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OK party people. I know that I have been updating rather infrequently but please bear with. I've been busy lately and the work life is killing me. However, my new boss is really cool and she does the whole "if you can't beat em', outsmart em' until they respect you as superior." I guess it works... but I still think that helping evolution along by getting rid of the the wastes of genetic material works A LOT faster.
Without further ado... this vid is for TED (but everyone can watch it because it's kinda funny). Ted please comment. Doesn't this guy remind you of Chris or David? I'm dead serious. He looks like them, has a similar sense of humor, and very similar facial expressions... Just watch.
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In other news Aa-chan let me have it when I didn't let her get me Resident Evil 5. I'm sorry. I had no idea she wanted to get me it. I pre-ordered in January and it will be released in March. I did reserve the SUPER MEGA AWESOME COLLECTORS ULTRA FUN TIME edition. It's about $100. I just don't feel right having someone spending that kind of money on me unless they're my parents. Even then it's... kinda weird. I mean I've always been kind of a loner and would prefer to get my own items... but accepting gifts is really kinda hard. I mean I have an Amazon wish list (most of which is filled with erotic art books, nudie DVDs, videogames, forgotten books I wished for years ago, and maybe an odd or end) and I update it now... but since when does Amazon have everything I could want? Amazon feels kinda... plastic I guess is the word. Usually I crave a much more ORGANIC kind of thing. Something that lives and breathes the relationship I have with someone. Like if my shooting friend got me something like... a box of 12 gauge shells for skeet shooting, some free 223 rounds shot from his AR-15 (SWEET!), or even just a day out shooting I'd be very happy. It feels natural that someone I shoot skeet with in rock quarry would give me some things like that.
Or...
I have a few gym friends. If they gave me something like a bottle of protein, some vitamins, or just a shake at the counter it'd be an awesome gift. Just flows naturally.
Of course... naturally speaking my brother always sends me a card. I never understand a single card he has ever sent. Then again, my brother thinks he knows me pretty well. In reality, he has no clue of the depth of character of I have. As far as he's concerned I'm just the same old little brother who's into the really abstract weird stuff. That is true but he happens to pick the weird stuff that really doesn't appeal to me. Now a skull in a clear acrylic ball... for some odd reason THAT would fit. But he'd never get me something like that. Just another card this year I feel and that's perfectly fine. That's the kind of relationship we have. One of mutual misunderstanding. That's okay, I gave him a copy of the ABC's of manliness. Look it up and you'll see how weird that really is. I mean the cover is of a barbarian punching a gorilla. Nothing more manly than that.
But yeah. With my birthday this year I don't really expect anything. Never do. Never have. I've just always been relying on myself to please myself. Besides... I'd rather keep some things I want to myself just due to the cost. Plus a lot of times I want things so that I can use them as parts to give to other people. Now I don't want those things as gifts they're just things I want. For example...
I wanted an air compressor and airbrush. I used them to paint a metal case for Aa-chan this last Christmas. It now has very metallic and glittery pink unicorns on it. I don't know if I'll be using it again, but the thought that I can use it to professionally decorate cakes, refinish furniture, paint stencils on walls, and pretty much paint any small surface I desire makes it worth the price I paid for it. But the big thing I'll probably be doing with it is the special 1911 custom project for my dad. It will take a while for that to even get off the ground though. Man things are busy.
I decided to help redecorate my office. The place is BLAND. We had to makeshift our office out of lesser parts. It's the biggest office and it has a nook, but it was intended to be a three person office with a lab. As you can tell, we have not received anything we were promised in the transition.
Here are some ideas I've been kicking around. Some jokingly and some seriously.
A break nook - Put up some cages around a corner and call it the break area. If you are there, you are on break. Nobody can say that you're not working because you're on break. People tend to think that we're not working sometimes and they're right. It's because when they do that I'm on my 15 minute or my lunch. This idiot proofs our office. Not from us being idiots but from the idiots who judge others based on what they don't know and yet somehow have very high up positions in a corporation.
Secret passage - Wheels on a bookcase and hinged to a wall. It covers up the entrance to the lab. Very mad scientist. Very doable considering the cool effect vs. cost factor.
LED signs - Easy to make. Fun to look at. Cheesy yet unrefined.
Painted walls - simple enough right? Basic room stuff you say? NOT WITH ME INVOLVED! I wanna paint the walls black. Then I paint patterns on the walls using my airbrush, stencils, and tape. It will look like the walls have gone vertigo. We'll do those hypno stripes. Then the lab will get a clear coat of V10 glow paint. This glow paint takes only a little bit of time to recharge. Once it does, it glows for 24 hours. Think about that. A constantly glowing lab... Paint some blue glow around the edges of the sample fridge... now we're talking FUUUUUN SHIT. BTW, you can buy glow paint in yellow, red, orange, purple, white, blue, and green.
Clear white board on wheels - Lexan fitted to a frame on wheels. Use special markers (not EXPOs they ghost on Lexan)and put a black light on top. You get an awesome effect that catches eyes and provides something different in meetings. Plus it's cheaper to build than it is to buy. Building costs a little more than $100. Buying one costs about $3000. Plus it doesn't come with the cool little black light. You can use glass if you insist on using EXPOs but the glass can break and it is heavier and pricier. In our factory we can't use glass anywhere. So Lexan is the way to go.
Weapons Cache - Not real ones. Just some fake ones that are there to enforce our new policies. They'd be made of things like PVC, Aluminum, Foam, Putty, and Wood. I drew out some plans. Man I wish I were more mechanically inclined and had some kind of shop. I'd make an Evil Dead case. A hand mountable chainsaw and a BOOMSTICK behind glass. It would read, in case of deadites break glass. Found some instructions online for a Minigun, Jetpack, and the Samaritan (Hellboy). Yeah... those would do nicely on the wall.
Now here's trip... My new boss said she'd enjoy the secret passage, the lights, and the whiteboard. I guess the rest would be some awesome extra credit. Cost? Who gives a shit? As long as I'm enjoying myself I don't care.
I'm departing for the library tomorrow morning. Gotta do some studying. Behind on my resolutions. How does Sewing, Circuitry, Basic Crafts, Carpentry, Automotive, and Electrical sound for one day? Yeah it's a chunk. Been a while since I've challenged myself. It should be fun.
Without further ado... this vid is for TED (but everyone can watch it because it's kinda funny). Ted please comment. Doesn't this guy remind you of Chris or David? I'm dead serious. He looks like them, has a similar sense of humor, and very similar facial expressions... Just watch.
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In other news Aa-chan let me have it when I didn't let her get me Resident Evil 5. I'm sorry. I had no idea she wanted to get me it. I pre-ordered in January and it will be released in March. I did reserve the SUPER MEGA AWESOME COLLECTORS ULTRA FUN TIME edition. It's about $100. I just don't feel right having someone spending that kind of money on me unless they're my parents. Even then it's... kinda weird. I mean I've always been kind of a loner and would prefer to get my own items... but accepting gifts is really kinda hard. I mean I have an Amazon wish list (most of which is filled with erotic art books, nudie DVDs, videogames, forgotten books I wished for years ago, and maybe an odd or end) and I update it now... but since when does Amazon have everything I could want? Amazon feels kinda... plastic I guess is the word. Usually I crave a much more ORGANIC kind of thing. Something that lives and breathes the relationship I have with someone. Like if my shooting friend got me something like... a box of 12 gauge shells for skeet shooting, some free 223 rounds shot from his AR-15 (SWEET!), or even just a day out shooting I'd be very happy. It feels natural that someone I shoot skeet with in rock quarry would give me some things like that.
Or...
I have a few gym friends. If they gave me something like a bottle of protein, some vitamins, or just a shake at the counter it'd be an awesome gift. Just flows naturally.
Of course... naturally speaking my brother always sends me a card. I never understand a single card he has ever sent. Then again, my brother thinks he knows me pretty well. In reality, he has no clue of the depth of character of I have. As far as he's concerned I'm just the same old little brother who's into the really abstract weird stuff. That is true but he happens to pick the weird stuff that really doesn't appeal to me. Now a skull in a clear acrylic ball... for some odd reason THAT would fit. But he'd never get me something like that. Just another card this year I feel and that's perfectly fine. That's the kind of relationship we have. One of mutual misunderstanding. That's okay, I gave him a copy of the ABC's of manliness. Look it up and you'll see how weird that really is. I mean the cover is of a barbarian punching a gorilla. Nothing more manly than that.
But yeah. With my birthday this year I don't really expect anything. Never do. Never have. I've just always been relying on myself to please myself. Besides... I'd rather keep some things I want to myself just due to the cost. Plus a lot of times I want things so that I can use them as parts to give to other people. Now I don't want those things as gifts they're just things I want. For example...
I wanted an air compressor and airbrush. I used them to paint a metal case for Aa-chan this last Christmas. It now has very metallic and glittery pink unicorns on it. I don't know if I'll be using it again, but the thought that I can use it to professionally decorate cakes, refinish furniture, paint stencils on walls, and pretty much paint any small surface I desire makes it worth the price I paid for it. But the big thing I'll probably be doing with it is the special 1911 custom project for my dad. It will take a while for that to even get off the ground though. Man things are busy.
I decided to help redecorate my office. The place is BLAND. We had to makeshift our office out of lesser parts. It's the biggest office and it has a nook, but it was intended to be a three person office with a lab. As you can tell, we have not received anything we were promised in the transition.
Here are some ideas I've been kicking around. Some jokingly and some seriously.
A break nook - Put up some cages around a corner and call it the break area. If you are there, you are on break. Nobody can say that you're not working because you're on break. People tend to think that we're not working sometimes and they're right. It's because when they do that I'm on my 15 minute or my lunch. This idiot proofs our office. Not from us being idiots but from the idiots who judge others based on what they don't know and yet somehow have very high up positions in a corporation.
Secret passage - Wheels on a bookcase and hinged to a wall. It covers up the entrance to the lab. Very mad scientist. Very doable considering the cool effect vs. cost factor.
LED signs - Easy to make. Fun to look at. Cheesy yet unrefined.
Painted walls - simple enough right? Basic room stuff you say? NOT WITH ME INVOLVED! I wanna paint the walls black. Then I paint patterns on the walls using my airbrush, stencils, and tape. It will look like the walls have gone vertigo. We'll do those hypno stripes. Then the lab will get a clear coat of V10 glow paint. This glow paint takes only a little bit of time to recharge. Once it does, it glows for 24 hours. Think about that. A constantly glowing lab... Paint some blue glow around the edges of the sample fridge... now we're talking FUUUUUN SHIT. BTW, you can buy glow paint in yellow, red, orange, purple, white, blue, and green.
Clear white board on wheels - Lexan fitted to a frame on wheels. Use special markers (not EXPOs they ghost on Lexan)and put a black light on top. You get an awesome effect that catches eyes and provides something different in meetings. Plus it's cheaper to build than it is to buy. Building costs a little more than $100. Buying one costs about $3000. Plus it doesn't come with the cool little black light. You can use glass if you insist on using EXPOs but the glass can break and it is heavier and pricier. In our factory we can't use glass anywhere. So Lexan is the way to go.
Weapons Cache - Not real ones. Just some fake ones that are there to enforce our new policies. They'd be made of things like PVC, Aluminum, Foam, Putty, and Wood. I drew out some plans. Man I wish I were more mechanically inclined and had some kind of shop. I'd make an Evil Dead case. A hand mountable chainsaw and a BOOMSTICK behind glass. It would read, in case of deadites break glass. Found some instructions online for a Minigun, Jetpack, and the Samaritan (Hellboy). Yeah... those would do nicely on the wall.
Now here's trip... My new boss said she'd enjoy the secret passage, the lights, and the whiteboard. I guess the rest would be some awesome extra credit. Cost? Who gives a shit? As long as I'm enjoying myself I don't care.
I'm departing for the library tomorrow morning. Gotta do some studying. Behind on my resolutions. How does Sewing, Circuitry, Basic Crafts, Carpentry, Automotive, and Electrical sound for one day? Yeah it's a chunk. Been a while since I've challenged myself. It should be fun.