Conversion, Software Version 7.0

first off, happy belated birthday nick..hope your japanimated life is going well and that your shortened trip still went strong...

secondly folks, I caved...

well more leaped sans blindfold, gleefully and without umbrella onto the mac Express

just got a macbook pro...what a beautiful machine...this is how computing should work if you aren't some hacker but a just an ornery computer user...soooo awesome

that being said, this segues into my other, long-standing and almost resolved emotions regarding my windows pc...

i fucking hate you pc. you suck. you stall. you piss on my happiness. you stall. you reboot without even the courtesy of warning me. you fry your own motherboard just to hear her scream. you decide that the windows i've been using for 2.5 years is no longer a genuine copy. you stall. you have trouble getting up in the morning or really at any point during the day and no combination of rest, doctoring and cleaning satisfies you. your idea of peak level operation is being on for 6 hours before crashing. you stall. you make me want to smoke cigarettes and then perhaps share cigarettes with you so you too can feel what's it's like to die slowly. you make me hate yelling and cursing. you stall. you are happy when i'm miserable and just when i think i can quit you, you come act nice for a few days or a week then inevitably you stall. you seem to have a knack for contracting various ITD's (internetally transmitted diseases) which of course force you to stall. I give you the best protection money can buy only to have you take it off right before you...well you get it...then you stall. I agree some of those diseases are my fault. I've take you to some pretty seedy places and left you alone there at the mercy of cyberspace dregs. You know i am sorry for this. I have a problem. I need to download. Mostly TV and music but still. That doesn't mean you should punish me, we were supposed to be a team, going through life together, your powercord wrapped between my fingers, happily skipping our way across the matrix in search of information and data.

But no you had to shatter that dream quite early on. i hate you. that's not to say i won't ever say hello to you again, i will. But now i am going to use you like you used me. all bets are off. Those seedy places we used to go to? i just sold your ass to them. I don't even care what you come back with. I will clean you once more, last time soon enough and then you're on your own navigating the personal (computernal?) hell i have designed for you. I will have you working harder than a jarvis street hooker on the first of the month. I have a new girlfriend now, she's much better and shinier, much more fun to play with, talk to and caress. After only 3 days, i'm ready to marry her. Will I abuse her, no doubt, but for now, she takes and asks for more, something you never could quite get used to. So fare thee well madame pc, i'm a mac user now, a convert and disciple. Rot in dust PC.

and on that note i also did something i never thought i would do, which is download the new Pearl Jam album without paying for it. I had to. I wasn't paying a store for this one nor the band. Now why wouldn't I pay the band considering I have bought stuff from them before? Simple they want me to get a tenclub membership before i can purchase the album from their website.

Well piss off. I'm not paying $20 to get news i can get on the internet and some christmas single, then paying 13.99US for an album. I just saw you in concert a month ago. I have bought all the other albums (except the 200 authorized bootlegs you released a few moons back) before. We're even. If I can buy the album from you directly I will, no hesitation Since I can't, I won't, and that loyal readers is that.

peacelovefreedomjustice

p.s. waljee thanks for the blog update, now please be consistent. Good talking/chatting with you on the weekend.

Diversionary Tactics

but often it happens you know
that the things you don’t trust are the ones you need most
so it's cautiously into the dark
but you see before long that your eyes will adjust
and under the night you can hear
the full moon rise like a psalm in the air
and the air goes into your lungs
and around in your heart and on through your blood
it goes cautiously into the dark
and you see before long that we all have a part
and under your skin you can feel
that the fear that you feel is what will set you free

and under the night you can hear
the full moon rise like a psalm in the air
and the air goes into your lungs
-Hey Rosetta

I'm getting old...i mean 27 isn't that old but older and after seeing how swiftly this summer passed by and how 2009 seems to be speeding along at impossible speeds, some days I feel it more. In October it will be 2 years since Em and I got married and this please and shocks me, I can't decide which it does more. All of a sudden feelings, fears and prayers intensify, things seem to take on more meaning and as we approach the last 3 odd months of the year we being to reflect on the year that is passing and perhaps passing far quicker than we would wish at this point or any point.

In the midst of that we often begin to reflect on things of importance to us. When we think critically and personally we come to the conclusion that the things that matter most are the things we can only be measure by the units in our hearts. Intangibles. The very things you cannot physically take to a desert island, but the things that will sustain you on that island when hope and resolve seem to abandon you. As time speeds itself forward, we cling to these more and more as we feel that perhaps we may not have them for as long as we thought, as often as wished and in any way we chose.

We value the felicity of our kin and those we extend our kinship to, the loyalty of our bonds and the friendships that sustain them. We value the love of our families and the joy of nurturing relationships we hope will grow far into the future that we see in the distance. As we get older and transition into various aspects of our individual lives, the collective ties we have established makes us smile deep into the nights that leave us cold. We may not see one another for weeks, months and even years but what we have given and taken from each other makes those moments special enough and easy enough that we can pick up where we last left our sentences.

So in the interest of whatever it is we all have for this moment, thanks and my way of saying thanks is as always to a) rant b) divert you into the caverns of the internet, perhaps put a smile on your face, perhaps get a thinking cap to light up. So here are some links i found interesting plus two blog posts from your truly that didn't get mailed out for some reason or other.

When any of us reach days that are difficult to endure, I hope that our friendship and any friendship we all have serves as even a minor light through any moment we feel let alone in the dark.

Cheers to Friends

-s

peavelovefreedomjustice

"this is has been a sad sappy tale from the freecity."

OH AND WALJEEs & NICK, PLEASE EITHER BLOG OR SEND OVER YOUR MAILING ADDRESSES PLEASE...WE NEED TO PROVE THAT PRINT IS NOT DEAD AND THE ART OF HANDWRITING THOUGHT IS NOT YET DEAD!!!! and waljee dammit, blog for christ sakes...you're slacking again.

http://legenies.multiply.com/journal/item/60/Uniformity_part_2

http://legenies.multiply.com/journal/item/56/defending_the_indenfesible...then_one_for_nick

http://www.theworldofisaac.com/2009/08/10-people-smarter-than-bronson-arroyo.html

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/08/id-say-this-went-well/ - and it happened on GLOBAL TV!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3-3mqcJ3uo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated%2Ecnn%2Ecom%2F2009%2Fextramustard%2Fhotclicks%2F08%2F14%2Fgina%2Dcarano%2Dplayboy%2Dadrian%2Dbeltre%2Dinjury%2Dmichael%2Dvick%2Dreturns&feature=player_embedded#t=54 - banned iphone commercial

http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/atlantis_hst_transit.html - beholding the sun

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8211209.stm - Because since they are already working on the invisibility cloak this is the next logical step...is there anything Harry Potter CAN'T DO?

http://www.thespec.com/article/621664 - my poor wife...her people are dying and she sticks a knife in their back by marrying me...but i still believe my kids are going to look like trolls with flaming red hair that sticks up and brown skin...my genetic ego would die after that

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/01/chicks-being-ground-up-al_n_273652.html - NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART...but after one of my posts and continued defense of Michael Vick, only fair I link to something reputable that shows how are food is eventually brought to us...does this mean i won't eat meat? umm no....if i was an animal i'd probably be even crueler but does it no behoove us to demand more of what we consume and pay for?

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/08/tempe_pastor_steven_anderson_p.php - because americans are so dumb and because this pastor probably watches organized pro sports which is far more communist in nature than Obama...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32659678/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?gt1=43001 - to show that not only americans are stupid...i predict that this leads to another recession in Japan...in fact doesn't everything in Japan lead to a recession in Japan? Nick welcome to your new country...

http://www.tofugu.com/2009/07/25/10-crazy-things-about-japan/ - more crazy stuff for nick

and to end off http://imgur.com/qoBI9.jpg - when fruit breaks the 7th and 10th commandments

http://imgur.com/ORogZ.jpg - fireball takes on a whole new meaning