urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37 I might as well use Bob1137 djordi37 2008-03-06T00:05:57Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:34401 2008-03-06T00:05:57Z 2008-03-06T00:05:57Z Typical Saturday. Bought comic books. Luckily, I didn't have to work and just zoned out for the day. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:34264 2008-03-05T21:52:24Z 2008-03-05T21:52:24Z We played games on a Friday night for the first time in forever. Yay! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:33930 2008-03-05T21:37:41Z 2008-03-05T21:38:47Z <i>(catching up on a week of posts)</i><br /><br />LOST continues to be awesome. I love the Desmond / Penelope story arc.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://gallery.lost-media.com/albums/userpics/10425/normal_LOST_Y4_077_004.jpg" /> </div><br />The time travel stuff is pretty interesting. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:33551 2008-02-28T18:59:29Z 2008-02-28T18:59:29Z We played <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_wars">Car Wars</a> tonight at matchbook / hot wheels scale. I made Wallace's car explode. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:33346 2008-02-26T19:00:02Z 2008-02-26T19:00:02Z Went and saw <a href="http://www.myspace.com/solare">Solare</a> last night at the Troubadour. The band includes a couple of peeps from work (Christine and Josh).<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2292778705/" title="IMG_3694 by djordi37, on Flickr"><img width="375" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2292778705_757e403f49.jpg" alt="IMG_3694" /></a><br /></div><br />Cool band. Horror of horrors the sets were running early! We arrived just in time to see them start. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:33207 2008-02-26T03:29:37Z 2008-02-26T03:29:37Z <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(computer_game)">Civilization</a> in my favorite game ever. And I consider <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier">Sid Meier</a> my hero.<br /><br />Some guys came back from GDC and said when asked what the favorite game he's playing right now is, he replied <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenaries:_Playground_of_Destruction">Mercenaries</a>. The game I was lead designer on.<br /><br />Suffice to say that turn of events pleased me! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:32862 2008-02-26T03:24:47Z 2008-02-26T03:24:47Z So, I finally decided to officially go to Vegas for Ian's birthday shindig type thing for the weekend of March 8th. It'll be my first time in the city in over a decade and actually the first time I fly there! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:32562 2008-02-26T03:17:22Z 2008-02-26T03:17:22Z Pete leant me the first season of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348913/">Dead Like Me</a>. I've only watched a few episodes, but I really like it so far.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/EllenMuth.jpg" /><br /></div><br />The main character, George, is kinda of like a more adult and apathetic version of Violet from the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/">Incredibles</a>. That is if she swore and was killed by a de-orbiting toilet seat from the space station <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir">Mir</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:32289 2008-02-26T03:10:03Z 2008-02-26T03:10:03Z Work week is over. Weekend begins. Rise. Repeat. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:32088 2008-02-22T03:42:30Z 2008-02-22T03:42:30Z Serbian rioters, that splintered off from a group of 150,000 protesters, have <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/21/kosovo.independence/index.html">set fire</a> to the US Embassy. One person, apparently a rioter caught in the fire, has died.<br /><br />There's a term in Serbian called "<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/325997.stm">inat</a>" that can be translated as spite, but more accurately I think could be described as "strength through spite." The best description I've heard is from the BBC article i linked to:<br /><br /><blockquote><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">"All Serbs have inat, and do things in inat. It is doing things because someone has told you you can't, not necessarily because you actually want to."</font><br /></blockquote><br />Some people that know me may think about occasions where I displayed inat. And I'm the most white bread, American raised Serb you can find out there! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:31933 2008-02-22T03:29:32Z 2008-02-22T03:29:32Z <div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/wrkutw.jpg" /><br /></div><br />Ok, so you might need to play <a href="http://orange.half-life2.com/tf2.html">Team Fortress 2</a> to understand that one... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:31712 2008-02-22T03:27:54Z 2008-02-22T03:27:54Z <div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Lust_Lust_Lust.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust%2C_Lust%2C_Lust">Lust, Lust, Lust</a> came out today and I purchased it and listened to it. Yay! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:31453 2008-02-22T03:25:24Z 2008-02-22T03:25:24Z Work week starts again. Yay?<br /><br />I'm almost capped on PTO, so I'll have to use it for something. I just hate it when I use PTO, but there's so much work that I'm "encouraged" to come in on the weekend. Which makes things less than a zero sum game, because I've used my PTO to have an equivalent length work week. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:31190 2008-02-19T06:33:36Z 2008-02-19T06:33:36Z <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2272869479/" title="Final_Justice by djordi37, on Flickr"><img width="379" height="576" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2272869479_cf14e67999_o.jpg" alt="Final_Justice" /></a><br /></div><br />Today we celebrated the most important holiday of the year: Joe Don Baker Day! We've been celebrating it for thirteen years now. I've talked about a previous JDBD <a href="http://djordi37.livejournal.com/16367.html">here</a>. The key is to celebrate the slovenliness and gluttony of the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000833/">man himself</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2272879235/" title="IMG_3637 by djordi37, on Flickr"><img width="500" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2124/2272879235_075b7d74ee.jpg" alt="IMG_3637" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2272878009/" title="IMG_3635 by djordi37, on Flickr"><img width="500" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2296/2272878009_250a9c4e5f.jpg" alt="IMG_3635" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2272874137/" title="IMG_3627 by djordi37, on Flickr"><img width="500" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2272874137_71b02604c3.jpg" alt="IMG_3627" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Every year at <a href="http://www.claimjumper.com/">Claim Jumper</a>, the bastion of responsible consumption</div></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:30888 2008-02-18T05:21:30Z 2008-02-20T06:29:36Z Technically I posted this on Sunday, but it deals with Saturday events.<br /><br />I saw <a href="http://www.myspace.com/siouxsiemantaray">Siouxsie</a> for the first time tonight and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rasputina">Rasputina</a> for the <a href="http://djordi37.livejournal.com/14339.html">second time</a> tonight!<br /><br />I drove up to the Fonda and there was still a line of people to get in. A girl approaches me as I enter the line:<br /><br /><blockquote>"Do you *mumble* ticket?"<br /><br />"Are you asking if I have or if I want a ticket?"<br /><br />"Do you have a ticket?" she asked sheepishly.<br /></blockquote><br />I reached into my jacket and handed her my spare ticket, at which point she started jumping up for joy.<br /><br />Inside I made my way to the front left, not that far from the front. There was a pair of douchebags that kept trying to push their way in to get to the very front, but didn't make very much progress and relented.<br /><br />Eventually Rasputina went on. The crowd was a bit distracted and noisier than I expected<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2271095816/in/set-72157603923081776/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/2271095816_ec22fe98a4.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2270306723/in/set-72157603923081776/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2270306723_03998440fc.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div><br />As Rasputina started, the douchebags returned and tried to push their way in front of people again. The riled up some girls who were standing in front of me.<br /><br /><blockquote>"Hey! You can't do that!"<br /><br />"Sure we can. We were in front before and are just trying to get back."<br /><br />"No you weren't. You're cutting in front of us."<br /><br />"Shut up you fat bitch. You're all fat bitches."<br /></blockquote><br />This started to piss me off. I looked over to a security guard who was looking at the situation. He eventually interceded and told the douchebags that they had to move back. They argued, but eventually complied and moved right in front of me, blocking my view. Annoying enough, but even more annoying after how they behaved. So I tapped one of them on the shoulder:<br /><br /><blockquote>"Keep moving fucker."<br /></blockquote><br />He gave me a look and started to say something. I kept glaring at him and he moved. Several minutes later he tried to cut in front of someone else and the security guard grabs him and forces him to the back of the venue.<br /><br />Rasputina finishes and we wait for Siouxsie. Over an hour. A guy near us says:<br /><br /><blockquote>"I know those guys acted kind of weird, but really they're just a pair of sweethearts."<br /></blockquote><br />Of course earlier someone else said:<br /><br /><blockquote>"I know those guys. They *always* cause problems."<br /></blockquote><br />Eventually the douchebags return and hang out next to the guy who stood up for them. Standing right next to me. They start bickering:<br /><br /><blockquote>"I won't be able to see Siouxsie from here. I don't have my glasses. I'm going to try and get to the front."<br /><br />"Don't do that. Security is watching us and they know you've been a problem."<br /><br />*crying*<br /><br />"Don't cry. Just enjoy the show."<br /><br />"I'm going to punch those fat bitches in the head!" *crying*<br /><br />"Don't make a scene!"<br /></blockquote><br />This continues for a while, and he eventually pipes down. Siouxsie comes on:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2271092834/in/set-72157603923081776/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2271092834_611149a414.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div><br />A cute pixie girl in Siouxsie style makeup had been saving a space for one of her friends. Her friend shows up. The upset douchebag reacts.<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;">"Oh you bitch! You fucking bitch!"<br /></div><br />He proceeds to lunge forward. The security guard, <span style="font-weight: bold;">standing five feet from him and watching him when he does his</span>, grabs him and ejects him from the venue.<br /><br />Now everyone can finally enjoy the show! Of course at that moment the crowd lunges forward crushing everyone together.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2270335195/in/set-72157603923081776/"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2270335195_897f41d7b8.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br />I take the above picture and a girl behind comments and pats me on the back:<br /><br />"That picture is so beautiful"<br /><br />The show is pretty good. She plays mostly new stuff, but sings happy birthday to "Hong Kong Garden," does "Nightshift" and "Dear Prudence."<br /><br />I get tapped on the back of the shoulder. There is a security guard who "busts" me for having a camera and forces me to the back of the crowd. Two songs before the encores. "Spellbound" is one of the encore songs. Two encores!<br /><br />I go out front to buy some swag. And Melora from Rasputina is there:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djordi37/2270340219/in/set-72157603923081776/"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2270340219_2c28306b75.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br />And I head home after getting my "closet goth" on! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:30625 2008-02-18T04:49:48Z 2008-02-18T04:49:48Z Almost had to work the weekend this weekend, which would have messed many things up.<br /><br />Played some new <a href="http://orange.half-life2.com/tf2.html">Team Fortress 2</a> maps! Yay! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:30422 2008-02-15T04:45:55Z 2008-02-15T04:45:55Z And another year passes by with another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Awareness_Day">Singles Awareness Day</a>.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/images/bittertruth.jpg" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:29966 2008-02-14T18:54:25Z 2008-02-14T18:54:25Z The <a href="http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02132008.shtml">comic</a> in question. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:29769 2008-02-13T05:08:03Z 2008-02-13T05:08:03Z Obama seems to have won the Potomac states by a healthy margin. w00t! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:29443 2008-02-13T04:42:17Z 2008-02-13T04:54:22Z 5 days until the weekend...<br /><br />A weekend of Siouxsie, Rasputina and Joe Don! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:29187 2008-02-11T07:32:16Z 2008-02-11T07:32:16Z I feel really tired today. Had trouble finishing my workout tonight. Part of it I think was that I didn't get to sleep until really late last night and totally threw off my sleep schedule.<br /><br />On the plus side I head back to work tomorrow. Oh wait... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:29059 2008-02-11T07:29:25Z 2008-02-11T07:30:19Z I bought comic books today. That's as exciting as my life got. The new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_%28Vertigo%29">Fables</a> finally came out though and wrapped up "The Good Prince" storyline, which I think is the best one they've done so far. Awesome cover image as well:<br /><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Jan08/9_v/FABL_Cv69.jpg" /><br /></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:28791 2008-02-11T07:23:50Z 2008-02-11T07:23:50Z There was a chili cook off at the office today. HR got the executive chef of <a href="http://www.napavalleygrille.com/">Napa Valley Grille</a> to be one of the judges.<br /><br />Too bad I don't like chili... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:28475 2008-02-11T07:21:49Z 2008-02-11T07:21:49Z New Lost was on tonight. It introduced some new characters, and while some people might complain about character bloating I'm finding this season pretty engaging so far.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" src="http://gallery.lost-media.com/albums/userpics/10425/normal_LOST_Y4_074_057.JPG" /><br /></div><br />I know some people have complained about the "ghost buster" dude, but I'm not one of them. There's all these theories floating about regarding the dead and the whispers on the island. Having someone with paranormal powers like that will make it more interesting to deal with that stuff. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djordi37:28248 2008-02-08T04:28:16Z 2008-02-08T04:28:16Z ...barely college age girls [maybe] wear knee socks at the gym?