1) Big Red is in critical condition. It won't even boot now. I'm currently running off the Live CD. I tried reinstalling everything, but it gave me this error that's all

The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:

This is often due to a faulty hard disk. It may help to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.


So on Wednesday, I'm going up to Best Buy to make use of my warranty.

2) I called the people from the craigslist link in my last post and actually got to talk to them instead of leaving a message. I'm heading up there to meet everyone on Tuesday (my next day off)

I'm moving to Warwick. Sooner than I planned. This apartment has been tempting me for too long. I think what I'm gonna do is call them again when I get my phone back (which died earlier this week due to whitescreening, but Korri got on it and a replacement should be here Friday.) I'm gonna call them and see if it's still open. I contacted them when I first found the ad, saying I wanted to move in come October, but they said they wanted someone sooner than that. Dad came into some money from Grandma, so he could help me with that first deposit ($900). I'm thinking what I'll do is ask for fewer hours at work and spend half my week up in Warwick hunting for a new job while still bringing -something- in.

IT'S OVER! I'm gonna need a little break from movies now. 2 hour timesinks aren't that easy to fit into my schedule.
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21th: Die Hard: Die Hard is a pretty cool guy. eh shoots lots of terrorists and doesn't afraid of anything. But seriously, I'm not a big fan of the 'building full of bad guys versus one juiced up Super Man' action genre. But this was solid. If you only see one movie about a Testosterone-tastic manly-man killing a squad of baddies, make it this one. 2/2
22th: Edward Scissorhands: Y'know...I didn't care for this one that much... Maybe my expectations were too high going in, but the story didn't captivate me that much. 1/2
23th: American Graffiti: I barely got through this one. I was expecting something much better. I felt like through all the other media and pop culture things I've taken in, I've already seen the movie. 0/2
24th: Empire Records: This one brought me right back up. Great story, great characters. And afterwards, I told Korri I loved her at 1:37. 2/2
25th: 16 Candles: This one was pretty great too. I'd already seen the Breakfast Club, and it was amusing seeing Ringwald/Michael Hall chemistry in this light. Definitely a great watch. And AWWWWW! Good ending! 2/2
26th: Heathers: Fucked up in all the right ways. Also, I really like Christian Slater's voice. I really liked watching this. 2/2
27th: Clockwork Orange: This was a bit too long...there were some good parts. But I lost interest at some points. 1/2
28th: Mallrats: This was going to be History of the World Part 1, but the torrent was too slow. I'm glad I got to work this one in. -NOW- I've seen all the Kevin Smith films, right? Right?! 2/2
29th: Young Frankenstein: This was okay. Not as good as Blazing Saddles/Spaceballs though. I did love the rendition of Puttin on the Ritz though. 1/2
30th: Apocalypse now:I may need to rewatch this one. Didn't leave much of an impression on me. Maybe I was just anxious to get this month done with. 1/2

11th: Snatch: Nice little heist flick. Really loved the trio of black crooks. 1/2.
12th: Sneakers: OMG BLIND GUY DRIVING THE VAN! Computer magic aside, solid flick. 2/2
13th: Chasing Amy: I love Kevin Smith movies and at some point, I gotta see Mallrats. This was on the fast track to becoming my new favorite movie period. Then the last 40 minutes happened and I got super depressed. 2/2
14th: Fargo: "The woodchipper scene" was greatly overrated. It was a leg. Big deal. That's not even the worst Steve Buscemi death -this month-. This film needed more scenes with hookers. Oh yah. 1/2
15th: Raising Arizona: If you ever wanted to see John Goodman scream a lot, this is your movie. I thought it was pretty mediocre. 1/2
16th: Slapshot: It's amazing. 30 years ago, people were just as vulgar and violent in the movies as they are now. "If she's a dyke, does that mean her husband's a fag?" 2/2
17th: Spinal Tap: I'm gonna slap a big ol 'overrated' tag on this one. Maybe I'm too young to fully get it, but I dunno man. Just not that great. 1/2
18th: The Sting: I should probably stop watching these at 1 am, cause I could barely follow this one. 1/2
19th: Dr. Strangelove: Yeah I got 2 minutes into Boondock Saints and declared I couldn't focus on it, so I switched out to movie #31. Very glad I did. 2/2
20th: Waiting: This one hit a little bit close to home. As a professional dishwasher though, while Bishop was a good character, he wasn't really a good dishwasher character. It's almost like they had stories about every other kitchen position and just threw something together for Bishop. Still really fun though. 2/2

Okay some of you have asked what I thought of the films I've seen so far. Figured I'd do a brief summary after every 10 films. Here's the first 10:

1st: The Big Lebowski: Fucking hilarious. Definitely worth seeing. Didn't really like how it just ended like that, but oh well. The journey was great even if the destination was not. 2/2
2nd: Reservoir Dogs: Another big winner. Loved the characters, loved the story, didn't even mind the fractured chronology. I kinda wanna go and just watch this one again. 3/2
3rd: Pulp Fiction: I'm watching this one again come July 1st. God damn that was satisfying. 3/2
4th: Kentucky Fried Movie: Definitely had its moments, but probably didn't belong on this list. Really, I only put it here cause it had been sitting on my desktop for about 2 months. 1/2
5th: The Goonies:  I have this throbbing hardon for Rube Goldberg devices. So yeah. 2/2
6th: The Usual Suspects: Maybe I was just distracted that night, but this movie didn't really grab me the way the previous ones did. It had the same fractured chronology Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs had, but the characters didn't captivate me the same way. The ending was still pretty awesome though. 1/2
7th: Fight Club: I'm not really sure what I can say about this. It was fucked up, but in the "holy shit dude did you see that!" way. 3/2
8th: Goodfellas: First half was great, second half was very good. The acting got a bit more unrealistic as the film went on. Still a classic. 2/2
9th: Oceans 11: Overall good movie. Not sure if I'd call it -great-. Also, Don Cheadle's character just reminded me of the Demoman from Team Fortress 2. 1/2
10th: The Matrix: Great concept, mediocre execution. Neo never should have left the Wyld Stallyns. 1/2

So as some of you know, I suck at seeing movies. This month, I'm going to change that. I'm going to watch a different must-see movie every night of this month. I need some suggestions, people. Here's the list so far:
(And yes, there will be a lot of "you haven't seen ____?! What the fuck, glebs!")

1st: The Big Lebowski
2nd: Reservoir Dogs
3rd: Pulp Fiction
4th: Kentucky Fried Movie
5th: The Goonies
6th: The Usual Suspects
7th: Fight Club
8th: Goodfellas
9th: Oceans 11
10th: The Matrix
11th: Snatch
12th: Sneakers
13th: Chasing Amy
14th: Fargo
15th: Raising Arizona
16th: Slapshot
17th: Spinal Tap
18th: The Sting
19th: Dr. Strangelove
20th: Waiting
21th: Die Hard
22th: Edward Scissorhands
23th: American Graffiti
24th: Empire Records
25th: 16 Candles
26th: Heathers
27th: Clockwork Orange
28th: Mallrats
29th: Young Frankenstein
30th: Apocalypse now


I've gotten enough suggestions to fill June and probably July.

I got 2 things back this week. My hat




And more importantly: MY JOB!
Going back to work tomorrow at 3 pm. HUZZAH

Can't sleep but what else is new. Keisha left a little over an hour ago, but I get to see her again tonight for a few days of quality time. Also, my old phone is now dead to the world. New number is 530-515-9177.

So my 1 TB portable HD finally arrived (Early school expense ftw) so I ported my 20some gigs of stuff over to it and installed Ubuntu 8.10, something I'd been meaning to do once I got competent backups. 8.10 is AWESOME! My sound glitch is gone where I don't get audio on startup. That annoying boot menu at the start is gone. My webcam works (with some help from Dai and Standave) Firefox 3 doesn't choke on cock, neither does skype, my KoL GM scripts are working again. All of them, MY WEBCAM WORKS. Soooo happy about this.

Also, I'm currently in Boston and will be apartmentsitting for haplo3k while she's at work to let the Internet man in. Yay free train tickets up to Boston!

One last thing, I'm gonna be sad in a few decades when the Super Bowl's on and I'll become that old guy who bickers about how good the game was when he was young. Cause god damn. 43 left me exhausted.

So baka_neko314  was doing this and my ego took over, forcing me to do it meself.

Comments are screened. If you've ever had a smidgen of a crush on me, feel free to comment below and tell me why, how, etc. Only you and I will ever know. Then post it in your own LJ and spread the love.

I'm interested to see.

So I'm 20 now. No more teenage bullshit for me! Onto the young adult bullshit. Today was fairly low key. Really I'm bottling up any birthday celebration in me for next weekend. Sooo excited to see everyone again.

In the meantime, I think I'm gonna take up a new skill to spend all the time I'm not working on.

I'm gonna learn Python.

Once again, we reach the arbitrary annual rollover in the middle of winter. This time it actually snowed today. Once again I made my way down the street (in the snow but not uphill both ways) Once again, I look back at all my livejournal posts over the last year to spark my memory so I can write a wrap-up post at the end of the year. And lucky for me, I've been so bad about posting all my posts fit nicely on one page.

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Here we go.

( 2008 in detail )



So that's it. 2008 was pretty terrible, but no year is a complete loss. When I look back at 2008, I'll think of you. As for the 9 months before all this happened, you can go eat a dick.

So I have a webcam now and it works* and everything! :D





*works with Skype and not AIM or Yahoo cause Pidgin doesn't support cams.

So October of 2008 has been less than stellar. Let's recap a little.

*My oldest cousin Brendan got married so my mom and I flew out to San Diego to see it. On my dollar of course. Usually I'm pretty good about tracking down low-priced airfare, but for some reason, I had purchased two tickets on Continental for $360. Each. Granted mom's almost completely paid me back for all that, but that was still over 700 bucks out of me at once. At least I have a job and can make that back in a few weeks.
*Oh wait! Because of the two cross country trips I had taken (Con 5 and the wedding) I found myself the low man on the totem pole at work. So I was the next seasonal casualty. Our town is fairly tourist-heavy so when the cold weather hits, things dry up quickly around here. And having the ocean-side patio for dining isn't a draw when it's 40 degrees. So I'm currently jobless and very low on cash. But I can hold out for a few months. Cause soon I'll be back in college...
*What do you mean the money's gone?! Yeah. My dad hasn't had a job since I hit puberty. Fortunately, he worked his ass off when he was young and invested his money smartly in the market....But that money's gone now thanks to the market. Along with all of my college fund. Turns out my Grandmother also lost some rather hefty amounts in the market. So the money thing goes beyond "Oh shit, I'm gonna have to find college money somewhere else." It also has strong traces of "Oh shit, my family's financially ruined." Throw in that my dad had an anxiety attack on the way home from Grandma's. He said it was a driving at night thing mixed in with the shock that he's lost the shirt off his back. I'm rapidly watching him crash to earth before my very eyes. Well, I may not have as clear a future as I did, but I've still got my earthly possessions...
*OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE! My laptop started acting up on me. But it made it through Halloween, so hopefully it's nothing too critical. Luckily I'm still under warranty!
*And here's the frosting on the cake. Someone has been billing my checking account under safedebits.com. Looks like I'm the victim of fraud! I called bank of america and got my 40 bucks back. And hey. You douchecocks in Spain that were taking my money. Fuck you. Fuck you to Spaniard hell.

Y'know. Angsty teenage bitching aside (Hey, only a few more months of that. Then I can switch to angsty early-twenties bitching.), one area of my life has not gone straight to shit. Quite the contrary. Since con, I've been together with Keisha and I'm really enjoying our relationship together. She's even gone as far as to fly me out there for an early Christmas present to herself. I'm excited and can't wait for December. I never thought I could end up in a Poly relationship without freaking out and acting overly clingy. But I'm handling it pretty well so far. Not only that, but I now have more than one woman interested in me. Yet another thing high school did nothing to prepare me for. We shall see where this goes. Onward to sexy adventure!

So today I got to have a big ol computer scare. Big Red (my Sony Vaio lappy) started making odd hard drive grinding noises yesterday and freezing up for a few seconds at a time, so I powered it down for the night and let it cool off. Today, the grinding sounds and freezings came back. After one particularly bad freeze-up and hard restart, my system began an FSCK (file system check) which it does every 30 or so times I turn on the computer. The check gets about 40% done when an error pops up and the machine is unable to finish the check, and therefore can't do anything. 
    So I get the original software CD (Ubuntu Linux 7.10 btw) and boot from that, but the CD shits the bed before I can actually do anything. So I get on the PC and burn a CD of Ubuntu 8.10 and start to accept that I'm about to lose everything again and just upgrade the damn thing. Well, Big Red won't even recognize the 8.10 CD. In a move of desperation, I try the 7.10 CD again, but this time selecting a different boot option listed on it. And amazingly, EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. So now I'm making backups. Like right the fuck now.

Moral of the story: Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined.

So I come home and find in the mailbox, among other things, a pink slip. This sucks. I'll get to uploading vacation pix and posting about it tomorrow..

*My mouse has come down with Parkinson's and I'm currently waiting for a new one to arrive via amazon.

*Despite the best efforts of Dai_Vernon, my computer remains completely oblivious of the webcam INSIDE IT. Oh well. No sexy ginger cam shows for all yall. (here's the link for any other linux-heads who want to take a crack at it http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5909472#post5909472

*I'm starting to worry about money a little. I still need to buy my plane tix for Oregon in January, and work has severely cut my hours. To zero for the time being. I really don't want to find another job, cause that would involve a commute of more than three blocks. Here's hoping my hours pick up after next week.

*I'm going to San Diego next weekend for a cousin's wedding. Anyone who's in the area, let me know. Maybe we could hang out.

*LJ needs to hurry up and fix the RichText bug with Firefox 2.0.0.17. As if I need another thing between me and posting.

*GO SAWX! ACK ACK ACK!

*And finally, it seems my one weekend fling with a girl from Cali has turned into something more serious. <3

So I get home from work and find this meme.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a370/glebs/?action=view&current=P9170096.jpg