Home Update..

The Bridgeport Superior Court has finally approved the sale of my house! I have two and half weeks left of a probationary period in which anyone can contest the sale and then I get the keys to my first home.

My father and I did an obscene amount of yard work today in hopes of being ahead of the game when I finally move in. The yard looks beautiful…far better than I had imagined when I first saw it. I can’t wait to have my first party and let all of my friends check it out.

Perhaps a belated birthday party?

First Computer to Sing (click below for some interesting Kubrick trivia)
[via: Switched]

Just received my Google Wave invite. Too tired to read all of the FAQs and watch instructional videos.

Anyone else using Wave?

Roger Workman

Ladytron - Ghosts

I’d really like to make some Babytrons with Helen Marnie.
Just sayin’.

Being me isn’t easy.

I would really like a nice girlfriend to spend time with, but I’m stupid when it comes to “getting a girlfriend.” I’m capable of flirting, and do so, but never really make any moves past that. I’m pretty sure this stems from a trust issue.

Being an overweight teenager, I’m actually surprised by the amount of girlfriends I had. The relationships themselves were a different story, though. A fair percent ended with me discovering I was being cheated on. The majority of the rest came to a close with some bullshit reason. I’ve been walked on time and time again. Because of this I now prefer to be approached in the beginning. This isn’t how things work apparently. For me, there is less of an initial trust issue when being approached, it’s not so much about the possibility of rejection.

Any girl that reads this - suggestions?

Here’s a shameless personal ad: I’m 27, a dedicated and loyal friend, and an incredibly hard worker. I’ll be a homeowner within a month. I like to read, listen to and learn about all types of music, and I dabble in art as well. I’m all about a stimulated coversation. I don’t like the club or bar scenes, but can my hold own socially. I can get a fireplace roaring, and consider myself a formidable cuddling partner. The most important thing for me in a girl is a sense of humor. Curves are beautiful.

Last but not least .. I have the best cat in the world. His name is Pretzels. He can really whoop a llamas ass.

Social Networking has done two things, neither of them good..

• Given people a “public megaphone”
• Exposed me to this gibberish

I’ll start with the second point. Some may argue that this is something I can control. Sure, I could just NOT USE THE INTERNET. Sounds fair. I’ve tried so hard to not be critical.. of grammar, of spelling, of everything. I know that this is partially my problem. I’m a very high strung person, and my standards are set pretty high. But what I see on a day to day basis is just a joke. Step up, people. Take responsibility. Don’t just accept everything. Improve yourself .. if enough people do it it may become “hip.” Then good grammar and spelling will be the perfect match to your spray on jeans, your keffiyeh and your H&M jacket (I know - I won’t tell anyone that it’s not from Cambridge’s garment district).

As for my first point - I’m all for people having a voice. However, the line between opinion and fact has been heavily blurred, if not completely erased. It also seems that everyone feels overly compelled to share. Everything. If something is really, REALLY interesting then share it. Do you really need to update your status more than a few times throughout the day, though? Do you need to tweet “sigh”? No. What did you do before Myspace, Facebook and Twitter? Before the Internet? Did you text message all your friends with useless b.s.?

All right. I’m sorry to have subjected you to this rant, but I needed to get it off my chest. How do you feel about all of this?

Self-destructive but not depressed.

Tired of feeling like I’m being walked on.

Questioning whether or not the term “bad people” is too harsh, or even appropriate.

Also .. Really unhappy that Michael killed Libby.

CONSISTENCY.
[ via: http://vimeo.com/6747788 ]

“I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.”

AMRRRICA

A question for the masses…

Let’s see where this takes us.

“Overall, 88.9% of all households owned a personal computer, and 81.4% of all households had Internet access.” (2005) ¹

If 81% of household computers have Internet access (and we can assume this number is higher as of today), we can also assume that a very large percentage of U.S. households also have at least one e-mail address. E-Mail is as much a part of daily life for the average American today as snail-mail was 20+ years ago.

A good portion of brick and mortar retailers now collect personal information, including e-mail addresses, to “better serve their customers.” Online retailers require an e-mail address to complete a transaction.

So, my question is..

Why haven’t brick and mortar stores gone paperless unless by request?

Near the end of my time working in retail the company I worked for stopped keeping paper records internally but still gave out receipts to the customers - a half-assed step in the right direction.

E-Mailing a receipt to each customer seems not only more responsible, but also more convenient. It would allow less room for lost receipts while saving paper.

How say you?

[Semantic side-note - Generalizing, there are two groups of e-mail users: tech-savvy and not tech-savvy. Many tech-savvy users will set up a second e-mail address that they use for questionable sites (e.g. sites that will more than likely sell the address to “spam” lists). The non tech-savvy users don’t usually care and assume that it’s just “part of the job” of having an e-mail address. I mention this since the techie users will immediately complain about the likelihood of spam … I say set up a second e-mail address for receipts using a service like GMail. Report spam if you get it, bozo.]

He’s too stoned..