A friend of mine read my last post, The Healer, and was puzzled. He didn't peg me as the quiet shy type. My mouth was agape when he told me this as it meant he just, well, didn't get it. Allow me to explain what I mean by that.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Healer, or Personality Types and You!
I am a healer. I am a weaver of fanciful stories that span the far reaches of my mind. I am a mender of many things: Souls, hearts, minds, computers. I think by this point your head is cocked to the side, so I will dispense with some odd wisdom I’ve picked up about myself over the years. It concerns 2items from Psychology; The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and its derivative the Keirsey Temperaments.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Osama's death, in funny pictures
So, as in my last post I really don't have a huge amount to write about on Osama Bin Laden's death. It's odd that I am this speechless about politics, as 90% of my blog ends up being about political subjects.
Moving away from that the saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' has been no truer than in this man's death, so without further ado I submit to you a brief collection of some of the funnier ones I ran into over the past few days. Funnier is in italics because my humor is a bit warped ~_^:
Moving away from that the saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' has been no truer than in this man's death, so without further ado I submit to you a brief collection of some of the funnier ones I ran into over the past few days. Funnier is in italics because my humor is a bit warped ~_^:
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The End Is The End Of What?: Osama Bin Laden Dead
This post isn't going to amount to much. I'm personally trying to just put thoughts down on this subject.
So 7:15 pm Sunday night, 5/1/11, I'm on my laptop sitting on my couch, working on my English paper due the next day. I have twitter open, as oft I do, when I see a retweet saying the President is going to make a speech in 15 minutes.
Needless to say, 2 things happened after that: We, as a world practically, watched the clock tick as it took 2 hours nearly before Obama came on the screen (I watched online). The other was, within those 15 minutes it was to take to start Obama's speech, we knew what it was about.
Osama Bin Laden is dead. The chatter spread through Twitter like a California Wildfire (which, living in this state, I know WAY too much about).
Even now, I'm still in a bewildered state of "Wait, we finally got the fucker? Really?"
There's so many questions of how and what's next... I don't really have an idea for a full post, but being silent isn't my MO in this case ~_^
So 7:15 pm Sunday night, 5/1/11, I'm on my laptop sitting on my couch, working on my English paper due the next day. I have twitter open, as oft I do, when I see a retweet saying the President is going to make a speech in 15 minutes.
Needless to say, 2 things happened after that: We, as a world practically, watched the clock tick as it took 2 hours nearly before Obama came on the screen (I watched online). The other was, within those 15 minutes it was to take to start Obama's speech, we knew what it was about.
Osama Bin Laden is dead. The chatter spread through Twitter like a California Wildfire (which, living in this state, I know WAY too much about).
Even now, I'm still in a bewildered state of "Wait, we finally got the fucker? Really?"
There's so many questions of how and what's next... I don't really have an idea for a full post, but being silent isn't my MO in this case ~_^
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Ways of Chaos
Ages ago on this blog I tried to get out my ideas about the word chaos. In effect I failed, as over the years I understand more and more about order and it's relation to chaos.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Price of Education
An interesting set of conversation came up in my computer class last night. Our teacher has several times in the past talked to us about the plight of the community college system here in California, so having her walk in and let us know the latest developments wasn't unusual.
Coastline District, which houses OCC where I attend, is loosing $2.6 billion. We're looking at more class cuts, less faculty, and possibly a $10 increase in per unit tuition. And this is for in-state students. A guy that sits next to me in class, George, move this year from Miami, FL. He paid $800 ($200/unit for out-of-state, 4 until class in C++) and nearly jumped out of my seat when he told me that.
Something else came out of the conversations. Our teacher mentioned "You know we here in state have the cheapest tuition. other states are worse." Me being of a curious sort I decided to check out a local college, Mesa Community, to see what their rates were.
My heart sank a little when I saw the costs:
I'm not going to complain that my classes this semester cost $182. I got 7 units, but at their rate I wouldn't even get 3.
Coastline District, which houses OCC where I attend, is loosing $2.6 billion. We're looking at more class cuts, less faculty, and possibly a $10 increase in per unit tuition. And this is for in-state students. A guy that sits next to me in class, George, move this year from Miami, FL. He paid $800 ($200/unit for out-of-state, 4 until class in C++) and nearly jumped out of my seat when he told me that.
Something else came out of the conversations. Our teacher mentioned "You know we here in state have the cheapest tuition. other states are worse." Me being of a curious sort I decided to check out a local college, Mesa Community, to see what their rates were.
My heart sank a little when I saw the costs:
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Arizona Trip, Part II
Ok so a few days later I get around to finishing off these posts about my trip. I was just too tired Sunday, and work has kicked my ass.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Arizona Trip, Part I
What…a….day!
No, really. I’m tired as hell right now. 6 hours a driving, but I’m alive and in Arizona. I'm fine, aside from having to find a Starbucks to do this post from (fucking Motel 6 having their internet/wifi down until Monday. What a goddamn crock. I got what I paid for, I suppose.)
No, really. I’m tired as hell right now. 6 hours a driving, but I’m alive and in Arizona. I'm fine, aside from having to find a Starbucks to do this post from (fucking Motel 6 having their internet/wifi down until Monday. What a goddamn crock. I got what I paid for, I suppose.)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Trip Plans
So a little back and forth has been going on between UAT and I. I got a consultation, and I'm planning a trip of sorts.
A little background here: I hardly travel anywhere anymore. Save for a trip in 2003 to Las Vegas and last years trip to Comic-con I really haven't ventured outside Orange County in a while. So me deciding to make a 6+ hour is an unusual event worthy of documentation.
Yes, I'll be taking pictures when I can and pulling together a narrative of what's been on my mind over the past year. Yeah, nearly a year ago I came up with my endgame for my current life. I'll keep you guys posted, trip starts Friday. Ciao.
A little background here: I hardly travel anywhere anymore. Save for a trip in 2003 to Las Vegas and last years trip to Comic-con I really haven't ventured outside Orange County in a while. So me deciding to make a 6+ hour is an unusual event worthy of documentation.
Yes, I'll be taking pictures when I can and pulling together a narrative of what's been on my mind over the past year. Yeah, nearly a year ago I came up with my endgame for my current life. I'll keep you guys posted, trip starts Friday. Ciao.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Why I'm Not Married Yet
So I just finished reading/digesting a piece Tracy McMillan (no Trillian jokes, please) over at Huffpo entitled "Why You're Not Married" (thank you Kevin and Bean for having her on the air this morning). It's a truly great read and oddly something I've been thinking about as of late.
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