Speaking of presidential hopefuls, I spent a fair amount of time tonight researching the top candidates in the '08 presidential field while marooned in my mom's home office as a handful of baby boomers crowded the rest of the house shouting "Bunko!" By "research" of course I mean Wikipedia. I know, I know, go ahead, wag that disapproving finger and shake your head in disbelief, but I believe in the credibility of Wikipedia. I won't bore you with my theory, but I figure what I get from the Wiki is at the very least no more slanted than what I see on CNN or FOX News.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Don't Tase Me, Bro.
Alright, first things first. I'm now watching NBC's "To Catch a Predator," and just saw the most hilarious arrest ever witnessed. Please, right now, search YouTube for "To Catch a Predator taser"; oh my goodness...I can only hope that some quick-acting soul caught it on their TiVo. It stirs up images of the poor UF student who was tased way back in September for his verbal attacks on John Kerry (please, do yourself a favor and check out this tee-shirt).
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving break
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, after a rather long hiatus between our pilot and now. Fortunately, I've rekindled my internal creative desires and yearn to share with the outside world.
Flavor of the week: video editing. Recently, I got my hands on a refurbished Mac Mini and found a renewed interest in the iLife '06 suite. If you're not familiar with Macs or iLife, iLife is the basic creative software package included with every Mac. As you might guess, Apple's defining yet uninspired "i+(insert-what-it-does-here)" naming system prevails with its video editing software--iMovie.
I quickly snapped some footage inside my mom's house the other night using my dig-cam and got to work with iMovie. I quickly fell in love. I made a mean (thanks to Timmy B. for the new vocab) episode of Cribs featuring Chez Ray. Okay, so its not so great, but it was enough fun to keep me hooked. My newest thought process is to tag along a cheap MiniDV camcorder on my upcoming expeditions to England, New Orleans, and Cleveland, OH.
On a somewhat unrelated note, my dad and I got up this morning to attempt to beat the crowds for the black Friday steals, as has become a regular father-son tradition. Unfortunately we tripped out of the starting gate thanks to a faulty alarm and a night of not-so-peaceful sleep. So rather than beating the crowds, we found ourselves lost in an endless sea of the blood thirsty tech-savvies who would gladly murder a sibling for a 32" LCD under $500. Meanwhile, we were left as the black Friday bottom feeders, lucky to pick up a copy of The Holiday for $7. Hell, even our venture to Radio Shack was fruitless.
On the return home, we stopped by McDonald's for sustenance. I was intrigued by the addition of the Steak, Egg & Cheese bagel to the menu. That was a scary experience: 1/4 lb of reshaped hamburger meat, american cheese, sauteed onions and egg on a bagel, all apparently soaked in motor oil for a good 12 hours. Needless to say, I promptly took a 2 hour nap upon arriving home and am still sucking down chalky antacids like spree candy.
Anyway, that's all for this update. I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving holiday, be sure to stay tuned for the next installment.
Flavor of the week: video editing. Recently, I got my hands on a refurbished Mac Mini and found a renewed interest in the iLife '06 suite. If you're not familiar with Macs or iLife, iLife is the basic creative software package included with every Mac. As you might guess, Apple's defining yet uninspired "i+(insert-what-it-does-here)" naming system prevails with its video editing software--iMovie.
I quickly snapped some footage inside my mom's house the other night using my dig-cam and got to work with iMovie. I quickly fell in love. I made a mean (thanks to Timmy B. for the new vocab) episode of Cribs featuring Chez Ray. Okay, so its not so great, but it was enough fun to keep me hooked. My newest thought process is to tag along a cheap MiniDV camcorder on my upcoming expeditions to England, New Orleans, and Cleveland, OH.
On a somewhat unrelated note, my dad and I got up this morning to attempt to beat the crowds for the black Friday steals, as has become a regular father-son tradition. Unfortunately we tripped out of the starting gate thanks to a faulty alarm and a night of not-so-peaceful sleep. So rather than beating the crowds, we found ourselves lost in an endless sea of the blood thirsty tech-savvies who would gladly murder a sibling for a 32" LCD under $500. Meanwhile, we were left as the black Friday bottom feeders, lucky to pick up a copy of The Holiday for $7. Hell, even our venture to Radio Shack was fruitless.
On the return home, we stopped by McDonald's for sustenance. I was intrigued by the addition of the Steak, Egg & Cheese bagel to the menu. That was a scary experience: 1/4 lb of reshaped hamburger meat, american cheese, sauteed onions and egg on a bagel, all apparently soaked in motor oil for a good 12 hours. Needless to say, I promptly took a 2 hour nap upon arriving home and am still sucking down chalky antacids like spree candy.Anyway, that's all for this update. I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving holiday, be sure to stay tuned for the next installment.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Pilot
Today I'm feeling...anxious. Six weeks in an unfulfilling desk job will quickly eat away at anyone I suppose, but in my case it's left me battered, bruised, de-energized, and crying for some sense of personal worth. These days, I sit in front of a computer spending most of my 9-5 
mindlessly clicking through a jungle of Wikipedia articles or face buried in one of the older Harry Potter books. I don't get a lot of human contact, I've been marooned in an office in a deserted department across the lot from the main campus of our community hospital. As you might have guessed, I'm an intern. My internship is in its dying days...In weeks of old I was waist-deep in senior management meetings, shadowing, and worthwhile projects, but those days have long since passed, and these days I find my body and spirit withering. I look forward to the third week in August, when I'll be returning to school to ride out my senior year in style.
Well, reader, welcome to my blog. It is the commentary on the yet-to-be-decided life story of a college senior in need of direction. You'll no doubt find that both my vocabulary and grammatical skill will be tested, and I do apologize to those it offends. But hopefully mixed somewhere with the overzealous use of commas and misuse of words like overzealous, there's a story worth telling.
mindlessly clicking through a jungle of Wikipedia articles or face buried in one of the older Harry Potter books. I don't get a lot of human contact, I've been marooned in an office in a deserted department across the lot from the main campus of our community hospital. As you might have guessed, I'm an intern. My internship is in its dying days...In weeks of old I was waist-deep in senior management meetings, shadowing, and worthwhile projects, but those days have long since passed, and these days I find my body and spirit withering. I look forward to the third week in August, when I'll be returning to school to ride out my senior year in style.Well, reader, welcome to my blog. It is the commentary on the yet-to-be-decided life story of a college senior in need of direction. You'll no doubt find that both my vocabulary and grammatical skill will be tested, and I do apologize to those it offends. But hopefully mixed somewhere with the overzealous use of commas and misuse of words like overzealous, there's a story worth telling.
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