My OperaLate Nights And Me
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 4:07:09 PM
Twelve Definitive Ways to Keep Yer Sorry Insomniac Ass busy!
...actually, no. Just posting since it hasn't been done in a while.
The other day, my good friends Steve had a birthday party. Even though it was written on the calendar, I was blind-sided by it. Didn't remember, but that's common for me anyhoo. It was pretty spiffy. Met a few people who hailed from Japan! DUDE! JAPAN! They said how out of date all of our stuff is. *curses* Not unexpected, but they mentioned how behind we are on cell phones, describing it in years...15 or so, in fact. Damn, I feel behind.
Stephanie came back from vacation!
She signed on and IMed me the other night just after I put up an away message and turned off the screen to brush my teeth. Five minutes later, she signed off...just as I turned the monitor back on and got to the flashing window. >< The next day...Yesterday! She IMed me while I went to do something err other....groceries, I think...bah, who cares. Got the groceries, came home, put them away, blah blah blah, screen warmed up, and came back to "JOSH!!!" I responded with "^_^". She laughed. Asked me how I was, of course responded with, "glad yer back!!!" The line before she asked me how I was said she wants to see me, so that carried out the rest of the conversation. Answer questions first, then go back and make humorous responses to the statements.
Well, I was rather ripe smelling at the time and in some dirty clothes. It was a long day...and night. No sleep, unfortunately. I wanted to see her too (friggin DUH) and my options/ideas were all really really doubtful of happening. Thinking out loud, I gave her a list of places to go later on, so I could get a shower and all that fun shtuff. She offered to pick me up "now" (around 3:30, 4:30-ish?) and stick around with her the whole day OR wait til 7...I had to wait until 7. No way I could take a shower, finish up the line of code I was on with the website, brush my teeth and all that jazz in 15 minutes. Had to wait a few hours. *slaps forehead*
Did all that jazz and talked to Mummsy for about 20 minutes when the doorbell rang and I heard two familiar voices. Steph and her brother, Josh. (Yes. Steph has two Josh's.)...(Yes. It's very confusing)...(Yes. My maturity is worse than his) She grabbed me hand and pulled me to her van and I said hi to her mummsy. THEY WERE ALL TANNED!!! THEY DIDN'T LEEEEAAAVE THAT DARK!!!! DAAAAAMN!!!
And so we were off across town. Stopped by Josh's friends hizzouse to pick him up, then to Steph's grandparents house. Steph gave me the grand tour of their house after we said hi to them and all that. Then off to her house. On the way there, her momma warned me that they have a gnat problem because they forgot about fruit they left out before they left and lo and behold, when they got back it was rotted and gnats were all over...We got there, I only saw about three gnats. Either I'm used to them or she was just exaggerating a little. Steph and I hopped on the computer and she started pulling up songs. Mostly ones from bands I don't like, only to find out that David Bowie had many many good songs early in his career, but China Girl still makes me cringe that he considered that raspy-ass voice to be singing. She played Footloost for my benefit after hearing Dancing Queen, China Girl and a few others. A MOMENT OF GOOD MUSIC!!!!
Steph told me things about her vacation and showed me a card she bought for me. It;s a fake I.D. dealy. Same dimensions as a license or credit card, plastic. Says:
OFFICIAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
ID # You Don't Know Me
Name: Joe Blow (perverts, there's your time to chuckle)
ADDRESS: 123 Hidden Lane
CITY: Nowheresville
STATE: Of Fear
ZIP: 00000
and on the back in BIG letters it simply says, YOU NEVER SAW THIS. It's currently covering my temps in my wallet. I got a kick out of it. Then she got a book she wants me to read. Called Still Life With Mockingbird, by Tom Robbins. I read the prologue while I was there. Great way to start a book! (No sarcasm...really...keep reading) First line, "If this typewriter can't do it, $#@! it, it can't be done." That got my attention. More reading when I'm done with The Da Vinci Code, which is an AWESOME book so far.
Then we watched a three-part movie called The Blackheath Poisonings...How stupid it was, but the inspector was a hilarious character. Throwing himself on the table to interrogate the family was hysterical...Steph and her mom didn't laugh that much. The inspector and his right-hand man were my only reason for watching it. I figured out who did what and why for what cause just before the end of the second part, but didn't say who I thunk out loud.
By the time it was finished, the clock read 2 A.M. Time flies when you're enjoying yerself. Steph was worried that I'll get grounded and not be able to see her and all this shtuff. She doesn't know the mummsy...sunnsy?! bond I have with my momma. So we hopped in the van again, kissing the ride home away. (Yes, we did that throughout the course of the night, but why should I waste my time and give you all the intimate details?!) It was all too short of a ride. Said good night, took my time getting to the front door, unlocked it, waved back, walked in.
Obviously not grounded. Did a few things on the computer, finished an avatar I started just before I showered and all that shtuff, uploaded it. Linked my off-site avatar to a PHP file that randomizes my avatar with any avatar I put in that folder. Very nice. Saves me time not having to mess around with it. Shut down the computer, went to bed...Climbed out of bed, grabbed my Palm, started reading The Da Vinci Code, stopped when I got to 65%, put it back on the charger, tried to sleep until 8, only until the adult male left for work. Just found out he's gone for a few days and nights. ^_^ Well, here I am now.
I've officially announced a vacation from web development, since my site is now done. I'm not going to bother with this comic idea until I actually see comics from the team. Mine is on two pages...Not going to have all these pages of pixel art.
So, yeah. Vacation after seven years of mastering this hobby. Now I can focus on drawing, since I do that when I'm not on the computer anyhow. Going to finish The Da Vinci Code and start Still Life With Woodpecker.
Better go wake the siblings. The basement (where I dwell, remember) smells like piss, compliments of my sister.
c-ya
...actually, no. Just posting since it hasn't been done in a while.
The other day, my good friends Steve had a birthday party. Even though it was written on the calendar, I was blind-sided by it. Didn't remember, but that's common for me anyhoo. It was pretty spiffy. Met a few people who hailed from Japan! DUDE! JAPAN! They said how out of date all of our stuff is. *curses* Not unexpected, but they mentioned how behind we are on cell phones, describing it in years...15 or so, in fact. Damn, I feel behind.
Stephanie came back from vacation!
She signed on and IMed me the other night just after I put up an away message and turned off the screen to brush my teeth. Five minutes later, she signed off...just as I turned the monitor back on and got to the flashing window. >< The next day...Yesterday! She IMed me while I went to do something err other....groceries, I think...bah, who cares. Got the groceries, came home, put them away, blah blah blah, screen warmed up, and came back to "JOSH!!!" I responded with "^_^". She laughed. Asked me how I was, of course responded with, "glad yer back!!!" The line before she asked me how I was said she wants to see me, so that carried out the rest of the conversation. Answer questions first, then go back and make humorous responses to the statements.
Well, I was rather ripe smelling at the time and in some dirty clothes. It was a long day...and night. No sleep, unfortunately. I wanted to see her too (friggin DUH) and my options/ideas were all really really doubtful of happening. Thinking out loud, I gave her a list of places to go later on, so I could get a shower and all that fun shtuff. She offered to pick me up "now" (around 3:30, 4:30-ish?) and stick around with her the whole day OR wait til 7...I had to wait until 7. No way I could take a shower, finish up the line of code I was on with the website, brush my teeth and all that jazz in 15 minutes. Had to wait a few hours. *slaps forehead*
Did all that jazz and talked to Mummsy for about 20 minutes when the doorbell rang and I heard two familiar voices. Steph and her brother, Josh. (Yes. Steph has two Josh's.)...(Yes. It's very confusing)...(Yes. My maturity is worse than his
) She grabbed me hand and pulled me to her van and I said hi to her mummsy. THEY WERE ALL TANNED!!! THEY DIDN'T LEEEEAAAVE THAT DARK!!!! DAAAAAMN!!!
And so we were off across town. Stopped by Josh's friends hizzouse to pick him up, then to Steph's grandparents house. Steph gave me the grand tour of their house after we said hi to them and all that. Then off to her house. On the way there, her momma warned me that they have a gnat problem because they forgot about fruit they left out before they left and lo and behold, when they got back it was rotted and gnats were all over...We got there, I only saw about three gnats. Either I'm used to them or she was just exaggerating a little.
Steph and I hopped on the computer and she started pulling up songs. Mostly ones from bands I don't like, only to find out that David Bowie had many many good songs early in his career, but China Girl still makes me cringe that he considered that raspy-ass voice to be singing. She played Footloost for my benefit after hearing Dancing Queen, China Girl and a few others. A MOMENT OF GOOD MUSIC!!!!
Steph told me things about her vacation and showed me a card she bought for me. It;s a fake I.D. dealy. Same dimensions as a license or credit card, plastic. Says:
OFFICIAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
ID # You Don't Know Me
Name: Joe Blow (perverts, there's your time to chuckle)
ADDRESS: 123 Hidden Lane
CITY: Nowheresville
STATE: Of Fear
ZIP: 00000
and on the back in BIG letters it simply says, YOU NEVER SAW THIS. It's currently covering my temps in my wallet. I got a kick out of it. Then she got a book she wants me to read. Called Still Life With Mockingbird, by Tom Robbins. I read the prologue while I was there. Great way to start a book! (No sarcasm...really...keep reading) First line, "If this typewriter can't do it, $#@! it, it can't be done." That got my attention. More reading when I'm done with The Da Vinci Code, which is an AWESOME book so far.
Then we watched a three-part movie called The Blackheath Poisonings...How stupid it was, but the inspector was a hilarious character. Throwing himself on the table to interrogate the family was hysterical...Steph and her mom didn't laugh that much. The inspector and his right-hand man were my only reason for watching it. I figured out who did what and why for what cause just before the end of the second part, but didn't say who I thunk out loud.
By the time it was finished, the clock read 2 A.M. Time flies when you're enjoying yerself. Steph was worried that I'll get grounded and not be able to see her and all this shtuff. She doesn't know the mummsy...sunnsy?! bond I have with my momma. So we hopped in the van again, kissing the ride home away. (Yes, we did that throughout the course of the night, but why should I waste my time and give you all the intimate details?!) It was all too short of a ride. Said good night, took my time getting to the front door, unlocked it, waved back, walked in.
Obviously not grounded.
Did a few things on the computer, finished an avatar I started just before I showered and all that shtuff, uploaded it. Linked my off-site avatar to a PHP file that randomizes my avatar with any avatar I put in that folder. Very nice. Saves me time not having to mess around with it. Shut down the computer, went to bed...Climbed out of bed, grabbed my Palm, started reading The Da Vinci Code, stopped when I got to 65%, put it back on the charger, tried to sleep until 8, only until the adult male left for work. Just found out he's gone for a few days and nights. ^_^ Well, here I am now.
I've officially announced a vacation from web development, since my site is now done. I'm not going to bother with this comic idea until I actually see comics from the team. Mine is on two pages...Not going to have all these pages of pixel art.
So, yeah. Vacation after seven years of mastering this hobby. Now I can focus on drawing, since I do that when I'm not on the computer anyhow. Going to finish The Da Vinci Code and start Still Life With Woodpecker.
Better go wake the siblings. The basement (where I dwell, remember) smells like piss, compliments of my sister.
c-ya
