Once again I’ve been tagged. :/
1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket.
2. Your significant other? Unknown.
3. Your hair? Short.
4. Your mother? Extraordinary.
5. Your father? Superman.
6. Your favorite thing? Halo.
7. Your dream last night? Forgotten.
8 Your favorite drink? Dew.
9. Your dream/goal? Death.
10. The room you’re in? Office.
11. Your hobby? Interestest.
12. Your fear? Failure.
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? House.
14. What you’re not? Obese.
15. Muffins? Blueberry.
16. One of your wish list items? Motorcycle.
17. Where you grew up? Willmar.
18. The last thing you did? #17.
19. What are you wearing? Underwear.
20. Favorite Gadget? Phone.
21. Your pets? Cute!
22. Your computer? HP.
23. Your mood? Questioning.
24. Missing someone? Tommy.
25. Your car? Contour.
26. Something you’re not wearing? Sandels.
27. Favorite store? None.
28. Like someone? Many
29. Your favorite color? Black.
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today.
31. Last time you cried? Recently?
Alright, now it’s your turn Andy, David, Sarah, Sarah! Though you have to follow the rules of only using one word in your answer!
Josh Rivera (aka supersloth) posted this insightful and funny tidbit when commenting on other people’s hatred of apps on MySpace and Facebook.
this is like people saying computers are for spreadsheets and pivot tables and nothing else. these are diverse systems that can be used for a wide range of things. you guys don’t hate the applications, you should all know this. you hate the way the general populace uses them, you all hate people, and it get’s a little rise out of you that the normal people out there are carving out their own little piece of this wild wild west.
we’ve all been out here on horse back, camping under the stars and dealing with the savages. but now the train tracks are getting laid down faster and faster and those townies in their big top hats and monocles, are headed our way. some of em are even carrying pocket watches, and they all get to do it so much easier than we had it.
the internets not just for nerds anymore guys. straps yourselves in, this ride is gonna be so f*cking bumpy. manifest destiny is a b*tch. don’t trade blankets with anyone.
I do have to point out that I do dislike the applications on Facebook, especially the ones that people keep telling me to use. There’s another reason for me disliking them, people adding so many that it takes forever to load their profiles. I can only imagine what it would be like for dialup users.
A recent project at work required me to merge two XML documents together and thus this was born, MergeXML. It’s written for Powershell and thus can be used for a variety of things. From a simple command line utility to an entire login script (which is why I need it).
MergeXML
Not the group, it’s my third day of being a full time employee at Christianson & Associates! On paper though, my first day was Friday the 16th, but I took the day off for graduation.
So far, it’s been the same as when I was part time. Though there seems to be an air of belonging almost, like now I can truly call myself an employee here. It’s kinda weird to think about.
Dul (or Dool) is two in Korean.
I’m getting rather sick of this whole worship debate/battle my church. One camp grumbles that we don’t sing enough hymns and the other wonders why the first group cares what songs are sung. Personally, I just wonder why we only seem to sing the same songs each week and I while I enjoy the hymns, I do understand that others enjoy other styles.
Recently I’ve been taking notice of the worship director’s words when she’s speaking to the congregation. Her speeches have a condescending air to them, basically slapping around her nay-sayers. These speeches normally consist of her telling everyone that we shouldn’t allow our personal tastes in music dictate how we worship God on Sunday mornings. I find this both funny and sickening. Funny and sick because by her choosing certain songs that she finds “worshipful” isn’t she doing the same thing she’s lambasting?
In a recent article in the church’s newsletter1 (page 4), she ends up calling those who enjoy and would like to listen to older styles of music in church, basically dead. That is, since they don’t like the newer styles, they slowly killing themselves and the church (in that newer, younger folks won’t come to church because of that). But why do this to the people who are part of the church? Why disregard their wants and needs for the sake of those that may come? If you disregard those you have, you’ll end up losing the current members and in the future the newcomers, who will turn into the “old music” folks after a while.
Why is this an all or nothing ordeal? Why can’t both styles be represented? Why can’t both the needs of the current/old and new members be met? Is it an impossibility to have an equal amount of old and new?
1FBC First Facts (May 2008)
April 22, 2008 – 11:28 am
It’s been a while since the test, but I did get my green belt in TKD! Woot! (The test was at the end of February.)
Over the past year that I’ve been doing TKD, I’ve noticed that I’m (somewhat) more confident in my forms and kicking. Especially the past month or so since Master Jon got back from Korea. He’s been much stricter, which I think really helps with learning and the “pride” of being associated with his gym.
Lately, Master Jon has started doing “fun” Wednesday nights, which involve material that isn’t what we’d normally cover. For instance he’s taught us some basic nunchuck and mokum techniques. I seriously can’t wait until I get my blue belt and I can start some real weapons training!
April 22, 2008 – 11:16 am
A couple days ago my servers were unavailable, not because any actual problem with the server, but with the DNS. Turns out that the domain I was using for the nameserver address expired and someone else registered it. Quite the bummer, but an easy fix by attaching new nameservers to the domain. So now everything is working again for your not-reading-this enjoyment.
February 19, 2008 – 1:29 pm
Where does the weeks go? I have no idea. I just know that each day ends as soon as I wake up.
Break down of a week.
- Sunday
- Church (2-3)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Monday
- Work (8)
- School (2)
- Bible Study (2-3)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Tuesday
- School (8-9)
- Work (2-3)
- Tae Kwon Do (1)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Wednesday
- Work (8-9)
- School (1-2)
- Tae Kwon Do (1)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Thursday
- Work (6-7)
- School (3-4)
- Tae Kwon Do (1)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Friday
- Work (8-11)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
- Saturday
- Work (5-6)
- Homework or Rest (Remainder)
Note that the Rest in “Homework or Rest” includes relaxing and hanging out.
So anywhere from 58 to 70 hours of my week are taking in doing school, work, TKD, or something church related! Considering I set aside roughly 7-8 hours a night for sleep which leaves about 16 hours left to everything else. So each day I have is divided roughly between work 50%, school/homework 35% and rest 15%.
I can’t wait for school to be over.
