tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52841042007-11-16T11:10:01.219-08:00Col. DuboisBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-72528589197112233112007-10-31T20:48:00.000-07:002007-10-31T21:35:53.361-07:00

"Angel's Over" Today is the day before I start "NaNoWriMo", the National Novel Writing Month. I'm not nearly as enthused as I have been in past years. But then I'm not terribly enthused generally lately. Not enthused about about new game releases. Not enthused about movies. Just generally not terribly enthused about stuff. For some reason. I don't know. One thing I learned I don't think I want

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-56984331739935271712007-09-16T15:03:00.000-07:002007-09-16T16:03:01.196-07:00

"About" Every time I come back to make an entrance in this thing I end up reading so old posts. And I'm always surprised in what they say. It seems given the number of entries I can't always actually remember the whole entry so it's almost like reading some blog I've never seen before. I have actually successfully re-arranged my room so I can use the Ethernet-over-power adapters I bought. It

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-47265670039225159532007-08-26T10:40:00.000-07:002007-08-26T12:45:04.863-07:00

"WiFi'd Out" Man, where's the time go? Keeps on slippin' as they say. Plenty of stuff has happened. Firstly I finished out that week of training the replacement (obviously). By the second day I started to realize I didn't have to cover everything in the first day. It was okay to slow down and just cover the one thing at a time. Which I did. Started going through the most important things more

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-84804848775483333692007-07-30T20:55:00.000-07:002007-07-30T21:17:59.004-07:00

"Pre-Mature Intelligence?" Thought I would write again before bed. This is the beginning of the end for my current job. The new guy, the one that will probably be taking over where I leave off, started today. This is probably the kind of guy they should have hired in the first place: the kind with little experience Ghosting PCs and creating images etc. He's a little older than me. In his 40s if

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-57694561923563594562007-07-24T20:06:00.000-07:002007-07-24T21:02:39.953-07:00

"Intelligent" Well I haven't done anything with my Episode three re-dub idea. I think of re-dubbing the Knights scene with kind of a kung fu sound effects. How those sound effects could need improving to make any more entertaining I don't know. But the real reason for writing is because I am excited about a new job. I put in a two week notice for my current job ya see. That would make August

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-9003910718960829252007-07-19T22:01:00.000-07:002007-07-19T22:12:09.923-07:00

"Too Late" I have a lot of things I could write about but it's 10:00pm and I should be going to bed so I'll keep it short. Firstly if you were to go back far enough in the archives you see a reference to this movie called "Knights". Well now the clips are on YouTube (it's a mystery who posted them...wink-wink). Here is the best scene split into 3 pieces: Part 1 of 3: part 2 of 3: Part 3 of

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-32790259802495313442007-07-04T16:34:00.000-07:002007-07-04T17:38:18.995-07:00

"Where do ya plan to stick that thing?" So it's the Fourth of July and everyone else, normal people, are outside doing stuff. I'm inside typing on a laptop while babysitting a dog. I don't mind though. It's cool where I am. Outside it's about 102 degrees. And I have a black car so it's even worse. Anyway not a lot has been going on. About two weeks ago a co-worker of mine started making my

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-2544783153768307712007-05-18T23:36:00.000-07:002007-05-19T00:38:38.474-07:00

"Wake-up in a coma" Again with the month between posts. What's the deal? The last post was literally a month ago. April 18th. I didn't plan to back posting again a month to the day and yet here I am. I do sleep better when I write. At least when I make it a habit anyway. Somehow I didn't get the job mentioned in the last post. The recruiter called back at the last second to leave a voice mail

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-50555250798710331392007-04-18T10:35:00.000-07:002007-05-18T23:27:56.298-07:00

"Surprisingly Well" So it's been like six weeks since I posted anything. All that reading last year got me out of the habit. Which I've said before. I went back and read the last post. Some how I'm always surprised at a past post. I mean it seems familiar but it still hardly seems like me for some reason. I did notice I use the word "any" too much. Anyway. Any case. boooo. So I'll try and avoid

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-22101669514932058802007-03-05T18:02:00.000-08:002007-03-05T18:45:56.923-08:00

"Half Asleep" For what seems like months now I have like I was on the cusp of a cold. But it's never quite materialized. This may or may not have something to do with taking Niquil at the slightest sign of cogestion in the hard or lungs. Also, on account of sometimes I can't sleep. I supposed that could be good or bad. As I may or may not have mentioned in the past I developed this

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-46077779734450501052007-03-01T18:55:00.000-08:002007-03-01T20:18:28.016-08:00

"Whatever, Man" The title is supposed to be a reference to Wednesday's episode of Lost. But in a clever-for-me double meaning it also references actual life. For one thing the job I've had a whole year has just ended. The job I was actually enjoying for once. That job where I got along with everyone and felt like I was bit more than "minimally competant". Ya, that one. Yesterday was my

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1159193140546500502006-09-25T06:32:00.000-07:002006-09-25T07:05:40.566-07:00

Without planning it this way I have begun writing exactly once per week. I actually intended several times a week. Ya, whatever. At least this time I really am up early in the morning writing. This week went by incredibly quickly. The first part of the week I barely remember. Tuesday I was preparing for the trip to Reno. Yep, me back in Reno for work. How fun but not really. Course my employer

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1158535098962719772006-09-17T15:56:00.000-07:002006-09-17T18:54:19.746-07:00

I'm getting into the writing habit slowly, but i'm getting there. It's like I do a lot or something. Program my home-brew PVR, ready my "the dark tower series" (finsihed book 6 of 7!) and tell me self I should be writing. I already did some reading so I am writing. Finally. I do work also on occasion. For instance next week I'm going to spend a day or so in Reno for some reason. Apparently the

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1158037915087348032006-09-12T17:08:00.000-07:002006-09-12T21:57:23.933-07:00

Alright so the get up every morning thing hasn't quite happened (yet). That's ok I'm still writing some now and that's what matters. Writing something more often than every four weeks I mean. Have I mentioned I'm taking a creative writing course at a local community college? I think I mentioned I was thinking about it. Well at the last possible second I did it. I signed up for it.

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1157516640768702212006-09-05T20:18:00.000-07:002006-09-05T21:24:00.940-07:00

I'm starting to realize for some planning on doing so much writing in November I don't do a lot of for-fun-writing. I have reasons though, really. Mostly I realized writers can't be writers without a lot of reading. Of which I was doing little. So, and I know I have mentioned this before, I started reading the seven-book-long "The Dark Tower" series. I am now (finally) on book six. This book was

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1151982444953648502006-07-30T19:29:00.000-07:002006-07-30T14:16:58.033-07:00

"Dreams of November" So I'm thinking about re-joining martial arts. I can dream, can't I? I mean I feel like some old guy with the aches and pains I already get in my wrists and hands. I really feel like I gotta do something though. I mean I'm 27 and I only seem to expand in all the wrong places and/or directions. It would be nice to have some place to exercise in the winter. I was always

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1151860061359146042006-07-02T09:36:00.000-07:002006-07-02T10:07:41.423-07:00

"Kingdom Come" Ya, it's a clever title. I have been reading a relatively lot these last couple months. First a few Heinlein books: Stranger in a Strange Land and Job: A Comedy of Justice (both very good) and have started some Stephen King books. My first Stephen King books in fact. Specifically the seven book epic The Dark Tower Series. I'm on the second book with 120 pages left. The first

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1151717648698612792006-06-30T18:32:00.000-07:002006-07-01T12:09:21.436-07:00

"More Posting" So my plan was to go back the post right before this one and continue it. I was going to do that some time later on the 22nd or the 23rd. Well it's now the 30th and I never went back to finish it. So I'll write more in this post instead. So where was I? Ah, the new PC. Yes it's pretty sweet. It's a 7600 NVidia video card. Any higher and I'd be paying way to much (think $500+).

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1151026652020918412006-06-22T18:22:00.000-07:002006-06-30T18:34:19.380-07:00

"Wow, a long time" So this time I've really waited too long to write again. I can go through phases of heavy and light writing, right? I'm aloud! As mentioned in the last post the contract is "supposed" to last until late July. Well it's late June and I have no idea when the contract is ending. I'm assuming I'll make into July if not to the end of July. There just isn't anything to do for the

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1142018917661300752006-03-10T10:54:00.000-08:002006-03-10T11:28:37.673-08:00

"The New Job" It's been another month since I posted in this thing. And I wouldn't be now but there's no AC outlets provided in starbucks and those games suck a lot of juice. In any case it's march and it's friday. So as you may have guessed Winter just started. Yes, I will probably get snow at my house tonight. In my area of the world, ya see, it snows maybe once every 15 years or so. So when

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1139720006474314562006-02-11T19:30:00.000-08:002006-03-10T10:54:29.870-08:00

"Not Whining" Alright, I am done whining about little things like employment and possible week long jobs that will cost more than that of which is made. Instead I'll complain about my stupid mini-itx mobo that has apparently died. See the stupid thing has stopped turning on and I do not know why. Could be the PSU actually. Could be the ATX power button's wires are loose. Could be I abused it a

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1139617658981299212006-02-10T16:17:00.000-08:002006-02-10T17:23:28.883-08:00

Yesterday's post seemed incomplete. I'm finally learning when I stop writing a post even if it's not finished I should just publish it. Or it will sit the queue for several weeks. That's happened before. So why not publish it even if not complete? Not much else to say. Except I got a call from a job recruiter. He says he has a possible week or so contract lined up that he recommended me for.

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1139544944407698952006-02-09T19:38:00.000-08:002006-02-10T15:54:54.636-08:00

"Sacredity" Several weeks later here I am writing in my blog again. And what's happened? Oh why bother? Alright I'm back to "between jobs" right now. I had a short contract at a local company. That contract expired. So here I am, between jobs. Only for a week now I've been unemployed. I've mostly played my latest game, "Sacred Gold". This game I have several things I like and several things not

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1137959587582863502006-01-22T11:31:00.000-08:002006-01-22T12:40:49.156-08:00

Writing back Here it is another week. I've been using my laptop pretty much constantly. I figured out the CPU in the laptop has a feature SSE3 and there's a certain thing I can do with a processor of this type. So I have spent about two weeks trying to do this. I'm to paranoid to say what exactly I am refering to. But it has been a fairly fun two weeks trying to get it to work. That SSE3 thing

Col. Duboistag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284104.post-1137344344201926012006-01-14T19:54:00.000-08:002006-01-22T11:31:21.086-08:00

Spaced Lets see I haven't written in this in five days. So before this post I glanced over the last one and ready some things I don't even remember writing. Ya, that's a little wierd. Especially that comment about Office Space since on a whim I just went and purchased the "special edition" tonight. I was looking forward to hearing a DVD audio commentary from someone related to the production.

Col. Dubois