Xod's Babblings

What

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:39:40 GMT

It's Wednesday night, I'm at a bar, drinking and dancing. Damn you Lisa!

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World Series

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:22:29 GMT

No reason to watch it now, At least the Chargers won.

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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:06:22 GMT

Deactivated my Facebook account.

Moo

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:22:32 GMT

Hi.

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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:45:21 GMT

I got sucked into Facebook.

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:06:58 GMT

I got a new wallet because my old one was getting pretty worn. I noticed a tag inside as I was transferring stuff into it...

'Genuine Leather - Made in India'

What Body of Water Are You?

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:28:55 GMT

You Are a Lake

You are inviting, friendly, and even playful. You are flexible and always up for fun.
You are downright cheerful and optimistic. You have a sparkling, radiant spirit.

You love relaxation and quiet. However, you are equally able to be entertaining and active.
You live a very well balanced life. People find you very easy to be around.

What Body of Water Are You?

Lies, I tell ya, lies!

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:03:07 GMT

So I did get my acoustic bass guitar and realized that it's pretty quiet when using fingers, but it sounds good using a pick. I've never played bass with a pick before and it's kind of a new experience. With fingers, I know what string they're on because after I play a note, my finger ends up resting on the string below it. Well with a picks, it feels like my hand is just floating out their in space.

It just takes some time to get used to. Anyway, with the pick it sounded really good in practice on Tuesday. Two more practices to go before Sunday night when we play.

It's fun. Also, we have some songs with vocals, which I sing lead as well. Which is also fun. We talked on Tuesday about making this a regular thing.

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:30:15 GMT

Cool. It appears my acoustic bass will be delivered today.

The Strawberry Creek Band

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:00:43 GMT

So for a while my friends have been talking about getting together and playing some blue grass / Irish Folk music. We finally did on Tuesday night. We picked out a few songs for Talent night at my church on March 1st and we played. They really didn't have any bass tabs or music, but they did have chords and for bass guitar, it's just a matter of playing the notes in the chord one at a time. I surprised myself on how easily I picked up on it.

We'll have another practice next week, however, I got copied of the lead melodies and put them into my guitar program and then from that, knowing the chord, I was able to write my own bass lines. Guitar Pro (the name of the application I use) can play the music back using various instruments in its MIDI library, so it was pretty easy to make some bass lines because I could hear the main line and the bass line at the same time.

It's fun.

We'll see how it sounds when we get together next week. Meanwhile, it'll be a lot of practicing for me.

I bought an acoustic bass guitar, but it hasn't arrived yet and the tracking information hasn't changed, so I called the vendor and they'll put a trace on it. They said it could take 8 to 10 days. I hope not, I'd like to practice on the actual instrument that I'm going to use. Bluegrass is supposed to be acoustic only.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:36:30 GMT

So I went to get my truck washed today and I watched this guy go to his car and actually inspect everything before he'd turn in his ticket to get his keys. And by inspect, he actually opened up all the door jams and the trunk to mark sure the jams, which only he or his passengers might notice, were clean.

I thought it was kinda shallow, shrug.

I turned on the TV and the insider was on, doing a story on Jessica Simpson's weight. Whatever, however, instead of overlaying the captions onto the screen to what she was saying at her concert, they changed the aspect ratio so that it compressed the screen (giving the captions their own box, instead of an overlay) which of course made her look short and fat.

So if you ever think that the media doesn't mess with your mind...think again...

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:05:55 GMT

Apparently it's Sting/Police day on my Zen player, because that's all the 'Random Album' setting is playing. :)

Wow.

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:46:31 GMT

I got a bad feeling about this:

http://www.eightmaps.com

It's done.

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:59:18 GMT

I told Riekl to have a nice life and I deleted the 3K directory on my hard drive. I emailed my mywho list a farewell.

So ends an era.

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:21:31 GMT

I made a single resolution. Improve my spiritual life. I believe if I do that, everything else will fall in line. So far I'm achieving what I set out to do.

Would you like a resolution?

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:42:06 GMT

How would you like an easy way to read the entire bible in a year (Old Testement once and New Testment twice)?

All you need to do is go here: http://www.tidings.org/readings.htm and sign up for the automatic notifications and you will get three links in a single email each day. You can read one in the morning, one at lunch and one in the evening. You can even select the version you wish to read. The mail goes out at midnight, so to start you'll have to display today's readings on the site.

Your email will only be used to send the day's readings, nothing else.

3K Part Deux

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:17:09 GMT

Screw it. It was a hobby. Something to do in my free time. Who cares if it takes a long time for me to write an area, if anything, I intercepted hundreds of player questions because I was un-idle.

I'll probably head to darkrifts.net 5000 to fill any coding urges I get.

edit: I got better things to do with my time, like chase a woman.

3K

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:06:10 GMT

So, do I

A) Finish my area before New Year's Day and remain a wizard

or

B) Forget about it and just get nuked on New Year's Day, never to return?

I've got 9 rooms to finish and about 25 mobs and about 53 hours to do it.

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:38:35 GMT

DEAD AT 75

heart attack

Let's see:
Dad, Heart Attack
Grandfather, Heart Attack

So yeah, heh.

Though my great grandmother lived to 103.

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:12:24 GMT

Quiet.

The freeway was closed last night due to snow. It shutdown at my exit because that's where it starts a long incline and the next exit is buried in snow.

You don't know how noisy something is until it's not there.

Quiet.

I'm gonna miss that.

Salsa Contest

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:32:16 GMT

I entered a salsa contest at work. I've never made salsa. There were 16 entries. I came in 5th. Not bad for a first time.

Sense of Humor

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:06:44 GMT

So last week my cousin (twice removed, my great aunt was his mother, which means he's in his 70's) lost his mobile home in the fire in Sylmar. They had enough time to get out the essential items (ie irreplaceables), but essentially lost everything else. Don't worry, my church has a welfare fund and we're asking the 'chapters' to bolster it up and he is insured.

When asked about the situation, he had this to say. "Two good things came out of this fire. One, I don't have to worry about the termites anymore and two, I don't have to clean out the garage."

I just had to share.

Saved By The Ring

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:37:23 GMT

W to the I to the N!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:54:50 GMT

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:13:03 GMT

Why you should hate US automakers.