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A couple years ago I visited DC with DM and Scardie.  The whole point was my failed attempt at Georgetown.  Before classes started, I trekked through DC with my crew.  The results spoke for themselves.

We visited a few museums along the way near the Capitol Building.  Some of the museums had rather odd statues.  You can see a dude with his unit dangling out.

This guy is in a definite state of ponderance.  I think he is wondering why he has no clothes on in a historical place such as this Washington DC museum.  I forgot what the name of the museum, but its one to look for while your there.

A  few steps away, DM decided to use the Washington Monument as a prop for his entertainment.  Simply distasteful.

This shows him using the Washington Monument as apart of the male genitals.  This is just wrong.

xavier :: Dec.14.2007 :: Uncategorized :: 4 Comments »

It’s really early in the morning (around 5am). This was normally the time I woke up for my old job, but I’m not use to it anymore. Anyways, I’m bringing chicken and noodles for potluck today. I duped my mom into helping making food for today’s potluck. I gave her a heads up my letting her know around 7pm yesterday, that I needed to bring something for today’s work potluck. I’m glad I gave her such great advanced notice on when I needed or I’d be SOL right now. We My mom started by boiling the noodles. Our POS stove takes forever to boil water. We’re hoping to get that kitchen remodeled soon.

 After noodles were boiled, they were placed in a Wok frying pan and heated.  The noodles were fried and mixed with carrots.

Meanwhile, the chicken was mixed with broccoli and placed into a separate compartment ready to get mixed with the noodles.  The peanuts were also mashed and ready to be placed on top of the mixture.

To all those that are going to eat my food, please be aware there are peanuts.  If you are allergic to peanuts (your IgG levels are higher than normal), I would forgo eating the stuff that I brought.  I’ll add a final pic of what it all looks if I have time to nab it.  To any of my fellow employees that read this blog: I don’t want to take any of the food home, so feel free to plunge through it all.

xavier :: Dec.04.2007 :: rants :: 3 Comments »

My cohort, maschronic, just finished decorating his house in Irvine. I think maschronic went a little overboard with the lights, as maschronic does in every year. As you can see, very little of the actual house is unlit. I think maschronic needs to learn how to save the environment and save a little electricity. It’s careless people like him that do not save the environment.

Another thing I find offensive are the positioning of the deers. They are to the center of the house, a little towards the right. A better view can be found below. I wonder if there are any city ordinances against this kind of display. It’s Irvine, so I would think the conservatives would come out in droves over this kind of crap.

xavier :: Dec.03.2007 :: rants :: 3 Comments »

Many people have asked me in past to fix their computer, only to come back later and ask something like “Can you fix my friend’s computer?”, “Can you fix my brother’s girlfriend’s computer?”, “Can you fix my friend’s girlfriend’s dad’s computer?”. It’s ridiculous enough for me to go fix somebody’s computer, especially when they are paying me $0 to do it. Common things include windows reinstall, office installation, antivirus installation, computer running slowly and spyware cleanup. If they are really interested in fixing their computer they can learn themselves through the power of Google OR go to the worst reputable computer repairman. Most of the damage come’s from user ignorance. The online game they wanted to play included the macilious ActiveX download requirement, the porn they really wanted to see that wasn’t there, and the free Ipod online offer that they were thinking that they would get. I’ve always reasoned that if somebody wanted something really badly, they would do something about it. So if their computer broke down, they would go out of their way to fix it themselves or go to some computer shop. But alas, nobody wants to pay for something these days. A person’s car breaks down, are they going to fix it themselves or are they going to the auto mechanic? The same principles apply for computers, if you can’t fix it yourself go to the computer shop. Yes, I can fix computers because I’ve invested a lot of time into doing so. Yes I can fix your computer, but you end up messing it up again because you do the same thing that you did to it previously. You go for that “free ipod offer” or you end up playing that “fun game” again. You also aren’t going to give me a freebie in exchange in the future. You aren’t going to sell my business for me. You aren’t going to Costco for me while I fix damn computer. You aren’t going to wash my car. No, your computer does not take 5min to fix. That’s why I give something up to fix your mishap. If all else fails, go buy a new computer. Why? Because it will teach you a lesson and people learn from lessons. So if you ever ask me again to fix your computer, just think about this post.

xavier :: Dec.02.2007 :: Cheap, rants :: 1 Comment »

My landlord asked me to help him get some stuff at Home Depot this weekend. All I have to say is I was not built for manual labor. I thought it was suppose to be an easy task where we just pick some stuff up, but NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! We were picking up plywood for a housing project. The toughest part was my landlord kept on rejecting every piece of wood because of small splits here and there. Then the labor part, where we loaded the wood into the cart. Painful! I thought it was over, but then the labor starts with loading my Tacoma.  You all remember the Tacoma.  The one with no a/c, no p/s, no p/w, no p/l, no power anything.

After barely stuffing everything on the flatbed of the Tacoma, I think I need a Toyota Tundra. I thought it was all over until I had to carry the wood to the back part of the property. The brutalization of carrying the wood with my outstretched arms. There has to be an easier way to do labor. I’ll just stick to my ‘computer job’.

EDIT: I thought my day was over, but I had to go get 50 Cinder Blocks at Home Depot. It was bad enough racking them onto the cart and hauling them to the cashier. What I thought was worse was loading them all onto the back of my truck.

I don’t think the shocks in the back of the truck work anymore.  I probably will need to have the mechanic look at it.

xavier :: Dec.02.2007 :: Car, Manual Labor, rants :: 2 Comments »