January 2006
Oh, Rocky!
-- Posted by BalconyDive on Tuesday, January 31 2006
Am I the only person that gets (violently) ill every 3-4 weeks? It only lasts for a day or so but I'm personally keeping the makers of my bootleg NyQuil (real NyQuil takes a back seat because they took the Pseudoephedrine out of the formula, what's the point of NyQuil without it?)
So, that's what I did yesterday (Monday). Trying to watch my stolen Royal Rumble (in a word: shit) I had to get up (or lean over the trash can) every 5-10 minutes. I wish I knew why the dogs tried to pick up the tissues afterwards, that's weird right?
I wish I could say this was only a winter thing and I'm just really good at catching a cold, but it's a summer thing too.
I dunno, it's weird.
That's it.
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The check's in the mail, and I'll see you in church, and don't you ever change.
-- Posted by BalconyDive on Thursday, January 26 2006
Another day, another job interview for a job I have no confidence I'll get.
How'd it go no one asks? Actually fairly well, the two guys I talked to a) were cool when I called them saying I was lost and 2) even cooler in person.
The main thing about their coolness? I think they may have been John Flansburgh and John Linnell in disguise. It was weird. One big guy with glasses who seemed to be running the show and a smaller guy who was (probably) the smarter of the two (the other guy kept deferring to him). If They Might Be Giants were broke(ish) and running an IT firm this would be them. Uh, they'd also have to have change their name to Mark & Nick I guess. Maybe, who cares.
So, yeah, two cool guys who were impressed by things I said, didn't mind that I still haven't bothered to get my license yet (though I promised them I'm working on it). They were unphased by the crutches and I made them laugh more often than not. Small office (6 desks or so seperated by a cubicle wall) nice guys, work I like the idea of, good times. A shame I probably won't be hired.
In other news, Penn & Teller Bullshit is going to rock with two whole new seasons and to celebrate I went out and found a torrent of The Unpleasent World Of Penn & Teller from way back in 1994 way over in England. It's some great stuff thus far. Stephen Frye freaks out (or at least seems to) when they crush his watch and they do the gravity defying trick (because no one in England knows who they are, they say they can attract real celebrities and do tricks we all know over here). Sadly the limeys are all giggles and guffaws half way through it and almost give it away.
ARE WE LIVE?
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MySpace Trek
-- Posted by OtterVomit on Tuesday, January 24 2006
MYSPACE TREK!
So I'm strolling along on my usual daily net routine and I come to MySpace. Now let me tell you about MySpace: its some pointless shit. And its packed to the brim with emo kids showing pictures of their latest cut wounds. Now with that said, somehow I've managed to locate many long-lost friends with this thing. Aside from being packed to the brim with emo kids, MySpace is also packed to the brim with fantasy-proned individuals with little grasp of reality, which equates to some highly active Star Trek forums, which in turn equates to me visiting those forums. And thus we come to the point in my story where I do my daily thing and enter the Star Trek forum. MySpace is interesting as most people you talk to there you get to see a picture (often the best picture ever taken of said person which absolutely in no way resembles them in any other picture). So I stroll on in to Trek Forum and low and behold:
Wow! Those sure are some nice looking Trekkies/Trekkers! We as a band of male nerds have finally had our prayers answered! Nevermind that these girls also popped up in every other group on MySpace and their profiles were simply advertisements to pages where you can see them nude for a moderate fee! No, these facts are irrelavent. Clearly these gals are hardcore Trek babes! And as hardcore Trek babes, they were surely ripe to engage in intellectual conversation! I decided to make contact:
All of them recieved an identical message. Hot damn, I was going to talk temporal mechanics with some hot sci-fi babes! I passed some time by playing Civ 4, completely owning Japan in a test of naval warfare, and then returned to see that I had new messages! Excellent! 2 replies out of three messages sent! I can live with those numbers. So I pull up reply number 1 and see:
What?? How could this be?? You would think she didn't care about Star Trek at all, and that I had just sent her a bunch of geek babble! Surely this was a fluke and reply number 2 would be more forthcoming with the intellect. With great anticipation I clicked:
Well now that's a bit harsh don't you think??? Obviously, the aura of Jim Kirk was not with me on this little adventure. Oh well. Perhaps I'll refine my approach and attempt to discuss structural integrity field theories and Riker's beard instead of temporal inconsistencies and mirror Spock.
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I R GUD WEBMASTR
-- Posted by OtterVomit on Wednesday, January 18 2006
STUFF
About a year and a half ago, I said "Hey I should put a forum on this site so I can talk to all 3 of my viewers on there! Radical!" And thus I went and downloaded a few message board scripts and then said "Eh I'll do it later." Well later finally arrived and there's a board up that nobody will use and serves no purpose. I also started converting old pages to conform to this front pages layout. Expect this to be completed in 3 years time, at which point the front page will have a totally different layout and all other pages will look woefully out of place.
SULU, CHECKOV, RAND AND TRIBBLES RETURNING - STAR TREK ALUMNI COME TOGETHER TO HELP TREK LIVE AGAIN
Not that any of our 3 readers will care, but the studs (see: geeks) over at Star Trek: New Voyages have secured quite a heap of the original Star Trek actors to appear in their future fan-film episodes. The most noteworthy of which is George Takei who played the deep-voiced helmsman Hikaru Sulu. Also actor Walter Koenig who played the torpedo firing Russian Pavol Chekov, the character famous for not being able to pronounce "nuclear vessels." Chekov will reprise his role in an upcoming New Voyages episode. This episode was written by Star Trek legend Dorothy "D.C." Fontana who has written many Star Trek episodes for all series, and was Gene Roddenberry's #1 assistant for over 30 years. Also on board for a future episode is actress Grace Lee Whitney who played the long-legged, coffee-fetching Yoeman Janice Rand.
As if this wasn't enough, 3 other legendary Star Trek writers have joined the team. Marc Scott Zicree & Michael Reaves both have over 100 Star Trek scripts to their credit and are on board to write for New Voyages. David Gerrold who wrote what may be the most famous original series episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles" is back to pen a sequel. He also promises a script which he wrote for The Next Generation but said it was rejected for being too contraversial (dealt with homosexuality, apparently).
Needless to say, Star Trek New Voyages is not simply another fan-film series. It has become the rallying point of everyone who loves Star Trek and wants to see it live on. This is a very special project which has accomplished way more than it should have been able to. With the seal of approval from Gene Roddenberry Jr, to so many of the original actors and writers so eager to jump on board to a project that isn't even allowed to earn a profit or even accept donations, it truly shows that Star Trek is very special to a great many people.
EMAIL FROM...THE FUTURE...OR NOT....
So I checked my email today and there it was: An email from JOHN TITOR! An email from a time traveler! Surely this is the break I've been waiting for! What could it be?? Advice from the future on stocks??? The location of sunken Spanish dabloons?? News of a future Rangers Stanley Cup?? I opened the mail with great anticipation of these things to find:
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!! How could this happen?? Why has Titor forsaken me??
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-- Posted by OtterVomit on Friday, January 13 2006
FOREVER THE CAPTAIN
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-- Posted by OtterVomit on Monday, January 9 2006
BEEEEYOOOND THE RIM OF THE STARLIGHT....
The U.S. government is reportedly investigating the possibility of developing a hyperspace engine to make interstellar space travel possible - a theoretical version of a warp drive.
"I have been working on propulsion systems for quite a while and it would be the most amazing thing. The benefits would be almost unlimited," said German scientist Jochem Hauser, a professor of physics who spoke to Scotsman.com. "But this thing is not around the corner; we first have to prove the basic science is correct."
The device would be based on a controversial theory using intense magnetic fields to create thrust for a spacecraft. In principle, a large enough field would allow the ship to slip into a dimension where the speed of light is faster.
Hypothetically, this would enable a spaceship to travel to Mars in three hours or reach a star light years away in about 80 days, according to New Scientist magazine, which noted that the US Air Force has expressed an interest in testing the concept. Reportedly, the US Department of Energy may use its Z Machine to try to generate the sort of magnetic fields required.
Hauser, who said that NASA had contacted him, said it was possible that a device could be tested as soon as five years from now, but added, "It's our job to prove we are right." He added that if the theory for Star Trek style travel proves to be correct, "then this is not science fiction, it is science fact."
Engage!
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Patient's not responding!
-- Posted by BalconyDive on Wednesday, January 4 2006
After having taken advantage of OiNKs neat holiday offer of "nothing counts on your download stats" I now have a whole host of music that I need to burn to DVDs and put in a pile where I'll never listen to it again. Hoarding is fun, even when it's for no good reason. I can't even tell you how many DVDs I've netflixed and then only watched once. There's a slightly smaller number of ones I never watched. Even smaller for ones I'm not even sure why I have, but even as the numbers get smaller they're still pretty signifigant.
It's almost 10 now. I'd be futsing around with Animal Crossing right now except that I put the DS down to go try to calm the baby (he's sick for the first time in his three months, it's making him very angry and very loud) and when I came back picked it up and immediatley (as in without looking because I was watching the worst most formulaic television show ever, which I am sadly addicted to as long as I can watch without commercials) hit the power button trying to turn it on. Since it was already on, this action turned it off killing the previous hours work (one built Snowman, a couple purchases and sales, some cash on the mortgage and letters with gifts to everyone) and now I'm very angry at the game. Not only is that work gone but now I have to deal with that fucking Mole when I finally do turn it on. I hate that cocksucker.
I seriously need some people to put in my friends list so I can hit their towns and invite them over to poke my ball return and watch the green ball bounce into the black ball then dissapear, but only one person I know has a DS, and she doesn't have Animal Crossing (yet). I seriously need to...socialize. But that involves not only other people but probably even leaving the house. It's a Catch 22 and it sucks. Thus I invite both of you reading this to go buy a DS and Aniaml Crossing so we can play. Especially Vomit. I want to stroll through your town and look at the dead weeds and see how much yout NPCs hate you.
I still need a job, I still have no faith I'll find one, and I still hate my life, but that's an emo update for another day (which I won't be making).
These stream of conciousness entrys are fun. Go vote for Vomits stuff on YTMND and meet me back here...some other time.
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Always Something There To Remind Me...
-- Posted by BalconyDive on Sunday, January 1 2006
So it's 20 minutes to midnight and what am I doing? Watching the You Got Served episode of South Park (Randy Marsh brings the funny) and walking around Pey·Town in Animal Crossing: Wild World.
Who rules? Why, it's me obviously.
On the plus side, Animal Crossing is seriously addictive...which is weird considering you don't really do anything.
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