How many fucking Djordis can there be?

2008 - Day 061 - Comic Books

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:05:57 GMT

Typical Saturday. Bought comic books. Luckily, I didn't have to work and just zoned out for the day.

2008 - Day 060 - Return of Gaming!

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:52:24 GMT

We played games on a Friday night for the first time in forever. Yay!

2008 - Day 059 - Lost

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:37:41 GMT

(catching up on a week of posts)

LOST continues to be awesome. I love the Desmond / Penelope story arc.

The time travel stuff is pretty interesting.

2008 - Day 058 - Car Wars

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:59:29 GMT

We played Car Wars tonight at matchbook / hot wheels scale. I made Wallace's car explode.

2008 - Day 057 - Solare

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:00:02 GMT

Went and saw Solare last night at the Troubadour. The band includes a couple of peeps from work (Christine and Josh).

Cool band. Horror of horrors the sets were running early! We arrived just in time to see them start.

2008 - Day 056 - Pleased

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:29:37 GMT

Civilization in my favorite game ever. And I consider Sid Meier my hero.

Some guys came back from GDC and said when asked what the favorite game he's playing right now is, he replied Mercenaries. The game I was lead designer on.

Suffice to say that turn of events pleased me!

2008 - Day 055 - Vegas

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:24:47 GMT

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!

2008 - Day 054 - Dead Like Me

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:17:22 GMT

Pete leant me the first season of Dead Like Me. I've only watched a few episodes, but I really like it so far.

The main character, George, is kinda of like a more adult and apathetic version of Violet from the Incredibles. That is if she swore and was killed by a de-orbiting toilet seat from the space station Mir.

2008 - Day 053 - Friday

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:10:03 GMT

Work week is over. Weekend begins. Rise. Repeat.

2008 - Day 052 - Inat

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:42:30 GMT

Serbian rioters, that splintered off from a group of 150,000 protesters, have set fire to the US Embassy. One person, apparently a rioter caught in the fire, has died.

There's a term in Serbian called "inat" 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:

"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."

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!

2008 - Day 051 - Funny

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:29:32 GMT

Ok, so you might need to play Team Fortress 2 to understand that one...

2008 - Day 050 - Lust, Lust, Lust

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:27:54 GMT

Lust, Lust, Lust came out today and I purchased it and listened to it. Yay!

2008 - Day 049 - Work Again

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:25:24 GMT

Work week starts again. Yay?

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.

2008 - Day 048 - Joe Don Baker Day

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:33:36 GMT

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 here. The key is to celebrate the slovenliness and gluttony of the man himself.

Every year at Claim Jumper, the bastion of responsible consumption

2008 - Day 047 - Siouxsie!

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:21:30 GMT

Technically I posted this on Sunday, but it deals with Saturday events.

I saw Siouxsie for the first time tonight and Rasputina for the second time tonight!

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:

"Do you *mumble* ticket?"

"Are you asking if I have or if I want a ticket?"

"Do you have a ticket?" she asked sheepishly.

I reached into my jacket and handed her my spare ticket, at which point she started jumping up for joy.

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.

Eventually Rasputina went on. The crowd was a bit distracted and noisier than I expected

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.

"Hey! You can't do that!"

"Sure we can. We were in front before and are just trying to get back."

"No you weren't. You're cutting in front of us."

"Shut up you fat bitch. You're all fat bitches."

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:

"Keep moving fucker."

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.

Rasputina finishes and we wait for Siouxsie. Over an hour. A guy near us says:

"I know those guys acted kind of weird, but really they're just a pair of sweethearts."

Of course earlier someone else said:

"I know those guys. They *always* cause problems."

Eventually the douchebags return and hang out next to the guy who stood up for them. Standing right next to me. They start bickering:

"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."

"Don't do that. Security is watching us and they know you've been a problem."

*crying*

"Don't cry. Just enjoy the show."

"I'm going to punch those fat bitches in the head!" *crying*

"Don't make a scene!"

This continues for a while, and he eventually pipes down. Siouxsie comes on:

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.

"Oh you bitch! You fucking bitch!"

He proceeds to lunge forward. The security guard, standing five feet from him and watching him when he does his, grabs him and ejects him from the venue.

Now everyone can finally enjoy the show! Of course at that moment the crowd lunges forward crushing everyone together.

I take the above picture and a girl behind comments and pats me on the back:

"That picture is so beautiful"

The show is pretty good. She plays mostly new stuff, but sings happy birthday to "Hong Kong Garden," does "Nightshift" and "Dear Prudence."

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!

I go out front to buy some swag. And Melora from Rasputina is there:

And I head home after getting my "closet goth" on!

2008 - Day 046 - Friday

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:49:48 GMT

Almost had to work the weekend this weekend, which would have messed many things up.

Played some new Team Fortress 2 maps! Yay!

2008 - Day 045 - Singles Awareness Day

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:45:55 GMT

And another year passes by with another Singles Awareness Day.

2008 - Day 044 - Sometimes I Love Something Positive...

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:54:25 GMT

The comic in question.

2008 - Day 043 - Potomac Sweep

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:08:03 GMT

Obama seems to have won the Potomac states by a healthy margin. w00t!

2008 - Day 042 - Work Starts Again

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:42:17 GMT

5 days until the weekend...

A weekend of Siouxsie, Rasputina and Joe Don!

2008 - Day 041 - Beat

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:32:16 GMT

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.

On the plus side I head back to work tomorrow. Oh wait...

2008 - Day 040 - The Good Prince

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:29:25 GMT

I bought comic books today. That's as exciting as my life got. The new Fables 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:

2008 - Day 039 - Chili

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:23:50 GMT

There was a chili cook off at the office today. HR got the executive chef of Napa Valley Grille to be one of the judges.

Too bad I don't like chili...

2008 - Day 038 - LOST

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:21:49 GMT

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.

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.

2008 - Day 037 - Why do...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:28:16 GMT

...barely college age girls [maybe] wear knee socks at the gym?