Ramblings, v.2 » jax

There’s gonna be some French in this post.

ross — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:10:31 +0000

Representative Corrine Brown (D-FL) is God-damned disgusting. She voted against cutting government funding to ACORN, the group that supports child sex slavery, tax evasion, human trafficking, mortgage fraud, and VOTING fraud. Ms. Brown, you and the 74 other Demonrats who voted to continue funding this atrocious “organization” need to be fired immediately. To quote our dear leader, let me be clear: I do not wish physical or emotional harm to Ms. Brown, as I don’t want to see the inside of a federal penitentiary. I damn sure know who I will be voting for when her term ends: anyone else.

I’m in Florida!

ross — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:27:49 +0000

Kinda wish I’d been posting more frequently, but I just haven’t had time. I’ll try to throw up a paragraph about each thing I remember.

The move happened pretty much as I said it would a few posts back. I got a 16′ Penske truck with a car trailer. The truck was as close to full as I was comfortable with, and there were still a few things left out for the movers to take. Overall, I’d say the Benadryl we gave Kona worked like a charm. It didn’t knock her out, but it did mellow her a bit. She stayed on the floor, between the seats of the truck for the whole drive. Here’s a pic of her passed out on the floor. Awwww.
I want to SEVERELY MAIM (not kill…then they wouldn’t suffer like I did) whoever decided that the rental truck shouldn’t have cruise control. My right leg kept cramping up, and I’d have to use my left foot on the gas.
We’re staying in a small (13′x17′) 1-room apartment that was built into half of a small barn. We’ve got a bathroom, a “kitchenette” that can only be called that cause it’s got a mini-fridge and a sink, and a single closet. Oh yeah, and 15′x20′ and 5′x10′ storage units (1 each) about 20 minutes away with all the rest of our earthly belongings. Except the condo. Which we still own & didn’t move. Anyone wanna buy it? Please?
We figured out early on that we’d have to do some rearranging and significant purchasing of press-board Walmart shelving. I’ve gotten two shelving units, one to make part of my makeshift desk, and one tall unit for the kitchenette. Once we clear out some more boxes, we’ll probably get some more.
My job is pretty neat, but that’s about all I can say about it. The commute isn’t the greatest (45min-1hr), and the hours are early. I usually get here about 6:45 am so I can get a parking spot, and I don’t leave till 4 pm. Somehow that reminds me that I NEED to make a phonecall today.

That’s it for now. I’ve got my Xbox 360 set up and playable, but I’ve downgraded from 12 feet (projector) to 20 inches (Dell LCD monitor). I needs a new tv.

Moving sucks

ross — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:56:56 +0000

And yet, it’s awesome. Cause moving means I’ll have a job again. Here’s my schedule:

Now till Tuesday Apr 14: PACK. Lord Jesus do we need to pack.
Wednesday: Pick up rental truck & car trailer, load up valuables/electronics/immediate-need stuff
Thursday: Me and Kona leave in rental truck; Melinda stays back to supervise movers packing efforts
Friday: Movers load everything left into their truck & leave. Melinda & her mom head to Appleton to do stuff, and I’ll finally arrive in Jacksonville
Saturday: I’ll unload the rental truck & my car, confirm the storage unit, and probably sleep a ton
Sunday: Melinda will climb on a plane in Milwaukee and fly down to Jax
Monday: First day of my new job

Jesus.

In other news, I think I’ve figured out a good app to write for OSX and the iPhone. Unfortunately, I’ll have to wait for iPhone development – I’ll need Core Data, which isn’t available until iPhone OS 3.0 comes out in June (hopefully). Ok, ok, I won’t *need* Core Data, but I’m too damn lazy to re-write Core Data stuff when all I need to do is wait a little bit.