I haven't posted in awhile, and that's because I've been ridiculously busy with school. What little free time I've had I've spent playing my PS3 because, you know, I've needed to blow stuff up for awhile.

But yesterday, I gave my final presentation, and aside from two more class sessions (a short one on Monday and a half-day next Saturday), I am ( Read more... )

I've been pretty busy lately, and having trouble keeping any of my various web outlets updated. That'll be over in a few weeks as I finally finish grad school, but then I'm on to NaNoWriMo for all of November. So, things aren't bound to change too quickly on that front ( Read more... )

I can safely say that I was among the first public audiences who saw the original Toy Story in theaters in 1995. I was there on opening day, and I knew that the film was going to revolutionize animation. As it turns out, I was absolutely right. I also had a lot of faith in the second film, released in 1999, and it's good that I did -- it's often ( Read more... )

Netlfix Instant Watcher has several episodes of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" available to watch. I viewed a couple last night as I was relaxing after a grueling day of report-writing.

The premise of MST3K is that a guy named Joel (or later on, Mike) is orbiting the Earth in the "Satellite of Love" and being forced to watch some awful movies for ( Read more... )

I was at Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday with Stacie, looking at some clearance items. I went walking around to look for someone to grab a ladder for us, and ran into a familiar face from my past... my high school sweetheart, Kristin ( Read more... )

I realized today that I am no longer a "needy person." Nor have I been for the last seven years or so.

I cannot tell you how relieved I am to know that.

A year or two before I met Stacie, I had become something of a charity case for many of my friends. I had lost all my confidence, lost all my direction, and really had no idea what I was doing with ( Read more... )

Over the last two weeks, I've acquired a Playstation 3 and a 47" HDTV. I've also replaced all of my shoes and many of my clothes ( Read more... )

I spent the better part of today trying to repair our internet connection at work. It was a complete waste of time, which I knew it would be -- the DSL modem was clearly not working properly, and I had already told my boss it needed to be replaced. But because there was the possibility that it might NOT need to be replaced, we had to sit on the ( Read more... )

I think it's time for me to say this: I am not a Christian... at least in the contemporary sense of the word.

Do I like Jesus? Sure. Follow his teachings? Most of them, yeah. Do I appreciate his sacrifice? As a symbol, yeah, though I really don't believe it actually happened.

Do I trust him as my lord and personal savior? Absolutely not.

What you have ( Read more... )

So, Stacie and I just sold off our big TV from downstairs. I listed it on Craigslist for $25. It was gone within 10 minutes. The guy who bought it got it for his daughter to have in college. Nice guy, and I'm glad it went to him ( Read more... )