Me, My Schladiez, and Tim

2010-03-08T17:49:00.001-06:00

so your fucking swinsky

2009-04-12T02:36:00.001-06:00

I can see you. 68.2.22.53 69.152.147.70 129.108.138.207

Just ask if you want to know something.

2009-04-12T02:20:00.001-06:00

2009-01-25T00:17:00.000-06:00

2008-11-18T09:28:00.004-06:00

You know, they really shouldn't put video game montages into movies and television. A bunch of people watching someone play a video game? That's boring to watch. Not to mention the fact that the games in the show might be familiar looking, but have terrible stuff rendered on top of it to help it match the story/montage better.

I also don't buy that these people are as fascinated as this five minute montage, complete with expressive facial close ups, tried to make it seem. These are supposed to be LAPD homicide detectives no less. The magic of technology.

2008-08-23T12:59:00.002-06:00

So I just drove down to Plano the other day to get some car parts and sell some comic books. Aside from the shitty drive I discovered once again that I love to drive. Nice long distances on back roads in the dark. Anyway, made a couple hundred bucks and got some free long boxes. Pretty nice comic shop, made me want to start buying them again. You can check it out here, especially if you have something to sell. Lone Star Comics. I'll be back after work to put some more stuff on here, since I guess some things have been happening. Anyway, later.

2008-05-01T01:09:00.001-06:00

So here we have the Jeep all ready to deliver pizza on a nice warm day.

2008-04-21T00:24:00.003-06:00

Here we have the first of many shots of my wonderful new city Timberbottom. It has grown to 5000 happy inhabitants and this is how much garbage they've managed to create in eight years.

2008-01-10T00:11:00.001-06:00

If anybody needs a gift for a lady friend or something like that, might I recommend some hand made jewelry? My mom makes these in her spare time, and has finally decided to sell some of them, so check it out:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5508793

2007-12-11T21:43:00.000-06:00

If anybody cares, here is my progress on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
http://www.thegtaplace.com/sastats/index.php?user=echris1

2007-12-09T09:52:00.001-06:00

2007-12-05T08:33:00.001-06:00

I would go to wherever this is just to park my car here.

2007-11-25T16:52:00.001-06:00

2007-11-25T15:49:00.000-06:00

In a rare good experience with a helpful, knowledgeable customer service representative, our fat pipe gets fatter as our speeds are bumped from the old 15/2 to 15/15. Now we can give as quick as we get, which means bad ratios should be a thing of that past.

2007-11-17T09:17:00.001-06:00

Pictures are fun.

2007-11-08T16:24:00.000-06:00

What does Saturn's moon Enceladus sound like?

2007-11-07T06:26:00.000-06:00

There is definitely something about mining. It's very enjoyable. A soothing, repetitive, simple process with very visible profits. Not sure what it is, but it attracts the way my mind works. It does sort of imply a brute force approach. If we do this often enough, this will happen, this is the expected output, just keep throwing numbers at it. It's sort of like my job. We take a lot of crappy calls, but we still sell a lot of stuff every day. You just have to wade through the bad stuff. And after that some nice relaxing on Core 2656 (even though it's 2657 now) as well as on a trial account of Eve, which is largely time based, which means no grinding just a bit of clicking every few hours, which works just fine for my schedule. Also, imitation cheese, while only half as expensive as regular cheese, has no dairy in it. It's a bit firmer than normal cheese, and doesn't melt right, so don't buy it if you want to make a grilled cheese sandwich, you get more of a warm paste on toast. The toast is still pretty good though. And now to open the window and jettison my cargo hold.

2007-11-06T04:16:00.000-06:00

Well, here it is late at night. I'm sitting here, waiting for my phone to ring. It's only done it a few times, with nice long breaks in between. Unfortunately, it's a bit too late for everybody else, so there isn't really anybody around for me to talk to. Tomorrow there is a bit of school, then back in the afternoon to some more work. It doesn't really matter how often the phone rings anymore, I'll get paid about six bucks either way. I send in a form today telling them to take more money out of my paycheck to pay taxes, so hopefully that will make up for the fact that I haven't paid any all year. I am on track for exactly half an hour of overtime, and if the weekend ends up paying very well again, those 24 hours I have scheduled on Saturday and Sunday will really pay off. In between all of that will be classes, maybe a play, some homework, two tests and five papers. It will be a fun couple of days to say the least. But I've got a case of Dr. Pepper, and either way I'll be good to go. Most of the money stuff seems to be cleared up, at least for now, and things are getting back to normal. Even the Jeep drove around for quite a while with it's lights constantly on when I went grocery shopping and to do some late night banking. Well, I'm off, I might study a bit in this last hour of my shift, or not, who knows. I would have to get away from the phone long enough to find my book. And 20 minutes at a time might not be enough for that.

2007-11-06T00:56:00.000-06:00

2007-10-28T21:12:00.000-06:00

Closer

2007-10-27T16:08:00.001-06:00

Accept the virus!

2007-10-26T20:48:00.001-06:00

Good Cactus.

2007-10-26T20:39:00.001-06:00

So I just set up mobile blogging and have all of there extra messages to waste. Because of that I wanted to see if this would work.

2007-10-26T20:26:00.000-06:00

So here is a shot of the equipment Verizon put up in my closet. It is the Optical Network Terminal, which connects the phone line to the fiber, and runs coax to the tv's and the router. That way we have internet and TV, along with no more copper phone lines. It also has a battery backup for about eight hours, in case power goes out so that you can still make phone calls, since fiber needs electricity to work. So the coax splits, connecting the set top boxes and the router to the ONT, and also allowing the set top box to communicate over the internet through the router to get programming information. And soon I will screw around with this some more to tweak some more speed out of these nice shiny fibers.

2007-10-18T08:29:00.001-06:00

So it's been a while, even though I know I said I would post some speed results once the service was up and running. Anyway, here are the new results after our fancy new fiber optics lines got lit up:

So far the service has been excellent. My phone lines don't crackle anymore when it rains because they switched it over to the fiber as well, instead of moldy old copper, and the connection is crazy fast. The only problem is that the router they give doesn't have a very big NAT table. What does that mean? Well, I'll tell you, along with my attempts to fix it.

The NAT table in the router keeps track of all the connections to various places around the interweb. If you take something that uses a lot of connections, ie torrents, it quickly floods the NAT table and no more connections are possible. This means that anything that is already connected, if your playing WoW or downloading something, will stay connected, but anything more, say trying to browse to a website, won't work, or take forever, or usually just time out. I'm pretty sure Verizon knows about this, and just wants to keep people from using their fat fiber pipes to download a hundred gigabytes a day. Of course, that is the exact reason why I wanted this service, so I went looking for some kind of workaround.

The solution it seems is to connect the verizon router to our router, switch the verizon router into bridge mode so that it doesn't really do anything, connect the computers to our router and enjoy internet access, then take a cat5 cable and connect our router back into the verizon router, so that it can give an ip address to the set top boxes. That way Video on Demand and the channel guide still work. This is where the problem comes up. I can get our router working, but I'm having a hell of a time getting the TV parts to work as well. I think I'm just not moving fast enough after releasing the IP address. But I'm getting tired of calling Verizon over and over to force an IP release.

So soon I will try again, and hopefully get it all working. The more people that get connected the more people there are contributing to the solution. Probably have some pictures of blinking lights and things soon.

2007-10-09T06:31:00.001-06:00

So today is the day we are finally getting Verizon FIOS service. Supposedly it's going to take most of the day, which means I will be sitting around the apartment all day, probably reading a book while all kinds of fancy optical equipment gets installed. If I can get a hold of Ashley's digital camera, I might follow the guy around and take pictures of everything. If that doesn't work, I guess I could try my cell phone's camera, but those aren't that great. Anyway, for comparison purposes, here is the best out of the five speed tests I ran this morning on my old Verizon DSL, and later when everything is up and running I'll post another one.

2007-07-30T04:56:00.000-06:00

It's about seven in the morning right now, and I am mere hours away from getting on a plane and beginning the long trek back to Germany. We have a seven and a half hour layover in Chicago, but hopefully we can go do something in all that time. Then it's off over the Atlantic and three weeks of good food, good beer, and good family. It has been four years, so I'll be interested to see what's changed. I'm not quite sure why I came to post here that I'd be gone for three weeks, seeing as how I haven't posted in longer than that anyway. Maybe this trip will bring out some creative juices again. I am taking my camera, as well as a crappy digital one, so there will be plenty of pictures when I get back. I think it has been even longer since I took a picture, but it's hard to tell. I suppose I should develop the roll I found in my camera today, and that will tell me how long it's been. Unless of course it's something that happens all the time, as opposed to an event, which would be much easier to pinpoint in time. I almost said history, but that sounded a bit full of itself, I'd hardly consider the last six months or so history, since all I really did was work and then take a bit of summer school. Well, the fog outside is clearing up, and I'd like to have another look at it before it's all gone, so I'm going to go, but depending on the free Wi-fi situation in the various airports, I might be back sometime today.

2007-06-18T04:03:00.001-06:00

Wow, last posting was a very long time ago. Let's see if we can't get this going again somehow. Class is in a few hours, but here I sit now. Woke up, heavy thunderstorm outside, pretty good stuff, nice and loud. I need to head to the post office in a few hours, to send some things and pick up my passport. I will try and keep this thing updated throughout the trip, with pictures and all. Of course, who knows if that will actually happen, but it is possible. Going to fill out some homework to turn in tomorrow, and probably replace my chair sometime today. I also need to go sell some textbooks tomorrow, to help cover a few things, and hopefully keep my warcraft subscription going. Worked a bit this week, but not as much as I'd like. School and work will be difficult, because of how quickly the classes move. That should get better during the fall, depending on how loaded my class schedule is. So I'm off, sorting some things and moving the room around, I'll probably be back.

2007-01-20T21:19:00.000-06:00

So here I sit, on the phone with my brother. Chatting away about nothing in particular. Work, dancing, other things. I don't really know what else, nobody has any plans or anything. Homework, reading, FFXII (which I don't like). Talking about the family and how I screwed poor Sebastian over with fun stuff. Then it's off to a conversation with a lady. No narration there I'm afraid. *grins*

2007-01-18T03:31:00.000-06:00

So, I'm back from El Paso. I was going to post some while I was there, but I would always get started, then something would happen halfway through, so nothing ever got sent out. Here I am, crunching numbers and waiting for phone calls. A lonely time. It also sort of feels like a big waste of time, when nothing comes in. At least the stats go up. A few things need to get done on the Jeep, but thanks to my parents and Christmas, I can do some of those. My choices are, headlights, brakes, shocks, windshield. I'm going to go with headlights, due to all the night driving. While I'm not talking to people on the phone, I waste time but earning a few pennies at www.mturk.com. Not much, but I don't have anything else to do while I'm committed. Quitting smoking should happen pretty soon, my last pack is starting to dwindle. So wish me luck, damn Texas raised taxes, and five bucks a pack is just too much. I love a good smoke but not when they are a quarter a cigarette. Well, before I get interrupted by the supposed high call volume coming up, I'm going to get out of here.

2006-12-08T16:56:00.000-06:00

Well, I got my first paycheck today, so I am officially back in the workforce. Here is a picture, and I would like to remind everybody that I earned this money from home, by answering phone calls for just 18 hours.

2006-12-05T23:16:00.000-06:00

For those of you that don't know, and that's probably all of you, because I only talk to like two people regularly, I recently got a job. I take phone calls for companies selling things on TV, or help people get quotes, things like that. Just random little calls that don't need anything too fancy. So I wake up, roll out of bed every morning, turn on my monitor, and click a few buttons. A couple of hours later, I hit a few more buttons, hang up my phone for the day, and do whatever. All without ever leaving the house. The pay is good, but you only get it for time actually spent on the phone. I was actually sitting around earlier today, when the calls were coming in real slow and far apart. A few extra hours opened up on the schedule, so I tacked them on to the end of my shift. Of course, right after I did that, the phone didn't ring for 20 minutes, so I kind of knew I was in for a real long, boring, and quiet time. Anyway, I finished up tonight a couple of hours ago, I think I was logged in for nine and a half hours today. My schedule for the weekend consists of forty-nine hours, and I'm hoping to cover them all. So I really should be in bed right now, but eh, I can't ever just fall asleep. I have become very good at coming up with stall tactics to keep me awake. So, since I'll be in front of my computer a lot for the next couple of days, and probably with a lot of down time (I mean, how many people really order stuff at 9:00AM on Wednesday morning?) so there is a possibility that I'll come here and tell a story or two.

2006-11-27T09:34:00.000-06:00

So, I know I have been posting a lot of links lately, but this one is actually very very good. The game that started it all for me, is now available for free off of the internet. I suggest everyone goes and gets it. Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon, the original, classic, addictive as hell game.

2006-11-16T10:55:00.000-06:00

Well, there are a few other things that I could be writing about, but this article caught my attention. The Internet is Only 1% Porn. I know, shocking. On the one hand, the argument that the internet is mostly porn has been shot down. On the other hand, we may have lost the long time favorite phrase/song/mantra, The Internet is for Porn. Oh well.

2006-11-14T11:11:00.000-06:00

Despite the fact that I really don't like the whole web 2.0 thing, I find myself signing up for more of these little services everywhere. Google now offers free online document editing, so I put the few random documents I have on there. It only took three clicks to set up an ad account and start serving carefully-matched advertisements to the three people who visit this place. There are of course some good things. The amount of collaborative effort going on out there is amazing. Daily updates of software, integration and user-friendliness all over. But let's not forget, that things rarely connect so nicely without an underlying business reason. The more you do, the more you contribute and connect, network, tag, syndicate, the more information about you becomes available to the people giving you all of these nice free things. For example, even though I am not a massive internet trend-setter information farm company, I can easily find out your IP address, what browser your using, where you came from, and where in the world you are located. I know, it doesn't seem like such a big deal, because, by itself, it's not much information, but think of what you put out the all the time. Disk space is cheap, and once you've got the data it just takes a bit of time to comb through it all to make it useful. I kind of get the feeling I have lost my point in here somewhere. It is all still a bit murky, but something bad could very definitely be happening here.

2006-11-14T07:20:00.000-06:00

So I was looking over my blog just now and noticed an ad for a book called "Why Mommy's a Democrat" and after looking over the page, I'd have to say I'm disgusted. Using children's books to spread propaganda is one of the worst things I've ever heard of. Go look, there are sample pages, and its just crap. Man, I really don't know about this place sometimes.

2006-11-14T07:17:00.001-06:00

Hmmm, you would think with all the flashy new easy editing options around here I would be able to make the posts section a little wider. Looks terrible with all that empty room.

2006-11-14T07:10:00.000-06:00

So there have been some big happenings lately on the web. Firefox 2.0 is out, and I recommend everyone upgrades, or downloads it for the first time. Internet Explorer 7.0 has also been released, and you should probably get that too, for the security updates it brings. Then you can also sample how ugly it is, giving you all the more reason to switch to Firefox. Blogger has also been further integrated into the Google family of conglomerated interests. Which has brought on another template change. The color is in honor of the black background of my telnet client (yeah, another mudding thing, consider yourself lucky though, I could have just as easily changed the text to this. But most people haven't spent a good deal of their time online wading through leeted-up conversations on IRC, so they aren't used to the color clash. And that's why I'm sticking with this. Thanksgiving is coming up, which should be a lot of fun, and after that just a few more weeks until I leave for South Carolina and christmas break with my family. I'm not so sure how that will go yet. Oh well.

2006-10-30T18:27:00.000-06:00

So, it's the holidays again, which means a return to mudding. I don't know why, I didn't even think of it this year until Jon mentioned it to me. Anyway, this means more typing, which means I will hopefully start writing again. Of course, I tend to make this promise a lot, so I won't blame anyone for saying it won't happen. With the weather outside changing for the cooler, and random drives made more possible by falling gas prices, it's a good time to sit back and reflect a bit. Plus there are a few holidays coming up, so a change in scenery helps as well. I'm looking forward to seeing everybody again, since it's been a while, and since I love all those people. Ah, the holidays.

2006-08-17T22:13:00.000-06:00

I have also been thinking that this page looks a little simple and empty, so I might fiddle around with the colors and fonts, but probably not, because I am such a fan of default settings after all. We shall see.

2006-08-17T22:09:00.000-06:00

So it is a few hours later, I suppose you could call it late evening, and I am continually hounded by this desire to reach out, to communicate, to create. All that good stuff, and this is the best I can come up with. I'm not sure if I trust the new typewriter yet and anything that doesn't involve typing seems to be destroyed anytime I come near it. So yeah, I might be back a few times tonight, or, and this is much more possible, I will pass out in my chair sometime, and nothing will come of it, until the sun comes up, and the day starts over. At the very least I might hear back about some work. Excellent. Work would give me something to do during the day aside from arranging things in my room and going to the post office. Classes start soon, and I have worked my schedule down to pretty much what it is going to be. That should be fun. Well, duty calls.

2006-08-17T19:53:00.000-06:00

Wow, I just noticed how many of these posts begin with the word so. Hopefully that will stop, well, at least it might, because I'm going to start paying attention to that. It's Thursday night, it's nice and dark, there is some long recording of a thunderstorm playing in the background, and I get to sit on my floor among the big piles of all my stuff. It's fun I guess, it is a bit lonely. Oh well, at least I've been sleeping regularly. My giant empty bed has helped with that. Awe, where are the ladies? Too far away.

2006-08-05T22:31:00.000-06:00

So here we are, a few days before the move into the new apartment. The room is a horrible horrible mess, but that's alright, I'm just going to throw everything in the car and drive it over there anyway. Work should start soon, but who knows with these guys. The Jeep is defiantly dieing, and there isn't much I can do about it. It needs to last until 100,000 miles at least, at which point I think I might just drive it off a cliff, but keep the steering wheel and the shifter head. That is if the poor thing can even make it up to a cliff anymore. I just don't even know what's wrong with it, and that means it will be expensive. Also, the Jeep will return to El Paso, and perhaps be put to rest there. School should start soon, which will be good, I'm ready to do some learning, specially in the new direction I've decided to take. I also get to go buy furniture, which really should be a lot of fun, a new comfy bed, just for me and somebody special. Well, we don't have any dishes or food, but I'm gonna go scrounge around the kitchen for food, so take it easy.

2006-07-30T21:52:00.000-06:00

So I keep finding all of these great methods of keeping in contact with people, and then none of them ever work for very long. I find myself sitting alone, unable to talk to anybody, because any voice communication is screwed up. So in an attempt to reach out a little bit I have decided to write some things down here, and maybe send off a few communiques. But who knows, all of that could just fall apart. So I'm gonna go eat something, and maybe listen to some records.

2006-07-26T21:33:00.000-06:00

I've done this so many times now I don't really know how to start it anymore. Oh well. I wandered across this page again, and decided to write something. It is pretty much a guarantee that when I intend to write something, it will be aweful. It needs to be more accidental than this. No other option though I suppose. I wonder if anybody even comes here anymore? I guess I could go check my tracker, but that's so vain. So I'm here in Denton still, about a month left of summer. Work starts soon, or so they keep telling me, I've got a place to live next year, almost ready to register for classes. So all in all it is going alright. My electronics have been on the fritz lately, which sucks, but not too much I can do about it. Pretty soon I'll have to move on out of here, and that is probably gonna be a crappy couple of days of lugging stuff around in the blazing heat.

2006-06-08T01:05:00.000-06:00

So let's see. I got back from my trip to South Carolina, it was fun, nice to see the family and all that. Came back and found that the Jeep got broken into, so no more radio and no more Final Fantasy X save file. On top of that the lights starting flickering on and off on their own again, and the inspection had expired. It just never ends does it. Ah well. I went ahead and renewed the domain name www.timsmomnaked.com just because I like it, and eight bucks isn't much. So yeah, you guys should use it. Also, there is now an e-mail address at ebert@timsmomnaked.com or you could throw it at any address at that domain and I'll get it. That is if I remember to check it or not. Well, I'm off to tinker around some more.

2006-04-29T16:37:00.000-06:00

So here we are again. It is saturday afternoon, partly cloudy sky. The terrible storm from last night is long gone, and it looks like the drunks in the living room did more damage then the tornado flying around outside somewhere. But I always like hearing the klaxon, and the fact that there was a bunch of thunder and lightning at the same time just added to the effect. An excellent time for a trenchcoated cigarette. The calm after the storm is always nice, but if you go outside right before things get really serious you have it all to yourself, because no one else is stupid enough to come outside. So if Thomas can shake off his hangover and find his pants, maybe I can borrow his oil pan and change the oil on the Jeep. And so ends another Saturday. Gotta love the perpetual twilight of the new curtain.

2006-04-28T12:16:00.000-06:00

Oh, also, the domain name www.timsmomnaked.com will soon expire, and I don't really see too much of a reason to renew it, unless they offer me some super awesome deal. So anyway, if you are using that and it stops working, try http://echris1.blogspot.com. Of course, if you can't get to this page you can't see that, so think ahead.

2006-04-28T12:11:00.000-06:00

You know, its kind of sad when the only reason I can think of to come here and write something is because I want to test out how I am adjusting to my new keyboard. It is of course, going rather well, but still, seems like there should be more to say. Oh yeah, today we are going ice skating. Woot. And school is almost over, so that should be fun, summer time, hang out for a bit, get some work. I have been looking actually, applied at the bookstore and picked up some other paperwork and such. I should probably start looking for a new apartment pretty soon too, since we aren't going to be able to live here next year because we waited too long. Which sucks, because I can pretty much do whatever I want here, be loud, stay awake, smoke inside, it's great. Alright, so a glaring problem has already come up with this keyboard actually, the backspace button is real small, which means I ussually hit \ instead. Also, there is a third row of buttons below the delete cluster, and it's a good thing they don't work because I hit them all the time, and if they worked they would turn the computer off when all I want to do is delete a file. Ah, such is life.

2006-04-27T19:46:00.000-06:00

So here I am testing out my new keyboard. The buttons are a bit light to push down, and the backspace key is really small, but there are all adjustments that really only take a few days to get used to. In fact, even as I'm writing with it now, I am really starting to like this, I just sort of lightly press the keys down, and just kind of hope it was hard enough to make it register, and so far, it's working just fine. Now I'm off to drink.

2006-04-20T07:59:00.000-06:00

Uh. *clears his throat* 4-20. That's the date. Yar.

2006-04-19T09:59:00.000-06:00

Ugh. And the day drags on.

2006-04-19T03:31:00.000-06:00

So here we are. It is four in the morning again, some crappy music is droning on in the background, and a sliver of cigarette smoke drifts past my eye. What am I doing? Who knows. I mean, seriously. No idea. Tried to sleep, doesn't seem to work out most of the time. Although, being awakened last night was nice, because I got to talk to my relatives in Germany, which I haven't had a chance to in a long time, and they mentioned how I hadn't been over there in forever, and I agreed. So there is the possibility of me going to Germany this summer, but who knows, I gotta earn some paper first. That is my task for tomorrow, find gainful employment. Spent the last bit of my cash today. So it's either off to the plasma bank, or off to cooking up country style chicken. Neither comes across as very appealing I know, but options are limited. Or at least that is how it looks. Summer could bring new prospects. Onward and upwards. Improvement is the goal. Change, evolve, all that good jazz. The day begins now and continues onward until something is done, or (and this is much more likely mind you) I'm just gonna pass out sometime around noon tomorrow. Of course, I can't do that because I'll be sitting around in classes all day, since wednesday is the long day. Ah well. Oh, also, anyone who talked to me on AIM in the last few years can rest easy, I have lost the logs of those conversations. History thrown away, with one keystroke. Enjoy anonymity.

2006-03-27T12:22:00.000-06:00

So I have decided that today should be more documented then the usual day. And just to seem like a nice guy, I'm going to say it's because today is

JACQUI'S BIRTHDAY!!!!

2006-02-18T19:57:00.000-06:00

So I sit here on hold, waiting to be brought back on to the line, and yet I can't think of a thing to say. All that happens is a feeling of warmth and a smile. Despite the inability to come up with fitting words to speak, I am somehow able to put them down here, the noise of the keys, the movement of the filthy buttons below my hands really does sort of relax me. The strumming of keys drives most people crazy, and I'm sure if it was someone else typing right now while I was trying to do something I wouldn't like it at all either, but since it's mine I tap away, only to be interrupted.

2006-02-10T05:26:00.000-06:00

The massive time span covered in the front page here is just too pathetic. Because of that, more late night posts about nothing. Everything is where it needs to be, my latest project lies destroyed in the trash can, and I'm about to fall off into a wonderful slumber, and tomorrow is gonna be a fantastic day.

2006-02-08T23:26:00.000-06:00

So here we are, but where is that really? I mean, this space here has been unused for quite some time. Random traffic floats by every day, but I'm pretty sure most of it is automated, or the last few readers checking in out of pure habit. Of course, I am just as out of touch with everyone else's works, so I suppose it's a fair trade. The real reason is that I have been having some trouble just getting my words out onto something. An arranged sequence of words isn't always the first thing that comes to my mind. However, I think that it is important to escape the jumbled mess of stuff floating inside your head and just put it all down. Even if you never read it again. I mean, there may have been a few times I've gone back and read things on here, but mostly I just leave it there in the archives. Of course, there is always the opposite as well, some people only show up to read the same thing over and over. Of course, most of the garbage on the front page hasn't really been worth a second glance, since it was just random nerd jargon from another realm. Enough of that however, because getting started is never good, specially on something like this, where it just keeps going, and things repeat themselves, ad nauseum. Of course I am aware of the irony of this statement in that most of the words written here have been used at least once in a similar way, when looked at with an acceptable margin of .375. Now that we have these figures in mind, lets look at some other ideas that have popped up in the last few days.

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This concludes my opening remarks.

2006-01-08T16:13:00.000-06:00

Ah El Paso. Sure it may be winter everywhere else, but here it's a toasty 80 degrees all day. And the scorching sun pounds down on you the moment you step outside. My poor little eyes aren't used to this harsh treatment anymore. But anyway, here we are in a new year, and so far things are going pretty well. I feel motivated and ready to go back to school and actually kick ass for once. Until then I get to spend my days lounging around El Paso, doing not much of anything and having a good time. Alas the close of my vacation is approaching rapidly, and I will once again be back in my apartment wasting time. On the weekend anyway. I'm sure the eleven history related classes I'm taking this semester will keep me busy. In case your wondering why I actually decided to post something, it's because right now I'm fixing this computer, and rather then just sit here watching progress bars I decided to go waste time on the internet while the computer does it's thing in the background. On that note it is done, and I'm out.

2005-11-25T00:38:00.000-06:00

ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-11-19T16:08:00.000-06:00

Well, this post was going to start off with what a quiet and peaceful Saturday afternoon it was, but instead I decided to say fuck it. Because it doesn't seem to make much of a difference anyway.

2005-11-14T06:29:00.000-06:00

Well, here we are. It is the beginning of another week, and hopefully an eventful one. First of course, official ownership of the car will be mine, and there should be a picture or two to mark the occasion. Well, that is actually all I can think of right now, but hey, it's real early in the morning, so back off!

2005-11-12T09:28:00.000-06:00

YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHILE %S!

2005-11-12T09:10:00.000-06:00

Wow, I was going to come on here and just post some random stuff about how I'm losing my mind, but then I noticed that this would be post #200. It's not that much, when you think about it. I mean, you could spend an hour or two reading everything in here, yet all it took was a few minutes in front of the keyboard every now and then to put it out there. Fantastic. Because of this I have decided to write a book using the material here. The only problem is getting someone to pay for the printing. Ah well, scratch that whole idea. It is now 7:00 AM and my smoke detector keeps going off every few minutes for no good reason, it's quite obnoxious. Unfortunately it is Saturday, so there is no chance of getting anyone out here to fix it. That is of course if there is something wrong with it. Well, I've just arrived at my autopilot destination, so I'm gonna go, but I'll probably be back later and we can celebrate the 201st post.

2005-10-26T01:50:00.000-06:00

So here we are, at the beginning of another attempted all night session. Of course, we have the aid of soft drinks, possibly a cigarette if I could get one from Jon, and binge video games. Also, it will make sure that I get up and go to class tomorrow morning at 10:00AM. Ugh, terrible early. Ah well, it will just seem like terribly late to me. Of course, my steam could run out at any minute and I could be off in my cozy warm bed spending the night dreaming about whatever it is I dream about. Yeah that would be ne.asjf............. No, must remain strong, vigilant. No real reason why, just haven't done it in a while. And this lava lamp right here is very nifty. The cold is here and unfortunately I have no long jacket, or I could go stand around outside with no pants, although I can sort of already do that, thanks to my 3 inch balcony. Nothing much new to report, same old same old, school, labs, D&D, grocery shopping, comics. There we go, covered it all. I hope I mentioned class in there somewhat. Oh yeah, and 3000 minutes on the phone.

2005-10-14T01:30:00.000-06:00

So it has been brought to my attention that there are actually still people who read this. Fantastic, I salute you. Not only the people I know mind you, but also all of the random strangers that seem to pop in. It gives me a nice ego boost to think that someone cares. So why the renewed interest? It's not just fame mind you, it is really because my typewriter is currently being borrowed which means that when I am struck with the urge to write something, I really don't have a way to let that out, seeing as how in this state my handwriting is even worse then usual and not even I can read it. So here I am. Hmmm, what news is there to impart? Well, I am finally pretty settled into things here in my fancy new apartment, although the room remains rather empty, according to the very tall man currently engaged in Dungeons & Dragons with us, which doesn't really brother me, I've got everything I need, the flag hangs on the wall, the record player is hooked up, and my addiction to World of Warcraft is back and as strong as ever. Now if only some fancy ladies would drop by. Instead all we get is a bunch of random guys knocking on our door late at night looking for the people who used to live here. Now I'm not really sure what kind of business they were conducting, but if I hadn't talked to someone for two or three months and found out that they had moved somewhere else, I probably wouldn't just go knocking on their door. Smacks heavily of a booty call. Disgraceful behavior, mostly because it means the ladies that used to live here were hookars. Oh well. I have become really accustomed to living with the people I live with, they are like a little family, which is nice because I can bum food off of them and not feel bad about it. It also means that I don't have to sit around by myself most of the time, since there are three other people living here. The fun part is they are all damn crazy, in their own little ways. Fantastic arrangement, plenty a night has been spent just hanging out in the kitchen laughing about dumb things and generally flipping out. Well, I really have sort of run out of steam, and it is never a good idea for me to force myself to continue when the feeling just isn't there. So yeah, I'm out, but I'll probably come up with something more interesting in the next few days. Stay tuned!

2005-10-03T20:12:00.000-06:00

Symptoms of Mania:

Decreased need for sleep.
Restless, agitated, can't sit still. Increased energy, or an inability to slow down.
Racing, disorganized thoughts, easily distracted.
Rapid, increased talking or laughing
Grandiose ideas, increased creativity.
Overly excited, euphoric, giddy, exhilarated.
Excessive irritability, on edge.
Increased sex drive, possibly resulting in affairs, inappropriate sexual behaviors.
Poor judgment, impulsiveness, spending sprees
Embarrassing social behavior
Paranoia, delusions, hallucinations

2005-08-29T14:36:00.000-06:00

So it's the first day of school, which means my boring days of just sitting around my apartment are finally coming to a close, or at least I get to replace it with boring school work. Ah well. Time for a meeting.

2005-07-30T22:10:00.000-06:00

Hmmm. I'm guessing that they way to keep people coming back is posting stuff a lot. Well, I just got myself a PS2, so I've been a bit busy playing all of the Final Fantasy games that I missed out on. But tonight there may be some craziness going on, and I guess I'll post it if I can remember it.

2005-07-24T01:58:00.000-06:00

No matter how bad of a day your having at work, it's not as bad as finding out that trying to laminate the credit card machine will break both.

2005-07-23T19:23:00.000-06:00

So it's official. The Jeep is haunted. I stood around with the mechanic for about five minutes in front of the car today, waiting for the lights to turn off so they could finally see what I was talking about, but of course it didn't ever happen. Oh well. At least I've got a new radiator now. That is also about all I've done today, because even though I was awake all night the night before last, I decided to stay awake until five in the morning reading comic books. Which meant that, aside from a few annoyances ever couple of hours, I pretty much passed out until six in the evening. It was fun. I recommend it. And now I'm off to take a shower. I recommend it.

2005-07-23T03:57:00.000-06:00

Man, I've been awake for a long time now. I think I'm just starting to lose track of what being tired feels like. I've just been reading some comic books for the last hour or so. Tonight was a good night, saw March of the Penguins, which was penguin-tastic, watched some Midori Days, chilled with Kristen, then went home. And here I am. I think I'll go bake some cookies.

2005-07-22T08:19:00.000-06:00

Well, the sun is starting to come up, hopefully it will be cloudy today. At least I got to catch up on some Naruto, that way the people that I watch with won't have to pass out all the time because they've already seen it. I'm not sure what I'll do for the next few hours, but probably hide up here in my room and then eventually start on my quest for a new radiator. Ah friday, who knows.

2005-07-22T03:18:00.000-06:00

You really have to wonder at the madness that I myself am able to make up in order to torment myself with. It's probably not too healthy. But for some reason I have been running worst case scenario situations in my head a lot, and most of them lead me to the conclusion that I just don't need to worry that much, because nothing that can happen is all that bad. At the very least it's no different from where I know I would end up if I were just a little more realistic with myself. Of course, it is entirely necessary for me to continue my hopeless ambitions, otherwise who will? Besides, it's fun. To celebrate my new alarm clock, I am going to stay awake all night and listen to jazz on it, so I'll probably be back in a panic later when I run out of cigarettes.

2005-07-22T03:08:00.000-06:00

This is the CDC, you have been randomly chosen out of all Americans to give us a blood and urine sample. Now.

2005-07-21T04:24:00.000-06:00

Just to let everybody know, I have indeed hit 88888 miles. I will put up a picture as soon as I get one. In other news, I spent today coasting through whatever it is that I was doing sitting about two feet behind my head the whole time. Word to the wise, sleeping pills suck. I woke up at least six times last night, although the spaced out feeling I had all day was alright. Probably kept me calmer then I would have been considering recent developments. Oh yeah, I've also started to read the Qur'an, since I don't know a damn thing about Islam. I leave you tonight with a final thought: Wouldn't it be cool if the wind blew up? Just think about it, smoke wouldn't bother as many people, you wouldn't attract salivating dogs when your cooking something, and if you really stink, the only person you have to worry about is someone standing on a ladder above you, and that really doesn't come up too often. So yeah, scientists, get to work on that.

2005-07-19T03:01:00.000-06:00

Hey Ebert, how messed up are you?
I dunno, about the same as usual why?
Cause, I'm not really messed up right now, and I think you are.
So what are you saying? Do you usually get really messed up or what?
Well, yeah, I get messed up.
When, tell me one time you were really messed up.
Like in the past year?
How about just summer.
Well, I dunno, there have been a few times.
Kristen, have you been faking being messed up? Have you just been pretending to be all spaced out when I ramble off about some inane subject?
Yeah, I guess, most of the time I just chill and listen.
But your not messed up?
Well, not really messed up.
Damn, I'm insulted. I can't believe you've been faking this. It's just... It's like a slap in the face.
Well....
Yeah?
Why don't we just get really messed up right now?
Hmmmm..... well, yeah, I guess I'm up for that.

2005-07-17T04:30:00.000-06:00

So tomorrow it will finally happen. I've been talking about it for years now, thirty thousand miles ago I had a dream. And that was to hit the momentous occasion of 88888 miles in the Jeep. Tomorrow this will happen, and considering all the effort and hope I have poured into it, something amazing simply has to happen. Perhaps I'll travel back in time, or find a big sack of cash, or maybe even have a good time with a fancy lady. Only time will tell. Luckily, it is a very short amount of time, and I will know by tomorrow night. Marvelous.

2005-07-15T00:04:00.000-06:00

Ah, an early night. These always kind of suck, but there isn't much choice I have in the matter. So here I am, tired from doing things for most of the day, and only getting a two hour nap around noon. I suppose it's for the better that I'm going to bed this early, but whatever happened to having fun at night? Here's hoping it will come back some day. Until then, to hell with the post office.

2005-07-14T10:13:00.000-06:00

So I've decided to redesign the blog a little bit, that huge gap of white was starting to get on my nerves. So enjoy, it looks about the same, just a little neater. Also, remember to click on everything, that is always fun. Anyway, I'm awake early in the day, I've done some things I've needed to do for a few days now, and now I'm bored. So I guess I'll take a shower.

2005-07-13T02:11:00.001-06:00

In a tragic accident today, Kristen and... some guy were decapitated late last night when a windshield that had been perched upon two shelve braces plummeted downward, ending their short lives. Sources say the window fell due to excessive "bumping of the bed" and had a little less energy been put into it, they could be enjoying a cigarette right now. So remember kids, don't bump the bed, unless it's really worth it.

2005-07-07T04:18:00.000-06:00

Ah yes, another night concluded. A terrible day, lots of driving and gas trucks bursting into flames, and eat, oh so very much heat. On top of that I'm exhausted having tried once again to stay up all night by reading a book, then conking out when the sun came up, only to have to get up two hours later and taking Sebastian to get a hair cut. I passed out over at Kristen's house after my trip to the far away and mysterious east side, and awake to all these moves being put on, and I just lost it for a few hours. Sat around, didn't really say anything, just sort of existed. This is indeed how I went home, still holding out hope for a late night recall. Some anime and much needed cigarettes later, and things are all good again. Intentional and accidental transgressions are forgiven and put behind us, a nice goodnight, and here I am again, just about to rap up my Daft Punk and plummet off into the great void of sleep.

2005-07-06T00:56:00.000-06:00

Alright, so I didn't stay up all night, but that was probably for the better. I went to bed at around seven in the morning, because I knew if I didn't get sleep I wouldn't be able to make the drive back from Cruces. So off to bed I go, it was a fabulous night by the way, one I hope to repeat sometime soon (perhaps even tonight!). Anyway, I got woken up by a phone call from Jess at about twelve thirty. So I moped around in bed for ten minutes and then got up and took a shower, and just drove up to Las Cruces, easy as that. Don't even think I told anyone where I was going. So I stop in this McDonalds parking lot where Jess said she would come meet me, but instead get directions to some apartment complex across the freeway. I drive over and meet the two wonderful ladies that would accompany me throughout the rest of my day's adventure. We sat around, talked of old times, and recanted fun stories that we may not all know. Afterwards we partook of some smoke, and then went off to a nice lunch at the local Chili's. A big burger and a salad later, our brisk, cold waitress received a note on her very generous tip. Next time, try smiling honey. Afterwards to Jess' place and hang out there for a while, off to meet a business associate to discuss a quick transaction, and we were gone, everyone went their separate ways and I made my way back to El Paso. A success, if I do say so myself, judging by the fact that I am currently comfortably situated behind my keyboard, and not behind bars. So here is hoping that tonight turns out to be wonderful as well, and that soon I will be awakened from a light slumber by a sirens call in the night. Good evening to you all.

2005-07-05T04:14:00.000-06:00

Well, by now it has become very late, so I guess I'll be staying up all night, that will make tomorrow that much more fun and insane! Woot. Here's hoping I make it.

2005-07-05T04:11:00.000-06:00

This might not be in the best of taste, but think about it, it could happen.

2005-07-05T03:49:00.000-06:00

So today I was driving home in the middle of the night, and realized that I would need cigarettes to make my drive up to Las Cruces the next day, and it would be a waste of time to try and get them during the day, and I would end up late for lunch with Jess, and then the whole deal would fall through. So I stop off at my favorite Circle K and ask the guy if he wants to have a cigarette with me. So we are chilling around outside, he's smoking a stogie, and I'm smoking a brand new Turkish Gold. And we just stand around talking about the city, what happened today, all kinds of crazy stories. Then, when we were both done smoking he went inside, and I sat in the car in front of my house and enjoyed a large jug of chocolate milk and another cigarette. A very enjoyable night indeed. Smoking on the balcony, simply a wonderful idea, she never ceases to surprise me. A towel. Classic. Anyway, now that picture hosting is even easier then before I'll probably start doing it a lot more. I am going to get some black and white film developed, in between my business dealings out of town and getting my damn windshield fixed, and then somehow making time to plan out the big move with the family. Work is never over.

2005-07-05T03:39:00.000-06:00

Interestingly I just found out that this webpage comes up on a search for the words "opiate" and "biolife" which means I'm not the only one trying to make an extra buck but not wanting to give up my extra-ciriculars. Good to know that there are a few more like me out there. And here we have proof of my rising fame on random web searches!

2005-07-05T02:36:00.000-06:00

Good evening everyone, this is Allen with you here tonight on WRGY, NPR for the Southwest. You just heard a cut off of an album by Leroy Jenkins playing his wonderful sax. A funny thing about that album is he later went on to perform with the Boston Quintet on some of their best work, and of course, their trumpet player was none other then the famous Adam Berrel. Here we go.

2005-07-02T05:09:00.000-06:00

Ah yes, the late night moments alone. This will be nice, quiet, peaceful times for the next few days. Just chill out in someone else's house while no one is there, watch some crappy TV, have a soda, and fall asleep on the couch. Marvelous. Things are looking up in general, feeling pretty good about everything. It has been tough, but eh, it's only the first day and already I get them out of my hair for a few days so that I don't have to be flipping out the whole time. Everyone loves a good element of risk in something, and this is just what this is. In more nerdy news, I think I'm starting to really get the hang of Das Keyboard, and now I simply need to make sure that I get the key that I first hit correct, otherwise I'm all thrown off. Also, short little keyboard commands are a bit of a hassle, because I can't check to see if I'm doing the right one. Passwords too, although this way no one has any idea of what my passwords are when I type them. Of course, I have to redo them a few times because I don't trust myself to do it right, even though I use these passwords at least six times a day. I know the keystroke combination by now. If only DDR were as simple. But I now have the upper hand, for I have a few days to practice without the distractions of some nice lady dancing next to me. I will reclaim my place at the top! And if not I'll just bring up how super-bad-ass this keyboard is again. Safe travels to a good group of friends, I hope to have you home soon.

2005-07-02T00:17:00.000-06:00

I have registered a new domain name for this website, and within the next twenty-four hour period, you should be able to access this website through the address: http://www.timsmomnaked.com

Please start to redirect all of your traffic through there, and soon, everyone on the internet desperate to find porn (as in everyone on the internet) will also read the mindless dribble I put forth here.

2005-07-01T02:21:00.000-06:00

Today is the begining of a new day in typing technology. Today, Das Keyboard arrived. Sleek black, unlabeled keys, individually weighted, this baby will up your typing speed by 100% in three weeks, because you just won't be able to look down, since there won't be anything there! Had a good day today, lots of sitting around and smoking, which is always good, and a bit of much needed DDR. Plus my nerd supplies coming in and a fun drive to the center of town to take pictures leaves me with the impression of an excellent night. Now I simply must brace myself for the next 10 days. 10 days is a long time, but at least I get to hang out in another house for a few days an enjoy myself. I'm thinking of baking something, but I'm not too sure on it yet. I'll keep everyone posted, and if your extra nice, maybe I'll send you some. Well, I'm off to bed, I have a job interview at Circle K tomorrow morning, I'm going to be a convenience store clerk. Woot. Everyone come and buy beer and smokes from me, it'll be great. Bring your ID's though, so I can finallt find out just how old you all are. Then my plan can commence! HAHAHA! Das Keyboard!

2005-06-29T21:20:00.000-06:00

Ho hum. As these last few days pass by with me still retaining my sanity, I realize that it is altogether futile to try to not lose it. It's going to happen. My constant shifting from elation to driving away alone is starting to take it's toll. So the next few days should be nice and interesting, lots of postable material, since there won't be anyone else around to listen to it. Also, I came up with a funny story about Sabrina yesterday, or today, I forget, but anyway, I'll put it up here later.

2005-06-23T03:31:00.000-06:00



Let the good times roll.

2005-06-16T23:24:00.000-06:00

Ah yes, late night madness. We have just purchased a ticket on Greyhound for Rob to come see us. This was all thrown together in the last few minutes when we realized that it was not feasible for Daniel and I to drive to San Antonio to see him. So instead we banded together, and we will now get to see him tired and drunk tomorrow at 3:45. Excellent.

2005-06-16T03:25:00.000-06:00

I love my drive home. It's almost my favorite part of the day. It's the middle of the night, it's just me smoking a cigarette, and I'm jamming out to some classic rock on the radio. Tonight was especially nice, good weather, good memories, an all around excellent time. Plus I get a chance to yell as loud as I want while singing, which means I'll be nice and quiet when I get home. A win-win situation for everyone.

2005-06-10T01:09:00.000-06:00

So yeah, A-kon is over, bringing with it memories, laughter, and a good old case of boredom. Things have become exceedingly normal around here again. As for why? I can only say that there are lingering feelings floating around now, and the crazy highs of just a week ago must now be contrasted with this. Wherever this may lie on the vertical graph representing the good stuff. Ah well, we can only wait and see, and sometime in mid July the whole event may just repeat itself, but be even worse. Sometime before then I will post some pictures, those are always fun. Well, I'm off to cap some bitches.

2005-06-08T02:03:00.000-06:00

The previous post has been classified. Below is the new, Ebert red trial approved version. Oh, you want to see the original version? What is your clearance citizen?

2005-06-08T02:02:00.000-06:00

2005-05-23T03:03:00.000-06:00

Well damn I feel good. A very beautiful night of driving around in the Jeep, clouds covering the moon, a light rain, some thunder and lightning. You just can't beat that. My grandparents just came to town, so that's always fun. And I just kicked our wireless networks ass, by fixing all the problems that it had. Damn I rule. It's so good to be home.

2005-04-24T01:31:00.000-06:00

Woot, the show is almost over, which means no more sitting around in the theater building until midnight! It means sitting around here until four in the morning! Much better! Anyway, it's been fun, I learned some stuff, smoked way too much, had a couple of fun nights partying, and now I guess it's about time to start packing up and getting ready to head home for the last time. It's been a fun ride, but I've got to go put makeup on myself.

2005-04-18T19:39:00.000-06:00

Ah yes, nothing like the glory of vinyl. Lots of it. I have decided to once again undertake the project of turning my collection of records into mp3's, since I now have a nifty place to put them all, my pocket. Woot. One can only hope more people will be drawn to the cause. In other news, the year is almost over, which means that it's time I get some stuff done that should have been done a long long time ago. But that can always wait, I'll hopefully do it sometime during the show. Woot.