After a botched attempt to update my laptop BIOS, my computer is now a rather expensive doorstop. It does not boot properly, and the screen remains blank when it is turned on.

Now, this renders the rather important files on my computer useless, so I have dusted off my old desktop to do my essays.

But frankly, how hard is it really to repair? Very, appearently.

First, I called the Fujitsu support line. I was directed to a live person quickly; probably a slow day. Explain, explain, etc. He finally runs out of fixes and proposes to send the computer in. Sure, that seems that will work. How much?

“Well, it’s $105 for the diagnostic, then if you decide to repair it, it will cost around $200-$555″

Wut?  A bit too steep for me. But, I didn’t spend $800 on a paperweight, so I ask for details and receive an address to ship to. I write it all down, and then prepare to ship it to Memphis, where their HQ is. Right before actually sticking it in a box, I call a few people, to see if any of my friends/their friends know how to fix it. One comes up with a fix that will remove all BIOS settings by disconnecting the internal battery, or something. Sounds like it will work. I tell him to do it.

I spend a good 30-40 minutes looking at him opening the laptop to reveal a compact maze of chips and circuits,  then he fiddles with something inside, replaces everything, and turns it back on. No dice. But hey, at least I didn’t have to pay. So right now, I have to decide whether to:

1) Send it back and pay a bunch of money. I also checked on Google, and apparently Fujitsu isn’t quick to send it back, and leaves a few things broken while fixing the main problem. It’s also probable they will claim to replace the motherboard and charge me for it while not even touching it. But the article is from 2004. Not sure if they have improved.

2) Send it back to where I bought it. I have a friend there who will make sure it is fixed right and at a good price.

3) This.

Suggestions welcome. Will update when possible.

First off, Shooter is now the 3rd best movie I’ve ever seen. I first passed it off as a “filler movie”, one of those movies no one really cares about, and released (I think) so it can generate income to keep studios afloat long enough to release a blockbuster. (The only reason I actually watched the movie was because my friends forgot to find out the movie times (we wanted to watch 300 again)) But damn, this movie is good. Acting, I will admit, was maybe a 7/10, the action, storyline, and even those little annoying plot twists at the end were great. My Best Movie Ever (BME List) List goes as:

1. V For Vendetta

2. Spaceballs

3. Shooter 

4. Office Space

and so on, and so on.

Afterwards, maybe a week or so later, I went to the good ol’ New York City Auto Show. Thanks to the fact my car’s in the shop, I took the ferry, which was great. The entire thing was like concept car heaven, super-futuristic cars on rotating stages even though half of them wouldn’t get past concept, and 40% of that 50% would be radically redesigned before release. The best part was the Lamborgini section, mostly because they have the wow factor of the concepts, but the knowledge that these cars are for sale, right now. The Jeep trail, er, ride took a close second. It easily demenstrated the Jeep’s offroad capabilities, but I’m still not convinced since this track was laided out specifically for the Jeeps.

Finally, a little thing about disk drive space. After a mere 1 year of owning this laptop, I’ve used nearly the entire hard drive. And I probably need a few more gigs in the future, so I’m looking for a good external hard drive. Any suggestions would be great.

[next update: another 2 months]

I added the more tag above so I won’t have a large chunk of my post on Planet.

THE FOLLOWING POST DOES NOT REFLECT THE OPINION OF INVISIONFREE/ZETABOARDS AS A WHOLE. THEY ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHOR.

While I share most of the same opinions as Democrats, I have begun to differ more on one important issue: Iraq.  Most senators would say “Get out of there now, let the Iraqi troops take over”, etc, I disagree. If we leave now, we leave a government that exists and continues to exist because of us, a power-hungry Iran next door just waiting to takeover, and 3 groups of people whose biggest obstacle has just been removed. First off, people would just say, “Hey, just send in troop trainers for the Iraqis, so they can take care of themselves!” Good idea, except those Iraqi troops aren’t very loyal to the government. While some are, most are only there to serve their needs by gathering information, giving out weapons, etc. Even the American troop trainers in Iraq say that. (citation.. i’ll find it later. source was from a episode of Nightline.)

2nd choice: Get out of there. Worst idea ever. Leaving would give the unloyal Iraqis in the army is freedom to simply rebel. The opposing factions in Iraq will just kill each other with carbombs, suicide bombers, and such. Let’s not forget about Iran next door.  While I’m not sure if these accusations against Iran for giving Iraqis bombs are true, true or not, they will do something if we leave. They will probably send in troops to squash the opposition, and worse, the new Iran-controlled Iraq will become a breeding ground for terrorists in the future. If you grow up listening to lies/talk about how America sucks and if you kill yourself fighting them, you’ll go to heaven, I think you will take that all seriously. It’s not like they have CNN there or anything.

And finally, on President Bush. 90% of you said he sucks, is stupid, etc. While I don’t agree with most of his opinions, I do respect tht he is holding firm by keeping soldiers in Iraq. But it still doesn’t mean I’ll vote for him if I had the chance.

There may be a Pt2 to this, but I’m tired now. Zeh.

91% said it would.

4% said “OMG ZETASUCKS U SUCK LOLOL”.

But finally, the 91% has prevailed. The Announcement came late last night (for me), probably so there wouldn’t be a frenzy of people. While most of you are delighted, there are still critics. Of course it isn’t perfect, what is? You weren’t happy before ZB came out and you’re still not happy after the public beta. While I think the critics are people (and competitors) who made their living doubting ZB’s existence, after they have been proved wrong, they are a bit too arrogant to actually admit they are wrong, and instead, ramble on how it’s so bad to distract away from the fact they are posting that in the exact same software they said didn’t exist. Contradictory, eh.

Since I want to ramble on, this is Pt. 1. Pt. 2 comes shortly.

Anyway, I’m getting a domain name for a new blog. Still deciding, but I’m leaning towards “ohnoeslogik.com” or something. Other suggestions include:

efnn.com

plantingwithpotter.com (a EFNN subsidiary)

dielogik.com

logikless.com

I’m also welcome to suggestions.

Also, after a boring day, I decided to check my key frequencies that I told WhatPulse to record. Results were surpising. And they will suprise you when I find out how to put up the results here. Darn HTML.

[15:42] Logik: I have been lognoted???
[15:42] Logik: This is such an honor!
[15:42] scotty: Dude, Potter … You and me both know these quotes will never get added
[15:42] pete: Potter’s lognotes comprise almost entirely of me.
[15:42] scotty: (lognotes) is Potter’s way of saying, ROFLMAO!!!
[15:42] Logik: I’d like to thank my family and friends, Mr. Potter especially for making this all possible
[15:42] pete: Because I am a funny guy.
[15:42] Potter: They’ll be quoted eventually.
[15:42] *** Stanleh has joined #zetaboards.
[15:42] Potter: (lognotes) on scotty, pete, and Logik just then :r
[15:42] scotty: Pete: Funny looking, that’s for sure
[15:43] Logik: And thanks to Scotty and Pete for their kind yet abusive opinions
[15:43] pete: Yeah, well your mum wasn’t saying that last night!
[15:43] Potter: XD
[15:43] Logik: And, what… 20 more seconds?
[15:43] pete: Mainly because I don’t know your mum!
[15:43] scotty: Pete: Good point.
[15:43] scotty: Well
[15:43] Logik: Uh, thanks to my mom and dad, and potter again, and see ya
[15:43] Potter: :>
[15:43] Potter: bye
[15:43] scotty: Your mum and me haven’t had a nice chat in a good long time because I’ve never even spoken to her!
[15:43] scotty: So there!
[15:44] scotty: Ohhhh, I went there.
[15:44] Potter: Scotty, if you would look at my CSS, they’d get added. :r
[15:44] scotty: Oh, right.
[15:44] scotty: Sorry
[15:44] scotty:
[15:44] Potter: I’m jk. XD
[15:44] Potter: I’m doing Trilogy stuff right now anyway.
[15:44] scotty: ah, okay
[15:44] Logik: “Now presenting the award for Most Abusive Comment is Paul Ritter. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to come but he managed to set up a satellite link from the Moonbase Torture Facility.”
[15:44] Logik: The nominees are..
[15:44] Logik: Scotty, who won last year’s award.
[15:44] Potter: :O
[15:45] Logik: Pete, because he threatened to kill me if I don’t add him.
[15:45] Logik: Potter, because we need more nominees, and finally
[15:45] Potter: yay ^_^
[15:45] Logik: This carrot, for choking to death 50 people a year.
[15:45] *** -Potter- Can the carrot win? :O
[15:46] Logik: The winner is…
[15:46] Logik: the Carrot!
[15:46] Potter: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[15:46] Logik: *clapclapclap*
[15:46] * Potter huggles the carrot.
[15:46] Potter: Bravo!
[15:46] Logik: Carrot: I’m not a man of words…
[15:46] Logik: …
[15:46] Logik: That’s it.
[15:46] Logik: Go away.
[15:46] scotty: [02:44:57]* Potterhuggles the carrot.  <— *quotes that*
[15:46] Logik: *clapclapclap*
[15:46] Potter: O_O
[15:46] Potter: NOOOOO.
[15:46] scotty: just because it made me laugh
[15:47] Logik: Now presenting the award for Coolest name, is last year’s winner, Mr. Better than Batman, Superman, and the Hulk put together”
[15:47] *** Aaron_S has joined #zetaboards.
[15:47] Potter: XD
[15:48] Logik: Thanks. These nominees have really shown much creativity in making their usernames. The nominees are…
[15:48] Aaron_S: qho qon
[15:48] Aaron_S: who won?
[15:48] *** BoMEpsilon has joined #zetaboards.
[15:48] BoMEpsilon: Muaha.
[15:48] Potter: Aaron_S: carrot
[15:48] Logik: Potter, for confusing hundreds on who he actually is… a potter of plants, or the wizard kind.
[15:48] Aaron_S: log starting from <potter> XD
[15:48] Potter: Yay! ^_________^
[15:48] Aaron_S: I mean affter
[15:48] Potter: I win.
[15:48] BoMEpsilon: Hello Potter.
[15:48] Logik: Aaron, for using two “A”s next to each other and still makingthe word look cool.
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: Hello Aaron.
[15:49] Potter: You joined after that, Aaron.
[15:49] *** jory has signed off IRC (“houdoe”).
[15:49] Potter: Hey, pork!
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: Hello Logik.
[15:49] Logik: BoMEpsilon, for using many capitals.
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: Hello sani_afk.
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: …
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: Wat
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: i type good spell
[15:49] Logik: And finally, Sani_afk, for being truthful in the username
[15:49] Logik: The winner is…
[15:49] *** Aaron_S__ has signed off IRC (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)).
[15:49] Logik: POTTER!!!11
[15:49] BoMEpsilon: yay pttr
[15:50] BoMEpsilon: lol
[15:50] *** Nintendud has joined #zetaboards.
[15:50] Logik: Accepting the award for potter is his clone, Rettop.
[15:50] Potter: Oh, I thought I already won.
[15:50] Potter: YAY ME!
[15:50] *** Potter is now known as Rettop.
[15:50] BoMEpsilon: lol u c wat he did
[15:50] Logik: :rofl:
[15:50] Rettop: I would just like to thank you all on behalf of Potter!
[15:50] Stanleh: :O
[15:50] *** Stanleh is now known as Helnats.
[15:50] * pete is now known as iwanttokillyouall
[15:51] *** Rettop is now known as Potter.
[15:51] Helnats:
[15:51] Logik: Now presenting the award for Most Feared User, is last year’s winner, SmellyJoe58
[15:51] *** BoMEpsilon is now known as NoLIspemob.
[15:51] Logik: Thanks. The nominees are…
[15:51] Logik: Pete, for using the word kill 5 times out of 7 sentences
[15:51] Logik: In everything he says.
[15:51] pete: die
[15:52] Potter: [Live coverage of the ZetaBoard IRC Awards is now taking place!]
[15:52] NoLIspemob: zlol
[15:52] Logik: Potter, for threatening people with large planting equipment
[15:52] Helnats: I’d actually say Pete
[15:52] Potter: I’LL THROW A PLANT AT YOU!!!
[15:52] Helnats: Potterz isn’t scary, only mysterious
[15:52] Logik: Stanley, for blowing things up before he eats breakfast
[15:52] * Potter throws a pot at Stanleh.
[15:52] Logik: and Epsilon, since his name looks dangerous.
[15:52] Helnats: ^___^
[15:52] Logik: the winner is…
[15:52] Logik: PETE!!!111
[15:52] NoLIspemob: My name is dangerous.
[15:52] pete: obv
[15:53] Potter: CONGRATS, PETE! *clapclapclap*
[15:53] Helnats: Stanley doesn’t do anything these days
[15:53] pete: die
[15:53] NoLIspemob: obviously*
[15:53] pete: After winning this award, there’s really only one thing I can say:
[15:53] pete: die
[15:53] *** Helnats is now known as Stanley.
[15:53] Stanley: Nooo
[15:53] Logik: WOOOO
[15:53] * Stanley destroys you all
[15:53] Logik: GOOO PETE
[15:53] *** Stanley is now known as Stanleh.
[15:53] Logik: RAWKON
[15:53] Stanleh: >_>
[15:54] NoLIspemob: …
[15:54] Potter: EXCUSE ME. THE AWARDS ARE STILL GOING ON. PLEASE BE QUIET, OR I WILL THROW POTS AT YOU.
[15:54] Potter: Thank you.
[15:54] Logik: Now for the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Universe award, last year’s winner, Joan Rivers.
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Eh Bee See Dee E Eff Gee!
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Ach Eye Jay Kay El Em En Oh Pee!
[15:54] Logik: These people have shown incredible daring in dressing this badly. The nominees are…
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Que Arr Ess.
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Tee You Vee.
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Double-you Ex.
[15:54] NoLIspemob: Why and Zee.
[15:55] Logik: Stanley, for the “Cow Party” costume, which killed hundreds thanks to exploding eyes.
[15:55] NoLIspemob: Now I know my Eh-Bee-Sees…
[15:55] *** Stanleh is now known as Stanley.
[15:55] Stanley: Woo
[15:55] NoLIspemob: Next time won’t you sing with me.
[15:55] NoLIspemob: …
[15:55] * NoLIspemob waits for applause
[15:55] Logik: Potter, for his “Love Plants or I’l murder you” costume, equipped with machine gun pockets
[15:55] scotty: eh … ?
[15:55] * Potter poses.
[15:55] scotty: You are all insane.
[15:56] Logik: Scotty, for his “Funny Hat” costume, which was deemed “Inhumane” by the UN.
[15:56] Potter: LOL
[15:56] scotty: I’ll inhumane you.
[15:56] scotty: Potter: Go fix your blog, it’s bugging me.
[15:56] NoLIspemob: Scotty’s gonna have sanctions imposed on him.
[15:56] Potter: okay
[15:56] Logik: and Epsilon, for his “Eat Beef” costume, which equipped with a large screen tv, killed the user in seconds due to EM radiation.
[15:57] Logik: The winner is…
[15:57] Logik: SCOTTY
[15:57] * NoLIspemob drumrolls
[15:57] Potter: yay!
[15:57] Logik: WOOOOO
[15:57] Potter: CONGRATS.
[15:57] Stanley: Noooooooooooooo
[15:57] Potter: *clapclapclap*
[15:57] scotty: Seriously … you people are insane.
[15:57] scotty: stay away from my family
[15:58] NoLIspemob: awh
[15:58] NoLIspemob: But scotty…
[15:58] Logik: Accepting the award for Scotty is his coworker, Jo Flo.
[15:58] NoLIspemob: …alright
[15:58] * Stanley damns you to hell
[15:58] Logik: Thanks everybody. I’m sure Scotty is very pleased.
[15:58] scotty: I am not. You’re all loony, and deserve to be in an asylum.
[15:59] Logik: Now, presenting the award for Coolest User, last years winner, Joe Cool.
[15:59] Logik: And his translator, Jim.
[15:59] Logik: [barkbarkbarkbark]
[15:59] Logik: Uh, the nominees are…
[15:59] Logik: Scotty, for his cool name.
[16:00] Logik: Potter, for making plants cool again.
[16:00] Stanley: >_>
[16:00] Potter:
[16:00] Logik: Stanley, for killing 50,000 SVs since last Saturday
[16:00] Potter: Because they are, darlings!
[16:00] scotty: Stanley, for his utilization of emoticons to express frustration.
[16:00] Stanley: Yay
[16:00] scotty: DARN
[16:00] Stanley: Yay
[16:01] Logik: and Epsilon, for laughing in the face of death
[16:01] Logik: Even when it’s inapproprate.
[16:01] Logik: The award goes to…
[16:01] Potter: :O
[16:01] Logik: STANLEY
[16:01] Potter: :O
[16:01] Stanley: :O
[16:01] Potter: YAY!
[16:01] NoLIspemob: gasp
[16:01] Stanley:
[16:01] Stanley: I’d like to thank myself, for my coolness
[16:01] Stanley: And my wonderful wife, Emelie
[16:02] NoLIspemob: …*silence*
[16:02] Logik: Now presenting the award for Best Speech, last year’s winner, Michael Chricton
[16:02] *** NoLIspemob is now known as BoMEpsilon.
[16:02] Logik: The nominees are…
[16:03] Stanley:
[16:03] Logik: Potter, for his speech now turned into a stand-alone religon, and caused several in the audience to die from dehydration
[16:03] BoMEpsilon: …*more silence*
[16:03] BoMEpsilon: O_o
[16:03] BoMEpsilon: wtf potter.
[16:03] Potter: LOL
[16:03] sani_afk: :ph34r:
[16:03] *** sani_afk is now known as sani.
[16:03] BoMEpsilon: :O
[16:03] Logik: Stanley, for his speech which has now been produced into a song by Atlantic records
[16:03] BoMEpsilon: sani!
[16:03] sani: Heu
[16:03] sani: …
[16:03] sani: Hey
[16:03] pete: yo
[16:04] Potter: Was it “Ol’ McDonald”?
[16:04] scotty: Sani: I “changed” that script again for about 2 hours again this morning
[16:04] Potter: @Logik
[16:04] *** gladstone has joined #zetaboards.
[16:04] sani: Heh, evil
[16:04] Logik: Sani, for his speech that has been turned into the National Athem for 50 countries, causing a large war.
[16:04] BoMEpsilon: noink
[16:04] sani: Um..
[16:05] Logik: And Epsilion, for his speech that caused 50 million people to call the studio at once, causing 911 service to go down in major cities. Hundreds died.
[16:05] pete: scotty: My nose can smell code miles away. What script are you talking about?
[16:05] BoMEpsilon: Proud of it.
[16:05] Logik: The winner is…
[16:05] Logik: SANIEEEEEE
[16:05] pete: (I *can* actually smell code. There’s a guy down the road that codes C like a mofo)
[16:05] BoMEpsilon: yyyya lol
[16:05] sani:
[16:06] Logik: Now presenting the final award
[16:06] Potter: (lognotes) on pet3
[16:06] Logik: the Best Member of 2006
[16:06] BoMEpsilon: gaspeh
[16:06] Logik: as deemed by the Council of Invision
[16:06] scotty: Pete: I host this RPG script code for zelnen, and this one board accounts for like, 50% of that script’s total bandwidth
[16:06] Potter: CountDucky! CountDucky!
[16:06] gladstone: xD
[16:06] Logik: Potter, for being cool.
[16:06] pete: haha
[16:06] scotty: So I added an if statement that made it say “YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED” in their footers.
[16:06] Potter: aww <3
[16:06] pete: haha
[16:06] * Stanley of course
[16:07] pete: evil
[16:07] Logik: Scotty, for being so opinionitive
[16:07] pete: link meh
[16:07] scotty: In big red blinking letters
[16:07] Logik: Pete, for killing people we don’t like.
[16:07] scotty: I took it off, Pete.
[16:07] Potter: Do it, Scotty. :r
[16:07] Stanley:
[16:07] pete: aww
[16:07] Potter: Oh, you did it?
[16:07] Potter: haha
[16:07] scotty: it may return later tonight
[16:07] Logik: Stanley, for blowing up the homes of people we don’t like
[16:07] BoMEpsilon: hooray
[16:07] Stanley: Wooooooooooooooooooooooo
[16:08] Logik: Epsilon, for his superb use of emoticons in real life.
[16:08] Logik: Sani, for simply being here.
[16:08] BoMEpsilon: :O
[16:08] sani:
[16:08] BoMEpsilon: Sani has to win.
[16:08] Potter: LOL
[16:08] Stanley: Woo @ Sani
[16:08] BoMEpsilon: Hands down.
[16:08] BoMEpsilon: …
[16:08] Logik: The winner is…
[16:08] sani: :p
[16:08] Stanley: Or me
[16:08] Logik: DUNDUNDUNDUN
[16:08] Potter: THE CARROT!
[16:08] Stanley: Otherwise you may all die
[16:08] Logik: [drumroll]
[16:08] Potter: dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
[16:08] Logik: all of you. :r
Session Close (#zetaboards): Fri Dec 29 16:08:56 2006

Session Start (zb:#zetaboards): Fri Dec 29 16:09:15 2006
[16:09] *** Initial topic: Welcome to the ZetaBoards IRC channel! | For IRC help, see (Link: http://docs.zetaboards.com/irc)http://docs.zetaboards.com/irc | Please do not advertise — all support board rules still apply | Please use #zetaboards-support for support questions| We are working to restore the remaining posts and data on Server 1. If you have any questions about your s1 board, submit a Support Ticket | Happy New Year!
[16:09] *** #zetaboards: Logik gladstone Nintendud BoMEpsilon Aaron_S Stanley Yodaminch Samanosuke pete Potter xlibman sani scotty @ChanServ
[16:09] *** #zetaboards was created on Sun Nov 26 01:45:18 2006.
[16:09] pete: wow: Page Generation Time: 0.666
[16:09] *** Aaron_S has signed off IRC (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)).
[16:09] Logik: You all hate me now.
[16:09] pete: I code like the devil.
[16:09] Potter: We wub you, Logik!
[16:09] BoMEpsilon: I’d just like to thank myself, for my coolness.
[16:09] BoMEpsilon: And Stanley’s wonderful wife, Emelie.
[16:09] Logik: :ermm:
[16:09] *** Potter is now known as Emelie.
[16:09] Stanley: My wife!!
[16:09] Emelie: You are welcome, dear.
[16:09] Stanley: :wub:
[16:09] *** Emelie is now known as Potter.
[16:09] Stanley: Bah
[16:09] gladstone: Oh dear
[16:10] *** Stanley is now known as Stanleh.
[16:10] BoMEpsilon: booahahaha
[16:10] Stanleh: That was a lovely ceremony
[16:10] Logik: Now get out so we can prepare the stage for the “Learning Annex with Donald Trump” convention.
[16:10] Stanleh: Thanks @ Logik for hosting that
So get on IRC if you haven’t.

Anyways, yesterday’s Battlestar Galactica episode was AWSOME! Spoliers ahead…

(also, if the more button doesnt show up, clikc the post link. I didn’t expect all this action, truthfully… I missed the previous action, and I wasn’t watching the channel a lot, so I missed all the commericals for the episode. First, it started out slightly confusing. The enviroment was loud (the room, not the show), so I couldn’t hear some of the dialouge. Then, the secondary opening came up, with its infamous “Episode Preview”, which shows quick scenes of the episode. I saw Galactica dropping like a rock in New Caprica’s sky, and it immediately kept me in my seat through out.

First, overall. At the end of the episode, all civilans get off New Caprica, only 4 episodes into the season. A little too fast, but they really covered that up with action.I believe this episode is one of the best examples of Realisic Science Fiction, which a perfect blend of everything. And the massive end finale, where the Pegasus crashes into a Basestar and explodes, it was mind blowing. It was not that super suprising, though. In the orginal series, the Pegasus saves Galactica by holding off a bunch of Basestars, and it’s status is unknown. And it’s called Battlestar Galactica, and Battlestar Galactica and Pegasus.

Best episode evar.

Image links to all the cool scenes for the people who are too lazy to watch:

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Pegaus_Ram.jpg

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Pegaus_Ram_%282%29.jpg

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Pegaus_Ram_%283%29.jpg

Galactica in teh sky:

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Galactica_in_Atomophere_%282%29.jpg

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Galactica_in_Atomophere_%283%29.jpg

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Galactica_in_Atomophere_FTLing.jpg

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Galactica_in_Atomophere_FTLing_%282%29.jpg

First off, ZB looks veeeeery nice. So HAH to any skeptics who said it doesn’t exist.

Secondly, I’ve been playing a lot of EVE Online lately, and I really like it. Unlike icky WoW, it’s actualy balanced, and it appeals to my Sci-Fi sense of games. And no, I’m not telling you my username/character name.

And finally, a small rant about support. I haven’t done it for a while, so I need to vent a bit. We said it again and again and again and again and again… If you don’t know what the answer is, don’t post. Examples:

Them: Hi, I want to know how to put in a skin. Thanks.

SV:  Send ina support ticket lol

While I am not new to this spam/support incorrectness, I still find it verrrrrry annoying. It’s like, why post then? Post count? IRRELEVANT. Trying to get on staff? Well, this isn’t gonna help. Want to get noticed by us? Oh YEAH, you’re getting noticed. In a bad way. We don’t get people on staff who just answer topics with half-baked answers and people who give off-topic posts. We don’t go all evil on you if you do this, we usually warn you and then PM you asking you to stop. Most of the time, they stop, but only for a short time. Rarely, they don’t do it again. And very rarely, they rant about “How they do so much for us and deserve to be on staff, and how they will leave and never come back” That gives you an suspention and usually the person comes back. We are just addictive, I guess.

I  had my daily dose of ranting for toay, stay tuned for Pt 2, which is like all my part 2s… short, off-topic, and takes a long time to write. Wait… was that an contradiction? Oh well.

So this morning, a bunch of friends came over, dragging me out of bed for a morning jog. Since I was tired, I didn’t want to, but nooo, they had to threaten me with a water gun…

Anyway, before that day, I thought  I had good endurance. I never really jogged that month, but I was able to run fast and for a while (in my view), mostly to catch friends who nabbed my books and/or knapsack. We start out, going from the back of the High School down to a bank, 1.7 miles down. I start,pacing myself well, and ahead of everybody else.

Then suddenly, cramps, tiredness, and pain. I started to walk, and when I looked back, I only ran a very short distance… across a small park. I started to run again, again with pains and I finally walked all the way there. My friends, of course, were already there, and even took the time to run into the bank and get some money out of the ATM.

I get there, rest, strech a little bit. Then it hit me… we have to run back. Crap.

And as everybody jogged, I walked iPod in hand. I finally got back, and as usual, dead tired and with cramps everywhere.

And now they’re going to make me run every day. Oh joy.