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Well...technically, I didn't.  Raymond bought it for me on his way back from DC.  Still, I've got a dresser now, and that is pretty awesome.  While it was a little pricey, when you consider how nice and big it is and that it's pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I think it was worth it.  Now maybe I can start moving cloths out of laundry baskets and into somewhere more functional (I also suspect this will reduce the amount of clothing that gets slept on and, consequently, covered in cat hair).

Ikea is the shit.

and it was good.  I'm so thoroughly exhausted, but i had a great time.  its really nice to have that tired happy feeling.  you know, the one where  you dont feel like you could move, but you dont really care because you are lying on your bed and dont have to go anywhere.  good stuff.  super cheap to boot!  its also really nice, because i feel like i got to know a number of people a bit better than i had in the past and not knowing people seems to be my main problem here. 

work is crazy/hectic as ever, but in a way that is kind of fun.  flickr pics are up from a few different sources, but i think most are friends/family and/or in a private group so should you want to look, just hit me up for some access loving. 

this one is for you scott

this made me pretty happy

New Bad Religion album.  25th anniversary of their first album "How Could Hell be Any Worse".  I'm still deciding what I think of it.  I'll have to listen to it a few more times before I can give any kind of real opinion.  So stoked these guys are still going strong though.

no not those kind!

ive got this gnarly cold that wants my blood.  no one that i know has "normal" dreams as it is, but when im sick, they all get very weird.  also really lucid while at the same time not at all.  hard to explain.  i kept waking up and having no idea where i was or why i was there.  that and its really freakin' hot.  needless to say, i didnt get a lot of sleep last night so im taking a sick day and going to try and make some of that up.

Porn (SFW)

The heavens opened up yesterday.  I decided to take 55 to get home because of the gnarly accident on I-40.  It was sprinkling when I left and I don't think I made it more than about a mile before I got dumped on.  There was sooo much water dropping out of the sky.  I couldn't see anything so I crawled home at about 15 mph because I'll be damned if I'm going to rush around with that much water present.  It was a little scary at points because the road would dip and would basically be flooded, but for long enough that you really feel the resistance.  I'm loving the 4-wheel drive right about now.  Made it home safe though.

This time on the bed.  I'm getting sick of this shit.

Cat peed on the clean laundry this morning (or some time last night).  Not cool.  Not only does it suck to clean up, but I'll have to see if it bleached any spots in my cloths when they get out of the washer.  Cat pee has a ridiculous amount of ammonia in it so that is a very real possibility.

Whatever DNS server I connect to has gone down.  DNS is Domain Name System and it is what tells you what ip address to connect to when you type in www.somedomainname.com.  This is not the same as your internet going down.  All it means is that your computer has to have the ip address to connect to something.  For example, I cannot reach www.google.com but I can reach 64.233.187.99.  (Don't ask why I know google's ip).  Anyway, I wont post this until I have DNS back up because I don't know the ip address of livejournal and so I can't post. 

I'm landed.  not settled by any means, but landed.  its hot and humid, but green and sunny.   I've got the car and I love it, but the drivers here are fucking horrible*.  This being said, I'm having fun.  My roommate seems pretty cool and I love the house so that's good.  I'm trying to adapt to the time difference (it's just the waking and sleeping), but it's hard when I dont have to be anywhere.  Meh, whatever.  I've got a week still. 

To do:
buy sheets
buy dresser
buy desk
get new phone
get insurance
get car registerd and get plates
get new driver's licensce. 
other stuff...

That's pretty much it for now.

*I was at a stoplight trying to make a left turn and there was a cop behind me.  I had my turn signal on and was almost sure that the cop was going to pull me over to tell me I had some wierd light blinking that I should get it fixed.

edit: flickr pics up

Heading up to Kai's with Noam for a final farewell party.  I hope to make it back in one piece.  It should be fun.  Shipped stuff this morning.  Everything is moving along according to plan.

Oh, and the car is in Oklahoma and scheduled to be delivered on time.  I even have DMV info so I can get it registered and get a NC drivers license in short order.

I'll try and throw up flickr pics later, but will most likely forget.

That's right.  We took the cake.  I'm not sure it was fully deserved, but it still feels good.  Don't get me wrong, we were good, no doubt about that, but I don't know that I would have put us at #1.  In my mind we were a very close #2, but I guess the judges saw it differently.  While "winning" is neat, I'm actually much more excited by how well it went for the whole class.  Everyone just did so well.  It's weird because normally I could care less about this kind of stuff, but after going through this and having seen what everyone is capable of, I am very proud to be able to say that I am a member of the CE class of '07.  All 23 of us.  So few are left from the original 179 that started 4 years ago, but those who are left are damn good.  It was just one of those events where everyone gives it their all and finishes with flying colors.

I am talking about the Senior Capstone projects here.  All in all, the culmination of 4 years of too much work and too little sleep.  Senior projects are a hell of a lot of work and to have everything go off so flawlessly is really nice.  Also, it doesn't hurt my ego any to have a three people come up to me afterwards who were interested in interviewing me.  I've already got a job and all, but it is still exciting. 

Anyway, screw graduation.  This was much better and I'm glad I am not going to graduation.  It will be hot and boring and long.  I will be packing so I can get the hell out of here.

This is really cool.  I mean *really* cool.

Well...maybe not, but you would need a pretty big stick.

( I warned you... )

Lloyd Alexander passed away this morning at the age of 83.  His wife Janine Alexander died 2 weeks ago.  He was probably one of the very best children's authors to have lived.  I grew up on his books.  The Chronicles of Prydain (instilling in me a huge fascination with Welsh mythology) and the Westmark Trillogy were some of my favorites, though everything I've ever read of his has been superb.  One thing I have always loved about his writing is that he never pidgonholed himself.  He always had something up his sleeve that would take things in a direction you did not expect.  That, and his excellent knowledge of mythologies and legends.  He will be missed.

I couldn't pass this one up.

How to put a chicken to sleep

For Alicia: because cancer helps us grow as people.  I wish I were "touched by cancer". 

Cancer!

Seriously, these were plastered all over the cars in IV.  There were 3 on my car...3.

Yes you, the person who hit my car yesterday while I was in the grocery store and then took off.  You, my friend, are an asshole.  Beyond just the fact that you are also a really poor driver (there were like 3 cars total in the parking lot, I don't know how you managed to hit mine), you are also somewhat of a coward.  If you had taken the time to look at my car, you would realize that taking off a tiny bit of paint on the rear bumper (where it's already peeling off) is not that big of a deal.  You could have stuck around or at least left a note and I probably wouldn't even be mad at you.  I'm a ridicilously forgiving person.  Now I hope you get hit by a bus.