12 August 2006:
Exciting news! Now that I've performed a complete system restoration of my hard drive, my sitebuilder software actually works on my desktop computer for the first time ever! For the
past couple years I've had to use my junky, old laptop to actually perform an update on this website.
This has been a bit of a hassel what with the transfering of files from my desktop to my laptop in
order to publish them on the website. Por ejemplo, every time I edit a jpeg and want to publish it
on this website, I would have to edit the image on my desktop computer, upload it to my website
account, hook-up my laptop to the net 'cuz I'm too damned cheap to buy a wireless network card (actually, it's doubtful that it would even work on the old lappy that I own), I would then have to download the image from my account onto the laptop so that I could put it into the webpage. It's quite a process really. Now that the software works on my desktop, you can all expect updates more often!
Oh yeah, I expect ALL guests to sign the new Guest Book. I'm not expecting a novel or anything, just a "Hey, what's up?" will nicely suffice.Continuing with the blogging... recently the Chester Militia and part of the Boston Militia reunited for a trip to Montreal to give our comrade, Jay, a bachelor party worthy of the history books. Of course, I'm not allowed to actually DISCLOSE anything that may or may not have occured during the party. The general facts will have to suffice. Basically, it was a three day excursion into the heart of French-speaking territory that involved much eating, drinking, and merriment. We all had a great time with one small exception. Sadly, throughout the history of the bachelor/bachelorette party tradition there is the one thorn in the party's side - the one person that is a constant irritant to all, who appears time and time again. I'm talking about that one attendant who doesn't seem to comprehend that the party is FOR the person about to get married. It is THEIR night (or in this case three nights) to do what THEY want to do. In other words, if they want to go to a bar - the party moves to a bar, if they want to go to a club - the party moves to the club, if they want to see a $400 show - everybody better pony up! But this sourkraut does not seem to comprehend this simple tradition. Instead, they feel that the party should move where THEY want to go, and do what THEY want to do. And if the bachelor/bachelorette decides that he or she wants to do something that does not interest this self-absorbed individual, then they leave and go do whatever it is they want to do. And ladies, I know that you have the same problem because I've heard stories so I know that this is not Y Chromosome specific.The problem is that with these situations you know that this person is being a jackass but you don't want to say anything because you don't want to spoil the party for your friend. That's the nice thing about private conversations though. So my advice, in case you ever find yourself in a similar situation, is to take the guy or girl aside, explain to them the concept of the bachelor/bachelorette pary, and kindly remind them that nobody in this party gives a rat turd what he or she wants - period. This is not a night out, this is not a vacation, it's a bachelor party, dammit!~It's funny how I spend so much time obsessing over the one cloud in an otherwise clear sky. I guess I'm just some kind of perfectionist or something.Meanwhile, my quest for a math degree is off to an outstanding start! I'm currently taking my first class now and with one week left it's looking like a 4.0, provided that I do as well on the final exam as I did on the two mid terms. Mmmm... high GPAs are tasty. They taste kind of like Pepperidge Farm Ginger Bread Men! And yellow Starburst taste like genocide! (still)Amanda and I are approaching our 11-month anniversary! I bought her this awesome one-piece bathing suit in Montreal that looked like it was right out of a Bond movie. I gave it to her as soon as I got back 'cuz... well... honestly, I wanted to see her wearing it! She's getting ready to start up school again too and we haven't been seeing eachother as often as we usually do because I've been so busy with work and school. Basically my schedule is this: Wake-up, go to work, work all day, go to class from work, go home, sleep, start all over again. Despite all that, we still manage to see eachother most days out of the week. Her cat cracks me up! Everytime that I come over, Colors camps out underneath my car when it's parked in the driveway. I think it's because Amanda's car is just too low to the ground for her to get under comfortably but mine is just right. It's actually kind of troublesome at times because when I go to leave, I have to check under my car for cat. As this is not a normal part of my driving routine, sometimes I forget to do this. Fortunately, I have been lucky so far and have not killed any of my girlfriend's pets to date (despite my allergies). But the other day, as I was pulling into the driveway, Colors spotted me coming in from the garage. She trotted out of the door and straight at my car, head-on. I had already stopped so there was no danger that I would hit her. But I was in a playful mood and put the car in reverse and began backing away from her. Colors would have none of that. She actually chased me in my RAV4 to get under my car! It would have made a rather hilarious video of this old cat chasing after this SUV that is easily 2,000 times her size.Crazy, senile cat!
