Happy Halloween
By WesleyNovember 9th, 2004
hello everyone. wow, we haven't updated since oct 24th! i can see
why you must be positively frothing at the mouths for something new
and exciting to alleviate (if only briefly) the tedium of your
pathetic, trite, insipid, stodgy, plebeian existences. what? too
much? yea, sometimes i get a little carried away. sorry. sorry
everyone. i'm sure your lives are abundant with excitement, but you
may still get some minor enjoyment from the amazing extravaganza
that was
HALLOWEEN 2004. or maybe you won't. it actually wasn't that
amazing, and i don't think it quite qualified as an extravaganza
either. but that sounded good.
now i know that you are all eagerly anticipating something grandois for the Dueling Monkeys 2 year anniversary, but i just wanna clue you guys in (so you don't think its some kind of sick joke) that we will not officially be recognizing the anniversary of the most awesomest website evar until about a week from now.
now i know what you are thinking, "but Wesley, wasn't this totally magnificent piece of webology created on Nov. 11th 2002?" and my answer to that is, "why yes, young one. this phenomenal stunning coolness was indeed created on Nov. 11th 2004." good job, you have just earned yourself a non-kick in the balls. we'll celebrate our own bloody anniversary whenever we bloody well feel like it! we don't need you ne'r-do-wells meddling in our affairs! honestly, you must find something better to do with your time. well go on, bugger off.
now i know that you are all eagerly anticipating something grandois for the Dueling Monkeys 2 year anniversary, but i just wanna clue you guys in (so you don't think its some kind of sick joke) that we will not officially be recognizing the anniversary of the most awesomest website evar until about a week from now.
now i know what you are thinking, "but Wesley, wasn't this totally magnificent piece of webology created on Nov. 11th 2002?" and my answer to that is, "why yes, young one. this phenomenal stunning coolness was indeed created on Nov. 11th 2004." good job, you have just earned yourself a non-kick in the balls. we'll celebrate our own bloody anniversary whenever we bloody well feel like it! we don't need you ne'r-do-wells meddling in our affairs! honestly, you must find something better to do with your time. well go on, bugger off.
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George: Destroyer of everything
By Mike DalyNovember 14th, 2004
I'm going to bounce around between several unrelated topics for this post, so if you are afraid that many acute topic shifts might confuse you, you may want to do some mental streching before you read on.
Now that that is out of the way, I'll begin with an update on George. George, being a cat, loves looking out the window. Not any window will do, however, he must look out EVERY window, and nothing will stop him, not blinds, not a sheet tightly tacked over the entire window. If you are a blind, I highly recommend getting out of his way or else bad stuff might happen.
Once upon a time I mentioned how cool radiosity was. This time, I come bearing proof. A while back, I threw together a 3D rendering of what Wayne's TV cabinet might look like when he had only done the plans. I took that old file and threw together two versions that represent the default lighting system, and lighting using a light tracer (kind of like radiosity). Check it:
Old School
New Hotness
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in crazy Halo 2 multiplayer madness night recently. Keep an eye on the messageboards cause that's going to happen again at some point (although not for a while). For those of you who have not gotten to play Halo 2 yet, I have some pictures that might give you a better idea about it:
How does Halo 2 make you feel?
Mike E wants YOU to play Halo!
What does Willow think when he plays Capture the Flag?
I encountered a fascinating creature last Saturday night. I will describe it via an analogy, missles are to homing missles as deer are to this creature. I was driving down the interstate late at night minding my own business until I notice the creature standing by the side of the road on the left. I hit the breaks, it starts moving to the right towards my path. I press the brakes harder and turn to the right, it speeds up moving to the right. After about another quarter of a second of screeching tires, turning to the right, and the damn creature accelerating to the right to perfectly match my attempted evasive maneuver and BAM!. The creature does a barrel roll in air, lands about 20 feet from the car, gets up and runs off into the woods. Normally, I think I would feel sorry for hurting an innocent forest creature, but I think in this case my actions were a sort of natural selection. I feel that it was important to stop the reproduction of this particular type of deer so that the entire species of deer doesn't eventually evolve into assassin interceptor deer.
That's all I got. Also, the beard kind of grew back, so there will be no more shaved Willow icon again for a while.
Now that that is out of the way, I'll begin with an update on George. George, being a cat, loves looking out the window. Not any window will do, however, he must look out EVERY window, and nothing will stop him, not blinds, not a sheet tightly tacked over the entire window. If you are a blind, I highly recommend getting out of his way or else bad stuff might happen.
Once upon a time I mentioned how cool radiosity was. This time, I come bearing proof. A while back, I threw together a 3D rendering of what Wayne's TV cabinet might look like when he had only done the plans. I took that old file and threw together two versions that represent the default lighting system, and lighting using a light tracer (kind of like radiosity). Check it:
Old School
New Hotness
Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in crazy Halo 2 multiplayer madness night recently. Keep an eye on the messageboards cause that's going to happen again at some point (although not for a while). For those of you who have not gotten to play Halo 2 yet, I have some pictures that might give you a better idea about it:
How does Halo 2 make you feel?
Mike E wants YOU to play Halo!
What does Willow think when he plays Capture the Flag?
I encountered a fascinating creature last Saturday night. I will describe it via an analogy, missles are to homing missles as deer are to this creature. I was driving down the interstate late at night minding my own business until I notice the creature standing by the side of the road on the left. I hit the breaks, it starts moving to the right towards my path. I press the brakes harder and turn to the right, it speeds up moving to the right. After about another quarter of a second of screeching tires, turning to the right, and the damn creature accelerating to the right to perfectly match my attempted evasive maneuver and BAM!. The creature does a barrel roll in air, lands about 20 feet from the car, gets up and runs off into the woods. Normally, I think I would feel sorry for hurting an innocent forest creature, but I think in this case my actions were a sort of natural selection. I feel that it was important to stop the reproduction of this particular type of deer so that the entire species of deer doesn't eventually evolve into assassin interceptor deer.
That's all I got. Also, the beard kind of grew back, so there will be no more shaved Willow icon again for a while.
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The End is Near
ByNovember 21st, 2004
This weekend I made more progress on schoolwork than I have all
semester. I wrote a 6 page paper, read over 100 pages in a novel,
I'm currently writing up an 'activity' about public transportation
(and how much it sucks) for middle school students to ponder about.
That's about it, but its a lot of stuff.
The little activity is going to be "Better ways to get people to the State Fair", inspired by this year's "State Fair on Saturday/NCSU vs. Miami/NCSU BBall Red & White Game" fiasco. Why on earth did they plan all of these events on the same day. The fair saw over 100,000 people that day, the football game saw at least 53,500, and the basketball game probably added a few hundred more. I don't care if Edwards Mill Road is new and big. It's not big enough for that many people. Can you believe they actually had directions from every single location in the State take the Wade avenue exit? Bah!
Okay I know you don't care, so I'll move on.
I copied all of Dr Muffin's photos from the costume party into a new gallery so that you don't have to search through the message board and open them in a new window or tab so often. I hope you appreciate my hard work.
Colin's Toga party was fun, eh? That DVD game is evil, and I shall not partake in it again unless inebriated. You guys had a lot of food, and it was good, but I was full for like 18 hours after that meal. Also, my toilet seat is happy. But that is because of Spongebob, not the meal :).
Oh right, I am fogetting to get to the point of my news subject. AFter I write a horrid paper on the not-so-bad book I am reading, I will be somewhat free until the Monday following Thanksgiving. That week is dead week, and after that is exams. My last regular semester should be no problem if I can find an internship, but per Cynthia's advice, I have found a possible job that requires skilled persons in the PHP/MySQL/CSS/XML/APACHE area (how convienient). I'm going to call them on Wednesday and hope that they are in good spirits, as I don't fit their Computer Science Major requirement.
So maybe I'll be able to figure out why Internet Explorer hates me, what kind of crazy CSS I'm not aware of, and how many other pages I'll have to alter to make the new design work. Maybe for Christmas DM will give you the newness. I refuse to make promises any more though, because one of a billion things will get in my way if I do.
Like the book I should be reading.
Or the activity I should be finishing.
Or the house plans I should be drawing.
Or the five final exams I should be studying for.
CRAP! The end is not anywhere NEAR near!
The little activity is going to be "Better ways to get people to the State Fair", inspired by this year's "State Fair on Saturday/NCSU vs. Miami/NCSU BBall Red & White Game" fiasco. Why on earth did they plan all of these events on the same day. The fair saw over 100,000 people that day, the football game saw at least 53,500, and the basketball game probably added a few hundred more. I don't care if Edwards Mill Road is new and big. It's not big enough for that many people. Can you believe they actually had directions from every single location in the State take the Wade avenue exit? Bah!
Okay I know you don't care, so I'll move on.
I copied all of Dr Muffin's photos from the costume party into a new gallery so that you don't have to search through the message board and open them in a new window or tab so often. I hope you appreciate my hard work.
Colin's Toga party was fun, eh? That DVD game is evil, and I shall not partake in it again unless inebriated. You guys had a lot of food, and it was good, but I was full for like 18 hours after that meal. Also, my toilet seat is happy. But that is because of Spongebob, not the meal :).
Oh right, I am fogetting to get to the point of my news subject. AFter I write a horrid paper on the not-so-bad book I am reading, I will be somewhat free until the Monday following Thanksgiving. That week is dead week, and after that is exams. My last regular semester should be no problem if I can find an internship, but per Cynthia's advice, I have found a possible job that requires skilled persons in the PHP/MySQL/CSS/XML/APACHE area (how convienient). I'm going to call them on Wednesday and hope that they are in good spirits, as I don't fit their Computer Science Major requirement.
So maybe I'll be able to figure out why Internet Explorer hates me, what kind of crazy CSS I'm not aware of, and how many other pages I'll have to alter to make the new design work. Maybe for Christmas DM will give you the newness. I refuse to make promises any more though, because one of a billion things will get in my way if I do.
Like the book I should be reading.
Or the activity I should be finishing.
Or the house plans I should be drawing.
Or the five final exams I should be studying for.
CRAP! The end is not anywhere NEAR near!
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Thanksgiving should not be all about turkeys
By WesleyNovember 24th, 2004
i mean really, turkey is over-rated. and cranberry sauce? uugh!
well anyway, that all aside, we here in the monkey household would
like to wish anyone out there who happens across our humble webpage
a very convivial (yea, you know you don't know what that means)
thanksgiving! eat whatever you like, but try and expand beyond the
stereotypical thanksgiving dogma of pilgrams with blunderbusses
chowin down on turkey with cranberry sauce. personally i prefer the
honey baked ham. oh oh, and twice baked potatoes of my mothers own
recipe. mmm... drive safely wherever you may be, and meet us back
here next week for a jolly christmas rant.
what, you were expecting something more?
what, you were expecting something more?
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It's humping season
By WheeldleNovember 28th, 2004
it has been a while since i have updated everyone on the hawaii scene ...
well, nothing has changed. the weather - still beautiful. the food - still
expensive. gas - still waaaaaaay to expensive. thanksgiving came and went
with no tofu turkey dinner for me because work called. my birthday came and
went with very little pomp and circumstance. but its ok because i had a
great birthday massage and a wonderful birthday facial and a suprise
birthday cake. dad sent suprise birthday roses. so wheedle is a happy 22
year old.
meanwhile the humpback whales have arrived!! ive seen just a few as they trickle into hawaiian waters and one breached! to those not in the know - a breaching whale consists of it launching its several thousand pound body out of the water and coming down with a massive splash. it was AMAZING! whale watches will begin in december and it will be whale soup in the waters outside the harbor. interesting facts i learned from doing my whale outline: humpback whale tongues weigh 2 tons; their penises can be up to 8 ft long; females are longer than males; generally only the male whales sing. there is much more, but i have to learn all the facts before i start conducting my own whale watches.
imminent information: i will be homeless in 2 days. by december 1st i will be out of my apt and shacking up at friend's apts until i can find a new place. i like the idea of living on the beach in a tent, but apparently mom isnt too keen on that. we'll just have to keep open minds for where i can live. anyone need a roommate? wanna move to hawaii and shack up with me somewhere? its not half bad here. how cold is it where you are? below 60? its over 80 here ... come on, roomies?
in the meantime, i am enjoying the sun, the breeze, harry potter three, and waiting on spiderman 2 to come out. mahalos are picking up a little and ive been able to save some so i can go back to school. donations are accepted.
aloha,
meanwhile the humpback whales have arrived!! ive seen just a few as they trickle into hawaiian waters and one breached! to those not in the know - a breaching whale consists of it launching its several thousand pound body out of the water and coming down with a massive splash. it was AMAZING! whale watches will begin in december and it will be whale soup in the waters outside the harbor. interesting facts i learned from doing my whale outline: humpback whale tongues weigh 2 tons; their penises can be up to 8 ft long; females are longer than males; generally only the male whales sing. there is much more, but i have to learn all the facts before i start conducting my own whale watches.
imminent information: i will be homeless in 2 days. by december 1st i will be out of my apt and shacking up at friend's apts until i can find a new place. i like the idea of living on the beach in a tent, but apparently mom isnt too keen on that. we'll just have to keep open minds for where i can live. anyone need a roommate? wanna move to hawaii and shack up with me somewhere? its not half bad here. how cold is it where you are? below 60? its over 80 here ... come on, roomies?
in the meantime, i am enjoying the sun, the breeze, harry potter three, and waiting on spiderman 2 to come out. mahalos are picking up a little and ive been able to save some so i can go back to school. donations are accepted.
aloha,
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