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#007 - Suicide Prevention Week

Dirty, but SO awesome: Suicide Prevention

Clucking Blossom

Some friends are excited about this local festival: Clucking Blossom

ZOMBO

I had totally forgotten about ZOMBO.COM

reBang weblog » RepRap v.2

how cool is a homemade 3d printer? Reganomics!

Some good advice in a humorous fashion.

This reflects part of me and Rah's relationship. :)

Hey, I can burn you a copy. Walking Tractors? Photos of abandoned buildings in japan.

Holy Shit and O... M... G...

This shirt is awesome.

Passed my Comps!
I am cool!
La La La!

Dead Clown Gum?

Now that's just funny... John Cleese for Backup company

Just finished with my comps. Monday will decide if I get my Master's this semester.

Well this is a bizarre little comic.

Yeah, so this kid stole a laptop from a professor hoping to cheat on an exam. And here's what happened: Blast Radius: A World of Pain

stuff
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

Amy made him for me. Ain't he cute?

Comprehensives are this Saturday.
Gah.
Almost ready.
Now that the NASA presentation is over, pretty much all I am doing until the end of this week is studying.

This could be the Naomi Harris I went to High School with.

I totally need a clock that monitors one's sleep cycle.

I've been running into an attitude lately with some of the people around me... And it bothers me. It goes something like this:

Other Person: "Hey, that's cool. I wish I knew how to do that."
Me: "Well, all it takes is a little education and real interest in computers."
Other Person: "Oh, I'm a dunce when it comes to computers. Technology and I don't mix."

This would not be so bad, except when they say this, it intones to me that they are almost proud of this deficiency. Perhaps I am reading too much into it.

And I am probably blinded by my wet-the-pants love for tech.

Insanity in a box.
I don't know why that popped into my head, but there it is.
I got most of my test done. I need sleep so I'll have to finish it after my presentation tomorrow.
Well, later today. :p

Bob wanted to see how Blogger works so I am showing him.

YAY!

I need a better blogging interface to this. Like a Gaim plugin. But I broke the Gaim plugin for blogger anyway... If I ever thought it was a high priority or I had enough time to get bored I would recompile the blogger plugin and adapt the code to work for IAM. But I don't see that happening until at LEAST summer. Speaking of summer, I am VERY much looking forward to it for several reasons. Here is the list, in order of importance from most to least: I GET TO BE WITH RAH!, I'll be done with school for a bit, I'll have the NASA project out of my hair, I will be away from Alaska, I'll have my Master's. There are actually many more, but those ones kind of make me forget the others because they are less important. In other news, I am going to be a groomsman for one of my friends. I've know him for an ungodly length of time. He is back among my childhood memories. I've been trying to remember how long it has been. I think it it since I was about 8... maybe 10. Well, anyway, most of my life. Being 23 now, over 12 years at least. After that, drivin' on down to see my lovely lovely Rah Rah Kitty.

spiral-model

spiral-model
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

This is so exciting.

Yay! Another optical illusion.

Here's the story about the guy who implanted an RFID chip into his hand.

I just read a neat new story.

This ring is designed for tagging and killing. Finally a proper use of a diamond.

2005-03-28_TreeRat 001
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

I saw this TreeRat climbing right across the side of Chapman. It just struck me as odd, so I clicked it.

2005-03-28_TreeRat 001
Originally uploaded by ThatMonkey.

I saw this TreeRat climbing right across the side of Chapman. It just struck me as odd, so I clicked it.

Once in a while I run across something that makes my eyes go all wiggy.

It's a Walking Sperm Robot!

Well, I am on my way back to Fairbanks. Missing my Rah already. She's doing great with her job and seems to be doing quite well. I am impressed with how hard a worker she is. I am tired. My sleeping schedule is really screwed.

I am so hungry. Guess that's what I get for not eating this morning. I decided to sleep the extra half hour and get a total of 6 and a half hours.

I'm in Architecture class. It's nice to know what is going on all the time. I don't need to do all kinds of reading to keep up. I just have to go to class. Only 4 days left until I get to see my girl again. This break is going to be wonderful. Just being away from school for a bit will be nice, but also taking a trip out of Alaska and seeing a new place AND I get to be with my girl! How awesome is that. I might just explode. GAH! I just have to make it through this hell week. After I get back, only a month or so more and I am OUTTA here and with my Rah.

I made creme brulees last night. They were delicious. Then I stayed up until 7am or so doing homework. I have a crapload still to do before Monday. Which is tomorrow. Blah. I am working on a draft of my thesis final written report. It will be huge. Still generally kicking ass at school, but I have to stay on it all the time. I am guessing by the time Spring rolls around I will be worn the fuck out. I will definitly want a little break.

I've been very irritable and bitchy today. I think being away from Rah has really started to get to me. And the massive amounts of caffiene that I've been consuming to keep me awake and doing things. I am SO FUCKING looking forward to Spring Break. FUCK! Gah. I VERY much need to be with Rah. And away from school.

I am staying up all night working.
And watching "Super Size Me".
I am very frightened.
Doing well on work though.
Feeling productive.
If I keep this up I'll be ahead of the game when Spring Break comes.

Well, I got a B on my database exam. Crap.
I need an A to keep my GPA above 3.5.
Grad schools like high GPAs.
Meh. Generally kicking school's ass.
Working all the time is the only thing that has managed to distract me from being away from Rah. When I take a break from school I just think about how I wish I could curl up with her. Talking on the phone and net both helps and makes it worse. So close, yet so far away...
So many times when we are on webcam I have the sudden urge to reach out and hug her. Then I realize I can't and it is such a dissapointment. I miss her so much.

This week has been INSANE! I've been doing school and school work from 10:00am until 2:00am every night.

Had fun being a nerd for so many hours at the Deathnet LAN party... but I would have traded it all for one hour with Rah. I miss her so much. Spring break will be wonderful. :) I need to find a way to watch this movie.

Every have one of those moments when everything just seems right? I did tonight walking home from the Honors House. I stopped and looked up and there was the Aurora. Homework flowed out of me tonight and I was productive. Meetings went well, I felt confident in my knowledge in class. I talked to Rah and I know everything will work out. I miss her so very much, but I know we will do just fine.

Here's t-shirt hell's latest. They are awesomely awful.

This is AMAZING! Le Parkour
Here's a video,
and a good reference on the subject.

HILARIOUS! and NSFW: Elephants!

Fell asleep in a big puppy-pile of people... then I went home because A snores. And I HATE sleeping in my clothes. And I was hungry. I am still hungry. Grr.

Had a fun night with all the peoples tonight. Cabbage rolls, dumplings and sauerkraut. Yums.

Presentation went well.... SO much frikin work to do over the next week.

Presentation in 10 minutes! Yay! I am ready.

It's Wednesday already... Time is going so damn fast. Got a 22 out of 26 on my first database assignment. 84.165% is not so good... Grr... That's a B. Acceptable, but not good. 10 out of 10 on Graphics homework... I like that. Should get full points on this week's homework too. And... I have my presentation tomorrow... Not a big deal, but I need to practice.

A and M cut my hair... It's all short now... I look like a monkey. So not entirely bad.

Blah.

Didn't do squat yesterday... Well, homework and work work. And some DDR. I am now watching Simpsons. I have to finish rewriting a paper to submit to a conference. And at some point my Architecture homework. OOook.

Hey, if anyone reads this, I'd be curious to know. Leave me a comment.

Well, Rah is forcing me to sleep. I miss her so fucking much. I am so in love with her it's ridiculous.

This is just disturbing... Milk does a body good

Gah... I'm all sore and stuff. Like my body is fighting off a flu. Probably why I was sickey yesterday. I thought it had to do with the staph infection, but this feels like a regular flu. Taking the antibiotics, so hopefully I'll get through all this. I slept from about 7pm until 5am... So not horribly long... but two nights worth of my normal sleep schedule. Maybe that's why I got sick... Or my not hardly eating... My appetite has been quite lacking. I need to get M and A to go to Sam's for me so I don't have to go. I REALLY need to eat but I don't want to go out... Maybe I'll order delivery... Unfortunately anything I could order wouldn't be healthy (as in it would be very high in fat). Like Chinese or Pizza.

This is the freakiest thing I have seen in a long time. It's an adult star-nosed mole. Here's the article I got it from. It doesn't look like something one would find on earth.

Seriously, a clock like this would help some people... but those people would probably be able to sleep while it's going off anyway.

I was sick when I woke up yesterday (I almost puked several times, but never actually did). I went to the health center and they gave me some antibiotics to stave off the staph infection in my arm. Yeah, I thought it was just a slow healing scratch, but apparently I am infected with bacterial loveliness. And by that I mean little bugs trying to kill me. I feel a bit better today, but still under the weather. It's been -40 F for about the last week, so that probably hasn't helped. Got my blood drawn for an STD screening when I was at the health center. I'm not worried because I'm asymptomatic, but it's always good to check occasionally. I think I will finish reading news, then go over to the honors house and do homework.

Ok... Printing Sushi? That's just odd... (Yes, you have to sign up for NYT, but it's free.)

YAY!!! My most favorite webcomic, Men in Hats, is updating again!

Hmm... PICKLES WILL KILL YOU!

This just seems wrong... A phone to call dead people in their coffins.

Speaking of dead people, this would be a horrible way to die: Death by Alchohol Enema

Ok... Ultimate geek fashion:A WiFi Detector Ring!

T-Shirt Hell cam out with this month's new shirts today. They are SO wrong, and yet hilarious.

blah... doing homework. It is database homework so it is quite boring. I miss Rah so much.

Could you figure out this Japanese Toilet Interface?

Well, this is just amusing... Car vs. Telephone Wires

Slept all day today... Didn't get any work done.... Talked to Rah on MSN for HOURS! It was awesome. :) Webcam and all. :) Gotta buckle down and do that paper tomorrow. I am watching "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" It is wonderful. :) I'll go home and sleep when it's over.

I don't know if I want to go to sleep... I wouldn't wake up until much later... Not like I have plans this weekend... Other than two homework assignments, a paper outline, work for John and preparation for the meeting on Monday. One of the homework assignments is almost done... The other I have not received the book for.... Have to borrow someone's on Monday. So really all I should worry about is the the paper abstract and work for John. I guess I am less worried about sleeping and missing the day now.... I was going to stay up for the PO to open, but I just looked it up and the UAF branch isn't open on Saturday. I can at least go check the box... I think... I assume Signer's hall is open. I think I will go check it out then go to my room and crash for a bit... But "Ferris Beuler's Day Off" is on...

I am awake and it is 7am. I am kind of watching Duckman... Some people are sleeping... Some are watching... I feel so... blank...

Stuff I Want

Random
BNS Ultra DX-Xtreme Dance Pad
Small Expresso machine

Computer
PVR Machine, Game Machine, Mini-ATX
Laptop lock
External Harddrive enclosure ( USB 2.0 )
BlueTooth chip for D600 (Truemobile 300 internal, can find on eBay )
Harddrive for Laptop (laptop 2.5", any larger than 40 GB)
RAM for Laptop ( 200-pin SODIMM DDR PC2100 266Mhz, one or two 256 MB chips or a 512 MB chip )
Bluetooth mouse (any optical wireless bluetooth)
Gish ( computer game )

DVDs
Serial Experiments: Lain ( Boxed Set )
The City of Lost Children
The Secretary
Mulholland Drive
Memento
American Beauty
Books
Mind Hacks by William Gibson
Idoru by William Gibson
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Pattern Regognition by William Gibson
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow ( ISBN: 0765307596 )
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson

Oh... And geeks naked with their hardware (NSFW)

He He :) Webcomics are great. Illegal Ferrets! http://www.wigu.com/?date=20050128

and a Baby Jesus Butt Plug

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Well, here's today's "Only a nerd could love" A chocolate solar system!

This just made me smile: A new kind of alarm clock

Want some Personalized Sprouts?

In other news, I hate being away from Rah. It sucks.

Today I was in a very good mood. Sarah and I had a great conversation on the phone last night and I was still high on that today. Then I went and talked to Dr. Roth (the C.S. department head) and got it all set up to graduate this semester with my Master's Degree in Computer Science. Talked to Sarah about the future. It made me very happy. :) Then I made very good dinner with the girls. Then I was going to call Rah back and Kelsey was crying on the stairs. I went down and talked to her, and apparently she had broken up with her boyfriend (of almost two years). She was pretty broken up and I felt so bad. I talked to her about it and she said that he is totally in love with her but she isn't sure. She is afraid of being alone and about hurting him, but she was not happy in the relationship. I talked for a while and about my ex and how I never thought I'd fall in love again. And then how I met Rah and how I really feel like I have found someone I could be with for the rest of my life. Kelsey admitted that she wants something like that and it isn't worth it to stay with what she is doing now just because it's better than nothing. Soooo... She felt much better about breaking up with him after that. But unfortunately it was too late to talk to Rah. I feel really bad now because I missed Rah. I REALLY wanted to talk to her tonight. God I miss her so much. It's really nice to have Megan and Amy here because they are so accepting and happy and silly and fun. They are always hugging on each other and it makes me miss Rah. I get all daydreamy and thinking of Rah whenever I see them hugging.

Stuff Happens

an original screenplay concept

by Chris

Black comedy: An antisocial loner teams up with a kind hearted prostitute to find the true meaning of love. In the process they deflower a gay interior decorator. By the end of the movie they have sex with 42 cars and end up winning the admiration of their universe, living happily ever after.Think Ernest Goes to Camp meets Memento.

From Plot-O-Matic

This class is screwing with my head. One minute we are reviewing basic trigonometry, and the next minute we are talking about realtime ray-tracing.

WEll, it's Monday and I am back in class. This will be a bit of programming. Brian was out sick this morning so hopefully he'll be better by Wednesday. We really need to get going on the web service description set. Oh, and apparently I will have two people working under me. Not only am I working for NASA, but now I have two subordinates! Don't I feel famous. I am now working on the homework for this class during the class. I'll be more productive if I stop typing here, so I will.

Ok, this is SO incredibly nerdy I can hardly stand it. A Search Engine Belt Buckle

Well, I'm off to racquetball with the girls, Amy and Megan.

Sometimes I hate being an insomniac. Most of the time it doesn't bother me, but sometimes I just want to sleep.
So the world is officially coming to an end.

I think it's silly when people are trying to do something on a computer and then they say they hate computers when it doesn't go smoothly. What would the world be today without computers? Chat and instant messaging, blogs and email. Do you really remember how you got along without them? The age of computers is now. If you do not embrace them, you will be left behind in the new age.

I am totally in love with Sarah. It feels like it did when I fell in love with Carrie back in High School but this time I know it is not just puppy love. I thought I was too jaded to feel love like this. I thought I loved Laci. I thought I loved Jenn. But this is totally different. It scares me because she has such a strong hold on me.

In CS 681 (Computer Graphics). It is interesting. It looks like it will be a lot of work, but it will be fun. Taught by a brand new professor. I think I'll be dropping the Automata class. It will be absolutely horrid. Mainly because it is taught by Bique. Ugh. He seems constantly on edge. Like he's going to have an aneurysm or just suddenly explode.

The Tin Wiskers are coming! http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000363027888/ Well, Ok, maybe they won't cause the collapse of the modern world, but I love the quote "So, slow death from lead poisoning, or the gradual collapse of the global communications infrastructure. Isn’t it fun when technology gives us such great options?" I am in my first class of the semester today. w00t!

I saw my ex today... wasn't too bad. I don't love her anymore, I know that now for sure. I want my TV back. And my $800. Well, it's closer to $1000 actually. Damn. But enough about things that annoy me. I want to build a new computer. And I want to get a new DDR pad. The one I have is worn out. The down button sticks sometimes. It's usually only for a half of a second or so, but it's enough to make it unplayable at the higher difficulties. Kerrie owes me $150, so I'll just get her to buy me a new pad. Or a computer component...

Finally made it onto campus. Moved into the dorm (Wickersham). It's nice enough. My roommate doesn't speak much English. He's a masters student in statistics. The room is nice. It's set up with a central room that is connected to another double as well. The central room has a sink and a toilet. Gotta get a bunch of stuff done... Talk to Nance, get books, pay fees...

Brad, Roni and I stayed up all night playing Risk: LoTR Edition and Hilarium. And talking and playing with Brad's Gameboy DS. Oh, and coffee. We drank coffee. We stayed up because we were going to go in early and get into the dorms when they opened at 8am, just because. So 8am rolls around and guess what: Roni's car won't start. Currently waiting for someone to save us. I wish Rah was online. I miss her a lot. I was wishing she was here all evening.

I am staying with Roni at her place until I move into the dorms. This is terribly exciting because Brad is staying here too.

In Fairbanks

So I came back from Australia, spent the holidays with family, went to Las Vegas, fell in love and am now back in Fairbanks, going back to school to finish my Master's degree in Computer Science.

Back in Melbourne

Well, made it back to Melbourne, and uploaded pics.
http://thatmonkey.com/aus/
This is a sampling of what I have taken, and shrunk down. I guess that's all to say for now.
Maybe heading down to Wilsons Promontory later this week.

Still traveling

Well, back in Port Cambell on the way to Melbourne. It was nice tofinally be heading WITH the wind instead of against it. It makes a bigdifference on a bike.Still have only seen one kangaroo in the wld and it was roadkill so thatdoesn't really count. I did find a mutant banana in Warnambool and hadexciting visits to CheeseWorld in Allansford. There have been somesunny beaches and some with bigger breakers than I have seen before.Saw some Right whales in Warnambool, which was very neat. More later!

Been traveling

So I've been on the road for a while now... almost two weeks. I've taken lots of pictures, but am having a hell of a time uploading them. I'll try when I pass back through Melbourne in a week or less. That's the plan anyway.
So.. We travelled the "Great Ocean Road" against the wind from Geelong to Warnambool. In Warnambool now, probably heading back toward Melbourne tomorrow, then down to the Promintory south-east of Melbourne. Hope to have pictures soon...

Heading out

should be heading out of Melbourne tomorrow (that's the plan anyway!).
John's here and we are ready to go. We are trying to go to the zoo today because animals are cool.

Picture

Got a pic of me. Look and see! :)

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-6/740300/IMG_1481.jpg

got a bike!

Hybrid tires, comfortable... cost $150 AUS but i think it will be worth it... maybe I can sell it for $50 when I'm done with it.