Author: jrwren

fuck cyberfiction, or whatever that sci-fi gibson genre of shit is.

Real life reads far better:
http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/blowme.html
http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nscpdorm.html
http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nomo.html

I especially like the part about the impending carpal tunnel and lack of sleep.       

So… I got a raise at work.  The thing is, it is a laughable raise.  I mean, 3.41 %.  I’ve been here for 2.5 years.  3.41% is FAR under inflation for 2.5 years.  It is better than nothing, and that is about all I can say about it.

The funny thing is, that I don’t think I would think much about a 10% raise.  That would be better than nothing too, but I don’t think of it as anything remarkable.  It is small.

Now a 20% raise would be more like it, and would be nearing what I would expect to be paid given my current job.  However, I now have a Masters Degree, and I bring FAR more to my job than what my position says, so… a 50% raise would be more what I feel I deserve.

😉

And that is why I laugh at 3.41 % raise.  HAHAHA.  It funny, It cute.  It is not even gas money.

I can’t wait to move.

http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1090248784137830.xml?aanews?NEAP

oh crimey.

Something is wrong with me when I visit and agree with websites like this:

http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegfam/famine.htm

http://www.mcspotlight.org/

http://www.thisiscool.com/mohan/ardiscus.html

You think this is painful?

I’ll show you painful!

Meet me in the boys bathroom after school.  And then I’ll show you painful!  Then I’ll show you painful.

OMG.  I can’t believe I just ported my rpmListSync program from perl to Java.

GO ME!

It was easier than I thought.

Java is starting to own.

Now to slap a GUI front end on it 😉  hehe.  Not that I have done GUI FE in Java at all in the last 7 years… but I did once about 8 years ago… hehe.  I remember doing AWT and wishing swing were standard… about a year later Java 1.2 came out.  HEhe… these days are a bit different.

Wee…

I sure am bored.

At least Rant is playing some good shit.  They need to get some Sterile in the mix.

so my java could bring all the kiddies to the yard.. but what would that java look like?

Need a change of pace… tired of working on same old stuff.  Trying to set that pace myself, but it is difficult to focus when there is no concrete task at hand. *sigh*  Typical programmer RUT.

Looking forward to the weekend.  With much of the house purchase stuff behind us… well the PURCHASE stuff is behind us, it is a little weight off the shoulders.  Still need to close on the Penthouse Condo.

Finished reading a good real estate book last night.  It was old, and you can tell, especially in the case of example dollar figures, but in general I think it holds true.

Oh my goth!

I know I prefer to hurt
it seems to comfort me and burn
I never asked for it – question.
I never wanted it to end

I know that I die gracefully in vain
I know inside deteriorates in pain

you’re such a part of me
I can’t believe it’s real

I crawl in my black box to hide
I welcome misery with pride
takes turns in whipping me I bleed
enjoy the fantasy and greed

Oh my Goth!
Subject me to your world
Oh My Goth!
Take pleasure in my hurt

😉

Well, I’m actually doing it…

Getting around to messing with Tapestry.  The biggest thing J2EE has going AGAINST it right now is TOO MANY CHOICES.  Good lord I can fill a page with all the options one has for frameworks and libraries, just to make a damn webpage.

Oh well, it beats the usual PHP.