Enough Videos Already!

I've posted alot of videos lately but I figured I'd go a head and do an old school entry just for the hell of it. YouTube has been quite the interesting event. A lot of people like my lipsing videos and keep asking me for more. I figure I'll keep going and see what happens. With the ability to get the word out through Facebook I don't think I'll have a problem getting a few hundred views for each good lipsing. I have a Logic test coming up on Friday and a French test on monday. Why do they always have to happen either next to each other or on the same day all the time? It really sucks. At least my research paper isn't due until next friday so that will space things out a bit.

Travis moved out and I have the house to my self for a while. I moved into his old room and I must say I REALLY like it. Not to mention with only one person here our bills were tiny. Sabrina should be moving in sometime in about two weeks. Ok thats all for now.

Election 2006

This is what happens when I get left alone for to long

I Miss You Guys

New Mighty Stuff

Hear Me Dream

I'm in Kharma for the first time in a long while. I think the reason I stopped coming was not because I had a problem with the smell or the smoke but the fact that I knew others had a problem with how I smelled afterwards. I do kinda feel like I've been neglecting my friends here though. This place has been a lot of things to me and I'm finding it hard to let it go completely. I still feel like its MY coffee shop ya know? I stand up for it and still try to get people to come here instead of other places. I should have brought more quarters with me tonight...oh well.

I was getting music off of...well a certain file sharing program...and saw a song called Hear Me Cry and for some reason the phrase "hear me dream" came into my head. I thought, wow that would be a sweet song title. Now all I need is the music to go along with it. But still, I think that would be a cool song title. Maybe if I ever sit down at a piano and lay down a final version of my piano song I've been working on for like 8 years, thats what I'll call it, Hear Me Dream. Wow now I really want to go play but I dont have my mic with me and I dont think my scooter will make it home, to the practice mods, then back home. Damn.

Hear Me Dream
Together in a smoke filled sky
Ride the wind
fly above the rest until the morning comes
falling, falling, your face still smiles at me
Can't you hear me, hear me dream?

Come find our path when dawn breaks the world
This is where I am, this is where you are
somewhere between heaven and hell I remember you
but you wont remember me at all
See it? It comes for me, to take me away
Hear me dream.

Hear me dream your hand, your smile, your touch
your laugh, your voice,

I wake up and you're not here.
Didn't you hear me dream?


Wow dont you love random spurts of inspiration.

One Year Older

I figure that I should write this entry at the beginning of this day instead of at the end because...well...I wont be coherent enough to write this in by the end of this day.

Today is my 24th birthday. When people hear how old I am turning they always tell me, "well thats not that old." Here's a hint guys...that doesn't help me feel any younger! I know I still have many many years left to go (I pray I do anyway), but it does mean that another year has gone by and I'm still NOT OUT OF DENTON!! Man someone get me outta here! Joseph is going to by me a comic book I want later on today and I asked a few of my friends to meet up with me at Lucky Lou's at about 11pm. It's always interesting when my two groups of friends meet up. I have the "bruce kids" and then I have the "kharma kids." I guess we'll see how that goes. I still need to ask Travis to come out with us.

To celebrate my own birthday I have bought my self two video games that I have been looking forward to for years actually. Justice League: Heroes, which kinda sucks, and Kingdom Hearts II which I have been waiting for since 2003. Kingdom Hearts was the first game I ever bought for my PS2 and I have been waiting for this sequel ever since! I've only had it for about a day and have put in nearly ten hours so far. If you don't know what game I'm talking about you really need to go read up about it on wikipedia. It's so very awesome.

Well I thought this was going to get deep but turns out it didn't. I could talk about how I still don't have a girlfriend for my birthday and how I wish I could see my family today but I guess all that goes with out saying so, I wont say it.

Heres hoping that the next year of my life is better than this last one and that it brings many new friends, places, and experiences.

See ya next time.

I Lost It, So Here's Some Filler

Damn it, I had a good idea for a blog entry and now I have totally forgot what I was going to say, so here is a bunch of random filler.

I register for classes tomorrow at 12am so horray for finally getting to my sr classes!
I think I might be getting sick and theres only 3 days left until my birthday on friday :(
I found a girl to replace Travis when he moves out in December so HORRAY for not having to worry about living conditions anymore!
I had this weird dream that me and Jeremy gave Angelica a ride home and all we did was poke fun at her the whole time...ya i know, weird and totally not like me or my brother.
Firefox 2 was released today so thats really cool. Firefox has recently replaced Safari as my default web browser and I'm using Google Reader to keep up with my RSS feeds.
The elections are coming up in exactly two weeks and I cant wait because the Dems are going to retake the House and with any luck retake the senate too. YAY!!!
MacBook Pros got upgraded to Dual 2 Core Duo's today. So now Apple pro end laptops are on top of the game again.

Ok I'm out of filler stuff. Hope you enjoyed.

Boring

So lets see where I am at today.

I've got one french assignment to do, I'm listening to Jimmy Eat World, I have a test on thursday in Sociology and one on friday in Logic which class was canceled due to a gas leak yesterday. My birthday is in 10 days and counting and I'm pretty sure it will go by with out any large celebration. The last time I tried to do something big for my bday was my 15th and it was LAME. Ask my brother, he can tell you.

Its weird how about 6 months ago everyone seemed to be single and now everyone seems to be dating or very close to dating someone. I'm not really sure how that happened but I guess I didn't get the memo that said, "hey go hook up with someone." Oh well, I think Joseph missed it too. Well how about this, maybe the girl who I was suppose to hook up with missed the memo. That sounds better. So here I sit in my room with my cowboy hat on typing away and really not doing anything. I'm pretty sure I wont be doing anything tonight so maybe I'll take a nap...again...not like there is anything else to do.

A Real Post Finally

My birthday is in 11 days and I'm not quite sure how to take it. I'll be 24 and I'm pretty sure that by almost everyone standards that really makes me an adult. Although, I really dont feel like one yet. Maybe its because I've spent most of my life not being an adult that it will just take time to get use to. My mom said that it took her a while to think of her self as one. It's hard to believe that I have really been in this town for 6 years now. It really does seem like yesterday I was just showing up with all my stuff. I try not to think about people or places or things because it just makes me sad. I just keep reminding my self that one day I'll be the one to go too.

In two days I have helped celebrate two birthdays, Liesl's and Ted's. Liesl's was the most fun because I actually got to go to a real party with people my age and hang out. Ted's was at the Olive Garden and was pretty much full of loud kids who cant really control them selves in public yet. I'm not saying I didn't have a good time, there were just times that I had to get up from the table I was so embarrassed by their actions. Thats what I get for going to dinner with about 14 kids.

If there is one thing this blog does, it makes me feel a little better. I'm not sure why but I guess it just gets me to ramble on enough that I forget what was really bothering me before hand.

I got my credit card payed off last week. YAYAYAYAYAY!!!! So nice to be debt free.

Well we are almost to November and if my college streak is to stay intact, I should be meeting a girl any day now that will become my next girlfriend. For those of you who dont know, my only two girlfriends EVER became official on the day before Thanksgiving break of even number years, 2 years apart. Desiree was Nov 23rd 2002 and Angelica was Nov 24th 2004. So watch out ladies, my eyes are open and I'm very much paying attention.

A Glorious Day

Today marks the first day of Travis' life as a Mac user. So for me, this is one convert down in just over one year. Up next...my mom. :)

This Is Stupid

Crushes are stupid. They are almost always a waist of time and effort for me. And why the hell can't girls just be decent around here?

A Quick Reply

Having a crush is such a stupid game. I thought I was to old for this crap. And why the hell don't girls know how to be decent anymore?

A Quick Reply

I hate crushes, what a waist of my time.

Friends or Not

So I've been thinking, is it better to be friends for a while before trying to date someone or just go for it with out being friends? I can tell you from past experiences that I've had both happen to me and both end up failures. If you are friends for a while before hand, at least you have something to go back to if it doesn't work out, but you risk them finding someone else while your playing the game. If you try to jump into it you risk pushing them to fast or over stepping your bounds. My friends tell me to just do what comes naturally and hope for the best. Good advice.

In other news, I did something today I always told my self I would never NEVER do because I think guys who do it are shallow and uncomfortable with their own bodies. I'm not sure why I did it but damn I never noticed how white I really was until now. I also think keeping up with it is going to be a pain in the ass if i keep it this way. I also feel very cold suddenly.

Note to self: Late nights with Robin are extremely fun but you will pay for it the next day...

Last Minute Predictions

Ok last minute predictions for the Special "It's Showtime" Apple media event in an hour.

1. Movie Store
2. iPod Nano G2
3. Full Screen Video iPod

Maybes
1. Mac to TV device
2. iPhone

And then there is always the chance that there will be something COMPLETELY random that no one is thinking of.

Weekend from Hell

I swear this is one of THE craziest and painful weekends I have ever had. First off, I bitch slapped Chris Thomas out of anger which is the first time I have EVER hit someone in the face. I wont get into why I hit him, but everyone says he had it coming to him so I don't feel to bad. I was so angry and depressed that I just scootered my way to the nearest open parking lot and screamed my lungs out. Sometimes its good to just let it go.

Then the next night, I took a crazy fall off of my scooter and skinned my self up pretty badly. My shoulder, forearm, and two places on my right hand are skinned up. Then we tried to take the scooter to trade it in so I dont die and I couldn't because I cant find the receipt and Walmart doesn't even carry the E200, only the E150.

Thrid, Joseph got a flat tire on the way to my place. Then we couldn't get to discount tires in time. Then we couldn't get to Olive Garden in time for the never ending pasta bowl.

Fourth, I went out with Dawn and Van tonight only to find out the girl that was really cute is MARRIED (oops), then I went to Nicole's to find Heidi actually there with out Will, walked her back to Bruce IN THE RAIN only because she was drunk and it was 3am and theres no way in hell I'm letting her go back alone. So I find Megan in the lobby and she offeres to take me back which I was extremely grateful for and its always nice running into her. Well turns out she had friends waiting for her so I felt REALLY bad that I asked them to go get coffee at Jupiter House which made her friends pretty pissed. Then when we finally get to my place the damn trunk closes right on top of my HEAD!! Ya it hurts. Not to mention, thats not exactly how I want to introduce my self to people. "hey can you give me a ride, piss off your friends, and hit me over the head with your trunk?"

And the worst thing about all this is I still have one....more....day.....God help me.

No Answers, Just Questions

Every day I look around and I see a lot of pain in people. I see girls who have been used, lied to, walked on, cheated on, taken advantage of. They sit there every day alone in their rooms and cry and nobody hears them. I see guys who only know how to treat a girl like an object, a trophy. They are from families who either had a father who wouldn't/couldn't teach their sons properly or never had a father to begin with. They walk around all day thinking that if they just find that one girl who will do what they want, they will be happy. And the most frustrating part is I can't do anything to help any of them.

Every person has been hurt or had their heart broken and just can't seem to put it all together again. Maybe thats just life, but maybe there's more to it. I mean, did our parents go through stuff like this? Something in me wants to say that things weren't quite this bad when they were our age. Nobody tells the truth anymore about anything. Guys lie to get the girl in bed and girls do the same thing in return out of spite. Maybe this is what men get for all the years of keeping women under our thumbs for so many centuries. Girls sleep with every boy who will drop his pants for them because they think that if I have with him then maybe he will love me like i want. The girls think that they have been able to detach the emotional connection from sex and they are so wrong. I see it every time I talk to those girls that their hearts are broken and bruised and they have no idea how to fix it so they keep going back to more and more guys.

I dont understand this world anymore. I think the bible calls it a "dark and dying world" and Im starting to believe it. Where are the christian role models that we so desperately need today? Why can't they get it through their minds that all they do is turn people away and make it even worse for all of us? Stop protesting out side abortion clinics! Stop putting signs of dead babies on my campus! Stop going into my coffee shop trying to convert "the sinners." You ARE SINNER TOO! "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Do you stop to think about that before you run in to convert us? In the eyes of God we are all equal so you are just as "bad" as they are. Just because someone looks different than you doesn't make them a moral delinquent fools.

So how do we fix this? I dont know. One person at a time I guess. Matt Chandler, my pastor, always tells us, "I dont have any answers, just questions. But together we'll try to find them."

They Dont Really Care About Us

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
trepidation, speculation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
black man, black mail
Throw your brother in jail

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I do really hate to say it
The government don't wanna see
But if Roosevelt was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Ya know.

Ya know, Im really pissed off right now. not because of the roommate situation but because of something else. I can't get this girl out of my head and its all her best friends fault! Fuck! Not to mention my BRAND NEW scooter's chain came off tonight so I had to call her to take me home from the party............AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! God is totally playing games with me right now. What a bitch.

Hours

I've had 2 hours of sleep and I am very pissed off...thanks Travis. I appreciate it you fucking asshole.

Conversation #1

Girl) Hi :)

Boy) Hey there

Girl) how you been?

Boy) Good.

Girl) ) You mind if we talk for a bit?

Boy) Sure. About anything in particular or just whatever?

Girl) Actually there was one thing I wanted to talk to you about.

Boy) Ok, im listening.

Girl) I heard you found out about us.

Boy) Well, come on, it wasn't hard to see. I had known for a while but just had someone else tell me about it finally.

Girl) Oh. really? Well, I hope it doesn't effect your friendship with him.

Boy) I haven't had a friendship with him in years.

Girl) Well, does it bother you any?

Boy) Not really. What bothers me is that your cheating on your boyfriend with him. I must say that I was pretty damn surprised to find that out. I never took you for a girl who would cheat.

Girl) .......... well............I dont know what to say. It just kinda happened and know I dont know what to do.

Boy) Listen, cheating on people is wrong, you know that. If you like your bf, then stop cheating on him please. If you want to go be with other guys then let him know that and maybe you guys can have an open relationship or you should just stop seeing him. Its not fair to him.

Girl) I know....Do you ever think about how things use to be?

Boy) Honestly, ya sometimes. But it was a year and a half ago.

Girl) Wow has it really been that long? It doesn't seem like it has.

Boy) Ya i know. Almost feels like it was yesterday.

Girl) Well, i should probably get going. I'll see you around.

Boy) I'm always around.

Innocent

One day you'll have to let it go, you'll have to let it go...no
one day you'll stand up on your own, you'll stand up on your own.

Remember loosing hope, remember feeling low
remember all those feelings and the day they stopped.

we are, we are all innocent. we are all innocent...we are, we are
we are, we are all innocent. we are all innocent...we are, we are

A Message to A Friend

I'm always around.

As I slowly creep towards the 100th entry mark here, i take a second to reflect on some issues...ok just girls.

So, I was finally able to confirm certain things about my ex that I hoped weren't true, but ya they are. So, am I dissapointed in her, yes, but what can i say? Shes a crazy and now I have proof. I know of at least one person who reads this occasionally. Maybe a few others but I'm not sure. Anyways, I guess I'm just at a loss for words right now. None of what I found out tonight really matters in anyway shape or form. I already didn't like the guy and he pretty much knew I knew. No one is awake right now and I could use someone to talk to. Joseph is awake but..cant really talk to him much. Liesl is awake but hanging out with her guy so I wouldn't be able to pry her away, Kady is probably asleep or with her boy friend. Even Sebastion has a girl he is "talking with" now days. I must really be missing something about girls if he got one this summer. I guess sometimes I just dont understand the world. No one really understands everything of course, but I sure would like to have at least a better grasp on a few issues once in a while.

I wonder why Liesl never told me? Did she even know? She must have because they are good friends, ok i dont want to think about this anymore.

Kill'em All

tonight in kharma they played the entire Kill'em All album by Metallica from start to finish. This is Metallica's first and fastest album...

My dream finally came true: sitting in my favorite coffee shop listening to my favorite bands greatest album...

My Baby

My baby takes the morning train, she works from nine till five and then
She takes another home again to find me waitin' for her.

Pansy

I've noticed over this summer that my out-goingness towards women has seemed to have died off. I remember I was always the one in the dorm who would go talk to a girl sitting by her self, what happened to that? I even did it last summer but now I seem to just kinda let them go. Maybe its because they have never got me anywhere before. Out of all the girls I've been with, I didn't met any of them by randomly walking up to them and saying hey, they have all been just friends of a friend. Oh well, not like I have the money to date anyone right now anyway.

An Open Letter to Will Reeve from Matt Gellman

Dear Will,

You do not know me, and I do not know how to get this letter to you except in this way.  On June 28th a new Superman movie will open. I await this new film with mixed emotions. I am glad to see my favorite superhero come to the screen again, but I will miss seeing your father, Christopher Reeve, who was the greatest movie Superman I ever saw. I do not know if June 28th will be a harder day for you than any of the others since you were 13 and your father died in 2004 at the age of 52, or since your mother died last March at the age of 44.  If it is a harder day, I ask you to please take some comfort in the condolences of a grateful public for the courageous example your parents set and for your terrible loss. May God comfort you and receive their souls into the place where their souls are together and where illness and injury have no power and cause no fear.  I am also thinking about how your father did not merely play Superman.  Your father was Superman.

The fundamental spiritual engine of the Superman stories is the fact that even superpowers exist in a world with insurmountable natural and moral evil. Disease and greed, injury and tyranny, are so widespread that even a superhero with unlimited powers cannot overcome them. If it were possible for Superman to vanquish all evil, he would be God, or God's chosen Messiah, and that cannot be true.  So the great question arises about Superman, and about your dad, “From whence the effort?” Why try to overcome evil when evil cannot be finally defeated by anyone except God? Your father's fight against his spinal-cord injury and your mother's battle against cancer tell us the reason. The poet T. S. Eliot put it this way: “For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” In a world that only names champions when they win, Superman and your parents give us another model of what it is to prevail in the battle against evil and death. It is the courage to always try—to try your best, with every fiber of your being, with all the powers God has given you and never give up. It is the courage to continue the struggle that is the power of Superman and the inspiration of your parents to us.

Superman is a great superhero with a spiritually acceptable mission.  The mutant X-Men are fun, but they seek merely to exist. They are not dedicated to “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” Batman is motivated by vengeance, not virtue. Spider-Man is transformed by an accidental spider's bite and not by the loving gift of parents sending their child from a dying planet to a planet “capable of great goodness.” Jor-El's gift to Kal-El is your parent's gift to you. You, too, have been given a great legacy that is also built on a great tragedy.

Superman began in 1938 fighting slumlords, and then Nazis, and then all who sought to limit freedom and impose tyranny. This sense of mission is what enabled your father to set his goal as not merely enduring and coping with his injury but in mobilizing the public to support all the efforts to find ways to reverse the effects of paralysis.  I will contribute to his foundation in your name and his memory.

The Nazis believed in an übermensch, a Nietzschean superman who would assure Aryan domination of the world and the brutal extermination of all others. Superman is the American mirror opposite of that arrogant and genocidal dream. Through our Superman we express our hope that the freedoms we have here in America ought to be the legacy of all people on planet earth.

The Superman comics and movies are not mere stories, they are popular legends, and your father and your mother were noble translators of that democratic and virtuous American legend to a grateful nation.  May God comfort you in the months and years ahead. In every way that truly matters, your parents have taught you to fly.

In grateful blessing,
Marc Gellman

© 2006 Newsweek, Inc.

Gellman: Remembering Christopher Reeve - Newsweek Rabbi Marc Gellman - MSNBC.com

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Note to self

Girl you met in kharma:

Name: Nana
Hair: brown, strait, long
Discription: skinny, 5'7 or so. Met her months ago with Brendan on the couch. See her every day. Say hi next time.

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.

OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don' t
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both you elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3 / 4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

---Dr. Seuss

Podcast on iTunes!!!

I am proud to announce that I now have a podcast on the iTunes music store! It is free so you can all go download it and listen as much as you want. If you have iTunes, which I recomend you get, you can subscribe to my podcast and it will automatically download when a new episode comes out. Or if your like my roommate and refuse to get anything apple, you can go to the web page and download and listen to them.

Link in iTunes Music Store:
Patrick's Thoughtful Thoughts

Link to web page:
Patrick's Thoughtful Thoughts

All Will Be Well

All Will Be Well
(written by: The Gabe Dixon Band)

The new day dawns
And I am practicing my purpose once again
It is fresh and it is fruitful if I win
but if I lose, ooh, I don't know
I'll be tired but I will turn and I will go
Only guessing 'til I get there then I'll know
Ohh, I will know

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

The winter's cold
But the snow still lightly settles on the trees
And a mess is still a moment I can seize until I know
That all will be well
Even though sometimes this is hard to tell
And the fight is just as frustrating as hell
All will be well

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

You got to keep it up
And don't give up
And chase your dreams
And you will find
All in time

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

All will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
You can ask me how but only time will tell

Drum Lessons

Why hello there. So in the past few days I've had 2 girls ask me to teach them to play drums, Ashley and Kady. I gave Ashley her first lesson on Friday and it went pretty well. I got her to play basic rock and some jazz. I also tried to get her to think about some ideas behind playing drums like, knowing when to not play which I think is one of the hardest lessons for dummers to learn. I think she's coming along pretty well and next time ill try to have her play along with some cds or something. You know, get her use to playing with a band behind her. She said she had a blast playing and she was singing the beat she learned for like 30min after we stopped.

The other girl who has asked me to teach her a bit is Kady. I can't remember exactly when I met her but I can only guess it was months ago and it was through Liesl. Like me, she is taking French and attends The Village Church. She doesn't hang out in Kharma as much as she use to but I still end up seeing her once or twice a week or so. Shes 20 and has a few years left here at school. Anyway, I ran into her at Kharma tonight and she said she has always wanted to learn to play drums and thought, "hmm who do I know who plays...Patrick plays, maybe he'll teach me." Yes, yes I will. Unlike Ashley, I dont think shes had any experience in music before so I'm not quite sure how to approach her abilities. Ashley played percussion all through high school so I kinda got a jist for where she was at, but with Kady I suppose I'll just sit her down and ask her to play a beat and see what happens. Who knows, maybe she'll be really good and just blow me away.

I joked with Travis earlier that I should start charging for lessons if word gets out I'm teaching people how to play. Man that would be cool. Getting paid for teaching people how to play drums...awesome.

Quick Reminder

The girl you met on the bus today:

Name:Kate
Location: Misquite Ridge Town Homes
Age: 20 or 21
Job - SI for Algerbra
Facts - Has been living in her apt for "the better part of 2 years." Took french for a year and a half. Was at Bus Stop around 7:30am on a Thursday
Hair - Brown, shoulder length
Eyes - Brown
Race - White

A Change

So I'm back in Denton. Yes I made it home in one piece. I feel refreshed and ready to take on the troubles of every day life. I'm attending church tomorrow for the first time in what has to be a little over a year, excluding holidays when my mom made me. With the exception of Liesl, I don't really know anyone else I'm going with so maybe I can make some new friends while I'm at it. I had to go diging for my bible this afternoon so I could actualy bring it. We are going to The Village Church which is were me and Angelica use to go all the time. We use to go in the evening so I'm not to concerned about running into her. But if I do, I think I can deal with it now. It all seems so trivial now after last week. I thought about a lot of things over last week and have decided that some things need to change in my life. My run-ins with her are one of those things. No longer can I let her effect me. I don't effect her any so why shouldn't I do the same? Well, here we go, nothing to lose, everything to gain.

The Long Tail

I recently heard about a new phenomenon taking place in the internet called the Long Tail. I tried to describe it my self but I couldn't word it properly, so here are some excerpts from Wikipedia.com.

"Products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds the relatively few current bestsellers and blockbusters, if the store or distribution channel is large enough. Examples of such mega-stores include Amazon.com and Netflix."

"A former Amazon employee described the Long Tail as follows: "We sold more books today that didn't sell at all yesterday than we sold today of all the books that did sell yesterday." In the same sense, Wikipedia has many low popularity articles that, collectively, create a higher quantity of demand than a limited number of mainstream articles found on a professional site such as Britannica."

"The term is derived from the XY graph that is created when charting popularity to inventory. For example, in the graph shown on this page the total inventory of Wikipedia articles is along the bottom line, while the popularity rating (web page hit statistics) is along the vertical axis. So, for example, the Wikipedia homepage would receive the most views and be on the far left in the red, while this page might be on the far right in the yellow, as would most of Wikipedia's articles. The same could be said for Amazon's book inventory or Netflix's movie inventory. The total volume of low popularity items exceeds the volume of high popularity items."

Well there ya go. I find this to be pretty freaking cool because this means that when you put all of us little no name bloggers together, we might become more powerful than a major news site like CNN. They say that there is power in numbers...indeed there is...indeed there is.

Houston update

I've been trying to clear my head of a few things while I've been down here this week. Mainly just stupid girl problems. I don't think I'm going to confront either girl about either situation though. I think its been so long ago with one girl that there is no real point in telling her anything thats been going on, I'm just going to change how I act and how I feel. I'm done being bitter about the whole situation and towards her parents and such. I just want to be happy.

As for the other girl, well, I'll keep that one to my self for now.

Hello From Houston

Well it's Spring Break '06 and I have travled to Houston again with Joseph. The difference between this trip and last years is that I dont have a girlfriend living about 10min down the road. I dont think I'll run into since she lives in the rich part of town and wouldn't, as Joseph says, "lower her self" to be seen around here.

So far we haven't really done much besides watch the season finale of Battlestar Galactica and drive around for a few hours last night. I took a walk around the block yesterday afternoon to clear my head of a few things and kinda snap my self out of the mood I was in. We also met up with Josephs ex, Sami, last night. I'm not quite sure what to do with that whole situation anymore so I try to stay out of it as much as I can.

I'm not sure if we are going to church today or not. I wouldn't mind if we did, its just that Joseph's mom is catholic and I'm very not catholic so, it should be interesting.

I miss people in Denton. I miss Kharma. For all of its faults its really a good place for me. At least my lungs are getting a break for a while. Oh well, I'll be back soon enough.

How To

How to forgive someone that hurt you more than you've ever been hurt.
How to not fall apart every time you see her walk by happy.
How to understand why bad things happen to good people.
How to forgive your self for things you have done to others.
How to focus on the good times you had with someone instead of the bad.
How to be interested in another girl and not compare her to that one ex.
How to forget all the pain her friends and family put you through.
How to move on with your life once and for all and not dwell
How to close your heart off just enough to not get hurt like that but still love someone.
How to be a man.
How to be a decent person with good morals and not get trampled on.
How to be a man of God.
How to know the difference between a girl that makes a good friend and a girl that would make a good girl friend.
How to love again.
How to begin again
How to grow up
How to not grow up
How to wish good things upon a bad person.
How to talk to her after a year of not talking to her.
How to decide if bringing anything up is even worth your time.
How to bring closure.
How to forgive...
How to forgive...
How?

North Park Center Apple Store

Sometimes you go through phases were I just can't stop writing in here and other times there are times where I seem to go weeks with out writing. I guess this is one of those times were I never seem like I have anything to say.

I went to my first Apple Store grand opening the other day. That was freaking sweet! I got my first Apple tshirt too. Me, Joseph, Tim, Sebas, and Mike al went to North Park Mall at 9am to stand in line for an hour so that at 10 we were one of the first 30 people in the store. The tshirt is pretty sweet too. After that, we went a few minutes down the street so I could see the other Apple Store so I could see that one too. We almost went way up to the Willow Bend store in Plano just so we could say we had been to all 3 Dallas area stores in one day. But after we ate at this cool irish pub, we got really tired and decided it was best to come home.

The Acadamy Awards were on tonight. Crash won best picture which was a huge upset because everyone thought Brokeback Mountain was going to win...oh well. I haven't seen either movie so I really can't say one way or the other who should have one. Jon Stewart hosted this year and he did a pretty good job. There were times were I think his style of humar didn't mix well with those types of people, but he got more comfertable and better as he went along. John Williams got robbed again this year which pissed me off and 3-6 mofia best song...give me a break.

I've been toying around with new web building tools lately. Mainly this program called Rapidweaver. I've used it to redesign my web site, again, so you guys should check it out and tell me what you think. Click Here To Go Check out the multimedia section with my songs and videos. I hope you enjoy them because I enjoyed making them. Well TTFN, ta ta for now.

Fun Times

A lot has happened over the past few days I guess I should mention. First of all, my web site AppleKeynotes.com has been shut down by Apple Legal. Apparently, you're not allowed to watch Steve Jobs keynote speeches unless they want you to. So after getting about 50,000 hits in a week, we got an email from them telling us to remove all of the files. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. We have gained a lot of publisity from being shut down and have had stories written about us on some big name Apple news sites. We even got mention in my favorite Apple news podcast, MacOSKen. So that was pretty bad ass.

Also, I have yet again, begun to rebuild my zobarstyl.com page. This time I am using a program called Rapidweaver. I have heard and seen good things from it and I'm kinda enjoying it so far. I dont know weither or not I am going to switch my journal over to that page or not, but we'll see how it goes. I kinda like being able to write a post with blogger since I can do it on anyones computer where ever I may be. Well thats about it.

Quick Update

Wow I am good. Did i not earlier in the day say that I was over due for a run in with the ex?? I think I did. And who came into kharma tonight.....She did! I have always been able to tell when she was around with the exeption of the time I found her in my house...that was not a happy day....

Singles Awareness Day

I have lived through another Valentine's Day, or as a lot of us know it as Singles Awareness Day. The only difference between yesterday and last two Vdays, is that this time I wasn't throwing up sick with pnemoia. So at least that was worth it. But to make sure I didn't just sit at home alone all day, I asked Leisl to hang out with me for a while. We just went to Kharma and talked for a little over an hour or so. I enjoy talking to her one on one about whatever is on our minds. It just feels more personal and like we really are understanding each other. She decided to skip work which was cool, so we got to hang out a little longer than she had planned on. Turns out this girl that I thought might be interested totally got a boy friend over the weekend. Shows you how much I know about girls. I sent Angelica a facebook message saying happy vday yesterday and she replied back wishing me the same. Haven't seen her in about a week so I'm probably due for a run in sometime soon. Because you know, that always puts me in a great mood... Meanwhile, Rachel said that she might want to study tomorrow for our French test. She didn't show up to class and I didn't go to lab so I didn't see her today at all. I guess if she doesn't show up tomorrow in class then its just not going to happen. Well alright, I'm done. Go away.

Liesl's Sexy Party

Last night was Liesl's second dress up party. And I must say, while I still think the first one was better, I had a great time again. And to my wonderful surprise, a certain someone never showed...YAY! You have no idea how happy that made me. Joseph came along this time too. He said he had fun which is good and he met a lot of new people. I met this one girl there who was really cute, to bad she just wanted to go home and ended up getting kinda pissed at her friend so it killed her mood. I actually danced with Laura...It was awesome. I know I don't like to dance and she was freaking tall, but there is just something I do enjoy about having a girl that close and swaying to the music. awww. I'm pretty sure I looked good too last night in Travis' black button down he gave me. Liesl was of course looking very cute as was just about everyone there. And there is something about being dressed up and drinking wine with a lot of people that seems to add a new flavor to a party. It gives it a neat little twist that you can't get at a keg party. I hope Liesl has another party one day because I'm sure it will be a blast just like this one.

Posting...I'm posting...

Alright, so I had to re-live about the last year and half of my life twice in the past 24 hours or so and boy let me tell you, its never a pleasent experience. So much has happened over the last year that its hard to even discribe acturatly. Leisl wanted to see pictures of the ex so I sent them to her and kinda ran through some things with her. Then Nicole wanted to hear about the whole thing because we ran into her in Kharma tonight. Well about 20min later when I was done with the story, Nicole half felt bad for me and half wanted to kill me and joseph. I dont blame her, I mean we did some bad things during that time. But thats what happened so I'm not going to lie about or leave it out because it was a major part of the relationship. I'm by no means proud of what happened but I wont hide it if I'm asked.

I tried to ask Rachel to hang out today but as soon as class was over she like bolted out of the door. So I couldn't catch up with her in time. But wednesday, wednesday she is mine! hahaha. Boy I hope she never reads this. Damn its 1:30am and I have an 8am class. Maybe I should go to bed. eh...fine....

Ya Never Know...

Alright, I'm tired of looking at the word Bitchy at the top of my blog so I've decided to put a new one up. Lets see what can I talk about. So there's this girl in my French class who looks remarkably like Angelica. I even thought it was her the first time she caught my eye. I finally found out her name today, it's Rachel. I didn't get a last name so I can't facebook her unless I want to try and comb through the 144 Rachel's I found. She seems really nice and is of course cute, but just the very idea that she reminds me of Angelica might be cause for alarm. Joseph told me to not even try to start to talk to her besides in class for fear that her resemblance to an ex would...well...cloud my better judgement. There may be some truth in that but since when do guys ever follow other guys advice about girls. Leisl's party is a week from tonight so that will be awesome I'm sure. Her last one was very cool and I can't wait to get to this one. Hopefully everyone there will be just as nice and as friendly as last time. I also got invited to a party by a girl named Kelly today. Shes moving into a new place next month and said that she will "definitely keep me informed." So that's pretty cool.

Supergrover practiced the other day. First time we had played together in months. It felt good to play with everyone again. Play real songs with a real band ya know? We are going to do Bruce Jam this semester I promise. I'm pretty sure this will be our last chance since well, Travis is probably going to move off to bigger and better things and who knows where Brandon will be. Ok this is a sad topic, lets move on.

I'm also trying to start up my web page again. This time using my new iLife application called iWeb. It is a very easy to use application but doesn't really do a lot of what I would like. Its like web page creation for dummies. And after making my last page in FrontPage, this seems like a breeze, almost to breezy. But oh well, I'll make the best of it for now and hope that the second version which should come out next year will be better. Ok well that's it now for now.

Bitch

Time is a bitch. It seems like only yesterday I was moving into Bruce for the first time and had no idea about what was coming. It's hard to believe that since that day I've been through two girlfriends, two hall of the year awards, numerous friends who have come and gone, two other places of residence, I've seen more and done more than I ever thought I would and I'm only 23. Sometimes you stop and think about how much you have changed in the last few years. I would have to say that I have definitely changed since I was 18. I mean, having your heart broken and having your parents divorce will no doubt change a person. Am I better off though, that's the real question. I suppose in some ways I am. I'm wiser with who I give my heart to and more determined to get the hell out of this town. But maybe I am not as good off as I think. I used to be a lot more out going and friendly back then but now I'm more of a shut in. In large groups I don't speak up like I use to and I find it kinda hard to meet new people now days. Of course that may be because everyone around here is 4-5 years younger than I am. Aren't girls suppose to date older guys? It makes it all the more odd to see people hook up in a matter of days of knowing each other and then me having to go home alone. Everyone keeps saying, "just wait she'll come." Well that's great but none of that helps me now. I'm still sitting here by my self. I still go to bed alone night after night with the only person to keep me company being my Winnie the Pooh. *sigh* Bad enough Son is gone, but now everyone seems to be hooking up lately. What a shitty mood I'm in. Time is a bitch.

Pissy

You ever feel left out sometimes? That's how I feel tonight. Travis is going over to Jennifers, Joseph is going out with Nicole tonight (thanks to Heidi), Shelley is hanging out with Justin, Leisl is throwing someone a party, and you know what I get to do? Nothing. The breaks on my scooter snapped last night so I if I were to try to ride that to Kharma tonight things might be...well...dangerous. Imagine going down a hill at about 15mph on a scooter with no breaks. Now I could just walk it down all the hills but damn it this campus is so hilly that it would defeat the purpose of even taking it with me. Half the time I would have to walk it. Keith is going to come over on Sunday and see if he can fix it with a very small welding iron. So until then, I'm stuck here....again....home alone with my iBook. And will anyone care much? Will any of this change the fact Im trapped in this stupid place? No. So I hope everyone has a good evening.

Disney + Pixar = Steve Jobs + $$$$$$

Walt Disney today bought Pixar Animation Studios today for $7.9 billion. As you may know, Pixar has made such films as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, also was the CEO of Pixar and as part of the deal has been given a chair on Disney's board of directors. Also because of the buy out, Steve Jobs becomes Disney's majority share holder! That means he ownes a larger percentage of Disney stock than anyone else does, which in turn gives him HUGE pull in the company. I wouldn't be surprised to see the relationship between Apple and Disney to start to grow very quickly.

Goverment Class

Today in goverment I will stay awake....I will stay awake...i will stay awake...I will stay awake....

Keynote of MWSF 2000

I'm Kharma right now, waiting for this file to get done transferring. It is Steve Jobs keynote speech at MWSF 2000. This is probably the most important and famous keynote speeches since his return to Apple in 1997. Why is it so important? There are two reasons for this. One, Steve announces and demos OSX (operating system 10) which at that point in time was revolutionary. No one had ever seen anything like this and it was a huge change from OS9. I've heard Steve call the changing from OS9 to OSX as being a brain transplant. Many of the programs for OS9 had to be rewritten in order to work on the new OS. Steve would also describe it later as "the basis for the Mac platform for the next 20 years." So, this was a MAJOR announcement and he demos many of the key features of the original OSX version.

The second reason this speech is so important is because Steve announces that he will be staying on permanently as Apples CEO. He had been fired in the mid 80s for having "ideological differences" with the rest of the board of directors. After he left, he started up an animation studio named Pixar, makers of such animated films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Monsters Inc., and he started a computer company called NeXT. NeXT didn't really do anything at all because it was incredibly expensive and not very user friendly. What it did do though, was create a foundation for what would eventually become OSX. In 1997, Apple was in shambles and close to bankruptcy. Apple decided that if anyone could save the company, Steve Jobs could, so they fired their current CEO and hired Steve back as an interim CEO. At the end of this keynote, Steve announces that he will remain at Apple and become their permanent CEO. Let me tell you I've never seen a crowed stand up and cheer so loudly and so quickly before. It is a very emotional end to the speech and you can see that Steve begins to get a little emotional himself, but quickly returns to his suave demeanor.

This speech represents the beginning of how Apple is today. About a year after this, Steve will introduce the iPod music player and the rest is history. The power and style of OSX, the iPod, and the iMac which Steve introduced a few years before this, saved Apple and brought them to the forefront of the computing industry. While their marketshare is still under 5%, the company is far and beyond what they were in 1997 and even where they were at the time of this video. I can only wish Apple the best of luck and hope that one day they will regain the dominance that they use to have in the home market.

I'm Kharma right now, waiting for this file to get done transferring. It is Steve Jobs keynote speech at MWSF 2000. This is probably the most important and famous keynote speeches since his return to Apple in 1997. Why is it so important? There are two reasons for this. One, Steve announces and demos OSX (operating system 10) which at that point in time was revolutionary. No one had ever seen anything like this and it was a huge change from OS9. I've heard Steve call the changing from OS9 to OSX as being a brain transplant. Many of the programs for OS9 had to be rewritten in order to work on the new OS. Steve would also describe it later as "the basis for the Mac platform for the next 20 years." So, this was a MAJOR announcement and he demos many of the key features of the original OSX version.

The second reason this speech is so important is because Steve announces that he will be staying on permanently as Apples CEO. He had been fired in the mid 80s for having "ideological differences" with the rest of the board of directors. After he left, he started up an animation studio named Pixar, makers of such animated films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Monsters Inc., and he started a computer company called NeXTstep. NeXTstep didn't really do anything at all because it was incredibly expensive and not very user friendly. What it did do though, was create a foundation for what would eventually become OSX. In 1997, Apple was in shambles and close to bankruptcy. Apple decided that if anyone could save the company, Steve Jobs could, so they fired their current CEO and hired Steve back as an interim CEO. At the end of this keynote, Steve announces that he will remain at Apple and become their permanent CEO. Let me tell you I've never seen a crowed stand up and cheer so loudly and so quickly before. It is a very emotional end to the speech and you can see that Steve begins to get a little emotional himself, but quickly returns to his suave demeanor.

This speech represents the beginning of how Apple is today. About a year after this, Steve will introduce the iPod music player and the rest is history. The power and style of OSX, the iPod, and the iMac which Steve introduced a few years before this, saved Apple and brought them to the forefront of the computing industry. While their marketshare is still under 5%, the company is far and beyond what they were in 1997 and even where they were at the time of this video. I can only wish Apple the best of luck and hope that one day they will regain the dominance that they use to have in the home market.

Girl Situation

A friend told me tonight that I shouldn't hold stuff back in here. I dont know, sometimes I do because I know certain people may be reading it, mainly girls, so I tend to not talk about my girl situation much, unless it pertains to Angelica or someone who I'm pretty sure doesn't read this. Sometimes I don't talk about it because I know that what I think about saying is just a spur of the moment idea or thought that may turn out to be nothing more than just an infatuation at the time or I know that if she were to find out about me having a crush on her then it would just destroy any kind of chance I might one day have. I think that if those girls really did think about it hard enough, they could all figure out who they are. It's not like I try to hide it much. If I want to go on a date with a girl I'm not going to lie about it and tell her we are just going as friends when I have other intentions. Take Laura for example. I had lunch with her a few times and even double dated with my roommate once. When she told me she just wanted to be friends I didn't try to back out and say, "oh well I didn't like you like that anyway." I told her well thats ok if thats what you want then ok. I didn't try to lie about it or anything.

Are there girls out there right now that I want to go on a date with? Sure. Do they know that? Maybe. But for right now I'm happy with how my girl situation is. I don't rush things anymore and I don't try to read into something I know isn't there. I don't set my standards to high and I don't settle for just any one. I'd love to have a girlfriend right now and to be able to curl up next to someone like I use to, but that time is over and new times are upon me. Only to often do I fall asleep next to my Winnie The Pooh Bear and pray that one day I'm going to wake up and he will magically have been turned into a girl. I wish things hadn't turned out the way they did with Angelica or a few of the others, but I can't change anything about that now. All I can do is look to the future and keep my eyes open and just wait for the next girl to come along and hope that I'm finally done with all the heartbreak in my life. Untill then...heres hoping...

X's

X's, as in ex girlfriends/boyfriends, can be funny sometimes. Now before we get going let me just say that no, this isn't going to be about my X's. I hung out with 2 couples today who had previously been together but no longer are. With both pairs I like everyone involved and some of them are my best friends. One pair is trying to rebuild a friendship after several years of not really talking. The other couple...Well...I'm not sure what's going on there. I know she doesn't want to be with him like that anymore and she has told me a number of times that she needed to stop hanging out with him, for his sake, so that he would get over her. But tonight, they went back to her place and drank and watched Aqua Teen. I know your saying well hey at least they are trying to make it work, but I don't see it that way. See, he really wants to be back with her because she just ended it a few weeks ago. Now me and her discussed this whole deal and she keeps telling me how much she doesn't want to hang out with him and how she wont pick up the phone when he calls sometimes and how she trys to not go to Kharma when he is there but then nights like this happen! I wish she would just stop toying with him because its not fair for him. Please understand that I am very aware of how hard it is to go through a break up and how hard it is to let go of someone....oh God do I know how hard that is. But sometimes it just fustraits me to see stuff like that because you know that as soon as one person takes a stand and says look, its done, go away...and means it and actually follows through on it, things might be really bad for like a few weeks maybe, but then it gets better. It cant get better until someone takes a stand. Either together or not together. All she does is talk about how he wont stop and he keeps asking her to come back and she keeps saying no, but then pulls stuff like tonight. She is a great friend to me and I have nothing but love for her, but come on, enough is enough.

Mac World San Francisco 2006 (MWSF 06)

"And lo, Steve came to Mac faithful and said, 'I have presents that you have only dreamed of.' And then, it was good." --Joseph Vogas

Today marks the beginning of a convention called Mac World San Francisco. This is Apples biggest and probably the most important convention of the year. Steve Jobs, Apples CEO, gave the keynote speech where he announced and introduced many new products. If you are reading, please go watch his keynote off of Apple's web page. You must have QuickTime to watch this.

http://macworld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/mw/index.html

Here is a list of what Apple released today:

1. iLife 06 - iLife is a suite of programs designed to enhance your digital life style. It contains 6 programs, one brand new one released today. Check out very cool demo of each application at http://www.apple.com/ilife/

iPhoto - a program that allows you to store and organize up to 250,000 photos at lightning fast speeds and now create photocasts. Think of a photocast like a subscribible slide show that the owner can change at any time so you can always keep up to date with new pictures.

iMovie HD - allows you to create and edit videos from your camcorder, even in high definition. These can then be easily transferred to make a dvd in....

iDVD - an extremely easy to use application to create DVDs. Allows you to make menus, titles, organize your clips, all in very few steps.

iTunes - ok who hasn't heard of this one. It plays your music and is gets you to the iTunes music store where you can buy songs for 99c a piece or $ for most albums. They have recently added video content as well such as TV shows and music videos all for $1.99 a piece.

GarageBand - (yes it is suppose to be one word) This allows anyone to create and mix music in a very streamlined and easy way. I have made and remixed a few songs on here my self such as Work by Jimmy Eat World or The Bad Touch by Bloodhound Gang. Today they added the feature of allowing you to use iChat as an interview tool for creating podcasts. Think of podcasts as free subcribable radio programs online. iChat is a Mac only, AIM compatible chat program. In this new feature, if you have an audio or video chat going on with someone, you can have Garageband automatically record what is being heard to be placed and used for a podcast. Also allows you to use you iPhoto library to create the title and chapter pictures for your podcast.

iWeb - This brand new app today allows you to very easily take almost anything these other applications have done and place them into your own web site that you can create and customize in a huge number of ways. After you have finished creating your site, it can be uploaded to your .Mac account with just the click of one button. (for more info on what a .Mac account is, please visit Apple.com

iWork 06 - another suite of applications. This time designed to help you with your business purposes.

Keynote - lets you design and make slide show presentations with amazing transitions, images, and videos. The new version is Power Point compatible.

Pages - a pretty simple and easy way to create different types of documents such as news letters, journals, resumes. (not used to replace Microsoft Word as your main word processor....yet. But used to create more of a multimedia document or formal document.

Also announced today were the first few Macs with Intel processors inside. Apple is currently undergoing a change from using IBM PowerPC chips to Intel chips. Lets take a look at the new models.

3. MacBook Pro - Apples replacement for its professional line of laptops known as the PowerBook (which are still on sale) It comes in two versions. Keep in mind that these are made for professional users who need a lot of power on the go.

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.67GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
80GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
iLife 06
Total Price: $1999

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
iLife 06
Total Price: $2499

4. Apple also introduced a new line of its iMac computers with Intel chips. Its all the same just with an intel chip so I wont post any specs here. If you want to know just to go apple's online store and check them out.

Well there you have it. All the major updates and new programs Apple released today. I cant tell you enough how important it is to go to Apples web page and see what all these things can do. Especially iLife 06 and all of its new features. Apple does an amazingly good job at showing off their stuff on their web site so follow the links and just look around for a while. You will be amazed at what you can now do.

Technology...wow

Look at how far we have come since the mid 80s. This is one of the first VCR's from RCA. Entire computers today cost less than half what this VCR cost back then. Check it out.

A Special Thank You

I'd like to take this moment to thank someone very close to me. They have helped me through some fustraiting times when nothing seemed to be working right. They have made me laugh, made me glad to be different, made me happy in a world full of bad things. So here is a very special thank you to my dear friend....



Steve Jobs
Co-Founder and CEO of Apple Computers.

Think Different

Happy New Years

Alright we had a party here last night for new years. It was the first time I have ever thrown a new years party. I'd say that over all it went pretty well except the part where one of the kids got a MIP while standing out in the parking lot and the 2 people who were throwing up in our bathrooms all night. Laura came over after she got off work and hung out for a few hours so that was probably the best part. I got to see her kiss one of the other girls here...woo hoo! I'm such a guy :) Every one has finally gone home and the house is a mess. My mom is coming back up here today to drop off some stuff so I have to have it clean before she gets back up here. The down stairs toilet is just full of vomit. Maybe I can get Travis to clean it. Every girl here was really cute. Of course 3 of them had boy friends who were here and one was Laura who is just a friend so yet again I get no kiss at midnight. Not even a kiss on the cheek this time. I swear one of these years I'm going to get some on new years. Would have happened last year if Angelica had been in town.

No I'm not making a new years resolution because they are stupid.