Life In the OC (That’s Oneida County)

Didn’t I already have a post called The Saga Concludes?

Anyway, here’s the deal.  I was on the phone with Ryan.  I’m going to Buffalo shortly for a job interview.  After dissing my current work predicament, Ryan stated that my job interview will be “A New Hope.”

I responded by laughing and saying, “Danos Episode IV:  A New Hope.”

Then… it struck me.  A vision.  My life has been quite like the Star Wars films.

Well… not really.  That’s a pretty big stretch.  I don’t know any creepy old guys with British accents, and I’m not a whiny farmhand who lives with his Aunt and Uncle.

I did, however, come with with, “Danos Episode I:  The Child Menace.”  I was a bit rowdy as a kid.

Then, of course, came “Danos Episode II: Attack of the Teachers.”  I loved making my teachers lives hell, right around fourth grade.

Fast forward a few years like the movies, and all of a sudden, we’re up to “Danos Episode III:  Revenge of the Bitches.”  I came up with this because of all these girls breaking up with me left and right.

Buffalo (or Texas) really is my new hope.  It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to get out of the OC.  I don’t want to live here anymore.

What do you think Episodes V and VI could be?

So I haven’t written in a while.  So sue me.  It’s not like I ever said I’d try to get back into writing regularly, right?

Right?

Oh yeah… I did say that.  A lot.  Well, the mood struck me today.  The systems were down at work, and there was not any conceivable way to work without our systems.  If we can’t see our systems, we can’t see what’s wrong, now can we?  Heh heh.

So while the systems were down, I decided to start a project for this blog that I’ve been considering for quite some time.  Okay.  A few months at best, but still…

The project?  Bad poetry.  I’m not a writer.  I’ve never claimed to be a writer.  So… I decided to write some bad poetry.  They’re all haiku.  Why haiku?  Because it’s the only type of poetry I know the name for.  Three lines, Five Syllables, Seven Syllables, Five Syllables.  It’s generally a beautiful thing.  And then I got a hold of it.  Here below, is some of my bad haiku poetry:

What is the reason
That we hurt the ones we love
Greed?  Money?  Lampshade.

Every Thursday
I get the spaghetti at
Route Sixty-Nine.  Yum.

Cave Story is fun
You play it as a robot
Good music too, man

Despite my laid back
Nature I like to wear ties
I think they suit me

I really like it
You know… the thing… that guy there…
What’s his name again?

I wonder if, uh…
You could bring that thing over
I really need it.

I think it’s time we
All sat down and had a few
Beers.  It’s relaxing.

Mystery Science
Theater Three Thousand Rules!
The Best Show Ever

Is there a reason
That we haven’t bought a car?
Gotta get around!

You’re an ass, Dan.  Yeah?
Yeah.  You are.  You’re such an ass.
Yeah, I know I am

If we didn’t eat
How would we know how good stuff
Like Mexican tastes?

Indemnities are
Little pieces of paper
We stick on our checks

The Burrito Place
I go to in Buffalo
Makes quite tasty food

I couldn’t decide whether to call this “Untitled Post” or “Default Text.” This entry is so uninteresting, but I just felt like writing. So I did.
So… Vacation continues. I woke up a little earlier this morning than I did yesterday. Regardless, waking up any time after 5:30 AM is automatically a good start to any day off for me. I immediately gathered all of the bottles and cans (and just clap your hands) that I’ve been holding on to for a year or so and brought them to Wal-Mart for returnal purposes. For a year or so, I was quite surprised that I only had about $7 worth of bottles and cans (and just clap your hands). I didn’t really do it for the cash money, though. I just wanted to clean my apartment up a little bit.

After that whole bit, I looked around a little itty bitty bit and bought myself some chai tea. Ah, chai tea. I have friends who enjoy tai chi. I always respond by telling them how I like chai tea. In fact, I think I’ll make some now. Good stuff, that chai tea.

I also took a quick tour around the store, stopping in the electronics department to laugh at the fact that there are still Playstation 3s for sale. No body wants the damn thing (though, that’ll prolly change in a few weeks when Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out). I also walked through the Nintendo section and saw a few things that I would like to pick up, but I have some other financial obligations to absolve first. Specifically, at the end of the week I’m going to the Buffalos for a wedding. Anyway, I was looking at Pokemon Mystery Dungeon for the DS. Also, Shiren the Wanderer for the DS. Essentially, they are the same game, one with cutesy pokey mans, the other with a gruff silent-type as a protagonist, where the majority of the game’s story takes place in the opening cinematic scene. I’ve been digging the Roguelikes, lately, thank you very much, Jeremy Parish. I (illegally) downloaded the Pokey Man Mystery Dungeon game that came out for the Game Boy Advance Recently. It’s fun, but like I said, it’s cutesy.

I also was about this close to buying Crosswords DS or Lego Star Wars for the Wii, but that’s about when I remembered my financial situation.

So, tail between my legs, I head out, pay for my chai tea, and head on home. I enjoy a little time to myself, download a couple of podcasts, copy them on to my iPod, hop in the tub and enjoy a good long soak.

After that, I made myself a nice ghetto lunch of Grilled Cheese, deleted a couple of things off of my Will and made this blog post.

A relatively uneventful day, sure, but hey.  I’m at the most boring part of my life.  No TV to talk about, what with having the cable shut off.  A waning interest in video games, though they were quite adequately covered in this post.  No local friends, per se.  It’s just kind of a “waiting for something to happen, then thinking if I want to involve myself in said happening.”  I wish the weather were better.  I’d be spending this entire vacation out side, but it’s still only in the 50s.  This is the worst pre-Memorial Day week ever.

Life in the OC contains (but is not full of) things that no longer matter.

I’ve been removing a few things from my life lately. I removed an entry from this blog. I’ll prolly remove a few more. I removed a ton of links in the blogroll, mostly because they’re never updated anymore. The ones I left? Well, they’re never updated, either. I removed cable TV back in September, October. Suprisingly, No TV, No Beer does NOT make Dan something something.

I removed a couple of things from my Wii. I wanted to try Wii Ware, so I had to get rid of the useless “Check Mii Out” Channel, as well as the much more useless “Metroid Prime 3 Preview” Channel. I deleted a ton of save data for games I’ve rented. After all of that, I barely had enough room for “Lost Winds.” It’s okay. I was under the impression that it would be a bit “Metroidvania,” and it kind of is. It’s just not as fun as the series that originated the term Metroidvania. I’m not so sure it was worth the 1,000 points, either.

There are a few more things I need to remove from my Wii.  Non-save data related things.  My apartment definitely needs a few things removed, too. I’ve thought of removing my myspace a couple of times. Once, I even tried to do it. I couldn’t figure out how to do it. Maybe the only way is to “zero out” all of the information.

I’m on vacation. It’s the end of May. I have always taken this week for vacation, the week prior to Memorial Day. Right now, it’s 40 degrees, windy, and rainy. It’s never like this on this week. If I could, I would remove this bad weather.

Life in the OC HURTS!

I remember I used to start and end every day with a blog post.  Well, I’m doing this as a sort of placeholder to force myself to update later.

Short story to be updated later:  A fortune cookie is responsible for stubbing my toe, leaving me a cripple!  Holy crip!  He’s a crapple!  We’ll leave it at that for now.  Update coming later.  I have to work!  ^_^