| You'll be okay; I'm happy when you're here, but your smile can seem as far away as once upon a time |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|11:08 pm] |
| [Tags | | | i wasn't born in 1986!, mm does silly things, mm doesn't drink alcohol, mm fails at pop culture, mm shouldn't be allowed coke, my day, oops, progsoc, rambling, randomness, sleeepy..., tired, what are sleeping patterns? | ] |
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| |  cold | ] |
So tiiiired...
But no chance of sleeeep.
I said I'd stop at the end of the second Coke.
So Thomas bought me a third one. Which I finished. Oops.
Maybe I'll go to bed anyway. The later I go to bed, the earlier I wake up, and it's already eleven o'clock.
In other news, tonight was the talk from some guy at ProgSoc on Open Source or something. He seemed to spend a lot of time saying things to the effect of "So. What do you guys think of PostgreSQL?" and expecting this to be enough. I started zoning out when they got into a deep discussion of various virtualisation technologies - it was all very knowledgable, but not really my interest, and certainly not my field. He also went on a moderately long rant about his dislike of MySQL. And Squiz - it's a shame Rob missed that one, though I have a feeling he wouldn't have contributed much beyond "OHGODSYES" or something along those lines.
SHIVERING!
For dinner, we (Noah, Thomas, Nora, John, Jedd, myself) headed to the Lansdowne. Nora did her best 'turtle' impression when people (primarily Jedd) made jokes that she disliked. And I had three Cokes. Oops. I broke Jedd's brain a little by failing at pop culture; yay for me.
In other other news, I have no idea what I'm doing this weekend.
I might wind up doing something with Chris, but he's supposed to be either babysitting his sister and her boyfriend, or going to Ikea to find furniture. Plus he wants to visit Smash on Saturday and "annoy Rob" (assuming he can actually get a hold of Rob - I get the impression there will be a certain level of 'Running around like a headless chicken' involved on Rob's part). But if the "coming down with something" he was complaining of today continues, my bet is he'll be flat out in bed trying to sleep it off.
So. Any bids?
-Mmaster |
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| ...I think I shouldn't have done that. Oh, well; it should be salvagable. |
[Sep. 26th, 2007|10:07 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  silly | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Every Time We Touch, Cascada | ] |
Perhaps killing explorer.exe wasn't the wisest thing to have done.
-Mmaster
EDIT:
That was a reasonably quick and easy fix. Since I already had a Task Manager window open, I used its Run... menu option to restart it. The Start Menu and taskbar returned; the icons/buttons got mixed up, but whatever.
I'd killed it because it was using ~48% of my CPU and 100,000+ RAM for doing nothing, with no apparent end in sight. I had the expectation that doing so would either reload explorer as an Essential System Process, or reboot the system. But apparently the Essential System Processes have changed since I last paid attention. |
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| Frustration's made me exhausted. |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|11:19 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  frustrated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Death To Hamsters, iTom | ] |
If I thought I could convince my parents to drop off my clothes for tomorrow, I probably wouldn't bother to leave; I'd just crash on the couch.
But I don't really think that's a good idea, so I guess it's home time.
-Mmaster |
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[Sep. 6th, 2007|11:30 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Smokers In Love, The Lucksmiths | ] |
I feel kind of like throwing up. I'm thinking today's menu wasn't the best:
* Ice cream for breakfast
* Pretzels and Twisties for lunch
* Pizza for dinner
Urgh...
-Mmaster |
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[Sep. 2nd, 2007|11:21 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Konstantine (Ready...Break version), Something Corporate | ] |
Note to self:
Australia's Choice Cola is drinkable. Fairly tasteless, but drinkable.
Fanta is drinkable. Not my drink of choice, about third or fourth down the list, but drinkable.
Australia's Choice Orange Crush tastes like they liquified the can and added artificial flavouring (despite the claim of "5% orange juice" on the label). Avoid at all costs.
-Mmaster |
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[Sep. 1st, 2007|08:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  spooked | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Curse Stops Here, The Whitlams | ] |
Gragh.
Tonight's episode of Doctor Who (Blink, for those of you who know it) spooked me so much that I had to watch it with sound turned off. ...And was still tempted to leave the room.
Still jittery. ...But that may be the, like, four cans of Coke I had today.
-Mmaster |
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| With a wonder and a wild desire, I crawl from under every weight... |
[Aug. 30th, 2007|08:25 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | sleepy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | With A Wonder And A Wild Desire, Flogging Molly | ] |
You know it's too early in the morning when you see a mirror image of the word "higher" and think it says "her girl".
-Mmaster |
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| The trouble is that you're in love with someone else; it should be me, it should be me... |
[Aug. 26th, 2007|11:13 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  calm | ] |
| [ | music |
| | C'mere, Interpol | ] |
A few random snippets of MSN conversation from today:
Chris says: have you had dinner ?
Shoulder Angel says: Uhh...
Shoulder Angel says: I had morning tea?
Chris says: hmm..
Shoulder Angel says: (AKA No)
Shoulder Angel says: Hmm
Shoulder Angel says: I really should go and feed the dog
Shoulder Angel says: BRB
Chris says: i can't help but find a sense of irony in that statement
Shoulder Angel says: Heh
Shoulder Angel says: In answer to the unspoken question, yes I'll go get something for food eventually. I don't know what's in the fridge, though
Chris says: its called leane quizine, (5 mins in the microwave, and its done, amazing!)
Shoulder Angel says: That must be the most creative spelling of "Lean Cuisine" ever :P
Chris says: lol
Shaun says: at UNSW there is an alpha males society. I laugh at them for being impossible
Shoulder Angel says: Maybe they just consider themselves above the rest of the population.
Shaun says: then they threaten to buy me alcohol
Shaun says: they have female members too
Shoulder Angel says: *shakes head*
Shaun says: indeed
Shaun says: what would be cool is if at the end of every year they had a competition to battle each other for the right of alpha male
Shaun says: I'd love to watch that
Shoulder Angel says: *amused look*
Shaun says: =)
Shaun says: I wanna make a comic where the hero is called Mysterious Past Man and his only weakness is people knowing about his mysterious past
Shoulder Angel says: It'd be more interesting if his special power was to know other people's pasts
Shaun says: he stops bullets with the AWESOME FORCE OF HIS MYSTERIOUS PAST
Shaun says: and he can read people's thoughts
Shaun says: and part of that is he knows people's pasts
-Mmaster |
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| You look so beautiful, it hurts me slightly... |
[Aug. 25th, 2007|12:56 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Twenty Two, The Lucksmtihs | ] |
Kris: It feels like I have five of Adam's nipples on my back!
Adam: Have you even gone near my nipples?
-Mmaster
EDIT:
*The time's about 3PM
Nora: I should go eat breakfast.
Mm: See, Chris? I'm not that bad...
Chris: Yes, you are.
Mm: But I normally eat breakfast at a reasonable hour...
Chris: But you have done it before...
Mm: But I don't do it regularly... |
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| The sales assistant looked at me really weirdly. |
[Aug. 21st, 2007|11:32 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | giggly | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Young And Dumb, The Lucksmiths | ] |
The other day, when I was out shopping at Bondi Junction with Steson, I came across one of those "Get your name printed on a clock with the characters from Cars!" mini-shops.
Mm: Hey, look, Steson!
Girl: Hi. What's your name?
Mm: "Margaret".
*Girl moves to enter it into her computer to demonstrate
Mm: Don't bother, I've seen it before. The company that does those ads on the back of receipts, right?
Girl: Yes.
Mm: Steson! This Pooh-Bear height chart says "Hello World"!!! *giggles uncontrollably*
Girl: ...
Steson: Come on, we want to go that way...
...Is that odd?
-Mmaster |
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[Aug. 15th, 2007|08:15 pm] |
| [Tags | | | chat log, laugh at chris, laugh at hailey, laugh at mm, laugh at rob, mm does silly things, mm is insane, my day, qotds, thomas' snark, what are eating patterns?, wth? | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | giggly | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The End Of The Line, The Travelling Wilburys | ] |
Rob: Gotta go have dinner. Didn't get lunch. ...I'm turning into you!
Mm: Hey! I had lunch today, thankyou! It was free...
Rob: I missed out on free lunch?
Mm: See? The UK has measles!
Chris: Thomas, when you see a country covered in dots, is your first thought 'Measles'?
Thomas: No. But I am also sane.
*Mm giggles
Hailey says: I wonder if anyone's ever trained fish to type
Shoulder Angel says: ...
Shoulder Angel says: ...
Shoulder Angel says: ...
Hailey says: ...it would be fun
Hailey says: they'd probably be more literate than me
And it's almost time for Spicks And Specks, so this is going to get cut short. I might edit in something else later.
-Mmaster
EDIT:
*Chris is rambling
Mm: ...Chris?
Chris: Yes?
Mm: Go home.
Chris: ...Going...
EDIT (2):
Shoulder Angel says: Make sure you go to bed at some reasonable hour, boyo :P
Chris says: yeh.. I guess :P
Shoulder Angel says: *One eyebrow raised*
Shoulder Angel says: Says the boy who was falling over in his chair in the ProgSoc room? :P
Chris says: I wasn't sitting on a chair was I ?
Shoulder Angel says: The incoherency chair, remember?
Chris says: oh yes that chair :P
Shoulder Angel says: :D |
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| It's a monsoon; and the rain lifts lids off cars: spinning buses like toys, stripping them to chrome |
[Aug. 14th, 2007|03:45 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Sometimes, James | ] |
*Mm and Chris are standing outside Penny's office. Penny is the Clubs Coordinator.
Penny (on phone): Yeah, and I'll try and find time to eat my sandwich.
*Penny hangs up
Mm: Food is good.
Penny: Naaaah. You guys don't need food!
*Chris winces. Mm giggles.
Penny: What are you two laughing about?
Mm: It's a long story.
Chris: I swear, if you haven't eaten by six o'clock...
*Chris prods Mm.
-Mmaster
EDIT: Chris will be proud of me. I ate before six! |
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[Aug. 12th, 2007|01:28 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  irritated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Brightly Wound (Live on KDGE's Adventure Club), Eisely | ] |
...Oops.
Thomas, I knew I shouldn't have taken the "If it doesn't come apart, use more force" advice.
I failed to realise that there was a screw at the bottom of the mouse.
Funnily enough, having broken the threading, it's not about to go about to go back together.
Time to go mouse shopping, I guess. Or maybe I'll go to Capitol Square tomorrow...
-Mmaster |
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| This probably won't make sense unless you're on the PSExec mailing list. Or possibly PSAdmin. |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|09:40 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | rant! | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Galaxies, Laura Veirs | ] |
( Background (Justin) )
( Justin )
( Chris )
( Thomas )
...Possibly to be continued...
-Mmaster |
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| His voice is soft, wry, and deep. Hers is scratchy. |
[Jul. 15th, 2007|08:41 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | frustrated | ] |
After I accidentally wiped some of that tape, I went searching for alternate recordings.
The version I have is very early. Most of what seems to be available these days is the ten-year revival.
...Somewhere in between my version and every other one, they changed the gender of the narrator, along with adding a few extra songs.
*BitTorrents a copy of the revival*
*listens to 45 seconds worth, as the woman's voice screeches*
*winces, teeth clench, shuts file*
The bit I messed up was in the intro, so theoretically I could use the chords from that section of the MP3 and then the tape for the rest of it - or just remove those bars altogether, which might be a better solution, since I think it's in a different key. Except it's also refusing to give me a clean rip of the tape.
*bursts into tears*
Why do you hate me, oh technology?
-Mmaster
PS: Anyone know someone who'll cheaply convert a tape to WAV or something? I can do the editing myself, tedious as it is, but I need a clean rip to work from. Something is falling over along the way: the volume's far too low, and the sound's also covered by a persistent white noise buzzing; it doesn't come across via the speakers, just on the rip, no matter what adjustments I make to the volume levels. Or elsewise, suggestions as to the failure point? |
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| F**K F**K F**K F**K |
[Jul. 14th, 2007|02:26 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | angry | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Not the tape. Because I am a moron. | ] |
Dammit!
I get Connor back up and running, and what's the first thing I do?
Accidentally record over one of my favourite tapes while trying to convert it to MP3.
Dammit dammit dammit dammit.
It might be salvagable, but I doubt it.
:'(!
-Mmaster |
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| Yes, I'm weird. What else is new? |
[Jul. 4th, 2007|11:31 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  rambly | ] |
| [ | music |
| | I Want My Flying Car, Tom Smith | ] |
Shoulder Angel says: *prods*
Chris says: hey
Shoulder Angel says: I have a jacket like a hug.
Shoulder Angel says: And I feel rambly. Which is probably a bad thing.
Chris says: umm jacket like a hug ?
Chris says: i can't imagine that metaphor ?
Shoulder Angel says: It's a similie, actually :P
Shoulder Angel says: But anyway
Shoulder Angel says: It's warm, and cuddly, and cozy, and makes you feel safe like hugs do. ...And stuff. But you don't realise it's like a hug till you do it up properly. If you just have it open, it's just normal clothing. ...And I said I was rambly
Chris says: ah i see
Shoulder Angel says: Bibblebobblebabble!
Chris says: the more detailed explanation makes sense :)
Shoulder Angel says: The similie itself makes sense, if you're me.
Chris says: hehe
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[Jun. 21st, 2007|10:07 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Must Have Done Something Right, Reliant K | ] |
Dammit.
I'm not having a good week for jewellery. I've managed to lose two things in two days.
Yesterday was a single earring, somewhere between home and the bus stop.
Today was the inverted cross pendant Thomas gave me, which fell off sometime during ProgSoc.
At least I got to be a smart aleck about it.
Mm: Hey, can anyone see my pendant? It seems to have escaped.
Chris: Do you remember when you last saw it?
Mm: ...No. I generally don't look at my chest. Are you implying that you do?
Chris: ... ...No? That's the webcam's job.
*Mm shakes head and starts looking
-Mmaster |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2007|08:04 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  dorky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | I Just Wanna See, Smash Mouth | ] |
*facepalm*
I spend far too much time using Google Reader.
I just tried to skip up to the next item on my LJ friends list using the 'k' button.
-Mmaster
EDIT: AWESOME! I just found a Greasemonkey script that does exactly that. Now, if I could find one that unfolds selected LJ cuts (But not all of them), my day would be complete.
EDIT 2: ...Except that it apparently can't handle my LJ friends view. I've been kind of due for a change for a while, anyway; I'll see if I can find one it does work with. |
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| Understand, it's a curse: you've got trouble in your blood... |
[May. 22nd, 2007|10:33 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | weird | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Trouble, Voxtrot | ] |
I saw Angela on the bus this morning. I'm quite sure she didn't recognise me.
Is it normal to still be jealous of someone you haven't spoken to in ten years? ...Particularly for reasons that were petty then and have just become more so over time?
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