Were you fired?

I so looked forward to our daily meetings, but alas, it's been 3 days since we've last met and I am beginning to worry I may never see you again.

I was hoping to crush your dreams and spirit with my hollow, soulless gaze.
Never once returning your pleasantries
Never giving you any hope that we'd share a conversation other than you saying, "Will that be all for today, love?" and then being greeted with silent, dead air.

Or maybe my plan to destroy your cheerfulness worked too well and, after our last meeting, you couldn't take working here anymore and you quit or died.

Or perhaps I am reading to much into all this and you were only a temp.

Largestill: Maybe Jesus was the first vampire. He asked people to drink his blood and he rose from the dead after dying.

Amanda: he's a zombie.

Largestill: You don't drink zombie blood. It's yuckies!

Amanda: Yah, and he also rose from the dead after 3 days... don't you know zombies do the same? maybe he's a zombie vampire....

Largestill: Hotness. Everyone loves people with multiple talents.

Ryan: What I really want to know is: does Jesus sparkle in the sunlight?

Largestill: Jesus is so vampire, he sparkles all the time.

So I was waiting in line today at Wendy's (Yes, jennymoon, again.) and the person who served me was one of the most asexual people I have ever seen in my life.

You tell me if this was a guy or girl.
I'll feed you the details.

Okay, ready?

Geeky looking with thinly rimmed glasses.
Mid-long blonde hair in a half ponytail-bun thing in a hair net with a light aqua coloured Wendy's hat on.
Feminine movements, but not overly.
Slight divaness to the voice when talking.
More of a square face than a soft one.
Shaven or little hair growth, might have been a super light shadow growing in, might have been the way the light was in there.
Name Tag: Gina
Hates Job, maybe life as well.

What do you think?

Cause I seriously have no idea.
You could say, "Oh I know [said person] personally is a girl/guy silly!"
And I would just have to nod my head and say, "Okay, if you say so."

(And no, it is not the person in the picture, but it's like this but with longer hair and a little more feminine. Though only slightly.)

Please stop singing everything that is happening.

You also don't need to say aloud every item on the tray.
Then the cost of said items.
Then the amount of money that is given to you.
Then, after a noticeable pause, due to the fact you suck at math and have to wait till the machine figures out the change and can't figure it out by yourself, the amount of money that you are returning.
For every person in line.

It's maddening.

She tried to sing me a question:
"Will that be everything you'll be having today?"

I continued to look at her without speaking until she told me my total.

We'll see how long it will take to break her cheerful spirits.

jennymoon: I had a call from a woman named Brenda. Twice. The following call, I answered that my name was Jenda.
jennymoon: Idiot.

largestill: lol

I recorded a video off my Xbox360 last night (Well a few really).
I played with the settings so it allowed my to play on my laptop without real lag issues.
It also makes videos that are 40MB/minute, which is pretty good considering the resolution.
Now, I have 2 issues to fix.
1. Screen jitter
2. Sound quality.


Here's the video link for you facebook folks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXsMnQoMweo

For number one, I am not sure at the moment how to fix it other than playing with the video settings.
Recording in high quality does not jitter, but it's a huge file size and it lags on the laptop, which sucks until I buy some AV splitters and render the problem moot.

For number two I think I have the bitrate to high.
I've seen some videos online calling for the bitrate to be at about 128kb/s while mine is at 224hb/s.
Could this be causing the problem?
I suppose I'll find out later.

Email Subject: Free RPG Day - this Saturday

jennymoon:We should swing by Quantum and get some free goodies. :)

largestill:lol, ok

jennymoon:I have no idea what it IS.. but I'll take free stuff, right?

largestill:yuppers! :D FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

jennymoon:So we'll head there before going to the renfair on Gottigen?

largestill:I am scared to go to the renfair. :/
largestill:There is dangerous people around there.
Do you know there was 2 stabbings and a shooting today. o_O;

jennymoon:that's insane.
jennymoon:geezus!
I didn't realize it was that bad. I don't want to go now.

largestill: lol One of the stabbings was out near us though.
It was from an argument over some sort of electronics.

jennymoon:let's never leave the house again.

largestill: okay.

SWEET!!!
My EasyCap came in the mail today.
All the way from China! XD
It's a way to capture a stream from a TV, or a DVD player, or a gaming system right to your computer without any kind of fancy video card.

I picked it up off ebay for 12.95US with free shipping!!

Sadly the CD that arrived with it was blank, or at least corrupt and I couldn't access the software that needed to be loaded along with the drivers.
However, thanks to the interwebs I was able to find a copy of the CD and I downloaded it.
The Serial number that came with it worked out so it was like I had the CD all along. :D

I did a test this morning and it works... kinda.
I don't have all the settings correct yet, so when I record it records black right now, but I know it's my fault.
I also need to buy a splitter for the video.

My reply:

the greatest way to get foreigners to love america is to stop calling them foreigners.

This is absolutely insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haVqcPfeqKI


Great response to the ad above:
Protect Marriage! (Response to NoM "Confused Children")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEiOI06OazE

Oh here it is:



A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes.

Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of claws.

Scientists say the cat-sized animal's hind legs offer evidence of evolutionary changes that led to primates standing upright - a breakthrough that could finally confirm Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Read more...

I've heard of train spotting and plane spotting before as hobbies, but I didn't realize that there was such a thing as bus spotting.

Here is the video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmC_1mveYzs

I find this whole "spotting" fad a bit odd.

Having a little run in with the Wikipedia gestapo again.

But for now Hal-Con has a new wikipedia article.
Feel free to browse and make suggestions on how to make the page better.

Facebook people already know this, but I haven't mentioned here on Livejournal.
I bought a NEW car.

Like new, new.
Actual new.

It is a 2009 Saturn Astra XR.
It's sex on wheels!
The XR version is the bells and whistles version.
And it rides way smother than their XE (read: normal) version.
The Suspension is rock solid.

It has an on-board computer that has a bunch of stats such as instant fuel consumption, fuel mileage, range (based on remaining fuel in the tank), date and time, radio, and more that I can't think of off the top of my head.
It's pretty sweet.

After driving it for about 2 weeks I am loving it more every day.
I am getting used to the little things that I used to enjoy with my old car that are not present in this vehicle such as a middle arm rest, center storage, room in the back seat, but most of those problems are easily forgotten once I start driving this car.

It handles fantastically.
Despite feeling like a large car while on the highway (in solidness) it maneuvers with the flick of the wrist. It is able to zip through traffic with greater ease than I ever could with my Gran Prix. Not having a trunk that extends like 4 feet past the back windshield really helps when judging distances between other cars at high speeds.

Granted it's not the monster my old car was in shear power, however, the Astra doesn't feel like it's lacking.
I find myself having to look at the speedometer more because of the smooth ride.
Before you know it I am up around 120km\h and it feels only like 80.

The car is fully paid for as well.
So I don't have to worry about payments for the next 5 years.
Final price was $22,700ish(canadian) and worth every penny.

Car Porn Time!

I am right now playing fable to with one hand and typing this post with the other.
Same as the last post. ^_^
I uploaded pics and made all the links while playing.

Apparently this is what I look like in the morning.

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