she wolf.

Oh man, the new Shakira track is epic. I'm pumped!

boom boom pow.

So, as embarrassing as this is to admit, I really enjoy Stampede time. I tend to hate country/cowboy culture, but for these 10 days in July I don't mind it - even borderline like it. Yeehaw?

i still remember.

I. Hate. Allergies.

FML.

black or white.

As many of you are aware, I am not the first volunteer to play on a sports team. Nor am I anyone's first pick to play on their sports team. Nor am I first person you think of when someone says "outdoors" (yet, I do enjoy them immensely).

However, today I went outdoors and helped a friend out by playing baseball / softball. I think we were technically playing softball, but when I compared the ball to a baseball I couldn't tell the difference. They're both hard and hurt when they boing you off the head. We have an unofficial ball team at work that I kindly declined joining a few months ago when it was getting off the ground. However, I joined today so that they wouldn't forfeit due to a lack of players. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't bad. I even had some fun. Granted, I struck out 3 different times and only hit the ball once, but apparently my swings weren't "that far off" for someone who has never played. Oh, and as it turns out, I can sort of throw a ball with accuracy and speed for a novice. In the end though, we still lost. We played 2 games and the first game ended in what they referred to as "mercy" meaning the other team was so far ahead of us that there was no physical way for us to catch up to them. Now that's depressing. The second game ended poorly for us as well, for the record.

Oh baseball, the great American pastime. I'm looking forward to visiting Yankee stadium and getting an authentic Yankees ball-cap and baseball tee.

thriller.

It's a shame it took your passing for people to show you some respect again.

Au revoir Michael, you were a King among men.

love song.

This may be because I'm "white" but the all new prius3 makes me drool.

party in your bedroom.

Mmmmm, iPhone 3GS....

heading for nowhere.

Why is it that, out of everyone I know, I'm the only one that has to fight the government every year without fail?

FUCK!!!!!!!!!

spaceman.

Michael Jackson once said that it didn't matter if you were black or white.

I beg to differ.

I've had a black iPhone 3G since launch day, and now that I'll be upgrading to the iPhone 3GS, I'm debating whether or not I should go for the white one instead. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Impersonations?

alive.

So I've been test driving Windows 7 RC for a while now.

My thoughts?

I can't wait for Snow Leopard. I'm forced to dual boot into Windows 7 whenever I have to place an order for work from home, since the stupid website of our supplier is IE only. That being said, having to deal with Windows 7 on average 2-3 times a week blows. Coming from OS X I've come to expect certain things to behave and function in certain ways. Windows 7 doesn't work the way my brain assumes operating systems should. This may be because I've gotten used to dealing with OS X, or it might be because I don't want 50 million wizards and dialog boxes popping up every time I try and do something. I'm not sure if Microsoft got the memo, but harassing the user if they want to do "X" after they've done "Y" isn't making your system "more secure" it makes it frustrating for me. Yes, I'm aware I just installed something/changed a setting. You don't need me to confirm I downloaded a flimsy JPEG from the internets. Sheesh. Also, I thought it was a pain in the ass that when I plugged my iPhone in to charge, I was forced to go and download misc. drivers. WTF? Drivers?!? Whoa, haven't had to deal with them for a long ass time. Another thing I haven't had to deal with for a long time that I noticed right away: virus protection. Every time I boot into Windows 7 I get 5 messages telling me I need to get my crap together and install a virus scanner. Frustration!

I know people say Snow Leopard is bull and that Apple can't honestly think people will accept that their next operating system is just a cleaned up version of what we have now, but I think they're on to something. Instead of throwing 50 new things at me, how about we clean up the code, make everything run faster, and have it take up less resources? That sounds like a plan to me. I think Microsoft tried doing that with Windows 7 in respect to its predecessor Windows Vista, but I've spent too much time away from the wonderful world of Windows. Maybe I've just developed a caveat for OS X and Windows simply won't do. Or maybe, just maybe, I've become used to things "just working" that having to go and confirm what I want 50 times and then get harassed because "I'm at risk" is just plain silly.