I haven’t had much time or use of this blog as of late, aand I can’t promise much yet. I am debating on what I will do with this, as much of my stuff now resides on MySpace. Keep your eyes peeled - If I don’t kill it, you will know by the end of August what will be going on here.
To all of the sick-minded idiots out there (I’m being extra nice here, since I am at a public library) who must insist on adding their latest gadget, sick porn, or other odds-and-ends that have no pertinence to my life (or, for that matter, hopefully not yours either): I may not update this as regularly as I used to, but I do check this, and remove those of you idiots who do it. Please quit wasting my time, and find something constructive to do with your life. If you can not do this, do everybody a favor and blow your brains out, as I am sure I am NOT the only person you are upsetting.
Thank you. - Wayne
Dear Mr. Not-Getting-Another-Vote-From-Me:
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Just for the record, I decided to change the scale of how good a movie is. Previously, I only had 4 settings: Worth paying full theatre price to see, see it at reduced price if you can, rent on DVD, and see it at the dollar theaters. After this weekend, though, I decided to add a few new rankings: So good it’s worth seeing at full price multiple times, Worth downloading but not worth paying for, and downloading is its own punishment. One of the two films prompted the new additions to the scale; the other wasn’t nearly as bad…
First off, let me say that, of and for the record, I wrote 2007 off 2 weeks ago after delivering the last of my Christmas cards - that’s how disappointed I was with my year. There was a lot of directions I was expecting things to go to, but where I am at now is not one of them. The bright side is that a few of the directions I expected to be were worse than I am now: I’m not dead, I’m not staying at a shelter, and I’m not at that place I was at a year ago.
Let’s pretend you were working in a national fast-food restaurant - say, McDonald’s, for example - and you’re out in the lobby (where the customers sit and eat, for those who’ve never been in a fast-food place) cleaning tables. During this time, you overhear a conversation between two grown men, old enough that they should and could be working but not old enough to look like they should be retired. What they’re talking about is bumming, swapping stories of cons they’ve pulled and bragging about how much more they earn than the average fast-food worker.
Unfortunately, I don’t need to pretend this one, because this was what did happen while working at McDonalds a few years back. It took everything within me NOT to beat them up, NOT to kick them out, NOT to respond to them. This isn’t the only time to be witness to some bum scams.
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Has anyone seen the latest issue of CPU magazine? This one has to be one of the coolest yet, in terms of articles about new technology: They break down Surface, Microsoft’s nice new tabletop computing technology, and Intel’s new technology to boost the resolution and improve the quality of video. One of these, however, disturbed me: an organization started by a college student in Japan is developing technology to allow users to be able to grab 3D virtual objects. Yes, I’d be lying if I didn’t see some coolness in it (such as grabbing a unique weapon in a sci-fi game like HALO for which there is no real way to re-create), but it brings us disturbingly closer to a Matrix-like future.
It got me thinking, though, just what would really be cool to see in real life. So, I made a list of it.
Earlier this evening I had the distinct pleasure of losing an important number, left by someone who was trying to contact me via the IM doodads I have on my blogs. The machine I was on - my friends machine - crashed, and all of the messages that had opened on meebo.com were lost.
Keep up on my MySpace page if you want to know how I am…
As you can plainly see, I am still alive.
Just because I don’t always have time to update this DOESN’T mean it’s an open door for all of the scumbags to use as their personal SPAM posting. (And, dumb—es, it would make sense to grab the most recent and relevant topic to comment on!)
For those who care, most of my stuff is going on my MySpace page. For those who don’t I will be back soon enough.
A lot to say in a little time…
No image to post, so bear with me. Here’s the rundown of the 3rd annual Hooters night, which has expanded to the full weekend:
You ever get those bad feelings, those premonitions of something going horribly wrong soon?
Good News: Due to some last minute talks, I will no longer be moving today. Although a move is planned in the future (To meet the future needs of returning to school and the current need to be closer to work), there is no need to move today. (I am prepping to go to work after this - not sure if that’s a good trade or not. 
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Thanks for the help and support I have recieved this week.
Until further notice, those interested in my postings will have to view them at my myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/w2ed
This is a temporary thing, due to the complications and events going on in my life right now. I anticipate normalness sometime around June. Sorry for the inconvenience.
–Â Wayne C. Winquist
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Double-Whammy!
So, as of last week, my cable modem, which my sister helped me with, fried itself out. (God, I love the smell of smoke in the morning.) I hope to be on on Friday, though a realistic assessment is that, due to cable bills and buying a new modem with the OT I have been working, I’m expecting Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. (I’m hoping they don’t hard-disconnect me - that would suck!)
Anyways, if I’m online, most likely I’m either at the library, have a laptop working at a hotspot (not likely), or (if I’m on AIM) using my cell phone.  Sorry, but I’ll be back soon.
Not, however, that I’m in a hurry.
I’ve been feeling royally depressed and blue this week. I am finally on first shift, yet wish I was somewhere else; I found out that a major change in my life may be on the way; and thanks to my own stupidity, one of my friends is going to miss this.
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