Varekai

Kathy and I saw Cirque du Soleil's Varekai last night. It was good. I really enjoyed it. We got the tickets earlier this week and we found out Rick and Kurt(roommates) were also going that night. That was cool. They got their tickets MONTHS in advance.

The aerobics they were doing blew me away. They had this swings like a swingset kinda and they made them go ALL the way around. I didn't think that was possible. So that was cool. They would just jump off those things and go flying into some homemade cloth net. It ruled. I dig shows like that. It makes me want to g o back to Vegas. I REALLY wanted to see O when we were there. Oh well. I guess I will have to go back. Side Note: There were a lot of flexible asians there. For those links above, I would suggest looking at the videos

It made me think of some indoor shows I would love to write. Speaking of which. I got call from a friend in Newport News, VA. He wants me to teach one of his lines down there. That would be cool. I am sure I could help out quite a bit. That would rule. He says the kids are MAD good. They just need to be cleaner. So that is cool.

So I put up some shelves and whiteboards at the house. They rule. The white board isn't really white. It is glass. It looks cool as hell. I also got these(this) shel(ves)(f). The idea is like this glass motif in my room. It will be cool.

Networking news. I used the shelf I got at Ikea(College Park, MD) to clean up the clutter in the room. I also put the WAP54G that I got last week up there. I can connect my computers to that with a switch or something. So the AP acts as a wireless repeater as well as a wired/wireless access point. So the house network is SWEET!

The computer I got from Amanda(Kathy's friend) is now a fully functional Gentoo system. That makes 3. I named it CJ. After my car. Who is also named CJ. I named it that for 2 reasons: 1) It is a short name. 2) It is going in the car.

Next step is to get hibernate to work as well as KDE. (e.g. My old desktops)

I am going home today for the weekend. I will visit my Sisters and Parents. It will be a good time. Its how I will start up the frequent flyer miles on AirTran. Its gonna rule.

Work news: Ryan gave me a task. I tried doing it but I couldn't really do much cuz I didn't have an account on the ITL systems. So Kathy and I worked on it for a bit. Then she finished it.

The day she finished I got my ITL accounts up and running.
Imma gonna play with the system some today.

I hate long posts.

Reverse Chronologically described dates starting at Kings Dominion

Kings dominion RULES! I couldn't believe how fun it was. Except for the lines
My top 3 roller coasters reside there.

Volcano: RULED. There were flames and fire and upside down and just as you thought you were at top speed you hit another acceleration part and you are flyin out of the mouth of the volcano. The flames made a circle of black smoke when they shot out. It was cool. GREAT!

Flight of Fear: RULED. totally dark and loopy inside. We had absolutely 0 idea what to expect. The best part was the picture of us during the ride. I looked totally shocked and Kathy was screamin! GREAT!

and
Hypersonic XLC: Ruled. 0-80 in 1.8 seconds. For those that don't know, that is UNREAL! Plus it is the only rollercoaster I have ever seen that goes completely vertical for an non-trivial length of time. GREAT!

So those are 1,2,3 in no particular order.

Networking:
The house is finally networked. Its a really confusing setup. We have a router attached to the cable modem with 2 PC's and a wireless AP. Then there is another wireless AP which acts as a repeater. Its kinda dumb. Attached to that network is Kurt and Mine's computers. At no point do we use the slickly wired networking capability of the house. Damnit! Thats the dumb part. Rick doesn't have a connection in his office of all places. Odd.

Justin is starting to smell.

I got the computer from Kathy's friend Amanda last weekend. I have installed Gentoo. I have called it 'CJ'. Named after the Civic. I am in the process of getting KDE installed. But now my network connection is down. I wonder if that is a Lockheed or Comcast thing. So the install is stalled.

I talked to the guy at the stereo shop on Friday about the mp3car. He LOVED it. He told like 3 or 4 people while I was there and they were all brainstorming about it. It was great. I don't think I will do business with them though. It was WAY too expensive. Talking like 4x what I would spend if I installed it myself. Kinda dumb.

Kathy is saying that we can continue on our task.
By the way, Ryan gave Kathy and I a task last week. It gets us into the system. That is cool. Its kind of a boring task though. And I don't think we have the exposure to be able to complete it.

First day

Today I started work. That was boring. It was basically just orientation so it sucked.

Kathy doesn't even care about me.

The drive sucked in the morning. It was so early.

Rick yelled at me the other day. Shannon Stegal came over and he said some things that I thought he could have said better. I was a bit bothered by that. He just kinda snaped when I had my shoes on and when I was in his office. That sucked. Shannon said some things that bothered me too. I didn't like that.

I have a question? Why would anyone vote for Bush? Isn't he just a Tyrant? Who the hell invades countries without any reason. Oh yeah, Iraq and US and Hitler.

Oops. I said it.

Anyway. Work should be fun tomorrow.
Also, my cousin Mke is visiting this week with Lexy Levy. And Wes is visiting in October(right?).

I really don't have anything to say. Kathy and I are watching "The Cutting Edge". Its a movie about ice skaters. Enough said.

1 month of updates(thats why it is long)

Its been quite awhile since I posted.

Vegas:
Rules...I had such a good time that it hurts. I wish I could post all of the stories here but I feel like that is not the best idea.
I lost prolly $250 or so in gambling. Not too bad. Ran into some great people down there. The LIMO driver was AWESOME. I fell in love with Silicon. Its been a month since I have been there(so it seems). I learned how to play "Let it ride". Worth it. I almost won $380 at Roulette(almost...ha). Drank constantly. Prolly put back like 25 LITs.

p.s. When I got back, my "lump sum" was waiting in the front door. ROCK.
Project:
Once Kaminsky and I FINALLY got together, things ruled. I got quite a bit done in my last week in Rochester. Got through Division, montgomery multiplication and most of montgomery exponentiation. ROCK. Too bad I am gone now.

Move:
Of course I moved to Maryland since my last post. We decided to go with a moving truck that Dave Remington was able to get through work. It cost like $200 less than uhaul.

The drive down was longer than usual. Took like 7 hours. Maybe its cuz I got a speeding ticket and we stopped quite a few times for the truck.

Christie and Dave's reactions to my place were priceless.

Since the move:
Rick and I have talked a few times and he is just a really cool guy. I don't see Curt all that much but he is really friendly so far. They are both really nice. I think I am doing OK with the cleaning thing. I clean up after myself thats cool. I think it is much easier when you start off clean. Thats why I am trying to keep the room nice.

Justin(dog) is pretty cool. He has a real cool personality. Or at least he did until I kicked him in the dark last night. Oops.

Kathy said I was doing something in my sleep. She said it was gross. Gross.

My dad overnighted my paperwork to me. That put him back like $20. Now I gotta send a check. Daim.

My internet doesn't really work. The house is wired but I can't figure out how to activate. That is pissing me off. Thus...no server. No rodericj.com Daim. That hurts. Also. I feel like I fucked up Ricks computer. Dame

The stores are SICK ASS CLOSE TO ME!!!! Its like a 1 minute walk to a tight ass plaza. I gotta get stamps.

I am sure there is something else of really high importance that I wanted to post. I don't remember.

Oh well it will come to me.




I hope I don't suck at work.