Category Archives: Rants

Strange Occurances

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So I went and watched a movie a few days ago, and wrote a nice little review about it.  Well what’s funny is that a girl was drinking on the other side of the theatre and threw up.  Now I thought, well ok, I can understand that happening, but the next day at the theatre again it repeated itself.  We’re watching Jackass 2 (which I’d have to say is hilarious) and this girl a few seats away throws up from one of the scenes.  Now I’m thinking, wow this is strange.  Well yesterday I was in the car with Casey and our windows are down.  Strange thing here?  That would be a bird pooping through my window on my shirt (right in the middle of my shirt).  So with all that, I’d just like to shake my head at the strangeness that has occured lately.  Hope your week isn’t as bizzare, or maybe I hope it is so you can have some excitement also!

Interesting Upcoming Movies

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So I saw in a few magazines some interesting upcoming movies, as the title of this article hints. I’ve given up on hoping for All Saints Day, the Sequel to Boondock Saints, but look forward to the following movies: The Butterfly Effect 2 (just saw a preview on TV), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Hostel II, and Spider-Man 3.  When I remember some more, I’ll post so you can make sure to look for them.

Manage Drivers Better

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As I sit here waiting for some updates to load from Microsoft, I think about how long it took me to update the drivers on this Dell Latitude D820.  First I had downloaded a few wrong drivers since they put several different drivers under the same heading (i.e. your laptop could have an Intel based Network driver, or a Broadcom, both of which are shipped with the D820).  So since there is not a way of knowing without looking at the details of your packaging slip (which I rarely have in hand), I have to guess at which to download.  One of these downloads was aorund 90MB, which isn’t totally bad for my connection here at work (took less than a minute) but would be extremely long if I was stuck on a slower connection (too much of a hassle).  It brings me to my point.  Why not just create a program that checks to see what exactly you need (such as Microsoft Windows Update, Gigabyte Download Center, etc.).  Is it that much of a waste of time to have one program that people can download which will detect the correct drivers that are needed.  This will also eliminate the problem of not knowing what drivers you need when the device is as general as “PCI Device”.  I still haven’t figured out what goes on this laptop that I have not downloaded, but they are likely not to get it seeing as how I’ve tried downloading a driver for what I think the device could be.  Just seems like it would be better for Dell to do this, or actually anyone in this position to do this, and would increase customer service, while decreasing technical support needed (maybe not significantly, but I’m sure by atleast a small percent).

Bending the Law

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I am curious to know everyone’s views on police that “bend” the law.  I was on my way to work the other day, and to my “suprise” there was a police officer going about 10-15 over the speed limit.  Randomly I see cops flash their lights when they’re running a red light, then turn them off when they go through the light.  Both times the police had no reason to do what they did, but they break the law all the time.  I can say things such as “lead by example”, but on more basic level, how can anyone that does have a problem do anything about it?  I’d like to know if any of you think it’s fine for the police to do this.

Doesn’t always work out as planned…

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Well for some reason I have been real bothered lately. Things in school picked up, and I was trying to think about what direction I want to head my education and more importantly, my life. In addition, things are not going exactly the way I planned. Certain things with my friends that are bothering me, my family situation is different, and overall just not what I planned. But I am trying to focus on things I can control, and not to read too much into what goes on around me. It’s hard for me to ignore certain things, but I keep trying to rationalize people’s behaviors. It doesn’t seem to be working.

Another midterm coming up, then after that I am going to focus more on things that make me happy. I think my goal is to be happy and blow the things and people that bother me off. Oh and I will post how my midterms go when I get them back.

Staying on top!

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Get your minds out of the gutter, I’m talking about activities in life. I am currently having to juggle getting a new car, remembering to read for my classes (and soon do the homework), organizing my things in the house, dealing with Daisy and the Vet (not looking good, will find out more tomorrow), and loans. I also have to call the court office everyday to see if they have me in the system yet (either I lost my ticket, or one of the dogs was nice enough to eat it) so I can find out my court date. I have been using Google’s Calendar to schedule events and will soon need to have my dry erase board put up in the office so I can remember things (and ::justin(”):: too). Life is a little hectic right now, but hopefully everything will mellow out soon. I find out tomorrow if Daisy has bone cancer and where it is located. I hope that she does not have anything and it’s just an infection, but we will find out soon enough. I also find that things I would normally want to do (read some of the CSS book, learn some ruby on and off rails, eat more) seem to be finding ways to avoid me. School is alright, and tomorrow I have to give the rental back, so I’m car-less until I purchase a vehicle (which is one of the few things that makes me happy). Time to spend some time with Daisy, in case it may be limited. For those of you who are having some problems, keep your head up, I’m trying to do the same. Adios!

Gregg Easterbrook… Update!

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After looking at my RSS feed for the Oakland Raiders from my custom google homepage, I clicked on the link to the unread article.  Who was to be the author again, none other than Gregg himself.  I wrote an article a few weeks back stating my disdain for his words against Oklahoma women as if he personally insulted someone I knew.  Well reading this article made me feel a little better about our state and the people in it.  Here is the an exerpt from his article (at the top I may add) about his statement regarding the Tulsa Talon cheerleaders: Continue reading →

Busy Day

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Well it took a really long time to get my rental, which is a 2005 Dodge Neon.  I’m not excited by all means, but atleast it has air conditioning.  Next, I find out that the medication for Daisy is going to cost $755 for 5 weeks, so I paid for 2 weeks at $315.  Justin came home with his new Denali, which is very nice, and I will post some pictures of it due to his site having some php problems.  Lastly, I start school tomorrow morning at 7:45am and have to stay until 9pm.  Of course I’m not looking forward to this at all, and will let you know how the wonderful world of Ethics goes.  I hope everyone has a goodnight.

Escaladed!

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What does that mean you might ask? It is a word I’ve come up with to sum up getting hit by a Cadillac Escalade. So I was heading North on Yale right near 44, and decided to go in the very left lane since the middle lane was so backed up. I’d merge in and be fine, except for the fact this Escalade crept through and didn’t see me. I honked my horn and swerved a bit, but it didn’t do any good. So my car is a little jacked right now. Below are a few pictures I took, which are also on my flickr account. Everyone was fine, and I’ve already got a claim going for it. I’m glad no one was hurt, and also happy it wasn’t my new car. The guy was really nice, and the police wrote a nice report.

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