So, time for another rapid fire shot. I realize… twitter is basically this: a micro blog with a few thoughts here and there. However the twitterverse seems like this overcrowded dollar store. Even though I do use it @threeup I’m not much of a fan. And as you will soon find out, I am feeling verbose about these somewhat boring topics; well beyond 140 characters. (But twitter’s appeal is in brevity which is often best)

Ting Tings live
downloadin
Weather
More Korean TV
Itunes
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Is Bo Peep really an appropriate name for a female? Is there a big bo peep?

Stupid name or not, she has aged extremely well. I’d like to throw out there the suggestion that nobody has aged finer in history. In 1902 and then today, (in 3D no less)

Who can resist that bonnet and sheperdess crook?

So I’m in Phoenix, kicking it with my own place, my job is fun. Things are up. I have some bloggings in the draft phase. No thrilling stories, but I could spice up my scorpion killing. I did whack it with a hammer. My weapon of choice. (no connection to Captain Hammer in Dr Horrible)

I haven’t written here in a while. I should get my Spain things down in a jiffy, but in the meantime, here is a Jack Handey story.

I remember I was hammering on a fence in the backyard when Dad approached. He was carrying a letter or something in his hand, and he looked worried. I continued to hammer as he came toward me. “Son,” he said, “why are you hammering on that fence? It already has plenty of nails in it.” “Oh, I’m not using nails,” I replied. “I’m just hammering.” (more…)

I have been traveling all over the map but in doing so, my wake times have been all over the map. Everything is at a whim, and it just fits how it fits.
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My productivity has waxed and waned. I remember my dad telling me about moons that have phases where they wax and wane. I am not quite sure which is which, but wane means to fade?

I want to be productive, in hours when I dont have to be productive. So how do I push even when nobody is there to push?

1. Music, new music is waaay to distracting, unless its ambient wordless techno, I can’t handle this ROCK n POP cast even though its quite good. I need something with a good tempo, but not too stimulating to become foreground.

2. Convince yourself you should. I sometimes think laying down might be nicer. I know its not really what I should do, but my brain and body aren’t convinced. I sorta stab ‘conventional wisdom’ all the time, so when ‘conventional wisdom’ tells me to water a plant, that doesn’t necessarily mean I am compelled. I have to be convinced its a good idea. Like how my plant has tips that are turning a bit crispy Tim needs some water, I am convinced. I need to work, right now I’m convinced.

3. Schedule realistic work amounts. If I really wanted to amp up, I _could_ work for like 8 hours straight, but thats not realistic. I have breaks, talk to this person at this time, play a short game here at that time. It sorta works as long as I keep things in their boxes. Without work scheduling and fun scheduling, time gets lost.

4. Mental health therapy. If you’re stresed or tired or sad or angry, you often need to take care of that first. Well, maybe the paying job comes first, mental health second, and then ‘fun’ job third. It can’t be pushed to the pits of the stomach, people aren’t wired that way.

5. Short term reachable goals. This is huge. I’ve been told this a billion times, but if you dont feel progress you will quit. I can not relate to anyone that works at something for more than five years. Lab scientists with their chemical testing can work so hard, with no results! How! That is foreign to me, and most people. I write todo lists all over the place, short quick things.

6. Have hope! Things can change, your goals can be met, you can do it.

Well, I’ve been looking to upgrade my portability and improve my techological wiredness.

I know people like iphones, people at work have them. It makes them happy. The interface to use media looks great. Apparently some of the apps are useful (or at least are marketed well) because lots of people are buying them. But I thought to myself, what is important to me?

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A keyboard is important.
- I dont appreciate having to type on a touch screen, but I suppose its possible. I don’t blind TXT like some people.
Cost is important.
- To get a iphone contract costs in the area of a thousand per year. For two or three years minimum
Online apps are more important than nononline ones.
- I’ll be browsing the internet, maps, reading rss feeds, going to youtube, facebook, maybe even making notes.
- Multimedia apps, puzzle games, musical instruments don’t have much appeal. I have other devices which do that better.
- I’ve seen the iphone browser, the squeeze zoom is not something i really want to be doing constantly. The resolution is also low.
Phone is important.
- It might be nice to not need my phone, especially since its not charging very well anymore
Battery life is also important.
- When not in use, iphone seems to be ok. But for extended browsing or whatever, I’m not so sure.

Interface is not really important
- Function matters, not really how nice sliding things are. I want to be productive, not happy.
- Handling rotation, slideyanimations,
Music playing is not really important
- My 80gb zune has that just fine and I couldn’t be happier with it (aside from crashing 3 or 4 times)
Being apple is not important
- Infact, I hate their attitude of pushing products people don’t need and getting away with it.
- I also loathe any proprietary apple software. Their ‘best’ app, itunes, drives me crazy.

So, what are pros to use the iphone, that is specific to me?
Widespread, large community.
Its a phone.
Clean design.

What other options do I have?
I can go more internety, like a tablet. Full slide out keyboard style.
—-except I’d really like it to be a phone
Or a flip phone with full keyboard.
—-except they are handicapped in all non keyboard features
I can go more keyboard phone, like a keyboard blackberry with small screen.
—-except a nice screen is fun, webbrowsing works better
I can get an alternative touch phone, htc, samsung, LG have their own kind.
—-except its windows mobile?

Well…. actually I like WinMo. I used to have a pocket pc, and it was fun! I got a fold up keyboard for school and used MSN, SNES emulators, document readers, MS Office. Good memories!

So I went for the HTC Diamond, top reviewed non-iphone at cnet. I watched youtube videos and it looked spiffy. Its also smaller by length and height.

1. Do something
2. Don’t stay home
3. Go to Greenland
4. Go to Denver
5. Bury treasure in St Louis and St Paul
6. Go to Moscow
7. Go to Tampa
8. Go to Boston in the Fall
9. Hoist the mainstay
10. Swab the poop deck
11. Veer to starboard
12. Sail
13. Walk the gangplank
14. Own a parrot
15. Go to Boston in the fall
16. Pluck a rooster
17. Become good at ping-pong
18. Throw mashed potatoes against the wall
19. Kiss a chipmunk
20. Get headlice
21. Go to Boston in the fall
22. Lick a spark-plug
23. Sniff a stink bug
24. Paint daises on a big red rubber ball
25. Bathe in yogurt
26. Look good in leggings
27. Go to Boston in the fall

Oh Dr Seuss, I do like green eggs and ham, you are so wise.

on August 24th, 2006

What do you show? Seuss says…

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
– Dr. Seuss

This was a comment to Strong Hands Blog: chuck vs captain awesome which grew into its own post.

The plot of the Chuck is kinda predictable, and the characters are one dimensional. While some people might like them, I really don’t find them very likable – except for chuck. The entire cast and premise is just one big contrast of him; a world of black to make him stand as white.

I think this contrast is huge, and his weaknesses show how much he relies on good traits to get him out. Superman had a lot of these personality weaknesses too, except they aren’t given much attention aside from weird moments with women, or when villains make him save some girl to stall him. I still like that character in both lois&clark and smallville, but they don’t bring his personality to life as well or place importance on them, and therefore they aren’t as entertaining or interesting from that standpoint.

I also compare him to Ironman, who is an anti-hero with alcohol issues, women issues, violent tendencies, and a big ego. I find all of this interesting because of the contrast to superman type (well really he contrasts Captain America, if you are a true comic book stickler). Ironman is very intelligent, wealthy, classy, a quick thinker, very confident, very smooth, seeks justice, and demonstrates other strong traits that are generally positive… although often his flaws make them negative (confidence + immorality = egotistical jerk)

Fumbling timid weak guy is not something to aspire to, but the qualities Chuck puts on the pedestal are to be admired … morality uniqueness compassion. The reason I, and my friend Meera, think Chuck is so great, would be that his good qualities are more important than confidence, eloquence, physical skills, and intelligence.