I remember the day my childhood died: the day I saw that poor cartoon shoe get dunked in the dip by Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I knew after that that even lovable, innocent creatures can die at the hands of evil.

King hillabilla, the break has been long and gruesome, slow and hard, definitely worth every ounce of strength I burned scraping pipes for that last bit of resin... Four-and-a-half week indulgence, gained ten pounds, back on the broccoli diet starting tomorrow ( Read more... )

I keep coming back to Burroughs, I don't know why. A friend (not a friend anymore) once told me it's because I was not a mature reader. I laugh off such suggestions; in the meantime, I eat cold pizza.

I remember the incessant pain ( Read more... )

Went to an Industrial Advisory Board meeting the other day, met a dude who is possibly my hero... Mechanical engineer by training, branched out into studio design and now renders 3D models of car wrecks and platform collapses for the car and oil industry. In his spare time, he is revamping a motocross track and producing music and music videos ( Read more... )

Most of Brazil had a massive blackout last night. Many dipshit media types are reporting that this may be cause for concern about Rio de Janeiro hosting the olympics in 8 years. These same dipshits are probably the same ones who promoted New York City as a potential olympics host site, forgetting the comparably massive power outage that occurred ( Read more... )

Stayed up 'til 3:00 AM coding last night... Feel like someone scraped me across the asphalt this morning. The weather's absolutely beautiful, though, as it usually is in November... Can't really complain too much ( Read more... )

I'm building a DJ mixer for my electronics design project... It's remarkably easy once you understand a thing or two about operational amplifiers. It won't have all the bells & whistles of a Rane or Pioneer mixer (e.g. BPM counters, samplers, effects knobs), but it'll be made with about $12 worth of components, so I can't feel too bad about that ( Read more... )

This guy from Jersey introduced me to a band called Japanther. Had never heard of them before, though I wouldn't beat myself over it, considering I'm not from Brooklyn ( Read more... )

Had a quiz in my electronics class today... Dr. Professor gave us a Bode plot, then we had to come up with an op-amp circuit that matched the corresponding frequency response. Luckily, it was a very simple plot, but it'll only get more difficult from here... I think November is going to be Hell to the nth power ( Read more... )

First exam of the semester today... Good; the first is always the scariest, although I'm too old to be scared of tests these days. I have a nice calm going, like I sipped from a snifter of cognac this morning. This is the mindset I need; nothing is worth losing your composure over ( Read more... )