Photophobic

weekly sayings

2008-05-15T12:28:12Z

"I know what I said, I was there when I said it!" Gentry
"My fuzzies are feeling so warm." Chris
"Refried beans are like napalm, they stick and they'll burn anything." Russell
"Your dog ate the plotter!" David

sumation of this week

2008-04-19T00:12:14Z

yeah this video pretty much sums it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RycEtMjFek

omnifactor @ 2008-04-18T10:12:00

2008-04-18T15:17:53Z

damn you TVMAX cable! $40 to buy your stupid 1990's cable modem. wtf not wireless capable? need wireless router, guess what I already have my own so suck it!. Yeah tech guy said "Oh I'm sorry we can't support a Linksys calbemodem wireless router combo. WTF why the hell not its the stock cable modem that bestbuy, circuitcity, compusa sells with their comcast/timewarner/coxcable packages. lying dirtbags. If I had the receipt for the Linksys gear, I'd take it back so fast and get in those jackasses faces.
once again they live up to every cable companies rep...7-8 am appointment w/ an hour prior request call...calls at 9:45 and shows up at 10:10.
slackers. If anyone in theatre called in late by over two hours and then showed up even later they would get fired so fast.

is it possible to start my own cable company? net company? I mean really Sara and I only watch about 8 stations on the cable and use the net constantly.

omnifactor @ 2007-06-16T22:39:00

2007-06-17T03:49:30Z

there are moments where watching tv is the worst possible thing ever.
Dont get me wrong, I watch a lot of tv to begin with. some is good/entertaining/educational....
but other times its just drama...
I like watching Law and Order because when something bad happens, usually the bad people get whats coming to em.
Law n Order SVU can be awesome to watch, trying to figure IT out.
but all these episodes of child abuse makes me so furious
Its times like this that I want to join the police and get on a SVU squad myself just to help put away more of these bastards. L&O often takes stories from the news, so some of the things that happen in the show are real. How is it that our society has forgotten so much of what is Right and WRONG!
I think that some damn good homegrown american vigilantism is about to happen if more of these things keep happening.
I don't know how anyone can think that making a child live in a 4'square cage with a waterbottle and chemtoilet is ok.

omnifactor @ 2007-06-01T14:02:00

2007-06-01T19:02:51Z

made it to Houston

wanna write the old way? wanna send me stuff for my new place?

5801 W. Sunforest Dr.
Apartment #2716
Houston, TX, 77092

pics on facebook

halo+music+delerium

2007-05-26T19:06:22Z

For those of us who play too many games and hear music all the time

http://youtube.com/watch?v=19KoKVkTNF0

summation of facts

2007-05-23T06:45:23Z

"I'm an angel" -Matt
"So was Satan" -Carl

there it is, the entire essence of my day in a grand total of 6 words

moving blues

2007-05-22T23:35:00Z

hmm chris your right math is hard....

car towing capacity: 2,000 lbs
my weight: 250 lbs
trailer weight: 1,389lbs
um thats +/- 400lbs left
so that means i can pack one of the following combo choices:

A: washer & dryer
B: clothes, TV, computer
C: tools
D: sword collection, sporting goods ie bike, paintings
E: bed & microwave

frigging truck rental places are evil. Last week the prices for a rental truck with car carrier was $1,200-1,600. This week the prices are now $800 - 1,100
WTF did people actually move TO tucson for the summer and leave surplus trucks in tucson?

Guess I'm gonna fork out some $ and get a truck, cause hauling a trailer with a 97 toyotal avalon xls with 117,000 miles on it just sounds like a bad idea now

omnifactor @ 2007-05-21T11:34:00

2007-05-21T18:36:10Z

randomposting made my day with this one, had to steal it, sorry hon'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWsMKZt3Eg

beatles vs zombies in "Hard day's night of the living dead"

chuck norris isnt allowed in my dreams damnit

2007-05-17T17:00:42Z

yeah thats right, f'n'a chuck norris was n my dreams last night. he was hosting one of those home makeover extreme building megamarvel type shows. the project was turning a WWII submarine into a home, but the catch was it was going to be submurged on the bottom as if it had sunk, so all the building was being done underwater. chuck's sponsor was seadoo that makes those recreational seascooter things that pull you along under water.... so those were like our forklifts dragging pressure treatedd 4x4, pieces of steel.
when a subordinate contractor/supervisor type mouths off, it gets taken care off
he dont talk back no mo when chuck norris roundhouse kicks him in the hardhat

to make things worse the location was underneath one of those highway overpass bridges that crosses the neuse river

hard days work

2007-05-16T19:21:04Z

Yesterday I worked my ass off, came home and wanted to make myself a mixed drink.
I couldn't find my licqour, sadness i know. My luck though had me find it... in the freezer.

I couldn't make myself a mixed drink, not out of lack of ability or already being to drunk, oh know, rather... all the alki in the freezer was frozen.
Triplesec was sludge, the malibu looked like snot, the jager lid was jammed, and the rum well the rum was empty. dunnoh how a half full bottle in the fridge can suddenly empty itself and reinsert itself. I have to say that it made me sad. So sad in fact that had a glass of water instead and went to bed.
true story
happened it did

teamwork

2007-05-16T19:08:27Z

I think I have now met the most efficient team of 35-55yr old workers on the face of the earth. My landlord died in a plane crash a few weeks ago.. his property was transfered to new ownership. So the new owner and appraisers came today.
The showed up at 9:01 and were done by 9:15.
Each person had an assigned task and did exactly what was necessary. The measured the overall room sizes, outside dimensions, drew a basic groundplan layout, listed appliances, major issues, type of ac/coolr/heater, measured the yard checked elec inside and out, water, gas pressure etc, and they took at least four directional digital photo shots for each part of the house inside and out, checked for termites, roof integrity, open and closed every window, flushed the toilet and turned on the shower.
To measure the outside they used tapereels and had four people run tapes to the corners to get the overall meausrements.

I feel sorry for the one solitary geek they had with him. His job was to compile each mass of data and make it into drafting/drawings/spreadsheets for the rental agency. They did 12+ apartments/houses in exactly an hour

omnifactor @ 2007-05-15T03:38:00

2007-05-15T10:44:47Z

I'm being stalked by two people who want to rent my house when i move...problem is i havent moved yet and they want it now.

The property manager told em to come by today since i told him i was going to be out of town..the idea wasto see the location and overall size.. at most peak in the windows....
my car broke down,no trip, so i used the day as a start packing/sort for goodwill day...
la-dee-da...
got dirty, took a shower, just put on boxers n shorts open the window for the swampcooler to work better and they're on the porch...they see movement so they come to the window to "talk"
scared the bejesus outta me

wonder how many times i can say, "No you cant have it till june 1st"
if they come by again, I'm damn near ready to call the cops cause this is the 4th time they've come around and come on the property without telling me.
Only the landlord is allowed to come in without me here and they have to give at least 48 hrs.

omnifactor @ 2007-05-11T22:24:00

2007-05-12T05:29:40Z

Fish and Game recently release the following suggestion for those of us enjoying nature near crocodile infested waters

"To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly."

Well duh! When I was a lil' kid and bit my brother, thats what he did to me. Damn Straight I sure as hell let go. Then again I'm no croc.
Its almost as good as

"Yell at the animal in startling and threatening manner. The mountain lion is most likely to go away..."

um yeah unless its really really hungry or it decides that its gonna kill you just to shut you up

omnifactor @ 2007-05-10T12:30:00

2007-05-10T19:31:07Z

I finally tracked down a link to THE BOOTS, yup found em on my favorite webcomic http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/
...now to decide which ones to buy

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/page/home

omnifactor @ 2007-05-09T15:31:00

2007-05-09T22:37:29Z

So its now official. I'm moving to Houston. Yup. thas right I'm gonna be a texan, twisted right
So many of these jobs are nice...great companies/theatres....but all of em are looking for people to start in Aug/Sept.,so I've decided to go with the company that allows me the most room for growth. good ol' advancement in the corporate ladder.

So I'm going to be a Assistant Project Manager for Stagelight.

Good benefits, decent size city, a chance to travel(alot after 1styer)
I get to get ETC and Strand training, plus I'm going to be in on theatre rennovations and new builds, so I'm going to be in and out of theatres all over.

Guess the closest i'm gonna be to schools for awhile is supervising installs in school theatres/auditoriums.

How often does this happen to you?

2007-05-08T04:42:23Z

http://geebasonparade.keenspot.com/

How often does this happen to you?

jobs

2007-05-07T22:04:25Z

meh...Just applied to another 5 jobs.

Got a No on another 2

Got a maybe on 2
Got a when can you start, but we can only pay you so much

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

stock market

2007-05-07T20:43:33Z

holy crap the stock market is an evil beast!
If I hadn't checked the market early this morning I would have been totally SCREWED!
I friggin had to sell everything cause they were dropping like flies.
Oh well. I didnt lose any money,but my profit was a grand whopping total of...

$1.56
yup dolla fifty
The my stocks are now so low, I would have lost $20 grand

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

2007-05-07T18:04:52Z

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

jobs

2007-05-07T06:51:40Z

mmmm jobs. yup jobs. its on my mind. constantly. sure its easy to get a job, but one you want? one you can do for 40-50hrs a week? one that pays a decent salary? hell one in a part of town where your not afraid for your life. stupid rant i know but f'n'A I have a masters degree. its degrading to have someone offer you 26grand to work your ass off. I got paid that fresh out of undergrad. why is it that everybody seems to want to offer advice on jobs? I'm fine at first, but it gets worse every day. My parents are by far the furthest in denial. My mom is a physical therapist, well i guess hand therapist, but she can get a job anywhere that there is hand surgery going on or anywhere there are injuries to the hand...and it friggin took her like 5 months to find a job. my dad. he's a trip. He's worked a grand total of i think 4 jobs in his entire life. the one he has now....been doing it for 25 years. yup. i appreciate the gesture of offering advice. but better yet how about offering me a job or point one out to me that might actually be decent to work at. as my second cousin puts it I just got out of the 20th grade. yeah 20 years of school right i know guess what I'm trained i've got skills but pay me people. I'm not going to fucking put soda on the shelf at walgreens for $7/hr. let the fucker who dropped out of school do that shit
I think i'm too tense because i got an offer but its bare minimum. and non of the other places are even ready to start considering me.

omnifactor @ 2007-04-28T12:47:00

2007-04-28T19:52:51Z

so i think that at least one of my headache/migraine types is based off of my sinuses. today, while i was asleep a big stormfront rolled in supposedly to bring some rain.... it wasnt the thunder or the wind that woke me up.
nope, rather, it was the pressure at the base of my skull and a point right on the bridge of my nose between my eyese linked to it.
I totally rolled over today and my first words, other than maraaghaghg aaaaar uuuuuh, which arent words in english, were its going to rain.

and now all of my lovely sport and theatre injuries are screaming tooo

sometimes i wish the boom on that 30' sailboat had nocked my head off instead of dilocating my shoulder and concussing my head
then again if everytime a boom hit someones head, they died, well lets just say thats a lot of bodies that are gonna end up bobbing in the water

omnifactor @ 2007-04-20T19:57:00

2007-04-21T03:17:06Z

found out today there are over 5 types of miso soup
i'm sad to think that I've only had 1 type up until today, now I've had two
Shirumiso(white), Akamiso(Red), Kuromiso(black), Genmaimiso(brown), Hatchomiso(smokedfish), Tofu Miso, Spinach Miso, mmmmmm miso
as i'm typing this guess what comes on tv....miso making on the show How its made
so apparently miso started as a grain thats boiled fermented then mashed into a paste and used as a base for soup stock....so its got as many types as people can mash together. then there are region specific type bases....soybean, rice, barley and combinations of the three, so um yeah anyone want to go to Japan and then Korea(also has types of miso) on a Miso taste testing mission.

see I think that miso is inherintly evil due to its associations to sushi
yup slippery slimey sushi in its oh so goodness
always served with sushi

omnifactor @ 2007-04-18T20:44:00

2007-04-19T03:50:04Z

Anyone know of a way to help fall asleep when your girlfriend is out of town?
After living with someone for two months after having lived alone for 5 years....well lets say it goes way beyond simply nice.

yeah its fun being sappy at night, but then again its the first full day we've been apart in a long time.

I'm doubly freaked about my place here cause i found out my landlord and his wife died in a plane crash on sunday. wtf am i supposed to do now, cause i had a verbal agreement with him, so I guess I've got to deal with higher rent and all those bs things that go with a new rental agency

omnifactor @ 2007-04-18T16:25:00

2007-04-19T03:44:53Z

at times in my life...i've simply wished to have a major moment of time that was a breeze. The idea of things going smoothly, easy decisions, quality options presenting themselves.

Finding a quality real world job is way beyond hard. let me see if i can express the issue with our industry.

50 new graduating td's
20 disgruntled atd's looking for td jobs
15 mastercarps looking for atd/td jobs

available jobs: 15 education, 10 lort, 5 corporate/events, 4 entertainment/amusement, 4 vegas...lets say give or take a few more...

so thats 85 job seekers for 40 jobs...so that means 45 of us poor suckers go without jobs.
Let me just say that working the last few temp jobs bites royally. hmmm let me get a graduate degree, yeah the highest degree in my industry, yup....gonna go to work....lets see there was medical filing, printshop proofing/editing, kalil merchandise handling, landscaping, trcuk unloading/loading.

So i've been turned down to 3 jobs so far....I've got two good prospects left...and then a few loose ends. When i graduated from undergrad something similar happened and i only ended up getting one job offer, so when i got it, somehow i saw it as this wonderful semiperfect job. within two months i was totally screwed. I'll be damned if i'm going to deal with that kind of bs again.