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03 October, 2003 at 07:56 AM by Ren | Permalink

It's Friday, y'all. Exciting. This week has been hellabusy and it looks like nothing will be letting up anytime soon. I'm really excited that my professional life is going so well; it also lets me overlook the fact that my personal life is a big pile of dog doo lately.

Don't be expecting too many updates to this thing in the near future. I've finally finished tweaking the CSS for the new university website so I can put that into production sometime soon. It'll take up all of my free time in the near future. Woo.

Lacking any other interesting news in my life, here's a friday five.

1. What vehicle do you drive?
   a 2001 Nissan Sentra SE 2.0. Her name is Janet Ronessa Black. From time to time, she participates in stories I tell on here.
2. How long have you had it?
   Since October, 2001. She replaced Janet Weiss, my first car, also a Nissan Sentra...but Janet was an old clunker. She just stopped working on me one day. I retired her to the great big parking lot in the sky ... about a year after I got Ronessa ... I couldn't bear to part with Janet. She had ... memories. Yeah, that's it. Memories. Shut up, Rollermog.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
   um...I don't know. I love everything about her. She was such a trade up from Janet. Ro has power everything, and uh, a working radio, she's also got one of those cool unlock-your-doors-horn-beep-clicky-thingies and air conditioning. Oh God. Air conditioning. Yeah. that's the coolest feature about her. Air conditioning. If you live in South Texas, you'll understand.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
   This is easy. Girlfriend has attitude. She talks back about everything. She has lately developed this sticky gas pedal thing. It's quite odd. I need to WD-40 her ass.
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
   hmm...probably a 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R. Those are H-A-W-T. With the sunroof...and standard transmission. They go vroom vroom vroom. But if money were no object, I'd have at least 3 or 4 cars. You need your everyday car (the new sentra), a goin' out car (probably something sporty and hot like an RX-7), a lets drive cross country in comfort (something big and fuel inefficient like an Expedition), and something really classy, like a BMW or something, you know, just to park in the driveway. Or to let other people drive, when their own cars die. Trust me, I have plenty of friends for whom this is a regular occurrence.

It's not right, but it's ok

06 October, 2003 at 09:08 AM by Ren | Permalink

Oh you wicked, horrible world. One of my greatest guilty pleasures in life was to download the latest Thunderpuss remix of some diva's song. But now, it'll never happen again. They broke up.

Message from Barry Harris

Hi all.

Well the time has come to break the news. Lot's of rumors & speculation out there. Yes it's true, Thunderpuss is no more. I've decided to leave Thunderpuss as i feel it's run it's course. Like any "band" breaking up, the chemistry of creative differences is often what makes the magic happen. Eventually over time though that fighting/disagreeing & compromising wear each other out. Thunderpuss had a really great run, i'm very proud of MOST mixes we've done. I'm very grateful for all the support and fans out there from all around the world. I'm grateful and very thankful to all the Artists/songwiiter/producers/managers & record companies who have come to us to be a part of their team (even if it was just a "temporary team on a current release"). I'm very thankful also to all the main promoters out there with their "ear to the ground & eyes on the street" who have also helped & recommended Thunderpuss over the past 5 years, David Henny & PK, Bobby Shaw, Brad LeBeau, Claudia @ Maxi just to name a few. Geesh...there are JUST too many people to thank!!

As most of you know out there, i've been around Djing since '83, producing/songwriting etc..since 1988. From Kon Kan, to Top Kat (Feel Cool) to Outta Control (with Rachid of WideLife) to Thunderpuss, another "chapter" is done for me. It's time to "change it up" and get reinspired and begin another chapter!!

Wow...what a ride! Thankyou to everyone out there!

Music is my passion like is is for you who are reading this right now. I'm not gone far for long by any means! Perhaps i'm just getting "warmed up"...we'll see what the future brings. Muah...Beijos..Love ya...mean it! Barry Harris Sept 26, 2003

*cries*

Not this! Thunderpuss breaks up? Whatever am I going to do? Who's going to remix crappy Britney Spears songs into hot-ass club mixes? The Neptunes? Junior Vasquez ? Hex Hector?

It's times like these that I think the terrorists have won. Who will remix our pop music for us? How uncute would it be to hear "Christina Aguilera - Dirrty (Osama Bin Laden Underground Mix)"? Alright, that was a funny title and all, but crap. Wouldn't it be that much cooler to still have Thunderpuss around to remix "Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River (Thunderpuss Fuck-U-Britney Remix)?

*sniff sniff* Thunderpuss, I shall miss you. You gave me the Lady Marmalade remix, AND If Love is a Crime AND It's not Right, But it's ok. And that's right. It's not right, but it's ok. I'll find a new remix group with with to lavish my slavish love unto.

Lord have mercy

07 October, 2003 at 08:56 AM by Ren | Permalink

Yesterday I had to make a flyer for the Javelina Alumni Association's 1st annual fajita cook-off. It's part of our Homecoming 2003 activities. No big deal, right? I fire up Illustrator and start working on the flyer. Good God, you wouldn't believe what I read when I opened up the Word document with the text for the flyer in it.

They're calling the fajita cook-off the Hogs in the Bush cook-off. Don't ask me. I just work here. But isn't that the dirtiest thing you've ever heard? I asked Freaky what she thought, and she agreed. We made up a story about how we were going to a party and we went to go drop off our coats in the coat room, but when we got there we some people were goin' at it like Hogs in the Bush.

It degenerated from there.

The office staff started making jokes about Hogs in the Bush. Student groups are allowed to participate; they even get to come up with team names. Immediately we thought we should form a team--maybe we could be the Bush Hunters or the Hog Wild Bushmen. Then we discovered that you get points in this cook-off for "presentation." Us public relation types would surely have enough creativity to arrange those fajitas in a unique and inspired fashion...you know...to evoke the spirit of Hogs in the Bush.

After laughing non-stop for about fifteen minutes, we decided to make sure we weren't just gutter brains and asked around what people thought of Hogs in the Bush. Everyone hated it, but for different reasons. To some people, Hogs in the Bush reminded them of all that lovin' they weren't getting; to others, it was just filthy. No one really wants to see Hogs in the Bush but most of us sure don't mind hearing about it. Everyone agreed though: Hogs in the Bush was vaguely sexual.

It was at that point that Freaky and I realized that anything vaguely sexual needed a song and dance. Freaky and I are weird like that. I said that Hogs in the Bush sounded like that MC Hammer song, you know, after he went all hardcore in an attempt to get back in the mix...remember that song? Pumps in a Bump? So yeah, of course, we co-opted the chorus (Pumps in a bump, Pumps in a bump..we like them girls with the Pumps in a bump!) and added a booty shake like we were on BET.

We finally got through to the Alumni Association people (after more jokes about how we can have his/her aprons during the cook-off. Boys = Hogs, Girls = Bush) and convinced them that any high schooler will know what we *really* mean when we talk about Hogs in the Bush, so they agreed to remove any references to our Hogs in the Bush. Now our little fajita cook-off is just that. The 1st annual fajita cook-off. I think next year though, they're going to try naming the cook-off. My best guess for the name: the 2nd Annual "People having really nasty, dirty, rough sex" fajita cook-off. It doesn't have that Hogs in the Bush ring to it, but it at least puts you in the same frame of mind.

Somedays my job is just really fun.

I swear the Onion makes

07 October, 2003 at 03:53 PM by Ren | Permalink

I swear the Onion makes life worth living:

Celine Dion Secluded in Lab Developing New Perfume

The picture is worth a click. Trust me. She looks like friggen' Ziggy Stardust. For real. David Bowie in bad drag...so that's really just regular, everyday David Bowie. Yeah. Well anyway, its' hilarious. Go read.

hee!

09 October, 2003 at 12:59 PM by Ren | Permalink

This is stolen off Gidget's Live Journal.

My current high score is 280 points. Yeah. I can shoot for distance AND accuracy. baddabing.

Re-errrrrrrrganized

11 October, 2003 at 02:59 PM by Ren | Permalink

So I've just spent quite some time reorganizing (errrrrrganizing to those in the know) my MP3 collection. I used to have them arranged by genre, which when I had under 800 MP3s seemed the right way to do it. However, I'm pushing 1300 MP3s now and trying to find just where all the Madonna is was getting harder and harder. I had to reorganize (errrrrrrganize). So I did. My MP3s are now organized alphabetically, thus ensuring that all Britney Spears (whether it was remixed or is an original edit) is all in the same folder. Although, I think I may have made a critical error. I put Christina Aguilera under C for Christina and not A for Aguilera (or N for NASTY for that matter, either). I'm not sure I did the right thing. Strangely enough, The Used is under U for Used and not T for The.

It made sense at the time.

Shut up!

Stop looking at me like that.

Sucky weekend

12 October, 2003 at 07:33 PM by Ren | Permalink

Yeah, so it wasn't *all* sucky, but it wasn't a shining example of why I continue to draw breath, either.

It started on Saturday. I went to the CC International Airport to pick up world-famous hypnotist Tom DeLuca. I picked him up and took him to his hotel in Kingsville. Then I waited to find out whether a parade to the stadium would be cancelled or not. It was.

Long story short, I didn't get out of Kingsville until nearly 7. Oh wait, I forgot to mention at the same time I was in Kingsville, I was supposed to be at Krysdol's Uncle's wedding. Yeah. A little overbooked.

I got home at nearly 8...showered, ironed clothes and shaved. I got out of my house at nearly 9. Drove like a madman to Krysdol's grandma's house only to realize that I missed everything. *do'H* I thought, well maybe she went home. Went there. No one was there either. *double Do'H*

I felt pretty crappy after that. Not because everyone was gone, but more because I missed everything. It made me feel pretty down. So rather than go to Wonderbread's and go drinking I figured I'd just go home and wallow in my own little pity party. I wouldn't have been good company and I wasn't sure where anyone was anyway. blah.

I got home and undressed and watched some Saturday Night Live (Justin Timberlake was hosting...mmm) until I fell asleep. Man, I'm a loser.

Hey. I did get my MP3's organized though. So it's not like the weekend was a *total* waste.

There is a God

13 October, 2003 at 11:35 AM by Ren | Permalink

And He revealed Himself to me today. How, you ask? Like this. Margaret Cho's Blog.

The Empress of all the Tastavians has a blog. There is a God. All may still be right with the world. Rollermog, just for you, I found an entry where she mentions her iPod. Yes. Margaret Cho, Empress of the Tastavians has an iPod. Clean up your mess when you're done Rollermog.

My first meeting this morning was actually less than an hour! I got out in 40 minutes! Also. I'm still winning. FUCK YEAH. Today is a good day.

Happy B-Day

14 October, 2003 at 09:52 PM by Ren | Permalink

A very happy birthday goes out to Wonderbread who turns legal today.

Inside he's still five years old though. Possibly six. hehe just funnin'!

Seriously though, happy b-day!

Friday Five

17 October, 2003 at 11:01 AM by Ren | Permalink

Oh. My. God. I'm totally hyperventilating over some of the spoilers I just read about Episode III. I need to calm down. Seriously. Don't worry though, I'm not going to spoil you with what I learned here. You'll have to go find it on your own.

Anyway, I'm doing a Friday Five, because I think this one is actually pretty good. Here goes:

1. Name five things in your refrigerator.
   I think there are *only* five things in my refrigerator right now. Butter, cheese, bologna, eggs and this REALLY old pitcher of trash can punch. It's a science experiment. We're seeing how long it can survive. Over one year and counting so far. Thanks Wonderbread!
2. Name five things in your freezer.
   a bottle of Hot Damn! Apple Pucker, frozen chicken breasts, some frozen veggies and pizza rolls. I freaking love those things.
3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.
   Cascade, Dawn, sponges, The Evil Lord Skittles' old litter box and assorted other cleaning implements.
4. Name five things around your computer.
   Right now, Dr. Pepper, a kazoo, Javelina Athletics bumper stickers, my iPaq and my cellphone.
5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet.
   Tylenol PM (I always have a supply of this at hand. IT's good stuff), regular Tylenol (for when I don't want to knock myself out), Chloraseptic, Neosporin and Claritin.

There's actually a lot more crap around my desk and in my medicine cabinet. But the refrigerator stuff is totally true. Ask Batman or Rollermog. That sh*t has cobwebs, yo.

Beyonce won't kiss girls because

17 October, 2003 at 02:51 PM by Ren | Permalink

Beyonce won't kiss girls because God told her not to. It's ok to dress like a whore, though. God said that was ok. It's just kissing girls. That's a no-no.

WHAT?! And Bruce is giving

17 October, 2003 at 03:38 PM by Ren | Permalink

WHAT?! And Bruce is giving away the bride? This is *SO* not for real? Is it?

Moments of 'mo

21 October, 2003 at 08:02 PM by Ren | Permalink

LOVE LOVE LOVE the new Britney Spears song "Me Against the Music." Yes. I know. I should hate her. But I can't hate this song, it's f'n H-A-W-T.

Seriously.

Now I have to go because I'm being a complete retard in my apartment. I'm dancing to this damn song. Shut up.

I'm serious. Shut up. I am not a dork. You are. : P

..I wanna get in the zone. Gotta get in the zone...
all my people on the floor...let me see you dance...

I'm f'n serious. Stop making fun of me. : P

Niblets and Giblets

23 October, 2003 at 09:21 AM by Ren | Permalink

But mostly niblets. Giblets are gross.

First off, props to Gidget and Tarier for putting some outstanding comments about me dancing to Britney Spears. That is some hellaciously funny shit! +100 to the both of you.

Second, as you can see, I've decorated for Halloween, with a minimum of angel wings and glitter.

Third. I am already beat tired seeing as how I've gone over to the Student Union Building twice this morning. The first time we went to get some taquitos and new AP Stylebooks for our office. Second time I went there I went to go fuss about commencement invitations. You see, our university name is "Texas A&M University-Kingsville" and these invitations said "Texas A & M University AT Kingsville." Sorry buddy, but that's a different school than the one I work at. There was also a vertical version of our logo that is incorrect. The bug is too big for the text underneath it. So, being that I am the self-appointed LogoCop, it's my responsibilty to maintain graphic standards and identity guidelines for all printed materials. So that's what I'm doing. LogoCopping my way into everyone's heart!

Gotta run now, lots to do, so little time to do it in.

Oh, and before I forget...on my way back from the Student Union the second time, I saw Star Wars Freak and Scary Eyes/Taun We going to work on a help ticket. Scary Eyes/Taun We was wearing shorts. Mmmmmmm, shorts.

That made my day right there.

Ok, I keep adding things but SgtPepper just sent me this in IM: Office 2003 Editions: Compare them to previous versions. Contains such gems as

Shared Workspace task pane
Check for updated versions of files after you've already made lots of changes only to see that they've been modified by someone else. Find out you've wasted your time even faster than before.

And also:

Access exactly the same but costs $50 more
Access much more valuable to your corporation with $50 more on the price tag.

Hi.

29 October, 2003 at 08:54 AM by Ren | Permalink

Can I tell you how super-pissed I am at my hosting company?

Yeah, I am. Their tech support people still haven't gotten in touch with me. AFTER 5 F!#!#$%^#@$$$ days! I'm switching hosting services within the week. These guys have made it clear they don't like me.

There were so many things I wanted to talk about that happened this weekend but now I'm too mad to write about any of them. At least for right now.

I'll be switching stuff at the end of the week, so likely my site will be down over the weekend. After that it'll be the land of happy-fun at my new hosting service. Yay!

FYI, most of my site is not working because of the changes they made without notifying me beforehand. So if you find something not working, don't sweat it, it's just my hosting service changing crap on me without telling me. It'll be working soon.