New movie...
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Politics
Well, there is a new movie coming out soon that counters the lies from Michael Moore's "documentary". Maybe Celsius 41.11 should be called a documentary too...

I can't wait to see it, I've seen a movie trailer online, and looks to be pretty funny...or scary, depending on much credit you give to the wack job left. Personally, I think that they are all a bunch of head cases, and are only worth our attention when they do something stupid and we can laugh at them. Luckily, that happen quite often.

On another note, the www.electoral-vote.com site took off the projected final results page like two days after I posted about it. It was down for about a week...I guess the webmaster didn't like the fact that it kept showing Bush winning big time. Well, I guess that didn't go over too well, so they reworked the formulas...and tweaked them to favor Kerry. Then last week or so, they put the projected final results map back up. Miraculously, Kerry was now winning. Well, even with the formulas set against him, Bush is now showing up as the winner agian....gotta love it!

More problems.
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Grad School
The more I have to deal with FSU, the more I don't like it.

Recently, I got an email from the registrar's office claiming that they had not received my transcript for the spring 04 semester from USF. I responded and told them that the reason was that I didn't take any classes and was not enrolled in any college that semester.

USF had to send two transcripts...and an email explaining that the transcripts say that I was not enrolled for anything during that time.

I'm surprised that FSU has been able to retain students for this long...I find it impossible to believe that I'm the first graduate that has come from USf.

Aarrgghh!!
Mood:  sad
Topic: Sports
The first NHL game of the year should have been last night...and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight in the lockout.

I'm not liking this...not one bit!!

Worst day ever!
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Life
This past Friday....sucked!!

Read the previous Grad School post from Friday...and then add this one after it.

Well, after getting my car back, I came home and decided that I wasn't going to go anywhere or really do anything. So I was on the computer, and all of a sudden, my flat panel monitor goes totally white. Yup...my monitor died!

So now I decide to just go to bed and watch TV...I figure the only thing I'd want to blow out next is a cheap tv. I don't need to have my big tv blow up or my PS2. So it's 7:30 on a Friday night and I'm layin in bed watchin whatever catches my attention.

Sometimes you got wonder what you did in a previous life...ya know?

Gotta love those Dem's.
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Politics
My wife, Margarita - who is a pharmacy student, and I were talking today about a political ad that came on the radio...while we going to pick my car up at the towing company...see Grad School entry for today for further details.

This ad was from the Democrats whining about how Bush had blocked the ability to bring cheap drugs from Canada. Uh...duh! Don't be fooled, the Democrat leadership knows full well that the drugs that would come in from across the border are sub-standard compared to ours, and often times are actually poison. Don't take my word on it...look it up for yourself.

Or we could look at this logically, drugs that come from Canada don't meet our FDA requirements...nor are the ingredients or manufacturing labs cleaned or inspected to the scrutiny that ours are. So if say drug X costs you $7 a pill if you buy it in the US, but you can get the "same" drug from Canada for only $3 a pill...is it worth it? Don't forget that the drugs that come in from Canada, aren't necessarily made in Canada...some could be made in Mexico...or overseas. So is your health and possibly your life worth $4? Mine is worth more than that to me .

Why I love FSU...NOT!
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Grad School
I've never been a Seminole fan...and now, after being in Tallyhole and going to FSU...I can positively say that I was correct for not liking this school. This school is more messed up than ANY other that I have been to...I have not even been here an entire semester yet, and I've had more problems than anywhere else.

Today, I came to school to use the Master's computer lab to finish a report so I could turn it in by noon. First off, I pay over $200 per credit hour...and I can only imagine how much Doctoral students pay per hour, but neither lab has a single flat panel monitor in the labs, nor do they have what I would consider "good" computers.

The computers are set to revert to a certain setup every time they are rebooted or logged into, that means that you have to update everything...everytime you want to use it...like: Adobe Reader...Real Player...anything from Macromedia...and any instant messenger has to be re-downloaded and reinstalled EVERY time!

Back to the original point, I show up to school looking for a place to park. I found a spot, this spot is in a gravel parking lot, and they use painted logs to mark the spots. I parked in front of a log that signified a parking space. I went in to the lab, finished my report, turned it in, and was going to leave when I noticed both my car, and the girl that had parked across the log from me were missing. Yup, towed! Gets even better...the log that marked the spots had been moved to now signify the end of the row, and was now yellow on top, which marks a "no parking" area.

I go to parking services and bitch about this...as you can imagine, they couldn't care less. The fat dumb bitch that I had to talk to kept acting like I was accusing her of moving the log. I guess it couldn't sink in through her weave that I was not accusing her. I seriously doubt that she could have even bent over enough to grab the log, much less have the strength to move it.

So now $80 later, I have my car and a ticket...which I'm going to appeal. I'm also going to start checking the lot on a consistent basis to see if the log gets moved often. I have a feeling that either the school or the towing company are doing this to make extra money. If they are...

I want my hockey!!!
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Sports
I don't know if I can go an entire year without watching my Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning!!

Guys...get it together! The league will not die off with a salary cap and revenue sharing. The last time I checked, the NFL was using those same things, and I think....don't quote me on this...I think, they are doing....ummm...ok.

ARGH!
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: Politics
Is it just me, or do the Democrats act like 9/11 never happened?

I'm watching the VP debate right now and John Edwards has to be the absolute perfect running mate for John Kerry. They both live in their own worlds!!

Wanna have some fun, check out www.electoral-vote.com

This site has tons of Anti-Bush links for you "I love Michael Moore!" folks...but then looks at reality with the main graphic on the front page. Wanna really get pissed off if you're a Democrat? Click the Projected Final Map link under the big map...last time I looked, the scoreboard looked something like this: Kerry 178 & Bush 350!!

In case you didn't know, you only 270 EC votes to win...that looks like a landslide to me.

First day.
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Work
Well, the first day of work went fairly well. I know I have still have a few things to work on, but I think I did a pretty decent job. I handled almost 50 calls and emails throughout the day.

I go back tomorrow, but for only 3 hours.

My first day is tomorrow.
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Work
Well, tomorrow I start answering phones as a FEMA Map Specialist. I'm curious how it will go, I hope I don't screw up too badly. I also hope that there are enough calls, that the day doesn't drag on and on either.

More to come...

Oh how I love group projects!
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Grad School
This semester's group project started out great!<--extreme sarcasim!

A month into our project, my group of three lost one because she lived two hours away, and her boss died, and she was forced to seriously increase her workload and could not handle the class anymore.

The same week, the other guy in my group...out of nowhere...writes an email to our professor complaining that our group is having "communication problems"...mind you, this guy had never once called and had sent 1 email in two weeks. Well, now after we had thought it had been worked out, he dropped...leaving just me in my powerfull group of 1!

Tomorrow I get to talk to my professor and find out what is going to happen to me and my project. One of three things I'm guessing, my project will be abandoned, and I'll be placed in another group, two, one or two people will be pulled from other groups to fill the slots open in my group, or three, I'll end up doing the project by myself!

I can't wait to find out which one! I'll update tomorrow after I find out...

My school history.
Mood:  happy
Topic: Grad School
Let's see, where to begin?

I guess the best place to start would be that I hated school when I was younger. Lower and middle school were just a pain in the ass. Not because of the work or anything...I never studied or did homework, unless I knew the homewrok would be collected...but because it took away so much of my play time.

When I went into the upper division, I had a little bit of a goal to shoot for, the Air Force Academy. Even this didn't really make me want to study, however.

After graduation I went to the University of Florida for about three semesters, and then moved back to Tampa. After a semester off, I went back to Hillsborough Community College, and moved out of my parents house.

I finished my A.S. at HCC and then went to the University of South Florida until I finished my B.S. in MIS in December of 2003.

I just started Graduate School at Florida State University. It was not an easy decision for me to make to go back to school, especially knowing that I'd be going to FSU! All the way through my school carrer, I've gotten by with doing little to no work or reading. However, my wife is attending the Pharmacy school at FAMU, and I knew that would have to move, hence the reason that I would be forced to get my graduate degree from FSU. Well, it dawned on me one day that she would graduate as a Doctor of Pharmacy...and that we could be introduced as Dr. & Mr. and that just didn't sit right with me.

So I decided that my competitive side wouldn't allow my wife to gain that title over me, and I applied for Grad school. My one biggest fear was that I would actually have to do some work in Grad school. Well, I was right to be fearful! I've written reports before in high school and college, but I've never had to write one every single week!

I'm not sure exactly how this will all play out, but stay tuned and find out...

My political background, beliefs & biases
Mood:  happy
Topic: Politics
I am conservative.

That about sums it up...I'll prove it with more posts to come.

I'm sure this will become my place to vent about the 2004 Presidental campaign.

My PS2 History
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Star Wars Battlefront
Topic: PS2/Games
I got my PS2 in December of 2003 as a graduation present for myself. I got Socom at that time and GTA 3 & Vice City.

I have a high school buddy that now lives in OH, and we played Socom online together for a few months. Until a friend of his up there introduced him to Socom 2...and then we started playing that. We also got into a clan...OC!

The OutCast clan was rather large a few months ago...over 100 members. But we had some issues with some of the younger members, and were forced to clean house. And now with Star Wars Battlefront out, our presence on the Socom 2 server has deminished quite a bit.

I got SWBF the Saturday after it came out, and have really enjoyed the game. I am slightly biased however, as I am a huge fan of Star Wars.