PJC2144 (3:43:40 PM): sup kid Shad (3:43:59 PM): And who would this be? PJC2144 (3:44:08 PM): guess Shad (3:44:23 PM): Jack Sparrow? Shad (3:44:29 PM): Got any rum? PJC2144 (3:44:40 PM): hah yes PJC2144 (3:44:49 PM): great movie by the way Shad (3:45:13 PM): What was? PJC2144 (3:46:07 PM): pirates of the carribean Shad (3:47:11 PM): They made a movie out of that? PJC2144 (3:47:13 PM): hold up who is this? Shad (3:47:25 PM): Not who you think apparenlty * Shad (3:47:29 PM): apparentlyu Shad (3:47:31 PM): damnit Shad (3:47:33 PM): apparently Shad (3:47:36 PM): too much rum PJC2144 (3:47:38 PM): ha PJC2144 (3:47:43 PM): so its a girl Shad (3:48:07 PM): Now...what makes you think I'm a girl? 'cause I can't type? Or 'cause I want rum? PJC2144 (3:48:32 PM): both, and a guy wouldn't talk like that Shad (3:49:02 PM): like what? PJC2144 (3:49:08 PM): never mind Shad (3:49:10 PM): and guys don't drink rum? Shad (3:49:13 PM): I'll have to note that PJC2144 (3:49:17 PM): oh they do Shad (3:49:26 PM): They do? PJC2144 (3:49:30 PM): yes Shad (3:49:31 PM): I'll have to note that too then PJC2144 (3:49:34 PM): yes Shad (3:49:35 PM): got a pencil? Shad (3:49:43 PM): I have no paper PJC2144 (3:49:44 PM): you do that PJC2144 (3:49:53 PM): well make a mental note Shad (3:50:09 PM): oh, I think my mental facilities aren't quite up to making mental notes...too much rum you know Shad (3:50:14 PM): but I'll try PJC2144 (3:50:33 PM): hmm k this isn't who i thought it was Shad (3:50:35 PM): So, Cap'n Sparrow...what would you be wanting with me? Shad (3:50:44 PM): figured that out, have you? Shad (3:51:14 PM): So...got any rum?
During the latter half of last week sometime, my brother's server, which hosts my Harleyroads website, as well as my personal site, was hacked. It was done through a script I used on my personal site called Greymatter. Even after I had applied the fix, it was still hacked, so, naturally, I'm a bit peev'd about it.
Now, if you click on the link above that takes you to Shad's Pad, you'll get the 404 error page (but it's a funny one, so click on it anyways). Been talking with my brother this morning, and he's going to help me write a new journaling system (read: He's going to write it...;) So for awhile, looks like I might be posting more than links on LJ.
Over the weekend, we all went to Potomac Mills, along with a friend and her "kids" (she collects children like other people collect baseball cards). The reason for going was that the Spiegal store was going out of business and everything was $20 or less. As that's Gail's favorite mail order catalog, we decided to go. When we got there, I played Hero, and took all the kids (with the exception of the 14 year old) with me, and we wandered. After a couple of hours of "I'm hungry, let's go into that toy store, I'm hungry, can we have cookies..." I decided to head back and find the women, eat lunch, and get back home.
We got back to Marcia's house (the one who collects children) and I proceeded to head down to the basement to blow shit up with Jeff (i.e., play Star Craft). Not 15 minutes into the game, here comes children! (surprise...). These were kids I'd never seen before, and very friendly kids at that: Jumping up and down while holding on to my chair, making me wobble all over the place, pointing out obvious stuff on the screen, even trying to sit on my lap.
Needless to say, Jeff kicked my butt. I hate losing at Star Craft. Combined with the kids driving me up the wall, losing ALL my money at poker the night before, someone using my email address as a return address on a spam mail program and me getting damn near a 1000 pieces of "MailerDeamon-Returned Mail" in my inbox and my website being the cause of my brother's server getting hacked, well, it wasn't a good weekend.
So far, Monday is good though. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it stays that way. Only 24 days until vacation!
A little background: this "chick" has been IM'ing me off an on for about a week, always asking the same thing, then always responding to my replies with "w/e"...
LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:42:01 PM): is this rashad Shad (7:42:46 PM): Ok...yesterday it wasn't Rashad. This morning it wasn't Rashad. How many times are you going to ask? No, this ISN'T Rashad. Shad (7:42:52 PM): And yeah, I know... Shad (7:42:54 PM): w/e LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:43:33 PM): u proly dont no what w/e is Shad (7:43:41 PM): Whatever is what I'm guessing it means LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:43:49 PM): yea LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:43:53 PM): how old r u Shad (7:44:00 PM): 33 LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:44:06 PM): ok LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:44:08 PM): peace Shad (7:44:14 PM): have a good evening LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:44:20 PM): fuck u Shad (7:44:59 PM): Ok, you know, when you said "peace", I'm responding in kind, in a non-sarcastic way. I could be wrong, but usually, when one says "have a good evening", they're being cordial, and even nice... LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:45:28 PM): dont im me no more iight Shad (7:45:45 PM): Hey, as long as you don't IM, I won't IM you LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:46:01 PM): u just imed me Shad (7:46:06 PM): And you just IM'd me! LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:46:49 PM): peace dont im me no more ok or im gonna call the cops and say u tryin to make me f**u cuz im under age Shad (7:47:58 PM): Hahahahaha...And then I'll show them the records of our conversation and say "now where does it show this?" Like I said before, have a good evening, and a good night. And Good-Bye! LyLgHeTtOcHiCk (7:48:14 PM): holla
I was strongly tempted to "holla" back at her, but I didn't want her calling AOL and telling on me.
So, I'm kinda divided on this. In the first place, I remember the harassment one of the guys in my high school received simply because others thought he was gay. He never came out and said so, but it was perceived as such, and as a result, I imagine his high school years couldn't have been fun. I imagine if he'd had such a place, it would have been much better for him.
It does create segregation, however, and that never seems to work. In the 50's and 60's, segregation was a big issue, keeping black people in their own schools. Yes, that's a different sort, as it was a forced segregation, and they didn't receive near the standard of teaching that white kids get.
I have absolutely no problems with someone deciding they're gay or not. Your sexuality doesn't make you who you are, ultimately. I think the whole separation thing is what I'm puzzling over.
And this would probably be more coherent if I'd had my caffeine beforehand.
My wife has a Compaq Presario laptop that I purchased for her about 3 years ago. I can only plead insanity at the time of the purchase, because even then I hated Compaq's.
Now I loathe them, despise them, and wouldn't use one to get online if it was the last computer on earth (yes, I know that's redundant).
Not only is it a royal pain in the ass to get anything up and running on a Compaq, not only is their hardware so stupid that even the damn screws are proprietary, not only will it NOT go above a 640x480 16bit res off a fresh install, noooo, you add all this to a crappy ass website that makes it harder than hell to find anything and you have one serious Piece of ShitTM.
Anyone who buys a Compaq and admits it to me, better be prepared for me to come over there and see if yours will fly as well as mine does. Especially out a second story window.
Well, it's only taken 3+ years, but on the advice of my dentist, I finally made an appointment to have my wisdom teeth pulled.
I'm SO not looking forward to this. But I'm also going to splurge and have them put me under. I don't want to know when they take the hammer to my teeth and start knocking on them to loosen them.
The following is a typical IM I receive on almost a daily basis. It all stems from the fact that the rapper Bow Wow’s (formerly Lil' Bow Wow. Guess he's growing up or something) real name is Shad Moss. As my name is Shad, and as my AIM/AOL screen name is Shad, every teenie bopper with a connection thinks that there can be only one Shad in the world and it must be Bow Wow.
The following is just a normal one. I've had some rather amusing ones though, that I'll probably post on a webpage at some date.
JESCREATE (2:37:01 PM): u need 2 change ur name since this aint shad moss Shad (2:37:32 PM): Oh? JESCREATE (2:37:57 PM): what u sating oh 4 Shad (2:38:04 PM): I had my name before he had his, so he should change his name! JESCREATE (2:38:19 PM): how old r u Shad (2:38:21 PM): 33 JESCREATE (2:38:25 PM): oh JESCREATE (2:38:31 PM): whatever Shad (2:38:39 PM): That's kinda what I said when you IM'd me Shad (2:38:41 PM): :) JESCREATE (2:38:55 PM): B-) JESCREATE (2:38:59 PM): bye
I wanted to get to work early this morning so I can leave early to help someone move. Getting ready to head out the door, I remembered that today was trash day, so I grabbed the trash and recycling and hauled it to the curb.
So, off we go, and as I needed some cash, I stopped at the bank. Stuck my debit card in the drive-thru ATM, punched in my number, made my selection, got my cash, and then headed on to work. Only to turn around to go through the drive-thru again and get my ATM card OUT of the ATM machine.
So, off to work! I'm just about to head up to the security gate, when I realized I forgot my badge. So it's all the way back home, pick up my badge, kiss the wife while I'm there, and head off to work again.
Made it! I plop down at my desk, break out the laptops (I brought Gail's in to try and get all the drivers properly installed for her)...and damn if I didn't go and forget the power cord to both laptops. Gail's laptop, the battery is already dead, so I can't use that one. And my G4, I'm already at half life left. So I thought I'd write this down before it died.
We have a new project to start on at work. The good news is it means we'll all keep ourselves employed for awhile longer. The bad news? I don't want to be a QA type person right now. Oh, I'm sure I'll change my mind as early as tomorrow...but right now, I want to be something else.
A cat burglar.
Or an international spy.
Pirate sounds fun.
Yes. I'm bored. QA means testing the same thing over and over and over and over and...I have a small section on the client we're testing now, and it takes me all of 45 minutes to run through my test case, and because it's a small part, it's pretty much complete...what I've written bugs against, they don't plan on fixing before GM.
So I spend my days trying to break other parts of the client half-heartily; spend it writing/reading journal entries; reading Fark. Surfing.
What amused me most was the "Top Ten" tips posted by a gal named Jordan, who being a Page 3 girl (nsfw), apparently gives her an expert's insight to foreplay.
One of her "tips" was this: "4. Think cow in a field, not bull in a china shop - gently does it "
Ok, I think cow in the field and you now what I'm picturing? A cow chewing her cud.