I found a great new person on MySpace! Her name is Natalie, she is a graduate of Seattle University, and a sorority girl from the school as well. One of her main hobbies is that she is really into extreme computer modifications and overclocking. She seems to be really cool, you should read more about her!
Look here!
Monday, July 30, 2007
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Larger Edit on MMO Wiki Page
I expanded my edit to the MMO article on Wikipedia. For ease of reference and documentation, I will post my exact edit as follows:
Virtual Economies
Within a majority of the MMOs created, there is virtual currency where the player can earn and accumulate money. The uses for such vitual currency are numerous and vary from game to game. What becomes very interesting, is there is an economy that is created from this development of virtual money. The virtual economies created within MMOs often blur the lines between real and virtual worlds. The result is often seen as an unwanted interaction between the real and virtual economies. This practice (economy interaction) is mostly seen in this genre of games. The two seem to come hand in hand with even the earliest MMOGs such as Ultima Online having this kind of trade, real money for virtual things.
The results of this interaction between the virtual economy, and our real economy, which is really the interaction between the company that created the game and the third-party companies that want to share in the profits and success of the game. This battle between companies is defended on both sides. The company originating the game and the intellectual property argue that this is in violation of the terms and agreements of the game as well as copyright violation since they own the rights to how the online currency is distributed and through what channels[citation needed]. The case that the third-party companies and their customers defend, is that they are selling and exchanging the time and effort put into the acquisition of the currency, not the digital information itself. They also express that the nature of many MMOs is that they require time commitments not available to everyone. As a result, without external acquisition of virtual currency, some players are severly limited to being able to experience certain aspects of the game.
The practice of acquiring large volumes of virtual currency for the purpose of selling to other individuals for tangible and real currency is called gold farming. Many players who have poured in all of their personal effort feel violated that there is this exchange between real and virtual economies since it devalues their own efforts. As a result, the term 'gold farmer' now has a very negative connotation within the games and their communities. This slander has unfortunately also extended itself to racial profiling and in-game and forum insulting and verbal abuse.
The reaction from many of the game companies varies. In games that are substantially less popular and have a small player base, the enforcement of the elimination of 'gold farming' appears less often. Companies in this situation most likely are concerned with their personal sales and subscription revenue over the development of their virtual economy, as they most likely have a higher priority to the games viability via adequate funding. Games with an enormous player base, and consequently much higher sales and subscription income, can take more drastic actions more often and in much larger volumes. Blizzard Entertainment and their wildly successful World of Warcaft, are not afraid to publicly announce that tens of thousands of accounts that have been banned due to violations regarding currency selling[citation needed]. This account banning could also serve as an economic gain for these large games, since it is highly likely that, due to demand, these 'gold farming' accounts will be recreated with freshly bought copies of the game.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
My First Wiki
As I mentioned last week, I have an interest in adding information to the Massively Multiplayer Online Games article, specifically in regards to the involvement of the virtual economies.
The edit I made is as follows:
The edit I made is as follows:
Virtual Economies
Within a majority of the MMOs created, there is virtual currency where the player can earn and accumulate money. The uses for such vitual currency are numerous and vary from game to game. What becomes very interesting, is the economy that is created from this development of virtual money. The virtual economies created within MMOs often blur the lines between real and virtual worlds. The result is often seen as an unwanted interaction between the real and virtual economies. This practice (economy interaction) is most seen in this genre of games[citation needed]. The two seem to come hand in hand with even the earliest MMOGs such as Ultima Online having this kind of trade, real money for virtual things.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Thou Shalt Wiki with Honor
There are some spoken and unspoken rules to adding and doing editing to the Wikipedia. Unfortunately, there was no internet Moses that came down from Mount St. Helens outside of Seattle with such rules etched in silicon tablets. Sorry to disappoint. However, Bill Gates and some Microsoft employees were seen worshiping a golden effigy of Windows Vista, but that is another story for another time.
Back to the matter at hand, when you are assisting the Wikipedia community, it is best to do so with some observed courtesy, etiquette, and decorum. So without further adieu, here are the Ten Commandments of Wikipedia (or for those of us who prefer a more casual position, some Do’s and Don’ts).
10 – Do not cut and past information from somewhere else, unless it is your own work.
9 – Everything that you post should be true and able to be verified for its accuracy. When possible, provide references and links to where the information came from.
8 – Always give credit to the sources that you are using to assemble the knowledge on the subject.
7 – Write in a professional tone. The writing should be free of foul and obsene language and unnecessary explicit references.
6 – Writing should be proofread prior to final submission to avoid any obvious spelling and grammatical errors.
5 – Write in as neutral and unbiased voice as possible. Entries and edits should be free of personal opinions.
4 – Do not vandalize sites by intentionally corrupting the information already written or adding aggressive, false, or hateful information and opinions.
3 – Do not create sub or sister topics that are too closely related to a topic under creation. It is much better to add a section within an already created topic if the new information is very closely related.
2 – Make use of the document outlining and formatting to make the topics as easy to navigate and read as possible.
1 – Donate to the Wikipedia Foundation, even if you think your contribution is small. Each little amount adds up and allows the Wikipedia to continue to operate.
And contrary to popular belief (which is why it was not in the list of commandments) you are allowed to Wiki to your heart’s content naked. Yup, that means the next time you are adding knowledge to the Wiki, you can do so in the complete buff.
(This is, of course, assuming that you are not in a cyber café, and that you are in the privacy of your home… with the curtains drawn… unless you are Jessica Alba, then we must insist that all web activity be done with the curtains open just as god intended.)
Now that you are oh-so-much smarter, go off and contribute to the public knowledge bank known as Wikipedia.
Back to the matter at hand, when you are assisting the Wikipedia community, it is best to do so with some observed courtesy, etiquette, and decorum. So without further adieu, here are the Ten Commandments of Wikipedia (or for those of us who prefer a more casual position, some Do’s and Don’ts).
10 – Do not cut and past information from somewhere else, unless it is your own work.
9 – Everything that you post should be true and able to be verified for its accuracy. When possible, provide references and links to where the information came from.
8 – Always give credit to the sources that you are using to assemble the knowledge on the subject.
7 – Write in a professional tone. The writing should be free of foul and obsene language and unnecessary explicit references.
6 – Writing should be proofread prior to final submission to avoid any obvious spelling and grammatical errors.
5 – Write in as neutral and unbiased voice as possible. Entries and edits should be free of personal opinions.
4 – Do not vandalize sites by intentionally corrupting the information already written or adding aggressive, false, or hateful information and opinions.
3 – Do not create sub or sister topics that are too closely related to a topic under creation. It is much better to add a section within an already created topic if the new information is very closely related.
2 – Make use of the document outlining and formatting to make the topics as easy to navigate and read as possible.
1 – Donate to the Wikipedia Foundation, even if you think your contribution is small. Each little amount adds up and allows the Wikipedia to continue to operate.
And contrary to popular belief (which is why it was not in the list of commandments) you are allowed to Wiki to your heart’s content naked. Yup, that means the next time you are adding knowledge to the Wiki, you can do so in the complete buff.
(This is, of course, assuming that you are not in a cyber café, and that you are in the privacy of your home… with the curtains drawn… unless you are Jessica Alba, then we must insist that all web activity be done with the curtains open just as god intended.)
Now that you are oh-so-much smarter, go off and contribute to the public knowledge bank known as Wikipedia.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Wiki-Wiki
So I set off on an adventure through the world of Wikipedia this morning, trying to locate a subject that could really hold my attention. This sort of trip is always entertaining, as there are so many things to explore and learn once you pull up Wikipedia's page. It always seems like you could pour hours in just clicking all the embedded links in each article and have them take you to all sorts of places to learn new and exciting things. I have done this before, and within a dozen clicks, it's interesting to see that you are on a topic that may be quite different from the one you originally started with.
Today I came to the topic of Massively Multiplayer Online Games, which are also known as MMO's or MMOG's. The article so far is quite thorough and provides a great deal of information. Although with the size of these games and the immense populations they are beginning to create, I think there could be a lot more provided here.
One area that I thought initially could be beeefed up a little, was the economies these games have created and how those affect the real economy outside of the game.
I think I will gather some more information and facts regarding this and see if I can't update this article to provide more information on these economies.
Today I came to the topic of Massively Multiplayer Online Games, which are also known as MMO's or MMOG's. The article so far is quite thorough and provides a great deal of information. Although with the size of these games and the immense populations they are beginning to create, I think there could be a lot more provided here.
One area that I thought initially could be beeefed up a little, was the economies these games have created and how those affect the real economy outside of the game.
I think I will gather some more information and facts regarding this and see if I can't update this article to provide more information on these economies.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Ethical Studies on Spiders (Final)
I have never been a huge fan of spiders; and I am sure at this point, you are shocked. After all, who doesn't love venom filled, creepy, eight legged monsters? Well, I suppose I would have to admit, there is probably a fairly large percentage of people that would fit that description. To my defense, I have good reason to dislike spiders (although most of the evidence for my case did not affect me directly).
Where the wired and crazy crack spider could have all of his fun:
My first awful experience with a spider was at the age of ten in the garage of my house. I was taking the family trash out to the curb, when my cat, Chelsea, snuck past my feet and pounced out the back door. My pleas for her to return inside were woefully in vain. She had seen something fun to play with in the corner of the garage: a black widow. How could I be so sure it was a black widow?
There was a fine, silky web about two feet in diameter crafted delicately in the corner of the dimly lit garage. The web itself was more of an oblong shape and much closer to the ground than the ceiling. Due to the fine threads, it took the correct lighting and a good angle to see it and have it stand out. In the center of the web was an eight legged creature pitch black in color and the size of my thumb. Standing out like a scarlet letter was a crimson hour-glass shape on the spider's back. And I suppose that image alone was motivation enough for my cat to whack it with her paw. The peace of the web was disrupted from the forceful stike of the cat's paw. The entire web vibrated back and forth while the spider made quick and calculated movements. The spider had almost instant revenge from having it's evening disturbed. The spider lunged at Chelsea, biting her in the very paw that caused the comotion. At this point she jumped five feet into the air making the most bizarre growl merged with a moan and a hiss. I began to panic as I worried for my can and quickly finished off the spider. To great relief, no serious problems ever came to my cat from that encounter.
I have known many other circumstances of friends and animals being bit by spiders. This includes my cousin's cat dying to a bite to the head of a brown recluse. I also had a friend almost loosing his hand due to the same brown, nasty, vile spider. His incident was the result of digging in a wood pile and having the outside of his palm bitten.
More recently, I personally experience a nasty spider bit to my neck that swelled up for about a week. Very ugly, and very unattractive. It was also quite painful and iched a great deal. And what did I deserve to have this attack thrown upon me? Did I upset a religious spider sect? Did I mistakenly wash the 'itsy-bitsy spider' down a drain. I may never know.
All of these examples of spider atrocities, compouded with my natual distrust of them, has given rise to a personal hate of spiders. But with all of this hate, could I really condone negative actions taken against them? Say, for example, scientists performing experiments on spiders?
For example, there are some individuals up in Canada that are performing tests on spiders with no noticeable conscience or regard to ethics. This is extremely frightening seeing that they are using toxins to satisfy their scientific curiositys. But I will show you what is going on up North, and I will let you be the judge.
Yes...
I know...
Spider's and drugs are actually a really, really, good thing. So I suppose I was wrong in my initial viewpoint that it could be unethical to do studies on these creepy, vile mosters that I have so many tainted memories of. After all, when drugs are used as a subject of study, to be frank, it is humorous as well as entertaining.
Just ask the viewers of YouTube:
Like cab498...
"I watched this and laughed for forty-five minutes! Absolutely the funniest stuff I have seen in weeks. I wonder what would happen if you contacted the Canadian Wildlife Service about the crack spider's bitch? "
The video does pose a very interesting question, a question that an individual by the alias of wildcat9529 asks:
"I'd like to know more about the crack spider's bitch, lol "
Yes, I would like to know the answer to this question, too. It is an interesting look that has really never been answered, even in a day in which we have Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Even the late Steve Irwin was never able to answer such a great question, and he was the best animal enthusiast ever.
Hmm....
I think there is someone who might know... the individual called RedoranGaurd, for he must know something we don't:
"Lemme be your bitch mister Crackspider!!! "
Obviously he knows there are benefits to this classification in the animal kingdom.
But this cannot be taken for truth as tuttt99 says:
"Wouldn't want to be the crack spider's bitch. lol. "
Could this mean that RedoranGaurd is simply a crazy masochistic person?
It could be so, in fact there could be a moral to these experiments being done by the Canadian scientists. geedunk seems to be onto it.
"Do drugs = become the crack spider's bitch. Let this be a lesson to all ennit? "
Darkultra agrees:
"The funny thing is, this clip might actually appeal to young people, and sway some of them away from drugs. muahaha "
We can only hope that the Canadians won't give up their fight to accomplish some very important things:
1- Get spider's completely stoned.
2- Save our children from drugs.
3- Make us laugh silly.
I may have been sarcastic at the begining by not truly stating how much I hate spiders. But I hope you see with the story of my cat and the other incendents I have seen along my life course give me goood evidence for disliking them. And this dislike cetainly would let me okay studies performed on spiders, especially if they are as comical as this YouTube video. And what could make an awesome video even better? Why, nothing more than great conversation across the internet discussing silly and trivial things, such as the idea of a "crack spider's bitch."
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As a side note...
Perhaps those thoughtful Canadian scientist offered the crack spider's bitch to Hollywood:
Where the wired and crazy crack spider could have all of his fun:
Monday, June 18, 2007
Ethical Studies on Spiders (WIP)
I have never been a huge fan of spiders, and I am sure at this point, you are shocked. After all, who doesn't love venom filled creepy eight legged monsters? Well, I suppose I would have to admit, there is probably a fairly large percentage of people that would fit that description. To my defense, I have good reason to dislike spiders (although most of the evidence for my case does did not affect me directly).
My first awful experience with a spider was at the age of 10 in the garage of my house. I was talking the family trash out to the curb, when my cat, Chelsea, snuck past my feet and pounced out the back door. My pleas for her to return inside very woefully in vain, as she saw something fun to play with in the corner of the garage: a black widow. How could I be so sure it was a black widow?
There was a fine, silky web about two feet in diameter crafted delicately in the corner of the dimly lit garage. The web itself was more of an oblong shape and much closer to the ground than the ceiling, and due to the fine threads, it took the correct lighting to see it stand out. In the center of the web was an eight legged creature pitch black in color the size of my thumb. Standing out like a scarlet letter was a crimson hour-glass shape on the spider's back. And I suppose that alone was motivation enough for my cat to whack it with her paw. I imagine it probably hurt the spider quite well to have this large feline smack it with great force, but it had almost instant revenge by biting my cat, at which point she jumped about five feet into the air making the most bizarre growl merged with a moan and hiss. I began to panic as I worried for my can and quickly finished off the spider. To great relief, no problems came to my cat.
I have know many other circumstances of friends and animals being bit by spider. This includes one cat dying to a brown recluse and a friend almost loosing his hand to the same brown, nasty vile spider.
More recently, I personally experience a nasty spider bit to my neck that swelled up for about a week. Very ugly, and very unattractive. It was also quite painful and iched a great deal. And what did I deserve to have this thrown upon me? Did I upset a religious spider sect? Did I mistakenly wash the 'itsy-bitsy spider' down a drain. I may never know.
But with all of this hate, could I really condone scientists performing experiments on spiders? There are some individuals up in Canada that are performing these sorts of tests with no noticeable conscience or regard to ethics. This is extremely frightening seeing that they are using toxins that have lead to the deaths of people, and we are much larger than a spider weighing in at a few grams. I could vent for some time about what they are doing, but I think one should see it to understand.
Yes...
I know...
Spider's and drugs are actually a really, really, good thing. Humorous and entertaining as well :D Just ask cab498...
"I watched this and laughed for forty-five minutes! Absolutely the funniest stuff I have seen in weeks. I wonder what would happen if you contacted the Canadian Wildlife Service about the crack spider's bitch? "
The video does pose a very interesting question, a question that an individual by the alias of wildcat9529 asks:
"I'd like to know more about the crack spider's bitch, lol "
Yes, I would like to know the answer to this question too. It is an interesting look that has really never been answered, even in a day in which we have Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Even the late Steve Irwin was never able to answer such a great question, and he was the best animal enthusiast ever.
Hmm....
I think there is someone who might know... the individual called RedoranGaurd, for he must know something we don't:
"Lemme be your bitch mister Crackspider!!! "
Obviously he know's there are benefits to this classification in the animal kingdom.
But this cannot be taken for truth as tuttt99 says:
"Wouldn't want to be the crack spider's bitch. lol. "
Could this mean that RedoranGaurd is simply a crazy masochistic person?
It could be so, in fact there could be a moral to these experiments being done by the Canadian scientists. geedunk seems to be onto it.
"Do drugs = become the crack spider's bitch. Let this be a lesson to all, ennit? "
Darkultra agrees:
"The funny thing is, this clip might actually appeal to young people, and sway some of them away from drugs. muahaha "
We can only hope that the Canadians won't give up their fight to accomplish some very important things:
1- Get spider's completely stoned.
2- Save our children from drugs.
3- Make us laugh silly.
Perhaps those thoughtful Canadian scientist offered the crack spider's bitch to Hollywood:
Monday, June 4, 2007
Going down to the Shore (Revised)
Ahhh good times to be had with Jack and his Rod. These are the singers from the band Dead Milkmen. (That band name alone warrents it's own blog post, I mean... who names a band after their deceased father? That's just sorta creepy ;p )
The following conversation is from their killa' song 'Bitchin Camaro.' Enjoy!
"Hey Jack, what's happening?"
"I dunno."
"Well, uh, rumor around town says you might be thinking of going down to the shore."
"Uh, yeah. I think I'm going to go down to the shore."
"What are you gonna do down there?"
"Uh, I dunno. Play some video games, buy some Def Leopard T-Shirts."
"Don't forget your Motley Crew T-Shirt. You know all proceeds go to get their lead singer out of jail."
"Uh, huh."
"Can't wait to go down. Hey, uh, you gonna check out the sand bar while you're down there?"
"Uh, what's the sand bar?"
"Ah, it's a place that lets 16 year old kids drink."
"Ah, cool."
"Yeah, hey, guess who's going to be there?"
"Ah... who?"
"My favorite cover band: Crystal Shit."
"Wow!"
"Yeah they do a Door's show. You'd be really impressed. In fact it goes a little like this: 'Love me two times baby, love me twice today. Love me two times girl, cause I got aids. Love me two times baby, once for tomorrow, once cause I got aids.' (Pretty good Jim Morrison impression there. I hope those guys have a good sense of humor and don't take us into court.)
"Uh, what's the court?"
"Nevermind that. The important thing here is that we get to the part where that you ask me how I am going to get down to the shore."
"Oh, how you gettin' down to the shore?"
"Funny you should ask. I've got a car now."
"Ah wow! How did ya get a car?"
"Ah, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas."
"You're kidding..."
"I must be, the Bahama's are islands. Okay, the important thing here is that you ask me what kind of car it is."
"Uh... uh... what kind of car do ya got?"
"I've got a bitchin Camaro!"
(Song)
Ahh... to be young again... wait I am still young...
--- scratch ---
Ahh... to be young and innocent again... wait... grrr these guy's don't seem that innocnent. Hrm.
--- scratch ---
Ahh... the crazy days of high school. You have to love anything that takes you back to the days of you and you're buddy having one focus: fun. Nothing will quite be like those days so absent of responsibility and full of such mischief and questing for the next great excuse to act completely crazy.
I am not sure if everyone has such fond memories, but my best friend Jon and I used to make 'pilgramiges' down to Gray Whale CD-Exchange right when we turned 16 and I got my 1st car. Most of our conversations were quite like this, well, minus the completely stoned tone of voice, but close. The style of this song is often what we searched for amoung the bins of used CD's, and when we found one that we loved, then a quest to see them in 'concert' in some underground location. And we were excited, just as Rod and Jack are here in going down to the shore.
The following conversation is from their killa' song 'Bitchin Camaro.' Enjoy!
"Hey Jack, what's happening?"
"I dunno."
"Well, uh, rumor around town says you might be thinking of going down to the shore."
"Uh, yeah. I think I'm going to go down to the shore."
"What are you gonna do down there?"
"Uh, I dunno. Play some video games, buy some Def Leopard T-Shirts."
"Don't forget your Motley Crew T-Shirt. You know all proceeds go to get their lead singer out of jail."
"Uh, huh."
"Can't wait to go down. Hey, uh, you gonna check out the sand bar while you're down there?"
"Uh, what's the sand bar?"
"Ah, it's a place that lets 16 year old kids drink."
"Ah, cool."
"Yeah, hey, guess who's going to be there?"
"Ah... who?"
"My favorite cover band: Crystal Shit."
"Wow!"
"Yeah they do a Door's show. You'd be really impressed. In fact it goes a little like this: 'Love me two times baby, love me twice today. Love me two times girl, cause I got aids. Love me two times baby, once for tomorrow, once cause I got aids.' (Pretty good Jim Morrison impression there. I hope those guys have a good sense of humor and don't take us into court.)
"Uh, what's the court?"
"Nevermind that. The important thing here is that we get to the part where that you ask me how I am going to get down to the shore."
"Oh, how you gettin' down to the shore?"
"Funny you should ask. I've got a car now."
"Ah wow! How did ya get a car?"
"Ah, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas."
"You're kidding..."
"I must be, the Bahama's are islands. Okay, the important thing here is that you ask me what kind of car it is."
"Uh... uh... what kind of car do ya got?"
"I've got a bitchin Camaro!"
(Song)
Ahh... to be young again... wait I am still young...
--- scratch ---
Ahh... to be young and innocent again... wait... grrr these guy's don't seem that innocnent. Hrm.
--- scratch ---
Ahh... the crazy days of high school. You have to love anything that takes you back to the days of you and you're buddy having one focus: fun. Nothing will quite be like those days so absent of responsibility and full of such mischief and questing for the next great excuse to act completely crazy.
I am not sure if everyone has such fond memories, but my best friend Jon and I used to make 'pilgramiges' down to Gray Whale CD-Exchange right when we turned 16 and I got my 1st car. Most of our conversations were quite like this, well, minus the completely stoned tone of voice, but close. The style of this song is often what we searched for amoung the bins of used CD's, and when we found one that we loved, then a quest to see them in 'concert' in some underground location. And we were excited, just as Rod and Jack are here in going down to the shore.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
One Fabulous Blog
Heather Armstrong has quite an entertaining blog. In fact her blog is so entertaining it has become popular enough that bother she and her husband quite their "regular" jobs and now make a living entirely off of their blogging. It's rather amusing to hear here try and explain to her neighbors what it is exactly that she does:
"Over the last few weeks several neighbors have stopped by to introduce themselves, and invariably they are older than we are, more established, and have careers in medicine or law. And when they ask what we do, both Jon and I sort of flinch and exchange a quick look that says IT’S YOUR TURN TO LIE. We’re web developers, we say, and that is never enough, they just can’t leave it alone, and one of us will try to explain that I have a website. This thing. That I do. And because we’re being all coy about it I just know, from the very worried expressions on their faces, that these neighbors think that we run a porn site. And a very wicked part of me wants to tell them not to worry, it’s very tasteful porn. No fake boobs or farm animals."
Heather lives here in Utah and writes some fabulous commentary about life around here, crazy things her husband does, and things with her dog, friends, and IKEA... because IKEA is the Second Coming.
Check it all out at dooce.com.
"Over the last few weeks several neighbors have stopped by to introduce themselves, and invariably they are older than we are, more established, and have careers in medicine or law. And when they ask what we do, both Jon and I sort of flinch and exchange a quick look that says IT’S YOUR TURN TO LIE. We’re web developers, we say, and that is never enough, they just can’t leave it alone, and one of us will try to explain that I have a website. This thing. That I do. And because we’re being all coy about it I just know, from the very worried expressions on their faces, that these neighbors think that we run a porn site. And a very wicked part of me wants to tell them not to worry, it’s very tasteful porn. No fake boobs or farm animals."
Heather lives here in Utah and writes some fabulous commentary about life around here, crazy things her husband does, and things with her dog, friends, and IKEA... because IKEA is the Second Coming.
Check it all out at dooce.com.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Gentleman with a Laptop (Revised)
A man walks into the room from the South West door. The room is approximately 45 feet wide and 65 feet long. The walls are made of large bricks that have been painted over to become white. The ceiling is concrete and has a coffered design to it. The two windows in the back of the room have been shaded, such that most of the ambient light is now artificial.
The top of the man’s head shines a bit under the lights as it is devoid of any hair. However, he still has some hair remaining on the sides of his head, all of which is a slate gray color. He also sports a full beard trimmed short to his skin, only a quarter of an inch long. The beard has a lighter gray color compared to the rest of his hair. His skin has relatively few wrinkles on it; it takes a closer look to see any of the ones that are there. He has a light tan to his skin and a small pair of glasses resting on his nose.
His body frame is quite lean. He is five and a half feet tall weighing close to a hundred and fifty pounds. His dress is comprised of a clean white polo shirt with fine textured ribbing on it; light tan, pleated, wool slacks, and a thin brown belt that only filled half the width of a belt loop. His soft loafers match his brown belt perfectly.
He sets up a laptop on top of a box that is above a small brown table. His eyes peer past his small circular glasses and become fixed onto the screen of the black laptop. He quickly moves his finger back and forth across the touch pad stopping only to click a button. After a minute of maintaining this focus, he lifts his right foot a few feet into the air and rests it on the table. Once in his new position, his focus continues along with the fevered usage of the touch pad.
Once he pauses and lets out a drawn out sigh, his pace with the touch pad finally slows. Two minutes later, he pulls his leg back from off the table, turns to his right and takes a sip of coffee from a bronze colored mug with a black lid and handle that had been resting on the table. He takes a few more sips, slides the lid close, and places the coffee mug in the exact location he moved it from.
He locates something on the computer that produces a smile that looks to be partially a smirk. As a few more people enter the room, he pulls himself away from the laptop to make just a few casual remarks to the new comers.
The top of the man’s head shines a bit under the lights as it is devoid of any hair. However, he still has some hair remaining on the sides of his head, all of which is a slate gray color. He also sports a full beard trimmed short to his skin, only a quarter of an inch long. The beard has a lighter gray color compared to the rest of his hair. His skin has relatively few wrinkles on it; it takes a closer look to see any of the ones that are there. He has a light tan to his skin and a small pair of glasses resting on his nose.
His body frame is quite lean. He is five and a half feet tall weighing close to a hundred and fifty pounds. His dress is comprised of a clean white polo shirt with fine textured ribbing on it; light tan, pleated, wool slacks, and a thin brown belt that only filled half the width of a belt loop. His soft loafers match his brown belt perfectly.
He sets up a laptop on top of a box that is above a small brown table. His eyes peer past his small circular glasses and become fixed onto the screen of the black laptop. He quickly moves his finger back and forth across the touch pad stopping only to click a button. After a minute of maintaining this focus, he lifts his right foot a few feet into the air and rests it on the table. Once in his new position, his focus continues along with the fevered usage of the touch pad.
Once he pauses and lets out a drawn out sigh, his pace with the touch pad finally slows. Two minutes later, he pulls his leg back from off the table, turns to his right and takes a sip of coffee from a bronze colored mug with a black lid and handle that had been resting on the table. He takes a few more sips, slides the lid close, and places the coffee mug in the exact location he moved it from.
He locates something on the computer that produces a smile that looks to be partially a smirk. As a few more people enter the room, he pulls himself away from the laptop to make just a few casual remarks to the new comers.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Gentleman With Laptop
A glossy fairway of hairless skin atop his head is the man's defining feature. The hair still left on the sides of his head is a slate gray color. He also sports a full beard trimmed short to his skin. The beard has a lighter gray color compared to the rest of his hair.
His body frame is quite lean and appears to be athletic in nature, similar to the composure of someone that runs as a hobby. His dress is comprised of a clean white polo shirt with fine textured ribbing on it; light tan, pleated, wool slacks, and a thin brown belt that only filled half the width of a belt loop.
He sets up a laptop on top of a box that is above a small brown table. His eyes peer past his small circular glasses and become fixed onto the screen of the black laptop. He quickly moves his finger back and forth across the touch pad stopping only to click a button. After a minute of maintaining this focus, he lifts his right foot a few feet into the air and rests it on the table. Once in his new position, his focus continues along with the fevered usage of the touch pad.
His body frame is quite lean and appears to be athletic in nature, similar to the composure of someone that runs as a hobby. His dress is comprised of a clean white polo shirt with fine textured ribbing on it; light tan, pleated, wool slacks, and a thin brown belt that only filled half the width of a belt loop.
He sets up a laptop on top of a box that is above a small brown table. His eyes peer past his small circular glasses and become fixed onto the screen of the black laptop. He quickly moves his finger back and forth across the touch pad stopping only to click a button. After a minute of maintaining this focus, he lifts his right foot a few feet into the air and rests it on the table. Once in his new position, his focus continues along with the fevered usage of the touch pad.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Cinco de Mayo (Revised)
My wife has always dreamed about having an excellent Cinco de Mayo party. Even more specifically, she has wanted to host such a grand party. She loves throwing parties, and what could get more festive and packed full of energy than a Cinco de Mayo one? Also, since her father is Mexican, she feels a little bit that this is in her blood, and the celebrations must commence! This year, 2007, everything seemed to work out perfect for the party.
For starters, we found a great place to host the party. Some of our closest friends had just remodeled their main level in their house, alowing for more room for all those friends we wanted to invite.
This also meant they aquired a brand new plasma screen for their main room. Why would this matter? I'll tell you later ;)
The third great thing about this years Cinco de Mayo was that it fell on a Saturday, which is perhaps the best day to host a party. This allowed more people to be available, and also, what better way to spend a Sunday than recovering from a monumentous party from the night before.
We started the day by making a trip all the way from Holladay up to Ogden at 9:00 am that morning. Why take such a long hike? Well, we got word from my Dad's fiance that there is a Mexican market where a little old lady makes homemade tamales. This was a pretty awesome market to go and visit. Quite authentic, and everything you could possibly want Mexican wise, you could get it. There was a meat and fish counter with raw cut poultry, pork shanks, pig's feet, whole fish of many varieties, and all sorts of other interesting things. They had rows of spicy sauces, tortillas, and of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles. Our purchased included some pork bones, a tres leches cake, lard (for the refried beans), and thoese delicious tamales.
Once we were done shoping, my wife and I spent the afternoon cooking and getting excited for the party in the evening.
We planned to have the party start at around 6:30, since this was the time that the pre-fight events were getting started. Yup, that was the other factor that made this Cinco de Mayo so excellent, probably one of the biggest boxing events in the last five years. The fight of the evening was Oscar de la Hoya matched again Floyd Mayweather. This single spectacular would have made the night all by itself, it was simply an amazing battle.
We had the house set up with the living room off the entry as the "Tequila Shrine." Here we had about 7 ultra-premium sipping (shooting) tequilas. The main room and kitchen had all the food and plenty of places to mingle. There was also the plasma set up with the fight going. (In the "Tequila Shrine" we also had another TV for the Jazz playoff game.) Out on the patio we had a plethor off fine Mexican beers to choose from. There was no limit here. We also had a top-shelf margarita "keg" set up in the kitchen. Yummmm...
And to lubricate the party even further, my wife's Cinco de Mayo playlist of some 88 hand-picked Latin songs really brought the party to life. This was a labor of love on her part, as the playlist alone was the project of 3 months.
The fight was absolutely captivating. Everyone was crouded in the main room to watch the twelve rounds that had been hyped up for months and months since the annoucement. HBO actually had a series going on prior to the fight giving background on both boxers. In the end, Mayweather won by a very slim margin, although there are still debates raging that de al Hoya actual was the true victor.
Both before and after the fight there was a tremendous amount of mingling going on. Not everyone there knew all the guests, so people were having a great time getting to know people (especially at the tequila shrine). There were also a few cigars being passed around that people were enjoying inbetween the visits to the plethora of food, the margarita keg, the beer collection on the patio, or the shrine.
All I can say is this was a fabulous, practically perfect party... will we ever be able to out-do it?
Rick, Josh, and date
Jill, Noel and friend
Jill and Michael
Happy times on the couch
The infamous "Tequila Shrine"
Clifton and Brooke
For starters, we found a great place to host the party. Some of our closest friends had just remodeled their main level in their house, alowing for more room for all those friends we wanted to invite.
This also meant they aquired a brand new plasma screen for their main room. Why would this matter? I'll tell you later ;)
The third great thing about this years Cinco de Mayo was that it fell on a Saturday, which is perhaps the best day to host a party. This allowed more people to be available, and also, what better way to spend a Sunday than recovering from a monumentous party from the night before.
We started the day by making a trip all the way from Holladay up to Ogden at 9:00 am that morning. Why take such a long hike? Well, we got word from my Dad's fiance that there is a Mexican market where a little old lady makes homemade tamales. This was a pretty awesome market to go and visit. Quite authentic, and everything you could possibly want Mexican wise, you could get it. There was a meat and fish counter with raw cut poultry, pork shanks, pig's feet, whole fish of many varieties, and all sorts of other interesting things. They had rows of spicy sauces, tortillas, and of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles. Our purchased included some pork bones, a tres leches cake, lard (for the refried beans), and thoese delicious tamales.
Once we were done shoping, my wife and I spent the afternoon cooking and getting excited for the party in the evening.
We planned to have the party start at around 6:30, since this was the time that the pre-fight events were getting started. Yup, that was the other factor that made this Cinco de Mayo so excellent, probably one of the biggest boxing events in the last five years. The fight of the evening was Oscar de la Hoya matched again Floyd Mayweather. This single spectacular would have made the night all by itself, it was simply an amazing battle.
We had the house set up with the living room off the entry as the "Tequila Shrine." Here we had about 7 ultra-premium sipping (shooting) tequilas. The main room and kitchen had all the food and plenty of places to mingle. There was also the plasma set up with the fight going. (In the "Tequila Shrine" we also had another TV for the Jazz playoff game.) Out on the patio we had a plethor off fine Mexican beers to choose from. There was no limit here. We also had a top-shelf margarita "keg" set up in the kitchen. Yummmm...
And to lubricate the party even further, my wife's Cinco de Mayo playlist of some 88 hand-picked Latin songs really brought the party to life. This was a labor of love on her part, as the playlist alone was the project of 3 months.
The fight was absolutely captivating. Everyone was crouded in the main room to watch the twelve rounds that had been hyped up for months and months since the annoucement. HBO actually had a series going on prior to the fight giving background on both boxers. In the end, Mayweather won by a very slim margin, although there are still debates raging that de al Hoya actual was the true victor.
Both before and after the fight there was a tremendous amount of mingling going on. Not everyone there knew all the guests, so people were having a great time getting to know people (especially at the tequila shrine). There were also a few cigars being passed around that people were enjoying inbetween the visits to the plethora of food, the margarita keg, the beer collection on the patio, or the shrine.
All I can say is this was a fabulous, practically perfect party... will we ever be able to out-do it?
Rick, Josh, and date
Jill, Noel and friend
Jill and Michael
Happy times on the couch
The infamous "Tequila Shrine"
Clifton and Brooke
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Cinco de Mayo
My wife has always dreamed about having an excellent Cinco de Mayo party. Even more specifically, she has wanted to host such a grand party. This year, 2007, everything seemed to work out perfect for the party.
For starters, we found a great place to host the party. Some of our closest friends had just remodeled their main level in their house, alowing for more room for all those friends we wanted to invite.
This also meant they aquired a brand new plasma screen for their main room. Why would this matter? I'll tell you later ;)
The third great thing about this years Cinco de Mayo was that it fell on a Saturday, which is perhaps the best day to host a party. This allowed more people to be available, and also, what better way to spend a Sunday than recovering from a monumentous party from the night before.
We started the day by making a trip all the way from Holladay up to Ogden at 9:00 am that morning. Why take such a long hike? Well, we got word from my Dad's fiance that there is a Mexican market where a little old lady makes homemade tamales. This was a pretty awesome market to go and visit. Quite authentic, and everything you could possibly want Mexican wise, you could get it. There was a meat and fish counter with raw cut poultry, pork shanks, pig's feet, whole fish of many varieties, and all sorts of other interesting things. They had rows of spicy sauces, tortillas, and of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles. Our purchased included some pork bones, a tres leches cake, lard (for the refried beans), and thoese delicious tamales.
Once we were done shoping, my wife and I spent the afternoon cooking and getting excited for the party in the evening.
We planned to have the party start at around 6:30, since this was the time that the pre-fight events were getting started. Yup, that was the other factor that made this Cinco de Mayo so excellent, probably one of the biggest boxing events in the last five years. The fight of the evening was Oscar de la Hoya matched again Floyd Mayweather. This single spectacular would have made the night all by itself, it was simply an amazing battle.
We had the house set up with the living room off the entry as the "Tequila Shrine." Here we had about 7 ultra-premium sipping (shooting) tequilas. The main room and kitchen had all the food and plenty of places to mingle. There was also the plasma set up with the fight going. (In the "Tequila Shrine" we also had another TV for the Jazz playoff game.) Out on the patio we had a plethor off fine Mexican beers to choose from. There was no limit here. We also had a top-shelf margarita "keg" set up in the kitchen. Yummmm...
And to lubricate the party even further, my wife's Cinco de Mayo playlist of some 88 hand-picked Latin songs really brought the party to life. This was a labor of love on her part, as the playlist alone was the project of 3 months.
All I can say is this was a fabulous, practically perfect party... will we ever be able to out-do it?
Rick, Josh, and date
Jill, Noel and friend
Jill and Michael
Happy times on the couch
The infamous "Tequila Shrine"
Clifton and Brooke
For starters, we found a great place to host the party. Some of our closest friends had just remodeled their main level in their house, alowing for more room for all those friends we wanted to invite.
This also meant they aquired a brand new plasma screen for their main room. Why would this matter? I'll tell you later ;)
The third great thing about this years Cinco de Mayo was that it fell on a Saturday, which is perhaps the best day to host a party. This allowed more people to be available, and also, what better way to spend a Sunday than recovering from a monumentous party from the night before.
We started the day by making a trip all the way from Holladay up to Ogden at 9:00 am that morning. Why take such a long hike? Well, we got word from my Dad's fiance that there is a Mexican market where a little old lady makes homemade tamales. This was a pretty awesome market to go and visit. Quite authentic, and everything you could possibly want Mexican wise, you could get it. There was a meat and fish counter with raw cut poultry, pork shanks, pig's feet, whole fish of many varieties, and all sorts of other interesting things. They had rows of spicy sauces, tortillas, and of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe Candles. Our purchased included some pork bones, a tres leches cake, lard (for the refried beans), and thoese delicious tamales.
Once we were done shoping, my wife and I spent the afternoon cooking and getting excited for the party in the evening.
We planned to have the party start at around 6:30, since this was the time that the pre-fight events were getting started. Yup, that was the other factor that made this Cinco de Mayo so excellent, probably one of the biggest boxing events in the last five years. The fight of the evening was Oscar de la Hoya matched again Floyd Mayweather. This single spectacular would have made the night all by itself, it was simply an amazing battle.
We had the house set up with the living room off the entry as the "Tequila Shrine." Here we had about 7 ultra-premium sipping (shooting) tequilas. The main room and kitchen had all the food and plenty of places to mingle. There was also the plasma set up with the fight going. (In the "Tequila Shrine" we also had another TV for the Jazz playoff game.) Out on the patio we had a plethor off fine Mexican beers to choose from. There was no limit here. We also had a top-shelf margarita "keg" set up in the kitchen. Yummmm...
And to lubricate the party even further, my wife's Cinco de Mayo playlist of some 88 hand-picked Latin songs really brought the party to life. This was a labor of love on her part, as the playlist alone was the project of 3 months.
All I can say is this was a fabulous, practically perfect party... will we ever be able to out-do it?
Rick, Josh, and date
Jill, Noel and friend
Jill and Michael
Happy times on the couch
The infamous "Tequila Shrine"
Clifton and Brooke
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