First day back on-line since the big news (mostly the clinically drug-induced coma after the ER trip)...
So Wednesday night I decided to go in and have my abdomen checked after going weeks with this slightly annoying stabby pain on my left side. After a CT scan, ultrasound and weird looks from multiple radiologists/doctors/nursing staff... it was determined that I have a tennis-ball sized cyst attached to my left ovary.
The doctor stated, "it's not the simple kind, it's full of blood and hard tissue and stuff and I don't see how you're even functioning right now!!"
Wow... that's a lot of faith and technical jargon right there...
Anyway, so I decided to name it Jerome.
I get it checked out tomorrow by a slightly more technically oriented doctor. Wish me luck...
Until then, I guess Jerome and I have some bonding to do.
...Like me punching him in the face on occasion. <3
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
The great unboxing...
Okay, so I'm a little late on the bus bound for hell... I've contemplated buying one for the past couple years simply because of hardware epic flailz and virtually no time for on-line gaming. Now, it's set... I'm doomed.
I think it started with an RvB 'snow day' marathon last week. I had only watched the series once through , though sort of backwards... (season 1 and half of 2 like, several years ago when they first released on-line... and then season 5 at a friend's like a month ago...and well, you get the picture).
Without further adieu, here it is. My first Xbox product... ever.
~Drool~
~My computer says it's inferior. I just think it's jealous.~
I think it started with an RvB 'snow day' marathon last week. I had only watched the series once through , though sort of backwards... (season 1 and half of 2 like, several years ago when they first released on-line... and then season 5 at a friend's like a month ago...and well, you get the picture).
Without further adieu, here it is. My first Xbox product... ever.
~Drool~
~My computer says it's inferior. I just think it's jealous.~
~The patient is upside down~
~Ooooh shiny! It must be from the future...~
~Okay, now my computer is jealous.~
~It's aliiiiiive!!! Rawwwwr!~
And yeah, I blame Rooster Teeth.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Furniture Disappointment...
So last week I purchased what I THOUGHT to be this super red leather chaise lounge, full of AWESOME and WIN, from a local furniture dealer. I've been very, very anxious about this and I finally get to pick it up today. HOWEVER...Upon glancing at the description again on the invoice and doing a little research, turns out I bought the wrong chair. Instead, it's this thing:
I'm not sure what to think at this point. I think the second one looks ugly as sin, but could be more comfy.
Why does life have to be filled with so much indecision?
Unfortunately the local company can't order the original one. So if I want the first one above, I have to take a trip to South Dallas from OKC, which in itself adds bonus points since I'm constantly looking for random reasons to drive down there on a small road trip.
Anyway, that's all of the excitement going on today (other than work).
Looks like plans to move the 'cast to Friday are in order, and I still need to make a run to pickup some equipment. Had fun this morning researching why I've always chosen LLC's over C-Corps (less paperwork), and still wondering when they will do the ICANN drop on that expired domain I'm looking at. If it's when I think it is, we'll be looking at a weekend early morning database refresh in about two weeks. So excited. Maybe all of that coursework will finally pay off. :-D
Saturday, January 30, 2010
On the topic of tattoos...
Just some random photos I've collected over the years of my adventures with ink. My last run-in happened around November of 2008 (the peachy hip stick, a tribute to all things peachy as well as my home state), but you won't find that here. ;-)
...I am still a bit modest.
My devirginization. (No, it' s not really off center. )
My stained glass stylized wings. 8 hours, total.
I was still rather out of sorts after that, and the saran wrap wasn't helping.
Workin' the camera... heh. Not really worried, and took less than 3 minutes.
End product. I wanted the tri-force logo at first. Glad I went with this instead.Re-thought this looks more like the phoenix symbol in God of War II - Auditorium of Lahkesis, where you force the translator to read the book before you smash his head against the podium...and his blood rushes through these channels on the floor in the shape of this kick ass looking phoenix. Anyway...yeah. Good times!)
Prepping for the unthinkable. At this point I was singing in my head "Let's go all the way," only to find myself thinking of Howard the Duck instead (was that even in the movie?!?!)...which makes me laugh...........which is not the best thing to do when someone has a buzzy needly thing and it's poking you....... and they don't have an eraser.
And no, the elbow hurt worse than under the arm.
And no, the elbow hurt worse than under the arm.
Aww... I'z got dirty.
Looks way cooler now with a tan, I assure.
Looks way cooler now with a tan, I assure.
My original concept for the sleeve idea entailed a mirroring henna design along both arms, also containing a super-clean damask vector pattern (like on the shirt below), only in contrasting tones along the background.
After the first arm I thought: nahhh. I sort of like the elegance of asymmetrical simplicity going-on. I'll leave it alone.
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Not pictured:
- Peachy (hip)
-My vamp scar marks (uhh...)
- My tribal eclipse symbol w/ Starbucks logo embedded in the middle (lower right back)
Tattoo ideas:
- Prior to MGS4's release, I was thinking of doing a Solid Snake tribute.
- Thoughts on the Galaga tribute. May add Ms. Pac-Man chasing down some ghosts and an old Apple II logo. Still can't think of *where* though...
- A silhouette of a wiener dog someplace inconspicuous.
- Rock out the 'Fett bantha skull on my right shoulder, but that space is reserved for something far more creative and I'm running out of backspace.
- A scarab someplace, but nothing too ~Journey~.
Places I Can't See Myself Getting Tatt'ed, Evaaaaaaaaar:
- Tramp Stamp (yish... nothing center aligned in the lower back/ass region)
- Calves. That's just way not-so-cute-at-all.
- My right arm, anywhere (it's completely blank.)
- Definitely not the face/anywhere else on the neck.(ewwwwww...)
- Much elsewhere other than my sides, hip or something else that doesn't look unattractive or yucky when I'm still wearing a bikini in 20 years.
(damn, I hope I still look okay by then)
So, yeah. In conclusion, I like the ink. Just not everywhere. :-D
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
On Tablet PC's, the "slate", Apple and Why I Couldn't Care Less
It seemed as though the hallmark heraldry of the term "slate" took it's place before the
taboo elder iteration of the same device known as a "tablet pc" at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Thousands gathered to ~oogle~ and ~ah~ at the various concept designs, with lots of emphasis on Imaging-turned-PC manufacturer HP, flaunting what appeared to be probably the only stable device Ballmer could dig up to run Windows 7 without a potential embarassing moment. Dell taunted back with their 5 inch slate "concept", a much smaller competitor in the slate race, though considerably beefier than the anticipated smartphone of disappointment. Then, there's Jobs, out teasing the world with trademark and patent registration, branding "iSlate" under a faux company name with holdings belonging to the parent Apple.
The Tablet PC as a concept which now mockingly fits into the same category for me as
the "wearable computer" made it's first widely accepted debut in the late 90's
and earlier part of the last decade. Hoping for consumer adoption, we ended up selling a majority of these devices to a niche market of offices and small-to-medium businesses (with a few government entities) specializing in field services. The device acts as no more than an interface to OneNote or as a bulkier, less useful customer signature implement, only without a tactical barcode reader of the equally outdated but still somewhat useful PDA. Tablet screens weren't as touch responsive as we had hoped for, the poorly designed matte LCD's easily damaged and much like their laptop cousins of that era, notorious for heat-related motherboard failure. In simpler terms, with warranty repair wait times and out of warranty costs associated a little later down the road, these things were worthless. So other than technological advances with OLED shiny screens, figuring how to fit everything onboard less the heat issues and some slick rebranding to sound like a magnetic child's toy of the 80's, what's the real difference?
Back to consumer adoption.
Just before the turn of the century there existed an ominous fear on the horizon in the hearts of man, with the unknown web 1.0, and the "dot com crash" symbolance seeming to echo everyone's utter disappointment with the way that we all actually survived the purported doomsday Y2K bug.
(---Which is okay, some of us are still sticking to our plans in case of a zombie
apocalypse in 2012.)
Enter tablets stage left. While pagers were losing popularity, cell phones still hadn't hit mainstream enough to scare the home phone industry. The closest thing we had to a smartphone was a PDA with dial-up internet capabilities. Flat screen plasmas were still in the $10,000 range. Most consumers were scared to buy anything related to technology and most businesses only ended up with it because they didn't know any better. In theory it was efficient and people could share handwritten notes electronically without the mess of carrying around a 10 lb scanner or a 40 lb all-in-one scan/copy/fax station. As efficient as handwriting everything as opposted to typing can get, right?
Nevermind the thought of hardware failure rate or accidentally puncturing a screen. Most still contained physical keyboards which when folded up like a laptop would protect itself, but the flip-and-turn design would eventually show easy wear on the hinges and fragile wires. Businesses would later look at them as just "a bad deal" all around.
Fastforward 10 years to the present.
Technology has reached the point of functionality with wireless. Today we have a market rich with ~pocket executives~ and scores of consumers who can't unplug 5 minutes to quit posting status updates. We are ruled with the touch-driven human interface, dying to get our hands on the vanguard of whatever new mobile device that's out this month, with emphasis on the most overpriced couture of Apple-branded flauntery. It's time to reintroduce the same product with slightly improved technology and almost the same level of limited real-world functionality.
Let's face it. Apple's iteration of slate was designed as a crossover between an embarassingly expensive e-book reader with an iPhone screen on 'roids. There's no graceful way of holding it. As a chick I hate carrying a purse and often times jettisen the bag for a thin leather jacket with pockets. If I can't fit what I need in two small pockets without looking like a marsupial (ID, cards, cash a phone and some very basic makeup implements), I don't want it.
For awhile I tried carrying around my netbook in my purse, and it just didn't fly. If not for weight, for sheer bulk.
The way I see it is this: Apple succeeds with a small niche market in media design and "fashion computing", with a larger market in the cell phone and music distribution industries. The slate isn't designed for playback, nor the convenience of pocket
tweeting, such as this embarassing device. It's not made for full scale media production, and I'm almost certain it's not going to have as many pressure points per inch as the Cintiq for professional visual design. As an e-book reader, it's not going to match the price and portability of other products, even if they have exclusive deals with publishers that rock the foundations of Amazon and a product base rivaling the size of their own iTunes library. It's too physically big for the Nintendo and Sony dominated niche market of pocket gamers and the screen size will be overkill for the disappointing resolution and video processing limitations that would only drive prices high enough to make mobile games unenjoyable.
Not to mention, it's an ergonomic nightmare.
out the possibility that the Apple-branded "slate" will be an even bigger success than
the iPhone in the viral useless app-driven market. I just know that if I used a slate-like
multitouch apparatus, it would be for something practical... like, sole purpose
would be dedicated to emulating a smaller and less satisfying cocktail table version of Galaga.
I think I'll pay a quarter and play the one down at Burger King on lunch.
... I hear they're soon to be serving beer as well.
taboo elder iteration of the same device known as a "tablet pc" at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Thousands gathered to ~oogle~ and ~ah~ at the various concept designs, with lots of emphasis on Imaging-turned-PC manufacturer HP, flaunting what appeared to be probably the only stable device Ballmer could dig up to run Windows 7 without a potential embarassing moment. Dell taunted back with their 5 inch slate "concept", a much smaller competitor in the slate race, though considerably beefier than the anticipated smartphone of disappointment. Then, there's Jobs, out teasing the world with trademark and patent registration, branding "iSlate" under a faux company name with holdings belonging to the parent Apple.
The Tablet PC as a concept which now mockingly fits into the same category for me as
the "wearable computer" made it's first widely accepted debut in the late 90's
and earlier part of the last decade. Hoping for consumer adoption, we ended up selling a majority of these devices to a niche market of offices and small-to-medium businesses (with a few government entities) specializing in field services. The device acts as no more than an interface to OneNote or as a bulkier, less useful customer signature implement, only without a tactical barcode reader of the equally outdated but still somewhat useful PDA. Tablet screens weren't as touch responsive as we had hoped for, the poorly designed matte LCD's easily damaged and much like their laptop cousins of that era, notorious for heat-related motherboard failure. In simpler terms, with warranty repair wait times and out of warranty costs associated a little later down the road, these things were worthless. So other than technological advances with OLED shiny screens, figuring how to fit everything onboard less the heat issues and some slick rebranding to sound like a magnetic child's toy of the 80's, what's the real difference?
Back to consumer adoption.
Just before the turn of the century there existed an ominous fear on the horizon in the hearts of man, with the unknown web 1.0, and the "dot com crash" symbolance seeming to echo everyone's utter disappointment with the way that we all actually survived the purported doomsday Y2K bug.
(---Which is okay, some of us are still sticking to our plans in case of a zombie
apocalypse in 2012.)
Enter tablets stage left. While pagers were losing popularity, cell phones still hadn't hit mainstream enough to scare the home phone industry. The closest thing we had to a smartphone was a PDA with dial-up internet capabilities. Flat screen plasmas were still in the $10,000 range. Most consumers were scared to buy anything related to technology and most businesses only ended up with it because they didn't know any better. In theory it was efficient and people could share handwritten notes electronically without the mess of carrying around a 10 lb scanner or a 40 lb all-in-one scan/copy/fax station. As efficient as handwriting everything as opposted to typing can get, right?
Nevermind the thought of hardware failure rate or accidentally puncturing a screen. Most still contained physical keyboards which when folded up like a laptop would protect itself, but the flip-and-turn design would eventually show easy wear on the hinges and fragile wires. Businesses would later look at them as just "a bad deal" all around.
Fastforward 10 years to the present.
Technology has reached the point of functionality with wireless. Today we have a market rich with ~pocket executives~ and scores of consumers who can't unplug 5 minutes to quit posting status updates. We are ruled with the touch-driven human interface, dying to get our hands on the vanguard of whatever new mobile device that's out this month, with emphasis on the most overpriced couture of Apple-branded flauntery. It's time to reintroduce the same product with slightly improved technology and almost the same level of limited real-world functionality.
Let's face it. Apple's iteration of slate was designed as a crossover between an embarassingly expensive e-book reader with an iPhone screen on 'roids. There's no graceful way of holding it. As a chick I hate carrying a purse and often times jettisen the bag for a thin leather jacket with pockets. If I can't fit what I need in two small pockets without looking like a marsupial (ID, cards, cash a phone and some very basic makeup implements), I don't want it.
For awhile I tried carrying around my netbook in my purse, and it just didn't fly. If not for weight, for sheer bulk.
The way I see it is this: Apple succeeds with a small niche market in media design and "fashion computing", with a larger market in the cell phone and music distribution industries. The slate isn't designed for playback, nor the convenience of pocket
tweeting, such as this embarassing device. It's not made for full scale media production, and I'm almost certain it's not going to have as many pressure points per inch as the Cintiq for professional visual design. As an e-book reader, it's not going to match the price and portability of other products, even if they have exclusive deals with publishers that rock the foundations of Amazon and a product base rivaling the size of their own iTunes library. It's too physically big for the Nintendo and Sony dominated niche market of pocket gamers and the screen size will be overkill for the disappointing resolution and video processing limitations that would only drive prices high enough to make mobile games unenjoyable.
Not to mention, it's an ergonomic nightmare.
...And it's definitely not 'me'-sized.
Things that are 'me'-sized:
Things that are 'me'-sized:
- Honda cars (easy to work on)
- Laptop keyboards
- My G1
- My Hello Kitty pajamas
- Mini bottle of Viva la Juicy
- My Wacom Bamboo tablet, which cost me under $100, that I use occasionally with my ~not-so-hardcore anymore~ lust for graphic design.
out the possibility that the Apple-branded "slate" will be an even bigger success than
the iPhone in the viral useless app-driven market. I just know that if I used a slate-like
multitouch apparatus, it would be for something practical... like, sole purpose
would be dedicated to emulating a smaller and less satisfying cocktail table version of Galaga.
I think I'll pay a quarter and play the one down at Burger King on lunch.
... I hear they're soon to be serving beer as well.
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