Dillon

dillonpuff @ 2009-04-13T11:04:00

2009-04-13T15:16:51Z

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.pirates.revenge/index.html

I wonder what makes these people feel like they have some justification for revenge.

Time to call up the marines, I've heard they have experience in this department ...

dillonpuff @ 2009-04-04T02:06:00

2009-04-04T06:06:53Z

If I knew the son of a bitch who let their dog shit on the sidewalk that I walked on I would do things the likes of which Romans would consider extreme.

/rant

I love Mega Man ...

2009-03-27T17:48:49Z

I can has ....

2009-03-24T20:24:05Z

NIN tickets, June 3rd.

10 rows back from the floor which should be good. I might have to re-live my younger days and rush security to get in to the floor area (lullz) I don't think I'm as agile as I was then though ...

Trent said something about taking an extended break from NIN, so who knows ... could be my last shot to see them again. Tom Morello's new project isn't too bad either, but I still think A Perfect Circle was a hard opener to follow.

Oh ... and then there's that Jane's Addiction band I guess ... *shrug*

brownie test run #1

2009-02-26T01:24:09Z

going from memory (last made these 10 years ago or so)

2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
2 eggs
1 stick butter
2/3 cup cocoa
1 tblspoon vanilla
1 tspoon salt

preheat oven to 350

melt butter, mix with sugar, salt, vanilla
add eggs, mix
sift + add flour, mix
put into greased pan (8x8 I think ...)

cook for 30min @ 350

batter tasted decent, but the consistency is a little thicker than I remember. I didn't overmix, so hopefully they don't come out like a heavy cake vs brownie wonderfulness.

pictures and taste test to follow

dillonpuff @ 2009-02-14T00:16:00

2009-02-14T05:18:08Z

bitches upstairs are ... vaccuuming?

at first I figured one was just getting jackhammered by her boyfriend, but then I heard the vaccuum whirring noise

at my old apartment some girl upstairs was trying to put together some shelf thing at like 1:30am.

seriously, what kind of crazy bitches do I end up living beneath?

Angry Whopper

2009-01-12T16:50:16Z

I tried the Angry Whopper last week (before the ads started up, or at least before I had seen any) and it was ok. Then I see the ads that depict it as a seriously hot burger ... which it is in no way close to.

I'm not the sort who has to buy exotic hot sauces and all that, but I do think that hot should equate to at least the level of tabasco or something. I pity any person who has a palatte that thinks this thing has a serious kick to it ... they must lead a very boring life food-wise.

dillonpuff @ 2009-01-01T13:05:00

2009-01-01T18:06:22Z

happy new years

my liver hurts

update:
now the fire alarm for my apt building is going off. Joy. I macgyvered a towel over it so my ears aren't bleeding ... but still. cmon.

dillonpuff @ 2008-11-21T12:14:00

2008-11-21T17:15:23Z

Anybody who doesn't read b0st0n ...

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tlg/924939735.html

this is too big of a WTF to not share ...

dillonpuff @ 2008-10-11T13:15:00

2008-10-11T17:21:51Z

Oh America ... Land of the Stupid

dillonpuff @ 2008-09-25T16:52:00

2008-09-25T22:05:08Z

I wonder about how people view me.

It seems like everybody drops me into a different bucket. I've had people refer to me as frat boy-ish, a nerd, and most things in-between. I guess it depends on when people have met me.

The folks I know from high school most likely remember me as a nerdy kid who was weird, but ended off things hanging out with some of the guys who partied a lot. I met a lot of people through drama and music competitions in high school, so there's people who associate me with that. I was really apathetic in high school, yet I did well enough on tests to keep myself in the AP classes and whatnot. I suppose I could have had a good GPA if I ever felt like working on it, but most classes were boring. I didn't care enough to work on them. Anything that interested me, I'd get an A. Anything that didn't, I'd get a high C, low B.

In college I was the person doing flaming 151 shots and building industrial beer funnels. Then there are the people who knew me strictly from class where I'd be a wise-ass, asleep, or bored. One professor's class was normally beer time for me. I'd sit in the back of lecture or our lab (I didn't want to be blatant) and she'd be fine with it (This particular professor liked me quite a bit ...). Lots of people assumed I just partied all the time and wasn't really a true compsci kid, but they also didn't know the me who was raised playing with computers ... learning how edit hex for old computer games, poking at my local ISP's systems, rebuilding computers for my high school.

Suppose this is going on for a bit too long, but I guess the ending thought is - It's odd how people can come across and I wonder about the people I vaguely know - both how I perceive them and guessing how they perceive me.

dillonpuff @ 2008-09-25T11:08:00

2008-09-25T15:15:43Z

"Palin once blessed to be free from 'witchcraft'"

Oh. Boy.

This election just keeps getting better.

I really wish we had a atheist President. Religion has no place in politics, just ask the founding fathers .

I'm just waiting for her to say "We don't need to balance the budget ... the Rapture is coming"

dillonpuff @ 2008-08-30T12:56:00

2008-08-30T17:04:03Z

Went to 90s night for the first time in a while last night. Phatmike played some NIN which went over kinda funny with the crowd, but I was happy. It's mostly how I always remembered it.

Things in the near future:

Moving on Sunday/Monday. Budget called, left a voicemail saying "We know you have a reservation but we have a shortage of trucks. Please give us a call before you head down" Oh good. Need to talk to the future roomie to work out getting there first thing in the morning. I hate Sept 1st.

Work-wise I'm finally getting a promotion of sorts. Moving over to a more technical job and I'll be clocking in a ton of billable hours for the company, so I should be looking at a solid raise. I'll be doing something I enjoy more too. All around good times.

Football season starts in under a week. Yay. Holly filled a spot in my Fantasy Football league (which is mostly just co-workers/former co-workers) so that should be interesting.

Real anxious for the next 5-6 days to go by as fast as possible.

dillonpuff @ 2008-08-29T23:49:00

2008-08-30T03:51:26Z

I was just bel-aired at 90s night. Rickroll Inc?

dillonpuff @ 2008-08-28T15:04:00

2008-08-28T19:06:27Z

Protester at the DNC

Not really sure if I feel a need to say much else.

dillonpuff @ 2008-07-16T11:07:00

2008-07-16T15:55:29Z

Almost every single day I get a call saying "This is your final notice. Your vehicle's factory warranty is about to expire ..." etc. This is especially wonderful as I've never owned a car.

I'm getting rather tired of it. It's technically illegal to make any unsolicited marketing calls to a cell phone without the owners consent, as well as it being illegal to have a pre-recorded message that does not identify the caller with a number to reach during business hours (the # on the caller ID goes nowhere) Hey, you can collect $500+ for each violation, woo boy! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_1991

dillonpuff @ 2008-04-30T17:28:00

2008-04-30T21:28:37Z

Dear everybody who's catching on to rick rolls

- one year too late

dillonpuff @ 2008-02-26T13:28:00

2008-02-26T18:43:07Z

Every now and then I skim the Metro on my way into work. There's been plenty of news about the primaries and the typical mudsling, but it's really getting a bit much.

http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2008/02/26/04/3247-72/index.xml

Quick summary: Obama was in Kenya and he put on some tribal garment given to him by the locals. People are upset for vague reasons. This comes after the Clinton camp claiming Obama was some crazy Muslim who was going to turn the U.S. into Iran.

I understand that Clinton and Obama both would love to win the Primary, but don't you think it's hurting the party as a whole? The Republicans are getting free smear-jobs of the Democratic candidates. Oh hey, and by the way ... Nader decided he wants to come on in and syphon off some votes from libtards who are foolish enough to waste their vote on him. Great. Can't we just focus on undoing the mess our current President has caused, then worry about pushing those aggressive platforms that will never gain traction in the current Congress anyway ... I'm glad Nader wants to make the world a better place, but he obviously isn't going about it the right way.

Meh. Enough random political ranting. Time for random TV ranting.

Anybody watch The Wire? I'm sad about the most recent episode (Season 5 Ep 8). If you've seen it you know why. Figured it was coming, but it still doesn't mean I have to like it.

I'm curious to see how much of Dexter was butchered (hah, unintentional pun) when it came to network TV. Still haven't started season 2, but I should ...

Ok, that's the most effort I've put into posting in the past year on this thing. Go me.

dillonpuff @ 2008-01-14T15:24:00

2008-01-14T20:29:50Z

Such a great weekend of football ...

Pats win. Colts lose. Cowboys lose and To cries.

Now I get to watch the Pats completely demolish the Chargers ... I hope Rivers mouths off to the wrong fan and gets his teeth kicked in.

The writers strike sucks and all, but American Gladiators? Oh hell yes. Roid raging meatheads ftw.

dillonpuff @ 2007-10-08T12:55:00

2007-10-08T16:56:09Z

That last panel is pretty swell ...

dillonpuff @ 2007-09-10T19:51:00

2007-09-10T23:56:16Z

Poor guy

I saw the hit and figured he was just out cold. Buffalo players went down left and right that game. Here's hoping Everett recovers one day.

Oh. And uh ... Hay LJ!

What's been going on:

Been dating a girl, Holly.

Working.

Yep. The end.

dillonpuff @ 2007-06-07T10:26:00

2007-06-07T14:31:38Z

From wwtdd.com

Paris Hilton was released from jail early this morning, just 3 days into what was originally a 45 day sentence. TMZ says:

Unimpeachable sources tell TMZ the deal was sealed yesterday, and that Hilton made her exit early this morning.
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department will hold a news conference in an hour to discuss what went down.

So, to recap, what was originally a 45 day sentence in jail became a 23 day sentence with a hand picked cellmate and then eventually a three day stay in a private cell. And even though she's the angel of death behind the wheel, she’ll be back on the road by noon. Fantastic.

Wtf. The U.S. legal system is such a fucking joke. If any old joe schmo did this they'd get a year of jailtime and that'd be that. Hell, even Martha did her time.

In other news Ottawa got their asses handed to them 2-6, thus ending their shot at the Stanley Cup. This brings me pleasure. Fucking Ottawa.

dillonpuff @ 2007-05-14T03:22:00

2007-05-14T07:22:34Z

I know I live on a street that's often covered with loud, drunk college kids at night ... but wtf is going on that makes it sound like a drunken parade at 3:17am on a Sunday?
Quick list of stuff going on ...

Bought a bike. Trek 1500. It's really nice being able to ride again.

Spring is here. I've been sneezing and all sorts of dying due to it. Woo. Note to self: Buy allergy crap.

Work calmed down a bit. I have weekends again. It's a positive change.

Natasha visited which was a lot of fun. Pictures will eventually be posted.

Ok. That's enough for now.

Needed a break from making a presentation for work ...

2007-03-02T21:16:53Z

30 Things You'd Never Think to Ask

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
they've tried a few times. 4th amendment is swell.

2. Do you close your eyes on roller coaster?
never

3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
if you count slipping down an incline? haha. 3 years ago I think ...

4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
depends on who that someone else is.

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
nope

6. Do you consider yourself creative?
fairly. especially when it comes to problem-solving ...

7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
eh. most likely.

8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?
Jennifer as a wife, Angelina as a mistress

9. Can you honestly say you know ANYTHING about politics?
uh. yes. I know a lot more than ANYTHING. you should too if you vote ... and you *should* vote ...

10. Do you know how to play poker?
sure do.

11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
how does 72hrs grab you? yay for finals.

12. What's your favorite commercial?
do movie trailers count as commercials?

13. ? where did it go?
ad nihil

14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around you, do you run a red light?
sure.

15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you?
a few

16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
Revs! (that's our MLS team by the way ...)

17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
I used to live on a pond in Maine, so yes.

18. How often do you remember your dreams?
Not as often as I'd like.

19. What's the one thing on your mind?
this tea I'm drinking is swell.

20. Do you always wear your seat belt?
well, I'm not wearing one now ....

21. What talent do you wish you had?
I'd settle for being able to draw.

22. Do you like Sushi?
Been eating it since I was 6, so I guess that's a yes.

23. What do you wear to bed?
depends. if I'm drunk sometimes it's the full ensemble. if it's cold I have some warm sweatpant-kinda-things. normally just underwear.

24. Do you truly hate anyone?
yes. hate is as important as love.

25.Well wheres 25?
The same place 13 went. Perhaps they are shooting black tar heroin.

26. Do you know anyone in jail?
No.

27. What food do you find disgusting?
There are a few dishes at dim sum that I'll pass on, but not much really disgusts me. Offal can make for really good food ...

28. ???
I see.

29. Have you ever been punched in the face?
Yes.

30. Do you believe in angels and demons?
No.

Adventure Time

2007-02-23T23:41:59Z

Best thing ever.