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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
zekiwolf
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12:34a
look, a fire-work!
Zuzu, being the lamest cat in America, is afraid of the dark. This is a problem as my ceiling fan suddenly decided to blow the circuits for that entire part of the house any time the light is turned on. Clearly there is some sort of electrical problem that I myself am not up to the task of solving, so I guess I'll get dad to look at it tomorrow. In the meantime, since this problem first arose yesterday, the only light source after the sun goes down is a small table lamp in one corner. This does not please Zuzu at all, and he has been crying pathetically in opes that the light will fix itself. Poor dear.
Anyway, you wouldn't believe the general family drama ensuing over the weekend... well, I guess you would if you've known me for a while. Suffice to say, things are pretty dicey right now...
I tried to spend as much time as possible away from the house today. Ended up helping Daniel, JD, and Ben pack up their moving van so they can leave for Maryland in the morning. That took a few hours, and then for some reason it took what felt equally long to find a place to eat dinner. We ended up pigging out on greasy Pizza Hut food on a table by the grocery store parking lot, and then I drove them all home and said bye to them and cried like a sissy.
bluh, I'm so tired. I've been sleeping in way too late this past week for some reason. u_u Bed times naow.
current mood:  sad
current music: Samingad - Wildfire
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(1 comment | comment on this) Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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(1 comment | comment on this) Monday, June 29th, 2009
policho
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7:48p
And The Winner is......
The Opposition :3
It was a MASSIVE NO to the goverment, This is a Warning flag issued by the population, Even though some places were close fights, The opposition Managed to shatter the mayorities, now what is left in the congress are Minorities.
The Lower Chamber of the congress is formed by 257 Deputies, This year 127 were renewed. You need 129 to Obtain QUORUM and become an Instant Majority.
Before the election the government held:
115 Seats + 20 Of Allied Parties.
Opposition:
122 Seats
The NEW Lower chamber will be formed by:
Government: 102 + 12 (allied parties)
Opposition: 143 (Broke in 2 Big Blocks and some small minorities)
With the lose of a Majority the Goverment will not be able to pass bills as much as they want, In the Highest Chamber (Senate) The things are more even
The Senate is formed by 72 Senators Which 24 were renewed this year. You need 37 FOR QUORUM.
Before the Election:
Government: 41
Opposition: 29
Doubt: 2
The NEW Senate will be:
Government: 36 + 1 (Allied Party)
Opposition: 33
Doubt: 2
I know they still got the 37, but this time.... Its because of that allied party, if they play the wrong cards, they will lose the majority there too.
It was a MASSIVE NO to the way the country is lead, Some places those NO were Absolute (My City for example, The Party of the goverment scored 4th place and only obtained 1 seat in the Lower chamber and they lost a few of the ones in game).
This new Congress will be in effect In December, we are a world appart from there and they still held the majority all this months towards that moment, but they will have to rule being more carefull and discussing the things they want a bit more.
The Objective of this election was fulfilled, as citizen I'm happy and Even though the party I voted scored Well (not as much as I wanted) I wanted the Lack of dialogue and discussions to end.
And with this, They will have to discuss every bill they want to turn into law.
So As citizen I'm proud of my country, because they are not as blind as I though they would ;P.
Salu2
Poli
EDIT: This are preliminary results based on the first counting of votes, the real counting and the one that matter will begin on Thursday and we might have the results on the weekend, Still This gives you a general idea and its reliable enough, Might be +1 o -1 Seat but not much more.
current mood:  happy
current music: Kalafina - Lirica
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(6 comments | comment on this) Sunday, June 28th, 2009
policho
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6:07p
To Choose a Future
Elections are the way people express what they want or at least what they think is best for them at a certain time.
Today is Election day in the Entire Territory of Argentina, what do we choose? We choose the people that will represent us as society in congress, We choose to oppose or to be in favor of a Stupid model and a stupid line of politics that had been with us for the past 5 years at least.
Today we can fight against the instant majority and Make the DEBATES return to both Houses, Enough of the instant majorities and passing bills without discussing key aspects because the president wants this or that....
Today is when They Will fall... Today will be a breaking point in the Kirchner way of politics, instead of threaten and do whatever they want, they will have to discuss each step they want to make in congress like any democratic system demands.
I just hope People make the right Choices tonight, Voting has concluded 15 minutes ago, now they will start counting the votes as tables start closing.
At 9PM we will have the first few results, hopefully by tomorrow morning we will have the Final Preliminary results.
According to all the forecasts, Kirchner party is losing benches they are renovating, They will win some, but they will lose more, With that the instant majority will be over.
We also Dispute The Instant Majority our Mayor has in the City hall of the City, I hope he loses that as well, but he might win even more power... Either way... As long as the lousy president we have loses power, I'm happy.
I'm sorry, but I felt like posting about this xP
I'm tired and sick of this.... Waking up and Tadaaaa a brand new policy against somebody thing we had been suffering since the stupid b*tch president took power.
Salu2
Poli
current mood:  optimistic
current music: Yellowcard - Afraid
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(comment on this) Friday, June 26th, 2009
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zekiwolf
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1:16p
yargh
We watched Nights in Rodanthe the other night, and it was ungodly bad. XD It makes me ill to think there are people out there who cried in a non-ironic way at that movie.
I went out to get the trail cam today - mostly the rabbit legs had been chewed by flies, and one was cov-ered in beetles of some sort. There was a garter snake sunning himself nearby and he wigged out and struck at me a few times before darting away into the leaves. Wish I'd brought the digital camera.
The trail cam had 34 pictures - a few of a squirrel, who visited twice, a bunch of a small group of deer at night, some empty ones, and four of a raccoon, who unfortunately isn't facing the camera in any of the shots. Not a particularly good set. I would have expected more photos given the time I left it out there.
I guessss I'm going to try a different bait site tonight. I'm so impatient. <_<;;
It's so humid here! I wish it would cool down. I'm sitting around with an ice pack on my head. ;__; Icccce.
current mood:  hot
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(2 comments | comment on this) Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
halfwolf88
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2:16p
I'm Back
Holy shit my last post was back on the 20th of September. Sure hope you guys didn't forget about me.
I guess I should bring ya all up to speed then. I'm still going to college, this fall will be year 2 of my 2nd program. Yeah I went back to school after graduating from my first college program. I also still work at the college in the Computer Services Department as part as the college work study program, full time in the summer, part time during classes. Other than that not much has happened or changed since September I guess that is my reason for a lack of posts.
Anyway I'm going to use my LJ to post more about my interests than my predictable life. So be ready for geeky computer posts starting now...
This month I decided to try RAID 0 on my computer because well I've never done it before. So I got 2 500GB Segate Barracuda ST3500418AS hard drives and well performance improved. See for yourself...
Before:
After:
The speed in which vista loads up, oh yeah I'm on vista now after my xp computer died and went compy heaven (aka my closet). Anyway the speed in which vista loads up timing after the POST to loging in has improved also so I'm happy. If you time the startup including the POST its about the same because the RAID threw in a bunch of extra screens about volume health and what not.
Well this post is getting big and I gots other stuff to do.
current mood:  chipper
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beomech
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7:39p
My brain hurts
The texts provided in my modern philosophy and ethics class is nothing short of 'Your brain asplode', in terms of the complexity of its ideas and explanations. While some of the ideas are simple enough to comprehend, like the theory of cultural relativism (that no ideas are genuinely right or wrong on a moral standpoint between two cultures simply because they differ), and its criticisms. Others, such as the explanation of the positions of moral objectivism and things like intuition, just...ow. O.o It's difficult for me to completely wrap my head around subjects like that, much less the explanations on the different positions and arguments for or against those positions and-owww.
I'mma go kill things on WoW
current mood:  blah
current music: 'Bonds of Sea and Fire' - Xenogears OST
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(comment on this) Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
hybridwulfe
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3:59p
Cast your vote today!
Ok, I need y'alls help real quick. I am trying to create a account on a photo website to display and sell my photos. However, I need a good name. Something professional, yet unique and fresh. Thus I made this poll!
Poll #1420154 Photo account name
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhat should I name my photography account/website?
And remember! For every person the does not vote, a kitten gets eaten by Dick Cheney! ;_;
current mood:  artistic
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silver_huskey
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12:01a
Life has been too busy lately. Sometimes I miss being idle for short periods of time.
Last week was horribly busy, and this week looks as if it might be more of the same. The only break I get is the fact that I don't have to be to work until 1:45 tomorrow for a double shift, and other than a trip to the eye doctor (my eyes have been bothersome lately) I can relax on Friday before work. At the very least, the highlight of the weekend was Saturday. I got to go to the Wizard World Philadelphia convention, and it was more fun than I thought it would be. I managed to take some pictures for Philadelphia Weekly, but I haven't had a chance to transfer the pictures from my camera to my laptop yet. I'll probably do so before work tomorrow, then I can happily submit a work expense form (with the full blessing of my editors), since I wasn't going to go to the said convention, if not for PW. Although I may make it a point to visit the convention on Saturday of every year, just because I had a decent time.
When I got home, I relaxed and attempted to catch up on anime I'd fallen behind on, in addition to a few hours of playing Persona 4. I did manage to finish Eden of the East, which turned out to be a major cliff-hanger. Thankfully the fact that two movie sequels have been announced help soften the blow, still it was a unique and enjoyable anime. I'm also slowly working on catching up with Valkyria Chronicles, which is my way of enjoying the series since I can't play the PS3 tactical RPG (not having a PS3 and all). The anime can move slowly at times, but is still fun to watch. Knowing this, I'll probably grab the game whenever I finally acquire a PS3.
Next, I'll have to catch up with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood which I've fallen six episodes behind on. For now Guin Saga is on hold for various reasons but the biggest one is a lack of translated episodes. Guin Saga has been frustrating since fan subbers have not done anything past episode seven. Either all of the major groups are too busy to pick up the series or they've simply written it off. Those who have picked it up, are currently subbing more shows than they can handle. It is pretty frustrating considering how promising GS is, hell it's more enjoyable to watch than Valkryia Chronicles yet the series remains underrated.
Speaking of which, my internet is frustratingly slow tonight so I'll probably tackle Valkyria Chronicles later in the week. If I have any energy left, I'll attempt Persona 4. At 112 hours in, I'm actually close to the end of the game. Two more dungeons to go, and one is optional at that. Time-wise in the game, I have a little over a month to wrap of all of my end game rushing.
current mood:  tired
current music: Shoji Meguro - I'll Face Myself
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(comment on this) Monday, June 22nd, 2009
hybridwulfe
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10:51p
Tornado vs. US Submarine
Ok, so I am aboard my sub that is in dry dock. Dry dock is this huge basin where the sub is out of the water so it can be fixed and stuff. Dry dock itself has a huge hanger-like building on top of it. So, I was on the 1st deck in the NAV center 'guarding' some shipyard workers doing their thing to ensure they didn't steal or mess w/ anything they shouldn't. All of a sudden we get a distress call from the guards outside in the dry dock over the 1MC screaming for the duty officer (guy in charge when the Captain is gone) to get topside. Of course, this sends everyone else up there to. I wanted to leave, but I had to baby sit the shipyard guys.=/
Come to find out a tornado had hit the dry dock building directly (as well as the rest of lower base where all the other subs are)! The guys said that they got hit by rain at a 90 degree angle and you couldn't see shit. Some ppl even got picked up and tossed back at least 10 yards. Outside dry dock we have a bunch of giant cranes. These things are 3-4 stories tall and move around on rail road tracks. They are big and heavy. Well, at least one got pushed back a ways, de-railed, and essentially broken. Estimates on damage are about $15 million, I hear. Place is torn up a little bit. What is interesting about all of this is that no one on the sub itself knew this was happening till we heard about it. Thus, our sub was more than able to fend off the affects of some puny tornado.>=]
So there you have it folks! The USN's finest took on, and won, against a tornado! xD
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zekiwolf
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8:19p
seashellllls
WELL, today I got up early (by my standards) and went to retrieve ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ozar_midrashim and met up with bellydancindan, lithone, and dragonflymusic so we could drive to Claytor Lake. I think Andrew and I mostly talked about Batman on the way for some reason.
Never been to Claytor Lake before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. It's a huge man-made lake/quarry with a 'beach,' and as it turns out only a very small portion - not even half a football field - is roped off for swimming in. They wouldn't even let us take Daniel's big inflatable shark more than halfway out. ;__; We got yelled at a bit, and spent I guess an hour or so swimming around while Andrew sat on the beach and sulked/dug a hole.
There's not much to do at Claytor Lake if you don't have a boat, and only Andrew and I wanted to go hiking, so we ended up driving around in vast circles, following Allie, looking for something interesting to get into. Failing that, I pulled my car in front of Allie's and led them around aimlessly for at least half an hour, far out into the countryside. Interesting sights included a modest mansion with a giant white gate and a mounted camera, a vet hospital that looked like a mini-golf course, and a day-care center in the middle of a storage garage compound.
I'd wanted to find some run-down hole-in-the-wall place to eat, but when that proved impossible we went to some weird little Mexican place instead...after which we headed home.
I know it sounds like a pretty lame day, but I had fun. XD I got a bit of a sunburn and a ton of mosquito bites, but I'm happy to have spent time with my friends, being active. It's the first time I've gotten out of town this summer, so I enjoyed it.
I took a long nap when I finally got home, and now I'm thinking I should take a shower after having played in that skanky lake water. XD I was too tired to even take a shower earlier, which is actually a kind of nice feeling.
current mood:  dirty
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(comment on this) Sunday, June 21st, 2009
echo_husky
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8:21p
Update to my "wreck" post
Here's two more pictures of the actual event taking place. There a bit small, but it's the best I could get.
This shot is shortly after he hit me. I was in the air a bit higher than in this picture. About a split second later I landed and smashed the wall.
And this is how it looked after both cars came to a stop.
current mood:  calm
current music: Suzumebachi - Kirby's Adventure The Ballad of Sir Kibbles OC ReMix
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