The Major

Category: Blatherings

  • WordPress Upgrade Party

    As if you hadn’t guessed from the last post, I am a nerd. And hence…this event on Wednesday is something that I would really like to go to:

    WordPress 2.3 is coming out on Monday, so come out Wednesday evening and upgrade your blog with the pros. How badly can you screw it up when the developers are right there? If you upgrade your blog before Wednesday come and help out others and make feature requests.

    Super-chill event, just bring your laptop, yourself, and your WordPress blog. I’ll provide booze, soft drinks, and wifi.

    Topics of discussion will include Trackback Etiquette: Ping on the First Date?, Join the Conspiracy to Relabel All Websites Blogs, and Putting the Friend in XFN.

    Unfortunately, there is another event that I would rather go to that night. Naomi Klein is coming to San Francisco to talk about her book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

  • Last Night As a MUD

    Here’s part of last night portrayed as a MUD:


    > go party
    You have arrived at a party.
    > look party
    You see several people. You also see several beverages.
    > drink mead
    There is no mead.
    > look beverages
    You see wine, cocktails, and beer.
    > drink wine
    > talk people
    > drink cocktail
    > talk people
    > drink beer
    > talk people
    > drink beer
    You feel slightly inebriated.
    > talk people
    Several people are preparing to go to a bar.
    > go bar
    You arrive at the bar.
    > order cocktail
    You order a cocktail. Your inventory has decreased by $7.
    > talk people
    > go dieselboy
    You arrive at Dieselboy with a party goer. Your inventory has decreased by $20.
    > order 2 beer
    Your inventory has decreased by $12.
    > listen music
    You listen to the music. It is quite enjoyable.
    > dance
    You proceed to get your schwerve on. You go boy.
    > order beer, water
    Your inventory has decreased by $8. You feel slightly inebriated.
    > look watch
    It is 2:15AM.
    > talk party goer
    You talk to the fellow party goer. It is time for him to go home.
    > dance
    You proceed to get your schwerve on. You go boy.
    > dance
    You proceed to get your schwerve on. You go boy.
    > look watch
    It is 3:10AM.
    > go home
    You go home.
    Congratulations, FourMajor! You have leveled up! You have two skill points to allocate.
    > train social
    You train your social skill. Your social skill is now at 9.
    > train confidence
    You train your confidence skill. Your confidence skill is now at 8.
    > exit
    Goodnight, FourMajor! Until next time…

  • Wait, What?

    Holy crap, my Yelp profile has been viewed over 1000 times. Crazy.

  • Non-Focused Post

    I’m watching The Office right now, season 3, and this I’ll have to say that this is a really great show. It is obviously hilarious. The characters are really well thought out. Last but not least, it is really sweet sometimes. Less obvious than the whole Pam and Jim thing, which is a good story to begin with, is the Michael and Jim thing. They obviously care for each other and every once in a while they do something really nice for each other. I think this element is what is missing from the British version. That was a good show, but nowhere near as good.

    On a completely different topic, a white russian (or two) really hits the spot after a day of work and class. And it also helps me write a rambling blog post.

  • It Is A Good Day

    Picture from my scale this morning: 165

    New Year’s Resolution: done

  • Beer and a Haircut

    I went to get a haircut today at like, the best barber ever today, who I had raved about earlier, I believe. Except this time it was more awesome. He gave me a beer to drink while I got my haircut. How awesome is that?

    Only downside is I had to hold my finger over the top to prevent hair from getting in.

  • What a Depressing Show

    I’ve been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm recently. I don’t know if I can watch any more. What a horribly depressing show. The guy just can’t do anything right.

    Actually, somehow I am addicted. I can’t say that I enjoy the show. Maybe I’m just waiting for something good to happen.

  • Don’t Be Alarmed

    I’ve decided to try a new way of waking up. A way that doesn’t involve an alarm clock.

    The past two days I’ve woken up naturally and it feels great. I set my alarm as an emergency backup plan but haven’t needed it so far. I guess the key is to just get to bed at a respectable time, which I hadn’t been doing lately. I also tried keeping my bedroom blinds open to have the sunlight wake me up, but instead I had my &^@$ neighbor’s &@#* outside !*@^ light wake me up several times in the @*#$ night. So the blinds will stay closed. And so will the windows. It got pretty cold a couple nights ago, as it usually does.

  • Planet of the Drums

    Last night, William and I headed out to Mighty to catch The Planet of the Drums. Dieselboy, Dara, AK1200 and Messinian were all there. It was the most amazing show I have ever been to. Those four went on together at 1am. Non-stop beats going the whole time. Great crowd. None of the guys there were trying to impress anyone…very relaxed. And unlike the show Alyssa and I went to a few months ago, the hardest drug I saw anyone doing was marijuana. And there were no guns 🙂

    Also, the bar was very accessible (you had your drink within a minute). Too accessible, I might add 🙂

    We didn’t check out the outside performance much, but we did check out the smaller room on the inside (there were a total of three acts going on at once). I’ll have to look up the other DJs and see when and where they were playing, because they were pretty good acts as well. I especially liked the guy who was DJing and playing drums.

    The only question is…when is the next Planet of the Drums?

  • Belly Still There

    Well I’ll have to admit that I am pretty happy with myself. Only 1.5 pounds to go and I will be at my goal of 165. Of course it has taken a remarkable amount of time to get from about 175 to 165. For some reason, the first 20-25 pounds fell right off.

    While I’m happy with this and I feel much better physically, the belly is still there. It isn’t a huge belly but there is no question that it is a belly. So I don’t know…I guess I might as well keep going with the diet until the belly goes away. Actually I am thinking that if I do some daily weights and sit-ups it might help.

    Or maybe I was just cursed with a body that doesn’t prioritize well. I would tell my body “ok take the belly off first and then you can take away from the arms, legs, butt, etc.” But unfortunately I don’t have that control. Not that it hasn’t gotten much smaller. It just doesn’t look like it has gotten 32 pounds smaller.

    And I looked at a BMI calculator. Evidently I have to be at 159.5 or lower to not be considered overweight. So maybe my ideal weight is around 155? I really don’t know. I guess I will just have to keep looking in the mirror.

    But for now I will just concentrate on those 1.5 pounds. That was my New Year’s resolution. I certainly knew I wanted to do it but I didn’t know if it was just something I was telling myself or whether I could actually do it. And if I am 165 on December 31st, I will be happy. But if I am 155 it will be even better.

    Sadly, or maybe not, I have already figured out next year’s New Year’s resolution. Get out of debt! Of course I can get a head start on that…it will ease the pain of next year.