Oh man, a Monday. | rand0m blog

I woke up at 7:00am to the sound of my cell phone receiving a page, notifying me that our secondary DNS/Mail server had rebooted. It was angelo rebooting it, no biggie. Saw matt get up to take a shower, and then I went downstairs and started up some coffee. Man, I felt good. Like, wow, refreshed, got enough sleep, everything’s good. And that’s been my day in general. Sure, there have been some downsides, like work. All of it. The whole day so far. But you know, it is a Monday. I brought my webcam to work and turned it on … so there is a new pic in there. w0ot. I’ll probably have it on most days. I want to buy a digital camera, but I cannot find a cheap one that doesn’t suck. And I’m not going to spend $500 for a good one. I saw Jackie … *searching brain for last name … failure* … Janelle’s good friend, over at the Perk while I was getting a mocha for lunch. It was nice seeing her, but she came down the stairs and my heart started pounding and I got all fidgety and man, I was freaking out, in fear that Janelle was up there too. Man, I still don’t know how I get all shook up over her. Jesus, that was years ago. Like, YEARS ago. No other girl has done that to me, and I find this whole thing very odd. To think I get clammed up at the *possibility* … man, I suck … I realized today, while looking at my webcam picture, that I now look like every other twenty-something who’s trying too hard: short, spikey haircut, goatee, sunglasses … ahh, I just love conforming. Oh, and I spoke to the Independent person again to tell her what I do for a living. Neato. [b]Update[/b] – 10:10pm – I just finished watching the DVD of the movie “They” … and omg was it scarey. *whew* if you’re in for a good fright, go get it. Now I’m gonna go watch a comedy with Kevin Spacey, “Swimming with the Sharks”

2003-08-04 16:36:15 – The Disco Nova

You don’t suck, I get the same way with certain women.

2003-08-04 16:37:40 – rand0m

wow, talk about johnny on the spot there with the reply … I hadn’t even gotten to read my own post and there’s already a comment 😀 And man, the whole thing just freaks me out … I have no control, you know? palms sweaty, hands shaking, sweat on forehead … no control there. zero. and that, friends, sucks.

2003-08-04 17:14:38 – WC

[b]Quote:[/b] [i]I realized today, while looking at my webcam picture, that I now look like every other twenty-something who’s trying too hard: short, spikey haircut, goatee, sunglasses … ahh, I just love conforming[/i] hmm, you just described just every teen to early twenties person I know. However I don’t think we are all conforming to that look. Mostly because the look is very easy to keep up and in some case, like mine, our girlfriends like the look. In fact racheal gets mad at me when I shave off my goatee once a month. Heh.

2003-08-04 22:39:25 – Master Ha-reed

Quinones is Jackie’s last name. I paid about $300 for a Canon PowerShot A40 about a year and a half ago. I’ve been pretty pleased with it. You should be able to find it in the $200 range by now.

2003-08-04 23:52:30 – Mr Mountains

Hey, WC, speak for yourself. My hair has been anti-spikey since day one, or at least as soon as it grew in. In fact, I’ve had the same hair cut since kindergarden. I wear jean shorts and T-shirts from goodwill. My brother takes it yet a step farther, with Elton John shirts, a T shirt that reads "still perfect after 30" another that readys "world’s best grandma" and once wore a burlap sack to school, and sported possibly the biggest red head mullet the world will ever know. And come to think of it, most of my pals look very…unique. Maybe you need to meet some new people.

2003-08-05 10:24:27 – WC

Mountains: Nah I am happy with my friends who are also very unique. I also wear thirft clothing. Why? Because if you don’t you aren’t taking advantage of one of the biggest advantages of living in the US. CHEAP CLOTHING! wo0! Also whether you like it or not, statistically, there is someone out there who have similar traits to you. It works in genetics, and odds are that the style that you are known for can be found elsewhere. If not in the US than in other parts of the world. Besides, I like the way I look and you are no person to even suggest who my friends are. I don’t make you decisions and you shouldn’t force decisions onto other people unless both you and them got inebriated together. 😉 To each their supposed own.

2003-08-05 10:36:31 – tony

It’s sad, I hadn’t bought a new pair of jeans in 3-4 years up until a month ago. Still wearing sneakers that are 8 years old. I’m actually looking for a good pair of XC shoes to get, I hear Reebok is good, or montrail.

2003-08-05 14:51:08 – Mr Mountains

Tony, I recomend Reeboks and those adiprene cushion things. They really kick ass. Like running on air, literally. WC, I merely implied that if all of your friends look alike, then maybe your friend pool was not diverse enough. Now your friends are diverse all of a sudden. Fine. However, if you feel that your image (assuming than people have to have an image at all) is too similar to others, then the fact that you actually think that means you probably do have a problem…however, if your girlfriend likes it, then fuck it, keep the look. What else matters anyways? I’d wear nothing but pink lace if girls thought it was hot. (Or what I mean is, girls could give me an excuse to wear pink lace if they liked it. Pink lace rocks…)

2003-08-05 14:52:54 – Mr Mountains

Correction on that adiprene thing. Adiprene is adidas, but its those air cushions they make for Reebok that are good. Can’t recall the name right now….damn it, that’s going to bug me for the rest of the day.

2003-08-05 16:55:32 – Netheus

Right, as someone who fell for a "style," wear what you wanna wear. But I am a girl, and they make more clothing for us than they do for you. More choice. Plus, we can wear your boy clothes without retribution. Boys have little selection, and are given a hard time for wearing girl clothes (although, in many cases, it makes them look MUCH better- See Perry Farrell, Dave Navaro, Robert Smith, and David Bowie). i mena, there are only so many things you can do with a basic t-shirt and jeans/ Khakis. Poor Boys…..

2003-08-05 20:51:07 – pinky

so, i move to amend the above post to insert "white, male" after the word "other" and before the word "twenty-something". all i need is a second…hehe.

2003-08-06 12:01:53 – WC

MERRELL! Merrell is the shoe you should check out. These things are awsome. Comfortable, good walking shoe, sticky rubber for running, quiet, light, laceless, suede leather, black. That is what I wear I love them. Although not so great for rock climbing they are however a good hiking shoe. …And Tony why didn’t you call me when you were in Denver. Ben said that he was the only friend you had in Denver. meh. BTW you should check out his new place that he moved into. Ian, Racheal, and I help him move in 2 days ago – the day you left.

2003-08-06 12:18:38 – tony

Hey craig, what’s your phone number? Don’t you live with your parents up in north west denver?

2003-08-06 13:20:26 – Master Ha-reed

I heartily agree with Craig. Merrell’s are the shiznit.

2003-08-06 17:54:59 – Mr Mountains

What in the heck is a Merrell? Why have I never heard of one before?

2003-08-06 19:02:15 – Netheus

The raver children say that a "Merrell" is some form of saturday morning Japanese anime.

2003-08-06 22:12:21 – Master Ha-reed

[I[What in the heck is a Merrell? Why have I never heard of one before?[/I] Because you are a deprived child Drew [L=http://www.merrell.com/our_shoes.asp]Linkage[/L]

2003-08-06 23:00:05 – realbighead

wireless from my new 12" PowerBook. I am happy.

2003-08-07 15:36:39 – amanda

I can’t believe you just saw "They" it was pretty scary… its a good date movie… And the thing with getting shook up over a girl, that could mean something else, something good, you should persue that feeling… its ok, and its also ok to tell her, she won’t step on you, or she shouldn’t. Its ok…

2003-08-07 15:36:43 – amanda

2003-08-07 18:38:51 – Mr Mountains

2003-08-07 19:51:44 – rand0m

umm, we ended pretty messily … if you peruse the archives or search for janelle, you’ll be able to see some of my feelings. search for "ice queen" in particular . heh. I still think she’s the cat’s pajamas, but honestly, I don’t know her the current janelle — just the janelle that I used to like a long time ago.