Today, I bought a blue hat.

Global Advanced Personality Test

Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.

Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.

Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.

Trait snapshot:
changeable, in the middle, suspicious, somewhat traditional, dislikes chaos, down to earth, group oriented, practical… you scored in the middle on the overall factors of this test.

Finally managed to upgrade some of my Windows software… amazing what happens when you neglect to check out updates:

• Firefox 1.0.4 to (Firefox) Deer Park Alpha 1
• Wordpress 1.5 to 1.5.1.2 (See previous post)
• The GIMP 2.2.4 to 2.2.7
• Gaim 1.3.1

On an unrelated note, I skimmed through a book in a bookstore called Steal this Computer Book 3. After reading it, I was amazed as to how easy it is for someone to access someone else’s computer, and how neglectful many people are in protecting their computers and networks.

Finally got around to upgrading this blog’s software WordPress to version 1.5.1.2. If you see any bugs, please comment here.

I almost died laughing from reading this. For one, it’s totally false. I am a geek, not a nerd. Nerds are socially inept. Geeks at least know what’s going on around them. (or have some idea) For two, all of the “nerds” mentioned here are famous (somewhat), rich, well-established individuals. You can get laid easily if you have more than a million dollars in your bank account. Nowhere in this article do I see a “Joe Geek” such as myself. In other words: pure rubbish. This article totally misses the bullseye. In fact, it’s a mile away from the dartboard.

That brings about the question though. Do geeks really make better lovers? Well, that’s like asking someone what car they like to drive. Every woman has different preferences as to what they want in a mate, same with a man. Now, granted, there are many similarities in these preferences that every man should follow if they want to land someone, such as proper hygiene, manners, confidence, sense of humor… the basics. There are exceptions, like every rule, where a woman could care less what her man smells like. (Honestly, I’d prefer dating someone with higher standards)

Geeks are being more and more accepted by society today, and yes, there are some women who would never date one, and there are some women who exclusively date geeks. Well, the latter, in my opinion, has the right idea, but that’s just my opinion ;-)

Yesterday, saw Star Wars Episode III, finally. I haven’t been to the movies in such a long time, now I’m reminded of how expensive they are. Heh. Anyway, excellent movie, highly recommended.

On Friday, I finally got a bit of a reunion with some of my friends, but I wish I could have stayed longer (My sis had to leave, and she was my way home… one of the fallicies of not having my own car). It was better to see them for a bit, than not at all.

I feel like I’m just putting off my responsibilities by “having fun” (if you can call it that)… procrastination is going to bite me in my ass.

Today, I got assaulted by the “We gotta go” girl. Some of you may know who the “We gotta go” girl is. I was in line at the Dairy Queen talking to some girl, and things seemed to be going well, but then the “We gotta go” girl stepped in, and she had to leave. *ANGER*

I bought PHP Fast and Easy Web Development by Julie Meloni today. I feel kind of guilty spending my money when I should be saving it… I also want to see the new Star Wars movie, which will mean spending more money. Hooray for capitalist society.

I just hit 1,000 spam messages in my gmail account! w00t!!1

I’ve been reading various news stories, commentaries, and such about the whole MPAA vs. Piracy deal. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you must be living under a rock. I’m all for protecting intellectual property and copyright, but the way the MPAA, the RIAA, and even our own loving government are going about is not only unethical, but in some cases, it may be illegal and unconstitutional. Read on for this little rant.
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My brother and his wife are trying to help me move out to Tennessee and go back to college… so, I’m just going to compile a list of things I need to get done (in as chronological an order as possible)
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Ew

I’m alive! I’m just busy with life stuff, and I’m disinteresting in blogging at this time really.

I’d just like to share something I saw on Jeopardy! today. One of the answers mentioned firefox, which surprised me a bit. What was unfortunate was the question though

It went something like:
“I’m now using the Firefox web browser that got its start from this Time Warner company’s Netscape division.”

We all know what the question is… I wish they hadn’t grouped firefox with the likes of… THAT company though :-P

I called Cavalier telephone today, in a desperate move for alternative internet service. I still can only get 512/512 for $25 a month, but I love the way this company works. They don’t try to screw around with you. The woman I spoke to on the phone was very nice and friendly too. Time to say bye bye to Cox real soon (at least for telephone and internet)

I swear, if this service is any good, when I move out to live with someone (in Virginia, or hell, wherever they have the service) I’m going to ask them to switch to these folks. If I move in to a place of my own, I will certainly use them there.

I wish I had something other to blog about than personal crap, but I’m doing it again… yesterday was just a shitty day… I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m depressed, anxious, lonely, feeling helpless all the time. The stress and sadness has gotten to the point where I’m physically ill. I don’t know what to do, where to go, or who to turn to in my situation. I keep trying to convince myself things will get better, but I just truly believe that they won’t, and that we’ll just continue to struggle and struggle and I’ll never move forward. Really, though, I shouldn’t be… because I know I will make myself a better person, but it’s just a matter of time, and what the people in play (mostly my parents) are going to do that will stop me. I’m just tired of coming home and hearing more bad news, that X utility is getting cut off, or we can’t pay Y bill. I’m sick of my dad being an asshole all the time because he’s such a fuck-up. I’m sick of being in a situation I can’t get out of. I’m sick of everything!

Cox is fucking at it again. I might get disconnected (yet again, but maybe for the last time) in the next couple of days. They told us last week that we only owe $43, then suddenly we owe them $180 (Probably an unexpected billing cycle, but I don’t understand why it’s so high!)… Fucking ridiculous, their bills are extremely confusing, they made mistakes on us before, they charge WAY too much too. Also, I hate how they ALWAYS cut you off at midnight, and that they won’t say WHEN they’re cutting me off. Unbelievable.

I don’t know what it is, but I feel so unmotivated lately. It must be all the stress, all the debts I’m worried about that will eventually catch up and burn me, the fact that I have a poorly-paying job that doesn’t seem to challenge my skills enough, my family doesn’t give a rat’s ass about me getting my life together, I have no money, no car, no license. Blah. Maybe I just don’t see the point of doing anything, or maybe it’s lack of caffiene from drinking so much water lately.