I was in the Navy at the time, stationed over in Japan. It was night over there, and I'd just gotten done with a roleplaying game or something. I went to go hang out in my shop and a friend of mine there was watching the news while on watch. The news cut over to a special announcement about something happening in New York ( Read more... )

Measure out 3.81 g (25.0 mmol) of Vanillin into a 25 mL round-bottom flask. Add 5 mL of ethanol, stirring the flask to dissolve the vanillin. If it does not dissolve entirely, add up to another 5 mL ethanol.

Set up a ring stand holding a dropping funnel with the flask beneath it. Ensure that there is a gap between the funnel and ( Read more... )

Okay, we're trying to kill Lady Vashj in World of Warcraft today. Wish me luck!

By the way, I totally still exist.

Perhaps I'll check in here a bit more often.

Short summary of what's been going on since I last posted:

• Time served in Navy was completed, honorable discharge and all that good stuff.
• Moved back to Oregon.
• Attended Portland Community College (PCC) for a couple years.
• Moved in with Darius and
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So yeah...I'm out of the Navy now. Or rather, I'm taking vacation during my last month of service, so I don't have to do anything military anymore ( Read more... )

Is pride really a good thing? Back in school (when I went), I'd sometimes just half-ass an assignment I didn't feel like doing...my mother would see it and ask me if I had any pride. I usually denied it ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm posting...something that hasn't happened in over a month now. I probably should post more often; in fact, I often open up the Update Journal page just to stare at it. Rarely, though, does anything get written; probably due to my general quietness. If I don't have anything worthwhile to write about...I'm just wasting words in doing so ( Read more... )

Still out to sea here, will be stuck on the ship until next Saturday ( Read more... )

Praise be to Gainax, for they have blessed us with such bounty over these years. Evangelion, inspiring. His and Her Circumstances, engaging. FLCL, exquisite. Otaku no Video, so true. And now the most recent Gainax production that I have the pleasure of viewing...Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi ( Read more... )

That being the ship when you're trying to sleep ( Read more... )