Memory....Deficient......

Painting Nerf Guns

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:02:33 GMT

Here's a collage or what not I threw together in case anyone was interested in my process of painting these things.

Pigeon

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:26:37 GMT

I hit a pigeon today, semi on purpose. It was out in the middle of the turn lane and I made no attempt to avoid it, I even let out a wild "Pigeon!" as I careened towards it. I did start to break a little as I crossed that point where I realized the pigeon had made a fatal miscalculation. I say fatal because it proceeded to explode into a poof of feathers as it hit my bumper, rolled across my hood, slid up my windshield, and then tumbled to the curve. Unlike my past encounter with the cat, I am finding this morbidly humorous for some reason. Perhaps it's the context, or I just value pigeons less than house cats.

Query

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:57:12 GMT

Why is it that some of the people I cherish the most seem to gradually grow more distant? Strikes the heart every time I wonder. Am I to blame? Is anyone?

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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:49:49 GMT

If everyone saw the world through rose colored glasses, would the world not be rosy?

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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:28:34 GMT

Tauren Paladins.........realy? Dwarf shamans? Blizzare

What I've been up to

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:42:25 GMT

X3: Terran Conflict is visually beautiful, as expected. It's an overwhelming game at the beginning, but it has a lot to offer. Some new features this time around, you can hire marines to board enemy vessels and capture them :3 Also they updated the interface nicely and we get to visit that solar system we all know and love. I've already set up a few trade ships and have netted myself a decent 15 million towards my burgeoning space empire.

Repairing a Pirate ship I captured.

Rings of Uranus

A planet in enemy territory.

Not good at free hand

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:04:34 GMT

Deliberately small so as to fit neatly in LJ and protect my hurt pride.

To Do List

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:36:28 GMT

Over all goal, finish Ultramarine army (currently needing to paint the inside of my land raider)

1. Finish Dead Space on Impossible (disk read error)

2. Finish DoWII on Primarch difficulty scoring 90k points for the campagin

3. Start Playing X3 Terran Conflict

With that in mind, anyone have some ideas for ship names or nomenclatures?

No humorus answers, this is srs bizness ppl.

Interesting

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:12:51 GMT

Curious thoughts were striking me, so I decided to peruse google. A little snipit from something on Quantum Tunnelling "If the effect is real it is difficult to see why it should not be possible to transmit signals into the past by placing the apparatus in a fast-moving frame of reference." Crazyness, but it's wishy washy as they say that it might just appear to be the case due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Of course, if we ever had anything that could recieve such a signal, a good test would be to see if we immediately start gettting messages from the future :)

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/FTL.html

Games

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:01:01 GMT

Well, I beat the crap out of Resident Evil 5. It was fun, but would be more fun with another person since it's really made for co-op.

Going to the family reunion this weekend as usual, which is always fairly bad for me since I don't really make conversation. It will amount to 3-4 hours of me sitting around or possibly walking in and outside of the building as people ask me how I have been doing and my closer family members give me shit about still being unemployed. It would be bad to bring a book to read, maybe I could get away with a notebook or something.

Old times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:08 GMT

I just played Ascendancy for 10 hours strait. My score was decidedly low given the time, but maybe there are worse ways to have spent it.

Educaten

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:47:43 GMT

Introducing simi-usless knowledge for your consumption.

In the numerous ages of Naval combat we're had in history, several terms have been coined and became general knowledge in the populous. Today we'll take a look at the distinction between the terms 'Battleship' and 'Warship'

As a great many people are aware, the term Battleship refers distinctly to a particular class of naval vessel. "A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. Battleships were larger, better armed, and better armored than cruisers and destroyers." The term actually stems from line-of-battle ship back from the time of sail. These ships were huge, and relied on their massive firepower and armor to see them through combat. Unfortunately these assets also make them too large a target in a world with highly effective submarines and long range missiles. Not to mention the large costs of operating a 800ft + ship. This means that Battleships are no longer in service with any militaries.

Oh my, that was interesting! Let’s jump to our second term.

"A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat." Ah so here we see that we actually use the term Warship to describe any of the numerous classes of ships that have been in use throughout the history of Naval combat.

Awesome. Of course people will always say, "But Charlie, language is fluid, what mass majority makes of it." This is true. Language is at least partly what we make of it, but that is all the more reason for me to fight for terms that have value to me (not to mention I am willing to bet most people at least have a vague understanding of the differences in these two terms). Plus, the mass majority are ignoramuses, do you want to be an ignoramus? I thought not.

Reference’s pulled from the relevant pages on Wikipedia.

Birthday

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:42:31 GMT

Well, my birthday came and went pretty much as usual. I did go out and get a new mouse since my old one was showing some age in button use. Unfortuantly I ended up going with the most expensive one they had, setting me back $140. Really don't need to be doing that kind of stuff now that I don't have a job, my only other regret is that I am not sure it's worth the price tag. Sure it polls at 1ms, has up to 5600 dpi, and can respond at a speed of 50 Gs (which would liquify my hand or something); but am I really going to notice the difference?

Sadly I still have a few bits I lack to complete my Ultramarines army, which means spending more money. In similar new I decided that I won't start looking for another job till I finish getting this army together, though since I also plan on continuing to pay off my student loan as I was during the last three months, my time is much more limited than it has been in these past two years.

Out

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:38:27 GMT

I resigned my place as a CSA. Unfortunatly effective my birthday. Spare me this mockery of tech support!

Hemm

Fri, 15 May 2009 21:05:26 GMT

Your result for The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?)...

The Snowball's Chance in Hell (QTBM)

Quirky Traditional Beta Male

Welcome, friend, to this lonley little club of mine. You are doomed to wander the earth alone and unloved. Okay, not really. But you are kind of a dork. However, your combination of interests, values, and personality is so rare, that it will draw females to you if you just put yourself out there. Work on the confidence a bit too.

You are more QUIRKY than NORMAL.

You are more TRADITIONAL than LIBERAL.

You are more PASSIVE than DOMINANT.

When picking a date, consider: The Rarity (QTAF), The Renaissance Faire Wench (QLAF), The Librarian (QTBF), or The Emo Girl (QLBF).

Avoid: The Man-Eater (NTAF) and The FemiNazi (NLAF)

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Take The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?) at HelloQuizzy

Ticket

Wed, 13 May 2009 05:26:20 GMT

First speeding ticket in four years. Seventy-four in a Sixty. Honestly I don't understand the speed limits on highways, residential sure but really.... Well I guess I am going to have to drive slower on highways regardless now, I can't afford this stuff; especially if it goes to differed adjudication.

Star Trek

Sun, 10 May 2009 03:37:56 GMT

Alright, so let me first say that I thought it was awesome and I believe they did an amazing job bringing the original Trek back to life.

In the wake of the movie there is only one snag that really tears at my Trekkie soul. The story they wove works, it works well. Of course I feel some sadness about the Treks that have gone before it and that we are moving into a new era where they cannot follow. The weird thing is that this passage isn't going to be simply a fading into memory as one would expect. Sadly it's the same universe, just that all of our past Treks are wiped clean. Instead of it simply being something new, it's like we took the etch-e-sketch and shook it vigorously.

This brings up interesting dilemmas as well. Voyager is still searching for its maker, that probe is coming for humpbacks, Kahn is still sleeping, the Borg are assimilating, and countless other relics of our past Treks are still out there waiting to happen. None of our favorite moments ever happened. I understand that some people probably won't understand why that makes me sad, or the reasons why this is something special as far as remakes go.

In the end, I love how they're bringing new life to the franchise; I'm just a bit heartbroken over what had to die to make it possible.

Today

Fri, 08 May 2009 19:31:34 GMT

A girl from my past, she reminded me of Catherine maybe but someone I had known for sure. I run into her where she works at some store in a mall. Quite conversation turns to something more personal from our past, though the exact words escape me. I lament the fact that her attention was lost on me back then, explaining to her how all but the bluntest of cues escape me. She moves in for an unexpected kiss. We remain there, locked in an embrace for what seems like an eternity. Perhaps fare wells are exchanged then because we go our separate ways.

Then things get weird.

As my ship is leaving that planet, I can't escape the feeling that I've leaving behind what is most important to me. I have to know. We turn around and I search for her, but her father tells me she has gone on some journey though a dangerous desert region. Utilizing the ship, my crew and I test out the transporter as we try to locate her in the dunes. Finally we find one of the aliens she was traveling with, bleeding and broken by some beast native to that region or maybe unknown assailants. Quickly we transport him aboard the ship but he seems too far gone, he only whispers riddles as he lays there dying. Another of his kind is nearby however, and makes sense of these dying gasps. In the attack they hid her somewhere they thought was safe my interpreter relates. He knows the location but upon this revelation I awake.

Uh, ok

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:07:42 GMT

What type of Fae are you?

Is a little bit wonky.

Humorous

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:48:35 GMT

Space Marine Caramelldansen

Direction

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:15:27 GMT

Everyone seems to be telling me that I should be doing something other than working at the call center. One of our trainers continually tells me this. Other classmates probe me for what I will do in the future, as if there is some path I am on leading me to greater things. People have said similar things throughout my life, but I've never seen such a path. I'm like a blind man crawling through a desert, my way is lost. When I stumble upon something, anything, I hold on as tightly as possible for fear of loosing it and once more fumbling around in my darkness. Even though a perfect oasis may be just beyond my reach, my senses are dead to it's presence.

Quizes

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:18:01 GMT

You Are a Lynx

You are a quiet observer of the world around you. Your wisdom comes from listening carefully.
You've always been extra sensitive and aware. And it's made it difficult for you to fit in.

You see past people's outward personas. You are able to penetrate a stranger's soul.
What you've learned about people is both beautiful and ugly. And you keep these secrets to yourself.

What Big Cat Are You?

Of course.

You Are a Centaur

In general, you are a very cautious and reserved person.
However, you are also warm hearted, and you enjoy helping others in practical ways.
You are a great teacher, and you are really good at helping people get their lives in order.
You are very intuitive, and you go with your gut. You make good decisions easily.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

If you say so.

You Are Not a Cheapskate

When it comes to money, you're very fair.

You're generous when you can be, and you never cheat anyone out of what they deserve.

If you have the money, you enjoy splurging. But you never overspend.

Are You a Cheapskate?

I am not a crook.

Call Center

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:29:16 GMT

I'm not sure I'm capable of doing this job. Today, or rather yesterday as it is past one AM Friday now, was the first day of really working and taking calls on the floor. It was horrible, I made every mistake you could make, I felt bad about every single one of my calls. The worst part is that I don't feel like I learned much at all from the experience. :\

Death of a cat

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:13:12 GMT

Dispite having gone hunting with my father as a kid, I never really killed anything. I mean sure I shot bugs with my bb gun, even tried to kill some frogs that were plauging dad's tank. Well, tonight on the way back home I hit a cat. Just walking out there in the road like it was normal. Tried not to hit it, but you know how that goes. Saw it flailing around on the ground in my rear view mirror. It was blackish with orange spots. Certainly a part of me feels that it paied the price for it's lack of perception, but it's weird. I remember back when I was a kid an armadillo got caught in the fence over at my dad's property. They wanted me to take a stick and go kill it, but I refused. It's weird.

Shark!

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:27:50 GMT

Given to me by imagechild :)

Also I start work at Televista on the 16th doing call center tech support. Hours are pretty bad, but the pay is decent, good enough that I should be able to support myself in terms of rent and the like. Well see how it goes.