| The Battlestar Galactica remake: catch the miniseries if you haven't already. Watch the series when it's out in January (or now if you know where to get that sort of thing online, heh heh heh). Seriously, based on the miniseries and first two episodes, this could very well end up being the best sci fi series I've ever seen. I don't use this phrase lightly, but it's got the emotional intensity of shows like "24"; I was on the edge of my seat when I watched the first episode.
So, in short, watch it! So says the great and powerful Oz! | comments: Leave a comment   |
| ( Specialized Undergraduate Flight Training (SUPT) )
So I noticed in that newsletter (looked good, Tine!) that there's a Fifty Foot Wave show in Pomona on the twenty-somethingth. I think I'm going to try to make it; I've been way too lax in going to all the shows they've been playing around here, and I know I'm going to be kicking myself in the butt for it when I'm in OK, OK, TX, TX, or TX.
Here's a link I just found about that flight training stuff in case any of you are interested: http://www.baseops.net/militarypilot/
Ejection seat and parachute training.. scary. Better start working on my zen-like trance state of mind. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Nicked off an article in Salon:
'At a Republican meeting this spring, (former three-term US Congressman Tom) Coburn warned: "The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme power ... That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today. Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sexual partners? That's a gay agenda." ' (italics mine)
OK, fine, gays are responsible for the impending doom of western civilization, we all know that, right Falwell? But now they're responsible for ABORTION too? Come on. Really. I mean really. That's just stupid. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Sanrio got bit last week (by another cat I think). At first I thought it was minor but by Saturday it looked like it was getting worse, not better. So, I decided to try to get him checked out. Unfortunately, all of the vet clinics were closed for the weekend, so I didn't get him in until Monday. By then it was looking very un-good.
The vet did a cut-and-drain deal on him, and on Friday I take him back to get the bandage off. He sure isn't happy with me right now. I tell you, trying to get a cat to the vet with only a motorcycle is a pain in the ass. Yesterday I convinced a taxi driver to follow me (on my motorcycle) home with Sanrio in the back seat (in a carrier of course). Thank god he was cooperative about it.
Hopefully San will be feeling better by this weekend. I suppose it would be too much to ask that he stops getting in fights all the damn time. Little punk. Well, not so little; he's a bit of a plump kitty. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Project: The Omega Sandwich
I am, as Space Ghost would say, "big into" sandwiches right now. It is my plan to create one single "master" sandwich, which will be capable of curing all of man's hunger with one tasty bite. I quest to find the finest ingredients: the crunchiest pickle, the freshest tomato, and the zestiest assortment of cheeses. My rye bread must be forged from the finest rye flour and dill and caraway seeds. There can be no turning back. The Sandwich Must be Made.
So, what I need from you guys are some ideas. What goes well on a sandwich? Remember, there are no stupid questions. But I'm not asking for your questions, so that's beside the point. Just ingredients. Thanks for your time! | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| I've been in a very philosophical mood lately. Not your standard postmodernist fuzzy philosophy, I've never much cared for that. It has a time and a place but it just doesn't interest me. I'm drawn more towards historical materialism (or materialist history, take your pick), minus all that Marxist baggage about revolution and what-have-you. The nuts and bolts of civilization.
I was talking to Jenny today about careers; I think that if I weren't going into the Air Force I'd try to do something along those lines. I know there's not much money in it so I'd probably teach engineering on the side to pay the bills. It's fun to daydream about all the different paths your life could take if you simply chose a different route. I think I'd be able to do well in most creative fields, despite my analytical nature. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Well, I don't want to be immodest or anything (oh yes I do) but I did super-well on that test I took last week. Assuming I can get everything together for my application on time, I think my chances of getting in are very very high. Huzzah for me. (sorry melissa) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I just got back from SD.. they made me get up at 4am, because I had to "hurry up and wait" four hours for the actual test to start. Ugh, I'd better get used to that stuff. But I kicked that test's ass royally. Yee-haw.
Man am I beat. Zzzz... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I'm taking a test on Wednesday: the AFOQT (Air Force Officer Qualifying Test). It's like the SAT or GRE. Easy stuff. The only part that's going to give me trouble is the "general aviation" section. They ask you a bunch of in-depth questions about airplanes and flying and since I haven't ever, y'know, flown before, it's a little tough. I've been trying to memorize everything in the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (an FAA publication) but there's a lot of stuff to remember. I'll be happy if I can remember the difference between ailerons, flaps, and elevators.
If all goes well, I'll be in Officer Training School by November. My recruiter told me that the cutoff age for becoming a pilot when you're already in the Air Force is 33, as opposed to 28 when you're coming in fresh. So, going in now will give me an extra 5 years to play around with. I think everything is coming together very nicely. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | They tried Doc-tor RO-BOT! | | Time: | 09:24 am |
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| I got The Young Ones: Every Stoopid Episode on dvd last week; I've been watching an episode a night. The series starts out a little weak, the comic timing is often way off, but in later episodes the series is just as funny as I remember it.
Rick: "Look at you, Neil, swotting for teacher like a total spazmo! GOD I HATE you, Neil!" Not only is it funny, but I get two new vocab worbs to confuse people with. Huzzah.
I need to find some web space somewhere so I can host "Timmy" and various other piles of crap. Any ideas?
Well, that's it for this month. Hollis, I hope you're feeling better.. Melissa, I need to speak to you about that pizza job you mentioned.. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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