So I’m pretty sure my little fight with the lamp ended with me cracking my knucklebone. As you can see my hand swelled up pretty big and it hurts to grip things. It’s been getting better, I hope this won’t affect my softballin’ tonight. I also included a picture of the ice cube lamp so you can get a better appreciation for it. This is a serious piece of glass.
On other fronts we’ve been pretty busy at the Vienna Sausage factory with projects. Jesse has been working hard on the electronics for the Pong table, Charlie has decided that he wants to keep stats on the games so he’s making a web application to track them. I’ve been technical advisor on that project because it’s pretty much exactly what I’ve been working on at work… but much much smaller/easier. This weekend I’ll be finishing (hopefully) the boxes for the underside of the table and mounting the cathodes. I would really like to get some of this out of the way so I’m not freaking out right before the Halloween party.
Later!

Motion City Soundtrack is a totally kick ass band. I saw them late one night on one of those MTV channels (the one that still plays music.) It was right after some polish punk rock band, quite a diverse mix. But they kicked ass. The have a sound that’s similar to Panic at the Disco but mixed with Angels and Airwaves. Which is not surprising because their album is produced by Mark Hoppus of Blink 182.

Their music just makes me smile… and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Check it out

Later!

Well it’s finally getting cold here, we’ve spent the month without AC in a self imposed ban on cooling electricity. It was getting pretty steamy in the house until yesterday when Fall finally kicked it down a notch. Winterleague Beer Pong is starting to get back into swing, with Greg regaining his unstoppable form. It could also be that I stink in the winter, my arms get all frozen… whaaa. But at least the beer is cold.

Jesse is working furiously on finishing the beer-tronics for the table which should be ready for a Halloween Party debut. Our’s might be the only BP table that has software. Put that in your brain Kegbot and AIbar.

In other news I had a horrible morning, I woke up at 545, I had a weird taste in my mouth and had to crap like a bear in the woods. It could have been a spider I ate in my sleep, but whatever, I did not feel good. Not to mention that it was only 15 minutes from when I was supposed to wake up, then I fell alseep in the shower. Apparently I have some kind of intestinal problem, Maybe I’ll call in sick tomorrow.

Later!

Let me spin you a yarn about how I woke up this morning. It
involves an oversized glass ice cube, a fake kidnapping, and my fist of fury.

Shall I continue?

So it was a rough nights sleep, I kept waking up and tossing
everywhere. I think it had something to do with wearing sweatpants to sleep and
sleeping next to the pile of clean clothes on my bed. But whatever it was it
made it hard to fall completely asleep. But those are the nights with the best
dreams. I don’t remember all the details of the dream I was having but I know
it involved a kidnapping, I might have been the kidnapper or the victim, it’s
all a bit fuzzy. But what I’m sure of is that toward the end I was in the back
of a white van fighting with the driver.

He was biting my fingers as I tried to fight him from the back of the van. I
remember trying to punch him but not being able to move very fast. (
probably because I was asleep) but then it was like the van crashed. there
was this terrible noise and all I remember is looking up and seeing a vague
white shape that I thought was a face. So I tried with all my might to punch it
(Thinking I would have to try really hard to punch)

Then BAMMMA… ohhhh the intense knuckle pain!

So now I’m wide awake, the clock, now on the floor, is screaming at me (My
alarm is somewhere between static, a buzzer, and AM radio) I reach down to
pick up what I’m sure is giant broken pieces of glass to find my Ikea “ice
cube” light intact, taunting me with it’s half inch thick walls. So I hit
snooze and lay there, just sort of laughing to myself. I wonder if anybody
heard that?

But to my credit I would have destroyed that guy!

Later!

When the beatles sued Dangermouse because of “The Grey Albumn” It was like a badge of honor. In response lots of people on the web heard the album and posted links to it on their servers. Well it happened again, this time somebody put together The Beach Boys and The Beatles into “The Beachles”

I was all excited about it because I really liked Dangermouse’s music…Well this is NOT DM. This sounds like a retarded gerbal was running around on the turntables while they were playing cats getting drowned.

Do not download this, it’s not worth it. I repeat. This sucks donkey balls.

you have been warned.

Later!

I’ve been biking to the Metro station for the last 3 days to save money and cut the layer of fat that’s protecting my rock hard abs. It was really hard the first day, then I figured out how to raise the seat up a little and it’s been much easier. I Bought the bike from Ellen for $25 and I bought a $15 lock. So I figure I have to keep this up for at least 2 weeks before I can start driving again and go back to being lazy. You see I’m saving 3.75 per day by not parking my car at the Metro.

So lets review. I own 2 cars… but ride a bike to work.

So I don’t know if it’s the most healthy time today, I rode the bike over to blockbuster to pick up some movies. Then I stopped by Popeyes to get some food. so I guess it has to be better than driving over there. but for the rest of the day i’m sitting on my ass watching movies and eating greasy food.

Later!