Okay, not really! But I did get the Laptop up and running. Like, up and running the way I want. I finally fixed the Vista AND the Linux partitions, so everything is hunky-dory (do people still say that?). Mike can bite me for implying I’m retarded (with his, “Here’s how you *retard* fix this” routine). I just didn’t want some “magic program” to fix my problem, I wanted to learn the code to do it myself.

My Desktop (Media Center) is still DOA!!!! It crashed randomly, had to wait 3 hours between boots, and artifacted. Now I have a new PS (still crashed and artifacted), new MoBo (still artifacted), and new GPU. The MoBo had a HUGE burned out cap, the PS couldn’t keep a stable voltage, and the GPU artifacted video CONSTANTLY. So, after all that, everything is stable, but now, after our beloved MS did a system update, Media Center crashes on startup. Every. Single. Time. So I still have some work to do…

Oh, on a side note, and so I don’t go off on a tangent, Dave got a new car. But don’t tell the people I work with… It’s a secret to them, I’m sure that he will have pics posted on Wednesday night (we pick it up on Wednesday). I’ll say right now, I’m kind of jelous, but I will absolutely smoke him when the Miata breathes life again. Shut up Mike, it’ll happen, I’m not my Dad, and this isn’t a 63 Lotus Super Seven. $$ is my main problem (dispite Mike thinking I’m rich). I actually have enough cash to get it done this summer. Like done, done. But, that money has to buy a new roof for the house. Ouch. But, with this deployment coming up, when I get back, I should have made that money back… maybe even a little extra. That should put the Miata in the “running” catagory, not, “Pimped-out”, or “Fast and the Furious” levels, but a good Autox-er… We’ll see…!!

I had more to say… I really did. Maybe I’ll remember it tomorrow… But I will leave you with these to links….!!!

The Greatest Movie Intro Ever… from the ATHF movie. I’ve probably linked it already, but I watching the movie right now, so…!!!

And further proof America is retarded and going to hell… “Now you can experience an exciting new world in high definition brilliance!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

HD Vision Sunglasses!!!

Anywho…. I have like 2 months worth of Mike’s site to catch up on, so before he thinks I’m a bad friend…

I’m off!

-Will !

P!S. Any spelling errors found in this, or any other post was done intentionally. We spell phonetically, you know, to help you. See? We care!

So I thought I’d use a dual-boot and run Linux, so I did. And then I worked my magic. Which means I broke everything. I broke Linux, and I broke Vista.

Wait, 3 hours later, I fixed Linux, using only the Live CD (not impressive, but the only OS I had). Now I have Linux working awesome, and I have my Vista recovery partition working, but I don’t have Vista. I had some problems with Grub, and so at first I thought my Vista partition was what the Grub needed to execute off of, so I set up that partition to launch it, then I learned that my Linux partition actually ran the grub, so now, everything is recognized in grub, but when I select Vista, grub restarts (in my troubleshooting, I ran a “root (hd0,0)” and “setup (hd0,0)” in retrospect, I’m dumb)….

I think it’s like this…

Turn on computer=

Grub - Run Linux, Vista Restore, or Vista…

Run Linux = Linux

Run Vista Restore = Vista Restore

Run Vista = Execute Grub

I probably explained that in the worst way possible… w’ever.

Anywho, I have to figure out how to remove to “execute grub” tag at the beginning of the partition… and I’ve been racking my brain over this. I can’t even mount the partition in linux because of it. I’m really hopeing I won’t have to wipe my vista and re-install, I spent around 15 collective hours getting Vista to only eat up 620mb of mem vs. the stock setup of 760mb (Linux eats only 100mb).

Anywho, if you don’t hear from me in a couple of days, that means I’m still working on this, after work, this is my biggest priority (after getting the media center working again, and installing another 2gb of ram in my Mom’s computer (her idea, she wants 3gb MINIMUM. She’s a technophile)).

W’ever, I’m out for the night, just figured I’d post my latest excuse to y’all…

-Will

Okay, The desktop is officially dead. The video card was one of three things that were bad. The old PS was fried, the MoBo had a Major black spot from a capacitor overloading, and the GPU is artifacting all over the place, even after the new drivers. Ouch.

Anywho, I’m leaving in a couple months, so I bought a laptop to tide me over while I’m gone. Natuarally, it came with Vista (gay). So, I’m downloading Gutsy Gibbon as we speak (after 3 hours of tweaking, Vista STILL eats 670mb of ram while idle). I’ve never had Linux before, so I’m trying to teach myself the art of dual-booting. Which, of course, is gay, since it’s a holiday, and I’m hammered.

All I’ve done lately is work, and play tech support for the family, which I don’t mind, it’s fun in it’s own way. But, I’m saving for a re-vamp on the Miata (at last!). I’ve also been thinking about hitting college again, but my once “It’s happening now” attitude has turned into “I’ll try to teach myself some things, and see how I feel in a couple months”.

Anywho, this is just a quick rant until I have some substance to write about. We’ll see how it goes.

-Will “I get into fights with family over politics and religion at the drop of a hat” Miata

That’s right, I call myself Will Miata in here. Get used to it. No, YOU’RE gay.

P.S. I Added a new album full of random pics, for those of you who give a shit…

Sorry I haven’t been updating. It’s been kinda hard since I found out zombies are real. It’s even harder to post since I have one in my house. It’s a gimped zombie, so I’m pretty safe. Imagine a zombie with like, only one leg, and it’s a stump, no arms, and a broken jaw. That’s the zombie I live with. It’s my fucking computer.

The computer has been up and down for about a month now., sometimes just barely running, sometimes not running at all. I actually have it to a point where the internet is working right now, but I’m expecting it to crash any minute.

I’ve been haveing problems with it for a while now, and ruled it to be either a MoBo, or a power supply (I bought both at basement bargin prices). So, I broke down, and got a new PS. A HUGE PS. Same wattage as the cheap one, but this one is easily double in size. With like 4 fans. And telepathy. Seriously.

So, I spent the morning installing it, and… I’ve been haveing issues still. Did all the boring driver and update stuff, so now, after 2 and 1/2 years of being almost constantly on, I think I’m going to retire the motherboard. That should help.

Okay, I just got done with an involuntary re-boot, with nice windows errors and display issues, so, I’m going to end this post… With any luck I’ll get the zombie back to the living…

G’Night!

-Will

Seriously, Western movies ALL have bad-ass titles. At least the one’s I’ve seen on EWST. Check these out

The Riflemen
High Noon
The Brass Host
Renegade
God Forgives, I Don’t
Gun Fever
At Gunpoint
Gun Fever
The Shadow Riders

That’s just a short list… But seriously, doesn’t every one of these titles make you want to watch the movie? Check this out… it’s another experiment I’ve been doing…

Bad Girls
Dangerous Pursuit
Officer Down
Torn Apart
Deadly Appearances
Conspiracy Theory
I Dream Of Murder
Robots Vs. Vampires
Intergalactic Alien Showdown
Vampires Who Eat Werewolves, But Get Eaten By Aliens
Kung-Fu Explosion Ass-Kickers Fight Vampires

Those are programs on Logo and Lifetime. I may have made up some of the titles out of thin air … but they (like EWST) have kick-ass names too (for the most part)(okay, like 50% of them). My problem is, I see the title, don’t check the network, tune in, expecting to see Aliens v. Vampires v. Werewolves, only to be confronted by two hours of same-sex kissing.

Wait, where the hell was I going with that? I don’t remember, you see, I’ve been drinking, but that’s beside the point, anyway, Hollywood needs better titles. Maybe consult the Logo people before making the poster, that’s all I’m saying.

If I had any idea of a point to this post, I lost it somewhere in the first half of the first paragraph… So I’ll leave you with this…

-Will

I’m back from my weekend. 588 miles, and $400 later. Toss $100 of that towards beer, and $100 towards gas and food.

I snowboarded the best that Michigan offers. Save one. I did Nub’s Nob, and Boyne Highlands, I left before doing the trifecta, and adding in Boyne Mountain. It’s strange to look back so early (I just arrived home a 2 hours ago), but I think I went to find something out about myself. You know, 4-1/2 hour drive each way, snowboard for 6 hours, drink, repeat… after all that, I think I actually might have…

I’m fucking old. That’s what I learned. That and I love dumb shit. I love racing, I love snowboarding, I love doing shit other people say will hurt you. In that order.

This weekend I landed a jump on my head so hard I’m sure you felt it from your house. I rocked with people I don’t even know (only two others were snowboarders) so heavy, I was told I need a need a helmet. I was introduced to new people as, “Will, he has a screw loose, he’s fucking crazy, but he’s really nice”. Thanks for that one, Jim. I actually appreciate it.

Right now, I’m getting lit off of my leftover, “nip”. Blackberry Brandy. Fricken awesome at the moment. I’ts total crap if I get sick though. But it kept me warm all weekend, and I even lost a flask because of it. Oh, speaking of crap, Mike got another Evo, but I won’t mention anything about the rich bastard because us poor folk are too busy nursing injuries and thinking about the snowboarder bitch who ran us over, injured herself, and then acted like a c**t when she was done crying. That actually turned out to be my friends’ Ex’s new fling, so…. I rock, and that bitch’s pain is a thank you to Liz for being a bad-ass.

Anywho, I’ll leave you now with this, “Do stupid shit and worry later”. That’s a Will quote, so live by it…

-Will

Did you know the sun loses 4 millions tons of mass per second (released as energy)? And that it takes 1 million years for that energy to go from the core of the sun to the surface, and then 8 additional minutes to get to earth? That type of stuff always amazes and intrigues me. It’s makes me wonder why I fix jets for a living when Astronomy absolutely captures my attention. Ehh, chalk it up to a life wasted, I guess…

Anywho, the holidays are over, and once again, all they brought was drunkenness, drunken sickness, and drunken mistakes. Sorry to say, no new news. Hey, that should be my new catch phrase… My big ski trip is two weekends away, and I’m kinda nervous. I don’t know if anyone else will be snowboarding (everyone I know are skiiers, and therefore semi-arrogant pricks who pride speed over fun), and I’m going to the other side of the state to spend a few days with a big group of people, only one of whom I actually know. Also, I’ll probably be the only “kid”. Yes, I mean that in the insanely loosest form imaginable, I know I’m older than dirt.

I bought most of the materials for my new wrap-around shelf for the living room (boring), and I fixed my TV (awesome). Other than that, I’m on night-shift for the next two weeks (awesome), which, when combined with the TV working again, means I can continue my hermit-like exsistance, which means continuing to never meet anyone new (read: women). It’s the perfect excuse for a insanely shy-introverted-paranoid-alcoholic!!!

All in all, I’m freaking broke from the holodays (why didn’t I swear?). Which is weird, since I kinda went cheap-ass route this year. But after getting my dad a bunch of Millionaire Raffle tickets, and overhauling my mom’s car, and getting myself a snowboard, I can consider myself 2 G’s down. Ouch. That was painful to type. I honestly was going to continue to ramble for a while, but after proof-reading that, my wallet-area just burst into spasms… no gay jokes… It’d be too obvious.

-Will

Happy Christmas to those who like it, and Merry holidayname to those who don’t.

I went out with my Mom, Sister, and Neice for a nice Christmas dinner. It kinda rocked. Everyone was nice, and after three waitresses, we finally got one that was cool. After that, I bought a new snowboarding coat. All of this is just fluff to lead into the title of this post…

I went to Best Buy, to buy my dad a last-minute DVD. No big deal. I went to the register and asked for my Millitary Discount, you know that thing we get because we go overseas and risk our lives.. Anywho, I was told I had to go to the customer service desk to check out if I wanted one. I figured since I was only in line for 10 minutes, sure. I get the the customer service desk, wait another 10 minutes, and then have to wait 10 more, since a manager had to come to verify what a millitary discount is. He says, “10% on each item, unless it’s on sale, or has a MSRP set price.” Cool, I’m just buying some DVD’s, so it doesn’t matter… I thought. The clerk tells me all of my items are marked “Sale” in the computer, and therefore uneligible for discount. I ask the manager what’s up. He repeats that sale items don’t get discounted. I bring to his attention that these items are priced normally. $19.99 for a DVD is the same as it’s been all year, and not on, “Sale”. I find out that the entire store is on, “Sale” for the Christmas Holiday. Not, “Sale”, as in cheaper, but, “Sale” as in it’s-the-same-fucking-price-but-discounts-and-cupons-can’t-apply. I express my anger using the nice passive-aggressive phrase, “What the fuck ever, just ring me the fuck up”, and I leave.

Seriously?? It’s a holiday, so things that are normally priced are on, “Sale”? Fuck you Best Buy. Fuck you very much.

After that extravaganza, my mind was set in the, “Fuck-the-world” mode. I went home, and realized I wanted beer. So I went to my local party store, expecting them to be closed, but no, the were open… Let me say that again, the hole-in-the-wall, bullet-proof-glass shop was open. On Christmas Eve. Not only that, they wished me a Merry Christmas, greeted me by name, and said they got me a gift. I’m a stranger to them, they only know my name because I’m in there so much, and they got me a gift.

So what was it? Was it a $1.00 air freshener? No, It was a $30 zippo lighter. A really nice looking one at that. As much as I was loking forward to a peice-of-shit mood, that caught me so off guard that I’ve been in a good mood all night. THAT’S how you run a buisness. You make people feel apreciated for shopping in your store.. Kudos to my party store.

That’s my story of holiday cheer… sorry for the rant. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

-Will

Yay! It’s snowing! So, since the last post, here’s what’s been going on:

We went snowboarding a couple more times… had a blast. I’m remembering everything again. It feels good to go down a mountain upright. Not as funny, but more fun. I put some pics up in the photo album. There isn’t many. That’s because Dave spent the ENTIRE day in the bar, and not on the mountain. Still, the afternoon was a blast. We’re going again on Thurs. So again, let me know if you’re interested.

We had a christmas party at work, and while me and Dave were deep frying a turkey, we made a snowman on the flightline. Actually, it’s more like an Avionics-man made of snow. Pics of that are up too.

Other than that, nothing has been going on. I picked up a new board. A Burton Blunt, So I’m geeked about testing it out Thurs. Oh, and just for Mike here’s a posting schedule. I’ll throw up at least one post each week. So if you miss a week, unless I’m stuck at home bored off my ass, you’ll only miss one post. Once a week, Mike…. no more passive / aggressive comments on your site.

Anywho, I’m out for the night. I got some work to do for work…. if that makes sense..

-Will