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So, with the one gigabyte Memory Stick in my Clie, I’ve finally gotten around to ripping some DVD video to it. So far, just a Looney Tunes short, “One Froggy Evening,” but next is one of Alex’s movies. Something about Dino Thunder Thunder White Thunder Ranger Thunder Power Thunder I think.

Meanwhile, I’ve decided that a PVR(Personal Video Recorder) would be a cool thing to have, but hearing the stories about the studios reaching into machines and turning off features, I’m a bit wary of the commercial Tivo and MCE products. Then, Tivo starts adding commercials when you’re trying to skip them…

So, I’m putting together plans for a MythTV based recorder once I graduate this spring. Figure nobody gives a 34 year-old graduation presents, so I’ll get ‘em for myself.

I took The Music Awareness and Taste Test at OKCupid.

Steve Vai
You scored 90 awareness and 70 taste!

Oh my good God…you’re Steve Vai. Master of all things related to music itself, able to recognize a good tone at the drop of a hat. You may need to brush up a tiny bit on your taste, just to be a little more accessible. Otherwise, you rock everything.

Thank you for playing. Rabbit Hole Day was a fun time for all.

We now return to our regularly scheduled surrealism.

Yeah, yeah, I know, “thru” isn’t really a word any more than “lite” is, but what the hell.

So I went to the drive-thru today, and it just reminded me of why the South and Texas (since they are not apparently part of the South) are so weird to my Western self. They have people manning the microphone. Now, what’s absurd is that the machines of the autochef are still doing all the work inside the Jack in the Black Box, but the people at the drive-thru get your order and then repeat it to the voice recognition program to actually place it. The “human touch” is so important, they’ll add layers of error to things just to pretend we’re still in the 19th Century.

Standing at the vending machines…

D: I didn’t get what I wanted.

B: I hate when that happens. I pushed Dr. Pepper the other day and got Sprite.

D: No, I got what I ordered, just not what I wanted.

B: Huh?

D: They never have anything I truly want in this machine.

So, at work today, I got into a fistfight with one of the GIs. I think I may not work there any more. They don’t generally like people beating on the customer, I think.

Then, I get home and find a note from my wife, telling me she left me for an insanely butch woman she met last week. WTF is that about?

Ya know

Remember, LJ Rabbit Hole Day is tomorrow, the 27th of January. In case you normally make sense on your blog, tomorrow you are not supposed to.

Be surreal.

1. what is the total amount of music files on your computer?

Around 10000 tracks, taking up 45 gigs of space.

2. the CD you last bought is:

Five for Fighting, I think.

3. what is the song you last listened to before reading this message?

Freewill, by Rush

4. write down 5 songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you:

Dandy Warhols - Pretty much anything
Siouxsie and the Banshees - cuz it’s in my CD player at work
Yellowcard - Ocean Ave - it’s on the radio nonstop
Barenaked Ladies - cuz it bugs Ang
Bach Concertos - for those less-annoying times

What year was it? 1988
What were your favorite bands or musical artists? Prince, Oingo Boingo, Big Country
What was your favorite outfit? Jeans and t-shirt
What was up with your hair? Kind of Macgyver-ish
Who were your best friends? Jason, Joey, Cynthia
Where did you work? The family janitorial business
What did you do after school? Work, read, play on the computer, eat Cool Ranch Doritos and drink Mountain Dew. Not much changed.
Did you take the bus? No school bus for my school, and I had a car (shitty as it was).
Who did you have a crush on? Jeanette, maybe? Don’t really remember.
Did you fight with your parents? Who didn’t? Ok, maybe not too much with mom.
Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on? That was a long time ago.
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack because you were too nervous to find your locker? Locker.
Did you have a ‘clique’? The Geek Crew - slacker prototypes
Did you have “The Max” like Zach, Kelly, and Slater? Hmmm…Maybe VietNorms
Admit it, were you popular? Nope, but not too many people wanted to beat me up.
Who did you want to be just like? Can’t think of anyone.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Great American Author. Or super geek with cool robotic house. Whatever.

Only 1 in 6 computer users can tell the difference between a search result and an advertisement.

That’s just sad. No wonder spam won’t die - people are too dumb to *not* click the damned stuff.

Tonight’s culinary excursion was Galbi, a Korean barbecued rib meal. The fried rice was an unqualified success (even though I think I could have done better). The ribs, on the other hand, not so much. Oh, they taste just fine, but the Boy complained about the spiciness, and the Woman just wants ribs to have barbecue sauce on ‘em in the Texan tradition. Oh, well. Nothing ventured, and all that…

Alex and I found some great deals at Toys R Us today. He spent ten bucks and got 5 Transformers, four of which turn into a super-dude. I spent three bucks and got a Lego Star Wars Battledroid worth 40. Oh, yeah.

I would like to take a moment to point out the Robosapien has dropped in price by 20% since Christmas. This would be a fine addition to any house with a 34 year-old man and 5 year-old boy. *hint*

Focus on the Family Attacks Spongebob Squarepants

Um, he’s a sponge. He doesn’t even have any genitalia. Why is the Far Right so obsessed with sex anyway? Must be some frigid women over there.

Anything that Dr. Dobson is afraid of is something I’ll support wholeheartedly.