Thursday, June 29, 2006


On the need for acceptance...
posted @ 11:05 by ryan in [ From the sage... ]

There is something about yourself that you don't know. Something that you will deny even exists, until it's too late to do anything about it. It's the only reason you get up in the morning. The only reason you suffer the shitty puss, the blood, the sweat and the tears. This is because you want people to know how good, attractive, generous, funny, wild and clever you really are. Fear or revere me, but please, think I'm special. We share an addiction. We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The hip-hip-hoo-fuckin' rah. Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on you crazy diamond, because we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others.

~Jake Green, Revolver

Actually it's... it's quite, you know... typical behavior when you have this kind of dysfunctional group dynamic. You know, this kind of co-dependent, emotionally stunted, sitting in your stupid coffee house with your stupid big cups which, I'm sorry, might as well have nipples on them, and you're all, like, "Oh, define me! Define me! Love me, I need love!"

~Roger, Friends, "The One with the Boobies"



Wednesday, June 28, 2006


the early bird does not catch the worm...
posted @ 07:49 by ryan in [ Arrrggghh... ]

so I told my roommate that I was going to give him a ride to work at 7:45am...

oh ye of little faith...

apparently he didn't want to take a peak into my room, and he couldn't hear the shower, so he assumed that I was a heavy sleeper or I had headphones on...

or that I slept with headphones.

in any case, he promptly called someone else to pick him up because he needed a ride to work.

oh well. so I'm up now. I'm not at work - and I'm a little sleepy.

... ... ...

it looks like a pb&j and red bull for breakfast.



Tuesday, June 27, 2006


where does the time go...
posted @ 18:41 by ryan in [ la la-la la-la ]

so I got an ipod from lorie for my birthday. (thanks babe!)

I've been ripping my dvd's to it so I can have something to listen to and pseudo watch at work...

it.

is.

AWESOME.

I'm not sure how it affects my productivity yet (I'm sure it does), but these days just FLY by.

the only problem I have right now is that I only put four movies in the device and I've already watched all of the movies twice.

and it's only Tuesday.

at this rate, I'm going to know all the dialogue to Monte Cristo, Underworld Evolution, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Pirates of the Caribbean...

I'm probably going to remove much of the bulk of MP3's that I have and start ripping entire series... at least enough to get me through the week... or two. right now I'm at around 500MB for two hours - so I can probably put 30 hours of video, which would be about half, and keep about 15GB for MP3's and what not...

seriously though, I was holding out on the whole ipod thing. I was happy with my clie back in the day, but that thing has lost functionality considering all the new fangled phones we got bouncing around... plus I couldn't rip DVD's to it (although the screen was bigger)

well... playing whirly ball tonight. gotta bounce.



Wednesday, June 21, 2006


do the math...
posted @ 15:14 by ryan in [ Innergeek... ]

so, dollar menus have become a staple for most fast food joints. a burger, fries, two apple pies, whopper jr, double cheese burger, whatever.

so I'm looking at the menu. hmm, 10-piece nuggets, $3.59... hmm... 4-piece $1... really?

so if I get three 4-pieces that's 12 nuggets... for $3..

are these nuggets smaller or something...

no...

are they of lower quality?

no...

they are exactly the same nuggets...

strange.

... ... ...

aaand I ordered a filet-o-fish...



Sunday, June 18, 2006


so that was a productive week...
posted @ 09:58 by ryan in [ Another adventure... ]

I had the last week off.

I had all of these grand ideas about all the things that I would accomplish.

clean out the office, work on the yard, do laundry, run errands...

I did some of that stuff, but what ended up happening was super smash bros. melee...

it was lying around the house, I bought it a long time ago, but I never actually played it. so I figured, eh, what the hell. let's give it a whirl.

next thing, I was trying to unlock all of the characters and stages and I am still trying to get every single trophy.

I think I'm over it now, enlightenment through over-indulgence. The same thing happened when I was playing resident evil 4 (and I still haven't been able to unlock the hand cannon)...

In any case, I have to get back to the real world... you know... work. bleh.

ugh.



Tuesday, June 06, 2006


lines lines everywhere line...
posted @ 13:13 by ryan in [ la la-la la-la ]

I have been a bit lethargic lately...

I left my book on the plane yesterday - I was almost done with it, and it was a paperback, but it is still annoying that I don't have it...

I ran out of listerine advanced yesterday... and I forgot to buy a new bottle...

this means I will be going to target, today - I think. I will probably get a few other things (but not "stuff" because they are way overpriced everywhere except online) and I will probably stare at the dvd's I would probably want to buy but shouldn't because I suck when it comes to impulse shopping (meaning I spend waaaay too much)

in any case, at the airport and when shopping, when there is a line, I have the tendency to pick the slowest one... it is deceiving though... lines... one might look like there are fewer people with fewer items, so you go with that... but inevitablely on person in the line has to use a check or has to ask about a price of a certain item or the cashier is an idiot and has to scan fifty times before punching in the code manually... or in the case of airports, someone doesn't know to take off watches or to take out their laptop and cameras, or to take off their blazer or shoes or whatever, and they have to go through the detector a million times and then the dude monitoring the xray has to run a bag fifty times before sending the person to be manually checked...

however, I would rather them be sure that everything going through the xray machine is copacetic... so it doesn't really bother me all that much, as I am not usually late getting to my flight...

I'm also bad when choosing lanes in traffic... I look like a dork because I think a lane is good, realize it's not, then I jump back to the lane I was in, only to see the lane I just left start moving...

... ... ...

my hands are dry. I think I need some lotion.



Monday, June 05, 2006


I'm Batman...
posted @ 16:58 by ryan in [ What the...? ]

Your results:
You are Batman
You are dark, love gadgets and have vowed to help the innocent not suffer the pain you have endured.

Batman
60%
Robin
60%
Hulk
60%
Green Lantern
60%
Catwoman
60%
Iron Man
60%
The Flash
55%
Superman
40%
Spider-Man
40%
Supergirl
30%
Wonder Woman
30%


Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...



Thursday, June 01, 2006


fire and ice...
posted @ 14:32 by ryan in [ la la-la la-la ]

for most of this week, my apartment has been uber hot and muggy...

I thought the air conditioner was broken because it would turn on at all...

I found out last night that there is an emergency cutoff switch that was turned off, which in turn, shut off the AC.

stupid.

last night, I forgot to turn the AC on 'auto' instead of just 'on'...

I was freezing...

I'm not sure which I would rather have. being too hot or too cold...

I'm leaning toward cold, because you can always add layers...

but when it's too hot... there isn't much you can do... except take cold showers or go swimming or something...

but you can sleep in the tub or in the pool, lest you drown.

... ... ...

I'm sleepy.

::: ::: :::

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
~Robert Frost