linusvanpelt

This is my first post using my new MacBook Pro. I am digging it so far, and am sure this new computer can do things I cannot even imagine. Sweet!

I am ordering my new computer tomorrow. I can get one fairly inexpensively via my job's employee purchase program. I am getting my first ever laptop, a MacBook Pro (I am an Apple Nerd). My computer right now (an iMac G4 733MHz) that I am typing this very sentence on is...wait for it...six (6) years old. Ancient. It doesn't even have a DVD drive, that's...
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I ate meat yesterday for the first time in 2008 (non-fish). I have been trying to decide if I am a carnivore or not and I believe that I am. I think I shall continue to limit my beef/chicken/pork intake, but not close it off entirely. I think my main issue with food has always been sugar and fried foods, so as long as I...
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There are lots of movies that come in pairs. There were two asteroid movies (Deep Impact and Armageddon), two Wyatt Earp Movies (Tombstone and Wyatt Earp), two volcano movies (Dante's Peak and Volcano) and two Mars movies (Mission To Mars and Red Planet). If you want to, you can probably think of a huge number of other movies that ended up being inadvertently paired due...
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I saw Iron Man. It was pretty darn good. It was a tad slow, which was unavoidable since it was the origin story, but the film was consistently fun and had probably the best acting in a superhero movie in recent memory (not hard to do). Robert Downey was the perfect choice for the part and he played the part flawlessly. It was good to...
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My REM tickets showed up today. That gives me comfort. I can't wait. June 19th!

I am day one into my work week off. I did next to nothing today. I am ashamed. Tomorrow will be more eventful, I swear. I plan on NYC on Wednesday. That will show 'em.

What sux is that I have been all sick and stuff for the last week...
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I finally re-arranged my room (wheres I spends most of my non-work time), it felt like the clutter and dust were bearing down on me. I literally feel lighter now that things are in their right place. I wish I was OCD about cleaning stuff, since I am pretty sure I have it for annoying things like fear of leaving the oven on or having...
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Well, I got my REM tickets for the Madison Square Garden show June 19th. I purchased them at about 10:20, twenty minutes after they went on sale, so obviously, I got bad seats. What are ya gonna do? I ended up ordering them over the phone, since the ticketmaster site wasn't exactly working super-well. I don't "do" going to shows well. I wish I could...
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I saw the Rolling Stones movie Shine A Light today. It was good, but like all concert movies, the sense that "you hadda be there" to really appreciate it permeated the whole movie. I definitely liked it tho'.

Speaking of concerts, REM's June 19th date at MSG tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10:00am. I will manfully struggle to get good tix by buying them...
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I am definitely addicted to caffeine.

I drink too much soda (diet), too much coffee (black), and too many Rock Star Energy drinks (diet). I don't go too long in your average day without some sort of caffeine beverage.

Now there are breath mints that have the equivalent amount of a cup of coffee. Ice Breakers Energy mints are basically speed in candy form. They...
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