Taps' Waste Of Bandwidth on LJ

Its that time of year again.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:58:34 GMT

So another year has rolled around. And I am *STILL* 25. Amazing.

Go ahead and email the obligatory nekkid photos to me. I promise to keep every one of them in a safe place.

I remember....

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:20:47 GMT

I remember waking up that morning. My wife, Carrie, had already left for work. I was self-employed at the time and made my own hours.

I remember making coffee and half-awake, half-dressed, stumbling into my home office to sit at my desk to work.

I remember the phone call I got from Carrie telling me to turn on the news. Any news.

I remember the feeling of sadness and the pain I felt for all of those in the first tower. The men and women who were hurt or killed in this unfortunate "accident".

I remember the shock of the plane striking the second tower. The stunned silence from me sitting in my chair watching it, and from the reporters trying, and failing, to tell the story.

I remember the collective realization of an entire country figuring out that this was no accident. We were being attacked.

I remember the horror of watching bodies fling themselves from windows multiple stories in the air rather than stay inside with the flames one more second.

I remember watching 2 gigantic steel structures crumble to the ground like they were made of paper.

I remember crying.

I remember that we were attempting to have our first child and turn us into a family.

I remember rethinking that decision. Did I really want to bring a child into a world where I was unsure of the future? A few moments on the news had me reconsidering my entire life.

I remember brave men and women risking, and too many times losing their lives, trying to help those who needed help.

I remember feeling helpless to assist them. I wanted to get in the car and drive to NYC to do whatever I could.

I remember the faces on TV just trying in vain to calm people as much as they possibly could.

I remember a third crash into the pentagon.

I remember being angry.

I remember a group of average people taking down an airplane and sacrificing their own lives to thwart a fourth attack.

I remember being proud of them.

I remember the hours, days, weeks after. Assessing damage. Sifting through rubble. Identifying bodies.

I remember the thought of friends and family that were enlisted in the military. Mixed emotions of worry for their future safety, and also wanting them to find the bastards that did this to exact our revenge.

I remember co-workers of Indian and Pakistani descent being afraid to come into work, or even leave their houses for days, just because their appearance somewhat matched that of those we blamed for all of this.

But the main thing.......

I remember.

Some stereotypes are wrong....

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:11:18 GMT

Had to work late tonight. Another IT guy from our Ohio office came down to lend me a hand with our network change over. We didn't get done until 7:30. Not too bad. Only a few hours in total. No major hiccups that we weren't expecting.

But as I was leaving, I noticed a streak of lightning miles away. Crap. It was going to storm, and I am strapping my backpack to the bike. I start the bike to let it warm up a bit while I finish the backpack. My phone rings. I already have my jacket and wind breaker zipped up. I unzip them both real quick and answer the phone, just because it is xavi7734's ring tone. Our daughter hasn't been feeling well, and it could have been important. She is calling to see how soon I am leaving, because she is watching a storm form and doesn't want me caught in it. heh heh I hastily answer "I just turned off the bike so I could hear you. So... Ummm... now!"

I get all my gear on, start the bike back up and head out of the parking lot, up the street, and towards the highway. As I get on the highway, a few drops of rain hit. The a few more. It isn't really raining yet, but its about to. I get past exit 12 on my way home, where the highway goes from 3 lanes down to 2, and of course, with a few drops of water hitting the windshields, everyone slows to a crawl. For fucks sake people! Get out of the way. If you want to do 45 on the highway, do it in the left lane so I can get the hell out of here before it starts pouring. Did they? No. So here I am stuck in 45 MPH traffic for no damn reason.

I look over to my right, and I see a cop from a county quit north of us. I wont say where, just in case, but I will say he was quite far from his own jurisdiction. So that also tells me why everyone has slowed down, there is a cop visible on the road. Fucking great.

A few seconds later, I hear a horn. Its the cop. I look confused trying to figure out what he wants. He points at me and uses his fingers to show me the numbers "1" and "3"....

WTF does that mean? I shrug my shoulders in what I am hoping is the universal sign language for "huh?" He points ahead... Uses his hand to simulate veering off to the right, and then repeats the "1" and "3" again...

OOOOH!!! Am I getting of at Exit 13!!! I shake my head no and take my hand off the clutch long enough to signal "1" and "5" which is quite a bit up the highway.

He points to himself. Then points in front of me. Then points to me. Then points behind me.

Got it. I ease off the throttle a bit to give him room to get in front of me. He moves over and turns on his blue lights. And of course, everyone immediately gets out of his way. We then proceed up the highway at a respectable speed. The road wasn't wet yet so he had no problem going a little above the speed limit. On the way, before we hit exit 15, we passed two other guys on motorcycles in similar predicaments. They ended up joining me in the wake of this officer. I made it to exit 15, flashed my lights as a way to say thank you, and he continued on up the highway with the other guys behind him.

He must have cut 10 minutes off my commute. 15 or more if people would have continued going as slow as they were. I got off the exit, came through the center of town and pulled into my driveway just as it started to rain harder. I got into my garage with only the slightest bit of dampness on my backpack. By the way, the backpack contains my Digital SLR and Laptop. Not to mention a handful of lenses, memory cards, and a lot of other high dollar electronic equipment. So I am very thankful that I completely missed the rain.

Victoria

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:03:23 GMT

Victoria
Originally uploaded by taps7734

Victoria

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:18:59 GMT

Victoria
Originally uploaded by taps7734

I bricked it..... damn.. .kinda

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:28:24 GMT

So for xavi7734's birthday, I got her a photo shoot with Scott Church. Did I mention my wife is fucking hot? I may have said something about it. But she... go look...

I also got her a new iPhone. Well an old iPhone actually... one of the 2G's.. and I found a great deal on it. Enough of a great deal that I got 2. :D One of them was a little beat up. But the guy I got it from had a replacement back for it. And it was all black. So we could distinguish our phones from each other. Cool.

So I got them both home, updated the firmware on each of them, re-jailbroke them and put in our T-Mobile SIM Cards and TA TD!!! Yay... everything workie workie :D

So being all manly and do-it-yourselfy, I decided last night to pull off the old cover and replace it with the new shiny black one. That was easy.... I thought... and I was wrong.

I ended up having to use a solvent on the rails inside the back case to get them off. And I found out just how brittle those pieces are... yes... I broke them a little here and there....

And when I went to put the pieces back into the new case, I must have fucked up the epoxy I used.... Or something... I wont be able to tell until I get home later and pull it back off :(

But now the wake/sleep button is jammed down in the case, and it seems to be stuck. It was a little misshapen when I went to put it in in the first place....

But now it is stuck in the down position..... so I cant even turn the phone on....

So I learned a lesson... a very expensive one..... I have a new back (With all the hardware already mounted) and a new button (that isnt mangled) on the way....

I will update on the progress when they show up at the door.

UPDATE: I got it to turn on.... so the phone isnt hosed... just the case.... yay.

Hero Update

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:23:35 GMT

C just talked to the girls uncle. She suffered some broken ribs, broke her jawbone, but otherwise doing well. He messed up his knee, minor back injury, otherwise doing well. Both of them have been released from the hospital.

We were so glad to get that information.

A quick email from my mother....

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:26:39 GMT

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From : Mom
Subject : I have a story

We just returned home today from eating in Germantown. It had been snowing, not terribly bad. The roads didn't seem to slick, just snow covered. I was at the computer, C [My Step-Father] in front of the TV. I heard a LOUD THUD. I looked out, a car had crashed in our front yard. Apparently, slid and hit a power pole- right across from the lane of the house across the road. C ran out to help while I called 911. A 19 year old girl was driving. A guy was crawling out the driver side door, over her. The passenger door was the side that was hit. C and the guy carried her into our house. It was only 15 degrees here today, so to leave her out in the cold was out of the question. When they brought her in, she was unconscious and not breathing. C gave her mouth to mouth, her eyes fluttered and she began breathing, very shallow, but breathing.

It seemed like a very long time, but soon we had all kind of emergency vehicles here and lots of rescue people. They called in Care Flight initially for her. Come to find out, the guy was also hurt. He kept saying he was fine, however, they put a collar on him, put him on the backboard and he too was Care Flighted.

The car was a total mess. We don't know the condition of either of them at this point.

I just wanted to share with you both, I think my husband is a hero.
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My Step-Father is kind of awesome. Just thought I would share that with all of you guys as well.

stolen from kittenboo

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:10:52 GMT

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever.
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Post your answers.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Food and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

An open letter to my wife....

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:10:02 GMT

Hello there. Please allow myself to introduce... umm... myself.

I am your husband. I have been the guy sleeping next to you in that big old bed for the last 12 years. Well maybe not next to you. There is quite often a smaller body in between us. The one that likes to practice her ninja skills by roundhousing (is that a word? Chuck Norris says it is) people in the face, or more tender body parts, in the middle of the night. But still... I am on the one on the other side of the bed, whether snoring, or groaning in pain.

You may have noticed in the past dozen or so years, then I do what I can to be as intelligent as I can be. I do have a tendency to fly off the handle. But for the most part, I am making it a point to think before I speak or act. I am trying hard to live by my own motto: If you know what you are talking about, then speak up. If you dont, then shut up and learn something.

For the past few years, after we passed a certain chapter in our lives... that being 13... I have decided to continue to live like we are on the verge of bankruptcy. I have a certain, very small amount of my paycheck that I set aside for every day expenditures. This actually works out to be, literally, a few dollars a day to get me through. What I use it for ranges from a trip to Starbucks in the morning before work, to saving it up for a few weeks to purchase random electronic gadgets I am ever so fond of. Either way, usually if I do not have the cash for an item, or know that it is a work purchase and can be expensed to my employer, I simply wait a few weeks until I do have the cash. It isnt easy, but I think it has helped.

At times in my life, I have been called "Lazy". I prefer to see it as efficient. As I have stated many times in the past, I am the guy who will spend an hour figuring out how to do a thirty minute job in 15 minutes. That way, the next time I have to do it, it will not take up as much time, energy, or other resources. I do like to work smarter, not harder.

In pursuit of this smarter not harder rule, I tend to use as many tools offered to me. Take for instance... Ohh... I dunno.... The auto renewal option on the two Domain Names we have registered. Instead of going through each year and re-entering the information for a domain we are certainly going to keep using, it was a much smarter idea to set both of them up to renew automatically. Granted it only takes a few minutes to go through and find User IDs and Passwords from old emails, then re-enter CC information to pay for each domain name.

BUT.... By setting up auto renewal, it takes no time at all. It literally does it on its own. I simply get an email when said transaction is complete. The ultimate in time-saving!

With one minor catch: No where is it stated on the registrars website that it will renew for 3 years, instead of the one I have been doing it for since I have purchased those domain names oh so many years ago.

So when you see the $87 charge to our debit card from Network Solutions, instead of the $35 dollar one, you have to sit back and look at it from a Female Shopper's logic. I saved 17%. And in the long run, that's what really matters.....right???

Cuz I am an ass.... its well known....

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:38:42 GMT

I love when people in this building stand in our doorway and hold a conversation on their phones.

The hallway that runs down the back of our office leads to the smoking area/loading dock. And the back door leading to our office is in a little niche. Small area, recessed about 3 feet from the wall. Just enough to allow the door to swing out without protruding into the hallway.

So when idiots want to have a private conversation they like to stand in that area and talk on their phones. Usually it is loud enough that I hear their part of the conversation. Even though my office is on the other side of that door... and a good 15 paces from it. But I can hear them. For some reason they like to speak loudly. Might be the cool echo going down that hall. That certainly makes for a private conversation.

Anyways.... my favorite new past time.... whenever I hear one of these idiots out there..... I like to rush out for a smoke or a potty break. Making sure to open the door very quickly, and with some force behind it.

Today, I have smacked 3 people on the back of the head with a solid oak door that weighs at least 100 pounds. Its awesome to see them look at me in disgust. And then very casually state "Wow... that wasn't the smartest place to stand was it? This door gets a lot of use. You might want to move. Just looking out for ya."

All of which is true... and comes from the bottom of my little black heart.

1 - It wasn't a smart place to stand.
2 - The door does get a lot of use.... especially when I hear people on the other side of it.
3 - If they don't want to get hit again.... then move.
4 - I was looking out for them.... If I wasn't I wouldn't have opened the door nearly as fast.

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Now playing on iTunes: Prince - Jack U Off
http://foxytunes.com/artist/prince/track/jack+u+off

Break it down!!

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:41 GMT

Triple H Just beat Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XVI for the Championship belt.....

OK.... So I have been playing Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 since LadyJ went to bed. But I am the champ baby.

xavi7734 was making fun of me for getting into it. But I love this theme song. And I saw her doing the X when she thought I wasn't looking.

And if your not down with that.... I got two words for ya!

Week 1 of 52

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:59:54 GMT

Week 1 of 52
Originally uploaded by taps7734

Why I think this week is going to suck.....

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:21:32 GMT

So last night I was sitting at home... and I realized the back of my throat was starting to feel scratchy. And a bit of pressure was building up in my sinuses. Oh joy..... it looks like I held out as long as I could and finally lost the battle with xavi7734's cold/sinus infection/plague. So, trying to head it off at the pass, I took some of the Tylenol Sever cold and sinus stuff that I picked up for her. It says it is the non-drowsy stuff.... so that means it was going to knock me out. Some amphetamines and barbiturates work backwards on me. I don't know why.

Needless to say, by 10pm, I was ready for bed. I took LadyJ up, threw her in our bed and we were both out in 15 minutes.

This morning I woke up.... a good hour before my alarm was set to go off. Fuck.

I was wide awake. No use trying to get back to sleep. So I just got up to get dressed. Might as well go into work and get stuff done before anyone shows up. Fuck.

Heading back upstairs to get my glasses, I notice that xavi7734 fell asleep in hers. I go to take them off and wake her up by accident. She freaks wondering what I am doing. And comments that she didn't even hear my alarm. I inform her thats because it hasn't yet. And wont for a while.

I notice when I get ion the car that is is almost out of gas. So I need to stop and get some on the way to work. Guess what. BJ's isnt open at 5am. Fuck.

OK... so I can make it to work on what I have. I will just have to remember to stop on the way home and fill up the tank. So off to work I go.

I get to work and grab my stuff out of the car. I head to the back entrance where I always park and try my card on the security sensor. Nothing. I try it again. Nothing. Fuck

And it is fucking 17 degrees out here. Realizing that my card may not work on the back door after hours, I decide to try the front. Its only about 50 yards away, I can deal with that. So I lug my backpack to the front door. Its always full of stuff. Laptop, camera, 2 extra lenses, extra batteries for the laptop, extra batteries for the camera, flash, etc etc etc... My card doesn't work on the front door either. FUCK.

There is no one at the security desk either. FUCK!

OK... Screw it... someone will be here shortly... I will just go wait it out in the car. Least there it is warm.... So I lug my backpack BACK to the car, in this windy, freezing, empty parking lot.... start my car and kick the seat back to chill until someone else shows up. Then it hit me that, SHIT, I was almost out of gas. Now I have been sitting in the car wasting it away so I could keep warm. FUCK!!

I head out of the parking lot and up to the nearest QT, and at least made it there without running out of gas. So I fill it up, and head back to the office. There are two cars of people I know come in early where mine used to be. And I missed them. So now I cant even follow them in the building. And since they dont work for my company, I have no way of getting a hold of them to let me in. FUCK!

So I sit there for another 15 minutes.... least now I have gas.... Finally one of the maintenance guys pulls in. I know he has access to get in. I was able to follow him in, and finally got to my office. I open the door, and there stands three of the guys I work with, chatting. None of which ever come in early. Hell, two of them travel all the time, so they are rarely ever in the office in the first place. Had I know there was anyone else in the office, I would have just called them and had them come ope the front door. Mother Fuckers!

So now I have been more pissed off by 7am then most people are all day.

Add to this little snippet of my day, the fact that my head is pounding....I'm worn out....I have a fever...And it usually takes me 4 or 5 days to get rid of this....And don't forget the whole sick=horny thing (Yea... Im fucked up that way... ) AND that of course xavi7734 wont even come near me when I am sick.....

Well... I have just come to the conclusion that this week is going to suck.

FUCK!

OK.... So I found this amusing..... I'm a sick man

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:27:09 GMT

Last night we had Tacos for dinner. :D Yummy.

xavi7734 had also found this kick ass Green Chile salsa that we used to love. Its pretty damn hot. But its awesome. And I heaped a bunch of it generously on my food.

So.... today I am paying for it. Add to last nights meal that I am feeling a bit under the weather, and it equals me spending quite a bit of time in the potty.

The salsa in question is not making that a more enjoyable experience. I'm just saying.

So I get back to my office, sit down at my desk, and start iTunes.

Kind of fitting that this is the first song it comes up with.

current song: Cash, Johnny - Ring Of Fire

And people wonder why IT seems rude???

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:18:56 GMT

Paraphrased from emails and our support system:

User : I need to find a way to use messenger on my BlackBerry.

Me : Which Messenger? The Blackberry Messenger service? Yahoo? MSN? AIM? GoogleTalk?

U : The messenger service on my blackberry.

M : I will assume the Blackberry Messenger. Since you are using BB Model XYZ, it is already installed with version 4.2 of the BB OS. You should see a blue and white icon labeled "Blackberry Messenger". You can login with your corporate email address.

U : No. That only uses the Blackberry Messenger Service. I need the one we use on our phones.

M : OK... So apparently a different messenger is needed. But which one? As I stated in the first response, there are several to choose from. Yahoo? AIM? MSN? Google? Other?

U : The one we use on our desktops. I see others logging into it from their blackberrys.

M : And again. Which one? The one you see on your desktop, what does it say in the titlebar?

U : Windows Live

M : OK.... Using the Windows Live/MSN Messenger. On your blackberry, Go to http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger . It will take you to a page where you can download the BB Application to connect.

U : I already have the desktop application. I need MSN Massager on my blackberry.

Other IT Guy to me privately : Please tell her to just put it on vibrate for the "MSN Massager".

M : On Your Blackberry, open the Browser and go to http://www.blackberrry.com/livemessenger it will take you to a page On Your Blackberry that will let you download the app to your blackberry and install it on your blackberry. You dont need to use your computer, you can do this on your blackberry.

U : When I open that link in IE, it tells me that this is the wrong OS.

M : ON YOUR BLACKBERRY!!!!!!!!! open http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger and download the application. Do not touch your computer. The only reason your computer should be involved to so that you can look at this message to remember the url http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger that you will need to load ON YOUR BLACKBERRY. So, ON YOUR BLACKBERRY, open the BROWSER application ON YOUR BLACKBERRY and go to the url http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger ON YOUR BLACKBERRY. It will ask you to accept the terms ON YOUR BLACKBERRY, and to install the application ON YOUR BLACKBERRY. Once it is installed you will reboot YOUR BLACKBERRY and it will allow you to connect to the MSN/Windows Live Messenger Services. Rememeber: ON YOUR BLACKBERRY.

U : I get the same error in FireFox 3.x.

Other IT Privately : Just have her FedEx you the phone. It will be quicker.

Me to Other IT Guy : She is in your office. Go install it for her.

M : Problem Resolved. Ticket Closed. Reason: Waste of 3 days in email and support system.

Jazzisms of my own....

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:17:06 GMT

Me : Lady J! Check out Boaz (our yellow lab)
J : (Looks over at Boaz who is running in his sleep) Awww.... he is probably dreaming.
Me : Wonder what dogs dream about?
J : I think he is prancing. He is probably dreaming of another dog. And he is prancing around because he is in love. Awww.....
Me : I think that would be a nice thing for dogs to dream about.
J : Yea.... its gonna suck when he wakes up and finds out its just Bishop (our black lab) sniffing his butt.
Me : *blink*..... *snort*

[Flickr Case xxxxxxx] Re: Account Review

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:20:18 GMT

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Hello,

We appreciate you moderating the content in your photosteam.
I've classified your account as "public"/"safe".
Please keep the Flickr guidelines in mind when moderating your content in the future.

http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne

http://flickr.com/help/filters/

Regards,
-Terrence
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So yea... my account was reverted back to Safe..... Guess it all depends on WHO you talk to?

stolen from mrs__smith

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:43:34 GMT

Which creature of the night are you? Your Result: Werewolf You are a vicious fighter and a vicious lover, absolutely dedicated to your pack. You are pushed to anger by disloyalty and injustice and have a tendency toward sudden, periodic bursts of wild behavior.
Vampire
Demon
Cthulu Spawn
Ghost
Incubus/Succubus
Sorceror
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FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:10:51 GMT

Oh yea.... did I mention FUCK! ???

OK.... So after the company I work for was bought, I now report directly to the director of IT. Which means I am pretty much my own boss. If I need hardware or software, I send him an email and he finds a way to get it. Other than that, he leaves me alone and lets me do my job. I run the ATL Office of this company.

So for the first time in my professional career, I finally have a boss that I like. He trusts me enough to let me do my job the way I want it done. As long as things work, he couldn't care less. And I am a big geek. My shit needs to work all the time. :P

Just had a nice Conf Call this morning. Seems my IT Director is leaving the company to go back to school and finish his Mastes.

Selfish Bastard! Leaving to better himself and shit.

NOW who am I going to have to deal with?

Happy Anniversary.....

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:57:47 GMT

Ummm.... to playright.... on the celebration of the day you came into this world kicking and screaming... you can stop any time now. :P

Happy Birtday Sweetie.

Actual conversation with co-worker

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:45:15 GMT

Me : What? You have been standing in the doorway to my office for 2 minutes without saying a word. Is there something you need?

Douche : I am trying to get *process* to work. It says it is going to take 4 hours to finish. I have to leave in 3 hours. Will it finish?

M : No.

D : But I need it to finish before I leave.

M : Then you should have started it this morning when you asked me about it and I told you how to do it.

D : But I thought I would have more time. I didn't think it would take this long.

M : Ahh...I see.... It must have been somewhat misleading when I said "This has to convert 18 to 20 gigs of data from one format to another. It will take around 5 to 6 hours to finish, hoping that there are no errors in the process and you get it to work on the first try. I would suggest starting it right away to make sure it is finished before you leave today." Yea... I can see how that would be mistaken for "Nah... Take your time."

D : So there is no way to make it go faster?

M : I really do think the word "No" was a pretty concise answer. There really isn't that much wiggle room in the interpretation.

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Now playing on iTunes: Dokken - Lightnin' Strikes Again
http://foxytunes.com/artist/dokken/track/lightnin+strikes+again

My Claim To Fame....

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:36:57 GMT

So back in 2003, xavi7734 took our then tiny little girl to DragonCon. I of course brought my camera, as I do every year, and was having lots of fun taking pictures of all the cool costumes and other fun shot.

When I shot this photo....

Since then, I have seen it on many web sites. And last night, I found it on yet another one. So I figured I would now go though and see if I could list all the places I have found it.

Here is the list so far. If you happen to find any others, add it just so I can keep track. :D

http://nickscipio.com/pod/2005/03/01_ilovepenis.html
http://www.owensworld.com/funnyimages/view-574.htm
http://www.yorkshiresoul.org/2005/05/caption-s_08.html
http://www.bulkcarrier.de/archives/2006/01/entry_2952.html
http://www.duemmlich.com/archiv.php?u_un=35&u_action=detail
http://www.ratemyeverything.net/post/1277/Girl_Who_Knows_What_She_Likes.aspx
http://www.nearlygood.com/picture/iheartpenis.html
http://www.humor-day.com/pictureviewer.php?id=950

There are many others... but these are the ones I have found in the past few minutes.

Squee!

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:11:46 GMT

Yes.... I just made the sound of a 13 year old girl going to see Twilight!

No I am not a 13 year old girl.

No I am not going to see Twilight.

But it is the same sound.

A friend and former co-worker recently asked me to photograph her. She is one of those who is never satisfied with her appearance. Constantly working out, dieting, etc etc etc. Trying to reach that magical shape that she will find acceptable. But never actually being able to. Because it doesn't exist. She is already this little waif of a woman to begin with.

I cant blame her. In certain aspect I am the same way. Not with my physical appearance. I mean, come on... Have you seen me? It just doesn't get any better than this. But in other aspects, there are things I am never satisfied with. Certain things I want to do over and over again until I get it exactly right. In most things I will admit to being a slob. But certain things I am very anal about. They need to be exactly right. Or at least exactly the way I want them.

A few weeks ago, my friend finally accepted my offer to photograph her. Spent a few hours with her at her pilates studio. A few different poses in a few different outfits. One of which was a dress that she absolutely loved. Truthfully, the outfits didn't matter. This girl is cute. No matter what. She could be dressed in a burlap sack and somehow find a way to make it look good. Just not from her point of view. :D

So I was surfing around to day, going through my normal routine of games, cartoons, and blogs... And I came to her super-secret hidden corner of the Interwebs. A little blog she has for ranting and raving and general bragging about her family. :D In one entry she posted from yesterday she was discussing the photos I had taken of her a few weeks ago. And she used the phrase "...I think for the first time since I saw my wedding photos - I thought - wow, I look beautiful....."

I know it wasnt meant for me. But I get such a thrill when someone says this about a photo I took. Granted, I don't think I should get all the credit for it. Like I said, she is already a beautiful woman. I just get a kick out of hearing her say my photo showed that too her.

So... In summary.....

SQUEE!

Giggle..

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:35:27 GMT

I love that my 6 year old just asked us what her email address was. :D She needed it to send a friend of hers an E-Card from the PBSKids website. She was kinda bummed when she realized that she didn't know if her friend had an email address or not. Guess we will have to find that out.