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I’ve been watching a lot of Clean Sweep lately and have decided to get rid a whole bunch of CDs. Now, just so you know, we had a yard sale last year and we got rid of a very large collection then, so this is a second purge, which means this is the good stuff people. Please, go through and put your tax returns to good use. Buy My CDs!

I was trying to read my friends page, but I’m distracted by this file that one of our students can’t print. People think I run the lab, but don’t care about the finer details. I’m completely consumed by trying to think of what the problem keeping him from being able to print is.

Take that nay-sayers.

Update: I may have found the solution to his problem. He’s testing it out now but I’m keeping the Illustrator forums up just in case. I browsed a little more, but the one article I found sounded like it matched his situation fairly closely.

Remember kids, Illustrator CS can only handle 28 spot colors in addition to the standard CMYK sets, so if you’re using pantone colors, you cannot define more than 28 additional colors in a single document.

So I’ve had some revelations in the last couple of days…

Heather and I finally decided that we have enough crap around the house that we no longer need or want, that I could sell it all to you fine people and buy myself a new Digital Camera. So if you’re in need of any CDs, TVs, Books or a Treadmill, keep your eyes on this space for some postings in the next couple of days. There are going to be a lot of CDs available, some 100+ and as opposed to last time, this time around there’s some good stuff.

Anyway, with the new prospect of a Digital Camera, I’ve given thought to the whole MFA idea since I’ve long wanted to do an MFA in photography, but lacked the proper motivation. I think the ease and efficiency that this camera will bring to my long loved art, will encourage me to get back out there and start working on photography again, which will in turn give me the motivation to realize my masters. One of the main things that’s scared me away from getting a masters or trying to be an actual artist is the fact that I’ve always been rather unfocused in my art. I can’t say that I’ve ever really had an “Artists Statement.”

But over the last couple months, my mind has slowly developed somthing resembling a statment. I’ve decided what it is I want to say with my art, what I want to reveal to the world with my photos. Now the last hurdle is figuring out how we’re going to finance such an endeavor and how I’m going to fit it into my already hectic schedule. Needless to say, I’m very excited for my tax return coming in because, even though we decided we could by the camera from sold items, the tax return will be used to buy the camera sooner and then I can take my time selling all our crap.

Incidentlally, about our crap that’s being sold: the CDs will be sold exclusively here, until no one seems to have any interest in them anymore. Then they’ll go in bulk to used CD stores around town. The larger items will be sold on eBay, but for local pick-up only. Just a heads up so you know what to look for. Please, come back and help me realize my new “masterful” dream.

Taken from 30 Years of Adventure:

“Bob (CEO of Five Rings Publishing) asked Peter (CEO of WOTC) if he would be willing to loan Five Rings Publishing a million dollars. Peter, thinking the question a joke, replied that there was nothing in the world that Five Rings could offer Wizards that would be worth a million dollars. Bob asked if Peter was near a fax machine and what the number was, and he sent over the cover letter of our option to buy TSR, which stated the background of the deal, but not the price or our terms.
“Peter called Bob back within ten minutes and asked if a company check would be acceptable.”

I saw laurenlall drop this on the ground and I picked it up after she walked away…

“If you read this, even if I don’t speak to you often, you must post a memory of me. It can be anything you want, it can be good or bad, just so long as it happened.

Then post this to your journal. See what people remember about you.”

Tonight is the return of movie night at our house. This is to be a bi-weekly event, held every other Friday (or the first and third Friday, details are still being worked out). We have invited Sean and his wife, Laura, to “co-host” the event with suggestions, assistance, added libraries and additional Netflix queueing. Laura made the movie suggestion for our revivial – she wanted to see Pirates of the Caribbean again, so that’s the plan.

They (Sean and Laura) also suggested we extend the movie event to include a bit of a theme as well. So now, the chosen movie is to extend into the realm of food and drink. When we host the movie night, you are encouraged (though definitely not required) to bring food and drink that would go along with the movie. We’re not talking about going all out with decorations or costumes, just a little added something to add to the experience. Alcohol is allowed, though I to broke to provide any for anyone but me.

Official Details (if you are reading this, consider yourself invited)

7:00 opening – 7:45 showtime (A.I.S.*)
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean
Location: Comment if you don’t already know or need directions

For those of you unfamiliar with our movie nights from the last stint, this is not some kind of movie club where we watch, critique and analyze the movie. We watch the movie, we have a good time, we talk through it, comment, laugh, have fun. Its an excuse to get together, we watch the movie for entertainment. This ain’t no Oprah. I know this is short notice, but we’d love to see you there.

Sorry I’ve been absent lately. I worked my ass off putting together the new lab this weekend (yes, I built it AGAIN – we finally got the furniture for it so it should be good for a while). In addition to that, last week Derek showed an amazing lack of my self control and bought me World of Warcraft (on an extended loan). I am to pay him back, but at no interest or pay schedule. I’ll probably pay him in April when I get my allowance back. So yeah, between working like a slave and killing ever motherfucker in Elwynn, I’ve been busy. I’m only writing this now because the servers are down. If you want to talk to me, you’re going to have to get on WoW, Silver Hand server, and talk to Aizen.

Lastly, there’s this: http://www.orapois.com/br/arquivos/01122005120941567g.swf