Signs that you may not want to rent in the area.

• Ask about noise / crime and get evasive answers.
• close to primary city traffic
• the agent mentions a nicer apartment just up the road, but for reasons unknown, won’t take you there
• while waiting for a cab, you witness an impromptu pit bull fight- a young lady’s being walked is attacked by another not tethered in the yard over. Thank goodness for aluminum crutches.

Though the apartment was clean, tile floors, looks a bit small for a one bedroom. Has a pool and laundry facilities. I’m going to look a bit more deeply into the quieter parts of town, as that place had three units available; I have mixed feelings about it. I probably won’t get one of those. Most places are only asking first and security, and a few are offering $100 off if I move in within 2 weeks, another $100 off if I get the application back to ’em in 24 hours, and yet a third $100 off if I tell them that I found the place via rent.com.

Other Things seen –

About 5 apartments, all within a 6-block radius. varied wildly from “Oh, Hell no” to “Wow, that’s gorgeous”. I think that I can find a nice place, a little bigger for not much more than I’m paying now.

A kid (13?) get off the school bus with a bright yellow folder labeled “languish arts” written by what looks to be a 6 year-old’s off-hand script. I think Languish Arts is a cool name for a band, but I don’t think the kid was being clever, just illiterate.

A young Spanish girl, maybe fifteen, with colorful neck tattoos, as well as on one either arm and at the base of back. I wonder how she’ll feel about those in another fifteen years? Will she live to see forty-five? Sixty? The arms are easily covered, but the neck would be very difficult. I wonder how, if at all it’ll affect her ability to get a job?

Why did I opt not to take my camera with me today? I forgot. I planned on taking it with me to take photos of the apartments I visited.

simcamera is remarkably handy, not just for there or the sims. Handy for taking window or screen shots.

Just finished scraping hair from the sides of my jaws. I’ve gone from the wild man from Borneo to a more respectable tight-trimmed goatee. Must look good for the rental agent later today. (Convince ’em I’m not a total freakazoid)

Random Scotto factoid: You can replace the word Smurf with dork, and it’ll make me laugh. “Papa Dork! Dorkette! Handy Dork!”

Trevor Goddard (the gruff Aussie actor who so expertly portrayed Kano in the first “Mortal Kombat” flick) died of a drug-overdose yesterday. The world is a darker place without him.

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I wonder what folks 40 years from mow will be nostalgic about and miss? What will folks look back on about now and call it the “Good old days”? I’m not sure I can think of anything in particular, but that may be a problem of being too close to the puzzle to figure it out right away.

I slept very late today… not sure what caused it, but I drowsed from about 2am to about 1pm.

Helped out by being the “fashion photographer” for D’s purple gown in the early evening, and was rewarded with a paint tommy gun for my trouble. Playing paintball n a temple ruin on flutterpacks is a hoot! We played team too, Sluggo, Whimsy, Sammy, and Ciara. (I’m still *terrible* about confusing Ciara and Chiasmodus. Katie and Columbina we only see on briefly at the clubhouse.

While at the photo hut, a person showed us the way to the beach campfires.. one of which was inside of an old shipwreck. I really ought to take some pictures for keeping, in case the beta changes the environment again.

Current plans on the drawing table are a “Kiss My Grits” woman’s shirt with a yellow rose on it. I don’t thing most users will get the reference to Flo, but maybe it’ll become a cult favorite.

Mummy locator. If you can get past the color scheme, it’s pretty handy if you’re wanting to seek out mummified folks.

Looking for new apartments in earnest, today. I’ll be visiting some possibles tomorrow. I’ve already located a few great-sounding deals.

a year ago – wonder twins movie optioned, Baiso, Rose Red, Bunko Shenanigans

two years ago – Uddercream, Eugene Mirman, evil news, lit-quiz, chachi and opium

three years ago – bubble, simple

got my Kraft pack today… I think I’ll enjoy the newtons and the trial mix the most. The stuff arrived via UPS ground, and looked quite weathered from the journey. Though packed in bubble-wrap, some things were bumped and prodded a bit.

The full list of goodies – (holy carb & salt, batman!)

• GF international Coffees Creme Caramel Coffee
• Cherries ‘N Cheesecake Newtons
• Planters Nut & Chocolate Trail Mix
• Pasta Anytime Fettuccine with Alfredo Sauce
• Rotini & white cheddar cheese sauce with broccoli side dish
• Mexican Velveeta Loaf… (Heehee.. Loaf.)
• Minute Rice Cheese broccoli skillet
• Big bottle of BBQ sauce
• Lifesavers fusions – strawberry/banana and Cherry/pineapple
• sure jell no cook jam pectin
• Chocolate/vanilla mix pudding snacks – Yum! (Bro will probably take a few.)
• macaroni and cheese crazy noodles (turns mac & cheese Green? erm, bleh! Bro can have that)
• Wheat thins Crispy thins – yum!
• Kool-Aid mad scientwists wild watermelon kiwi – will be donated to Bro 🙂
• crystal light raspberry lemonade mix – Yum!

I’m still not sure what fruit I’ll use the sure-jell on. maybe a Strawberry/Blueberry mix?

I *do* know that it’ll all get used.

Elboroom Patio cam… all the wet scared everyone off!

So many things on my mind these days… I need to shake the box and see if pieces fall through the right-shaped holes.

Well, I just heard that Island boy may be moving on to Nordis from my old workplace, and will be making quite a tidy sum. That’s the same place that shafted me back in February, but I think that was due to the CIO being a dingleberry, RE: Tuan Leaving, and then not. I hope that he gets comfy, and excels there…it looks like there’s a more solid future for him, certainly.

An underground group known as the Sims Shadow Government has taken over the fantasy world that is “The Sims Online,” meting out mob justice. Continue reading →

Brunching Shuttlecocks is no more. 🙁 At least there are archives.

flowerpop is the most recent person that I’ve given a LJ code to. Welcome to the addiction! 🙂

I’ve tried to explain to Danny that DSL would be the same price as normal Dial-up if he’s going to get another line, but I don’t think that it’s sunk in. I’m not sure what part of “it costs the same, and is 50x faster” he doesn’t understand. I suspect he’s just not listening.

Looks like I’m back in the lj top 40 again.. I was out for a week, after being steady at 20/21 there since it’s inception. I have no idea what booted me off, or who left so that I’d reappear at 20 again. I still only recognize maybe 5 journals on the list, and three of those are communities. I’ve got no idea how I went form 20, to off, to back at 20 again, without changing ranks…the top 40 would make more sense to me if I understood Google’s ranking methods. Speaking of Google, they’ve added Google compute a mass cooperative information designed to help solve problems hit by distributed computing, like the old Seti@home site. This is even more handy, not as a screensaver but as just helping out. More info is available at folding@home. At one time at my last company, I had over a dozen machines with the screensaver running. cath555 turned me on to the medical version (rather than seti) method way back when.

One of my vampire-spawn has vanished, leaving me with only 3 direct descendants. Liliana , mixedresults and LdySaphyre (sire of are all lasting quite nicely, though.

What’s on top of Your Computer?

Well, Red fur and a tail, anyhow. 🙂

Ghost is pretty accurate, these days… I like a cool room, and have been restless.

a year ago – no more flash embedded in journals, cleaning house post fumes, June bugs coming, supa-leap Newt, global warming rant

two years ago – Argus, moon cathedrals, monkeyfishing (later shown false), smart tags (where’d those go?), reading comics, dj account

three years ago – ADD, Webcam obtained, meme, mind tricks, kite flying with April and Danny.

Heard from the brother this morning… his coherence was weak. I’m not sure if it was the fact that he’d just woke up or something less friendly. I asked Dave earlier about a place for him, but that may or may not be a helpful route of questioning. (The *last* thing I need is for Tony and Bro to join forces… not a safe mix of personalities there). Bro’s voice still sounds a little “off”, maybe due to his crash, a thump to the mouth or nose.

Had a nice time with Danny yesterday…new shoes, new pants, a little pub-crawl, conversation and people watching. I spent more money than I’d intended, but didn’t really dent myself all too badly. There are a lot of Brazilians in this region of Florida, and we got a kick out of watching form for a while over drinks. (A few other ethnic groups stood out last night at supper, too… German tourists, and some young Japanese girls giggling near where we had our din-din. I’m still trying to figure out what the girls were eating… calamari? Some sort of puffed, fried thing. Could have been garlic rolls for all I know, but it didn’t look quite like anything that I’ve had at Big Louie’s before. I can’t believe Dan’s been teaching for 4 years now!

A year ago – hero costume poll, sogyo poetry, fumigation finished, scopes sea monkey trial

two years ago – baby helmet, deep sleep, grogginess, wag, folks sick all over LJ, shoe size poll, adaptation of science, spark words.

three years ago My life unapproved by the Comic’s Code Authority

Long, lovely day with Danny.. Hobbit pub, lots of talking and carrying on. 🙂

brief piccies from today –

DARPA is still on the cutting edge. This time they’re slicing through that thin veil of your privacy with the proposed LifeLog. Their site calls it “an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person s experience in and interactions with the world in order to support a broad spectrum of associates/assistants and other system capabilities.” Of course, the people the LifeLogger is reporting on just might see it differently. The story in Wired calls it “an all-seeing, ultra-intrusive spying program.”

Well, now we’re just splitting hairs.

Random thought:

Cap’n Crunch / Spongebob tie in. The cereal is yellow and square already, with a nautical theme.

Bollywood night tonight, and every Thursday night this month on TCM… Forum is a fun place to go see them on the big screen. I still snicker when I hear the name “Mehboob Khan”… but I laugh at Englebert Humperdinck and Dick Butkis.

Still up in the air what Danny and I will do tomorrow…I’m hoping we get lunch and a show… I *really* want a good conversation with him. The last couple of times on the phone have pooped out.

Well, Gay Days in Orlando starts tomorrow. The one week in the summer where Orlando is mobbed again. My only problem with Gay Days at Disney is that WDW is a kid’s park at heart, and a lot of heavy public displays of affection are going on. I don’t think handholding or hugging is too bad, but anytime sexuality issues of any sort are put in the mix, there are bound to be folks who abuse it. (I know that firsthand from Grad Night… fortunately the park was closed to kids that evening.)

I’m overdue for a visit… I think the last time that I went was shortly before I started this Journal. (May 5, I think). I was disappointed to hear that the Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Revue was nixed this year. It’s surprising, because they always pack ’em in, from what I remember.

Speaking of Disney… The Haunted Mansion movie looks like it’s going well so far.

a year ago – Moscow Tunnel system, fumigation

two years ago -Paterfamilias , living on bread alone / scurvy, hoboes,
three years ago, secret Scotto factoid re:barbershops

Personally, I prefer Orange Newton

Brother went to the emergency room for a cat scan and a general evaluation for his fall off of the bike the other day. He called me from the ER, and sounds ok; he was having a smoke break outside. Apparently he’s been having nausea and headache and he should’ve gotten a stitch or two. Looks like he’ll have another battle scar.

I found out that Tony’s gone form bad to worse, and he’s got a second kid on the way. I feel sorry for Caroline… she had her own problems to fix (kicked Heroin, well before this baby, thank goodness) and now Tony’s on the C-pipe. Great father figure, T… Jobless crackhead.

My health is progressing well, though I’ve still not heard back from the workman’s comp folks regarding PT. if I don’t hear today, I’ll do my annoying iron fist technique on them tomorrow. Believe me, you don’t want to piss ol’ Scotto off, especially if he’s wounded.

Looks like I fell off of the LJ top 40… I don’t know how I dropped 20 places, but gone I am! so much for my six week streak. I still have no idea what the criteria are. I still nose over and check to see if anyone I know is there.

Going with Danny on Friday to see a movie. Hulk, X2 or Finding Nemo (Nemo’s the highest on my priority list, but he’s already seen it.)

Brothel offers free sex to returning troops

Hey, you know what this is? It’s some sort of big freaky, ugly scarecrow action figure, courtesy of MacFarlane Toys.

Okay, and hey, this here’s some sort of horrific lion man.

And this thing? This thing seems to be some sort of clumsy robot/cyborg/metal dude thingie…

Hey, wait a moment – a scarecrow, a lion and a metal guy? These couldn’t possibly be Wizard of Oz figures, could they? I mean, if they were, they’d still need a Wizard of some sort, and this steampunk’d fop certainly couldn’t be it. I mean, what would that make Toto, some sort of sloppy carnivore roughly the size of a show pony? It couldn’t be.

Okay, what’s the worst part of this, exactly: MacFarlane aping American McGee for the cheap “Ooooh, childhood memory turned dark” pop, or just the idea of a dark, sinister Wizard of Oz in the first place? Oh, or wait, I forgot one: Dorothy in bondage. You heard me. Comes with horrible mutant Munchkins. Someone remind me to hate MacFarlane later on today, okay?

Sources: 411mania.com, seebelow & calamityjon

isketch – online pictionary?

New Skeletor and Gang.

SAG15: Cooking with Grizzlor
Hairy Chef Grizzlor is manager of restaurant! He invites boss Skeletor to have a snack! Whatever will he cook? Uh oh! Skeletor is having issues with his bowel movements! Surely Grizzlor is the one to blame!

Not the best of them, but still nifty.

Super Heroes named Scott that I can think of.

• Golden age Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
• Mr. Miracle (Scott Free)
• Antman (Scott Lang)
• Cyclops (Scott Summers)

(I won’t bother going into the Wold Newton family of heroes)

idea swiped from a private journal – 10 things I like, in no particular order

I Like waking up naturally and at my own pace
I Like reading, snuggled under covers
I Like being up-front about things, knowing trivia, secrets, and being nosy
I Like giraffes,
I Like hanging out with nice people, exchanging ideas, feeling of laughter and common jest
I Like having Newt sleep next to me, purring
I Like to be complimented on doing something well (by someone I respect)
I Like fresh key lime pie, baking bread, and orange tofu
I Like the terms “bum’s rush”, “Mickey Finn”, and “dumbass”
I Like the sound of the beach, banjo music, techno, wind chimes and citar.(preferably *not* all at once.)

a year ago – virus spam, moment of zen, gute fahrt, pet psychic, Crossing over guy, newtcam banner (Never did see it in rotation.), homepage design ideas

two years ago – |337 translation guide, parse, fun turtle fact, ultrasonic cheese characteristics, Hello Kitty Douche, lj portal, long distance distress,

three years ago – nuthin’.