The Leavetaking

Today is a day for three farewells.

Farewell the first:
I helped Andrew move his effects to his new flat at the U and then chilled with him at the mall for a while. This one isn't so much a farewell for him from his friends, since we'll still hang out when we can - and there's always Jingles to complete. But he did say farewell to his house. Moving is a weird thing. Every time it happens you look around your now somewhat more empty surroundings for the last time and think to yourself that it's strange that you won't be coming home to the same place anymore. But Andrew is going to make wildly successful films like Mr. Spielberg, so it's ok.

Farewell the second:
This one is both an ending and a beginning. I spent the morning working for the last time as a lab aide in the Library computer lab. Come next week the new Lampros Hall will have its grand opening and be open for use by students. I stopped in to take a look at it after I got back from Salt Lake. New building smell. Very, very nice everything. Fei was just finishing setting up the last bank of computers. After I looked around for a bit, I went over to spend the last few minutes of the Library Lab's open-ness with Dave, my boss, and Jason, my coworker. Every day we announce that the lab will be closing. Today I tacked the word "forever" on the end of the announcement. What fun. After we shut down the workstations and closed the doors we proceeded to take all the signs down off the walls. The few remaining computers will stay in the library and be used for whatever, while the lab will be used probably for some of the circulation desk area when the library gets remodeled here within about the next year. Dave said they're going to take the stairs off the front of the building and make the main entrance on ground level and probably move the media upstairs and the circulation downstairs. That'll be nice. When the first tuesday in September rolls around I'll begin working in the Lampros Hall and the Union Building Labs.

Farewell the third:
Tonight is my last night working for Direction One, LC. Since it is a graveyard shift, I won't be able to sleep during the day anymore as I'll be attending classes. The job was very good experience in my field of study and I learned quite a bit. I often got to talk to amiable people and help them get connected to the Internet. Little successes can bring a good feeling when they're a big deal for the people that you're helping. Of course there were down sides to the job - the occasional cranky customer, being awakened at 3 in the morning by someone who should, like myself, be asleep - but you take the bad with the good, and it all comes out in the end. One really good thing about the job was that it helped pay for the adventure of a lifetime in Europe.

The other thing I might mention is that over on my blog I've started adding pictures to my monologue to spice it up and provide enhanced memory refreshment experience.

That's about all for now. I'll refrain, as I haven't occasionally in the past under similar circumstances, from continuing to type even though I have nothing left to say at present.

Hey, I didn't say this post would be interesting. (Nod to Jack Handy, there.)

song of the day: Take Me Home by Phil

Three deep holes with water in them

That is to say - well, well, well.

Congrats, Jeff on taming the tuition monster. Kind of like a bullfight where each semester is a charge, and it is good to deftly step aside or be wearing sturdy horn-proof clothing. Or maybe it's nothing at all like a bullfight.

I learn something new every day. Or at least I did today. Today I learned this: think. Isn't that a great thing to know. Difficult to practice, unless one makes a habit of it, though.

Tomorrow - dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony for Lampros Hall (the stick). Ricky, you should come to it since we can't exactly go to any part of the actual ceremony on Monday other than the part we're playing for with the marching band. Yeah, surprised me too. But that's the word from Carey and Tom, anyhow. It goest from (I think) 1 to 4 pm.

I learned bar chords today. Now I can play a gamut, even though I don't know how to correctly pronounce the word gamut.

"Eats shoots and leaves." Very different meaning from "Eats, shoots, and leaves." The one is a panda bear, the other a gunman who doesn't want to pay his tab at a restaurant.

Ok, bye.

Anyways.....

So the band hall talks to me today, and it says, "I'm happy, ya know?"
So I says, " Why is that BandHall?"
and it says back, "Because the weirdo Jeff is going to school this fall!!!!!"
THAT'S RIGHT! All of you have to put up with me for another full year, HEHE!!!!!
Question of the day: How much dragons naval goes into a pot of boiling oil to make it a liver? Answer: coming next week, same strongbat time, same strongbat channel

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Sounds like a rompin' good time, Jarrett. I'll plan on being there.

tune stuck in my head following another watching of the music video: Experimental Film

I really do have nothing to say, but I'll say it anyway. Seems that's how bloggin goes often. Still, one never knows, when one begins typing, just what one will say that may prove interesting.

This post truncated due to lack of anything worthwhile to say.

Then again, sometimes you really do just have nothing to say. Little updates then: Jarrett, Diego wants to film a bit more (duck on pond and all that jazz) - pictures from the last 2 hikes are still pending, but I do have them downloaded from my camera, which is one step closer to being posted here - looking forward to g-force awareness devices later today (rides) - looking also forward to a return to my regular sleep pattern - thinking of buying new shoes today - probably going to go with the latest catalog year instead of 2000-2001 like I have been going with since there's about the same number of classes required and stuff - marching band should be fun this year, if only the line can ever get together for a full rehearsal (we've had one instance of all 5 basses showing up so far)...

Well, that's our show! Thanks for watching. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some serious synapse triggering to do. See ya!

Alliterations and Austen

but not Texas, that would be Austin -- not Austen.

I just thought I would (as a friendly sort of guy) extend to you all an invitation.
Please join me and lots of other nerdy people on August 28th at 5pm for the fourth annual Pride and Prejudice Party, 3P04.
Here is A Map to the host house at 340 North Washington Boulevard. If you choose to attend, please bring some Pesos for Pizza and a Pleasant Prandialization (treat or dish) to Pass around. Preferably something with a P in it, but I'm not Particular.
You know, Pasta, Popcorn, Pretzels, Pop, Popsicles, Pepto Bismol, that kind of thing.

An explanation is required:
The Pride and Prejudice Party is a yearly tradition which consists of one very large activity: we watch, in one sitting, the entire 6-hour A&E movie of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice." There is also food, everything from Pizza to one year's Italian Ices. No one ever asked why -- but if they had, the answer would have been, "because Jane Austen is the coolest EVER," or something like that.

History:
The PPP began with my friends in High School, 'the Gnomes', the oldest of which had the largest Living Room and TV, so we had it at his place. The first year, attendees were almost all these "gnome" friends of mine; but over the years, we gathered from our friends a copmaratively large audience. This year, we have people coming from several different sectors of the population, so there ought to be something for everyone. Especially if you Band Geeks can make a tidy appearance.

If you can come, hey -- let me know. You can come late, leave early, whatever.
Come enjoy the good company of odd folks, young and old, and laugh at the foolish mortals.
Once again, everybody is welcome (there is a standard of conduct, but only becuase I'm the host) on Saturday the 28th at 5 pm at 340 N. Washington Boulevard, in Ogden, almost across from the Harrisville Wal-Mart. Even more specific directions will be inculded in a later post.

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax

Party tomorrow.

To quote the forrest ranger off Bill Nye:

If you grab a red hot poker
or drop live coals on your feet,
it just goes to show that you don't know
the first thing about heat.


Just had to get in my wee hours of the morning blog. Only one more week of this nonsense.

Jeg glaeder mig til det yndigt land.

Peace

Absolutely Incredible

Makes me wonder why I don't get up at 5 am every day.

I walked out to my car this morning and happened to look up at the mountains silhouetted against the sky. Just climbing over the ridge was most of the Orion constellation, and in a direct line north from it, Venus and the crescent Moon. What a sight. And the air wasn't cold at all even though there was a slight breeze blowing. It reminded me very much of getting up that early to go to marching band in high school. We did early morning marching band back then. None of this middle-of-the-hot-and-sweaty-afternoon nonsense.

Actually, I know exactly why I don't get up at 5 every morning. And that reason will become no longer a part of my life next Saturday. Quitting a graveyard-shift job is going to feel so good. Actually, I'll miss the money and some of the people I work with, but I will become reaquainted with my regular circadian rhythm, which will be nice. I actually just got off the phone with a guy in Redding, CA who's on a fire down there that has eaten about 60 houses. So sometimes it's interesting to talk with the people who call me in the dead of night. I'll miss that, too. But I sure won't miss the people that are short on patience and tact, and long on enthusiasm for expressing themselves. PEBKAC; Eye Dee Ten Tea. My drink holder broke. Plugged in? (Is the screen black right now, by any chance?) Those are sometimes annoying, sometimes just funny. The mixed emotions of mirth and frustration are like unto a bag of Chex Mix. And now I'm just rambling.

Hearty congrats, Jeff, on tying the knot. And, yes, we had a wonderful time on the trip.

Jessica, as far as I know, Band Camp will be the week before school starts from 8am to 3pm. Bring water, sunscreen, and $5 (pay to me). I don't know why the $5 for me, other than then I could buy myself a quicker wit. The one I've got has been a bit slow of late. Or maybe I'll use it to buy enough toothpicks and glue to make my very own arts-n-crafts version of an A parking pass.

I've been convinced that to feel inside like one does when one is on a carnival ride such as Freestyle (e.g. your internal organs feel like they're playing Red Rover), one does not actually have to be on such a ride if the circumstances are just right. At least that's what it reminded me of. Great big adrenaline rush and euphoric feeling and stomach doing a flip. Good times, good times. In the Olympia I was a bit confused, yet looking forward to more confusion. Now things seem clear, and I'm tired and going to go put my head on my pillow. What an Adventure. Happy.

tune of the day: As Time Goes By

Jeg glaeder mig til Loerdag. Og i morgen, faktisk.

Go Bears.

HEHE!!! I'M MARRIED, I'M MARRIED!!!!!!!
Jarrett, welcome back from Europe. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
Yes, mud is much more fun than self-pity.
Just wanted to say:I'M MARRIED, I'M MARRIED!!!!!!!!!
laterz

Name that flick: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

When You're Fast Asleep

Who? Ray! for Disney toons. and speaking of movies -

movie of the long time: Casablanca

tune of the day: Come On Eileen

cool thing to see of the day: laser light through a diamond on the cave ceiling (now THAT was cool)

Anywho. Great hike today to the Timpanogos Cave. Pictures are pending. They'll be posted right here when I get off my inertia and get around to it.

Yeah, I thought that The Maltese Falcon was a great flick until I saw Casablanca today. I still think that the former is great, but now the latter is one of my very favorite movies.

Consider the following:

This is the official announcement post for all you in the blogosphere who gaze hereon. About the hike(s). And sentence. Fragments and run-ons are annoying, aren't. They?

Ok, well, for anyone who cares to know and wants to go, meet at the band hall at 8 am sharp to hike to the Timpanogos cave tomorrow.

The other hike starts on Saturday at the Smokey-the-Bear sign in Ogden canyon (it's about 1/2 way down the canyon as you're coming from Ogden, on the right hand side). We're hiking the Indian trail which is about 5 miles and takes about 2 hours. Then, from 12 to 4 pm we'll be getting along swimmingly at Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville (away up north past Brigham City). To get there, go north on I-15 to exit 375 just past Brigham City. Go north on Main Street about 10 miles. Visit www.crystalhotsprings.net and print off the popup coupon for savings. ($1 off swimming, $2 off slides) The address is 8215 N Highway 38 Honeyville UT. Provide your own lunch for yourself (and me) sometime between the hike and the swimming.

By the way, Bill Nye the Science Guy is the best show ever aired on public television. Seriously.

It's on the other one

If you're looking for it, that is.

I mean, my detailed post about the trip to Germany. And by the other one I mean my blog.

Well, since Ricky hasn't yet yet done what he said he might, which is post here and ask if we really do have a concert on Monday or not, I'll continue here with my post and see if you can all make it safely into the Archives. I don't know why, Ben, but this thing you started is fun and challenging. I don't know if it will ever be possible without cheating and posting several times a day, or copying large volumes of text from the web into one's post.

Looks like jetlag is destined to be one of my souvenirs from the trip. I hadn't intended it to be so, but that's just the way it is then.

Well, I just can't wait for school to start. This is going to be way fun. Just listen to me. Saying 'school' and 'fun' in the same sentence. (Not the same sentence, actually.) I know that after school has been in session for a while (like about an hour - if that) I'll think back about this post and cry that reason had left me. This always seems to happen to me though. Summer arrives, and before it's over I find myself wishing I were going to school. Then, before much school passes, I find myself wishing that it were vacation again. Oh, well. Such is human weakness.

I wonder if Dr. Root has anything planned this year yet in the way of trips for the band to go on. Taiwan, Reno, Europe. I think I'm getting severly addicted to band trips. Each one just is better than the last. I guess this is a good thing for me, since from looking at my :( schedule today I :( am realizing that graduation is :( looking further and further :( away for me. If a class required for your major has a prerequisite, don't YOU think it should be included in the list of required classes for the degree? Hmmm? I do. And it doesn't help that they changed the requirements from an A.S. degree to an A.A.S. degree. I'm just going to have to go talk to Donna (the CS dept. councilor) and figure something out.

favorite tune of the day: The National Anthem
favorite funny thing of the day: people who ask where the weight room is. Like I know. I mean, look at me.

Congrats, Lars. Oh, wait, you probably don't read this. I'll have to wait until you're back from Cali to tell you in person.

favorite thing of the while to do, seeing as how I'm really tired often due to adding graveyard shift to long flights recovery: finding myself mentally back wandering around the Folksfest, or at Weisenburger Hof, or at the lake, or in Paris. It keeps happening when I shut my eyes. It's kinda cool. I'm sure it will wear off after a while (both the fatigue and the realistic flashbacks), but for while it lasts it's fun. After that, I'll have to look at pictures, reread my journal, or actually concentrate to remember some parts of the trip. Other parts are just too memorable to forget, like walking up to the Eiffel Tower for the first time and just watching it get bigger and bigger and having my jaw decrease in altitude by degrees. I think other buildings might be impressive by being tall, but since the Tower is so open and uniquely shaped, it gives a better sense of how tall it actually is and even makes it seem taller somehow. And really, how fun is it to lay in a park next to some flat monolith, be it 3 or 4 times as high and look up at its unvarying surface? Not as fun.

Ok, so less talk, more saw.

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Later that evening... (really, since it's after midnight, it's more like early the next day...)

Just as I got home from Andrew's I saw the first shooting star I've seen in a long time. Good times.

Telephones, I have decided, are a blessing and a curse. Good for talking to friends and associates, bad when my work phone just stopped working. We need to go either to telegraphs or telepathy. Like the good Doctor Root said, "One day is gooder or badder than another." And either of those choices would be gooder or badder than the phones we have now.

"Sleep."
-Locutus

Here we go again

We'll be back in a flash.

Weren't 80's Saturday morning cartoons great?

Well, I'm thinking of trying on Ben's nefarious scheme here and try to banish all y'all to the depths of the Activities... I mean Archives (Our Chives?)

Just converting more of my CDs to mp3s to put on my toy. Then I can be like my hero, Ultimate "iPod" Cory. Actually, Cory's not my hero. More like my arch nemesis. Ok, well, maybe he's not either of those. To be my hero, he would have to dress like Tigger dressed up as Spiderman for All Hallows' Eve. Every day. For the rest of the year. (Do Tiggers celebrate Candy Day? - I would think it's what they do best.)

Well, to aid me in my plot, here are some selected pictures from the trip to Europe. Since they are kind of artsy shots, they don't really have people in them or convey the fun that was had there, but they still are ok. At least I think so. But then I took them, so go figure. At least they improve my self esteem by giving me the delusion that I am some kind of photographer rather than simply a mad shutterbug.





Well, when I post this I'll check and see if my (Ben's) plan worked for me.
My utmost appologies to those on dial-up*.

By the by, I've submitted three (3) of these photos to RitzCamera.com for their photo contest, all in the scenery category. Wish me luck. 10 extra points to anyone who can correctly or otherwise guess which three I chose. I'll give you a hint; one is from Hof, two are from Paris. [Note: I edited this post so that the 3 pictures mentioned are the only ones pictured. Sorry again, Ben, for putting your dial-up through the ordeal.]

Well, Ben, I'm glad I could ride the range and become acquainted with sagebrush. That is, I am pleased to have been a cattle-ist. Hope all that turns out well for you. Following good advice, I was able to arrive home intact on account of your account of the aforementioned events. Another good way to stay awake when driving a car: simply hold a $100 bill out the window. You're guaranteed to stay alert. Okay, not really. Currently listening to Earthrise/Return to the Earth while editing this post. So far, this computer hasn't restarted itself even once yet today, whereas on Tuesday it did it about every hour. Only 1/2 hour more to go before I'm off for my 1/2 hour break before drumline.

Looks like working at the stick might not work out after all. I gave my schedule to the head team leader yesterday and she gave me a look that basically said fat chance. But I'll definitely hang out there a lot, even if I don't end up working there. Counting down then to the 20th. For those of you who don't know (and that's likely all of you) that's my last night in the nursery... I mean, my last day working in the library computer lab. On that fateful day, the lab will close for the last time and I will be carted off to Jacarta. Or just another lab(s) here on campus. 2 Fun.

Peace


*Dial-up does not technically count as the Internet.

On Pins & Needles

Yup. Blogging here at work. It's great. I'm here for more training, which is ironic, considering...

But enough about that. Yesterday I made a fun little mpg2 flick of the first couple of days of the trip. I'm thinking I'll be doing the slideshow here in the near future. I hope. Here, the reader is referred to the Pope quote on my blog from yesterdays post.

Well, looks like my coworker is almost done with this call so...

Laters

For Ben

So, there you have it Ben. Enjoy.

Favorite pasttime of the day: Closing my eyes and thinking about Europe (it's like being there all over again.)

Favorite career move of the day: Reapplying for the job I already have. How weird is that? I just hope to be at the stick when the dust settles. Just ask Ricky about dust settling. A/C, anyone? [Sorry, Ricky. That was just the funniest thing I'd heard all day. Considering I was sitting in a library since 7am, that may not be saying much, but what can you do?]

And yes, now selected pictures from the trip to the grand land of Europe are now available on photobucket.com. Simply log in to the spiderGlass album with the guest password bamboo2u2

I think Josh is right: RealOne is the worst virus ever to plague mankind.

Feelin' woozy.

You Learn to Rollerskate

These are some of the lyrics to the song that plays during the ending credits of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. They are about Frodo as he leaves Middle Earth on the last elven ship sailing into the West at the end of his journey. I post them here because they remind me a lot of how I felt flying west from the trip to Hof, Prague, Plauen, Eger, Paris, and more.

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Lay down
Your sweet & weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end

Sleep now
Dream-of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across a distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away

Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?

Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come
To carry you home

And all will turn to silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the West

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The trip was amazing. There were little German towns, castles, cathedrals, museums, towers, wonderful food, lots of walking, climbing, relaxing, sightseeing, singing, and picture taking. Seeing Europe was great. Seeing it with my friends was the best ever. For those of my friends who weren't able to go with, I'll be posting pictures soon so you can see a bit of the trip.

Why walk when you can fly?

Crap!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
My plan is thwarted yet again. AWWWWWWW, woe is me!
I'm glad Jon has returned as well as the others, for they have been in contact with my family. Jon, did you acquire comic bookage? If not, that's ok, I'll try the online avenue again, even though that didn't work last time.
I'm muchly happy that I'll be not having to take care of the garden/chickens anymore.
S'up, yo.
Later, yo.

oui, oui, oui, oui, all the way home

So here I am again -- Gruß Gott, Band Geeks!
I hope You All are doing well -- I know I am.

I am thankful for very small things here at home in America. There is no such thing as Ice Water in Europe; no such thing as the Indoor Clean Air Act; no such thing as a Drinking Fountain. Three things everyone should be grateful for.

I wish you all an Exquistely Baroque day.
Chuß!

Musings and construings

I'm'a plannin' to see The Viliage today. That should be good. Ok, I'd done for now.
Later, yo.

Checkings and peckings

Just checking in for my daily update of trying-to-take-over-the-website. I'm doing well. Carlos Boozer signed with the Jazz. The parents are coming home tomorrow and Jon and the gang are returning on Sunday. I know Jon'll enjoy the taking off part of the plain trip. Happiness weekend is here! Also, there is datage planned for the 6th to the Zoo of Hoggle. If'n ya wanna come, call me, talk to me and/or post on the blog to receive further information.
Later, yo.

tellings and sellings

Another day passes and yet, my evil, worn-out, diabolical plans are just as far from fruition.  What ever will I do?  Oh, well, back to my scheming.

Later, yo.

A desperate attempt to cling to old, used-up, diabolical plan

Oh, the pain of the feeling of defeat!  Woe, woe is me!
Then again, I still have Benheim.  Yay for me!
Check this place out.  The bloody version is by far the best!
Also, don't forget to make a trip or two back to TFN fan films every now and then.  New movies I recommend:  How The Sith Stole Christmas Parts 2 & 3 trailer and The 65th Sense.
Keck store?  I'll definitely have to get a copy of that to send to Kristi.  I'm sure she'd love it.   That'll have to be part of the first of the Three Parcel Project.
Later, yo.

Blog about Prague

Ok, so now I'm sitting here having difficulty trying to adjust to the different layout of the German keyboard.  The Z and the Y keys are switched around.

Ben - two things.  The first is that things are complicated.  The second is that this Net Cafe doesn't allow me to plug in my USB drive so I can upload the picture of the Keck store we found here.  So far I've taken over 1700 pictures here on the trip. 

I really wish I had time and money to blog all about the trip, but since both are in short supply, I'll just say that this band trip has been the absolute best trip I've ever been on.  Well worth every cent.  There's nothing like hanging out with friends, and being in another country is quite awesome too.

So.... more later.  A lot more, I mean.  And I've decided to definitely make a CD for this trip as well.  There's no two ways about it.

Time to checka da email...

Standing by.

A challenge

Hahahaha! Ben, you will not overtake the entire blog! I have come to challenge you! I can write in here as much as you do! (For some reason, I just haven't.) You can have Benhiem and I'll have Schillville, but the band geeks are a battleground (just like Florida is currently.) I can attempt to write something in here every day. No banishment to the dungeons of oblivion (archives) for me. No, no. I shall come off victorious over this.

Anyhow, I thought I had to put my two cents in.

TTFN

Continueing Conspiracing

And so my evil plan continues.  I've made it through the long weekend and it is still holding strong.
Jon and Jarrett and Katie ran into my family in Hof, Germany.  It's a small world.
I, Robot is a good movie.
Bourne Supremecy is a good movie.
Taking over the website is a good evil plan.

Later, yo.

Banishment and exile

I just had the most fantabulistic idea!  I could post on here every single day and before long, I'd banish everybody to the archives!  Yes!  If I can't have world domination, and since I'm obviously not %100 content with ruling Benhiem, I shall take over as Ruler of the Band Geeks!!!!  Mwa ha ha ha!
er.....
um.....
maybe not.  I really do like the thought of ruling Benhiem.  Ah, my own little kingdom.  Even though Jingles has to save it all the time.  Oh well.
Check out nothing!
Later, yo.

Bye, y'all.

I feel it incumbent upon me to bid farewell to all those travelling to Europe with the Ogden Concert Band. I was going to join you, but funds came up short and a few things came to pass in my life, so I was not able to go. Play well. Enjoy yourselves. Watch your consumption of certain beverages and wow 'em big. :)

To leave you on a really upbeat note (not that any of you will be seeing this until you get back, but just in case...) I'm leaving you with the website/event of the day:

Port-O-Potties and cigarrettes do not mix.

Chao!!

By

All means.
 
 
I'm leaving.

It has been many whiles

Okay, good filming last Saturday.  I appreciate everyone who was able to make it.  Kristen was invaluable as a background riot voice in a pivotal scene.
 
They Might Be Giants newest album, The Spine was released on Tuesday the 12th.  I was hoping it would be longer, but it is still good just the same.
 
Check out this link for a Homestar Runner/They Might Be Giants music video from The Spine album.
 
I can't stand John Kerry and/or (especially) Michale Moore.  What a duo of unpatriotic dufuses.  I have a hard time swallowing anything Kerry has to say, and with good reason (just look at his congressional record, or his "I did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it" quote) and an even harder time believeing that fat stupid white man, Michael Moore.  Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest.  It's been bothering me for some time now.
 
Now that I have offended many a person, I think I'll be going.  Not much else to say anyway.

99 Down

1 to go.

That's right, kids! I have 99 sent emails in my work email account. My goal was to hit 100 by the end of the summer, and it looks like I'll more than achieve that. Now I just need to be as good at setting an achieving worthwhile goals.

Today I was oh so pleased to find out that my CF card from my camera can be read by the CF card reader on my PVP. Woo who! This should prove fun. Now the only thing that remains is to pick up a 220 to 110 transformer so I don't run out of juice whilst on the trip.

Now it is really tired. I mean late. I got 3 hours of sleep last night. You are maybe perhaps wondering why I am up this early/late again the next day. That is a valid wondering and also is one which I myself am having currently. So, now - I go to neverland for a while.


Sleep tight, Jingles.

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11,12,

What wondermous fireworks on Sunday! And quite a fun game of pass the pigs with bi-racial pigs! Oh! and for all those that don't know, Street Magazine has hit the streets and you can pick up your own copy and many of the businesses on 25th street, also Gandolfo's. Read pg 75. I wrote it.

MWAhaha...ha.. ha.

Okay, thanks to all who participated in today's (well, Saturday's, it's late) shoot of Jingles II. Much Progress made.
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Does anybody know what "Brisingr" is or means? It sounds Scandinavian, and somebody said it over the network at work and I don't know what it is or means and that bothers me. All I can find out by my Internet research is that it has something to do with the book "Eragon." So if any of you have any information, I'd love to share it.
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In the British Isles, it would be Sidewaulk Chaulk. (If I'm wrong, Matt, correct me.)
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Jon, what are you going to get for your Hof host family?
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1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89ellipsis
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Any of y'all who like fireworks, firesides, Firebras of Norway, or Firewalls (or Cannons): there's a Pioneer Day Fireside / Summer Pops Concert down at WSU Tomorrow night (Today). Fireside at 6 pm in the Dee; Concert at 9 at the Pond (1812 with real cannon); fireworks immediately thereafter. Usually a good show.
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Goodnight, all.

A Jingly related post

For those who don't check the Jinglyblog, I will post this here as well. I am feeling a little nervous about our camera situation for Saturday's commencing of the film-age. If any of you who are planning on being to the filming on Saturday morn would be so kind as to bring an available camcorder device if one is available to you, please do. I would be ever grateful and cast you in all of my movies from hence forth. Also, please RSVP to the Jinglyblog if you are comming. Thanks and please re-read this information at this link:

http://jinglesthepirategoesquantitysurveying.blogspot.com/2004/07/oak-now-ill-do-some-of-my-own.html

Proud to be an American

Well, how was everyone's Fourth-Fifth of July? Mine was grand! I got to go and wake up the city of Layton with a rousing "To the Colors" for the flag raising ceremony on Monday. It was pretty cool. Several retired military people came to me afterwards and said how much they appreciated having the bugle call when the flag was being raised. After the flag raising, we listened to a series of patriotic songs performed by elementary school students. My neighbor across the street has been in charge of the Fourth of July flag raising ceremony and she has always put together a very nice patriotic program. After the music, we listened to Rep. Marty Stevenson speak about what it means to be patriotic and what we need to do to maintain our freedoms. What really stood out to me and that I remember having a strong opinion about was the fact that we have to keep an eye on our elected leaders and not stand idly by when things need changing. We need to become involved in the political process. I don't particularly like politics (especially this blasted partisan noise we hear all the time), but I do think that if we are to maintain our freedoms that we need to become aware of the issues and do something when freedoms are not maintained. Hey, if that takes getting arrested to get something changed, then so be it. That's the great thing about this country. If something is not the way we want it, we can change it. This country was founded on the premise of social disobedience. I am not saying that just because you want the speed limits changed to 200 mph on the freeways, that you should drive like that and get arrested for it. Some things are in place for safety reasons and they are common sense. However, there might be other things that the government has in place that may very well impose on your rights and if you want it changed, do something about it.

Something else that is important for us to do is to pray for our elected leaders so that they may have the proper guidance in making the decisions that will lead to freedom and peace. I'm not trying to impose any religious beliefs on anyone in saying this, but we really need to support them and assist them in whatever way we can. We don't have to politically agree with them, but they are our leaders and they need our help. The problem with the political scene today is all the backstabbing and airing of dirty laundry. That, for me, at least, does not win my vote. I don't want to know how much dirt a candidate can muster about another candidate. I want to know what kind of leader he or she will be. Backstabbing is not leadership. Anyhow, I think I have rambled on long enough. In this time of patriotism, be sure to think of your own role as citizens to maintain freedom. We live in a great nation. It's not perfect, but I challenge you to find a better land anywhere in the world. Find another land as rich with opportunities as this great land of the United States of America.

The third verse:

And thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blessed with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is Our Trust";
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

text: Francis Scott Key. music: anonymous.

I never saw so many 4th of July fireworks as this year. A joy and delight to see.
A Happy and Free Fourth of July to all--special thanks to the Great Constitution of the United States.

This post brought to you by the blood of patriots, past and present.

Happy 3rd of July, one and everyone. Today we celebrate... um... tomorrow. Well, close enough. No! We're celebrating our Independence. If anybody cares, I think one of the best ways to celebrate the 4th is to take a look at countries that don't or haven't had freedom like we enjoy here. Also, to maybe look at Arlington (or at least pictures of it) and then appreciate what we have and what it cost(s). So... give it up for those who gave it up.

This represents both Cherry Days (my city's Founders' Day/Independence Day celebration) and what I had for lunch yesterday.

By the by, for the film today, I'd suggest 4x Mad World. That would be cool, I think.

Ok, bye.

There's only one way to stop a mad watch!

How right you are Jarrett. I was, in fact, noticing the same thing and was going to mention it in a post. However, since you have already done so, I'll refrain.

I give Lewis 2.5 thumbs up.

Here are the pictures from the hike up Waterfall Canyon.







Next time, if we have more people we might not get more lost. But the fun factor can only increase as the headcount does likewise. The next one is tentatively Timpanogos, followed by the big trek up the steep, steep sides of Ben Lomond in August. And I guess I won't be going to DCI in Denver after all, so the saturday after OCB returns could work out after all for the big day.

Stand by for my special* 4th of July post tomorrow.

Peace



*not actually the 4th of July, and not actually special - more like pretty normal. But I do have a nice picture to link up.

_

I think it's funny how the banners up top have to do with stuff on your page. The Jinglyblog currently has "Alice in Wonderland" and "Shakespeare." I know that Jeff's blog has Spam.

The answer for Jon

To the question posted on Jon's blog yesterday.
The question was, "two trains are approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 miles per hour, having left from points A and B respectively at 5 pm. Point A to Point B is 500 kilometers. At what time will the trains pass each other, assuming that they are not on the same track, in which case at what time will they collide violently, destroying both and hurling their cargo into the surrounding fields, destroying many cows, and assuming that one of the trains isn't switched onto a track going a completely different direction 10 miles after it leaves?"

And the Answer is, of course,
"His full name is Michael Arnold Palumbo."

So I guess this Saturday, Ben is having folks; Ben, I work. I'm dreadfully sorry. And next Saturday, July 10th, I'm trying to start filming the Jinglydeuce movie. The following Saturday is a debatable one.

How many lightbulbs does it take to screw in a Polack Joke?
WOW. Backwards! WOW. Upside down! MOM. Rotated 90 degrees! BOB.
Goodnight folks.

Filming... just the watching kind

There is an onslot of movie-age at my house this Saturday (3)starting at 3 o'clock, when Jarrett mistakenly told everyone we were filming. If any of you that read this want to come on over for movies, bring you own good self and we'll make a party of it. Also, appropriate phone calls will be issued forth this evening to invited participatees.
Thanks and good day

The Right Stuff

Jon, that website that you sent me to is just what everyone needs to read when they are sending an email. I get so many emails that have little or no punctuation, spelling correction, or even proper word usage. It's amazing that people have just simply forgotten how to write.

Anyhow, enough of my complaining. You don't want to hear that. A bit of news: After nearly a week of downtime, my computer is finally on the mend. I was able to make the backup image of my hard disk drive. That took 30 CDs and let me tell you, it was not fun. Then, one after another, I am in the process of loading them. This is attempt number 3, though. The first two attempts were subverted by some seemingly evil hex that must have been placed on my computer. The first one was a power outage and the second was the anti-keyboard demon inside my computer. For this third attempt, I have decided to put up a defense against the evil hexes cast upon my machine by attaching it to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and attaching a PS/2 keyboard to the machine on a port that is not plagued with problems like the one that my main keyboard is hooked to.

So, wish me luck on this install. I tried, last night, to install Suse Linux 9.0 on my poor computer, but for some reason, while it was installing, it kept freezing up and not letting me do anything. Hehehe. *Needs to try Suse 9.1*

Therefore, my life as of late has gone thusly. It has been one sad tale of computer problem after computer problem. :) But, hopefully, I can get it resolved and gain a few gigabytes in the process.

By the way, Kris, sorry I missed you at the office. I had gone to the store down the street to get a drink.

Anyway, y'all, take it easy. Chao!

An Notice

Jason, let me just refer you to this endearing article.
Yale and TBC. An odd combination.

On, to the Announcement. Ok, not really that much of an Anouncement, but still, I thought I should post it. It looks like I'll not actually be here in town on the Saturday after OCB returns from far lands. Rather, I'll be driving back from the DCI semifinals in Mile High City. I suggest, then, that the festivities/socializing occur on the Saturday following the one I suggested before. Everyone ok with that? If not, please contact the service described here on my post of June 8 @ 2:09 AM by following the directions given in said post.

Talk about a roundabout way to tell someone to take a hike (in more ways than one).

Did anyone, by the by, discover the answer to my Trivia Time querry from a while back? The one about Fett.

10 points to anyone who can name all the subtle references/puns contained in this post.

Laters.

Stuff of the day

Album of the day: The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
Songs of the day: "Shake a Tailfeather" by Ray Charles and "Think" by Aretha Franklin

Mr. Webspace to the Rescue

So, Jarrett, you need some web space, eh? Well, look no further! I think that I could probably donate you 50MB or so to your movie. I'll need to do some research into how to make a page that streams a movie and protects it from being downloaded. Hopefully, that won't be too much of a problem to figure out. I do worry a bit about streaming something as large as 50MB because that is a HUGE stream taking up lots of bandwidth. If there is a way to shrink that down a bit, that would be very helpful. I do have some video editing software on my computer, but my machine is currently undergoing a hard disk change. I'll discuss this with you at the meeting. Hopefully, I will have my maching fully functional in a couple of days and we can get together and see what damage we can do. ;) Gee, this feels more like an email than a public blog. :) Anyhow, yeah, I should be able to host your movie and allow all to view it peacably. If I have any problems, I'll be sure to let you know.

Take it easy!

Okay, folks.

I need somebody with lots of Net Space to put up a page on which I can put my CD version (or a further-reduced version) of Jinglesthula, so that I can link it to the JÞII Blog. I don't want to use the Full DVD Version, 'coz it's huge -- and if it's going to be on the Web, I want a lower-quality product. Unless y'all know how to make something viewable but non-downloadable. I know it's possible, but "Do we have the equipment?" becomes the question. We are talking about 40 or 50 MB, even with the CD version. I suppose that if somebody has film-editing or movie software of any kind, I could reduce it even further - but it's not pretty.

If you visit the Jinglyblog, you'll find I've put up a links table, with a map of Beus Park and Robert's Rules of Order in Brief. And other good stuff. Aren't I clever?
Ask me before you add a link.

Anyhow, I must go.

New Legislation

I am putting in for new legislation that allows for the immediate imprisonment of people who write emails without proper grammar, punctuation, or sentence structure. Who's with me? I mean, seriously, in my work, I get emails from people all over the world and I would bet that a good 90% of them require the use of a Urim and Thummim to decipher.

An email could go something like this: Well i was using ur produt and it jsut stoped working, can u help me i really need 2 get this working by tomorrow and on top of that my grandmother of 91 years died yestrday and wer havin a funrel 4 her and i hve thee cats and a pig and 4 horses, they dont need much for food just some hay and oats evry once in a while, and then this gy came up 2 me and sed can u tell me what time it is and i told him to take a hike and then he just pushed me over and i fell on my nose and it turned inside out, i was running up and down screeming becuz my noz was inside out, but then the firemen cam and told me 2 be still and thei took a rok out of my noz, so u see i need u too help me with my program, my license code expird 7 days.

Now, I gave you all the luxury of SPACES between the words. Somepeopledon'tevendothat. It's really annoying. And whatever happened to the proper usage of it's/its? And since when did the word macros (plural of macro) have and apostrophe in it (macro's)? I don't claim to be perfect in my selection of verbiage, but at least I know how to write. (Do not complain about the preceeding two sentences starting with 'and.' That is acceptable under certain circumstances.) What's absolutely amazing about this whole thing is that I can receive an email like the one modeled above from a PROFESSIONAL person. This is not email from some trailer-trash person living in a van down by the river. No, this person might very well work for an insurance sales office, or a hospital. How do people get hired with these types of writing styles? I was always taught that when you are in a professional environment, you should always write in a professional manner, using complete sentences and proper punctuation and spelling. I can maybe understand bad grammar from someone who doesn't really know English, but I get this type of stuff from people in the Queen's England. What's up with that? It's just really annoying to me. I don't like to rant constantly about life because it's mostly good, but if there was ever a pet peeve of mine, this would be it. I think that our dependence on instant messaging and cell phone text messaging has led us into a spiraling vortex of writing inabilities. Yes, I use instant messenger and I must admit that my grammar and punctuation isn't very proper in that forum, but when I am conversing with someone in a professional manner, I make sure that my grammar, punctuation and spelling are as close to 100% as they can be. Quick emails with a small instruction on meeting times or something related, I can excuse for their poor grammar, but descriptions of problems and requests for service? Sorry, it just makes me not want to help these people because I may boggle them with my proper English.

Anyhow, I'm done venting... I think we should do something about this. Any ideas? ;)

I shall see you all later! ;)

THE MEETING IS AT NOON. NOON. NOON.

So the meeting is Saturday at noon, at Beus Park. Lunch is at 1 pm, but THE MEETING IS AT NOON! So be there, in your seat, by 11:55.
Ben, come along when you can; there will be food for you.
A map to the park (it really is right by Weber State) is available on the Jinglyblog, on a recent post.
THE MEETING IS AT NOON.
THE MEETING IS AT NOON.
Any Questions? Email, call, or visit my house.

Question

Ben, how do you say "chicken" in French? I refer to the live animal, rather than cooked poultry (In Spanish, Callena (or Gallena) rather than Pollo). How would you say it as a nickname?

Ping pong

I'm all for ping-pong. I'll even bring my very own paddle, since I was so much into it at one time that I bought one. What day is that anyway? When are all y'all leaving to go visit my second country of France? I wish I could go. And, Jon, before you go, remember to talk to be about buying that one comic book... er... graphic novel, ok?

So...

I meant to mention in my previous post:
I had a very weird dream -- not as detailed as Ben's usually are, though. What I remember is that I was, I guess, a dwarf; only I was just as tall as I am right now. So I was a really tall dwarf. And I and my dwarf associates (of ordinary dwarf height) were trying to defend our Mountain Fortress (something like Erebor in The Hobbit, with the big wall on the one side) against an onslaught of Trolls. Not goblins, not Orcs, Trolls. Which is a Scandinavian thing. I was fighting them with a 2+1/2 ft. long 3/4 inch thick dowel. (Which is something I have, and kept for a long time in the corner with my staves and swords.) And the Trolls didn't look like Orcs in the movie, or in any of the Illustrations I've seen for LOTR books, or for that matter any other Orc, Goblin, or Troll illustrations I've seen. They looked like the scary people you see riding the Public Bus System sometimes. It was on the whole kind of cool. I mean, I never get to beat people with a stick in real life. The vast majority (99%) of the time, I don't even want to.

Also an Idea: Rock-concert lighting for the Four Seasons by Vivaldi. I think it would be cool.

Hard(er) drives

The life of a hard drive is one that would make most dizzy. (Pun intended) They spend their existence spinning at a very high speed, reading and writing data. Sometimes, things go wrong with them. This is the case with my venerable laptop machine. The hard disk drive in the poor thing is simply going out. I have discovered this due to some problems that I have encountered lately with disk access and sounds the device is making. I'm writing this here to inform anyone who reads this as to the symptoms of a failing hard disk drive (hereafter referred to as HDD.)

Clicking and/or grinding sounds emanating from the disk (more than normal disk access sounds) - This indicates that there is something potentially wrong with the motor or the bearings in which the spindle rotates.

Slower than normal program launch/recovery. For instance, your operating system may start up slower than normal. Programs may also suffer some performance hindering. For me, this is most noticeable when I launch a program, switch the focus to another program, and then switch back. Normally, this should be a nearly instantaneous process, but with my machine, it has been getting very slow. This could be due to the fact that since the HDD is not spinning as fast as it should, the data access time for the disk is actually increased.

Hard drive temperature fluctuations, especially in the positive direction. This could indicate friction in the drive housing. Do not attempt to open the disk case as you WILL damage the HDD. Hard drives are meant to operate in very exacting conditions. Even so much as a particle of smoke on the disk platter surface could crash the head.

Drive head crash. This is the worst thing that can happen to your HDD. What happens here is when the read/write heads come into contact with the disk surface. Normally, they ride on a cushion of air a very small distance from the platter. If the heads come into contact with the surface of the disk, they scratch the disk and destroy the data on the disk. Data in the path of the crash are usually unrecoverable.

Anyhow, these are some of the things to look out for when dealing with a used HDD. Since mine has been going out, I have done some research and decided to post what I have learned. I knew some of it already, but stuff like the clicking that I described, I had no idea about. Of course, when my HDD decided to start clicking, it didn't take me very long to realize that something was wrong. :) TTFN.

Ah ha ha!

Actually, only SCUBA and LASER (of Jon's list) are 'acronyms' as such. An acronym is an abbreviation that forms a pronounceable word. The others are merely abbreviations, or what the word is (it's a lot like acronym) that I can't remember.

Oh, I looked it up:
A&W is the initials of the last names of the guys who founded it, Allen and Wright.

But I think it should be Awl and Widget. Or Algae and Weeds. Or... Asterisk and Whatnot.
Of course, to an extent, those are my initials too.

Okay, I'm wrong about acronym. Odd.

Aardvark and Wildebeast? Arsenal and Warcry? Air and Water?

Well, I really don't know what A&W stands for. But that's where the pictures were taken Jarrett. We were trying to refuel after another round of penultimate frisbee. That was Monday long about 2pm or so in the afternoon.

The Legend of Johnny Lingo. Hmm. It had its moments. Overall it seemed a bit amateurish, but still a fun flick to see. And it definitely fit with the island theme of Beth's surprise birthday party. Thanks again one and everyone who came. I'll be posting the pics here later.

Also, I propose an amendment/adendum/addition/adrenaline to the proposed ToasT. Er... party. After the swim and BBQ, anyone and everyone who so wishes to may come over to my flat for a starparty/ping-pong challenge/tounament (yes, I double checked the spelling on tounament). We've got a nice telescope (bigger than myself) which should be fun if the skies are clear that night, and a garage with plenty of space for singles, doubles, or lightning ping-pong. Sorry, I don't have the original Pong here. Though my nuncle does have a Commodore 64. I remember he mentioned that he had one, and then I saw the box when I was helping him move the other while. Tangent. Snap. Yeah, just in case some people are busy during the day or don't feel inclined to ascend the incline or are maybe hydrophobic (fear of water, not rabid). Then they can still join in on the socializingness. Well.

TTFN, FFY, RNA, NRA, USB, FTP, ATST, SCUBA, LASER, and various other acronyms.

Laters

HEEEEELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

(He says in a very high pitched voice with a tinge of British accent)
It's been a long time!!! Sorry!
How is everyone? I'm fine
I move on July 2nd(friday).
Anyone willing to help, let me know. (there will be free pizza, and later, spanish rice!mmmmmmmmm)
email me at jeff(dot)johnson(at)gmail(dot)com
to let me know if you can make it!!
PS In the mood for the inane of band geeks? need a break from the solidarity of your life? completely bored because of having no band hall randomness?
Visit THE TALKING BAND HALL!!! website!!

By the way! I'm offending that I wasn't invited to the Lena farewell party!
jk, I understand!!hehe!!rotflmbo!!!

<----- Thataway! ----->

1. That's an excellent picture of Ben. Vive le Roi.
2. Where, When, what, why, did those pics come from?
Thank you Jon for your C:\Reply (anybody remember that vintage? a good year). C:\ness is a virtue. Or even more old-fashioneder, C> ness.

a thing on the screen, a foul-mouth, an angry Gypsy woman

a cursor

random blank verse by Jarrett.
Here's A Link of funny photo-shop work. You might not get it if you haven't seen any Jane Austen flicks.

And I think "Darth Vader loves a Country Dance" is going to be my motto.
Oh, Jason -- slow Waltz, or the fast Viennese?
I'M afraid of Virginia Woolf! ME!

if we shadows have offended,
think but this, and all is mended:
that you have but slumbered here
while this blog-post did appear;
and this weak and idle theme
no more yielding, but a dream....
.......
Else the Puck a liar call;
So Goodnight unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends
and Jarrett shall restore amends.

Actually

I didn't check it yesterday. And yeah, I think I'll be attending the meetin'

Great farewell for the Lena. Cory has a drinking problem. Well, at least as far as Root Beer is concerned. He can't get enough of the stuff.






I morgen, as it were.

And I'm looking forward to about a month from now. Yippee. That's when we all become a flying circus for 10+ hours. After that, its the traveling circus. Excitement! Great feats! Acceptable feets! High-wired fun and entertainment! Music! Magic! Melodrama! All coming soon.

Thank you Cory for prompt reply -- does no one else check the Blog on Mondays?
Tenderly I remain, Cableman Jorge.

Huzzah.

Thank you Jon for the jinglylink. One of these days, somebody's going to have to show me how to do things to my blog, which I don't know how to do. Now --
take your Jedi weapon. Strike me down with it -- and your journey to the dark side will be complete.
Wait, I mean, Now --
Take your jinglylink. Use it (there's new info) -- and "Journey" will be completely to the Dark Side. Maybe they already are, I don't know.
But do, visit the JÞII blog...for important meeting info.

Oh, and I saw the film 'Secondhand Lions' last night. Quite enjoyable.

This just in:

The JDA (Jingles Direct Access) link just went live. And it was small enough that it even made the top of the list. 's'right folks! We've got a new #1 link on the charts! Try: it out.

Also, some stuff. It's fun.

And if you think this is geeky/cool, check this out.

More for the blog at a later date and/or time.

A very subtle request

After much pain and deliberation (meetings lasting longer than 7 minutes), a request has been put in for a link in the sidebar to this website. Could this be added?

tx.

A Queer Idea

And by that I mean 'odd.' I don't give up using good words just because they're associated with obnoxious people.

Anyhow, the thought is this: What if the Emperor were a Surfer-Dude?
(some of these are direct paraphrases, some not-so-direct, it's been awhile since I last saw ROTJ.)

"Dude, Vader-meister, He'll turn to the dark side. I've like, forseen it."
"Righteous! Now -- Release your hatred, man."
"Dude, dig the power of this totally jammin' battle station."
"Now you're gonna see your pitiful rebellion totally wipe out."

I just thought I would prove to you all again how crazy I am.

Jon's deplorable math skills

Jon. 14, 18, 38, 31. Where the heck did you get those other numbers? I mean, 25, 27, 25, 6? I don't know. Either way, I'm all for the Crystal Springs idea. I'll not be able to make the Ben Lomond climb (I have been already about 4 times) because of work. But what else is new?

Never Mind... :)

Howdy all! I'm sure y'all are doing great this fine summer afternoon (or morning, or evening, or winter, spring, or fall for all I know.) Anyhow, yeah, I mentioned in a prior post that I would be taking a bit of a jaunt down to Manti this weekend. Well, I must inform you that I am not. However, I am not completely full of bad news. I must report that I learned to waltz the other night. Yeah, I feel pretty good about that. Now, it's off to practice this new-found ability.

So, Jon, are you getting a nice portable video player? Is that what you're saying? I think they're pretty cool. Kind of expensive though. Well, for me, everything is expensive. Especially car stuff. Geez! A wheel bearing cost me $225 to install. But, the good news is that now, riding in my Saturn (Lizzy), you can have a normal conversation without shouting over the tire dragging on the road. :)

Talk at y'all later! Ben, I'm going to have to relearn how to do the @bash puzzles again. I seriously can't figure it out. Perhaps if I read the book...

TTFN

Song of the day: Breakout by Swing Out Sister
Website of the day: YetiSports

I propose a toast.

And by "toast" I mean "party."

I was thinking of hiking Ben Lomond on the saturday after OCB returns from Germany. We can meet at the little parking lot at the top of North Ogden Divide where the trailhead is about 7:30am and leave about 8am. I'll provide donuts and juice to any and all who come, but eat a good breakfast first so you don't die. The hike takes about 5 or 6 hours if I remember right, so bring sunscreen, plenty of water, and lunch to eat at the summit. Trail snax are also a good thing to have to keep the ol' energy up. After we get back from that, we can all retire to Crystal Hot Springs (lap pool, hot tubs, mineral pool, water slides, and an area for barbeque I think - I'll have to call and ask) for an evening of fun and relaxing. That way people who don't want to do the hike can still join in on the fun. I can call and ask them about group rates. The barbeque at the water park would be a bring your own meat and another item to share deal (like chips, drink, ice, salad, buns, ketchup, mustard, kim-chi, etc.)

Well, whaddayasay, all? Sound like a plan? Tell all your friends. Tell Montenegro. Tell Marshie. Tell, William. Tell-Emitry? Tell me off if I'm too random. Then tell yourself a joke. Brightens the day, you know.

And Ben, I tried the @bash and got the first 2 words, but it's been too long and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right for the third one. I got 25,27,25,6. Does that sound right? Or is my math skills off?


Peace

The Future is almost here

And it's about time. Check the links. Out.

To be released near the end of this year.

Tom's look at the current box.

And an independent review.

Well, Circuit City sells the 320 and the RCA Lyra 2780, but for now I'm going to go with the 320.

Movie of the while: How to Steal a Million

Hey Mister Grumpygills!

All right! I'll do the @bash. And by the way to go on the prospects for Street. 'S'sweet.

Jason, I'm waiting to hear from my boss on whether I can take friday off and go with. I'd love to. Are Tim and Amy going? And Mike and Ben? I'm glad to hear about the Tiki torches. I'm afraid Christmas lights are a bit out of the question without a noisy generator nearby, which the denizens of the park would probably not enjoy. As for the lawn gnome, why not just bring your laptop and there can be a GNOME there instead. That is, if you still have your partition. I have something for you and andrew that I'll give you tonight, presuming that I'll see the both of y'all at OCB. It's a surprize, so I dasn't say more now. After all, the ears have walls.

Well, that's it for a whiles. 'cept that I broke my cell phone last night when I dropped my alarm clock/radio on it. Just cracked the faceplate, that is. Oh well. These things do happen you know.

Trivia time: Who was the only person in the Star Wars saga to refer to Boba Fett as a twerp? Post responses or just say them (preferably when someone is around to hear).

Ok then. Bye.

Often regrettable

I can't ask for saturday off, so there's no way that I can go to Manti. Sorry, I wish I wish I could go.

One more time...

Okay, if anyone is interested, I made an announcement on Sunday night or Monday, regarding the Manti Pageant. I don't know if anyone has read it, but I am hoping to get a group of all y'all together to go down to it Friday and Saturday. I think it would be really cool. If you are interested, either send me an email (j s c h i l l [at] w i n t o o l s [dot] c o m) or post a blog about it. It's a lot of fun and I think that you would enjoy it. Again, I appologize for not posting something a week or so ago.

Chao!!

News and Riddles

The top guy at Street Magazine really liked my story and wanted to publish it... however, it may be too long to make it in the issue that will be published in the next couple weeks. It is always a possibility and he said to keep submitting. He was surprised at the depth and wisdom to come from one as young as I am. I was, shall we say, flattered.
Onto the riddles. I decided today, whilst waiting for my sister to get done with her orthodontist appointment, to reprise @bash. Now, I know that in my hayday I wrote 8 @bashes and NOONE took the time to decipher them only to read them and think, "Oh, that's nice." So, I have a new one.

Tut, tut

Sum guy
Really was
Guiding Egypt to home
Aptly


Ok, so, now's your chance, all of those of you that have the key to the lock can open it up and get the third and mysterious word. Oh, and if y'all think you can just read it and think, "Oh, that's nice" then I'm just gonna go pout in a corner and never share my riddles with you again. I mean, I thought this was something people liked doing, right? And I hope that all you slowpokes out there are smart enough to catch the sarcasm spattered all over the second part of the post.

Later scum

I overmorgen

That's how it's said in the land of the Golden Summer, anyhow. At least, that's what my title would've been a few hours ago. As it is, I'm just getting done with the main rush of business for the evening, and decided to blog whilst I'm zipping along at 44kbps. More like Trial-up if you ask me.

Soooo.... today I had good fare and plenty of it at my sis' house. My grandparents who live down the street, and my other sis who lives with them came over as well. Currently I'm sitting in the Prancing Pony with Strider & co. Frodo has just read Mithrandir's belated (courtesy Barliman) letter. Hopefully I won't be past Khazad-dum before Hof. I hope to enjoy the trip on the trip, if you catch my meaning. And if you don't, then just remember what they told you: keep your eye on the ball. Um... or the meaning, if that's what you're trying to catch.

Well, if no one has yet tried out Scorched3D, I have to plug it again and say that I'll doubtless be trajector-izing some tomorrow at work. Ben, when do you work? Maybe I'll see you @IM. Way 2 go on the trip and the letter. Although I have to say that I hope your southern accent wears off soon. Unless you plan on wearing no shirt or shoes and for pants wearing overalls with one strap hanging down and a big felt hat and carrying a shotgun. Or something. Ok, well, I guess it's the acute minority of the South that fit that bill, but still... that's what I guess the accent conjurs in my pate. Well, I have plenty more to say, but not enough mental reserve to correctly compose it here at this time. Correctly. Mmm. Reminds me of Caroll's caterpillar. WHO R U? Which gives us BB||!BB, leading us then to ph34r th3 cu73 0n35. rua n1nj4 2? 2 much l33t/g33k5p33k 1 th1nk. Although I though that 323k137 was clever. If indeed that's how it's spelt. (No use crying over spelled milk?) How I love free association. It's often a very liberating form of humor.

If I ever did an arrangement of Pictures @ an Exhibition, I think I'd change it up quite a bit and call it Forgery Gallery or something like that. And I did decide to use either Bydlo or Ballet for Tian's boyhood antics (he being the main character of the first segment of my starry saga). Which reminds me, what do you get when you mix Mussorgsky and Williams? Why, Motion Pictures at an Exhibition, of course. (Jabba Yaga, the Hutt on Han's Legs? A chart that would crush any normal smuggler's extremities.)

And, to return in closing to where I began, may I just say this: Jeg glaeder mig til det. Og det hele.

Peace

PS. Indescision still on which jukebox to go for. Archos or RCA?

Sea Quail

I'm am so looking forward to the commencement of Jinglesthula 2 in the next week or so. Oh, and everyone, hello. I'm journeyed far and wide, from the Great Salt Lake to the Atlantic Ocean and back again and now I find my self blogging. Go figure. I've replaced Strongbad as my second voice. After spending a week in the south, a southerner's accent has crept in and taken over. Too bad Strongbad. Oh, speaking of, his last e-mail was the most quotable e-mail I've seen in a long time. Also, he made that elusive homage to the e-mail I sent him months ago with the reference to a motorcycle. Way to go me! Ok, I'm outa here. I'm gonna blog the events of my trip with links included, so go ahead and check that out. E-mail me if'n ya wanna chat er something. I'm all about hanging out now that I've been gone for a whole week. Laters

Montjoie!

Which, in case you were wondering, was Charlemagne's batttle-cry. Kind of a Rallying-Cry, too, because his troops used it as well.

The reason for my elation, you ask? I finally have a good job. I am, as a matter of fact, now an employee of the Deseret Book company. In Layton. Yes, I get a discount; No, I can't share it. Sorry!

So, I begin my workingness today with a good deal of gusto.
And, with help from my parents, I paid in the last of the Europe-Tour Money -- and saw Scott Sneddon's house. Very interesting.

(It's not Gandalf - it's Saint George.)
Gesundheit!

It's That Time of Year Again...

Yes, it has come to the month of June. We all know what that means: Manti Pageant. I appologize for not reminding you all about this earlier, but I have been very preoccupied myself and so some things have fallen onto the back burners. But, Kristin, being the wonderful person she is has put me up to the task of reminding any and all wishing to make the trek this Friday and Saturday to Manti, Utah to see the Mormon Miracle Pageant. Price: Only the price of gas and having to be stuck in the car with your best friends for some two hours or so each way. But, to be safe, bring ten bucks to buy food in the evening and then again in the morning. Jon, if you're coming, you should provide the lawn gnome; I've got the tiki torches covered. If any of you have any questions, please contact me at j s c h i l l [in the house of] w i n t o o l s [dot operator] command prompt. The dates that I am available are this Friday (18 June) and Saturday (19 June). It is an overnight thing seeing as the pageant gets over about 11:30pm. Please feel free to check out pictures of last year's adventure.

TTFN. I hope we can get a nice group together this year to go down to this shindig. It's a lot of fun. Again, sorry for the short notice.

JDS

Hot potato, hot potato, hot potato...

Etc.

That's how I have felt the past 2 weeks with having to transfer my work phone from me to my coworkers and back every single day instead of once a week. Our other phone was down - THAT'S why. Oh, wait... you didn't ask why. Well, now you know anyways. And today, I worked a monster 22 hour shift. A record, for me. Too bad I only get paid for 15 1/2 hours of it. Still, that's not too shabby.

Today I got my line of credit limit raised. Woo who. I've heard that it's a good idea to make use of a line of credit as you go along (always making sure to pay it back, of course) so that you can build your credit history. That way when I apply for a house mortgage I'll be able to get one. It also has the added benefit that the biggest check I've ever written in my life won't bounce when it gets cashed here in the next few days. 'sright, kids! I wrote out a check for the balance due on the trip to Europe this summer with OCB. I'm looking very very much forward to it. I only hope that the A70 and the Lyra work swimmingly together so's I can be a digi-mobile shutterbug there. I read a bit of Kapitel 1. the other day. I don't think it's so much effort that's going to be the problem, but finding time - or chosing to use my spare time for that purpose, anyway.

Speaking of which, I'm going to really push to get the TWCD done within the next couple of weeks. I think it's almost there. I just have to record the soundtracks and fix the timing. Looking also forward to that day when I can publish that thing - like a year and a half now... sheesh.

Ok, well, now I'm off to wash a car and pick some fresh peas from our garden. Good times? Too right!

Also, then. Scorched3D on download.com. Check it. Out. If you liked "the mother of all games" then you will love this one. And get this: you can play as two different Hoth guns, or an ATST. Plus all the usual fare: Apache, Bradley, Hummer, Warthog, SCUD, Patriot, some SAM vehicles... well, there are about 50. And there's one of Kenny, and Death, and other fun stuff.

Peace

Oh Yes Indeed

Because it's purpose wasn't originally to control things, but to prevent passengers and driver from being dashed (splashed) with mud. Probably originally a carriage term.
If you want to know how I find this stuff out -- Well, it doesn't show the etymology, but This might help.

I think it depends on the starship, too. The Enterprise is probably Automatic Trans; but an X-Wing has got to be Standard. And I'm willing to bet that though we didn't see it, Darth Vader had detail work and a loud muffler on his TIE fighter. Obi-Wan's ship in Episode II is probably a stick as well -- possibly, what with the outside-ring-thing, a bit like driving a car that switches back and forth into 4WD.

Couldn't even tell you on the podracers - probably depends on the driver's tastes.

My starships are all Standard.

I'll bet Captain Kirk would have loved to direct the enterprise from his dashboard. Probably an old T-Bird or a Camaro or something.

Which reminds me:
Why do spies insist on driving such cool cars? I mean, if I were just walking down the street and saw a car like that, I would say, "look, there goes a spy." They should make their modifications on more normal cars.
But, James Bond would never drive a 1985 Chevy Celebrity. Or even a mid-90's Nissan Sentra for that matter. Q might. But Q would probably drive an old Volvo Wagon. Wouldn't it bet great to have a Volvo Wagon that could fly, and shoot missiles, and drop Oil Slicks at the cars behind you?
I guess if your Volvo was old enough, you might get Oil Slicks.
Or, even better - an old Woody, a surfer's station wagon. No one would expect THAT to be a spy car.

Anyway...
And there'd be a lot less throwing-about of the crew if they had seatbelts. It makes sense to me.

Driver's Ed cars should be built with Passenger-Side ejection seats.

<----- Back to Dashboard

All I need to go back to my dashboard is my car key. Just out of curiosity, have you ever wondered where the term dashboard came from? I just barely thought of that. Dashboard--a board that you dash against something, like a tree or a buffalo? How about something that you grab onto when you dash someplace? I've done that second one! Now, some cars come built with "Oh Crap" handles built into the dashboard for just such occasions. Seriously, why do we call them dashboards? A dashboard in the sense of the Internet and computing is a place where you have controls for something (gee, the same as in a car), but then there's also a Control Panel, which is what is common to both Windows and Linux operating systems. (Sorry, a little Geek-ese there.) And besides that, if I were in one of those sci-fi movies controlling a starship and I went to the control room, I would walk up to a control panel, not a dashboard. I can just see it now: The USS Second-prize blasting its way through the black abyss of space with her captain controlling her from behind the dashboard of his 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity. Hey, it has all the controls needed for starship operation: speedometer, gas gage, warp speed selection indicator (PRNDL) and direction control. Hmmm. I wonder if starships have a neutral setting... ...or for that matter if they are manual or automatic transmission. NO!! Even the USS Second-prize would have a control panel rather than a dashboard. It's more sexy to say "Control Panel" than "Dashboard."

Anyhow, I was just wondering about that. If any of you have a solution for me in my wondering state of stupor, please help me out.

Come to think of it, that thing that Data sits behind on Star Trek TNG looks suspiciously like a dashboard...

And where the heck are the seatbelts in the Enterprize? Ralph Nader would have a heyday with that design. So unsafe to shoot through space at multiple warp speeds with no passive restraint system.

TTFN

Jinglyblog?

That's either offensive or a great way of putting it - we'll have to see.

Which reminds me of Han Solo: "Interesting girl - either I'm beginning to like her, or I'm gonna kill her." And it's clever dialogue like that we missed in Episodes One and Two. Though they have their moments, especially Obi-Wan in episode two.

"We were trying to rescue you..."
"Good job!"

Which gives me a thought to put on another blog far, far away.

Nice save!

And the crowd goes wild... with one lone exception who simply wears a perplexing smile. What a weird place for a gravity experience. I mean, all I did was stand there and continue to hold on to the handrail. Talk about being in the wrong reality at the right time.

Ok, so that's my random bit of random for today.

Did you know that there are two nerve pathways from each eye to the brain? The main pathway (commonly called the optic nerve) goes directly to the visual cortex and deals with color, shape, recognition, etc. The second pathway goes to the brain stem, then continues to a place just above the visual cortex. It deals mainly with contrast and movement and is used mostly for reflexes and such. It is more developed in animals than in us humans. Interestingly enough, people who have had their primary nerve pathway damaged can be 100% blind, but can still use this secondary pathway to sense movement. This strange condition is known as blindsight. The person can see, even though they cannot see. What fun stuff you learn on NOVA.

And even weirder than that, when people have the connection between the emotion center and the visual centers of the brain damaged they develop a strange dilusional condition where they believe that people and places they are familiar with are not the real thing, but imposters. A man with this condition thought that his parents were people that looked exactly like his parents, that his dog was not his dog, but rather another dog that looked exactly the same, and even that his appartment was not his own. And even trippier - when he looked in the mirror, he believed that he was not himself, but a look-alike. When this happened he would refer to himself in third-person. The condition corrects itself over time, which is nice for those who suffer from it (it is usually the result of a head injury).

I'll be adding people to the jinglyblog today. Enjoy.

I am so smart, s-m-r-t, I mean s-m-a-r-t

I laughed quite a lot at your great link Jason. Hillarious.

Everyone, please come and visit the Jingles planning blog. Feel free to add your suggestions and make yourselves available for filming in about four or five more weeks.

Okay. I just thought I should put some words here today.

This. Hi.

How to have fun

...in a movie theatre.

Movie theatres are warm, dark places generally filled with lots of people engaged in a mindless stupor. Gee, sounds to me like the only thing that will have fun in them is a colony of mold spores. If you suffer from this Lack-of-Fun syndrome, please check out the website of the day: Everything not to do in ROTK. For the rest of you who may not suffer from the boredom bug in movie theatres, which, I might add, includes me (I like going to movie theatres), you could get some good ideas for the next time you patronize the movie theatre establishment for your afternoon or evening entertainment.

TTFN.

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This

is what happens at this time of day.


Ok, so um... my brain is buzzy from taking so many phone calls for work. Crazy peoples.

Favorite music of the while:

La Suerte De Los Tontos (Dumb Luck?)
And... pretty much all the music from Guys and Dolls, especially
Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat

Mistake of the day:
Forgetting the xylophone for the OCB concert. (where was everybody?)

Did you ever hear the one about the 3 deep holes?

Well, well, well

And that concludes my reader nerve abrasion for the day.


Peace

JINGLESÞULA II!

Come Visit the planning blog!

Also: Welsh Poet of the Day:
Dylan Thomas

Movie of the Day:
Much Ado About Nothing

One of the finer installments in "Bill and Ken's Excellent Adventure" (Bill Shakespeare, Ken Branagh).

Ahoi hoi!

Okey Dokey now peoples. I never intended there to be any snafu about the title of "the film" (as it shall be refered to from this point forward). "the film"'s original title was meant as a joke on the ridiculous titles of the ever popular "Star Wars" saga. I just thought to myself "self: why don't you satirically point out the poor-ness of George Lucas' title-ing abilities?" But, I do think the "the film" blog is a great way to get communication going. Jarrett, I may consider your suggestion, but don't count on it until I've mulled it over a good deal. You can reach me at:

s p i e l _ f a n [at] yeaoooozzzzzaaaaaaaa [dot] comedy camp

or yahoo works too.

I think all suggestions were great and I hope you have a great drunk immitation Jarrett. I also thought it would be funny to create a prologue a la Lord of the Rings. I dunno, just something to think about. If anyone else has a funny idea occur to them, feel free to share it and we may haps will use it in "the film"

Panther vs. The World

Yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen, in this corner we have the Panther taking on his opponent The World, better known as Microsoft. It appears that while Panther has some great moves, The World is just too big to tame. Ouch! That left hook looked like it hurt. Panther tries to get a piece of the action, but it just seems that it's not his piece of pie. Everytime Panther tries something, MS just grabs him and sits on him pinning him to the mat and hurting him badly.

Yeah, it's not a Panther's world. It seems that everything out there is written for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Yeah, that includes WildCat Mail, unfortunately. I haven't found a browser that works properly with it except MSIE. However you could try a new browser out there called MyIE2. (three double-Us [dot] myie2 [dot] commandos.) This might work for you if you're using a Windows machine. It's just kind of a confusing browser to use. (lots of buttons) But it does look curiously similar to the Konqueror browser on the KDE desktop for Linux. ;) If you're using a Mac, well, good luck. You have, well, Internet Explorer and hmmmm, Safari. But then again, you might be running OS 10.2, whatever release Panther is. So that won't help. You could try running Linux, but then you might be accused of being a supervillain or trying to take over the world with your orbiting brain lasers. Hehehe. Linux runs on anything, man. But, if you really want to be able to use WildCat Mail, just bend and use Windows like the rest of us. Grrrr. But, if you really want to know, I'm not using MSIE to write this. :) I'm using Windows, but not Internet Exploder.

_

Sometimes Macs don't like wildcat mail either. Try refreshing. Or being fresh. Or freshening your breath.

Always brush your teeth before using a computer.

Panther does not like Wildcat Mail

How odd.

That is, the compose link (and the others) never show up on the left. Jarrett, my email is sten _ paa [at] yeehaw [dot] combustible. Or yahoo. Whichever, really.

Allez-Vous!

It's on the web!
the link is

hat top://, jinglesthepirategoesquantitysurveying , blogspot, commie.
or Here -> _

I'll repeat, send me your email addresses and I will invite you. In fact, send me the email addresses of other people you know would like to be involved. There are some ideas there already.

En Avant JÞ II!

Other Ideas

I really like the idea of having a 'discussion-forum-for-Jinglesþula-sequel" blog. And I will be responsible for it. So, all you involved in the JÞ II Project, email your addresses to arthur wheatley (a) mail, weber, edu. I'll be setting up the blog tomorrow morning.

Another thought: for those of you in Marching Band, and maybe in the whole Band Program, I think we need to have a WSU Band Union. So that Announcements made in one band but forgotten in another will get through. So that issues can be addressed, and whiners forever silenced(unless they're righteously whining). A rep would come from each section.

Also -- do we all only blog on Thursday?
Also -- for now, we don't even worry about the title. What works works, and we won't mess with it.

Only-Jarrett-would-find-such-a-thing-website-of-the-day:
Essential Norman Conquest (Bayeux Tapestry available for download!)

Happy Gerunds and Zeugmas to all!
Oh, and I get the Þ character by pressing Alt+0222, and the lowercase þ by Alt+0254. I'm on windows 95, so.

Not Fare

$20, actually. If you paid on time. $25 late, and $30 at the door with no Maddox.

So I was thinking that the party in Cedar City was the best ever as far as graduation parties go. Then I was listening to my sister tell about hers. They had Maddox cater from 11-12, and then later they came in with stacks and stacks of pizza from The Pie. In the library they had tons of TVs set up with Halo on XBox, ping pong, inflatable toys from Some Dude's Playground including one where you attatched a bungee cord to you and then ran and see how far you could get before you get thrown back (yay for friction burns). They had ping pong and a DJ and everybody that came in had a wrist band with a number on it. In the school office there was a duffel bag with a corresponding number on it that you could keep your stuff in and come check it out whenever you wanted to. Then at the end of the night you got to keep the duffel bag, which was huge, really nice and came with a water bottle and mesh holder for it on the bag. They also showed The Creature From the Black Lagoon on reel-to-reel, and 1/2 way through the sound got off from the picture by about 1 second. Hilarious, cheesy and totally awesome. They also gave out about $1700 in cash and stuff like a moped and other items. So now there are two (2) graduation parties that I've seen or heard tell of that simply kick my graduation party's backside. What did I have, you might ask? the Ogden Recreation Center something or other was rented out (some of the rooms weren't even opened) and they had weird food that wasn't that great. I won some candy in a drawring. I don't even remember anything else. They might have had a DJ at ours, but the whole thing wasn't very impressive and we left 1/2 way through to go watch The Fugitive over in Eden. Now I'm through drooling and complaining. But speaking of Cedar City, after DCI finals the Cadets and Vanguard are going to stay there on their way to Cali. Ricky was thinking of going to see them. Road trip, anyone? You won't even have to eat prickly pear, I promise. More later.

Here's to hopin

I sure hope that you guys don't start fighting over the title or anything. I mean, the one that Andrew had was funny and doesn't even need to have anything to do with the plot. I always find that bickering whilst corroborating with a fun project, takes the fun and makes it not fun.
Anywho, yes, Jarrett, congregations on your DL. However, staying nice and patient with the other stupid Utard drivers that seem to accost me at every turn. I mean, sometimes I think that it's secretly Cut Ben Off Day and everyone decided not to tell me about it.
My story, "The Sleepy Dozen", is finally into Street Magazine and all's I get to do is wait and see what happens. My older sister is the copy editer for that particular publication and if my story makes it, which my sis is almost certain it will, then she'll know about it... because she'll have to edit it.
I'm also hoping that a letter will come to my house before my vacation.

Lates, yo.

Tropical lazor beams of love

Tropical lima beans above.

Woo who. JII. As I was cruising down the road on the south side of campus I thought that it would be nice if the browning center were a castle being stormed at one point. Maybe the other buildings on campus could be other buildings in the movie.... kind of expand our horizons. Shoot, we could even shoot at many and various locations in the area. Maybe we could even start another blog as a script/other movie ideas forum for working on the movie so as not to clutter this blog with the preproduction gab.

Jarrett, to put it in the words of a crazy old wizard: "That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world."

(Unfortunately it is both a world of freedom and of frustration.)

And congrats to Jason also on the recovery of his site.

And congrats to me on my 9.3 rating. [what a geek I am]

Sooooo.... the puppet jam 2 sounds an awful lot like Saphire Bullets of Pure Love from Flood. I thought it was very funny. Also the new Cheat Commando's Oh's Cereal commercial.

And by the by, Venus is scheduled to cross the solar disk on June 8. A rare occurrance (from our vantage anyways).

More.

Later.

Laters.

Jingles's saga andersonar

Sorry - like the original "Jinglesþula" that's an obscure Icelandic Joke, and Andrew, mebbe we continue to hammer on the title. I spent 2 hours on the title for JÞ 1 - hard work pays off. Yes, JÞ II is a go. I certainly agree that it should be done, and am happy to be collaborating (and/or corroborating, corrupting, corroding, corrugating, kayaking?) with Herr Schvaneveldt.
Andrew, I think that despite your likely role as High Camera Lord (experience dictating), you should consider playing the BadGuy. Whom I think -- and tell me your opinion -- should be called Dennis. Good Ideas begin to dribble forth already.
Other than that, Jarrett is the Band Hall's most recently Licensed Driver. And I am suddenly aware of how many idiots there are in the world.
And since I prefer short blogs, that's all for today, except a poem link.

Speaking of Eggmuffins, Ben

I wen't to Mr. Donald's this morning and ordered the Big Breakfast. But all it had in it was a muffin, sausage, and scrambled eggs. Sure, it came with a drink, but it's like they just gave me a dissembled Sausage Egg McMuffin. I thought it'd come with pancakes too, but I was wrong. Sad.

Ok, so that really IS TMBG playing with puppet H*R. Puppet Jam 2 is up now, by the by. And I went to tmbg.com to confirm it. Apparently they are doing a music video soon of one of the songs off TMBG's new album. And also, if you go to tmbg.com they currently have Birdhouse in Your Soul for their listen-to-for-free song. Just shoot the picture of the ear that goes by on the wire and then shoot the accordian below to hear it.

I got 5 hours of sleep last night - up til after 1am working, and then I had to get up just after 6 to work again. Shortly thereafter I went to my uncle's appartment to help pack up stuff to move. That took a few hours. Then, by lunch time I was so tired I did something funny. I was sitting there with a gallon of milk in front of me and the thought occurred to me "Hey, I wonder what the ingredients are in milk." After a few seconds of looking on the front and sides of the container, it struck me that - duh - there's nothing in milk but milk. Only later did it occur to me that they are required by law to put the ingredients on the food. I went back and checked and it was sure enough there on the back, where I'd failed to look the first time.

Ok, well, I thought it was funny. But then, I only had 5 hours of sleep.

Go figure.

More later.

All Better Now

Put your hands together for the incredible power of Nate Zaugg!! He singlehandedly slew the dragon and got my website back on the internet all while eating orange Jell-O. Well, I may be a bit exaggerating with that bit about the dragon and Jell-O, but my website works again! :) But you never know, maybe he did do all that stuff. ??????

So, I don't know about you all, but something like having my website back up is a really cool thing. It's like Christmas, though I'm not going to compare my website to the Lord Jesus Christ or anything. That would be a little bit incredulous and a lot bit blasphemous. It's just like the feeling you get when you're a little kid and you go to open presents on Christmas. Yeah, I was pretty excited about it.

A reiteration: Kristin and I are getting married! (I'm way excited, by the way.) If you would like an announcement, please email me and let me know. I need your physical address too. You can reach me at j s c h i l l [at] w i n t o o l s [dot] c o m.

Have a great day, y'all! Talk to you later. Please keep me informed regarding Jinglesthula Episode II.

Chao

Sounds D

lightful.

I'd be up for part II. Speaking of which, today I ate at Gandolpho's again. Thank you Ben for showing me what a good sandwich is supposed to be like. I had the Empire State. 'Twas great. Well, then, here I go. Now I'm going to go read something.

Laters, all.

Well, what have we here?

I don't really know the answer to that myself. Actually, I think I have come to a solution to end my bitterness and do something that everyone will have fun with. I propose to film-

"Jinglesthula Episode II: The Curse of the Phantom Clones or Jingles the Pirate goes Quantity Surveying"

- Everyone will be invited to partake of the filmmyness that it will be, pending approval from the almighty creator, Jarrett. My proposal is this: we utilize all the bad techniques and jokes that made the first one work so well, but make it even longer and more unbearable than the first. It will be hilarious. Ricky has already agreed to return as the all around stunt person, providing stunts for all, and Ben is excited about a possible "return of the king". I would love to have Jon reprise his part as Jingles and Jarrett as Father Benedict. Here's hopping we can get all us band geeks together one more time for some fun at the expense of those band geeks who will not be able to be present, er, I mean..........bye now.

Look what you did! You broke it!

Hey, sorry guys, for having my blog down for a while. I have no idea what is going on with it. I've sent an email to the great Nate Zaugg and asked him to take a look at it. As far as I know, I didn't do anything to take it offline, but sure enough, it is. I can't even log into it properly anymore. Geez! I go away for a weekend, come back and BAM! My website is down and my life is in a shambles!! Well, okay, you can forget the second part of the previous statement, but MY WEBSITE IS DOWN! Gaaaah! What could be worse? Okay, it could be raining in the library or something. Now that would be bad. Sorry about that. Like I say, I don't know what's up with it. It's just being tempermental, I think. In the meantime (time can be mean, eh) have fun with this site: LoserCars.

TTFN
Jason