2008

I finally made it down to New Hyde Park for the comic book store today. I picked up a bunch of Venom comics and one of the new releases of Spiderman. I think it is a hobby I could get back into. I want to pick up the entire Venom limited series collection, along with the new one that is starting next month.

Of course I also want to check out the Buffy and Angel comics, but they didn’t have any. I may just have to go to Port Washington tomorrow or something because I just found out there is one over there, and that seems closer than the one I went to today. Of couse I don’t have much money, but they do help inspire me, some of the art on there is better than Tim Buckley’s.

I want a really big office. I am talking enough room for a couch, a television, a nice big window either infront of me or behind me, though preferably in front of and enough room for executive office furniture. Of course I think my idea of an office would be some people’s idea of a man cave, but that is mainly because the stuff that would go in a man cave, like an XBox and posters of my favorite movies and comic book characters is what inspires me. Maybe a man cave as an office wouldn’t be such a bad idea, if you have executive office furniture along with the things you love and that inspire you, then why can’t it be the best work environment you ever had?

If you haven’t checked out My Joke Cafe then I suggest you check it out. I have been working on it for a while and it is still in its earliest stages, it will grow into something much bigger, I can promise you that. They have some of the coolest jokes and riddles and some of the funniest pictures I have ever seen. Their layouts aren’t that bad. It isn’t my site, just a site I have helped develop and have been working on for the past few months. The official site went up last night and already has a lot of visitors, but it is just the beginning, trust me when I say that.

Wen you don’t hae a room that you can use for just guests spending the night, then having a couple Sleeper Sofas on hand really helps you out. When you think about it, what is the point of having a room just for guests anyway? How popular is your house that people want to be spending the night there anyway? If you have overnight guests for only a couple of nights out of the whole year then it is really worth it to have a whole room dedicated to them? What would you have in the guest room anyway, a bed and a night stand? Your house isn’t a hotel and if people want to have privacy then they should be in a place specifically designed for that, it’s called a hotel. Sleeper Sofas are just as good as any guest bedroom, and when they leave your room goes back to the way it was with no one knowing that you had guests.

I have always liked the idea of having a bar in the house. I am talking a real bar with tons of alcohol behind you, mixers, maybe even a tap so you can get fresh out the tap beer. Of course in order for you to have a real authentic bar you need a higher than normal table and Counter Stools for people to sit at. I am not sure if I would want a bar in the living room or down in the basement, along with some video games, and what might be referred to as a “man cave”, but either way it would be great to have. The Counter Stools would need to be all black, with backs to them so you can sit and relax, and not fall off the back of it, while the bar itself would b a nice old wood, maybe black, maybe a very dark stain, I am not sure. Either way it would look great.

Apparently even though I have the myspace comments up for everyone to use, Myspace considers them spam. Nevermind the fact that there are how many other sites that have Myspace comments out there? I guess I will give it a break until I hear back from them as to what exactly I did wrong (though I doubt I will hear anything). Guess I will need to stick to bulletins huh?

I miss going to college. I miss sitting in a classroom learning. I miss being able to hang out with people in the labs and play games while we are supposed to be working on class stuff. I just miss the whole academia setting in general I guess. My plan was always to get back to college when I could afford it, but as more and more time goes by I don’t see that happening. I mean I guess I could apply after I am 24 and no longer need my mother’s information, but I just am not sure what I want to do anymore. My dreams of having a degree in everything computer based is slipping away and I think if I could even just sit in a classroom it might come back to me.

Of course I don’t necessarily need a degree, I could always get a Cisco certification or something. I know that with a Cisco certification I would pretty much be set for life. The training that I would receive would be unparalleled and companies are looking for people fresh out of the program with no experience necessary while starting them at $75,000 a year. That isn’t even a high paying job, that is actually pretty low for a Cisco certified individual. Some of the more experience required jobs will pay upwards to $250,000. Of course with that you need to be good at what you do, and also have the experience to back it up. I may go that route, I think I could be good at it, the question is whether or not it will keep me entertained and interested while I do it.

I let Krissy’s sister, Maureen cut and dye my hair. It is supposed to have hair on the top, none on the sides, but with a fade into the hair on the top of the head. She was also supposed to die it blonde. I’m not really sure what happened where, but I am red with what appears to be a patch of hair on my head. I’m not really sure what to make of it.

With a move being inevitable at this point, Krissy and I have both come to realize that leaving furniture behind and buying new is definitely going to be a lot easier. The main furniture that will be left behind is office stuff, so we will both need new office desks. I honestly love mine and I would hate to part with it, but at the same time it is starting to age and some of the outer coating on the top is starting to peel away. It sucks, but it is a face of life, especially when a desk is a few years old. So new office desks, who knows maybe if we both have our own offices they can be completely separate with our offices decorated completely different. Maybe I would even have a window to look out of, that would definitely be great.

The ac compressor in my car went a few months ago and while it was a pain to get fixed, if I didn’t get it fixed then I would be driving to New York with no air conditioning. Now driving with the windows open is fine for those times that you are going 60-70 miles an hour, but when you are sitting in traffic at a standstill or even going 20 miles an hour, having the windows open isn’t going to do much. Many people say that ac isn’t a priority, those people have never been in traffic on a hot summer day with the windows open. It might be expensive, but if you can find affordable ac auto parts then you might be able to get it done for the price of labor, if you bring in the parts yourself.

In between stories of war and the upcoming election, the news will have stories that might just make your day a little bit better. Zennioptical has been getting a lot of press lately because of the rising price of insurance, food, and gas. What they do is they give you a large selection of glasses that are mostly under $50. The occasional pair is over $50, but that is not the norm on their site. Actually most of their glasses don’t go over $20 for the frame and the lenses and they have both starting at just $8.

If you are like me and many other Americans then the recession is hurting your wallets. I, like so many other Americans, don’t have health insurance so I have been using the same pair of eyeglasses since high school. If I could get my prescription then I would definitely order a new pair from them, but I would need to go to the eye doctor in order to get the prescription. Besides that the current prescription I have now probably doesn’t apply anymore and I need stronger ones. If only there was a way to get the prescription from your current pair and send it in, then I would definitely do it. For now I guess I am stuck though.

I finally made progress with that game I am programming and it will have its first stage 1 round of testing tonight. If all goes well then I can move on to stage 2, which is really just features and not connected with the game play at all. The way I see it, it is going to be a three stage process with stage 1 being the most in depth. Unfortunately I cannot give any details as of yet, but I can say it might be the star of new games. It will not be on Lep’s Lair, because it is for a client, but I have been wanting to add games, so maybe if all goes well I might add some poker or something where you play with other people.