:: nothing in particular ::

:: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 ::

(23:45:37) Nathan: was *** the person she was cheatin on?
(23:45:41) Nathan: HOLY SH*T!
(23:45:41) Me: yeah
(23:45:54) Nathan: dude, that's like playing w/ matches
(23:46:01) Me: I didn't know!
(23:46:01) Nathan: around a f*cking tank
(23:46:03) Nathan: that hates you

Edited for the innocents...and to possibly spare my life.

:: Nick 11:59:00 PM [+] ::
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Tonight we celebrated Allwyn's 27th birthday. Kevin, Nelson, Efthimios and I met up at Henry T's and had some food expecting Allwyn to come, but it was getting late, and it was approaching time for our little surprise for him. At 12:30 we went to Henry's where we met with a couple other people and surprised Allwyn with a cake. The cake had some Kip Dynamite pictures on it and a reference to R2D2. Everyone in the bar joined in singing happy birthday to Allwyn, and we had an all around good time.

Today we got two interns at work, and as we were deciding what computer equipment to give them, I got to ask Juby, "do the interns get glocks?"

Jessica will be in Kansas City this weekend. We'll see if she actually tries to take the time to come to Lawrence or have me come see her. Honestly, I doubt it; this has turned into a really ugly mess that has proven extremely difficult to deal with.

In reference to one of my new friends whom I find quite intriguing, I read something today which really rained on my parade. Bah. Whatever.

Its way past my bedtime. Good night.

:: Nick 2:53:00 AM [+] ::
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Its time for a poll.

Do you tip at a chinese buffet? Should you tip at a chinese buffet? Leave your responses in the comments section.

:: Nick 2:05:00 PM [+] ::
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This month has brought a couple interesting visitors here.

1) Garmin. Hi Kurt!
2) DARcorporation. What? I run the network, why are people looking for my personal website from work? In the name of productivity, its time to add "mucci.blogspot.com" to the router's blacklist.
3) The Ohio State University. Is that you Val?
4) The University of Chicago. Most of the people I knew from there are gone. I wonder who this was.
5) The United States Air Force. I've now had the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and various defense contractors come to my site. Why? Beats me.

A few referrals from this month have been good too.
1) ku.facebook.com. Someone (or several people) are actually coming here from my facebook page. Neat.
2) Google.
2a) "UPTMMLS" That totally made my day.
2b) "Country Hill Motors Merriam" Hah! Someone else got to read about how they tried to rip us off.

I'm not including the "nick mucci" and "nothing in particular" queries that I get all the time.

3) Yahoo: "kansas university cresis uav." Whoa. Yeah, I've helped, but I'm not a definitive source of information on the topic. Go bug Nelson Brown. He's the man to talk to.

Hope you enjoyed this traffic analysis.

I'm going to head to the Cubs/Sox game on May 19. That should be great. I'm going to go with Brian Ginsberg, and a couple other people who have yet to be determined.

Shifting gears again, I got a phone call from my brother at about 1am this morning. He was demanding to know the master password to the family computer. The family computer is a Mac Mini that I had the folks get because I could set it up in such a way that they could do everything they needed but not have the power to break it. So, I created a password that would be required whenever someone tried to make changes to the system to prevent them from doing so. Simple. And, the password only exists inside my head, it has never been written down or recorded in plaintext anywhere else. Well, this didn't sit so well with my brother. He spent 27 minutes (yes, I counted) on the phone with me yelling, swearing, and threatening me because he wanted the password so he could install a newer version of iTunes. Let's recap some of the good lines, and some select responses:

"I hope you get hit by a car when you drive up here."
"I hope you die and rot in hell."
"That's awfully nice of you to say, Peter."
"You'd better hope you don't need anything from me because I won't help you."
"Oh, ok. No problem."
"Mom said you have to give me the password."
"Nice try, but they know about the password and agree that its best to keep the machine safe from accidental problems."
"I'm gonna start deleting things unless you tell me the password."
"Have at it, I don't have anything on there. Its all your stuff and our parents'."
"I'm gonna have Bob reformat it with some cds he got at the rummage sale."
"Have fun explaining to Dad what you did with all his stuff."

As many know, the name Peter is derived from the greek word "petros," which means "rock." So, you could accurately call someone "dumb as a box of Peters."

In the end I think he gave up. If he had Bob reformat it, both of them are in for a world of hurt when I get back.

Speaking of Bob, I've been worried about him lately. Specifically, worried about when the hell he's going to grow up. I don't like seeing my best friend wallowing in the complacency of never going anywhere in life. Its like he sees nothing wrong with stagnation; he and his new group of friends (including my brother) don't have any desire to DO ANYTHING, and it scares the crap out of me.

On a more downtrodden noted, Jessica and I are trying to pick up the pieces and figure out where to go from here. I don't know if that is going to happen. Even if it does, I don't know what the two of us will be.

In conclusion, screw hippies.

:: Nick 5:42:00 PM [+] ::
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"There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time."

- Avenue Q, "There's a fine, fine line"

363 days ago I couldn't have imagined this. It's over, and there's nothing I can do.

On a lighter note, I have amassed a nationwide following of agricultural pilots to support an investigation I'm on with the FAA.

But I'm alone.

:: Nick 1:13:00 AM [+] ::
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