Archives for 2000
So I’m working at The Computer Store, that’s it’s name, just “The Computer Store” With underline and everything, relic of the old days of Macintosh arrogance. Things behind the service counter: “Kind of like spitting” concert sticker. Laser-printed instructions card for MAME. Catalyst zine, thumbtacked to corkboard Many post-it notes. Cuesta-Rey Centenario Coleccion sticker, from [...]
Lots of crazy stuff going on lately. The Myst 3 themes contract got approved, and this weekend I was putting the finishing touches on the themes. Just a couple more tiny touches, and they’ll be complete! I’ll post screenshots for people to see when they’re done. Obviously, (to anyone who visits the site frequently), the [...]
The shift from Portland to Ellensburg is pretty radical. Portland’s temperature ranges from 30 to 80, with both of the extremes being fairly rare. The average temperature is probably around 60. Ellensburg on the other hand is around 100 in the summer, and around 10 in the winter. It’s rarely a moderate temperature, we tend [...]
“Its time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I’m all out of gum.” – Duke Nukem
“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” – Sigmund Freud
ARRRR! Ha ha I got my Chi Kung teacher saying it! We were doing this exercise where the teacher digs his fingers into your sternum and cracks open part of your energy system, then throws you chest-first into another student. So I was the catcher, and the dude I was catching outweighs me by approx. [...]
Working this job has made me realize something. I used to think that the work I was doing would be the most important thing, and that I could deal with any workplace situation given that I was doing what I loved. I have since realize that is inherently wrong. While doing what I love can [...]
Ha ha! I might be getting out of retail and joining the Brotherhood of the Cut Thumb and the TORX wrench… Wait. Let me back up. On Wednesday, November 15th, I got a call informing me I was hired at The Computer Store. I commenced to work my retail position on the 20th… After nine [...]
I had an odd one last night. Before bed, I was told that there’s a potential office swapping that’s going to happen here at work. I guess that got my mind running on the office, and related topics… I went into the ‘Burg, and headed for my desk. It wasn’t there. My desk was missing, [...]
I got to test my new bike stuff this morning. It’s been snowing over the weekend, and last night it was really cold, so there’s snow and ICE all over everything, and I have a 30+ block bike ride to work. I only crashed once, at the first intersection, as I tried to brake too [...]
Well kids, let us begin today’s lesson: Today was my refresher, and I’m sure Scott began his first lesson without the benefit of a primer. For those of us that don’t know… Go slow – If you’re in a hurry, stay slow. Nothing makes you late to work or class like an open head wound. [...]
“I figured if I can’t enjoy the company of beautiful, witty women, I might as well own expensive possessions. Capitalism rocks.” – anonymous friend
“Why do I have to be quiet? It’s a silent movie!” – Amy, drunk at a party
So Urn and I officially have a radio show! It’s called Off-Topic, and it’s a weekly talk show. It’s going to start Winter term, and it will be on Monday nights from 10pm to Midnight. Yes, it is kind of an odd time-slot for a talk show, but seeing as how we didn’t have any [...]
scott vandehey – 8 of 10 results are me! And the #1 spot! (I actually know Father Scott Vandehey, he wrote a book about the Vandehey family) space ninja – 1 of 10, #1 spot! obeso the pirate – 9 of 10, #1 spot! steve havelka – 4 of 10, #1 spot! (result appear to [...]
Yesterday was kick-ass! We decided to have a local thanksgiving dinner with friends, and the whole thing just kept getting bigger. I guess everyone thought it was a good idea, because everyone came! We had two turkeys, like three bowls of stuffing, and a ton of other food. Annie and I were there, of course, [...]
So, I ‘wake up’ after a party where there was a one-legged guy and a bunch of other people I don’t know partying in my room, and a couple of girls are in my apartment. I don’t know one of them, and the other one, despite the fact that I don’t recognize her, I just [...]
(republished from a comment Sean made) I recently saw Hollow Man. I wasn’t going to at first, but now that the KOIN has been bitchslapped by Regal from an arthouse to a discount house, I’ve got more motivation to see mainstream crap, namely that I can do it free at the KOIN where I feel [...]
I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. I love movies, and now that I have money again, it makes sense I would start seeing them again. Urn and I watched Pitch Black (again for me) and it was still really really cool. I’m amped about Red Planet. Can’t beat Val Kilmer, Trinity and a [...]
there’s something unique about the nature of waking up in a pool of your own vomit. i don’t think it’s possible to understand the true indignity of it unless it’s happened to you. we all joke about it, but i don’t know if we ever knew what it was like to take a shower afterward [...]
“Here’s what sucks: writing software with the goal of producing something IT managers want to buy, rather than producing something that people want to use.” – Jamie Zawinski
Well, it was snowing the morning, which was cool right up until the point where I had to bike to work. In addition to being cold and wet, I had snow blowing in my eyes, so that I couldn’t see. However, the end result of this is that I bought some cool sunglasses at Bi-Mart. [...]
Money Magazine’s Best Place to Live 2000
HA HA HA! Steve, our girlfriends have been declared WRONG by the experts! Behold, Money magazine’s #1 Best Place To Live 2000, PORTLAND OREGON! BOO-YAH!
15 Comments. Posted by Scott on Monday, November 20, 2000 at 6:11 pm.
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