Tastytronic diary for ConeyIsland81

14 Dec 2007

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:30:43 -0700

{bitterrant}Don't you just love it when your friends find girlfriends and then you seemingly don't exist to them? I hate to be a downer here but every single one of my friends basically does this to me. OH...but low and behold...I better be around to answer those 1:00am phone calls when the relationship goes into the toilet.{/bitterrant}

Going to a Christmas party tomorrow night which is being thrown by an old co-worker...so not all is lost. Will be meeting lots of new faces - hopefully hot chicks. Or shall we say C-H-I-X for those in the rock community.

Pinball Pete's tonight. Yes.

21 Nov 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:49:15 -0700

Hey Pedro!

Hey Stan!

The boy will be 6 next April, and he's doing great.

21 Nov 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:49:09 -0700

Recap of this year:

I absolutely love my Wal fretless bass, which I've had since February.
I was almost semi-famous. I'd be at least recognizable to anyone who watches a certain show on CBS. I cannot say much more about that.
I faced a whole lot of rejection this year, but I keep hammering away.
Same job, new place. Next year? Better job, new place.

3 Aug 2005

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:52:18 -0700

Still at the same job...and I'm stuck here until maybe next June when my lease expires. I've had the desire to leave my job for a good half of the last year. In addition, I've lost the desire to learn anything new in the world of programming...and I find myself disinterested in brushing up on things I learned a little about over a year ago. What I find the most interesting, however, is that I'm the only remaining Web Programmer left from the major hirings and the creation of the "Web Team" in 2001. I see that as either A) feather in my hat or B) or the fact that I'm just not striving for more.

Reading some of these current posts...I've really missed out on a lot. I really need to stop by more often.

1 Mar 2005

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:53:47 -0700

You'd have no trouble whatsoever with this thing.

25 Feb 2005

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:35:40 -0700

Baggins, we'll have to get together sometime so you can school me.

18 Jan 2005

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:22:39 -0700

Baggins...if that wasn't a School of Rock moment...

14 Jan 2005

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:46:02 -0700

Well, computer graphics have come a long way since 1992's The Lawnmower Man. I remember when that film first came out...and I thought the special effects were a heck of lot better Terminator 2's. The finale of the film, where Jobe becomes a virtual god, was a glorified version of rotoscoping created by company who now specializes in video games. The filmmakers didn't have the money for major-league special effects...but I think they got what they paid for and a whole lot more. Disney has the money, no question about it, so I'm sure there is something in development specifically for this film. Especially because the first film was so groundbreaking.

And wasn't Tron a financial disaster for Disney the first time around?

13 Jan 2005

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:32:36 -0700

GNatural, I've worked for people like this before.

The working environment is such a fickle one...and at times completely unfair...

12 Jan 2005

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:36:31 -0700

I know what commercial you are talking about Cinn...