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I have updated some links under "Links", and under "Want to waste some time?".

Please if you have the chance, just scroll through them, and visit something that sparks your interest.

Not a lot going on around here, as much as I hate to admit it, I have spent a few days catching up on my Star Wars viewing as prep for today.

Going to bed, will update more tomorrow.

Isn't Google amazing?

C'mon, how many of you have googled yourself?

Okay well then it's just me...liars.

 This is not me.

Sadly, this is not my car.

I was quoted in this article.

I did serve in this position.

This is not my online home.

Thought it was funny, and I haven't updated in a while, so I thought this might help me find the motivation to post again.

Early morning, late night.

I have updated my archives with all of my other blog posts from all of my other sites. It was bothering me that everything was spread out across xanga and myspace and here. I read through some of them as I did it, and was tempted to edit a post here and there, or even omit a post, but I felt that would be cheating.

(I did omit survey posts, because I feel like they are against the spirit of what I wanted this particular blog to be about. I mean they are so explicit, and I think I would want anyone reading this blog that doesn't already know me, to get there by less obvious means.)

So feel free to browse the archives, though do so at your own risk. When I first started blogging, the posts were essentially "Here's what I did today..." and very, very boring, and quite frankly, inane. I don't want to say it's gotten better, because everyone has their own style of blogging, and if that's yours, more power to you. But I think I started to get comfortable with the medium about December, and there are some really good posts then, not the least of which are my series about my Top 10 Books (that I read, not that were published) of 2004. So if you are remotely interested, I would start in December. (Though the September post about Kobe...man, I was feeling some feelings about that whole thing.)

Which brings me to this idea that this, interestingly enough, has really become a great tool for gauging some reasonable amount of change. For example, I was reading about the process that I went through to decide to go to law school. It was, by comparison I am sure, a pretty rash decision. In one post I am debating on whether to go to graduate school or law school, and in the next, I've taken the LSAT and am deciding where I want to go to law school (funny, I am still thinking about that one). But the entire process is documented, and for someone that has never been able to keep a journal in his life, this is a fascinating record of this time.

Moving on...

If you have not taken the time, I highly recommend checking out Judith's blog. Her most recent post really left me speechless.

Click here to check out Judith's blog.

And while I am pimpin' blogs, my brother, who doesn't update often, and by "often" I mean "ever", has posted a blog about digital clocks and analog clocks. He makes a pretty strong case though it is pretty funny, but in a "cuckoo for cocoa puffs" funny.

Digital vs. Analog.

And be sure to check out the others on the right as well.

I love this postcard, and its message. For more, go to the "Post a Secret" link on the right...

If you don't have passion...what else is there?

It was something my sister said to me tonight. She is very insightful. Like my friend Red used to say, "Get busy living, or get busy dying."

Real quick:
For those of you that are movie buffs, there is a website that will do the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon for you. It is very cool.

Also, I know the first rule is to not talk about it, but this site  makes a pretty good case for the parallels between Calvin and Hobbes and Fight Club. He actually goes as far as to say that the un-named Ed Norton character is an adult Calvin, and obviously Tyler is the adult version of Hobbes. A very interesting take...

Okay, so today was the day. My bag is here and it is pretty much the best that I know of. There is room for my laptop (and it is actually protected), several books, and lots of stuff. It is big, but no bigger than my backpack, or other bag. It will definitely take some getting used to though. The important things are that I bought a bag that is ideal for my computer, was made stateside by a company dedicated to social justice and environmental issues, so I can carry it in good conscience.

Well, I have a test tomorrow, so I am going to go take care of that. Talk to you more soon.

After work the thoughts get REALLY random

Ok here's what's goin on these days....I know it's lame but everyone else has wierd stuff that they like so here goes, I have a wierd thing for bags, like messenger bags or backpacks and things like that. I have been looking for about a year and half or more for a bag that converts from a backpack to a messenger bag that will fit my laptop. I want one that is waterproof and rugged enough to handle the everyday rigors of my life (laugh I know you want to, but I abuse my stuff, I dont know how, but I do). It also has to have enough pockets for my stuff, you know, the computer, and if I am riding the bus or the train I am reading a book and listening to a CD player so I have to have a place to put that stuff, I mean we are talking serious stuff....anyway, I found it. It converts between briefcase/messenger bag to a backpack and its called the Transcontinental it rocks - The Transcontinental .  So I am pricing it, its expensive i realize but would be so worth it. Problem is.....my computer won't fit. Bitches.

But I found a bag that is just as cool not as expensive and my computer fits in side a sleeve that fits inside the bag like a glove - The Seattle Messenger .

Its $80 dollars and the sleeve that actually holds the computer is $50. They are pretty cool. I think I may try and buy them for myself for graduation.

So there's that, also I want everyone to hear about my new browser, my brotha from anotha mutha Kenneth hooked me up with a new pop-up free tab-ful browser that kicks ass. Mozilla Firefox is truly the greatest browser that I have ever used, granted I have only used internet explorer and netscape but still it rocks. There is only one window and within that window are tabs under which new sites open. I can skin it, meaning I can change the way it looks. It has made my web surfing a pleasure and not a beating that the pop ups and what not were making my life...anyway check it out, you will not be disappointed... the best browser on the planet!

Ok I think that may be it for tonight....I know I have posted twice today, its crazy, I am a blog updating fool. Talk to all of you soon.