Well, a really steep hill anyway.

I have moved into a new abode with Sarah as my new landlord. After living together for about three weeks now there has not been a single attempted homicide! Which is a much better than anything I had with my roommates back in college. We also only just got a router this evening so this is the first time I've been online in more than two weeks. Sarah demanded that I do a blog post, so here it is. Something more substantial will be forth coming eventually, but for now I've got a whole bunch of Lolcats to catch up on.

Being a state employee I have been well aware that the current economic situation in our state would result in the division I work for getting fucked.  I was not how ever quiet prepared for the magnitude of being fucked over we were in store for.  Both the Senate and the House have presented their proposed budgets and it is not looking good.  Mind you, the state is so deep in the hole that hefty cuts were inevitable.  However, one proposed budget will only fuck my division over royally.  The other?  Well that one will fuck us up so badly that at the meeting that was held the other day to explain to us lowly employees how fucked we were, the management could only tell for certain that it would be much worse the first and that they were not entirely certain how they could reasonably meet that level of mandated cuts. 

Regardless of what budget gets passed layoffs will be coming, the number of which will depend on exactly how fucked we get by the final budget.  And the worst of it?  My division isn't even getting that bad compared some others.  Elections and Archives for example will be hit really hard.

So this news has left my mood somewhat soured, as evidenced by sudden penchant for goddamned motherfucking profanity.*  

Anyway, this really wasn't the post I had intended to make as my return to LJ, which I should get around to writing when I get back from visiting my mother this weekend, but I felt the need to vent a little.



*Actually, this kinda cathartic.  Fuck, fuck, fucking fucker fuckidy fuck.   

Since it is the season and all.

I'm In Ur Manger Killing Ur Savior

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment, asking to be interviewed, ask them 5 questions.

Questions from skellington1

1. Is there a field of employment/human endeavor that you'd LOVE to be a part of (ignore your actual apptitudes and/or education for this one)?
Truth be told I always wanted to be... A LUMBERJACK!    ...ok, ok, Monty Python jokes aside.  There was a time when I wanted to be a scientist of some sort, but I loathe math and it loathes me so that never came about.  Now a days I wouldn't mind working in a field that actually had something to do with my history degree or perhaps be a writer of some sort.  But to be perfectly honest I'd be happy with any job that paid me and obscenely large amount of money to as little actual work as possible.

2. Do you feel any guilt about ruining your sister's last chances at innocence by introducing her to transmet, or just unadulterated unholy glee?
I regret nothing! :)

3. What have you been reading lately?
The last book I read was the Autobiography of Eric Clapton, it was rather interesting. 

4. (I'm stealing this question from padparascha, 'cause it's awesome) If you had a daemon like in His Dark Materials, what form would it take?
Hmm, a raccoon maybe?  Or possibly a cat of some kind.

5. What do you want for Christmas?
The problem with having disposable income is that anything I truly want or need I tend to get for myself.  However books are always welcome and appreciated.*



*Except for those damned Twilight books.

The Onion asks the question.  Given the harsh economic times perhaps it time that America stops throwing money into a giant hole.

There are not terribly many perks that come with being an older sibling but one the best has to be the corrupting of your younger siblings.  I can proudly say that I have managed to hook my little sister on Transmetropolitan! 

In case you missed it last week, here's Barack Obama on the Daily Show.  

One way or the other the election comes to a close a tomorrow, and you know what?  I'm glad.  I really could not handle much of the circus this election has been.  Here's hoping the American people don't screw themselves over at voting booths for a third time in a row!

Given that the Presidential election is just around the corner I'd like to take this moment to remind you that this election will shape the future of America for the 21st century.  So I urge you to vote for a candidate that will bring hope and change to the American people.  A candidate who is willing to fight rebel forces lead by his evil vice president by piloting a heavily armed* mecha while yelling progressively cheesier one-liners.**

It was a Hell of a day at work, but I came across this and it amused me greatly and I just had to share it.

...Still not the weirdest thing I've ever seen come out of Japan.

*One of the mecha's weapons is a shark gun. A gun that shoots sharks.  I am not making this up.
** I can't stress this enough. This game really does exist. But only in japan.

If anyone has been curious about my thoughts on John McCain's choice for running mate, well...

Wow, is it September already?  I've been kinda off the map for awhile, but there's a good reason for that really.


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Ok, that's a complete lie, but hey, I'm back now and that's all that matters right? 

Alright the truth is I meant to start writing in this damn thing more regularly a few months back but, well I read about Boatmurdered, laughed really, really hard and thought to myself why not try out this Dwarf Fortress game for myself.   After that my memory of next two months get kinda... hazy.  It was like my Net Hack addiction all over again, but so much worse.  Please, for the love your sanity and any social life you might have, please do not download and play the frustratingly difficult, utterly addicting, strangely fun game.  I mean what can I say about a game where it is literally possible to build your entire economy on slaughtering kittens? But I'm clean now, I haven't played for more than a week and the withdrawal symptoms are under control.

... I really wish that the long stretch of between posts means I would lots of interesting stuff to write about, but the only thing out of the ordinary that happened was jury duty last month.  Not that I was actually on a jury, no that would be to interesting to happen to me, instead I got to sit through the jury selection process twice and not be picked both times.  Which I know wasn't personal but still.

Oh, back to the topic of video games consuming to much of my time, from PAX comes new gameplay footage of Fallout 3.  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.  Now normally I really don't let get my hopes about video games because they inevitably fail to live up them, (God damn you Mario Kart!) but in this case I'm willing to allow myself to feel some "cautious optimism."

And that's all I've got for now.

Tonight, my brother graduated from high school.   Which makes feel just a little bit old.  Only just a smidge.  Really.

Tomorrow, my new computer should arrive. 

All and all a pretty good start to the week I think. 

Wow, April is done already?  This month seems to have barely lasted anytime at all.  I got hardly any of the thing done this month that I had planned on.

I picked up Mario Kart Wii over the weekend.  It all the fun that I've come to expect from the Mario Kart games and the while it may be just a plastic shell, the wheel accessory adds a different and pleasant twist to control.  However I must admit I have a slight... issue with the Mario Kart games, one that I don't really have with other video games.   When I'm playing I swear. A lot.  There is just something about the game that brings out the profanity in me.  I can't explain it but, all I know in the last few days I've called Princess Peach some pretty terrible things.  (Bitch keeps getting the Blue shell!)


Quote of the Day
Tory: 'Do you have hardcore, to-the-bone death metal?"
Music Store Clerk: "Do we ever!'
-Mythbusters

This is simultaneously the greatest and most bizarre thing I have ever seen in my life.
I won't even try to describe it, for words fail me.  I wouldn't even know where to begin! Mexican Satan? Pantless Female Jesus? GothLolita Judas?  Just see for yourself, the hilarious weirdness of...

LETS BIBLE!

Here's part two.  


Oh, yeah.  I hit the quarter century mark last week, and got a new bicycle.  Which in turn lead to me realizing exactly how out of shape I really am.   A simple ride around the neighborhood shouldn't make you ache like that.

Right, so the last two weeks of work have kinda sucked.  How have they sucked you ask?  Well let me put it to you like this.  The first thing I did last monday morning, after I sat down at my desk was accidentally smack myself in the eye with a FedEX flat envelope.  That has set the tone for the last two weeks.  We've been sort staffed and the mail load has been big, plus the cashier station was busy nonstop.  So I have been pretty worn out by the time i get home, so don't think i've done a single productive thing all month. 

...Ok, I'll admit that picking up Super Smash Bros. Brawl may have contributed to my lack of productivity. *

But, I've finally gotten my lazy ass in gear and started working on some of the stuff that I've been putting off.  Which is why I'm writing this entry, to let people know I'm still alive/not been kidnapped by ninjas, etc.  

Oh, and for your reading pleasure, America's 5 most Badass Presidents.

You know that Chuck Norris facts meme?  I think we need one for Teddy Rosevelt.




* On a related note, Fuck the shock rat.  Seriously.

So I've looking at apartments lately.  Nothing to serious, just getting a feel for what rent would cost and what not.  Getting the bare bones of a budget together, you know?  I've come to a few frustrating realizations.

1.  It'd be a whole hell of a lot cheaper if I had a roommate.  Seriously.  Splitting the cost for a two bedroom place would give me a great deal more flexibility in the budget.  But... I don't know anyone looking for a roommate and I had enough of the the random roommate roulette in college, thank you very much.

2.  Crap, some of these places are really out in the middle nowhere Lacey/Tumwater.  Getting to work from them would be unpleasant/impossible.  Almost enough to make me wish I had a car.  But not quite.

3.  I haven't even really started looking yet and already it's giving me a headache. 

Quote of The Day

Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?
Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
-Firefly

I've found my cell phone!  After being missing for almost a week exactly the damned thing finally turned up.  I found it over by the work bench down in the basement, which confuses me slightly because I don't recall going near it in the last month or so...

The battery was totally dead when I found so it needs a recharge before I can see if I missed any calls.  I doubt I did since no ever calls me anyway.  Seriously, the thing was missing a for two days at least before I realized that didn't know where it was.

So I've finally succumbed.  I once naively thought that I might be able to go through life without accepting this... blight into life and wallet.  But it seems that there is no helping it.

I got my self a credit card.  I feel so dirty now.

It turns out that having no credit history is a lot like having a bad credit history, so to actually get a good credit history I need a god damned credit card.  Sure it make ordering stuff off the internet a lot easier but... Credit Cards are evil, evil things.  I don't like em, don't want one, but I sorta kinda have to have one.

Quote of the Day

""You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." --Fourth Doctor, "The Face of Evil"

Did you hear?  Frank Miller's newest project is going to be a documentary about monkeys.  Why?  Because apparently monkeys are WHORES! 

So when I came into work I had an E-mail from the manager lady who is now the head of my section asking me to meet her.  My first reaction was something along the lines of, "Oh crap, crap, crap, crap!  What have done recently that the boss could angry about?  And how could they know about it/prove it was me?"

Turns out, it wasn't about anything bad.

My temp job is now a permanent position.  I didn't see that coming.  Still Very pleased about it though.  Seriously, made my whole day.