Wednesday, March 30, 2005

The Wonket has a cute laugh. I want to marry her.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 9:56 PM 2 comments

CSPAN ROCKS

They are talking about "Opinion Journalism" on CSpan. So far I see a columnist from the Times of London named Simon Jenkins, Ana Marie Cox of Wonkette, and some dinosaurs.

It's weird to hear the word "blogosphere" on TV.

Ms. Cox is being scary as usual. I love her.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 9:40 PM 0 comments

Blogger Stereotypes

I've noticed that most popular blogs are owned by three kinds of people:

People with law or computer science degress
People who have really cool or strange friends to blog about
People who are rich enought to purchase a million gadgets to review and dissect

So, what do people who don't fall under the above categories blog like? Probably like this.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 5:15 PM 3 comments

No Blogging

Oops.. no seat was available where I could blog without being noticed. Sorry.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 8:37 AM 2 comments

The Not Working Stunt

I'm going to try to blog during a meeting. If they find out, bad things will happen. Wish me luck. The meeting is in less than 10 minutes.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 8:21 AM 1 comments

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

The Other Life

When I'm Not Working at work, I'm Not Working at school. This year I chose to take "School Career Connections." It's a freshmen-targeted class I chose to take so I could get an easy "A". Big mistake. Right now I'm sitting in the school library while they "teach" me how to use a computer. I thought every kid had an e-mail address and library card. This is kindergarten stuff.

Nice wireless connection in this area, though. I'll have to hang out here more often.

Did you know that the address for the student file space is ftp://10.6.1.74 ? Who knew?

Tags: school

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 8:35 AM 0 comments

Monday, March 28, 2005

Devil May Cry 3...

... is too hard. I've just spent over three hours trying to beat Mission 3.

Thankfully, I chose to purchase this game instead of rent it. It's quality fun with an awesome soundtrack and interesting enemies. I'd say it's the best game in the series. Of course, I've only seen 3 missions, so I suppose I'm being a bit premature.

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posted by Richard Moriarty @ 5:51 PM 1 comments

Happy Seward's Day

Anybody who has gone through 2nd grade knows of Seward's Folly, where he purchased that stupid piece of crap territory next to Canada. Who knew it would be worth so much? The Russians didn't...

Seward isn't a name that many non-Alaskans think of. However, ever year I consider that, if Seward hadn't purchased Alaska, my parents would have never met in Juneau.

Now that I think about it, we may have a lot to blame on Seward.

Self-deprication aside, I'm choosing to celebrate Seward's Day by staying home and renting Devil May Cry 3. I'll let you know how it goes.

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 7:52 AM 0 comments

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Rock-a-bye

It may be time to retire (go to bed) early. A game of Dungeons and Dragons (I know! I know!) followed by an hour of Dance Dance Revolution is really way too much.

The heroes (my foes, naturally) were... heroic? They were nice enough to defeat the demon who plagued the princess who held them hostage. Awwwwww....

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR from here on-out) is made of evil. It's monitor and electronic "dance pad" is covered in that goo from "Ghost Busters". However, that same ghostly glop is what holds my feet to the game. I'm very passionate about it.

It's really much like my old Magic: The Gathering (does the loser-ness ever stop?) addiction. I pump in hundreds of dollars for a little fun, and when it's over.. here's another few hundred.

It's like I'm going to these companies and saying, "Spank me harder, sir!"

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posted by Richard Moriarty @ 6:27 PM 2 comments

Friday, March 25, 2005

Save Yourself!

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I had no idea this is what I had signed up for.

I was reading some blogs, just for fun. "Maybe," I thought, "I can get an idea or two." I got an idea, all right. An idea... OF HORROR!

I've browsed a few blogs before, but I hadn't noticed how much time people dedicate to their webspace! Look at this Glenn Reynolds guy! I think he posts every five minutes on a slow day! Does he even eat?

I'm horrified. This will make my third post this evening. What's next... five posts in an evening? And then after that.. 10? 20? 100?

What if I stop breathing because it slows down my typing?

I know there isn't any escape. Let this be a warning to any would-be bloggers!

Don't blog!

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 10:50 PM 1 comments

Wheels on the Bus

Ah yes, my first experience of blogging on the go. For those of you who are technology proficient, I'm not actually blogging this live. Instead, I am writing my thoughts in TextEdit (I save vim for HTML). Afterwards, I will relay these thoughts on the blog.

Why am I bus-blogging? I feel my daily trip home provides insight into the type of person I am. You rich car-owners may not know this, but there are more than the occasional drunk riding the bus. Okay, the occasional drunk pretty much has everyone else outnumbered.

The cool thing about the bus is that I can get intoxicated from the scent of the other passengers. Needless to say, I save lots of money by not needing to purchase my "anti-depressants."

So, what personalities invade the bus? Let's take a look with.. A LIST!

The Old Guy: He was going to buy a car. Now he just hopes he can afford retirement before he turns 90.
The Women: They... just kind of talk a lot and smell really nice.
The Mobile Socialite: Everyone is this man's best friend. It's really nice to have someone on the bus who greets you everyday.
The Thugs: They be so gangsta!
The Hip Blogger On His iBook:This guy is just so handsome! His computer is awesome (1.2 ghz ibook G4, baby) and he writes a lot of insightful comments. His blog is awesome, too! I really like his hair.

I love riding the bus. Most people hate the bus, but it feels like a mini-community to me. The men and women who ride the bus home everyday are almost like close friends to me. I wouldn't trade it for any car (SEND CASH).

Rubbernecking takes on a whole new dimension when you are riding a bus. In most cars, up to five people can join you in the rubbernecking, and hopefully the driver is not. On a bus, you have a whole bunch of (mostly silent) people suddenly break out into awe-inspired chatter. It's the bus-community equivalent of celebrating a birthday.

The bus moves slower than the cars on the road. That's okay, though, because the bus is much larger. Looking down at the passengers of the car next to me is practically a hobby.

There is one thing I dislike about the bus. The laptop gets really warm really quick, and I don't have a desk. I'm considering using the passenger next to me.

Travel Update: The bus just passed a truck full of girls jumping on the tail. Odd.

I already have a new "favorite thing about blogging." I get to update this stuff as I see it. I suppose it helps that my means of recording information is portable. You could always use a dead tree and some charcoal or something.

Travel Update: We're almost to the center of the bus route. It's a little mall that has next to no business, but being the hub of all the routes in town helps a little. I like this part because most people start getting off at this point. I love my fellow passengers like family, but they smell funny.

Travel Update: A baby is crying. I hate the bus. I want a car. This stinks!

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 6:09 PM 1 comments

'Allo There!

Hello, Hi, and Greetings. Welcome to my new place in space (see: cyber), "I'm Not Working". As the title suggests, I'm not working. I should be. It's the right place. It's the right time. But the vast frontier known as the "blogosphere" beckons. Join me on a journy of apathy!

This is the part I hate. I'm supposed to tell you what to expect. The fact is I'm lazy and you shouldn't expect very much. Given the title of this blog, I'm compelled to promise at least five posts a week (that's one for each work day). But what about content?

That's fairly open-ended. Is this a link blog? Why do you need another link blog? Go to del.icio.us , or even better, the new open-source de.lirio.us !

The best indication of future blog-posts should be my interests, I suppose. As you can tell, I like rambling. If your life is rambling-deficient, you should definetly bookmark this blog.

I'm a new Mac user. Do you like bloggers that like Macs? Give me a call and hit on me (sorry, girls, I'm actually taken. I know, I know, I have so much style and my iBook just makes you want me all that much more).

I play Dungeons and Dragons. Okay, I won't talk about that anymore.

I like to program! Yes! Who doesn't like programming talk? Let's get together and talk about variabls and code theory sometime!

Yeah right... I can do some HTML and PHP, and I'm just learning Java. But I would love to ramble about the newest apps that I acquire. I have a painful (yet so wonderful) addiction to new applications.

VIDEO GAMES! (Yes, I like them that much. Especially little indie deals and role-playing games).

I'm a major fan of feedback. Hell, isn't that why we start these godforsaken internet thing-ama-bobs? Leave a comment and tell me what you'd like to see, or I'll have to be open-ended. And you don't want that.

Because I'm not working, I can't tell you much. I can't tell you my name (or e-mail address, cause it has my name). Later on I'll get a new e-mail address just for this. I love fresh G-Mail accounts.

er-- does anyone have an invite?

Just kidding!

UPDATE: You can now e-mail me at madeofslothAAAAHSPAMGETITOFFGETITOFF@gmail.com ... just remove the giant anti-spam tag (hint: It's in all-caps.)

posted by Richard Moriarty @ 3:55 PM 1 comments