck

Friday, 23 September 2005

The local news ran a story tonight on Scooters. They showed all these happy people - all women - zipping along in their new scooters, mostly made by Honda (Silver Wing shown). They were all laughing and having a good time.

Granted, while they need only one gallon of gas and get monster mileage, these things are terrible.

First of all, you can’t drive them on the highway (Thank God). It’s illegal in all states in New England (to the best of my knowledge) to pilot one of these on a highway - even limited access highways.

Secondly, you don’t get any respect from anyone driving a scooter. This is the USA. We like big cars and big engines, mileage be darned even with the costs soaring as they are. During the run of the story, the women - women - driving these things said they were getting high fives from other motorcyclists. Bullshit. I don’t believe that for a second.

Third, this vehicle is completely useless when there’s snow on the ground or when it’s raining.

Fourth, this is a fair-weather-only vehicle. If it’s not bright, sunny and dry out, you can’t drive it anywhere. And no, don’t try driving one of these at night. Bad idea.

Fifth, this is a two-wheeled vehicle. Unless you properly know how to drive one, you can get hurt real bad and/or killed riding one of these. I’d rather keep my crumple zone equipped truck, thank you very much.

Don’t believe the hype. Keep your car.

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4:10am

Saturday, 24 September 2005

For some stupid reason I’m up at four in the morning. I haven’t slept yet. Ugh.

I was supposed to do a lot of packing yesterday but didn’t and blame that one on a bout of laziness. Today (after I sleep and get up again) I will be packing like crazy. Fortunately I have most of the essentials already stowed in the truck. All I have left is clothes, some small electronics and other odds and ends.

Even though I can write this now, it has still not quite sunk in that I will be leaving Connecticut and never coming back (to live, anyway). I mean, sheezis… this is intense. I think it’s really gonna hit me the first night I sleep in Maine.

My sister e-mailed me earlier yesterday. I guess we both finally have something we both share. We both moved for the same primary reason: escape. I never quite thought about it like that, but she’s right. Granted, the motives are different, but the “get me the hell out of here” reason is the same.

I tossed a coin earlier (yes, I do toss coins) and asked the deities above whether I would be fiscally successful in Maine. I called tails for yes, heads for no. It landed on tails. That 1974 penny is now my lucky penny and I’ve stuffed it into my wallet so I have it whereever I go.

Trust a penny for good fortune? Sure. Why not?

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Last remnants

Saturday, 24 September 2005

Since around 11am this morning I’ve been in overdrive mode with my cleaning and packing. I am now about 90% done. I just have to load my crap into my truck. Oh, I forgot to mention - I’m leaving tomorrow. I know my other site says I left today. Not true. I put the date as today so no one would show up to bother me. ;-)

This is now how my old room looks now. It’s the cleanest anyone’s probably ever seen it. Yeah, I know, I live like a slob, but not any longer. I’m making a personal vow to myself never to let my living space get in disarray - EVER. (And I’ll never sleep on an ancient hand-me-down bed either. The crap on the bed is the remains of my cleaning.)

I’m sure some of you are wondering what is the oldest thing I found? Well, here it is:

A dust-riddled can of air freshener. Generic “Finast” brand, which is a now-defunct supermarket chain. Finast was a shortening of “First National” sorta/kinda.

The price tag is still on it. Eighty-five cents. I looked to see if there was a copyright date and there wasn’t any. Were I to take a guess, it was probably made somewhere between 1984 and 1988.

Did I spray it? Hell no. Are you nuts?!

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Getting the angst out

Saturday, 24 September 2005

Earlier today I wasn’t feeling too well mentally. To be totally honest, I was worried sick. Am I going to be able to pack up all this shit in time? So I put on perverbial blinders and started packing and cleaning like mad. I think I only took about three breaks. Each one was fifteen minutes or less. Pack, pack, pack. Clean, clean, clean. Repeat. I did this about fifty bazillion times today.

Guess what. I’m now 99% done. I walked around the house a little while ago looking for anything that I might have missed. Then I said to myself Holy shit. I’m like, done.

Guess what else. I feel great. Seriously, I do. All that worry-turmoil going on inside my head is gone - for the time being. ;-)

The only thing left is a few small electronic items (phone, cablemodem, et cetera) and clothes. That’s easy. As I write this I’m on the last load of laundry. Everything else is washed, including the blankets.

I guess all the hard work I did today (and yeah, it was hard) got out a lot of emotion that needed to get out. Now I can at least say I’m ready (that’s the key) to move. Before I wasn’t. Now I am.

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Some updates

Monday, 26 September 2005

Here’s what’s been going on the past few days.

I am officially all moved into my apartment. Everything’s in there.

I have sent an application for a job. I did that today. Hopefullly I’ll get it. I really, really hope I get it. Crossing fingers for a phone call tomorrow asking for an interview.

I have no internet at my apartment; that fell through. I was supposed to have it turned on Sunday, but Adelphia fucked that all to hell so I won’t get it until this Friday. In short - the tech who was supposed to turn it on didn’t. I’ll explain that more at another time. As it stands I have no ‘net which means no phone either (other than my Connecticut cell phone).

Hopefully by the end of this week I’ll have a job and internet… or at least internet. ;-) Once I get ‘net turned on I will have a new Maine phone # which I will be e-mailing to friends and family, so if you’re one of those two, watch for it.

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I am Spartacus

Friday, 30 September 2005

Best news since I’ve been here so far - my internet is officially ON and WORKING. It been so agonizing not having it. Seriously, it was. Tech guys like myself need our connectivity and I am so happy to have it back.

I will be changing my phone number over to a Maine one shortly and e-mailing everyone with the new information.

Things are finally starting to go my way now.

Now if I can just get a job… ;-)

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Everything is proceeding as I have forseen

Friday, 30 September 2005

Yeah, I know. Lame Star Wars reference. ;-) See if you can guess what character said that line and in which movie it appeared.

Anyway…

Got a call earlier today and I have a job interview next Tuesday. Cool. I was really excited to get that voicemail and I’m reasonably sure I’ll get the job. When that happens I will finally have some income. That would be cool also.

Today was the first day I actually enjoyed being in my apartment. The ‘net hookup was a really big deal for me. Now that it’s here I’m a whole buncha-cruncha more happy. Dare I say - I felt giddy. My phone works. My ‘net works. I have GPS in my truck to tell me where the frig I am (and where I’m going) and things are all right. Technology rocks when it works for you, that’s for sure.

I decided not to change my phone number just yet. That’ll happen later. I still have too many things (mostly bill related) tied to my old number so it’s best to keep that where it’s at. It’ll change eventually - just not right now.

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