It’s one thing to be up before the sun rises. Farmers and some commuters do it every day. But maybe it’s just me but I think it is entirely unneccisary to be up , going to work, when the moon is still high in the sky. I had to commute with Cote this morning because my car is still trapped in Stafford. I left the house at 6am this morning, which dosen’t seem that early theoretically. Maybe it was the fact that it was FREEZING outside and I had to walk a few blocks from the Metro to the office. Maybe it was that I didn’t wear my heavy coat or gloves. Any way I look at it,it really really sucked. So now it’s 7:18am a time when I would normally be just starting to hit my alarm clock for the first time as I wake up, but I have been at work for almost an hour. Well at least there is still no actual work to do here, that’s coming next week.
Randomness
Usually I don’t go to those kind of websites…it’s just shocking
Life, RandomnessBut this is one of the funniest articles I have ever read. I’ll read it again just to make sure…yup still funny. I know it’s not from a reputable news organization, but if you make believe it makes it twice as funny. And the pictures, lets not forget about the pictures. My favorite part has to be the descriptions of the gesture. Well enough talking about it READ IT
Random Bedtime post
Life, RandomnessI love my new moshi pillow, but I don’t know the actual use for it. Are you supposed to sleep on it? Because sometimes I think it will smother me in the night. When you put your head on it the rest of it spreads out. I just love to squish it. I feel like a cat kneading a stuffed animal. I did some testing today and the pillow can cover my entire head, not just my face, it can touch itself on all sides around my head. I feel like i’m inside a clam or something.
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth… wait I already got those this year.
Life, RandomnessWell its about time that I put out some kind of Christmas list, because it’s in 8 days. It seems so early this year. i guess that’s cause time has been flying by this year. well lets cut to the meat of this post.
FOR WORK::
New Belt
(brown or black)
Sweaters
(the kind you could wear a collared shirt under)
Work shirts
(the kind you could wear a sweater over)
Polo Shirts
(the kind… i could wear to work)
Work Pants
(Brown, Black, Grey, Tan, I can use all kinds. I like flat front but pleats are fine. 38×34 <----- no comment)
New Shoes
(I have black ones, but they are old, brown leather shoes would be good, size 12)
NOT FOR WORK::
Airbrush Kit
(I have wanted an airbrush for a long time, I want a good one [paasche, etc, not testors], with a compressor and everything, I think I will have to buy this one for myself since they run over $250)
Spare Car Keys
(I keep locking myself out of my car)
New Hat
(I'm tired of the ones I have, A cool looking one from a skate company would be good. Or a new braves/redskins fitted hat 7 5/8 new-era , I like the originals and the new cool ones <--- single color {black,grey})
Long Sleeve T-Shirts
(It's cold in Virginia! Redskins,Wizards,Braves,Illinois,Mason, or any skate company)
Hooded Sweatshirts
(See Above)
GMU Stuff
(Alumni Stuff, tshirts, sweatshirts, most anything)
Need for Speed Underground 2
(Xbox Game, i'm not giving up games yet!)
Threadless.com T-Shirts
(Seriously, this is the coolest thing ever, people send in designs , other people vote on them, they print shirts and sell them, for $10 till xmas. If you get me these I will like it alot, and enter mark5four0 inthe street team member spot and i will get free stuff. i like all the designs so it dosen't matter which)
New Laptop bag
(mine is falling apart - needs - shoulder strap, fits a apple TiBook 15", looks cool)
dvd's
(Elf, Anchorman, Billy Madison-Happy Gilmore, Office Space, Seinfeld DVD sets, I-Robot, The Bourne Supremecy, Chronicles of Riddick, Clerks X [must buy from http://store.yahoo.com/jsbstash/ to get autographed version])
I can't think of anything else right now! but i will!
This is Me…
Life, Randomness
Hi, this is me. Mark Schumaker. I am and live in Oakton Virginia for the time being. right now I am a Software Developer (JAVA) for a government contractor in Washington, DC. It’s really boring work there and I probably won’t talk much about it… ever. But being a code monkey allows me to have money, which allows me to live the life I have become accustomed to.
I like things, I tend to buy them. I like to watch horrible sci-fi movies and almost every movie made in the 1980’s. I really don’t have favorite movies, when I’m asked to come up with a list the only one that ever comes up is Star Wars. But that is the default Geek answer. Now since I don’t like being the default anything I have a hard time with that answer. I would say something horrible like “Hudson Hawk” or “Meet the Feebles”. But either A. nobody’s going to know what those are. or B. You are going to be lumped into that “emo, too cool for school, I only play old school NES… myspace” category that I really don’t want to be involved in. So pretty much my favorite movie is whatever one I just finished watching. Because if it’s good enough for me to sit through I probably liked it.
I also have a strange affection for limited edtion things, mostly candy and soft drinks. You can see some examples under Life>>Random. I think that comes from being A. a consumer whore. B. an art major who loves well designed ad campaigns. and C. Easily influenced by advertising. But since I really don’t care I’m fine with it.
So what makes me cool is that I take things from all the groups that I’ve been associated with and mix them all together. I like old school hip-hop, 80’s hair bands, Kelly Clarkson, Punkish Electronica Goth stuff (MSI), Female Metal (Kittie), Christian Rap and I like most of the people who listen to each of those types of music.
I’m just trying to say that I’m unique… just like everybody else.