Lucy Liu is so Hot.

While nobody else may think it is important. I fixed some things today. I got my Linux side of my desktop a bit more the way I like it. I came up with this toight little scheme which will "randomly" come up with a new color for my terminals. I dig it quite a bit. The colors blend real nice with the hot new Lucy Liu Background(s) I have.



Good times.

I worked for awhile on my proposal. It is the first shot I took at it. I think I made some decent headway. I wanted to work on the schedule stuff then I got distracted by aterm which is fine, cuz I like making my stuff look better.
I got a nice little tan today. I am a little pink piggy. Only in the front. My back is pretty white still. The front looks decent. It even makes me not look so fat.
You know how it is with these hips.

So the picture today comes from my desktop. I dig. It shows my autocolor terms and my baby's mama Lucy Liu

Cats...

I don't know that I have ever laughed so hard before.
I ask that you pay attention to the music. Try to sing along. Turn it up...


gatos

Acme sucks

I said I was having it Greek Style.

I did.

Alyssa and I went to Makeko's (spelling correction later), and it was awesome. The food was tight, Greek people were attractive, Alyssa and I were silly like we were back in the day. It was overall, really fun. Silly fun.

We left that place with a big tip and walked out on a high note. We decided we would watch a movie at her place and just continue the laughs(Sweet).

She says "Lets check out Acme, I would love to see what its like".
We drove by and it was as bootleg as it gets. We walk in and I was like "Woah...what the fuck is this." (Sausage and meathead central).
I fuckin hated it but we gave it a shot. I got 2 overpriced drinks and I was like "Gotta get out of here, drink fast". She was like "But I like the guy on the end who looks like he couldn't hold a job to save his life". So we stuck around for like an hour and waited for neither to say anything.

FINALLY, we leave and she is like "I'm le tired. No movie!".

I took her home and it was like 10:45 and I was left out on a friday night to do jack shit.


I came home. I felt alone.

Damn Cory and his camping trips.


Random pic:

See if you can find me in here...

I give you this hint: I am not playing.

Pimps

BAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA...Get a real car.

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/pimpflip.wmv


I think this is funny.
I am going to get it Greek style tonight.

By that I mean I am going to a greek restaurant to eat Greek food. AND NOTHING ELSE.

Random Update

Ha ha.

Last night was Lolas. Chillin with Bronie-kins, Alyssa J, Core Bizzle and Taylor and some ladies who were interested in talking about themselves.

We had a great time, and Cory really got in touch with his old self(in more ways than one).

Yesterday I dicked around on the computer for awhile. Got some things working that I hadn't had working in quite some time. This was a good thing. I enjoyed the way it looks now. Thanks to Core-bizzle.

I played a hot game of ultimate frisbee. That was pretty sweet. Some crazy cats that were friends with Ben. It was cool. Then we played capture the flag. Bob won. But I had some sick covert ops happenin. I was under the bush. Charlie was all around me. They had no idea where I was. I kicked ass. Bob got the flag.

Then Lolas(see above)


Random picture of the day:


He is a real good friend of mine from Seattle. I call him Blue-e

Gallery Werks

YESSSS...

After hours and hours of slaving over a hot stove for this damn computer. I finally got my gallery back up.

Gentoo...love it to death. I just wish I didn't have so much power. It destroyed my week. I hate how I don't know how to follow directions.

Anyway.


Gallery at last

Past couple a days:

I graduated(holla).
PreProposal got signed(yay).
I got a new camera. Yeah...Gallery is gonna be stacked.
I said goodbye to Kathy :(
I got a new RIT sweatshirt and "raincoat".




Graduation:
Finally. It took so damn long. I can't believe it is finally done. I wanted to totally stop at like 45 different points. I am glad I didn't. However, there are still some obstacles. IE GPA and project. I did get my preproposal signed. That is a good thing. Next step. Proposal. I wonder if that will suck.

Camera:
Yeah its hella tight. I really like it. I have taken some really really good pictures too. Pretty soon I will get Gallery up again. Stupid Linux users.

Kathy:
Sucks. 3 weeks with no China Doll. Dame. I wonder how this will effect productivity. intriguing

Sweatshirt:
Hoody and a rubbery. Thats about it.






God Damn Cory for him and his Texas comparisons.
For anyone who didn't know. That was supposed to be me going.

You son of a bitch!

Ebuh wonnuh what dissah all about? -big Boi

Well...After such a sad first message. I think I should give a good introduction.

So the whole point of this live journal is to just jot down some of my thoughts as to what is going on with everything. I wanted to start it off right around when graduation hits.

FYI..At the time of this writing. Graduation is 2 days 13 hours and 37 minutes away.

So the cat passed away and I needed to say how I felt. This was a good outlet. So far this thing is going really well. I want to use this as an expression of how I am feeling for what is one of the largest changes of my life. So more intros follow.

Its Thursday at 1AM. I am in the labs finishing up 2 grad papers due this week. They are the last work I will do as a student for quite awhile(barring the Grad project). I start working in September(which is crazy) and with that comes a whole new life in Maryland. Dame.

I expect much to be changing in the next few months and I really wanted to jot down some notes. When I went to Cali I kept a digital journal and it reminds me of all the things that happened out there. Maybe that is why I wanna get there so bad. Everyone knows Cali is the crazy place I gotta be at. Its the best.

I saw nikki today. It was crazy. She was a total joke. She told me she had sex so many times with her XBoy AFTER they broke up that she got an infection. Um...what the hell? Too much information for me. I didn't ask. But she thought it would be a good idea to tell me 3 times.

She said that she was so upset that she had 8 papers to write by tomorrow, yet she still went out all the time and for some reason was wearing the same clothes she had on the day before, even though she lives literally, a stones throw away (We were in crossroads and she lives at UC NEXT to Xroads.) What a fuckup.

Kathy, Cory, Alyssa and I hung out last night at wingies then Alyssa's. It was good. I got drunk and Cory punched me in the face. We had a good time, I just wish Alyssa had some alcohol that wasn't what she had. Except for the blue freezepop alcha.

"We" are working on the Virtual Theatre project. Nothing is happening. This is so lame. I am going to go home. Show is tomorrow and we don't really have alot to show I think. We will see what happens.



Anyway..long story short...I want to have this journal to document my life for a bit.

Capeish?


plus...rodericj.com is down. Damn! Maybe tonight I can get it up.
Get it up Roddy Get it up....


Prom night flashback

The end of an Era

Today, at roughly 8:30AM.

My love, my baby, my friend, my cat, was Euthanized for illnesses related to her liver(we believe).






It is difficult to let go. There were many things that made the whole situation much easier. Knowing that it was coming was both a blessing and a curse. It had been building up for about a week. 7 days ago she was her lively self, chillin' and bein' a cat. Something happened. She became sick and insisted that she lay on a cold surface. She seemed as though she could not get her head to go above resting position for more than an instant. She drank little and ate less.

I was out with some friends last night. I got home late (buzzed) and I saw on the whiteboard the following:

Vet Appt 8:30


I'd seen notes like that before. In fact, exactly the same, time and wording. But this time you could feel that it was different.

What made things worse was that I could not find her ANYWHERE. I went to bed knowing that I may never see her again. I heard my mom at about 6:20 doin stuff downstairs. I woke up and went down to see the can laying next to the fish tank. I looked at my Mom and confirmed my fear. Today was the day.

I stayed close to her for as long as possible, I wanted to pick her up but I knew that doing so was so incredibly uncomfortable to her that it would almost definitely lead to regurgitation. THAT my friends...was difficult to grasp. Knowing that you have such a short time to be with one that means so much to you, and yet, you can not enjoy her the way you want to. Thats not really an emotion I was prepared to feel.

After what may have been the saddest moments I had ever had with her, it was time to move her to the car.
This became the new saddest moment ever. Replacing the last 2 hours which were difficult for me, was the sight of my Mother, who loved this cat so much (was once quoted as saying, "I would like to be 'the cat lady' someday"[paraphrased slightly]), picking up the cat and yearning for one more look at her angel face, only to be distracted by the incredible discomfort portrayed by her irresilient, clearly strained tongue. The cat began to squirm and she vomited all over herself and my Mother. Then she lay lifeless, only the faint motion of her breathing let us know she was still with us.

We were able to move the lifeless body to the transport crate and we didn't need a top to contain her usually enthusiastic(anti-conformist) attitude towards 'the cage'.

The ride to the vet was not long enough.

We got there and the Dr. confirmed her suspicions. of health via the previous day's diagnosis.
We knew what we were about to do was the right thing. It was just hella hard to handle.
The actual procedure consisted of a shaved leg and a seemingly painless shot which took FOREVER!!
Her eyes dilated slightly as the needle was inserted. She looked at each of us (Father, Mother, myself), and we all said our goodbyes(I took care of Meredith's and Christie's who were there in spirit). She looked at us as her eyes dilated ever so slowly to blackness. The Dr. waited with her stethoscope on her chest. The nod was given and we knew the remaining seconds of her life would be peaceful and painless as the signs of life deteriorated from her brain and body.

We said our final goodbye.

And it ended...