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Monthly Archives: September 2007

12 Sep

useless stuff

I collect all kinds of things I come across on the net and save them in little folders all over my desktop. Pretty soon I’m putting folders into other folders and then I have this little chest of drawers filled with useless junk. It’s a strange compulsion. I guess it’s better than collecting real objects. [...]

11 Sep

what’s wrong with me?

This is the kind of stuff I stare at all day: // AMF PHP script import mx.remoting.*; import mx.rpc.*; import mx.utils.Delegate; import mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug; //Change the gateway URL as needed var gatewayUrl:String = “http://davidcool.com/amfphp/gateway.php”; var service:Service; NetDebug.initialize(); service = new Service(gatewayUrl, null, “getInfo”); //Gets the people between age min and age max function getThumb(subcat_ID) { //trace(‘in [...]

10 Sep

breaking news?

Another brilliant Yahoo news article. The US is blowing up another country everyday, people can’t get healthcare here, children all around the would are starving and this is featured content? hummm… It is damn funny though. I keep thinking I’m reading the onion when I see this ssssssshi ssssssstuff.

10 Sep

movies

alt : The US vs. John Lennon Trailer I watched two documentaries recently, “The US vs. John Lennon” & “Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film”. Both were decent films, however the Hunter S. Thompson film was a bit shaky and had some problems, in my opinion of course. Maybe that’s [...]

08 Sep

more on breath and water

I’ve been thinking a lot lately. I haven’t had this much time to myself for many years. It’s both good and bad. Without a “regular” job to consume just about every waking moment of your life, your mind starts to wander. You get introspective, and all those things you continually push away in your mind [...]

07 Sep

at home in the suburbs

Photograph taken off of Nancy’s parent’s backyard patio. Here is a quick photo I took the other night in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It was taken off of Nancy’s parent’s back patio. I shot the 12-24mm wide lens on a tripod with remote shutter release and exposure somewhere around 20-30 seconds. You can see the [...]

07 Sep

humming birds

A humming bird feeding at my parents house. OK, so when I was visiting my parents in Pittsburgh (well, near Pittsburgh, about an hour’s drive, out in the country with lots of cows) I was catching up on a lot of sleep lost during my TEFL training in Wasington, DC. So I would go out [...]

06 Sep

The Job Search

Well, I sent off my first job application today. It was for a university job at Chonnam National University in Yeosu. I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to prepare before the deadline. I guess we’ll see if I get a call. I’ll be researching and sending more off over the [...]

05 Sep

Here and There

A buttefly shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Black & white channel conversion with sepia toning in photoshop. It’s been a while since my last update. Things have been ok lately. Finished off the last of the TEFL requirements and the deep research and job hunting has started. It’s a bit overwhelming and mind numbing [...]