Well, the bumfucking is over, sort of. I got the Pride and Prejudice monkey off my back [belated warning: switching into uncomfortably inapropriate anaolgy] in a way, by convincing it to only spoon me (i.e. Mrs. Young pushed back the due date). College app to U of M went out Monday morning.
Oh, I found a cool template for Dress-Stephen.co.nr over at Mashable.com, “Groovy Blue.”
TTFN.
[EDIT at 8:19 - Finished the template, Steve C’s doing something to it.]
So, after bumbling around with CSS last night and proving to Steve C. that I have no idea what I’m doing, we decided to bring another person in to actually design the pages.
This renders me, in effect, nothing more than the money behind the whole operation.
First, a bit about the Montreal Trip that I spoke of here. We changed the date to sometime over Spring Break, so as to see/bet on the horses.
Second, a focus group composed of members of my AP English class voted 15 to 1 in favor of Dress-Stephen.com, the only dissentor being a kid who didn’t (as far as I can tell) understand the concept.
Yup, so that’s about it.
Well, I’ve decided that I am very much in the mood to implement the idea I came up with last year and first announced here. I’m learning CSS for the occasion. I know I have alot of stuff on my To-Do list that needs doing ahead of this, and most of that will probably get done before I can cajole Stephen into holding up his end. Hopefully this will launch before the 2nd Anniversary of the Chucksphere. Stay tuned for more details!
Sometime last week, my mother got all over me about the amount of clothes I have in my closet. I have no idea why this is, as it is she who buys all that shit. Regardless, I cleaned the shit out and I’m happier for it.
As I was going about the rest of my day, I decided it would be a good idea to start filling out college applications. It was determined that I would apply to colleges in order of likelihood of rejection, so I opened up the app that the folks at Harvard College were so kind to send me. As I was scanning the completed first page, I noticed an instruction at the top: “Type or write in black ink only.” Guess what colour pen I was using? Unless you thought something stupid like “A yellow gel pen,” you have a 50/50 chance of getting this right. Further hint: it wasn’t red. Being so fucked (”so” not being used as a discription of degree, but rather in it’s meaning as “truthfully”), I printed off copies of all 4 apps I needed to fill out. When this was completed, I was too weary to fill any of them out, so I determined to put them away. The desk being home to much in the the way of junk, I had to add it to the smaller, less mature dross-heap on my bedside table, where it can be overshadowed by the Mountain of Yet-to-be-read Books.
I realized that I have too much clutter in my life, and it would help me immensely if I tidied everything up for this last year in High School. Come, embark with me on my journey into clarity, efficiancy, and order (by clicking “More”).
So I’m reading a message board, right? Someone posts a link, and formats it improperly,
e.g. http://”www.straightdope.com/classics/a971212.html” in stead of “http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971212.html”.
This cannot, logically, be found. However, instead of giving me a popup error, it redirects to the Wikipedia article on HTTP. I wonder if this redirect was triggered by the message board (the SDMB), my browser (Firefox 1.0.7), or my ISP (MichOnline).
As a side note, when I type Chucksphere URLs, and forget to include the “.html” or applicable filename, it redirects to the Chuckese main page. Interesting.
Actually, first up is a non-internet related reading tidbit. I learned two new words today be browsing the dictionary. Tumescence means a swelling, or a swollen body part. A Triskelion is a symbolic design featuring three curves or bent legs/arms eminating from the center (i.e. The flag of the Isle of Man).
Microsoft to Create Digital Monopoly: Paranoid? Yes. Is paranoia never justified? No.
The Best Candidate: Too bad he won’t be nominated. That’s what happens when you refuse to sell your soul to lobbyists.
John Edwards’s Anti-Brownie Law: “In response to pressure from the cookie lobby, Presidential hopefull-” Aw, screw it. I’m no John Stewart. But this is exactly what we need: government being run by people who know what they are doing. That’ll be the day, though.
Wikipedia: The Book: I’ve read longer…
The Opportunity Cost of the Iraq War: Good points, all causes I support. However, we’re also really fucking far into debt. Fixing social/economic/education problems is a must, but we also need to start paying this thing down. Almost 10% of our budget is paying the interest on our debt!
Full governmental transparancy: Great idea.
[Edited: On preview, I see that this post (the 14th) has forced the first post off the first page. Each page is set up to handle ten days worth of posts.]
Painted the foundations of the house and garage today. Don’t expect anything good until Monday. I also jointed MyProgress.com.
(16-August-2007):
Item #4: Check Check
Boy I’m a lazy fuck, aren’t I?
I set aside today as a personal project day. Let’s take a look at what I intended to do today, what I did, and what I futilly hope to accomplish before “The Closer” comes on tonight.
So I’m 3 for 8, though I could do as well as 7/8 if I stop typing this and get my ass into gear.
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