tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61627722024-03-06T23:00:50.086-08:00Recreational BullshitHe who controls the past controls the future.<BR>
He who controls the present controls the past.<BR>
He who controls the blog has too much time on his hands.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16329092353179983834noreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-54707062173597149522011-07-01T00:20:00.000-07:002011-07-01T00:23:40.454-07:00MovedI think I set this blog to private, but I don't know, because it still looks normal to me, because I'm me. So whatever. I'm abandoning this page, and I started a tumblr, so check that out, I guess.
Bye bye. Or something.
Also, I'll probably be posting a few of my older posts from here to there. Yay reruns!Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-84482877820737958542011-05-28T19:44:00.000-07:002011-05-28T19:44:51.198-07:00Hey, This Page Still Exists!So, I recently subscribed to www.reddit.com/r/writing, and am now inundated by people who write more than me, and set up pages to share their writing. I decided that I could do that too. With this thing I have! Maybe. I dunno.
A few points, to catch you up on the things you may have missed.
I'm Greg. I'm currently 26, and work at a Target in Austin, TX
I'm engaged to a wonderful womanFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-39443480385111765242009-12-23T21:36:00.000-08:002009-12-23T21:41:12.568-08:00A Quarter CenturyThat's how long it's been since I was born. Twenty-five years. Wow. It's kind of intimidating. I could easily dive into what I haven't done, but instead I thought I'd take the time to talk to you about a few things I HAVE done. This shouldn't take long, I have work in the morning.
So, do you remember a while ago, I talked about reviewing video games as a hobby? No? I'm not even sure I really didFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-55980012303892739182009-12-03T22:45:00.000-08:002009-12-03T22:45:46.090-08:00How Did This Happen?I signed into my Zune.net page the other day, and this is what I found:
Seriously. WTF?
I know, I know, it's bad enough Miley Cyrus is on my Zune profile to begin with. (By the way, welcome back to my blog. I know you missed it.) But 2.7k plays? More than double that of her nearest competitor. What the hell, Zune shuffle?
For the record, artists number 2 and 3 are the soundtrack authors for Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-36905348551839362272009-03-15T21:39:00.000-07:002009-03-15T21:57:12.250-07:00I Can't Think Of A Good Enough Pun Dealing With The Play "Rent"...cuz you see, it's Lent. I'm on my third Sunday off, and I'm starting to crack. The persistent wi-fi around me from my neighbor makes ignoring the Internet far more based on will-power than I was anticipating, with my "Just unplug the modem and you're back in 1992" plan of action. My life does revolve around the Internet. That's the scary thing I've come to realize. I get lost in mindless, Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-19041640012820463452009-01-18T21:32:00.000-08:002009-01-18T21:37:25.376-08:00P.P.S.By the way, for those of you who are curious.Canada was cold and it sucked. I won't be going back soon. And definitely not in the Winter.Though I'm glad I went in the first place. I mean, yea, if I could do it over I WOULDN'T, but that's because I have the experiece of doing it myself, which I am proud of. Next stop: BotCon.For now though, I'm gonna check if they have a new Un-Skippable yet, thenFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-15706916539559602582009-01-18T20:59:00.000-08:002009-01-18T21:25:51.933-08:00One Last One For The NightI know I've made like 5 of these today, but I had a few closing notes before I went to bed, and I figured, if I committed to writing them all down, I'd have a better shot at sticking to them if I committed them to paper. But I suppose the Internet works too.Firstly: someone bought Jazz for less than $20K! I'm so jealous. I guess that since they're making a new movie this year, they'll have more Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-41369040009807567802009-01-18T20:08:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:10:12.283-08:00About Me"Hey, my name is Greg. I'm six feet tall, I've got no sense of smell, and I've been sober for nearly 24 years."Accurate, no?Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-38455803191634561292009-01-18T19:22:00.000-08:002009-01-18T19:28:11.334-08:00RetroactivityIf you've been checking my blog religiously, you should go back and check again; I just added a post dated for Dec 30th. Yay flexible time-space continuum.While I'm here, I'd like to express my displeasure at the quality of my Netflix instant feed on my X-Box. It usually works fine, but now that I've got Windows 7 up, its all gone to shoot.Eh, while Ive got this box here, I might as well...------Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-22983722120519989532009-01-18T17:18:00.000-08:002009-01-18T17:20:16.908-08:00Christianity Makes No SenseI love playing Devil's Advocate. Even when my 'Devil' turns out to be God Himself.Warning, a lot of this makes no sense, but I found it amusing none-the-less.(07:00:50 PM) Mider: were to find a muslim(07:00:53 PM) Mider: i wihs i could find a muslim wife(07:01:32 PM) effervescence: why?(07:01:38 PM) effervescence: would you convert to islam?(07:01:47 PM) Mider: nope(07:01:54 PM) Mider: cause theyFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-90593448257899865202009-01-18T14:53:00.000-08:002009-01-18T15:21:01.141-08:00HiatusIt's been a while since I posted to this. Haven't had TOO much to say (though I did write a short story / cold-open-to-a-novel-or-something I should post here soon). Just thought I'd drop in and let any faithful readers know that I'm gonna be offline for I'm gonna be using Lent as an opportunity to wean myself off my Internet addiction, if I truly have one. My reason for writing this so early (Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-520618552825842732008-12-30T19:18:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:27:27.308-08:00First Class BloggingWonderwall. Jesus Christ what a weird movie. I'd never heard of it before last night. Apparently George Harrison (the Beatle) had a hand in making it. It was presented to me in as one of those 60's drug flicks, so I went in expecting to watch a 90 minute acid trip on film and, being sober, get bored out of my mind. I was very pleasantly surprised. I was going to put a lot of effort into Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-77854604731305805702008-11-03T19:07:00.001-08:002008-11-03T19:33:11.571-08:00Been A MonthI should be going to bed, but I had two funny thoughts that hit me tonight, and I want to write them down before I go to sleep.Firstly, I wanted to show you this video of the new game Mirror's Edge, as a point of reference. Basically, it's a first person platformer. You run and jump across rooftops or various other surfaces in a style reminiscent of free-running, as you can see. You know who elseFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-62707344708770285762008-10-03T21:38:00.000-07:002008-10-03T22:22:53.559-07:00AngelsIt seems pretty obvious, when you think about it. The Angels, I mean. It was a brilliant marketing strategy. ANJ Medical started with life-saving prosthetics and internal hardware, and the new survivors were dubbed "ANJels." It was cute, I guess; people brought back to their loved ones from the brink of death, like angels.It didn't take long before the Angels started showing up in the news. Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-13445384066294978692008-09-17T14:55:00.000-07:002008-09-17T15:15:49.132-07:00Reverse PsychologyI just got a strange call that was pretty obviously paid for by the Republican candidate for Texas House of Representatives. Or at least, some local branch of the Republican party. The interviewer, who didn't seem too thrilled to be interviewing me (I think he had a cold), asked first about how well I knew the candidates at a federal and local level, which ones I would likely be voting for, and Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-48248505098944220582008-07-13T17:41:00.000-07:002008-07-13T17:54:56.377-07:00Why Are You Telling MeSo, in addition to dropping the price on the Xbox 360 to $299, Microsoft dropped this little news bit on me as well:My question, and the reason I'm showing you guys it, is why did they put this on my 360? I mean, I'm not going to go out and buy a 60 Gig model, now am I? If I wanted more "Gigabytes for the buck, I could just grab their (outrageously expensive) 120GB hard drive on its own. I wonderFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-41233434962253970242008-07-05T18:41:00.000-07:002008-07-05T18:41:18.027-07:00Back-Up BrainI saw this article about 5TB 3.5in HDDs, and it contained a bizarre quote....two of the drives will boast enough capacity to store everything in your brain.My question is... do they test that? I mean, yes, I'm sure there's some obscure way of quantifying human thought or whatever they're saying it could store. But the real implication, the way I read it anyway, is that "two of the drives will [..Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-89626280334834205502008-07-03T17:18:00.000-07:002008-07-03T17:18:25.164-07:00I Want One Of TheseLaugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW | Autopia from Wired.comProbably doesn't go fast, but as long as it'll go the speed limit, 200+ MPG is very enticing.Also, I'm considering moving to Canada. I've already got an invitation to visit for new year's eve, and I'm saving my pennies as we speak, but depending on how much I like it, I may end up staying there for good. My dream job is still to Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-40451695734259958732008-05-14T19:24:00.001-07:002008-05-14T19:46:11.678-07:00Today, We Celebrate, Our INDEPENDENCE DAY!It's creeping me out that there's no 'a' in 'independence'. It sounds like it should have one at least, but no. Weird.I've decided that Independence Day must be one of President Bush's favorite movies. It opens with Bill Pullman playing a charismatic but unpopular president. Soon, though, foreign powers (aliens) arrive and, seemingly without warning, destroy many recognizable and memorable US Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-77296880563833526082008-05-13T21:21:00.000-07:002008-05-13T22:32:55.936-07:00Daring To Be StupidSo I've got Ubuntu and stuff. I go out of my way to put myself in contact with all my adoring public (all 0 of you... u_u) then immediately go radio-silent. I'm clearly ADD.For instance, it's thundering and lighting outside.A few days ago, I saw an episode of Transformers Animated(!) featuring Wreck-Gar. In the original series, he was a Junkion, de-facto ruler of the Planet of Junk, which wasn't Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-86007629073396481062008-05-08T22:28:00.000-07:002008-05-08T22:30:12.996-07:00Twitter AddedNow all my ranting and raving at no one in particular are in one place! Whee! Also, since I'm going to Vancouver, I expect to do some more Twittering (Twitting?) and less full posts. And by less I mean I just won't be doing any posts while I'm in Vancouver. I don't suppose that'll get anyone to actually want to subscribe to my Twitterings but hope springs eternal for those of us with no actual Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-59514758120444856552008-05-08T14:27:00.001-07:002008-05-08T14:42:39.754-07:00Zune!!!So yeah, if you look to your left you'll see I've added a Zune card to my profile. Now you can see all the terrible music I listen to.I've been trying to pitch Zune to anyone I can. To anyone with an iPod already, there's not much compelling reason to make the switch, especially if you've got a bunch of music off iTunes. But if you're just getting started, the Zune Pass is awesome. $15 a month toFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-24055951274848241392008-03-31T21:13:00.000-07:002008-03-31T21:18:21.608-07:00Free Money!!?Probably not.(11:10:32 PM) effervescence: hey look!(11:10:53 PM) TriFrog77: NOOOO(11:11:00 PM) effervescence: guess what today is!(11:11:03 PM) TriFrog77: i just got rick roll'ed(11:11:08 PM) TriFrog77: april fools(11:11:21 PM) effervescence: international rick astley appriceation day(11:11:28 PM) TriFrog77: waht? really?(11:11:40 PM) TriFrog77: pop-up video lmao(11:11:47 PM) effervescence: of Figmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-7120036694156557472008-03-30T21:45:00.000-07:002008-03-30T21:45:35.403-07:00I Miss My Old "Blog This" Add-On...Ah, for the days when I could simply right click a page, rather than hunting for a bookmark to bring up a tiny little blog-writing-window. Anyway, on to more pressing issues.Child maths prodigy 'working as a prostitute' - Telegraph...10 years on, Miss Yusof now earns £130 an hour working as a prostitute from her flat in Salford, ManchesterHey, she was a math prodigy. I'm guessing she just did andFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162772.post-69327650760438329302008-03-30T18:58:00.000-07:002008-03-30T20:24:55.998-07:00Nifty Video Game StuffKings of Power 4 Billion - Not quite a video game, but a movie based on one. It's cool. Direct link to the movie here. I don't think it's on YouTube.Watching that made me think of all the movies I've got in the air. Watch as I count them down:PS2:Prince of Persia - I'm stuck in this one stupid room and I hate it, but I love the gameplay. If I can't figure the room out from the inside, I may justFigmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15711812417414574403noreply@blogger.com0