Family Techie

Do any of you guys who work in the tech industry all of a sudden become desktop support for your family? I swear every single time I see one of my brothers and meet up with my parents I get the special treatment. In 10 minutes I'll be on a computer getting rid of a virus or installing a new drive. I like helping my family out and all but after staring at a computer all day long and I get off of work and I'm still doing the same thing? I like helping my family out but I need to rest my eyes a bit before I become cross eyed or colored blind like Pat:-) (sorry to hear that dude).

Not only am I the families computer desktop pc doctor, but there's something called inheritance. No I'm not talking about programming data structures where one object inherhits the characteristics of another object. I'm talking about how I become my mom's, co-workers, sisters, husbands, aunts, step sisters desktop technician. I could have sworn I told her that the cd rom is NOT a mechanical coffee mug holder :-)
I my mom tell's one person then that person tells her family and friends and sooner or later I've became free desktop support for silicon valley. I'm sure all those guys who run a business off of craigs list for desktop support must hate me.

I'd rather be outdoors enjoying the fresh air. If it's being a beach bum on the shores of the Pacific Ocean or sitting on top of half dome enjoying the sunset...those unproductive days I cherish.

Time to hit the hay...

Fuck'n Nail!

I'm busy trying to get things done this week and now I have to deal with a potentiol flat on my car????? Not only is it not patchable, but I have replace ALL 4 tires on my car instead of buying 2. Why, cause I thought I was slick in buying an AWD car. It's really nice to have in Tahoe since I don't have to put on chains at all. And my car outperforms the semi-lifted Toyota Tacoma I used to drive in the snow and gets way better mileage.

I went to a gas station to figure out if I can get it fixed. They said it's too close to the wall of the tire. But I thought it was kind of fishy that they wanted to quote me on a whole set of tires for about $600. Shit...like I walk around with a big wad of cash in my back pocket. On second though let me bust out my savings account located in my shoe. He said I wouldn't such a good deal any where else.

I decided to take a trip to COSTCO. COSTCO is da place for everything. In college I used to shop there once a month. All the food I bought at bulk would literally last me the whole month. So if you think about it, I went grocery shopping 12 times a year!...alright getting side tracked here. Well I ended up getting a quote for 4 tires for 400 bucks with installtion, lifetime balancing, and rotation included. Now I'm saving $200 compared to the guy at the gas station selling them for 600 bucks. Best deal my ass!

So I guess tomorrow I'll be making a visit to COSTCO. No matter what I still think AWD is still worth it.

Before

After getting my couch, coffee table set, barstools, some fake plants (cause I'm lazy to water them) I figured I need something on my walls. So I went out and got some big blank piece of canvas about 36x48 to create my masterpiece. Some place in San Carlos was having a huge canvas sale and it costed like 20 something bucks. That's a pretty good price compared to what I've seen at Michaels and whatevers on the net.

I have and idea what to make. Either I'm a genius or it's just one of the stupidest ideas I've ever had. I'm not going to say much cause you're just going to have to stay tuned until my next posting "After". But all I can say is it will ONLY work on my living room wall and no where else.

I figure a big piece of canvas aint going to be enough to fill walls. I'm working on obtaining a large piece of glass. Around the edge of the glass I'm going to add oak staind wood. I guess I'll be making a trip to Home Depot for some stain, oak wood, and some blades. The challenge would be getting the stain to match the same tone as my coffee table.

Stay tuned....

Google it

TP found this funny link. http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/

Foward this link to those who ask stupid questions that can easily be answered by the almighty google. I wonder what would happen to the internet if google ceased to exist today? Google killed the encylopedias! Reminds me of the Buggles...."Video killed the radio star" Those bastards!
http://www.poptix.net/funny/videostar.swf

Funny quote

I thought this was a funny quote a friend of mind posts in her emails:

* When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands
of 12 people that weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty *

True huh? Funny thing is my whole family got summons with in the same week. Luckily my bros and I had moved to different counties. My parents were just dismissed. I probably wouldn't mind to be a jury member just for the experience.

At one point I was considering law as a career when applying to colleges. It was either being a techie or some evil blood sucking lawyer....but without the evilness. I guess that came about when I used to argue my way through elementary school with all my teachers. They'd get frustrated every single time I stump them. They always said I'd make a good attorney. In highschool I was in a prosecution mock trial team for an honors English class(haha...I actually suck at writing). The case was funny though. The case revolved around a book called Lord of the Flies and on Trial was the kid who savagely killed his school mate. The question was should he be acquitted from all charges based on the situation. The stage: These elementary/middle kids were stranded on a deserted island. They've thrown out all their social values and became savages. With no authoritive figure, they managed to organize themselves into two tribes. One thing lead to another and a one classmate kills another classmate. The only threat of the classmate was a voice of a positive conscience to establish order. Ahh...I can go on and on but it was an experience.

My final decision was not become an attorney by the time I applied. Why...cause 90 % percent of the time is writing and re interpreting the law for loop holes. I would like to participate in trials but in reality in law you avoid trials at every cost. It consumes money and time. Law really revolves around money. But if there is a real legitimate purpose....I may consider it in the future.

Funny Yo Mama Jokes

Yo mama so fat she lay on the beach and people run around yelling Free Willy

Yo mama so fat when she sits around the house, she SITS AROUND THE HOUSE!

Yo mama so fat when she gets on the scale it says to be continued.

Yo mama so fat she rolled over 4 quarters and it made a dollar!\

Yo mama so fat when she wears a yellow raincoat people say "Taxi!"

Yo mama so ugly she looks out the window and got arrested for mooning.

Yo mama so ugly she made an onion cry!

No offense to moms out there. Just thought these were funny. I appreciate my mom ;-)