just a couple of things

before I crash into oblivion.

— Money from the government [$332] is good.
— Steve Chapin is an incredible guy. simply amazing.
— Counter-Strike is as addictive as crack. still.
— Alamosa is a long ways away.
— 4:50am if really, really late. or early. hrmm.

I also found out that the United States Postal Service doesn’t suck as bad as it could; it cost only $6.35 to send my shoes to Oregon via 2 day air, with $100 insurance. Pretty incredible. I hope they come back soon. Oddly enough, I will be awake again in less than three hours, bright eyed and bushy tailed at the prospect of a brand new day. WOOO!

2001-04-24 15:14:11 – Stan
Dear rand0m, I e-mailed you but you still ain’t respondin’ I left my ICQ, my e-mail and my IRC handle at the bottom I sent two e-mails from AOL, you must not-a got ’em There probably was a problem with the hpi mail server or somthin’ Sometimes I type address to sloppy when I’m browsing but anyways; fuck it, what’s been up? Man how’s your web site? I’ve been working on my web site too, I’m about to launch it If I do that, guess what I’m gonna call it? I’ll name it rand0mandtsr.com I read about your mom too I’m sorry I had a friend kill himself when some fucked company didn’t want him I know you probably hear this everyday, but I’m your biggest fan I even get on IRC and chat with the people watchin’ your web cam I got a disk full of your pictures and your even my wallpaper man I like the shit you did with rand0m.hpi.net too, that shit was fat Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back, just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan This is Stan My time’s gone away I’m wondering why I.. played counter strike at all A thousand bullets stream by face and I can’t strafe them all And even if I could it’ll all be black, but your picture on my screen It reminds me, that it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad.. Dear rand0m, you still ain’t IM’d or wrote, I hope you have a chance I ain’t mad – I just think it’s FUCKED UP you don’t answer fans If you didn’t wanna talk to me inside your chat room you didn’t have to, but you coulda replied to Matthew That’s my little brother man, he’s only six years old We waited in some lame-ass chat for you, four hours and you just said, "No." That’s pretty shitty man – you’re like his fuckin idol He wants to be just like you man, he likes you more than I do I ain’t that mad though, I just don’t like bein lied to Remember when we met at Mike’s – you said if I’d e-mail you you would write back – see I’m just like you in a way I never liked your mom neither; she gave me a new asshole for speaking my mind I can relate to what you’re saying on your site so when I have a shitty day, I read away and put it on cause I don’t got any counterstrike skills so that shit helps when I’m depressed I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest Sometimes I even post as you to see if anyone reads It’s like caffeine, the fame is such a sudden rush for me See everything you say is real, and I respect you cause you tell it My boss is jealous cause I talk about you 24/7 But he don’t know you like I know you rand0m, no one does He don’t remember what games were like before this counterstrike rush You gotta IM me man, I’ll be the biggest fan you’ll ever lose Sincerely yours, TSR — P.S. We should be together too Dear Mister-I’m-Too-Good-To-IM-Or-E-mail-My-Fans, this’ll be the last message I ever send your ass It’s been six months and still no word – I don’t deserve it? I know you got my last two e-mails; I typed the addresses on ’em perfect So this is my MP3 I’m sending you, I hope you hear it I’m in the office right now, wiping all the servers Hey rand0m, I drank a liter of jolt, you dare me to fdisk? You know the song by Limp Bizkit, "Break Stuff" about that guy who didn’t give a fuck and had to come home from work and break stuff? That’s kinda how this is, you coulda rescued me from bankruptcy Now it’s too late – I’ve deleted 1000 files, its crashing and all I wanted was a lousy e-mail or a IM I hope you know I deleted +ALL+ of your pictures off my server I love you rand0m, we coulda been together, think about it You ruined it now, I hope you can’t sleep and you dream about it And when you dream I hope you can’t sleep and you SCREAM about it I hope your conscience EATS AT YOU and you can’t BREATHE without me See rand0m; {*screaming*} Shut up bitch! I’m tryin to talk! Hey rand0m, that’s my boss screamin in the server closest but I didn’t slit his throat, I just tied him up, see I ain’t like you cause if he burns he’ll suffer more, and then he’ll die too Well, gotta go, the fuse is almost burned up now Oh shit, I forgot, how’m I supposed to e-mail this shit out? {*loud explosion*} {*CRASH*} .. {*brief silence*} .. {*Fire Burning*}
2001-04-25 01:40:31 – Laura
Man, you know some fucked up people, that’s cute.

sobering

My grandfather, who is stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease, is like a little kid without the energy. He is not the grandfather I know; It is past heart-wrenching to spend time with him.

laaazy daaays

It’s a lazy sunday, let me tell you. I woke up around 10, but didn’t do anything all morning. Went to church, stopped by janelle’s work and came home. That’s been about it …

My parents have officially decided to move to Utah. They have chosen a house and the paperwork is started; they will be living in utah by the second week of august.

A tentative house hunt begins — I’m thinking of seeing if I can get a place with craig, possibly with matt & tony in there. Would be nice to have tony, cuz then we’d have his huge-ass tv & playstation 2. Craig needs a place by the end of next month; I want to help him, but don’t see myself able to; I have a place till the end of july, and I’m not too hot on spending money on a place if I don’t have to.

My thinking is to either get a house or to get a *huge* apartment; cramped is bad. I mean bad. Gotta have space. Gotta have bucks, too. Workin’ on that one.

2002-01-19 14:56:31 – rand0m
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whoa

feels like it’s been a while since I posted, but it’s only been [goes and checks] … 2 days! Holy Cow! Anywho, here’s a quick recap for the day …

woke up [10am-ish]
ate
went downtown
went to janelle’s
went to the mall
went to craig’s
went to tony’s [party]
came home

Wow, lots of wenting … Spending some time with janelle was really nice; not something I get to do often. We talked over a couple of things, as is usually the case, and it was good. The mall was okay; I bought some cargos from the clearance rack @ GAP. i picked up craig and went to tony’s place. tony’s party was fun, but no one showed. that part sucked. the queso was good though.

I realized a couple of things recently:
1. you don’t know what you have till it’s gone == true
2. the people around you *do* affect you
3. alcohol is definitely not a friend
4. gas is too damn expensive
5. i do not sleep, eat or work out enough

btw, quotes are updated — sound off in the comments.

2001-04-22 14:21:51 – LAURA!
randal, wow, what realizations ๐Ÿ™‚ here are mine. 1. you may not know what you have until it’s gone, but it’s crazy to dwell on that fact, or try to predict what isn’t going to be in your life anymore, and what is. i think that leads to paranoia. 2. the people around us affect us…yeah. 3. alcohol is fun! yay! <do i sound like i go to CU, yet?>, but when it becomes your friend, that means you need to be going 12-step, so, i’m glad you’re not an alcoholic, yet ๐Ÿ™‚ 4. gas is about twenty cents more in Boulder. 5. no one sleeps, eats, or works out enough unless they are rich and/or famous and have a personal trainer that lives in the spare bedroom in the basement. love ya

Sweet Update-age

So I slept like trash last night because I keep thinking. I hate thinking about things so much, but I think I’m going to be doomed with it for life. [sigh] … on to the news.

My grandfather with Alzeheimer’s has moved into the house with my parents and I; his name is walt, and he is completely off his rocker. I don’t know how this will impact things, but for right now it feels a little uncomfortable. Gotta deal.

Went out with Craig and Janelle last night [and eventually tony] — we ate at Old Chicago, then just hung around downtown. It was fun, minus some image/ego/self-confidence bashing that happened. I missed Survivor II, but I had a good time regardless.

Met up with Tony, and we walked around, and then we met up with Annie, and then Janelle headed home. Tony, Craig, Annie and I walked around, and then we, minus Annie, went to Tony’s place and watched Fight Club. What a movie. I slept.

Story: I’m laying there on Tony’s floor watching the movie intently, and I hear this loud snoring, and I think ‘man, we should move him so that he doesn’t choke or something.’ Next thing I know, Tony and Craig are laughing uproariously at me, because it was me who was snoring, even though I was really awake. I’ve never snored while awake before; I think they are lying just to make me feel stupid. Heh, about stupidness … we’re walking and Janelle says ‘hey, that’s Dorothy’ so I whip around and say ‘Hi Dorothy’ to this girl who walked past … she says hi back, but then I realized that her name isn’t dorothy; she had the role of dorothy in wizard of oz not too long ago. I felt like a complete retard, but it was fun.

That was my day yesterday, mostly. I got Office XP, burned it, installed it, fixed the broken 2nd disc .bin and .cue files, burned that, installed it, and hey, it works. It’s pretty nice. Not ground breaking though. As for the site, the contact page is now up and working, and I put up the about rand0m page. My webcam will go up as soon as I get a usb card for my box.

I have no plans for tonight … anyone?

just when you think

you got them all, something else comes up. I spent 10 minutes on saturday night going through my bed. but what did I find last night upon laying down shirtless? Two words:

bread crumbs

yes, you know about that. they are irritating as hell. I was up for at least another 1/2 hour getting them out. heh.

already 1:18am?

I really should get to sleep before 1am every night. I would say that it’s starting to take a toll on me, but it’s not. hrmm …

I think I might put up the rest of the pages —> they are mostly non-working links; as soon as I get my webcam to work, I’ll have it up. The other pages will probably go up, assuming I have a spare 30 minutes today [very likely].

Went to a Rocky Mountain Windows Technology Users Group with tony and craig tonight — it was good, and the pizza was tasty. It convinced me to not buy Microsofts ISA server [grin].

That’s all … have a nice evening/morning/whatever until the next time I post something wildly exciting.

and some more news

Man, today is a nice day. I was all ready to go to work, but that didn’t happen as planned. The weather distracted me, and I drove around for at least 1/2 hour, just cruising. It was cool. Came in to work around 10:15, and Jef says ‘hey, two messages for ya.’ … and that’s it … I was like ‘wow, what a job.’ … so far today, I have made 4 phone calls, and answered 3. Extremely demanding. I’m thinking I might start working on learning PHP, and ditch asp/vb.

I called Dr.Marten’s [shoe company] and talked to this nice girl named Sarah — told her my plight, and she’s sending me a catalogue, a form, and a shoe box so I can send my stuff back. I pick from the catalogue, and they send me a new pair of shoes. WOO!

There was something else I told myself I was going to post about this morning, but I don’t remember. I seriously considered writing them down so that I could post them, and almost did — must not have been that important.

Xeon’s page’s most recent post reminds me of what I used to be [still kinda am] quite a bit. Control-freak-made-of-gerber-carpet. Now that I think about it, I think I’m the hottest thing in the world, even though I know that’s only 73% true. Oh well, at least I have something to aim for.

On another note, GrooveMan sent me an e-mail! Long time no see man! I’m registered for RamCon, but I don’t know if I’m high enough up on the list to get in — I’ll start talking to Agent Orage / the other guy to see if they’ll let me, and my now-stomping servar in. I am seriously considering attending that gig in Alamosa w/ Xeon & Rev & someone else … I need to get into game form, though.

2001-04-18 14:57:29 – Burnz
Hey fairy, you almost got love from me today, but I realized I forgot your damn e-mail, not to mention the contact link on your site goes fucking nowhere, nice design. Still typing with your feet I see….now that was warm I thought. Gimme your e-mail.

realization time

Man, today was again filled with realizations … I’m thinking this is a lifelong process. Anywho, went to work, it was … okay … hung out downtown. Went to Jose Muldoon’s for Karaoke night … came home. Here are the realizations, in no particular order:

  • there must be a guide for HPI customers — ‘how to fuck up your dial-up networking settings! for good!’
  • tragically, I cling to my ingrained morals
  • gnutella [the spread] is damn good
  • xeon, despite his intentions, should not fib, or should at least get more convincing at it.
  • i am not the amazing god of singing I thought I was. in fact, i suck.
  • Jean LaValley hangs out with people who act 28.
  • John Nielsen, from GWL, is a dick.

that should just about do it for now. Oh, btw, SuperDave, I’ll have those folders for you to take to denver sometime soon. rock on, rock hard.

oddness

Man, today was a pretty odd day. Went to work and did mostly nothing for a change. It was really nice. I downloaded lots of mp3s. That’s about it.

Right before leaving work, I saw that my dr. marten’s shoes are coming apart. My left shoe’s sole is coming off, and all the threads are coming out. I am going to the store tomorrow to bitch and maybe get a new pair. grr.

On another note, apparently there is yet another crisis in Utah; my parents are leaving tomorrow morning @ 4am to go there. They plan on being back on wednesday night. So, if you are female, and want to shag, the address is 72…

That about does it for me. I didn’t get to do the laundry I wanted done. Dammit.

2001-04-17 16:45:07 – SuperDave
Work. I assume that you didn’t take the job in Denver as a result of you still being at ‘work’ today? Let me know. Email me or something.
2001-04-18 00:56:07 – randal’s penis
randal, shagging, hahaha. riiiight. i’m sorry you’re so hard up. maybe you should play counter strike. ๐Ÿ˜›