Dekion's tribute to himself

Quiz!

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:42:57 GMT

Little quick quiz that I found...not feeling very talkative, so not much more...

A tout le monde, A tout les amis, Je vous aime, Je dois partir

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:28:15 GMT

Well, Mom's ok, surgery went well. Once I found out who the Dr. was I was really relieved there, so I have a good outlook on things there.

I'm starting to think I just need to vanish for a time though, to get away from everything, decompress. It keeps looking/feeling like life is just playing me for a fool, and waiting to drop the hammer with another bomb. So maybe I should just say "fuck it" and get away first, at least postpone this shit. But then again, this is the age of the GPS equipped cell phone and LoJack.

Maybe you just can't get away at all.

Quiz Time!

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:31:00 GMT

Stolen from dork_kitten

Your Seduction Style: The Natural

You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen.
Fun loving and free spirited, you bring out the inner child in people.
You are spontaneous, sincere, and unpretentious - a hard combo to find!
People drop their guard around you, and find themselves falling fast.

What Is Your Seduction Style?

You wouldn't think...

Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:45:28 GMT

You wouldn't think as much as I've complained about my job that it being over would bother me this much. I've bitched left and right, complaining about this and that, and cursed. A lot. And drank. A lot. Tonight I said goodbye to the people I've been spending 8-12 hours a day with for two and a half years. Told several of them I would see them again, although we all know it's not true. My female coworkers were all hugged(you know me), and many of us were actually close to tears.

I think about it, and why does leaving this job bother me so much, when none of the other ones did?

I had made friends in other places, and said goodbyes as well. What makes this so different? I was just as frustrated at stupid shit at times, just as upset, just as glad to leave work at night. The only thing it can be I think are the other things.

For once at a job, I was having to think and solve things. I liked having to come up with new answers to questions that no one expected. I liked the people I met, heck, how many jobs can you have where you can tell two supervisors of the opposite gender that you want to clone them so you can have a copy to take home for yourself? And where a group of coworkers are a former teacher, a former mortician, a former pro wrestler, and a former professional DJ. Where a section of cubes are referred to as the "HR Quarantine Zone" because it was stated by the supervisors and Operations Managers that if you were easily, or really able to be offended at all don't sit there.

And then I come to another big part of the matter. The net. I was online the whole time I was at work. I originally found the 8 looking for smutty stuff for my sims, then I started on the forum in 2002 when I was sick. I went into a party thread, started talking to Gothic_angel, Mim, and Ecto...and it started from there. If I hadn't been able to do this from work though, I never would have gotten to know any of them, or you, as well as I do.

The old "Court" threads, were almost entirely done while I was at work. A lot of the other threads I posted in were the same way. One time in January I wound up staying 5 hours late because I was in the middle of a Yahoo conversation with my new friend Lisset, and we see what the result of that was. I think it all boiled down to this was the first time my work facilitated the relationships with the people I came to love, instead of interfering with them.

If it wasn't for the hours I was available, I never would have become friends with any of the people I came to cherish. Mim, Lisset, Oranda, Turtle, MGH, Ghoulie, Gothic, Bryan, Greenie, Steelie, Vampy, Seammer, Saint, Lovebug, Trooper, Stylar, Dolli, and even Wendoll back in the day(Remember when I was her Minion? *lol*) (And don't think if I left your name off it actually means I don't give a shit, just the list was getting too long!) And it's going to be strange not having that kind of freedom anymore, that kind of ability to communicate. Both at, and through, my work I've now met some of the most unique and fascinating people I could ever imagine.

And now I move on...

If you've read this far, thank you, I just needed to "say" this.

Aye, posting I am.

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:42:20 GMT

Howdy folks...well, another update going on here.

I am basically unemployed now, but fuck it. I can find a better job.

On the positive side.. I HAVE SIMS 2!
And it rocks. Hard.

So I'll be a bit occupied for a little while...catch ya'll on the flip side.

The craziness abounds.

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:24:37 GMT

Now ye olde employer is saying that we have a need for more people to basically be the "Supervisor" that calls get transferred to, so I may or may not be unemployed in 2-3 weeks. Either way, fuck it. It's not worth worrying about. My neice was born Thursday night, and is healthy, so now the Peace family name continues. (whew, being the oldest there was a bit of pressure on me about that.)

On the plus side, project Okonomiyaki was a smashing success, so my confidence in my future projects is definitely increased, it was quite good.

Next up - Sushi. I have the tuna..I have the nori, tuna, wasabi, rice...now to complete the work.

In an entertainment update, I borrowed my friend's DVD set of the series Firefly, and WOW. This show is just amazing, Joss Whedon(Creator of Buffy and Angel), did it again. Sadly it was cancelled by FOX before they even completed a season, but it is being made into a theatrical release, called Serenity. I've had the opening theme music stuck in my head for the past 3 days... And here are the lyrics...

Take my love. Take my land.
Take me where I cannot stand.
I don't care, I'm still free.
You can't take the sky from me.

Take me out to the black.
Tell 'em I ain't comin' back.
Burn the land And boil the sea.
You can't take the sky from me.

Have no place I can be since I found Serenity.
But you can't take the sky from me.

Cravings

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:33:54 GMT

Sometimes the most innocuous conversations can just lead to major "GOTTAHAVEITNOWWANTITNEEDITHAVETOHAVEIT" cravings. Last night at work I was talking to some friends about the upcoming Weird Al concert(I've got tickets, HELL YEAH!) *dorky grin*, and I was talking about my all-time favorite concert, Rock Am Ring in 1994. From there it lead to a discussion on German food, which lead to a discussion on food we've eaten on travels, which then lead to a discussion on sushi. So I start craving it...and I wind up at the Asian food store.

Tuna for sashimi...Wasabi...Seaweed paper...Okonomiyaki sauce...and more.

After about 45 minutes in said store, my bank account hates me.

But I think the tummy is going to be happy when I make these, it should alleviate these cravings I've had. Now I just need to go and pick up some Sake.

Mmm...sake...

And for those of my friends who want a quiz...

I AM 84% EVIL GENIUS!

I am pure evil. I lie awake at night devising schemes of world domination, and I will not rest until all living souls bend to my will.

Take the EVIL GENIUS test at Fuali.com

Project

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:29:34 GMT

Sorry for the non-updating going on, my apologies.

New information going on, and it is good. Roddy, one of the former owners of the UWA(wrestling organization I used to work for) is now doing another group, the "Southern Wrestling Alliance", and running shows about an hour north of me. I think being the center of attention at shows again would be good for the psyche. So, I'm working out like a madman, and trying to find a good martial arts instructor who works my hours. (that's not easy).

Also, some friends and I are working another project, we're setting up the idea of getting the script so we can legally do a stage show of "Rocky Horror" which I would LOVE to do. (Mind you, I'm a bit of a freak so I'll be Frank-N-Furter).

Dear god in heaven why do I feel so wired? I've had like, one Mountain Dew, which shouldn't be affecting me like this. I normally wouldn't even get this wired after like, three POTS of coffee. I need to be doing something OTHER than work. Maybe riding Mr. Bicycle, or hitting the Stairmaster...ooh...stairmaster a good idea, I may have to do that when I get home. That or hit a heavy bag. I need to buy one of those. I think I need to do this more often, this semi-stream-of-consciousness makes updating a bit easier, I often try to "plan out" my entries too much, and when I read them later I keep wanting to edit. This way though, editing won't make a difference as this is near-gibberish anyway...

Mark 2

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 04:31:09 GMT

Brief non-pdate, I just saw ghoulish had this and I thought it was really cool. :)

My japanese name is 石川 Ishikawa (stone river) 大輝 Taiki (large radiance).
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And now the news.

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:53:02 GMT

Welp, my roommate just moved out completely, keys on the desk. stuff out the door. Damn it's weird. I've never actually lived alone. I had my own room in the army, but even if you have your own building there you're still not alone. I think I'm going to have to go out a lot more now, Shawn doesn't do well without human contact of some sort. Attention whore without the attention tends to think to much, and thinking too much leads to dwelling on past, and that would be incredibly bad. Like a lot of people, when I dwell, it's the exact opposite of reminiscing. Instead of glossing over the bad and remembering the good, I focus on the bad and forget the good. I wonder if I should keep myself going to avoid it, or if I should just let it hit me so I can (hopefully) deal with it. This thing's strange, isn't it? I'll go months without touching it, then it's like someone opened a faucet, and I have all this to say, and then suddenly nothing again.

Now, on to the rest of life. Things are going mostly ok, the parental unit is feeling ok, the brother is doing as well as can be expected, and the upcoming niece is going to be gorgeous(seen ultrasound I have)

Day by Day

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:58:17 GMT

Well, I finally went and had the utilities/cable switched from my roommate's name to mine(being gouged the $120 to switch the power sucks big-time). Change is always weird, he's not someone I'm particularly close to, but he's been a good one. Respected my space and paid his part of the bills, what more can you ask for really, huh?

Well, that and he took a good chunk of the furniture, so I have to replace it. I'll miss that, too.

Post-Birthday Recovery

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 08:47:54 GMT

ugh...slept until 2, then was sick and dehydrated, crashed, woke up again at 8, then felt a lot better. I think Dek needs a new rule about never being alone and intoxicated at the same time, any arguements?

I'm have to say that I'm majorly psyched about the title for Star Wars - Episode III being released, being I'm a major SW fan. Revenge of the Sith is just cool. Mind you, a little biased I am, being that my last name IS Sith in Scots or Irish Gaelic. There is a link to what words other languages have for Peace here. Being I wear a lot of black, if I ever bought one of those psuedo-real British Lordships, would that make me a Dark Lord of the Sith?

Thursday night my latest batch of movies from Netflix came in, being The Ref, The Bourne Identity, and Big Fish. The Ref I had seen before, it's one of my favorites, and is always on my Christmas movie list. Bourne and Big Fish I hadn't seen yet though. Bourne is like a more "American" James Bond movie, and with my being all about the Bond the only question is why hadn't I seen it before. Big Fish on the other hand suprised me. I would never have thought that Tim Burton could actually evoke emotions like he did with that film. I've said many a bad thing about him, and I feel compelled to take it all back. I was laughing my butt off during Edward's stories, jumping out of my seat during the spider sequence, and nearly crying my eyes out when Will was telling his own story, and what followed. Tim Burton is a masterful filmmaker, and Ewan McGregor has once again proven just how amazing an actor he is. I highly recommend this film to anyone who has an imagination or soul at all. :)

Post-Birthday

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:03:59 GMT

Here's an update for everyone, and thank you very much for the encouragement to keep things going Turtytart. Well, what I've been expecting finally happened, my place of employment is currently scheduled to close on Septembet 16th. They say it's because of a call center in Louisiana opening, but it's just by chance that this happened right after we started in the Philippines and India, huh? And as everyone knows, "Happy birthday to me". I just turned 29, and I feel frightieningly old. Out of myself, my brother, and my 2 sisters, I am the only one not married. And my sister has a daughter, and my brother has one coming, cool huh? I get to be an uncle again, and those who know me know how much I adore Hannah. So now it's time for me to move on, and what am I going to do? Depending on how things go, I would love to go back to school full time. That would be funny, a near 30 year old man going back to school for his bachelor's, huh? Dear lord it feels like I'm behind on my life. Or maybe ahead, how many people do you know who have live and worked in 3 states, 2 countries, and 2 continents? (P.S. no need to show me up here, Happyduster, we both know you can in this case. :p

And on to other things, what is it that the older you get the more you appreciate the music of your parents(or in my case grandparents)? Ten years ago, when I was 18 I would rather have died than listen to most Country, but now I love a lot of it. And as I said in my last entry, a little country can never hurt a lovely lady. Same thing with TV, hell, my TV almost never leaves either CMT or The History Channel...I think I'm just insance though...

Hello hello hello

Sun, 23 May 2004 12:05:34 GMT

Back in the world I am...

From the doctor I have good news, I am healthy(other than needing to drop some weight) and rather happy. My brother and his wife have announced that their baby is going to be a girl, so Shawn gets to have another niece he can spoil. Life is good, I must say. Work going well, and the other night I did something that I wasn't expecting, a friend of mine from work talked me into going to see another one of our co-workers doing a drag show at the local "alternative lifestyles" club. It was...interesting, I must say.

On a musical note, I've been listening to a LOT of country lately, thanks to Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson. The video of "Save a Horse(Ride a Cowboy)" by Big & Rich is one of the greatest things I've seen in a long time. It has sexy dancers, a midget, a marching band playing banjos, and a frickin' tractor! This seems like a video that I would make, VERY funny. And then we have Gretchen... *sigh* New crush. Lovely brunette, sexy voice, and you can never go wrong with a bit of country in a woman. Yep, time for me to go all sorts of stalker...it's only a couple hours drive to Nashville... Wait...that would take too much effort, I'm too lazy to be a stalker! Ok, I'm off to bed everyone, take care.

Tiny update

Mon, 10 May 2004 13:57:18 GMT

Hey all, the Dek-man is back!

After my stint being really, really sick I'm back in the game. Just returned from an ultrasound at the Dr, and soon they will let me know if I have to have any major organs removed or anything of that nature. Blood tests came back fine, and hopefully I won't be needing a camera stuck down my throat. And the pessimistic side of me makes me want to make sure I say something, and that is that is that I want all of my friends to know I love you, and wish the best of everything for you.

Now, on a sillier note that fits me..

I am...

You
may be a little nerdy and a tad socially inept but you don't let that
stop you. You're confident and you don't really budge for a lot of people.
You may find robots sexy as well as women and may pride yourself on
being a good lover. You're a leader and have a positive outlook on things.

Which nerd are you???

Calgary can bite my ass.

Tue, 04 May 2004 09:06:47 GMT

I would hereby like to state for the record that the Calgary flames are now officially hated. Oh yeah, they can with win Yzerman AND Chelios out. Why does that seem sus-freakin-picous to me. *grumbles with anger*

I'm going to go be mean to innocents.

And along with the "mean to innocents" theme, take a look at the videos here and here.

And for the record no cute kitties or birds were harmed in the making of either of those...

Storytime with the Dekster

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:48:42 GMT

Since I'm feeling a bit better, I thought I would give my friends here a short preview of the book I've been writing.

It was a Saturday night like any other at “The Compound”. Music was pounding, the drinks were flowing, and the police department had already paid a visit. Lisa and a few others were playing a drinking game; Patrick and Shawn were simulating a wrestling match in the backyard, and the host was watching old UT football games.

At nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a new experiment in matter transmission is taking place. Scientists believe that they have found a way to make objects travel from one place to another without moving, through the use of extremely powerful electromagnetic fields.

In Washington D.C. at the Pentagon, the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff are burning the midnight oil. In an ongoing discussion, they are trying to decide what to do with a growing unrest in Iran, which could be a risk to American operations in nearby Iraq, which had just elected its first democratic government.

On a planet in the Betelgeuse system, a group of scientists are preparing to implement a last-ditch, desperate effort to win their freedom from their Rigellian masters. Their Transit Beam, which they have developed in secret, is a one-use device that can move a large amount of matter over interstellar distances. They developed it to find someone to lead the war they are about to start. And when they searched the cosmos, they found no better candidates than the Humans.

These four groups of beings, each defined by alcohol, science, war, or oppression. An unlikely combination, but one that will lead to galaxy-wide changes that no one could foresee.

Food Poisoning bad...

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 01:32:37 GMT

Ugh...around 8AM this morning, I was advised by my roommate that he was very sick after eating some chicken he had made. Around 7:45AM(15 minutes prior), I had eaten quite a bit of said chicken, so the end result was as one might expect. I laid down and went to sleep, and was ok until a few hours later, when I very quickly left work. Not fun. Now Dek is mostly laying down and trying to rest, and hoping he feels better later.

Hopefully more to say I will have then, but fare thee all well.

Ooh....

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:17:27 GMT

My geeky fantasies have been renewed, Shawn checked his email after returning home, and has been asked to build 6 PC's for a small business. I know this isn't much to start with, but it leads to me doing something I love, and earning money doing it. I'm going to mention to them to please tell their friends about me, and hopefully this could build a reputation for quality work, which the people I've built PC's for previously can attest to. And the reputation for quality work may lead to more, and possibly even actually doing that as full-time work.

Who knows...but it is a wondrous day.

Wonderments and Atrocities

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:44:57 GMT

Ugh....Dek tired from gym...he's finally gotten off of his overstuffed booty and started again. For the most part I'm ok, feeling pretty good. Well, other than my legs being wobbly from 30minutes on a stairmaster after not having really been worked in months, ack! I think in the cards for tonight we have a long hot shower and catching some friends for a midnight trip to the movies or a night of making asses of ourselves, and me probably doing the "Drunk White Guy" dance.

Or, if I don't reach anyone, I may just chill out and watch the History Channel...

Opportunities and changes

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:24:20 GMT

Those who have read this before, or know anything about me will know that I do tech support for a living, and that the place I work at may be closing later this year. Another sort of...project going on there is we're opening up a location in the Philippines, and I've applied to go there to train the people. I think I would love to do that, being the farthest West I've been is San Diego and I definitely enjoyed the time I spent there. Also, I've always wanted to go to places in Asia, and from the Philippines, I might be able to visit Taiwan, Thailand, or other nations while I'm there. I've not travelled enough, I think I need to take advantage of opportunities to do so.

A weekend of reflection

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:52:13 GMT

For the first time since LAST March, I've had a Saturday and a Sunday off in a row, and I've spent it in thinking and relaxing. Both of which were aided by that wonderful concoction known as Guiness Draught. How much does your life change over time? If you went back in time ten years, five years, or shoot, even one year, would you have even thought what is going on now would be happening? I know I certainly wouldn't have expected what has happened. Well, sorry for the delay here, i'm trying to get back to doing this regularly, so be patient with me, but now it's time for me and Mr. Guiness to start talking again...talk to you all later I will.

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:48:41 GMT

In the movie Fight Club, Edward Norton's character said "When you have insomnia, it's like you're never really awake, and never really asleep"; and in the book Starship Troopers, Juan Rico said "Happiness consists in getting enough sleep". Both of them were right, there are very few things I hate more than being unable to sleep.

Positive things...work is going quite well, it's actually relaxing me! I decided to quit worrying about it, as I can't really control things like contract issues and such, so all I can do is just do what I do the best I can. That and I've made some phone calls, if the place does shut down, Dek is going back to school to finally get documentation saying that I know what I'm doing with computers. :)

Also been working on my book I have, and it's coming along rather nicely.

A quiz I took

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 03:20:55 GMT

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Very High
Schizoid:	Moderate
Schizotypal:	High
Antisocial:	High
Borderline:	Very High
Histrionic:	Very High
Narcissistic:	Very High
Avoidant:	High
Dependent:	Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Moderate
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

Hmm....disturbing this is...

Entertainment

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 01:15:47 GMT

Have you ever stopped to think that aliens may have microcameras installed in your house or car, ala their own version of The Real World or Survivor ? And what kind of show would you be if they were watching you? And who do you think would be buying the alien version of the DVD's?

And then we have the most pertinent of these questions...why aren't I getting a cut of the ad money?

As of this moment I'm on my lunch at work and bored out of my mind, as I had intended to finish reading Dune while I worked tonight, but I forgot it. On the other hand, I do get to update my LJ for my loyal fans(such as I have!) and keep everyone up to date on what is going on. And also the local crack dealers(they who sell the girl scout cookies - especially Tagalogs and Samoas...) are in season again, so I know where my funds are going. And on a side note, two weeks ago, I found out I owed court costs from 4 FREAKING YEARS AGO when I was pulled over for a cracked taillight cover and found out that there was a warrant for my arrest, and I couldn't even bond myself out because of the money, so I wound up getting arrested and spending from Tuesday morning at 1:30 until FRIDAY night at 11:30 in jail, even after I went to court Friday morning and spent the rest of the day trying to use the phone so I could leave and couldn't make a call until 9:00PM. *relieved sigh* Ahh...I feel better now...venting good...