| the tubes don't stretch this far |
[Jun. 27th, 2008|02:55 pm] |
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This might be the last update I'm able to make for a few days, I'm starting to get into territory without internet. |
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| Left the country |
[Jun. 24th, 2008|10:27 am] |
Need to remember to start carrying change with me since there aren't dollar bills under $5.
Car sleeping is possible but will take some getting used to. Should invest in air fresheners or some such because I create a bit more funk than I thought. |
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| Stop talking about it and leave already |
[Jun. 16th, 2008|10:14 pm] |
I am no longer in my apartment. I haven't gotten very far though. I'll probably be in Bellingham by tomorrow - as of right now I am still loitering around the seattle area. It's the most epic near-adventure I've ever been on.
I have created a separate blog for travel writing and photos and stuff: nothrowingfish.blogspot.com
There's nothing on it yet, though. |
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| suggest some places to go |
[Jun. 10th, 2008|10:46 am] |
I am going on a road trip, real soon now. I have an idea of where I'm going (alaska, then east through canada until montreal possibly detouring south of the great lakes), but it would be greatly improved by knowing some cool places to check out. Please suggest some cool places which are in the US or Canada! I imagine I will be going through most of it.
Fun fact: I first started posting about this last October, it is now only days from being reality. this will be awesome. |
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| I Phone |
[Jun. 9th, 2008|03:34 pm] |
Apple announced the new iPhone today. They're saying they'll officially deliver it to 70 countries, as shown on this map.
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where are greenland and iceland?! did they sink?
Another feature of the new iPhone is the ability to track your friends' locations with its built-in GPS... they call it the ditch tracker. Well, its official name is "loopt." |
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[Jun. 8th, 2008|04:58 pm] |
It is now a mere eight days until my home has two doors, four wheels, and says "H." I am starting to get a bit nervous.
Also, my car needs a name. |
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| the entirety of ebay did not want these |
[May. 17th, 2008|09:10 pm] |
http://homepage.mac.com/ericchambers/nerdshirts.jpg
please someone take these or they are going to goodwill. they're all Men's L except Shonen Jump, Guitar Hero 2, and Engadget, which are XL. If you're not local, paypal me the price of shipping and I will mail them.
Also my whole collection of Apple shirts sold for an astounding $10.50. These things used to be worth $20+ each :( |
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| why the trip |
[May. 14th, 2008|04:39 pm] |
I am not yet ready to do this for the rest of my life. "This" being my job, I suppose.
I'm sure there are a number of other stresses in my life I could eliminate in order to make work more tolerable... this trip, though, is not an opportunity I want to miss out on. Eventually, I would like to settle down and be comfortable, but I don't know how to do that. Next time I have a job, I am going to do my best to have something to look forward to once the day is over... some hobby, someone, something. The trouble there is I haven't found any hobby which I enjoy so much that I would look forward to every opportunity to engage in it. I think the time off will help me find something. Either that or it will help me to better understand what I want from life. Right now I've got no clue, and unfortunately the desire for some kind of meaning or achievement isn't something I can turn off. I'd like to be able to just kill time until the end of time and feel good about it but, damn. My head does not work that way. |
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[May. 6th, 2008|09:53 am] |
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I ask you all, what is the greatest video on the internet? If you're so inclined, feel free to disclose why, as well. I choose this one, since I find distortion of language particularly funny, and Colbert delivers it quite well. |
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[May. 5th, 2008|08:30 pm] |
Some of my coworkers were talking about watching TV shows and/or movies at an accelerated pace. They use software to increase the speed of their shows, cutting their length by as much as half. Rather than the "chipmunk effect" of increased audio speed, the software just cuts half the audio out - it's hard to explain in words, but it's the same effect used when credit card ads speak their terms and conditions to you.
This seems representative of today's society - we are obligated to do so many things that there quite literally isn't enough time for them, and as a result we're watching our tv shows at double speed. I use "obligated" because, in this case it seems like these guys are watching these shows only so they can tell their friends they've seen them.
I'm enrolled in a social psychology course this quarter. It also appears I am living in a social psychology course.
If you ask how many saints it takes, the answer's eleven |
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| Fig newton legacy comes to a close |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|01:34 pm] |
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I had a newton, and now that newton is gone from me. |
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| Beholder |
[Apr. 22nd, 2008|11:02 pm] |
Beholder in Seattle! I got there right as they were putting it together. Video here |
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| it's the environment |
[Apr. 22nd, 2008|01:43 pm] |
Work has replaced its styrofoam cups with environmentally friendly cups. You know they're environmentally friendly because they have pictures of leaves on them.
update on wong doody guy: wong doody guy keeps saying wong doody. |
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|11:34 pm] |
I like to equate the importance of life with the presence of a particular discarded item on a bus. I end up on the same bus often times, and on its window sill, there is a fig newton. It's been there for weeks. The saga of this newton and its presence on this bus is fragile, like life. Who knows how much longer it will last? For how many more days, maybe only hours, before its story can no longer be told? Could something ever take its place, live up to what it has achieved? These are the questions we must ask when we contemplate the fragility of life. |
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| thanks for nothing, Ermeswindis |
[Apr. 11th, 2008|03:46 pm] |
There is a guy in the cubicle adjacent to me.
He is constantly talking on the phone with people, and I keep hearing him saying "Wong Doody."
I know that's the name of a local design company or something, but I still have a hard time not laughing. |
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for ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) madolin |
[Apr. 8th, 2008|06:38 pm] |
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I can see into some of the offices of the Key Bank building from my apartment window. Frequently, there is this dude who sleeps in his office chair. I decided to do this:
You might not be able to see the guy, in which case here is a close-up
Sadly he didn't notice. |
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