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April 9th, 2009
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Texas Rep suggests Asians adopt "American" names to facilitate voting
AUSTIN — A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification legislation said Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.”
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April 5th, 2009
| 09:09 am
Jim, this one's for you.
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June 2nd, 2007
| 08:50 am
This one's for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) farmerdrizzt
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April 20th, 2007
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November 8th, 2005
| 10:33 pm
Did I mention that it plays the Star Wars theme when you open it?
And sorry about the lack of lj-cut. I intended to do it before, but forgot. I fixed it.
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| 09:25 pm
farmerdrizzt should be envious
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May 25th, 2005
| 08:43 pm
ninvampiress bought me the Holy Trilogy for our anniversary. She must think I've been a good boy or something. I love her.
Thanks honey *smooch*
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July 29th, 2002
| 09:14 am
After playing X-Wing Alliance for many weeks, X-Wing sucks. It doesn't have many of the nifty new features of XWA. I especially hate that you can't roll the fighter and that turning the cockpit also turns off all of the displays. When you turn off the cockpit in XWA, it just turns off the outside graphic, not the readouts. TIE Fighter isn't much better, though you can roll. They need to take the X-Wing and TIE Fighter missions and put them in the XWA engine. I finished XWA. I need more missions. There are some websites that have new missions out there, created by individuals. I think I may try some of them out.
Blue Pepsi sucks. It tastes like cotton candy and bubblegum. And it's too fucking blue. Nothing edible should be that blue. Red Fusion Dr. Pepper is decent. It's not as red as blue pepsi is blue.
I dreamed that I was having sex with a girl on the same bed that my dad was having sex with my mom - they've been divorced for something around 18 years - and he asked if I wanted to switch. While I view incest as a false moral issue created by Judeo-Christian influence in Western culture, and as such view it as just another label applied towards certain relationships and give it no merit, I've never been particularly attracted to my mother and don't contemplate sleeping with her. Maybe I'm just homesick.
I've nothing else to say after that last bit, so I'm off for now.
Current Music: Tom Waits - But There's Never a Rose; Alice
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July 23rd, 2002
| 06:35 am
Ahh, the weekend finally arrives. Riley's, the bar at which I hang out, has been closed for violating its liquor license. There are two types of licenses in Longmont. "Tavern" and "Bar/Restaurant". To have and keep the latter, your establishment must take in a certain amount of money from food sales. Riley's doesn't. Neither does any other joint in town with one exception. But "they" have been trying to close Riley's for ages, so they finally have an excuse. So anyway, I guess I won't be going anywhere for a while.
I made my first official bet of the 2002 NFL season. I've got $10 that says SF can take Washington in Osaka. I'll be keeping a running total of my wins/losses with George on my user info thingy here, so in January I can see how stupid I was for betting.
Off to play X-Wing Alliance.
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July 6th, 2002
| 07:34 am
Hi. It's me again. So much hasn't happened lately to tell you about, so I'll tell you about the piddly useless things that have happened so you won't think I've forgotten about you.
I've been playing X-Wing Alliance a lot lately. Apparently the Viraxo, my family's arch enemy in the shipping business, has killed my father and uncle and some other people. Sniff sniff. My sister, Aeron, has a sexy little voice, but there isn't any choice in what happens, so I can't, for example, fuck the Alliance and run off with my sister to make two-headed babies or anything. Rebel craft suck. The A-Wing, the fastest and most maneuverable ship in the fleet, is barely a match for the TIE Interceptor, which is only the next step up from a TIE Fighter. The A-Wing has shields, but Interceptor doesn't. But the TIE Advanced does, and it's even quicker than the Interceptor. All things being equal, an Advanced will whip an A-Wing. Then there's the TIE Defender, which is a souped up Advanced. The only equalizing factor is that, assuming you're good, you're better than the computer at its best. But go head to head with another real person and the guy flying an Imperial ship is going to win.
I introduced a guy on #drunk[1] to Nano Tank. He's already hooked after 15 minutes.
Melissa, the one I've mentioned before, but not in a while, has been around a lot lately. I still like her, and she seems to like me lately. She quit her Taco Bell job because, in short, she was being shat on because she doesn't speak Spanish, and almost everyone else there does. Funny thing is her first couple of days the manager was going on about how great an employee she is. She's got another thing lined up for Monday for an interview. Not sure where, though. I hope she gets something soon. She's got to get car insurance and a new plate and an emissions sticker. I got her a licence last week, so that was a start. Long story short, she's allergic to employment. Now she's realizing that she can't just not work unless she wins the lotto.
I watched Sling Blade for the first time the other day. One of the better movies I've seen.
I can't find episode 13 - nevermind anything after that - of "That '80s Show". I've been looking on Kazaa and WinMX for like two weeks now. I'm sure I'll eventually find it. Bah.
I didn't go out on the 4th. Being a Thursday, I normally would have, but I decided I didn't want to 1) get killed by a drunk driver 2) drive home after having one too many and/or 3) get stopped while legally intoxicated but still well within my driving limits. So Bill and Lisa came over, smoked a joint with me, and watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
So anyway, that's it.
[1] Unless otherwise specified, any IRC channel I mention is going to be on Undernet.
Current Music: Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic Recording
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June 23rd, 2002
| 09:41 am
My roommate is moving out. He found a place to live that works better for him. That's cool and all but I can't cover rent here by myself. Well I can, but it means I won't be able to do much of anything else. On the other hand, there is another friend staying here part time and paying a bit of rent. Maybe I can talk him into going full time with it.
I played X-Wing Alliance on the MSN Game Zone for the first time. I think I need more practice, but I did well. It probably helped that my teammate was better than myself and the both pilots on the other team. I think next time I'm going to suggest putting in some AI fighters.
So anyway, off to watch my latest That '80s Show download and go to sleep.
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June 19th, 2002
| 07:54 am
Went out last night as usual. I spent most of the night chatting with Erica. She's so delicious. I, also as usual, came home alone.
So now I'm downloading episodes of That '80s Show on KaZaA and debating whether or not to play Rebel Alliance.
Current Music: Qntal - Vos Attestor
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June 18th, 2002
| 10:46 am
I had something outstandingly profound I wanted to share with you, but I forgot what it was. Please accept my apologies.
Happy late Father's Day to all you pops out there.
I hate Correllian Transports. They're too damned slow and don't pack enough punch. Yes, I know they're transports, not fighters, but it's what I have to start off with.
I'm going to bed.
Current Music: Pygmy Children - Intensify (Fearless Remix)
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June 17th, 2002
| 08:34 am
Yesterday I was futzing around with my Logitech Wingman Extreme 3D. I've been trying to get it to work for about a year and a half off and on, because I love TIE Fighter. It's the best PC game I've ever had. My friend Mark K. introduced me to X-Wing back at Ole Miss in 1994. When TIE Fighter came out I bought it and fell in love. Anyway, I've got TIE Fighter, X-Wing, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, and Rebel Alliance - Mike bought them for me one birthday - and haven't been able to play them because my fucking joystick wouldn't work. You can't play with a gamepad, which does work, and you can't play with a mouse. Oh, you can play it, but that would be like trying to masturbate in a body cast... with your feet... asleep... So I decided to try yet again. I downloaded the newest drivers as usual, and it fucking worked. I couldn't believe it. I was so excited that I forgot to actually play the game. I sat in the calibration window for 15 minutes just marvelling at the fact that things were moving. I also was stoned. This may have had something to do with my absentmindedness. At any rate, I can play THE GAME again. Now I just need to buy Alex a computer so I can beat the shit out of him.
I was just directed to this site. It's funny as fuck.
Erica told me about The Red Violin, a movie about the life of a violin painted with blood to mourn the death of the creator's wife and child. So I ran out and ordered it so we can watch it. It sounds groovy.
That's it for now. Back to killing rebel scum.
Current Music: Ramones - The Shape of Things To Come
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