Why do I insist on making my life so busy? Am I stupid or what? I should have been alseep a long long time ago. Tomorrow is going to be a busy busy day. I will be up early... so maybe I will blog in the morning.
March 31, 2001
Just crawled out of bed. Sol is up this morning already... and I would just like to say CONGRATS. Sol is an aunt fir the second time.
Zack actually woke me up this morning with a phone call. I will be heading up a video shoot at five this evening.
March 30, 2001
Please... insert sleep here. This boy and this life are sometimes too busy for words...
I just got home from my cousin's play. She did an awesome job in an awesome play. She makes me proud.
I don't have the brain-power to go on.
"I know all about me.........
I've been following me for some time now.......
watching me......
listening to me talk.....
I know how I spend my mornings.....
I know about the little walk I take every afternoon.....
I even know about the late nights I spend working ......
because I've been watching....and plotting......
taking note of all my strengths...all my weeknesses...
carefully ovbserving...from the shadows....waiting......
waiting for the right time......
the time when I can finally do away with me and all my kind......
because deep down I hate me...
I hate me so much that I could walk the planet without seeing another one of me and be content.....
my day is coming......
just wait and see......
but until then just remember that I am watching."-Wiz
Change is a beautiful thing.
March 29, 2001
Why are you and why am I sitting here? Why aren't we out 'there' enjoying it, huh?
How cool would it be to own a home... not rent... own a whole house? My friend Amber just bought her very first house... and that is it right above. She is the pround new owner of this fine home at the ripe old age of 20. I did not even own my own car at age 20... let alone a house. I am amazingly proud of my friend... and now, I am waiting for the party. Heh heh.
I took at 48 minutes shower this morning... I so just want to crawl back into bed... I think I am catching the cold that is going around the office. I feel like someone stole my energy... if you see someone running around with it... steal it back. I really, REALLY need it today.
I am rebuilding two of my companies websites today... we have changed servers yet again. OTS and OHP will now be hosted at WI.
Other werc-related project include two new products to be released in the next couple of weeks. And if you want to take a look at them first... Mean Streets and Mike Gillette.
I better get hopping... don't want to be late for work.
March 28, 2001
Sputter out. I was moving and just stopped. Tired hit me like a ton of blankets... and I am fading quick.
The clock is ticking. I have a million and one things to do tonight. Attack.
I don't have much time today. Been really busy at work.
I ran some stats on my site... and whoa... I am just plain shocked. I had no idea.
361 | DZ Rant
265 | Ong Blog
239 | British Blue
146 | Farmer's Log
134 | Plasticfaery
113 | 311 Blog
93 | IP Blog
72 | Biff
36 | Solcast
These are the hits from yesterday. Hits are not my goal in life, but they are nice to have. Almost feels like someone is listening.
March 27, 2001
This is just crazy:
IEXPLORE provocó un error de página no válida en el
módulo DDRAW.DLL de 0167:04e85b22.
Registros:
EAX=00baeac0 CS=0167 EIP=04e85b22 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=0058c70c EBP=0058c8e8
ECX=c1543650 DS=016f ESI=04e714f4 FS=0e17
EDX=0001db04 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes en CS:EIP:
,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x ,02x
Volcado de pila:
,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x ,08x
A spanish error message sent to me from Sol. That is just too funny.
Ollie has a very valid rant about the term "e-mail". I think it is worthy of noting how screwed up english and internet terms have become.
Awww, shameless self-promotion.
Blogs of exception:
311
British Blue
More... soon.
The personality, not just the frequency has been drained from most (not all) other of my favorite blogs.
Yup, I am at work... 7a. It feels VERY early today.
I am looking over the stats of a promotion that we sent out yesterday... I just have to wait for the sales to be entered. It should be very interesting to see how well it did. This time we 'really broke some rules' and sent out an HTML e-mail. Wow, I know... such advanced technology. It is like pulling teeth to get things approved. This is the product that we sent out.
If you want to join my company's mailing list because you are truely interested or just for pure entertainment... just fill out this form.
The web seems a little on the dead side as of late... kinda sad. I don't understand. People losing the love or is it just a busy time of year?
March 26, 2001
I have no idea why I am in such a good mood, but I am going to enjoy it... or maybe I will go to bed before it expires.
Wearing my tanks today... Wiz and I went to get coffee... so I put on the tanks. It feels good. Somehow someway... I have to squeeze more time into my week for some skating. I cannot express how bad I miss it. It was only three blocks and it was bliss. I am still wearing my skates right here at my desk. Feels good.
March 25, 2001
"... I just wanted to say THANK YOU... this is all so awesome... and you've played such a large role in it..."
-Sol
A sincere 'thank you' means more to me than anything at this point in my life... and I really hope it stays that way. Staying up late and getting up early is not always worth a pay check; however, it is always worth the effort for the... effect it has on others.
Sol is about an hour from leaving the country and I kinda miss her already. Heh... not that I ever really knew her too well. It has been an honor helping her get things (web things) ready for the trip. I am looking forward to helping keep the site updated while she is away. Solbeam.com has been a blast thus far and I know it is only the beginning.
This is only a Beta for the comic. That is my disclaimer... you have been warned.
Oscar's are tonight. I almost forgot. I am going to go over to my Aunt's house to watch it. Why? Cause my Aunt is the coolest.
After listening to IP all day yesterday... how can one aviod being in a 'music mood'? I have been downloading random mp3 all morning. I have found some cool bands... and some not so cool bands.
The best band so far is Atomic Mint. MercuryMist from CC turned me onto this band on Friday. I think the vocals sound a lot like Sheryl Crow with a hint of No Doubt. I have been told me music descriptions are a bit off, so how about you listen to this... and then e-mail me your opinion... and I will post it here in my blog, deal?
Manda has been keeping a 'real' blog. I say it like that because most people never ever blog.
March 24, 2001
The Brightest Future.
Wiz and I got a later start than we had hoped for, but we made good progress. All the footage for tape one has been captured. Yes, it took all day just to do that. Wiz had to watch the whole take, make sure that is was good, log the clip, and capture it. It was a long long process. I am thinking that it will take about a full day to drop in the b-roll that we captured today (maybe two); then a full day to create and place the needed graphics; another day to creating an opening segment; and one last day for fine tuning. So I am going to gues that this first tape of three is going to take about 5-7 more full days of work. With all the free time that Wiz and I have... I am guessing it will take us about 4-5 more weeks. I would like to get it done faster, but what can you do?
Here is an mp3 (7.43 mb) of IP and Eddie jamming for about 15 minutes. The audio is not the greatest... it is the first mp3 from video that I have ever created... so bare with me. I think it is more that worth the download. In fact, you are most likely listening to it before IP or Eddie. This jam will not be on the video. It may be on the interactive CD that comes with the video, but who will really know until it is finished, huh?
I also snagged a few images from the video. Images: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ].
While capturing most the day, Wiz and I put together one of my new RC cars. This one is built more for rally racing and not so much touring. Nice car; it is built like a tank.
Off I go to Wiz's. I will be staring at IP all day... while editing his video. Fun fun. Heh.
March 23, 2001
I can hardly keep my eyes open. Looks kinda like I have about two more loads of laundry to go. I may get one done on the morning, but the rest will have to wait until Sunday... as I will be a Wiz's all day. I think I am going to get up early and get a few other things done. I have had a lot of crap in my car that does not need to be in there. Maybe in the morning I will cleam out the car. Then again, I may just sleep like a rock until the cows... I mean... until I have to leave.
That is all for tonight.
I finished one for tonight. That is about all I can handle. It is not perfect, but it is a lot closer than before.
Just got the off the phone with Ong. She is sounding a lot happier than she was earlier this week. The poor girl has a full and busy semester ahead of her, but it is her last... at least her last for her BA. That is a place in life that I would not mind being at — out of school.
I am still thinking about getting my CIW. Five grand is a lot of money... and what would a CIW bring me? Looks like I have more thinking to do.
The Beginning.
I have started redrawing the heads in Illustrator. Seems easy enough, huh? Eh... Wiz did a great job at drawing the roughs... OCR/Trace did a good job of jacking the roughs up... and I get the joy of going from nice roughs to crap roughs. Enough whining. I think it is going to take me a few hundred (8) hours to get these heads done.
Meanwhile, I am doing laundry... and lots of it. I think the last time that I washed clothes was before IP got here. Twoo weeks... I think. I was about running out of clothes and going to work naked was not an option... nor desired. Anyway... I joke not; my pile of clothes in the hall is about two foot high and about four feet round. Ick.
Tomorrow, Wiz and I are going to spend ALL DAY editing IP's video. I hope to get all the b-roll in place, mail out a dub to Ong and IP... then do graphics sometime this next week... maybe next weekend.
Everyone seems down today. I am not sure what is up with that.
Friday... and i could not be any happier about it. Rest is a needed thing.
March 22, 2001
I just finished the scanned roughs (in color, Wiz) for the new Merc Comic that will be coming out as soon as possible. I am not sure if I want to ruin it by posting the preview image or not. Anyway... I should have been in bed about an hour ago, so... off to dreamland I go.
Tired? Yes, I am. Little sleep; lots of work... and more work to do tonight.
March 21, 2001
Coming soon: Solbeam.com v.3, Merc Comic Strip, mf.com v.3, Farmer's Log v.2, FactionStudios.com v.2, LoungePunk.com.
When I am king. Very cool... um.. make that interesting and entertaining. And not for children...
Having something to say takes practice. This is just my opinion. I hear this about not blogging often. I think even my pointless rambling have to affect someone somewhere... maybe even if it is only me. Expression... even shallow expression... is very important. I am not saying that the whole world should be keeping a weblog. There are other ways of expression. Example: See IP with his guitar down below? That guitar is his 'voice'... and from what I saw, it is a powerful one.
I think people need to have more commitment to and confidence in their expression... whether it be a journal, painting, or play a guitar. Having something to say just takes practice.
And maybe you look, sound, or feel like a bumbling idiot most the time... that is just going to get in the way of someone's (maybe your) moment of beauty and understanding... it is not about impressing anyone. I am an artist at heart, so I have a slanted point of view about the need/power of expression.
March 20, 2001
Just got back from meeting with a school rep for my CIW. I am fairly sure I am going to do it. I am open to hear any input.
This is a preview of the IP Video that will be coming out in the next month or so. I will slowly leak out pictures and clips.
Extra special thanks to Vern for taking all IP's photos on her own time and for free. Thank you, Vern!
Morning is here and I am feeling pretty good. I am trying to get back into the groove as well as catch up on a few things that I let go while I was busy this last week. I have about 400 loads of laundry to go and a room that really, REALLY needs to be cleaned. Basically, it looks like I have been sharing my room with either a fairly tame wart hog or a rioting Siberian Tiger.
Tonight, I have dinner with a person from a semi-local school. I am thinking about getting my CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster). Wednesday, I will be in LA (the real LA, Ong) at a Final Cut Pro User Group. Thursday, I will be having dinner with another new client. It is going to be a busy week.
March 19, 2001
After responding to over 60 e-mail messages, I can now do a decent blog. E-mail while being cool is evil. I love getting e-mail from people that I like... or at least people I know. I hate junk e-mail. I didn't check my e-mail for 3 days and I get a mounting pile of 134 pieces of crap mail. Grr... anyway.
Overall: It was awesome. I know I had said this already, but in a nut shell that is what it was. Great people, places, and food... and a little bit of beer.
Friday: Wiz, IP, and I drove down to OC (not LA) to chill with Ong and stay at her home there. I was beyond tired and crashed like a total stick in the mud. I simply could not stay awake... so Ong, Wiz, and IP went to The Block At Orange... they may have taken RubyRose, but... I was asleep so I have no idea. From what I hear, they had fun and what not.
Saturday: I got up at the butt crack of dawn (7am on a Saturday) with Ong. Helped her pack her car. She had a 'fun' film shoot to go to ALL day. You can ask her about the horrors of her day. Anyway... IP, Wiz, and I (the boys) went to the RC shop in Anaheim Hills at about 9.30a. Please note that they do not open until 11a. Therefore, the boys went to Fry's Electronics — which is just a cool place. At about 11a, we go back to the RC shop, which is still closed... so we called Ollie. Ollie was not quite all there at the time we called and gave the very detailed instruction of 'go south'. Heh heh. Two hours later and many cell calls, we ended up at Ollie's place.
Ollie's art is at least a hundred times better in person than on his site. The colors and texture just cannot compare. If I can not talk him into letting go of a piece... I may have to umm...borrow one (joke).
Ollie took us to a place or area of San Diego called PB (I think that is Pacific Beach). We enjoyed the weather, the beach, and a good meal at Nick's. After chilling and talking for a while, we all headed down to OB (Ocean Beach) to hang out with pb.
I finally got to meet Lisa, pb's girl. I have seen her and had lunch with the whole CC mass last time I was down in CC, but didn't get a chance to meet her. Lisa and pb are a cute couple... with a cute dog as well.
After hanging at the beach and drinking a few beers, we headed up to pb's house... where we got the two musicians together — pb and IP. I love the guitar. I could listen to someone play all day... maybe i should learn to play a little, huh? I guess I could learn now.. since I just produced a guitar instructional video, huh. Anyways... IP and pb rocked.
Sunset: For the first time in my life, I watched the sun disappear into the Pacific Ocean. I never realized that a) it was so beautiful... I was told it was not even a 'good one', and b) it would happen so fast. The sun was up... then it was gone. Awesome. I am going to try to talk pb into sending me a picture of it.
I do not recall what time we left pb's house... we had a fun and challenging time finding the 5 North... the challenge was seeing through my completely smudged windshield. Somehow... heh heh... we ended up at The Block at Orange to have dinner with Eddie and Ash. Eating at the Block is always a good thing.
I think we got back to the around midnight... and I think I passed out (fell alseep) at about 1a with IP, Wiz, and Ong still talking in the room. It was a LONG, LONG day... but awesome the whole time. Great friends and conversation... all day long and into the night.
Special thanks to Ollie, pb, and Lisa for show us a GREAT time in SD.
Sunday: I woke up at about 7a and just sort stared at the ceiling and relaxed. It was a slow moving day... we didn't do much of anything... watched a movie, showed IP Cal State Fullerton, and ate. The most exciting thing about the day was that I got my arm signed by Irina, the dead hooker, from Ong's film.
Wiz and I had a few good conversation on the long trip home... which brings me up to today.
Today: Long, warm day at work. We had a long production meeting... it is going to be a busy week at work.
Nothing quite as cool as being home. I like traveling, but I love my bed and I love my shower. Home, sweet home.
"Package not due for delivery." -FedEx
What the hell? I want my package. Bring it to me you, commies.
I am back in town. I had the most awesome time. My inbox is piled high, so I am going to reply to all my e-mails before I do recap on the weekend.
IP flies out the morning from LAX back to Boston. Hope he has a good flight.
March 16, 2001
I am on my way out the door to LA LA land. We are going to try to hook up with Eddie, Ollie, and PB sometime of the course of the weekend.
"These people showed me the joy of blogger so I thought they should get some credit too: solbeam and mercuryfrog" More...
You never know who you will influence or what you will find out on the web.
I found a better wine link.
"'We have never done a shoot this unprofessional.' Jason, you have no idea how professional we were. And I am so glad we worry about being professional." More...
Whoa. I could not agree any more.
After a good night of celebrating and sleeping, I am feeling so much better. Last night, IP, Wiz and I went and had a good cigar... and just chilled for a good long time. We also went to Cafe 225 for dinner... we had a fantastic bottle of Clois Du Bois wine. It was just a plain good night.
British Blue is fast becoming my favorite blog to read... she just nails a few feelings right on the head.
Another blog of note is Farmer's Log... it is lost somewhere between life and circuit-boards, something I can relate to.
March 15, 2001
Tonight is a night of celebration... at least for me.
I like LA. Fun fun place.
Last night was my first good night as sleep this week. I am hoping to have enough energy to have a good time in LA this weekend.
March 14, 2001
It is morning. I am doing nothing other than moving slow. For about the third morning in a row, I have slept through my alarm. So we are all running a little late this morning.
We finished shoot at about 12.30a last night... so Wiz just stayed here last night. We had a volunteer staff from the school to fill in for the lack of Ong, Eddie, and Ash. Long, long, tired night.
Long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long day. I am beyond tired.
March 13, 2001
Progress was made. I am tired. All content is layed in the timeline. Still tired.
March 12, 2001
IP and I are about ready to jam over to Wiz's to do a bit of editing.
"Well, you can do what you CAN do. And sometimes what you can't do. But more often than not what you can't do is being done by someone who lied to themselves about what they can do."
More stool.
March 11, 2001
Stool. That would be the word of last night.
This morning, I am so tired that I feel like I a going to puke. We had a ton of problems yesterday morning/afternoon. We could not get a single piece of audio equipment to work. I think we took about a half million trip to Radio Shack. They all knew as pretty wll by the end of the day.
We finally got started at about 2.30p... even though we were going to start at about 10a. Things wemt really well from that point on. We stopped tapping at about midnight.
We are back at it this morning. We are on a semi deadline for this morning. Eddie, Ash, and Ong are going to be leaving us at about noon... so we need to pack this last tape into the next four hours.
March 09, 2001
And we have an amp... and an acoustic guitar. Woo!
We have cameras. Woo!
Looks like Eddie and Ong will be coming up tonight. There is goign to be a lot of prep work for the video that we need to get donw today. We really have not set-up anything thus far. We were not really sure if we were giong to have cameras or not... in fact we are not real sure at the moment either. We are going to talk to a few people at 1pm... and then again at 4pm. We will all know a bit more at that point... or so I hope.
March 08, 2001
Long... long day.
All I have to say is LAX is huge. I was able to avoid traffic... so I got to the airport about an hour before IP was supposed to be there. It took me that hour to find where I was supposed to be meeting him. I met a very cool and interesting person. He happened to be looking for the same flight. With IP's flight being about 40 minutes late, I hung out with the guy for a while... had fun. It is cool to be to meeting new people.
Meeting IP was nothing 'new'. It really felt like I knew him; like I was picking up an old friend... more details tomorrow when I am way less tired.
March 07, 2001
Tomorrow is the big day. I leave the house a 7am to pick IP up from the airport. I am very excited about this project and IP's visit. I think it is going to be a real good time... a lot of work, but a real good time. IP will be leaving from Boston at some early hour of the morning and be arriving at LAX at 11a. Long drive; long flight.
Other news, I talked to a school in Bakersfield today. I think Wiz and I might be getting our CIW. It is an expensive program to go through, but I think it will pay off in the long run. I have a lot of thinking to do about my future in education. I know it is driving me nuts to be out of school, but I cannot really afford school at this moment. It is a really tough spot to be in.
I am really liking my ring. I think I am going to hang onto it for a while.
Can someone bring back the DZ?
This is my current desktop at work. Simple, yet very 'me'.
I bought a box of Cohiba Pequeños yesterday... now I cannot find them... keys and wallet... and out the door. Looks like I will make it just in time. Woo.
Showers are too nice and warm. I think i am going to have to start showering at night... or just be late to work everyday. I have six minutes to get ready. Eh... I might just make it... and go yet another day without shaving. I think I am going about 6 days without a shave.
I hate the cat.
Hey, I just got an e-mail from my Mom. Looks like see is back online. Wooo! Being able to communicate home for free is a cool, cool thing. Everyone should get their parents online.
I managed to crawl out of bed on time. Miracles do happen.
March 06, 2001
The goal is to stay up for another hour or two, but I am not sure if I am going to make it. I am feeling a bit too tired.
I had a pretty good and productive day at work. Oddly, my mind is a bit too numb to talk about work.
IP is coming in less than 48 hours. I am ver excited to have him out to California. We should be having a pretty good time. I am going to do my best to share IP with the rest of the CA Family, but you only have a week to come see IP and the tickets are selling fast... jk. We are going to try to shoot a vidoe in there somewhere as well... we have had a few major set backs, but I thnk we can still pull it off. As of this moment, we have no cameras or or audio equipment... doesn't matter much at this point... cause we don't have an IP yet... that gives me a few more hours, huh? The cameras went to New York with the Boss... and so did the audio equipment. We will not know if and where we are getting cameras from until Friday... that would be the same day that we planned on starting the shoot. Not a good time to be gathering equipment. I am a bit frustrated... but what can I do? Nothing really. I am going to have a good time even if we cannot shoot the whole production... maybe this will be a good excuse to fly IP out for the summer as well. Nothing is very certain at this point. Thank you to everyone helping... and a big thanks to IP. Just keep praying.
I have a lot of production work coming up, but it looks pretty clear on the other side of this little busy block of time. I am going to focus on the Dotumentary next. I think I am going to be spending a lot of long nights sleeping on the floor of the studio to get it done. That is what it takes to get great things down, right? Effort... I am going to be putting a lot of effort into the Dotu.
Four new blogs have been added to the Merc Family this week. Those blogs are: Farmer's Log, British Blue, 311, and PlasticFaery. Farmer's Log is Farmer Joes's blog page... it is a bit rough at this point, and will most likely be changing dramatically in the near future. The blue British blog is Claire's new baby bloggette. Manda's 311 blog has just been started... I have not had the time to design something as of yet, but know that it is coming soon... and with a 311 theme is will rock the house. PlasticFaery... best described as a female version of the DZ Rant.
The Merc Family has grown quite large. MercuryFrog.com and my other sites together host about 15 blogs and personal sites. I will get a more accurate count and descriptions of each in the near future... or after IP leaves... which ever is later. Heh.
I need to update my list of friends links... as wel as my links links. There are quite a few more people and sites that need to be added. How cool that I have to expand my list of friends... that is just awesome isn't it? Whoa... everyone ought to work on expanding their list of friends.
Just a little late to work... and I still need to pay those bills. Err.
15 minutes until work... 7 to shower and 7 to pay my bills... looks like I am going to a whole minute early... maybe.
March 05, 2001
I finally made Claire a blog. It is very blue.. with a touch of Warhol. I am trying so very hard to develop more style... a wider range of style.
And speaking of style, Wiz has FINALLY finished his jaw dropping site. If you do not like it you are either as jealous as me.. or you SUCK and/or are STUPID. This site is that good... if he does not win an award of some form... he will have been grossly over looked. I warn you now... this is a computer intense site. You must have IE 5.5 and Flash installed before entering. If you are on dial-up, be patient... it is worth all the wait. And finally... here you go.
Out of shape was an understatement. I am feeling a bit sore this morning... not too bad, but I sure don't think I did enough to be sore.
I plan on a full day of work. I was off for three days because of that class... that would put me a a bit behind. I was fairly cuaght up before... however, we shall see. I hope it is busy. I could really use the overtime.
Is it just me or have people really been lagging in their blog efforts? I have visited my top 10 this morning and not a one has been update since last month... that is fours day ago... five? Anyway... that is a long time. Must be a busy time of the year.
March 04, 2001
Again... thank you, Claire. This is a shot from the video on the UK Dido CD. A very very cool CD that I am so grateful to have.
I talked with my cousin, Krickie. She is doing good. Sounds like she is keeping busy... in a good way. She invited me to Las Vegas to celebrate her big 21st birthday. Sounds like a blast... but it sure does make me feel old. I think I am only a little less than 2 years older than her, but I still feel old. Such is life, huh?
I have decided that on top of being out of shape... I sleep too much... and I am way too unhappy. How to fix this? I am going to stay up way later doing things that make me happy. Simple solution I thought of. And if I am not certain what makes me happy? Well... I will have plenty of 'extra' hours to find something. To deal with deal just plain out of shape... tonight, I am going to start working out. I have no equipment and no space... so it looks like old-school exercise for me. That is correct push-ups, crunches, and squats... and as many as I can do.
In the case that I die of a heartattack, everything I own is available to the first person who comes to pick stuff up... minus the things that I have requested to be burried with (skates, CDs, hat). And no damn suite when I am in the coffin... BAGGY PANTS! When they dig me up in a million years, I want them to know a little about me. Not, 'Look, another one in a suite!"... I would prefer, "Holy crap, this one has wheels on his feet... and what are these round things? Dido?".
It works! I finally got the router and DSL working together. It is a miricle. As I thought, the peopel from PacHell did need my MAC address... so what did I do? Emulation of a MAC address. Works like a charm now. I downloaded Windows Media Player on Terminal 2... 9 mb in 32 seconds. Could I be any happier? No... heh heh.
I just got back from seeing The Champion. Pretty good movie. While I was out, I bought a ring. It is a good half-inch wide silver ring. It was also 50% off. I have never reallyl worn a ring... and the last couple that I have owned... I have broken within the first couple of weeks. I guess I am rough on rings.
Between The Champion and Crouching Tiger... and tons of other things... I have decided to get my lame body back into shape. How? I am not sure yet, but I really need to. I am starting to look like a true geek... you know... skinny and pale. It is not making me too happy. That and I am tired of scaring small children. I am thinking a daily jpg... I mean... jog would do me some good.
And an MP3 that was inspired from the Dotumentary by p2p.
March 03, 2001
I am so tired that I an having a hard time thinking... let alone typing. Forgive the oddness of anything that I may type.
I added a new blog to the Merc Family of blogs. I like the idea behind the design. There are a few tweeks that I need to make to it... if you find any, let me know.
I still can not get a hold of anyone at PacBell that knows what is wrong with my DSL. I am starting to get a little upset. I think I am going to call in a few of my local pals that know a thing or two about networking. I have tried everything that I know. I really think that PacBell needs the MAC address off of my router, but I have not talked to anyone that can verify that need. "I don't think so" is the best answer that I have gotten... and i have talked to at least 6 departments including one in Florida. Grrr.
I am fading out.
Okay, things are slowing down again. I helped (watched) Zack put a video together out at Wiz's place. Teh video turned out really good for the footage he had.
I had a good long talk with IP on the phone. We are getting things in order for the video shoot this coming Friday/Saturday.
While I was away this wek, I went to the Final Cut Pro usergroup in LA. It was awesome. I would have to guess that there were about 2,000 people there. Good info, good people.
My class on Windows 2000 Advanced Server has let me wonder about my future... and mainly, what I am going to do with it.
Because of the class, I am weeks and weeks behind on projects... which is not cool. I have so much to do. I am not sure if i will ever catch up. All I want to do right now is take a nap. Will take one? Z....zz.. maybe.
Still no luck with DSL on the network. I have been on the phone with about everyone from PacBell. Grrr.
Zack is going to be coming over. We are going to go edit a video. It has been a while since I have edited. Should be fun.
March 02, 2001
I just got back from the first class for MSCE Certification. My body and mind are tired.
I am now going to tear my network apart and try to get DSL through my network. Yay.
March 01, 2001
Merc now has DSL. Oh happy... happy day.