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August 2002
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As of today...
| Friday, August 30th, 2002 | |
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Spent some major time getting ready for that dastardly standardized
test called the GRE. My friends say they are confident I'll do well...I
hope it turns out to be so. - On a strange note, I get back from the bar this evening to find my father in his underwear, but this is not the strange thing. What struck me as particularly odd was the fact that Zelda (our aging Doxhund) had managed to get a single gray sock over her entire snout and most of her head! To make matters even more confusing, Zelda did not seem to mind having that smelly piece of footwear over her head. As I kneeled next to her I found, much to my amusement, that the dog was wagging her tail in a pleased manner. Now all i have to do is figure out why Hazel (our beautiful but useless cat) keeps rolling around in my dirty laundry. |
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| Thursday, August 29th, 2002 | |
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Back in spades with a high speed internet connection. How nice it
is to be working on this page on my very own, aging, falling apart,
taped together, "SALVAGE" sticker-bearing PC. Maybe now
Ican get some real content up here. |
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| Monday, August 26th, 2002 | |
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Recognition
is nice, but money is better! I got another shirt for an idea at work,
I want a raise next time! - Forward mobility is important. I am keeping all my plans in motion even while my primary focus may change from time to time. Never lose track of anything you want to accomplish, to me it seems that is how some of us could be left very unhappy later in life. |
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| Sunday, August 25th, 2002 | |
| - I sat at a railroad crossing in Monroe early this morning, as the train slowly wound it's way past my view, I found myself transfixed at each car on the track. Its funny how simple things like a song on the radio, a beautiful sunset, or in this case, a long cargo train can get you thinking on what direction your life is heading in. Each passing car was another line in a poem I've since lost the words for, but not the idea. At least what matters most, after the words have passed, the impression every moment leaves upon your soul endures as memory fades. | |
| Wednesday, August 21st, 2002 | |
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Working entirely too frggin' late as of recent. With the Fall semester
coming up fast now, I find myself screaming with fear at the prospect
of taking graduate level courses. Tackling Accounting and Marketing
will, at the very least, be educational if not one of the greatest
challenges of my academic career. |
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| Tuesday, August 20th, 2002 | |
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Happy birthday...to me that is! - Not too much in terms of updates for the last four days because, well, I'm friggin busy! Getting this Game Center off the ground is not all fun and (ironically) games! As I am finding out, many software companies only have one person in charge of licensing their games for commercial use. |
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| Friday, August 16th, 2002 | |
- Wakeboarding out at Ken's was fun as usual, even more so since I got a chance to get out on the tube, an activity I've not done in years. Last week Paul (one of the guys who I board with every week), snapped some pics of me. This example to your right is my ill-fated 360 attempt. The pain took a few days to subside from that one. So close, yet so very far indeed. Click the thumbnail to experience the agony of defeat! |
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| Thursday, August 15th, 2002 | |
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Its funny to realize you've been running so long and developing
in a certain way that you've left others in the dust. As a teenager,
I could be relied upon for very little, now I am often relied upon
to keep things together. How some people of my past would smile
if they ever knew ;0) Mrs. Walters would be one of those ;0) At
least no one can deny I am very organized. |
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| Wednesday, August 14th, 2002 | |
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I still debate as to what to put down here when I write my daily entries.
I may not want to get TOO personal, considering god knows who may
look at this site, but I do like to keep my friends updated. I'll
probably just keep feeling things out like I always have - Did the gaming thing last night with some friends in Ann Arbor. Being the geeks we are, a Star Wars game was on the agenda and we played until at least 4:30 this morning! I'm not sure how much more of those I can take, after a while you start to feel like you should be doing something more productive. Still, I like the games and probably always will, but there are just too many things to get done, people to see, and places to go. Only in moderation can anything truly be appreciated. Taking to much of one thing only takes the luster away. - Anyhow, I have to jet for now. Running on 11 PM here, a friend has just asked me to come over...To Ypsilanti...I have a feeling he needs to talk. ;0) Later all! |
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| Monday, August 12th, 2002 | |
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Just got a rather annoying update from "BeSeen", the company
providing my free and soon to be non-existant counter. They say that
due to the expense of providing a free counter, they will be discontinuing
their services. This reminds me of a little known company called Microsoft
when they chose to no longer support POP mail over their acquired
Hotmail service. A trend that even the most profitable companies seem
to be taking is to charge for services which should very well be free!
Using Hotmail to compile all my e-mail accounts into a site easily
accessible around the world was great, but now i have to pay umpteen
dollars a month for the same thing I've been doing for the last five
years with Hotmail. After receiving notice from Microsatan informing
me my POP service was no longer available, I did the only thing I
could think of, sign up for Yahoo! mail. They charge for some of the
same services (if you can really call them that) that Microsoft does
with one exception: They provide POP mail access for free! |
 *Satan* |
| - Got some more updates in the Sound File Archive! I've added a dew more song from my collection as well as made the layout a little more aesthetic. | |
| Sunday, August 11th, 2002 | |
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Fun times at work with customers expecting the royal treatment without
a receipt. How can you expect no hassle when you try to return something
with no proof you ever bought it? - The moon was a red crescent. Just thought I'd mention that. ;0) - This whole Game Center thing is weighing on my mind as plans start to form more solidly. Still, much needs to be done and worked out. I am comforted that others seem to think this will work. - Getting close to 23 years of age! What is strange about that is how little I've thought of birthdays over the last few years. Maybe Mother was right, birthdays start to lose their meaning after 21. I'd like to think of each year as a precious gift since so many have lost their lives or loved ones in the last year. So, I'll probably celebrate with my family this year, as has become my treasured custom. Spending time with family is important. With Kerry getting married, my parents moving up North, and me not knowing if I'll even be in the country in another year, I find myself taking opportunities to spend time with them I never would have done so as a younger man. Others may think these comments to be elementary, but for this Navarre its a new revelation. Others just seem to have that family built in while most must develop these bonds over time. Who is to say what way is better? At least I can say I found something with my parents before they leave. Ok, I've been typing for entirely too long, digest that and throw me a mail if you have a comment. |
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| Friday, August 9th, 2002 | |
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Just a thought: Hope is fleeting, prayer is
uncertain, but belief in myself holds constant... - Those cheeky bastards at EMU's finance department have been a little less than diligent about sending me a letter regarding my admission to grad school, but are extremely efficient in making sure I have a $500 dollar tuition bill waiting for me upon my arrival at home...GO GREEN! - Tonight was a starry night. I took pause long enough on the walk from the car into the house to ponder the millions of others who were looking up at the same sky. For once in my life I felt something of a connection with my fellow men. As I reached this elevated state of spirituality, my bubble was broken by my Mother and Father who were laying quietly in a trailer on the driveway in wait for me. Needless to say, I was scared shitless! |
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| Thursday, August 8th, 2002 | |
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Playing Super Mario All-Stars was a great way to kill time (and brain
cells) while waiting for the sun to rise. Only then, upon seeing the
sun crest over the horizon, was I able to get some rest. With a hangover
from Michael's birthday get-together last night, I awoke on the couch
at 10:30 AM only to find I was the first person to wake in the entire
household. - Piloting a boat without a licence is fun! I terrorized the residents of Portage lake as my Father and I took to the water in his newly re-built boat. I found my mother to be strange in the way she likes to fish, yet hates riding on a boat...Go figure ;0) - Ideas are flying for this Game Center/Internet Cafe' idea as I discover this dream may indeed become a reality before year's end. Just the thought of it is enough to terrify me and those potentially involved as we asses the risks which of us will be taking. |
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| Tuesday, August 6th, 2002 | |
| - Tuesday is quickly becoming my water sports day here in Michigan. Even after four years of absence from wake boarding, I've managed to pick it up quickly again. It would seem that I've managed to sprain my foot while attempting a 360 on one of my last runs. Being out in the water is a relaxing change of pace from being on land. Floating on the boat staring up at a bright blue sky bestows an almost blissful feeling, like not having a care in the world as long as your out there. Its almost like another world out on the water. | |
| Monday, August 5th, 2002 | |
| - Now all my voiceover samples are up on the web! As more files become available, I'll put them up. | |
| Sunday, August 4th, 2002 | |
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With a fire in my belly and desire to get some more work done on the
site, I worked on the File
Archive
section. I only have one sound up for the time being, but more will
come! - Its just one of those things, you always dream of something you want to be or become or attain in life and when you get it, it is never what you expected it to be. I manage a video game store, a job that would've been ideal when I was 16, but now i find myself with a more practical outlook on life. I'd need to feed myself and this job just ain't gonna do that. We all know the cure for that ailment! |
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| Friday, August 2nd, 2002 | |
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Today's topic: People who send out forwards full of junk nobody
wants to read, ever! I get mail from friends all the time with the
dreaded "FWD:" in the subject line. All of these are destined
for the junk folder. I'm about ready to put a filter on my mailbox
which instantly deletes anything with that three letter abbreviation.
What is it with those who feel it is their responsibility to send
five-hundred copies of the same e-mail to everyone on their mailing
list? Is that joke so damn important that you need to make sure
you contribute to the already staggering amount shit which clogs
the arteries of our mail servers? Here is a suggestion: save that
joke and tell it in person to your friend. You might actually fool
others into thinking you're witty! I for one don't care to receive
any more tear-jerking forwards saying if <insert
violin music> Susie Q. Cancer gets this whiny piece
of dog excrement "forwarded to at least 25,000 souls, she'll
get the treatment she so desperately needs.". There is a solution
Susie, it's called MEDICARE! I've broken more chain letters than
I can count, and in spite of these letters suggesting bad things
will happen if you fail to send them on, I'm still alive and well
<looks out for falling pianos>.
So, if you're reading this and plan to mail me in the future, PLEASE
don't forward me something unless.. |
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Be a Funk/Soul-Brother! Mail me at tyson@ztnet.com |
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