Conclusion of Random Gibberish

Senior Year wasn't anything special for me. Pretty much smoking, playing hacky sack, and rpgs. ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture from that year. However, junior year for me was a big year as it was the year I started smoking. My freshman year I spent a lot of time on BBSs and Prodigy. My sophomore year I upgraded to internet ftping and irc chat sites. So, by the time I got to my Junior year physics learning unix and fortran was a piece of cake. Not so much for other students. I had already bummed smokes off some friends but I started trading packs of cigarettes for programming for a month long project. By the end I was a full time smoker and having to pay for my addiction.

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I really liked the freshman year pics everyone has been posting so I decided to post my own. I don't have any school pictures or the yearbook from that time so here is another.

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Not only was this difficult it also took a long time.

Level 1: 20
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 18
Level 4: 18
Level 5: 15
Level 6: 15
Level 7: 14
Level 5: As many as you can at least 40 (40)

Started week 4 and it was painful. I barely managed to finish.

Level 1: 40
Level 2: 32
Level 3: 30
Level 4: 25
Level 5: As many as you can at least 40 (40)

I start Week 4 Day 1 today. My shoulder was a little tight on Sunday but I should be good to go.

Level 1: 30
Level 2: 22
Level 3: 22
Level 4: 20
Level 5: As many as you can at least 29 (32)

Didn't kill myself this time.

Level 1: 27
Level 2: 21
Level 3: 21
Level 4: 18
Level 5: As many as you can at least 25 (30)

Well, my shoulder started feeling better Saturday afternoon so this week I have started pushups again. I am repeating the weak I just did. Also, a coworker just informed me that when it says "as many as you can" that means "as many consecutive push ups as you can comfortably manage (at least 5, but not so many that you damage muscle tissue)." I was doing them until I burnt out. I think this might be why I messed up my shoulder and possibly why I only added 8 to my total.  So, given that I can only do 5 more over the max before I burn out I think I'll stick with the max.

Level 1: 27
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 20
Level 4: 17
Level 5: As many as you can at least 27 (32)

7

Well, sometime Sunday night by shoulder started hurting and the muscles in my back started to knot up. On Monday I tried to do my pushup and couldn't do one. Tuesday I could only do two before the pain started bothering me. I'm suspecting the same tonight but I think I might skip the rest of the week to give my shoulder a chance to heal. This means I'll probably have to do last week over again. This is what I get for skipping ahead as this will put back on schedule.

I also just got a new job. I start Sept 2nd. The job is for Websense. They are the ones that do the web filtering so it is kind of like working for the man. I'll be working on their customer service applications. I'm excited as it is a real publically traded company and I have only worked for small businesses (and Universities as a student).

This one was from Monday. On Sunday I did a test to see how many I could do and I got to 60. I started at 52 and I thought I'd do more but I guess I was not doing that many my first week.

Level 1: 30
Level 2: 22
Level 3: 22
Level 4: 20
Level 5: As many as you can at least 29 (35)

I find it strange that I always seem to get the same number on "as many as you can." Anyway, I got all my office mates to start the program. It should be interesting.

Level 1: 27
Level 2: 21
Level 3: 21
Level 4: 18
Level 5: As many as you can at least 25 (32)

Since week 1 was a little weird I decided to jump ahead and look at the other level. I started off doing over 60 and should be a the 3rd column of week 6. This seemed a little crazy to me. So, I took a look and went with the 3rd column of week 4 which turned out to be perfect. I think from here on I'll do Wk 4-6. At the end of 6 (which would normally be 4) I'll do the test and see where I'm at and continue as I go. For the last two weeks I'll try and find a pattern and add on to the number of pushup.

Level 1: 27
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 20
Level 4: 17
Level 5: As many as you can at least 27 (32)

Level 1: 15
Level 2: 13
Level 3: 10
Level 4: 10
Level 5: As many as you can (37)

Level 1: 12
Level 2: 12
Level 3: 10
Level 4: 10
Level 5: As many as you can (37)

Level 1: 10
Level 2: 10
Level 3: 8
Level 4: 6
Level 5: As many as you can (36)

Just took the web designer survey. If you do any work in web design/development you might want to take it to.

I started the one hundred push up challenge yesterday. The first part is two see how many consecutive push ups you can do. This then determines where you start in the program. I managed 54 so tomorrow I actually start the program. Should be fun.

Crowded Second Day. Long lines on just about every panel. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Spaced, Vertigo, Gamers: Dorkness Rising


1 Cyberman vs 4 Doctors


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Great first day. Doctor Who and Torchwood Panels. Suicide Girls and shopping.


Free High Fives!

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Gary Gygax (the creator of Dungeons and Dragons) died today. Though I never met him and never really played original D&D he is considered the father of the roleplaying hobby and for that I salute him. Gary provided 15 years of a great hobby for me and many others.

For some reason I have lots of teen pics people are sending me. Here is a group of friends and I sporting the cool with a cigarettes and Dr. Pepper.

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I listen to a few podcasts and I just thought I'd mention them. I subscribe to all of them through itunes and download them to my ipod. I either listen to them at work or at the gym while on the eliptical.

This American Life - This is an NPR show that is brilliant. I think it takes a couple listening to get into it. The show itself is full of newsbits, creative journalism, and short stories usually dealing with aspects of, well... American life.

Radio Lab - Another show from NPR that is a lot like This American Life only with a focus on science. The creators made a show to make science fun and interesting and I'm not talking for kids so this isn't really Bill Nye, or Mr Wizard. Not only do they talk about the science itself but they also talk about the affects of science. The best part is the show has two hosts Jab Abrumrod who believes in the science and Robert Krulwich who believes is the mystical. It isn't exactly science vs religion; they both accept the truth of the facts but they view the facts differently.

Sci-Fi Surplus - A new show that is about half an hour and covers the latest scifi news and then usually has a small bit where they cover an aspect of scifi usually in the form of a top 5. It is a fun show with some nice sound bits and funny faux commercials. It is new and still needs to grow and perfect their work.

The next is shows for roleplaying

All Games Considered - Possibly the most unprofessional show I listen to. It is a group of gamers who babble about gaming. They tend go on tangents (in the last show their was a bit about the iphone). However, they do have some good ideas for shows and usually get better as time passes.

The Voice of the Revolution - If "Dogs in the Vineyard" and "Burning Wheel" mean anything to you then you might be interested in Voice of the Revolution. It is a podcast on self published game. Not only are these games self published but many of them are unique with systems that are extremely different from DnD.

I'm currently looking for the latest in web (technology, business, uses etc) podcast or blog. So far the only thing I have found is ajaxian.com.

At work one of my coworkers had a cute little dog attached to his phone. This annoyed some other coworkers and this is the result.



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