hello, sorry about the (sometimes unattended) mess

Windows Live Writer

2008-05-30T23:18:07Z

Okay, so a little bit behind the times (though I don't know by how much). I'm testing out some of the Windows Live apps that are out there.

"Gasp!"

Such a big stretch for me, I know. I get a feeling that I may end up just sticking with Semagic and/or Deepest Sender, depending on my mood.

Posted using TxtLJ

2008-05-05T19:44:25Z

Ok. Glad to be working, but I feel my soul slowly dying.

Posted using TxtLJ

2008-05-02T21:17:37Z

Coming soon: An actual post! Honest. Really.

Posted using TxtLJ

2008-04-27T23:37:43Z

Getting mentally prepared for the upcoming week.

Posted using TxtLJ

2008-03-29T14:24:38Z

Away. Taking mind off of things.

Oooo...free media!

2008-03-26T01:45:21Z

Oooo...free media!
Originally uploaded by Server Monkey

So, I filled out a form and got a little pack of free media from LightScribe.

I wonder if I'll ever use it.

Servers Down

2008-03-25T04:30:24Z

Servers Down
Originally uploaded by Server Monkey

Figures.

Of course, they were running when I got home. Funny how that works out.

Deviled Eggs

2008-03-24T00:56:01Z

Deviled Eggs
Originally uploaded by Server Monkey

Watching Torchwood in a post-Easter dinner haze.

Perhaps do some sleep leveling on WoW in a bit.

That is all.

Posted using TxtLJ

2008-03-23T16:02:09Z

Happy Easter! Or happy Sunday, if Easter's not your sort of bag.

Footos the FRESH fighter seven!

2008-03-21T13:05:42Z

Tori Amos - Do It Again
Pixies - Vamos
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
Enya - Evacuee
Lisa Loeb - Dance With the Angels
Shakespear's Sister - I Don't Care

Friday Seven

2008-03-14T20:47:53Z

Yup, here you are.

Roy Orbison - Always On My Mind
The Breeders - Put on a Side
Sublime - Chica Me Tipo
Pixies - Break My Body
Madonna - Ray of Light
Sarah McLachlan - Black & White
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

You know, I can't believe I hadn't really seen lolcats. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

YES, I am listening to a Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duet! In an alternate timeline, I'm sure I would have been VERY country. Good thing my mom didn't marry the one guy that was big time into country dancing and the rodeo.

Yup, it could have happened.

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2008-03-08T21:08:32Z

Witnessing handicap permit abuse...

Too bad I haven't got time for anything else...

2008-03-07T17:49:57Z

Friday Seven - R.I.P. Consumating (well...on the 15th it will)

Indigo Girls - Secure Yourself
Pink Floyd - The Trial
Jewel - Standing Still
Tori Amos - Cruel
Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues
Queen - Somebody to Love
Tanya Donnelly - Butterfly Thing

Aw, man...

2008-03-04T22:13:58Z

R.I.P. Gary Gygax...

Any more guesses?

2008-03-04T02:15:40Z

C'mon, you know you want to guess!

If not, I'll post the answers tomorrow.

Answers are now posted.

servermonkey @ 2008-02-29T12:22:00

2008-02-29T17:22:48Z

Facebook (actually the Compare People app generated) automated e-mail such as the one below sure do NOT make my Friday.

Social News for February 29, 2008

Here is what your friends think about...

... your strengths:

merriest
most absentee
best dancer

... your weaknesses:

happiest
most adventurous

Other social news

Changes in your ranks:
1 place down, now #5 merriest
1 place down, now #12 best dancer
2 places down, now #12 most absentee
2 places down, now #15 hardest worker
1 place down, now #17 most attractive

So, I'm merry yet unhappy? Actually, I can definitely see that. I do have my mood swings that jump out of some sort of emotional singularity field that I generate around me.

Most absentee? Geez, I didn't realize my tendency to be distant was so obvious.

But best dancer? I wonder who's seen me dance? Is there some sort of Server Monkey YouTube dance video out there that I am unaware of? Unless, of course, someone counts WoW dancing. I do a lot of that.

Oh bother...another meme

2008-02-29T16:16:37Z

Guessing is now over--nicely done everyone that one(s) correct! Answers are now posted...

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb (or Wikiquote) and find a quote from each movie. (or in some cases, just remember them.)
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out Italicize it when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it correctly and the name of the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb/Wikiquote search functions.

1. Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2? - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension

2. ~~Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.~~ - Donnie Darko, guessed by offbalance

3. I was quit when I came in here. I'm twice as quit now. - Blade Runner

4. Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things. - Big Trouble in Little China

5. ~~We have normality.~~ - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, guessed correctly by audacian

6. I have protected myself from ever having to sell out by having nothing to sell out. - 24 Hour Party People

7. ~~I don't have to take this kind of abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me.~~ - Ghostbusters, guessed by lulu_girl

8. I calculated the odds of this succeeding against the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid…and I went ahead anyway. - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

9. It seems we've found that lost assignment of Easter eggs. We're getting confirmation on this from the Louisville Police Department. Well, sir, that would be good news, but the eggs have hatched. - The Return of the Living Dead

10. ~~Outstanding. Now all we need is a deck of cards.~~ - Aliens, guessed by lulu_girl

11. Happens all the time, man. They're falling out of the skies like flies. Government knows all about it... Chariots of the Gods, man... They practically own South America. I mean they taught the Incas everything they knew. - John Carpenter's The Thing

12. ~~We kept our rep bro.~~ - Swingers, guessed by Nitch posting as Big Anonymous

13. ~~This is not a weapon! You idiot.~~ - Saved!, guessed by offbalance

14. ~~Oh Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don't want to go to school anymore.~~ - The World According to Garp guessed by separated

15. ~~Brains stick with brains. The bomb could go off and their mutant genes would form the same cliques.~~ - Say Anything, guessed by offbalance

Comments screened for the moment. Enjoy!

Four more years 'til the next one...

2008-02-29T15:23:55Z

The next leap day Friday Seven, that is (not between posts)...

The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Elton John - Rocket Man
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Nirvana - All Apologies
David Gray - Only the Lonely

What an odd assortment on my random list here. I do find it odd that David Gray recently appeared on The Torture Playlist.

GN Netcom

2008-02-29T15:01:13Z

An odd question, I know, but has anyone ever used the GN 8110 USB^xp with their GN Netcom headset?

The Logitech gaming headset I purchased a while ago for WoW is just weak. I can hear others and game sounds with no problem, but whenever I try voice chat it's a mess akin to my social experience in middle school--and in life in general.

Now, my work experience with the GN Netcom headset at work has been really, really good so I figured that would translate to VOIP on my PC, right? I would hope so.

Anyone?

Friday Seven

2008-02-22T15:04:52Z

I remembered this week.

10,000 Maniacs - All That Never Happens
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Weezer - Dope Nose
Elvis Presley - Way Down
The Cars - Good Times Roll
+44 - Weatherman
Cristopher Cross - Sailing

Yes, I have Christopher Cross in my playlist, thank you very much.

Seven

2008-01-17T16:50:12Z

One day early 'cause I'll have a four day weekend w00t!

Tom Petty - Learning to Fly
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
The Police - Murder By Numbers
Eminem - Sing For The Moment
The Riverdales - Back To You
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Lisa Loeb - Wishing Heart

It seems as if Winamp had a bit of an AOR little section there. I can't believe Tom Petty is playing the Super Bowl half-time show. Unless I was misinformed--I don't really follow football at all, so if I'm off base, please let me know.

Even though, it's Cheap Trick's song, I always think of Letters to Cleo in 10 Things I Hate About You.

Great, now I'm also thinking of Murder By Numbers with Sandra Bullock...though this song was used in Copycat, wasn't it?

Mmm, skipping this one...and pretty much am done for now.

I am going to ENJOY my long weekend.

Syntax Error

2008-01-11T19:39:29Z

As I washed my hands in the office restroom a few moments ago, I noticed a container of Lysol Country Scent Disinfectant Spray.

This, in turn, led me to wonder what country this Lysol smells of exactly.

Lysol is no country I've ever heard of.

Random Seven

2008-01-11T15:31:47Z

Because this kind of entry is exceptionally easy for me, and I actually keep a text file of my Friday sevens, here you are.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Crossroads
Obie Trice - Cheers
Descendents - Pervert
Matchbook Romance - My Stories Your Alibis
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
George Harrison - When We Was Fab
Descendents - Hope

Wow, Winamp has yet again managed to jump around in crazy ways--with the exception of repeating Descendents, which I found odd. Whatever happened to Bone Thugs? Obie Trice is on my playlist thanks to my coworker sharing his external hard drive with me.

Now, Descendents...I think the first time I heard them was in a skate video of some sort. Then I remember them played in Pump Up the Volume. I was VERY disappointed that the soundtrack did not include Weinerschnitzel on it. How I even tracked down the song, I have no idea. From the movie credits perhaps?

No idea how Matchbook Romance got on my list.

Ozzy, well my stepfather introduced me to Ozzy so there's that. One of the people that works in the same work area has Ozzy's Crazy Train as their phone's default ringer. Rock!

Lastly, George Harrison. I have to say I like this song better than I Got My Mind Set On You--despite liking the video for that song at one time.

Recap complete.

I think I'll post last week's as well and I will have at least have it posted.

Howdy 2008

2008-01-01T17:02:48Z

To be honest, I barely made it to midnight--aided by Turistas on TiVo.

Which was a mistake, but I had to learn this on my own. I am looking forward to Battle For the Planet of the Apes. I may find out that hope for that one is ill-advised as well.

It was nice to sleep in for a bit. It should be noted, however, that sleeping in now consists of sleeping until 8:00 a.m. where it once meant I would sleep until one or two in the afternoon.

Syntax

2007-12-31T19:11:13Z

I hate that I always add an s to Communication--thereby fouling up the file import into Access that I need to run.

Stupid! Why can't I remember?!