Monthly Archive for June, 2002

Serious weirdness

I’m not much of an internet chat person anymore… not like I used to be anyway. Sometimes I just join a room then go watch a movie or work on one of my projects, occassionally popping up in the room to spout off some absurdity or something really offensive just to stir things up. Of course, I’ve already gone back to what I was doing by the time the ‘kiddies’ start cursing at me. What fun!



But tonight this chick came into the room. I wouldn’t say I was flirting, but my behavior, in more than one possible universe, could probably be construed as such. Later, after finding out her age and where she was from, though she denies it, I think I was ‘not flirting’ with my ex-wife.



Talk about your heebie jeebies….

I think I’m leaving…

What can I say that hasn’t been said before? I read today about the OSU commencement and the <a href=""http://www.turnyourbackonbush.com/"" target=""new"">TYBOB (""Turn Your Back on Bush"") campaign. This got me thinking more and I remembered something from our elected President Dubya’s <a href=""http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html"" target=""new"">Sept 20, 2001 address.



""Americans are asking, why do they hate us? They hate what we see right here in this chamber — a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.""



Those words coming from the same mouth that just 9 months earlier, at his <a …
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hmm…

My titles are getting less and less creative.



What a fun night. My family came to visit (my mom, dad, brother sister, grandfather and 2 nephews). We all went out to eat. It was a good time.



Sometimes I wonder why I keep up this website. Then I look around and am reminded. I started browsing through the photo gallery at pictures of old friends and places I’ve been. I’ve thought about removing pictures of some people that I’ve completely lost touch with. Maybe I’ll make a seperate section just for them.



With the new job (I say new, even though I’ve been there close to a year now) I haven’t been able to travel since my CO trip last fall. Before I left my previous job I was really sick of it, and it’s been nice being home and not have to worry about a dog-sitter. Nowadays though I…
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New ""Films"" section

Greetings. Because as time passes the links disappear and things just get muddled, I’ve created a dedicated ""films"" area where I’ve posted my movies. And, to clean things up a bit, I’ve moved or removed some of the files, so the links in previous entries may not work anymore.



You’ll also see that I’ve recompressed the films, all using DivX 5. Everything should work a little better now….

In the end, there can be only one

I’ve been researching it for a while now, learning some terminology and what it’s all about. I think I’m drawn to it for the mental and spiritual aspects more than anything. You know… the way of the bushido, the Tao… oh, and did I mention we get to fight with swords?



So, tonight I went to my first <a href=""http://www.kendo-usa.org/"" target=""_new"">kendo <a href=""http://php.indiana.edu/~kendo/"" target=""_new"">practice. It just happened that tonight they were giving a demonstration to the <a href=""http://www.indiana.edu/~aikido/"" target=""_new"">Aikido Club, so I got to see more than I normally would have at a normal practice. Lemme tell ya… it was wicked cool.



I had just planned to go and observe this time, but I met another guy who was visiting for the first time. We…
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The moment you’ve been waiting for…

I took a quick trip to Tatooine last night for a photo shoot (and to show off my Jedi garb). Here’s one of the pics.



<a href=""javascript:photo_open(’show.php?photo=mods/photo_gallery/pics/jedi.jpg’,'390′,’360′);""><img src=""mods/photo_gallery/thumbs/jedi.jpg"" height=""120"" width=""80"">…

it had to be done

I posted one of my Jedi pictures to HotOrNot.com. <a href=""http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=KMAMHRE&key=PMG"">Check it out.…

Hmmm…

Here’s another <a href=""javascript:photo_open(’show.php?photo=mods/photo_gallery/pics/kata.jpg’,'710′,’454′);"">picture of me practicing my Jedi Katas.



<a href=""javascript:photo_open(’show.php?photo=mods/photo_gallery/pics/kata.jpg’,'710′,’454′);""><img src=""mods/photo_gallery/thumbs/kata.jpg"" height=""120"" width=""80"">…

New Movie

Doing a little more with the ""twin"" thing to see how fancy I can get and still look realistic. I’m using a combination of mattes and split-screening to give a sort of ‘green screen’ effect. It works, but there’s one point in this video where you can see ""evil Chad’s"" foot disappear. I couldn’t find a way around it.



So… anyway… here’s <a href=""/images/duel_divx.avi"">Duel of the Chad’s. (Requires DivX 5)



<a href=""/images/duel_divx.avi""><img src=""/images/duel.jpg"">…

Where’s the beef?

I’m reminded, today, June 1, that I set this site up to only show entries for the current month. So… see the calendar over on the left? You can browse through everything from there….