So it’s been a couple months? Maybe since we gave away the admiral, reports from Chris Brogan have him living well in the 120 gallon tank. Some water quality issues, since he never changed the water before this. (he only had 3 fish in there so it really didn’t matter). But I think he’s going to be fine. So when the little ackbar enlisted he was little more than a head and tail. But he quickly went to work eating every piece of food he could.

It’s like he knows that he has to be the biggest fish in the tank. He went from being the smallest to the biggest in record time, with no signs of stopping. When it’s feeding time he’s like pac man. He is so quick about going from piece to piece it’s really cool. I usually feed him on one side of the tank to make sure that some pieces fall down to the smaller fish on the other side.

Also an update on “scarfish” (the dumbest fish in the tank). a few weeks ago he litterally got stuck in a hole in the boat. I thought he was dead because he was just sitting there diagonally half in the boat. but when I tapped the tank he freaked out, didn’t do him much good, but he was really trying. I tried to push him through, but he was REALLY stuck. I had to reach inside the boat and pull him through the hole. Which had to be painful, if fish feel pain that is, becuase I scrapped off a bunch of scales off his back and his left fin had been worn away from the gravel. So he was in really bad shape. But just like Tony Montana he has clawed his way back to the top… or second to the top. First lieutenant to Ackbar. (or whatever one rank below him would be)

Later!

PINK FOR OCTOBER
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so the internet got together and decided to turn all our websites pink for the month to support the cause. It was a big meeting, you should have been there! Breast cancer is a serious thing. I personally know/knew a couple people that delt with the disease. Just doing my thing to support them.
Save the boobies
but seriously, breast cancer sucks.
Later!

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!